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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): December 31, 2024

 

 

 

RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Massachusetts   001-42460   99-3527155
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1659 Chinaberry Ct.

Naples, FL 34105

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (508) 361-6699

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing 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
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   RAIN   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50   RAINW   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

 

On December 31, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), Coliseum Acquisition Corp, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Coliseum”), Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“RET”), Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“Holdco”), Rainwater Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco (“Merger Sub 1”), and Rainwater Merger Sub 2A, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Coliseum (“Merger Sub 2”) consummated the previously announced business combination (the “Business Combination”) pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2024 (as amended on August 22, 2024, the “Business Combination Agreement”).

 

Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, on the Closing Date, (i) Coliseum merged with and into Merger Sub 1, with Merger Sub 1 as the surviving company of such merger (the “SPAC Merger”) and (ii) following the SPAC Merger and as a part of the same overall transaction, Merger Sub 2 merged with and into RET, with RET as the surviving entity of such merger (the “Company Merger” and, together with the SPAC Merger, the “Mergers”), and, after giving effect to such Mergers, each of Merger Sub 1 and RET became a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco (the time that the SPAC Merger became effective being referred to as the “SPAC Merger Effective Time,” the time that the Company Merger became effective being referred to as the “Company Merger Effective Time,” and the time after which both Mergers became effective being referred to as the “Closing”). Following the Closing, Holdco holds all of the equity interests of RET and Merger Sub 1.

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

PIPE Subscription Agreements

 

As previously disclosed, in connection with the Business Combination, on December 20, 2024 and December 23, 2024, Holdco entered into subscription agreements (collectively, the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors, including existing shareholders of RET and Coliseum and members of Holdco’s board of directors (the “Board”), or their affiliates (the “PIPE Investors”) pursuant to which, among other things, Holdco agreed to issue and sell to the PIPE investors, and the PIPE Investors agreed to subscribe for and purchase in a private placement, an aggregate of 83,429 shares of Holdco’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Holdco Class A Common Stock”), at a purchase price of approximately $11.39 per share, which was the then-approximate per share redemption price of Coliseum’s public shares in the Business Combination, for an aggregate of $950,000.

 

On December 31, 2024, Holdco entered into PIPE Subscription Agreements with additional PIPE Investors pursuant to which, among other things, Holdco agreed to issue and sell to the PIPE investors, and the PIPE Investors agreed to subscribe for and purchase in a private placement, an aggregate of 35,128 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock at a purchase price of approximately $11.39 per share, for an aggregate additional subscription amount of $400,000. Together with the previous PIPE Subscription Agreements, the aggregate amount to be sold pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements is approximately 118,557 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock for an aggregate investment amount of approximately $1,350,000 (the “PIPE Investment”).

 

The PIPE Investors include an affiliate of Harry You, who was Coliseum’s chairman of the board and sponsor and a shareholder and lender to RET prior to Closing, and is Holdco’s chairman of the Board and a shareholder and lender to Holdco after the Closing, an affiliate of Paul Dacier, who was the President and sole director of Holdco and the President, director, and shareholder of RET prior to Closing, and Lyman Dickerson, who is a member of Holdco’s Board after the Closing. For more information about the material relationships between Mr. You, Mr. Dacier, Mr. Dickerson and Holdco and its affiliates, see Items 2.01 and 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”).

 

The PIPE Subscription Agreements contain customary representations and warranties of each of Holdco and the PIPE Investors, and customary conditions to closing, including the consummation of the Business Combination between Holdco, Coliseum and RET. The PIPE Investors are parties to, or signed joinders to, the Registration Rights Agreement, described in more detail below, and accordingly, Holdco will be obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to file a registration statement to register for resale the shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock issued in the PIPE Investment within 30 days of the Closing and to cause such registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable after the filing thereof. The PIPE Investors also have demand and piggyback rights pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

The foregoing description of the PIPE Subscription Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of PIPE Subscription Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 10.9 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Lock-Up Agreement

 

On December 31, 2024, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination and as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, Holdco and certain shareholders of Holdco, including Harry You, Niccolo de Masi, and Paul Dacier, or their affiliates (collectively, the “RET Founders”), Coliseum Acquisition Sponsor, LLC (the “Previous Sponsor”) and Berto, LLC (the “New Sponsor”) entered into a lock-up agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”). The lock-up parties include affiliates of Harry You, who was Coliseum’s chairman of the board and sponsor and a shareholder and lender to RET prior to Closing, and is Holdco’s chairman of the Board and a shareholder and lender to Holdco after the Closing, affiliates of Paul Dacier, who was the President and sole director of Holdco and the President, director, and shareholder of RET prior to Closing, and Niccolo de Masi, who was a shareholder and lender to RET prior to Closing. For more information about the material relationships between Mr. You, Mr. Dacier, Mr. de Masi and Holdco and its affiliates, see Items 2.01 and 5.02 of this Current Report.

 

Pursuant to the Lock-Up Agreement, the shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock held by the parties to the Lock-Up Agreement (including shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to the Warrant Exchange but not including any shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock purchased in the PIPE Investment) are subject to transfer restrictions until the end of the earlier of (x) two (2) years after the Closing Date and (y) the date on which Holdco completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of Holdco’s shareholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.

 

The foregoing description of the Lock-Up Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Lock-Up Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Extension Non-Redeeming Shareholder Joinders

 

As previously disclosed, in November 2023, in connection with an amendment to Coliseum’s organizational documents to extend the time by which Coliseum must complete its initial business combination, Harry You entered into non-redemption agreements (the “Extension Non-Redemption Agreements”) with certain of Coliseum’s existing shareholders and other unaffiliated investors (collectively, the “Extension Non-Redeeming Shareholders”), pursuant to which the Extension Non-Redeeming Shareholders agreed not to redeem an aggregate of 2,023,236 of Coliseum’s public shares and to vote all of such shares in favor of the extension. In exchange for these commitments from the Extension Non-Redeeming Shareholders, Mr. You agreed to forfeit and surrender for no consideration an aggregate of 606,972 Coliseum Class A Ordinary Shares (the “Forfeited Shares”) at the Closing and Coliseum agreed to issue to the Extension Non-Redeeming Shareholders a number of newly issued ordinary shares in an amount equal to the Forfeited Shares. (such shares, the “NRA Shares”).

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Extension Non-Redemption Agreements, the Extension Non-Redeeming Shareholders agreed to be bound by the transfer restrictions with respect to the NRA Shares that are set forth in the letter agreement originally entered into between Coliseum and the Previous Sponsor in connection with Coliseum’s initial public offering, and are entitled to registration rights with respect to the NRA Shares to the same extent as the Coliseum sponsors. Accordingly, between December 18, 2024 and December 20, 2024, the Extension Non-Redeeming Shareholders entered into an omnibus joinder to such letter agreement and to the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below) (such joinders, the “Joinders”) in connection with the Closing. Accordingly, pursuant to the Joinder, the NRA Shares may not be transferred until the earlier of (A) one year after the Closing Date and (B) subsequent to the Business Combination, (x) if the last reported sale price of Holdco Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds (i) $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, rights issuances, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after Closing Date or (ii) $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, rights issuances, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 75 days after the Closing Date, or (y) the date on which Holdco completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of Holdco’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Holdco common stock for cash, securities or other property. Further, pursuant to the Joinder, the Extension Non-Redeeming Shareholders have the same registration rights as the Previous Sponsor and New Sponsor and the NRA Shares shall be “Registrable Securities” under the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

The foregoing description of the Joinder is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Joinder, which is included as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Registration Rights Agreement

 

On December 31, 2024, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination and as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, Holdco, Coliseum, the Previous Sponsor, New Sponsor, Harry You, and the RET Founders entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Additionally, each of the PIPE Investors signed joinders to or counterpart signature pages to the Registration Rights Agreement. The parties to the Registration Rights Agreement include affiliates of Harry You, who was Coliseum’s chairman of the board and sponsor and a shareholder and lender to RET prior to Closing, and is Holdco’s chairman of the Board and a shareholder and lender to Holdco after the Closing, affiliates of Paul Dacier, who was the President and sole director of Holdco and the President, director, and shareholder of RET prior to Closing, Niccolo de Masi, who was a shareholder and lender to RET prior to Closing, Oanh Truong, who was the interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Coliseum prior to Closing and is Holdco’s interim Chief Financial Officer following Closing, Christopher Riley, who was RET’s Chief Executive Officer and director prior to Closing and is Holdco’s interim co-Chief Executive Officer and a director following Closing, Randy Seidl, who is Holdco’s co-Chief Executive Officer and a director following Closing, Alexandra Steele, Eric Smith, and Lyman Dickerson, who are Holdco directors following Closing, and Walter Skowronski, Roland Rapp, and Kenneth Rivers, who were Coliseum directors prior to Closing. For more information about the material relationships between such persons and Holdco and its affiliates, see Items 2.01 and 5.02 of this Current Report.

 

The material terms of the Registration Rights Agreement are described in the section of the final prospectus of Holdco and RET and definitive proxy statement of Coliseum, dated December 10, 2024 and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) titled “The Business Combination—Ancillary Documents—Registration Rights Agreement” beginning on page 176. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 10.6 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement

 

On December 31, 2024 in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination and as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, Holdco, Coliseum, and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”) entered into the Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment agreement (the “Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, Coliseum assigned all of its right, title, and interest in and to, and Holdco assumed all of Coliseum’s obligations under the Warrant Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2021, between Coliseum and Continental (the “Warrant Agreement”). As a result, at the SPAC Merger Effective Time each issued and outstanding warrant to acquire Coliseum Class A Ordinary Shares initially issued as part of the units sold in Coliseum’s initial public offering (the “Coliseum Public Warrants”) was assumed by Holdco and became exercisable for shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock in lieu of Coliseum Class A Ordinary Shares (each, a “Holdco Warrant”). The material terms of the Holdco Warrants are described in the section titled “Description of Holdco’s Securities—Public Warrants” beginning on page 316 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. As previously disclosed, each Coliseum Private Placement Warrant was exchanged on the Closing Date for Holdco Class A Common Stock in the Warrant Exchange and is no longer outstanding.

 

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 4.4 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Line of Credit

 

On December 30, 2024, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, Holdco entered into an agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with RHY Management LLC (“RHY”), an affiliate of Harry You, pursuant to which RHY committed to provide Holdco with up to $7 million of new loans (the “Commitment”). Prior to each drawdown of the Commitment, pursuant to the Loan Agreement, Holdco must certify to RHY, among other things, that it has used its best efforts to raise equity, equity-linked, or debt financing on terms available in the market to a similarly-situated company in similar circumstances, and is unable to obtain alternate financing in the amount of such drawdown. Once amounts are borrowed, they may not be re-borrowed. Additionally, Mr. You agreed to roll over an aggregate of approximately $3.1 million of loans and advances owed to him or to his affiliates by Coliseum and RET into the Loan Agreement and such amounts will be treated for all purposes as loans outstanding pursuant to the Loan Agreement (which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not decrease the Commitment). Accordingly, the maximum amount which may be borrowed under the Loan Agreement is approximately $10.1 million, inclusive of the Commitment and rollover amounts.

 

The Loan Agreement has a two-year period, matures two years from the date of the Loan Agreement, and outstanding amounts pursuant to the Loan Agreement will accrue interest at an interest rate of 5%, payable quarterly. Harry You was Coliseum’s chairman of the board and sponsor and a shareholder and lender to RET prior to Closing, and is Holdco’s chairman of the Board and a shareholder and lender to Holdco after the Closing. For more information about the material relationships between Mr. You and Holdco and its affiliates, see Items 2.01 and 5.02 of this Current Report.

 

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Loan Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 10.11 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Forward Purchase Agreement

 

On December 30, 2024, in connection with Business Combination, Coliseum, RET and Holdco entered into a forward purchase agreement (the “Forward Purchase Agreement”) with each of Meteora Capital Partners, LP (“MCP”), Meteora Select Trading Opportunities Master, LP (“MSTO”) and Meteora Strategic Capital, LLC (“MSC”) (with MCP, MSTO and MSC collectively as “Seller”) for an OTC Equity Prepaid Forward Transaction. For purposes of the Forward Purchase Agreement, “Counterparty” refers to Coliseum prior to the consummation of the Business Combination and Holdco after the consummation of the Business Combination. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Forward Purchase Agreement.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Forward Purchase Agreement, the Seller intended, but was not obligated, to own and hold up to 750,000 Coliseum Class A Ordinary Shares prior to the Closing Date, obtained by Seller through reversals of redemptions of Coliseum Class A Ordinary Shares either submitted by Seller or purchased by Seller separately from third parties (other than Counterparty) through a broker in the open market (other than through Counterparty).

 

The Forward Purchase Agreement provides that Seller shall be prepaid an aggregate cash amount (the “Prepayment Amount”) equal (x) to the product of (i) the number of shares as set forth in a Pricing Date Notice and (ii) approximately $11.41 (which is the approximate per share redemption price payable to redeeming shareholders in connection with the Business Combination pursuant to Coliseum’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association) (the “Initial Price”) less (y) an amount equal to 0.50% of the product of (i) the Number of Shares as set forth in such Pricing Date Notice multiplied by (ii) the Initial Price paid by Seller to Counterparty on the Prepayment Date (which amount shall be netted from the Prepayment Amount) (the “Prepayment Shortfall”). Counterparty will pay to the Seller the Prepayment Amount directly from the Trust Account no later than the earlier of (a) one business day after the Closing Date and (b) the date any assets from the Trust Account are disbursed in connection with the Business Combination.

 

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On December 31, 2024, the Seller delivered a Pricing Date Notice (as defined in the Forward Purchase Agreement) for an aggregate of 361,858 shares (the “Shares”) and upon the Closing the Seller was paid a Prepayment Amount of approximately $4,106,559 from the Trust Account and the Counterparty retained a Prepayment Shortfall of approximately $20,636.

 

From time to time and on any date following the Closing Date (any such date, an “ET Date”), upon the sale of any Shares (the number of such Shares the “Terminated Shares”; provided that “Terminated Shares” does not include any Shortfall Sale Shares (as defined below)), Seller will pay to Counterparty an amount equal to the product of (x) the number of newly Terminated Shares since the last ET Date (or the Closing Date if no prior ET Date) and (y) $10.00 per share (the “Termination Price”) (an “Early Termination Obligation”), except that no such amount will be due to Counterparty upon any Shortfall Sale (as defined below). The effect of an ET Notice will be to reduce the Number of Shares by the number of Terminated Shares specified in such ET Notice with effect as of the related ET Date.

 

Seller in its sole discretion, beginning on the day after the Closing Date, may sell Shares at any time at a price not less than the Termination Price, without payment by Seller of any Early Termination Obligation until such time as the gross proceeds from such sales equal 100% of the Prepayment Shortfall (such sales, “Shortfall Sales,” and such Shares, “Shortfall Sale Shares”). For the avoidance of doubt, each sale of Shares by the Counterparty is a “Shortfall Sale,” subject to the terms and conditions applicable to Shortfall Sale Shares, until such time as the gross proceeds from such sales equal 100% of the Prepayment Shortfall. Thereafter, each sale of Shares is an Early Termination with respect to such Shares, subject to the terms and conditions applicable to Terminated Shares.

 

The Forward Purchase Agreement matures on the date (the “Maturity Date”) of the effectiveness of a certain registration statement filed by Holdco with the Securities and Exchange Commission following the Closing Date, as set forth in more detail in the Forward Purchase Agreement. On the Maturity Date, in exchange for the return to the Counterparty of the Shares less any Shortfall Sale Shares and less any Terminated Shares (the “Remaining Shares”), Counterparty shall pay Seller an amount equal to the product of (x) the number of Remaining Shares and (y) the Initial Price (the “Settlement Amount”), which Settlement Amount shall be fully offset by the Prepayment Amount previously paid in respect of such Remaining Shares. However, if on the Maturity Date the proceeds from Shortfall Sales does not equal 100% of the Prepayment Shortfall, then the difference between (x) the Prepayment Shortfall, less (y) the proceeds from Shortfall Sales, shall be the “Shortfall Variance,” and the Counterparty, as liquidated damages in respect of such Shortfall Variance, shall on the Maturity Date pay in cash to Seller an amount equal to the Shortfall Variance.

 

Seller agreed to waive any redemption rights under Coliseum’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, with respect to the Shares during the term of the Forward Purchase Agreement. Such waiver may reduce the number of Coliseum Class A Ordinary Shares redeemed in connection with the Business Combination, and such reduction could alter the perception of the potential strength of the Business Combination. The Forward Purchase Agreement has been structured, and all activity in connection with such agreement has been undertaken, to comply with the requirements of all tender offer regulations applicable to the Business Combination, including Rule 14e-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

The foregoing summary of the Forward Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Forward Purchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.12 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Indemnification Agreements

 

In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, Holdco entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers (the “Indemnification Agreements”). Each Indemnification Agreement provides for indemnification and advancement by Holdco of certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits, or proceedings arising from service to Holdco or, at its request, service to other entities, as officers or directors to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. The foregoing description of the Indemnification Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Indemnification Agreements, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Holdco Incentive Plan

 

The information set forth under Item 5.02 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

As previously reported, on December 23, 2024, Coliseum obtained shareholder approval of the Business Combination at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders. In connection with such shareholder approval, shareholders holding an aggregate of 207,510 public shares exercised their right to redeem their shares for approximately $11.41 per share of the funds held in Coliseum’s Trust Account, for an aggregate of approximately $2.37 million.

 

On December 31, 2024, the parties to the Business Combination Agreement consummated the Business Combination.

 

At the SPAC Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the SPAC Merger, each issued and outstanding Class A ordinary share, par value $0.001 per share, of Coliseum (the “Coliseum Class A Ordinary Shares”) (including the Coliseum Class A Ordinary Share issued upon conversion of the sole outstanding Class B ordinary share, par value $0.001 per share, of Coliseum but not including any public shares redeemed by public shareholders) was automatically converted into the right to receive one share of Holdco Class A Common Stock, and each issued and outstanding Coliseum Public Warrant was assumed by Holdco and became a Holdco Warrant exercisable for shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock in lieu of Coliseum Class A Ordinary Shares.

 

At the Company Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the Company Merger, (i) each issued and outstanding share of Class A common stock of RET, par value $0.0001 per share (after the conversion of RET preferred stock pursuant to its terms, but not including any shares held in the treasury of RET) was converted into the right to receive approximately 1,434 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock, (ii) each share of Class B common stock of RET, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Company Merger (other than any shares held in the treasury of RET) was converted into the right to receive approximately 1,434 shares of Class B common stock of Holdco, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Holdco Class B Common Stock”), and (iii) each option exercisable for shares of RET Class A common stock became an option exercisable for shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock on the same terms and conditions as are in effect with respect to such RET option immediately prior to the effective time of the Company Merger (including with respect to vesting and termination-related provisions) (each, a “Holdco Option”), except that (A) such Holdco Option relates to such number of shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share of Holdco Class A Common Stock) as is equal to (x) the number of shares of RET Class A common stock subject to such option multiplied by (y) approximately 1,434, and (B) the exercise price per share of such Holdco Option is equal to the quotient of (x) the exercise price per share of such option in effect immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time divided by (y) approximately 1,434 (the exercise price per share, as so determined, being rounded up to the nearest full cent).

 

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On the Closing Date, pursuant to the previously-announced Warrant Exchange Agreement dated December 17, 2024, between Coliseum, Holdco, the Previous Sponsor, and the New Sponsor (the “Warrant Exchange Agreement”), all 3,225,000 outstanding warrants to purchase Coliseum Class A Ordinary Shares initially issued in a private placement simultaneously with Coliseum’s initial public offering (the “Coliseum Private Placement Warrants”) were exchanged for Holdco Class A Common Stock, at an exchange ratio of 0.25 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock per Coliseum Private Placement Warrant (the “Warrant Exchange”). Accordingly, as a result of the Warrant Exchange, on the Closing Date, Holdco issued an aggregate of 806,250 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock to the former holders of Coliseum Private Placement Warrants at the Closing and such Coliseum Private Placement Warrants were cancelled and no longer outstanding. Such shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock are subject to the Lock-Up Agreement described in Item 1.01 above.

 

On the Closing Date, Holdco closed on $700,000 of PIPE Investment and issued an aggregate of 61,474 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock to the PIPE Investors. Holdco expects to close on the remaining $650,000 of PIPE Investment following the Closing.

 

Immediately after giving effect to the Business Combination, there were 7,471,678 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock outstanding, 57,752 shares of Holdco Class B Common Stock outstanding, 5,000,000 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding Holdco Warrants, and 2,150,838 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding Holdco Options.

 

The material terms and conditions of the Business Combination Agreement and related agreements are described in the section titled “The Business Combination” beginning on page 149 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

 

FORM 10 INFORMATION

 

Item 2.01(f) of Form 8-K provides that if the predecessor registrant was a “shell company” (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), as Coliseum was immediately before the Business Combination, then the registrant must disclose the information that would be required if the registrant were filing a general form for registration of securities on Form 10. Accordingly, Holdco is providing the information below that would be included in a Form 10 if it were to file a Form 10. Please note that the information provided below relates to Holdco after the consummation of the Business Combination, unless otherwise specifically indicated or the context otherwise requires.

 

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Current Report includes certain statements that are not historical facts but are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “predict,” “potential,” “seem,” “seek,” “future,” “outlook,” and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward looking. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, (1) statements regarding estimates and forecasts of other financial, performance and operational metrics and projections of market opportunity; (2) references with respect to the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination and the projected future financial performance of RET; (3) changes in the market for RET’s services and technology, expansion plans and opportunities; (4) the projected technological developments of RET; (5) current and future potential commercial and customer relationships; (6) the ability to operate efficiently at scale; (7) anticipated investments in capital resources and research and development, and the effect of these investments; (8) the ability of Holdco to issue equity or equity-linked securities in the future; (9) the ability to maintain the listing of the Holdco Class A Common Stock and Holdco Warrants on Nasdaq following the Business Combination, including compliance with Nasdaq’s corporate governance requirements subject to applicable phase-in rules; and (10) the closing of additional funds pursuant to the PIPE Investment. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this Current Report, and on the current expectations of Holdco’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 will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of RET and Holdco. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, as set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 79 and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” beginning on page 10 in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and the other documents that Holdco has filed, or will file, with the SEC relating to the Business Combination. If any of these risks materialize or our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties above are not exhaustive, and there may be additional risks that RET and Holdco do not presently know or that RET and Holdco 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 RET and Holdco’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this Current Report. RET and Holdco anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause RET and Holdco’s assessments to change. However, while RET and Holdco may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, RET and Holdco specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing RET and Holdco’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this Current Report. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.

 

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Business

 

Holdco’s business is described in the section titled “Information About RET,” beginning on page 284 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Risk Factors

 

The risks associated with Holdco’s business are described in the section titled “Risk Factors,” beginning on page 79 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Financial Information

 

Historical Audited Financial Statements

 

The audited financial statements of RET as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023, as of December 31, 2022 and for the period from November 10, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2022 are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-73, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Historical Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2022 of RET are included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-57, are and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and pursuant to the regulations of the SEC. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial information reflects, in the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair statement of RET’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated. The results reported for the interim period presented are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the full year.

 

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements of RET as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023, as of December 31, 2022 and for the period from November 10, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2022, and the related notes included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the section titled “RET’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included herein and incorporated by reference.

 

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of Holdco as of September 30, 2024 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, and the unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations of Holdco for the year ended December 31, 2023, are set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis

 

RET’s management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operation is described in the section titled “RET’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” beginning on page 295 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Properties

 

Holdco’s corporate headquarters are located at 1659 Chinaberry Ct., Naples, FL 34105. Holdco does not currently have any other facilities, however, in order to accommodate anticipated growth and to recruit and retain top talent, Holdco anticipates seeking additional facilities in various locations. Holdco anticipates it will be able to obtain additional space as needed under commercially reasonable terms.

 

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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

 

The following table sets forth beneficial ownership of Holdco Class A Common Stock and Holdco Class B Common Stock following the consummation of the Business Combination by:

 

each person who is known to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock or Holdco Class B Common Stock;

 

Each of Holdco’s current named executive officers and directors; and

 

All executive officers and directors of Holdco, as a group.

 

The information below is based on an aggregate of 7,471,678 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock and 57,752 shares of Holdco Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the consummation of the Business Combination. Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she, or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options, warrants, and other derivative securities that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days. In the table below, shares issuable upon the exercise of Holdco Options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of the Closing Date are considered outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding such Holdco Options for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Accordingly, percentages presented in the table may not sum to 100%.

 

Voting power represents the combined voting power of shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock and Holdco Class B Common Stock owned beneficially by such person. On all matters to be voted upon, holders of Holdco Class A Common Stock will be entitled to cast one vote per share and holders of Holdco Class B Common Stock will be entitled to cast 15 vote per share. Generally, holders of all classes of Holdco common stock vote together as a single class.

 

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Unless otherwise indicated, Holdco believes that all persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of voting shares beneficially owned by them.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)  Number of
Shares of
Holdco Class A
Common Stock
   % of Class   Number of
Shares of
Holdco Class B
Common Stock
   % of Class   % Total
Voting Power
 
5% Holders
Harry L. You(2)   2,842,433    31.92%   23,101    40.00%   32.63%
Paul T. Dacier(3)   1,848,104    24.73%   18,481    32.00%   25.49%
Coliseum Acquisition Sponsor LLC(4)   1,017,155    13.61%   -    -    12.20%
Stevenson School(5)   500,000    6.69%   -    -    6.00%
ColoredRings LLC(6)   450,000    6.02%   -    -    5.40%
Niccolo de Masi(7)   809,118    9.88%   16,170    28.00%   11.61%
Meteora Capital, LLC(8)   755,330    10.11%   -    -    9.05%
                          
Holdco Directors and Executive Officers                         
Christopher Riley   -    -    -    -    - 
Randy Seidl   -    -    -    -    - 
Oanh Truong   -    -    -    -    - 
Harry L. You(2)   2,842,433    31.92%   23,101    40.00%   32.63%
Alexandra Steele   -    -    -    -    - 
Lyman Dickerson   17,564    *    -    -    * 
J. Eric Smith   -    -    -    -    - 
All Holdco directors and executive officers as a group (seven individuals)   2,859,997    32.15%   23,101    40.00%   32.84%

 

*Less than 1%.

 

(1)Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the directors and executive officers of Holdco is c/o Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., 1659 Chinaberry Ct., Naples, FL 34105.
(2)Includes (i) 650,120 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock held directly by Mr. You, (ii) 194,046 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock held by RHY Irrevocable Trust (the “Trust”), (iii) 564,375 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock held by Berto, LLC (“Berto”), a limited liability company of which Mr. You is the sole member, (iv) 23,101 shares of Holdco Class B Common Stock held by the Trust, and (v) 1,433,892 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock issuable upon the cash exercise of vested options held by Mr. You. Mr. You is the settlor and investment officer of the Trust, and his son is the beneficiary of the Trust. Accordingly, Mr. You may be deemed to have a pecuniary interest in the securities held by the Trust. Mr. You disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The business address of Mr. You is 1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV 89144.
(3)Includes 1,848,104 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock and 18,481 shares of Holdco Class B Common Stock held by Rainwater LLC, a limited liability company of which Paul T. Dacier is the sole member. The business address of Mr. Dacier is 92 Woodland Street, Sherborn, MA 01770.
(4)The business address of Coliseum Acquisition Sponsor LLC is 80 Pine Street, Suite 3202, New York, NY 10005.
(5)The business address of Stevenson School is 3152 Forest Lake Road, Pebble Beach, CA. 93953.
(6)The business address of ColoredRings LLC is 66 Fernwood Road Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.
(7)Includes 92,172 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock and 16,170 shares of Holdco Class B Common Stock held by Isalea Investments LP, a limited partnership of which Mr. de Masi is the General Partner, and 716,946 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock issuable upon the cash exercise of vested options held by Mr. de Masi. The business address of Mr. de Masi is 2809 Carlton Rd., Austin TX 78703.
(8)Interests shown are held by certain funds and managed accounts to which Meteora Capital, LLC serves as investment manager (the “Meteora Funds”). Vikas Mittal serves as the managing member of Meteora Capital, LLC with respect to the ordinary shares held by the Meteora Funds. Mr. Mittal expressly declares that he is not the beneficial owner for the purposes of sections 13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Act. The principal business office address of each of Meteora Capital, LLC and Mr. Mittal is 1200 N Federal Hwy, #200, Boca Raton, FL 33432.

 

Directors and Executive Officers

 

Other than as disclosed in Item 5.02 below, Holdco’s directors and executive officers are described in the section titled “Management of Holdco Following the Proposed Transactions,” beginning on page 308 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Executive & Director Compensation

 

The executive and director compensation of Holdco’s named executive officers is described in the section titled “Executive and Director Compensation,” beginning on page 312 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Reference is made to the disclosure set forth below in Item 5.02 of this Current Report under the heading “Holdco Incentive Plan,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Director Independence 

 

The Board has affirmatively determined that each of Alexandra Steele, Lyman Dickerson and J. Eric Smith is an independent director within the meaning of the listing rules of Nasdaq. Holdco intends to take advantage of the phase-in period for companies listing in connection with an initial public offering pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5615(b) and expects to comply with the majority independent board requirement within twelve months from the date that Holdco’s securities first began trading on Nasdaq.

 

Committees of the Board of Directors

 

Effective as of the SPAC Merger Effective Time, the standing committees of the Board consist of an audit committee (the “Audit Committee”), a compensation committee (the “Compensation Committee”), and a nominating and corporate governance committee (the “Nominating Committee”).

 

Effective as of the SPAC Merger Effective Time, the Board appointed Lyman Dickerson and J. Eric Smith to serve on the Audit Committee, appointed Alexandra Steele, Lyman Dickerson, and J. Eric Smith to serve on the Compensation Committee, and appointed Alexandra Steele, Lyman Dickerson, and J. Eric Smith to serve on the Nominating Committee.

 

The Board affirmatively determined that each of the members of the Audit Committee, Lyman Dickerson and J. Eric Smith, meets the criteria for independence set forth in Exchange Act Rule 10A-3(b)(1) and qualifies as an “Independent Director” as defined under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(a)(2), is financially literate and financially sophisticated and each has not participated in the preparation of the financial statements of Holdco or any current subsidiary of Holdco at any time during the past three years as required under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(c)(2)(A). The Board further determined that each of Mr. Dickerson and Mr. Smith qualify as audit committee financial experts, as such term is defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K. Holdco intends to take advantage of the phase-in period for companies listing in connection with an initial public offering pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5615(b) and expects to have three members of the Audit Committee who satisfy Nasdaq and SEC requirements for Audit Committee service within twelve months from the date that Holdco’s securities first began trading on Nasdaq.

 

The Board affirmatively determined that each of the members of the Compensation Committee, Alexandra Steele, Lyman Dickerson and J. Eric Smith, meets the criteria for independence with respect to compensation committee service, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(d)(2)(A).

 

The Board affirmatively determined that each of the members of the Nominating Committee, Alexandra Steele, Lyman Dickerson and J. Eric Smith, qualifies as an “Independent Director” as defined under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(a)(2).

 

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

 

Related Party Transactions

 

Certain relationships and related party transactions of Holdco are described in the section titled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions,” beginning on page 349 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Additionally, Mr. You, the Chairman of the Board and a significant shareholder of Holdco, is a party to the PIPE Subscription Agreement, Warrant Exchange Agreement, and Loan Agreement, and Lyman Dickerson, a director of Holdco, is a party to the PIPE Subscription Agreement. The disclosure in Items 1.01 and 2.01 with respect to the PIPE Subscription Agreement, Warrant Exchange, and Loan Agreement is incorporated by reference herein.

 

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Legal Proceedings

 

Reference is made to the disclosure regarding legal proceedings in the sections titled “Information About Coliseum—Legal Proceedings” and “Information About RET—Legal Proceedings,” on pages 277 and 294, respectively, of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

 

Shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock and Holdco Warrants began trading on Nasdaq under the symbols “RAIN” and “RAINW”, respectively, on January 2, 2025. Holdco has not paid any cash dividends on its shares of common stock to date. It is the present intention of the Board to retain all earnings, if any, for use in Holdco’s business operations and, accordingly, the Holdco does not anticipate declaring any dividends in the foreseeable future. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon Holdco’s revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements, and general financial condition. The payment of any cash dividends is within the discretion of the Board. Further, the ability of Holdco to declare dividends may be limited by the terms of financing or other agreements entered into by it or its subsidiaries from time to time.

 

As of December 31, 2024, following the completion of the Business Combination, there were 7,471,678 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock outstanding, 57,752 shares of Holdco Class B Common Stock outstanding, 5,000,000 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of 5,000,000 outstanding Holdco Warrants, and 2,150,838 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of 2,150,838 outstanding Holdco Options. Holdco has reserved a total of 747,168 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the 2024 Incentive Plan (as defined below), subject to certain adjustments set forth therein. As of December 31, 2024, there were approximately 30 record holders of Holdco Class A Common Stock, 3 record holders of Holdco Class B Common Stock and one record holder of Holdco Warrants. However, because many of the shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock and Holdco Warrants are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, Holdco believes there are substantially more beneficial holders of Holdco Class A Common Stock and Holdco Warrants than record holders.

 

Holdco securities are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Description of Holdco’s Securities” and “Market Price, Ticker Symbol and Dividends,” beginning on pages 315 and 77, respectively, of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and such information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

The information set forth under Item 3.02 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Description of Registrant’s Securities to Be Registered

 

The description of Holdco’s securities is contained in the section titled “Description of Holdco’s Securities,” beginning on page 315 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

The information set forth under Item 9.01 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information with respect to the Loan Agreement set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

In connection with the Closing of the Business Combination, on December 31, 2024, Holdco issued 61,474 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock to the PIPE Investors pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements, for aggregate proceeds of approximately $700,000. Holdco expects to close on the remaining $650,000 of PIPE Investment and to issue an additional 57,082 shares pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements following the Closing.

 

In connection with the Business Combination, pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, on December 31, 2024, Holdco issued 2,125,540 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock and 57,752 shares of Holdco Class B Common Stock to the former holders of RET Class A common stock and RET Class B common stock.

 

In connection with the Business Combination, pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Exchange Agreement, on December 31, 2024, Holdco issued an aggregate of 806,250 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock to the former holders of Coliseum Private Placement Warrants.

 

In connection with the Business Combination, on December 31, 2024, Holdco issued an aggregate of 5,000 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock to a vendor as consideration for services rendered.

 

The shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock issued to the PIPE Investors pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements, the shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock and Holdco Class B Common Stock issued to the RET shareholders pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to the Warrant Exchange, the shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock issued to the vendor, and the NRA Shares issued by Coliseum prior to the Closing (which shares were subsequently exchanged at the Closing pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement for shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock that were registered on Holdco’s Form S-4 registration statement) have not been registered under the Securities Act and have been issued in reliance upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering.

 

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The disclosure set forth under Item 5.03 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

 

Reference is made to the disclosure in the section titled “The Business Combination,” beginning on page 149 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference. Further reference is made to the information contained in the Introductory Note and Item 2.01 to this Current Report, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

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Executive Officers and Directors

 

Effective upon the SPAC Merger Effective Time, and in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination, each of Harry You, Christopher Riley, Randy Seidl, Alexandra Steele, Lyman Dickerson and J. Eric Smith are the directors of Holdco. The directors of Holdco are divided among the following classes:

 

Christopher Riley and Alexandra Steele are Class I directors serving until the first annual meeting of Holdco’s shareholders after the Closing;

 

Lyman Dickerson and J. Eric Smith are Class II directors serving until the second annual meeting of Holdco’s shareholders after the Closing; and

 

Harry You and Randy Seidl are Class III directors serving until the third annual meeting of Holdco’s shareholders after the Closing.

 

Additionally, effective upon the SPAC Merger Effective Time, the following Holdco executive officers were appointed: Christopher Riley was appointed Interim Co-Chief Executive Officer, Randy Seidl was appointed Co-Chief Executive Officer and Oanh Truong was appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary.

 

Reference is also made to the disclosure in the section titled “Management of Holdco Following the Proposed Transactions,” beginning on page 308 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, for biographical information about each of the directors and officers following the Business Combination, other than as disclosed below, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Randy Seidl has served as Co-Chief Executive Officer and as a director since January 2, 2025. In 2020, Mr. Seidl founded and continues to serve as Chairman of Sales Community, a sales social network with a mission to add value to technology sales professionals. In 2016, he founded and continues to serve as Chairman of Top Talent Recruiting, a boutique contingency-based recruiting business. In 2013, he founded and continues to serve as Chairman of Revenue Acceleration to help tech companies accelerate revenue growth. From 2009 to 2013, Mr. Seidl served as Sr. Vice President/General Manager of Hewlett Packard’s Americas and U.S. Enterprise Group. From 2006 to 2009, he served as Sr. Vice President/General Manager of Sun Microsystems’ North America business and as Vice President/General Manager for its Financial Services Area. From 2004 to 2006, he served as Vice President/General Manager of East Region at StorageTek. From 2003 to 2004, he served as Chief Executive Officer and director at Permabit, from 2000 to 2003 was co-founder and Executive Vice President of GiantLoop, and from 1996 to 1999 was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Workgroup Solutions. He began his career at EMC Corporation, holding various positions including Vice President of Open Systems Sales for North America from 1985 to 1996. Mr. Seidl has served on as a director of Ondas Holdings Inc. since 2020. Since 2015, Mr. Seidl has served as director of Data Dynamics, a privately held company, a leader in enterprise data management, empowering businesses to orchestrate Data Democratization and Digital Privacy and Trust in an AI-driven world. He previously served as director of Datawatch Corporation (2015-2018, Nasdaq: DWCH, acquired by Altair). He continues to serve on the advisory boards or consults with ZoomInfo, AuctusIQ, TitanX/Phone Ready Leads, Sandler, ISG, Avnir, SmartSource, Convertiv, Iternal, Gong, M3ter, Humantic.ai, Liminal, The Alexander Group, Spotlight, salesbricks, Aviso, Corent, and Hammerspace. Mr. Seidl is a graduate of Boston College’s Carroll School of Management. Mr. Seidl serves as a trustee on Boston College’s Board of Trustees, on the Board of Trustees of St. Sebastian’s School, and is active with other charities. We believe Mr. Seidl’s experience in senior leadership positions at public technology companies makes him well-qualified to serve as our Co-Chief Executive Officer.

 

Alexandra Steele has served on the Board as an independent director since the closing of the Business Combination. Ms. Steele is an Emmy-nominated broadcast meteorologist with over 20 years of experience. She has her Graduate Certificate in Climate Adaptation and is currently finishing her Masters degree in Climatology. She recently concluded an engagement as a host at Yale Climate Connections and since 2015 has served as an on-air freelance meteorologist. From 2015 to 2024, she served as an on-air meteorologist for CBS 46 WGCL-TV. From 2011 to 2014, she was an on-air meteorologist for CNN, from 2003 to 2010, she was the weekday prime time on-air anchor for The Weather Channel, and from 1999 to 2003, she was the weekday morning on-air meteorologist at WJLA. As a broadcast meteorologist, she has extensive breadth and depth of experience in live network coverage from hurricanes, tornadoes, and blizzards, as well as live weather coverage of major sporting events. In addition, she has traveled and produced weather and climate stories around the world. Ms. Steele has served as a member of The American Meteorological Society since 1998 and was issued The American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval in 1999. She received her Bachelor degree in History of Art and Architecture from Brown University, her Masters degree in Broadcast Journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and completed her Meteorology Studies at Fairfield University and Western Connecticut State University. We believe Ms. Steele is qualified to serve as a member of the Board because of her more than twenty years of experience and deep expertise in meteorology and climatology.

 

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Lyman Dickerson has served on the Board as an independent director since the closing of the Business Combination. Mr. Dickerson serves on the board of Ecolutia Services AG, a Swiss privately held industrial water treatment company providing services worldwide. Mr. Dickerson is a co-founder of Ecolochem, Inc., a provider of outsourced industrial water treatment services for a wide range of industries including power, refining, chemical, pulp and paper, automotive, electronics, and pharmaceuticals, and served as Ecolochem’s President and Chief Executive Officer from 1973 to 2003. In November 2003, Ecolochem was sold to Ionics, Inc., and Mr. Dickerson subsequently became a Vice President of Ionics, with responsibility for Ionics’ Ecolochem and industrial water divisions. In February 2004, Ionics was acquired by General Electric. Mr. Dickerson has previously served on the Board of Directors for Ionics and Ecolochem. He received a B.A. from East Carolina University and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Miami. We believe Mr. Dickerson is qualified to serve as a member of the Board because of his more than thirty years of operating experience in the water industry, including as CEO of the largest outsourced water services provider to the U.S. power industry.

 

J. Eric Smith is expected to serve as a director of Holdco as an independent director since the closing of the Business Combination. From 2011 to 2020, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Swiss Re Americas, one of the leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, and also served on the Swiss Re Group Executive Committee. From 2010 to 2011, Mr. Smith served as President of USAA Life Insurance Company and from 2003 to 2010, Mr. Smith worked at Allstate where he rose to the rank of President of Financial Services. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Old Republic International Corporation, the Board of Directors of Fairmatic, the Global Advisory Board of Jefferies Financial Group and the Healthcare Advisory Board of Hippocratic AI, Inc. Mr. Smith previously served on the boards of Swiss Re Americas, Deutsche Bank Americas and QBE Insurance Group Ltd. He earned his Bachelor in Finance from the University of Illinois and his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. We believe Mr. Smith is qualified to serve as a member of the Board because of the extensive breadth and depth of his business experience gained as an executive of some of the leading insurance companies in the country.

 

Randy Seidl’s Offer Letter

 

On the Closing Date, Holdco and Randy Seidl entered into a binding offer letter (the “Offer Letter”), pursuant to which Mr. Seidl was offered, and accepted, the position of Chief Executive Officer of Holdco. Pursuant to the Offer Letter, Mr. Seidl’s annual base salary is $500,000, paid in accordance with Holdco’s normal payroll practice. Further, the Offer Letter provides that Mr. Seidl will be eligible to earn an annual bonus with a target of 200% of base salary, based upon mutually agreed performance objectives and the terms and conditions of Holdco’s annual bonus program in effect from time to time. The Offer Letter provides that within 30 days of the effective date of the offer letter, Holdco shall issue to Mr. Seidl an unsubordinated unsecured note (the “Note”) with a four-year term with a face value of $5,000,000, which shall accrue interest at a rate equal to the applicable federal rate most recently published by the IRS as of the date of the Note and which shall become due and payable on the earlier to occur of (x) the four-year anniversary of the date of the Note, subject to Mr. Seidl’s continued service with Holdco through such date, (y) if Holdco terminates Mr. Seidl’s employment without cause following the Business Combination, the date of such termination, and (z) the date on which a change in control is consummated.

 

Mr. Seidl will be eligible to participate in Holdco’s comprehensive employee benefit offerings, including a 401(k) plan and various health and welfare benefits. The Offer Letter also provides that Mr. Seidl will be eligible to participate in any additional executive-level plans that Holdco may adopt for similarly situated employees.

 

Mr. Seidl’s employment with Holdco will be “at-will,” meaning either Holdco or Mr. Seidl may terminate Mr. Seidl’s employment at any time for any reason. Upon termination, Mr. Seidl will be entitled to any earned but unpaid base salary and reimbursement of any expense properly incurred through the date of termination, and, if Mr. Seidl is terminated by Holdco without cause, payment of the Note.

 

The foregoing description of the Offer Letter does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Offer Letter, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.14 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Holdco Incentive Plan

 

On December 19, 2024, prior to the completion of the Business Combination, Holdco’s sole director and sole shareholder approved the Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive (the “2024 Incentive Plan”) under which Holdco may grant equity and equity-based incentive awards to officers, employees, non-employee directors and consultants. Pursuant to its terms, the 2024 Incentive Plan became effective on December 31, 2024, upon the Closing of the Business Combination.

 

Administration. The Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) will administer the 2024 Incentive Plan. The Committee will generally have the authority to designate participants, determine the type or types of awards to be granted to a participant, determine the terms and conditions of any agreements evidencing any awards granted under the 2024 Incentive Plan, accelerate the vesting or exercisability of, payment for or lapse of restrictions on, awards and to adopt, alter and repeal rules, guidelines and practices relating to the 2024 Incentive Plan. The Committee will have full discretion to administer and interpret the 2024 Incentive Plan and to make any other determinations and/or take any other action that it deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the 2024 Incentive Plan, and any such determinations or actions taken by the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all persons and entities. The Committee may delegate to one or more officers of Holdco or any affiliate the authority to act on behalf of the Committee with respect to any matter, right, obligation or election that is the responsibility of or that is allocated to the Committee in the 2024 Incentive Plan and that may be so delegated as a matter of law, except for grants of awards to persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

Eligibility. Certain employees, directors, officers, advisors or consultants of Holdco or its affiliates are eligible to participate in the 2024 Incentive Plan.

 

Number of Shares Authorized. Holdco has initially reserved 747,168 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock for the issuance of awards under the 2024 Incentive Plan. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2024 Incentive Plan will increase automatically on January 1 of each of 2025 through 2034 by the number of shares equal to 5.0% of the total number of outstanding shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) of Holdco Class A Common Stock as of December 31 of the immediately preceding year. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the 2024 Incentive Plan, no more than the number of shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock initially reserved under the 2024 Incentive Plan may be issued pursuant to the exercise of incentive stock options (“ISOs”) under the 2024 Incentive Plan.

 

Shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock underlying awards under the 2024 Incentive Plan that are forfeited, canceled, expire unexercised or are settled in cash will be available again for new awards under the 2024 Incentive Plan. If there is any change in Holdco’s corporate capitalization, the Committee in its sole discretion may make substitutions or adjustments to the number of shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2024 Incentive Plan, the number of shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock covered by awards then outstanding under the 2024 Incentive Plan, the limitations on awards under the 2024 Incentive Plan, the exercise price of outstanding options and such other equitable substitutions or adjustments as it may determine appropriate.

 

The 2024 Incentive Plan has a term of 10 years from the Closing, and no further awards may be granted under the 2024 Incentive Plan after that date.

 

Awards Available for Grant. The Committee may grant awards of nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options (“ISOs”), stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), other stock-based awards, other cash-based awards, dividend equivalents, and/or performance compensation awards or any combination of the foregoing.

 

Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights. Stock options provide for the purchase of shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock in the future at an exercise price set on the grant date. ISOs, in contrast to nonqualified stock options, may provide tax deferral beyond exercise and favorable capital gains tax treatment to their holders if certain holding period and other requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, are satisfied. SARs entitle their holder, upon exercise, to receive from us an amount in cash or shares equal to the appreciation of the shares subject to the award between the grant date and the exercise date. The exercise price of a stock option or SAR may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the underlying share on the grant date (or 110% in the case of ISOs granted to certain significant stockholders), except with respect to certain substitute awards granted in connection with a corporate transaction. The term of a stock option or SAR may not be longer than 10 years from grant (or five years in the case of ISOs granted to certain significant stockholders).

 

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Restricted Stock. Restricted stock is an award of nontransferable shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock that are subject to certain vesting conditions and other restrictions.

 

RSUs. RSUs are contractual promises to deliver shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock in the future, which may also remain forfeitable unless and until specified conditions are met and may be accompanied by the right to receive the equivalent value of dividends paid on shares of common stock prior to the delivery of the underlying shares (i.e., dividend equivalent rights). The Committee may provide that the delivery of the shares underlying RSUs will be deferred if such delivery would result in a violation of applicable law. The terms and conditions applicable to RSUs will be determined by the Committee, subject to the conditions and limitations contained in the 2024 Incentive Plan.

 

Other Stock or Cash-Based Awards. Other stock or cash based awards are awards of cash, fully vested shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock and other awards valued wholly or partially by referring to, or otherwise based on, shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock. Other stock or cash based awards may be granted to participants and may also be available as a payment form in the settlement of other awards or as standalone payments.

 

Dividend Equivalents. Dividend equivalents represent the right to receive the equivalent value of dividends paid on shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock and may be granted alone or in tandem with awards other than stock options or SARs. Dividend equivalents are credited as of the dividend record dates during the period between the date an award is granted and the date such award vests, is exercised, is distributed or expires, as determined by the Committee; however, dividend equivalents will not be payable unless and until the underlying award becomes payable and will be subject to forfeiture to the same extent as the underlying award.

 

Performance Awards. Performance awards granted pursuant to the 2024 Incentive Plan may be in the form of a cash bonus, or an award of performance shares or performance units denominated in shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock, that may be settled in cash, property or by issuance of those shares subject to the satisfaction or achievement of specified performance conditions.

 

Transferability. Each award may be exercised during the participant’s lifetime only by the participant or, if permissible under applicable law, by the participant’s guardian or legal representative and may not be otherwise assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance will be void and unenforceable against Holdco or its affiliates. The Committee, however, may permit awards (other than ISOs) to be transferred to family members, a trust for the benefit of such family members, a partnership or limited liability company whose partners or stockholders are the participant and his or her family members or anyone else approved by it.

 

Amendment and Termination; Repricing. In general, the Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate the 2024 Incentive Plan at any time. However, stockholder approval to amend the 2024 Incentive Plan may be necessary if applicable law or the 2024 Incentive Plan so requires. No amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination will materially and adversely impair the rights of any participant or recipient of any award without the consent of the participant or recipient. Stockholder approval will not be required for any amendment that reduces the exercise price of any stock option or SAR, or cancels any stock option or SAR that has an exercise price that is greater than the then-current fair market value of Holdco Class A Common Stock in exchange for cash, other awards or stock options or SARs with an exercise price per share that is less than the exercise price per share of the original stock options or SARs.

 

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Adjustments; Corporate Transactions. In the event of certain capitalization events or corporate transactions (as set forth in the 2024 Incentive Plan), including the consummation of a merger or consolidation of Holdco with another corporation, the Committee may adjust the number of shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock or other securities of Holdco (or number and kind of other securities or other property) subject to an award, the exercise or strike price of an award, or any applicable performance measure, and may provide for the substitution or assumption of outstanding awards in a manner that substantially preserves the terms of such awards, the acceleration of the exercisability or lapse of restrictions applicable to outstanding awards and the cancellation of outstanding awards in exchange for the consideration received by stockholders of Holdco in connection with such transaction.

 

The information set forth in the section entitled “Executive and Director Compensation” beginning on page 312 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the 2024 Incentive Plan and the information incorporated by reference in the preceding sentence does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2024 Incentive Plan and applicable form of restricted stock unit award agreement and restricted stock agreement which are incorporated by reference to this Current Report as Exhibits 10.7, 10.7.1 and 10.7.2.

 

Indemnification Agreements

 

Effective as of the Closing Date, Holdco entered into the Indemnification Agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. The description of the Indemnification Agreements set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On December 19, 2024, in connection with the Closing of the Business Combination, Holdco amended and restated its articles of organization (as amended and restated, the “A&R Charter”) and its bylaws (as amended, the “A&R Bylaws”).

 

The material terms of each of the A&R Charter and the A&R Bylaws and the general effect upon the rights of holders of Holdco’s capital stock are discussed in the sections titled “Comparison of Corporate Governance and Shareholder Rights” and “Description of Holdco’s Securities” beginning on pages 328 and 315 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, respectively, which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Copies of the A&R Charter and the A&R Bylaws are included as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.05 Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.

 

Effective upon the SPAC Merger Effective Time, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, the Board adopted a new Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, which is applicable to all employees, officers and directors of Holdco, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 14.1.

 

Item 5.06. Change in Shell Company Status.

 

As a result of the Business Combination, Coliseum ceased being a shell company upon the completion of the SPAC Merger, when it merged with and into Merger Sub 1 and ceased to exist. Reference is made to the section titled “The Business Combination” beginning on page 149 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference. Further, the information set forth in the Introductory Note and under Item 2.01 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.

 

The audited consolidated financial statements of Coliseum as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related notes and report of independent registered public accounting firm are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-3 and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Coliseum as of September 30, 2024 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-31 and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

The audited consolidated financial statements of RET as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and period from November 10, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2022, the related notes and report of independent registered public accounting firm are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-57 and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of RET as of September 30, 2024 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-51 and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

The audited consolidated financial statements of Holdco as of September 30, 2024 and for the period from May 21, 2024 (inception) through September 30, 2024, the related notes and report of independent registered public accounting firm are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-89 and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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(b) Pro forma financial information.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of Holdco as of September 30, 2024 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, and the unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations of Holdco for the year ended December 31, 2023, are set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number
  Description
2.1†   Business Combination Agreement, dated June 25, 2024, by and among Coliseum Acquisition Corp., Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc., Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., Rainwater Merger Sub 1, Inc., and Rainwater Merger Sub 2, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-283425)).
2.2   Assignment of Business Combination Agreement, dated August 22, 2024, by and among Rainwater Merger Sub 2, Inc. and Rainwater Merger Sub 2A, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-283425)).
2.3†   Amendment to Business Combination Agreement, dated August 22, 2024, by and among Coliseum Acquisition Corp., Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc., Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., Rainwater Merger Sub 1, Inc., and Rainwater Merger Sub 2A, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-283425)).
3.1*   Amended and Restated Articles of Organization of Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc.
3.2*   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc.
4.1   Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate of Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-283425)).
4.2   Specimen Warrant Certificate of Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-283425)).
4.3   Warrant Agreement, dated June 22, 2021, by and between Coliseum Acquisition Corp. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-283425)).
4.4*   Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement, dated December 31, 2024, by and among Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., Coliseum Acquisition Corp. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
10.1*+   Form of Indemnification Agreement between Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. and each of its officers and directors.
10.2*   Lock-Up Agreement, dated December 31, 2024, by and among Holdco and certain shareholders of Holdco.
10.3   Letter Agreement, dated June 22, 2021, by and among Coliseum Acquisition Corp., its officers and directors and the Previous Sponsor (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-283425)).
10.4   Joinder, dated November 22, 2023, between Coliseum Acquisition Corp. and Harry L. You (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-283425)).
10.5*   Form of Joinder by and among the Extension Non-Redeeming Shareholders and Coliseum Acquisition Corp.

 

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10.6*   Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 31, 2024, by and among Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. and each of the stockholders of Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. identified on the signature pages thereto.
10.7*+   Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. 2024 Incentive Plan.
10.7.1*+   Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
10.7.2*+   Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement
10.8*   Warrant Exchange Agreement, dated December 17, 2024, by and among Coliseum Acquisition Sponsor, LLC, Berto, LLC, Coliseum Acquisition Corp. and Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc.
10.9   Form of Subscription Agreement by and among Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. and the PIPE Investors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 30, 2024).
10.10   Form of Non-Redemption Agreement between the Extension Non-Redeeming Shareholders and Coliseum Acquisition Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-283425)).
10.11*†   Loan Agreement, dated December 30, 2024, by and between Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. and RHY Management LLC.
10.12*   Forward Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2024, by and among Coliseum Acquisition Corp., Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc., Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., and Meteora Capital Partners and certain of its affiliates.
10.13+   Employment Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2024, by and between Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc. and Christopher Riley (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-283425)).
10.14*+   Offer Letter, dated December 31, 2024, between Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. and Randy Seidl.
10.15*†   Exclusive License Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2022, by and between Theodore R. Anderson and Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc.
10.16*†   Memorandum of Understanding, dated March 15, 2023, by and between Discovery Land Consolidated, LLC and Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc.
14.1*   Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. Code of Ethics.
21.1*   Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
99.1*  

Unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of Holdco as of September 30, 2024 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, and unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations of Holdco for the year ended December 31, 2023.

104*   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

* Filed herewith.

The annexes and schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Registrant hereby agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted annex or schedule to the SEC upon request.
+ Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

Date: January 7, 2025 RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Oanh Truong
  Name: Oanh Truong
  Title: Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

Restated Articles of Organization

 

(General Laws Chapter 156D, Section 10.07; 950 CMR 113.35)

 

(1) Exact name of corporation: Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc.

 

(2) Registered office address: 44 School Street, Suite 505, Boston, MA 02108

                                                    (number, street, city or town, state, zip code)

 

(3) Date adopted: December 19, 2024                                                 

                                                     (month, day, year)

 

(4) Approved by:

(check appropriate box)

 

☒ the directors without shareholder approval and shareholder approval was not required;

 

OR

 

☐ the board of directors and the shareholders in the manner required by G.L. Chapter 156D and the corporation’s articles of organization.

 

(5) The following information is required to be included in the articles of organization pursuant to G.L. Chapter 156D, Section 2.02 except that the supplemental information provided for in Article VIII is not required:

 

Article I - Corporate Name

 

The exact name of the Corporation is Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

 

Article II - Purpose

 

The purpose for which the Corporation is formed is for the transaction of any and all lawful business for which a business Corporation may engage in under the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act (M.G.L. Ch. 156D, Sec. 101 et seq., as amended and in effect from time to time, the “MBCA”).

 

Article III - Authorized Shares

 

The following is the total number of shares and par value of each class of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue. The number of authorized shares of any class or classes of stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding or reserved for issuance in each class) by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.

 

 

 

 

WITHOUT PAR VALUE WITH PAR VALUE
TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE
    Class A Common 30,000,000 0.0001
    Class B Common 1,000,000 0.0001
    Preferred 1,000,000 0.0001

 

Article IV - Preferences, Limitations and Rights of Any Class or Series

 

A.Common Stock

 

1.  Voting in General. Unless and until the Corporation has issued shares of Preferred Stock having the right to vote in the election of Directors of the Corporation and other matters requiring action by the Corporation’s shareholders, or as otherwise provided in these Amended and Restated Articles of Organization (as amended and/or restated from time to time, these “Articles”) or required by applicable law, the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock (the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock referred to herein as the “Common Stock”) shall at all times vote together as one class on all matters (including the election of directors) submitted to a vote or for the consent of the shareholders of the Corporation. There shall be no cumulative voting.

 

2.  Class A Common Stock Voting. Except as otherwise provided in these Articles or required by applicable law, each holder of shares of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Class A Common Stock held of record by such holder as of the applicable date on any matter that is submitted to a vote or for the consent of the shareholders of the Corporation.

 

3.  Class B Common Stock Voting. Except as otherwise provided in these Articles or required by applicable law, each holder of shares of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to fifteen (15) votes for each share of Class B Common Stock held of record by such holder as of the applicable date on any matter that is submitted to a vote or for the consent of the shareholders of the Corporation.

 

4.  Equal Status. Except as otherwise provided in these Articles or required by applicable law, and subject to the preferences applicable to any series of Preferred Stock, if any, outstanding at any time, the holders of Class A Common Stock and the holders of Class B Common Stock shall have the same rights, privileges and powers, rank equally, shall be entitled to share equally, on a per share basis, in such dividends and other distributions of cash, property or shares of stock of the Corporation as may be declared by the Board of Directors from time to time with respect to the Common Stock out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor, and shall be identical in all respects as to all matters; provided, however, that in the event that any dividend or distribution is paid in the form of shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire Common Stock, the holders of Class A Common Stock shall receive Class A Common Stock or rights to acquire Class A Common Stock, as the case may be, and the holders of Class B Common Stock shall receive Class B Common Stock or rights to acquire Class B Common Stock, as the case may be.

 

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5.  Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to share equally, on a per share basis, in the net assets of the Corporation, after the Corporation shall have satisfied or made provision for the satisfaction of its debts and obligations and for the payment to holders of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation having preferential rights to receive distributions of the Corporation’s net assets.

 

6.  Subdivisions Combinations or Reclassifications. Shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock may not be subdivided, combined or reclassified unless the shares of the other class are concurrently therewith proportionately subdivided, combined or reclassified in a manner that maintains the same proportionate equity ownership between the holders of the outstanding Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock on the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that shares of one such class may be subdivided, combined or reclassified in a different or disproportionate manner if such subdivision, combination or reclassification is approved in advance by the affirmative vote (or written consent if action by written consent of shareholders is permitted at such time under these Articles) of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, each voting separately as a class.

 

7.  Merger or Consolidation. In the case of any distribution or payment in respect of the shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock upon the consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other entity, or in the case of any other transaction having an effect on shareholders substantially similar to that resulting from a consolidation or merger, such distribution or payment that the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock have the right to receive, or the right to elect to receive, shall be made ratably on a per share basis among the holders of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock as a single class; provided, however, that shares of one such class may receive, or have the right to elect to receive, different or disproportionate distributions or payments in connection with such merger, consolidation or other transaction if (i) the only difference in the per share distribution to the holders of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock is that any securities distributed to the holder of a share Class B Common Stock have fifteen times the voting power of any securities distributed to the holder of a share of Class A Common Stock, or (ii) such merger, consolidation or other transaction is approved by the affirmative vote (or written consent if action by written consent of shareholders is permitted at such time under these Articles) of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, each voting separately as a class.

 

8.  Third-Party Tender or Exchange Offers. The Corporation may not enter into any agreement pursuant to which a third party may by tender or exchange offer acquire any shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock unless the holders of (a) the Class A Common Stock shall have the right to receive, or the right to elect to receive, the same form of consideration and the same amount of consideration on a per share basis as the holders of the Class B Common Stock would receive, or have the right to elect to receive, and (b) the Class B Common Stock shall have the right to receive, or the right to elect to receive, the same form of consideration and the same amount of consideration on a per share basis as the holders of the Class A Common Stock would receive, or have the right to elect to receive; provided, however, that shares of such classes may receive, or have the right to elect to receive, different or disproportionate consideration in connection with such tender or exchange offer in order to reflect the special rights, powers and privileges of the holders of shares of the Class B Common Stock under these Articles (which may include, without limitation, securities exchangeable for each share of Class B Common Stock having up to fifteen (15) times the voting power of any securities exchangeable for each share of Class A Common Stock) or such other rights, powers, privileges or other terms that are no more favorable, in the aggregate, to the holders of the Class B Common Stock relative to the holders of the Class A Common Stock than those contained in these Articles.

 

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9.  Conversion of Class B Common Stock.

 

(A)  Voluntary Conversion. Each share of Class B Common Stock shall be convertible into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock at the option of the holder thereof at any time upon written notice to the Corporation (a “Voluntary Conversion”). Before any holder of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to voluntarily convert any shares of such Class B Common Stock, such holder shall surrender the certificate or certificates therefor (if any), duly endorsed, at the principal corporate office of the Corporation or of any transfer agent for the Class B Common Stock, and shall give written notice to the Corporation at its principal corporate office, of the election to convert the same and shall state therein the name or names (i) in which the certificate or certificates representing the shares of Class A Common Stock into which the shares of Class B Common Stock are so converted are to be issued if such shares are certificated or (ii) in which such shares are to be registered in book entry if such shares are uncertificated. The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, issue and deliver at such office to such holder of Class B Common Stock, or to the nominee or nominees of such holder, a certificate or certificates representing the number of shares of Class A Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled as aforesaid (if such shares are certificated) or, if such shares are uncertificated, register such shares in book-entry form. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been made immediately prior to the close of business on the date of such surrender of the shares of Class B Common Stock to be converted following or contemporaneously with the written notice of such holder’s election to convert required by this Section 9(A) of Article IV, and the person or persons entitled to receive the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Class A Common Stock as of such date. Each share of Class B Common Stock that is converted pursuant to this Section 9(A) of Article IV shall be retired by the Corporation and shall not be available for reissuance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, shares of Class B Common Stock represented by a lost, stolen or destroyed stock certificate may be converted pursuant to this Section 9(A) of Article IV if the holder thereof notifies the Corporation or its transfer agent that such certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed and delivers an affidavit of that fact acceptable to the Corporation and agrees to indemnify the Corporation from any loss incurred by it in connection with such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate.

 

(B)  Automatic Conversion. Each share of Class B Common Stock shall automatically, without further action by the Corporation or the holder thereof, be converted into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock immediately prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) five (5) years from the closing of the Initial Public Offering Closing (as defined below), (ii) the first date on which the Founders or their Permitted Transferees collectively beneficially own 20% or less of the number of shares of Class B Common Stock (as such number of shares is equitably adjusted in respect of any reclassification, stock dividend, subdivision, combination or recapitalization of the Class B Common Stock) collectively held by the Founders or their Permitted Transferees as of the Initial Public Offering Closing, (iii) upon the occurrence of a Transfer (as defined below), other than a Permitted Transfer (as defined below), of such share of Class B Common Stock, or (iv) the date specified by the affirmative vote of the holders of Class B Common Stock representing not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a single class (each of the events referred to in (i) through (iv) are referred to herein as an “Automatic Conversion”). The Corporation shall provide notice of the Automatic Conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock pursuant to this Section 9(B) of Article IV to record holders of such shares of Class B Common Stock as soon as practicable following the Automatic Conversion. Such notice shall be provided by any means then permitted by the MBCA; provided, however, that no failure to give such notice nor any defect therein shall affect the validity of the Automatic Conversion. Upon and after the Automatic Conversion, the person registered on the Corporation’s books as the record holder of the shares of Class B Common Stock so converted immediately prior to the Automatic Conversion shall be registered on the Corporation’s books as the record holder of the shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon Automatic Conversion of such shares of Class B Common Stock, without further action on the part of the record holder thereof. Immediately upon the effectiveness of the Automatic Conversion, the rights of the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock as such shall cease, and the holders shall be treated for all purposes as having become the record holder or holders of such shares of Class A Common Stock into which such shares of Class B Common Stock were converted.

 

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(C)  Certificates. Each outstanding stock certificate (if shares are in certificated form) that, immediately prior to the occurrence of an Automatic Conversion, represented one or more shares of Class B Common Stock subject to such Automatic Conversion shall, upon such Automatic Conversion, be deemed to represent an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock, without the need for surrender or exchange thereof. The Corporation shall, upon the request of any holder whose shares of Class B Common Stock have been converted into shares of Class A Common Stock as a result of a Voluntary Conversion or an Automatic Conversion (either of the foregoing, a “Conversion Event”) and upon surrender by such holder to the Corporation of the outstanding certificate(s) formerly representing such holder’s shares of Class B Common Stock, if any (or, in the case of any lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, upon such holder providing an affidavit of that fact acceptable to the Corporation and executing an agreement acceptable to the Corporation to indemnify the Corporation from any loss incurred by it in connection with such certificate), issue and deliver to such holder certificate(s) representing the shares of Class A Common Stock into which such holder’s shares of Class B Common Stock were converted as a result of such Conversion Event (if such shares are certificated) or, if such shares are uncertificated, register such shares in book-entry form. Each share of Class B Common Stock that is converted pursuant to a Conversion Event shall thereupon automatically be retired and shall not be available for reissuance.

 

(D)  Effect of Conversion on Payment of Dividends. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9 of Article IV, if the date on which any share of Class B Common Stock is converted into Class A Common Stock pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9 of Article IV occurs after the record date for the determination of the holders of Class B Common Stock entitled to receive any dividend or distribution to be paid on the shares of Class B Common Stock, the holder of such shares of Class B Common Stock as of such record date will be entitled to receive such dividend or distribution on such payment date; provided, that, notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, to the extent that any such dividend or distribution is payable in shares of Class B Common Stock, such dividend or distribution shall be deemed to have been declared, and shall be payable in, shares of Class A Common Stock and no shares of Class B Common Stock shall be issued in payment thereof.

 

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(E)  Policies and Procedures. The Corporation may, from time to time, establish such policies and procedures, not in violation of applicable law or the other provisions of these Articles, relating to the conversion of the Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock, as it may deem necessary or advisable in connection therewith. If the Board of Directors has determined that a Transfer or other Conversion Event giving rise to a conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock has occurred but has not theretofore been reflected on the books of the Corporation or as maintained by the transfer agent of the Corporation, the Corporation may request that the holder of such shares furnish affidavits or other evidence to the Corporation as the Corporation deems necessary to determine whether a conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock to Class A Common Stock has occurred, and if such holder does not within ten (10) days after the date of such request furnish sufficient evidence to the Corporation (in the manner provided in the request) to enable the Corporation to determine that no such conversion has occurred, any such shares of Class B Common Stock, to the extent not previously converted and to the extent that the Board of Directors has determined that a Transfer or Conversion Event has occurred, shall be automatically converted into shares of Class A Common Stock and the same shall thereupon be registered on the books and records of the Corporation or as maintained by the transfer agent of the Corporation. In connection with any action of shareholders taken at a meeting or by written consent (if action by written consent of shareholders is permitted at such time under these Articles), the stock ledger of the Corporation or the records maintained by the transfer agent of the Corporation shall be presumptive evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of shareholders or in connection with any such written consent and the class or classes or series of shares held by each such shareholder and the number of shares of each class or classes or series held by such shareholder.

 

(F)  Definitions. For the purpose of this Section 9 of Article IV the following definitions shall apply:

 

(i)  Family Member” shall mean, with respect to any natural person who is a Qualified Shareholder, (a) the spouse of such Qualified Shareholder or (b) the parents, grandparents, lineal descendants, siblings, or lineal descendants of siblings of the Qualified Shareholder or of the Qualified Shareholder’s spouse, whether by birth or adoption.

 

(ii)  Founders” shall mean Harry L. You, Paul Dacier, Niccolo de Masi and each of their respective Permitted Entities.

 

(iii)  Initial Public Offering” shall mean an initial public offering of the Corporation’s equity securities, whether by the registration of the shares of the Corporation on a public stock exchange, or the merger, share reconstruction or amalgamation, asset or share acquisition, exchangeable share transaction, reorganization, contractual control arrangement or similar type of transaction with a special purpose acquisition company formed for such purpose.

 

(iv)  Permitted Entity” shall mean with respect to a Qualified Shareholder: (a) a Permitted Trust solely for the benefit of (1) such Qualified Shareholder, (2) one or more Family Members of such Qualified Shareholder, or (3) any other Permitted Entity of such Qualified Shareholder; or (b) any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation or other entity exclusively owned by (1) such Qualified Shareholder, (2) one or more Family Members of such Qualified Shareholder, or (3) any other Permitted Entity of such Qualified Shareholder; or (c) any foundation or similar entity or any Qualified Charity for so long as such Qualified Shareholder continues to, directly or indirectly, exercise voting control over any shares of Class B Common Stock held by such entity.

 

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(v)  Permitted Transfer” shall mean, and be restricted to, any Transfer of a share of Class B Common Stock (a) by a Qualified Shareholder to (1)  any Permitted Entity of such Qualified Shareholder, (2) to such Qualified Shareholder’s revocable living trust, which revocable living trust is itself both a Permitted Trust and a Qualified Shareholder, or (3) to a Family Member of such Qualified Shareholder; (b) by a Permitted Entity of a Qualified Shareholder to any other Permitted Entity of such Qualified Shareholder or to a Family Member of such Qualified Shareholder; or (c) any Transfer approved in advance by the Board of Directors, or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, upon a determination that such Transfer is not inconsistent with the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this definition of “Permitted Transfer”.

 

(vi)  Permitted Transferee” shall mean a transferee of shares of Class B Common Stock received in a Permitted Transfer.

 

(vii)  Permitted Trust” shall mean a bona fide trust where each trustee is a Qualified Shareholder.

 

(viii)  Qualified Charity” shall mean a domestic U.S. charitable organization, contributions to which are deductible for federal income, estate, gift and generation skipping transfer tax purposes.

 

(ix)  Qualified Shareholder” shall mean: (a) the Founders; (b) the record holder of a share of Class B Common Stock as of the date of an Initial Public Offering; (c) the initial registered holder of any shares of Class B Common Stock that are originally issued by the Corporation after the date of an Initial Public Offering pursuant to the exercise or conversion of any Option or Convertible Security that, in each case, was outstanding as of the date of an Initial Public Offering; and (d) a Permitted Transferee.

 

(x)  Transfer” of a share of Class B Common Stock shall mean any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, hypothecation or other transfer or disposition of such share or any legal or beneficial interest in such share, whether or not for value and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law, including, without limitation, a transfer of a share of Class B Common Stock to a broker or other nominee (regardless of whether there is a corresponding change in beneficial ownership), the distribution of a share of Class B Common Stock to the partners, shareholders, members or other equity owners of the holder, or the transfer of, or entering into a binding agreement with respect to, Voting Control over such share by proxy or otherwise; provided, however, that the following shall not be considered a “Transfer” within the meaning of this Section 9 of Article IV:

 

(a)  the granting of a revocable proxy to officers or directors of the Corporation at the request of the Board of Directors in connection with actions to be taken at an annual or special meeting of shareholders;

 

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(b)  entering into a voting trust, agreement or arrangement (with or without granting a proxy) solely with shareholders who are holders of Class B Common Stock that (1) is disclosed either in a Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation, (2) either has a term not exceeding one (1) year or is terminable by the holder of the shares subject thereto at any time and (3) does not involve any payment of cash, securities, property or other consideration to the holder of the shares subject thereto other than the mutual promise to vote shares in a designated manner;

 

(c)  entering into a voting trust, agreement or arrangement (with or without granting a proxy) pursuant to a written agreement to which the Corporation is a party;

 

(d)  in connection with a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other entity or in the case of any other transaction having an effect on shareholders substantially similar to that resulting from a merger or consolidation in each case that has been approved by the Board of Directors, the entering into a support, voting, tender or similar agreement or arrangement (in each case, with or without the grant of a proxy) that has also been approved by the Board of Directors;

 

(e)  the pledge of shares of Class B Common Stock by a shareholder that creates a mere security interest in such shares pursuant to a bona fide loan or indebtedness transaction for so long as such shareholder continues to exercise Voting Control over such pledged shares; provided, however, that a foreclosure on such shares or a similar action by the pledgee shall constitute a Transfer unless such foreclosure or similar action qualifies as a Permitted Transfer at such time;

 

(f)  transferring to an Individual Retirement Account, as defined in Section 408(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a pension, profit sharing, stock bonus or other type of plan or trust of which such Qualified Shareholder is a participant or beneficiary and which satisfies the requirements for qualification under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code; provided that in each case such Qualified Shareholder has sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held in such account, plan or trust, and provided, further, that in the event the Qualified Shareholder no longer has sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such account, plan or trust, each such share of Class B Common Stock convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock;

 

(g)  transferring to a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company in which such Qualified Shareholder directly or indirectly through one or more Permitted Entities owns shares, partnership interests, or membership interests, as applicable, with sufficient Voting Control such that the Qualified Shareholder retains sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such corporation, partnership, or limited liability company; provided that in the event the Qualified Shareholder no longer owns sufficient shares, partnership interests, or membership interests or no longer has sufficient legally enforceable rights to ensure the Qualified Shareholder to retain sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such corporation, partnership, or limited liability company, each such share of Class B Common Stock then held by such corporation, partnership, or limited liability company shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock;

 

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(h)  entering into a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with a broker or other nominee; provided, however, that a sale of such shares of Class B Common Stock pursuant to such plan shall constitute a “Transfer” at the time of such sale.

 

(xi)  Voting Control” shall mean, with respect to a share of Class B Common Stock the power (whether exclusive or shared) to vote or direct the voting of such share by proxy, voting agreement or otherwise.

 

10.  Reservation of Stock. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of Class B Common Stock, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock.

 

11.  Protective Provision. The Corporation shall not, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, (i) amend, alter, repeal or waive Sections A3 through A10 of this Article IV (or adopt any provision inconsistent therewith) or (ii) authorize or issue any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation entitling the holder thereof to more than one (1) vote for each share thereof, without first obtaining the affirmative vote (or written consent if action by written consent of shareholders is permitted at such time under these Articles) of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, voting as a separate class, in addition to any other vote required by applicable law, these Articles or the Bylaws.

 

B.Preferred Stock

 

1.  The Corporation’s Board of Directors shall be authorized, without further shareholder approval and subject to any limitations prescribed by applicable law, to provide for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in such class or series as may be determined by the Board of Directors by filing Articles of Amendment or Amended and Restated Articles pursuant to the law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such class or series, and to fix the designation, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of each such class or series, including without limitation thereof, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, all to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in such resolutions.

 

2.  The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Common Stock, without a vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock, or of any class or series thereof, unless a vote of any such holders is required pursuant to the terms of any Preferred Stock provided in any such Articles of Amendment or Amended and Restated Articles. In case the number of shares of any class or series shall be so decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status that they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such class or series.

 

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C.Staggered Board of Directors

 

1.  The Board of Directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock under specified circumstances, shall be divided into three classes: Class I, Class II and Class III.

 

2.  Each Director shall serve for a term ending on the third annual meeting of shareholders following the annual meeting of shareholders at which such Director was elected; provided, however, that the directors first elected, assigned or appointed to Class I shall serve for a term ending on the Corporation’s first annual meeting of shareholders following the effectiveness of this provision in these Articles; the Directors first elected, assigned or appointed to Class II shall serve for a term ending on the Corporation’s second annual meeting of shareholders following the effectiveness of this provision in these Articles; and the directors first elected, assigned or appointed to Class III shall serve for a term ending on the Corporation’s third annual meeting of shareholders following the effectiveness of this provision in these Articles.

 

3.  The Board of Directors is authorized to assign members of the Board of Directors already in office to such classes as it may determine at the time the classification of the Board of Directors becomes effective. The foregoing notwithstanding, each Director shall serve until such Director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such Director’s prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or other removal.

 

4.  Prior to the occurrence of the Voting Threshold Date, any newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors and any vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors, shall be filled by the affirmative votes of the holders of a majority of the Common Stock for nominees designated by the holders of a majority of the Class B Common Stock. On and after the Voting Threshold Date, any newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors and any vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors, shall be filled by vote of a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and not by shareholders. A director so elected shall be elected to hold office until the earlier of the expiration of the term of office of the director whom he or she has replaced, a successor is duly elected and qualified or the earlier of such director’s death, resignation or removal.

 

D.Approval by Shareholders of Certain Actions

 

1.  Amendment or Restatement of Articles. Unless a greater percentage vote, or action by one or more separate voting groups, is required by these Amended and Restated Articles of Organization (“Articles”), by the Bylaws of the Corporation, by the provisions of the MBCA, or by the Board of Directors of the Corporation acting pursuant to Section 10.03 of the MBCA, the approval and adoption of any amendment to these Articles or any Restated Articles of the Corporation shall require the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all shares entitled generally to vote on such matter by these Articles prior to the Voting Threshold Date, and the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all shares entitled generally to vote on such matter by these Articles on and after the Voting Threshold Date, ; provided, however, that as long as any shares of Class A Common Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the prior affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, voting as a separate class, in addition to any other vote required by applicable law or these Articles, directly or indirectly, whether by amendment, or through merger, recapitalization, consolidation or otherwise amend, alter, change, repeal or adopt any provision of these Articles (1) in a manner that is inconsistent with, or that otherwise alters or changes the powers, preferences, or special rights of the shares of Class A Common Stock so as to affect them adversely; or (2) to provide for each share of Class B Common Stock to have more than fifteen (15) votes per share or any rights to a separate class vote of the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock other than as provided by these Articles or the MBCA.

 

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2.  Merger or Share Exchange. Unless a greater percentage vote, or action by one or more separate voting groups, is required by these Articles, by the Bylaws of the Corporation, by the provisions of the MBCA, or by the Board of Directors of the Corporation acting pursuant to subsection (3) of Section 11.04 of the MBCA, the approval and adoption of plan of merger or share exchange shall require the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all shares entitled generally to vote on such matter by these Articles, .

 

3.  Sale or Lease of All or Substantially All Property. Unless a greater percentage vote, or action by one or more separate voting groups, is required by these Articles, by the Bylaws of the Corporation, by the provisions of the MBCA, or by the Board of Directors of the Corporation acting pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 12.02 of the MBCA, the approval of a sale, lease, exchange or disposition of all or substantially all property of the Corporation in accordance with Section 12.02 of the MBCA shall require the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all shares entitled generally to vote on such matter by these Articles,.

 

4.  Voluntary Dissolution of the Corporation. Unless a greater percentage vote, or action by one or more separate voting groups, is required by these Articles, by the Bylaws of the Corporation, by the provisions of the MBCA, or by the Board of Directors of the Corporation acting pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 14.02 of the MBCA, the approval of a proposal to dissolve the Corporation in accordance with Section 14.02 of the MBCA shall require the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all shares entitled generally to vote on such matter by these Articles, .

 

5.  Domestication into Foreign Jurisdiction. Unless a greater percentage vote, or action by one or more separate voting groups, is required by these Articles, by the Bylaws of the Corporation, by the provisions of the MBCA, or by the Board of Directors of the Corporation acting pursuant to subsection (3) of Section 9.21 of the MBCA, the approval of a plan of domestication of the Corporation to a foreign jurisdiction in accordance with Section 9.21 of the MBCA shall require the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all shares entitled generally to vote on such matter by these Articles, .

 

6.  Entity Conversion. Unless a greater percentage vote, or action by one or more separate voting groups, is required by these Articles, by the Bylaws of the Corporation, by the provisions of the MBCA, or by the Board of Directors of the Corporation acting pursuant to subsection (3) of Section 9.52 of the MBCA, the approval of a plan of entity conversion to a domestic or foreign other entity in accordance with Section 9.52 of the MBCA shall require the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all shares entitled generally to vote on such matter by these Articles, and in addition, a majority of the shares of any voting group entitled to vote separately on the matter pursuant to the MBCA, by these Articles or by the Bylaws of the Corporation, or by action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation taken pursuant to Subsection (3) of Section 9.52 of the MBCA.

 

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7.  Choice of Forum. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Business Litigation Session of the Superior Court for Suffolk County, Massachusetts and United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts sitting in Boston, Massachusetts shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) any action asserting a claim for breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s shareholders, (c) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the MBCA, the Articles, or the Bylaws of the Corporation, or (d) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each case subject to said courts having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein, except that the United States District Court of Massachusetts in Boston shall be the sole and exclusive forum for any claim arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This provision will not apply to claims arising under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other federal securities laws for which there is exclusive federal jurisdiction. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article IV.D.7.

 

Article V - Restrictions

 

The restrictions, if any, imposed by the articles or organization upon the transfer of shares of any class or series of stock are: None.

 

Article VI - Other Lawful Provisions

 

The Corporation shall have all lawful powers of a corporation organized pursuant to the MBCA. In addition to, and not in limitation of, thereof:

 

(a)the Corporation shall have the right, power and authority to carry on any business, operation or activity to the same extent as might an individual, whether as a principal, agent, contractor, or otherwise, and either alone or in conjunction, joint venture, partnership or other arrangement with any other entity or natural person.

 

(b)the Corporation shall have the right, power and authority to carry on any lawful business, operation or activity through one or more direct or indirect subsidiaries, whether wholly-owned or owned in part.

 

(c)the Corporation shall have the right, power and authority to be a partner in any business enterprise which the Corporation would have the power to conduct directly or through a direct or indirect subsidiary.

 

(d)The Board of Directors may make, amend, restate or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation, in whole or in part, except with respect to any provision of such Bylaws which, by law or the terms of such Bylaws, requires the approval of the shareholders.

 

(e)Meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation may be held anywhere in the United States or solely by means of remote communication, and subject to guidelines and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors, shareholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of shareholders, may participate and be deemed present in person and capable of voting by means of remote communications.

 

(f)Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, or the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, and may not be called by any other person; provided that prior to the first date on which the issued and outstanding Class B Common Stock represents less than 50% of the total voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation that would then be entitled to vote in the election of directors at an annual meeting of shareholders (the “Voting Threshold Date”), special meetings of shareholders for any purpose or purposes may be called by or at the request of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock. Business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.

 

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(g)No shareholder shall have the right to examine any property or any books, accounts or other writings of the Corporation if there is a reasonable ground for belief that such examination will, for any reason, be adverse to the interests of the Corporation. A vote of the Directors, refusing permission to make such examination and setting forth that in the opinion of the Directors such examination would be adverse to the interests of the Corporation, shall be prima facie evidence that such examination would be adverse to the interests of the Corporation. Every such examination shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Directors may establish with respect thereto.

 

(h)The Directors may specify the manner in which the accounts of the Corporation shall be kept and may determine what constitutes net earnings, profits and surplus, what amounts, if any, shall be reserved for any corporate purpose, and what amounts, if any, shall be declared as dividends. Unless the Directors specify otherwise, the excess of the consideration paid for any shares of capital stock with par value issued by it over such par value shall be paid-in surplus. The Directors may allocate to capital stock less than all of the consideration paid for any share of the Corporation’s capital stock without par value issued by the Corporation, in which case the balance of such consideration shall be paid-in surplus. All surplus shall be available for any corporate purpose, including the payment of dividends.

 

(i)The purchase or other acquisition or retention by the Corporation of shares of its own capital stock shall not be deemed a reduction of its capital stock. Upon any reduction of capital or capital stock, no shareholder shall have any right to demand any distribution from the Corporation, except as and to the extent that the shareholders shall have provided at the time of the authorization of such reduction.

 

(j)The Directors shall have the power to fix from time to time their compensation.

 

(k)No person shall be disqualified from holding any office by reason of any interest. In the absence of fraud, any Director, officer, or shareholder of the Corporation, individually, or any individual having any interest in any concern which is a shareholder of the Corporation, or any concern in which any of such Directors, officers, shareholders or individuals has any interest, may be a party to or may be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, any contract, transaction or other act of the Corporation, and

 

(1)such contract, transaction or act shall not be in any way invalidated or otherwise affected by that fact;

 

(2)no such Director, officer, shareholder or individual shall be liable to account to the Corporation for any profit or benefit realized through any such contract, transaction or act; and

 

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(3)any such Director of this Corporation may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee of the Board of Directors which shall authorize any such contract, transaction or act, and may vote to authorize the same.

 

Provided, however, that any contract, transaction or act in which any Director or officer of the Corporation is so interested individually or as a director, officer, trustee or member of any concern which is not a direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of the Corporation, or in which any directors or officers are so interested as holders, collectively, of a majority of the shares of capital stock or other beneficial interest at the time outstanding in any concern which is not a direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of the Corporation, shall be duly authorized or ratified by a majority of the Directors who are not so interested, to whom the nature of such interest has been disclosed and who have made any findings required by law.

 

For the purposes of this Article (a) the term “interest” shall mean and include any personal interest and any interest as a director, officer, shareholder, shareholder, trustee, member or beneficiary of any concern; (b) the term “concern” shall mean and include any Corporation, association, trust, partnership, limited liability company, firm, person or other entity other than this Corporation; and (c) the phrase “subsidiary or affiliate” shall mean and include any concern in which a majority of the directors, trustees, partners or controlling persons is elected or appointed by the Directors of this Corporation or is constituted of the Directors or officers of this Corporation.

 

To the extent permitted by law, the authorizing or ratifying vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of each class of the capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote for Directors at an annual meeting or special meeting duly called for the purpose (whether such vote is passed before or after judgment is rendered in a suit with respect to such contract, transaction or act) shall validate any contract, transaction or act of this Corporation, or of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, with regard to all shareholders of this Corporation, whether of record at the time of such vote, and with regard to all creditors and other claimants of this Corporation; provided, however, that

 

(A)with respect to the authorization or ratification of any contract, transaction or act in which any of the Directors, officers or shareholders of this Corporation have an interest, the nature of such contract, transaction or act and the interest of any Director, officer or shareholder therein shall be summarized in the notice of any such annual or special meeting, or in a statement or letter accompanying such notice, and shall be fully disclosed at any such meeting;

 

(B)the shareholders so voting shall have made any findings required by law;

 

(C)shareholders so interested may vote at any such meeting except to the extent otherwise provided by law; and

 

(D)any failure of the shareholders to authorize or ratify any such contract, transaction or act shall not be deemed in any way to invalidate the same or to deprive the Corporation, its Directors, officers or employees of their right to proceed with such contract, transaction or act.

 

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No contract, transaction or act of the Corporation shall be voidable by reason of any provision of this paragraph (k) which would be valid except for any such provision or provisions.

 

(l)No Director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a Director to the extent provided by applicable law notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability; provided, however, that to the extent, and only to the extent, required by the MBCA (or any successor thereto), this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a Director (i) for breach of the Director’s fiduciary duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under the MBCA, or (iv) for any transaction from which the Director derived an improper personal benefit. This provision shall not be construed in any way so as to impose or create liability. The foregoing provisions of this Article VI, paragraph (j) shall not eliminate the liability of a Director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date on which this Article VI, paragraph (j) becomes effective. No amendment to or repeal of this Article VI, paragraph (j) shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any Director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such Director occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

 

(m)To the fullest extent permitted by the MBCA, the Corporation may indemnify each current and former officer and director against: (i) all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such person in or about the conduct of the Corporation’s business or affairs or in the execution or discharge of such person’s duties, powers, authorities or discretions, and (ii) without limitation to paragraph (i), all costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such person in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative proceedings (whether threatened, pending or completed) concerning the Corporation or its affairs in any court or tribunal, whether in Massachusetts or elsewhere; provided, however, that no current or former officer or director shall be indemnified in respect of any matter arising out of his or her own actual fraud, failure to conduct himself or herself in good faith, willful default, or willful neglect. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation may make a payment, or agree to make a payment, whether by way of advance, loan or otherwise, for any legal costs incurred by a current or former officer or director in respect of any matter identified in paragraph (i) or paragraph (ii) above on condition that such person must repay the amount paid by the Corporation to the extent that it is ultimately found not liable to indemnify such person for those legal costs.

 

(n)The Directors may, to the full extent permitted by the MBCA and applicable law as it presently exists, or may hereafter be amended from time to time, authorize an appropriate officer or officers to purchase and maintain at the Corporation’s expense insurance: (i) to indemnify the Corporation for any obligation which it incurs as a result of the indemnification of directors and officers under the provisions of this Article VI; and (ii) to indemnify and/or insure directors, officers and employees against liability to the fullest extent permitted by the MBCA and applicable law.

 

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(o)In a Contested Election Meeting, Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at such Contested Election Meeting. A meeting of shareholders shall be a “Contested Election Meeting” if there are more persons nominated for election as Directors at such meeting than there are Directors to be elected at such meeting, determined as of the tenth day preceding the date of the Corporation’s first notice to shareholders of such meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s Bylaws (such date, the “Determination Date”); provided, however, that if, in accordance with the Corporation’s Bylaws, shareholders are entitled to nominate persons for election as Director for a period of time that ends after the otherwise applicable Determination Date, the Determination Date shall be as of the day immediately following the end of such period.

 

(p)Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation may be taken prior to the Voting Threshold Date without a meeting by the written consent of shareholders having not less than the minimum number of votes necessary to take such action at a meeting of the shareholders at which all shareholders entitled to vote thereon are present and voting; provided that, in accordance with these Articles and the Corporation’s Bylaws, (i) shareholders who own, in the aggregate, not less than a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue to be considered at any annual or proposed special meeting of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with these Articles, shall by written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation request that the Board of Directors fix a record date for the proposed action by shareholders including the information required by the Corporation’s Bylaws, (ii) the Corporation shall solicit written consents from all shareholders and (iii) such action shall be evidenced by a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action to be taken, which shall be signed and delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, and not revoked, by shareholders having the requisite votes; provided, further, however, that any such action shall be taken in accordance with, and subject to the Corporation’s Bylaws, the MBCA and applicable law. Following the Voting Threshold Date, except as provided in the last paragraph of this section, any action required or permitted to be taken by the shareholders must be effected at an annual or special meeting of the shareholders and may not be effected by written consent in lieu of a meeting.

 

For purposes of determining whether shareholders own, in the aggregate, at least a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue to be considered at any annual or proposed special meeting of the Corporation, a shareholder shall be deemed to “own” only those outstanding shares of the Corporation’s stock as to which the shareholder possesses both (i) full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares and (ii) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk of loss with respect to) such shares; provided that the number of shares calculated in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) shall not include any shares (1) sold by such shareholder or any affiliate of such shareholder in any transaction that has not been settled or closed, (2) borrowed by such shareholder or any of its affiliates for any purpose(s) or purchased by such shareholder or any of its affiliates pursuant to an agreement to resell or (3) subject to any Derivative Position (as defined in the Corporation’s Bylaws) entered into by such shareholder or any of its affiliates whether such Derivative Position is to be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of shares of outstanding stock of the Corporation, in any such case which Derivative Position has, or is intended to have, the purpose or effect of reducing in any manner, to any extent, or at any time in the future, such shareholder’s or affiliates’ full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares, and/or hedging, offsetting or altering to any degree gain or loss arising from the full economic ownership of such shares by such shareholder or affiliate. A shareholder shall “own” shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the shareholder retains the right to instruct how the shares are voted with respect to the election of Directors and possesses the full economic interest in the shares. The terms “owned,” “owning,” and other variations of the word “own” shall have correlative meanings. Whether outstanding shares of the Corporation’s capital stock are owned for these purposes shall be determined by the Board of Directors in its reasonable discretion.

 

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Notwithstanding any provision of these Articles or the Corporation’s Bylaws to the contrary, shareholders may act without a meeting by unanimous written consent, and none of the foregoing provisions shall apply to such action. Any action by written consent must be a proper subject for shareholder action by written consent.

 

(q)No amendment or repeal of any provision of these Articles the Corporation’s Bylaws contemplating the indemnification of any Director or officer of the Corporation or of the relevant provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 156D shall affect or diminish the rights of any indemnified Director or officer with respect to any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any actions occurring prior to the final adoption of such amendment or repeal. If the MBCA is subsequently amended to increase the scope of permitted indemnification, indemnification hereunder shall be provided to the full extent permitted or required by such amendment.

 

(r)The Corporation hereby expressly elects not to be governed by the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 110F.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not engage in any business combination (as defined below), at any point in time at which time any class of the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, with any interested shareholder (as defined below) for a period of three (3) years following the time that such shareholder became an interested shareholder, unless:

 

1.prior to such time, the Board of Directors approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder, or

 

2.upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder, the interested shareholder owned at least 90% of the voting stock (as defined below) of the Corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested shareholder) those shares owned (a) by persons who are directors and also officers and (b) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer, or

 

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3.at or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the Board of Directors and authorized or approved at an annual or special meeting of shareholders (and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, not by written consent) by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the then-outstanding voting stock of the Corporation that is not owned by the interested shareholder.

 

Solely for purposes of this Section (r) of Article VI only, references to:

 

1.“affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person.

 

2.“associate,” when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means: (a) any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity of which such person is a director, officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock; (b) any trust or other estate in which such person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (c) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same residence as such person.

 

3.“business combination,” when used in reference to the Corporation and any interested shareholder of the Corporation, means:

 

a.any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (i) with the interested shareholder or (ii) with any other corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity if the merger or consolidation is caused by the interested shareholder and as a result of such merger or consolidation this Section (r) of Article VI is not applicable to the surviving entity;

 

b.any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), except proportionately as a shareholder of the Corporation, to or with the interested shareholder, whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation, which assets have an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the then outstanding stock of the Corporation;

 

c.any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or by any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation of any stock of the Corporation or of such subsidiary to the interested shareholder, except: (i) pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary, which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the interested shareholder became such; (ii) pursuant to a merger under Clause (7) of Section 11.04 or Section 11.05 of the MBCA; (iii) pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary, which security is distributed, pro rata to all holders of a class or series of stock of the Corporation subsequent to the time the interested shareholder became such; (iv) pursuant to an exchange offer by the Corporation to purchase stock made on the same terms to all holders of said stock; or (v) any issuance or transfer of stock by the Corporation; provided, however, that in no case under items (iii) through (v) of this subsection (c) shall there be an increase in the interested shareholder’s proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the Corporation or of the voting stock of the Corporation (except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments);

 

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d.any transaction involving the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation that has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series, or securities convertible into the stock of any class or series, of the Corporation or of any such subsidiary that is owned by the interested shareholder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption or other transfer of any shares of stock not caused, directly or indirectly, by the interested shareholder; or

 

e.any receipt by the interested shareholder of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a shareholder of the Corporation), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted in subsections (a) through (d) above) provided by or through the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary.

 

4.“control,” including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting stock, by contract, or otherwise. A person who is the owner of 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such person holds voting stock, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this Section (r) of Article VI, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such entity.

 

5.“Exempt Transferee” means (A) any person that acquires (other than in an Excluded Transfer) directly from a Founder or any of its affiliates or successors ownership of 5% or more of the voting stock of the Corporation, and is designated in writing by the transferor as an “Exempt Transferee” for the purpose of this Section (r) of Article VI; and (B) any person that acquires (other than in an Excluded Transfer) directly from a person described in clause (A) of this definition or from any other Exempt Transferee ownership of voting stock of the Corporation, and is designated in writing by the transferor as an “Exempt Transferee” for the purpose of this Section (r) of Article VI.

 

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6.“Excluded Transfer” means (a) a transfer to a Person that is not an affiliate of the transferor, which transfer is by gift or otherwise not for value, including a transfer by dividend or distribution by the transferor, (b) a transfer in a public offering that is registered under the Securities Act, (c) a transfer to one or more broker-dealers or their affiliates pursuant to a firm commitment purchase agreement for an offering that is exempt from registration under the Securities Act, (d) a transfer made through the facilities of a registered securities exchange or automated interdealer quotation system and (e) a transfer made in compliance with the manner of sale limitations of Rule 144(f) under the Securities Act or any successor rule or provision.

 

7.“interested shareholder” means any person (other than the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) that (a) is the owner of 5% or more of the then outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, or (b) is an affiliate or associate of the Corporation and was the owner of 5% or more of the then outstanding voting stock of the Corporation at any time within the three (3) year period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an interested shareholder; and the affiliates and associates of such person; but “interested shareholder” shall not include (x) any Founder, any Exempt Transferee or any of their respective affiliates or successors or any “group,” or any member of any such group, of which any of such persons is a party under Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act, or (y) any person whose ownership of shares in excess of the 5% limitation set forth herein is the result of any action taken solely by the Corporation, provided that such person shall be an interested shareholder if thereafter such person acquires additional shares of voting stock of the Corporation, except as a result of further corporate action not caused, directly or indirectly, by such person. For the purpose of determining whether a person is an interested shareholder, the voting stock of the Corporation deemed to be outstanding shall include stock deemed to be owned by the person through application of the definition of “owner” below, but shall not include any other unissued stock of the Corporation that may be issuable pursuant to any other agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.

 

8.“majority-owned subsidiary” of the Corporation (or specified person) means another person of which the Corporation (or specified person), directly or indirectly with or through one or more majority-owned subsidiaries, is the general partner or managing member of such other person or owns equity securities with a majority of the votes of all equity securities generally entitled to vote in the election of directors or other governing body of such other person.

 

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9.“owner,” including the terms “own,” “owned,” and “ownership,” when used with respect to any stock, means a person that individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates:

 

a.beneficially owns such stock, directly or indirectly; or

 

b.has (i) the right to acquire such stock (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed the owner of stock tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such person or any of such person’s affiliates or associates until such tendered stock is accepted for purchase or exchange; or (ii) the right to vote such stock pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed the owner of any stock because of such person’s right to vote such stock if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such stock arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to ten (10) or more persons; or

 

c.has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent as described in item (ii) of subsection (b) above of this definition), or disposing of such stock with any other person that beneficially owns, or whose affiliates or associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, such stock.

 

10.“person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity.

 

11.“stock” means, with respect to any corporation, capital stock and, with respect to any other entity, any equity interest.

 

13.“voting stock” means stock of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and, with respect to any entity that is not a corporation, any equity interest entitled to vote generally in the election of the governing body of such entity. Every reference in this Section (r) of Article VI to a percentage of voting stock shall refer to such percentage of the votes of such voting stock.

 

(s)The Corporation hereby expressly elects not to be governed by the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 110D. If the provisions of Chapter 110D shall become applicable to control share acquisitions of the Corporation through amendment of these Bylaws or otherwise, the following provisions shall apply:

 

1.Redemption of Shares. The Corporation is authorized to redeem shares acquired in a control share acquisition to the extent and in accordance with the procedures specified in Section 6 of Chapter 110D and in this Article VI.

 

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2.Additional Procedures. The additional procedures for redemption of shares as contemplated by this Article VI shall be:

 

a.Fair value shall be determined by the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and the amount so determined shall be included in the notice of redemption given by the Corporation pursuant to Section 6 of Chapter 110D.

 

b.The person whose shares are being redeemed (the “Holder”) may within ten days after the date of the notice of redemption advise the Corporation in writing that the Holder believes that the value so determined is not fair, and in such event the Corporation shall, within the 30-day period following its receipt of the Holder’s notice, permit the Holder to submit such written and oral evidence of value as the Holder may wish and the Board of Directors or committee considers appropriate. The Board of Directors or committee shall affirm or revise its determination of fair value within fifteen days after the completion of the 30-day period, and shall promptly advise the Holder in writing of its decision.

 

c.The notice of redemption shall specify a redemption date, which shall be 30 days after the date of the notice (or the first business day after the 30-day period), and a redemption office, which shall be the principal office of the Corporation or an office of a commercial bank specified by the Corporation in the notice. The redemption date so fixed shall not be deferred by a request of the Holder for a redetermination of fair value. The Holder shall cause the certificate or certificates representing the shares being redeemed to be delivered to the redemption office not later than the redemption date, duly endorsed or assigned for transfer, with signature guaranteed, if such an endorsement or assignment is required in the notice of redemption.

 

d.The certificate or certificates representing the shares being redeemed having been deposited in accordance with item (iii) above, the redemption price shall be paid by the Corporation on the redemption date specified in its notice of redemption or such later date as the redemption price may be determined if the Holder has duly requested a redetermination of fair value.

 

e.Notice of redemption having been given, from and after the redemption date the shares being redeemed shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and all rights of the Holder or Holders thereof as a shareholder or shareholders of the corporation shall cease, except the right to receive the redemption price. If the Corporation shall default in payment of the redemption price, interest shall accrue thereon from the date of default at the base or prime rate of the Corporation’s principal lending bank or, if none, the “base rate” or the “prime rate” as reported in the online edition of the Wall Street Journal as of 4:00 pm EST on any day for which interest shall accrue, and as in effect from time to time during the period of default.

 

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f.Notice given by the Corporation by first class mail or delivered in person on the basis of a good faith determination by the Corporation of the identity and address of the person who had made a control share acquisition shall be deemed to have been duly given.

 

g.Any person who makes a control share acquisition of the Corporation shall be deemed to have consented to and shall be bound by the provisions of this Article VI and shall indemnify and hold the corporation harmless from and against any damage, loss or expense which the corporation may suffer as a result of any non-compliance with the provisions of this Article VI.

 

(t)(A) In recognition and anticipation that (i) certain directors, managers, principals, officers, employees and/or other representatives of the Founders and their Affiliates (as defined below) may serve as directors, officers or agents of the Corporation, (ii) the Founders and their Affiliates may now engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, and (iii) members of the Board of Directors who are not employees of the Corporation or a majority owned subsidiary thereof (“Non-Employee Directors”) and their respective Affiliates may now engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, the provisions of this section (t) of Article VI are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation with respect to certain classes or categories of business opportunities as they may involve any of the Founders, the Non-Employee Directors or their respective Affiliates and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its directors, officers and stockholders in connection therewith.

 

(B) None of (i) the Founders or any of their Affiliates or (ii) any Non-Employee Director (including any Non-Employee Director who serves as an officer of the Corporation in both his or her director and officer capacities) or his or her Affiliates (the Persons (as defined below) identified in (i) and (ii) above being referred to, collectively, as “Identified Persons” and, individually, as an “Identified Person”) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have any duty to refrain from directly or indirectly (1) engaging in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which the Corporation or any of its Affiliates now engages or proposes to engage or (2) otherwise competing with the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no Identified Person shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Identified Person engages in any such activities. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in, or right to be offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity for an Identified Person and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, except as provided in Section C of this section (t) of Article VI. Subject to Section C of this section (t) of Article VI, in the event that any Identified Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or other business opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, such Identified Person shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have no duty to communicate or offer such transaction or other business opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation for breach of any fiduciary duty as a stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation solely by reason of the fact that such Identified Person pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself, offers or directs such corporate opportunity to another Person, or does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or any Affiliate of the Corporation.

 

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(C) The Corporation does not renounce its interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any Non-Employee Director (including any Non-Employee Director who serves as an officer of the Corporation in both his or her director and officer capacities) if such opportunity is expressly offered to such Person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation, and the provisions of Section (B) of this section (t) of Article VI shall not apply to any such corporate opportunity.

 

(D) In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section (t) of Article VI, a corporate opportunity shall not be deemed to be a potential corporate opportunity for the Corporation if it is a business opportunity that (i) the Corporation is neither financially or legally able, nor contractually permitted, to undertake, (ii) from its nature, is not in the line of the Corporation’s business or is of no practical advantage to the Corporation or (iii) is one in which the Corporation has no interest or reasonable expectancy.

 

(E) Solely for purposes of this section (t) of Article VI, “Affiliate” shall mean (a) in respect of any Founder, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by such Founder, controls such Founder or is under common control with such Founder and shall include (i) any principal, member, director, manager, partner, stockholder, officer, employee or other representative of any of the foregoing (other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the Corporation) and (ii) any funds or vehicles advised by Affiliates of such Founder, (b) in respect of a Non-Employee Director, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by such Non-Employee Director (other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the Corporation) and (c) in respect of the Corporation, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Corporation.

 

(F) To the fullest extent permitted by law, any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this section (t) of Article VI.

 

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ARTICLE VII

 

The effective date of organization of the corporation is the date and time the articles were received for filing if the articles are not rejected within the time prescribed by law. If a later effective date is desired, specify such date, which may not be later than the 90th day after the articles are received for filing:

 

It is hereby certified that these restated articles of organization consolidate all amendments into a single document. If a new amendment authorizes an exchange, or effects a reclassification or cancellation, of issued shares, provisions for implementing that action are set forth in these restated articles unless contained in the text of the amendment.

 

Specify the number(s) of the article(s) being amended: Articles I, II, III, IV, and VI

 

Signed by: /s/ Paul T. Dacier,

 

(signature of authorized individual)

 

☒ Chairman of the board of directors,

 

☐ President,

 

☐ Other officer,

 

☐ Court-appointed fiduciary,

 

on this 19 day of December , 2024 .

 

 

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

 

William Francis Galvin

Secretary of the Commonwealth

One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512

 

Restated Articles of Organization

 

(General Laws Chapter 156D, Section 10.07; 950 CMR 113.35)

 

I hereby certify that upon examination of these restated articles of organization, duly submitted to me, it appears that the provisions of the General Laws relative to the organization of corporations have been complied with, and I hereby approve said articles; and the filing fee in the amount of $______ having been paid, said articles are deemed to have been filed with me this

 

_____________ day of _____________, 20______ , at _______a.m./p.m.

                         time

 

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Effective date: _________________________________________________

(must be within 90 days of date submitted)

 

WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN

Secretary of the Commonwealth

 

________________

Examiner

 

________________

Name approval

 

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Filing fee: Minimum filing fee $200, plus $100 per article amended, stock increases $100 per 100,000 shares, plus $100 for each additional 100,000 shares or any fraction thereof.

 

 

TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION

 

Contact Information:

 

RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.

 

21 Pleasant Street, Suite 237

 

Newburyport, MA 01950

 

Telephone: (617) 848-9250

 

Email: sdoyle@tcflaw.com

 

Upon filing, a copy of this filing will be available at www.sec.state.ma.us/cor.

 

If the document is rejected, a copy of the rejection sheet and rejected document will be available in the rejected queue.

 

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Exhibit 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

of

RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

GENERAL

 

1.1 Registered Office and Registered Agent. The registered office and registered agent of Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Corporation”) shall be as set forth in the Corporation’s Articles of Organization, as amended and in effect from time to time the “Articles”) or subsequent filing with the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The (the “Board”) of Directors or President of the Corporation may at any time change the registered office or the registered agent by making the appropriate filing with the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

 

1.2 Principal Office. The principal office of the Corporation shall be within or without the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as set forth in the Corporation’s Articles or subsequent filing with the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

 

1.3 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have other offices at any places, within or without the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as the Board of Directors may designate, or as the business of the Corporation may require or as may be desirable.

 

1.4 Books and Records. Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its share ledger, books of account and minute books, may be maintained on any information storage device or method; provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time. The Corporation shall convert any records so kept upon the written request of any person entitled to inspect such records pursuant to applicable law. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept within or outside the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at such place or places as may from time to time be designated by the Board, provided that a copy of the following records be kept at its principal office or an office of its transfer agent or of its secretary or assistant secretary or of its registered agent: (a) its articles or restated articles of organization and all amendments to them currently in effect; (b) its bylaws or restated bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect; (c) resolutions adopted by its Board of Directors creating one or more classes or series of shares, and fixing their relative rights, preferences, and limitations, if shares issued pursuant to those resolutions are outstanding; (d) the minutes of all shareholders’ meetings, and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting, for the past 3 years; (e) all written communications to shareholders generally within the past 3 years, including the financial statements furnished under section 16.20 of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act, Chapter 156D of Massachusetts General Laws (“MBCA”) for the past 3 years; (f) a list of the names and business addresses of its current directors and officers; and (g) its most recent annual report delivered to the secretary of state of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION

 

2.1 Bylaws Subject to Articles of Organization. The name and purposes of the Corporation shall be as set forth in the Corporation’s Articles. These Bylaws, the powers of the Corporation and of its Directors and shareholders, or of any class of shareholders if there shall be more than one class of stock, and all matters concerning the conduct and regulation of the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be subject to such provisions in regard thereto, if any, as are set forth in the Articles. For the avoidance of doubt, these Bylaws are adopted subject to any applicable law and the Articles. Whenever these Bylaws may conflict with any applicable law or the Articles, such conflict shall be resolved in favor of such law or the Articles.

 

ARTICLE III

SHAREHOLDERS

 

3.1 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation for the election of Directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be determined by the Board of Directors each year, which date and time may subsequently be changed at any time, including the year any such determination occurs.

 

3.2 Conduct of Meetings. The chairman of each annual and special meeting of shareholders shall be the Chairman of the Board or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chairman of the Board, any Chief Executive Officer (if he or she shall be a director) or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chief Executive Officer or if such Chief Executive Officer is not a director, the President (if he or she shall be a director) or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the President or if the President is not a director, such other person as shall be appointed by the Board. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the shareholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the chairman of the meeting. The Board may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of shareholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with these Bylaws or such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the chairman of any meeting of shareholders shall have the right and authority to convene and to adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (a) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (b) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (c) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to shareholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (d) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (e) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of shareholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure. The secretary of each annual and special meeting of shareholders shall be the Secretary or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary so appointed to act by the chairman of the meeting. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Secretary and all Assistant Secretaries, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

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3.3 Special Meetings.

 

(a) Calling a Special Meeting. Except as may otherwise be provided in the Articles, special meetings of the shareholders may only be called by the President at the direction of the Chairman of the Board or by a majority of the Directors; provided that, until the Voting Threshold Date (as defined in the Articles), special meetings of the shareholders shall be called by the Secretary, or in case of the death, absence, incapacity or refusal of the Secretary, by any other officer, upon the written request of shareholders who hold in the aggregate at least fifty percent (50%) of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue to be considered at the proposed special meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting so long as the Founders (as defined in the Articles) hold a majority of all votes entitled to be cast. A shareholder request for a special meeting shall be directed to the Secretary and shall be signed and dated by each shareholder, or duly authorized agent of such shareholder, requesting the special meeting and shall be accompanied by the information required by Sections 3.5 or 4.2 of these Bylaws, as applicable, as to any business proposed to be conducted and any nominations proposed to be presented at such special meeting and as to the shareholder(s) requesting the special meeting. A special meeting requested by shareholders shall be held on such date and at such time and place as shall be determined by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the date of any such special meeting shall be not more than ninety (90) days after the request to call the special meeting is received by the Secretary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a special meeting requested by shareholders shall not be held if (a) the stated business to be brought before the special meeting is not a proper subject for shareholder action under applicable law, (b) the Board of Directors has called or calls for an annual meeting of shareholders to be held within ninety (90) days after the Secretary receives the request for the special meeting and the Board of Directors determines in good faith that the business of such annual meeting includes (among any other matters properly brought before the annual meeting) the business specified in the shareholders’ request, or (c) an annual or special meeting that included the business specified in the request (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) was held not more than ninety (90) days before the request to call the special meeting was received by the Secretary.

 

(b) Revocation of Request. A shareholder may revoke a request for a special meeting at any time by written revocation delivered to the Secretary, and if, following such revocation there are un-revoked requests from shareholders holding in the aggregate less than the requisite number of shares entitling the shareholders to request the calling of a special meeting, the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may cancel the special meeting. If none of the shareholders who submitted the request for a special meeting appears or sends a qualified representative to present the nominations proposed to be presented or other business proposed to be conducted at the special meeting, the Corporation need not present such nominations or other business for a vote at such meeting. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the matters stated in the notice of special meeting. Business transacted at a special meeting requested by shareholders shall be limited to the matters described in the special meeting request; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit the Board of Directors from submitting matters to the shareholders at any special meeting requested by shareholders. The Chair of a special meeting shall determine all matters relating to the conduct of the meeting, including, but not limited to, determining whether any nomination or other item of business has been properly brought before the meeting in accordance with these Bylaws, and if the Chair should so determine and declare that any nomination or other item of business has not been properly brought before the special meeting, then such business shall not be transacted at such meeting.

 

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(c) Definition of “Business Day.” As used in these Bylaws, the term “Business Day” means a day other than a day which, at a particular place, is a public holiday or a day other than a day on which banking institutions at such place are allowed or required, by law or otherwise, to remain closed.

 

3.4 Place of Meeting; Meetings by Remote Communications; Adjournment.

 

(a) Place of Meeting. Meetings of the shareholders may be held at the principal office of the Corporation in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or at such places within or without the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as may be specified in the notices of such meetings.

 

(b) Meetings of Shareholders by Remote Communications. The Board of Directors may authorize shareholders not physically present at any annual or special meeting of shareholders to participate in such meeting of shareholders by means of remote communication and be deemed present and entitled to vote at the meeting, subject to any guidelines and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may also authorize that any annual or special meeting of shareholders shall be held solely by means of remote communication as set out in this Section 3.4 without a physical assembly of shareholders.

 

(c) Certain Required Measures. At a meeting in which shareholders can participate by means of remote communication, the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to:

 

i.verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a shareholder or proxy holder; and
   
ii.allow shareholders and proxy holders participating by remote communication to either read or hear the proceedings as they take place and to participate in the meeting and vote on matters submitted to the shareholders.

 

(d) Maintenance of Records. The Corporation shall maintain a record of the vote or other action taken by shareholders or proxy holders at the meeting by means of remote communication.

 

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(e) Adjournment. When any annual or special meeting has been convened, the Chairman of the Board or other presiding officer may adjourn the meeting for a period of time not to exceed 30 days if (a) no quorum is present for the transaction of business or (b) the Chairman of the Board or other presiding officer determines that adjournment is necessary or appropriate to enable the shareholders (i) to consider fully information which such officer determines has not been made sufficiently or timely available to shareholders or (ii) otherwise to exercise effectively their voting rights. The Chairman of the Board or other presiding officer in such event shall announce the adjournment and date, time and place of reconvening.

 

3.5 Notice of Meetings.

 

(a) Written Notice. A written notice of each meeting of shareholders, stating the place, date and hour and the purposes of the meeting and the means of any remote communication, if authorized, by which shareholders may be considered present and may vote at the meeting, shall be given no fewer than seven days nor more than 60 days before the meeting to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder who, by law, by the Articles or by these Bylaws, is entitled to notice, by leaving such notice with such shareholder or at such shareholder’s residence or usual place of business, by mailing it, postage prepaid, addressed to such shareholder at such shareholder’s address as it appears in the records of the Corporation or by electronic transmission directed to such shareholder at an address given to the Corporation by the shareholder or otherwise in such manner as the shareholder shall have specified to the Corporation, including by facsimile transmission, electronic mail or posting on an electronic network. Such notice shall be given by the secretary or an assistant secretary or by an officer designated by the directors. Whenever notice of a meeting is required to be given to a shareholder under any provision of the MBCA or of the Articles or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, executed before or after the meeting by such shareholder or such shareholder’s attorney thereunto authorized and filed with the records of the meeting, shall be deemed equivalent to such notice.

 

(b) Business To Be Transacted. No business may be transacted at a meeting of shareholders except that (i) specified in the notice thereof, or in a supplemental notice given also in compliance with the provisions hereof, (ii) brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or the presiding officer, or (iii) properly brought before the meeting by or on behalf of any shareholder who (A) shall have been a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 3.5 and at the time of the meeting and who shall continue to be entitled to vote at such meeting and on the matters to be brought at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 3.5 or, with respect to the election of directors, Section 4.2 of these Bylaws or (B) properly made such proposal in compliance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before a meeting by a shareholder (other than a shareholder proposal included in the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act), the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation.

 

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(c) Shareholder’s Notice. In order to be timely given, a shareholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) not less than 95 nor more than 125 days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders of the corporation or (ii) in the case of a special meeting or if the annual meeting is called for a date (including any change in a date determined by the board pursuant to Section 3.3 of these Bylaws) not within 30 days before or after such anniversary date, not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which notice of the date of such meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual or special meeting or the public disclosure thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above. Such shareholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting (i) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws or the Articles, the language of the proposed amendment), and a reasonably detailed description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, (ii) the name and record address of the shareholder proposing such business covered by this Section 2.4 of these Bylaws, (iii) the class and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation held of record, owned beneficially (directly or indirectly) (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) and represented by proxy by such shareholder as of the record date for the meeting (if such date shall then have been made publicly available), as of the date of such notice, and as of each of 60 days prior to the date of such notice and one year prior to the date of such notice, (iv) a description of any derivative positions held or beneficially held (directly or indirectly) by the shareholder, including whether and the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares) has been made by or on behalf of, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of, such shareholder with respect to stock of the corporation (any of the foregoing, a “Derivative Position”), (v) a description of any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship between such shareholder and any other person or persons (including their names and addresses) in connection with the proposal of such business by such shareholder or pursuant to which such shareholder has a right to vote any stock of the Corporation, (vi) a description of any material interest of such shareholder in such business, including any anticipated benefit to the shareholder therefrom, (vii) a description of any proportionate interest in stock of the Corporation or Derivative Positions with respect to the Corporation held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such shareholder is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in such a general partner, and (viii) all other information which would be required to be included in a proxy statement or other filings required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission if, with respect to any such item of business, such shareholder were a participant in a solicitation subject to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (the “Proxy Rules”).

 

(d) No Other Business. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any meeting of shareholders except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 3.5; providedhowever, that nothing in this Section 3.5 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any shareholder of any business properly brought before such meeting.

 

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(e) Determination by Presiding Officer. The Chairman of the Board or other presiding officer of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, and if such officer should so determine, such officer shall so declare to the meeting and that business shall be disregarded.

 

3.6 List of Shareholders Entitled to Vote. The officer or agent having charge of the share transfer records for shares of the Corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of all shareholders entitled to notice of the meeting, arranged by voting group and by class and series of shares, with the address of and the number of shares held by each shareholder. The list shall be available for inspection by any shareholder beginning two (2) business days after notice of the meeting is given at the principal place of business of the Corporation or if the meeting will be held at another location, at a place in the city where the meeting will be held, which shall be identified in the meeting notice. The list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. If any shareholders are participating in the meeting by means of remote communication, the list must be open to examination by the shareholders for the duration of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access the list must be provided to shareholders in the meeting notice. The Corporation shall take reasonable steps to ensure that the information is available only to shareholders of the Corporation.

 

3.7 Quorum of Shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, a quorum shall consist of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of stock entitled to vote at that meeting, present in person or represented by proxy. Stock owned directly or indirectly by the Corporation, if any, shall not be deemed outstanding for this purpose. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the votes properly cast upon the question, whether or not a quorum is present, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.

 

3.8 Action by Vote.

 

(a) Election of Directors. Other than in a Contested Election Meeting (as defined below), when a quorum is present at any meeting of shareholders, a nominee for director shall be elected to the Board of Directors if the votes properly cast “for” such nominee’s election exceed the votes properly cast “against” such nominee’s election (with “abstentions,” “broker non-votes” and “withheld votes” not counted as a vote “for” or “against” such nominee’s election). In a Contested Election Meeting, when a quorum is present, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes properly cast at such meeting. A meeting of shareholders shall be a “Contested Election Meeting” if there are more persons nominated for election as Directors at such meeting than there are directors to be elected at such meeting, determined as of the tenth day preceding the date of the Corporation’s first notice to shareholders of such meeting sent pursuant to Section 3.5 of these Bylaws (the “Determination Date”); provided, however, that if in accordance with Section 4.2 of these Bylaws shareholders are entitled to nominate persons for election as Director for a period of time that ends after the otherwise applicable Determination Date, the Determination Date shall instead be as of the end of such period. No ballot shall be required for any election unless requested by a shareholder present or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote in the election.

 

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(b) Other Matters. Except as provided in Section 3.8(a), when a quorum is present at any meeting of shareholders, a majority of the votes properly cast upon any question shall decide the question, except when a larger vote is required by law, by the Articles or by these Bylaws.

 

3.9 Voting. Shareholders entitled to vote shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote held by them of record according to the records of the corporation, unless otherwise provided by the Articles. The corporation shall not, directly or indirectly, vote any share of its own stock.

 

3.10 Action by Written Consent.

 

(a) Votes Required for Action. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of shareholders may be taken prior to the Voting Threshold Date without a meeting by shareholders having not less than the minimum number of votes necessary to take the action at a meeting at which all shareholders entitled to vote on the action are present and voting, in accordance with the Articles and this Section 3.10. Such action shall be evidenced by a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, which shall be (i) signed and delivered to the secretary and not revoked by shareholders having the requisite votes, and (ii) filed with the records of the meetings of shareholders. Such consents shall be treated for all purposes as a vote at a meeting. Following the Voting Threshold Date, any action required or permitted to be taken by the shareholders must be effected at an annual or special meeting of the shareholders and may not be effected by consent in lieu of a meeting except as otherwise set forth in the Articles.

 

(b) Request for Record Date. Shareholders may act by written consent if shareholders who own in the aggregate not less than a majority of the votes entitled to be cast, as determined in accordance with the Articles, shall (i) by written notice to the secretary request that the Board of Directors fix a record date (a “Written Request”) prior to soliciting any written consents in respect of such action, (ii) solicit consents to take such action from all shareholders, and (iii) continuously own (as determined in accordance with the Articles) not less than a majority of the votes entitled to be cast from the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation through the date of delivery of written consents signed by shareholders having the requisite votes to take such action. Delivery of such Written Request shall be by hand, by registered U.S. mail, or by courier service to the attention of the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation. A shareholder may revoke a Written Request with respect to such shareholder’s shares at any time by written revocation delivered to the Secretary. In addition, any disposition of shares of the Corporation’s stock made at any time prior to the delivery of the first written consent with respect to the action for which the Written Request is submitted shall constitute a revocation, with respect to such disposed shares, of any such Written Request.

 

(c) Contents of Written Request. A Written Request shall be signed and dated by each shareholder, or duly authorized agent of such shareholder, submitting the Written Request and shall be accompanied by (i) the information required by Sections 3.5 or 4.2 of these Bylaws, as applicable, and (ii) an acknowledgment that any disposition of shares described in Section 3.10(b) of these Bylaws constitutes a revocation of the Written Request with respect to such disposed shares. In addition, the shareholders shall promptly provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation.

 

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(d) Record Date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within ten (10) business days after the date on which a Written Request complying with these Bylaws (including Section 3.10(e) below) is received by the Secretary, adopt a resolution fixing the record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action by written consent. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors within ten (10) business days after the date on which a Written Request complying with these Bylaws is received by the Secretary, and the Written Request involves a matter that is a proper subject for action by written consent under Section 3.10(e) of these Bylaws, the record date shall be the date on which the first shareholder signs the written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken in accordance with this Section 3.10.

 

(e) Actions Which May Be Taken by Written Consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be obligated to set a record date for an action by written consent if (i) such action is not a proper subject for shareholder action, either by written consent or otherwise, under applicable law, (ii) the Board of Directors has called or calls for an annual or special meeting of shareholders to be held within ninety (90) days after the secretary receives the Written Request and the Board of Directors determines in good faith that the business of such annual or special meeting is to include (among any other matters properly to be brought before the annual or special meeting) the business specified in the Written Request, or (iii) an annual or special meeting that included the business specified in the Written Request (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) was held not more than ninety (90) days before the Written Request was received by the Secretary, or (iv) the Written Request or any solicitation of consents to such action by written consent was made in a manner that involved a violation of Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act or other applicable law.

 

(f) Inspectors of Election. In the event of the delivery, in the manner provided by this Section 3.10 and applicable law, to the Corporation of the requisite written consent or consents to take action and any related revocation or revocations, the Corporation shall appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Corporation, for the purpose of promptly performing a ministerial review of the validity of the consents and revocations. For the purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform such review, no action by written consent without a meeting shall be effective until such date as the inspectors certify to the Corporation that the consents delivered to the Corporation in accordance with this Section 3.10 represent not less than the minimum number of votes necessary to take the action at a meeting at which all shareholders entitled to vote on the action are present and voting. If after such review the inspectors shall determine that the written consent or consents are valid and that the action specified therein has been validly authorized, that fact shall be certified in the records of the meetings of shareholders, and the written consent or consents shall be filed with such records. Nothing contained in this Section 3.10 shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply that the Board of Directors or any shareholder shall not be entitled to contest the validity of any consent or revocation thereof, whether before or after such certification by the inspectors, or to take any other action with respect thereto.

 

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(g) Date of Written Consent; Notice to Shareholders. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each shareholder who signs the consent, and no written consent shall be effective to take the action set forth therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered in accordance with this Section 3.10, a written consent or consents signed by shareholders having the requisite votes to take such action are delivered to the Secretary in the manner prescribed in this Section 3.10. The action by written consent will take effect as of the date and time of the certification of the written consents in accordance with Section 3.10(f) of these Bylaws, unless otherwise provided by law.

 

(h) Effectiveness of Written Consent. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no action may be taken by the shareholders by less than unanimous written consent except in accordance with the Articles and these Bylaws. If the Board of Directors shall determine that any request to fix a record date or to take shareholder action by written consent was not properly made in accordance with the Articles and these Bylaws, or the shareholder or shareholders seeking to take such action do not otherwise comply with the Articles and these Bylaws, then the Board of Directors shall not be required to fix a record date and any such purported action by written consent shall be null and void to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. In addition to the requirements of the Articles and these Bylaws with respect to shareholders seeking to take an action by written consent, any shareholder seeking to have the shareholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall comply with all requirements of applicable law, including all requirements of the Exchange Act, with respect to such action. Notwithstanding anything in the Articles or these Bylaws to the contrary shareholders may act without a meeting by unanimous written consent, and none of the foregoing provisions shall apply to such action. Any action by written consent must be a proper subject for shareholder action by written consent under applicable law.

 

3.11 Proxies. Each shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such shareholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after eleven months from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed with the Secretary before being voted. Without limiting the manner in which a shareholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such shareholder as proxy, either of the following shall constitute a valid means by which a shareholder may grant such authority. No shareholder shall have cumulative voting rights.

 

(a) A shareholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for such shareholder as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the shareholder or such shareholder’s authorized officer, director, employee or agent signing such writing or causing such person’s signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means, including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.

 

(b) A shareholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such shareholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of an electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided that any such electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the shareholder. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission authorizing another person or persons to act as proxy for a shareholder may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used; provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.

 

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ARTICLE IV

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

4.1 Number. The number of directors shall be fixed at any time or from time to time only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office (each a “Director” and together the “Directors”), but shall be not less than three, except that whenever there shall be only two shareholders the number of Directors shall be not less than two and whenever there shall be only one shareholder there shall be at least one Director; no decrease in the number of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent Director. No Director need be a shareholder of the Corporation.

 

4.2 Nominations for Director.

 

(a) Eligibility for Nomination. Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as Directors, except as provided in the Articles. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors at a meeting of shareholders may be made at such meeting (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors by any nominating committee or person appointed by the Board or (b) by any shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 4.2 and who shall continue to be entitled to vote at such meeting and on such election and who timely complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 4.2. Nominations by shareholders shall be made only after giving timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. In order to be timely given, a shareholder’s notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (a) not less than 95 nor more than 125 days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation or (b) in the case of a special meeting or if the annual meeting is called for a date (including any change in a date determined by the Board pursuant to Section 3.1) not within 30 days before or after such anniversary date, not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which notice of the date of such meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual or special meeting or the public disclosure thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above. Such shareholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a Director, (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (iii) the class and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation, if any, which are beneficially owned by the person (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), (iv) any other information regarding the nominee as would be required to be included in a proxy statement or other filings required to be filed pursuant to the Proxy Rules, and (v) the consent of each nominee to serve as a Director of the Corporation if so elected; and (b) as to the shareholder giving the notice, (i) the name and record address of the shareholder, (ii) the class and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation held of record, owned beneficially (directly or indirectly) and represented by proxy by such shareholder as of the record date for the meeting (if such date shall then have been made publicly available), as of the date of such notice, and as of each of 60 days prior to the date of such notice and one year prior to the date of such notice, (iii) a representation that the shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice, (iv) a representation that the shareholder (and any party on whose behalf such shareholder is acting) is qualified at the time of giving such notice to have such individual serve as the nominee of such shareholder (and any party on whose behalf such shareholder is acting) if such individual is elected, accompanied by copies of any notifications or filings with, or orders or other actions by, and governmental authority which are required in order for such shareholder (and any party on whose behalf such shareholder is acting) to be so qualified, (v) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements or understandings during the past three years between such shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by such shareholder, including all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K if the shareholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith were the “registrant” for purposes of such Item and the proposed nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant, (vi) a description of any Derivative Position held or beneficially held (directly or indirectly) by such shareholder with respect to stock of the Corporation, (vii) a description of any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship between such shareholder and any other person or persons (including their names and addresses) in connection with the nomination or nominations to be made by such shareholder or pursuant to which such shareholder has a right to vote any stock of the Corporation, (viii) a description of any proportionate interest in stock of the Corporation or Derivative Positions with respect to the Corporation held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such shareholder is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in such a general partner, and (ix) such other information regarding such shareholder as would be required to be included in a proxy statement or other filings required to be filed pursuant to the Proxy Rules. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as Director. In addition, to be effective, the shareholder’s notice must be accompanied by the written consent of the proposed nominee to serve as a director if elected and to be named in the Corporation’s proxy statement and associated proxy card as a nominee of the shareholder. No person shall be eligible for election as a Director unless nominated in accordance with the provisions set forth herein.

 

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(b) Determination by Presiding Officer. The Chairman of the Board or other presiding officer of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, and if such officer should so determine, such officer shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

 

(c) Inclusion in Corporation’s Proxy Statement. Unless required by law, nothing in this Section 4.2 shall obligate the Corporation or the Board to include in any proxy statement or other stockholder communication distributed on behalf of the Corporation or the Board information with respect to any nominee for director submitted by a shareholder.

 

4.3 Powers. Except as reserved to the shareholders by law, by the Articles or by these Bylaws, the business of the Corporation shall be managed by the Directors who shall have and may exercise all the powers of the Corporation. In particular, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Directors may at any time issue all or from time to time any part of the unissued capital stock of the Corporation from time to time authorized under the Articles and may determine, subject to any requirements of law, the consideration for which stock is to be issued and the manner of allocating such consideration between capital and surplus. The Board may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends (payable in cash, property or shares of the Corporation’s capital stock) on the Corporation’s outstanding shares of capital stock, subject to applicable law and the Articles.

 

4.4 Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles or these Bylaws, the Board shall have the authority to fix the compensation of Directors, including for service on a committee of the Board, and may be paid either a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board or other compensation as Director. The Directors may be reimbursed their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board. No such payment shall preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of committees of the Board may be allowed like compensation and reimbursement of expenses for service on the committee.

 

4.5 Resignation and Removal. Any Director may resign at any time by delivering a resignation in writing to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or to the Corporation. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless specified to be effective at some other time. Any Director or Directors or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office (a) only for Cause (as defined in Section 8.06(f)(2) of the MBCA) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at an election of Directors and (b) only at a shareholder meeting called for the purpose of removing the Director or Directors where the notice of the meeting states that such removal is the purpose or one of the purposes of the meeting. No Director resigning, and (except where a right to receive compensation shall be expressly provided in a duly authorized written agreement with the Corporation) no Director removed, shall have the right to any compensation as such director for any period following such Director’s removal, or any right to damages on account of such removal, whether such Director’s compensation be by the month or by the year or otherwise, unless in the case of a resignation, the Directors, or in case of a removal, the shareholders, shall in their discretion provide for compensation.

 

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4.6 Vacancies. If a vacancy occurs on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of Directors, such vacancy shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Class B Common Stock until the Voting Threshold Date. After the Voting Threshold Date, any vacancy on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of Directors, shall be filled by the vote of a majority of the remaining Directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining Director, and not by shareholders.

 

4.7 Committees. The Directors may, by vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, elect from their number one or more committees and delegate to any such committee or committees some or all of the power of the Directors except those which by law, by the Articles or by these Bylaws they are prohibited from delegating. Except as the Directors may otherwise determine, any such committee may make rules for the conduct of its business, but unless otherwise provided by the Directors or such rules, its business shall be conducted as nearly as may be in the same manner as is provided by these Bylaws for the conduct of business by the Directors.

 

4.8 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Directors may be held without call or notice at such places and at such times as the Directors may from time to time determine, provided that reasonable notice of the first regular meeting following any such determination shall be given to absent Directors. A regular meeting of the Directors may be held without call or notice immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of the shareholders.

 

4.9 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Directors may be held at any time and at any place designated in the notice of the meeting, when called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or by two or more Directors, notice thereof being given to each Director by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or by the officer or one of the Directors calling the meeting.

 

4.10 Notice. In addition to the forms of notice permitted by Article V, a written notice of a meeting of the Directors may be given to a Director in person, by mail or express overnight courier addressed to a Director at such Director’s usual or last known business or residence address, or by delivering such notice by electronic transmission directed to such Director at an address given to the Corporation by the Director or otherwise in such manner as the director shall have specified to the Corporation, including by facsimile transmission, electronic mail or posting to an electronic network. Oral notice of a meeting may be given to a Director in person or by telephone. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any Director if a written waiver of notice, executed by such Director before or after the meeting, is filed with the records of the meeting, or to any Director who attends the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement the lack of notice to such director. Neither notice of a meeting nor a waiver of a notice need specify the purposes of the meeting.

 

4.11 Quorum. Unless otherwise provided by law, at any meeting of the Directors a majority of the Directors then in office shall constitute a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the votes cast upon the question, whether or not a quorum is present, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.

 

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4.12 Action by Vote. When a quorum is present at any meeting, a majority of the Directors present may take any action, except when a larger vote is required by law, by the Articles or by these Bylaws.

 

4.13 Action by Writing. Unless the Articles otherwise provide, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Directors, including without limitation, the approval of any transaction under Section 8.31(c) of the MBCA, may be taken without a meeting if all the Directors consent to the action in writing or by means of electronic transmission and such written consents are filed with the records of the meetings of the Directors. Such consents shall be treated for all purposes as votes taken at a meeting.

 

4.14 Presence Through Communications Equipment. Unless otherwise provided by law or by the Articles, members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of such Board by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.

 

4.15 Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors (if there be such an individual appointed) shall, except as the Directors shall otherwise determine, preside at all meetings of the Directors and of the shareholders. The Chairman of the Board shall have the duties and powers specified in these Bylaws and shall have such other duties and powers as may be determined by the Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall be a Director of the Corporation. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, any Chief Executive Officer shall preside when present at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors. The powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall not include supervision or control of the preparation of the financial statements of the Corporation (other than through participation as a member of the Board of Directors). The position of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer may be held by the same person.

 

ARTICLE V 

MEANS OF GIVING NOTICE

 

5.1 Notice to Directors. Whenever under applicable law, the Articles or these Bylaws notice is required to be given to any Director, such notice shall be given either (i) in writing and sent by mail, or by a nationally recognized delivery service, (ii) by means of facsimile telecommunication or other form of electronic transmission, or (iii) by oral notice given personally or by telephone. A notice to a Director will be deemed given as follows: (i) if given by hand delivery, orally, or by telephone, when actually received by the Director, (ii) if sent through the United States mail, when deposited in the United States mail, with postage and fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the Director at the Director’s address appearing on the records of the Corporation, (iii) if sent for next day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, when deposited with such service, with fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at the director’s address appearing on the records of the Corporation, (iv) if sent by facsimile telecommunication, when sent to the facsimile transmission number for such director appearing on the records of the Corporation, (v) if sent by electronic mail, when sent to the electronic mail address for such Director appearing on the records of the Corporation, or (vi) if sent by any other form of electronic transmission, when sent to the address, location or number (as applicable) for such Director appearing on the records of the Corporation.

 

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5.2 Notice to Shareholders. Whenever under applicable law, the Articles or these Bylaws notice is required to be given to any shareholder, such notice may be given (i) in writing and sent either by hand delivery, through the United States mail, or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for next day delivery, or (ii) by means of a form of electronic transmission consented to by the shareholder, to the extent permitted by, and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 7.05 of the MBCA. A notice to a shareholder shall be deemed given as follows: (i) if given by hand delivery, when actually received by the shareholder, (ii) if sent through the United States mail, when deposited in the United States mail, with postage and fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the shareholder at the shareholder’s address appearing on the stock ledger of the Corporation, (iii) if sent for next day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, when deposited with such service, with fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the shareholder at the shareholder’s address appearing on the stock ledger of the Corporation, and (iv) if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the shareholder to whom the notice is given and otherwise meeting the requirements set forth above, (A) if by facsimile transmission, when directed to a number at which the shareholder has consented to receive notice, (B) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the shareholder has consented to receive notice, (C) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the shareholder of such specified posting, upon the later of (1) such posting and (2) the giving of such separate notice, and (D) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the shareholder. A shareholder may revoke such shareholder’s consent to receiving notice by means of electronic communication by giving written notice of such revocation to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if (1) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent and (2) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or to the Corporation’s transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.

 

5.3 Electronic Transmission. “Electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process, including but not limited to transmission by telex, facsimile telecommunication, electronic mail, telegram and cablegram.

 

5.4 Exceptions to Notice Requirements.

 

(a) Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of this chapter to any shareholder, the notice shall not be required to be given if (a) notice of 2 consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings during the period between the 2 consecutive annual meetings, have been sent to the shareholder at the shareholder’s address as shown on the records of the corporation and have been returned undeliverable; or (b) all, but not less than 2, payments of dividends on securities during a 12–month period, or 2 consecutive payments of dividends on securities during a period of more than 12 months, have been sent to the shareholder at the shareholder’s address as shown on the records of the Corporation and have been returned undeliverable.

 

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(b) If the shareholder shall deliver to the Corporation a written notice setting forth the shareholder’s then-current address, the requirement that notice be given to the shareholder shall be reinstated.

 

(c) If the Corporation is unable to deliver notice to any shareholder to an address furnished by the shareholder for the purpose and the inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation, the transfer agent or other person responsible for the giving of notice, the Corporation shall take such action as shall be reasonable in the circumstances to inform the shareholder of the inability and to request the shareholder to furnish a new address for the receipt of notices. Attempting to contact the shareholder at such other address, if any, as the corporation may have for the shareholder is deemed reasonable. The Corporation may continue to rely on the address last furnished by the shareholder for notice until it is furnished in writing a new address for notice. The failure of the Corporation to take the action required by this subsection shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.

 

ARTICLE VI 

OFFICERS AND AGENTS

 

6.1 Enumeration; Qualification. The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, a Treasurer, a Secretary, and such other officers, if any, as the incorporators at their initial meeting, or the Directors from time to time, may in their discretion elect or appoint. The Corporation may also have such agents, if any, as the incorporators at their initial meeting, or the Directors from time to time, may in their discretion appoint. Any officer may be but none need be a Director or shareholder of the corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. Any officer may be required by the Directors to give bond for the faithful performance of such officer’s duties to the Corporation in such amount and with such sureties as the Directors may determine. Any number of offices may be held by the same person unless the Articles or these Bylaws otherwise provide. Officers need not be shareholders or residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

6.2 Powers. Subject to law, to the Articles and to these Bylaws, each officer shall have, in addition to the duties and powers herein set forth, such duties and powers as are commonly incident to such individual’s office and such duties and powers as the Directors may from time to time designate.

 

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6.3 Appointment. The President, the Treasurer, the Secretary and other officers, if any, may be appointed by the Board of Directors at any time.

 

6.4 Tenure. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Articles or by these Bylaws, each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officer dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified unless a shorter period shall have been specified by the terms of such officer’s appointment. Each agent shall retain authority as an agent at the pleasure of the directors.

 

6.5 Resignation and Removal. Any officer may resign at any time by delivering a resignation in writing to the President, the Secretary or to a meeting of the Directors. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless specified to be effective at some other time. The Directors may remove (whether or not such individual remains in a different capacity within the Corporation (either as an officer or employee)) any officer elected by them with or without cause at any time. No officer resigning, and (except where a right to receive compensation shall be expressly provided in a duly authorized written agreement with the Corporation) no officer removed, shall have the right to any compensation as such officer for any period following such removal, or any right to damages on account of such removal, whether such officer’s compensation be by the month or by the year or otherwise, unless the Directors in their discretion provide for compensation.

 

6.6 Vacancies. If the office of any officer becomes vacant, the Directors may elect or appoint a successor by vote of a majority of the Directors present. Each such successor shall hold office until such individual’s successor is chosen and qualified, or in each case until the successor sooner dies, resigns, is removed (whether or not such individual remains in a different capacity within the Corporation (either as an officer or an employee)) or becomes disqualified. Any vacancy occurring in any office appointed by any Chief Executive Officer or President may be filled by any Chief Executive Officer, or President, as the case may be, unless the Board of Directors then determines that such office shall thereupon be elected by the Board of Directors, in which case the Board of Directors shall elect such officer.

 

6.7 President. The President of the Corporation shall, subject to the control of the Directors, have general charge and supervision of the business of the Corporation and, if the Chairman of the Board is unable to do so pursuant to Section 4.15 of these Bylaws, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Directors, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise determine. Except as the Directors may otherwise determine, the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, if any, shall also be the Corporation’s President.

 

6.8 Vice Presidents. Any Vice President(s) shall have the duties and powers specified in these Bylaws and such other duties and powers as may be determined by the Directors.

 

6.9 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer shall have the duties and powers specified in these Bylaws and shall have such other duties and powers as may be designated from time to time by the Directors. Any Assistant Treasurer(s) shall have such duties and powers as shall be designated from time to time by the Directors.

 

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6.10 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall record all proceedings of the shareholders in a book or series of books to be kept therefor, which book or books shall be kept at the principal office of the Corporation or at the office of its transfer agent or of its Secretary and shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of any shareholder. In the absence of the Secretary from any meeting of shareholders, an Assistant Secretary, or if there be none or such Assistant Secretary is absent, a temporary Secretary chosen at the meeting, shall record the proceedings thereof in the aforesaid book. Unless a transfer agent has been appointed, the Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept the stock and transfer records of the Corporation, which shall contain the names and record addresses of all shareholders and the amount of stock held by each. The Secretary shall keep a true record of the proceedings of all meetings of the Directors and in the Secretary’s absence from any such meeting an Assistant Secretary, or if there be none or such Assistant Secretary is absent, a temporary Secretary chosen at the meeting, shall record the proceedings thereof. The Secretary shall also have such other duties and powers as may be designated from time to time by the Directors. Any Assistant Secretary shall have such other duties and powers as shall be designated from time to time by the directors.

 

6.11 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform all duties commonly incident to that office (including, without limitation, the care and custody of the funds and securities of the Corporation, which from time to time may come into the Chief Financial Officer’s hands and the deposit of the funds of the Corporation in such banks or trust companies as the Board, any Chief Executive Officer or the President may authorize).

 

6.12 Other Officers. The Board of Directors may delegate the power to appoint such other officers and agents, and may also remove such officers and agents or delegate the power to remove same, as it shall from time to time deem necessary or desirable.

 

ARTICLE VII 

CAPITAL STOCK

 

7.1 Number and Par Value. The total number of shares and the par value, if any, of each class of stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue shall be as stated in the Articles.

 

7.2 Stock Certificates. The Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the Corporation’s stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Every holder of shares of the Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to a certificate stating the number and the class and the designation of the series, if any, of the shares held by such shareholder, in such form as shall, in conformity to law, be prescribed from time to time by the directors. Such certificate shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. Such signatures may be facsimiles. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed on such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such individual were such officer at the time of its issue. Each certificate for shares of stock which are subject to any restriction on transfer pursuant to the Articles, these Bylaws, applicable securities laws or any agreement among any number of shareholders or among such holders and the Corporation shall have conspicuously noted on the face or back of the certificate either the full text of the restriction or a statement of the existence of such restriction.

 

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7.3 Multiple Classes of Stock. If the Corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the Corporation shall (a) cause the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights to be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of any certificate that the Corporation issues to represent shares of such class or series of stock or (b) in the case of uncertificated shares, within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of such shares, send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth on certificates as specified in clause (a) above; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided by applicable law, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of such certificate or, in the case of uncertificated shares, on such written notice a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each shareholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences or rights.

 

7.4 Loss of Certificates. In the case of the alleged loss or destruction or the mutilation of a certificate of stock, a duplicate certificate may be issued in place thereof, upon such conditions as the Directors may prescribe.

 

ARTICLE VIII 

TRANSFER OF SHARES OF STOCK

 

8.1 Transfer on Books. Subject to the restrictions, if any, stated or noted on the stock certificates, shares of stock may be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the surrender to the Corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate therefor properly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment and power of attorney properly executed, with necessary transfer stamps affixed, and with such proof of the authenticity of signature as the directors or the transfer agent of the Corporation may reasonably require. Except as may otherwise be required by law, by the Articles or by these Bylaws, the Corporation shall be entitled to treat the record holder of stock as shown on its books as the owner of such stock for all purposes, including the payment of dividends and the right to receive notice and to vote with respect thereto, regardless of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of such stock until the shares have been transferred on the books of the Corporation in accordance with the requirements of these Bylaws. It shall be the duty of each shareholder to notify the Corporation of such shareholder’s address.

 

8.2 Record Date and Closing Transfer Books. The Directors may fix in advance a time, which shall not be more than 70 days before the date of any meeting of shareholders or the date for the payment of any dividend or making of any distribution to shareholders or the last day on which the consent or dissent of shareholders may be effectively expressed for any purpose, as the record date for determining the shareholders having the right to notice of and to vote at such meeting and any adjournment thereof or the right to receive such dividend or distribution or the right to give such consent or dissent, and in such case only shareholders of record on such record date shall have such right, notwithstanding any transfer of stock on the books of the Corporation after the record date; or without fixing such record date the Directors may for any of such purposes close the transfer books for all or any part of such period. If no record date is fixed and the transfer books are not closed:

 

(a) The record date for determining shareholders having the right to notice of and to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the date next preceding the date on which notice is given; and

 

(b) The record date for determining shareholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors acts with respect thereto.

 

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ARTICLE IX 

CORPORATE SEAL

 

9.1 Corporate Seal. The Corporation may adopt a corporate seal in a form approved by the Board of Directors. The Corporation shall not be required to use the corporate seal and the lack of the corporate seal shall not affect an otherwise valid contract or other instrument executed by the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE X 

EXECUTION OF PAPERS

 

10.1 Execution. Except as the Directors may generally or in particular cases authorize the execution thereof in some other manner, all deeds, leases, transfers, contracts, bonds, notes, checks, drafts and other obligations made, accepted or endorsed by the Corporation shall be signed by the President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, or by one of the Vice Presidents or by the Treasurer.

 

ARTICLE XI 

FISCAL YEAR

 

11.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on December 31.

 

ARTICLE XII 

AMENDMENTS

 

12.1 Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders called for the purpose, of which the notice shall specify the subject matter of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal or the sections to be affected thereby, by vote of the shareholders, provided that any such action will require (a) until the Voting Threshold Date, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote thereon and (b) from and after the Voting Threshold Date, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote thereon. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to alter, amend or repeal these Bylaws by vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, except that the Directors shall not take any action which provides for indemnification of Directors nor any action to amend this Article XII, and except that the Directors shall not take any action unless permitted by law. Any Bylaw so altered, amended or repealed by the Directors may be further altered or amended or reinstated by the shareholders in the above manner.

 

Adopted and in effect as of December 31, 2024

 

 

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Exhibit 4.4

 

WARRANT ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
among
COLISEUM ACQUISITION CORP.,
RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.
and
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
Dated December 31, 2024

 

THIS WARRANT ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated December 31, 2024 and effective as of the effective time of the SPAC Merger (as defined below), is made by and among Coliseum Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “SPAC”), Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“Holdco”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as warrant agent (in such capacity, the “Warrant Agent”), and amends the Warrant Agreement (the “Existing Warrant Agreement”), dated June 22, 2021, by and between the SPAC and the Warrant Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Existing Warrant Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the SPAC issued and sold (a) 5,000,000 redeemable warrants as part of the units sold to public investors in its initial public offering (the “Public Warrants”), with each whole Public Warrant being exercisable for one Class A ordinary share of the SPAC, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Ordinary Shares”) at an initial exercise price of $11.50 per share, and (b) 3,225,000 redeemable warrants in a private placement transaction (the “Private Placement Warrants” and together with the Public Warrants, the “Warrants”), with each whole Private Placement Warrant exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at an initial exercise price of $11.50 per share;

 

WHEREAS, in order to finance the SPAC’s transaction costs in connection with the Business Combination, Berto LLC or certain of the SPAC’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, from time to time loan to the SPAC such funds as the SPAC may require (the “Working Capital Loans”);

 

WHEREAS, up to $1,500,000 of the Working Capital Loans are convertible into additional Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant;

 

WHEREAS, the terms of the Warrants are governed by the Existing Warrant Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, on June 25, 2024, the SPAC, Holdco, Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, Rainwater Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco (“Merger Sub 1”), and Rainwater Merger Sub 2A, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco, entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement (as amended on August 22, 2024, and as may be further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, among other things, at the SPAC Merger Effective Time (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) the SPAC will merge with and into Merger Sub 1, with Merger Sub 1 surviving such merger (the “SPAC Merger”), and as a result of the SPAC Merger, at the SPAC Merger Effective Time (i) the holders of each ordinary share of the SPAC shall each become holders of shares of Holdco’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Holdco Class A Common Stock”) and (ii) the Warrants will be assumed by Holdco (each, a “Holdco Warrant”) and will no longer be exercisable for Class A Ordinary Shares of SPAC but instead will be exercisable (subject to the terms of the Existing Warrant Agreement, as amended by this Agreement) for shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock, at an initial exercise price of $11.50;

 

  

 

 

WHEREAS, the Holdco Class A Common Stock constitutes the Alternative Issuance pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Existing Warrant Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the SPAC has determined that the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement will constitute a Business Combination;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the SPAC Merger, the SPAC desires to assign all of its right, title and interest in the Existing Warrant Agreement to Holdco, and Holdco wishes to accept such assignment; and

 

WHEREAS, Section 9.8 of the Existing Warrant Agreement provides that the SPAC and the Warrant Agent may amend the Existing Warrant Agreement without the consent of any Registered Holders for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or correcting any mistake or defective provision contained therein or adding or changing any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Existing Warrant Agreement as the parties may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the Registered Holders.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Assignment and Assumption; Consent.

 

1.1 Assignment and Assumption. As of and with effect on and from the SPAC Merger Effective Time, (i) the SPAC hereby assigns to Holdco all of the SPAC’s right, title and interest in and to the Existing Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby), and (ii) Holdco hereby assumes, and agrees to pay, perform, satisfy and discharge in full, as the same become due, all of the SPAC’s liabilities and obligations under the Existing Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) arising on, from and after the SPAC Merger Effective Time.

 

1.2 Consent. The Warrant Agent hereby consents to (i) the assignment of the Existing Warrant Agreement by the SPAC to Holdco pursuant to this Section 1 and the assumption of the Existing Warrant Agreement by Holdco from the SPAC pursuant to Section 1 hereof, in each case effective as of the SPAC Merger Effective Time, and (ii) the continuation of the Existing Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby), in full force and effect from and after the SPAC Merger Effective Time.

 

Section 2. Amendment of Existing Warrant Agreement.

 

2.1 Effective as of the SPAC Merger Effective Time, the SPAC and the Warrant Agent hereby amend the Existing Warrant Agreement as provided in this Section 2, and acknowledge and agree that the amendments to the Existing Warrant Agreement set forth in this Section 2 are to provide for the delivery of the Alternative Issuance pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Existing Warrant Agreement (in connection with the SPAC Merger and the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement).

 

2.2 References to the Company. The preamble to the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “Coliseum Acquisition Corp.” and replacing it with “Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc.” As a result thereof, all references to the “Company” in the Existing Warrant Agreement shall be references to Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. rather than Coliseum Acquisition Corp.

 

2.3 References to the Private Placement Warrants. The preamble to the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by removing references to the “Private Placement Warrants” and by replacing the defined term “Public Warrants” with the defined term “Warrants”.

 

2.4 References to Ordinary Shares. All references to the “Ordinary Shares” that holders of Warrants are entitled to purchase in the Existing Warrant Agreement (including Exhibit B thereto) shall be references to “Class A Common Stock” of Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc.

 

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2.5 References to Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association. All references to the “Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association” shall be references to the “Amended and Restated Articles of Organization” of Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc.

 

2.6 References to Business Combination. All references to “Business Combination” in the Existing Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be references to the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, and references to “the consummation of its initial business combination,” “the completion by the Company of an initial business combination” and all variations thereof in the Existing Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be references to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

 

2.7 References to Sponsor. All references to the “Sponsor” in the Existing Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be references to, collectively, Coliseum Acquisition Sponsor LLC and Berto LLC and each of their affiliates.

 

2.8 Detachability of Warrants. Section 2.4 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section and replacing it entirely as follows:

 

“[intentionally omitted]”.

 

2.9 Fractional Warrants. Section 2.5 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section and replacing it entirely as follows:

 

“2.5 Fractional Warrants. The Company shall not issue fractional Warrants.”

 

2.10 Private Placement Warrants. Section 2.6 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is amended by deleting such Section and replacing it entirely as follows:

 

“[intentionally omitted]”.

 

2.11 Duration of Warrants. Section 3.2 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is amended and restated by deleting it and inserting the following:

 

“3.2 Duration of Warrants. A Warrant may be exercised only during the period (the “Exercise Period”) (A) commencing the date that is thirty (30) days after December 31, and (B) terminating at the earliest to occur of (x) 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the date that is five (5) years after December 31 and (y) if the Reference Value equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (subject to adjustment in compliance with Section 4 hereof), Section 6.2 hereof, 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Redemption Date (as defined below) as provided in Section 6.3 hereof (the “Expiration Date”); provided, however, that the exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable conditions, as set forth in subsection 3.3.2 below, with respect to an effective registration statement or a valid exemption therefrom being available. Except with respect to the right to receive the Redemption Price (as defined below) in the event of a redemption (as set forth in Section 6 hereof), each Warrant not exercised on or before the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under this Agreement shall cease at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date. The Company in its sole discretion may extend the duration of the Warrants by delaying the Expiration Date; provided that the Company shall provide at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of any such extension to Registered Holders of the Warrants; provided further that any such extension shall be identical in duration among all the Warrants.”

 

2.12 Exercise of Warrants. Section 3.3.1(b) of the Existing Warrant Agreement is amended by deleting such Section and replacing it entirely as follows:

 

“[intentionally omitted]”.

 

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2.13 Extraordinary Dividends. Section 4.1.2 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

 

“4.1.2 Extraordinary Dividends. If the Company, at any time while the Warrants are outstanding and unexpired, pays to all or substantially all of the holders of the Class A Common Stock a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets on account of such Class A Common Stock (or other shares into which the Warrants are convertible), other than (a) as described in subsection 4.1.1 above or (b) Ordinary Cash Dividends (as defined below) (any such non-excluded event being referred to herein as an “Extraordinary Dividend”), then the Warrant Price shall be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such Extraordinary Dividend, by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value (as determined by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), in good faith) of any securities or other assets paid on each share of Class A Common Stock in respect of such Extraordinary Dividend. For purposes of this subsection 4.1.2, “Ordinary Cash Dividends” means any cash dividend or cash distribution which, when combined on a per share basis, with the per share amounts of all other cash dividends and cash distributions paid on the Class A Common Stock during the 365-day period ending on the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution to the extent it does not exceed $0.50 (which amount shall be adjusted to appropriately reflect any of the events referred to in other subsections of this Section 4 and excluding cash dividends or cash distributions that resulted in an adjustment to the Warrant Price or to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable on exercise of each Warrant).”

 

2.14 Raising of the Capital in Connection with the Initial Business Combination. Section 4.4 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

 

“[intentionally omitted]”.

 

2.15 Replacement of Securities upon Reorganization, etc. Section 4.5(ii) of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby amended to remove the clause “(other than a tender, exchange or redemption offer made by the Company in connection with redemption rights held by shareholders of the Company as provided for in the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association or as a result of the redemption of Ordinary Shares by the Company if a proposed initial Business Combination is presented to the shareholders of the Company for approval)”, which clause shall be deemed deleted.

 

2.16 Other Events. Section 4.9 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby amended to remove the clause “provided, however, that under no circumstances shall the Warrants be adjusted pursuant to this Section 4.9 as a result of any issuance of securities in connection with a Business Combination”, which clause shall be deemed deleted.

 

2.17 Procedures for Surrender of Warrants. Section 5.2 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby amended to remove the clause “(as in the case of the Private Placement Warrants)”, which clause shall be deemed deleted.

 

2.18 Fractional Warrants. Section 5.3 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section and replacing it entirely as follows:

 

“5.3 Fractional Warrants. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any registration of transfer or exchange which shall result in the issuance of a warrant certificate or book-entry position for a fraction of a Warrant.”

 

2.19 Transfer of Warrants. Section 5.6 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

 

“[intentionally omitted]”.

 

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2.20 Redemption of Warrants for Ordinary Shares. Section 6.2 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby amended to remove the clause “(ii) if the Reference Value is less than $18.00 per share (subject to adjustment in compliance with Section 4 hereof), the Private Placement Warrants are also concurrently called for redemption on the same terms as the outstanding Public Warrants”, which clause shall be deemed deleted.

 

2.21 Exclusion of Private Placement Warrants. Section 6.5 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

 

“[intentionally omitted]”.

 

2.22 Notice Clause. Section 9.2 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

 

Notices. Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of any Warrant to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Warrant Agent), as follows:

 

Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc.

1659 Chinaberry Ct.,

Naples, FL 34105

Attn: Paul Dacier

E-mail: paul@rainwatertech.com

 

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

 

TCF Law Group, PLLC

21 Pleasant Street, Suite 237

Newburyport, MA 01950
Attn: Stephen J. Doyle
E-mail: sdoyle@tcflaw.com

 

Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the holder of any Warrant or by the Company to or on the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with the Company), as follows:

 

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

One State Street, 30th Floor

New York, NY 10004

Attention: Compliance Department”

 

2.23 Amendments. Section 9.8 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

 

Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto without the consent of any Registered Holder for the purpose of curing any ambiguity or correcting any mistake, including conforming the provisions hereof to the description of the terms of the Warrants and this Agreement set forth in the Prospectus, or defective provision contained herein or adding or changing any provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the parties may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the Registered Holders under this Agreement. All other modifications or amendments, including any modification or amendment to increase the Warrant Price or shorten the Exercise Period, shall require the vote or written consent of the Registered Holders of at least 65% of the then outstanding Warrants.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may lower the Warrant Price or extend the duration of the Exercise Period pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, without the consent of the Registered Holders.”

 

2.24 Warrant Certificate. Exhibit A to the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Exhibit A in its entirety and replacing it with a new Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

Section 3. Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

3.1 Effectiveness of the Amendment. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the effectiveness of this Agreement shall be expressly subject to the occurrence of the SPAC Merger and shall automatically be terminated and shall be null and void if the Business Combination Agreement shall be terminated for any reason.

 

3.2 Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of Holdco, the SPAC or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

 

3.3 Applicable Law and Exclusive Forum. The validity, interpretation, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York. Subject to applicable law, each of Holdco and the SPAC hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. Each of Holdco and the SPAC hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum.

 

3.4 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. A signed copy of this Agreement delivered by facsimile, e-mail or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Agreement.

 

3.5 Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.

 

3.6 Severability. This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.

 

(Signature Page Follows)

 

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

 

  COLISEUM ACQUISITION CORP.
   
  By: /s/ Oanh Truong
  Name:  Oanh Truong
  Title: Interim Chief Executive Officer and
    Chief Financial Officer
     
  RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Christopher Riley
  Name: Christopher Riley
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Warrant Agent
     
  By: /s/ Keri-Ann Cuadros
  Name: Keri-Ann Cuadros 
  Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement]

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE

 

See attached.

 

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[Form of Warrant Certificate]

 

[FACE]

 

Number ___

 

Warrants

 

THIS WARRANT SHALL BE NULL AND VOID IF NOT EXERCISED PRIOR TO

THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXERCISE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR

IN THE WARRANT AGREEMENT DESCRIBED BELOW

 

RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.
Incorporated Under the Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

CUSIP 75080J111

 

Warrant Certificate

 

This warrant certificate (this “Warrant Certificate”) certifies that , or registered assigns, is the registered holder of warrant(s) evidenced hereby (the “Warrants,” and each, a “Warrant”) to purchase shares of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Class A Common Stock”), of Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”). Each whole Warrant entitles the holder, upon exercise during the period set forth in the Warrant Agreement referred to below, to receive from the Company that number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class A Common Stock as set forth below, at the exercise price (the “Warrant Price”) as determined pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, payable in lawful money of the United States of America (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Warrant Price at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent referred to below, subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.

 

Each whole Warrant is initially exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of any Warrant. If, upon the exercise of Warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share of Class A Common Stock, the Company will, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number of shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued to the Warrant holder. The number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

 

The initial Warrant Price is equal to $11.50 per share of Class A Common Stock. The Warrant Price is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

 

Subject to the conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants may be exercised only during the Exercise Period and, to the extent not exercised by the end of such Exercise Period, such Warrants shall become void. The Warrants may be redeemed, subject to certain conditions, as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof and such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent, as such term is used in the Warrant Agreement.

 

This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.

 

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  RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Warrant Agent
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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[Form of Warrant Certificate]
[Reverse]

 

The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants entitling the holder on exercise to receive shares of Class A Common Stock and are issued or to be issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement, dated June 22, 2021 as duly executed and delivered by Coliseum Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “SPAC”), to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”), as amended by the Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2024 by and among the SPAC, the Warrant Agent and the Company (as amended, the “Warrant Agreement”), which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties, and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company, and the holders (the words “holders” or “holder” meaning the Registered Holders or Registered Holder, respectively) of the Warrants. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the holder hereof upon written request to the Company.

 

Warrants may be exercised at any time during the Exercise Period set forth in the Warrant Agreement. The holder of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise them by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the form of Election to Purchase set forth hereon properly completed and executed, together with payment of the Warrant Price as specified in the Warrant Agreement (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent. In the event that upon any exercise of Warrants evidenced hereby the number of Warrants exercised shall be less than the total number of Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued to the holder hereof or his, her, or its assignee, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants not exercised.

 

Notwithstanding anything else in this Warrant Certificate or the Warrant Agreement, no Warrant may be exercised unless, at the time of exercise, (i) a registration statement covering the shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued upon exercise is effective under the Securities Act and (ii) a prospectus thereunder relating to the shares of Class A Common Stock is current, except through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement.

 

The Warrant Agreement provides that, upon the occurrence of certain events, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants set forth on the face hereof may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. If, upon exercise of a Warrant, the holder thereof would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share of Class A Common Stock, the Company shall, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number of shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued to the holder of the Warrant.

 

Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent by the Registered Holder thereof in person or by legal representative or attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.

 

Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at the office of the Warrant Agent, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder(s) hereof as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Warrants nor this Warrant Certificate entitles any holder hereof to any rights of a shareholder of the Company.

 

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Election to Purchase

(To Be Executed Upon Exercise of Warrant)

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, to __________ shares of Class A Common Stock, and herewith tenders payment for such shares of Class A Common Stock to the order of the Company in the amount of $________________ in accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that certificates for such shares of Class A Common Stock be registered in the name of _________ , whose address is ________________ , and that such shares of Class A Common Stock be delivered to _________ , whose address is ________ . If said number of shares of Class A Common Stock is less than all of the shares of Class A Common Stock purchasable hereunder, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such shares of Class A Common Stock be registered in the name of _________ , whose address is _________ , and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to ___________ , whose address is _________ .

 

In the event that the Warrant has been called for redemption by the Company pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Warrant Agreement and a holder thereof elects to exercise its Warrant pursuant to a Make-Whole Exercise, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with subsection 3.3.1(c) or Section 6.2 of the Warrant Agreement, as applicable.

 

In the event that the Warrant is to be exercised on a “cashless basis” pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Warrant Agreement, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.4 of the Warrant Agreement.

 

In the event that the Warrant may be exercised, to the extent allowed by the Warrant Agreement, through cashless exercise (i) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that this Warrant is exercisable for would be determined in accordance with the relevant section of the Warrant Agreement which allows for such cashless exercise and (ii) the holder hereof shall complete the following: The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, through the cashless exercise provisions of the Warrant Agreement, to receive shares of Class A Common Stock. If said number of shares of Class A Common Stock is less than all of the shares of Class A Common Stock purchasable hereunder (after giving effect to the cashless exercise), the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such Class A Common Stock be registered in the name of__________ , whose address is __________ , and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to _________, whose address is ________.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

Date:

 

  (Signature)
   
   
   
   
  (Address)
   
   
  (Tax Identification Number)
Signature Guaranteed:

 

THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS, AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO RULE 17Ad-15 (OR ANY SUCCESSOR RULE) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED).

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

 

This INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of December [●], 2024, by and between Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), and [●] (“Indemnitee”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve publicly-held corporations as directors, officers or in other capacities unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of such corporations;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Company and its subsidiaries from certain liabilities;

 

WHEREAS, directors, officers and other persons in service to corporations or business enterprises are being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to, among other things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the Company or business enterprise itself;

 

WHEREAS, the articles of organization (as amended from time to time, the “Articles”) and bylaws (as amended from time to time, the “Bylaws”) of the Company require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to applicable provisions of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act (“MBCA”). The Articles, Bylaws and the MBCA expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and members of the Board, officers and other persons with respect to indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration, advancement and reimbursement rights;

 

WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons;

 

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company’s shareholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future;

 

WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, hold harmless, exonerate and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so protected against liabilities;

 

WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Articles and Bylaws and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder; and

 

WHEREAS, Indemnitee may not be willing to serve as an officer or director, advisor or in another capacity without adequate protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity. Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company on the condition that Indemnitee be so indemnified.

 

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

1. SERVICES TO THE COMPANY Indemnitee will serve or continue to serve as an officer, director, advisor, key employee or in any other capacity of the Company, as applicable, for so long as Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed or retained or until Indemnitee tenders Indemnitee’s resignation or until Indemnitee is removed. The foregoing notwithstanding, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect after Indemnitee has ceased to serve as a director, officer, advisor, key employee or in any other capacity of the Company, in each case as provided in Section 18. This Agreement, however, shall not impose any obligation on Indemnitee or the Company to continue Indemnitee’s service to the Company beyond any period otherwise required by law or by other agreements or commitments of the parties, if any.

 

2. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement:

 

(a) “agent” shall mean any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company or other person authorized by the Company to act for the Company, to include such person serving in such capacity as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or other official of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at the request of, for the convenience of, or to represent the interests of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company.

 

(b) “Beneficial Owner” and “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meanings set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (as defined below) as in effect on the date hereof.

 

(c) “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:

 

(i) Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Any Person (as defined below) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, unless (1) the change in the relative Beneficial Ownership of the Company’s securities by any Person results solely from a reduction in the aggregate number of outstanding shares of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, or (2) such acquisition was approved in advance by the Continuing Directors (as defined below) and such acquisition would not constitute a Change in Control under part (iii) of this definition;

 

(ii) Change in Board of Directors. Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board, and any new director whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who were directors on the date hereof or whose election for nomination for election was previously so approved (collectively, the “Continuing Directors”), cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board;

 

(iii) Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination, involving the Company and one (1) or more businesses (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination: (1) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the Beneficial Owners of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty-one percent (51%) of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one (1) or more Subsidiaries (as defined below)) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; (2) other than an affiliate of the Sponsor, no Person (excluding any corporation resulting from such Business Combination) is the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the surviving corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination; and (3) at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were Continuing Directors at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board of Directors, providing for such Business Combination;

 

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(iv) Liquidation. The approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement or series of agreements for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than factoring the Company’s current receivables or escrows due (or, if such shareholder approval is not required, the decision by the Board to proceed with such a liquidation, sale, or disposition in one (1) transaction or a series of related transactions); or

 

(v) Other Events. There occurs any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or any successor rule) (or a response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Exchange Act (as defined below), whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement.

 

(d) “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, general partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of the Company or of any other Enterprise (as defined below) which such person is or was serving at the request of the Company.

 

(e) “Disinterested Director” shall mean a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding (as defined below) in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.

 

(f) “Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other corporation, constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger to which the Company (or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries) is a party, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, manager, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent.

 

(g) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(h) “Expenses” shall include all direct and indirect costs, fees and expenses of any type or nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, fees of private investigators and professional advisors, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, fax transmission charges, secretarial services and all other disbursements, obligations or expenses in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, settlement or appeal of, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding (as defined below), including reasonable compensation for time spent by Indemnitee for which he or she is not otherwise compensated by the Company or any third party. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding (as defined below), including without limitation the principal, premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent. “Expenses,” however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.

 

(i) “fines” shall include any excise tax assessed on Indemnitee with respect to any employee benefit plan.

 

(j) “Independent Counsel” shall mean a law firm or a member of a law firm with significant experience in matters of corporate law and that neither presently is, nor in the past five (5) years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements); or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding (as defined below) giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.

 

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(k) “Massachusetts Court” shall mean the Business Litigation Session of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

(l) “Person” shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof; provided, however, that “Person” shall exclude: (i) the Company; (ii) any Subsidiaries (as defined below) of the Company; (iii) any employment benefit plan of the Company or of a Subsidiary (as defined below) of the Company or of any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company; and (iv) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or of a Subsidiary (as defined below) of the Company or of a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

 

(m) “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil (including intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal, administrative or investigative or related nature, in which Indemnitee was, is, will or might be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, by reason of any action (or failure to act) taken by Indemnitee or of any action (or failure to act) on Indemnitee’s part while acting as a director or officer of the Company, or by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, general partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement, or advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement.

 

(n) “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.

 

(o) “Subsidiary,” with respect to any Person, shall mean any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity of which a majority of the voting power of the voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by that Person.

 

3. INDEMNITY IN THIRD-PARTY PROCEEDINGS. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if Indemnitee was, is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant (as a witness, deponent or otherwise) in any Proceeding (other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor, which is addressed in Section 4 below) by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee shall be indemnified, held harmless and exonerated to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually, and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.

 

4. INDEMNITY IN PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4 if Indemnitee was, is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant (as a witness, deponent or otherwise) in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status. Pursuant to this Section 4, Indemnitee shall be indemnified, held harmless and exonerated to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company.

 

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No indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration for Expenses shall be made under this Section 4 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that any court in which the Proceeding was brought or the Massachusetts Court shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, to be held harmless or to exoneration for such Expenses which the Massachusetts Court or such other court shall deem proper.

 

5. INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A PARTY WHO IS WHOLLY OR PARTLY SUCCESSFUL. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that Indemnitee was or is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a party to (or a participant in) and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, in whole or in part, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one (1) or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding, the Company also shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee against all Expenses reasonably incurred in connection with a claim, issue or matter related to any claim, issue, or matter on which Indemnitee was successful. For purposes of this Section and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, (with or without prejudice), summary judgment, settlement (with or without court approval), or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall be deemed, to the fullest extent permitted by law , to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

 

6. INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A WITNESS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a witness or deponent in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee was or is not a party or threatened to be made a party, Indemnitee shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be indemnified, held harmless and exonerated against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith.

 

7. ADDITIONAL INDEMNIFICATION, HOLD HARMLESS AND EXONERATION RIGHTS. Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 3, 4, or 5, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against all Expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the Proceeding. No indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration rights shall be available under this Section 7 on account of Indemnitee’s conduct which constitutes a breach of Indemnitee’s duty of loyalty to the Company or its shareholders or is an act or omission not in good faith or which involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law.

 

8. CONTRIBUTION IN THE EVENT OF JOINT LIABILITY.

 

(a) To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification, hold harmless and/or exoneration rights provided for in this Agreement are unavailable to Indemnitee in whole or in part for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying, holding harmless or exonerating Indemnitee, shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any Proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment, and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have at any time against Indemnitee.

 

 

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(b) The Company shall not enter into any settlement of any Proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such Proceeding) unless such settlement provides for a full and final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee without any admission of liability or other wrongdoing on the part of Indemnitee.

 

(c) The Company hereby agrees, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, to fully indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee from any claims for contribution which may be brought by officers, directors or employees of the Company other than Indemnitee who may be jointly liable with Indemnitee with respect to such claim.

 

9. EXCLUSIONS. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnification, advance expenses, hold harmless or exoneration payment in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee:

 

(a) for which payment has actually been received by or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or other indemnity or advancement provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount actually received under any insurance policy, contract, agreement, other indemnity or advancement provision or otherwise;

 

(b) for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act (or any successor rule) or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law, or for a clawback of compensation made pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of Section 10D and Rule 10D-1 of the Exchange Act; or

 

(c) except as otherwise provided in Sections 14(f)-(g) hereof, prior to a Change in Control, in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation or (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration payment, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law. Indemnitee shall seek payments or advances from the Company only to the extent that such payments or advances are unavailable from any insurance policy of the Company covering Indemnitee.

 

10. ADVANCES OF EXPENSES; DEFENSE OF CLAIM.

 

(a) To the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law, the Company shall pay the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time, prior to the final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be unsecured and interest free. Advances shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expenses and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to be indemnified, held harmless or exonerated under the other provisions of this Agreement. Advances shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing a Proceeding to enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances claimed. To the fullest extent required by applicable law, such payments of Expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon the Company’s receipt of an undertaking, by or on behalf of Indemnitee, to repay the advanced amounts to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, held harmless or exonerated by the Company under the provisions of this Agreement, the Articles, the Bylaws, applicable law or otherwise. This Section 10(a) shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which an indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration payment is excluded pursuant to Section 9.

 

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(b) The Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense.

 

(c) The Company shall not settle any action, claim or Proceeding (in whole or in part) which would impose any Expense, judgment, liability, fine, penalty or limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s prior written consent.

 

11. PROCEDURE FOR NOTIFICATION AND APPLICATION FOR INDEMNIFICATION.

 

(a) Indemnitee agrees to notify promptly the Company in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding, claim, issue or matter therein which may be subject to indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration rights, or advancement of Expenses covered hereunder. The failure of Indemnitee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement, or otherwise.

 

(b) Indemnitee may deliver to the Company a written application to indemnify, hold harmless or exonerate Indemnitee in accordance with this Agreement. Such application(s) may be delivered from time to time and at such time(s) as Indemnitee deems appropriate in his or her sole discretion. Following such a written application for indemnification by Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall be determined according to Section 12 (a) of this Agreement.

 

12. PROCEDURE UPON APPLICATION FOR INDEMNIFICATION.

 

(a) A determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall be made in the specific case by one (1) of the following methods: (i) if no Change in Control has occurred (x) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (y) by a committee of Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, or (z) if there are no Disinterested Directors, or if such Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; or (ii) if a Change in Control has occurred, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee. The Company promptly will advise Indemnitee in writing with respect to any determination that Indemnitee is or is not entitled to indemnification, including a description of any reason or basis for which indemnification has been denied. If it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within ten (10) days after such determination. Indemnitee shall reasonably cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.

 

(b) In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 12(a) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 12(b). The Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected and certifying that the Independent Counsel so selected meets the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement. If the Independent Counsel is selected by the Board, the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising Indemnitee of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected and certifying that the Independent Counsel so selected meets the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement. In either event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after such written notice of selection shall have been received, deliver to the Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 11(b) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Massachusetts Court for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Massachusetts Court, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 12(a) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).

 

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(c) The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of Independent Counsel and to fully indemnify and hold harmless such Independent Counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.

 

13. PRESUMPTIONS AND EFFECT OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS.

 

(a) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person, persons or entity making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 11(b) of this Agreement, and the Company shall have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person, persons or entity of any determination contrary to that presumption. Neither the failure of the Company (including by the Disinterested Directors or Independent Counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company (including by the Disinterested Directors or Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

 

(b) If the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 12 of this Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a final judicial determination that any or all such indemnification is expressly prohibited under applicable law; provided, however, that such thirty (30)-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional fifteen (15) days, if the person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating thereto.

 

(c) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.

 

(d) For purposes of any determination of good faith, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the directors, trustees, general partners, managers or managing members of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise, its Board, any committee of the Board or any director, trustee, general partner, manager or managing member of the Enterprise, or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise, its Board, any committee of the Board or any director, trustee, general partner, manager or managing member of the Enterprise, by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected by the Enterprise, its Board, any committee of the Board or any director, trustee, general partner, manager or managing member. The provisions of this Section 13(d) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which Indemnitee may be deemed or found to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement.

 

(e) The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any other director, officer, trustee, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement.

 

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14. REMEDIES OF INDEMNITEE.

 

(a) In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, is not timely made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 5, 6, 7 or the last sentence of Section 12(a) of this Agreement within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, (v) a contribution payment is not made in a timely manner pursuant to Section 8 of this Agreement, (vi) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement is not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, or (vii) payment to Indemnitee pursuant to any hold harmless or exoneration rights under this Agreement or otherwise is not made in accordance with this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by the Massachusetts Court to such indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration, contribution or advancement rights. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at Indemnitee’s option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures of the American Arbitration Association. Except as set forth herein, the provisions of Massachusetts law (without regard to its conflict of laws rules) shall apply to any such arbitration. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.

 

(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination.

 

(c) In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14, Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to be indemnified, held harmless, and exonerated and to receive advancement of Expenses under this Agreement and the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, held harmless, and exonerated and to receive advancement of Expenses, as the case may be, and the Company may not refer to or introduce into evidence any determination pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement adverse to Indemnitee for any purpose. If Indemnitee commences a judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to this Section 14, Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any advances pursuant to Section 10 until a final determination is made with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification (as to which all rights of appeal have been exhausted or lapsed).

 

(d) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.

 

(e) The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.

 

(f) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law against all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after the Company’s receipt of such written request) pay to Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, such Expenses which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any judicial proceeding or arbitration brought by Indemnitee: (i) to enforce his or her rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement or any other indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration, advancement or contribution agreement or provision of the Articles, or the Bylaws now or hereafter in effect; or (ii) for recovery or advances under any insurance policy maintained by any person for the benefit of Indemnitee, regardless of the outcome and whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration right, advancement, contribution or insurance recovery, as the case may be (unless such judicial proceeding or arbitration was not brought by Indemnitee in good faith).

 

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(g) Interest shall be paid by the Company to Indemnitee at the legal rate under Massachusetts law for amounts which the Company indemnifies, holds harmless or exonerates, or advances, or is obliged to indemnify, hold harmless or exonerate or advance for the period commencing with the date on which Indemnitee requests indemnification, to be held harmless, exonerated, contribution, reimbursement or advancement of any Expenses and ending with the date on which such payment is made to Indemnitee by the Company.

 

15. SECURITY. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent requested by Indemnitee and approved by the Board, the Company may at any time and from time to time provide security to Indemnitee for the Company’s obligations hereunder through an irrevocable bank line of credit, funded trust or other collateral. Any such security, once provided to Indemnitee, may not be revoked or released without the prior written consent of Indemnitee.

 

16. NON-EXCLUSIVITY; SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS; INSURANCE; SUBROGATION.

 

(a) The rights of Indemnitee as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Articles, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of shareholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any Proceeding (regardless of when such Proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed) or claim, issue or matter therein arising out of, or related to, any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in Indemnitee’s Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in applicable law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration rights or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Articles, the Bylaws or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.

 

(b) The MBCA, the Articles and the Bylaws permit the Company to purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection or make other arrangements including, but not limited to, providing a trust fund, letter of credit, or surety bond (“Indemnification Arrangements”) on behalf of Indemnitee against any liability asserted against Indemnitee or incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee or in such capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or arising out of Indemnitee’s status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify Indemnitee against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement or under the MBCA, as it may then be in effect. The purchase, establishment, and maintenance of any such Indemnification Arrangement shall not in any way limit or affect the rights and obligations of the Company or of Indemnitee under this Agreement except as expressly provided herein, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Indemnitee shall not in any way limit or affect the rights and obligations of the Company or the other party or parties thereto under any such Indemnification Arrangement.

 

(c) To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, trustees, partners, managers, managing members, fiduciaries, employees, or agents of the Company or of any other Enterprise which such person serves at the request of the Company, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such director, officer, trustee, partner, managers, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent under such policy or policies. If, at the time the Company receives notice from any source of a Proceeding as to which Indemnitee is a party or a participant (as a witness, deponent or otherwise), the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of such Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.

 

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(d) In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

(e) The Company’s obligation to indemnify, hold harmless, exonerate or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration payments or advancement of expenses from such Enterprise. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, (i) Indemnitee shall have no obligation to reduce, offset, allocate, pursue or apportion any indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration, advancement, contribution or insurance coverage among multiple parties possessing such duties to Indemnitee prior to the Company’s satisfaction and performance of all its obligations under this Agreement, and (ii) the Company shall perform fully its obligations under this Agreement without regard to whether Indemnitee holds, may pursue or has pursued any indemnification, advancement, hold harmless, exoneration, contribution or insurance coverage rights against any person or entity other than the Company.

 

17. SECTION 409A OF THE CODE. If Indemnitee’s right to payment or reimbursement of indemnification or expenses pursuant to this Agreement would not be exempt from Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.0409A-1(b)(10), then (a) the payment or reimbursement of indemnification and expenses provided or advanced to or for Indemnitee pursuant to this Agreement in one taxable year shall not affect the amount of indemnification and expenses provided or advanced to or for Indemnitee in any other taxable year, (b) any reimbursement to Indemnitee of expenses under this Agreement shall be paid to Indemnitee on or before the last day of Indemnitee’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred and (c) the right to advancement, reimbursement or payment of indemnification and expenses under this Agreement may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. In addition, to the extent that this Agreement is subject to Section 409A of the Code, this Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced so as to avoid any tax, penalty or interest under Section 409A of the Code. For purposes of this Section 17, “Expenses” shall be deemed to include, in addition to those items included in the definition thereof in Section 2, any liability, loss, judgment, fine and amounts paid in settlement.

 

18. DURATION OF AGREEMENT. All agreements and obligations of the Company contained herein shall continue during the period Indemnitee serves as a director or officer of the Company or as a director, officer, trustee, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other Enterprise which Indemnitee serves at the request of the Company and shall continue thereafter so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any possible Proceeding (including any rights of appeal thereto and any Proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14 of this Agreement) by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, whether or not Indemnitee is acting in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification or advancement can be provided under this Agreement.

 

19. SEVERABILITY. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.

 

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20. ENFORCEMENT AND BINDING EFFECT.

 

(a) The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director, officer or key employee of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director, officer or key employee of the Company or as an agent of another Enterprise.

 

(b) Without limiting any of the rights of Indemnitee under the Articles or Bylaws as they may be amended from time to time, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

(c) The indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration and advancement of expenses rights provided by or granted pursuant to this Agreement shall be binding upon and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company), shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or a director, officer, trustee, general partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise at the Company’s request, and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s spouse, assigns, heirs, devisees, executors and administrators and other legal representatives.

 

(d) The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

 

(e) The Company and Indemnitee agree herein that a monetary remedy for breach of this Agreement, at some later date, may be inadequate, impracticable and difficult of proof, and further agree that such breach may cause Indemnitee irreparable harm. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that Indemnitee may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, enforce this Agreement by seeking, among other things, injunctive relief and/or specific performance hereof, without any necessity of showing actual damage or irreparable harm and that by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance, Indemnitee shall not be precluded from seeking or obtaining any other relief to which Indemnitee may be entitled. The Company and Indemnitee further agree that Indemnitee shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be entitled to such specific performance and injunctive relief, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions, without the necessity of posting bonds or other undertaking in connection therewith. The Company acknowledges that in the absence of a waiver, a bond or undertaking may be required of Indemnitee by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Company hereby waives any such requirement of such a bond or undertaking to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

21. MODIFICATION AND WAIVER. No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the Company and Indemnitee. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

 

22. NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) if delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed on such delivery, or (ii) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third (3rd) business day after the date on which it is so mailed:

 

(a) If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide in writing to the Company.

 

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(b) If to the Company, to:

 

Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc.

21 Pleasant Street, Suite 237,

Newburyport, MA 01950

Attention: Christopher Riley, Chief Executive Officer

Email:     

 

With a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to

 

TCF Law Group, PLLC

21 Pleasant Street, Suite 237,

Newburyport, MA 01950

Attention: Stephen J. Doyle

Email: sdoyle@tcflaw.com

 

or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee in writing by the Company.

 

23. APPLICABLE LAW AND CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: (a) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Massachusetts Court and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country; (b) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement; (c) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Massachusetts Court; and (d) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Massachusetts Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum, or is subject (in whole or in part) to a jury trial. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the parties hereby agree that the mailing of process and other papers in connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided by Section 21 or in such other manner as may be permitted by law, shall be valid and sufficient service thereof.

 

24. IDENTICAL COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one (1) or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one (1) such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.

 

25. MISCELLANEOUS. Use of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.

 

26. PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be asserted by or in the right of the Company against Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s spouse, heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives after the expiration of two (2) years from the date of accrual of such cause of action, and any claim or cause of action of the Company shall be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of a legal action within such two (2)-year period; provided, however, that if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of action such shorter period shall govern.

 

27. ADDITIONAL ACTS. If for the validation of any of the provisions in this Agreement any act, resolution, approval or other procedure is required to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company undertakes to cause such act, resolution, approval or other procedure to be affected or adopted in a manner that will enable the Company to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement.

 

28. MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain in effect during the entire period for which the Company is obligated to indemnify the Indemnitee under this Agreement, one (1) or more policies of insurance with reputable insurance companies to provide the officers/directors of the Company with coverage for losses from wrongful acts and omissions and to ensure the Company’s performance of its indemnification obligations under this Agreement. The Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such director or officer under such policy or policies. In all such insurance policies, the Indemnitee shall be named as an insured in such a manner as to provide the Indemnitee with the same rights and benefits as are accorded to the most favorably insured of the Company’s directors and officers.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indemnity Agreement to be signed as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

RAIN ENHANCEMENT

TECHNOLOGIES, HOLDCO, INC.

     
  By: [●]
    Name: [●]                
    Title: [●]

 

 

INDEMNITEE:

     
  By: [●]
    Name: [●]
   

Address:

[●]

 

[Signature Page to Indemnity Agreement - [●]]

 

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

 

This Lock-Up Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of December 31, 2024, by and among Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“Holdco”), the shareholders of Holdco listed on the signature pages hereto under the heading “Securityholders”, each officer and director of Holdco, the Company (as defined below) and SPAC (as defined below) and the other persons who enter into a joinder to this Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto in order to become a “Securityholder” for purposes of this Agreement (collectively, the “Securityholders”, and each individually, a “Securityholder”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Securityholders own equity interests in Holdco pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, Holdco consummated the transactions contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) dated as of June 25, 2024, as amended on August 22, 2024, entered into by and among Holdco, Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), Coliseum Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “SPAC”), Rainwater Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco (“Merger Sub 1”), and Rainwater Merger Sub 2A, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Coliseum (“Merger Sub 2”), pursuant to which, among other things, on the day immediately prior to the Closing Date, SPAC merged with and into the Merger Sub 1, with Merger Sub 1 surviving such merger, and on the Closing Date, following such merger and as a part of the same overall transaction, Merger Sub 2 merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving such merger (the “Business Combination”); and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Business Combination, the parties hereto wish to set forth herein certain understandings between such parties with respect to restrictions on the transfer of certain equity interests in Holdco acquired pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.Subject to the exceptions set forth in Section 3, each Securityholder shall not, without the prior written consent of the board of directors of the Company, (a) Transfer any Lock-up Shares until the end of the Shares Lock-up Period and (b) Transfer any Lock-up Warrants until the end of the Warrants Lock-up Period.

 

2.As used herein:

 

(a)the term “Transfer” means (i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, assign, transfer (including by operation of law), hypothecate, pledge, distribute, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, file (or participate in the filing of) a registration statement with the SEC (other than the Registration Statement) or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with respect to any Lock-up Securities, (ii) deposit any Lock-up Securities into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement or grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto that is inconsistent with this Agreement, or (iii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any Lock-up Securities, or (iv) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clauses (i) through (iii);

 

 

 

(b)the term “Lock-up Shares” means any shares of Holdco Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, or Holdco Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), held by a Securityholder immediately after the Closing, and any shares of Common Stock issuable upon the settlement or exercise of options, warrants, restricted stock units, equity awards, or any other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock held by a Securityholder immediately after the Closing, other than the shares of Common Stock underlying the Lock-up Warrants; provided that the term “Lock-up Shares” will not apply to such number of shares of Common Stock held by the Previous Sponsor immediately following the SPAC Merger Effective Time as reasonably determined by the SPAC is necessary to meet the initial listing requirements of Nasdaq;

 

(c)the term “Lock-up Warrants” means the SPAC Private Placement Warrants assumed by Holdco pursuant to the Warrant Assumption Agreement at the SPAC Merger Effective Time, and any shares of Common Stock received upon exercise of such warrants;

 

(d)the term “Lock-up Securities” means the Lock-up Shares and Lock-up Warrants;

 

(e)the term “Shares Lock-up Period” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of (x) two (2) years after the Closing Date and (y) the date on which Holdco completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of Holdco’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property; and

 

(f)the term “Warrants Lock-up Period” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of (x) 30 days after the Closing Date and (y) the date on which Holdco completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of Holdco’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property.

 

3.The restrictions set forth in Section 1 shall not apply to:

 

(a)a Transfer to Holdco’s directors or officers, any affiliates or family members of Holdco’s directors or officers, a Securityholder, any members of a Securityholder or any affiliate of a Securityholder;

 

(b)in the case of an individual, a Transfer by gift to a member of the individual’s immediate family (as defined below), or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is the individual or a member of the individual’s immediate family or an affiliate of such person, or to a charitable organization;

 

(c)in the case of an individual, Transfers by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual;

 

(d)in the case of an individual, Transfers by operation of law or pursuant to a court order, such as a qualified domestic relations order, divorce decree or separation agreement;

 

(e)in the case of an individual, Transfers to a partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which the undersigned and/or the immediate family (as defined below) of the undersigned are the legal and beneficial owner of all of the outstanding equity securities or similar interests;

 

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(f)in the case of an entity that is a trust, Transfers to a trustor or beneficiary of the trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust;

 

(g)in the case of an entity, Transfers by virtue of the laws of the state of the entity’s organization and the entity’s organizational documents upon dissolution of the entity;

 

(h)Transfers relating to Common Stock or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock acquired in open market transactions after the Closing, provided that no such transaction is required to be, or is, publicly announced (whether on Form 4, Form 5 or otherwise, other than a required filing on Schedule 13F, 13G or 13G/A) during the Lock-Up Period;

 

(i)the exercise of stock options or warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock or the vesting of stock awards of Common Stock and any related transfer of shares of Common Stock to the Company in connection therewith (x) deemed to occur upon the “cashless” or “net” exercise of such options or warrants or (y) for the purpose of paying the exercise price of such options or warrants or for paying taxes due as a result of the exercise of such options or warrants, the vesting of such options, warrants or stock awards, or as a result of the vesting of such shares of Common Stock, it being understood that all shares of Common Stock received upon such exercise, vesting or transfer will remain subject to the restrictions of this Agreement during the Lock-Up Period;

 

(j)Transfers to the Company pursuant to any contractual arrangement in effect at the Closing that provides for the repurchase by the Company or forfeiture of Common Stock or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock in connection with the termination of the Securityholder’s service to the Company;

 

(k)the entry, by the Securityholder, at any time after the Closing, of any trading plan providing for the sale of shares of Common Stock by the Securityholder, which trading plan meets the requirements of Rule 10b5-l(c) under the Exchange Act, provided, however, that such plan does not provide for, or permit, the sale of any shares of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period and no public announcement or filing is voluntarily made or required regarding such plan during the Lock-Up Period; and

 

(l)Transfers in the event of completion of a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s securityholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property.

 

provided, however, that (A) in the case of clauses (a) through (g), these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement, in substantially the form of this Agreement (it being understood that any references to “immediate family” in the agreement executed by such transferee shall expressly refer only to the immediate family of the Securityholder and not to the immediate family of the transferee), agreeing to be bound by these Transfer restrictions. For purposes of this Section 3, “immediate family” shall mean a spouse, domestic partner, child (including by adoption), father, mother, brother or sister of the undersigned, and lineal descendant (including by adoption) of the undersigned or of any of the foregoing persons; and “affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

4.For the avoidance of doubt, each Securityholder shall retain all of its rights as a stockholder of Holdco with respect to the Lock-up Securities during the Lock-Up Period, including the right to vote any Lock-up Securities that are entitled to vote.

 

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5.In furtherance of the foregoing, Holdco, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described therein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Agreement, and such purported Transfer shall be null and void ab initio. In addition, during the Shares Lock-Up Period and Warrants Lock-up Period, each certificate or book-entry position evidencing the Lock-Up Securities shall be marked with a legend in substantially the following form, in addition to any other applicable legends:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN A LOCK-UP AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG THE ISSUER AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES (OR THE PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE SECURITIES). A COPY OF SUCH LOCK-UP AGREEMENT WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE ISSUER TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.”

 

6.Following the Closing Date, the Company and Holdco will indemnify, exonerate and hold harmless each Sponsor, and their respective shareholders, members, directors, managers and officers, from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, liabilities, losses, damages and costs and out-of-pocket expenses in connection therewith (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (“Indemnified Liabilities”) incurred by such Sponsor arising out of any third-party action, cause of action, suit, litigation, investigation, inquiry, arbitration or claim relating to the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement that names the Sponsor as a defendant (or co-defendant) arising from the Sponsor’s ownership of equity interests of the SPAC or its alleged, purported or actual control or ability to influence the SPAC; provided, that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) any Indemnified Liabilities to the extent arising out of any breach by the Sponsor or its shareholders, members, directors, managers and officers of this Agreement or any other agreement between the Sponsor or its shareholders, members, directors, managers and officers, on the one hand, and the Company, Holdco or the SPAC or any of their respective subsidiaries, on the other hand or (ii) the willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud of the Sponsor or its shareholders, members, directors. managers and officers. The provisions of this Section 6 are (x) intended to be for the benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each Sponsor and each Sponsor’s heirs, legatees, representatives, successors and assigns, and shall be binding on all successors and assigns of Holdco and may not be terminated or amended in any manner adverse to such Sponsor without its prior written consent and (y) in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification or contribution that any such Sponsor may have by contract or otherwise.

 

7.Holdco represents that it has not entered into any side letter or agreement with any Securityholder which provides any rights or benefits to such Securityholder that are materially more favorable to such Securityholder than the rights and benefits in this Agreement and will not enter into any such side letter or agreement unless such rights and benefits are also offered to the other Securityholders. Holdco agrees that this Agreement shall not be amended or modified, and no terms or conditions thereof waived, in a manner that benefits any Securityholder, unless the terms of such amendment, modification or waiver is also offered to the other Securityholders.

 

8.This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not affect the rights and obligations of the parties under the Business Combination Agreement or any documents related thereto or referred to therein. This Agreement may not be changed, amended, modified or waived (other than to correct a typographical error) as to any particular provision, except by a written instrument executed by the undersigned (i) Securityholder and (ii) Holdco.

 

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9.No party hereto may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party. Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 9 shall be void and ineffectual and shall not operate to transfer or assign any interest or title to the purported assignee. This Agreement shall be binding on the Securityholder and each of its respective successors, heirs and assigns and permitted transferees.

 

10.The Law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall govern (a) all claims or matters related to or arising from this Agreement (including any tort or non-contractual claims) and (b) any questions concerning the construction, interpretation, validity and enforceability of this Agreement, and the performance of the obligations imposed by this Agreement, in each case without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Law of any jurisdiction other than the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

11.Each party hereto submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of first, the Business Litigation Session of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or if such court declines jurisdiction, then to any court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts, in any Proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, agrees that all claims in respect of the Proceeding shall be heard and determined in any such court and agrees not to bring any Proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any other courts. Nothing in this Section 11, however, shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by Law or at equity. Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any Proceeding so brought shall be conclusive and may be enforced by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law or at equity. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY OF THE PARTIES (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS OR THE RELATIONSHIPS ESTABLISHED AMONG THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT SUCH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT SUCH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

 

12.The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event any provision of this Agreement was not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy at law or in equity without the necessity of proving the inadequacy of money damages as a remedy and without bond or other security being required, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each of the parties hereto hereby further acknowledges that the existence of any other remedy contemplated by this Agreement does not diminish the availability of specific performance of the obligations hereunder or any other injunctive relief. It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in the Business Litigation Session of the Superior Court or any other state or federal court within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law or in equity. Each party hereto hereby further agrees that in the event of any action by any other party for specific performance or injunctive relief, it will not assert that a remedy at law or other remedy would be adequate or that specific performance or injunctive relief in respect of such breach or violation should not be available on the grounds that money damages are adequate or any other grounds.

 

13.This Agreement shall terminate on the expiration of the Shares Lock-up Period, except for the covenant in Section 6, which shall survive termination of this Agreement.

 

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In Witness Whereof, each of the parties has duly executed this Lock-Up Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

Holdco:  
   
RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.
   
/s/ Paul T. Dacier  
Name: Paul. T. Dacier  
Title: President  

 

[Signature Page to the Lock-Up Agreement]

 

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In Witness Whereof, each of the parties has duly executed this Lock-Up Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

Securityholders:  
   
COLISEUM ACQUISITION SPONSOR LLC  
   
/s/ Daniel Haimovic  
Name: Daniel Haimovic  
Title: Co-Chief Executive Officer  
   
ISLAEA INVESTMENTS LLP  
   
/s/ Niccolo de Masi  
Name: Niccolo de Masi  
Title: General Partner  
   
RAINWATER, LLC  
   
/s/ Paul Dacier  
Name: Paul Dacier  
Title: President  
   
Harry You MSSB C/F Harry L You Roth IRA  
   
/s/ Harry You  
Name: Harry You  
Title: Member  
   
RHY 2021 Irrevocable Trust  
   
/s/ Harry You  
Name: Harry You  
Title: Trustee  
   
Berto LLC  
   
/s/ Harry You  
Name: Harry You  
Title: Member  

 

[Signature Page to the Lock-Up Agreement]

 

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Exhibit 10.5

 

JOINDER

 

TO

 

LETTER AGREEMENT

 

AND

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

December              , 2024

 

Reference is made to that certain Non-Redemption Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2023 (the “Agreement”), by and among [●] (“Investor”), Coliseum Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) and Harry L. You (the “Insider”), pursuant to which Investor agreed not to exercise Redemption Rights with respect to certain Investor Shares and, in consideration therefor acquired securities of the Company upon the consummation of the Company’s Initial Business Combination. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Agreement.

 

By executing this joinder, Investor hereby agrees, as of the date first set forth above, that Investor (i) shall become a party to that certain Letter Agreement, dated June 22, 2021, by and among the Company, the Previous Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Letter Agreement”), in accordance with Section 9 of the Letter Agreement, and shall be bound by, and shall, subject to the acknowledgment below, be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth under Section 7 of the Letter Agreement solely with respect to its New Shares in the same manner as if Investor was an “Insider” original signatory to the Letter Agreement; provided, however, that the Investor shall be permitted to transfer its New Shares to its affiliates in accordance with Section 7 of the Letter Agreement; and (ii) shall become a party to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 22, 2021, by and among the Company, its officers and directors and the Previous Sponsor (as it may be amended from time to time, including in connection with the Initial Business Combination, the “Registration Rights Agreement”), and shall be bound by the terms and provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement as a Holder (as defined therein) and entitled to the rights of a Holder under the Registration Rights Agreement and the New Shares (together with any other equity security of the Company issued or issuable with respect to any such New Shares by way of a share dividend or share subdivision or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization) shall be “Registrable Securities” thereunder.

 

For the purposes of clarity, it is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained herein, in the Letter Agreement (to the extent applicable to Investor) and the Registration Rights Agreement is between the Company and Investor, solely, and not between and among Investor and the other shareholders of the Company signatory thereto.

 

This joinder may be executed in two or more counterparts, and by electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method, all of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

 

 

 

  INVESTOR
   
  By:                     
  Name:   
  Title:  

 

  ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:
   
  COLISEUM ACQUISITION CORP.
     
  By:                                    
  Name: Oanh Truong
  Title: Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Joinder to Letter Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

Exhibit 10.6

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 31, 2024, is made and entered into by and among Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), Coliseum Acquisition Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Previous Sponsor”), Berto LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “New Sponsor” and, together with the Previous Sponsor, the “SPAC Sponsors”), the executive officers and directors of SPAC as of immediately prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below) (such executive officers and directors, together with the SPAC Sponsors, the “Sponsor Parties”), certain shareholders of the Company set forth on Schedule 1 hereto, and the executive officers and directors of the Company as of immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (such Company shareholders and executive officers and directors, collectively, the “Company Holders”) (each such Sponsor Party or Company Holder and any other Person (as defined below) who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement, each a “Holder”, and, collectively, the “Holders”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company is party to that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2024 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among the Company, Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“Rainwater”), Rainwater Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub 1”), Rainwater Merger Sub 2, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub 2”), and Coliseum Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“SPAC”), pursuant to which, among other things, SPAC merged with and into Merger Sub 1, with Merger Sub 1 surviving such merger, and Merger Sub 2 merged with and into Rainwater, with Rainwater surviving such merger (together, the “Business Combination”);

 

WHEREAS, SPAC, the Sponsor Affiliate, and certain Holders are parties to those certain Non-Redemption Agreements, pursuant to which such Holders agreed not to redeem SPAC Public Shares held by them in connection with an amendment to the SPAC Organizational Documents and, as consideration therefor, such Holders received shares of SPAC immediately prior to the Business Combination;

 

WHEREAS, as a result of the Business Combination, the Holders were issued securities of the Company, all on the terms and conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Sponsor Parties and SPAC are parties to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2021 (the “Prior Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the parties to the Prior Agreement desire to terminate the Prior Agreement and all rights and obligations created pursuant thereto will be terminated;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Business Combination, the Company and the Holders desire to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which the Company shall grant the Holders certain registration rights with respect to certain securities of the Company, as set forth in this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1 Definitions. The terms defined in this Article I shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

Additional Holder Class A Common Stock” shall have the meaning given in Section 5.12.

 

Adverse Disclosure” shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which, in the good faith judgment of the Chief Executive Officer, the President, such other principal executive officer, the Chief Financial Officer, or the principal financial officer of the Company, after consultation with outside counsel to the Company, (a) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any Misstatement, (b) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Registration Statement or Prospectus, as the case may be, and (c) the Company has (x) a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public or (y) determined the premature disclosure of such information would materially adversely affect the Company.

 

Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

 

Block Trade” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.6.1.

 

Business Combination Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

 

Claims” shall have the meaning given in subsection 4.1.1.

 

Closing Date” shall mean the date of this Agreement.

 

Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Company” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

Company Class A Common Stock” shall mean the Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.

 

Company Class B Common Stock” shall mean the Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.

 

Company Common Stock” shall mean, collectively, the Company Class A Common Stock and the Company Class B Common Stock.

 

Demanding Holders” shall mean the applicable Holders having the right to make, and actually making, a written demand for an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.1.5.

 

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Form S-1 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.

 

Form S-3 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.2.

 

Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

 

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Lock-Up Period” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Lock-Up Agreement, dated December 31, 2024 by and among the Company and the Holders party thereto.

 

Maximum Number of Securities” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.6.

 

Minimum Amount” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.5.

 

Misstatement” shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus and any preliminary Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

 

Non-Redemption Agreements” shall mean those certain Non-Redemption Agreements dated as of November 22, 2023, by and among the SPAC, the Sponsor Affiliate, and certain shareholders of the SPAC.

 

Other Coordinated Offering” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.6.1.

 

Permitted Transferees” shall mean a Person to whom the Holders party to the Lock-Up Agreement are permitted to transfer Registrable Securities prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period with respect to the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder pursuant to the terms of the Lock-Up Agreement.

 

Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, an association, a joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, governmental or political subdivision or agency, or any other entity of whatever nature.

 

Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.2.1.

 

Prior Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

 

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

 

Registrable Security” shall mean (a) any shares of Company Class A Common Stock and Warrants held by a Holder as of the Closing Date (including the Company Class A Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants, conversion of the Company Class B Common Stock, or the exercise or conversion of any other equity security issued to a Holder pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement), (b) any shares of Company Class A Common Stock acquired by a Holder following the Closing Date to the extent that such shares are (i) “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144), (ii) held by an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company, or (iii) otherwise cannot be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or any successor rule promulgated under the Securities Act with no volume or other restrictions or limitations as to the manner or timing of sale, (c) any Additional Holder Class A Common Stock, and (d) any other equity security of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the securities referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) through (c) by way of a share dividend or share split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization or otherwise; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Security, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of: (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement by the applicable Holder; (ii) (x) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, (y) new certificates for such securities not bearing (or book entry positions not subject to) a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company to the Holder and (z) subsequent public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (iii) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; (iv) such securities may be sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged without registration pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission) (but with no volume or other restrictions or limitations as to the manner or timing of sale); or (v) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction.

 

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Registration” shall mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such Registration Statement becoming effective.

 

Registration Expenses” shall mean the documented, out-of-pocket expenses of a Registration, including, without limitation, the following:

 

(a)all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.) and any securities exchange on which the Company Class A Common Stock or Warrants are then listed;

 

(b)fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue-sky laws (including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of outside counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);

 

(c)printing, messenger, telephone, delivery and road show or other marketing expenses;

 

(d)reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

 

(e)reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration;

 

(f)reasonable and documented fees and expenses of one (1) legal counsel selected by the Company to render any local counsel opinions in connection with the applicable Registration; and

 

(g)reasonable and documented fees and expenses of one (1) legal counsel (not to exceed $25,000 in the aggregate for each Registration without the prior written approval of the Company) selected by (i) the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating an Underwritten Offering, or (ii) the majority-in-interest of participating Holders under Section 2.3 if the Registration was initiated by the Company for its own account or that of a Company shareholder other than pursuant to rights under this Agreement, in each case to be registered for offer and sale in the applicable Registration.

 

Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement that covers the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Shelf” shall mean a Form S-1 Shelf or Form S-3 Shelf.

 

SPAC” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

SPAC Class A Ordinary Share” means a Class A ordinary share, par value $0.001 per share, of the SPAC.

 

SPAC Organizational Documents” means SPAC’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended and as may be further amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

SPAC Public Shares” means the SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares initially included in the SPAC Units sold by the SPAC in the SPACs initial public offering.

 

SPAC Sponsors” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

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Transfer” shall mean the (a) sale or assignment of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, with respect to, any security, (b) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (c) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or (b).

 

Transfer Agent” shall have the meaning given in Section 3.6.

 

Sponsor Parties” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

 

Underwritten Demand Notice” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.5.

 

Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.

 

Warrant Agreement” shall mean that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2021, by and between SPAC and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, as assumed by the Company in connection with the Business Combination.

 

Warrants” shall mean the warrants of the Company, each exercisable for one share of Company Class A Common Stock at an initial exercise price of $11.50 per share, which were assumed by the Company in the Business Combination and are governed by the terms of the Warrant Agreement.

 

ARTICLE II

 

REGISTRATIONS

 

2.1 Shelf Registration.

 

2.1.1 Filing. The Company shall (i) file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date to permit the public resale of all the Registrable Securities held by the Holders from time to time as permitted by Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) on the terms and conditions specified in this subsection 2.1.1 and (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as practicable and in any event within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date; provided, that the Company shall have the Registration Statement declared effective within five (5) Business Days after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission staff that the Registration Statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review by the Commission. The Registration Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to this subsection 2.1.1 shall be a shelf registration statement on Form S-1 (a “Form S-1 Shelf”) or such other form of registration statement as is then available to effect a registration for resale of such Registrable Securities, covering such Registrable Securities, and shall contain a Prospectus in such form as to permit any Holder to sell such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) at any time beginning on the effective date for such Registration Statement. A Registration Statement filed pursuant to this subsection 2.1.1 shall provide for the resale pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, the Holders. The Company shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements as may be necessary to cause a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this subsection 2.1.1 to remain effective and available (including to add Registrable Securities held by a Holder or to add as selling stockholders any Permitted Transferees) for the resale of all the Registrable Securities held by the Holders until all such Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities.

 

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2.1.2 Conversion to Form S-3. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to convert the Form S-1 Shelf filed pursuant to subsection 2.1.1 to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (a “Form S-3 Shelf”) as promptly as practicable after the Company is eligible to use a Form S-3 Shelf and have the Form S-3 Shelf declared effective as promptly as practicable and to cause such Form S-3 Shelf to remain effective, and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that such Registration Statement is available or, if not available, that another Registration Statement is available, for the resale of all the Registrable Securities held by the Holders until all such Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities.

 

2.1.3 Subsequent Shelf. If any Shelf ceases to be effective under the Securities Act for any reason at any time while Registrable Securities are still outstanding, the Company shall, subject to Section 3.4, use its reasonable best efforts to, as promptly as practicable, cause such Shelf to again become effective under the Securities Act and shall use its reasonable best efforts to, as promptly as practicable, amend such Shelf in a manner reasonably expected to result in the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf or file an additional Registration Statement as a shelf registration to register the resale of all Registrable Securities (a “Subsequent Shelf”). If a Subsequent Shelf is filed, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause such Subsequent Shelf to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable after the filing thereof (it being agreed that the Subsequent Shelf shall be an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) if the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) at the most recent applicable eligibility determination date) and (ii) keep such Subsequent Shelf continuously effective, available for use to permit the Holders named therein to sell their Registrable Securities included therein and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. Any such Subsequent Shelf shall be on Form S-3 to the extent that the Company is eligible to use such form. Otherwise, such Subsequent Shelf shall be on another appropriate form. The Company’s obligation under this subsection 2.1.3, shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to Section 3.4.

 

2.1.4 Additional Registrable Securities; Additional Holders. At any time and from time to time that a Shelf or Subsequent Shelf is effective, if a Holder requests (i) the registration under the Securities Act of additional Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf or Subsequent Shelf or (ii) that such Holder or any of its Affiliates be added as a selling stockholder in such Shelf or Subsequent Shelf, the Company shall as promptly as practicable amend or supplement the Registration Statement to cover such additional Registrable Securities and/or Holder or Holder Affiliate.

 

2.1.5 Underwritten Demands. At any time following the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, if applicable, any Holder (a “Demanding Holder”) may demand that the Company effect an Underwritten Offering of all or a portion of its Registrable Securities, whether through to a Prospectus filed pursuant to an existing Shelf or Subsequent Shelf or a newly filed Registration Statement; provided that the Company shall only be obligated to effect an Underwritten Offering for such Demanding Holder(s) if such Underwritten Offering shall (i) include Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by the Demanding Holder, either individually or together with other Demanding Holders, with gross offering proceeds reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, $15 million or (ii) cover all of the remaining Registrable Securities held by the Demanding Holder, provided that the gross offering proceeds is reasonably expected to exceed $5 million in the aggregate (both of the thresholds described in (i) and (ii), the “Minimum Amount”). All such demands for an Underwritten Offering shall be made by giving written notice to the Company (the “Underwritten Demand Notice”). Each Underwritten Demand Notice shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Offering and the expected price range (net of underwriting discounts and commissions) of such Underwritten Offering, as well as the intended method of distribution. The Company shall, within ten (10) days of the Company’s receipt of the Underwritten Demand Notice, notify, in writing, all other Holders of Registrable Securities of such demand, and each Holder of Registrable Securities who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Registration pursuant to such Demand Registration shall so notify the Company, in writing, within five (5) days after the receipt by such Holder of the notice from the Company and shall be deemed to be a “Demanding Holder” for all purposes of this Agreement. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.3 and subsection 2.1.6, the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering all Registrable Securities of such Demanding Holder(s) described in the Underwritten Demand Notice. The Company shall, together with all participating Holders of Registrable Securities of the Company proposing (and permitted) to distribute their securities through such Underwritten Offering, enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form for such Underwritten Offering with the managing Underwriter or Underwriters selected by the original Demanding Holder(s) (which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks), subject to the Company’s prior approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Company shall not be obligated to effect more than an aggregate of three (3) Underwritten Offerings.

 

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2.1.6 Reduction of Underwritten Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters, in good faith, advises the Company and the Demanding Holders, in writing that, in its opinion, the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other Company Class A Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell for its own account and the Company Class A Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, as to which a Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by any other shareholders of the Company who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in such Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, as follows: (a) first, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holders pro rata based on the number of securities requested to be sold that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (b) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (a), the Company Class A Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell for its own account, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (c) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), the Company Class A Common Stock or other equity securities of other Persons that the Company is obligated to register in a Registration pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such Persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

2.1.7 Withdrawal. A majority in interest of the Demanding Holders initiating an Underwritten Offering shall have the right to withdraw its Registrable Securities included in an Underwritten Offering pursuant to subsection 2.1.5 for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of its intention to so withdraw at any time up to one business (1) day prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such Underwritten Offering; provided, however, that upon withdrawal of an amount of Registrable Securities included by the Holders in such Underwritten Offering, in their capacity as Demanding Holders, resulting in the gross offering proceeds of such Underwritten Offering being reasonably expected to be less than the Minimum Amount, the Company shall cease all efforts to effect the Underwritten Offering; provided, further, that a Sponsor Party or a Company Holder may elect to have the Company continue an Underwritten Offering if the Minimum Amount would still be satisfied by the Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Offering by such Sponsor Party, Company Holder or any of their respective Permitted Transferees, as applicable. If withdrawn, a demand for an Underwritten Offering shall constitute a demand for an Underwritten Offering by the withdrawing Demanding Holder for purposes of subsection 2.1.5, unless such Demanding Holder reimburses the Company for all Registration Expenses with respect to such Underwritten Offering (or, if there is more than one Demanding Holder, each Demanding Holder reimburses the Company for a pro rata portion of such Registration Expenses based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Offering); provided that, if an Demanding Holder elects to continue an Underwritten Offering pursuant to the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence, such Underwritten Offering shall instead count as an Underwritten Offering demanded by such Sponsor Party or such Company Holder, as applicable, for purposes of subsection 2.1.5. Following the receipt of any withdrawal notice, the Company shall promptly forward such withdrawal notice to any other Holders that had elected to participate in such Underwritten Offering. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with an Underwritten Offering prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.1.7, other than if a Demanding Holder elects to pay such Registration Expenses pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.

 

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2.2 Piggyback Registration.

 

2.2.1 Piggyback Rights. If the Company proposes to conduct a registered offering of, or to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to, an offering of Company Class A Common Stock (including equity securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Company Class A Common Stock), for its own account or for the account of shareholders of the Company, other than a Registration Statement (or other registered offering with respect thereto) (a) filed in connection with any employee share option or other benefit plan, (b) on Form S-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto) or Form S-8, or any successor forms, (c) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing shareholders, (d) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company, (e) for a dividend reinvestment plan or similar plans, (f) filed pursuant to Section 2.1, (g) for a rights offering, (h) for an equity line of credit or an at-the-market offering of securities, or (i) for a block trade or other coordinated offering, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable (but not less than ten (10) days prior to the anticipated filing by the Company with the Commission of any Registration Statement with respect thereto or, in the case of any offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration, the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such offering), which notice shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution (including whether such registration will be pursuant to a shelf registration statement), the proposed date of filing of such Registration Statement with the Commission and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, in such offering, in each case to the extent then known, (B) describe such Holders’ rights under this Section 2.2 and (C) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice (such Registration a “Piggyback Registration”); provided, in the case of an “overnight” or “bought” offering, such requests must be made by the Holders within two (2) business days after delivery of any such notice by the Company; provided further that if the Company has been advised in writing by the managing Underwriter(s) that the inclusion of Registrable Securities for sale for the benefit of the Holders will have an adverse effect on the price, timing, or distribution of the Company Class A Common Stock in an Underwritten Offering, then (1) if no Registrable Securities can be included in the Underwritten Offering in the opinion of the managing Underwriter(s), the Company shall not be required to offer such opportunity to such Holders or (2) if any Registrable Securities can be included in the Underwritten Offering in the opinion of the managing Underwriter(s), then the amount of Registrable Securities to be offered for the accounts of Holders shall be determined based on the provisions of subsection 2.2.2. Subject to the foregoing proviso and to subsection 2.2.2, the Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities identified in a Holder’s response notice described in the foregoing sentence to be included in such Piggyback Registration and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this subsection 2.2.1 to be included in a Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company or Company shareholder(s) for whose account the Registration Statement is to be filed included in such Registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.2.1, subject to Section 3.3 and Article IV, shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Company or Company shareholder(s) for whose account the Registration Statement is to be filed. For purposes of this Section 2.2, the filing by the Company of an automatic shelf registration statement for offerings pursuant to Rule 415(a) that omits information with respect to any specific offering pursuant to Rule 430B shall not trigger any notification or participation rights hereunder until such time as the Company amends or supplements such Registration Statement to include information with respect to a specific offering of Registrable Securities (and such amendment or supplement shall trigger the notice and participation rights provided for in this Section 2.2).

 

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2.2.2 Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If a Piggyback Registration is to be an Underwritten Offering and the managing Underwriter or Underwriters, in good faith, advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that, in its opinion, the dollar amount or number of the Company Class A Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (a) the Company Class A Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with Persons other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, (b) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof, and (c) the Company Class A Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:

 

2.2.2.1 if the Registration or registered offering is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such Registration (a) first, the Company Class A Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell for its own account, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (b) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (a), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 hereof, pro rata based on the number of securities requested to be included, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (c) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (a), and (b), the Company Class A Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and

 

2.2.2.2 if the Registration or registered offering is pursuant to a request by Persons other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration (a) first, the Company Class A Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting Persons, other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (b) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (a), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 hereof, pro rata based on the number of securities requested to be included, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (c) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), the Company Class A Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell for its own account, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (d) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c), the Company Class A Common Stock or other equity securities of other Persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such Persons, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;

 

2.2.2.3 if the Registration or registered offering is pursuant to a request by Holder(s) of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1, then the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering the securities in the priority set forth in subsection 2.1.6.

 

2.2.3 Piggyback Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities (other than a Demanding Holder, whose right to withdraw from an Underwritten Offering, and related obligations, shall be governed by subsection 2.1.7) shall have the right to withdraw all or any portion of its Registrable Securities in a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw such Registrable Securities from such Piggyback Registration up to (a) in the case of a Piggyback Registration not involving an Underwritten Offering, one (1) day prior to the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement or (b), in the case of any Piggyback Registration involving an Underwritten Offering, one (1) business day prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement with respect to such Piggyback Registration used for marketing such transaction. The Company (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a request for withdrawal by Persons pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in connection with a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. The Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to and including its withdrawal under this subsection 2.2.3.

 

2.2.4 Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, any Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof shall not be counted as a Registration pursuant to an Underwritten Offering effected under subsection 2.1.5.

 

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2.3 Restrictions on Registration Rights. If (a) during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date one hundred and twenty (120) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated Registration and provided that the Company continues to actively employ, in good faith, all reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Registration Statement to become effective; (b) the Holders have demanded an Underwritten Offering and the Company and the Holders are unable to obtain the commitment of underwriters to firmly underwrite the offer; or (c) in the good faith judgment of the Board a Registration pursuant to the terms of this Agreement would be seriously detrimental to the Company and the Board concludes as a result that it is essential to delay the filing of the applicable Registration Statement at such time, the Company shall have the right, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the affected Holders (which notice shall not specify the nature of the event giving rise to such delay or suspension), delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement for the shortest period of time determined in good faith by the Company to be necessary for such purpose.

 

2.4 Lock-Up Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no Registration shall be required to be effected and no Registration Statement shall be required to become effective, with respect to any Registrable Securities held by any Holder, until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period with respect to such Registrable Securities.

 

2.5 Market Stand-off. In connection with any Underwritten Offering of equity securities of the Company (other than a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering), if reasonably requested by the managing Underwriters, each Holder that is (a) an executive officer, (b) a director or (c) Holder in excess of five percent (5%) of the outstanding Company Common Stock (and for which it is customary for such a Holder to agree to a lock-up) agrees that it shall not Transfer any shares of Company Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company (other than those included in such offering pursuant to this Agreement), without the prior written consent of the Company, during the ninety (90)-day period (or such shorter time agreed to by the managing Underwriters) beginning on the date of pricing of such offering, except as expressly permitted by such lock-up agreement or in the event the managing Underwriters otherwise agree by written consent. Each such Holder agrees to execute a customary lock-up agreement in favor of the Underwriters to such effect (in each case on substantially the same terms and conditions as all such Holders).

 

2.6 Block Trades; Other Coordinated Offerings.

 

2.6.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article II, but subject to Section 3.4, at any time and from time to time when an effective Shelf is on file with the Commission, at any time and from time to time following the expiration of the Lock-up Period, if applicable, if a Demanding Holder wishes to engage in (a) an underwritten registered offering not involving a “roadshow,” or an offer commonly known as a “block trade” (a “Block Trade”), or (b) an “at the market” or similar registered offering through a broker, sales agent or distribution agent, whether as agent or principal (an “Other Coordinated Offering”), in each case, (x) with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed $15 million in the aggregate or (y) with respect to all remaining Registrable Securities held by the Demanding Holder, then such Demanding Holder shall notify the Company of the Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering at least five (5) business days prior to the day such offering is to commence and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering; provided that the Demanding Holders representing a majority of the Registrable Securities wishing to engage in the Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering shall use commercially reasonable efforts to work with the Company and any Underwriters, brokers, sales agents or placement agents prior to making such request in order to facilitate preparation of the Registration Statement, Prospectus and other offering documentation related to the Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering.

 

2.6.2 Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” Prospectus or prospectus supplement used in connection with a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering, a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering shall have the right to submit a Withdrawal Notice to the Company, the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) and any brokers, sales agents or placement agents (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.6.2.

 

2.6.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Section 2.2 shall not apply to a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering initiated by a Demanding Holder pursuant to this Agreement.

 

2.6.4 The Demanding Holder in a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering shall have the right to select the Underwriters and any brokers, sales agents or placement agents (if any) for such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering (in each case, which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks).

 

2.6.5 A Demanding Holder in the aggregate may demand no more than two (2) Block Trades or Other Coordinated Offerings pursuant to this Section 2.6 in any twelve (12) month period. For the avoidance of doubt, any Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering effected pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall not be counted as a demand for an Underwritten Offering pursuant to subsection 2.1.5 hereof.

 

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ARTICLE III

 

COMPANY PROCEDURES

 

3.1 General Procedures. If the Company is required to effect the Registration of Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall:

 

3.1.1 prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or have ceased to be Registrable Securities;

 

3.1.2 prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be reasonably requested by any Holder that holds at least five percent of the Registrable Securities registered on such Registration Statement or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or have ceased to be Registrable Securities;

 

3.1.3 prior to filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriters, if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, and such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus), and such other documents as the Underwriters and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel for any such Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders (provided that the Company shall have no obligation to furnish any documents publicly filed or furnished with the Commission pursuant to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”));

 

3.1.4 prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its commercially reasonable efforts to (a) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request (or provide evidence satisfactory to such Holders that the Registrable Securities are exempt from such registration or qualification) and (b) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company or otherwise and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable, in each case, to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;

 

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3.1.5 use its reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

 

3.1.6 provide a transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

 

3.1.7 advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or Prospectus the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued, as applicable;

 

3.1.8 notify the Holders at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event or the existence of any condition as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, or in the opinion of counsel for the Company it is necessary to supplement or amend such Prospectus to comply with law, and then to correct such Misstatement or include such information as is necessary to comply with law, in each case as set forth in Section 3.4 hereof, at the request of any such Holder promptly prepare and furnish to such Holder a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such Prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such securities, such Prospectus shall not include a Misstatement or such Prospectus, as supplemented or amended, shall comply with law;

 

3.1.9 permit a representative of the Holders, the Underwriters, if any, and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriter to participate, at each such Person’s own expense, in the preparation of any Registration Statement, and will cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with the Registration; provided, however, that such representatives or Underwriters enter into a confidentiality agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information;

 

3.1.10 use its reasonable best efforts to obtain a “cold comfort” letter (including a bring-down letter dated as of the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration) from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Offering, a Block Trade, an Other Coordinated Offering or sale by a broker, placement agent or sales agent pursuant to such Registration, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders and any Underwriter;

 

3.1.11 in connection with an Underwritten Offering, a Block Trade, an Other Coordinated Offering or sale by a broker, placement agent or sales agent pursuant to such Registration, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain for the underwriter(s) opinions of counsel for the Company, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such underwriters;

 

3.1.12 in the event of any Underwritten Offering, a Block Trade, an Other Coordinated Offering or sale by a broker, placement agent or sales agent pursuant to such Registration, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter of such offering;

 

3.1.13 otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission), which requirement will be deemed satisfied if the Company timely files Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K as may be required to be filed under the Exchange Act and otherwise complies with Rule 158 under the Securities Act;

 

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3.1.14 with respect to an Underwritten Offering, if the Registration involves the Registration of Registrable Securities involving gross proceeds in excess of $50 million, use its reasonable best efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter in such Underwritten Offering; and

 

3.1.15 otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the participating Holders consistent with the terms of this Agreement in connection with such Registration.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to provide any documents or information to an Underwriter, broker, sales agent or placement agent if such Underwriter, broker, sales agent or placement agent has not then been named with respect to the applicable Underwritten Offering or other offering involving a registration as an Underwriter, broker, sales agent or placement agent, as applicable.

 

3.2 Registration Expenses. The Registration Expenses of all Registrations shall be borne by the Company. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters’ commissions and discounts, brokerage fees, Underwriter marketing costs, stock transfer taxes and, other than as set forth in the definition of “Registration Expenses,” all fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders.

 

3.3 Participation in Underwritten Offerings. In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall furnish (or cause to be furnished) to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (the “Holder Information”). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any Holder does not provide the Company with its requested Holder Information, the Company may exclude such Holder’s Registrable Securities from the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus if the Company determines, based on the advice of counsel, that it is necessary or advisable to include such information in the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus and such Holder continues thereafter to withhold such information. No Person may participate in any Underwritten Offering for equity securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration initiated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement unless such Person (a) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting, sales, distribution or placement arrangements approved by the Company and (b) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting or other agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting, sales or distribution arrangements. For the avoidance of doubt, the exclusion of a Holder’s Registrable Securities as a result of this Section 3.3 shall not affect the Registration of other Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration.

 

3.4 Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure. Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement, or in the opinion of counsel for the Company it is necessary to supplement or amend such Prospectus to comply with law, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement or including the information counsel for the Company believes to be necessary to comply with law (it being understood that the Company hereby covenants to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as soon as practicable after the time of such notice such that the Registration Statement or Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, as applicable, will not include a Misstatement and complies with law), or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed. If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of any Registration at any time would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure or would require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Company’s control, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders (which notice shall not specify the nature of the event giving rise to such delay or suspension), delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement on not more than three (3) occasions for not more than sixty (60) consecutive calendar days on each occasion or not more than one hundred and twenty (120) total calendars days, in each case, during twelve (12)-month period, determined in good faith by the Board to be necessary for such purpose. In the event the Company exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, the Holders agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to any Registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities until such Holder receives written notice from the Company. The Company shall promptly notify the Holders of the expiration of any period during which the Company exercised its rights under this Section 3.4. The Holders shall maintain the confidentiality of such notice and its contents.

 

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3.5 Reporting Obligations of the Company. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company shall at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish the Holders with true and complete copies of all such filings; provided that any documents publicly filed or furnished with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR that are publicly available shall be deemed to have been furnished or delivered to the Holders pursuant to this Section 3.5. The Company shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission). Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

 

3.6 Restrictive Legend Removal. Subject to receipt from the Holder by the Company and the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) of such customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Transfer Agent in connection therewith, the Holder may request that the Company remove any legend from the book entry position evidencing its Registrable Securities and the Company will, if required by the Transfer Agent, use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause an opinion of the Company’s counsel to be provided, 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, following the earliest of such time as such Registrable Securities (i) have been sold or transferred pursuant to an effective Registration, (ii) have been sold pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) are eligible for resale under Rule 144(b)(1) or any successor provision without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144 and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions applicable to the sale or transfer of such Registrable Securities. If restrictive legends are no longer required for such Registrable Securities pursuant to the foregoing, the Company shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.6 and within three (3) trading days of any request therefor from the Holder 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 Registrable Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the fees of its Transfer Agent and all DTC fees associated with such issuance.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

 

4.1 Indemnification.

 

4.1.1 The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers, directors and agents and each Person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) from and against all losses, claims, actions or proceedings (whether commenced or threatened), damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable and documented outside attorneys’ fees) (collectively, “Claims”), to which any such Holder or other Persons may become subject, insofar as such Claims arise out of or are based on (a) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in or incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of a Prospectus, in light of the circumstances in which they were made) or (b) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, any state securities laws, or any rule or regulation thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to an action taken or inaction required of the Company in connection with the offering of Registrable Securities; except insofar as the Claim arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such filing in reliance upon and in conformity with information or affidavit furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein.

 

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4.1.2 In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating pursuant to this Agreement, such Holder shall furnish (or cause to be furnished) to the Company an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to indemnify the Company, its officers, directors, partners, managers, shareholders, members, employees and agents and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) from and against any Claims, to which any the Company or such other Persons may become subject, insofar as such Claims arise out of or are based on any untrue statement of any material fact contained in or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of a Prospectus, in light of the circumstances in which they were made), but only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission is contained in (or is not contained in, in the case of an omission) any information furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers, directors and each Person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.

 

4.1.3 Any Person entitled to indemnification herein shall (a) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any Claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any Person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (b) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such Claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such Claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one (1) counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) and which settlement includes a statement or admission of fault or culpability on the part of such indemnified party or does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

 

4.1.4 The indemnification and contribution provided for under this Agreement (a) shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling Person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of Registrable Securities and (b) are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity or pursuant to any other agreement.

 

4.1.5 If the indemnification provided under Section 4.1 hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any Claims, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such Claims in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Claims, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, however, that the aggregate liability of any Holder under this subsection 4.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. In connection with any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto filed by the Company, the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties, on the one hand, and the indemnified party or parties, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this subsection 4.1.5. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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ARTICLE V

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1 Notices. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be in writing and given by (a) deposit in the United States mail, addressed to the party to be notified, postage prepaid and registered or certified with return receipt requested, (b) delivery in person or by courier service providing evidence of delivery, or (c) transmission by electronic mail. Each notice or communication that is mailed, delivered, or transmitted in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given, served, sent, and received, in the case of mailed notices, on the third business day following the date on which it is mailed and, in the case of notices delivered by courier service or electronic mail, at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the delivery receipt or the affidavit of messenger) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed, if to the Company, to: Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., 21 Pleasant Street, Suite 237, Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950, Attention: Christopher Riley, Chief Executive Officer, with a required copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice) to TCF Law Group, PLLC, 21 Pleasant Street, Suite 237, Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950, Attention: Stephen J. Doyle, and, if to any Holder, at such Holder’s address or email address as set forth on the signature pages hereto. Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto, and such change of address shall become effective thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice as provided in this Section 5.1.

 

5.2 Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries.

 

5.2.1 This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part.

 

5.2.2 Prior to the expiration of the Lock-up Period with respect to the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder, no Holder may assign or delegate such Holder’s rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, except to such Holder’s applicable Permitted Transferees.

 

5.2.3 This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and its successors and the permitted assigns of the applicable Holders, which shall include Permitted Transferees.

 

5.2.4 This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any Persons that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and Section 5.2 hereof.

 

5.2.5 No assignment by any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company shall have received (a) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section 5.1 hereof and (b) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement). Any transfer or assignment made other than as provided in this Section 5.2 shall be null and void.

 

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5.3 Severability. If any portion of this Agreement shall be declared void or unenforceable by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable from the remainder of this Agreement, which shall continue in all respects to be valid and enforceable.

 

5.4 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including facsimile or PDF counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same instrument, but only one of which need be produced. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.

 

5.5 Governing Law; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Agreement, and all claims or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Any action based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may only be brought first, in the Business Litigation Session of the Superior Court for Suffolk County, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or if such court declines jurisdiction, then in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the District of Massachusetts or the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such action, waives any objection it may now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction, venue or to convenience of forum, agrees that all claims in respect of the action shall be heard and determined only in any such court, and agrees not to bring any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any other court. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the right of any party to serve process in any manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any other party in any other jurisdiction, in each case, to enforce judgments obtained in any action brought pursuant to this Section 5.5. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY KNOWINGLY, INTENTIONALLY, VOLUNTARILY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

5.6 Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of the Company and the Holders of at least a majority-in-interest of the then outstanding number of Registrable Securities at the time in question, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified: provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof shall also require the written consent of Harry You so long as Harry You and his Affiliates hold, in the aggregate, at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of Company Class A Common Stock. No course of dealing between any Holder or the Company and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or the Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party. No waiver by a party hereto shall be effective unless made in a written instrument duly executed by the party against whom such waiver is sought to be enforced, and only to the extent set forth in such instrument.

 

5.7 Other Registration Rights. Other than pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agreement, the Non-Redemption Agreements, and any subscription agreement entered into by the Company and the investors party thereto in connection with a Closing Offering (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), the Company represents and warrants that no Person, other than a Holder of Registrable Securities, has any right to require the Company to register any securities of the Company for sale or to include such securities of the Company in any Registration Statement filed by the Company for the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of any other Person. Further, the Company represents and warrants that this Agreement supersedes any other registration rights agreement or agreement with similar terms and conditions among the parties thereto and in the event of a conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

5.8 Prior Agreement. The Sponsor Parties and SPAC, as parties to the Prior Agreement, hereby agree that the Prior Agreement is terminated as of the Closing Date and is replaced in its entirety by this Agreement.

 

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5.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

5.10 Term. This Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect on the earlier of (a) the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement and (b) with respect to any Holder, on the date on which such Holder ceases to hold Registrable Securities. The provisions of Article IV shall survive any termination.

 

5.11 Holder Information. Each Holder agrees, if requested in writing, to represent to the Company the total number of Registrable Securities held by such Holder in order for the Company to make determinations hereunder.

 

5.12 Additional Holders; Joinder. In addition to Persons who may become Holders pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof, subject to the prior written consent of Harry You and Paul Dacier (in each case, so long as such Company Holder and its Affiliates hold at least three percent of the outstanding Company Common Stock), the Company may make any Person who acquires Company Class A Common Stock or rights to acquire Company Class A Common Stock after the date hereof a party to this Agreement (each such Person or entity, an “Additional Holder”) by obtaining an executed joinder to this Agreement from such Additional Holder (a “Joinder”). Such Joinder shall specify the rights and obligations of the applicable Additional Holder under this Agreement. Upon the execution and delivery and subject to the terms of a Joinder by such Additional Holder, the Company Class A Common Stock then owned, or underlying any rights then owned, by such Additional Holder (the “Additional Holder Class A Common Stock”) shall be Registrable Securities to the extent provided herein and therein and such Additional Holder shall be a Holder under this Agreement with respect to such Additional Holder Class A Common Stock.

 

5.13 Further Assurances. From time to time, at another party’s request and without further consideration, each party hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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

 

  COMPANY:
   
  RAIN ENHANCEMENT
  TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Christopher Riley
  Name:  Christopher Riley
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

  SPONSOR PARTIES:
   
  COLISEUM ACQUISITION SPONSOR LLC
   
  By: /s/ Daniel Haimovic
  Name:  Daniel Haimovic
  Title: Co-Chief Executive Officer
     
  BERTO LLC
   
  By: /s/ Harry You
  Name: Harry You
  Title: Member

 

  By: /s/ Harry You
  Name:  Harry You
     
  By: /s/ Walter Skowronski
  Name: Walter Skowronski
     
  By: /s/ Roland Rapp
  Name: Roland Rapp
     
  By: /s/ Kenneth Rivers
  Name: Kenneth Rivers

  

  COMPANY HOLDERS:
   
  RAINWATER, LLC
   
  By: /s/ Paul Dacier
  Name:  Paul T. Dacier
  Title: Manager

  Address:  92 Woodland Street
Sherborn, Mass 01770

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  RHY 2021 IRREVOCABLE TRUST
   
  By: /s/ Harry You
  Name: Harry You
  Title: Trustee
     
  ISALEA INVESTMENTS LP
   
  By: /s/ Niccolo de Masi                      
  Name: Niccolo de Masi
  Title: General Partner
     
  By: /s/ Oanh Truong
  Name: Oanh Truong

 

  COMPANY HOLDERS:
   
  By: /s/ Paul Dacier
  Name:  Paul Dacier
     
  By: /s/ Christopher Riley
  Name: Christopher Riley
     
  By: /s/ Alexandra Steele
  Name: Alexandra Steele
   
  By: /s/ J. Eric Smith
  Name: J. Eric Smith
   
  By: /s/ Lyman Dickerson
  Name: Lyman Dickerson

  

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

Company Holders

 

1.Rainwater, LLC

 

2.RHY 2021 Irrevocable Trust

 

3.Isalea Investments LP

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT JOINDER

 

The undersigned is executing and delivering this joinder (this “Joinder”) pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2024 (as the same may hereafter be amended, the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), and the other persons or entities named as parties therein. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

By executing and delivering this Joinder to the Company, and upon acceptance hereof by the Company upon the execution of a counterpart hereof, the undersigned hereby agrees to become a party to, to be bound by, and to comply with the Registration Rights Agreement as a Holder of Registrable Securities in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the Registration Rights Agreement, and the undersigned’s shares of Company Class A Common Stock and Warrants shall be included as Registrable Securities under the Registration Rights Agreement to the extent provided therein.

 

Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Joinder as of the _________________ day of,            20     .

 

 

  Signature of Stockholder
   
   
  Print Name of Stockholder
  Its:
   
  Address:
   
   
   

 

Agreed and Accepted as of

___________ , 20__

 

RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES
HOLDCO, INC.
 
   
By:                                  
Name:    
Its:    

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.7

 

RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.

 

2024 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN

 

1. Establishment of the Plan; Effective Date; Duration.

 

(a) Establishment of the Plan; Effective Date. Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), hereby establishes this incentive compensation plan to be known as the “Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. 2024 Incentive Award Plan,” as amended from time to time (the “Plan”). The Plan permits the grant of Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Other Stock-Based Awards, Other Cash-Based Awards, Dividend Equivalents, and Performance Compensation Awards. The Plan shall become effective on the Effective Date. The effectiveness of the Plan shall be subject to approval of the Plan by the stockholders of the Company within twelve months following the date the Plan is first approved by the Board. The Plan shall remain in effect as provided in Section 1(b) of the Plan. Capitalized but undefined terms shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3 of the Plan.

 

(b) Duration of the Plan. The Plan shall commence on the Effective Date and shall remain in effect, subject to the right of the Board to amend or terminate the Plan at any time pursuant to Section 14. However, in no event may an Award be granted under the Plan on or after ten years from the Effective Date, provided, however, in the case of an Award that is an Incentive Stock Option, no Incentive Stock Option shall be granted on or after ten years from the earlier of (i) the date the Plan is approved by the Board and (ii) date the Company’s stockholders approve the Plan.

 

2. Purpose . The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means through which the Company and its Affiliates may attract and retain key personnel and to provide a means whereby certain directors, officers, employees, consultants and advisors of the Company and its Affiliates can acquire and maintain an equity interest in the Company, or be paid incentive compensation, which may be measured by reference to the value of Common Shares, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of the Company and its Affiliates and aligning their interests with those of the Company’s stockholders.

 

3. Definitions . Certain terms used herein have the definitions given to them in the first instance in which they are used. In addition, for purposes of the Plan, the following terms are defined as set forth below:

 

(a) “Affiliate” means (i) any person or entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company and/or (ii) to the extent provided by the Committee, any person or entity in which the Company has a significant interest. The term “control” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any person or entity, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person or entity, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

(b) “Applicable Law” means any applicable law, including without limitation:  (a) provisions of the Code, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and any rules or regulations thereunder; (b) corporate, securities, tax or other laws, statutes, rules, requirements or regulations, whether federal, state, local or foreign; and (c) rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Common Shares are listed, quoted or traded.

 

 

 

(c) “Award” means, individually or collectively, any Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Other Stock-Based Awards, Other Cash-Based Awards, Dividend Equivalents, and/or Performance Compensation Award granted under the Plan.

 

(d) “Award Agreement” means a written agreement between a Participant and the Company which sets out the terms of the grant of an Award.

 

(e) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(f) “Business Combination Agreement” shall mean that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2024, as amended on August 22, 2024, and as may be further amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, by and among Coliseum Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Coliseum”), Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, the Company, Rainwater Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and Rainwater Merger Sub 2A, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Coliseum.

 

(g) “Cause” means, in the case of a particular Award, unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise, (i) the Company or an Affiliate having “cause” to terminate a Participant’s employment or service, as defined in any employment or consulting or similar agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate in effect at the time of such termination, or (ii) in the absence of any such employment or consulting or similar agreement (or the absence of any definition of  “Cause” contained therein), a Participant’s (A) conviction of, or the entry of a plea of guilty or no contest to, a felony or any other crime that causes the Company or its Affiliates public disgrace or disrepute, or materially and adversely affects the Company’s or its Affiliates’ operations or financial performance or the relationship the Company has with its customers; (B) gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Company or any of its Affiliates, including, without limitation, fraud, embezzlement, theft or proven dishonesty in the course of his employment or other service to the Company or an Affiliate; (C) alcohol abuse or use of controlled substances other than in accordance with a physician’s prescription; (D) refusal to perform any lawful, material obligation or fulfill any duty (other than any duty or obligation of the type described in clause (F) below) to the Company or its Affiliates (other than due to a disability, as determined by the Committee), which refusal, if curable, is not cured within 15 days after delivery of written notice thereof; (E) material breach of any agreement with or duty owed to the Company or any of its Affiliates, which breach, if curable, is not cured within 15 days after the delivery of written notice thereof; (F) any breach of any obligation or duty to the Company or any of its Affiliates (whether arising by statute, common law or agreement) relating to confidentiality, noncompetition, nonsolicitation and/or proprietary rights or (G) material violation or breach of the documented code of ethics, code of conduct or similar document of the Company or an Affiliate or fiduciary duties to the Company or an Affiliate.

 

(h) “Change in Control” shall, in the case of a particular Award, unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise or contains a different definition of “Change in Control,” be deemed to occur upon any of the following events:

 

(i) any “person” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (other than (A) the Company or any of its Affiliates, (B) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (C) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (D) an entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Common Shares) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, by way of merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reorganization or otherwise, of fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company;

 

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(ii) the cessation of control (by virtue of their not constituting a majority of directors) of the Board by the individuals (the “Continuing Directors”) who (x) were directors on the Effective Date or (y) become directors after Effective Date and whose election or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then in office who were directors on the Effective Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved;

 

(iii) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other company, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation;

 

(iv) the consummation of a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all the Company’s assets; or

 

(v) any other event specified as a “Change in Control” in an applicable Award Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Change in Control constitutes a payment event with respect to any Award (or any portion of an Award) that provides for the deferral of compensation that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, to the extent required to avoid the imposition of additional taxes under Section 409A of the Code, the transaction or event described in subsection (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) with respect to such Award (or portion thereof) shall only constitute a Change in Control for purposes of the payment timing of such Award if such transaction also constitutes a “change in control event,” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

(i) “Claim” means any claim, liability or obligation of any nature, arising out of or relating to the Plan or an alleged breach of the Plan or an Award Agreement.

 

(j) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, regulations or guidance.

 

(k) “Committee” means a committee of at least two people as the Board may appoint to administer the Plan or, if no such committee has been appointed by the Board, the Board.

 

(l) “Common Shares” means shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (and any stock or other securities into which such common stock may be converted or into which they may be exchanged).

 

(m) “Company” means Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation.

 

(n) “Date of Grant” means the date on which the granting of an Award is authorized, or such other date as may be specified in such authorization.

 

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(o) “Dividend Equivalent” means a right awarded under Section 11 to receive the equivalent value (in cash or Common Shares) of ordinary dividends that would otherwise be paid on the Common Shares subject to an Award that is a full-value award but that have not been issued or delivered.

 

(p) “Effective Date” shall mean the date on which the transactions contemplated by that the Business Combination Agreement are consummated, provided that the Board has adopted the Plan prior to or on such date, subject to approval of the Plan by the Company’s stockholders.

 

(q)  “Eligible Director” means a person who is a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.

 

(r) “Eligible Person” with respect to an Award denominated in Common Shares, means any (i) individual employed by the Company or an Affiliate; (ii) director of the Company or an Affiliate; (iii) consultant or advisor to the Company or an Affiliate; provided that if the Securities Act applies such persons must be eligible to be offered securities registrable on Form S-8 under the Securities Act; or (iv) prospective employees, directors, officers, consultants or advisors who have accepted offers of employment or consultancy from the Company or its Affiliates (and would satisfy the provisions of clauses (i) through (iii) above once he begins employment with or begins providing services to the Company or its Affiliates, provided that the Date of Grant of any Award to such individual shall not be prior to the date he begins employment with or begins providing services to the Company or its Affiliates).

 

(s) “Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and successor provisions and rules and regulations thereto.

 

(t) “Exercise Price” has the meaning given such term in Section 7(b) of the Plan.

 

(u) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of Common Shares determined as follows:

 

(i) If the Common Shares are listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, the closing sales price for such shares (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable;

 

(ii) If the Common Shares are regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a Common Share will be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Shares on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable; or

 

(iii) In the absence of an established market for the Common Shares, the Fair Market Value will be determined in good faith by the Committee (acting on the advice of an Independent Third Party, should the Committee elect in its sole discretion to utilize an Independent Third Party for this purpose).

 

(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the determination of Fair Market Value in all cases shall be in accordance with the requirements set forth under Section 409A of the Code to the extent necessary for an Award to comply with, or be exempt from, Section 409A of the Code.

 

(v) “Immediate Family Members” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(b)(ii).

 

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(w) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that is designated by the Committee as an incentive stock option as described in Section 422 of the Code and otherwise meets the requirements set forth in the Plan for incentive stock options.

 

(x) “Indemnifiable Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e) of the Plan.

 

(y) “Independent Third Party” means an individual or entity independent of the Company having experience in providing investment banking or similar appraisal or valuation services and with expertise generally in the valuation of securities or other property for purposes of the Plan. The Committee may utilize one or more Independent Third Parties.

 

(z) Mature Shares” means Common Shares owned by a Participant that are not subject to any pledge or security interest and that have been either previously acquired by the Participant on the open market or meet such other requirements, if any, as the Committee may determine are necessary in order to avoid an accounting earnings charge on account of the use of such shares to pay the Exercise Price or satisfy a tax or deduction obligation of the Participant.

 

(aa) “Nonqualified Stock Option” means an Option that is not designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option.

 

(bb) “Option” means an Award granted under Section 7 of the Plan.

 

(cc) “Option Period” has the meaning given such term in Section 7(c) of the Plan.

 

(dd) “Other Cash-Based Award” means a cash Award granted to a Participant under Section 10 of the Plan, including cash awarded as a bonus or upon the attainment of Performance Goals or otherwise as permitted under the Plan.

 

(ee) “Other Stock-Based Award” means an equity-based or equity-related Award, other than an Option, SAR, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit or Dividend Equivalent, granted in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth under Section 10 of the Plan.

 

(ff) “Participant” means an Eligible Person who has been selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan and to receive an Award pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan.

 

(gg) “Performance Compensation Award” shall mean any Award designated by the Committee as a Performance Compensation Award pursuant to Section 12 of the Plan.

 

(hh) “Performance Criteria” shall mean the criterion or criteria that the Committee shall select for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal(s) for a Performance Period with respect to any Performance Compensation Award under the Plan pursuant to Section 12 of the Plan.

 

(ii) “Performance Formula” shall mean, for a Performance Period, the one or more formulae applied against the relevant Performance Goal to determine, with regard to the Performance Compensation Award of a particular Participant, whether all, some portion but less than all, or none of the Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the applicable Performance Period.

 

(jj) “Performance Goals” shall mean, for a Performance Period, the one or more goals established by the Committee for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria pursuant to Section 12 of the Plan.

 

(kk) “Performance Period” shall mean the one or more periods of time, as the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participant’s right to, and the payment of, a Performance Compensation Award.

 

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(ll) “Permitted Transferee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(b)(ii) of the Plan.

 

(mm) “Person” means any individual, entity or group within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.

 

(nn) “Plan” means this Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. 2024 Incentive Award Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

(oo) “Restricted Period” means the period of time determined by the Committee during which an Award is subject to restrictions or, as applicable, the period of time within which performance is measured for purposes of determining whether an Award has been earned.

 

(pp) “Restricted Stock Unit” means an unfunded and unsecured promise to deliver Common Shares, cash, other securities or other property, subject to certain performance or time-based restrictions (including, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 9 of the Plan.

 

(qq) “Restricted Stock” means Common Shares, subject to certain specified performance or time-based restrictions (including, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 9 of the Plan.

 

(rr) “SAR Period” has the meaning given such term in Section 8(c) of the Plan.

 

(ss) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

 

(tt) “Stock Appreciation Right” or SARmeans an Award granted under Section 8 of the Plan.

 

(uu) “Strike Price” means, except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the case of Substitute Awards, (i) in the case of a SAR granted in tandem with an Option, the Exercise Price of the related Option, or (ii) in the case of a SAR granted independent of an Option, the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant.

 

(vv) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:

 

(i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

 

(ii) any partnership (or any comparable foreign entity (A) the sole general partner (or functional equivalent thereof) or the managing general partner of which is such Person or Subsidiary of such Person or (B) the only general partners (or functional equivalents thereof) of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).

 

(ww) “Substitute Award” has the meaning given such term in Section 5(e).

 

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4. Administration.

 

(a) The Committee shall administer the Plan. To the extent required to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and Applicable Law (if the Board is not acting as the Committee under the Plan), it is intended that each member of the Committee shall, at the time he takes any action with respect to an Award under the Plan, be an Eligible Director. However, the fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as an Eligible Director shall not invalidate any Award granted by the Committee that is otherwise validly granted under the Plan.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Plan and Applicable Law, the Committee shall have the sole and plenary authority, in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant; (iii) determine the number of Common Shares to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with, Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, Common Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances the delivery of cash, Common Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant or of the Committee; (vii) interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency in, correct any defect in and/or supply any omission in the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award granted under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive any rules and regulations and appoint such agents as the Committee shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (ix) accelerate the vesting or exercisability of, payment for or lapse of restrictions on, Awards; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan, in each case, to the extent consistent with the terms of the Plan.

 

(c) The Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company or any Affiliate the authority to act on behalf of the Committee with respect to any matter, right, obligation, or election that is the responsibility of or that is allocated to the Committee herein, and that may be so delegated as a matter of law, except for grants of Awards to persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

(d) Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award or any documents evidencing Awards granted pursuant to the Plan shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all persons or entities, including, without limitation, the Company, any Affiliate, any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, and any stockholder of the Company.

 

(e) No member of the Board, the Committee, delegate of the Committee or any employee or agent of the Company (each such person, an “Indemnifiable Person”) shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder. Each Indemnifiable Person shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Indemnifiable Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such Indemnifiable Person may be a party or in which such Indemnifiable Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken under the Plan or any Award Agreement and against and from any and all amounts paid by such Indemnifiable Person with the Company’s approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Indemnifiable Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Indemnifiable Person, provided that the Company shall have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding and once the Company gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of the Company’s choice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to an Indemnifiable Person to the extent that a final judgment or other final adjudication (in either case not subject to further appeal) binding upon such Indemnifiable Person determines that the acts or omissions of such Indemnifiable Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Indemnifiable Person’s bad faith, fraud or willful criminal act or omission or that such right of indemnification is otherwise prohibited by law or by the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such Indemnifiable Persons may be entitled under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such Indemnifiable Persons or hold them harmless.

 

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(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant Awards and administer the Plan with respect to such Awards. In any such case, the Board shall have all the authority granted to the Committee under the Plan.

 

5. Grant of Awards; Shares Subject to the Plan; Limitations.

 

(a) The Committee may, from time to time, grant Awards to one or more Eligible Persons.

 

(b) Subject to Section 13 of the Plan, Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following limitations: (i) the Committee is authorized to deliver under the Plan an aggregate of 747,168 Common Shares; provided, that the total number of Common Shares that will be reserved, and that may be issued, under the Plan will automatically increase on the first trading day of each calendar year, beginning with calendar year 2025, by a number of Common Shares equal to 5% of the total outstanding Common Shares on the last day of the prior calendar year, and (ii) the maximum number of Common Shares that may be granted under the Plan during any single fiscal year to any Participant who is a non-employee director, when taken together with any cash fees paid to such non-employee director during such year in respect of his service as a non-employee director (including service as a member or chair of any committee of the Board), shall not exceed $750,000 in total value (calculating the value of any such Awards based on the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant of such Awards for financial reporting purposes); provided that the non-employee directors who are considered independent (under the rules of The NASDAQ Stock Market or other securities exchange on which the Common Shares are traded) may make exceptions to this limit (up to $1,000,000) for a non-executive chair of the Board, if any, in which case the non-employee director receiving such additional compensation may not participate in the decision to award such compensation. Notwithstanding the automatic annual increase set forth in (i) above, the Board may act prior to January 1st of a given year to provide that there will be no such increase in the share reserve for such year or that the increase in the share reserve for such year will be a lesser number of Common Shares than would otherwise occur pursuant to the stipulated percentage.

 

(c) In the event that (i) any Option or other Award granted hereunder is exercised through the tendering of Common Shares (either actually or by attestation) or by the withholding of Common Shares by the Company, or (ii) tax or deduction liabilities arising from such Option or other Award are satisfied by the tendering of Common Shares (either actually or by attestation) or by the withholding of Common Shares by the Company, then in each such case the Common Shares so tendered or withheld shall be added to the Common Shares available for grant under the Plan on a one-for-one basis. Common Shares underlying Awards under the Plan that are forfeited, canceled, expire unexercised, or are settled in cash shall also be available again for issuance as Awards under the Plan.

 

(d) Common Shares delivered by the Company in settlement of Awards may be authorized and unissued shares, shares held in the treasury of the Company, shares purchased on the open market or by private purchase, or a combination of the foregoing.

 

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(e) Awards may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be granted under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an entity acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (“Substitute Awards”). The number of Common Shares underlying any Substitute Awards shall not be counted against the aggregate number of Common Shares available for Awards under the Plan.

 

6. Eligibility. Participation shall be limited to Eligible Persons who have entered into an Award Agreement or who have received written notification from the Committee, or from a person designated by the Committee, that they have been selected to participate in the Plan.

 

7. Options.

 

(a) Generally. Each Option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each Option so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 7 and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. All Options granted under the Plan shall be Nonqualified Stock Options unless the applicable Award Agreement expressly states that the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option. Subject to Section 13, the maximum aggregate number of Common Shares that may be issued through the exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan is 747,168 Common Shares, which, for the avoidance of doubt, such share limit shall not be subject to the annual adjustment provided in Section 5(b)(i). Incentive Stock Options shall be granted only to Eligible Persons who are employees of the Company and its Affiliates, and no Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any Eligible Person who is ineligible to receive an Incentive Stock Option under the Code. No Option shall be treated as an Incentive Stock Option unless the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company in a manner intended to comply with the stockholder approval requirements of Section 422(b)(1) of the Code; provided that any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall not fail to be effective solely on account of a failure to obtain such approval, but rather such Option shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option unless and until such approval is obtained. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the terms and conditions of such grant shall be subject to and comply with such rules as may be prescribed by Section 422 of the Code. If for any reason an Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option (or any portion thereof) shall not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, then, to the extent of such nonqualification, such Option or portion thereof shall be regarded as a Nonqualified Stock Option appropriately granted under the Plan.

 

(b) Exercise Price. Except with respect to Substitute Awards, the exercise price (“Exercise Price”) per Common Share for each Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share determined as of the Date of Grant; provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an employee who, at the time of the grant of such Option, owns shares representing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares of the Company or any related corporation (as determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.422-2(f)), the Exercise Price per share shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per share on the Date of Grant and provided, further, that, notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Exercise Price shall not be less than the par value per Common Share.

 

(c) Vesting and Expiration. Options shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates determined by the Committee and shall expire after such period, not to exceed ten years, as may be determined by the Committee (the “Option Period”); provided, however, that the Option Period shall not exceed five years from the Date of Grant in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who on the Date of Grant owns shares representing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares of the Company or any related corporation (as determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.422-2(f)); provided, further, that notwithstanding any vesting dates set by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the exercisability of any Option, which acceleration shall not affect the terms and conditions of such Option other than with respect to exercisability. If the Option would expire at a time when the exercise of the Option would violate applicable securities laws, the expiration date applicable to the Option will be automatically extended to a date that is 30 calendar days following the date such exercise would no longer violate applicable securities laws (so long as such extension shall not violate Section 409A of the Code); provided, that in no event shall such expiration date be extended beyond the expiration of the Option Period.

 

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(d) Method of Exercise and Form of Payment. No Common Shares shall be delivered pursuant to any exercise of an Option until payment in full of the Exercise Price therefor is received by the Company and the Participant has paid to the Company an amount equal to any taxes required to be withheld or paid upon exercise of such Option. Options that have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Option, accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price. The Exercise Price shall be payable (i) in cash, check, cash equivalent and/or Common Shares valued at the Fair Market Value at the time the Option is exercised (including, pursuant to procedures approved by the Committee, by means of attestation of ownership of a sufficient number of Common Shares in lieu of actual delivery of such shares to the Company); provided that such Common Shares are not subject to any pledge or other security interest and are Mature Shares; and (ii) by such other method as the Committee may permit in accordance with Applicable Law, in its sole discretion, including without limitation: (A) in other property having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the Exercise Price, (B) if there is a public market for the Common Shares at such time, by means of a broker-assisted “cashless exercise” pursuant to which the Company is delivered a copy of irrevocable instructions to a stockbroker to sell the Common Shares otherwise deliverable upon the exercise of the Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the Exercise Price, or (C) by a “net exercise” method whereby the Company withholds from the delivery of the Common Shares for which the Option was exercised that number of Common Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate Exercise Price for the Common Shares for which the Option was exercised. No fractional Common Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine whether cash, other securities or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Common Shares, or whether such fractional Common Shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.

 

(e) Notification upon Disqualifying Disposition of an Incentive Stock Option. Each Participant awarded an Incentive Stock Option under the Plan shall notify the Company in writing immediately after the date he makes a disqualifying disposition of any Common Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Incentive Stock Option. A disqualifying disposition is any disposition (including, without limitation, any sale) of such Common Shares before the later of (i) two years after the Date of Grant of the Incentive Stock Option or (ii) one year after the date of exercise of the Incentive Stock Option. The Company may, if determined by the Committee and in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, retain possession of any Common Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option as agent for the applicable Participant until the end of the period described in the preceding sentence.

 

(f) Compliance With Laws, etc. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Participant be permitted to exercise an Option in a manner that the Committee determines would violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, if applicable; any other Applicable Law; the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission; or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or traded.

 

8. Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

(a) Generally. Each SAR granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each SAR so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 8 and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. Any Option granted under the Plan may include tandem SARs. The Committee also may award SARs to Eligible Persons independent of any Option.

 

(b) Strike Price. The Strike Price per Common Share for each SAR shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share determined as of the Date of Grant.

 

(c) Vesting and Expiration. A SAR granted in connection with an Option shall become exercisable and shall expire according to the same vesting schedule and expiration provisions as the corresponding Option. A SAR granted independent of an Option shall vest and become exercisable and shall expire in such manner and on such date or dates determined by the Committee and shall expire after such period, not to exceed ten years, as may be determined by the Committee (the “SAR Period”); provided, however, that notwithstanding any vesting dates set by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the exercisability of any SAR, which acceleration shall not affect the terms and conditions of such SAR other than with respect to exercisability. If the SAR would expire at a time when the exercise of the SAR would violate applicable securities laws, the expiration date applicable to the SAR will be automatically extended to a date that is 30 calendar days following the date such exercise would no longer violate applicable securities laws (so long as such extension shall not violate Section 409A of the Code); provided, that in no event shall such expiration date be extended beyond the expiration of the SAR Period.

 

(d) Method of Exercise. SARs that have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Award, specifying the number of SARs to be exercised and the date on which such SARs were awarded.

 

(e) Payment. Upon the exercise of a SAR, the Company shall pay to the Participant an amount equal to the number of shares subject to the SAR that are being exercised, multiplied by the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of one Common Share on the exercise date over the Strike Price, less an amount equal to any taxes required to be withheld or paid. The Company shall pay such amount in cash, in Common Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to such amount, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee. No fractional Common Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine whether cash, other securities or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Common Shares, or whether such fractional Common Shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.

 

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9. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units.

 

(a) Generally. Each grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each such grant shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 9 and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement.

 

(b) Restricted Accounts; Escrow or Similar Arrangement. Upon the grant of Restricted Stock, a book entry in a restricted account shall be established in the Participant’s name at the Company’s transfer agent and, if the Committee determines that the Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company or in escrow rather than held in such restricted account pending the release of the applicable restrictions, the Committee may require the Participant to additionally execute and deliver to the Company (i) an escrow agreement satisfactory to the Committee, if applicable, and (ii) the appropriate stock power (endorsed in blank) with respect to the Restricted Stock covered by such agreement. If a Participant shall fail to execute an agreement evidencing an Award of Restricted Stock and, if applicable, an escrow agreement and blank stock power within the amount of time specified by the Committee, the Award shall be null and void. Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 9 and the applicable Award Agreement, the Participant generally shall have the rights and privileges of a stockholder as to such Restricted Stock, including, without limitation, the right to vote such Restricted Stock and the right to receive dividends, if applicable. To the extent shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited, any share certificates issued to the Participant evidencing such shares shall be returned to the Company, and all rights of the Participant to such shares and as a stockholder with respect thereto shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company.

 

(c) Vesting. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement the unvested portion of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall terminate and be forfeited upon termination of employment or service of the Participant granted the applicable Award.

 

(d) Delivery of Restricted Stock and Settlement of Restricted Stock Units.

 

(i) Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any shares of Restricted Stock, the restrictions set forth in the applicable Award Agreement shall be of no further force or effect with respect to such shares, except as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. If an escrow arrangement is used, upon such expiration, the Company shall deliver to the Participant, or his beneficiary, without charge, the share certificate evidencing the shares of Restricted Stock that have not then been forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (rounded down to the nearest full share) or shall register such shares in the Participants name without any such restrictions. Dividends, if any, that may have been withheld by the Committee and attributable to any particular share of Restricted Stock shall be distributed to the Participant in cash or, at the sole discretion of the Committee, in Common Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such dividends, upon the release of restrictions on such share and, if such share is forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such dividends (except as otherwise set forth by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement).

 

(ii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement, upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any outstanding Restricted Stock Units, the Company shall deliver to the Participant, or his beneficiary, without charge, one Common Share for each such outstanding Restricted Stock Unit; provided, however, that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect to (A) pay cash or part cash and part Common Share in lieu of delivering only Common Shares in respect of such Restricted Stock Units or (B) defer the delivery of Common Shares (or cash or part Common Shares and part cash, as the case may be) beyond the expiration of the Restricted Period if such delivery would result in a violation of Applicable Law until such time as is no longer the case. If a cash payment is made in lieu of delivering Common Shares, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares as of the date on which the Restricted Period lapsed with respect to such Restricted Stock Units, less an amount equal to any taxes required to be withheld or paid.

 

10. Other Stock-Based Awards and Other Cash-Based Awards.

 

(a) Other Stock-Based Awards. The Committee may grant types of equity-based or equity-related Awards not otherwise described by the terms of the Plan (including the grant or offer for sale of unrestricted Common Shares), in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions, as the Committee shall determine. Such Other Stock-Based Awards may involve the transfer of actual Common Shares to Participants, or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on the value of Common Shares. The terms and conditions of such Awards shall be consistent with the Plan and set forth in the Award Agreement and need not be uniform among all such Awards or all Participants receiving such Awards.

 

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(b) Other Cash-Based Awards. The Committee may grant a Participant a cash Award not otherwise described by the terms of the Plan, including cash awarded as a bonus or upon the attainment of Performance Goals or otherwise as permitted under the Plan.

 

(c) Value of Awards. Each Other Stock-Based Award shall be expressed in terms of Common Shares or units based on Common Shares, as determined by the Committee, and each Other Cash-Based Awards shall be expressed in terms of cash, as determined by the Committee. The Committee may establish Performance Goals in its discretion pursuant to Section 12, and any such Performance Goals shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. If the Committee exercises its discretion to establish Performance Goals, the number and/or value of Other Stock-Based Awards or Other Cash-Based Awards that will be paid out to the Participant will depend on the extent to which such Performance Goals are met.

 

(d) Payment of Awards. Payment, if any, with respect to an Other Stock-Based Award or Other Cash-Based Award shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Award, as set forth in the Award Agreement, in cash, Common Shares or a combination of cash and Common Shares, as the Committee determines.

 

(e) Vesting. The Committee shall determine the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to receive Other Stock-Based Awards or Other Cash-Based Awards following the Participant’s termination of employment or service (including by reason of such Participant’s death, disability (as determined by the Committee), or termination without Cause). Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee and will be included in the applicable Award Agreement but need not be uniform among all Other Stock-Based Awards or Other Cash-Based Awards issued pursuant to the Plan and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for the termination of employment or service.

 

11. Dividend Equivalents. No adjustment shall be made in the Common Shares issuable or taken into account under Awards on account of cash dividends that may be paid or other rights that may be issued to the holders of Common Shares prior to issuance of such Common Shares under such Award. The Committee may grant Dividend Equivalents based on the dividends declared on Common Shares that are subject to any Award (other than an Option or Stock Appreciation Right). Any Award of Dividend Equivalents may be credited as of the dividend payment dates, during the period between the Date of Grant of the Award and the date the Award becomes payable or terminates or expires, as determined by the Committee; however, Dividend Equivalents shall not be payable unless and until the Award becomes payable, and shall be subject to forfeiture to the same extent as the underlying Award. Dividend Equivalents may be subject to any additional limitations and/or restrictions determined by the Committee. Dividend Equivalents shall be payable in cash, Common Shares or converted to full-value Awards, calculated based on such formula, as may be determined by the Committee.

 

12. Performance Compensation Awards.

 

(a) Generally. The Committee shall have the authority, at the time of grant of any Award described in Sections 7 through of the Plan, to designate such Award as a Performance Compensation Award. The Committee shall have the authority to make an award of a cash bonus to any Participant and designate such Award as a Performance Compensation Award. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, all Performance Compensation Awards shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.

 

(b) Discretion of Committee with Respect to Performance Compensation Awards. The Committee shall have the discretion to establish the terms, conditions and restrictions of any Performance Compensation Award. With regard to a particular Performance Period, the Committee shall have sole discretion to select the length of such Performance Period, the type(s) of Performance Compensation Awards to be issued, the Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s), the kind(s) and/or level(s) of the Performance Goals(s) that is (are) to apply and the Performance Formula.

 

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(c) Performance Criteria. The Committee may establish Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s) for Performance Compensation Awards which may be based on the attainment of specific levels of performance of the Company (and/or one or more Affiliates, divisions, business segments or operational units, or any combination of the foregoing) and may include, without limitation, any of the following: (i) net earnings or net income (before or after taxes); (ii) basic or diluted earnings per share (before or after taxes); (iii) revenue or revenue growth (measured on a net or gross basis); (iv) gross profit or gross profit growth; (v) operating profit (before or after taxes); (vi) return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested capital, equity, or sales); (vii) cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, net cash provided by operations and cash flow return on capital); (viii) financing and other capital raising transactions (including, but not limited to, sales of the Company’s equity or debt securities); (ix) earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation and/or amortization; (x) gross or operating margins; (xi) productivity ratios; (xii) share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total stockholder return); (xiii) expense targets; (xiv) margins; (xv) productivity and operating efficiencies; (xvi) customer satisfaction; (xvii) customer growth; (xviii) working capital targets; (xix) measures of economic value added; (xx) inventory control; (xxi) enterprise value; (xxii) sales; (xxiii) debt levels and net debt; (xxiv) combined ratio; (xxv) timely launch of new facilities; (xxvi) client retention; (xxvii) employee retention; (xxviii) timely completion of new product rollouts; (xxix) cost targets; (xxx) reductions and savings; (xxxi) productivity and efficiencies; (xxxii) strategic partnerships or transactions; (xxxiii) personal targets, goals or completion of projects; and (xxxiv) such other criteria as established by the Committee in its discretion from time to time. Any one or more of the Performance Criteria may be used on an absolute or relative basis to measure the performance of the Company and/or one or more Affiliates as a whole or any business unit(s) of the Company and/or one or more Affiliates or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above Performance Criteria may be compared to the performance of a selected group of comparable or peer companies, or a published or special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or as compared to various stock market indices. The Committee also has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Award based on the achievement of Performance Goals pursuant to the Performance Criteria specified in this paragraph. Any Performance Criteria that are financial metrics, may be determined in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) or may be adjusted when established to include or exclude any items otherwise includable or excludable under GAAP.

 

(d) Modification of Performance Goal(s). The Committee is authorized at any time to adjust or modify the calculation of a Performance Goal for such Performance Period, based on and in order to appropriately reflect any specified circumstance or event that occurs during a Performance Period, including but not limited to the following: (i) asset write-downs; (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (iii) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or regulatory rules affecting reported results; (iv) any reorganization and restructuring programs; (v) unusual and/or infrequently occurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 (or any successor pronouncement thereto) and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to stockholders for the applicable year; (vi) acquisitions or divestitures; (vii) discontinued operations; (viii) any other specific unusual or infrequently occurring or non-recurring events, or objectively determinable category thereof; (ix) foreign exchange gains and losses; and (x) a change in the Company’s fiscal year.

 

(e) Terms and Condition to Receipt of Payment. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant must be employed by the Company on the last day of a Performance Period to be eligible for payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award for such Performance Period. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, a Participant shall be eligible to receive payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award only to the extent that: (i) the Performance Goals for such period are achieved; and (ii) all or some of the portion of such Participant’s Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period based on the application of the Performance Formula to such achieved Performance Goals. Following the completion of a Performance Period, the Committee shall determine whether, and to what extent, the Performance Goals for the Performance Period have been achieved and, if so, calculate the amount of the Performance Compensation Awards earned for the period based upon the Performance Formula. The Committee shall then determine the amount of each Participant’s Performance Compensation Award actually payable for the Performance Period.

 

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13. Changes in Capital Structure and Similar Events. In the event of  (a) any dividend (other than ordinary cash dividends) or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, spin-off, split-up, split-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of Common Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to acquire Common Shares or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event (including, without limitation, a Change in Control) that affects the Common Shares, or (b) unusual or infrequently occurring events (including, without limitation, a Change in Control) affecting the Company, any Affiliate, or the financial statements of the Company or any Affiliate, or changes in applicable rules, rulings, regulations or other requirements of any governmental body or securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system, accounting principles or law, such that in either case an adjustment is determined by the Committee in its sole discretion to be necessary or appropriate, then the Committee shall make any such adjustments in such manner as it may deem equitable, subject to the requirements of Code Sections 409A, 421, and 422, if applicable, including without limitation any or all of the following:

 

(a) adjusting any or all of  (i) the number of Common Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) that may be delivered in respect of Awards or with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan (including, without limitation, adjusting any or all of the limitations under Section 5 of the Plan) and (ii) the terms of any outstanding Award, including, without limitation, (A) the number of Common Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) subject to outstanding Awards or to which outstanding Awards relate, (B) the Exercise Price or Strike Price with respect to any Award or (C) any applicable performance measures (including, without limitation, Performance Criteria and Performance Goals);

 

(b) providing for a substitution or assumption of Awards in a manner that substantially preserves the applicable terms of such Awards;

 

(c) accelerating the exercisability or vesting of, lapse of restrictions on, or termination of, Awards or providing for a period of time for exercise prior to the occurrence of such event;

 

(d) modifying the terms of Awards to add events, conditions or circumstances (including termination of employment within a specified period after a Change in Control) upon which the exercisability or vesting of or lapse of restrictions thereon will accelerate;

 

(e) deeming any performance measures (including, without limitation, Performance Criteria and Performance Goals) satisfied at target, maximum or actual performance through closing or such other level determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, or providing for the performance measures to continue (as is or as adjusted by the Committee) after closing;

 

(f) providing that for a period prior to the Change in Control determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, any Options or SARs that would not otherwise become exercisable prior to the Change in Control will be exercisable as to all Common Shares subject thereto (but any such exercise will be contingent upon and subject to the occurrence of the Change in Control and if the Change in Control does not take place after giving such notice for any reason whatsoever, the exercise will be null and void) and that any Options or SARs not exercised prior to the consummation of the Change in Control will terminate and be of no further force and effect as of the consummation of the Change in Control; and

 

(g) canceling any one or more outstanding Awards and causing to be paid to the holders thereof, in cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property, or any combination thereof, the value of such Awards, if any, as determined by the Committee (which if applicable may be based upon the price per Common Share received or to be received by other stockholders of the Company in such event), including without limitation, in the case of an outstanding Option or SAR, a cash payment in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value (as of a date specified by the Committee) of the Common Shares subject to such Option or SAR over the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price of such Option or SAR, respectively (it being understood that, in such event, any Option or SAR having a per share Exercise Price or Strike Price equal to, or in excess of, the Fair Market Value of a Common Share subject thereto may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor); provided, however, that in the case of any “equity restructuring” (within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718), the Committee shall make an equitable or proportionate adjustment to outstanding Awards to reflect such equity restructuring. The Company shall give each Participant notice of an adjustment hereunder and, upon notice, such adjustment shall be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes.

 

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14. Amendments and Termination.

 

(a) Amendment and Termination of the Plan. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided that no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made without stockholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with any tax or regulatory requirement applicable to the Plan (including, without limitation, as necessary to comply with any rules or requirements of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Shares may be listed or quoted); provided, further, that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant, holder or beneficiary.

 

(b) Amendment of Award Agreements; Repricing. The Committee may, to the extent consistent with the terms of any applicable Award Agreement, waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any Award theretofore granted or the associated Award Agreement, prospectively or retroactively; provided that any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant with respect to any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant, unless the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that the amendment is necessary for the Award to comply with Code Section 409A. In addition, the Committee shall, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, have the authority to reduce the exercise price per share of outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights or cancel outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights in exchange for cash, other Awards or Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price per share that is less than the exercise price per share of the original Options or Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

15. General.

 

(a) Award Agreements. Each Award under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall be delivered to the Participant (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)) and shall specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto, including, without limitation, the effect on such Award of the death, disability or termination of employment or service of a Participant, or of such other events as may be determined by the Committee.

 

(b) Nontransferability.

 

(i) Each Award shall be exercisable only by a Participant during the Participant’s lifetime, or, if permissible under Applicable Law, by the Participant’s legal guardian or representative. No Award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or an Affiliate; provided that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.

 

(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit Awards (other than Incentive Stock Options) to be transferred by a Participant, without consideration, subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt consistent with any applicable Award Agreement to preserve the purposes of the Plan, to: (A) any person who is a “family member” of the Participant, as such term is used in the instructions to Form S-8 under the Securities Act (collectively, the “Immediate Family Members”); (B) a trust solely for the benefit of the Participant and his Immediate Family Members; (C) a partnership or limited liability company whose only partners or stockholders are the Participant and his Immediate Family Members; or (D) any other transferee as may be approved either (I) by the Board or the Committee in its sole discretion, or (II) as provided in the applicable Award Agreement (each transferee described in clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) above is hereinafter referred to as, a “Permitted Transferee”); provided that the Participant gives the Committee advance written notice describing the terms and conditions of the proposed transfer and the Committee notifies the Participant in writing that such a transfer would comply with the requirements of the Plan.

 

(iii) The terms of any Award transferred in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence shall apply to the Permitted Transferee and any reference in the Plan, or in any applicable Award Agreement, to a Participant shall be deemed to refer to the Permitted Transferee, except that (A) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to transfer any Award, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution; (B) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to exercise any transferred Option unless there shall be in effect a registration statement on an appropriate form covering the Common Shares to be acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Option if the Committee determines, consistent with any applicable Award Agreement, that such a registration statement is necessary or appropriate; (C) the Committee or the Company shall not be required to provide any notice to a Permitted Transferee, whether or not such notice is or would otherwise have been required to be given to the Participant under the Plan or otherwise; and (D) the consequences of the termination of the Participant’s employment by, or services to, the Company or an Affiliate under the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement shall continue to be applied with respect to the Participant, including, without limitation, that an Option shall be exercisable by the Permitted Transferee only to the extent, and for the periods, specified in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

 

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(c) Tax Withholding and Deductions.

 

(i) A Participant shall be required to pay to the Company or any Affiliate, and the Company or any Affiliate shall have the right and is hereby authorized to deduct and withhold, from any cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property deliverable under any Award or from any compensation or other amounts owing to a Participant, the amount (in cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property) of any required taxes (up to the maximum statutory rate under Applicable Law as in effect from time to time as determined by the Committee) and deduction in respect of an Award, its grant, vesting or exercise, or any payment or transfer under an Award or under the Plan and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Committee or the Company to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such taxes.

 

(ii) Without limiting the generality of clause (i) above, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit a Participant to satisfy, in whole or in part, the foregoing tax and deduction liability by (A) the delivery of Common Shares (which are not subject to any pledge or other security interest and are Mature Shares, except as otherwise determined by the Committee) owned by the Participant having a Fair Market Value equal to such liability or (B) having the Company withhold from the number of Common Shares otherwise issuable or deliverable pursuant to the exercise or settlement of the Award a number of shares with a Fair Market Value equal to such liability.

 

(d) No Claim to Awards; No Rights to Continued Employment; Waiver. No employee of the Company or an Affiliate, or other person, shall have any Claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan or, having been selected for the grant of an Award, to be selected for a grant of any other Award. A Participant’s sole remedy for any Claim related to the Plan or any Award shall be against the Company, and no Participant shall have any Claim or right of any nature against any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company or any stockholder or existing or former director, officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant and may be made selectively among Participants, whether or not such Participants are similarly situated. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any Participant any right to be retained in the employ or service of the Company or an Affiliate, nor shall it be construed as giving any Participant any rights to continued service on the Board. The Company or any of its Affiliates may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment or discontinue any consulting relationship, free from any liability or any Claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement. By accepting an Award under the Plan, a Participant shall thereby be deemed to have waived any Claim to continued exercise or vesting of an Award or to damages or severance entitlement related to non-continuation of the Award beyond the period provided under the Plan or any Award Agreement, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any written employment contract or other agreement between the Company and its Affiliates and the Participant, whether any such agreement is executed before, on or after the Date of Grant.

 

(e) International Participants. With respect to Participants who reside or work outside of the United States of America, the Committee may in its sole discretion amend the terms of the Plan or outstanding Awards with respect to such Participants in order to conform such terms with the requirements of local law or to obtain more favorable tax or other and, in furtherance of such purposes the Administrator may make such modifications, amendments, procedures, sub-plans and the like as may be necessary or advisable to comply with provisions of laws in other countries or jurisdictions in which the Company or its Subsidiaries operates or has employees.

 

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(f) Designation and Change of Beneficiary. Each Participant may file with the Committee a written designation of one or more persons as the beneficiary(ies) who shall be entitled to receive the amounts payable with respect to an Award, if any, due under the Plan upon his death. A Participant may, from time to time, revoke or change his beneficiary designation without the consent of any prior beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Committee. The last such designation received by the Committee shall be controlling; provided, however, that no designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death, and in no event shall it be effective as of a date prior to such receipt. If no beneficiary designation is filed by a Participant, the beneficiary shall be deemed to be his spouse or, if the Participant is unmarried at the time of death, his estate.

 

(g) Termination of Employment/Service. Unless determined otherwise by the Committee at any time following such event and subject to Section 15(r) of the Plan: (i) neither a temporary absence from employment or service due to illness, vacation or leave of absence nor a transfer from employment or service with the Company to employment or service with an Affiliate (or vice-versa) shall be considered a termination of employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate; and (ii) if a Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates terminates, but such Participant continues to provide services to the Company and its Affiliates in a non-employee capacity (or vice-versa), such change in status shall not be considered a termination of employment with the Company or an Affiliate.

 

(h) No Rights as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement, no person shall be entitled to the privileges of ownership in respect of Common Shares or other securities that are subject to Awards hereunder until such shares have been issued or delivered to that person.

 

(i) Government and Other Regulations.

 

(i) The obligation of the Company to settle Awards in Common Shares or other consideration shall be subject to all Applicable Laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by governmental agencies as may be required. Notwithstanding any terms or conditions of any Award to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to offer to sell or to sell, and shall be prohibited from offering to sell or selling, any Common Shares or other securities pursuant to an Award unless such shares have been properly registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission or unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the Company, that such shares may be offered or sold without such registration pursuant to an available exemption therefrom and the terms and conditions of such exemption have been fully complied with. The Company shall be under no obligation to register for sale under the Securities Act any of the Common Shares or other securities to be offered or sold under the Plan. The Committee shall have the authority to provide that all certificates for Common Shares or other securities of the Company or any Affiliate delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan, the applicable Award Agreement, the federal securities laws, or the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system upon which such shares or other securities are then listed or quoted and any other applicable federal, state, local or non-U.S. laws, and, without limiting the generality of Section 9 of the Plan, the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee reserves the right to add any additional terms or provisions to any Award granted under the Plan that it in its sole discretion deems necessary or advisable in order that such Award complies with the legal requirements of any governmental entity to whose jurisdiction the Award is subject.

 

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(ii) The Committee may cancel an Award or any portion thereof if the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that legal or contractual restrictions and/or blockage and/or other market considerations would make the Company’s acquisition of Common Shares from the public markets, the Company’s issuance of Common Shares or other securities to the Participant, the Participant’s acquisition of Common Shares or other securities from the Company and/or the Participant’s sale of Common Shares to the public markets, illegal, impracticable or inadvisable. If the Committee determines to cancel all or any portion of an Award denominated in Common Shares in accordance with the foregoing, the Company shall pay to the Participant an amount equal to the excess of  (A) the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Common Shares subject to such Award or portion thereof that is canceled (determined as of the applicable exercise date, or the date that the shares would have been vested or delivered, as applicable), over (B) the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price (in the case of an Option or SAR, respectively) or any amount payable as a condition of delivery of Common Shares (in the case of any other Award). Such amount shall be delivered to the Participant as soon as practicable following the cancellation of such Award or portion thereof.

 

(j) Payments to Persons Other Than Participants. If the Committee shall find that any person to whom any amount is payable under the Plan is unable to care for his affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment due to such person or his estate (unless a prior Claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative) may, if the Committee so directs the Company, be paid to his spouse, child, relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such person, or any other person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such person otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Company therefor.

 

(k) Nonexclusivity of the Plan. Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options or other equity-based awards otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.

 

(l) No Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate, on the one hand, and a Participant or other person or entity, on the other hand. No provision of the Plan or any Award shall require the Company, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under the Plan, to purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or other entity to which contributions are made or otherwise to segregate any assets, nor shall the Company maintain separate bank accounts, books, records or other evidence of the existence of a segregated or separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes. Participants shall have no rights under the Plan other than as unsecured general creditors of the Company, except that insofar as they may have become entitled to payment of additional compensation by performance of services, they shall have the same rights as other employees or service providers under general law.

 

(m) Reliance on Reports. Each member of the Committee and each member of the Board shall be fully justified in acting or failing to act, as the case may be, and shall not be liable for having so acted or failed to act in good faith, in reliance upon any report made by the independent public accountant of the Company and its Affiliates and/or any other information furnished in connection with the Plan by any agent of or service provider to the Company or the Committee or the Board, other than himself.

 

(n) Relationship to Other Benefits. No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit sharing, group insurance or other benefit plan of the Company except as otherwise specifically provided in such other plan.

 

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(o) Governing Law. The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts applicable to contracts made and performed wholly within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof.

 

(p) Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award or Award Agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any person or entity or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the Applicable Laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be construed or deemed stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or entity or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

 

(q) Obligations Binding on Successors. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to substantially all of the assets and business of the Company.

 

(r) Code Section 409A.

 

(i) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, all Awards made under the Plan are intended to be exempt from or, in the alternative, comply with Code Section 409A and the authoritative guidance thereunder, including the exceptions for stock rights and short-term deferrals. The Plan shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. Each payment under an Award shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Code Section 409A.

 

(ii) If a Participant is a “specified employee” (as such term is defined for purposes of Code Section 409A) at the time of his termination of service, no amount that is nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Code Section 409A and that becomes payable by reason of such termination of service shall be paid to the Participant (or in the event of the Participant’s death, the Participant’s representative or estate) before the earlier of  (x) the first business day after the date that is six months following the date of the Participant’s termination of service, and (y) within 30 days following the date of the Participant’s death. For purposes of Code Section 409A, a termination of service shall be deemed to occur only if it is a “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, and references in the Plan and any Award Agreement to “termination of service” or similar terms shall mean a “separation from service.” If any Award is or becomes subject to Code Section 409A, unless the applicable Award Agreement provides otherwise, such Award shall be payable upon the Participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A. If any Award is or becomes subject to Code Section 409A and if payment of such Award would be accelerated or otherwise triggered under a Change in Control, then the definition of Change in Control shall be deemed modified, only to the extent necessary to avoid the imposition of any additional tax under Code Section 409A, to mean a “change in control event” as such term is defined for purposes of Code Section 409A.

 

(iii) Any adjustments made pursuant to Section 13 to Awards that are subject to Code Section 409A shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Code Section 409A, and any adjustments made pursuant to Section 13 to Awards that are not subject to Code Section 409A shall be made in such a manner as to ensure that after such adjustment, the Awards either (x) continue not to be subject to Code Section 409A or (y) comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A.

 

(s) Expenses; Gender; Titles and Headings. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company and its Affiliates. Masculine pronouns and other words of masculine gender shall refer to both men and women. The titles and headings of the sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings shall control.

 

(t) Other Agreements. Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may require, as a condition to the grant of and/or the receipt of Common Shares or other securities under an Award, that the Participant execute lock-up, stockholder or other agreements, as it may determine in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

(u) Payments. Participants shall be required to pay, to the extent required by Applicable Law, any amounts required to receive Common Shares or other securities under any Award made under the Plan.

 

(v) Erroneously Awarded Compensation. All Awards shall be subject (including on a retroactive basis) to (i) any clawback, forfeiture or similar incentive compensation recoupment policy established from time to time by the Company, including, without limitation, any such policy established to comply with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (ii) Applicable Law (including, without limitation, Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act), and/or (iii) the rules and regulations of the applicable securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Shares or other securities are listed or quoted, and such requirements shall be deemed incorporated by reference into all outstanding Award Agreements.

 

 

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Exhibit 10.7.1

 

RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.
2024 INCENTIVE PLAN

 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD GRANT NOTICE

 

Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2024 Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”), hereby grants to the holder listed below (the “Participant”), an award of restricted stock units (“Restricted Stock Units” or “RSUs”). Each vested Restricted Stock Unit represents the right to receive, in accordance with the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Agreement”), one Common Share (a “Share”). This award of Restricted Stock Units is subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Agreement and the Plan, each of which are incorporated herein by reference. Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the Plan shall have the same defined meanings in this Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice (the “Grant Notice”) and the Agreement.

 

Participant:

[__________________________]
   
Grant Date: [__________________________]
   
Total Number of RSUs: [_____________]
   
Vesting Commencement Date: [_____________]
   
Vesting Schedule: [●]
   
Termination: If the Participant experiences a termination of employment or service with the Company or its Subsidiaries, all RSUs that have not become vested on or prior to the date of such termination of employment or service will thereupon be automatically forfeited by the Participant without payment of any consideration therefor.

 

By his or her signature and the Company’s signature below, the Participant agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Agreement and this Grant Notice. The Participant has reviewed the Plan, the Agreement and this Grant Notice in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Grant Notice and fully understands all provisions of the Plan, the Agreement and this Grant Notice. The Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator upon any questions arising under the Plan, the Agreement or this Grant Notice. In addition, by signing below, the Participant also agrees that the Company, in its sole discretion, may satisfy any withholding obligations in accordance with Section 2.6 of the Agreement and the Plan. Unless the Participant chooses to satisfy his or her tax withholding obligation by making a cash payment to the Company not less than five (5) business days before any withholding obligation arises, the Participant’s acceptance of this Agreement constitutes his or her instruction and authorization to the Company and any brokerage firm determined acceptable to the Company for such purpose to sell on Participant’s behalf Common Shares from those Shares issuable to Participant as the Company determines to be appropriate to generate cash proceeds sufficient to satisfy Participant’s tax withholding obligation.

 

RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.:   PARTICIPANT:
         
By:     By:  
Print Name:     Print Name:  
Title:        
Address:     Address:  

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

TO RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD GRANT NOTICE

 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

 

Pursuant to the Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice (the “Grant Notice”) to which this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”) is attached, Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), has granted to the Participant the number of restricted stock units (“Restricted Stock Units” or “RSUs”) set forth in the Grant Notice under the Company’s 2024 Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”). Each Restricted Stock Unit represents the right to receive one Common Share (a “Share”) upon vesting.

 

ARTICLE I.

 

GENERAL

 

1.1 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms not specifically defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Plan and the Grant Notice.

 

1.2 Incorporation of Terms of Plan. The RSUs are subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any inconsistency between the Plan and this Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall control.

 

ARTICLE II.

 

GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

 

2.1 Grant of RSUs. Pursuant to the Grant Notice and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and this Agreement, effective as of the Grant Date set forth in the Grant Notice, the Company hereby grants to the Participant an award of RSUs under the Plan in consideration of the Participant’s past or continued employment with or service to the Company or any Subsidiaries and for other good and valuable consideration.

 

2.2 Unsecured Obligation to RSUs. Unless and until the RSUs have vested in the manner set forth in Article 2 hereof, the Participant will have no right to receive Shares under any such RSUs. Prior to actual payment of any vested RSUs, such RSUs will represent an unsecured obligation of the Company, payable (if at all) only from the general assets of the Company.

 

2.3 Vesting Schedule. Subject to Section 2.5 hereof, the RSUs shall vest and become nonforfeitable with respect to the applicable portion thereof according to the vesting schedule set forth in the Grant Notice (rounding down to the nearest whole Share).

 

2.4 Consideration to the Company. In consideration of the grant of the award of RSUs pursuant hereto, the Participant agrees to render faithful and efficient services to the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

2.5 Forfeiture, Termination and Cancellation upon Termination of Service. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement or the Plan, upon the Participant’s termination of employment or service with the Company or its Subsidiaries for any or no reason, all Restricted Stock Units which have not vested prior to or in connection with such termination of employment or service shall thereupon automatically be forfeited, terminated and cancelled as of the applicable termination date without payment of any consideration by the Company, and the Participant, or the Participant’s beneficiary or personal representative, as the case may be, shall have no further rights hereunder with respect to such forfeited RSUs. No portion of the RSUs which has not become vested as of the date on which the Participant incurs a termination of employment or service with the Company or its Subsidiaries shall thereafter become vested, except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator or as set forth in a written agreement between the Company and the Participant.

 

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2.6 Issuance of Shares upon Vesting.

 

(a) As soon as administratively practicable following the vesting of any Restricted Stock Units pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof, but in no event later than 30 days after such vesting date (for the avoidance of doubt, this deadline is intended to comply with the “short term deferral” exemption from Section 409A of the Code), the Company shall deliver to the Participant (or any transferee permitted under Section 3.2 hereof) a number of Shares equal to the number of RSUs subject to this Award that vest on the applicable vesting date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event Shares cannot be issued pursuant to Section 9(d) of the Plan, the Shares shall be issued pursuant to the preceding sentence as soon as administratively practicable after the Administrator determines that Shares can again be issued in accordance with such Section.

 

(b) As set forth in Section 14(c) of the Plan, the Company shall have the authority and the right to deduct or withhold, or to require the Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy all applicable federal, state and local taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to any taxable event arising in connection with the Restricted Stock Units. Additionally, the Company may, in its sole discretion, satisfy any withholding obligations relating to Participant’s RSUs by any of the following means or by a combination of such means: (i) withholding Common Shares otherwise issuable to the Participant upon vesting of the RSUs, (ii) instructing a broker on the Participant’s behalf to sell Common Shares otherwise issuable to the Participant upon vesting of the RSUs sufficient to generate net proceeds sufficient to satisfy the Company’s minimum statutory withholding obligations with respect to the income recognized by the Participant upon the vesting of the RSUs (based on minimum statutory withholding rates for all tax purposes, including payroll and social security taxes, that are applicable to such income) and the net proceeds of such sale shall be submitted to the Company, (iii) requiring Participant to make a payment in cash to the Company, or (iv) using any other method approved by the Company, and to the extent required by applicable laws or the Plan, approved by the Administrator. Until determined otherwise by the Company, clause (ii) will be the method by which such withholding obligations are satisfied, unless the Participant choses to satisfy his or her withholding obligation in accordance with clause (iii) at any time not less than five (5) business days before any withholding obligation arises. The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any Shares to the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative unless and until the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative shall have paid or otherwise satisfied in full the amount of all federal, state and local taxes applicable to the taxable income of the Participant resulting from the grant or vesting of the Restricted Stock Units or the issuance of Shares.

 

(c) Without prejudice to the provisions of Section 14(c) of the Plan, Participant acknowledges that, regardless of any action taken by the Company or, if different, the Employer, the ultimate liability for all income tax, social security and other tax-related items related to Participant’s participation in the Plan and the RSUs and legally applicable to Participant or deemed by the Company, the Board or the Employer in its discretion to be an appropriate charge to Participant even if legally applicable to the Company, Board or the Employer (to the extent lawful) (collectively, “Tax-Related Items”) is and remains Participant’s responsibility and may exceed the amount (if any) withheld by the Company, the Board or the Employer, and Participant hereby covenants to pay any such Tax-Related Items, as and when requested by the Employer, the Company, the Board, any Affiliate or any tax authority. Participant further acknowledges that (i) neither the Company, the Board nor the Employer make any representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of the RSUs including, without limitation, the grant or vesting of the RSUs or the subsequent sale/disposal of the RSUs; and (ii) the Company, the Board and the Employer do not commit to and are under no obligation to structure the RSUs to reduce or eliminate Participant’s liability for Tax-Related Items or achieve any particular tax result. Further, if Participant is subject to Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction between the date on which the RSUs are granted and the date of any relevant taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, Participant acknowledges that the Company, the Board or the Employer (or former employer, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction.

 

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2.7 Conditions to Delivery of Shares. The Shares deliverable hereunder may be either previously authorized but unissued Shares, treasury Shares or issued Shares which have then been reacquired by the Company. Such Shares shall be fully paid and nonassessable. The Company shall not be required to issue Shares deliverable hereunder prior to fulfillment of the conditions set forth in Section 9(d) of the Plan.

 

2.8 Rights as Stockholder. The holder of the RSUs shall not be, nor have any of the rights or privileges of, a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, voting rights and rights to dividends, in respect of the RSUs and any Shares underlying the RSUs and deliverable hereunder unless and until such Shares shall have been issued by the Company and held of record by such holder (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). No adjustment shall be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the Shares are issued, except as provided in Section 12 or 13 of the Plan.

 

ARTICLE III.

 

OTHER PROVISIONS

 

3.1 Administration. The Administrator shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret, amend or revoke any such rules. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Administrator in good faith shall be final and binding upon the Participant, the Company and all other interested persons. No member of the Administrator or the Board shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan, this Agreement or the RSUs.

 

3.2 Transferability. The RSUs shall be subject to the restrictions on transferability set forth in Section 14(b) of the Plan.

 

3.3 Tax Consultation. The Participant understands that the Participant may suffer adverse tax consequences in connection with the RSUs granted pursuant to this Agreement (and the Shares issuable with respect thereto). The Participant represents that the Participant has consulted with any tax consultants the Participant deems advisable in connection with the RSUs and the issuance of Shares with respect thereto and that the Participant is not relying on the Company for any tax advice.

 

3.4 Binding Agreement. Subject to the limitation on the transferability of the RSUs contained herein, this Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, legatees, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto.

 

3.5 Adjustments Upon Specified Events. The Administrator may accelerate the vesting of the RSUs in such circumstances as it, in its sole discretion, may determine. The Participant acknowledges that the RSUs are subject to adjustment, modification and termination in certain events as provided in this Agreement and Section 12 of the Plan.

 

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3.6 Notices. Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the Company shall be addressed to the Company in care of the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s principal office, and any notice to be given to the Participant shall be addressed to the Participant at the Participant’s last address reflected on the Company’s records. By a notice given pursuant to this Section 3.6, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be given to that party. Any notice shall be deemed duly given when sent via email or when sent by certified mail (return receipt requested) and deposited (with postage prepaid) in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service.

 

3.7 Participant’s Representations. If the Shares issuable hereunder have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state laws on an effective registration statement at the time of such issuance, the Participant shall, if required by the Company, concurrently with such issuance, make such written representations as are deemed necessary or appropriate by the Company or its counsel.

 

3.8 Titles. Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.

 

3.9 Governing Law. The laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall govern the interpretation, validity, administration, enforcement and performance of the terms of this Agreement regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of conflicts of laws.

 

3.10 Conformity to Securities Laws. The Participant acknowledges that the Plan and this Agreement are intended to conform to the extent necessary with all provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any other Applicable Law. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Plan shall be administered, and the RSUs are granted, only in such a manner as to conform to Applicable Law. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Plan and this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such Applicable Law.

 

3.11 Amendment, Suspension and Termination. To the extent permitted by the Plan, this Agreement may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise modified, suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Administrator or the Board; provided, however, that, except as may otherwise be provided by the Plan, no amendment, modification, suspension or termination of this Agreement shall adversely affect the RSUs in any material way without the prior written consent of the Participant.

 

3.12 Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement to single or multiple assignees, and this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer herein set forth in Section 3.2 hereof, this Agreement shall be binding upon the Participant and his or her heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.

 

3.13 Limitations Applicable to Section 16 Persons. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, if the Participant is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, then the Plan, the RSUs and this Agreement shall be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act) that are requirements for the application of such exemptive rule. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive rule.

 

3.14 Employment.

 

(a) This Agreement does not confer upon the Participant any right to be retained in the employ or service of the Company or any Affiliate shall not interfere with the ability of the Participant’s employer from time to time (the “Employer”) to terminate the Participant’s service at any time, with or without cause, subject to Applicable Law.

 

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(b) The Plan is established voluntarily by the Company. It is discretionary in nature and it may be modified, amended, suspended or terminated by the Company at any time, unless otherwise provided in the Plan and this Agreement. The grant of the RSUs is voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of Awards, or benefits in lieu of Awards, even if Awards have been granted repeatedly in the past. All decisions with respect to future grants of Awards, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company. The RSUs are extraordinary items that do not constitute compensation of any kind for service of any kind rendered to the Company or Affiliate, and which are outside the scope of your employment contract, if any and are not part of normal or expected compensation or salary for any purpose, including, but not limited to, calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, end-of-service payments, bonuses, long-service options, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments.

 

3.15 Entire Agreement. The Plan, the Grant Notice and this Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto, if any) constitute the entire agreement of the parties and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and the Participant with respect to the subject matter hereof, provided that the RSUs shall be subject to any accelerated vesting provisions in any written agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Company plan pursuant to which the Participant participates, in each case, in accordance with the terms therein.

 

3.16 Section 409A. This Award is not intended to constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (together with any Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including without limitation any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued after the date hereof, “Section 409A”). However, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Grant Notice or this Agreement, if at any time the Administrator determines that this Award (or any portion thereof) may be subject to Section 409A, the Administrator shall have the right in its sole discretion (without any obligation to do so or to indemnify Participant or any other person for failure to do so) to adopt such amendments to the Plan, the Grant Notice or this Agreement, or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, as the Administrator determines are necessary or appropriate for this Award either to be exempt from the application of Section 409A or to comply with the requirements of Section 409A.

 

3.17 Limitation on Participant’s Rights. Participation in the Plan confers no rights or interests other than as herein provided. This Agreement creates only a contractual obligation on the part of the Company as to amounts payable and shall not be construed as creating a trust. Neither the Plan nor any underlying program, in and of itself, has any assets. The Participant shall have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to amounts credited and benefits payable, if any, with respect to the RSUs, and rights no greater than the right to receive the Shares as a general unsecured creditor with respect to RSUs, as and when payable hereunder.

 

3.18 Data Privacy. The Company and/or its Affiliates will hold, collect and otherwise process certain personal data regarding the Participant in connection with the administration of this Award and the Plan. All personal data will be treated in accordance with applicable data protection laws and regulations.

 

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Exhibit 10.7.2

 

RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.

RESTRICTED STOCK GRANT NOTICE

 

The Participant has been granted an award (the Award) of certain Common Shares (the Shares) of Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the Company), under the Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. 2024 Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) as set forth below. This Restricted Stock Award is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth in this restricted stock grant notice (this “Restricted Stock Grant Notice”), in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety. Capitalized terms not explicitly defined herein but defined in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement will have the same definitions as in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement.

 

Participant: [●]
   
Grant Date: [●]
   
Vesting Commencement Date [●]
   
Total Number of Shares: [●]
   
Vesting Schedule: [●]

 

By their signatures below, the Company and the Participant agree that the Award is governed by this Restricted Stock Grant Notice and the Restricted Stock Award Agreement, which is attached to and made a part of this document. The Participant acknowledges receipt of the Restricted Stock Award Agreement, represents that the Participant has read and is familiar with its provisions, and hereby accepts the Award subject to all of their terms and conditions. Unless you make an 83(b) election and pay taxes in accordance with that election, you will be taxed on the Shares as they become vested and must arrange to pay the taxes on this income. If the Administrator so determines, arrangements for paying the taxes may include your surrendering Shares that otherwise would be released to you upon becoming vested or your surrendering Shares you already own. The fair market value of the Shares you surrender, determined as of the date when taxes otherwise would have been withheld in cash, will be applied as a credit against the withholding taxes.

 

RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.   PARTICIPANT
     
     
By:   By:
     
Name:   Name:
     
Title:   Date:
     
Date:    

 

 

 

 

ATTACHMENTS:         Restricted Stock Award Agreement

 

Attachment I

 

Restricted Stock Award Agreement

 

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Rain Enhancement Technologies HOLDCO, INC.

 

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

 

This Restricted Stock Award Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated [●] (the “Grant Date”), is made by and between Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”) and [●] (the “Participant”). Capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the same meaning set forth in the Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. 2024 Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

 

1. Grant of Restricted Stock. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Company hereby grants (this “Grant”) to the Participant [●] restricted Shares (the “Restricted Shares”).

 

2. Vesting and Forfeiture.

 

(i) Vesting. The Restricted Shares will vest in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set forth on the Restricted Stock Grant Notice.

 

(iii) Termination of Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Participant’s Service ceases for any reason, all unvested Restricted Shares shall be forfeited. Upon the forfeiture of any Restricted Shares pursuant to this Section 2, the Participant shall have no further right with respect to such Restricted Shares.

 

3. Compliance with Laws and Regulations. The issuance and transfer of Shares shall be subject to compliance by the Company and the Participant with all applicable requirements of federal and state securities laws and with all applicable requirements of any stock exchange on which the Company’s Shares may be listed. No Shares shall be issued pursuant to this Grant or transferred unless and until any then applicable requirements of state and federal laws and regulatory agencies have been fully complied with to the satisfaction of the Company and its counsel.

 

4. Taxes.

 

(i) Withholding. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Company has the right to deduct from payments of any kind otherwise due to the Participant any federal, state, local or other taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to the issuance or vesting of the Restricted Shares. The Company shall not remove the restrictive legend described in Section 7 hereof from any Shares until it is satisfied that all required withholdings have been made (in addition to any securities law requirements regarding the need for such legends). Additionally, the Company may, in its sole discretion, satisfy any withholding obligations relating to Participant’s Restricted Shares by any of the following means or by a combination of such means: (i) purchasing Shares otherwise issued to the Participant under the Award, (ii) requiring Participant to make a payment in cash to the Company, or (iii) using any other method approved by the Company, and to the extent required by applicable laws, approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). Unless you make an 83(b) election and pay taxes in accordance with that election, you will be taxed on the Shares as they become vested and must arrange to pay the taxes on this income. If the Administrator so determines, arrangements for paying the taxes may include your surrendering Shares that otherwise would be released to you upon becoming vested or your surrendering Shares you already own. The fair market value of the Shares you surrender, determined as of the date when taxes otherwise would have been withheld in cash, will be applied as a credit against the withholding taxes.

 

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(ii) The Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Company has the right to deduct from payments of any kind otherwise due to the Participant any federal, state, local or other taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to the issuance or vesting of the Restricted Shares.

 

(iii) 83(b) Election. The Participant hereby acknowledges that the Participant has been advised by the Company to seek independent tax advice from the Participant’s advisors regarding the availability and advisability of making an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and that any such election, if made, must be made within 30 days of the Grant Date. The Participant expressly acknowledges that the Participant is solely responsible for filing any such Section 83(b) election with the appropriate governmental authorities, irrespective of the fact that such election is also delivered to the Company.

 

(iv) Tax Consequences. The Participant hereby agrees that the Company does not have a duty to design or administer the Award or its other compensation programs in a manner that minimizes the Participant’s tax liabilities. The Participant will not make any claim against the Company, or any of its officers, directors, employees or affiliates related to tax liabilities arising from the Restricted Shares or the Participant’s other compensation.

 

5. No Right to Employment or Service; Clawback/Forfeiture/Recoupment of Awards for Breach of Contract. Nothing in this Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the employment or service of the Company or any affiliate, or interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or an affiliate to terminate the Participant’s employment or service at any time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if, after the Participant’s employment or service is terminated for any reason, the Participant breaches any material provision of any applicable confidentiality, non-compete, non-solicit, general release, covenant not-to-sue or other similar agreement with the Company or any affiliate, then the Participant will forfeit any compensation, gain or other value realized on the vesting or settlement of any award granted under this Agreement or the sale or other transfer of any award granted under this Agreement and must promptly repay such amounts to the Company.

 

6. Rights as a Shareholder. The Participant shall be the record owner of the Restricted Shares unless or until such Restricted Shares are forfeited pursuant to Section 2 above or are otherwise transferred, and as record owner shall be entitled to all rights of a common shareholder of the Company. Any dividends paid on the Restricted Shares shall be subject to the same vesting and forfeiture restrictions as apply to the Restricted Shares.

 

7. Evidence of Shares; Legend. The Participant agrees that, in the Company’s discretion, the Participant’s ownership of the Restricted Shares may be evidenced solely by a “book entry” (i.e., a computerized or manual entry) in the records of the Company or its designated stock transfer agent in the Participant’s name, which shall be subject to a stop transfer order consistent with this Agreement and the legend set forth below. If, however, during the period in which the restrictions remain in place, the Restricted Shares are evidenced by a stock certificate or certificates, registered in the Participant’s name, the Participant acknowledges that upon receipt of such stock certificate or certificates, such certificates shall bear the following legend and such other legends as may be required by law or contract:

 

“These shares have been issued pursuant and are subject to forfeiture to Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. in accordance with the terms of an agreement between Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. and the person in whose name the certificate is registered. These shares may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, encumbered, alienated, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of except in accordance with the terms of said agreement.”

 

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The Participant agrees that upon receipt of any such stock certificates for the Restricted Shares the Participant shall deposit each such certificate with the Company, or such other escrow holder as the Board may appoint, together with a stock power endorsed in blank or other appropriate instrument of transfer, to be held by the Company or such escrow holder until the applicable vesting date. Upon expiration of the applicable portion of the restrictions, a certificate or certificates representing the Common Shares as to which the period of restriction has so lapsed shall be delivered to the Participant by the Company, subject to satisfaction of any tax obligations in accordance with Section 4 hereof; provided, that such Common Shares may nevertheless be evidenced on a noncertificated basis, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange, in which case such stop order shall be removed upon expiration of the applicable portion of the restrictions.

 

8. Transferability. The Participant may not transfer any Restricted Shares other than under the Participant’s will or as required by the laws of descent and distribution. The Restricted Shares also may not be pledged, attached, or otherwise encumbered. Any purported assignment, alienation, sale, transfer, pledge, attachment or encumbrance of the Restricted Shares in violation of the terms of this Agreement shall be null and void and unenforceable against the Company or its successors. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Participant agrees and acknowledges with respect to any Common Shares issued hereunder that have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”): (i) he will not sell or otherwise dispose of such shares except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, or in a transaction which, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, is exempt from such registration, and (ii) a legend will be placed on the certificates for the shares, or to the extent that the shares are not certificated, a stop order will be placed on the shares, in each case, to such effect.

 

9. Entire Agreement; Governing Law; Severability. The Plan is incorporated herein by reference. The Plan and this Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Participant with respect to the subject matter hereof, and may not be modified adversely to the Participant’s interest except by means of a writing signed by the Company and Participant. The Plan and this Agreement shall replace in its entirety any of the share incentive plan or award agreement, whether in writing or not, between, among others, the Participant and the Company/its Subsidiaries/its Affiliates. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Agreement, the Company reserves the right to revise this Agreement as it deems necessary or advisable, in its sole discretion and without the consent of Participant, to comply with Applicable Laws or to otherwise avoid imposition of any additional tax or income recognition in connection to this Award. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the event that any provision hereof becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

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10. No Guarantee of Continued Service. Participant acknowledges and agrees that the vesting of the Restricted Shares pursuant to the vesting schedule hereof is earned only by continuing as a service provider at the will of the Company (or the Affiliate or Subsidiary employing or retaining Participant) and not through the act of being hired, being granted this Award or acquiring Shares hereunder. Participant further acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereunder and the vesting schedule set forth herein do not constitute an express or implied promise of continued engagement as a service provider for the vesting period, for any period, or at all, and will not interfere in any way with Participant’s right or the right of the Company (or the Affiliate or Subsidiary employing or retaining Participant) to terminate Participant’s relationship as a service provider at any time, with or without cause.

 

11. Data Privacy. Participant hereby explicitly and unambiguously consents to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of Participant’s personal data as described in this Agreement and any other Award grant materials (“Data”) by and among, as applicable, the Company, the employer or other service recipient, and any Subsidiary for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing Participant’s participation in the Plan.

 

Participant understands that the service recipient may hold certain personal information about Participant, including, but not limited to, Participant’s name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares of stock or directorships held in the Company, details of all Restricted Shares or any other entitlement to shares awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in Participant’s favor.

 

Participant understands that Data will be transferred to a share plan service provider as may be selected by the Company in the future, which is assisting the Company with the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. Participant understands that the recipients of the Data may be located in the United States or elsewhere, and that the recipient’s country may have different data privacy laws and protections than Participant’s country. Participant understands that if he or she resides outside the United States, he or she may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of the Data by contacting his or her local human resources representative. Participant authorizes the Company and any other possible recipients which may assist the Company (presently or in the future) with implementing, administering and managing the Plan to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the sole purposes of implementing, administering and managing Participant’s participation in the Plan. Participant understands that Data will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage Participant’s participation in the Plan. Participant understands that if he or she resides outside the United States, he or she may, at any time, view Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of Data, require any necessary amendments to Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, by contacting in writing his or her local human resources representative. Further, Participant understands that he or she is providing the consents herein on a purely voluntary basis. If Participant does not consent, or if Participant later seeks to revoke his or her consent, his or her status as a service provider or career with the service recipient will not be adversely affected; the only adverse consequence of refusing or withdrawing Participant’s consent is that the Company would not be able to grant Participant Restricted Shares or other equity awards or administer or maintain such awards. Therefore, Participant understands that refusing or withdrawing his or her consent may affect Participant’s ability to participate in the Plan. For more information on the consequences of Participant’s refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent, Participant understands that he or she may contact his or her local human resources representative.

 

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12. Notices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Company under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Company at its principal corporate offices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Participant shall be in writing and addressed to the Participant at the address indicated below the Participant’s signature line on the Restricted Stock Grant Notice. All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

13. Other Plans. The Participant acknowledges that any income derived from any Restricted Shares shall not affect the Participant’s participation in or benefits under, any other benefit plan or other contract or arrangement maintained by the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

14. Interpretation. Any dispute regarding the interpretation of this Agreement shall be submitted by the Participant or the Company to the Board or its duly authorized designee for review. The resolution of such dispute by the Board or its duly authorized designee shall be final and binding on the Participant and the Company.

 

15. Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein, this Agreement will be binding upon the Participant and the Participant’s beneficiaries, executors, administrators and the person(s) to whom the Restricted Shares may be transferred by will or the laws of descent or distribution.

 

16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. Counterpart signature pages to this Agreement transmitted by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail in portable document format (.pdf), or by any other electronic means intended to preserve the original graphic and pictorial appearance of a document, will have the same effect as physical delivery of the paper document bearing an original signature.

 

17. Language. If Participant has received this Agreement or any other document related to the Award and/or the Plan translated into a language other than English and if the meaning of the translated version is different than the English version, the English version will control.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officer.

 

  RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES Holdco, INC.
     
   
  Name:                              
  Title:  

 

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The undersigned hereby acknowledges, effective as of the date first stated above, that the Participant has carefully read this Agreement and agrees to be bound by all of the provisions set forth herein.

 

Participant:

 

   
Signature  
   
   
Name  
   
   
Date  

 

 

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Exhibit 10.8

 

LETTER AGREEMENT

 

December 17, 2024

 

Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc.

21 Pleasant Street, Suite 237

Newburyport, MA 01950

 

Coliseum Acquisition Corp.

1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100

Las Vegas, NV 89144

 

Re: Private Placement Warrants

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter agreement (this “Letter Agreement”) is being entered into (i) in connection with the proposed business combination (the “Business Combination”) contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2024 (as amended on August 22, 2024 and as may be further amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among Coliseum Acquisition Corp. (“Coliseum”), Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc., Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. (“Holdco”), Rainwater Merger Sub 1, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco and Rainwater Merger Sub 2A, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coliseum and (ii) that certain Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated June 15, 2023, by and among Coliseum, Coliseum Acquisition Sponsor LLC (“Initial Sponsor”) and Berto, LLC (“Berto”).

 

1. Private Placement Warrant Exchange. (i) Berto hereby agrees to surrender, at the closing of the Business Combination, the 2,257,000 private placement warrants of Coliseum initially purchased by Initial Sponsor in a private placement in connection with Coliseum’s initial public offering and acquired by Berto from Initial Sponsor pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and (ii) Initial Sponsor hereby agrees to surrender, at the closing of the Business Combination, the 967,500 private placement warrants (together with the private placement warrants held by Berto, the “Private Placement Warrants”) of Coliseum purchased by it in a private placement in connection with Coliseum’s initial public offering, and, in consideration of and upon such surrender, Holdco hereby agrees to issue (i) 564,250 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Holdco (“Holdco Class A Common Stock”) to Berto and (ii) 241,875 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock to Initial Sponsor. Upon the issuance of such shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock, the Private Placement Warrants shall be cancelled, terminated and released and shall thereafter be of no further force or effect, and no obligations or rights of any nature of any party under the Private Placement Warrants shall survive such cancellation.

 

2. Lock-Up. The shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock issued to Berto and Initial Sponsor in exchange for the Private Placement Warrants will be “Lock-Up Shares” under that certain Lock-Up Agreement to be entered into by and among Holdco, Berto, Initial Sponsor and the other parties thereto, in the form attached as Annex E to the Business Combination Agreement.

 

3. Trust Account Waiver. Each of Berto and Initial Sponsor hereby agrees that it does not have a right, title, interest or claim of any kind (each, a “Claim”) in or to any monies in the trust account established in connection with Coliseum’s initial public offering for the benefit of Coliseum and holders of shares issued in such offering, and hereby waives any Claim it may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, this Letter Agreement and will not seek recourse against such trust account for any reason whatsoever.

 

4. Entire Agreement; No Modification. This Letter Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby. This Letter Agreement may not be changed, amended, modified or waived (other than to correct a typographical error) as to any particular provision, except by a written instrument executed by all parties hereto.

 

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5. Assignment. 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. Any purported assignment in violation of this paragraph shall be null and void and shall not operate to transfer or assign any interest or title to the purported assignee. This Letter Agreement shall be binding on each of the parties hereto and each of their respective successors, heirs and assigns.

 

6. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. This Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The parties hereto (a) all agree that any action, proceeding, claim or dispute arising out of, or relating in any way to, this Letter Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of New York City, in the State of New York, and irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction and venue, which jurisdiction and venue shall be exclusive and (b) waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and venue or that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

 

7. Counterparts. This Letter Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic transmission in “portable document format”), and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same agreement.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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  Sincerely,
   
  BERTO, LLC
   
  By: /s/ Harry L. You
  Name:  Harry L. You
  Title: Member
   
  COLISEUM ACQUISITION SPONSOR LLC
   
  By: /s/ Daniel Haimovic
  Name: Daniel Haimovic
  Title: Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

Acknowledged and Agreed:  
   
RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES  
HOLDCO, INC.  
   
By: /s/ Paul Dacier  
Name: Paul Dacier  
Title: President  
   
COLISEUM ACQUISITION CORP.  
   
By: /s/ Oanh Truong  
Name: Oanh Truong  
Title: Interim Chief Executive Officer and  
  Chief Financial Officer  

 

[Signature Page to Warrant Exchange Letter Agreement]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.9

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

This SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Subscription Agreement”) is entered into on December [●], 2024, by and between Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), and the undersigned subscriber (“Subscriber”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company has entered into a definitive agreement with Coliseum Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Coliseum”), Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“RET”), and the other parties thereto, providing for the combination of the Company, Coliseum and RET (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement,” and the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Transaction”);

 

WHEREAS, upon completion of the Transaction the Company will be the surviving publicly listed company on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC exchange (“Nasdaq”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Transaction, Subscriber desires to subscribe for and purchase from the Company, immediately prior to consummation of the Transaction, that number of shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”), set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Subscribed Shares”) for a purchase price of $11.38687861 per share (the “Per Share Price” and the aggregate of such Per Share Price for all Subscribed Shares being referred to herein as the “Purchase Price”), and the Company desires to issue and sell to Subscriber the Subscribed Shares in consideration of the payment of the Purchase Price by or on behalf of Subscriber to the Company at or prior to the Closing Date (as defined herein); and

 

WHEREAS, on or about the date of this Subscription Agreement, the Company is entering, or may enter, into subscription agreements (the “Other Subscription Agreements” and together with the Subscription Agreement, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain other investors (the “Other Subscribers” and together with Subscriber, the “Subscribers”), pursuant to which such Subscribers have agreed to purchase on the closing date of the Transaction, inclusive of the Subscribed Shares, an aggregate amount of up to [●] Shares, at the Per Share Price (the shares of the Other Subscribers, the “Other Subscribed Shares” and together with the Subscribed Shares, the “Collective Subscribed Shares”).

 

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:

 

Section 1. Subscription. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing (as defined below), Subscriber hereby agrees to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to Subscriber, upon the payment of the Purchase Price, the Subscribed Shares (such subscription and issuance, the “Subscription”).

 

 

 

 

Section 2. Closing.

 

(a) The consummation of the Subscription contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall occur on the closing date of the Transaction (the “Closing Date”), immediately prior to or substantially concurrently with, the consummation of the Transaction.

 

(b) At least three (3) Business Days before the anticipated Closing Date, the Company shall deliver written notice to Subscriber (the “Closing Notice”) specifying (i) the anticipated Closing Date and (ii) the wire instructions for delivery of the Purchase Price to the Company. No later than two (2) Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing Date as set forth in the Closing Notice, Subscriber shall deliver the Purchase Price for the Subscribed Shares by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company in the Closing Notice, such funds to be held by the Company in a segregated account until the Closing, and deliver to the Company such information as is required in the Closing Notice in order for the Company to issue the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber, including, without limitation, the legal name of the person in whose name the Subscribed Shares are to be issued and a duly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or appropriate Form W-8. Upon satisfaction (or, if applicable, waiver) of the conditions set forth in this Section 2, the Company shall deliver to Subscriber (i) at the Closing, the Subscribed Shares in book entry form, free and clear of any liens or other restrictions (other than those arising under this Subscription Agreement or applicable securities laws), in the name of Subscriber (or its nominee in accordance with its delivery instructions), and (ii) as promptly as practicable after the Closing, evidence from the Company’s transfer agent of the issuance to Subscriber of the Subscribed Shares on and as of the Closing Date. In the event that (i) the Company does not accept the subscription or (ii) the consummation of the Transaction does not occur within ten (10) Business Days after the anticipated Closing Date specified in the Closing Notice, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Company and the Subscriber, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than twelve (12) Business Days after the anticipated Closing Date specified in the Closing Notice) return the funds so delivered by Subscriber to the Company by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by Subscriber, and any book entries shall be deemed cancelled. Notwithstanding such return or cancellation (x) a failure to close on the anticipated Closing Date shall not, by itself, be deemed to be a failure of any of the conditions to Closing set forth in this Section 2 to be satisfied or waived on or prior to the Closing Date, and (y) unless and until this Subscription Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 6 herein, Subscriber shall remain obligated (A) to redeliver funds to the Company following the Company’s delivery to Subscriber of a new Closing Notice and (B) to consummate the Closing upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 2. For the purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is closed. Any funds held in such segregated account by the Company will be uninvested, and the Subscriber shall not be entitled to any interest earned thereon.

 

(c) The Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction, or valid waiver by each of the parties hereto, of the conditions that on the Closing Date:

 

(i)the Company’s Class A Common Stock shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq, subject only to official notice of issuatnce;

 

(ii)all conditions precedent to the closing of the Transaction set forth in the Business Combination Agreement shall have been satisfied (as determined by the parties to the Business Combination Agreement) or waived (other than those conditions which, by their nature, are to be satisfied at the closing of the Transaction pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement), and the closing of the Transaction shall be scheduled to occur substantially concurrently with or immediately prior to the Closing; and

(iii)no governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation which is then in effect and has the effect of making the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise restraining or prohibiting consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

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(d) The obligation of the Company to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver by the Company of the additional conditions that, on the Closing Date:

 

(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 below), which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) at and as of the Closing Date; and

 

(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.

(e)  The obligation of Subscriber to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver by Subscriber of the additional conditions that, on the Closing Date:

 

(i)all representations and warranties of the Company 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 Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) at and as of the Closing Date;

 

(ii)the Company 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; and

(iii)there shall have been no amendment, modification, or waiver to the Other Subscription Agreements that materially benefits any Other Subscriber thereunder (other than terms particular to the legal or regulatory requirements of such Other Subscriber or its affiliates or related persons) unless the Subscriber has been offered substantially the same benefits.

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(f)   Each book entry for the Subscribed Shares shall contain a notation, and each certificate (if any) evidencing the Shares shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend, in substantially the following form:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. 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.

 

Section 3. Company Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to Subscriber that:

 

(a) The Company (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, (ii) has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement, and (iii) is duly licensed or qualified to conduct its business and, if applicable, is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction (other than its jurisdiction of incorporation) in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties or assets requires such license or qualification, except, with respect to the foregoing clause (iii), where the failure to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, a “Company Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change, development, occurrence, condition or effect with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken together as a whole (on a consolidated basis), that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or on the Company’s ability to consummate the Transaction contemplated hereby, including the issuance and sale of the Subscribed Shares.

 

(b) As of the Closing Date, the Subscribed Shares will be duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to Subscriber against full payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights created under the Company’s organizational documents (as adopted on or prior to the Closing Date), by contract or the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.

 

(c) This Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the same by Subscriber, this Subscription Agreement shall constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

(d) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber, the execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Subscribed Shares and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the 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 the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; (ii) the organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; 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 Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties that, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(e) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber, the Company 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 (including Nasdaq) or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Subscribed Shares), other than (i) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (ii) the filing of the Registration Statement, (iii) the filing of a Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities on Form D with the Commission under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if applicable, (iv) those required by Nasdaq, including with respect to obtaining stockholder approval, (v) those required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Business Combination Agreement, (vi) the filing of notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, if applicable, and (vii) the failure of which to obtain would not be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(f)  Except for such matters as have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, there is no (i) suit, action, claim or other proceeding or arbitration before a governmental authority or arbitrator pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental authority or arbitrator outstanding against the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

(g) No broker or finder is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s fee or commission solely in connection with the sale of the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber.

 

(h) Assuming the accuracy of Subscriber’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Subscription Agreement, no registration under the Securities Act or any state securities (or Blue Sky) laws is required for the offer and sale of the Subscribed Shares by the Company to Subscriber.

 

(i)  Neither the Company 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) in connection with any offer or sale of the Subscribed Shares. The Subscribed Shares 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. Neither the Company nor any person acting on the Company’s behalf has offered or sold or will offer or sell any securities, or has taken or will take any other action, which would reasonably be expected to subject the offer, issuance or sale of the Subscribed Shares, as contemplated hereby, to the registration provisions of the Securities Act.

 

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(j) The Company is in compliance with all applicable laws and has not received any written communication from a governmental entity that alleges that the Company 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 Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company is in all material respects in compliance with applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(k) The Shares are eligible for clearing through The Depository Trust Company (the “DTC”), through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian (DWAC) system, and the Company is eligible and participating in the Direct Registration System (DRS) of DTC with respect to the Shares. The Transfer Agent is a participant in DTC’s Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program. The Shares are not, and have not been at any time, subject to any DTC “chill,” “freeze” or similar restriction with respect to any DTC services, including the clearing of Shares through DTC.

 

(l)  As of their respective dates, each form, report, statement, schedule, prospectus, proxy, registration statement and other document required to be filed by the Company, RET, and Coliseum with the Commission prior to the date hereof (the “SEC Documents”) complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Documents, when filed, or if amended prior to the date of this Subscription Agreement, as of the date of such amendment with respect to those disclosures that were amended, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company, RET and Coliseum included in the SEC Documents comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company, RET and Coliseum, respectively, as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, year-end audit adjustments, and such consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”) (except as may be disclosed therein or in the notes thereto, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP). A copy of each SEC Document is available to each Subscriber via the Commission’s EDGAR system. There are no material outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) of the Commission with respect to any of the SEC Documents as of the date hereof.

 

(m) Upon consummation of the Transaction, the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock will be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and will be listed for trading on Nasdaq.

 

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(n) The Company is not, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Subscribed Shares and consummation of the Transaction, will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(o) The Company has not 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 Company other than the Other Subscription Agreements. The Other Subscription Agreements have not been amended in any material respect following the date of this Subscription Agreement and reflect the same Per Share Price and other terms with respect to the purchase of the Subscribed Shares that are no more favorable to such Subscriber thereunder than the terms of this Subscription Agreement other than terms particular to the regulatory requirements of such subscriber or its affiliates or related fund.

 

(p) Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has, directly or indirectly, offered the Subscribed Shares or any similar securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy the Subscribed Shares or any similar securities from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any person other than the Subscriber and a limited number of other “accredited investors” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act), each of which has been offered the Subscribed Shares at a private sale for investment. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the Subscribed Shares to the registration requirements of section 5 of the Securities Act or to the registration requirements of any securities or blue sky laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

Section 4. Subscriber Representations and Warranties. Subscriber represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

(a) Subscriber (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and (ii) has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

(b) This Subscription Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Subscriber, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the same by the Company, this Subscription Agreement shall constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of Subscriber, enforceable against Subscriber in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

(c) The execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription Agreement, the purchase of the Subscribed Shares and the compliance by Subscriber with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the 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; (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 its properties that, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), would reasonably be expected to have a Subscriber Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, a “Subscriber Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change, development, occurrence, condition or effect with respect to Subscriber that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Subscriber’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the purchase of the Subscribed Shares.

 

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(d) Subscriber (i) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act), in each case, satisfying the applicable requirements set forth on Annex A, (ii) is acquiring the Subscribed Shares only for its own account and not for the account of others, or if Subscriber is subscribing for the Subscribed Shares as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, each owner of such account is a qualified institutional buyer and Subscriber has full investment discretion with respect to each such account, and the full power and authority to make the acknowledgements, representations, warranties, and agreements herein on behalf of each owner of each such account, and (iii) is not acquiring the Subscribed Shares with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the securities laws of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction (and has provided the Company with the requested information on Annex 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 Subscribed Shares and is not an “institutional account” as defined by FINRA Rule 4512(c).

 

(e) Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Subscribed Shares are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the Subscribed Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction and that the Company is not required to register the Subscribed Shares except as set forth in Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Subscribed Shares may not be offered, resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by Subscriber absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, except (i) to the Company or a subsidiary thereof, (ii) pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (including without limitation a private resale pursuant to so called “Section 4(a)1½”), or (iii) in an ordinary course pledge such as a broker lien over account property generally, and, in each of clauses (i)-(iii), in accordance with any applicable securities laws of the states and other jurisdictions of the United States, and that any certificates or account entries representing the Subscribed Shares shall contain a restrictive legend to such effect. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Subscribed Shares will be subject to these securities law transfer restrictions, and as a result of these transfer restrictions, Subscriber may not be able to readily offer, resell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the Subscribed Shares and may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the Subscribed Shares for an indefinite period of time. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Subscribed Shares will not be immediately eligible for offer, resale, transfer, pledge or disposition pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended (“Rule 144”), until at least one year following the filing of certain required information with the Commission after the Closing Date. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that it has been advised to consult legal counsel prior to making any offer, resale, pledge or transfer of any of the Subscribed Shares.

 

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(f)  Subscriber understands and agrees that Subscriber is purchasing the Subscribed Shares directly from the Company. Subscriber further acknowledges that there have not been, and Subscriber hereby agrees that it is not relying on, any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made to Subscriber by the Company, any of its affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives, any other party to the Transaction or any other person or entity, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company set forth in this Subscription Agreement. Subscriber acknowledges that certain information provided by the Company was based on projections, and such projections were prepared based on assumptions and estimates that are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the projections.

 

(g) In making its decision to purchase the Subscribed Shares, Subscriber has relied solely upon independent investigation made by Subscriber. 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 Subscribed Shares, including with respect to the Company and the Transaction (including Coliseum and RET). 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 undersigned’s professional advisor(s), if any, have deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the Subscribed Shares. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Subscriber acknowledges that it has reviewed the Company’s filings with the Commission. In connection with the issuance of the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber, neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (nor any officer, director, employee or representative of the Company or its affiliates) has acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to Subscriber.

 

(h) Subscriber became aware of this offering of the Subscribed Shares solely by means of direct contact between Subscriber and the Company and/or RET, or their respective representatives or affiliates, and the Subscribed Shares were offered to Subscriber solely by direct contact between Subscriber and the Company and/or RET, or their respective affiliates. Subscriber did not become aware of this offering of the Subscribed Shares, nor were the Subscribed Shares offered to Subscriber, by any other means. Subscriber acknowledges that the Company represents and warrants that the Subscribed 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.

 

(i)  Subscriber acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the Subscribed Shares, including those set forth in the SEC Documents. 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 Subscribed Shares, and Subscriber has had an opportunity to seek, and has sought, such accounting, legal, business and tax advice as Subscriber has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision.

 

(j)  Subscriber has adequately analyzed and fully considered the risks of an investment in the Subscribed Shares and determined that the Subscribed 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 Company. Subscriber acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.

 

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(k) Subscriber understands and agrees that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Subscribed Shares or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.

 

(l)  Subscriber and any person having a beneficial interest in Subscriber are not, and Subscriber is not owned or controlled by or acting on behalf of (in connection with this Transaction), a Sanctioned Person or a Politically Exposed Person, or a family member or close associate of a Politically Exposed Person. Subscriber is not an institution that accepts currency for deposit and that (a) has no physical presence in the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or in which it is operating and (b) is unaffiliated with a regulated financial group that is subject to consolidated supervision (a “Shell Bank”) or providing banking services to a Shell Bank. Subscriber represents that if it is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq.), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 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 by applicable law, it maintains, either directly or through the use of a third-party administrator, policies and procedures reasonably designed for the screening of any investors against Sanctions-related lists of blocked or restricted persons. Subscriber further represents and warrants that (a) the funds held by Subscriber and used to purchase the Subscribed Shares were not directly or indirectly derived from or related to any activities that may contravene U.S. federal, state or non-U.S. anti-money laundering, anti-corruption or Sanctions laws and regulations or activities that may otherwise be deemed criminal and (b) the proceeds from the Subscriber’s investment will not be used to finance any illegal activities. For purposes of this Agreement, “Sanctioned Person” means at any time any person or entity with whom dealings are restricted, prohibited, or sanctionable under any Sanctions (as defined below), including as a result of being : (a) listed on any Sanctions-related list of designated or blocked or restricted persons; (b) that is a national of, the government of, or any agency or instrumentality of the government of, or resident in, or organized under the laws of, a country or territory that is the target of comprehensive Sanctions from time to time (as of the date of this Agreement, Myanmar (Burma), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and the Crimea region); or (c) a relationship of ownership, control, or agency with any of the foregoing. “Sanctions” means those trade, economic and financial sanctions laws, regulations, embargoes, and restrictive measures (in each case having the force of law) administered, enacted or enforced from time to time by (a) the United States (including without limitation the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Department of Commerce), (b) the European Union and enforced by its member states, (c) the United Nations and (d) the United Kingdom. A “Politically Exposed Person” means an individual who is or has been entrusted with prominent public functions in a foreign country, including a head of state or of government, a senior politician, a senior government, judicial or military official, a senior executive of a state-owned corporation, an important political party official or a family member or close associate of any of the foregoing.

 

(m) Subscriber and any person having a beneficial interest in Subscriber are not, and Subscriber is not owned or controlled by or acting on behalf of (in connection with this Transaction), a person or entity resident in, or whose funds used to purchase the Subscribed Shares are transferred from or through, a country, territory or entity that (i) has been designated as non-cooperative with international anti-money laundering or counter terrorist financing principles or procedures by the United States or by an intergovernmental group or organization, such as the Financial Action Task Force, of which the United States is a member; (ii) is the subject of an advisory issued by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of the Treasury; or (iii) has been designated by the Secretary of the Treasury under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act as warranting special measures due to money laundering concerns (any such country or territory, a “Non-cooperative Jurisdiction”), or an entity or individual that resides or has a place of business in, or is organized under the laws of, a Non-cooperative Jurisdiction.

 

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(n) Subscriber is not currently (and at all times through Closing will refrain from being or becoming) a member of a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of equity securities of the Company or Coliseum (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act).

 

(o) If Subscriber is an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), a plan, an individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or 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 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, or an entity whose underlying assets are considered to include “plan assets” of any such plan, account or arrangement (each, a “Plan”) subject to the fiduciary or prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code, Subscriber represents and warrants that (i) neither the Company, nor any of its respective affiliates, including Berto, LLC (the “Transaction Parties”), has acted as the Plan’s fiduciary, or has been relied on for advice, with respect to its decision to acquire and hold the Subscribed Shares, and none of the Transaction Parties shall at any time be relied upon as the Plan’s fiduciary with respect to any decision to acquire, continue to hold or transfer the Subscribed Shares and (ii) the acquisition and holding of the Subscribed Shares will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

(p) Subscriber at the Closing will have sufficient funds to pay the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2.

 

(q) No broker or finder is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s fee or commission solely in connection with the sale of the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber.

 

(r) Subscriber hereby agrees that neither it, nor any person or entity acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with the Subscriber, shall, directly or indirectly, engage in any hedging activities or execute any Short Sales with respect to the securities of the Company or Coliseum prior to the Closing Date or the earlier termination of this Subscription Agreement in accordance with its terms (other than pledges in the ordinary course of business as part of prime brokerage arrangements). “Short Sales” shall include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), including through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 4(r) (i) shall restrict Subscriber’s ability to maintain bona fide hedging positions in respect of the Warrants of Coliseum held by the Subscriber as of the date hereof; (ii) shall prohibit any entities under common management or that share an investment advisor with Subscriber from entering into any short sales or engaging in other hedging transactions; and (iii) 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, this Section 4(r) shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Subscription Amount covered by this Subscription Agreement. The Company acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Subscribed Shares may be pledged by Subscriber in connection with a bona fide margin agreement, provided that such pledge shall be (1) pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or (2) pursuant to, and in accordance with, a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act at the time of such pledge, and Subscriber effecting a pledge of the Subscribed Shares shall not be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof; provided, however, that neither the Company nor its counsel shall be required to take any action (or refrain from taking any action) in connection with any such pledge, other than providing any such lender of such margin agreement with an acknowledgment that the Subscribed Shares are not subject to any contractual lock up or prohibition on pledging, the form of such acknowledgment to be subject to review and comment by the Company in all respects.

 

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(s) Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Commission Staff issued the “Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies” on April 12, 2021 (together with any subsequent guidance, statements or interpretations issued by the Commission or its staff relating thereto or other accounting matters related to initial public offerings, securities or expenses, the “Statement”), (ii) the Commission Staff have issued comments regarding the appropriate classification of public shares as permanent or temporary equity (the “Staff Comments”), (iii) on July 1, 2024, final rules with respect to the regulation of special purpose acquisition companies went into effect (the “SPAC Rules” and together with the Statement and Staff Comments, the “SEC Guidance”) relating to, among other items, disclosures in business combination transactions involving SPACs and private operating companies, the condensed financial statement requirements applicable to transactions involving shell companies, the use of projections by SPACs in SEC filings in connection with proposed business combination transactions, the potential liability of certain participants in proposed business combination transactions, and the extent to which SPACs could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (iv) the Company, Coliseum, and RET continue to review the SEC Guidance and its implications, including on the financial statements and other information included in its filings with the Commission, including the SEC Documents, and (v) any restatement, revision or other modification of such filings relating to or arising from such review, any subsequent related agreements or other guidance from the Staff of the Commission shall be deemed not material for purposes of this Subscription Agreement.

 

(t)  Subscriber acknowledges that (i) the Company, RET, Coliseum, and any of their respective affiliates, control persons, officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives currently may have, and later may come into possession of, information regarding the Company, Coliseum and RET that is not known to Subscriber and that may be material to a decision to purchase the Subscribed Shares, (ii) Subscriber has determined to purchase the Subscribed Shares notwithstanding its lack of knowledge of such information, and (iii) none of the Company, RET or Coliseum or any of their respective affiliates, control persons, officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives shall have liability to Subscriber, and Subscriber hereby to the extent permitted by law waives and releases any claims it may have against the Company, RET, Coliseum and their respective affiliates, control persons, officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives, with respect to the nondisclosure of such information.

 

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Section 5. Registration of Subscribed Shares. On the Closing Date, the Company, the Subscriber and certain of other parties thereto shall enter into the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined in, and in the form of Exhibit F to, the Business Combination Agreement) which shall provide the Subscriber certain registration rights as set forth therein.

 

Section 6. 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 earlier to occur of (a) such date and time as the Business Combination Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms and (b) upon the mutual written agreement of the parties hereto to terminate this Subscription Agreement (the termination events described in clauses (a)-(b) above, collectively, the “Termination Events”); 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 Company shall notify Subscriber of the termination of the Business Combination Agreement promptly after the termination thereof. Upon the occurrence of any Termination Event, except as set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of this Section 6, this Subscription Agreement shall be void and of no further effect and any portion of the Purchase Price paid by the Subscriber to Company in connection herewith shall promptly (and in any event within one (1) Business Day) following the Termination Event be returned to the Subscriber.

 

Section 7. Trust Account Waiver. Subscriber hereby acknowledges that Coliseum has established a trust account (the “Trust Account”) containing the proceeds of its initial public offering (the “IPO”) and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of Coliseum’s public shareholders and certain other parties. For and in consideration of the Company entering into this Subscription Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Subscriber hereby (a) agrees that it does not now and shall not at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any assets held in the Trust Account, and shall not make any claim against the Trust Account, regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to this Subscription 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 hereafter as the “Released Claims”), (b) irrevocably waives any Released Claims that it may have against the Trust Account now or in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with the Company, and (c) will not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to limit any Subscriber’s right to distributions from the Trust Account in accordance with Coliseum’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association in respect of public shares acquired by any means other than pursuant to this Subscription Agreement.

 

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Section 8. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) All notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder shall be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly given (i) when delivered personally to the recipient, (ii) when sent by electronic mail, on the date of transmission to such recipient; provided, that such notice, request, demand, claim or other communication is also sent to the recipient pursuant to clauses (i), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 8(a), (iii) one (1) Business Day after being sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), or (iv) four (4) Business Days after being mailed to the recipient by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, and, in each case, addressed to the intended recipient at its address specified on the signature page hereof or to such electronic mail address or address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 8(a). A courtesy electronic copy of any notice sent by methods (i), (iii), or (iv) above shall also be sent to the recipient via electronic mail if provided in the applicable signature page hereof or to an electronic mail address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 8(a).

 

(b) Subscriber acknowledges that the Company, Coliseum, RET, and others will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in this Subscription Agreement. Prior to the Closing, Subscriber agrees to promptly notify the Company, Coliseum and RET if it becomes aware that any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of Subscriber set forth herein are no longer accurate in all material respects. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that each purchase by Subscriber of Subscribed Shares from the Company will constitute a reaffirmation of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties herein (as modified by any such notice) by Subscriber as of the time of such purchase. The Company acknowledges that Subscriber will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Subscription Agreement. Prior to the Closing, the Company agrees to promptly notify Subscriber if it becomes aware that any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein are no longer accurate in all material respects.

 

(c) Each of the Company, Coliseum, RET, 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.

 

(d) Subscriber shall pay all of its own expenses in connection with this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein.

 

(e) Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to Subscriber hereunder (other than the Subscribed Shares acquired hereunder, if any) may be transferred or assigned. Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to the Company hereunder may be transferred or assigned (provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company may transfer the Subscription Agreement and its rights hereunder solely in connection with the consummation of the Transaction and exclusively to another entity under the control of, or under common control with, the Company). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Subscriber may assign its rights and obligations under this Subscription Agreement to one or more of its affiliates (including other investment funds or accounts managed or advised by the investment manager who acts on behalf of Subscriber) or, with the Company’s prior written consent, to another person, provided that no such assignment shall relieve Subscriber of its obligations hereunder if any such assignee fails to perform such obligations.

 

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(f) 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 Transaction, all representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the parties hereunder shall survive the consummation of the Transaction and remain in full force and effect.

 

(g) The Company may request from Subscriber such additional information as the Company may reasonably deem necessary to evaluate the eligibility of Subscriber to acquire the Subscribed Shares and to register the Subscribed Shares for resale, and Subscriber shall provide such information as may be reasonably requested. Subscriber acknowledges that, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 8(t), the Company and/or Coliseum may file a copy of this Subscription Agreement with the Commission as an exhibit to a periodic report of the Company or Coliseum or a registration statement of the Company or Coliseum.

 

(h) This Subscription Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument in writing, signed by each of the parties hereto.

 

(i) This Subscription Agreement and any non-disclosure agreement entered into by the parties hereto constitute 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.

 

(j)  Except as otherwise provided herein, this Subscription Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person. Except as set forth in Section 8(b), Section 8(c) and this Section 8(j) with respect to the persons specifically referenced therein, this Subscription Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective successor and assigns, and the parties hereto acknowledge that such persons so referenced are third party beneficiaries of this Subscription Agreement for the purposes of, and to the extent of, the rights granted to them, if any, pursuant to the applicable provisions.

 

(k) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) this Subscription Agreement is being entered into in order to induce the Company to execute and deliver the Business Combination Agreement and (ii) irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached and that money or other legal remedies would not be an adequate remedy for such damage. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to equitable relief, including in the form of an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of this Subscription Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Company shall be entitled to specifically enforce Subscriber’s obligations to fund the Subscription Amount and the provisions of the Subscription Agreement, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. The parties hereto further acknowledge and agree: (x) to waive any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such equitable remedy; (y) not to assert that a remedy of specific enforcement pursuant to this Section 8(k) is unenforceable, invalid, contrary to applicable law or inequitable for any reason; and (z) to waive any defenses in any action for specific performance, including the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate. In connection with any proceeding for which the Company is being granted an award of money damages, the Subscriber agrees that such damages shall include, without limitation, damages related to the consideration that is or was to be paid to RET under the Business Combination Agreement and such damages are not limited to an award of out-of-pocket fees and expenses related to the Business Combination Agreement and this Subscription Agreement.

 

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(l)  In any dispute arising out of or related to this Subscription Agreement, or any other agreement, document, instrument or certificate contemplated hereby, or any transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the applicable adjudicating body shall award to the prevailing party, if any, the costs and attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred by the prevailing party in connection with the dispute and the enforcement of its rights under this Subscription Agreement or any other agreement, document, instrument or certificate contemplated hereby and, if the adjudicating body determines a party to be the prevailing party under circumstances where the prevailing party won on some but not all of the claims and counterclaims, the adjudicating body may award the prevailing party an appropriate percentage of the costs and attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred by the prevailing party in connection with the adjudication and the enforcement of its rights under this Subscription Agreement or any other agreement, document, instrument or certificate contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(m) 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.

 

(n) No failure or delay by a party hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Subscription Agreement, and no course of dealing between the parties hereto, shall operate as a waiver of any such right, power or remedy of such party. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy under this Subscription Agreement by a party hereto, nor any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce any such right, power or remedy, shall preclude such party from any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. The election of any remedy by a party hereto shall not constitute a waiver of the right of such party to pursue other available remedies. No notice to or demand on a party not expressly required under this Subscription Agreement shall entitle the party receiving such notice or demand to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the party giving such notice or demand to any other or further action in any circumstances without such notice or demand.

 

(o) This Subscription Agreement may be executed and delivered in one or more counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic mail or in .pdf) and by different parties in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document. All counterparts so executed and delivered shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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(p) This Subscription Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws that would otherwise require the application of the law of any other state.

 

(q) EACH PARTY AND ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OR RELATED TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY OTHER SUCH PARTY, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT.

 

(r)  Each Party submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of first, the Business Litigation Session of the Superior Court for Suffolk County, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or if such court declines jurisdiction, then to any court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts, in any proceeding arising out of or relating to this Subscription Agreement, agrees that all claims in respect of the proceeding shall be heard and determined in any such court and agrees not to bring any proceeding arising out of or relating to this Subscription Agreement in any other courts. Nothing in this Section 8(r), however, shall affect the right of any Party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by Law or at equity. Each Party agrees that a final judgment in any Proceeding so brought shall be conclusive and may be enforced by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law or at equity with respect to any matters to which the parties have submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above.

 

(s) This Subscription Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim, action, suit or other legal proceeding based upon, arising out of, or related to this Subscription Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Subscription Agreement, may only be brought against the entities that are expressly named as parties or third party beneficiaries hereto and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such party or third party beneficiary. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, manager, member, partner, stockholder, affiliate, agent, attorney or other representative of any party hereto or of any affiliate of any party hereto, or any of their successors or permitted assigns, shall have any liability for any obligations or liabilities of any party hereto under this Subscription Agreement or for any claim, action, suit or other legal proceeding based on, in respect of or by reason of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(t)  Subscriber hereby consents to the publication and disclosure in any press release issued by the Company, Coliseum or RET, any Form 8-K filed by the Company or Coliseum with the Commission in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Business Combination Agreement (and, as and to the extent otherwise required by the federal securities laws, exchange rules, the Commission or any other securities authorities or any rules and regulations promulgated thereby, any other documents or communications provided by the Company, Coliseum or RET to any governmental entity or to any securityholders of the Company, Coliseum or RET) of Subscriber’s identity and beneficial ownership of the Subscribed Shares and the nature of Subscriber’s commitments, arrangements and understandings under and relating to this Agreement and, if deemed appropriate by the Company, Coliseum, or RET, a copy of this Agreement, all solely to the extent required by applicable law or any regulation or stock exchange listing requirement. Subscriber will promptly provide any information reasonably requested by the Company, Coliseum or RET for any regulatory application or filing made or approval sought in connection with the Transaction (including filings with the Commission). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall require or be deemed to require the Company, Coliseum or RET to make public or disclose any material, non-public information that the Company, Coliseum and/or RET have provided to Subscriber or other filings of the Company or Coliseum with the Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall provide to Subscriber a copy of any proposed disclosure relating to the Subscriber in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8(t) in advance of any publication thereof and shall include such revisions to such proposed disclosure as Subscriber shall reasonably request.

 

(u) The obligations of Subscriber under this Subscription Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any Other Subscriber or any other investor under the Other Subscription Agreements, and Subscriber shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any Other Subscriber under this Subscription Agreement or any Other Subscriber or other investor under the Other Subscription Agreements. The decision of Subscriber to purchase Subscribed Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement has been made by Subscriber independently of any Other Subscriber or any other investor and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company, RET or any of their respective subsidiaries which may have been made or given by any Other Subscriber or investor or by any agent or employee of any Other Subscriber or investor, and neither Subscriber nor any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any Other Subscriber or investor (or any other person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statements or opinions. Nothing contained herein or in any Other Subscription Agreement, and no action taken by Subscriber or investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute Subscriber and Other Subscribers or other investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that Subscriber and Other Subscribers or other investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements. Subscriber acknowledges that no Other Subscriber has acted as agent for Subscriber in connection with making its investment hereunder and no Other Subscriber will be acting as agent of Subscriber in connection with monitoring its investment in the Subscribed Shares or enforcing its rights under this Subscription Agreement. Subscriber shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Subscription Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any Other Subscriber or investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

[Signature pages follow.]

 

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

 

RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.
 By:  
 Name: Christopher Riley
 Title: Chief Executive Officer
Address for Notices
21 Pleasant Street, Suite 237
 Newburyport, MA 01950
ATTN: Paul T. Dacier
EMAIL: paul.t.dacier@gmail.com
with a copy (not to constitute notice) to:
TCF LAW GROUP, PLLC
 ATTN : Stephen J. Doyle
 EMAIL : sdoyle@tcflaw.com
And
White & Case LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
 ATTN: Joel Rubinstein
 EMAIL: joel.rubinstein@whitecase.com

 

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]

 

 

 

SUBSCRIBER  
 
By:          
Name:          
Title:    
 Address for Notices:  

Name in which shares are to be registered:

 

Aggregate Number of Subscribed Shares subscribed for:    
Price Per Subscribed Share:  $11.38687861 
Aggregate Purchase Price:  $ 

  

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

 

Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]

 

 

 

ANNEX A

 

ELIGIBILITY REPRESENTATIONS OF SUBSCRIBER

 

This Annex A should be completed and signed by Subscriber
and constitutes a part of the Subscription Agreement.

 

A. QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS (Please check the box, if applicable)
   
Subscriber is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act).

 

B. ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS (Please check the box)

 

Subscriber is an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) and has marked and initialed the appropriate box below indicating the provision under which it qualifies as an “accredited investor.”

 

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 Company or acting on behalf of an affiliate of the Company.

 

Rule 501(a), in relevant part, states that an “accredited investor” shall mean any person who comes within any of the below listed categories, or who the issuer reasonably believes comes within any of the below listed categories, at the time of the sale of the securities to that person. Subscriber has indicated, by marking and initialing the appropriate box below, the provision(s) below which apply to Subscriber and under which Subscriber accordingly qualifies as an “accredited investor.”

 

Any bank, registered broker or dealer, insurance company, registered investment company, business development company, or small business investment company;

 

Any 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, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

Any employee benefit plan, within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if a bank, insurance company, or registered investment adviser makes the investment decisions, or if the plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

Any corporation, similar business trust, partnership or any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000; or

Any trust with assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed to acquire the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person.

 

 

SUBSCRIBER:   
   
Print Name:  
 
By:  
Name:    
Title:    

 

 

Exhibit 10.11

 

LOAN AGREEMENT

 

This LOAN AGREEMENT, dated as of December 30, 2024 (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and among Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Borrower”), RHY Management LLC, a limited liability company controlled by Harry L. You (the “Lender”), and Harry L. You.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Lender is willing to lend to the Borrower and the Borrower desires to borrow from the Lender up to $7,000,000;

 

WHEREAS, Harry You or his affiliate has made loans and advances to Coliseum Acquisition Corp. (“Coliseum”) as set forth in Schedule I hereto, which amounts remain outstanding as of the date hereof (the outstanding amount of such loans and advances, the “Coliseum Outstanding Amount”) and has made loans and advances to Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc. (“RET”) as set forth in Schedule II hereto, which amounts remain outstanding as of the date hereof (the outstanding amount of such loans and advances, the “RET Outstanding Amount”, and together with the Coliseum Outstanding Amount, the “Outstanding Amount”);

 

WHEREAS, Coliseum wishes to assign the Coliseum Outstanding Amount to Borrower, and Borrower wishes to assume the Coliseum Outstanding Amount, and Mr. You wishes to consent to such assignment and, in connection therewith, to terminate the Coliseum Note (as defined below) and to forever forgive, release, and discharge Coliseum for the Coliseum Outstanding Amount;

 

WHEREAS, RET wishes to assign the RET Outstanding Amount to Borrower, and Borrower wishes to assume the RET Outstanding Amount, and Mr. You wishes to consent to such assignment and to forever forgive, release, and discharge RET for the RET Outstanding Amount; and

 

WHEREAS, each of Mr. You, Lender and Borrower consent to treating the Outstanding Amount as borrowed hereunder, provided that the Outstanding Amount will not reduce the Commitment (as defined below).

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and the conditions set forth below, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1. The Loan.

 

(a) Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Lender agrees to make available to the Borrower from time to time from the date hereof through the Maturity Date (as defined below), loans in an aggregate principal amount of up to $7,000,000 (the “Commitment”). As used herein, the term “Loan” means the sum of (x) the total outstanding loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Drawdown Requests under, and in accordance with the terms of, this Agreement and (y) the Outstanding Amount.

 

 

 

 

(b) Drawdown Requests.

 

(i) From time to time from the date hereof through the Maturity Date, provided that the Drawdown Conditions are satisfied or waived in Lender’s sole discretion, Borrower may make written requests to Lender to draw down all or a portion of the Commitment (each, a “Drawdown Request”). Each Drawdown Request shall specify the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed and the date of the borrowing. Lender shall fund each Drawdown Request via wire transfer no later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of a Drawdown Request; provided, however, that the maximum amount of Loans outstanding under this Agreement at any time may not exceed the Commitment. Once an amount is drawn down under this Agreement, it shall not be available for future Drawdown Requests even if prepaid.

 

(ii) As a condition to Lender’s obligation to fund a Drawdown Request (the “Drawdown Conditions”), (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (y) Lender shall have received a certificate dated as of the date of the Drawdown Request and signed by on behalf of the Borrower by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Borrower certifying: (1) Borrower has used its best efforts to raise equity, equity-linked, or debt financing on terms available in the market to a similarly-situated company in similar circumstances (without taking into account the Commitment), and is unable to obtain alternate financing in the amount of the Drawdown Request, (2) the funds requested in the Drawdown Request will be used for financing the operations and growth of the Borrower and other general corporate purposes, (3) the Borrower and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent (as defined below) after giving effect to the Loan, (4) the representations and warranties of Borrower set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as if made on such date, and (5) the Borrower’s compliance with the affirmative and negative covenants set forth in Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement. As used herein, “Solvent” means each of the following: (A) the fair value of the property of the Borrower and its subsidiaries is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of the Borrower and its subsidiaries, (B) the present fair salable value of the assets of the Borrower and its subsidiaries is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower and its subsidiaries on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (C) the Borrower does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond the Borrower’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (D) neither the Borrower nor its subsidiaries is engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which its property would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (E) the Borrower and its subsidiaries are able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business.

 

(c) Rollover of Outstanding Amount; Release of Coliseum and RET.

 

(i) The Lender, Mr. You, and Borrower agree that Mr. You or an affiliate has loaned or advanced the Coliseum Outstanding Amount to Coliseum and has loaned or advanced the RET Outstanding Amount to RET. Coliseum hereby assigns to Borrower, and Borrower hereby assumes, the Coliseum Outstanding Amount, and Mr. You hereby consents to such assignment. RET hereby assigns to Borrower, and Borrower hereby assumes, the RET Outstanding Amount, and Mr. You hereby consents to such assignment. In furtherance of such assignments, Lender, Mr. You, and Borrower agree that the Outstanding Amount is hereby deemed outstanding pursuant to this Agreement, provided that the Outstanding Amount will not reduce the Commitment.

 

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(ii) In consideration for Borrower’s agreement to assume the Coliseum Outstanding Amount, for the benefit of Coliseum, (x) Mr. You and Coliseum hereby agree to terminate the Convertible Promissory Note dated June 22, 2023, between Coliseum, as borrower, and Berto LLC, as maker (the “Coliseum Note”) and replace it in its entirety with this Agreement and (y) Mr. You, on behalf of himself and each of his present and former affiliates (including Lender), successors, and assigns, hereby forever relieves, releases and discharges Coliseum and its present and former employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, representatives, attorneys, and each of them, from any and all claims, debts, liabilities, demands, obligations, promises, acts, agreements, costs and expenses, actions and causes of action, of every type, kind, nature, description or character whatsoever, whether foreseen or unforeseen, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, absolute or contingent, arising out of or in any manner whatsoever connected with or relating to the Coliseum Outstanding Amount.

 

(iii) In consideration for Borrower’s agreement to assume the RET Outstanding Amount, for the benefit of RET, Mr. You on behalf of himself and each of his present and former affiliates (including Lender), successors, and assigns, hereby forever relieves, releases and discharges RET and its present and former employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, representatives, attorneys, and each of them, from any and all claims, debts, liabilities, demands, obligations, promises, acts, agreements, costs and expenses, actions and causes of action, of every type, kind, nature, description or character whatsoever, whether foreseen or unforeseen, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, absolute or contingent, arising out of or in any manner whatsoever connected with or relating to the RET Outstanding Amount.

 

(d) Repayment. The Commitment shall automatically terminate and the Borrower shall repay the outstanding principal and accrued unpaid interest of the Loan, and the Loan shall become due and payable, on the earlier of (i) the second anniversary of the date hereof or (ii) the consummation of a Change of Control (as defined below) (such earlier date, the “Maturity Date”). As used herein, a “Change of Control” means the occurrence of either (x) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) other than Mr. You or his affiliates becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the equity interests of the Borrower entitled to vote for members of the Borrower’s board of directors or (y) the sale or transfer of all or substantially all assets of the Borrower.

 

(e) Interest.

 

(i) The Loan shall bear interest (based on a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum of five percent (5%), provided that, for any Loan made pursuant to a Drawdown Request in a month where the annual “applicable federal rate” for short-term loans published on a monthly basis by the IRS is greater than five percent (5%), the interest payable with respect to the portion of the Loan issued pursuant to that Drawdown Request shall be equal to such applicable federal rate (the “Interest Rate”). Interest shall be due and payable in arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date, and, after the Maturity Date, on demand. The “Quarterly Payment Date” means the last Business Day of each March, June, September, and December of each year commencing January 1, 2025.

 

(ii) If any interest payment is not made on any Quarterly Payment Date, then such interest payment will be capitalized as follows: the aggregate amount outstanding under the Loan will be increased by an amount equal to the then-outstanding Loan multiplied by the Default Rate (as defined below).

 

(f) Voluntary Prepayment. The Borrower may voluntarily prepay the Loan in whole or in part without premium or penalty. Prior to effecting any prepayment of the Loan, the Borrower shall give the Lender at least five (5) Business Day’s prior written notice of the Borrower’s intent to prepay all or any part of the Loan, which notice shall specify the amount of such prepayment. As used herein, “Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in New York.

 

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(g) Withholding for Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under this Agreement shall be made without deduction or withholding for any taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable withholding agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any tax from any such payment by a withholding agent, then the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant governmental authority in accordance with applicable law. Any amount so deducted and paid to the relevant governmental authority shall be treated as paid to the Lender. Prior to the date of the first Drawdown Request, the Lender shall deliver to the Borrower a duly completed and executed IRS Form W-9 certifying that the Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax, and, for so long the Loan is outstanding, if such form expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, the Lender shall deliver to the Borrower an updated duly executed form or promptly notify the Borrower in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(h) Security and Ranking. The Loan shall at all times constitute a direct, unconditional, senior unsecured, and general obligation of the Borrower.

 

2. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lender and Mr. You that:

 

(a) Organization; Powers. The Borrower is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

 

(b) Authorization; Enforceability. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement, the borrowing of the Loan and the use of the proceeds thereof are within the Borrower’s corporate or other organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational and, if required, stockholder action. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

3. Affirmative Covenants. The Borrower covenants that so long as the Loan is outstanding:

 

(a) Compliance with Law. The Borrower will comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations (including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control) to which it is subject, including, without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act and The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of its properties or to the conduct of its business, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations could not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect.

 

(b) Existence. The Borrower will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. Subject to Section 4, the Borrower will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect all rights and franchises of the Borrower unless, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such right or franchise could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect.

 

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4. Negative Covenants. The Borrower covenants that so long as the Loan is outstanding:

 

(a) The Borrower shall not consolidate with or merge with any other entity or convey, transfer or lease substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of transactions to any person unless:

 

(i) the successor formed by such consolidation or the survivor of such merger or the person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease substantially all of the assets of the Borrower as an entirety, as the case may be, shall be a Solvent corporation or other entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof (including the District of Columbia) with a net worth in excess of the Borrower immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction, and such entity shall have executed and delivered to the Lender its assumption of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition of this Agreement; and

 

(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default (as defined below) shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

No such conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of the Borrower shall have the effect of releasing the Borrower or any successor entity that shall theretofore have become such in the manner prescribed in this Section 4 from its liability under this Agreement.

 

5. Events of Default. If any of the events or circumstances set out below (each, an “Event of Default”) occurs:

 

(a) The Borrower fails to repay the outstanding balance of the Loan when it becomes due and payable;

 

(b) the Borrower defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein (other than those referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section 5) and such default is not remedied within thirty (30) days after the Borrower receiving written notice of such default from the Lender;

 

(c) any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower in this Agreement or in any writing furnished in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made;

 

(d) the Borrower (i) is generally not paying, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due, (ii) files, or consents by answer or otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar law of any jurisdiction, (iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iv) consents to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, (v) is adjudicated as insolvent or to be liquidated, or (vi) takes corporate action for the purpose of any of the foregoing;

 

(e) with respect to the Borrower, a court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order appointing, without consent by the Borrower, a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, or constituting an order for relief or approving a petition for relief or reorganization or any other petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or ordering the dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Borrower, or any such petition shall be filed against the Borrower and such petition shall not be dismissed within ninety (90) days;

 

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(f) there shall occur a Change of Control; or

 

(g) the Borrower is dissolved or wound up.

 

then, and in each such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (d) or (e) of this Section 5) and at any time thereafter, the Lender may, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) declare the outstanding balance of the Loan and all other amounts outstanding under this Agreement to be immediately due and payable, whereupon such amounts shall become immediately due and payable and (ii) exercise any other remedies available at law or in equity; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (d) or (e) of this Section 5, the Commitment shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loan then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.

 

6. Default Rate. If any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, then upon written notice by the Lender to the Borrower, the outstanding principal balance of the Loan, any overdue installment of interest (to the extent permitted by applicable law), including interest accruing after the commencement of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, will bear additional interest from the due date of such payment, or from and after an Event of Default, at the rate of the Interest Rate plus 2% (the “Default Rate”), until the payment is received or the Event of Default is cured, if permitted, or waived in writing in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

7. Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement. All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed representations and warranties of the Borrower under this Agreement.

 

8. Treatment of the Loan. The parties hereto agree to treat the Loan as debt for U.S. federal income tax, accounting and financial purposes (and for other similar state and local tax purposes).

 

9. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Waivers and Amendments. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended, waived or modified upon the written consent of each of the Borrower, Mr. You, and the Lender.

 

(b) Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and permitted assigns, provided, however, that no party may assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder without the express written consent of the other party. If the Lender transfers or assigns any of its rights hereunder, any reference to the Lender shall thereafter refer to the transferor and transferee to the extent of their respective interests.

 

(c) Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION, CONSTRUCTION, ENFORCEMENT OR TERMINATION HEREOF OR THEREOF, AND WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably consents and submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any local, state or Federal court located within the City of New York, and waives any defense of improper venue or forum non conveniens to the conduct of any proceeding in any such court.

 

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(d) Waiver of Jury Trial. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CONTROVERSY, LEGAL ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM BASED HEREON OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENT (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF THE BORROWER, THE LENDER, OR MR. YOU.

 

(e) Notices. Except as otherwise specified herein, all notices, requests, demands, or other communications to or upon the Borrower, the Lender, or Mr. You shall be in writing by mail or by email, and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered to such party at its address as follows:

 

(i) if to the Borrower,

 

Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc.

1659 Chinaberry Ct.

Naples, Florida 34105

Email:

 

with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to:

 

TCF Law Group PLLC

101 Federal Street, Suite 1900

Boston, MA 02110

Attn: Stephen J. Doyle

Email: sdoyle@tcflaw.com

 

(ii) if to the Lender or Mr. You,

 

RHY Management LLC

11660 Summit Club Drive #208

Las Vegas, NV 89135

Attn: Harry L. You

Email: harry@ysquaredinvestors.com

 

with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to:

 

White & Case LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Attn: Joel Rubinstein

Email: joel.rubinstein@whitecase.com

 

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(f) Validity. If any provision of this Agreement shall be judicially determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to constitute one instrument.

 

(h) Headings. Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

 

(i) Register. The Borrower shall keep at its principal executive office a register for the registration and registration of transfers of the Loan. The name and address of each holder of the Loan, each transfer thereof and the name and address of each transferee of the Loan each repayment and prepayment in respect of the principal amount of the Loan, and the principal (and stated interest) owing from time to time to each holder, shall be registered in such register. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the person in whose name the Loan shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes hereof, and the Borrower shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date and year first written above.

 

  RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES
  HOLDCO, INC.,
  as the Borrower
   
  By: /s/ Paul T. Dacier
  Name: Paul T. Dacier
  Title: President
   
  RHY MANAGEMENT LLC, as the Lender
   
  By: Harry L. You
  Name: Harry L. You
  Title:  
   
  MR. YOU:
   
  /s/ Harry L. You
  Harry L. You

 

[Signature Page to Loan Agreement]

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.12

 

Date:   December 30, 2024
   
To:   Coliseum Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“MITA”), Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“Holdco”) and Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“Target”).
   
Address:   1659 Chinaberry Ct., Naples, Florida 34105
   
From:   (i) Meteora Capital Partners, LP (“MCP”), (ii) Meteora Select Trading Opportunities Master, LP (“MSTO”) and (iii) Meteora Strategic Capital, LLC (“MSC”) (with MCP, MSTO and MSC collectively as “Seller”)
   
Re:   OTC Equity Prepaid Forward Transaction

 

The purpose of this agreement (this “Confirmation”) is to confirm the terms and conditions of the transaction (the “Transaction”) entered into between Seller, MITA, Holdco and Target on the Trade Date specified below. The term “Counterparty” refers to MITA until the closing of the Business Combination (as defined below), then to Holdco following the closing of the Business Combination. In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2024 (as amended on August 22, 2024, and as may be further amended, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time, the “BCA”), by and among MITA, Target, Holdco, and the other parties thereto (i) MITA will merge with and into Rainwater Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco (“Merger Sub 1”), with Merger Sub 1 as the surviving company of such merger (the “SPAC Merger”), and (ii) following the SPAC Merger and as a part of the same overall transaction, Rainwater Merger Sub 2A, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of MITA, will merge with and into Target, with Target as the surviving entity of such merger (the “Company Merger” and together with the SPAC Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the BCA, the “Business Combination”).

 

Certain terms of the Transaction shall be as set forth in this Confirmation, with additional terms as set forth in one or more pricing date notice(s) (each, a “Pricing Date Notice”) in the form of Schedule A hereto. This Confirmation, together with the Pricing Date Notice(s), constitutes a “Confirmation” and the Transaction constitutes a separate “Transaction” as referred to in the ISDA Form (as defined below).

 

This Confirmation, together with the Pricing Date Notice(s), evidences a complete binding agreement between Seller, MITA, Holdco and Target as to the subject matter and terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates and shall supersede all prior or contemporaneous written or oral communications with respect thereto.

 

The 2006 ISDA Definitions (the “Swap Definitions”) and the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the “Equity Definitions”, and with the Swap Definitions, the “Definitions”), each as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., are incorporated into this Confirmation. If there is any inconsistency between the Definitions and this Confirmation, this Confirmation governs. If, in relation to the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates, there is any inconsistency between the ISDA Form, this Confirmation (including the Pricing Date Notice(s)), the Swap Definitions and the Equity Definitions, the following will prevail for purposes of such Transaction in the order of precedence indicated: (i) this Confirmation (including the Pricing Date Notice(s)); (ii) the Equity Definitions; (iii) the Swap Definitions, and (iv) the ISDA Form.

 

This Confirmation, together with the Pricing Date Notice(s), shall supplement, form a part of, and be subject to an agreement in the form of the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement (the “ISDA Form”) as if Seller, Target and Counterparty had executed an agreement in such form (but without any Schedule except as set forth herein under “Schedule Provisions”) on the Trade Date of the Transaction.

 

Prior to the Trade Date, Seller and its affiliated entities and funds previously entered into various investment and subscription agreements with MITA and/or its sponsor, Coliseum Acquisition Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and their respective affiliates, primarily for founder shares.

 

 

 

 

The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:

 

General Terms

 

Type of Transaction:   Share Forward Transaction
   
Trade Date:   January 7, 2025
   
Pricing Date:   As specified in a Pricing Date Notice.
   
Effective Date:   One (T+2) Settlement Cycle following the Pricing Date.
     
Maturity Date:   The earlier of (i) the date of the effectiveness of a registration statement filed by Holdco with the Securities and Exchange Commission following the closing of the Business Combination (the date of the closing of the Business Combination, the “Closing Date”) which registers for resale shares held by any investor who provided convertible loans to Counterparty on or after the Closing Date and (ii) the date of the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by Holdco with the Securities and Exchange Commission following the Closing Date pursuant to a registration rights agreement for the benefit of any lender to Holdco.
   
Termination Price:   The Termination Price shall be $10.00.
   
Dilutive Offering Reset:   Not applicable.
     
Seller:   Seller.
   
Buyer:   Counterparty.
   
Shares:   Prior to the closing of the Business Combination, Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share, of Coliseum Acquisition Corp. (Ticker: “MITA”) and, after the closing of the Business Combination, shares of the Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Holdco (Ticker: “RAIN”), owned and held by Seller on the day prior to the Closing Date (and which are not subject to redemption in connection with the closing of the Business Combination).
   
Number of Shares:   The number of Shares specified in a Pricing Date Notice, but in no event more than the Maximum Number of Shares. The Number of Shares is subject to reduction only as described under “Early Termination.”
   
Maximum Number of Shares:   Initially 750,000 Shares.
   
Initial Price:   Equals the Per-Share Redemption Price, as defined in the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, effective as of June 22, 2021, as amended from time to time (the “Articles of Association”).

 

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PIPE Subscription Agreement:   Not applicable.
   
Additional Shares:   Not applicable.
   
Prepayment Amount:   A cash amount equal to (x) the product of (i) the Number of Shares as set forth in a Pricing Date Notice multiplied by (ii) the Initial Price less (y) the Prepayment Shortfall.
     
Prepayment:  

Subject to Counterparty receiving a Pricing Date Notice, Counterparty will pay the Prepayment Amount by bank wire in immediately available funds to an account designated by Seller from the Counterparty’s Trust Account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company holding the net proceeds of the sale of the units in Counterparty’s initial public offering and the sale of private placement warrants (the “Trust Account”), no later than the earlier of (a) one Local Business Day after the Closing Date and (b) the date any assets from the Trust Account are disbursed in connection with the Business Combination (such date, the “Prepayment Date”).

 

Counterparty shall provide notice to (i) Counterparty’s trustee of the entrance into this Confirmation no later than one Local Business Day following the date hereof, with copy to Seller and Seller’s outside legal counsel, and (ii) Seller and Seller’s outside legal counsel a final draft of the flow of funds from the Trust Account one Local Business Day prior to the closing of the Business Combination itemizing the Prepayment Amount due to Seller; provided that Seller shall be invited and permitted to attend any closing call in connection with the Business Combination.

   
Prepayment Shortfall:   An amount in USD equal to one half of one percent (0.50%) of the product of (x) the number of Shares specified in the Pricing Date Notice multiplied by (y) the Initial Price; paid by Seller to Counterparty on the Prepayment Date (which amount shall be netted from the Prepayment Amount).
   
Prepayment Shortfall Consideration:   Seller in its sole discretion, beginning on the day after the Closing Date, may sell Shares at any time at a price not less than the Termination Price, without payment by Seller of any Early Termination Obligation (as defined below) until such time as the gross proceeds from such sales equal 100% of the Prepayment Shortfall (such sales, “Shortfall Sales,” and such Shares, “Shortfall Sale Shares”). Each sale of Shares is a “Shortfall Sale,” subject to the terms and conditions herein applicable to Shortfall Sale Shares, until such time as the gross proceeds from such sales equal 100% of the Prepayment Shortfall. Thereafter, each sale of Shares is an Early Termination with respect to such Shares, subject to the terms and conditions herein applicable to Terminated Shares.
   
Variable Obligation:   Not applicable.
   
Exchanges and Markets:   Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, New York Stock Exchange LLC or NYSE American LLC and the OTC Markets Group LLC.
   
Payment Dates:   Following the Closing Date, the last day of each calendar quarter or, if such date is not a Local Business Day, the next following Local Business Day, until the Maturity Date.

 

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Reimbursement of Legal Fees and Other Expenses:   Together with the Prepayment Amount, Counterparty shall pay to Seller an amount equal to the reasonable and documented attorney fees and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses related thereto actually incurred by Seller or its affiliates in connection with this Transaction not to exceed (a) $10,000, and (b) expenses actually incurred in connection with the acquisition of any Shares acquired after the Trade Date and prior to the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed $0.08 per Share.
   
Settlement Terms    
   
Settlement Method Election:   Not Applicable.
   
Settlement Method:   Physical Settlement.
   
Settlement Amount:   On the Maturity Date, in exchange for the return to the Counterparty of the Shares less any Shortfall Sale Shares and less any Terminated Shares (the “Remaining Shares”), Counterparty shall pay Seller an amount equal to the product of (x) the number of Remaining Shares and (y) the Initial Price (the “Settlement Amount”), which Settlement Amount shall be fully offset by the Prepayment Amount previously paid in respect of such Remaining Shares.
   
Shortfall Variance:   Unless and until the proceeds from Shortfall Sales equal 100% of the Prepayment Shortfall, then the difference between (x) the Prepayment Shortfall, less (y) the proceeds from Shortfall Sales, shall be the “Shortfall Variance,” and the Counterparty, as liquidated damages in respect of such Shortfall Variance, on the Maturity Date shall pay in cash to Seller an amount equal to the Shortfall Variance.
   
Settlement Currency:   USD.
   
Excess Dividend Amount:   Ex Amount.
   
Early Termination:   From time to time and on any date following the Closing Date (any such date, an “ET Date”) and, subject to the terms and conditions below, upon the sale of any Shares (the number of such Shares the “Terminated Shares”; provided that “Terminated Shares” does not include any, Shortfall Sale Shares). As of each ET Date, Counterparty shall be entitled to an amount from Seller, and the Seller shall pay to Counterparty an amount, equal to the product of (x) the number of newly Terminated Shares since the last ET Date (or the Closing Date if no prior ET Date) and (y) the Termination Price in respect of such ET Date (an “Early Termination Obligation”), except that no such amount will be due to Counterparty upon any Shortfall Sale. Seller shall pay the Early Termination Obligation to the accounts and in the amounts as directed by Counterparty. The remainder of the Transaction, if any, shall continue in accordance with its terms. The Early Termination Obligation shall be payable by Seller on the first Local Business Day following the date of settlement of the applicable sale of Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, no other amounts as may be set forth in Sections 16.1 and 18.1 of the Swap Definitions shall be due to Counterparty upon an Early Termination. The payment date may be changed within a quarter at the mutual written agreement of the parties.
   
Share Adjustments:    
   
Method of Adjustment:   Calculation Agent Adjustment.
   
Extraordinary Events:    
   
Consequences of Merger Events involving Counterparty:    
   
Share-for-Share:   Calculation Agent Adjustment.
   
Share-for-Other:   Cancellation and Payment.
   
Share-for-Combined:   Component Adjustment.

 

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Tender Offer:   Applicable; provided, however, that Section 12.1(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the reference therein to “10%” with “25%” and (ii) adding “, or of the outstanding Shares,” before “of the Issuer” in the fourth line thereof. Sections 12.1(e) and 12.1(l)(ii) of the Equity Definitions are hereby amended by adding “or Shares, as applicable,” after “voting Shares”.
   
Consequences of Tender Offers:    
   
Share-for-Share:   Calculation Agent Adjustment.
   
Share-for-Other:   Calculation Agent Adjustment.
   
Share-for-Combined:   Calculation Agent Adjustment.
   
Composition of Combined Consideration:   Not Applicable.
   
Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting:   Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided that in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it shall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, Nasdaq Capital Market or the Nasdaq Global Market (or their respective successors) or such other exchange or quotation system which, in the determination of the Calculation Agent, has liquidity comparable to the aforementioned exchanges; if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall be deemed to be the Exchange.
   
Business Combination Exclusion:   Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision herein, the parties agree that neither any financing in connection with the Business Combination nor the Business Combination shall constitute a Merger Event, Tender Offer, Delisting or any other Extraordinary Event hereunder.
     
Additional Disruption Events:    
   
(a) Change in Law:   Applicable; provided that Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by adding the words “(including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute)” after the word “regulation” in the second line thereof.
   
(b) Failure to Deliver:   Not Applicable.
   
(c) Insolvency Filing:   Applicable.
   
(d) Hedging Disruption:   Not Applicable.
   
(e) Increased Cost of Hedging:   Not Applicable.
   
(f) Loss of Stock Borrow:   Not Applicable.
   
(g) Increased Cost of Stock Borrow:   Not Applicable.

 

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Determining Party:   For all applicable events, Seller, unless (i) an Event of Default, Potential Event of Default or Termination Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to Seller, or (ii) if Seller fails to perform its obligations as Determining Party, in which case a Third Party Dealer (as defined below) in the relevant market selected by Counterparty will be the Determining Party. When making any determination or calculation as “Determining Party”, Seller shall be bound by the same obligations relating to required acts of the Calculation Agent as set forth in Section 1.40 of the Equity Definitions and this Confirmation as if Determining Party were the Calculation Agent.
   
Additional Provisions:    
   
Calculation Agent:   Seller, unless (i) an Event of Default, Potential Event of Default or Termination Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to Seller, or (ii) if Seller fails to perform its obligations as Calculation Agent, in which case an unaffiliated leading dealer in the relevant market selected by Counterparty in its sole discretion will be the Calculation Agent.

 

   

In the event that a party (the “Disputing Party”) does not agree with any determination made (or the failure to make any determination) by the Calculation Agent or the Determining Party, the Disputing Party shall have the right to require that the Calculation Agent or the Determining Party, as applicable, have such determination reviewed by a disinterested third party that is a dealer in derivatives of the type that is the subject of the dispute and that is not an Affiliate of either party (a “Third Party Dealer”). Such Third Party Dealer shall be jointly selected by the parties within one Local Business Day after the Disputing Party’s exercise of its rights hereunder (once selected, such Third Party Dealer shall be the “Substitute Calculation Agent” or “Substitute Determining Party,” as applicable). If the parties are unable to agree on a Substitute Calculation Agent or Substitute Determining Party, as applicable, within the prescribed time, each of the parties shall elect a Third Party Dealer and such two dealers shall agree on a Third Party Dealer by the end of the subsequent Local Business Day. Such Third Party Dealer shall be deemed to be the Substitute Calculation Agent or Substitute Determining Party, as applicable. Any exercise by the Disputing Party of its rights hereunder must be in writing and shall be delivered to the Calculation Agent or Determining Party, as applicable, not later than the third Local Business Day following the Local Business Day on which the Calculation Agent or Determining Party, as applicable, notifies the Disputing Party of any determination made (or of the failure to make any determination). Any determination by the Substitute Calculation Agent or Substitute Determining Party, as applicable, shall be binding in the absence of manifest error and shall be made as soon as possible but no later than the second Local Business Day following the Substitute Calculation Agent’s or Substitute Determining Party’s, appointment, as applicable. The costs of such Substitute Calculation Agent or Substitute Determining Party, as applicable, shall be borne by (a) the Disputing Party if the Substitute Calculation Agent or Substitute Determining Party, as applicable, substantially agrees with the Calculation Agent or Determining Party, or (b) the non-Disputing Party if the Substitute Calculation Agent or Substitute Determining Party, as applicable, does not substantially agree with the Calculation Agent or Determining Party, as applicable. If, after following the procedures and within the specified time frames set forth above, a binding determination is not achieved, the original determination of the Calculation Agent or Determining Party, as applicable, shall apply.

 

Following any adjustment, determination or calculation by the Calculation Agent hereunder, upon a written request by Counterparty (which may be by email), the Calculation Agent will promptly (but in any event within five Exchange Business Days) provide to Counterparty by email to the email address provided by Counterparty in such written request a report (in a commonly used file format for the storage and manipulation of financial data) displaying in reasonable detail the basis for such adjustment, determination or calculation (including any quotations, market data or information from internal or external sources, and any assumptions used in making such adjustment, determination or calculation), it being understood that in no event will the Calculation Agent be obligated to share with Counterparty any proprietary or confidential data or information or any proprietary or confidential models used by it in making such adjustment, determination or calculation or any information that is subject to an obligation not to disclose such information. All calculations and determinations by the Calculation Agent shall be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.

 

 

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Non-Reliance:   Applicable.
   
Agreements and Acknowledgements Regarding Hedging Activities:   Applicable.
   
Additional Acknowledgements:   Applicable.
   
Schedule Provisions:    
   
Specified Entity:   In relation to both Seller and Counterparty for the purpose of:
     
    Section 5(a)(v), Not Applicable
    Section 5(a)(vi), Not Applicable
    Section 5(a)(vii), Not Applicable
   
Cross-Default:   The “Cross-Default” provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) of the ISDA Form will not apply to either party.
   
Credit Event Upon Merger:   The “Credit Event Upon Merger” provisions of Section 5(b)(v) of the ISDA Form will not apply to either party.
   
Automatic Early Termination:   The “Automatic Early Termination” of Section 6(a) of the ISDA Form will not apply to either party.
   
Other Events of Early Termination   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the Definitions or in the ISDA Form, if the Business Combination does not close and the Shares are redeemed pursuant to a SPAC liquidation and Reimbursement, this Transaction shall automatically terminate as of the time when redemptions are first effected without any amounts or other obligations being owed by either party to the other hereunder except for the payment by Counterparty to Seller of any amounts owing pursuant to “Reimbursement of Legal Fees and Other Expenses” herein.
   
Termination Currency:   United States Dollars.

 

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Additional Termination Events:  

Will apply to Seller. The occurrence of any of the following events, and only these events, shall constitute an Additional Termination Event in respect of which Seller shall be the Affected Party.

 

        (a) The BCA is terminated pursuant to its terms prior to the closing of the Business Combination;

 

        (b) If it is, or, as a consequence of a change in law, regulation or interpretation, it becomes or will become, unlawful for the Seller to perform any of its obligations contemplated by the Transaction; and

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the Definitions or in the ISDA Form, if an Early Termination Date is designated as a result of an Additional Termination Event, then this Transaction will terminate as of such Early Termination Date without any amounts or other obligations being owed by either party to the other hereunder.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Counterparty’s obligations set forth under the captions, “Reimbursement of Legal Fees and Other Expenses,” and “Other Provisions — (d) Indemnification” shall survive any termination due to the occurrence of either of the foregoing Additional Termination Events.

   
Governing Law:   New York law (without reference to choice of law doctrine other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the General Obligations Law).
   
Credit Support Provider:   With respect to Seller and Counterparty, None.
   
Local Business Days:   Seller specifies the following places for the purposes of the definition of Local Business Day as it applies to it: New York. Counterparty specifies the following places for the purposes of the definition of Local Business Day as it applies to it: New York.

Representations, Warranties and Covenants

 

1. Each of Counterparty, Target, Holdco and Seller represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the other as of the date on which it enters into the Transaction that (in the absence of any written agreement between the parties that expressly imposes affirmative obligations to the contrary for the Transaction) as follows.

 

(a) Non-Reliance. It is acting for its own account, and it has made its own independent decisions to enter into the Transaction and as to whether the Transaction is appropriate or proper for it based upon its own judgment and upon advice from such advisers as it has deemed necessary. It is not relying on any communication (written or oral) of the other party as investment advice or as a recommendation to enter into the Transaction, it being understood that information and explanations related to the terms and conditions of the Transaction will not be considered investment advice or a recommendation to enter into the Transaction. No communication (written or oral) received from the other party will be deemed to be an assurance or guarantee as to the expected results of the Transaction.

 

(b) Assessment and Understanding. It is capable of assessing the merits of and understanding (on its own behalf or through independent professional advice), and understands and accepts, the terms, conditions and risks of the Transaction. It is also capable of assuming, and assumes, the risks of the Transaction.

 

(c) Non-Public Information. It is in compliance with Section 10(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

(d) Tender Offer Rules. Counterparty, Target, Holdco and Seller each acknowledge that the Transaction has been structured, and all activity in connection with the Transaction has been undertaken to comply with the requirements of all tender offer regulations applicable to the Business Combination, including Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act.

 

(e) Authorization. The Transaction, including this Confirmation, has been entered into pursuant to authority granted by its board of directors or other governing authority. It has no internal policy, whether written or oral, that would prohibit it from entering into any aspect of the Transaction, including, but not limited to, the purchase of Shares to be made in connection therewith.

 

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(f) Enforceability. The Transaction, including the Confirmation, when executed and delivered by each of the parties, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of each such party, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and any other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, or (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.

 

(g) Compliance with Other Instruments and Law. The execution, delivery and performance of this Transaction, including the Confirmation, and the consummation of the Transaction, will not result in any violation or default (i) of any provisions of its organizational documents, (ii) of any instrument, judgment, order, writ or decree to which it is a party or by which it is bound, (iii) under any note, indenture or mortgage to which it is a party or by which it is bound, (iv) under any lease, agreement, contract or purchase order to which it is a party or by which it is bound or (v) of any provision of any applicable federal or state statute, rule or regulation, in each case (other than clause (i)), which would have a material adverse effect on it or its ability to consummate the Transaction.

 

(h) Affiliate Status. It is the intention of the parties hereto that Seller shall not be an “affiliate” (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of Target or Counterparty, including MITA or Holdco, following the closing of the Business Combination, as a result of the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

2. Counterparty represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, Seller as of the date on which it enters into the Transaction, that:

 

(a) Total Assets. Prior to the closing of the Business Combination, Counterparty shall publicly disclose on a Form 8-K or in a supplement or amendment to the definitive proxy statement/prospectus filed in connection with the Business Combination the cash balance of the Trust Account available to pay redemptions.

 

(b) Non-Reliance. Without limiting the generality of Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions, Counterparty acknowledges that Seller is not making any representations or warranties or taking any position or expressing any view with respect to the treatment of the Transaction under any accounting standards.

 

(c) Solvency. Counterparty is, and shall be as of the date of any payment or delivery by Counterparty under the Transaction, solvent and able to pay its debts as they come due, with assets having a fair value greater than liabilities and with capital sufficient to carry on the businesses in which it engages. Counterparty: (i) has not engaged in and will not engage in any business or transaction after which the property remaining with it will be unreasonably small in relation to its business, and (ii) as a result of entering into and performing its obligations under the Transaction, (a) it has not violated and will not violate any relevant state law provision applicable to the acquisition or redemption by an issuer of its own securities and (b) Counterparty would not be nor would it be rendered “insolvent” (as such term is defined under Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable local insolvency regime).

 

(d) Public Reports. As of the Trade Date, Counterparty is in material compliance with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act, and all reports and other documents filed by Counterparty with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, when considered as a whole (with the most recent such reports and documents deemed to amend inconsistent statements contained in any earlier such reports and documents), do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(e) No Distribution. Counterparty is not entering into the Transaction to facilitate a distribution of the Shares (or any security that may be converted into or exercised or exchanged for Shares, or whose value under its terms may in whole or in significant part be determined by the value of the Shares) or in connection with any future issuance of securities.

 

(f) SEC Documents; Disclosure. Counterparty shall make all regulatory filings that it is required by law or regulation to make with respect to the Transaction. The Counterparty shall comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s guidance, including Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation No. 166.01, for all relevant disclosure in connection with this Confirmation and the Transaction, and will not file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any Form 8-K or, Registration Statement on Form S-4, including any post-effective amendment thereof, proxy statement, or other document that includes any disclosure regarding this Confirmation or the Transaction without consulting with and reasonably considering any comments received from Seller, provided that, no consultation shall be required with respect to any subsequent disclosures that are substantially similar to prior disclosures by Counterparty that were reviewed by Seller.

 

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(g) Regulation M and Approvals. Counterparty is not on the Trade Date and agrees and covenants on behalf of itself and Target that it and Target will not be on any date Seller is purchasing shares that may be included in a Pricing Date Notice, engaged or engaging in a distribution, as such term is used in Regulation M under the Exchange Act, of any securities of Counterparty, other than a distribution meeting the requirements of the exception set forth in Rules 101(b)(10) and 102(b)(7) of Regulation M. Counterparty shall not and shall cause Target to not, until the second scheduled trading day immediately following dates referenced in the preceding sentence, engage in any such distribution.

 

(h) Investment Company Act. Counterparty is not and, after giving effect to the Transaction, will not be required to register as an “investment company” under, and as such term is defined in, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(i) Exclusivity. Counterparty, Holdco and Target shall not enter into, negotiate or exchange terms with any other party for any other Share Forward Transaction or any other similar arrangement during the term of this Transaction without the prior written consent of Seller.

 

(j) Lock-Up Provision. The Shares Lock-Up Period, as such term is defined in the Lock-Up Agreement to be executed at the consummation of the Business Combination, by and among Coliseum Acquisition Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the persons set forth on the signature page thereto, MITA, Holdco and Target, providing for the restriction of the transfer of shares of Counterparty by certain parties specified therein (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), shall be in effect as of the Closing Date and at all times prior to the Maturity Date, subject to exceptions stated in the Lock-Up Agreement. 

 

3.Seller represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, Counterparty and Target as of the date on which it enters into the Transaction, that:

 

(a)Regulatory Filings. Seller will make all regulatory filings that it is required by law or regulation to make with respect to the Transaction including, without limitation, as may be required by Section 13 or Section 16 (if applicable) under the Exchange Act and, assuming the accuracy of Counterparty’s Repurchase Notices (as described under “Repurchase Notices” below) any sales of the Shares will be in compliance therewith.

 

(b)Eligible Contract Participant. Seller is an “eligible contract participant” under, and as defined in, the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1a(18)) and CFTC regulations (17 CFR § 1.3).

 

(c)Tax Characterization. Seller shall treat the Transaction as a derivative financial contract for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and it shall not take any action or tax return filing position contrary to this characterization, except to the extent otherwise required by a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law.

 

(d)Private Placement. Seller (i) is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities Act, (ii) is entering into the Transaction for its own account without a view to the distribution or resale thereof and (iii) understands that the assignment, transfer or other disposition of the Transaction has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act.

 

Transactions by Seller in the Shares

 

  Seller hereby waives the redemption rights set forth in the Articles of Association in connection with the Business Combination with respect to the Shares only during the term of this Confirmation. Subject to any restrictions set forth in this Confirmation, Seller may sell or otherwise transfer, loan or dispose of any of the Shares or any other shares or securities of the Counterparty in one or more public or private transactions at any time, provided that no such sales, transfers, loans or dispositions shall be made at a price less than the Termination Price. Any Shares that are not Shortfall Sale Shares sold by Seller during the term of the Transaction will cease to be included in the Number of Shares.

 

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Trust Account Waiver

 

Seller hereby waives any and all right, title and interest, or any claim of any kind they have or may have during the term of this Confirmation, in or to any monies held in the Counterparty’s Trust Account and agrees not to seek recourse against the Trust Account in each case, as a result of, or arising out of, this Transaction; provided, however, that nothing herein shall (x) serve to limit or prohibit Seller’s right to pursue a claim against the Counterparty for legal relief against assets held outside the Trust Account, for specific performance or other equitable relief, (y) serve to limit or prohibit any claims that the Seller may have in the future against the Counterparty’s assets or funds that are not held in the Trust Account (including any funds that have been released from the Trust Account and any assets that have been purchased or acquired with any such funds), (z) be deemed to limit Seller’s right, title, interest or claim to the Trust Account by virtue of such Seller’s record or beneficial ownership of securities of the Counterparty acquired by any means other than pursuant to this Transaction or (aa) serve to limit Seller’s redemption right with respect to any such securities of the Seller other than during the term of the Confirmation.

 

No Arrangements

 

Seller, Counterparty and Target each acknowledge and agree that: (i) there are no voting, hedging or settlement arrangements between or among Seller, Counterparty and Target with respect to any Shares or the Counterparty or Target, other than those set forth herein; (ii) Seller may hedge its risk under the Transaction in any way Seller determines (that does not otherwise violate the terms of this Confirmation), provided that Seller has no obligation to hedge with the purchase, sale or maintenance of any Shares or otherwise; (iii) Counterparty and Target will not be entitled to any voting rights in respect of any of the Shares underlying the Transaction; and (iv) Counterparty and Target will not seek to influence Seller with respect to the voting or disposition of any Shares.

 

Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act

 

In connection with Section 739 of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 (“WSTAA”), the parties hereby agree that neither the enactment of WSTAA or any regulation under WSTAA, nor any requirement under WSTAA or an amendment made by WSTAA, nor any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the date of this Confirmation, shall limit or otherwise impair either party’s otherwise applicable rights to terminate, renegotiate, modify, amend or supplement this Confirmation or the ISDA Form, as applicable, arising from a termination event, force majeure, illegality, increased costs, regulatory change or similar event under this Confirmation, the Equity Definitions incorporated herein, or the ISDA Form.

 

Address for Notices

 

Notice to Seller:

 

Meteora Capital, LLC

1200 N Federal Hwy, Ste 200

Boca Raton, FL 33432

Email: notices@meteoracapital.com

 

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

 

DLA Piper LLP (US)

555 Mission Street, Suite 2400

San Francisco, CA 94105-2933

Attention: Jeffrey C. Selman

Email: jeffrey.selman@us.dlapiper.com

 

Notice to Counterparty:

 

Coliseum Acquisition Corp.

1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100

Las Vegas, NV 89144

Attn: Harry L. You, Chairman of the Board

Email: harry@dmytechnology.com

 

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

 

White & Case LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020-1095

Attn: Joel Rubenstein, Partner

Email: joel.rubinstein@whitecase.com

 

Following the Closing of the Business Combination:

Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc.

1659 Chinaberry Ct.

Naples, Florida 34105

Attention: Chris Riley, co-Chief Executive Officer

E-mail: chrisriley6@yahoo.com

 

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

 

TCF Law Group, PLLC

21 Pleasant Street, Suite 237

Newburyport, MA 01950

Attention: Stephen J. Doyle

Email: sdoyle@tcflaw.com

 

Other Provisions.

 

(a) Rule 10b-5.

 

  (i) Counterparty represents and warrants to Seller that Counterparty is not entering into the Transaction to create actual or apparent trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) for the purpose of inducing the purchase or sale of such securities or otherwise in violation of the Exchange Act, and Counterparty represents and warrants to Seller that Counterparty has not entered into or altered, and agrees that Counterparty will not enter into or alter, any corresponding or hedging transaction or position with respect to the Shares.

 

  (ii) Counterparty agrees that it will not seek to control or influence Seller’s decision to make any “purchases or sales” under the Transaction, including, without limitation, Seller’s decision to enter into any hedging transactions. Counterparty represents and warrants that it has consulted with its own advisors as to the legal aspects of its adoption and implementation of this Confirmation and the Transaction under the federal securities laws, including without limitation, the prohibitions on manipulative and deceptive devices under the Exchange Act.

 

  (iii) Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that any amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Confirmation must be effected in accordance with the requirements for the amendment or termination of a written trading plan for trading securities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that any such amendment, modification, waiver or termination shall be made in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade compliance with the federal securities laws, including without limitation the prohibition on manipulative and deceptive devises under the Exchange Act and no such amendment, modification or waiver shall be made at any time at which Counterparty or any officer, director, manager or similar person of Counterparty is aware of any material non-public information regarding Counterparty or the Shares.

 

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(b) Repurchase Notices. Counterparty shall, on any day on which Counterparty effects any repurchase of Shares (other than in connection with a Counterparty equity compensation program (e.g., to fund taxes in connection with vested RSUs)), promptly give Seller a written notice of such repurchase (a “Repurchase Notice”), if following such repurchase, the number of outstanding Shares as determined on such day is (i) less than the number of Shares outstanding that would result in the percentage of total Shares outstanding represented by the number of Shares underlying the Transaction increasing by 0.10% (in the case of the first such notice) or (ii) thereafter more than the number of Shares that would need to be repurchased to result in the percentage of total Shares outstanding represented by the number of Shares underlying the Transaction increasing by a further 0.10% less than the number of Shares included in the immediately preceding Repurchase Notice; provided that Counterparty agrees that this information does not constitute material non-public information; provided further if this information shall be material non-public information, it shall publicly disclosed immediately. Counterparty agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Seller and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, advisors, agents and controlling persons (each, an “Indemnified Person” and, collectively, the “Indemnified Persons”) from and against any and all losses (including losses relating to Seller’s hedging activities as a consequence of remaining or becoming a Section 16 “insider” following the closing of the Business Combination, including without limitation, any forbearance from hedging activities or cessation of hedging activities and any losses in connection therewith with respect to the Transaction), claims, damages, judgments, liabilities and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable and documented attorney’s fees), joint or several, which an Indemnified Person may become subject to, as a result of Counterparty’s failure to provide Seller with a Repurchase Notice on the day and in the manner specified in this paragraph, and to reimburse, within thirty days, upon written request, each of such Indemnified Persons for any reasonable and documented legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing for, providing testimony or other evidence in connection with or defending any of the foregoing; provided, however, for the avoidance of doubt, Counterparty has no indemnification or other obligations with respect to Seller becoming a Section 16 “insider” prior to the closing of the Business Combination. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against the Indemnified Person as a result of Counterparty’s failure to provide Seller with a Repurchase Notice in accordance with this paragraph, such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify Counterparty in writing, and Counterparty, upon request of the Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others Counterparty may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. Counterparty shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding contemplated by this paragraph that is effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, Counterparty agrees to indemnify any Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Counterparty shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding contemplated by this paragraph that is in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding on terms reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person. If the indemnification provided for in this paragraph is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then Counterparty hereunder, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities. The remedies provided for in this paragraph are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this paragraph shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of the Transaction.

 

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(c)

Transfer or Assignment. The rights and duties under this Confirmation may not be transferred or assigned by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, subject to the immediately following sentence. If at any time following the closing of the Business Combination at which (A) the Section 16 Percentage exceeds 9.9%, or (B) the Share Amount exceeds the Applicable Share Limit, if any applies (any such condition described in clause (A) or (B), an “Excess Ownership Position”), Seller is unable to effect a transfer or assignment of a portion of the Transaction to a third party on pricing terms reasonably acceptable to Seller and within a time period reasonably acceptable to Seller such that no Excess Ownership Position exists, then Seller may designate any Local Business Day as an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion of the Transaction (the “Terminated Portion”), such that following such partial termination no Excess Ownership Position exists. In the event that Seller so designates an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion of the Transaction, a portion of the Shares with respect to the Transaction shall be delivered to Counterparty as if the Early Termination Date was the Maturity Date in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Transaction and a Number of Shares equal to the number of Shares underlying the Terminated Portion. The “Section 16 Percentage” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, as determined by Seller, (A) the numerator of which is the number of Shares that Seller and each person subject to aggregation of Shares with Seller under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and rules promulgated thereunder and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the Exchange Act) with Seller directly or indirectly beneficially own (as defined under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and rules promulgated thereunder) and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding.

 

The “Share Amount” as of any day is the number of Shares that Seller and any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Seller and any group (however designated) of which Seller is a member (Seller or any such person or group, a “Seller Person”) under any law, rule, regulation, regulatory order or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty that are, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), owns, beneficially owns, constructively owns, controls, holds the power to vote or otherwise meets a relevant definition of ownership under any Applicable Restriction, as determined by Seller in its sole discretion.

 

The “Applicable Share Limit” means a number of Shares equal to (A) the minimum number of Shares that could give rise to reporting (other than on Schedule 13D or 13G) or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval from any person or entity) of a Seller Person, or could result in an adverse effect on a Seller Person, under any Applicable Restriction, as determined by Seller in its sole discretion, minus (B) 0.1% of the number of Shares outstanding.

 

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(d) Indemnification. Counterparty agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any and all losses (but not including financial losses to an Indemnified Person relating to the economic terms of the Transaction provided that the Counterparty performs its obligations under this Confirmation in accordance with its terms), claims, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of one outside legal counsel), joint or several, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnified Person arising out of, in connection with, or relating to, and to reimburse, within thirty days, upon written request, each of such Indemnified Persons for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever between any of the Indemnified Persons and any third party, or otherwise, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any other statute or at common law or otherwise or under the laws of foreign countries, arising out of or based upon the Transaction, including the execution or delivery of this Confirmation, the performance by Counterparty of its obligations under the Transaction, regulatory filings and submissions made by or on behalf of the Counterparty related to the Transaction (other than as relates to any information provided in writing by or on behalf of Seller or its affiliates), or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement, press release, filings or other document, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Counterparty will not be liable under the foregoing indemnification provision to the extent that any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense is related to the manner in which Seller sells, or arising out of any sales by Seller of, any Shares, or found in a nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from Seller’s material breach of any covenant, representation or other obligation in this Confirmation or the ISDA Form or from Seller’s willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence in performing the services that are subject of the Transaction. If for any reason the foregoing indemnification is unavailable to any Indemnified Person or insufficient to hold harmless any Indemnified Person, then Counterparty shall contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to the amount paid or payable by the Indemnified Person as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability. In addition (and in addition to any other Reimbursement of Legal Fees and other Expenses contemplated by this Confirmation), Counterparty will reimburse any Indemnified Person for all reasonable, out-of-pocket, expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of one outside legal counsel) as they are incurred in connection with the investigation of, preparation for or defense or settlement of any pending or threatened claim or any action, suit or proceeding arising therefrom, whether or not such Indemnified Person is a party thereto and whether or not such claim, action, suit or proceeding is initiated or brought by or on behalf of Counterparty. Counterparty also agrees that no Indemnified Person shall have any liability to Counterparty or any person asserting claims on behalf of or in right of Counterparty in connection with or as a result of any matter referred to in this Confirmation except to the extent that any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses incurred by Counterparty result from such Indemnified Person’s breach of any covenant, representation or other obligation in this Confirmation or the ISDA Form or from the gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of the Indemnified Person or breach of any U.S. federal or state securities laws or the rules, regulations or applicable interpretations of the Commission. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the completion of the Transaction contemplated by this Confirmation and any assignment and/or delegation of the Transaction made pursuant to the ISDA Form or this Confirmation shall inure to the benefit of any permitted assignee of Seller.

 

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(e) Amendments to Equity Definitions.

 

(i)Section 12.6(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) deleting from the fourth line thereof the word “or” after the word “official” and inserting a comma therefor, and (ii) deleting the semi-colon at the end of subsection (B) thereof and inserting the following words therefor “or (C) the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 5(a)(vii)(1) through (9) of the ISDA Form with respect to that Issuer.”; and

 

(ii)Section 12.6(c)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing the words “the Transaction will be cancelled,” in the first line with the words “Seller will have the right, which it must exercise or refrain from exercising, as applicable, in good faith acting in a commercially reasonable manner, to cancel the Transaction,”;

 

(f)Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or proceeding relating to the Transaction. Each party (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of either party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of such a suit, action or proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other party have been induced to enter into the Transaction, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications provided herein.

 

(g)Attorney and Other Fees. Subject to clause (d) Indemnification (above), in the event of any legal action initiated by any party arising under or out of, in connection with or in respect of, this Confirmation or the Transaction, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses incurred in such action, as determined and fixed by the court.

 

(h)Tax Disclosure. Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the Transaction, Counterparty and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to Counterparty relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.

 

(i)Securities Contract; Swap Agreement. The parties hereto intend for (i) the Transaction to be (a) a “securities contract” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code, in which case each payment and delivery made pursuant to the Transaction is a “termination value,” “payment amount” or “other transfer obligation” within the meaning of Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code and a “settlement payment,” within the meaning of Section 546 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (b) a “swap agreement” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code, with respect to which each payment and delivery hereunder or in connection herewith is a “termination value,” “payment amount” or “other transfer obligation” within the meaning of Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code and a “transfer,” as such term is defined in Section 101(54) of the Bankruptcy Code and a “payment or other transfer of property” within the meaning of Sections 362 and 546 of the Bankruptcy Code, and the parties hereto to be entitled to the protections afforded by, among other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 362(b)(17), 546(e), 546(g), 555 and 560 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) a party’s right to liquidate, terminate and accelerate the Transaction and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of Default under the ISDA Form with respect to the other party to constitute a “contractual right” as described in the Bankruptcy Code, and (iii) each payment and delivery of cash, securities or other property hereunder to otherwise constitute a “margin payment” or “settlement payment” and a “transfer” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code.

 

(j)Process Agent. For the purposes of Section 13(c) of the ISDA Form:

 

Seller appoints as its Process Agent: None

 

Counterparty appoints as its Process Agent: None.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing a copy of this Confirmation and returning it to us at your earliest convenience.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  METEORA SELECT TRADING OPPORTUNITIES MASTER, LP;
  METEORA CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP; and
  METEORA STRATEGIC CAPITAL, LLC
   
  By: /s/ Vikas Mittal
  Name: Vikas Mittal
  Title: CIO/Managing Member of GP

 

Agreed and accepted by:  
   
COLISEUM ACQUISITION CORP.  
   
   
By:  /s/ Oanh Truong
Name:  Oanh Truong  
Title: Interim Chief Executive Officer  
Chief Financial Officer  

 

RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.  
   
By: /s/ Paul T. Dacier
Name: Paul T. Dacier  
Title: President  

 

RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.
   
By: /s/ Paul T. Dacier
Name: Paul T. Dacier  
Title: President  

 

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Number of
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Meteora Select Trading Opportunities Master, LP  [●]  [●]
Meteora Capital Partners, LP  [●]  [●]
Meteora Strategic Capital, LLC  [●]  [●]

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

FORM OF PRICING DATE NOTICE

 

Date: [●], 2024

 

To: Coliseum Acquisition Corp. (“Counterparty”)

 

Address: 1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV 89144

 

From: Meteora Capital Partners, LP, Meteora Select Trading Opportunities Master, LP and Meteora Strategic Capital, LLC (collectively, “Seller”)

 

Re: OTC Equity Prepaid Forward Transaction

 

1. This Pricing Date Notice supplements, forms part of, and is subject to the Confirmation Re: OTC Equity Prepaid Forward Transaction dated as of December [•], 2024 (the “Confirmation”) between Counterparty and Seller, as amended and supplemented from time to time. All provisions contained in the Confirmation govern this Pricing Date Notice except as expressly modified below.

 

2. The purpose of this Pricing Date Notice is to confirm certain terms and conditions of the Transaction entered into between Seller and Counterparty pursuant to the Confirmation.

 

Pricing Date: [●]

 

Number of Shares: [●]

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.14

 

Rainwater Enhancement Technologies, Inc.

 

December 31, 2024

 

Mr. Randy Seidl

3141 Dahlia Way

Naples, Florida 34105

 

Re: Offer of Employment

 

Dear Randy:

 

On behalf of Rainwater Enhancement Technologies, Inc. (together with its successors, the “Company”), I am pleased to offer you the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Your employment will be effective as of the date that a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any other agreement which, if the transactions contemplated by such agreement are consummated, will result in the shares of the Company’s Common Stock (as defined in the Incentive Plan (as defined below)), directly or indirectly, becoming publicly traded on a national securities exchange or quoted on a national quotation system, is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Business Combination Date (the foregoing, collectively, the “Effective Date”). The Business Combination Date is defined as the date the business combination among the Company, Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco Inc. and Coliseum Acquisition Corp. is closed and the shares of the Class A common stock of the Company are publicly traded.

 

The terms that will apply to your employment with the Company are as follows:

 

1.Position and Duties. Commencing on the Effective Date, provided you are able to provide services to the Company as its Chief Executive Officer, you will be employed by the Company on a full-time basis as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, reporting to the Board of Directors (“Board”) of the Company (“Direct Report”). You will be appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date. You will also be able to continue your existing, non-competitive professional activities, provided that those activities do not materially interfere or conflict with the performance of your duties, responsibilities or authorities for the Company hereunder (including conflicting with any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Fair Competition Agreement (as defined below).

 

 

 

In the event the Company offers you a different position from that of the Chief Executive Officer or requires that you work in a different location and you decide not to take the position or work from a different location, this shall constitute a Termination without Cause, unless otherwise agreed. Prior to the Effective Date, and unrelated to your position as a member of the Board, you agree to help establish and organize the Company into a viable operation and enterprise. The Company agrees to pay you at an hourly rate of $750.00 (known as “Hourly Services”) plus reasonable business expenses. However, the Company shall pay you for the Hourly Services only after the Effective Date and in incremental amounts over time in addition to your initial base salary as noted below in “Base Salary”. In the event there is no Effective Date, you will be reimbursed for all Company reasonably related business and travel expenses.

 

2.Base Salary and Annual Bonus. Commencing on the Effective Date, you will receive an initial base salary of $500,000, less applicable tax and other withholdings and deductions required by law, payable in accordance with the Company’s payroll practices in effect from time to time. Your base salary will be subject to annual review by the Board or the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board. The Company will endeavor to pay you at least once a month, if not sooner based on mutually established goals agreed upon by and among you and the Company. You acknowledge and agree that the Company’s payroll practices will be subject to adjustments due to the fact that the Company is a startup. For each calendar year of your employment, you also will be eligible to receive an annual cash incentive bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) in a target amount equal to 200% of your base salary. The Annual Bonus will be subject to pro-ration for any period of employment of less than a full calendar year. The Annual Bonus will be subject to the achievement of Company and/or individual performance goals mutually established by and among you and the Board or the Committee. The actual amount of the Annual Bonus, if any, will be determined in good faith by the Committee. Any earned Annual Bonus shall be subject to standard payroll deductions and withholdings, and paid no later than March 15 of the year following the calendar year to which the Annual Bonus relates. Any payments that are not paid timely will accrue interest at a rate of 8% per annum until paid in full.

 

3.Bonus Compensation Note. The Company, or any of its affiliated entities, will issue to you within 30 days immediately following the Effective Date an unsubordinated unsecured note with a four-year term with a face value of $5,000,000 (the “Note”). The Note shall accrue interest at a rate equal to the applicable federal rate (AFR) most recently published by the IRS as of the date of the Note for instruments having a term of between 3 and 9 years (Mid- Term AFR). The outstanding balance of the Note and all accrued interest shall be due and payable on the earlier to occur of (x) the four-year anniversary of the date of the Note, subject to your continued service with the Company through such date, (y) if the Company terminates your employment without Cause following the consummation of an Initial Public Offering, the date of your termination, and (z) the date on which a Change in Control (as defined below) is consummated, at the time of the change in control (the earliest such date, the “Maturity Date”). In all events, payment of the outstanding balance of the Note and all accrued interest shall be made no later than February 1st of the year following the calendar year in which the Maturity Date occurs.

 

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4.Long Term Equity Compensation. As soon as reasonably practicable following the Effective Date and approval by the Committee, you will be granted under the Company’s equity incentive plan, as in effect from time to time and subject to the terms of such plan (the “Incentive Plan”), an option to purchase that number of shares of Common Stock equivalent to eight percent (8%) of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares (including options and shares that may be issued upon exercise of warrants as of the Business Combination Date) of equity capital determined on an as-converted basis as of the date of grant (including shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the Incentive Plan) (collectively, the “Equity Award”). The exercise price of the stock options constituting the Equity Award shall be equal to the lesser of the per share value of the Common Stock assuming an enterprise value of $45 million or the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant, determined in accordance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder (collectively, “Section 409A”), and shall vest (i) fifty percent (50%) on the one-year anniversary of the Effective Date and (ii) fifty percent (50%) on the two-year anniversary of the Effective Day. The Equity Award will be granted pursuant to the Incentive Plan, evidenced by one or more award agreements under the Incentive Plan, and subject to all of the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in the award agreement(s) and the Incentive Plan (including without limitation, any resale or other transfer restrictions as may be set forth therein). The Board may also grant you additional stock from time to time for incentive and performance purposes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Change in Control, all shares (100%) constituting the Equity Award and any additional shares granted by the Board from time to time to you, shall immediately vest and become exercisable by you.

 

5.Benefit Plans and Programs. You will be eligible to participate in the Company’s benefits plans and programs in effect from time to time, subject to the terms of any and all plan documents and programs. The Company reserves the right, to reasonably amend, change or discontinue, in whole or in part, any and all of its benefits and/or benefit plans and programs. The Company will reimburse you for all reasonable business expenses you incur in the performance of your duties, subject to the terms of the Company’s expense reimbursement policies applicable to senior executives. You will be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the Company’s policies, Healthcare paid for at the Company’s expense and access to the Company’s 401K plan (when, and if, so established by the Company).

 

6.At-Will Employment. Your employment with the Company shall, at all times, be on an “at-will” basis. Your employment can be terminated at any time, for any or no reason, with or without cause or notice, and you may resign at any time with or without reason, subject to any notice you are required to provide pursuant to the terms of the Fair Competition Agreement (as defined herein). The at-will nature of the employment relationship cannot be changed except in a separate, individualized, written agreement signed by you and the Company.

 

7.Termination. In the event your employment with the Company terminates for any reason, the Company will pay you (i) unpaid base salary and pro-rated bonuses through the termination date, payable in accordance with the Company’s payroll practices, (ii) unreimbursed business expenses, payable in accordance with and subject to the terms of the Company’s expense reimbursement policies and (iii) any vested non-forfeitable amounts or other benefits owing or accrued as of the termination date under the Company’s benefit plans or programs in which you participated (collectively, the “Accrued Benefits”).

 

Without otherwise limiting the “at-will” nature of your employment, in the event your employment is terminated at any time by the Company without “Cause” (as defined below) then the Company shall provide you an amount equal to 12 months of your then-current base salary and a pro-rata portion of your current bonus, payable in substantially equal installments over the 12-month period following the date of your termination or resignation.

 

In the event your employment is terminated by the Company without Cause in each case, upon or within 12 months following a Change in Control (as defined in the Incentive Plan) (provided such Change in Control constitutes a change in control under Section 409A), then in addition to the payments described in the immediately preceding paragraph, 100% of the stock options constituting the Equity Award that are unvested as of the date of such termination shall immediately vest and become exercisable.

 

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In the event your employment is terminated by the Company without Cause, you will be entitled to any earned but unpaid amounts as set forth in Section 3.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, you will not be entitled to receive any severance or any other payment or benefit triggered upon termination of employment (other than the Accrued Benefits) unless, within 60 days following the termination date, you have executed and not revoked a reasonable general release of claims in a standard form utilized by the Company for senior executives (the “Release”). The severance payments and benefits payable pursuant to this Section 7 shall be paid or commence on the first payroll period following the date the Release becomes effective (the “Payment Date”), provided that if the period during which you may deliver the Release spans two calendar years, the Payment Date shall be no earlier than January 1 of the second calendar year.

 

For purposes of this offer letter, “Cause” shall mean: (i) a willful act of dishonesty by you in connection with the performance of your duties as an employee; (ii) your conviction of, indictment for, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, (x) a felony or (y) any other crime involving fraud, embezzlement or moral turpitude (defined as sexual harassment or discrimination or alcohol or drug abuse or dishonesty) or a material violation of federal or state law that the Board reasonably determines has had or is reasonably likely to have a detrimental effect on the Company’s reputation or business; (iii) your gross misconduct in the performance of your duties as an employee; (iv) your intentional or grossly negligent unauthorized use or disclosure of any Confidential Information or Intellectual Property (each as defined in the Fair Competition Agreement); (v) your material breach of any obligations under any written agreement between you and the Company, including, without limitation, the Fair Competition Agreement, if such breach is not remedied by you within thirty (30) days after the Company provides you with notice thereof; (vi) your material breach of any material Company policy generally applicable to Company employees, including but not limited to those relating to insider trading or sexual harassment, if such breach is not remedied by you within thirty (30) days after the Company provides you with notice thereof; or (vii) your willful refusal to follow the lawful and reasonable directives of the Board, if such refusal is not remedied by you within thirty (30) days after the Company provides you with notice thereof.

 

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8.Fair Competition Agreement. As a material inducement for the Company to agree to enter into an employment relationship with you on the terms set forth herein, you agree to execute and comply with the Fair Competition Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Fair Competition Agreement”).

 

9.Company Policies and Procedures. Your employment will be subject to the Company’s standard policies and procedures (whether as currently existing or to be established in the future), as they may be reasonably amended, changed or discontinued and such other reasonable rules and regulations as may be adopted or amended.

 

10.Section 409A. The severance payments and benefits under this offer letter triggered on a termination of employment shall begin only after the date of your “separation from service” (determined as set forth below), which occurs on or after date of the termination of your employment, and shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 9. The intent of the parties is that payments and benefits under this offer letter comply with, or are exempt from, Section 409A and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this offer letter shall be interpreted to be in compliance therewith or exempt therefrom. For purposes of Section 409A, your right to receive any installment payments pursuant to this offer letter will be treated as a right to receive a series of separate payments. Neither the Company nor you shall have the right to accelerate or defer the delivery of any such payments except to the extent specifically permitted or required by Section 409A.

 

If, as of the date of your “separation from service” from the Company, you are not a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A), then each installment of the severance payments shall be made on the dates and terms set forth in this offer letter.

 

If, as of the date of your “separation from service” from the Company, you are a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A), then: (i) each installment of severance payments or benefits that, in accordance with the dates and terms set forth in this offer letter, will in all circumstances, regardless of when the “separation from service” occurs, be paid within the short-term deferral period (as defined in Section 409A) shall be treated as a “short-term deferral” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A- l(b)(4) to the maximum extent permissible under Section 409A and shall be paid on the dates and terms set forth in this offer letter; and (ii) each installment of severance payments or benefits that is not described in clause (i) above and that would, absent this clause (ii), be paid within the six-month period following your “separation from service” from the Company shall not be paid until the date that is six months and one day after such “separation from service” (or, if earlier, your death), with any such installments that are required to be delayed being accumulated during the six-month period and paid in a lump sum on the date that is six months and one day following your “separation from service” and any subsequent installments, if any, being paid in accordance with the dates and terms set forth in this offer letter; provided, however, that the preceding provisions of this clause (ii) shall not apply to any installment of severance payments or benefits if and to the maximum extent that such installment is deemed to be paid under a separation pay plan that does not provide for a deferral of compensation by reason of the application of Treasury Regulation 1.409A-l(b)(9)(iii) (relating to separation pay upon an involuntary separation from service). Any installments that qualify for the exception under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-l(b)(9)(iii) must be paid no later than the last day of your second taxable year following the taxable year in which the “separation from service” occurs.

 

The determination of whether and when your “separation from service” from the Company has occurred shall be made in a manner consistent with, and based on the presumptions set forth in, Treasury Regulation Section l.409A-1(h). Solely for purposes of this paragraph, “Company” shall include all persons with whom the Company would be considered a single employer under Section 414(b) and 414(c) of the Code.

 

All reimbursements and in-kind benefits provided under this offer letter shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A to the extent that such reimbursements or in-kind benefits are subject to Section 409A, including, where applicable, the requirements that (1) any reimbursement is for expenses incurred during your lifetime (or during a shorter period of time specified in this offer letter), (2) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement during a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year, (3) the reimbursement of any eligible expense will be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the year in which the expense is incurred, and (4) the right to reimbursement is not subject to set off or liquidation or exchange for any other benefit.

 

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this offer letter, the Company makes no representation or warranty and shall have no liability to you or to any other person if any provisions of this offer letter are determined to constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A but do not satisfy an exemption from, or the conditions of, Section 409A. If either you or the Company reasonably determines that any payment to you will violate Section 409A, you and the Company agree to use reasonable best efforts to restructure the payment in a manner that is either exempt from or compliant with Section 409A to the extent that the restructuring is consistent with the original economic intent of the parties. You and the Company agree to execute any and all amendments to this offer letter (or any other applicable agreement) that are consistent with the original economic intent of the parties and promote compliance with the distribution provisions of Section 409A in an effort to avoid or minimize, to the extent allowable by law, the tax (and any interest or penalties thereon) associated with Section 409A. If it is determined that a payment to you was (or may be) made in violation of Section 409A, the Company will cooperate, to the extent commercially reasonable, with any effort by you to mitigate the tax consequences of such violation, including cooperation with your participation in any IRS voluntary compliance program or other correction procedure under Section 409A that may be available to you; provided, that such correction is consistent with the commercial intent of the parties hereunder; provided, further, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to incur any material cost in connection with its obligations under this sentence.

 

11.Section 280G. Notwithstanding any other provision of this letter or any other plan, arrangement or agreement to the contrary, if any of the payments or benefits provided or to be provided by the Company or any of their affiliates to you or for your benefit pursuant to the terms of this letter or otherwise (“Covered Payments”) constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, and would, but for this paragraph be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor provision thereto) or any similar tax imposed by state or local law or any interest or penalties with respect to such taxes (collectively, the “Excise Tax”), then the Covered Payments shall be reduced (but not below zero) to the minimum extent necessary to ensure that no portion of the Covered Payments is subject to the Excise Tax, but only if such reduction results in you receiving on a net after-tax basis a greater amount than you would receive on a net after-tax basis (including after payment of the Excise Tax) without such reduction. Any such reduction, if applicable, shall be made by the Company in its sole discretion consistent with the requirements of Section 409A. Any determination required under this paragraph, including whether any payments or benefits are parachute payments, shall reasonably be made by the Company. You shall provide the Company with such information and documents as the Company may reasonably request in order to make a determination under this paragraph. The Company’s reasonable determinations shall be final and binding on the Company and you.

 

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12.Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given under this offer letter shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered personally or one business day after being sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, charges prepaid. Notices also may be given electronically via PDF and by email and shall be effective on the date transmitted if confirmed within 48 hours thereafter by a signed original sent in the manner provided in the preceding sentence. Notice to you shall be sent to your most recent residence and personal email address on file with the Company. Notice to the Company shall be sent to its physical address set forth on the first page hereto and addressed to the Board or such other person as the Company may designate at the email address provided by the Company for the Board or such person.

 

13.Entire Agreement; Miscellaneous. This offer letter, together with the Incentive Plan, any equity award agreements referenced herein and the Fair Competition Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the parties as to the subject matter herein and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements whether written or oral. The terms of this offer letter may only be modified in a specific writing signed by you and an authorized representative of the Company. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision or provisions of this offer letter will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof, which will remain in full force and effect. Any disputes arising out of or related to this offer letter or your employment with the Company will be exclusively subject to arbitration in Massachusetts using Massachusetts law, with a single mutually acceptable arbitrator with each party to bear their own attorneys’ fees and costs. The decision of the arbitrator shall be entered in the Massachusetts Courts, if necessary. In the event of any conflict between any of the terms in this offer letter and the terms of any other agreement between you and the Company, the terms of this offer letter will control. You are also entitled to reimbursement of 50% of your attorneys’ fees and costs in connection with the negotiation and revisions to this offer letter and other related documents. By entering into this offer letter and commencing employment with the Company, you represent that you are not bound by any employment contract, restrictive covenant or other restriction that prevents you from entering into employment with or carrying out your responsibilities for the Company, or which is in any way inconsistent with this offer letter. This offer letter is binding on and may be enforced by the Company and its successors and assigns and is binding on and may be enforced by you and your heirs and legal representatives. In addition, the Company may assign this offer letter or any and all rights, duties and obligations hereunder to any subsidiary of the Company; provided that any payment made by any such assignee shall offset any payment obligation of the Company. This offer letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one instrument. Execution and delivery of this offer letter by facsimile or other electronic signature is legal, valid and binding for all purposes.

 

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This offer of employment is contingent upon (x) your consent to a background check with results satisfactory to the Company, and (y) your presentation of satisfactory documentation that establishes identity and employment eligibility in accordance with the US Immigration and Naturalization requirements.

 

Please acknowledge your acceptance of this offer by returning a signed copy of this offer letter.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  Rainwater Enhancement Technologies, Inc.

 

  By: /s/ Paul T. Dacier
    Paul T. Dacier, Executive Director

 

Accepted and agreed:

 

By: /s/ Randy Seidl  
Randy Seidl  
Date: 12/31/24  

 

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Exhibit A

 

Fair Competition Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FAIR COMPETITION AGREEMENT

 

In consideration of the commencement of your services with Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc. and/or any of its current or future parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and/or successors (collectively, the “Company”), and the compensation you will receive from the Company (your “Services”), you agree, intending to be legally bound, as follows:

 

Acknowledgements and Representations

 

1.  Supplemental Terms. You acknowledge that you have received a separate independent offer letter for employment (the “Employment Offer”) that sets forth the relevant terms concerning your compensation arrangements with the Company. In the event of any conflict between this Fair Competition Agreement (this “Agreement”) and the Employment Offer, the terms of the Employment Offer shall govern.

 

2.  Acceptance. You acknowledge that the Company considers the protections provided by this Agreement to be necessary to safeguard its Customer Confidences, Confidential Information, Intellectual Property, Customer relationships (each as defined in this Agreement) and other business interests and is willing to commence your Services only if you agree to accept the obligations set forth herein.

 

3.  No Conflicting Obligations. You represent that you do not have any contractual or other obligations that would conflict with your provision of Services to the Company. In particular, you represent that you are not bound by any agreement, understanding or other obligation (including, without limitation, any non-competition or nonsolicitation agreement) with or to any person or entity that prohibits you from commencing or continuing your Services to the Company and fully performing all your duties for the Company, except as described on Annex A attached hereto. By executing this Agreement, you hereby acknowledge and confirm that all business activities in which you are currently participating and any boards on which you are serving are listed on Annex A attached hereto, which outside activities are subject to the conditions imposed on such activities in the Employment Offer.

 

4.  Documents and Confidential Information Belonging to Former Employers and Other Third Parties. You also represent that you have not taken or retained, and do not have in your possession, any documents, in either electronic or hard copy form, that belong to any former employer (which, for purposes of this Agreement, shall include persons, corporations, and other entities for which you have acted as an independent contractor or consultant) and that you will not use or disclose in your work for the Company any trade secrets, Intellectual Property, or confidential information belonging to any former employer or other third party.

 

Duties

 

5.  Nature of Duties. Except to the extent expressly permitted in the Employment Offer, while you are providing Services to the Company, you shall not engage in any other business activities without the prior written consent of the Company. In particular, while you are providing Services to the Company, you agree not to work for or assist, whether or not for profit or personal gain, any Competitor or engage in any business or activity that is similar to or competes directly with the Company or is inimical to the best interests of the Company or that would interfere with your ability to provide Services to the Company.

 

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6.  Duty to Disclose Business Opportunities. During your provision of Services, you shall (a) promptly disclose to the Company all business opportunities that are presented to you in your capacity as an affiliate of the Company or that are of a similar nature to the Company’s existing business or a type of business the Company is currently developing or considering and (b) not usurp or take advantage of any such business opportunity personally or assist any third party in doing so without first offering such opportunity to the Company.

 

7.  Compliance with Company’s Policies and Practices. While you are providing Services to the Company, you agree to observe and comply with all rules, regulations, policies and practices relating to independent contractors in effect or adopted by the Company at this time or in the future.

 

Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure and Intellectual Property

 

8.  Customer Confidences. As used in this Agreement, “Customer” means any person, corporation or other entity (a) for which the Company has performed any services or to which it has sold any products, (b) with which it has engaged in any business activity or (c) from which the Company has actively solicited business or discussed other business arrangements in the year preceding the cessation of your Services. The Company’s Customers expect that the Company will hold all business-related information about them, including the fact that they are doing or are considering doing business with the Company and the specific matters on which they are or may be doing business, in the strictest confidence (“Customer Confidences”). You acknowledge that, during the course of your Services, you will have access to such Customer Confidences. You also acknowledge and agree that all relationships with Customers that you initiate or develop during your provision of Services to the Company belong to the Company, not to you personally.

 

9.  Confidential Information. You acknowledge that, during the course of your Services, you will have access to information relating to the Company’s business that provides the Company with a competitive advantage, is not generally known by persons outside the Company and could not easily be determined or learned by someone outside the Company (“Confidential Information”). Such Confidential Information, whether or not explicitly designated as confidential, includes both written information and information not reduced to writing and includes but is not limited to information about Customers, trade secrets, internal corporate policies and strategies, pricing, costs and expenses, financial and sales information, personnel information, forecasts, formulas, compilations, software programs, data, databases, directories, research, client lists and business and marketing plans, vendors, suppliers, and any modifications or enhancements of any of the foregoing. You further agree that if you previously rendered services to the Company (e.g., as an independent contractor or consultant) or otherwise gained knowledge of Customer Confidences and/or Confidential Information (e.g., by executing a Non-Disclosure Agreement prior to your rendering services to the Company in any capacity), your obligations under any such agreement between you and the Company to preserve Customer Confidences and/or Confidential Information shall remain in full force and effect pursuant to the applicable terms contained therein.

 

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10.  Duty to Preserve Customer Confidences and Confidential Information. You agree not to use or disclose, without the prior written consent of the Company, both during and following the cessation of your Services with the Company, Customer Confidences and Confidential Information, except as may be necessary in the good faith performance of your duties to the Company or as permitted by paragraphs 20 and 21 hereof.

 

11.  Company Documents. You acknowledge that all documents, in hard copy or electronic form, received from the Company or created by you in connection with your Services to the Company, other than those relating solely to your personal compensation, are and will remain the property of the Company. You agree to return and/or cooperate in permanently deleting all such documents (including all copies) promptly upon the cessation of your Services and agree that, during and following your Services with the Company, you will not, under any circumstances, without the written consent of the Company, disclose those documents to anyone outside the Company or use those documents for any purpose other than the advancement of the Company’s interests, or as permitted by paragraphs 20 and 21 hereof. You further understand and agree that you are prohibited from searching for, accessing, viewing, printing, transferring and/or using documents, e-mails, and any other data stored on any of the Company’s computer systems in the absence of a legitimate business need or Company objective, and any such actions or use will be considered unauthorized. Documents shared internally with you, by way of e-mail, memorandum, or file transfer from other Company employees will be rebuttably presumed to be authorized.

 

12.  Obligation to Return Signed Termination Certificate Upon Cessation of Services. Upon cessation of your Services, you will be asked to participate in an exit interview and to sign and deliver a “Termination Certificate,” the form of which is attached hereto as Annex B. If you do not attend an exit interview, you are still obligated to sign and deliver the Termination Certificate. Your failure to sign the Termination Certificate, however, shall not affect any of your obligations under this Agreement.

 

13.  Intellectual Property.

 

(a) You agree to fully and promptly disclose in writing to the Company, without additional compensation, all ideas, original or creative works, inventions, discoveries, computer software or programs, trading strategies, statistical and economic models, improvements, designs, formulae, processes, know-how, trade secrets, works of authorship, mask works, production methods, technological innovations, and any other intellectual property or proprietary rights, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, including any applications or registrations relating thereto (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) which, during your Services with the Company, is made, developed, conceived or created by you, alone or with others (whether or not during usual working hours, whether on or off the job) and which either (i) is based on or incorporates, in whole or in part, the Intellectual Property or Confidential Information of the Company, (ii) is made, developed, conceived or created, in whole or in part, using the Company’s premises, equipment or other property, (iii) is made, developed, conceived or created, in whole or in part, as a result of instructions given by the Company or of your Services, or (iv) relates in any way to atmospheric ionization and the improvement of rainfall or the overall objects of the Company, or is incorporated in achieving such rainfall improvements (all such Intellectual Property, the “Developed Intellectual Property”). You acknowledge that the Company owns all Developed Intellectual Property as works made for hire to the fullest extent of the law, including, but not limited to, the Copyright Act of 1976 (17 U.S.C. § 101) and, for the avoidance of doubt, you hereby irrevocably assign to the Company all rights, title and interest in, to and under the Developed Intellectual Property. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to reduce or limit the Company’s right, title, or interest in any Intellectual Property so as to be less in any respect than the Company would have had in the absence of this Agreement.

 

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(b) You agree, at any time during or after your Services, to sign all papers and do such other acts and things, at the Company’s expense, as the Company deems necessary or desirable and may reasonably require of you to protect, ensure, perfect, record or otherwise evidence the Company’s rights in, to and under the Developed Intellectual Property, including, but not limited to, assistance or cooperation (i) in filing, prosecution, registration and memorialization of assignments, and maintenance of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask works, or other Intellectual Property, (ii) in the enforcement of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask works, moral rights, trade secrets, or other Intellectual Property, and (iii) in other legal proceedings related to the Developed Intellectual Property in any and all domestic and overseas jurisdictions. You agree to create and maintain records of all Intellectual Property made, developed, conceived or created by you, alone or with others (whether or not during usual working hours, whether on or off the job) that are sufficient to determine if such Intellectual Property constitutes Developed Intellectual Property.

 

(c) You hereby grant an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, fully paid-up, royalty-free, fully transferable, sublicensable (including the right to grant further sublicenses through multiple tiers) license to the Company to use, copy, display, reproduce, perform, create derivative works from, modify and otherwise exploit in any fashion any and all Intellectual Property owned or otherwise licensable by you (either as of the date hereof or during the course of your Services) which relates or could relate to the business of the Company or is incorporated, included or otherwise used or utilized in (or useful or necessary to use or utilize) any work or deliverables provided by you in the course of your Services.

 

(d) This section shall survive the cessation of your Services in perpetuity.

 

Restrictive Covenants

 

14.  Nature of Company’s Business. You acknowledge that the Company is engaged in a highly competitive business and that the preservation of its Customer Confidences and Confidential Information is critical to the Company’s continued business success. You also acknowledge that the Company’s relationships with its Customers are extremely valuable and that, by virtue of your provision of Services to the Company, you have had or may have contact with those Customers and that, if so, you must always act in the best professional manner and are being compensated to develop relationships with Customers on behalf of and for the benefit of the Company. As a result, your agree not to disclose the Company’s Confidential Information to any third-party to directly or indirectly compete with the Company.

 

15.  Non-Solicitation of Employees. You also agree that, during the period of providing your Services to the Company, and for twelve (12) months following the cessation of your Services for any reason (the “Restricted Period”), you will not, directly or indirectly, solicit, hire or seek to hire (whether on your own behalf or on behalf of some other person or entity) any person who is at that time (or was during the prior six (6) months) an employee, consultant, independent contractor, representative or other agent of the Company. Nor will you during the Restricted Period, directly or indirectly, on your own behalf or on behalf of any other person, entity or organization, induce or encourage any employee, consultant, independent contractor, representative or other agent of the Company to terminate or reduce his or her employment or other business relationship or affiliation with the Company. Nor will you directly or indirectly assist any third party in doing what you yourself are prohibited from doing under this paragraph.

 

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16.  Non-Disparagement. Except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement or applicable law, you agree that during your provision of Services to the Company and at all times thereafter you will not make disparaging or defamatory comments regarding the Company or its owners, members, directors, officers, employees, shareholders, agents, representatives or others with whom the Company has a business relationship as of the date of cessation of your Services or make any public statements that are intended to, or can reasonably expected to, damage the reputations of any of such entities or persons.

 

17.  Tolling. In the event that you violate any of the preceding provisions of the Restrictive Covenants sections of this Agreement, the time periods set forth in those sections shall be extended for the period of time you remain in violation of the provisions.

 

Arbitration

 

18.  (a) It is understood and agreed between the parties hereto that any and all claims, grievances, demands, controversies, causes of action or disputes of any nature whatsoever (including, but not limited to, tort and contract claims, and claims based upon any law, statute, order, or regulation) arising out of, in connection with, or in relation to (i) the interpretation, performance or breach of this Agreement, (ii) your Services to the Company, (iii) the cessation of your Services to the Company, and (iv) the arbitrability of any claims under or relating to this Agreement, shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration. This agreement to arbitrate expressly includes, but is not limited to, claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Family and Medical Leave Act, as amended, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended, the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, and any similar federal, state, local or municipal law, statute or regulation.

 

(b)  The forum for any arbitration under this Agreement shall be final and binding arbitration under the auspices of JAMS in Boston, Massachusetts.

 

(c)  The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the then-existing JAMS Employment Arbitration Rules and Procedures, except to the extent such rules conflict with the procedures set forth in this paragraph, in which case these procedures shall govern. Any such arbitration shall be before one arbitrator. The parties shall select a mutually acceptable retired federal judge from the panel of arbitrators serving with any of JAMS’s offices, but in the event the parties cannot agree on an arbitrator, the Administrator of JAMS shall appoint a retired federal judge from such panels (the arbitrator so selected or appointed, the “Arbitrator”). The Arbitrator shall render an award and a written, reasoned opinion in support thereof. The Arbitrator shall have power and authority to award any appropriate remedy (in law or equity) or judgment that could be awarded by a court of law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and, upon good cause shown, the Arbitrator shall afford the parties adequate discovery, including deposition discovery.

 

(d)  The dispute resolution process shall be strictly confidential. Neither party shall disclose the existence, content, or results of any arbitration hereunder without the prior written consent of all parties, except as required by applicable law. Except as provided herein, the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement and all proceedings pursuant to this Agreement. The Arbitrator shall be bound by and shall strictly enforce the terms of this paragraph 18 and may not limit, expand or otherwise modify its terms. The Arbitrator shall make a good faith effort to apply the substantive law (and the law of remedies, if applicable) of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or federal law, or both, as applicable, without reference to conflicts of laws provisions. The Arbitrator shall be bound to honor claims of privilege or work-product doctrine recognized at law, but the Arbitrator shall have the discretion to determine whether any such claim of privilege or work-product doctrine applies. The award rendered shall be final and binding upon the parties, and judgment upon the award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

 

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(e)  Claims must be brought by either you or the Company in your or its individual capacity, not as plaintiffs or class members in any purported class or collective proceeding, and the Arbitrator shall not have the power to hear the arbitration as a class or collective action. To the maximum extent permitted by law, both you and the Company waive the right to bring, maintain, participate in, or receive money from any class, collective or representative proceeding. The parties intend this arbitration provision to be valid, enforceable, irrevocable and construed as broadly as possible.

 

(f)  Each party shall bear its own fees and expenses with respect to this dispute resolution process and any litigation related thereto and the parties shall share equally all fees and expenses, in accordance with the JAMS Employment Arbitration Rules and Procedures, unless prohibited by applicable law.

 

Other Terms

 

19.  In the twelve (12) months following the cessation of your Services with the Company, in the event you seek or obtain employment or another business affiliation with any person or entity other than the Company, you agree to provide that person or entity with a copy of this Agreement. You also agree to notify the Company in writing, as far in advance as is reasonably practicable, of the details of such employment or business affiliation. You also agree that the Company may provide a copy of this Agreement to any such person or entity.

 

20.  Nothing in this Agreement restricts or prohibits you from initiating communications directly with, responding to any inquiries from, providing testimony before, providing Confidential Information to, reporting possible violations of law or regulation to, or from filing a claim or assisting with an investigation directly with a self-regulatory authority or a government agency or entity, including without limitation, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (collectively, the “Regulators”), or from making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal, state, or local law or regulation. You do not need the prior authorization of the Company to engage in conduct protected by this paragraph, and you do need to notify the Company that you have engaged in such conduct. This Agreement does not limit your right to receive an award from any Regulator that provides awards for providing information relating to a potential violation of the law.

 

21.  Pursuant to the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, non-compliance with the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement shall not subject you to criminal or civil liability under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a Company trade secret: (i) in confidence to a Federal, State or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney in confidence solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, provided that any complaint or document containing the trade secret is filed under seal; or (iii) to an attorney representing you in a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law or to use the trade secret information in that court proceeding, provided that any document containing the trade secret is filed under seal and you do not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.

 

22.  You acknowledge that the restrictions contained in this Agreement are fair, reasonable and necessary for the protection of the legitimate business interests of the Company, and that, in the event of any actual or threatened breach by you, the Company will suffer serious, irreparable and substantial harm to its business and interests, the extent of which may be difficult to determine and impossible to fully remedy by an action at law for momentary damages. You therefore consent to the entry of a restraining order, preliminary injunction or other preliminary, provisional or permanent court order to enforce this Agreement and expressly waive any security that might otherwise be required in connection with such relief, and you further agree that the dispute resolution process set forth in paragraph 18 of this Agreement in no way limits the Company’s right to obtain any preliminary, provision or permanent relief as may be necessary to protect the Company’s rights and interests. You also agree that any request for such relief by the Company shall be in addition and without prejudice to any claim for monetary damages which the Company might elect to assert. In the event you are found by a court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or an Arbitrator to have violated any provision of this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to recover all costs and expenses of enforcement, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.

 

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23.  If any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable by a court or other decision-maker, the remaining provisions shall be enforced to the maximum extent possible. If a court or other decision-maker should determine that any portion of this Agreement is overbroad or unreasonable, such provision shall be given effect to the maximum extent possible by narrowing or enforcing in part that aspect of the provision found overbroad or unreasonable.

 

24.  This Agreement as well as the Employment Offer represents the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter covered, supersedes any and all prior written or oral agreements and cannot be modified except in a writing signed by both parties. The waiver by any party to this Agreement of a breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent or simultaneous breach. The terms of this Agreement may only be modified in a specific writing signed by you and an authorized representative of the Company.

 

25.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns. Neither a formal assignment nor notice to you shall be required. This Agreement shall be binding upon you and your heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. However, your duties and obligations hereunder are personal and shall not be assignable or delegable by you in any manner whatsoever.

 

26.  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to the state’s principles of conflict of laws.

 

27.  Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and sent by both email and certified mail, return receipt requested. If the notice is from you to the Company, it shall be sent to the General Counsel of the Company, or if there is no General Counsel, then to the President and the Chairman of the Board of Directors. If sent by the Company to you, such notice shall be sent to your last known email and home addresses.

 

28.  This Agreement may be executed by fax or email and/or in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original.

 

29.  The parties waive the right to a jury trial to the maximum extent permitted by law.

 

30.  You acknowledge that you understand the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and have had adequate time to consider whether to agree to them and to consult a lawyer or other advisor of your choice if you wish to do so.

 

31.  For the avoidance of doubt, Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 will survive the cessation of your Services in accordance with their terms.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of this 31st day of December, 2024.

 

  THE COMPANY
     
  By:  /s/ Paul T. Dacier

 

  Printed Name: Paul T. Dacier
     
  Title: Executive Chairman

 

  EMPLOYEE
     
  By: /s/ Randy Seidl

 

  Printed Name: Randy Seidl
  Date: 12/31/24

 

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ANNEX A

 

Description of Restrictive Agreements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Description of Current Outside Business Activities or Board Service

[Executive to provide]

 

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ANNEX B

 

TERMINATION CERTIFICATE

 

The undersigned hereby certifies as follows:

 

1. When I signed the Fair Competition Agreement dated as of _________ (the “Agreement”), I read and understood the terms contained therein. I have now reviewed the Agreement again as part of my exit interview, and I fully understand the terms thereof and my continuing obligations thereunder, including my obligations (a) not to use for personal benefit or disclose to others any Confidential Information (as defined in the Agreement), and (b) with respect to Developed Intellectual Property (as defined in the Agreement).

 

2. I have fully complied with the terms of the Agreement, including the return of any documents and other tangible materials of any nature containing Confidential Information or Intellectual Property of the Company.

 

3. I recognize that the unauthorized taking of any Confidential Information or Intellectual Property of the Company is a crime, and that any unauthorized taking of Confidential Information or Intellectual Property of the Company may also result in civil liability.

 

4. Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) may notify my new employer or other person or entity I intend to provide services to of (a) the general nature or subject matter of the Confidential Information (without actually disclosing such Confidential Information) to which I had access while providing services to the Company, and (b) my continuing obligations under the Agreement to keep such Confidential Information in confidence, and not to disclose or use such Confidential Information without the Company’s prior written consent.

 

5. Attached hereto is a complete list of all Developed Intellectual Property. If no such list is attached, I represent that as of the date hereof I did not make, conceive, reduce to practice or develop, either alone or jointly with others, any Developed Intellectual Property.

 

6. I understand and acknowledge that should I fail to comply with my obligations under the Agreement, the Company shall have, in addition to a claim for damages, the right to obtain an injunction prohibiting me from disclosing Confidential Information to a third party or using any Intellectual Property of the Company.

 

Employee Signature: ___________________ Witnessed by: _________________________

 

Print Name: __________________________ Print Name: __________________________

 

Date: __________________________ Date: __________________________

 

 

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Exhibit 10.15

 

EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT

 

THIS EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into effective as of Nov 21, 2022 (“Effective Date”), by and between Theodore R. Anderson, a Massachusetts resident (“Licensor”); and Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc, a Delaware Corporation (“Licensee”) (collectively, the “Parties” and each individually, a “Party”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. Licensor is the owner of the Licensed Patents and the Covered Technology;

 

B. Licensee is a newly formed company, which was formed for the purpose of exploiting the Licensed Patents and Covered Technology; and

 

C. Licensor desires to exclusively license the Licensed Patents and Covered Technology to Licensee for all fields of use involving weather modification and all geographic territories, and Licensee desires to exclusively license the Licensed Patents and Covered Technology from Licensor on such terms, all as more fully set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the mutual agreements contained in this Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, covenant and agree as follows:

 

1. Exclusive License.

 

(a) Grant of License. Licensor hereby grants to Licensee, and Licensee hereby accepts from Licensor, an exclusive (including as to Licensor, subject to Section 1(c)), royalty-free, fully paid-up (upon payment of the Licensing Fee (defined below)), perpetual, irrevocable, transferrable, freely sublicensable (through one or more tiers), right and license under the Covered Technology (defined below) and the Licensed Patents (defined below) in the Covered Territory, to (i) design, research, develop, make, have made, test, support, use, market, offer for sale, sell, have sold, distribute, import, deploy and otherwise exploit any products, services or solutions and (ii) to practice processes and methods in connection with the foregoing activities, in each case of (i) and (ii), solely within the Field of Use.

 

(b) Certain Definitions.

 

(1) “Covered Technology” shall mean all technology described in the Licensed Patents that has any application within the Field of Use.

 

(2) “Covered Territory” shall mean the world.

 

(3) “Field of Use” shall mean the field of weather modification, including rainfall enhancement, snowfall enhancement, cloud coverage and fog reduction.

 

(4) “Licensed Patents” shall mean the issued patents and pending patent applications listed on Exhibit A hereto, together with (i) any divisions, continuations or continuations-in-part thereof and any patents issuing thereon and (ii) any re-issuances or extensions or foreign counterparts of any of the foregoing and (iii) any future patents described in Section 1(c).

 

 

(c) Retained Rights of Licensor. Licensor expressly retains the non-exclusive right to use the Covered Technology and Licensed Patents, and to practice the processes and methods under the Covered Technology and Licensed Patents, solely for non-commercial research and development purposes, provided that any inventions (whether or not patentable), work products and patents resulting from such use and practice shall be deemed to constitute Covered Technology and, as applicable, Licensed Patents and included in the license granted hereunder under the same terms and conditions as the Covered Technology and Licensed Patents.

 

2. Licensing Fee. In consideration for the license and rights granted to Licensee hereunder and all other obligations of Licensor, Licensee shall pay Licensor on the Effective Date, by wire transfer to a bank account designated in writing by Licensor on or before the Effective Date, a one-time licensing fee of U.S. $33,000 (the “Licensing Fee”).

 

3. Confidential Information. The Licensing Fee and any non-public, confidential information of a Party, which is designated in writing as confidential or should be understood by the other Party, exercising reasonable business judgment, to be confidential (collectively, “Confidential Information”) provided by a Party (the “Disclosing Party”) to the other Party (the “Receiving Party”) in connection with this Agreement shall be received and held in confidence by the Receiving Party (employing at least the same degree of care to protect the Confidential Information as the Receiving Party uses to protect its own Confidential Information, but no less than reasonable care) and, other than as may be required by law or a court of competent jurisdiction (after prior notice to the Disclosing Party and an opportunity for the Disclosing Party to object to or limit such disclosure), the Receiving Party shall not use such Confidential Information or disclose any such Confidential Information, except to carry out the terms of this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party. “Confidential information” does not include information which (i) was known to the Receiving Party prior to Receipt from the Disclosing Party, (ii) is lawfully received by the Receiving Party by a third party without breach of this Agreement, (iii) is or subsequently becomes generally known to the public without breach of this Agreement, or (iv) is independently developed by the Receiving Party without use of any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party.

 

4. Optional Licensed Patents. At Licensee’s option (exercisable in Licensee’s sole discretion upon written notice to Licensor), any issued patents or patent applications owned by or exclusively licensed to Licensor as of the Effective Date and not included in the Licensed Patents at the time of such notice will be deemed added to Exhibit A and included in the license granted hereunder as of the Effective Date subject to a fee (the “Optional Licensing Fee”) to be paid by Licensee to Licensor pursuant to a separate agreement, which shall be negotiated in good faith and entered into by the Parties. The Optional Licensing Fee (i) shall not exceed 50% of the Licensing Fee and (ii) will reflect the diminished value of such issued patents and patent applications for use and practice in connection with the Field of Use, which such diminution Licensee hereby acknowledges.

 

5. Prosecution and Maintenance. Licensor shall, at no cost to Licensee, duly prosecute and maintain (including paying all fees with respect to) all Licensed Patents, provided that, if Licensor fails to do so, Licensee shall have the right to stand in Licensor’s place with respect to the prosecution and maintenance of any Licensed Patent in its sole discretion, and Licensor hereby appoints Licensee as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, in the name and stead of Licensor but on behalf and for the benefit of Licensee, to take and execute in the name of Licensor any actions and documents that may be deemed proper to effectuate the foregoing.

 

6. Enforcement and Defense.

 

(a) Enforcement Against Third Party Infringers.

 

(1) In the event that either Licensor or Licensee discovers that a third party may be infringing any of the Licensed Patents or Covered Technology within the scope of the license granted herein, the discovering Party shall use reasonable efforts to promptly notify the other Party in writing.

 

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(2) Licensee shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to bring an action for infringement against any third party infringers of the Licensed Patents at its sole cost and expense and collect any damages and expenses awarded as a result thereof. Upon Licensee’s reasonable request, Licensor shall join in or provide its reasonable cooperation with such enforcement (the reasonable out-of-pocket costs in connection therewith to be borne by Licensee). Licensee shall keep Licensor reasonably informed as to the status of any such infringement action. No settlement, consent judgment or other voluntary final disposition of the action which materially and adversely affects the Licensed Patents may be entered into by Licensee without the consent of Licensor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

(3) If Licensee notifies Licensor in writing that it declines to bring an action for infringement against such third party identified to Licensee in Licensor’s notice pursuant to Section 6(a), Licensor shall have the right, but not the obligation, to bring an action for infringement against such third party at its sole cost and expense and collect any damages and expenses awarded as a result thereof, in which case Licensor shall keep Licensee reasonably informed as to the developments in any such infringement action. Licensor shall not enter into any settlement, consent judgment or other voluntary final disposition of any action which materially and adversely affects any of the Licensed Patents or Licensee’s rights under this Agreement without the consent of Licensee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

(b) Defense of Infringement Claims and Patent Challenges.

 

(1) In the event that litigation is threatened or initiated against Licensee by a third party charging that Licensee’s use or practice of the Licensed Patents or Covered Technology as permitted hereunder infringes the intellectual property rights of such third party, upon Licensee’s reasonable request, Licensor shall join in or provide its reasonable cooperation with such defense (and shall bear its own costs and expenses in connection therewith). In the event a challenge is raised by a third party relating to the validity, enforceability or ownership of any of the Licensed Patents, Licensor shall duly defend against such challenges at cost to Licensor and, in connection therewith, consult with Licensee with respect to any responses to such challenge and keep Licensee reasonably informed as to the status of any such challenge.

 

(2) In the event that (i) a final judgment is entered in any litigation holding that (x) Licensee’s use or practice of the Licensed Patents or Covered Technology has infringed or is infringing on a third party’s intellectual property rights and that (y) Licensee is enjoined from using or practicing any Licensed Patent or required to pay damages or a royalty to said third party, (ii) a settlement is agreed to and entered in any litigation, which prevents Licensee from using or practicing any Licensed Patent or requires damages or a royalty to be paid to said third party or (iii) final judgment is entered holding that any Licensed Patent is invalid, unenforceable or not owned by Licensor; then, in any such event, without limiting other remedies Licensee may have in contract and in law, Licensor shall reimburse Licensee for such damages or royalties out of the Licensing Fee and Optional Licensing Fee, in an amount not to exceed the sum of the Licensing Fee and the Optional Licensing Fee. No settlement, consent judgment or other voluntary final disposition of such action which materially and adversely affects the Licensed Patents may be entered into without the consent of Licensor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

7. Representations and Warranties.

 

(a) Representations and Warranties of Licensor and Licensee. Each of Licensor and Licensee represents and warrants to the other that as of the date of execution of this Agreement: (i) he/it has the full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform his/its obligations hereunder; (ii) he/it has taken all action and has secured the consents of all persons necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; and (iii) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by he/it and constitutes a valid and binding obligation enforceable against him/it in accordance with its terms.

 

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(b) Additional Representations and Warranties of Licensor. Licensor further represents and warrants to Licensee that: (i) he owns all right, title and interest in and to all Covered Technology and the Licensed Patents; (ii) he has the full right to grant the rights and licenses granted hereunder; (iii) there are no agreements, assignments, or encumbrances inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement or which would prevent him from carrying out the terms of this Agreement, including any license grants (whether or not exclusive) under the Licensed Patents or Covered Technology in the Field of Use; (iv) as of the date hereof, he does not have any right, title or interest in and to any patents or patent applications relating to the Covered Technology, other than the issued patents and patent applications listed on Exhibit B; and (v) all of the issued patents listed on Exhibit A are in full force and effect, there are no challenges by any person or entity to the validity of the issued patents listed on Exhibit A, he is not aware of any prior art which would render invalid any of the issued patents listed on Exhibit A, and none of the issued patents listed on Exhibit A is involved in an interference action.

 

8. Term and Termination.

 

(a) Term. This Agreement and the license granted hereunder shall begin on the date hereof and, unless sooner terminated under Sections 8(b) or 8(c), shall only terminate upon the expiration of the last to expire of the Licensed Patents.

 

(b) Termination by Licensee. This Agreement and the license granted hereunder may be terminated by Licensee at any time, without cause, upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to Licensor.

 

( ) Termination Upon Bankruptcy of Licensee. This Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to the Licensee. As used herein, the term “Event of Bankruptcy” shall mean (i) the filing by Licensee of a petition for bankruptcy under any law, (ii) the filing against Licensee of a petition to have it adjudicated as bankrupt, which petition is not dismissed within thirty (30) days after its filing, (iii) the assumption by a trustee or other person pursuant to a judicial proceeding of the assets of Licensee, which proceeding is not dismissed within thirty (30) days after its commencement, or (iv) the entry of a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or receiver for Licensee in any insolvency proceedings or similar proceeding, which decree or order is not dismissed within thirty (30) days after its entry.

 

9. Effects of Termination. Upon termination of this Agreement, Licensee shall be entitled to finish any work-in-process, sell any completed inventory which remain on hand as of the date of termination and complete the sale of any products, services or solutions that it is obligated to sell to third parties as of the date of termination. Any sublicenses previously granted by Licensee to a sublicensee shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect, provided that (i) such sublicensee is not then in material breach of its sublicense agreement with Licensee and (ii) such sublicensee agrees in writing with Licensor to be bound to Licensor as a direct Licensor under the terms and conditions of the sublicense agreement.

 

10. Survival. All provisions of this Agreement which, by their terms, have application beyond the termination of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement and be given post-termination effect in accordance with their terms.

 

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11. Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by Licensor without the prior written consent of Licensee, except that in the event that Licensor transfers or assigns to a third party all or a portion of the Licensed Patents, Licensor shall, contemporaneously with such transfer or assignment, assign to such third party its rights and obligations hereunder that pertain to such transferred or assigned Licensed Patents and notify Licensee in writing of such assignment. This Agreement may be assigned by Licensee, in whole or in part, without the consent of Licensor.

 

12. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (i) delivered by hand, (ii) delivered to an overnight courier service with guaranteed next day delivery, (iii) mailed by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or (iv) sent by telecopy,(v) sent by email, and addressed (or sent, in the case of a telecopy or email) as follows:

 

If to Licensor: Theodore R. Anderson
  7 Martin Road
  Brookfield, MA 01506
  Telecopy no 508-867-3918
   
If to Licensee: Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc
  833 Walker Road, Suite 21-2
  Dover, Kent
  DE 19904

 

or to such other person and place as the parties hereto shall furnish in writing to each of the other parties hereto. Notices shall be deemed received (i) on the date of delivery, if delivered by hand, (ii) on the day after delivery, if delivered to an overnight courier with guaranteed next day delivery, (iii) three (3) days after deposit in the mail, if sent by certified or registered mail, and (iv) on the date of transmission, if sent by telecopy.

 

13. Interpretive Rules. For purposes of this Agreement: (i) “include” or “including” shall be deemed to be followed by “without limitation”; (ii) “hereof,” “herein”, “hereby”, “hereto” and “hereunder” shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (iii) “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other item extends and shall not simply mean “if”; (iv) the singular includes the plural and vice versa; (v) “any” shall mean “any and all”; (vi) “or” is used in the inclusive sense of “and/or”. The headings of any section or subsection of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not constitute a part hereof or limit the content of any section or subsection.

 

14. Miscellaneous. This Agreement and the Exhibits attached hereto constitute the entire agreement between the Parties relating to the subject matter thereof, and supersedes all prior discussions or agreements with respect to such subject matter. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective representatives, successors and assigns. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may not be modified or amended, except by a writing signed by the person against whom such modification or amendment is sought to be enforced. No waiver of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of a breach of any other provision of this Agreement or of a subsequent breach of the same provision. In the event one or more of the provisions hereof shall be held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, such provisions shall be deemed severable and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. The relationship between Licensor and Licensee is that of independent contracting parties. Licensor and Licensee are not joint venturers, partners, principal and agent, master and servant, or employer and employee, and have no relationship other than as independent contracting parties. Neither party shall have any power to bind or obligate the other party in any manner. Licensee shall not use the name of Licensor in any advertising, promotional or sales literature with respect to any Covered Product without the prior written approval of Licensor, which approval Licensor may withhold in his sole and unfettered discretion. All rights not expressly granted to by a Party to the other Party hereunder are retained by such Party, free and clear of any obligation to the other Party.

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

  THEODORE R. ANDERSON, as Licensor
   
  /s/ Theodore R. Anderson
   
  Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc, as Licensee
   
  /s/ Paul T. Dacier
  Name:  Paul Dacier
  Title: Executive Chairman

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.16

 

  March 15, 2023

 

Mr. Michael Meldman

Chairman

Discovery Land Consolidated, LLC

14605 N. 73rd Street

Scottsdale, AZ 85260

 

Dear Mr. Meldman:

 

This letter sets forth our arrangement regarding the purchase by certain subsidiary companies of Discovery Land Consolidated, LLC (“Discovery”) of rain enhancement equipment (the “Equipment”) that implements the ionization rainfall generation technology of Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc. (the “Seller”) as described and priced more particularly on Exhibit 1. The following sets out the material terms of our arrangement.

 

1.Scope. From the date first set forth above through December 31, 2025 (the “Term”), Discovery shall undertake commercially reasonable efforts to cause real estate development projects (the “Discovery Projects”) it manages to purchase Equipment for use in enhancing precipitation at or near Discovery Projects such as “Driftwood”, “Barbuda Ocean Club”, or “Homewood”, provided the Discovery Projects that shall proceed to purchase such Equipment shall be determined by Discovery in its sole discretion.

 

2.Purchase of Equipment. Subject to the availability and pricing of the Equipment from Seller, Discovery will arrange for individual Discovery Projects (“Buyer” or “Buyers”) to purchase and take delivery of, Equipment at the Buyer’s site during the Term based on individual purchase contracts between Seller and Buyer (or its subsidiary or affiliate) that utilize the terms stated in this agreement (each an “Equipment PSA”). It is Discovery’s intent that Discovery Projects will purchase a minimum of $500,000 of Equipment during the Term based on an average price of $100,000 per installation (which shall include training and support services) at each Discovery Project (the “Purchase Commitment”) as further set forth in Exhibit 1 (the “Purchase Price”). Seller will honor the Purchase Price during the Term for up to $1,000,000 worth of Equipment should Buyer elect to purchase more than the $500,000 minimum. It is acknowledged and agreed that the Seller’s pricing for the Equipment set forth on Exhibit 1 shall be cost plus a commercially reasonable markup not to exceed 15%.

 

 

3.Installation and Training. Upon mutual agreement, Seller shall deliver, install, and test the Equipment at the Discovery Projects, and Buyer shall utilize and operate the Equipment at such Discovery Project provided it is safe and legally permitted to do so, in Buyer’s reasonable discretion subject to applicable laws. Seller will provide training to staff at each Discovery Project on the use of the Equipment and provide a complete written operating instruction manual that is updated from time to time as needed. Seller will make available knowledgeable staff to provide remote product support (telephonic or by video link) at no additional cost to each Buyer (s) of the Equipment for the duration of the Warranty Period. Seller shall produce and/or procure replacement parts necessitated by ordinary and anticipated use during the Warranty Period.

 

4.Payment. Each purchase by and shipment to a Discovery Project constitutes a separate sale, and Buyer shall pay for the Equipment within 30 days after the date of certification of operation at a Property is delivered to Buyer by Seller, unless otherwise stated in the applicable Equipment PSA.

 

5.Equipment; Warranty Period. SUBJECT TO THE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION IN EXHIBIT 1 AND/OR THE EQUIPEMENT PSA, THERE IS AN EQUIPMENT WARRANTY OF 7 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF INSTALLATION, USE OR OPERATION (THE “WARRANTY PERIOD”). DISCOVERY AND/OR BUYER AND/OR BUYER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY IS THE REPAIR, REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE EQUIPMENT, AT SELLER’S SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION. . PROVIDED, HOWEVER, SELLER DOES NOT WARRANT ANY SPECIFIC RESULTS REGARDING THE ENHANCEMENT AND/OR INCREASE IN PRECIPITATION AT THE BUYER’S SITE OR GENERAL AREA. IN THE EVENT ANY REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE REQUIRED DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD AND PROCURED BY SELLER THE WARRANTY PERIOD SHALL BE EXTENDED TO COVER SUCH REPLACEMENT PARTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL SELLER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO THE INSTALLATION, USE OR OPERATION OF THE EQUIPMENT EXCEPT IN THE CASE WHERE THE EQUIPMENT IS DEFECTIVELY DESIGNED OR NEGLIGENTLY MANUFACTURED OR INSTALLED AND LIABILITY RESULTS DIRECTLY FROM SUCH DEFECTIVE DESIGN OR NEGLIGENT PRODUCTION OR INSTALLATION.

 

IN SUCH EVENT, ANY SUCH DAMAGES SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE SUM OF THE PURCHASE COMMITMENT ($500,000.00).

 

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6.Confidentiality. Except with respect to the issuance of press releases in accordance with paragraph 7 of this letter, neither Party shall disclose any information concerning the negotiations between them or the existence or substance of this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the other Party, except if, and to the extent that such Party is required to make any public disclosure or filing by applicable law, or pursuant to any rules or regulations of any securities exchange.

 

7.Press Release. From time to time during the Term, Discovery, Buyer and Seller agree to issue one or more press releases or other public announcements about this arrangement. The content and terms of release of any such announcements shall be agreed to in advance by Discovery or an affiliated Buyer and Seller.

 

8.Indemnification. Each of Seller and Buyer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other for any all losses, damages, liabilities, and claims from third parties arising from this arrangement, the installation, use or operation of the Equipment, or the negligence of, or failure to comply with applicable law by, the indemnifying Party.

 

9.Regulatory Compliance. Seller understands and agrees that it shall be responsible for manufacturing, delivering, and installing the Equipment in compliance with any applicable federal, state or local laws, regulations or codes (“Governing Law”). Seller shall provide updated information and guidance from time to time when it becomes aware of changes to Governing Law, or when reasonably requested by Buyer from time to time. Buyer shall operate the Equipment in accordance with Governing Law.

 

10.State Law. This arrangement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its conflict of laws rules and regulations.

 

[Signatures Follow]

 

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We greatly appreciate your interest in working with us and look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECNOLOGIES, INC.
   
  “Seller”
   
  BY: /s/ Paul T. Dacier
  ITS: Executive Chairman

 

Accepted and Agreed  
DISCOVERY LAND CONSOLIDATED, LLC  
   
“Discovery”  
   
BY: /s/ Schuyler Joyner  
ITS: Authorized Rep.  

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 14.1

 

 

 

RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.

 

CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS

 

 

 

A.SCOPE

 

This Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code”) applies to all directors, officers and employees of Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”). Such covered individuals are referred to herein collectively as the “Covered Persons.” This Code is intended to meet the standards of a code of ethics under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the standards of a code of business conduct and ethics under the listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”).

 

B.PURPOSE

 

This Code is intended to (1) emphasize the Company’s commitment to ethics and compliance with the law, (2) set forth basic standards of ethical and legal behavior, (3) provide reporting mechanisms for known or suspected ethical or legal violations and (4) help prevent and detect wrongdoing.

 

Given the variety and complexity of ethical questions that may arise in the Company’s course of business, this Code serves only as a guide. Confronted with ethically ambiguous situations, Covered Persons should be mindful of the Company’s commitment to high ethical standards and seek advice from the Company’s Corporate Secretary or other appropriate personnel, such as members of the legal and compliance department, to ensure that all actions taken on behalf of the Company honor this commitment.

 

C.Conflicts of Interest

 

A “conflict of interest” occurs when an individual’s private interest interferes in any way – or even appears to interfere – with the interests of the Company as a whole. A conflict situation can arise when a Covered Person takes actions or has interests that may make it difficult to perform their Company work objectively and effectively. Conflicts of interest also arise when a Covered Person, or a member of their family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of their position in the Company. Loans to, or guarantees of obligations of, such persons are of special concern. Conflicts of interest may not always be clear-cut, so if you have a question, you should consult with the Corporate Secretary. Each Covered Person should engage in and promote honest and ethical conduct, including in their handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships. Any Covered Person who becomes aware of a conflict or potential conflict should bring it to the attention of the Corporate Secretary or consult the procedures described in this Code.

 

 

 

D.Corporate Opportunities

 

Except as may otherwise be permitted by the Company in accordance with applicable law, Covered Persons are prohibited from (1) taking for themselves opportunities that are discovered through the use of Company property, information or position without the consent of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), (2) using Company property, information or position for improper personal gain, and (3) competing with the Company. Covered Persons owe a duty to the Company to advance the Company’s legitimate interests whenever possible.

 

E.Confidentiality

 

In carrying out the Company’s business, Covered Persons often learn confidential or proprietary information about the Company, its customers, prospective customers or other third parties. Covered Persons must maintain the confidentiality of all information so entrusted to them, except when disclosure is authorized or legally mandated. Confidential or proprietary information includes, among other things, any non-public information concerning the Company, including its business, financial performance, results or prospects, and any non-public information provided by a third party with the expectation that the information will be kept confidential and used solely for the business purpose for which it was conveyed.

 

F.Fair Dealing

 

The Company is committed to maintaining the highest legal and ethical standards in the conduct of its business. Meeting this commitment is the responsibility of the Company and each and every one of its Covered Persons. Each Covered Person should endeavor to deal fairly with the Company’s customers, suppliers, service providers, competitors and employees. No Covered Person should take unfair advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment, abuse of privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts or any unfair dealing practice.

 

G.Protection and Proper Use of Company Assets

 

All Covered Persons should seek to protect the Company’s assets and ensure their efficient use. Theft, carelessness and waste have a direct impact on the Company’s financial performance. Officers, directors and employees must use the Company’s assets and services solely for legitimate business purpose of the Company and not for any personal benefit or the personal benefit of anyone else.

 

H.Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations

 

Obeying the law, both in letter and in spirit, is the foundation on which the Company’s ethical standards are built. All Covered Persons must respect and obey the laws of the cities, states and countries in which the Company operates. Although not all employees are expected to know the details of these laws, it is important to know enough to determine when to seek advice from supervisors, managers or other appropriate personnel. Covered Persons should strive to identify and raise potential issues before they lead to problems, and should ask about the application of this Code whenever in doubt. Any questions relating to how these policies should be interpreted or applied should be addressed to the Corporate Secretary.

 

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I.Insider Trading

 

Covered Persons are prohibited by Company policy and by law from buying or selling publicly traded securities for any purpose at a time when in possession of “material nonpublic information.” This conduct is known as “insider trading.” If you have any question about whether a particular transaction may constitute insider trading and what you need to do in such case, you should consult the Company’s Insider Trading Policy.

 

J.Timely and Truthful Public Disclosure

 

It is the Company’s policy to make full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations in all reports and documents it files with, or submits to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and all other governmental, quasi-governmental and self-regulatory bodies and in all other public communications made by the Company. Covered Persons shall not knowingly falsify information, misrepresent material facts, or omit material facts, necessary to avoid misleading the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm or investors. Covered Persons shall never take any action to coerce, manipulate, mislead, or fraudulently influence the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm in the performance of its audit or review of the Company’s financial statements.

 

K.ADMINISTRATION

 

Waivers

 

Any waiver or amendment of this Code for any executive officer, the principal financial officer, the principal accounting officer, the controller or any person performing similar functions or director may be made only by the Board of Directors of the Company and will be promptly disclosed as required by law or the requirements of the SEC and the Nasdaq.

 

Reporting of Known or Suspected Violations or Illegal or Unethical Behavior

 

Covered Persons should promptly report (openly or confidentially and/or anonymously if you are an employee of the Company) in any of the manners described below:

 

Any questionable accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters (an “Accounting Allegation”);

 

Any possible non-compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements (a “Legal Allegation”);

 

Any possible non-compliance with this Code (a “Code Allegation”); and

 

Any alleged retaliation against employees and other persons who make, in good faith, Accounting Allegations, Legal Allegations or Code Allegations (a “Retaliatory Act”).

 

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In addition to any other avenue available, you may, in your sole discretion, report to the chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Board (the “Audit Committee”) or the Corporate Secretary:

 

in writing to the chairperson of the Audit Committee or the Corporate Secretary, as applicable, at 1659 Chinaberry Ct. Naples, FL 34105;

 

by calling the Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc Integrity Hotline toll-free number listed in Annex A; or

 

by accessing the Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc Integrity Hotline at the direct or mobile website listed in Annex A.

 

The Company will take measures to protect the confidentiality of any report made, subject to applicable law, regulation, or legal proceedings. The Company will not permit or tolerate discrimination or retaliation of any kind by or on behalf of the Company nor any director, officer, employee, contractor, subcontractor, or agent of the Company against employees who make honest and good faith reports regarding alleged violations of this Code or other allegations regarding illegal, unethical, or non-compliant behavior. These prohibitions also apply to the Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates whose financial information is included in the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

 

L.ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ADHERENCE TO THIS CODE

 

All Covered Persons are expected to comply with all of the provisions of this Code. The Code will be strictly enforced throughout the Company and violations will be dealt with immediately.

 

If the Company’s Audit Committee, Corporate Secretary, Chief Financial Officer, or their respective designees determine that this Code has been violated, either directly, by failing to report a violation, or by withholding information related to a violation, the offending Covered Person may be disciplined for noncompliance with penalties up to and including dismissal. Such penalties may include a written letter of reprimand, disgorgement, suspension with or without pay or benefits, and termination of employment.

 

Violations of this Code may also constitute violations of law and may result in criminal penalties and civil liabilities for the offending Covered Person and the Company. All Covered Persons are expected to cooperate in internal investigations of alleged misconduct.

 

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Exhibit 21.1

 

Subsidiaries of Registrant

 

Name   State or Country of Organization
Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc.   Massachusetts

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Exhibit 99.1 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Form 8-K”) to which this exhibit is attached and, if not defined in the Form 8-K, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus filed with the SEC on December 10, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”).

 

The Business Combination refers to the transaction among Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“RET”), Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“Holdco”), Rainwater Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco (“Merger Sub 1”), Rainwater Merger Sub 2A, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Coliseum (“Merger Sub 2”) and Coliseum Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Coliseum”) pursuant to the merger agreement dated June 25, 2024, and was later amended on August 22, 2024.

 

Unless the context requires otherwise, all references to (i) “Coliseum” refer to Coliseum Acquisition Corp. prior to giving effect to the Business Combination; (ii) “Holdco” or “Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc.” refer to the surviving entity, after giving effect to the Business Combination; and (iii) “RET” refers to Rain Enhancement Technologies, Inc. prior to giving effect to the Business Combination.

  

Introduction

 

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information and accompanying notes are provided to aid you in your analysis of the financial aspects of Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. following the Business Combination, the PIPE Transaction and related transactions, which are collectively referred to as the “Transactions”. The following information is also relevant to understanding the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information contained herein:

 

On December 23, 2024, Coliseum held two shareholder meetings, (1) to seek shareholder approval of an extension of time to complete the Business Combination and related items (the “Extension Meeting”) and (2) to seek shareholder approval of the Business Combination (the “Business Combination Meeting”). In connection with the Extension Meeting and Business Combination Meeting, an aggregate of 856,188 and 207,510 Public Shares were redeemed at approximately $11.39 per share and approximately $11.41 per share, for an aggregate payment of approximately $9.7 million and approximately $2.4 million out of Trust Account, respectively. As a result, prior to Closing, Coliseum paid out a total of approximately $12.1 million of redemption payment out of Trust Account for the 1,063,698 Public Shares submitted for redemption. After redemptions, there was a total of 723,414 Public Shares and an aggregate of approximately $8.25 million remaining in Trust Account.

 

On December 31, 2024, RET, Coliseum, Holdco, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 completed the previously announced Business Combination (“Closing”). On the Closing date, Coliseum merged with and into Merger Sub 1, with Merger Sub 1 as the surviving company of such merger (the “SPAC Merger”), and following the SPAC Merger and as a part of the same overall transaction, Merger Sub 2 merged with and into RET, with RET as the surviving entity of such merger (the “Company Merger” and together with the SPAC Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Business Combination”). As a result of the consummation of the Business Combination, each of Merger Sub 1 (which was later renamed as Rainwater Acquisition Corp.), and RET became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco. In connection with the Business Combination, the following transactions also occurred:

 

-PIPE Investments: Holdco entered into subscription agreements with certain investors (collectively, the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”) to sell an aggregate of $1.35 million of shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock at $11.39 per share. Holdco closed on an aggregate of $700,000 of the PIPE Investment and issued 61,474 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock at the Closing. Of these, an aggregate of 8,782 and 17,564 shares were purchased by Paul Dacier and one of the post-Closing directors, for an aggregate of $100,000 and $200,000, respectively.

 

 

 

-Private Placement Warrants Exchange: An aggregate of 3,225,000 issued and outstanding Private Placement Warrants were exchanged for 806,250 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock (based on an exchange ratio of 0.25 shares for each Private Placement Warrant) pursuant to the Warrant Exchange Agreement.

 

-Forward Purchase Agreement with Meteora: On December 30, 2024, Holdco entered into a forward purchase agreement (the “Forward Purchase Agreement”) with Meteora Capital Partners, LP and affiliated funds (“Meteora”) for an OTC equity prepaid forward transaction. An aggregate of 361,858 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock (the “Forward Purchase Shares”) are subject to the Forward Purchase Agreement, for which Meteora was paid approximately $4.1 million at Closing (the “Prepayment”) and the Company retained approximately $20,000 (the “Prepayment Shortfall”). The Forward Purchase Agreement matures on the date of the effectiveness of a certain registration statement filed by Holdco with the Securities and Exchange Commission following the Closing Date (the “Maturity Date”). Meteora may sell the Forward Purchase shares at any time following the Closing Date until the Maturity Date at a price not less than $10.00 per share. If Meteora sells any of the Forward Purchase Shares, Meteora will pay to Holdco $10.00 for each share sold, less the Prepayment Shortfall. On Maturity Date, any Forward Purchase Shares that have not been sold by Meteora will be returned to the Company for no consideration, provided that if the proceeds of the shares sold by Meteora prior to the Maturity Date is less than the Prepayment Shortfall, then Holdco will pay cash to Meteora in an amount equal to such difference.

 

-Line of Credit: On December 30, 2024, Holdco entered into a loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with RHY Management LLC (“RHY”), an affiliate of Harry You, pursuant to which RHY agreed to issue a line of credit (the “LOC”) to Holdco for up to $7 million, in addition to the Rollover amount described below (such amounts borrowed under the LOC, together with the Rollover, the “Loan”). The Loan has an interest rate of 5%, and interest will be due and payable in arrears quarterly. Additionally, prior to Closing, Mr. You and his affiliates (including the New Sponsor) also loaned or advanced or had an outstanding balance for services to Coliseum and RET. All of these outstanding amounts (the “Rollover”) were assigned to and assumed by Holdco and are treated for all purposes as Loans outstanding under the Loan Agreement. The Rollover amount does not reduce the $7 million funding available to the Company under the LOC. As of the date of this filing, the Company has not borrowed any of the $7 million available funding under the LOC.

 

Holdco issued 5,000 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock to a third-party consulting firm in connection with the Business Combination.

 

On December 31, 2024, Holdco entered into a binding offer letter (the “Offer Letter”) with its new Co-CEO, Mr. Seidl, pursuant to which Holdco agreed to pay to the CEO (i) an annual salary of $500,000, (ii) a contingent bonus payment of $5.0 million that will be issued under a form of an unsecured note payable (the “Officer Note”) on the earlier of (x) four-year anniversary of the Officer Note, subject to the CEO’s continued service with Holdco through such date, and (y) the date of termination, if Holdco terminates the CEO’s employment without cause. As of the date of this filing, the Officer Note has not been issued.

 

In addition, Holdco also expects to execute the following transactions:

 

PIPE Investments: Holdco executed PIPE subscription agreements with Harry You and Paul Dacier to sell 43,910 and 13,173 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock, respectively, at $11.39 per share, for a total subscription amount of $650,000, and such amount will be remit to Holdco after Closing. A receivable has been recorded in short term receivables in the accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet.

 

The Business Combination was structured as follows:

 

a)Prior to Closing, the sole outstanding Coliseum Class B Ordinary Share was converted into one Coliseum Class A Ordinary Share, which was then converted into one share of Holdco Class A Common Stock at Closing.

 

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b)Prior to Closing, pursuant to Extension Non-Redemption Agreements and the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Previous Sponsor and Sponsor Affiliate forfeited and surrendered for no consideration an aggregate of 606,972 Coliseum Class A Ordinary Shares, and Coliseum issued 606,972 newly-issued Coliseum Class A Ordinary Shares to the Extension Non-Redeeming Shareholders.

 

c)On the Closing Date, each Coliseum Class A Ordinary Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to Closing (excluding redeemed public shares) was automatically converted into the right to receive one share of Holdco Class A Common Stock, and each whole Coliseum Public Warrant issued and outstanding immediately prior to Closing was assumed by Holdco and became exercisable for shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock.

 

d)On the Closing Date, each Private Placement Warrant was exchanged for 0.25 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock in the Warrant Exchange.

 

e)On the Closing date, (i) each outstanding share of RET Preferred Stock and RET Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to Closing was converted into the right to receive a number of shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio and (ii) each share of RET Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to Closing was converted into the right to receive a number of shares of Holdco Class B Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio. The Exchange Ratio was approximately 1,434 shares of Holdco Common Stock for every outstanding share of RET Common Stock. Following the Closing, an aggregate of 1,232 shares of RET Preferred Stock and 250 shares of RET Class A Common Stock were converted into 2,125,539 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock, and an aggregate of 40 shares of RET Class B Common Stock were converted into 57,752 shares of Holdco Class B Common Stock.

 

f)At Closing, each of the RET 1,500 Options outstanding was converted into 2,150,838 Holdco Option on the same terms and conditions as were in effect with respect to RET Option immediately prior to Closing, except that the exercise price per share of such Holdco Option is equal to the quotient of (x) the exercise price per share of such RET Option in effect immediately prior to Closing divided by (y) the Exchange Ratio (the exercise price per share, as so determined, being rounded up to the nearest full cent), which is equal to an exercise price of $2.06 per share.

 

The Holdco A&R Articles authorize two classes of Holdco Common Stock: Holdco Class A Common Stock and Holdco Class B Common Stock. Holdco Class A Common Stock entitles the holders thereof to one vote per share on all matters on which the shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock is entitled to vote, and Holdco Class B Common Stock entitles the holders thereof to fifteen votes per share on all matters on which the shares of Holdco Class B Common Stock are entitled to vote. Additionally, for so long as the RET Founders (Paul T. Dacier, Harry L. You, and Niccolo de Masi, or their affiliates) hold at least 20% of the number of shares of Holdco Class B Common Stock collectively held by them as of the Closing, the RET Founders have rights that are different from unaffiliated shareholders, including the right to fill vacancies on the Holdco Board, to call special meetings of shareholders, and the Holdco A&R Articles permits action by written consent of the shareholders and requires that amendments to the Holdco A&R Articles be approved by a majority of the shares of Holdco Common Stock entitled to vote in lieu of two-thirds of the shares of Holdco Common Stock entitled to vote on the matter.

 

The Dual Class Structure will terminate on the date that is five years after completion of the Business Combination, or earlier (i) at the option of the holder at any time, (ii) automatically on the date on which the RET Founders or their Permitted Transferees (as defined in the Holdco A&R Articles) collectively own twenty percent (20%) or less of the number of shares of Holdco Class B Common Stock collectively held by such persons or their Permitted Transferees immediately after the completion of the Business Combination, (iii) automatically upon the occurrence of a transfer of Holdco Class B Common Stock that is not a Permitted Transfer, and (iv) automatically on the date specified by the affirmative vote of the holders of Holdco Class B Common Stock representing not less than two-thirds (2∕3) of the voting power of the Holdco Class B Common Stock. The Holdco Class A Common Stock and the Holdco Class B Common Stock have identical economic rights, including dividend and liquidation rights.

 

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The table below presents the exchanges of shares and new issuance of Holdco shares that occurred upon consummation of the Business Combination on a pro forma basis.

 

       Holdco Shares equivalents upon Closing 
   Pre-Closing   Class A   Class B
(fifteen voting rights)
   Warrants   Options 
Coliseum:                    
Public Shares outstanding after redemptions, excluding Forward Purchase Shares with Meteora   361,556    361,556                
Public Shares subject to Forward Purchase Agreement with Meteora   361,858    361,858                
Founder Shares issued to the New Sponsor, Previous Sponsor, and NRA Holders   3,750,000    3,750,000                
Private Placement Warrants   3,225,000    806,250                
Public Warrants   5,000,000              5,000,000      
RET:                         
Preferred Stock   1,232    1,766,554                
Class A Common Stock outstanding   250    358,985                
Class B Common Stock outstanding   40         57,752           
Options   1,500                   2,150,838 
Holdco:                         
PIPE Class A Common Stock (*)       118,557                
Class A Common Stock issued for services       5,000                
TOTAL       7,528,760    57,752    5,000,000    2,150,838 

 

(*)Of these, the Company received $700,000 and issued 61,474 shares to the investors at Closing. The Company expects to receive an addition of $650,000 after Closing pursuant to the PIPE subscription agreements with Harry You and Paul Dacier to sell 43,910 and 13,173 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock, respectively.

 

Accounting for the Business Combination

 

Basis of Pro Forma Presentation

 

The unaudited pro forma combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X. The adjustments in the unaudited pro forma combined financial information have been identified and presented to provide relevant information necessary for an illustrative understanding of the Combined Company upon consummation of the Business Combination and the other events contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

Assumptions and estimates underlying the unaudited pro forma adjustments set forth in the unaudited pro forma combined financial information are described in the accompanying notes. The unaudited pro forma combined financial information has been presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the operating results and financial position that would have been achieved had the Business Combination occurred on the dates indicated, and does not reflect adjustments for any anticipated synergies, operating efficiencies, tax savings or cost savings. Any cash proceeds remaining after the consummation of the Business Combination and the other events contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement are expected to be used for general corporate purposes. Further, the unaudited pro forma combined financial information does not purport to project the future operating results or financial position of the Combined Company following the consummation of the Business Combination. The unaudited pro forma adjustments represent management’s estimates based on information available as of the date of the unaudited pro forma combined financial information and are subject to change as additional information becomes available and analyses are performed. Coliseum and RET have not had any historical relationship prior to the Business Combination. Accordingly, no pro forma adjustments were required to eliminate activities between the companies.

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED BALANCE SHEET
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

 

                      Pro Forma  
    September 30,
2024
    September 30,
2024
    September 30,
2024
    Transaction           Pro Forma  
    HoldCo
(Historical) (1)
    Coliseum
(Historical)
    Rainwater Tech
(Historical) (1)
    Accounting
Adjustments
          Combined  
ASSETS                                    
Current assets                                    
Cash   $ -     $ -     $ 239,857     $ 8,251,027     (4 )   $ 710,355  
                              (4,823,930 )   (8 )        
                              450,000     (9 )        
                              700,000     (10 )        
                              (4,106,599 )   (17 )        
Subscriptions receivable - related parties     -       -       -       650,000     (10 )     650,000  
Prepaid expenses and other assets     -       40,500       10,531       -             51,031  
Total current assets     -       40,500       250,388       1,120,498             1,411,386  
Marketable securities held in Trust Account     -       20,055,086       -       117,500     (1 )     -  
                              210,636     (2 )        
                              (12,132,196 )   (3 )        
                              (8,251,027 )   (4 )        
Equipment     -       -       414,033       -             414,033  
Intangible assets     -       -       95,346       -             95,346  
Total assets   $ -     $ 20,095,586     $ 759,767     $ (18,934,588 )         $ 1,920,765  
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)                                              
Current liabilities                                              
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 18,195     $ 2,387,179     $ 711,665     $ (4,823,930 )   (8 )   $ 3,385,605  
                              5,110,691     (8 )        
Line of credit - related party     -       -       -       2,737,424     (15 )     2,737,424  
Due to related parties     -       1,646,557       206,929       (1,853,486 )   (15 )     -  
Convertible note payable - related parties     -       550,000       -       117,500     (1 )     -  
                              (667,500 )   (15 )        
Note payable - related parties     -       -       600,000       (200,000 )   (15 )     400,000  
Accrued interest - related parties     -       -       49,315       (16,438 )   (15 )     32,877  
Non-redemption agreement liabilities     -       218,277       -       (218,277 )   (14 )     -  
Deferred consulting fees     -       35,904       -       (35,904 )   (14 )     -  
Total current liabilities     18,195       4,837,917       1,567,909       150,080             6,555,906  
Derivative liabilities     -       411,250       -       64,500     (12 )     250,000  
                              (225,750 )   (13 )        
Total liabilities     18,195       5,249,167       1,567,909       (11,170 )           6,805,906  
                                               
Commitments and contingencies                                              
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption     -       20,055,086       -       117,500     (1 )     -  
                              210,636     (2 )        
                              (12,132,196 )   (3 )        
                              (8,251,027 )   (5 )        
                                               
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)                                              
Preferred stock     -       -       -       -     (7 )     -  
Ordinary shares/ Common stock -
Class A
    -       3,750       -       (3,750 )   (6 )(7)     -  
Holdco Class A common stock     -       -       -       72     (5 )     753  
                              375     (6 )(7)        
                              212     (7 )        
                              12     (10 )        
                              1     (11 )        
                              81     (13 )        
Ordinary shares/ Common stock -
Class B
    -       -       -       -     (7 )     -  
Holdco Class B common stock     -       -       -       6     (7 )     6  
Subscription receivable     -       -       (450,000 )     450,000     (9 )     -  
Additional paid-in capital     -       -       4,726,473       8,250,955     (5 )     4,963,109  
                              3,375     (6 )(7)        
                              (218 )   (7 )        
                              1,349,988     (10 )        
                              57,027     (11 )        
                              225,669     (13 )        
                              (9,650,160 )   (16 )        
Accumulated deficit     (18,195 )     (5,212,417 )     (5,084,615 )     (117,500 )   (1 )     (5,742,411 )
                              -     (2 )        
                              (5,110,691 )   (8 )        
                              (57,028 )   (11 )        
                              (64,500 )   (12 )        
                              254,181     (14 )        
                              9,650,160     (16 )        
Prepaid Forward Purchase Agreement     -       -       -       (4,106,599 )   (17 )     (4,106,599 )
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)     (18,195 )     (5,208,667 )     (808,142 )     1,131,667             (4,885,142 )
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)   $ -     $ 20,095,586     $ 759,767     $ (18,934,589 )         $ 1,920,764  

 

(*)Holdco is a wholly owned subsidiary of RET incorporated on May 21, 2024. The historical unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of RET as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 includes the historical results of Holdco. Accordingly, the pro forma combined results do not include the values presented in the column of the historical financial statement of Holdco.

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

 

               For the nine months ended
September 30,
2024
 
               Pro Forma 
   HoldCo (Historical) (1)   Coliseum
(Historical)
   Rainwater Tech
(Historical) (1)
   Transaction
Accounting
Adjustments
   Pro Forma
Combined
 
                     
Expenses                    
General and administrative  $18,195   $2,478,244   $3,341,339   $375,000(e)  $6,194,583 
Franchise tax expenses   -    -    225    -    225 
Operating loss   (18,195)   (2,478,244)   (3,341,564)   (375,000)   (6,194,808)
                          
Other income (expense)                         
Interest expense on notes payable to related parties   -    -    (22,274)   102,653(f)   80,379 
Interest income earned from operating cash   -    -    64    -    64 
Interest earned from cash and investments held in Trust Account   -    1,216,966    -    (1,216,966)(c)   - 
Gain from extinguishment of deferred underwriting fee allocated to warrant liabilities   -    -    -    -    - 
Loss in connection with non-redemption agreements   -    -    -    -    - 
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities   -    (82,250)   -    32,250(d)   (50,000)
Change in fair value of non-redemption agreement liabilities   -    (23,600)   -    23,600(d)   - 
Change in fair value of deferred consulting fees   -    (4,671)   -    4,671(d)   - 
Total other income (expense)   -    1,106,445    (22,210)   (1,053,792)   30,443 
                          
Net income (loss)  $(18,195)  $(1,371,799)  $(3,363,774)  $(1,428,792)  $(6,164,365)
                          
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, basic and diluted        2,848,533                
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption       $(0.21)               
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class B and non-redeemable Class A ordinary shares, basic and diluted        3,750,000                
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class B and non-redeemable Class A ordinary shares       $(0.21)               
                          
Weighted average common stock outstanding, basic and diluted   1                     
Basic and diluted net loss per common stock  $(18,195)                    
                          
Weighted average Class A common stock outstanding, basic and diluted             250           
Basic and diluted net loss per Class A common stock            $(2,016.64)          
Weighted average Class B common stock outstanding, basic and diluted             1,418           
Basic and diluted net loss per Class B common stock            $(2,016.65)          
                          
Basic and diluted net income per share                      $(0.85)
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding                       7,224,654 

 

(*)Holdco is a wholly owned subsidiary of RET incorporated on May 21, 2024. The historical unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of RET as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 includes the historical results of Holdco. Accordingly, the pro forma combined results do not include the values presented in the column of the historical financial statement of Holdco.

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023

 

           For the year ended
December 31,
2023
 
           Pro Forma 
   Coliseum   Rainwater Tech   Transaction
Accounting
   Pro Forma 
   (Historical)   (Historical)   Adjustments   Combined 
                 
Expenses                
General and administrative  $1,931,216   $409,848   $5,110,691(a)  $7,951,755 
              500,000(e)     
Franchise tax expenses   -    225    -    225 
Operating loss   (1,931,216)   (410,073)   (5,610,691)   (7,951,980)
                     
Other income (expense)                    
Interest expense on notes payable to related parties   -    (27,041)   136,871(f)   109,830 
Interest income earned from operating cash   -    107    -    107 
Interest earned from cash and investments held in Trust Account   4,950,119    -    -(c)   4,950,119 
Stock based compensation expenses             57,028(b)   57,028 
Gain from extinguishment of deferred underwriting fee allocated to warrant liabilities   275,625    -    -    275,625 
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities   -    -    -    - 
Loss in connection with non-redemption agreements   (194,898)   -    -    (194,898)
Change in fair value of non-redemption agreement liabilities   221    -    -(d)   221 
Change in fair value of deferred consulting fees   (190)   -    -(d)   (190)
Total other income (expense)   5,030,877    (26,934)   193,899    5,197,842 
                     
Net income (loss)  $3,099,661   $(437,007)  $(5,416,792)  $(2,754,138)
                     
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, basic and diluted   9,888,845                
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption  $0.23                
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class B and non-redeemable Class A ordinary shares, basic and diluted   3,750,000                
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class B and non-redeemable Class A ordinary shares  $0.23                
                     
Weighted average common stock outstanding, basic and diluted        1,437           
Basic and diluted net loss per common stock       $(304.11)          
                     
Basic and diluted net income per share                 $(0.38)
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding                  7,224,654 

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1.Basis of Pro Forma Presentation

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information was prepared in accordance with Article 11 of SEC Regulation S-X, as amended by the final rule, Release No. 33-10786, Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses. Release No. 33-10786 replaces the historical pro forma adjustments criteria with simplified requirements to depict the accounting for the transaction (“Transaction Accounting Adjustments”) and present the reasonably estimable synergies and other transaction effects that have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur (“Management’s Adjustments”). Management has elected not to present Management’s Adjustments and will only be presenting Transaction Accounting Adjustments in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information. The adjustments presented in the unaudited pro forma combined financial information have been identified and presented to provide relevant information necessary for an understanding of Holdco upon consummation of the Transactions. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not give effect to any anticipated synergies, operating efficiencies, tax savings, or cost savings that may be associated with the Business Combination. Coliseum and RET had not had any historical relationship prior to the Business Combination. Accordingly, no pro forma adjustments were required to eliminate activities between the companies.

 

The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements are based on Holdco’s, Coliseum’s and RET’s historical financial statements, as adjusted to give effect to the Business Combination.

 

The unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2024 gives effect to the Business Combination as if it had been consummated on September 30, 2024. The unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and for the year ended December 31, 2023 gives effect to the Business Combination as if it had occurred on January 1, 2023, the beginning of the earliest period presented. The Business Combination will be treated as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Under this method of accounting, Coliseum will be treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the business combination will be treated as the equivalent of RET issuing stock for the net assets of Coliseum, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of Coliseum will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information and accompanying notes as of September 30, 2024 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 have been derived from and should be read in conjunction with:

 

the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Coliseum as of September 30, 2024 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the related notes included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on December 10, 2024;
   
the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of RET as of September 30, 2024 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the related notes included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on December 10, 2024; and
   
the audited financial statements of Holdco as of September 30, 2024 and for the period from May 21, 2024 (inception) through September 30, 2024 included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on December 10, 2024.

 

The unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023 have been derived from and should be read in conjunction with:

 

the historical audited statement of operations of Coliseum for the year ended December 31, 2023 and the related notes included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on December 10, 2024; and
   
the historical audited statement of operations of RET for the year ended December 31, 2023 and the related notes included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on December 10, 2024.

 

The unaudited pro forma combined financial information should also be read together with the accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma condensed combine financial statements, financial statements of Holdco, Coliseum and RET included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and the sections of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus entitled “Coliseum Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation” and “RET Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Holdco management has made significant estimates and assumptions in its determination of the pro forma adjustments. As the unaudited pro forma combined financial information has been prepared based on these preliminary estimates, the final amounts recorded may differ materially from the information presented.

 

The pro forma adjustments reflecting the consummation of the Business Combination are based on information available as of the date of this filing and certain assumptions and methodologies that Holdco management believes are reasonable under the circumstances. The unaudited condensed pro forma adjustments, which are described in these notes, may be revised as additional information becomes available and is evaluated. Therefore, the actual adjustments may materially differ from the pro forma adjustments that appear herein. The unaudited pro forma combined financial information does not reflect the income tax effects of the pro forma adjustments as based on the statutory rate in effect for the historical periods presented, as Holdco management believes income tax adjustments to not be meaningful given the combined entity incurred significant losses during the historical periods presented. Holdco management considers this basis of presentation to be reasonable under the circumstances.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on actual redemptions, actual PIPE subscriptions as discussed in the section titled “Introduction” above.

 

The Holdco Class A Common Stock issued at the Closing was determined based on an exchange ratio (the “Exchange Ratio”) equal to approximately 1,434 (that was calculated based on the redemption price of approximately $11.41 immediately prior to Closing). See Introduction for more information.

 

2.Transaction Accounting Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Information

 

Unadjusted Accounting Transactions to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed financial statements exclude the effects of the following transactions:

 

(i)Forward Purchase Agreement with Meteora: On December 30, 2024, Holdco entered into the Forward Purchase Agreement with Meteora for an OTC equity prepaid forward transaction. An aggregate of 361,858 Forward Purchase Shares are subject to the Forward Purchase Agreement, for which Meteora was paid a Prepayment of approximately $4.1 million at Closing and the Company retained a Prepayment Shortfall of approximately $20,000. Meteora may sell the Forward Purchase shares at any time following the Closing Date until the Maturity Date at a price not less than $10.00 per share. If Meteora sells any of the Forward Purchase Shares, Meteora will pay to Holdco $10.00 for each share sold, less the Prepayment Shortfall. On Maturity Date, any Forward Purchase Shares that have not been sold by Meteora will be returned to the Company for no consideration, provided that if the proceeds of the shares sold by Meteora prior to the Maturity Date is less than the Prepayment Shortfall, then Holdco will pay cash to Meteora in an amount equal to such difference. Management is currently assessing the accounting impact of such transaction and cannot reasonably estimate its fair value of these financial instruments. For the purpose of this statement, management reflected the full Prepayment amount of approximately $4.1 million to Meteora in Prepaid Forward Purchase Agreement within shareholders’ deficit in the accompanying unaudited pro forma combined financial statements.

 

(ii)CEO Compensation: On December 31, 2024, Holdco entered into an Offer Letter with its new Co-CEO, Mr. Seidl, pursuant to which Holdco agreed to pay to the CEO (i) an annual salary of $500,000, (ii) a contingent bonus payment of $5.0 million that will be issued under a form of an unsecured note payable on the earlier of (x) four-year anniversary of the Officer Note, subject to the CEO’s continued service with Holdco through such date, and (y) the date of termination, if Holdco terminates the CEO’s employment without cause. As of the date of this filing, the Officer Note has not been issued. The bonus payment of $5.0 million along with interest pursuant to the terms of the agreement is considered as a contingent liability (“Contingent Award”) and will be recoded when it becomes probable. Management determines that an analysis on the probability will need to be done in order to determine the appropriate presentation for the Contingent Award. For the purpose of this statement, management chose to omit the presentation of the Contingent Award.

 

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Transaction Accounting Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Balance Sheet

 

The transaction accounting adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2024, are as follows:

 

(1)On October 25, 2024, November 25, 2024, and December 24, 2024, Coliseum Board elected to extend the date by which Coliseum had to consummate the Business Combination to December 31, 2024. In connection with such extensions, the New Sponsor loaned an aggregate of $117,500 to Coliseum under the form of the Convertible Note, and such amount was deposited into the Trust Account. Total outstanding balance under the Convertible Note was increased to $667,500 prior to Closing. This adjustment reflects an increase to convertible note balance of $117,500 with a corresponding increase in Trust Account, and also reflects an adjustment to accumulated deficit with a corresponding increase in Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption to reflect increase in redemption value for the Public Shares subject to redemption amount due to the extension.

 

(2)Reflects the interest income of $0.2 million earned related to the Trust Account subsequent to September 30, 2024 through Closing date and an adjustment to accumulated deficit with a corresponding increase in Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption to reflect accretion to remeasure the Public Shares subject to redemption amount.

 

(3)To reflect the total redemption payment of approximately $12.1 million out of the Trust Account with respect to 1,063,698 Coliseum Public Shares prior to Closing in connection with the Extension Meeting and the Business Combination Meeting in December 2024 as discussed in the section titled “Introduction” above. After redemptions, there was a total of 723,414 Public Shares and an aggregate of approximately $8.25 million remaining in Trust Account.

 

(4)Reflects the liquidation and reclassification of cash and investments held in the Trust Account that became available for general corporate use following the Business Combination.

 

(5)Reflects the transfer of the remaining 723,414 Coliseum Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemptions to permanent equity, which was then converted into Holdco Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis.

 

(6)Reflects the conversion of 3,750,000 Founder Shares into Holdco Class A Common Stock upon Closing on a one-for-one basis.

 

(7)Reflects conversion of 1,232 shares of RET Preferred Stock and 250 shares of RET Class A Common Stock into 2,125,539 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock and 40 shares of RET Class B Common Stock into 57,752 shares of Holdco Class B Common Stock based on an Exchange Ratio of approximately 1,434.

 

(8)Represents cash transaction costs incurred of approximately $6.7 million for Coliseum and approximately $1.3 million for RET, totaling $8.0 million. Of the $8.0 million total transaction costs, (1) approximately $2.3 million and approximately $608,000 of transaction costs was accrued as of the date of the unaudited pro forma combined balance sheets for Coliseum and RET, respectively, totaling approximately $2.9 million and already included in the historical statement of operations of Coliseum and RET, and (2) approximately $4.4 million and approximately $658,000 of transaction costs was not yet incurred for Coliseum and RET, respectively, totaling approximately $5.1 million, that was classified as an adjustment to accumulated deficit and a corresponding increase to accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying unaudited pro forma combined financial statements. The actual transaction costs are further illustrated below. Of the total $8.0 million of transaction costs, Holdco paid an aggregate of approximately $4.8 million, which was reflect as a reduction in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying unaudited pro forma combined financial statements and a corresponding decrease in cash.

 

Transaction Expenses Summary Table  Coliseum   RET 
   Not yet incurred   Already incurred   Paid at Closing   Unpaid   Not yet incurred   Already incurred   Paid at Closing   Unpaid 
Legal advisory fees related to business combination  $1,011,200   $2,147,886   $(2,459,086)  $700,000   $227,595   $587,621   $(500,000)  $315,216 
Financial advisory fees related to business combination  $324,953   $-   $-   $324,953   $-   $-   $-   $- 
Audit, accounting fees related to business combination  $3,000   $-   $(3,000)  $-   $44,200   $20,800   $(65,000)  $- 
Directors and officers insurance  $-   $-   $-   $-   $386,000   $-   $-   $386,000 
Consulting, marketing fees related to business combination (*)  $2,604,230   $85,997   $(1,790,227)  $900,000   $-   $-   $-   $- 
NYSE, SEC, printer and other regulatory fees  $509,512   $34,052   $(6,617)  $536,947   $-   $-   $-   $- 
Total  $4,452,895   $2,267,935   $(4,258,930)  $2,461,900   $657,795   $608,421   $(565,000)  $701,216 

 

(*)Includes reimbursement of $500,000 to Harry You for out-of-pocket expenses incurred related to identifying, negotiating, investigating and completing the Business Combination and cash payment of the Deferred Consulting Fee to Meteora of approximately $1.1 million, based on the $11.41 Redemption Price as of the Closing Date (see footnote 14b below).

 

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(9)Reflects the cash receipt of $450,000 related to the outstanding balance in connection with the issuance of RET Class A Common Stock at a price of $2,955.78 per share and RET Class B Common Stock at a price of $3,103.57 per share in August 2024, with a corresponding offset in subscription receivable in stockholders’ equity (deficit) at Closing.

 

(10)To reflects proceeds of $700,000 from the issuance of 61,474 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock with certain investors under PIPE subscription agreements (collectively, the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”) received at Closing. In addition, Holdco executed PIPE Subscription Agreements with Paul Dacier and Harry You for issuance of 43,910 and 13,173 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock, respectively, for an aggregate amount of $650,000, which amount will be remitted to Holdco after Closing, and a receivable has been recorded in other receivables as of September 30, 2024 in the accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements. The aggregate amount of the PIPE Subscription Agreements was $1.35 million for 118,557 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock.

 

(11)At Closing, Holdco issued 5,000 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock to a third-party consulting firm in connection with the Business Combination. Holdco estimated that the fair value of such shares was approximately $57,000, based on the Redemption Price of approximately $11.41 at Closing.

 

(12)Reflects the fair value remeasurement of $64,500 of the liability-classified Coliseum Private Placement Warrants upon settlement as of Closing Date, with a corresponding offset to accumulated deficit. See footnote 13 below for discussion of Coliseum Private Placement Warrant settlement.

 

(13)Reflects conversion of Private Placement Warrants liability into equity. An aggregate of 3,225,000 Private Placement Warrants were converted into 806,250 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock at Closing. The adjustment consists of a decrease to warrant liability for the fair value of the warrants on the Closing Date of $227,750, an increase to Class A Common Stock at $0.0001 par value and a corresponding increase to additional paid-in capital.

 

(14)Reflects change in fair value of non-redemption agreement liabilities and deferred consulting fees liability with a respective increase in accumulated deficit, as described below,

 

a.Prior to Closing, the shareholders who agreed to not redeemed their Public Shares in connection with Coliseum’s extension in November 2023 (“Extension Non-Redemption Shareholders”) received an aggregate of 606,972 Coliseum Class A Ordinary Shares and the New Sponsor and Previous Sponsor in turn forfeited and surrendered the same number of Coliseum Class A Ordinary Shares to Coliseum for no consideration. As of Closing Date, the fair value of the non-redemption agreement liabilities was $0.

 

b.On November 22, 2023, in connection with the November 2023 extension, Coliseum engaged Meteora, who also holds certain of the Public Shares, for consulting, advisory and related services. Pursuant to the consulting agreement, in exchange for Meteora holding at least 100,000 Public Shares through Closing, Coliseum paid Meteora a Deferred Consulting Fee in cash equal to approximately $1.1 million. As of Closing Date, the fair value of the deferred consulting fees liabilities was $0.

 

(15)On December 30, 2024, the Holdco entered into an agreement with RHY, pursuant to which RHY agreed to issue an LOC to the Holdco for up to $7 million, in addition to the Rollover amount. As of September 30, 2024, the outstanding amount that Coliseum and RET owed to Mr. You and his affiliates are: (i) approximately $1.5 million and approximately $207,000 of advances to Coliseum and RET, respectively, (ii) convertible note balance of $550,000 to Coliseum, which was later increased to $667,500 in connection with Coliseum’s three extensions subsequent to September 30, 2024, and a note balance of approximately $216,000 to RET (which amount includes accrued interest of approximately $16,000), and (iii) an outstanding balance of $150,000 in accrued administrative fees to Coliseum, for a total of approximately $2.7 million as of September 30, 2024. Subsequent to September 30, 2024 and prior to Closing, Coliseum and RET received additional advances from Mr. You, increasing the total Rollover amount to approximately $3.1 million. As the unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet gives effects to the merger transaction as if it had occurred on September 30, 2024, this adjustment does not reflect the additional advances owed to Mr. You subsequent to September 30, 2024.The Rollover amounts were assigned to and assumed by Holdco and are treated for all purposes as Loans outstanding under the Loan Agreement. The Rollover amount does not reduce the $7 million funding available to the Company under the LOC. This adjustment reflects the reclassification of total debt owed to Mr. You and his affiliates into the new Loan Agreement.

 

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(16)Reflects the elimination of Coliseum’s historical accumulated deficit and the transaction adjustments related to Coliseum as a result from transactions noted in footnotes 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, and 14, totaling approximately $9.6 million to additional paid-in capital.

 

(17)Reflects the full Prepayment to Meteora in connection with the Forward Purchase Agreement, waving full redemption rights in connection with such shares. See Note (ii) above for full details.

 

Transaction Accounting Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations

 

The transaction accounting adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 are as follows:

 

(c) Reflects an adjustment to eliminate interest and other investment income related to the Trust Account.

 

(d) Reflects adjustments to eliminate change in fair value of Private Placement Warrants liabilities, non-redemption agreement liabilities, and deferred consulting fees, as these non-recurring items are settled upon Closing, and the unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations gives effects to the merger transaction as if it had occurred on January 1, 2023, the beginning of the earliest period presented. See footnotes 12, 13, and 14 above for details.

 

(e) Reflects payment of annual salary to the new Co-CEO, Mr. Seidl pursuant to the binding Offer Letter. The bonus payment of $5.0 million along with interest pursuant to the terms of the agreement is considered as a contingent liability and will be recoded when it becomes probable. See section titled “Introduction” above for details. Management determines that an analysis on the probability will need to be done in order to determine the appropriate presentation for the Contingent Award. For the purpose of this statement, management chose to omit the presentation of the Contingent Award.

 

(f) Reflects interest expenses in connection with the Loan Agreement issued to RHY at an annual interest rate of 5%. See footnote 15 above for details.

 

The transaction accounting adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023 are as follows:

 

(a) Reflects the total transaction costs that are expected to be incurred and recorded as an expense in relation to the Business Combination. See footnote 8 above for detailed calculation.

 

(b) Reflects stock-based compensation expense incurred in connection with the 5,000 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock issuance to a vendor at Closing for services. See footnote 11 above for details.

 

(c) Upon Closing, the Trust Account was liquidated. As the unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations gives effects to the merger transaction as if it had occurred on January 1, 2023, the beginning of the earliest period presented, the recurring and nonrecurring impacts related to the interest and other investment income related to the Trust Account, which were recorded in the historical financial statements, have been properly reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023 without any further transaction accounting adjustments.

 

(d) Upon Closing, the liability-classified Coliseum Private Placement Warrants, non-redemption agreement liabilities and deferred consulting fees liability were settled. As the unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations gives effects to the merger transaction as if it had occurred on January 1, 2023, the beginning of the earliest period presented, the recurring and nonrecurring impacts related to the settlements of liability-classified Coliseum Private Placement Warrants, non-redemption agreement liabilities and deferred consulting fees liability, which were recorded in the historical financial statements, have been properly reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023 without any further transaction accounting adjustments. See footnote 12, 13 and 14 above for additional details.

 

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(e) Reflects payment of annual salary to the new Co-CEO, Mr. Seidl. The bonus payment of $5.0 million along with interest pursuant to the terms of the agreement is considered as a contingent liability and will be recoded when it becomes probable. See the section titled “Introduction” for details. Management determines that an analysis on the probability will need to be done in order to determine the appropriate presentation for the Contingent Award. For the purpose of this statement, management chose to omit the presentation of the Contingent Award.

(f) Reflects interest expenses in connection with the Loan Agreement issued to RHY at an annual interest rate of 5%. See footnote 15 above for details.

 

3.Loss per Share

 

Represents the net loss per share calculated using the historical weighted average Coliseum Ordinary Shares outstanding, and the issuance of additional shares in connection with the Business Combination and other related events, assuming the shares were outstanding since January 1, 2023. As the Business Combination and other related events are being reflected as if they had occurred at the beginning of the period presented, the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net loss per share assumes that the shares issuable in connection with the Business Combination have been outstanding for the entire period presented. No unexercised warrants and options and no conversion of Convertible Notes were included in the earnings per share calculation as they would be anti-dilutive.

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2024    
Pro forma net loss  $(6,164,365)
Pro forma weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted   7,224,654 
Net loss per share - basic and diluted  $(0.85)
      
For the year ended December 31, 2023     
Pro forma net loss  $(2,754,138)
Pro forma weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted   7,224,654 
Net loss per share - basic and diluted  $(0.38)
      
Pro Forma Weighted Average Shares     
Coliseum Public Shareholders, excluding Meteora Forward Purchase Shares (*)   361,556 
Holders of Coliseum Founder Shares   3,750,000 
Coliseum Private Placement Warrant Exchange   806,250 
Rainwater’s Equityholders   2,183,291 
Holdco PIPE Investments (**)   118,557 
Holdco Issuance of Shares for Services   5,000 
Pro forma weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted   7,224,654 

 

(*)Management is currently evaluating the full accounting impact of the Forward Purchase Agreement with Meteora, which could potentially have an impact the computation. For the purpose of this statement, management excluded the Forward Purchase Shares in the computation.

 

(**)Of these, the Company received $700,000 and issued 61,474 shares to the investors at Closing. The Company expects to receive an addition of $650,000 after Closing pursuant to the PIPE subscription agreements with Harry You and Paul Dacier to sell 43,910 and 13,173 shares of Holdco Class A Common Stock, respectively.

 

 

 

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