(c) issue, sell, pledge, dispose,
encumber or grant any shares of its or its Subsidiaries’ capital stock or other equity interests, or any options, warrants, convertible securities, calls or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of its or its Subsidiaries’ capital
stock or other equity interests except for transactions among the Company and its direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries or among the Company’s direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the
Company may issue shares of Company Common Stock upon the exercise, settlement or payment of any Company Equity Award in accordance with its terms, in either case (A) as is outstanding as of the date hereof or (B) as may be granted after the
date hereof in accordance with Section 6.1(g) or the Company ESPP;
(d) authorize,
declare, set aside, establish a record date for, or pay or make any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise, with respect to the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ capital stock or other equity
interests, other than (i) dividends or distributions paid by any wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or any wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) in the case of the Company, quarterly cash dividends payable to
holders of Company Preferred Stock in accordance with the Certificate of Designation, as in effect as of the date hereof, and consistent with past practice, including with respect to the timing of declaration and amount of payment (and in any event, excluding any special dividend);
(e) except as required pursuant to a
Company Benefit Plan in effect as of the date of this Agreement, (i) increase the compensation payable or that may become payable or the benefits provided to any current or former director, employee or other service provider of the Company
and/or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) grant, increase or amend any severance or termination pay or any change in control, transaction or retention bonuses (whether accompanied by a termination of employment or not) or pay or award, or commit
to pay or award, any bonuses or incentive compensation (including cash, equity and equity-based awards) or similar payments to any current or former director, employee or other service provider of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries,
(iii) establish, adopt, enter into, amend, renew or terminate any Company Benefit Plan (or any plan, agreement, program, policy, trust, fund or other arrangement that would be a Company Benefit Plan if in effect on the date hereof), (iv) take
any action to accelerate the vesting or lapse of restrictions with respect to any payment or benefit, or the funding of any payment or benefit, payable or to become payable under a Company Benefit Plan to any current or former director,
employee or other service provider of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries, other than as expressly provided by this Agreement, (v) terminate the employment or service of any employee or other service provider of the Company and/or any
of its Subsidiaries at the level of Director or above other than for cause, (vi) hire or promote any person who is or would be an executive officer or employee or other service provider of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries at the
level of Director or above, (vii) become a party to, establish, adopt, materially amend, commence participation in or terminate any Collective Bargaining Agreement or other agreement with a labor union, works council or similar organization,
or (viii) waive the restrictive covenant obligations of any current or former employee or other service provider of the Company;
(f)
effectuate a “plant closing” or “mass layoff” (each as defined in the WARN Act) requiring notice under the WARN Act;
(g) except as set forth in Section 6.1(g) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, grant, confer, award or accelerate the vesting or lapse of restrictions of any Company Equity Awards or other equity-based awards, convertible securities or any other rights to acquire any of its or its Subsidiaries’
capital stock, whether settled in cash or shares of Company Common Stock;
(h)
acquire, including by merger, consolidation or acquisition of stock or assets, any equity interest in any Person or any business of any Person or any division or amount of assets thereof, in each case,
other than (i) in respect of any merger, or consolidation, business combination solely among the Company’s wholly owned Subsidiaries, (ii) if the aggregate amount of the consideration to be paid or transferred by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in connection with any such transaction is less than $1 million, individually or in the aggregate, (iii) purchases of supplies, raw materials, equipment and inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice and (iv) short-term investments of cash in marketable securities in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; provided, however, that the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) shall not apply to
acquisitions of any spectrum-related properties, rights or assets (which shall be governed exclusively by Section 6.1(i));
(i) acquire any spectrum, except (i) fair market value exchanges of spectrum licenses in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that do not adversely affect existing or planned operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including with respect to Customer Parent and as contemplated by the Post-Closing
KTA Amendment) or (ii) in one or more transactions with respect to which the consideration paid (or payable) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not (or will not) exceed $1 million individually or $5 million in the aggregate
(including any cash component of an otherwise fair market value exchange of spectrum licenses);
(j) form any Subsidiary, other than a wholly owned Subsidiary formed in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice so long as such formation does not and would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, following the Closing, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including
the Company and its Subsidiaries));
(k) sell, transfer, lease, license, surrender, divest, cancel,
abandon or otherwise subject to a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) or otherwise dispose of any properties, rights or assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries other than (i) sales, transfers, leases or licenses of supplies, raw materials,
equipment and inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or among the Company and its wholly owned Subsidiaries or among the Company’s wholly owned Subsidiaries, (ii) non-exclusive licenses of Owned IP Rights
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (to the extent not prohibited in Section 6.1(y) or Section 6.1(z)), (iii) the leasing of space at the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ ground-station sites entered
into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, permitting third-party operators to collocate equipment or facilities at such sites, (iv) the entry into coordination agreements with an operator relating to orbital or
spectrum use that do not restrict the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ ability to use licensed frequencies in a particular region or manner, (v) sales, transfers, leases, licenses and other divestitures having a value not in excess of $1
million individually or $5 million in the aggregate or (vi) pursuant to Contracts existing as of the date hereof in accordance with the terms thereof; provided, however, that the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (v) shall not
include any arrangement or transaction involving spectrum-related properties, rights or assets (which shall be governed exclusively by Section 6.1(u));
(l) create, incur, or amend in any respect the terms of, any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any debt securities, warrants, calls or other rights to
acquire any debt security, or assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible for the indebtedness for borrowed money of, or debt securities issued by, another Person (other than a Subsidiary), except for indebtedness
incurred (i) under the Company’s existing indebtedness Contracts or (ii) between or among the Company or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries; provided, however, that in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) such
indebtedness either (A) is prepayable or redeemable at the Closing or at any time (subject to customary notice requirements) without premium or penalty or (B) does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, following the Closing,
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including the Company and its Subsidiaries), to any additional restrictions, limitations, covenants or obligations (other than the obligations to make payment on such indebtedness), in the case of this
clause (B), to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, is not or will not be otherwise subject;
(m) (i) terminate, amend or otherwise modify or waive any material right under any Company Material
Contract or Company Lease other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and in a manner that would not reasonably be expected to be adverse to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, following Closing, Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries (including the Company and its Subsidiaries)) in any material respect or (ii) renew or enter into any Contract, that if entered into prior to the date of this Agreement, would constitute a Company Material Contract
or Company Lease (other than renewals or replacements of Company Material Contracts or Company Leases existing as of the date of this Agreement on substantially similar terms to those in effect as of the date of this Agreement);
(n) make
any loans, advances, guarantees or capital contributions to, or investments in, any Person (other than the Company or any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company), other than (i) in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice that do not exceed $1 million individually or $2 million in the aggregate or (ii) loans, advances or reimbursements to employees, officers or directors for travel and business expenses in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice;
(o) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly,
contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other Person, except (i) with respect to obligations of the Company and wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company and (ii) for obligations under the Company’s indebtedness as of the date of
this Agreement;
(p) make any material change to its
methods of accounting in effect as of December 31, 2025, except (i) as required by GAAP (or any interpretation thereof), Regulation S-X or a Governmental Authority or quasi-Governmental Authority (including the Financial Accounting Standards
Board or any similar organization) or (ii) as required by a change in applicable Law;
(q) adopt or enter into a plan of complete or partial liquidation or
dissolution, restructuring or recapitalization;
(r) make or authorize any capital expenditures in excess of the amounts budgeted for such expenditures in the Company’s capital expenditure budget for the applicable fiscal year (or portion thereof) as set forth in Section 6.1(r) of the Company Disclosure
Letter; provided that the capital expenditure budget for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2026 shall be deemed to be 110% of the capital expenditure budget set forth in Section 6.1(r) of the
Company Disclosure Letter; provided, further, that the Company and its Subsidiaries may make expenditures, in any fiscal year, not to exceed $5 million individually or in the aggregate, to repair damage resulting from insured
casualty events or required on an emergency basis (so long as the Company provides Parent prior written notice of any such capital expenditures together with an estimate of the proposed scope of repairs and related costs);
(s) settle or compromise any Action
other than (i) settlements or compromises in accordance with Section 6.17 or (ii) settlements or compromises of any Action, in each case of this clause (ii), not in excess of the (A) amounts specifically reserved in accordance with
GAAP with respect to such Action on the audited financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, or (B) amount set forth in Section 6.1(s) of the Company Disclosure Letter; provided, in each
case, that any such settlements or compromises involve solely monetary remedies (without the admission of wrongdoing or a nolo contendere or similar plea by, the imposition of injunctive or other equitable relief on, or restrictions on the
activity or conduct of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, following the Closing, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries));
(t) re-orbit or dispose of any Company Satellite(s), other than in
the case of exigent operational circumstances, such as necessitated by a major failure, compliance with international standards, a demand by a Governmental Authority requiring action or a similar requirement beyond the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ control; provided that, in each case, except for operational circumstances necessitated by a major failure or similar requirement beyond the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s control, prior authorization from the applicable
Governmental Authority is obtained for such re-orbiting or disposal;
(u) (i) transfer, sell, lease, license, mortgage, pledge, voluntarily
surrender, voluntarily abandon or voluntarily allow to lapse (x) any Telecommunications Permit or (y) any spectrum right or other authorization relating to the use of spectrum-related properties, rights or assets held by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, in each case of the foregoing (x) or (y) that is material to the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) intentionally take or intentionally fail to take any action that would
reasonably be expected to result in any modification, suspension, revocation or non-renewal of any such Telecommunications Permit, spectrum right or other authorization referenced in clause (i) or (iii) grant, create or incur any Lien (other
than Permitted Liens) on any such Telecommunications Permit, spectrum right or other authorization referenced in clause (i);
(v) adopt or implement any stockholder rights plan or “poison pill” agreement or similar takeover
protection;
(w) enter into, amend, waive or terminate (other than terminations in accordance with their terms)
any Affiliate Transaction;
(x) (i) make, change or revoke any material Tax election, (ii) change
any entity classification for U.S. federal income tax purposes of any Subsidiary, (iii) settle or compromise any claim, audit, proceeding or liability relating to a material amount of Taxes, (iv) change (or make a request to any Governmental
Authority to change) any material Tax accounting period or method, (v) amend any material Tax Return, (vi) enter into any closing agreement within the meaning of Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign
Law) with respect to any material Tax, (vii) surrender any claim for a material refund of Taxes, or (viii) create an entity or branch outside of the United States that is (x) a direct Subsidiary or branch of the Company or any of its domestic
Subsidiaries and (y) treated as a branch, “disregarded entity” or partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
(y) terminate, fail to renew, abandon, cancel, allow to enter into the public domain, let lapse,
fail to continue to prosecute or defend, license (including through covenants not to sue), sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any material Owned IP Rights or material exclusively in-licensed Intellectual Property Rights, in each case,
other than non-exclusive licenses of products, services or technology of the Company and its Subsidiaries granted to suppliers, service providers, distributors and customers in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(z) fail to maintain the confidentiality of any material Trade Secrets included in the Owned IP
Rights;
(aa) make any material and adverse modification in the operation or
security of, or to the Information Security Program applicable to, the IT Assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, unless required otherwise by any Data Protection Requirements;
(bb) cancel any of the Insurance Policies or maintain insurance under such Insurance Policies at
less than current levels or otherwise in a manner inconsistent with past practice, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(cc) enter into any Contract to purchase real property with a value in
excess of $1 million; or
(dd) except as otherwise permitted by clauses (a) through (cc) above, agree, authorize or commit to
do any of the foregoing.
Section 6.2 Written
Consent; Preparation of the Information Statement and the Registration Statement.
(a) Immediately following the execution
of this Agreement, in lieu of calling a meeting of the Company’s stockholders, the Company shall submit to, and seek and obtain from, the Supporting Stockholders the Written Consent by no later than twenty-four hours after the execution and
delivery of this Agreement. Promptly following receipt of the Written Consent, duly executed by the Supporting Stockholders, and by no later than twenty-four hours after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall provide
to Parent a copy of such Written Consent. In connection with the Written Consent, the Company shall take all actions necessary or advisable to comply, and shall comply in all respects, with Section 228 of the DGCL, the Company Certificate of
Incorporation and the Company Bylaws.
(b) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the date hereof (and in any event within
forty-five (45) Business Days hereof unless otherwise extended by Parent and the Company), the Company and Parent shall cooperate to prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC (i) the Information Statement, which shall be filed by the Company
and contain the notice of action by written consent required by Section 228(e) of the DGCL and (ii) the Registration Statement, which shall be filed by Parent and include the Information Statement as a prospectus. Each of Parent and the
Company shall furnish to the other party all information as may be reasonably requested by the other in connection with any such action and the preparation, filing and distribution of the Information Statement and the Registration Statement
(including information required by Law to be included in such Information or Registration Statement or information requested by the SEC or its staff). Each of Parent and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the
Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act and the Information Statement be cleared by the SEC and its staff under the Exchange Act, in each case, as promptly as practicable after such filing (including by responding
to comments from the SEC or its staff), and, in the case of Parent, prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement, take all action reasonably required to be taken under any applicable state securities Laws in connection with the
issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Mergers, (B) keep the Registration Statement effective through the Closing in order to permit the consummation of the Mergers and the Share Issuance and (C) cause the Registration Statement and the
Information Statement to comply with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and any applicable state securities Laws.
(c) Each of Parent and the Company shall promptly notify the other
party upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or any request from the SEC or the staff of the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Information Statement or the Registration Statement, and shall provide the
other party promptly with copies of all material correspondence between Parent and its Representatives or the Company and its Representatives, as applicable, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC, on the other hand (including,
for the avoidance of doubt, any written comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC). Each of Parent and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts (with the assistance of, and after consultation with, the other party) to respond as
promptly as reasonably practicable to any comments of the SEC or the staff of the SEC with respect to the Information Statement or the Registration Statement, as applicable. Prior to filing or mailing the Information Statement or the
Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments of the SEC (or the staff of the SEC) with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party and its counsel a reasonable
opportunity to review and to propose comments on such document or response and each party will give due consideration to all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested thereto by the other parties or their respective counsel,
except, in each case, to the extent prohibited by applicable Law.
(d) The Company shall cause the Information Statement to be delivered to the Company’s
stockholders in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL as promptly as practicable after the SEC has declared the Registration Statement to be effective. If, at any time prior to the First Effective Time, any information relating to the
Company, Parent, Acquisition Sub I, Acquisition Sub II or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors is discovered by the Company, Parent, Acquisition Sub I or Acquisition Sub II which is required to be set forth in an
amendment or supplement to the Information Statement or the Registration Statement, so that the Information Statement or the Registration Statement shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties
thereof, and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the Company’s stockholders.
Section 6.3 Appropriate
Action; Consents; Filings.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including the limitations set forth in
this Section 6.3), the parties hereto will use their respective reasonable best efforts to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated hereby and to cause the conditions to the Mergers set forth in Article VII
to be satisfied, including using reasonable best efforts to accomplish the following: (i) the obtaining of all Consents from Governmental Authorities necessary in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including the Mergers, and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Authorities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval from, or to
avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Authority necessary in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Mergers, (ii) the obtaining of all other necessary Consents or
waivers from Third Parties and (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers
and the Share Issuance, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Authority vacated or reversed. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, obtaining any
Third Party Consents or waivers pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 6.3(a) or otherwise shall not be a condition to the obligations of the parties to consummate the Mergers.
(b) Each of the parties hereto shall (and, to the extent required,
shall cause their respective Affiliates to) (i) promptly (and in no event later than twenty-five (25) Business Days following the date of this Agreement) make its respective filings under the HSR Act, (ii) not more than thirty (30) Business
Days following the date of this Agreement (which date may be extended by Parent by up to an additional fifteen (15) Business Days in the aggregate if Parent, acting in good faith, determines that it is advisable for such filings with the FCC
to be filed at such later date), submit appropriate filings with the FCC to obtain any Consent required to consummate the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) not more than thirty (30) Business Days following the date
of this Agreement (which date may be extended by Parent by up to an additional fifteen (15) Business Days in the aggregate if Parent, acting in good faith, determines that it is advisable for such filings to be filed at such later date),
submit appropriate filings with the ANFR, Ministry of Telecoms, Ministry of Space and French telecom regulator (ARCEP) to obtain any Consent required to consummate the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (iv) promptly
after the date of this Agreement (and in any event within the required time periods for filing under the applicable Antitrust Law, Foreign Investment Law or Satellite and Communications Law), prepare, file and submit the notifications,
reports and other documents required under any applicable Antitrust Law, Foreign Investment Law or Satellite and Communications Law in the jurisdictions set forth in Section 7.1(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter and (v) as promptly
as reasonably practicable, make any other applications and filings with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers and the Share Issuance, as determined by Parent and the Company to be required under any applicable
Law. In furtherance and not in limitation of this Section 6.3(b), Parent shall as soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement make an information submission to the European Commission disclosing information
concerning the transactions contemplated hereby to the extent required by the Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Union (the Digital Markets Act).
(c) Each party hereto shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, use its and their reasonable best efforts, and take any and all steps necessary to avoid or eliminate
each and every impediment under any Antitrust Law, Foreign Investment Law or any Satellite and Communications Law that may be asserted by any Governmental Authority so as to enable the parties hereto to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including the Mergers, prior to the Termination Date; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else contained in this Agreement, (A) neither Parent nor the Company (nor
any of their respective Affiliates) shall be required to sell, hold separate or otherwise dispose of or conduct their business (or, following the Closing, the combined business) in a specified manner or to agree to any restriction or
condition with respect thereto, or agree to sell, hold separate or otherwise dispose of or conduct their business (or, following the Closing, the combined business) in a specified manner or to agree to any restriction or condition with
respect thereto, or enter into or agree to enter into a voting trust arrangement, proxy arrangement, “hold separate” agreement or arrangement or similar agreement or arrangement or to agree to any restriction or condition, in each case, with
respect to the assets, operations or conduct of their business (or, following the Closing, the combined business) in a specified manner, or permit the sale, holding separate or other disposition of, any assets of Parent, the Company or their
respective Affiliates (provided that the Company shall agree to take (and shall take) any such action with respect to the Company and the Company’s Affiliates to the extent (x) the Company is requested in writing to do so by Parent and (y)
such action is only binding on or otherwise applicable to the Company from and after the First Effective Time and in the event that the Closing occurs), and (B) Parent or Parent’s Affiliates shall not be required to commit to provide prior
notice to, or seek prior approval from, any Governmental Authority with respect to any future transaction. The Company shall not communicate to any Governmental Authority its willingness to consider, offer to take, or to agree to, any
actions, restrictions or conditions with respect to obtaining any consents, registrations, approvals, permits, expirations of waiting periods or authorizations in connection with the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement without the prior written consent of Parent (which, subject to this Section 6.3(c), may be withheld in Parent’s sole discretion).
(d) Subject to the confidentiality provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement and the Clean Team
Agreement, each of the parties hereto will furnish to the other such necessary information and reasonable assistance as the other may reasonably request in connection with the preparation of any required governmental filings or submissions
and will cooperate in responding to any inquiry from a Governmental Authority, in each case in connection with, the Mergers (including the renewal and maintenance of Material Telecommunications Permits in full force and effect in connection
therewith) and the other transactions contemplated hereby, including (i) promptly informing the other party of such inquiry, (ii) consulting in advance before making any presentations or submissions to a Governmental Authority, (iii) giving
the other party reasonable advance notice and the opportunity to attend and participate in any substantive meetings or discussions with any Governmental Authority, to the extent not prohibited by such Governmental Authority, and (iv)
supplying each other with copies of all material correspondence, filings or communications between any party and any Governmental Authority with respect to this Agreement; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Section 6.3, each of Parent and the Company may reasonably designate material provided to the other party pursuant to this Section 6.3 as “outside counsel only” or “counsel only” (x) as necessary
to comply with legal or contractual arrangements and/or (y) as necessary to address reasonable privilege, legal, confidentiality or competitive sensitivity concerns, and such materials and the information contained therein shall only be
provided to the outside counsel and advisors of the receiving party to whom such materials or information is necessary to be provided and will not be disclosed by such counsel or advisors to others at the receiving party without the
disclosing party’s prior written consent. Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Agreement, Parent shall, after consultation with the Company and consideration of the Company’s views in good faith, have the sole right to control and
direct all antitrust strategy and communications regulatory strategy in connection with the review of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by any Governmental Authority, including any submission to, litigation by, or negotiations
with, any Governmental Authority or other Person related to the transactions contemplated hereby under any Antitrust Law, Foreign Investment Law or any Satellite and Communications Law, including with respect to any determination to pull and
refile any filing made under the HSR Act or enter into a timing agreement with any Governmental Authority, including any agreement to delay, toll or extend any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Law, Foreign
Investment Law or any Satellite and Communications Law. The Company acknowledges that, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Parent may submit one or more
applications to the FCC and other relevant Governmental Authorities for authorization of a satellite constellation, including applications filed contemporaneously with any application for approval of the transfer of control of the Company or
its licenses.
Section 6.4 Access to Information; Confidentiality.
(a) Upon reasonable notice, the Company shall (and shall cause each
of its Subsidiaries and its and their respective Representatives to) afford to Parent and the representatives, officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants, consultants and financial advisors (collectively, “Representatives”) of Parent reasonable access, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with the normal operations of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice throughout the period commencing on the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the First Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the
terms of Article VIII, to the properties, books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries and, during such period, shall (and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to) furnish promptly to such Representatives all information concerning the business, properties and personnel of the Company and its Subsidiaries as may reasonably be requested by Parent or its Representatives (acting on
Parent’s behalf); provided, however, that nothing herein shall require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Representatives to disclose any information to Parent, Acquisition Sub I or Acquisition Sub II to the extent such
disclosure would, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, (i) result in a Third Party competitor of the Company receiving information that is competitively sensitive and would cause competitive harm to the Company and its Subsidiaries if
the Mergers are not consummated, (ii) violate applicable Law or the confidentiality provisions of any agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, (iii) jeopardize any attorney-client or other legal privilege, work
product doctrine or similar protection or (iv) be reasonably pertinent to any Action in which the Company or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Parent or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, are adverse parties and such
disclosure would actually prejudice the Company or any of its Affiliates (provided that the Company shall advise Parent that the Company is withholding such information and the reasons therefor and the Company shall use reasonable efforts to
allow for such disclosure or access in a manner that would not violate clauses (i)-(iv)); provided, further, that nothing herein shall authorize Parent or its Representatives to undertake any environmental testing involving
sampling of soil, groundwater or similar invasive techniques at any of the properties owned, operated or leased by the Company or its Subsidiaries. No investigation or access permitted pursuant to this Section 6.4 shall be deemed to modify any representation or warranty made by the Company hereunder. Parent agrees that it will not, and will cause its Representatives not to, use any information obtained
pursuant to this Section 6.4 for any competitive or other purpose unrelated to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Parent agrees that the Confidentiality Agreement shall apply with respect to
information furnished by the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Company’s officers, employees and other Representatives hereunder. Parent and the Company will cooperate to minimize, to the extent reasonably practicable, any unnecessary
disruption to the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries that may result from the requests for access, data and information hereunder.
(b) The Confidentiality Agreement and the Clean Team Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect in accordance with its terms until the First Effective Time, at which time the Confidentiality Agreement and Clean Team Agreement shall automatically terminate without further action.
Section 6.5 Non-Solicitation; Competing Proposals.
(a) Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors and
officers to, and shall instruct its and its Subsidiaries’ other Representatives to, immediately (i) cease and cause to be terminated any existing solicitation of, or discussions or negotiations with, any Third Party relating to any Competing
Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Proposal and (ii) terminate access by any Third Party or any of its Representatives to any physical or
electronic data room relating to any potential Competing Proposal. The Company shall promptly (and in any event, within twenty-four (24) hours) request that each Third Party and each of its Representatives that has previously executed a
confidentiality agreement with the Company relating to any potential Competing Proposal promptly return to the Company or destroy all non-public information previously furnished or made available to such Third Party or any of its
Representatives by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, in accordance with the terms of such confidentiality agreement.
(b) The Company shall promptly (and in any event within twenty-four
(24) hours) of receipt by the Company or any of its Representatives of any Competing Proposal, any proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Proposal or any inquiry or request for non-public information or
access to properties, books and records relating to a Competing Proposal or that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Proposal (in each case whether in writing or oral), deliver to Parent (i) a written notice setting forth (A)
the identity of the Third Party making such Competing Proposal, proposal, offer, inquiry, or request and (B) the terms and conditions of any such Competing Proposal, proposal, offer, inquiry, or request and (ii) complete unredacted copies of
all documents and communications received by the Company or any Representative of the Company setting forth the terms and conditions of, or otherwise relating to, such Competing Proposal, proposal, offer, inquiry or request. The Company shall
keep Parent informed on a reasonably current basis with respect to the status of any such Competing Proposal, proposal, offer, inquiry or request and any changes, amendments or modifications to the financial or other terms and conditions of
any such Competing Proposal, proposal, offer, inquiry or request, and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours following the Company’s (or its Representatives’) receipt of such change, amendment or modification. The Company shall promptly
(and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours) provide Parent unredacted copies of all written proposals or offers (or, with respect to any oral proposals or offers, a written summary of the material terms thereof), or draft agreements sent
to or provided to the Company or any of its Representatives with respect to such Competing Proposal, proposal, offer, inquiry or request (along with all schedules and exhibits thereto and any financing commitments relating thereto), as well
as any written communications (or, with respect to any substantive oral communications, a written summary thereof) relating to the terms and conditions thereof.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.5, during
the period between the date hereof and the First Effective Time or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1, the Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and their
respective directors and officers not to, and shall instruct its and its Subsidiaries’ other Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (i) initiate, solicit or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiry, proposal or offer,
or the making, submission or announcement of any inquiry, proposal or offer, which constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Competing Proposal, (ii) enter into, engage in or otherwise participate in any negotiations or
discussions with (it being understood that the Company may inform Persons of the provisions contained in this Section 6.5), or furnish or otherwise provide access to any non-public information to,
any Person relating to a Competing Proposal or any inquiry, request, proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Proposal, (iii) approve, endorse or recommend any inquiry, proposal or offer,
which constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Competing Proposal or (iv) enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle or any similar document or any Contract relating to, or that
contemplates or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Competing Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall be permitted to grant waivers,
amendments and releases of, and not enforce, any “standstill” or similar obligation of any Third Party with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent required to allow such Third Party to confidentially submit a
Competing Proposal, but solely to the extent that the Company Board (acting upon the recommendation of each of the Company Special Committee and the SRC) determines in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel and
financial advisors) that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Delaware Law and the Company shall promptly (and in any event within
twenty-four (24) hours) notify Parent of the taking of any such action.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.5, at any time prior to the Company’s receipt of the Written Consent, in the event that the Company receives a Competing Proposal from any Person
after the date of this Agreement that is not withdrawn and that did not arise from or in connection with a breach of Section 6.5(c), the Company, the Company Special Committee and their respective Representatives may engage in
negotiations or substantive discussions with, or furnish or provide access to any information and other access to, any Person making such Competing Proposal and its Representatives or potential sources of financing if the Company Board
(acting upon the recommendation of each of the Company Special Committee and the SRC) determines in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors) that such Competing Proposal constitutes or would
reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal and that a failure to take such actions would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Delaware Law; provided that (x)
prior to furnishing any non-public information concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries, the Company receives from such Person, to the extent such Person is not already subject to a confidentiality agreement with the Company, an executed
confidentiality agreement with such Person containing confidentiality, non-use and other terms that are no less favorable in the aggregate to the Company than that contained in the Confidentiality Agreement, it being understood that such
confidentiality agreement need not contain a standstill provision or otherwise restrict the making, or amendment, of a Competing Proposal (and related communications) to the Company or the Company Board (or any committee or subcommittee
thereof) (provided that if any such confidentiality agreement does not contain a standstill or contains a standstill provision that is more favorable to such other Person than that contained in the Confidentiality Agreement, the
Confidentiality Agreement shall be deemed to be automatically (and permanently) amended hereby and without further action of the parties to delete the standstill provision therein or conform the provision thereof with such more favorable
provision, as applicable) (such confidentiality agreement, an “Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement”) and (y) any such non-public information so furnished shall
be promptly (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours) made available to Parent to the extent it was not previously made available to Parent or its Representatives.
(e) Except as expressly permitted in Section 6.5(f), neither
the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall (i) (A) withdraw, withhold, change, qualify or modify, or propose publicly to withdraw, withhold, change, qualify or modify, in a manner adverse to Parent, Acquisition Sub I or Acquisition Sub
II, the Company Recommendation, (B) approve, declare advisable or recommend, or propose publicly to approve, declare advisable or recommend, to the Company’s stockholders any Competing Proposal, (C) if a Competing Proposal has been publicly
disclosed, fail to publicly recommend against such Competing Proposal within ten (10) Business Days of the request of Parent and fail to publicly reaffirm the Company Recommendation within such ten (10) Business Day period upon such request,
(D) fail to publicly recommend, in a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 under the Exchange Act, against any Competing Proposal that is a tender offer or exchange offer subject to Regulation 14D promulgated under the
Exchange Act, and reaffirm the Company Recommendation, within ten (10) Business Days after the commencement (within the meaning of Rule 14d-2 under the Exchange Act) of such tender offer or exchange offer (any action described in this clause (i) being referred to as an “Adverse Recommendation Change”) or (ii) approve,
authorize, cause, permit or recommend, or allow the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to execute or enter into, any merger agreement, acquisition agreement, reorganization agreement, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement
in principle or any similar document or any Contract with respect to any Competing Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement).
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, at any time prior to the Company’s
receipt of the Written Consent, the Company Board (acting upon the recommendation of each of the Company Special Committee and the SRC) may (i)(A) make an Adverse Recommendation Change in response to an Intervening Event if the Company Board
(acting upon the recommendation of each of the Company Special Committee and the SRC) determines in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors) that the failure to take such action would be
inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Delaware Law and (B) make an Adverse Recommendation Change if the Company has received a Competing Proposal (that did not arise in connection
with or result from any breach of this Section 6.5) which the Company Board (acting upon the recommendation of each of the Company Special Committee and the SRC) has determined in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal
counsel and financial advisors) constitutes a Superior Proposal and that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Delaware Law or (ii) cause or
permit the Company to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to such Superior Proposal concurrently with the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(ii) and subject to the payment of the Company Termination
Fee in accordance with Section 8.3(a)(ii); provided, however, that the Company Board (acting upon the recommendation of each of the Company Special Committee and the SRC) shall not, and shall cause the Company not to,
take any action set forth in clause (i) or clause (ii) above unless, prior to taking such action, (1) the Company has provided written notice (which notice shall not constitute an Adverse Recommendation Change) to Parent advising Parent that
the Company Board intends to make an Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(ii) and specifying the reasons therefor, including (x) if the basis of the proposed action by the Company Board
is due to a Superior Proposal (such notice, a “Notice of Superior Proposal”), the terms and conditions of any such Superior Proposal, the identity of the Person
or group making such Superior Proposal, and a copy of the then-existing drafts of the definitive agreement providing for such Superior Proposal (provided that Parent shall be required to keep all such documents and their terms
confidential in accordance with the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement), or (y) if the basis of the proposed action by the Company Board is an Intervening Event (such notice, a “Notice of
Intervening Event”), a reasonable description of such Intervening Event (provided that Parent shall be required to keep all such information confidential in accordance with the terms of the
Confidentiality Agreement), (2) a period of five (5) Business Days has elapsed following Parent’s receipt of the Notice of Intervening Event or Notice of Superior Proposal, as applicable (it being understood and agreed that in the event of
(x) any amendment or revision to the financial or other material terms of such Superior Proposal shall require a new Notice of Superior Proposal and (y) any material development with respect to such Intervening Event (other than in respect of
any revisions or proposals made by Parent) shall require a new Notice of Intervening Event, and, in each case, the Company shall be required to comply again with the requirements of this Section 6.5(f); provided that
references to “five (5) Business Days” shall be deemed to be references to “three (3) Business Days”), (3) during such five (5) Business Day period, if requested by Parent, the Company has negotiated, and has caused its Subsidiaries and its
and their Representatives to negotiate, in good faith with Parent and its Representatives regarding any changes to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any other proposals by Parent so that either the failure to make an Adverse
Recommendation Change in response to such Intervening Event would no longer be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Delaware Law or such Competing Proposal would no longer constitute
a Superior Proposal, as applicable, and (4) following such five (5) Business Day period, and after considering in good faith any changes or proposals made by Parent, the Company Board (acting upon the recommendation of each of the Company
Special Committee and the SRC) shall have determined in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors) that (x) the failure to make an Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Intervening Event
would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Delaware Law or (y) such Competing Proposal continues to constitute a Superior Proposal and the failure to make an Adverse
Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(ii) would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Delaware Law, as applicable.
(g) Nothing in this Agreement shall restrict the Company or the
Company Board from (i) taking or disclosing to the stockholders of the Company any position contemplated by Rules 14d-9 or 14e-2(a) under the Exchange Act, or (ii) otherwise making disclosures to comply with applicable Law (it being agreed
that a “stop, look and listen” communication by the Company Board to the Company’s stockholders pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or a factually accurate public statement by the Company that describes the Company’s receipt of a
Competing Proposal and the operation of this Agreement with respect thereto shall not be deemed to be an Adverse Recommendation Change or give rise to a Parent termination right pursuant to Section
8.1(d)(ii)); provided that (A) any disclosure made as permitted under clause (ii) above that relates to a Competing Proposal (other than a “stop, look and listen” communication by the Company Board to the Company’s stockholders
pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act) shall be deemed to be an Adverse Recommendation Change unless the Company Board expressly publicly reaffirms the Company Recommendation in connection with such disclosure and (B) any Adverse
Recommendation Change must be made in accordance with this Section 6.5.
(h) For purposes of this Agreement:
(i) “Competing Proposal” shall mean any proposal, indication of interest or offer made by any Person (other than Parent, Acquisition Sub I, Acquisition Sub II or any Affiliate
thereof) or “group” of Persons (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) contemplating or otherwise relating to any transaction or series of related transactions (other than the transactions contemplated hereby) involving:
(1) any direct or indirect purchase or other
acquisition by any Person or “group” of Persons (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), including pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer, that would result in such Person or “group” of Persons (as defined in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) beneficially owning at least twenty percent (20%) of the total voting power of any class of equity securities of the Company after giving effect to the consummation of such transaction;
(2) any merger, consolidation, amalgamation, plan or scheme of arrangement, share exchange, business
combination, joint venture, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation or other similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which any Person or “group” of Persons (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act) (other than the Company or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries) would hold securities representing at least twenty percent (20%) of the total voting power of any class of equity securities of the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or of the surviving entity after giving effect to the consummation of such transaction; or
(3) any sale or disposition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any
Person or “group” of Persons (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) of any business or businesses or assets (including equity interests in any Subsidiary of the Company) that constitute or account for at least twenty percent
(20%) of the consolidated net revenues or consolidated net income (measured based on the twelve (12) full calendar months prior to the date of determination) or consolidated assets (measured based on fair market value as of the date of such
sale or disposition) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case except for sales or non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses of Company products in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
(ii) “Intervening
Event” means any material Effect with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, occurring or arising after the date of this Agreement that (A) was not known or reasonably
foreseeable to the Company Board as of or prior to the date of this Agreement (or, if known, the magnitude or consequences of which were not known or reasonably foreseeable by the Company Board as of or prior to the date of this Agreement),
and (B) does not involve or relate to (1) a Competing Proposal (or any proposal, offer, inquiry or request that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Proposal), (2) the mere fact, in and of itself, that the Company meets or
exceeds any internal or published projections or forecasts or estimates of revenues, earnings or other financial results for any period ending on or after the date of this Agreement, or (3) the mere fact, in and of itself, that there are
changes after the date of this Agreement in the market price or trading volume of the Company Common Stock; provided, however, that the underlying causes of any such change or event in clauses (2) or (3) may be considered in
determining whether an Intervening Event has occurred; provided, further, that in no event shall the following constitute or be taken into account in determining the existence of an Intervening Event: (x) any action that is
taken by Parent or the Company to the extent required by the affirmative covenants set forth in Section 6.3, and the consequences of any such action and (y) changes in general economic, financial or geopolitical conditions, or changes
in conditions in the global, international or U.S. economy of financial markets generally.
(iii) “Superior Proposal” shall mean a bona fide unsolicited written Competing Proposal (with all references to “twenty percent (20%)” in the definition of Competing Proposal changed to eighty percent (80%)) made by a Third Party on
terms and conditions that the Company Board (acting upon the recommendation of each of the Company Special Committee and the SRC) determines in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors) (A) is
reasonably likely to be consummated in accordance with its terms (taking into account all financial, regulatory, financing, conditionality, legal and other terms and conditions) and (B) if consummated, would be more favorable, from a
financial point of view, to the Company’s stockholders (in their capacity as such) than the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement taking into account all of the terms and conditions of such Competing Proposal and
this Agreement (in each case, including all of the financial, regulatory, financing, conditionality, legal and other terms and conditions, and any changes to the terms of this Agreement committed to by Parent to the Company in writing in
response to such Competing Proposal under the provisions of Section 6.5(f)).
Section 6.6 Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance.
(a) Parent, Acquisition Sub I and Acquisition Sub II agree that all
rights to exculpation, indemnification, contribution and advancement of expenses for facts, events, acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the First Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the First Effective
Time (including any matters arising in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby), now existing in favor of the current or former directors or officers of (or in a comparable role with) the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any
person serving at the request of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a director, officer, trustee or fiduciary of (or in a comparable role with) another Person or a Company Benefit Plan (the “D&O
Indemnified Parties”), as the case may be, as provided in the respective certificates of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or such Subsidiaries or in any director
and officer indemnification agreement in a standard form that was made available to Parent prior to the date hereof, in each case, in effect as of the Closing Date, shall survive the Mergers and shall continue in full force and effect in
accordance with their terms (it being agreed that after the Closing such rights shall be mandatory rather than permissive, if applicable), which provisions shall not, for a period of six (6) years from the First Effective Time, be amended,
repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of the D&O Indemnified Parties except to the extent required by applicable Law. Parent shall cause the Surviving Entity and its Subsidiaries to
perform such obligations thereunder.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall (and Parent shall cause the Surviving Entity to) (i)
indemnify, defend and hold harmless, and advance expenses to, the D&O Indemnified Parties with respect to all facts, events, acts or omissions by them in their capacities as such at any time prior to and including the First Effective Time
(including any matters arising in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), to the fullest extent that the Company or its Subsidiaries would be permitted by applicable Law and
(ii) pay in advance of the final disposition of any action against any D&O Indemnified Party the expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) of any D&O Indemnified Party upon receipt, if required by applicable Law, the Surviving
Entity’s organizational documents or any applicable indemnification agreement, of a written undertaking by him or her or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed if it is ultimately determined that such D&O Indemnified
Party is not permitted to be indemnified under applicable Law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 6.6(b) or elsewhere in this Agreement, Parent shall not (and Parent shall cause the Surviving Entity not
to) settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment or otherwise seek termination with respect to any action, unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an unconditional release of all of the D&O
Indemnified Parties covered by the action from all liability arising out of such action.
(c) For at least six (6) years after the First Effective Time, (i)
Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Entity to, maintain in full force and effect the coverage provided by the existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance in effect as of the Closing Date and
maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable (the “Existing D&O Insurance Policies”), or provide substitute policies (with the
Company’s existing insurance carriers or with insurance carriers having an A.M. Best financial strength rating of at least an “A-“) for the Company, its Subsidiaries and the D&O Indemnified Parties who are currently covered by such
Existing D&O Insurance Policies, in either case, with limits and on terms and conditions no less advantageous to the D&O Indemnified Parties than the Existing D&O Insurance Policies, covering claims and other matters arising from
facts, events, acts, omissions or other matters that occurred at or prior to the First Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated hereby (provided that Parent or the Surviving Entity, as applicable, shall not be required
to pay an aggregate annual premium for such insurance in excess of three hundred percent (300%) of the aggregate annual premium paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the Existing D&O Insurance Policies (the “Maximum D&O Amount”), but in such case shall purchase the most advantageous such coverage as possible for the Maximum D&O Amount) and (ii) Parent shall not, and shall not permit the Surviving Entity or its other Subsidiaries to, take any action that would prejudice the rights of, or otherwise
impede recovery by, the beneficiaries of any such insurance, whether in respect of claims arising before or after the First Effective Time. In lieu of such insurance, prior to the First Effective Time, the Company may purchase prepaid,
non-cancellable six (6) year “tail” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance (“Tail Coverage”), effective as of the First
Effective Time, with limits and on terms and conditions no less advantageous to the D&O Indemnified Parties than the Existing D&O Insurance Policies, covering claims and other matters arising from facts, events, acts, omissions or
other matters that occurred at or prior to the First Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated hereby (provided that the aggregate premium for the Tail Coverage shall not exceed the Maximum D&O Amount); provided further that if the Tail Coverage is not reasonably available or the aggregate premium for the Tail Coverage exceeds the Maximum D&O
Amount, then the Company shall obtain the most advantageous such Tail Coverage available for a cost not exceeding the Maximum D&O Amount, unless otherwise directed by Parent to exceed the Maximum
D&O Amount, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Entity (or its applicable Subsidiaries) to maintain such Tail Coverage in full force and effect, without any modification, and continue to honor the
obligations thereunder, in which event Parent shall cease to have any obligations under the first sentence of this Section 6.6(c).
(d) In the event that Parent, the Surviving Entity, any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries or any of their successors or assigns shall (i) consolidate with or merge or amalgamate into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving company or entity of such consolidation, merger or amalgamation
or (ii) transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, Parent shall cause proper provision to be made so that the successor and assign of Parent, the Surviving Entity, any such
Subsidiary or all or substantially all of its or their properties and assets, as the case may be, assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.6.
(e) The D&O Indemnified Parties are third-party beneficiaries of this Section 6.6. The
provisions of this Section 6.6 shall survive the Mergers and are intended to be for the benefit of, and enforceable by, each D&O Indemnified Party and his or her successors, heirs or representatives. The rights of each D&O
Indemnified Party hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other applicable rights such D&O Indemnified Party may have under the respective organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the
Surviving Entity, any other indemnification arrangement, applicable Law or otherwise.
(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if any claim (whether arising before, at or
after the Closing) is made against any of the D&O Indemnified Parties on or prior to the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Closing Date, the provisions of this Section 6.6 shall continue in effect until the final disposition of such
claim.
Section 6.7 Notification of Certain Matters. The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent shall give prompt notice to the Company,
of (a) any notice or other communication received by such party from any Governmental Authority in connection with this Agreement, the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated hereby, or from any Person alleging that the consent of such
Person is or may be required in connection with the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated hereby, if the subject matter of such communication or the failure of such party to obtain such consent could reasonably be expected to (i) be
material to the Company, the Surviving Entity or Parent or (ii) prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of the parties to consummate the Mergers, and (b) any Actions commenced or, to such party’s Knowledge, threatened
against, relating to or involving or otherwise affecting such party or any of its Subsidiaries which would or would reasonably be expected to (i) prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of the parties to consummate the
Mergers or the other transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) cause the failure of any condition set forth in Section 7.1, Section 7.2 or Section 7.3.
Section 6.8 Public Announcements. The initial press release concerning this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be a joint
press release in the form mutually agreed by the Company and Parent prior to the execution of this Agreement. The Company and Parent shall consult with each other before issuing any press release or otherwise making any public statements with
respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, and none of the parties hereto or their respective Affiliates shall issue any such press release or make any public statement prior to obtaining the other parties’ consent
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except that (a) no such consent shall be necessary to the extent disclosure (i) is required by applicable Law, Order or applicable stock exchange rule or any listing
agreement of any party hereto (and in such event, such party shall use its reasonable best efforts to consult with the other party prior to such disclosure), (ii) or is consistent with (and not materially expansive of) prior public
communications previously consented to by the other parties or (iii) relates to any dispute or actual or threatened Actions between or among the parties or their respective Affiliates related to this Agreement, the Support Agreement or any of
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) the Company need not consult with (or obtain the consent of) Parent in connection with any press release, public statement or filing to be issued or made with respect to an Adverse
Recommendation Change made in compliance with Section 6.5 and (c) the Company may, without the consent of Parent, and Parent may, without the Company’s consent, communicate to its employees, customers, suppliers and consultants; provided
that such communication is consistent with (and not materially expansive of) (i) previous press releases, public disclosures or public statements or announcements made jointly by the parties (or individually, if approved by the other party) or
(ii) any communications plan previously agreed to by Parent and the Company, in which case such communications may be made consistent with such plan.
Section 6.9 Employee Benefits.
(a) Employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries immediately prior to the First Effective Time who remain employees of Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of
their Affiliates following the First Effective Time are hereinafter referred to as the “Continuing Employees.” For the period commencing at the First Effective Time and ending on the first anniversary of
the date on which the First Effective Time occurs (or, if earlier, the date on which the Continuing Employee ceases to be employed by Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their Affiliates), Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving
Corporation or any of their Affiliates to, provide for each Continuing Employee (i) base salary and wage rate and target short-term incentive compensation opportunities that are, in the aggregate, no less favorable than those provided to each
such Continuing Employee immediately prior to the First Effective Time (it being understood that (x) all applicable short-term incentive compensation opportunities that apply for Continuing Employees as of immediately prior to the First
Effective Time are pursuant to the arrangements set forth in Section 6.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter and any other arrangements that may be adopted or amended in accordance with Section 6.1(e) and (y) any post-Closing
target short-term incentive compensation shall be paid solely in cash) and (ii) employee benefits (excluding severance, retention, change in control, equity and long-term cash incentive compensation, employee stock purchase plan participation,
defined benefit pension and post-employment health and welfare benefits) that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to those provided to such Continuing Employee immediately prior to the First Effective Time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Parent shall provide, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation or any of their Affiliates to provide, for the period commencing at the First Effective Time and ending on the first
anniversary of the date on which the First Effective Time occurs, severance payments and benefits to each Continuing Employee whose employment is terminated without cause during such period that are no less favorable than the severance
payments and benefits that such Continuing Employee is eligible to receive under any applicable severance plan, policy, practice or arrangement sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in accordance with the terms of
such arrangement as in effect immediately prior to the First Effective Time.
(b) Parent hereby acknowledges that consummation of the Mergers will
constitute a “change in control” (or similar term) of the Company under the terms of the Company Benefit Plans, as applicable.
(c) At the First Effective Time, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to use commercially reasonable efforts
to provide that each Continuing Employee shall be given service credit for all purposes, including for eligibility to participate, benefit levels and eligibility for vesting under Parent’s employee benefit plans and arrangements
(collectively, the “Parent Benefit Plans”) with respect to his or her length of service with the Company (and its Subsidiaries and predecessors) prior to the
Closing Date; provided that the foregoing shall not result in the duplication of benefits; provided, further, that the foregoing shall not be recognized with respect to benefit accruals under any defined benefit
pension plan, for any purpose under any post-employment health or welfare benefit plan or under any plan, program or arrangement that is grandfathered or frozen, either with respect to level of benefits or participation.
(d) To the extent Continuing Employees become eligible to participate
in Parent Benefit Plans after the First Effective Time, Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause each Continuing Employee to be immediately eligible to participate, without any waiting time, in any and all Parent Benefit
Plans to the extent coverage under such Parent Benefit Plan replaces coverage to which such Continuing Employee is entitled under a comparable Company Benefit Plan and (ii) for purposes of each Parent Benefit Plan providing medical, dental,
pharmaceutical and/or vision benefits to any Continuing Employee from and after the First Effective Time, (A) cause all pre-existing condition limitations, exclusions, waiting periods and actively at work requirements of such Parent Benefit
Plan to be waived for such Continuing Employee and his or her covered dependents and (B) recognize, or cause to be recognized, any eligible expenses incurred by such Continuing Employee and his or her covered dependents under a Company
Benefit Plan during the portion of the plan year prior to the date such Continuing Employee becomes eligible to participate in such Parent Benefit Plan to be taken into account under such Parent Benefit Plan for purposes of satisfying all
deductible, co-insurance, co-payment and maximum out of pocket requirements applicable to such Continuing Employee and his or her covered dependents for the applicable plan year as if such amounts had been paid in accordance with such Parent
Benefit Plan.
(e) In respect of each Continuing Employee’s annual bonus pursuant to the Company’s Key Employee Bonus
Plan (and each other arrangement that may be adopted or amended in accordance with Section 6.1(e)) for the calendar year in which the Closing Date occurs (the “Closing Year Annual Bonus”), Parent
shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, pay to each Continuing Employee the Closing Year Annual Bonus in an amount no less than the product obtained by multiplying (1) such Continuing Employee’s
full bonus entitlement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any portion of such entitlement that would ordinarily be settled in cash and any portion of such entitlement that would ordinarily be settled in shares of Company Common Stock)
under the applicable Company Benefit Plan, assuming actual performance, extrapolated through the end of the applicable calendar year based on actual performance through the Closing Date, as determined in good faith by the Company prior to the
Closing Date in consultation with Parent, by (2) a fraction, the numerator of which equals the number of days that have elapsed from the first day of the calendar year in which the Closing Date occurs through the Closing Date and the
denominator of which equals the total number of calendar days in such calendar year (the “Closing Year Annual Bonus Payment”); provided that,
notwithstanding the terms of any applicable Company Benefit Plan, the Closing Year Annual Bonus Payment will be payable at the same time that annual bonuses would have been paid absent the Mergers (it being understood that the Closing Year
Annual Bonus Payment shall be paid solely in cash), subject to the Continuing Employee’s continued employment with the Company or its Affiliates through the applicable payment date or an earlier termination of employment by Parent or any of
its Affiliates other than for cause (as determined by Parent in accordance with its past practice).
(f) Between the date hereof and the First Effective Time, the Company will provide Parent with a copy of any material written
communications intended for broad-based and general distribution to any current or former employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries if such communications relate to the compensation, employment or labor aspects of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and will provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such communications prior to distribution, and the Company will give good faith consideration to such comments.
(g) From and after the date of this Agreement until the First Effective Time, the Company and
Parent agree to cooperate in good faith with respect to reasonable requests relating to employee integration matters, including with respect to the Company Equity Awards and the Company Benefit Plans; provided that any provision of
information shall be subject to applicable Law, including data privacy and protection Laws.
(h) To the extent that any Collective Bargaining Agreement requires the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to consult with, provide notice to, or obtain the consent or opinion of any labor organization or similar organization, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with any such obligations.
(i) If, at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the First Effective
Time, Parent provides written notice to the Company directing the Company to terminate its tax-qualified defined contribution plan(s) established under Section 401(k) of the Code (the “Company 401(k)
Plans”), the Company shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law and the terms of the applicable Company 401(k) Plan, terminate the Company 401(k) Plans effective as of the day immediately
preceding the day on which the First Effective Time occurs and provide that participants in the Company 401(k) Plan shall become fully vested in any unvested portion of their Company 401(k) Plan accounts as of the date such plan is
terminated. In the event that Parent requests that the Company 401(k) Plans be terminated, the Company shall provide Parent with evidence reasonably satisfactory to Parent that such Company 401(k) Plan have been terminated pursuant to a
resolution of the Company Board (or an authorized committee thereof) at least two (2) Business Days prior to the day on which the First Effective Time occurs; provided that prior to terminating the Company 401(k) Plans, the Company
shall provide Parent with the form and substance of any applicable resolutions for Parent’s reasonable review and comment, and the Company will give good faith consideration to all such comments. As of the First Effective Time, Parent shall
designate and provide coverage under a tax-qualified defined contribution plan established under Section 401(k) of the Code that is sponsored by Parent or one of its Subsidiaries (the “Parent 401(k)
Plan”) for the participants of the Company 401(k) Plans. In connection with the termination of the Company 401(k) Plans, Parent shall take all commercially reasonable steps necessary to cause the
Parent 401(k) Plan to accept from the Company 401(k) Plan the direct rollover of the account balance (including the in-kind rollover of promissory notes evidencing outstanding participant loans) of each Continuing Employee who elects such direct rollover in accordance with the Company 401(k) Plan and the Code.
(j) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that all provisions contained in this Section 6.9
are included for the sole benefit of the parties hereto, and that nothing in this Section 6.9, whether express or implied, (i) shall create any third-party beneficiary or other rights (A) in any other person, including any current or
former employees or other service providers of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, any Continuing Employee, or any dependent or beneficiary thereof, or (B) to continued employment with Parent or any of its Affiliates, (ii) shall be
treated as an amendment or other modification of any Company Benefit Plan or Parent Benefit Plan, or (iii) shall limit the right of Parent or its Affiliates to amend, terminate or otherwise modify any Company Benefit Plan or Parent Benefit
Plan.
Section 6.10 Conduct
of Business by Parent Pending the Mergers. Each of Parent, Acquisition Sub I and Acquisition Sub II covenants and agrees with the Company
that, between the date of this Agreement and the earlier of the First Effective Time and the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1, except (a) as required by applicable Law, (b) as consented to in
writing by the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), or (c) as expressly required or expressly permitted pursuant to this Agreement:
(a) shall
not amend or otherwise modify any Parent Organizational Document (i) in a manner that would reasonably be expected to impair the rights of the Company’s stockholders relative to the existing Parent stockholders or (ii) in a manner that would
prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of Parent, Acquisition Sub I or Acquisition Sub II to consummate the Mergers;
(b) shall not adopt a plan of complete liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization
or other reorganization;
(c) shall not (i) terminate, repudiate, rescind or withdraw the Post-Closing KTA Amendment or the
Letter Agreement or (ii) amend or otherwise modify the Post-Closing KTA Amendment or the Letter Agreement, in each case of this clause (ii), in a manner that (A) would reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, prior to the Closing or (B) would prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of the Company, Parent, Acquisition Sub I or Acquisition Sub II to consummate the Mergers (it being understood that
Parent may take such actions in connection with or in response to any breach by Customer Parent of the Post-Closing KTA Amendment or the Letter Agreement); or
(d) shall not authorize, enter into any Contract or make any commitment to do any of the
foregoing.
Section 6.11 Acquisition Subs. Parent shall take all actions necessary to (a) cause Acquisition Sub I and
Acquisition Sub II to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Mergers on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, (b) after the First Effective Time, cause the Second Merger to occur and (c)
ensure that, prior to the Second Effective Time, each of Acquisition Sub I and Acquisition Sub II shall not conduct any business, or incur or guarantee any indebtedness or make any investments, other than as specifically contemplated by this
Agreement. Immediately following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Parent shall, in its capacity as the sole stockholder of Acquisition Sub I and sole member of Acquisition Sub II, adopt this Agreement and approve the First Merger
and Second Merger, as applicable, in writing.
Section 6.12 No Control of the Company’s Business. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to give Parent, directly or indirectly, the right
to control or direct the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ operations prior to the First Effective Time. Prior to the First Effective Time, the Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control
and supervision over its and its Subsidiaries’ operations.
Section 6.13 Rule 16b-3 Matters. Prior to the First Effective Time, the Company shall take all actions, if any, as
may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to ensure that the dispositions of equity securities of the Company (including any derivative securities) pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by any officer or director of the
Company who is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act are exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
Section 6.14 Stock Exchange Listing of Parent Common Stock and Delisting of Company Common Stock. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Parent Common Stock issuable in the Share Issuance to be
authorized for listing on the Parent Stock Exchange prior to the First Effective Time. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts, and the Company shall reasonably cooperate with Parent, to cause the Company’s securities to be delisted from
Nasdaq and deregistered under the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable following the First Effective Time.
Section 6.15 Tax
Matters.
(a) The parties shall (and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries
to) (i) use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause the Mergers to qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the Code (the “Intended Tax Treatment”) and (ii) not take any action or fail to take any action if such action or such failure is intended or would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Mergers from qualifying for the Intended Tax
Treatment. Each of Parent and the Company shall, and shall cause its respective Subsidiaries to, file all Tax Returns and otherwise report consistently with the treatment of the Mergers as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section
368(a)(1)(A) of the Code, unless otherwise required pursuant to a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code.
(b) Each of Parent and the Company shall
use reasonable best efforts and reasonably cooperate with one another in connection with the issuance to Parent or to the Company of an opinion of external counsel relating to the Intended Tax Treatment (including any opinion regarding the
Intended Tax Treatment that the SEC requires to be prepared and submitted in connection with the declaration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement). In connection with the foregoing, each of Parent and the Company shall use
reasonable best efforts to deliver to the relevant counsel, upon reasonable request, certificates (dated as of the necessary date and signed by an officer of Parent or the Company (as applicable)) that contain customary representations
reasonably necessary or appropriate for such counsel to render any such opinion.
(c) Each of Parent and the Company shall promptly notify the other
if, at any time before the First Effective Time, Parent or the Company (as applicable) becomes aware of the existence of any fact or circumstance that would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Mergers from qualifying for the
Intended Tax Treatment.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement and any elections made pursuant to Section 3.1 and Section 3.2, if the First Merger and the Second Merger, taken together, are reasonably expected to fail to satisfy the “continuity
of interest” requirement set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-1(e) (for these purposes, treating the required percentage of “proprietary interests” that must be preserved as forty (40) percent), then the Merger Consideration shall
be adjusted according to, and Parent agrees to take the actions set forth in, Section 6.15(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter.
(e) This Agreement shall constitute a “plan of reorganization” within
the meaning of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) for purposes of Sections 354, 361 and 368 of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations.
(f) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent Parent from transferring the Surviving
Entity (or any other successor to the Company) to a wholly owned direct or indirect Subsidiary of Parent following completion of the Mergers in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-2(k).
Section 6.16 Restriction on Certain
Discussions or Agreements. Except as approved by the Company Board or as otherwise expressly required or expressly permitted by this Agreement, the Support Agreement or any Contract set forth in Section 6.19 of the
Company Disclosure Letter, at all times between the date of this Agreement and the earlier of the First Effective Time and the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1, Parent shall not, and shall
cause its Affiliates not to, make or enter into, or commit or agree to enter into: (a) any substantive discussions, Contracts, undertakings, commitments, agreements or obligations or understandings (in each case, whether oral or written and
whether or not binding) with the Supporting Stockholders or any director or executive officer of the Company (i) relating to any employment, service or consulting relationship with Parent, the Surviving Entity or any of their respective
Affiliates after the First Effective Time or (ii) pursuant to which any such Person would be entitled to receive payment or consideration of a different amount or nature than the Merger Consideration or other compensation in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or (b) any Contract with Customer Parent or its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to (i) prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of the parties to consummate the
Mergers or (ii) be materially adverse to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, prior to the Closing.
Section 6.17 Stockholder Litigation.
Prior to the First Effective Time, the Company shall promptly notify Parent in writing of any stockholder Action (including any class action or derivative litigation) against or otherwise involving the Company and/or any of its directors or
officers arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers, and shall keep Parent reasonably informed with respect to the status thereof. The Company shall (a) give Parent the
opportunity to participate in the defense, settlement or prosecution of any such Action (at Parent’s sole cost and subject to a joint defense agreement) and (b) provide Parent the right to review and comment on all filings or responses to be
made by the Company in connection with such claim or litigation (and the Company will consider such comments in good faith). No compromise or full or partial settlement of any such Action shall be agreed to by the Company without Parent’s prior
written consent (which consent, except in the case of a settlement that includes an admission of fault, shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
Section 6.18 Takeover Statutes and
Rights. If any Takeover Statute is or may become applicable to this Agreement, the Support Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the Mergers, the Company, the Company Board, the SRC and the
Company Special Committee shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers, may be consummated as promptly as
practicable on the terms contemplated hereby and otherwise act to minimize or make inapplicable the effect of such Takeover Statutes on this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers.
Section 6.19 Other Amendments. Substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Parent executed copies of the Warrant Amendment
Agreements and the Contracts set forth in Section 6.19 of the Company Disclosure Letter. The Warrant Amendment Agreements and such other Contracts may not be amended or modified without Parent’s prior written consent (in respect of any
amendments or modifications that are not adverse to Parent or the Surviving Entity or their respective Affiliates, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
Section 6.20 Resignations of Directors.
The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver to Parent at or prior to the First Effective Time the resignation of each individual who is a director of the Company as of immediately prior to the First Effective
Time (it being understood that for any director who also serves as an officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such resignation shall not constitute a voluntary
termination of employment under any Company Benefit Plan applicable to such individual’s status as an employee, officer or director of the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable).
Section 6.21 Certain
Company Actions. The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, take the actions set forth in Section 6.21 of the Company Disclosure Letter.
ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGERS
Section
7.1 Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party. The respective obligations of each party hereto to consummate the Mergers are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the
Company and Parent at or prior to the First Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) the Requisite Stockholder Approval
shall have been obtained;
(b) any waiting period (or any extension thereof) applicable to the consummation of the Mergers under the HSR Act shall have
expired or early termination thereof shall have been granted;
(c) the
Registration Statement shall have become effective under the Securities Act, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued by the SEC and remain in effect and no proceeding for that purpose
shall have been initiated by the SEC with respect to the Registration Statement that has not been withdrawn;
(d) any Governmental Authorization required to be obtained prior to
consummation of the Mergers in connection with the Mergers set forth in Section 7.1(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter (the “Required Governmental Authorizations”) shall have been obtained (in accordance with Section 7.1(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter) and shall remain in full force and effect;
(e) at least twenty (20) calendar days shall have elapsed since the
Company mailed to the stockholders of the Company the Information Statement as contemplated by Regulation 14C of the Exchange Act (including Rule 14c-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act); and
(f) no
Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law or Order which is then in effect and has the effect of preventing, making illegal or enjoining the consummation of the
Mergers.
Section 7.2 Conditions to the Obligations of Parent, Acquisition Sub I and Acquisition Sub II. The respective obligations of Parent, Acquisition Sub I and Acquisition Sub II to consummate the Mergers are, in
addition to the conditions set forth in Section 7.1, further subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Parent at or prior to the First Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement, without giving effect to any materiality or “Company Material Adverse Effect” qualifications therein, shall be true and
correct as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing as though made at and as of such time (except to the extent such representations and warranties are expressly made as of a specific date or time, in which case such
representations and warranties shall be so true and correct as of such specific date or time only), except for such failures to be true and correct as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that
(i) each of the Company Fundamental Representations (other than those Company Fundamental Representations addressed in clause (ii) below) (A) to the extent not qualified by any materiality or “Company Material Adverse Effect” qualifications
therein, shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing as though made at and as of such time (except to the extent such representations and warranties are expressly made as of
a specific date or time, in which case such representations and warranties shall be so true and correct in all material respects as of such specific date or time only) and (B) to the extent qualified by any materiality or “Company Material
Adverse Effect” qualifications shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing as though made at and as of such time (except to the extent such representations and warranties are
expressly made as of a specific date or time, in which case such representations and warranties shall be so true and correct as of such specific date or time only) and (ii) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.2(a), Section 4.2(b) (solely with respect to the Company) and Section 4.5(e) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the
Closing as though made at and as of such time (except to the extent such representations and warranties are expressly made as of a specific date or time, in which case such representations and warranties shall be so true and correct as of
such specific date or time only), except for any de minimis inaccuracies;
(b) the
Company shall have performed or complied, in all material respects, with its obligations required under this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing;
(c) since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred
any Company Material Adverse Effect;
(d) Parent shall have received a
certificate of the Company, signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying that each of the conditions set forth in Section 7.2(a), Section 7.2(b), Section 7.2(c) and Section
7.2(e) have been satisfied; and
(e) (i) the Governmental Authorizations set forth in Item 1 of Section
7.2(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter shall have been obtained in accordance with the terms therein and shall remain in full force and effect and (ii) the actions set forth in Items 2-5 of Section 7.2(e) of the Company
Disclosure Letter shall have been completed in accordance with the terms therein.
Section 7.3 Conditions to the Obligation of the Company. The obligation of the Company to consummate the Mergers is, in addition to the conditions
set forth in Section 7.1, further subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Company at or prior to the First Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) each of
the representations and warranties of Parent, Acquisition Sub I and Acquisition Sub II contained in this Agreement, without giving effect to any materiality or “Parent Material Adverse Effect” qualifications therein, shall be true and correct
as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing as though made at and as of such time (except to the extent such representations and warranties are expressly made as of a specific date or time, in which case such representations
and warranties shall be so true and correct as of such specific date or time only), except for such failures to be true and correct as would not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect; provided,
however, that each of the Parent Fundamental Representations (i) to the extent not qualified by any materiality or “Parent Material Adverse Effect” qualifications therein, shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the
date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing as though made at and as of such time (except to the extent such representations and warranties are expressly made as of a specific date or time, in which case such representations and
warranties shall be so true and correct as of such specific date or time only) and (ii) to the extent qualified by any materiality or “Parent Material Adverse Effect” qualifications shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of
this Agreement and at and as of the Closing as though made at and as of such time (except to the extent such representations and warranties are expressly made as of a specific date or time, in which case such representations and warranties
shall be so true and correct as of such specific date or time only);
(b) Parent, Acquisition Sub I and
Acquisition Sub II shall have performed or complied, in all material respects, with its obligations required under this Agreement to be performed or complied with by Parent, Acquisition Sub I and Acquisition Sub II, as the case may be, at or
prior to the Closing;
(c) since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred
any Parent Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) the Company shall have received a certificate of Parent,
Acquisition Sub I and Acquisition Sub II, signed by a duly authorized officer of Parent, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying that each of the conditions set forth in Section 7.3(a), Section 7.3(b) and Section 7.3(c)
have been satisfied.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
Section 8.1 Termination. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement may be terminated at any time prior
to the First Effective Time, whether before or after the Requisite Stockholder Approval is obtained (except as otherwise expressly noted), as follows:
(a) by mutual written agreement of each
of Parent and the Company; or
(b) by either Parent or the Company, if:
(i) the Mergers shall not have been consummated on or before 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on April 13, 2027 (such date, as it may be extended pursuant to this Agreement, the “Termination
Date”); provided, however, that (A) if, as of the Termination Date, all of the conditions to Closing set forth in Article VII have been satisfied or waived (other than (x)
those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing (but provided that such conditions shall then be capable of being satisfied if the Closing were to take place on such date), and (y) one or more of the conditions set
forth in Section 7.1(b), Section 7.1(d) or Section 7.1(f) (but only to the extent such Law or Order relates to any Antitrust Law, Foreign Investment Law or Satellite and Communications Law or the Required Governmental
Authorizations) or Section 7.2(e)), then the Termination Date shall be automatically extended for all purposes hereunder to 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on October 13, 2027, (B) if, as of the Termination Date as so extended
pursuant to clause (A) above, all of the conditions to Closing set forth in Article VII have been satisfied or waived (other than (x) those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing (but provided that such
conditions shall then be capable of being satisfied if the Closing were to take place on such date), and (y) one or more of the conditions set forth in Section 7.1(b), Section 7.1(d) or Section 7.1(f) (but only to the
extent such Law or Order relates to any Antitrust Law, Foreign Investment Law or Satellite and Communications Law or the Required Governmental Authorizations) or Section 7.2(e)(i)), then the Termination Date as so extended pursuant to
clause (A) above shall be automatically further extended for all purposes hereunder to 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on April 13, 2028; provided, further, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(b)(i) shall not be available to any party whose failure (and, in the case of Parent, the failure of Acquisition Sub I or Acquisition Sub II) to perform or
comply with any of its obligations under this Agreement has been the proximate cause of the failure of the Closing to have occurred on or before such Termination Date;
(ii) prior to the First Effective Time, any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law or Order permanently preventing, permanently making illegal or
permanently enjoining the consummation of the Mergers, and such Law or Order shall have become final and non-appealable; provided, however, that the party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(b)(ii) shall have taken all actions required by this Agreement to remove such Law or Order; provided, further, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(b)(ii) shall not be available to a party if the issuance of such Law or Order was primarily caused by the breach by such party, and, in the case of Parent, the breach of Acquisition Sub I
or Acquisition Sub II, to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement; or
(c) by the Company, if:
(i) Parent, Acquisition Sub I or Acquisition Sub II shall have breached or failed to perform any of their respective representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements set forth in this Agreement, which breach or failure to
perform (A) would give rise to the failure of any condition set forth in Section 7.3(a) or Section 7.3(b) and (B) is not capable of being cured, or is not
cured, by Parent, Acquisition Sub I or Acquisition Sub II on or before the earlier of (x) the Termination Date and (y) the date that is thirty (30) calendar days following the Company’s delivery of written notice to Parent, Acquisition Sub I
or Acquisition Sub II, as applicable, of such breach; provided, however, that the Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(c)(i) if
the Company is then in material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements hereunder, which material breach would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 7.2(a) or Section 7.2(b);
or
(ii) the Company Board (acting upon the recommendation of each of the Company Special Committee and the SRC) shall have authorized the Company to enter into a definitive agreement providing for a Superior Proposal; provided
(A) the Company has complied with its obligations under Section 6.5 in all material respects and (B) that substantially concurrently with such termination, the Company enters into such definitive agreement and prior to or
substantially concurrently with such termination, the Company pays (or causes to be paid) at the direction of Parent, the Company Termination Fee as specified in Section 8.3(a)(ii); provided,
further, that the Company’s right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(c)(ii) shall expire upon the delivery of the Written Consent; or
(d) by Parent, if:
(i) the Company
shall have breached or failed to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements set forth in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (A) would give rise to the failure of any condition set forth in Section 7.2(a) or Section 7.2(b) and (B) is not capable of being cured, or is not cured, by the Company on or before the earlier of (x) the Termination Date
and (y) the date that is thirty (30) calendar days following Parent’s delivery of written notice to the Company of such breach; provided, however, that Parent shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to
this Section 8.1(d)(i) if Parent, Acquisition Sub I or Acquisition Sub II is then in material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements hereunder, which material
breach would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 7.3(a) or Section 7.3(b);
(ii) the Company Board (whether or not acting upon the recommendation of the Company Special Committee or the SRC or any committee thereof) shall have made an Adverse Recommendation Change; provided that Parent’s right to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(d)(ii) shall expire upon the delivery of the Written Consent; or
(iii) the Written
Consent, duly executed by the Supporting Stockholders, shall not have been delivered to Parent and the Company within twenty-four (24) hours after the execution and delivery of this Agreement; provided that Parent’s right to terminate
this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(d)(iii) shall expire upon the delivery of the Written Consent.
Section 8.2 Effect of Termination. In the event that
this Agreement is validly terminated and the Mergers abandoned pursuant to Section 8.1, written notice thereof shall be given to the other party or parties, specifying the provisions hereof pursuant
to which such termination is made, and this Agreement shall forthwith become null and void and of no effect without liability on the part of any party hereto (or any of its Representatives), and all rights and obligations of each party hereto
shall cease; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 8.3, no such termination shall relieve any party hereto of any liability or damages resulting from Fraud
or Willful Breach prior to such termination, in which case, except as otherwise provided in Section 8.3, the aggrieved party shall be entitled to all rights and remedies available at law or in
equity; and provided, further, that the Confidentiality Agreement, and the provisions of this Section 8.2, Section 8.3, Section 8.6 and Article IX shall survive any termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1 in accordance
with their respective terms.
Section 8.3 Termination Fees.
(a) In the event that:
(i) (A) this
Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(i) (Company Terminable Breach) (except, solely with respect to the
obligations set forth in Section 6.21 of the Company Disclosure Letter, only if such breach is a Willful Breach), (B) at any time on or after the date of this Agreement and prior to such termination, a bona fide Competing Proposal has
been made to the Company, the Company Board (or any committee or subcommittee thereof) or the Company’s management or otherwise becomes publicly known or any Person has publicly announced a bona fide intention (whether or not conditional) to
make a Competing Proposal, and (C) within twelve (12) months of the date of such termination of this Agreement, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries consummates a transaction involving a Competing Proposal or enters into a definitive
agreement providing for the consummation of a Competing Proposal (in each case, whether or not such Competing Proposal is the same Competing Proposal as the one referenced in clause (B)); provided, however, that for
purposes of this Section 8.3(a)(i), the references to “twenty percent (20%)” in the definition of Competing Proposal shall be deemed to be references to “fifty percent (50%)”;
(ii) this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(ii) (Superior Proposal); or
(iii) this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(ii) (Adverse Recommendation Change) or Section 8.1(d)(iii) (Written Consent), then
the Company shall (A) in the case of clause (i) above, concurrently with the earlier of (x) the consummation of such
transaction involving a Competing Proposal and (y) the entry into a definitive agreement providing for the consummation of a Competing Proposal, (B) in the case of clause (ii) above,
prior to or substantially concurrently with such termination, and (C) in the case of clause (iii) above, promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after the date of such termination, pay,
or cause to be paid, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, at the direction of Parent, the Company Termination Fee; it being understood that in no event shall the Company be required to pay the Company Termination Fee on more than
one occasion, whether or not such Company Termination Fee may be payable under more than one provision of this Agreement at the same or at different times and upon the occurrence of different events.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, but subject to Section 9.9, except in the case of Fraud or Willful Breach, Parent’s right to receive
the Company Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.3(a), in circumstances where the Company Termination Fee is owed pursuant to Section 8.3(a), shall constitute the sole and exclusive remedy of Parent, Acquisition Sub I and Acquisition Sub II and their respective Subsidiaries against the
Company and its Subsidiaries and any of their respective former, current or future general or limited partners, stockholders, members, managers, directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates or assignees of any of the foregoing
(collectively, the “Company Related Parties”) for all losses and damages suffered as a result of the failure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
to be consummated or for a breach or failure to perform hereunder, and upon payment of such amount, none of the Company Related Parties shall have any further liability or obligation relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (except that the Company shall also be obligated with respect to Section 8.3(e) and Section 8.6, as applicable). While Parent may pursue both (i) a grant of specific performance in
accordance with Section 9.9 and (ii) payment of the Company Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.3(a) or the recovery of monetary damages, under no circumstances shall Parent be permitted or entitled to receive both (x) a
grant of specific performance that results in the Closing occurring and (y) the Company Termination Fee or any recovery of any monetary damages.
(c) In the event that:
(i) this Agreement is (A) terminated by Parent or
the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(i) (Termination Date), but in the case of a termination by Parent, only if at such time Company would not be prohibited from terminating this Agreement
pursuant to the final proviso in Section 8.1(b)(i) (Termination Date) and (B) at the time of such termination, one or more of the conditions set forth in Section 7.1(b), Section
7.1(d) or Section 7.1(f) (but only to the extent such Law or Order relates to any Antitrust Law, Foreign Investment Law or Satellite and Communications Law or the Required Governmental Authorizations) shall not have been
satisfied or waived, but all other conditions to Closing in Section 7.1 and Section 7.2 have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing (but provided that such
conditions shall then be capable of being satisfied if the Closing were to take place on such date));
(ii) this Agreement is terminated by Parent or the
Company pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(ii) (Absence of Law or Order) (but only to the extent such Law or Order relates to any Antitrust Law, Foreign Investment Law or Satellite and Communications
Law or the Required Governmental Authorizations), but in the case of a termination by Parent, only if at such time Company would not be prohibited from terminating this Agreement pursuant to the second proviso in Section 8.1(b)(ii) (Absence of Law or Order); or
(iii) this Agreement is terminated by the Company
pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(i) (Parent Terminable Breach) as a result of a breach of Section 6.3 by Parent;
then Parent shall promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after the date of such termination, pay, or cause to be paid, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, at
the direction of the Company, the Parent Termination Fee; it being understood that in no event shall Parent be required to pay the Parent Termination Fee on more than one occasion, whether or not such Parent Termination Fee may be payable under
more than one provision of this Agreement at the same or at different times and upon the occurrence of different events.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this
Agreement, but subject to Section 9.9, except in the case of Fraud or Willful Breach, the Company’s right to receive the Parent Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.3(c), in circumstances where the Parent Termination Fee is
owed pursuant to Section 8.3(c), shall constitute the sole and exclusive remedy of the Company and its Subsidiaries against Parent and its Subsidiaries, including Acquisition Sub I and Acquisition Sub II, and any of their respective
former, current or future general or limited partners, stockholders, members, managers, directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates or assignees of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Parent
Related Parties”) for all losses and damages suffered as a result of the failure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be consummated or for a breach or failure to perform hereunder,
and upon payment of such amount, none of the Parent Related Parties shall have any further liability or obligation relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (except that Parent shall also
be obligated with respect to Section 8.3(e) and Section 8.6, as applicable). While the Company may pursue both (i) a grant of specific performance in accordance with Section 9.9 and (ii) payment of the Parent
Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.3(c) or the recovery of monetary damages, under no circumstances shall the Company be permitted or entitled to receive both (x) a grant of specific performance that results in the Closing
occurring and (y) the Parent Termination Fee or any recovery of any monetary damages.
(e) Each of the parties hereto
acknowledges that (i) the agreements contained in this Section 8.3 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) neither the Company Termination Fee nor the Parent
Termination Fee is a penalty, but rather is liquidated damages in a reasonable amount that will compensate Parent or the Company, as applicable, in the circumstances in which such fee is payable for the efforts and resources expended and
opportunities foregone while negotiating this Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and on the expectation of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, which amount would otherwise be impossible to calculate with
precision, and (iii) without these agreements, the parties would not enter into this Agreement. Accordingly, if the Company or Parent, as applicable, fails to timely pay any amount due pursuant to this Section
8.3 and, in order to obtain such payment, Parent or the Company, as applicable, commences a suit that results in a judgment against the party that failed to make such payment, then such party shall pay to the other party its costs and
Expenses in connection with such suit, together with interest on such overdue amount (for the period commencing as of the date such overdue amount was originally required to be paid and ending on the date such overdue amount is actually paid
to the other party in full) at the annual rate of five percent (5%) plus the prime rate as published in The Wall Street Journal in effect on the date such payment was originally required to be made
through the date such payment was actually received, or such lesser rate as is the maximum permitted by applicable Law.
Section 8.4 Amendment. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, until the First Effective Time,
(a) the Company may take the following actions only with the prior approval of, and shall take any such action if directed to do so by, the Company Board: (i) amending, restating, modifying or otherwise changing any provision of this Agreement;
(ii) granting any consent or waiving any right under this Agreement or extending the time for the performance of any obligation of any other party under this Agreement, or requesting from any other party any consent or waiver of any right under
this Agreement or the extension of the time for the performance of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement; (iii) terminating this Agreement; (iv) making any decision or determination, or taking any action under or with respect to this
Agreement; and (v) agreeing to do any of the foregoing, and (b) no decision or determination shall be made, or action taken, by the Company Board, under or with respect to this Agreement without first obtaining the approval of the Company
Special Committee. In the event the Company Special Committee ceases to exist, any consents, determinations, actions or other rights or duties afforded to the Company Special Committee in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be afforded to a majority of the remaining independent and disinterested members of the SRC or the Company Board, as determined by the SRC. Subject to the foregoing and the provisions of applicable Law, at any time prior to the
First Effective Time, this Agreement may be amended or modified if, and only if, such amendment or modification is in writing and signed by each of the parties hereto; provided, however, that after the receipt of the Requisite
Stockholder Approval, there shall be no amendment that by Law or in accordance with the rules of Nasdaq requires further approval of the stockholders of the Company or Parent, without the further approval of such stockholders.
Section 8.5 Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the First Effective Time, subject to applicable Law, any party hereto may (a) extend the time
for the performance of any obligation or other act of any other party hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of any other party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (c) waive
compliance with any agreement or condition contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall only be valid if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to be bound thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure
or delay by the Company, Parent, Acquisition Sub I or Acquisition Sub II in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other
right hereunder.
Section 8.6 Expenses; Transfer Taxes. Except as expressly set forth herein, all Expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses; provided, however, that Parent shall pay all (a) filing fees of the premerger notification and report forms relating to the Mergers
under the HSR Act and the filing of any application, notice or other document under any applicable foreign Antitrust Law or Foreign Investment Law and (b) filing fees associated with applications required to be filed with the FCC or other
Telecommunications Regulatory Authorities relating to the Mergers. Parent shall timely and duly pay all (a) transfer, stamp and documentary Taxes or fees and (b) sales, use, gains, real property transfer and other similar Taxes or fees arising
out of or in connection with the Mergers and any other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
ARTICLE IX
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 9.1 Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. The
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement and any certificate delivered pursuant hereto by any Person shall terminate at the First Effective Time or, except as provided in Section
8.2, upon the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1, as the case may be, except that this Section 9.1 shall not limit any covenant
or agreement of the parties to the extent its terms contemplate performance at or after the First Effective Time, including those contained in Section 6.6 and Section
6.9.
Section 9.2 Notices. All notices, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have
been duly given upon receipt) by hand delivery, by prepaid overnight courier (providing written proof of delivery) or by electronic mail (provided that the sender of such email does not receive an automatic reply from the recipient’s
email server indicating that the recipient did not receive such email), addressed as follows:
if to Parent, Acquisition Sub I or Acquisition Sub II:
Amazon.com, Inc.
410 Terry Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 6th Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Email: kveeraraghavan@paulweiss.com
srichards@paulweiss.com
Attention: Krishna Veeraraghavan
Stan Richards
if to the Company:
Globalstar, Inc.
1351 Holiday Square Blvd.
Covington, Louisiana 70433
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
One Manhattan West
New York, NY 10001
Email: Howard.Ellin@skadden.com
Michael.Mies@skadden.com
Max.Troper@skadden.com
Attention: Howard Ellin
Michael Mies
Max Troper
and
701 5th Ave #5100
Seattle, WA 98104
Email: pschultheis@wsgr.com
rishii@wsgr.com
asimmerman@wsgr.com
rkorenblit@wsgr.com
Attention: Patrick Schultheis
Rob Ishii
Amy Simmerman
Remi Korenblit
or to such other address or electronic mail address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 9.2; provided that any notice received by electronic
mail or otherwise at the addressee’s location on any Business Day after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) or on any day that is not a Business Day shall be deemed to have been received at 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the next Business Day; provided,
further, that notice of any change to the address or any of the other details specified in or pursuant to this Section 9.2 shall not be deemed to have been received until, and shall be deemed
to have been received upon, the later of the date specified in such notice or the date that is five (5) Business Days after such notice would otherwise be deemed to have been received pursuant to this Section
9.2.
Section 9.3 Interpretation; Disclosure Letters; Certain Definitions.
(a) The parties have participated
jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof
shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.
(b) The Company Disclosure Letter shall be arranged in separate sections
corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections contained in this Agreement. Disclosure of any fact, circumstance or information in any section of the Company Disclosure Letter shall be deemed to be
disclosure of such fact, circumstance or information with respect to any other section of this Agreement if it is reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure that such disclosure relates to any such other section. The inclusion of any
item in the Company Disclosure Letter shall not be deemed to be an admission or evidence of materiality of such item, nor shall it establish any standard of materiality for any purpose whatsoever. The Company shall not be entitled to
update or modify the Company Disclosure Letter after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and any update or modification made or purported to have been made to the Company Disclosure Letter after the execution and delivery of this
Agreement shall be disregarded for all purposes under this Agreement.
(c) The
words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and “herewith” and words of similar import shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The use of the words “either,” “or,” “neither,” “nor”
and “any” shall not be exclusive, unless context requires otherwise. The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if.” References to
articles, sections, paragraphs, exhibits, annexes and schedules are to the articles, sections and paragraphs of, and exhibits, annexes and schedules to, this Agreement, unless otherwise specified, and the table of contents and headings in
this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase “without limitation.” Words describing the singular number shall be deemed to include the plural and vice versa, words denoting any gender shall be deemed to include all genders, words denoting natural persons shall be
deemed to include business entities and vice versa, and references to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns. The phrases “the date of this Agreement” and “the date hereof” and terms or phrases of similar import shall be
deemed to refer to April 13, 2026, unless the context requires otherwise. When used in reference to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the term “material” shall be measured against the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. References
to any statute shall be deemed to refer to such statute as amended from time to time and to any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder (provided that for purposes of any representations and warranties contained in this Agreement
that are made as of a specific date or dates, references to any statute shall be deemed to refer to such statute, as amended, and to any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case, as of such date). Terms defined in the text of
this Agreement have such meaning throughout this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement, and all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered
pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. Any Law defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such Law as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case
of statutes) by succession of comparable successor Laws (provided that for purposes of any representations and warranties contained in this Agreement that are made as of a specific date or dates, references to any statute shall be
deemed to refer to such statute, as amended, and to any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case, as of such date). All references to “dollars” or “$” refer to currency of the United States of America. All references to “U.S.” or the “United States” are to the United States of America, including its territories and possessions. All provisions herein qualified by the term “domestic” or “foreign” shall be construed on the basis that the United States is the
relevant domestic country. Any reference to “days” means calendar days unless Business Days are expressly specified. When calculating the period of time before which, within which or following which any act is to be done or step taken
pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded; and, if the last day of such period is not a Business Day, the period shall end on the next succeeding Business Day. The measure of
a period of one month or year for purposes of this Agreement will be the date of the following month or year corresponding to the starting date; and, if no corresponding date exists, then the end date of such period being measured will be the
next actual date of the following month or year (for example, one month following February 18 is March 18 and one month following March 31 is May 1). Unless otherwise specified, any statement that a document has been “made available” to
Parent means that such document has been (x) made available for review by Parent and Parent’s Representatives prior to 6:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day before the date of this Agreement in the “Project Gravity” virtual data room
established by the Company with Datasite and not removed from such virtual data room prior to the date hereof or (y) filed with the SEC and publicly available on EDGAR prior to 6:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day before the date of this
Agreement. References to “writing” and “written” mean the representation or reproduction of words, symbols or other information in a visible form by any method or combination of methods, whether in electronic form or otherwise, and include
writings delivered by email.
Section 9.4 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person or
circumstance is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void, illegal, unenforceable or against its regulatory policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, void, illegal, unenforceable or against its regulatory policy, the parties
hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties hereto as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby, including the
Mergers and the Share Issuance, be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto intend that the remedies and limitations thereon contained in Section 8.3(b), Section 8.3(d) and Section 8.3(e) be construed as an integral provision of this Agreement and that such remedies and limitations shall not be severable in any manner that
increases a party’s liability or obligations hereunder.
Section 9.5 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the parties
hereto (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other parties. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns. Any attempted assignment in violation of this Section 9.5 shall be null and void.
Section 9.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the exhibits, annexes and appendices hereto) constitutes, together with the
Confidentiality Agreement, the Clean Team Agreement, the Support Agreement, the Warrant Amendment Agreements, the Contracts set forth in Section 6.19 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Post-Closing KTA Amendment, the Letter Agreement
and the Company Disclosure Letter, the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company Disclosure Letter and any exhibits and schedules referred to in this Agreement are “facts ascertainable” (as such term is used in Section 251(b) of the DGCL) but, solely for purposes of Sections 147 and 251 of the DGCL, are not a part of, and do not form a part of, this Agreement.
Section 9.7 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is not intended to and shall not confer upon any Person
other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder; provided, however, that it is specifically intended that the D&O Indemnified Parties (with respect to Section 6.6
from and after the First Effective Time) are third-party beneficiaries and shall be entitled to enforce the provisions of Section 6.6 in accordance with its terms.
Section 9.8 Governing Law. This Agreement and all Actions (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this
Agreement, or the actions of Parent, Acquisition Sub I, Acquisition Sub II or the Company in the negotiation, administration, performance or enforcement thereof, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of laws provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction
other than the State of Delaware.
Section 9.9 Specific
Performance.
(a) The parties hereto acknowledge and
agree that (i) irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that the parties hereto do not perform the provisions of this Agreement (including failing to take such
actions as are required of each party hereunder to consummate this Agreement) in accordance with its specified terms or otherwise breach such provisions and (ii) the provisions of Section 8.3, including the availability of the Company
Termination Fee or the Parent Termination Fee, as applicable, will not be construed to diminish or otherwise impair in any respect any party’s right to such injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief. Accordingly, the parties
hereto acknowledge and agree that the parties hereto shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, in
addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each of the parties hereto agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that any other
party has an adequate remedy at law or that any award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in equity. Any party seeking an injunction or injunctions or any other equitable relief to prevent breaches of
this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not be required to show proof of actual damages or provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if this Agreement is validly terminated in accordance with Section 8.1, this Section 9.9 is not intended and shall not be construed to limit in
any way, and shall be subject in all respects to, the provisions of Section 8.3(b) and Section 8.3(d).
(b) To the extent any party hereto brings an Action to specifically enforce the performance of the terms and provisions of this
Agreement (other than an action to enforce specifically any provision that expressly survives the termination of this Agreement), the Termination Date shall automatically be extended to (i) the tenth (10th) Business Day following the
resolution of such action, suit or proceeding or (ii) such other time period established by the court presiding over such Action.
Section 9.10 Consent to Jurisdiction.
(a) Each of the parties hereto hereby
(i) expressly and irrevocably submits to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery, any other court of the State of Delaware or any federal court sitting in the State of Delaware in the event any dispute arises out
of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court, (iii) agrees that it will not bring any
action relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any court other than the Delaware Court of Chancery, any other court of the State of Delaware or any federal court sitting in the State of Delaware, (iv) waives, to
the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and (v) agrees that
each of the other parties shall have the right to bring any suit, action or other legal proceeding for enforcement of a judgment entered by the state courts of the Delaware Court of Chancery, any other court of the State of Delaware or any
federal court sitting in the State of Delaware. Each of Parent, Acquisition Sub I and Acquisition Sub II and the Company agrees that a final judgment in any Action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the
judgment or in any other manner provided by Law.
(b) Each party hereto irrevocably
consents to the service of process outside the territorial jurisdiction of the courts referred to in Section 9.10(a) in any such suit, action or other legal proceeding by mailing copies thereof by
registered or certified United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to its address as specified in or pursuant to Section 9.2. However, the foregoing shall not limit the right of
a party to effect service of process on any other party by any other legally available method.
Section 9.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which
shall together be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when two or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties (including via portable document format (.pdf)), it
being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart. The exchange of a fully executed Agreement (in counterparts or otherwise) by electronic transmission in .pdf format or through an electronic signature service shall be
sufficient to bind the parties to the terms of this Agreement. No party shall raise the use of email or other electronic transmission to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or
communicated through the use of email or other electronic transmission as a defense to the formation of a contract, and each party forever waives any such defense.
Section 9.12 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF PARENT, ACQUISITION SUB I, ACQUISITION SUB II AND THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE MERGERS, ANY OF THE OTHER TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF PARENT, ACQUISITION SUB I, ACQUISITION SUB II OR THE COMPANY IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT
OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO
ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.12.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Acquisition Sub I, Acquisition Sub II and the Company have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
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AMAZON.COM, INC.
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Peter Krawiec
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Senior Vice President, Worldwide
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Corporate and Business Development
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GRAPEFRUIT ACQUISITION SUB I, INC.
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GRAPEFRUIT ACQUISITION SUB II, LLC
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Manager
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[Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger]
Exhibit A
Definitions
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth or referenced below:
“Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(d).
“Acquisition Sub I” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Acquisition Sub I Board” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Acquisition Sub II” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Acquisition Sub II Board” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Action” shall mean any complaint, claim, charges, demand, inquiry, audit, examination, action, suit, investigation, arbitration, litigation, administrative hearing,
enforcement proceeding or other similar formal legal proceeding, whether civil, criminal administrative or investigative, at law or in equity, in each case by or before, or otherwise involving, any court or other Governmental Authority or
arbitral body.
“Adjustment Amount” shall mean the aggregate amount of Performance Remedies (as defined in the Letter Agreement) payable to Customer Parent immediately following the Closing
pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, the Letter Agreement.
“Adverse Recommendation Change” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(e).
“Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
“Affiliate Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.25.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“ANFR” shall mean the French National Agency for Radio Frequencies.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means Laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption or anti-money laundering.
“Antitrust Laws” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(b).
“Author” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(j).
“BDT & MSD” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.22.
“Blue Sky Laws” shall mean state securities or “blue sky” laws.
“Book-Entry Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(ii).
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which all banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by Law or
executive order to close.
“Canceled Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(i).
“Cash Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(ii)(1).
“Cash Election” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(ii)(1).
“Cash Election Number” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a)(ii)(1).
“Cash Election Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(ii)(1).
“Certificate of Designation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
“Certificates” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(ii).
“Clean Team Agreement” shall mean the clean team agreement, dated December 8, 2025, between Parent and the Company.
“Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Closing Year Annual Bonus” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.9(e).
“Closing Year Annual Bonus Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.9(e).
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collective Bargaining Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.13(a).
“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Company 401(k) Plans” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.9(i).
“Company Benefit Plan” shall mean (i) each “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA) and (ii) each other
compensation or employee benefit plan, program or arrangement, including any stock option, stock purchase, stock appreciation right or other stock or stock-based incentive, employment, cash bonus or incentive compensation, retirement or
deferred compensation, profit-sharing, unemployment or severance, retention or change in control compensation agreement, plan, policy, program, arrangement or applicable form of award agreement, in each case that the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries presently sponsors, participates in, is a party or contributes to with respect to any current or former employee, director, individual consultant or other individual service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the
beneficiaries or dependents of any such individual, or with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to have any liability (other than any plan or program that is required by statute or maintained by
a Governmental Authority to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries contributes pursuant to applicable Law).
“Company Board” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Company Bylaws” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).
“Company Capitalization Listing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).
“Company Certificate of Incorporation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).
“Company Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(i).
“Company Data” shall mean all data, information and data compilations (including all Trade Secrets, Personal Data, user data and listings and other content or information
displayed, distributed or made available on or through any product or service of the Company or its Subsidiaries) that have been Processed by or for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or that are otherwise used in or necessary for the
conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Company Director Option” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a)(iii).
“Company Director Restricted Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b)(iii).
“Company Disclosure Letter” shall mean the disclosure letter delivered by the Company to Parent simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement.
“Company Equity Awards” shall mean, collectively, (i) Company Options, (ii) Company Restricted Stock, (iii) Company Restricted Stock Units and (iv) Company Performance
Restricted Stock Units.
“Company ESPP” shall mean the Globalstar, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
“Company Fundamental Representations” shall mean the first sentence of Section 4.1(a) (Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries);
Section 4.2(a), Section 4.2(b), Section 4.2(c) and Section 4.2(d) (Capitalization); Section 4.3 (Authority Relative to Agreement); Section 4.5(d) and Section 4.5(e) (Telecommunications Permits and Spectrum); Section 4.17(c) (Material
Contracts); Section 4.20 (Takeover Statutes); Section 4.21 (Requisite Stockholder Approval); Section 4.22 (Brokers); and Section 4.23 (Opinion of Financial Advisor).
“Company IP Agreements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.17(a)(xv).
“Company Lease” means any lease, sublease, license or occupancy agreement, including all amendments, extension, renewals, agreements and
guaranties with respect thereto, that requires the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay an annual base rent in excess of $1 million.
“Company Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any state of facts, condition, change, event, effect, circumstance,
occurrence or development (an “Effect”) which, individually or in the aggregate with all other Effects, (a) has had or resulted in or would reasonably be expected to have or result in a material adverse
effect on the business, financial condition, assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability
of the Company to consummate the Mergers; provided, however, that with respect to clause (a) only, no Effects to the extent arising out of or resulting from the following shall be deemed to be or constitute a Company Material
Adverse Effect or be taken into account when determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur: (i) any Effects generally affecting any of the industries or markets in which the Company
or its Subsidiaries operate that occur after the date of this Agreement, (ii) any changes after the date of this Agreement in any Law or GAAP (or changes in interpretations of any Law or GAAP that are effected after the date of this Agreement),
(iii) general economic, regulatory or political conditions (or changes therein) or conditions (or changes therein) in the financial, credit or securities markets (including changes in interest or currency exchange rates), including any
government shutdowns, tariffs, sanctions, trade policies or similar Laws, Orders or policies, or any trade disputes, “trade wars” or similar actions, or any threats of any of the foregoing, in each case in any country or region in which the
Company or its Subsidiaries operate, (iv) any acts of God, natural disasters, wildfires, weather conditions, pandemics, terrorism, armed hostilities, sabotage, war (whether or not declared), cyber-terrorism or cyber-attacks, social protest or
unrest, natural or man-made disasters or other force majeure events, or any escalation or worsening of any of the foregoing and any response of Governmental Authorities to any of the foregoing, (v) the negotiation, execution or announcement of
this Agreement or the pendency or consummation of transactions contemplated hereby, including by reason of the identity of Parent and changes in relationships with customers, suppliers, vendors or employees (provided that the exceptions in this
clause (v) shall not apply to any representation or warranty made by the Company the express purpose of which is to address the consequences arising out of, relating to or resulting from the negotiation, execution or announcement of this
Agreement or the pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers), (vi) any action required to be taken, or refrained from being taken, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (other than the first
sentence of Section 6.1) or, except with respect to Section 6.1, any action taken or refrained from being taken, in each case, to which Parent has expressly approved, consented to or requested in writing following the date of
this Agreement, (vii) any changes in the Company’s market price or trading volume of the Company Common Stock, any failure by the Company or its Subsidiaries to meet internal, analysts’ or other earnings estimates or financial projections or
forecasts for any period, any changes in credit ratings and any changes in any analysts’ recommendations or ratings with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (provided that the Effects giving rise to or contributing to such
changes or failure that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of “Company Material Adverse Effect” may be taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to
be, a Company Material Adverse Effect) or (viii) any stockholder claim or litigation (including any class action or derivative litigation) initiated against or otherwise involving the Company and/or any of its directors or officers arising out
of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers, in each case arising from allegations of breach of fiduciary duty to the Company’s stockholders or from allegations of false, misleading or
inadequate disclosure (it being understood and agreed that the exception in this clause (viii) shall apply to any Effect arising out of, relating to or resulting from the bringing of such allegations and not those arising out of, relating to or
resulting from an actual breach or false, misleading or inadequate disclosure); provided, further, that with respect to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, to the extent that such Effect has had a disproportionate adverse
effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries relative to other participants that operate in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries participate, the incremental disproportionate adverse effect may be deemed to be or constitute a
Company Material Adverse Effect, or taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur.
“Company Material Contract” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.17(a).
“Company Option” shall mean each outstanding option to purchase shares of Company Common Stock granted to any employee or director of, or other service provider to, the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Company Performance Restricted Stock Units” shall mean each restricted stock unit granted to any employee or director of, or other service provider to, the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries that is subject to performance-based vesting conditions.
“Company Permits” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a).
“Company Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
“Company Recommendation” shall mean the recommendation of the Company Board that the stockholders of the Company adopt this Agreement and approve
the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers.
“Company Related Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(b).
“Company Restricted Stock” shall mean an issued and outstanding share of Company Common Stock that is subject to vesting conditions.
“Company Restricted Stock Unit” shall mean each restricted stock unit granted to any employee or director of, or other service provider to, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, other than any Company Performance Restricted Stock Units.
“Company Satellite” shall mean a satellite owned or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (and does not
include any satellite that has been de-commissioned or abandoned).
“Company SEC Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.6(a).
“Company Software” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(f).
“Company Special Committee” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Company Termination Fee” shall mean an amount equal to $419,832,000.00.
“Company Unvested Option” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a)(ii).
“Company Unvested Restricted Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b)(ii).
“Company Unvested Restricted Stock Units” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(c)(ii).
“Company Vested Option” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a)(i).
“Company Vested Restricted Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b)(i).
“Company Vested Restricted Stock Units” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(c)(i).
“Company Warrant” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Competing Proposal” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(h)(i).
“Confidentiality Agreement” shall mean the confidentiality agreement, dated September 12, 2025, between Parent and the Company.
“Consent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(b).
“Continuing Employees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.9(a).
“Contract” shall mean any written or oral contract, subcontract, lease, sublease, conditional sales contract, purchase order, sales order, commitment, task order, delivery
order, license, sublicense, mortgage, indenture, note, bond, debenture, loan, instrument, arrangement, obligation, undertaking, understanding, permit, concession, franchise, commitment or other agreement that, in each case, is legally binding.
“control” (including the terms “controlling” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean, with respect to a Person, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by Contract or credit arrangement or otherwise.
“Current ESPP Offering Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(g).
“D&O Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(a).
“Data Protection Requirements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(a).
“DGCL” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“DLLCA” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“DTC” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(b)(ii).
“Earth Station” shall mean any facility that sends or receives communications to or from Company Satellites, including telemetry, tracking, and
control and communications traffic, regardless of whether owned or leased for use by, or provided by service Contract to, the Company or its Subsidiaries and whether or not located on real property that is either owned, leased, used or held for
use by the Company or its Subsidiaries.
“Election Deadline” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(b)(iv).
“Election Form” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(b)(i).
“Election Form Record Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(b)(i).
“Environmental Laws” shall mean all Laws relating to pollution or protection of the environment and natural resources or, to the extent relating to Hazardous Materials, the
protection of human health and safety and natural resources, including Laws relating to Releases of, the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, handling, treatment, storage, Release, transport or handling of or exposure to Hazardous
Materials.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“Excess Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(d).
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a).
“Exchange Fund” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a).
“Exchange Ratio” shall mean:
(a) if the Parent Measurement Price is less than $280.38, (i) 0.3210 minus (ii)
the quotient of (x) the Per Share Adjustment Amount divided by (y) the Parent Measurement Price; or
(b) if the Parent Measurement Price is greater than or equal to $280.38, the quotient of (i) (x) $90.00 minus
(y) the Per Share Adjustment Amount divided by (ii) the Parent Measurement Price, rounded to four decimal places.
“Existing D&O Insurance Policies” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 6.6(c).
“Expenses” shall mean all out-of-pocket expenses (including all fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, investment bankers, experts and consultants to a party hereto and
its Affiliates) incurred by a party or on its behalf in connection with or related to the authorization, preparation, negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement, the preparation, printing, filing and dissemination of the
Registration Statement, the Information Statement and all SEC and other regulatory filing fees incurred in connection with the Registration Statement, the Information Statement and the solicitation of stockholder approvals, any filing with, and
obtaining of any necessary Consents from any Governmental Authority pursuant to any Antitrust Laws, Foreign Investment Laws or Satellite and Communications Laws, engaging the services of the Exchange Agent, any other filings with the SEC, and
all other matters related to the Closing and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“FCC” shall mean the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“First Certificate of Merger” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
“First Effective Time” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
“First Merger” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Foreign Investment Law” shall mean any Law that provides for foreign investment screening or national security and/or public order reviews in connection with the acquisition
of any interests in or assets of a business or entity.
“Foreign Plan” shall mean each Company Benefit Plan that primarily covers current or former employees, directors or individual service providers of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries based outside of the United States and/or that is subject to any Law other than U.S., federal, state or local Law (other than any plan or program that is required by statute or maintained by a Governmental Authority to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries contributes pursuant to applicable Law).
“Fraud” shall mean, with respect to any Person, an intentional common law fraud under the Laws of the State of Delaware (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, a negligent
misrepresentation or omission, or any form of fraud premised on recklessness or negligence), by such Person in the making of the representations and warranties in this Agreement or any certificate executed and delivered by such Person pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement.
“GAAP” shall mean the United States generally accepted accounting principles.
“Government Bid” means any offer, quotation, bid or proposal which, if accepted, would reasonably be expected to result in a
Government Contract.
“Government Contract” shall mean any Contract (including any purchase, delivery or task order, basic ordering agreement, pricing agreement, letter contract, grant,
cooperative agreement, other transactional authority agreement, or change order) that is currently active in performance or that has been active in performance at any time since January 1, 2020, between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
on one hand, and any Governmental Authority or any prime contractor or sub-contractor (at any tier) of any Governmental Authority, on the other hand. A task, purchase or delivery order under a Government Contract shall constitute a separate
Government Contract for purposes of this definition, but shall be part of the Government Contract to which it relates.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean any (a) international, multinational or supranational body exercising legislative, judicial or
regulatory powers, (b) federal, state, provincial, local, municipal, foreign or other government or quasi-government, or any, subdivision, department, ministry, board, court, administrative agency or commission of the foregoing or (c) other
governmental entity, self-regulatory organization, authority or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof.
“Governmental Authorization” shall mean any waiting period expiration, consent, clearance, approval, identification number, certification, permit, license, registration,
qualification or authorization granted by any Governmental Authority.
“Hazardous Materials” shall mean all chemicals, substances, materials, or wastes defined, prohibited, listed, designated, classified or regulated as (a) hazardous substances,
oils, pollutants or contaminants in the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, 40 C.F.R. § 300.5, or (b) “hazardous,” “radioactive,” “corrosive” or “toxic” or as a “pollutant” or “contaminant” (or words of similar
import) under, or for which liability or standards of conduct may be imposed pursuant to, Environmental Laws or by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over environmental matters, including petroleum, petroleum products and
by-products, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, polychlorinated biphenyl, radioactive materials, urea formaldehyde, lead, radon gas or toxic mold.
“Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(b)(i).
“HSR Act” shall mean the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Information Security Program” shall mean a written information security program that (a) complies with Data Protection Requirements, (b) when appropriately implemented and
maintained would constitute reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the IT Assets and Personal Data of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (c) is at least as stringent as applicable industry standards.
“Information Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
“Insurance Policies” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.24.
“Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean all intellectual property and similar proprietary rights in any jurisdiction of the world, including all such rights in and to: (a)
patents (including design patents) and utility models of any kind, patent applications, including provisional applications, statutory invention registrations, inventions, discoveries and invention disclosures (whether or not patented), and all
related continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, renewals, reissues, re-examinations, substitutions, extensions, continuing prosecution applications, provisionals, divisions and substitutions thereof or relating thereto, as well as all
related foreign patents and patent applications that are counterparts to such patents and patent applications, (b) rights in trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, service names, brand names, symbols, logos, trade dress,
packaging design, slogans, certification marks, collective marks, DBAs, Internet domain names, uniform resource locators and other similar identifiers of origin, in each case whether or not registered, and any and all common law and any
applicable moral rights thereto, and registrations and applications for registration thereof, including all renewals of the same, and any goodwill associated therewith (collectively, “Trademarks”), (c)
rights in published and unpublished works of authorship whether or not copyrightable (including rights in Software, databases and other compilations of information), whether or not registered or sought to be registered, copyrights in and to the
foregoing, and other similar exclusive exploitation rights and moral rights, together with all common law rights and moral rights therein, and any applications and registrations therefor, and all renewals, extensions, restorations, derivatives,
translations, localizations, adaptations, and reversions thereof, (d) rights under applicable trade secret Law in confidential or proprietary information of a confidential nature, including rights in or arising out of information that is not
generally known or readily ascertainable through proper means, whether tangible or intangible, including ideas, know-how, processes, schematics, methods, formulae, drawings, programs, systems, techniques, prototypes, models, designs, customer
lists and supplier lists, including rights granted under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (collectively, “Trade Secrets”), (e) mask work rights, (f) rights in digital representations or digital assets
pertaining to any intellectual property identified in this definition, including non-fungible tokens (NFTs) or other records recorded on a blockchain or similar technology, and (g) all causes of action and rights to sue or seek other remedies
arising from or relating to the foregoing, including for any past or ongoing infringement, misappropriation or other violations.
“Intended Tax Treatment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.15(a).
“Intervening Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(h)(ii).
“IRS” shall mean the Internal Revenue Service.
“IT Assets” shall mean information technology or computer systems (including any Software, information technology or telecommunication hardware, (including computers,
servers, databases, peripheral devices and telecommunications devices), network, interfaces, platforms or other equipment or systems) relating to the transmission, storage, maintenance, organization, presentation, generation, processing or
analysis of data or support, disaster recovery or online services (whether or not in electronic format) and all associated documentation, in each case, used in or necessary to the conduct of the business of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“ITU” shall mean the International Telecommunication Union.
“ITU Radio Regulations” shall mean the International Telecommunication Union Radio Regulations, as amended.
“Key Terms Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Knowledge” shall mean, with respect to the Company or Parent, the actual knowledge of the officers and employees set forth in Section A
of the Company Disclosure Letter, as applicable.
“Law” shall mean any and all domestic (federal, state or local) or foreign laws (including principles of common law), rules, statutes, directives, constitutional provision,
treaties, ordinances, mandates, codes, regulations, orders, judgments, rulings or decrees or other similar legally binding requirements issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or applied by or under the authority of any Governmental
Authority, including any Satellite and Communications Law.
“Leased Real Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.18(b).
“Letter Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Lien” shall mean liens, claims, mortgages, deeds of trust, encumbrances, pledges, security interests, rights of first offer or refusal, licenses, charges, hypothecations,
options, easements, rights-of-way, encroachments or charges of any kind.
“Mailing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(b)(i).
“Majority Stockholder” means Thermo Funding II, LLC.
“Malicious Code” shall mean any “back door,” “drop dead device,” “time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “virus,” “worm,” “spyware,” (as such terms are commonly understood in the
software industry) or any other software routines or hardware components designed to have any of the following functions: (i) disrupting, disabling, corrupting, destroying, erasing or otherwise harming the operation of, or providing
unauthorized access to, a computer system or network or other device on which such code is stored or installed or (ii) compromising the privacy or data security of a user or damaging or destroying any data or file, in each case, without
authorization and without the applicable user’s consent.
“Material Telecommunications Permits” shall mean the Telecommunications Permits issued or licensed in the
jurisdictions set forth in Section 4.5(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter.
“Maximum Cash Share Number” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a)(i).
“Maximum D&O Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(c).
“Merger Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(ii).
“Mergers” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Nasdaq” shall mean The Nasdaq Global Select Market.
“NISPOM Rule” shall mean the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual, as codified at 32 C.F.R. Part 117.
“No Election Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(ii)(3).
“Notice of Intervening Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(f).
“Notice of Superior Proposal” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(f).
“Open Source License” shall mean any license or other obligation that is identified as an open source license by the Open Source Initiative (www.opensource.org), which
licenses shall include but are not limited to all versions of the GNU General Public License (GPL), the GNU Affero GPL, the MIT license, the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) license, and the Apache Licenses.
“Option Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a)(i).
“Order” shall mean any decree, order, judgment, injunction, temporary restraining order, verdict, writ, ruling, stipulation, rule, settlement, determination, decision or
other order in any suit or proceeding issued or entered by or with any Governmental Authority.
“Owned IP Rights” shall mean all Intellectual Property Rights owned or purported to be owned, in whole or in part, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Owned Real Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.18(a).
“Parent” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Parent 401(k) Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.9(i).
“Parent Benefit Plans” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.9(c).
“Parent Board” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Parent Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a).
“Parent Fundamental Representations” shall mean the first sentence of Section 5.1 (Organization and Qualification), Section
5.2(a) (Capitalization), Section 5.3 (Authority Relative to Agreement), and Section 5.9 (Brokers).
“Parent Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any Effect which, individually or in the aggregate with all other
Effects, (a) has had or resulted in or would reasonably be expected to have or result in a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, assets, liabilities or results of operations of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of Parent to consummate the Mergers; provided, however, that with respect to clause (a) only, no Effects to the extent arising out of or resulting from the following shall be deemed to be or constitute a Parent Material
Adverse Effect or be taken into account when determining whether a Parent Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur: (i) any Effects generally affecting any of the industries or markets in which Parent or its Subsidiaries operate that occur after the date of this Agreement, (ii) any changes after the date of this Agreement in any Law or GAAP (or changes in
interpretations of any Law or GAAP that are effected after the date of this Agreement), (iii) general economic, regulatory or political conditions (or changes therein) or conditions (or changes therein) in the financial, credit or securities
markets (including changes in interest or currency exchange rates), including any government shutdowns, tariffs, sanctions, trade policies or similar Laws, Orders or policies, or any trade disputes, “trade wars” or similar actions, or any
threats of any of the foregoing, in each case in any country or region in which the Company or its Subsidiaries operate, (iv) any acts of God, natural disasters, wildfires, weather conditions, pandemics, terrorism, armed hostilities,
sabotage, war (whether or not declared), cyber-terrorism or cyber-attacks, social protest or unrest, natural or man-made disasters or other force majeure events, or any escalation or worsening of any of the foregoing and any response of
Governmental Authorities to any of the foregoing, (v) the negotiation, execution or announcement of this Agreement or the pendency or consummation of transactions contemplated hereby, including by reason of the identity of the Company and
changes in relationships with customers, suppliers, vendors or employees (provided that the exceptions in this clause (v) shall not apply to any representation or warranty made by Parent the express purpose of which is to address the
consequences arising out of, relating to or resulting from the negotiation, execution or announcement of this Agreement or the pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers), (vi) any changes in
Parent’s market price or trading volume of the Parent Common Stock, any failure by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to meet internal, analysts’ or other earnings
estimates or financial projections or forecasts for any period, any changes in credit ratings and any changes in any analysts’ recommendations or ratings with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (provided that the Effects giving rise
to or contributing to such changes or failure that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of “Parent Material Adverse Effect” may be taken into account in
determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Parent Material Adverse Effect) or (vii) any stockholder claim or litigation (including any
class action or derivative litigation) initiated against or otherwise involving Parent and/or any of its directors or officers arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers, in
each case arising from allegations of breach of fiduciary duty to Parent’s stockholders or from allegations of false, misleading or inadequate disclosure (it being understood and agreed that the exception in this clause (vii) shall apply to
any Effect arising out of, relating to or resulting from the bringing of such allegations and not those arising out of, relating to or resulting from an actual breach or false, misleading or inadequate disclosure); provided, further,
that with respect to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, to the extent that such Effect has had a disproportionate adverse effect on Parent and its Subsidiaries relative to other participants that operate in the industries in which
Parent and its Subsidiaries participate, the incremental disproportionate adverse effect may be deemed to be or constitute a Parent Material Adverse Effect, or taken into account in determining whether a Parent Material Adverse Effect has
occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur.
“Parent Measurement Price” shall mean the volume weighted average price (VWAP), rounded to four decimal places, of Parent Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg L.P. and using
the “Bloomberg Definition” calculation method on the VWAP function for the ticker “AMZN US Equity” over the twenty (20) consecutive trading day period that ends on (and includes) the second trading day immediately prior to the Closing Date.
“Parent Organizational Documents” shall mean the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Parent.
“Parent Related Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(d).
“Parent SEC Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(a).
“Parent Stock Exchange” shall mean Nasdaq, but if Nasdaq is no longer the principal U.S. trading market for Parent Common Stock, then “Parent Stock Exchange” shall be deemed
to mean the principal U.S. national securities exchange registered under the Exchange Act on which the Parent Common Stock is then traded.
“Parent Subsidiary” shall mean any direct or indirect material Subsidiary of Parent.
“Parent Termination Fee” shall mean an amount equal to $592,071,000.00.
“PCLs” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.26(c).
“Per Share Adjustment Amount” shall mean the quotient of (a) the Adjustment Amount divided by (b) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock to be
converted into the right to receive Merger Consideration at the First Effective Time.
“Per Share Cash Consideration” shall mean (a) $90.00 minus (b) the Per Share Adjustment Amount.
“Per Share Value” shall mean an amount equal to the sum of (i) the product of (x) the Per Share Cash Consideration and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
shares of Company Common Stock converted into the right to receive Cash Consideration and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration at the
First Effective Time plus (ii) the product of (x) the Exchange Ratio, (y) the Parent Measurement Price and (z) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Stock Election Shares and No
Election Shares and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock to be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration at the First Effective Time.
“Permitted Lien” shall mean (i) any Lien for Taxes not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith by any appropriate proceedings and for which adequate
accruals or reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) Liens securing indebtedness or liabilities that are specifically reflected on the audited financial statements of the Company for the annual period ending December 31,
2025, (iii) such Liens or other imperfections of title, if any, that do not adversely affect in any material respect the current use or value of the applicable property owned, leased, used or held for use by the Company or its Subsidiaries,
(iv) Liens imposed or promulgated by Laws with respect to real property and improvements, including zoning regulations that are not violated in any material respect by the current use of the real property subjected thereto, (v) Liens disclosed
on existing title reports or existing surveys that do not and would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, impair in any material respect the current use, occupancy or value of the Owned Real Property or Leased Real
Property subjected thereto, (vi) mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s and similar Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that are not material to the Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole and
that are not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith by any appropriate proceedings and for which adequate accruals or reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (vii) Liens securing acquisition financing with
respect to the applicable asset (excluding real property), including refinancings thereof, incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and (viii) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property Rights.
“Person” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, an association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a
Governmental Authority.
“Personal Data” shall mean (i) any information that alone or in combination with other information identifies, describes, relates to, is reasonably capable of being
associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with an individual, or (ii) any other information that constitutes “personally identifiable information,” “personal data,” “personal information” or similar term under any
applicable Data Protection Requirement.
“Post-Closing KTA Amendment” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Process,” “Processing” or “Processed” shall mean any operation or set of operations which is
performed upon Personal Data, by any means, such as collection, recording, organization, storage, adaption or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or
combination, blocking, erasure or destruction.
“PSU Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(d)(i).
“Registered IP Rights” shall mean all Owned IP Rights that are issued by, registered with, renewed by or the subject of a pending application before any Governmental
Authority or Internet domain name registrar.
“Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
“Release” shall mean any actual or threatened release, spill, emission, emptying, escaping, discharge, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, dispersal, pouring,
dumping, leaching or migration of Hazardous Materials, including the movement of Hazardous Materials into, through or in the environment (including indoor and outdoor air, soil, land surface, surface water, groundwater or subsurface strata).
“Representatives” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(a).
“Required Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(d).
“Requisite Stockholder Approval” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.21.
“Restricted Stock Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b)(i).
“RSU Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(c)(i).
“Sanctioned Person” shall mean a Person (i) listed in a Sanctions-related list of designated Persons, (ii) located, organized or ordinarily resident in a Sanctioned
Territory, (iii) the Government of Venezuela, or (iv) owned or controlled by any Persons in (i) through (iii).
“Sanctioned Territory” shall mean a jurisdiction that is the subject of comprehensive Sanctions (currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and the Crimea, the so-called Donetsk
People’s Republic and the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic regions of Ukraine).
“Sanctions” shall mean the economic and trade sanctions administered by the United States, United Kingdom, European Union or any of its member states, or the United Nations
Security Council.
“Satellite and Communications Law” shall mean any U.S. or non-U.S. statute, Law, rule, regulation, code, ordinance, order, decree, judgment, injunction, notice or similar
instrument of authority issued or promulgated by the FCC, a state public utility or public service commission, the Universal Service Administrative Company or any other U.S. or non-U.S. Governmental Authority that regulates (a) the provision of
communications, telecommunications, information, broadcast or video services, (b) the use of electromagnetic spectrum or (c) the assignment of licenses to construct, launch and operate satellites, operate Earth Stations, sell or support user
terminals, devices, handsets, or components, use the electromagnetic spectrum or provide communications, telecommunications, information, broadcast or video services, including the United States Communications Act of 1934, as amended, the
United States Telecommunications Act of 1996, the ITU Radio Regulations, the Law governing licensing and operations in countries in which the Company or any Subsidiaries hold, are applying for, or control, Company Permits or Telecommunications
Permits and every other Law applicable to interstate and international satellite operations or telecommunications, together with all Law concerning the provision of intrastate telecommunications services or concerning the interstate operation
of any satellite operations or telecommunications, cable or open video system.
“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Second Certificate of Merger” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).
“Second Effective Time” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).
“Second Merger” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Secretary of State” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security Breach” shall mean any breach of security or other incident (including ransomware attack or phishing incident), violations or outages of, or unauthorized intrusion
or access to, or uses of, the IT Assets, or any breaches, losses, thefts, misuses, disclosure, exfiltration or the rendering unavailable of, or unauthorized or unlawful Processing of, Company Data.
“Share Issuance” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Software” shall mean (a) computer programs, including operating systems, applications, firmware or other software code, whether in Source Code, object code or other form,
(b) computerized databases and other computerized compilations and collections of data or information, including all data and information included in such databases, compilations or collections (whether machine readable or otherwise), (c)
screens, user interfaces, command structures, report formats, templates, menus, buttons and icons, (d) descriptions, flow-charts, architectures, development tools, and other materials used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the
foregoing and (e) all documentation, including development, diagnostic, support, user and training documentation, related to any of the foregoing.
“Source Code” shall mean Software in human-readable form.
“SRC” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Stock Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(ii)(2).
“Stock Election” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(ii)(2).
“Stock Election Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(ii)(2).
“Sub-Processor” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.15(b).
“Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other legal entity of which such Person (either above or through or together with any
other subsidiary) owns, directly or indirectly, more than fifty (50%) of the stock or other equity interests, the holders of which are generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of directors or other governing body of such
corporation or other legal entity.
“Superior Proposal” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(h)(iii).
“Support Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Supporting Stockholders” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Surviving Corporation” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Surviving Entity” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Tail Coverage” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(c).
“Takeover Statutes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.20.
“Tax” or “Taxes” shall mean any and all federal, state, provincial, local or non-U.S. taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority
(together with any and all interest, penalties and additions to tax imposed with respect to such amounts), including income, franchises, windfall or other profits, gross receipts, property, sales, use, capital stock, payroll, employment, social
security, workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, net worth, excise, withholding, ad valorem, stamp, transfer, value added, or gains taxes.
“Tax Returns” shall mean returns, reports and information statements, including any election, declaration, disclosure, estimate, schedule or attachment thereto, with respect
to Taxes required to be filed with the IRS or any other Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, any claim for refund or amended return.
“Team Telecom” shall mean the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector, established pursuant to Executive
Order 13913, dated April 4, 2020.
“Telecommunications Permits” shall mean (a) all permits, authorizations, licenses, franchises, approvals, certificates, Consents, exceptions,
waivers, concessions, grants, clearances, permissions, qualifications, easements, exemptions, Orders, variances, registrations, notices or other obligations issued, in each case by any Telecommunications Regulatory Authority and held by the
Company or its Subsidiaries, including for use of the radio spectrum, the operation of Earth Stations and the sale or support of user terminals, devices, handsets, or components by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (b) all leases or
subleases (other than Company Leases) for the use of radio spectrum, the operation of Earth Stations and the sale or support of user terminals, devices, handsets, or components licensed by any Telecommunications Regulatory Authority that are
between Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as lessee(s), and the licensees or permittees of such spectrum (other than Company or any of its Subsidiaries), as lessors, pursuant to which Company or any of its Subsidiaries has the right to use
such radio spectrum, to operate such Earth Stations or to sell and support user terminals, devices, handsets, or components.
“Telecommunications Regulatory Authority” shall mean any Governmental Authority that regulates the telecommunications operations of the Company
and its Subsidiaries in the jurisdictions in which it operates, including for market access, including the FCC, ANFR and ITU.
“Termination Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(b)(i).
“Third Party” shall mean any Person or group other than Parent, Acquisition Sub I, Acquisition Sub II and their respective Affiliates.
“Top Customer” shall mean a top ten customer of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, based on revenues during each of the twelve months ended December 31, 2024
and December 31, 2025.
“Top Supplier” shall mean a top ten vendor or supplier of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, based on expenditures during each of the twelve months ended
December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2025.
“Trade Control Laws” shall mean Laws relating to the regulation of imports, exports, re-exports, or transfers of goods, technology, software, or services, including (a) the
Export Administration Regulations (EAR), 15 C.F.R. Parts 730 et seq., (b) the customs regulations set forth in Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations, customs Laws set out in Title 19 of the United States Code, and the Laws administered or
enforced by the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. International Trade Commission, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and their respective predecessor agencies, (c) the anti-boycott Laws administered by
the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Internal Revenue Service, and (d) all similar Laws of the United Kingdom and the European Union, to the extent applicable.
“Treasury Regulations” shall mean the regulations promulgated under the Code, as may be amended from time to time.
“United States” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(c).
“Unpaid Dividends” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(ii).
“U.S.” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(c).
“WARN Act” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.13(e).
“Warrant Amendment Agreements” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Warrant Notional Common Shares” means, with respect to a particular Company Warrant that is vested and unexercised, the number of shares of Company Common Stock that would
be issued upon a cashless exercise of such Company Warrant immediately prior to the First Effective Time in accordance with the terms of the applicable Warrant Amendment Agreement.
“Willful Breach” shall mean any breach of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement prior to the date of its termination that is a consequence of any intentional
act, or intentional failure to act, undertaken by the breaching party with the knowledge that the taking of such act, or failure to act, may or would result in such breach.
“Written Consent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.21.