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Introductory Note
As previously disclosed, on February 22, 2026, Real Asset Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“RAAQ”), entered into a business combination agreement, dated as of February 22, 2026 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among RAAQ, IQM Quantum Computers Oyj (fka IQM Finland Oy), a limited liability company (Fi. osakeyhtiö) incorporated under the laws of Finland (“IQM”), IQM US LLC, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Delaware and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of IQM (“Merger Sub”) and ECLIPSE QC S.à.r.l., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of IQM. On the Closing Date (as defined below), pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, (i) IQM effectuated certain internal capital restructuring steps (the “IQM Capital Restructuring”) prior to the effective time of the Merger (as defined below) (the “Merger Effective Time”), and (ii) promptly thereafter, RAAQ merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”), with Merger Sub surviving the Merger as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of IQM. As a result of the Merger, the reporting entity of this Current Report on Form 8-K is IQM US LLC. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Business Combination Agreement.
Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, RAAQ, RAAQ Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), IQM and the SPAC Insiders entered into a sponsor support agreement (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to forfeit (i) 1,375,000 Founder Shares for no consideration and (ii) up to 3,725,000 Private Placement Warrants held by the Sponsor (such forfeitures, the “Sponsor Forfeitures”). The SPAC Insiders also agreed to transfer restrictions with respect to 70% of the IQM ADSs (as defined below) received on the Closing Date, ending on the earlier of (a) July 1, 2027, (b) the date on which the last sale price of IQM ADSs equals or exceeds $12.00 per IQM ADS for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period commencing at least 150 days after July 1, 2026, or (c) the completion of a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or similar transaction.
On June 25, 2026, RAAQ held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders and approved the proposal to approve the Transactions pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination”).
On July 1, 2026 (the “Closing Date”), pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement: (i) immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, all issued and outstanding Class B ordinary shares of RAAQ, par value $0.0001 per share (“RAAQ Class B Ordinary Shares”), other than those subject to the Sponsor Forfeiture (as described below) were automatically converted, on a one-for-one basis, into Class A ordinary shares of RAAQ, par value $0.0001 per share (“RAAQ Class A Ordinary Shares”), in accordance with the terms of RAAQ’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended from time to time ; (ii) each issued and outstanding unit of RAAQ immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time was automatically separated (the “Unit Separation”) into its components of one RAAQ Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one warrant to purchase one RAAQ Class A Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per share (the “RAAQ Public Warrants”); (iii) immediately following the Unit Separation and the IQM Capital Restructuring, each RAAQ Class A Ordinary Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time (including those issued in connection with the RAAQ Class B Conversion (as defined below)) was automatically canceled in exchange for the right to receive one American depositary share (“ADS”) of IQM (each, an “IQM ADS”), with each IQM ADS representing one ordinary share of IQM, with no nominal value (each, an “IQM Share”) (such IQM ADSs, the “Merger Consideration”); and (iv) each warrant of RAAQ (including the RAAQ Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants issued by RAAQ, collectively referred to herein as the “RAAQ Warrants”) outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time was assumed by IQM and became a warrant to purchase one IQM ADS representing one IQM Share (each, an “IQM Warrant”) at an exercise price of $11.50 per share.
On the Closing Date, IQM sold and issued an aggregate of approximately 14.5 million ordinary shares, including in the form of IQM ADSs (collectively, the “PIPE Shares”), for a purchase price of $10.00 per share or ADS in a private placement, for an aggregate amount of approximately $145 million (the “PIPE Investment Amount”) pursuant to certain subscription agreements (each, a “PIPE Subscription Agreement” and collectively, the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”) with institutional and other accredited investors, including certain SPAC Insiders (the “PIPE Investors”). As of the Closing Date and following the Sponsor Forfeitures, the Sponsor was issued 4,240,000 IQM ADSs in exchange for its Founder Shares and 2,180,981 IQM Warrants in exchange for its Private Placement Warrants. The Sponsor did not receive any cash compensation during the ordinary course of managing RAAQ or in connection with the Business Combination.
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As of the Closing Date, IQM had (i) 262,462,360 fully paid IQM Shares, of which 73,770,253 shares are held by IQM, and (ii) 13,589,086 warrants issued by IQM, including the IQM Warrants, issued and outstanding. IQM also has 19,056,614 IQM Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to its employee stock option plans. Immediately after the consummation of the Business Combination, (i) the pre-closing shareholders of IQM owned 84.7% of the issued and outstanding IQM Shares; (ii) the pre-closing shareholders of RAAQ Class A Ordinary Shares owned 5.3% of the issued and outstanding IQM Shares; (iii) the pre-closing shareholders of RAAQ Class B Ordinary Shares owned 2.3% of the issued and outstanding IQM Shares; and (iv) the PIPE Investors owned 7.7% of the issued and outstanding IQM Shares.
All the rights and obligations of RAAQ Class A Ordinary Shares, RAAQ Class B Ordinary Shares, RAAQ Warrants and RAAQ Units were terminated in connection with the consummation of the Merger, unless as otherwise assigned and assumed by IQM in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement. No fractional shares or warrants were issued in the foregoing process, and all such shares or warrants were rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares or warrants.
The IQM ADSs began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “IQMX” and the IQM Warrants began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “IQMX WS” on July 2, 2026. The IQM Shares began trading on the regulated market of Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd on July 3, 2026.
The foregoing description of the Business Combination Agreement and the rights and restrictions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to RAAQ’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 23, 2026 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Registration Rights Agreement
On the Closing Date, the Sponsor, the SPAC Insiders and IQM entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which IQM granted the SPAC Insiders registration rights and committed to use its commercially reasonable efforts to file a resale shelf registration statement on Form F-1 within 30 calendar days following the Closing Date.
The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, the form of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement
On the Closing Date, IQM, RAAQ, Lucky Lucko, Inc. d/b/a Efficiency (“Efficiency”), Computershare Inc. (“Computershare”) and Computershare Trust Company N.A. (collectively with Computershare, the “Warrant Agent”) entered into a warrant assignment, assumption and amendment agreement (the “Warrant Assignment Agreement”), pursuant to which RAAQ assigned to IQM, and IQM assumed, all of RAAQ’s rights, interests and obligations under the Warrant Agreement dated April 28, 2025, by and between RAAQ and Efficiency (the “RAAQ Warrant Agreement”), and the terms and conditions of the RAAQ Warrant Agreement were amended and restated to, among other things, reflect the assumption of the RAAQ Warrants by IQM as described therein.
The foregoing description of the Warrant Assignment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Warrant Assignment Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
The information set forth in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing; Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
On July 1, 2026, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, RAAQ notified Nasdaq that the Business Combination had become effective and requested that Nasdaq file a Notification of Removal from Listing and/or Registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) on Form 25 to notify the SEC that the RAAQ Class A Ordinary Shares, RAAQ Public Warrants and RAAQ Units (collectively, the “RAAQ Securities”) were to be delisted and deregistered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. As a result of the Business Combination having become effective, Nasdaq determined to permanently suspend trading of the RAAQ Securities prior to the opening of trading on July 2, 2026. The deregistration will become effective 10 days from the filing of the Form 25, which occurred on July 1, 2026. RAAQ intends to file a Form 15 with the SEC in order to complete the deregistration of the RAAQ Securities under the Exchange Act.
Item 3.03 Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.
To the extent required by Item 3.03 of Form 8-K, the disclosure set forth in the Introductory Note, Item 2.01 and Item 3.01 above and Item 5.01 below of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.
Item 5.01 Changes in Control of Registrant.
To the extent required by Item 5.01 of Form 8-K, the disclosure set forth in the Introductory Note and Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 5.01.
As a result of the consummation of the Business Combination, a change in control of RAAQ occurred. At the Merger Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of Merger Sub and RAAQ became the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of the Merger Sub, which included the assumption by the Merger Sub of any and all agreements, covenants, duties and obligations of Merger Sub and RAAQ set forth in the Business Combination Agreement to be performed after the Merger Effective Time.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
In accordance with the Business Combination Agreement, RAAQ merged with and into Merger Sub and upon the Merger Effective Time, RAAQ ceased to exist and each of RAAQ’s officers and directors forthwith ceased to serve as an officer or director of RAAQ. Effective as of the Merger Effective Time, each of Robert Neal, Mark Smith and Eduardo Munemori ceased to be a director of RAAQ, and Peter Ort resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman and Jeff Tuder resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chairman. These resignations were not due to any disagreement between RAAQ and the officers and directors on any matter relating to RAAQ’s operation, policies and practice. Mr. Tuder will serve as a director of IQM.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibits | |
| 2.1**+ | Business Combination Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2026, by and among RAAQ, IQM, Merger Sub and LuxCo (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42613), filed with the SEC on February 23, 2026). | |
| 10.1*+ | Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 1, 2026, by and among the Sponsor, the SPAC Insiders and IQM | |
| 10.2* | Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement dated as of July 1, 2026, by and among RAAQ, Efficiency, IQM and the Warrant Agent | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
| * | Filed herewith. |
| ** | Previously filed. |
| + | Schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule and/or exhibit will be furnished to the SEC upon request. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: July 8, 2026
| REAL ASSET ACQUISITION CORP. | |||
| By: | /s/ Jan Goetz | ||
| Name: | Jan Goetz | ||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
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Exhibit 10.1
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”), dated as of July 1, 2026, is made and entered into by and among:
(i) IQM Quantum Computers Oyj (Finnish Business ID 2912625-6), a limited liability company (Fi. osakeyhtiö) incorporated under the laws of Finland (“Company”);
(ii) RAAQ Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”); and
(iii) other undersigned parties listed to the signature page hereto, including certain shareholders of Company, as set forth on Schedule A hereto (the “Legacy Company Equityholders”), certain former shareholders of SPAC (the “Legacy SPAC Shareholders”) and certain former warrantholders of SPAC (the “Legacy SPAC Warrantholders” and, together with the Sponsor and the Legacy SPAC Shareholders, the “Legacy SPAC Equityholders”) (each such party, together with the Sponsor, the Legacy Company Equityholders and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Agreement, a “Holder” and, collectively the “Holders”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement” and the transactions contemplated thereby, the “Business Combination”) entered into on February 22, 2026, by and among the Company, IQM US LLC, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Delaware and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Eclipse QC S.à.r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée), having its registered office at 16, rue Eugène Ruppert, L - 2453 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under registration number B299105 and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“LuxCo”), and Real Asset Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“SPAC”), pursuant to which, among other things, SPAC will merge with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub surviving the Merger as an indirect and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”)(the closing of the Merger, the “Closing”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Business Combination Agreement, prior to the Merger Effective Time, Company will have undertaken the Share Split whereby, among other things, Pre-Share Split Ordinary Shares held by the Legacy Company Equityholders will be reclassified into ordinary shares, with no nominal value, of the Company (the “Company Ordinary Shares”);
WHEREAS, following the Closing, the Holders will hold certain number of Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) and a certain number of Company Warrants;
WHEREAS, SPAC and the Legacy SPAC Equityholders are parties to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 28, 2025 (the “Prior Agreement”), and being all of the parties to the Prior Agreement, desire to terminate the Prior Agreement to provide for the terms and conditions included herein; and
WHEREAS, at the Closing, SPAC, the Company and the Holders desire to enter into this Agreement on the date hereof, to be effective upon the Closing, pursuant to which the Company shall grant the Holders certain registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities (as defined herein) on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. The terms defined in this Article I shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:
“Adverse Disclosure” shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company or the Board, after consultation with counsel to the Company, (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, (ii) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, declared effective or used, as the case may be, and (iii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public.
“Action” shall mean any demand, action, claim, suit, countersuit, arbitration, inquiry, subpoena, case, litigation, proceeding or investigation (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) by or before any court or grand jury, any Governmental Authority or any arbitration or mediation tribunal.
“Affiliate” shall have the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.
“Amended Company Articles of Association” shall mean the amended Articles of Association in the form attached to the Business Combination Agreement as Exhibit F.
“Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.
“Blackout Period” shall have the meaning given in Section 3.4.2.
“Block Trade” shall mean an offering and/or sale of Registrable Securities yielding aggregate gross proceeds in excess of $20 million by any Holder on a block trade or underwritten basis (whether firm commitment or otherwise) without substantial marketing efforts prior to pricing, including, without limitation, a same day trade, overnight trade or similar transaction.
“Business Combination Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
“Business Day” shall mean a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday, on which banks in Finland and New York City are generally open for normal business.
“Closing” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
“Closing Date” shall have the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement.
“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Company” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto and includes the Company’s successors by recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization or similar transaction.
“Company ADSs” means American Depositary Shares of the Company issued pursuant to the Depositary Agreement, each representing the right to one Company Ordinary Share.
“Company Ordinary Shares” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto and having the rights and being subject to the restrictions, set out in the Amended Company Articles of Association.
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“Company Warrant” shall have the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement.
“Demanding Holder” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.4.
“Depositary Agreement” shall have the meaning given in Section 3.1.18.
“Depositary” shall have the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.
“FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.
“Form F-1 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.1.
“Form F-3 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.1.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean any federal, state, provincial, municipal, local or foreign government, governmental authority, regulatory or administrative agency (which for the purposes of this Agreement shall include FINRA and the Commission), governmental commission, department, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, arbitral panel, court or tribunal, whether domestic, foreign, multinational, or supranational exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, self-regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and any executive official thereof.
“Governmental Order” means any order, judgment, injunction, decree, writ, stipulation, determination or award, in each case, entered by or with any Governmental Authority.
“Holder” and “Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto, for so long as such person or entity holds any Registrable Securities.
“Holder Information” shall have the meaning given in Section 4.1.2.
“Law” shall mean any applicable U.S. or non-U.S. federal, national, supranational, state, provincial, local or similar statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, income tax treaty, Governmental Order, requirement or rule of law (including common law) or other binding directives promulgated, issued, entered into or taken by any Governmental Authority.
“Legacy Company Equityholders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.
“Legacy SPAC Equityholders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.
“Legacy SPAC Shareholders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.
“Legacy SPAC Warrantholders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.
“Lock-up Period” shall (i) with respect to the Legacy Company Equityholders, have the meaning given in the applicable Shareholder Lock-Up Agreement, (ii) with respect to the Sponsor and the Legacy SPAC Shareholders, have the meaning given in the Sponsor Support Agreement and (iii) with respect to the Legacy SPAC Warrantholders, mean the Private Placement Warrant Lockup Period.
“LuxCo” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
“Maximum Number of Securities” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.5.
“Merger” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
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“Merger Sub” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
“Minimum Takedown Threshold” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.4.
“Misstatement” shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or necessary to make the statements in a Registration Statement or Prospectus (in the case of a Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
“New Registration Statement” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.7.
“Other Coordinated Offering” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.4.1.
“Permitted Transferees” shall mean any person or entity to whom a Holder of Registrable Securities is permitted to transfer such Registrable Securities prior to the expiration of the Lockup Period pursuant to the Shareholder Lock-Up Agreements or the Sponsor Support Agreement, as applicable, to which such Holder is a party, and, solely with respect to the Legacy SPAC Warrantholders, the Private Placement Purchase Agreement, dated April 28, 2025, by and between SPAC and such Legacy SPAC Warrantholders.
“Person” shall have the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement.
“Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2.1.
“Prior Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
“Private Placement Warrant Lock-up Period” shall mean, with respect to the Company Warrants held by the Legacy SPAC Warrantholders and the Company Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of the Company Warrants held by such Legacy SPAC Warrantholders, the period ending 30 days after the Closing.
“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
“Registrable Security” shall mean (a) any outstanding Company Ordinary Shares or Company Warrants held by a Holder at the Closing (including any Company Ordinary Shares issued in connection with the Share Split, or issued or issuable in connection with the Merger pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement), (b) any Company Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the conversion or exchange of any other class of Company Ordinary Shares following the Closing in accordance with the Amended Company Articles of Association, (c) any Company Ordinary Shares that may be acquired by Holders upon the exercise of a Company Warrant, (d) any Company Ordinary Shares or Company Warrants held by the Holders (including any Company Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such Company Warrant held by the Holders) otherwise acquired or owned by a Holder following the date hereof to the extent that such securities are “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) or are otherwise held by an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company, and (e) any other Company Ordinary Shares issued or issuable with respect to any securities referenced in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above by way of a share dividend or share split or in connection with a recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization or similar transaction; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Security, such security shall cease to be a Registrable Security upon the earliest to occur of: (A) the transfer of such security by a Holder to any Person other than (i) a Permitted Transferee or (ii) another Holder or an Affiliate or equityholder of such other Holder; (B) the time at which such security ceases to be outstanding; (C) upon the sale of such security to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction; and (D) the time at which such security may be sold in a single transaction without volume, manner-of-sale or other restrictions under Rule 144 or Regulation S. All references to “Company Ordinary Shares” in this definition shall include Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs.
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“Registration” shall mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement, prospectus or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.
“Registration Expenses” shall mean the expenses of a Registration, including, without limitation, the following:
(A) all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with FINRA) relating to the Registrable Securities and any national securities exchange on which the Company ADSs are then listed;
(B) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of outside counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);
(C) printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;
(D) reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;
(E) reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration;
(F) reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel in connection with an Underwritten Offering (not to exceed $ 50,000 without the consent of the Company); and
(G) American Depository issuance fees.
“Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement that covers Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement. The term Registration Statement shall include any registration statement on Form F-6, or any successor form, necessary to register Company ADSs issued in accordance with the Depositary Agreement).
“Requesting Holders” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.5.
“SEC Guidance” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.7.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
“Share Split” shall have the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement.
“Shareholder Lock-Up Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement.
“Shelf” shall mean the Form F-1 Shelf, the Form F-3 Shelf or any Subsequent Shelf Registration, as the case may be.
“Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration of securities pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Commission in accordance with and pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect).
“SPAC” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
“Sponsor” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.
“Sponsor Support Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement.
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“Subsequent Shelf Registration” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.2.
“Transfer” shall mean the (a) sale of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to, any security, (b) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (c) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or (b).
“Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.
“Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.
“Underwritten Shelf Takedown” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.4.
“Withdrawal Notice” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.6.
ARTICLE II
REGISTRATIONS AND
OFFERINGS
2.1 Shelf Registration.
2.1.1 Filing. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file within 30 calendar days of the Closing Date, a Registration Statement for a Shelf Registration on Form F-1 (the “Form F-1 Shelf”) covering the resale of all the Registrable Securities (determined as of two (2) Business Days prior to such filing) on a delayed or continuous basis; provided, however, that the Company’s obligations to include the Registrable Securities held by a Holder in the Shelf are contingent upon such Holder furnishing in writing to the Company such information regarding the Holder, the securities of the Company held by the Holder and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities as shall be reasonably requested by the Company to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities, and the Holder shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling shareholder in similar situations. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf to be declared effective as soon as practicable thereafter. Such Shelf shall provide for the resale of the Registrable Securities included therein pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Holder named therein. The Company shall maintain a Shelf in accordance with the terms hereof, and shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements as may be necessary to keep a Shelf continuously effective, available for use and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. In the event the Company files a Form F-1 Shelf, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to convert the Form F-1 Shelf (and any Subsequent Shelf Registration) to a Shelf Registration on Form F-3 (the “Form F-3 Shelf” and, together with the Form F-1 Shelf, a “Shelf”) as soon as practicable after the Company is eligible to use Form F-3.
2.1.2 Subsequent Shelf Registration. If any Shelf ceases to be effective under the Securities Act for any reason at any time while Registrable Securities are still outstanding, the Company shall, subject to Section 3.4, use commercially reasonable efforts to as promptly as is reasonably practicable cause such Shelf to again become effective under the Securities Act (including using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf), and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to as promptly as is reasonably practicable amend such Shelf in a manner reasonably expected to result in the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf or file an additional registration statement as a Shelf Registration (a “Subsequent Shelf Registration”) registering the resale of all Registrable Securities (determined as of two (2) Business Days prior to such filing), and pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Holder named therein. If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause such Subsequent Shelf Registration to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable after the filing thereof (it being agreed that the Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) if the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) at the most recent applicable eligibility determination date), and (ii) keep such Subsequent Shelf Registration continuously effective, available for use to permit the Holders named therein to sell their Registrable Securities included therein and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. Any such Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be on Form F-3 or Form S-3, as applicable, to the extent that the Company is eligible to use such form. Otherwise, such Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be on another appropriate form.
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2.1.3 Additional Registrable Securities. Subject to Section 3.4, in the event that any Holder holds Registrable Securities that are not registered for resale on a delayed or continuous basis, the Company, upon written request of the Holder, shall promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the resale of such Registrable Securities to be covered by either, at the Company’s option, any then available Shelf (including by means of a post-effective amendment) or by filing a Subsequent Shelf Registration and cause the same to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing and such Shelf or Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be subject to the terms hereof, provided, however, that the Company shall only be required to cause such Registrable Securities to be covered twice per calendar year for any Holder.
2.1.4 Requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns. At any time and from time to time when an effective Shelf is on file with the Commission, any Holder (being, in such case, a “Demanding Holder”) may request to sell all or any portion of its Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering or Other Coordinated Offering that is registered pursuant to the Shelf (each, an “Underwritten Shelf Takedown”); provided, that the Company shall only be obligated to effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if such offering shall include Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by all Holders selling any Registrable Securities in such offering with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, $50 million (the “Minimum Takedown Threshold”); and under no circumstances shall the Company be obligated to effect more than an aggregate of two Underwritten Shelf Takedowns in any calendar year. All requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns shall be made by giving written notice to the Company at least ten days prior to the public announcement of such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, which shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown. Subject to Section 2.4.4, the Demanding Holder shall have the right to select the Underwriters for such offering (which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks), subject to the Company’s prior approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Such Demanding Holders shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Shelf Takedown.
2.1.5 Reduction of Underwritten Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, in good faith, advises the Company, the Demanding Holder and the Holders requesting piggy back rights pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Underwritten Shelf Takedown (the “Requesting Holders”) (if any) in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holder and the Requesting Holders (if any) desire to sell, taken together with all other Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell and all other Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities, if any, that have been requested to be sold in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by any other shareholders, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, before including any Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities proposed to be sold by Company or by other holders of Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holder and the Requesting Holders (if any) (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that such Demanding Holder and Requesting Holder (if any) has requested be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holder and Requesting Holders have requested be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.
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2.1.6 Withdrawal. Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, the Demanding Holder initiating an Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall have the right to withdraw from such Underwritten Shelf Takedown for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification (a “Withdrawal Notice”) to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of its intention to withdraw from such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, and such Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall not be counted as a demand for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown under Section 2.1.4 hereof; provided that the Requesting Holders may elect to have the Company continue an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if the Minimum Takedown Threshold would still be satisfied by the Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown. Following the receipt of any Withdrawal Notice, the Company shall promptly forward such Withdrawal Notice to any other Holders that had elected to participate in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with an Underwritten Shelf Takedown prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.1.6.
2.1.7 New Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in this Section 2.1, in the event the Commission informs the Company that the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly (i) inform each of the Holders thereof and use commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Shelf Registration as required by the Commission and/or (ii) withdraw the Shelf Registration and file a new registration statement (a “New Registration Statement”), on Form F-3 or if Form F-3 is not then available to the Company for such registration statement, on such other form available to register for resale of the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment or New Registration Statement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff (“SEC Guidance”), including without limitation, the publicly available Commission or staff guidance (including Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company advocated with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders, subject to a determination by the Commission that certain Holders must be reduced first based on the number of Registrable Securities held by such Holders. In the event the Company amends the Shelf Registration or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, under clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Company will file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form F-3 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Shelf Registration, as amended, or the New Registration Statement.
2.1.8 Effective Registration. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.1.4 above or any other part of this Agreement, a Registration shall not count as a Registration unless and until (i) the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, and (ii) the Company has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto; provided, however, that, if after such Registration Statement has been declared effective, an offering of Registrable Securities is subsequently interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission, federal or state court or any other governmental agency the Registration Statement with respect to such Registration shall be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until, (i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating such Registration thereafter affirmatively elect to continue with such Registration and accordingly notify the Company in writing, but in no event later than five (5) days, of such election; provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated or required to file another Registration Statement until the Registration Statement that has been previously filed with respect to a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration becomes effective or is subsequently terminated.
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2.2 Piggyback Registration.
2.2.1 Piggyback Rights. Subject to Section 2.4.3, if the Company or any Holder proposes to conduct a registered offering of, or if the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Registration of, equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities, for its own account or for the account of shareholders of the Company (or by the Company and by the shareholders of the Company including, without limitation, an Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof), other than a Registration Statement (or any registered offering with respect thereto) (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form F-4 or Form S-4 (or other similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company, (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, or (v) for a rights offering, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed offering to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but not less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement or, in the case of an Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration, the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such offering, which notice shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, in such offering, and (B) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to include in such registered offering such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice (such registered offering, a “Piggyback Registration”). Subject to Section 2.2.2, the Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and, if applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of such Piggyback Registration to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this Section 2.2.1 to be included therein on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such registered offering and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The inclusion of any Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Piggyback Registration shall be subject to such Holder’s agreement to enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Company.
2.2.2 Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Offering that is to be a Piggyback Registration, in good faith, advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (i) the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, (ii) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof, and (iii) the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:
(a) if the Registration or registered offering is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering (A) first, the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.2.1, pro rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Offering and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Holders have requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights of persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder;
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(b) if the Registration or registered offering is pursuant to a request by persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering (A) first, the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.2.1, pro rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Offering and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Holders have requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and
(c) if the Registration or registered offering is pursuant to a request by Holder(s) of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof, then the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering securities in the priority set forth in Section 2.1.5.
2.2.3 Piggyback Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities (other than the Demanding Holder, whose right to withdrawal from an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, and related obligations, shall be governed by Section 2.1.6) shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw from such Piggyback Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Piggyback Registration or, in the case of a Piggyback Registration pursuant to a Shelf Registration, the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement with respect to such Piggyback Registration used for marketing such transaction. The Company (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a request for withdrawal by persons pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in connection with a Piggyback Registration (which, in no circumstance, shall include the Shelf) at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement (other than Section 2.1.6), the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.2.3.
2.2.4 Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, subject to Section 2.1.6, any Piggyback Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof shall not be counted as a demand for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown under Section 2.1.4 hereof.
2.3 Market Stand-off. In connection with any Underwritten Offering of equity securities of the Company (other than a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering), if reasonably requested with prior written notice by the managing Underwriters, each Holder that is (a) an executive officer, (b) a director or (c) Holder in excess of five percent (5%) of the outstanding Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) (and for which it is customary for such a Holder to agree to a lock-up) agrees that it shall not Transfer any Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) (other than those included in such offering pursuant to this Agreement), without the prior written consent of the managing Underwriters, during the ninety (90)-day period (or such shorter time agreed to by the managing Underwriters) beginning on the date of pricing of such offering, except as expressly permitted by such lock-up agreement, in the event the managing Underwriters otherwise agree by written consent or under Rule 10b5-1 trading plans (or similar plan) in effect prior to such 90-day period. Each Holder agrees to execute a customary lock-up agreement in favor of the Underwriters to such effect (in each case on substantially the same terms and conditions as all such Holders).
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2.4 Block Trades; Other Coordinated Offerings.
2.4.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of Article II, but subject to Sections 2.3 and 3.4, at any time and from time to time when an effective Shelf is on file with the Commission and effective, if a Demanding Holder wishes to engage in (a) a Block Trade or (b) an “at the market” or similar registered offering through a broker, sales agent or distribution agent, whether as agent or principal (an “Other Coordinated Offering”), in each case with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, either the lesser of (x) $10 million and (y) all remaining Registrable Securities held by the Demanding Holder, then notwithstanding the time periods provided for in Section 2.1.4, such Demanding Holder shall notify the Company of the Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering at least five (5) business days prior to the day such offering is to commence and the Company shall as expeditiously as possible use commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering; provided that the Demanding Holders representing a majority of the Registrable Securities wishing to engage in the Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering shall use commercially reasonable efforts to work with the Company and any Underwriters or placement agents or sales agents prior to making such request in order to facilitate preparation of the registration statement, prospectus and other offering documentation related to the Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering and any related due diligence and comfort procedures, in accordance with Sections 3.1.11 and 3.1.12.
2.4.2 Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used in connection with a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering, a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering shall have the right to submit a Withdrawal Notice to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters or placement agents or sales agents (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.4.2.
2.4.3 Any Registration effected pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be deemed an Underwritten Shelf Takedown and within the cap on Underwritten Shelf Takedowns provided in the last sentence of Section 2.1.4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Section 2.2 hereof shall not apply to a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering initiated by a Demanding Holder pursuant to this Agreement.
2.4.4 The Company shall have the right to consent to the Underwriters and any sale agents or placement agents (if any) for such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering (in each case, which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks), which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
ARTICLE III
COMPANY PROCEDURES
3.1 General Procedures. In connection with any Shelf and/or Underwritten Shelf Takedown, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible:
3.1.1 prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities;
3.1.2 prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be reasonably requested by any Holder that holds at least five percent (5.0%) of the Registrable Securities registered on such Registration Statement or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
3.1.3 prior to filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriter(s), if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, and such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus), and such other documents as the Underwriters and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel for any such Holders may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders;
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3.1.4 prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request (or provide evidence satisfactory to such Holders that the Registrable Securities are exempt from such registration or qualification) and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;
3.1.5 cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each national securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;
3.1.6 provide a transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;
3.1.7 advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued;
3.1.8 at least two (2) days prior to the filing of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus (or such shorter period of time as may be necessary in order to comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, as applicable), furnish a copy thereof to each seller of such Registrable Securities or its counsel (excluding any exhibits thereto and any filing made under the Exchange Act that is to be incorporated by reference therein);
3.1.9 notify the Holders at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event or the existence of any condition as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, or in the opinion of counsel for the Company it is necessary to supplement or amend such Prospectus to comply with law, and then to correct such Misstatement or include such information as is necessary to comply with law, in each case, as set forth in Section 3.4 hereof;
3.1.10 permit a representative of the Holders, the Underwriter(s), if any, and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriter to participate, at each such person’s own expense (except as otherwise set forth herein) in the preparation of the Registration Statement, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter(s), attorney or accountant in connection with the Registration; provided, however, that such representatives or Underwriter(s) agree to confidentiality arrangements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information;
3.1.11 obtain a “comfort” letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Offering, Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering that is registered pursuant to a Registration Statement, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter or other similar type of sales agent or placement agent may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders;
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3.1.12 on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, obtain an opinion, dated such date, of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the Holders, the placement agent(s) or sales agent(s), if any, and the Underwriter(s), if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the Holders, the placement agent(s), sales agent(s), or Underwriter(s) may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions;
3.1.13 in the event of any Underwritten Offering or Other Coordinated Offering that is registered pursuant to a Registration Statement, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, sales agreement or placement agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter(s), sales agent(s) or placement agent(s) of such offering;
3.1.14 make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least 12 months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor rule then in effect);
3.1.15 if the Registration involves the Registration of Registrable Securities involving gross proceeds in excess of $30 million with respect to an Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.1.4, use commercially reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter(s) in such Underwritten Offering;
3.1.16 otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holders, in connection with such Registration; and
3.1.17 assist the Depositary in maintaining an effective registration of the Company ADSs on Form F-6 in accordance with the Depositary Agreement (the “Depositary Agreement”) and cooperate with the Depositary in filing amendments or supplements to such Form F-6 as may be necessary to permit the Holders to exercise their rights hereunder with respect to their Company ADSs representing Registrable Securities then outstanding, in accordance with the rights of the Holders under this Agreement and the Depositary Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to provide any documents or information to an Underwriter or other sales agent or placement agent if such Underwriter or other sales agent or placement agent has not then been named with respect to the applicable Underwritten Offering or Other Coordinated Offering that is registered pursuant to a Registration Statement.
3.2 Registration Expenses. All Registration Expenses shall be borne by the Company. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders selling any Registrable Securities in an offering shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters’ or agents’ commissions and discounts, brokerage fees, Underwriter marketing costs and, other than as set forth in the definition of “Registration Expenses,” all reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders, in each case pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities that such Holders have sold in such Registration.
3.3 Requirements for Participation in Underwritten Offerings. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any Holder does not provide the Company with its requested Holder Information, the Company may exclude such Holder’s Registrable Securities from the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus if the Company determines, based on the advice of counsel, that such information is necessary to effect the registration and such Holder continues thereafter to withhold such information. No person may participate in any Underwritten Offering or Other Coordinated Offering for equity securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration initiated by the Company hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s securities on the basis provided in any arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting or other agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such arrangements. The exclusion of a Holder’s Registrable Securities as a result of this Section 3.3 shall not affect the registration of the other Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration.
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3.4 Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure; Restrictions on Registration Rights.
3.4.1 Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement (it being understood that the Company hereby covenants to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as soon as practicable after the time of such notice), or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed.
3.4.2 If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of any Registration at any time would (a) require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, (b) require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Company’s control, or (c) in the good faith judgment of the majority of the Board, be materially detrimental to the Company and the majority of the Board concludes as a result that it is essential to defer such filing, initial effectiveness or continued use at such time, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement for the shortest period of time determined in good faith by the Company to be necessary for such purpose (any such period, a “Blackout Period”); provided, that no Blackout Period shall exceed more than 30 consecutive days after the request of the Holders is given. In the event the Company exercises its rights under this Section 3.4.2, the Holders agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to any Registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities.
3.4.3 (a) During the period starting with the date 15 Business Days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date 120 days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated Registration and provided that the Company continues to actively employ, in good faith, all reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the applicable Shelf, or (b) if, pursuant to Section 2.1.4, Holders have requested an Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the Company and such Holders are unable to obtain the commitment of underwriters to firmly underwrite such offering, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay any other registered offering pursuant to Sections 2.1.4 or 2.4.
3.4.4 The right to delay or suspend any filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3.4.2 or a registered offering pursuant to Section 3.4.3 shall be exercised by the Company, in the aggregate, for not more than 60 consecutive calendar days and not more than twice during any 12-month period.
3.5 Reporting Obligations. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, covenants to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish the Holders with true and complete copies of all such filings; provided that any documents publicly filed or furnished with the Commission pursuant to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System shall be deemed to have been furnished or delivered to the Holders pursuant to this Section 3.5. The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect), including by causing its counsel to promptly provide any legal opinions requested by the transfer agent or warrant agent. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
3.6 Restrictive Legend Removal.
3.6.1 On the Closing Date, the Company shall cause the transfer agent to (a) remove any restrictive legends (including any electronic transfer restrictions) from all Registrable Securities that are not Locked-up Securities (as such term is defined in the Sponsor Support Agreement) issued and sold to the Legacy SPAC Equityholders pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 filed by the Company in connection with the Business Combination and (b) provide or cause any customary opinions of counsel to be delivered to the transfer agent in connection with such removal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to remove (and may maintain or re-apply) any restrictive legend on Registrable Securities held by any Holder who is, on the Closing Date, an affiliate of the Company, to the extent such legend is required under applicable securities laws.
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3.6.2 Upon the written request of any Holder in connection with a bona fide sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to an effective Registration Statement, and promptly following the effectiveness of the Shelf filed in accordance with Section 2.1.1, the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days, cause the transfer agent or warrant agent to remove any restrictive legends (including any electronic transfer restrictions) from such Registrable Securities being sold by such Holder in connection with such sale and provide or cause any customary opinions of counsel to be delivered to the transfer agent in connection with such removal.
3.6.3 Following the termination of the applicable Lock-up Period, the Company shall cause the transfer agent or warrant agent to remove any legends, marks, stop-transfer instructions or other similar notations pertaining to such lock-up arrangements from the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs) and/or Company Warrants, as applicable, that are subject to such sale.
ARTICLE IV
INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION
4.1 Indemnification.
4.1.1 The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers, directors and agents and each person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses (including without limitation reasonable outside attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction of the Company in connection therewith.
4.1.2 In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (the “Holder Information”) and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, its directors, officers and agents and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses (including without limitation reasonable outside attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers, directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.
4.1.3 Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.
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4.1.4 The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities. The Company and each Holder of Registrable Securities participating in an offering also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution to such party in the event the Company’s or such Holder’s indemnification is unavailable for any reason.
4.1.5 If the indemnification provided under Section 4.1 hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder under this Section 4.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 4.1.5. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 4.1.5 from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Notices. All notices and other communications among the parties shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered in person, (ii) when delivered by FedEx or other internationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case with a copy sent by e-mail to such Holder, or (iii) by transmission by electronic mail. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed, if to the Company, to Keilaranta 19, 02150, Espoo, Finland, Attention: Jan Kürschner, Chief Financial Officer; Mark Falcon, General Counsel, with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to Cooley LLP, 55 Hudson Yards, New York, New York 10001, Attention: Eric Blanchard, Peter Byrne, David Silverman and Rita Sobral, and if to any Holder, at such Holder’s address and e-mail address as set forth in the Company’s books and records. Any Party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the Company notice in the manner herein set forth.
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5.2 Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries.
5.2.1 This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part.
5.2.2 A Holder may assign or delegate such Holder’s rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any Permitted Transferees to whom it transfers Registrable Securities; provided that such Registrable Securities remain Registrable Securities following such transfer and such Permitted Transferee agrees to become bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
5.2.3 No assignment by any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section 5.1 hereof, and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement).
5.2.4 Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns. Any attempted assignment in violation of the terms of this Section 5.2 shall be null and void, ab initio.
5.2.5 This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and Section 5.2 hereof.
5.3 Captions. The captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered a part of or affect the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.
5.4 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, and by different parties in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Copies of executed counterparts of this Agreement transmitted by electronic transmission (including by email or in .pdf format) or facsimile as well as electronically or digitally executed counterparts (such as DocuSign) shall have the same legal effect as original signatures and shall be considered original executed counterparts of this Agreement.
5.5 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any term or other provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Mergers) are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.
5.6 Governing Law. This Agreement, and all claims or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of laws of another jurisdiction.
5.7 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. Any Action based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement may be brought in federal and state courts located in the State of Delaware, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in any such Action, waives any objection it may now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction, venue or to convenience of forum, agrees that all claims in respect of the Action shall be heard and determined only in any such court, and agrees not to bring any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any other court. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any manner permitted by Law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any other party in any other jurisdiction, in each case, to enforce judgments obtained in any Action brought pursuant to this Section 5.7. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS.
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5.8 Remedies. The parties hereto agree that 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 their obligations under the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with its specified terms or otherwise breach such provisions. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) such parties shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance, or other equitable relief, to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof and thereof, without proof of damages and without posting a bond, prior to the valid termination of this Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled under this Agreement, and (ii) the right of specific enforcement is an integral part of the transactions contemplated hereby and without that right, none of the parties hereto would have entered into this Agreement. Each party agrees that it will not oppose the granting of specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that the other parties hereto have an adequate remedy at law or that an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity. The parties acknowledge and agree that any party seeking an injunction to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in accordance with this Section 5.8 shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such injunction.
5.9 Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of (a) the Company, (b) Sponsor, and (c) the Holders holding a majority of the voting power of the then-outstanding Registrable Securities then held by all Holders in the aggregate, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; provided, however, that in the event any such waiver, amendment or modification would be disproportionate and adverse in any material respect to the material rights or obligations hereunder of a Holder, the written consent of such Holder will also be required. No course of dealing between any Holder or the Company and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or the Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.
5.10 Termination of Existing Registration Rights. The registration rights granted under this Agreement shall supersede any registration, qualification or similar rights of the Holders with respect to any shares or securities of SPAC or the Company granted under any other agreement, and any of such preexisting registration, qualification or similar rights and such agreements shall be terminated and of no further force and effect.
5.11 Term. This Agreement shall be effective from and after the Closing Date and shall terminate with respect to any Holder on the date that such Holder no longer holds any Registrable Securities. The provisions of Section 3.5 and Article IV shall survive any termination.
5.12 Holder Information. Each Holder agrees, if requested in writing, to represent to the Company or such other requesting Holder the total number of Registrable Securities held by such Holder in order for the Company or a requesting Holder to make determinations hereunder.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
| COMPANY: | |||
| IQM Quantum Computers Oyj | |||
| By: | /s/ Jan Goetz | ||
| Name: | Jan Goetz | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
| HOLDERS: | ||
| RAAQ SPONSOR LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Jeff Tuder | |
| Name: | Jeff Tuder | |
| Title: | Managing Member | |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
| HOLDERS: | ||
| COHEN & COMPANY CAPITAL MARKETS, A DIVISION OF COHEN & COMPANY SECURITIES, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Jerry Serowik | |
| Name: | Jerry Serowik | |
| Title: | Senior Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets | |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
| HOLDERS: | ||
| CLEAR STREET LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Ryan Gerety | |
| Name: | Ryan Gerety | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
| HOLDERS: | ||
| By: | /s/ Jeff Tuder | |
| Name: | Jeff Tuder | |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
| HOLDERS: | ||
| By: | /s/ Peter Ort | |
| Name: | Peter Ort | |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
| HOLDERS: | ||
| By: | /s/ Robert Neal | |
| Name: | Robert Neal | |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
| HOLDERS: | ||
| By: | /s/ Mark Smith | |
| Name: | Mark Smith | |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
| HOLDERS: | ||
| By: | /s/ Eduardo Munemori | |
| Name: | Eduardo Munemori | |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
| HOLDERS: | ||
| By: | /s/ Jim Cornell | |
| Name: | Jim Cornell | |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
| HOLDERS: | ||
| By: | /s/ Dan Desjardins | |
| Name: | Dan Desjardins | |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
| HOLDERS: | ||
| By: | /s/ Robert Van Belle | |
| Name: | Robert Van Belle | |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
| HOLDERS: | ||
| By: | /s/ Curtis Weldon | |
| Name: | Curtis Weldon | |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
| HOLDERS: | ||
| By: | /s/ David Moehring | |
| Name: | David Moehring | |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
| HOLDERS: | ||
| By: | /s/ Landon Downs | |
| Name: | Landon Downs | |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
Schedule A
Legacy Company Equityholders
N/A
Exhibit 10.2
WARRANT ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
THIS WARRANT ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 1, 2026 (the “Effective Date”), is made by and between IQM Quantum Computers Oy, a limited liability company (Fi. osakeyhtiö) incorporated under the laws of Finland (the “Company”), Real Asset Acquisition Corp., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“SPAC”), Lucky Lucko, Inc. d/b/a Efficiency, a Delaware corporation (“Efficiency”) and Computershare Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Computershare”), and its affiliate, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a federally chartered trust company (the “Transfer Agent”, and collectively with Computershare, the “Warrant Agent”).
WHEREAS, SPAC and Efficiency are parties to that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2025 (the “Existing Warrant Agreement”);
WHEREAS as of the date hereof, SPAC has issued (i) 8,625,000 warrants as part of the units offered in its initial public offering (the “Public Warrants”), (ii) 3,725,000 warrants, bearing the legend set forth in Exhibit B hereto, to RAAQ Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), in a concurrent private placement pursuant to that certain Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement dated as of April 28, 2025 (the “Sponsor Private Placement Warrants”), and (iii) an aggregate of 1,725,000 warrants, bearing the legend set forth in Exhibit B hereto, to Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a division of J.V.B. Financial Group, LLC (“Cohen & Co.”) and Clear Street LLC (together with Cohen & Co., the “Underwriters”), pursuant to that certain Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement dated as of April 28, 2025 (together with the Sponsor Private Placement Warrants, the “Private Placement Warrants”), in each case, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Existing Warrant Agreement, with each Public Warrant and Private Placement Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one SPAC Class A Ordinary Share, par value $0.0001 per share (each a “SPAC Class A Ordinary Share,” and collectively the “SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares”);
WHEREAS, on February 22, 2026, SPAC, the Company, and IQM US LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Merger Sub”) and Eclipse QC S.à.r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée), having its registered office at 16, rue Eugène Ruppert, L – 2453 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under registration number B299105 and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“LuxCo”), entered into a business combination agreement (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”);
WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (the “Closing”), among other things, (i) SPAC will merge with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub surviving as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”) and (ii) the shareholders of SPAC will receive Ordinary Shares of the Company, no nominal value (the “Ordinary Shares”), in exchange for their SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares;
WHEREAS, the Ordinary Shares issued to SPAC shareholders will be represented by American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), which are issuable under the Deposit Agreement dated as of June 15, 2026 (the “Deposit Agreement”) among the Company, the Bank of New York Mellon, as the depositary bank acting as depositary under the Deposit Agreement, and all Owners and Holders (each as defined in the Deposit Agreement) from time to time of the ADSs issued thereunder, with each ADS representing one Ordinary Share;
WHEREAS, upon consummation of the Merger, as provided in the Business Combination Agreement and Section 4.4 of the Existing Warrant Agreement, (i) the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants will no longer be exercisable for SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares, but instead will be exercisable (subject to the terms and conditions of the Existing Warrant Agreement as amended hereby) for a number of Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs equal to the number of SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares for which such warrants were exercisable immediately prior to the Merger, subject to adjustment as described herein (such warrants as so adjusted and amended, the “Warrants”) and
(ii) the Warrants shall be assumed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement;
WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, SPAC desires to assign to the Company, and the Company desires to assume, all of SPAC’s rights, interests and obligations under the Existing Warrant Agreement;
WHEREAS, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement will constitute a Business Combination as defined in the Existing Warrant Agreement;
WHEREAS, Section 9.8 of the Existing Warrant Agreement provides that SPAC and Efficiency may amend the Existing Warrant Agreement without the consent of any Registered Holder (as defined below) for the purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity, or curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained therein, including to conform the provisions of the Existing Warrant Agreement to the description of the terms of the Warrants and the Existing Warrant Agreement set forth in the prospectus (the “Prospectus”) included with the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-284777) filed by SPAC with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), (ii) adjusting the definition of “Ordinary Cash Dividend” as contemplated by and in accordance with the second sentence of subsection 4.1.2 of the Existing Warrant Agreement or (iii) adding or changing any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Existing Warrant Agreement as the parties may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the Registered Holders thereunder;
WHEREAS, the Company has filed with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form F-4, File No. 333 295867 (the “Ordinary Share Registration Statement”) for the registration under the Securities Act of the issuance of the Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and the Ordinary Share Registration Statement was declared effective on June 5, 2026.
WHEREAS, the Depositary has filed with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form F-6, File No. 333- 296532 (the “ADS Registration Statement” and, together with the Ordinary Share Registration Statement, the “Registration Statement”) for the registration under the Securities Act of the ADSs that may be issued in exchange for Ordinary Shares issued in the Business Combination and the Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrants, and the ADS Registration Statement was declared effective on June 15, 2026.
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange, redemption and exercise of the Warrants;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the form and provisions of the Warrants, the terms upon which they shall be issued and exercised, and the respective rights, limitation of rights, and immunities of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the holders of the Warrants; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things have been done and performed which are necessary to make the Warrants, when executed on behalf of the Company and countersigned by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent (if a physical certificate is issued), as provided herein, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Assignment and Assumption; Amendment; Appointment of Warrant Agent.
1.1. Assignment and Assumption. SPAC hereby assigns to the Company all of SPAC’s right, title and interest in and to the Existing Warrant Agreement and the Warrants (each as amended hereby) as of the Closing. The Company hereby assumes, and agrees to pay, perform, satisfy and discharge in full, as the same become due, all of SPAC’s liabilities and obligations under the Existing Warrant Agreement and the Warrants (each as amended hereby) arising from and after the Closing.
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1.2. Appointment of Successor Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to serve as successor Warrant Agent under the Existing Warrant Agreement and Efficiency hereby assigns, and the Warrant Agent hereby agrees to accept and assume, effective as of the Closing, all of Efficiency’s rights, interests and obligations in, and under the Existing Warrant Agreement and Warrants, as Warrant Agent. Unless the context otherwise requires, from and after the Closing, any references in the Existing Warrant Agreement and the Warrants to the “Warrant Agent” shall mean Computershare Trust Company, N.A., and Computershare Inc., collectively. Any notice, statement or demand authorized by the Existing Warrant Agreement to be given or made by the holder of any Warrant or by the Company to or on the Existing Warrant Agent pursuant to Section 9.2 shall be delivered to:
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.,
Computershare Inc.
150 Royall Street, 2nd Floor
Canton, MA 02021
Attention: Client Services
1.3. Amendment. SPAC and Efficiency hereby amend and restate the Existing Warrant Agreement and the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants issued thereunder in accordance with Section 9.8 of the Existing Warrant Agreement, in its entirety in the form of this Agreement as of the Closing.
2. Warrants.
2.1. Form of Warrant. Each Warrant shall initially be issued in registered form only, and, if a physical certificate is issued, shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, the provisions of which are incorporated herein and shall be signed by, or bear the facsimile signature of, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or other principal officer of the Company. In the event the person whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any Warrant shall have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the Warrant before such Warrant is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he or she had not ceased to be such at the date of issuance. All of the Public Warrants shall initially be represented by one or more book-entry certificates (each, a “Book-Entry Warrant Certificate”).
2.2. Uncertificated Warrants. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Warrant may be issued in uncertificated or book-entry form through the Warrant Agent and/or the facilities of The Depository Trust Company or other book-entry depositary system, in each case as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) or by an authorized committee thereof. Any Warrant so issued shall have the same terms, force and effect as a certificated Warrant that has been duly countersigned by the Warrant Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2.3. Effect of Countersignature. Except with respect to uncertificated Warrants, as described above, unless and until countersigned by the Warrant Agent pursuant to this Agreement, a Warrant shall be invalid and of no effect and may not be exercised by the holder thereof.
2.4. Registration.
2.4.1 Warrant Register. The Warrant Agent shall maintain books (the “Warrant Register”) for the registration of original issuance of the Warrants and the registration of transfer of the Warrants. Upon the initial issuance of the Warrants in book entry form, the Warrant Agent shall issue and register the Warrants in the names of the respective holders thereof in such denominations and otherwise in accordance with instructions delivered to the Warrant Agent by the Company. All of the Public Warrants shall initially be represented by one or more Book-Entry Warrant Certificates deposited with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. Ownership of beneficial interests in the Public Warrants shall be shown on, and the transfer of such ownership shall be effected through, records maintained by (i) DTC or its nominee for each Book-Entry Warrant Certificate, or (ii) institutions that have accounts with DTC (each such institution, with respect to a Warrant in its account, a “Participant”).
If DTC subsequently ceases to make its book-entry settlement system available for the Public Warrants, the Company may instruct the Warrant Agent regarding making other arrangements for book-entry settlement. In the event that the Public Warrants are not eligible for, or it is no longer necessary to have the Public Warrants available in, book-entry form, the Warrant Agent shall provide written instructions to DTC to deliver to the Warrant Agent for cancellation each Book-Entry Warrant Certificate, and the Company shall instruct the Warrant Agent to deliver to DTC definitive certificates in physical form evidencing such Warrants (“Definitive Warrant Certificate”). Such Definitive Warrant Certificate shall be in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as provided above.
2.4.2 Registered Holder. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name such Warrant is registered in the Warrant Register (the “Registered Holder”) as the absolute owner of such Warrant and of each Warrant represented thereby, for the purpose of any exercise thereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
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2.5. [Reserved].
2.6. Fractional Warrants. The Company shall not issue fractional Warrants. If a holder of Warrants would be entitled to receive a fractional Warrant, the Company shall round down to the nearest whole number of Warrants to be issued to such holder.
2.7. Private Placement Warrants. The Private Placement Warrants shall be identical to the Public Warrants, except that the Private Placement Warrants: (i) may be exercised for cash or on a “cashless basis,” pursuant to subsection 3.3.1(c) hereof, (ii) may not (including the Ordinary Shares (and ADSs representing the Ordinary Shares) issued upon exercise of such warrants) be transferred, assigned or sold until thirty (30) days after the Effective Date, and (iii) shall not be redeemable by the Company pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof; provided, however, that the Private Placement Warrants may be transferred by the holders thereof:
(a) to the Company’s officers or directors, any affiliate or family member of any of the Company’s officers or directors, any members, partners, officers or directors of the Sponsor or its affiliates, any affiliate or family member of any of the Sponsor’s officers or directors, or any employees of such affiliates;
(b) in the case of an individual, by (i) gift to a member of such individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of such individual’s immediate family, an affiliate of such individual or to a charitable organization or (ii) for estate planning purposes;
(c) in the case of an individual, by will, testamentary documents or virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death of such person;
(d) in the case of an individual, by operation of law or pursuant to a court order, such as a qualified domestic relations order, divorce settlement, divorce decree or separation agreement;
(e) by virtue of the Sponsor’s organizational documents upon liquidation or dissolution of the Sponsor; and
(f) in the event that the Company completes a liquidation, merger, tender offer, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of its shareholders having the right to exchange their ADSs (and underlying Ordinary Shares) for cash, securities or other property; provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (a) through (e), these transferees (the “Permitted Transferees”) enter into a written agreement with the Company agreeing to be bound by the transfer restrictions in this Agreement and the other restrictions contained in the letter agreement dated April 28, 2025, by and among SPAC, the Sponsor and certain officers and directors of SPAC. In addition, the Ordinary Shares (and ADSs representing the Ordinary Shares) issued upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants may not be transferred, assigned or sold until thirty (30) days after the Effective Date, except to Permitted Transferees.
2.8. [Reserved].
2.9. [Reserved].
3. Terms and Exercise of Warrants.
3.1. Warrant Price. Each Warrant shall entitle the Registered Holder thereof, subject to the provisions of such Warrant and of this Agreement, to purchase from the Company one Ordinary Share, to be delivered by the [Warrant Agent] in the form of ADS, at the price of $11.50 per ADS, subject to the adjustments provided in Section 4 hereof and in the last sentence of this Section 3.1, and only whole Warrants are exercisable. The term “Warrant Price” as used in this Agreement shall mean the price per ADS (including in cash or by payment of Warrants pursuant to a “cashless exercise,” to the extent permitted hereunder) at which the ADSs may be purchased at the time a Warrant is exercised. The Company in its sole discretion may lower the Warrant Price at any time prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) for a period of not less than fifteen (15) Business Days (as defined below) unless otherwise required by the SEC, any national securities exchange on which the Warrants are listed or applicable law; provided, that the Company shall provide at least five (5) days prior written notice of such reduction to Registered Holders of the Warrants and, provided further that any such reduction shall be applied consistently to all of the Warrants. For the purpose of this Agreement, a “Business Day” shall mean a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or public or federal holiday, on which banks in Finland and New York City are generally open for normal business.
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3.2. Duration of Warrants. A Warrant may be exercised only during the period (the “Exercise Period”) commencing on the date that is thirty (30) days after the Effective Date and terminating at the earliest to occur of: (x) at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the date that is five (5) years after the Effective Date, (y) the liquidation of the Company, and (z) other than with respect to the Private Placement Warrants, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Redemption Date (as defined below) as provided in Section 6.3 hereof (the “Expiration Date”); provided, however, that (i) the exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable conditions, as set forth in subsection 3.3.2 below, with respect to an effective registration statement or a valid exemption therefrom being available, and (ii) the Private Placement Warrants held by the Underwriters and their respective Permitted Transferees will not be exercisable after April 28, 2030 in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(A). Except with respect to the right to receive the Redemption Price (as defined below) (other than with respect to the Private Placement Warrants) in the event of a redemption (as set forth in Section 6 hereof), each outstanding Warrant (other than with respect to the Private Placement Warrants) not exercised on or before the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under this Agreement shall cease at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date.
The Company in its sole discretion may extend the duration of the Warrants by delaying the Expiration Date; provided, that the Company will provide at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of any such extension to Registered Holders of the Warrants and, provided further that any such extension shall be applied consistently to all the Warrants.
3.3. Exercise of Warrants.
3.3.1 Payment. Subject to the provisions of the Warrant and this Agreement, including without limitation, subsection 3.3.5, a Warrant may be exercised by the Registered Holder thereof by delivering to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust department (i) the Definitive Warrant Certificate evidencing the Warrants to be exercised, or, in the case of a Book-Entry Warrant Certificate, the Warrants to be exercised (the “Book-Entry Warrants”) on the records of the Depositary to an account of the Warrant Agent at the Depositary designated for such purposes in writing by the Warrant Agent to the Depositary from time to time, (ii) an election to purchase (“Election to Purchase”) ADSs pursuant to the exercise of a Warrant, properly completed and executed by the Registered Holder on the reverse of the Definitive Warrant Certificate or, in the case of a Book-Entry Warrant Certificate, properly delivered by the Participant in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures, and (iii) payment in full of the Warrant Price for each ADS as to which the Warrant is exercised and any and all applicable taxes due in connection with the exercise of the Warrant, the exchange of the Warrant for the ADS and the issuance of such ADS, as follows:
(a) in lawful money of the United States, by good certified check or good bank draft payable to the Warrant Agent or by wire transfer of immediately available funds;
(b) in the event of redemption pursuant to Section 6 hereof in which the Company’s management has elected to require all holders of Public Warrants to exercise such Public Warrants on a “cashless basis,” by surrendering the Public Warrants for that number of ADSs equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of ADSs underlying the Public Warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “Fair Market Value” (defined below) over the Warrant Price by (y) the Fair Market Value. Solely for purposes of this Section 3.3.1(b), the “Fair Market Value” shall mean the average last reported sale price of the ADSs for the ten (10) trading days ending on the third (3rd) trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to holders of the Public Warrants pursuant to Section 6 hereof;
(c) with respect to any Private Placement Warrant exercised on a cashless basis, by surrendering the Warrants for that number of ADSs equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of ADSs underlying the Warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “Sponsor Exercise Fair Market Value,” as defined in this subsection 3.3.1(c) over the Warrant Price by (y) the Sponsor Exercise Fair Market Value. Solely for purposes of this subsection 3.3.1(c), the “Sponsor Exercise Fair Market Value” shall mean the average last reported sale price of the ADSs for the ten (10) trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which notice of exercise of the Private Placement Warrant is sent to the Warrant Agent; or
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(d) on a cashless basis as provided in Section 7.4 hereof.
3.3.2 Delivery of Payment. The Warrant Agent shall forward funds received for warrant exercises in a given month by the 5th business day of the following month by wire transfer to an account designated by the Company.
3.3.3 Issuance of ADSs. As soon as practicable after the exercise of any Warrant and the clearance of the funds in payment of the Warrant Price (if any), the Company shall issue the Ordinary Shares underlying such Warrant to the Depositary for deposit in accordance with the Deposit Agreement, and the Depositary shall issue the corresponding ADSs, which the Warrant Agent shall cause to be delivered to the Registered Holder of such Warrant a book-entry position or certificate, as applicable, for the number of ADSs to which he, she or it is entitled, registered in such name or names as may be directed by him, her or it, and if such Warrant shall not have been exercised in full, a new book-entry position or countersigned Warrant, as applicable, for the number of ADSs as to which such Warrant shall not have been exercised. The Company shall maintain an effective Deposit Agreement with the Depositary and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrants are eligible for deposit into the Company’s ADR facility so that ADSs may be issued and delivered upon a valid exercise of Warrants in accordance with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle the Warrant Exercise. No Warrant shall be exercisable for cash and the Company shall not be obligated to issue Ordinary Shares and the Warrant Agent shall not be obligated to issue ADSs upon exercise of a Warrant unless the ADSs (or underlying Ordinary Shares) issuable upon such Warrant exercise have been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt from registration or qualification under the securities laws of the state of residence of the Registered Holder of the Warrants. In the event that the condition in the immediately preceding sentence is not satisfied with respect to a Warrant, the holder of such Warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such Warrant. Warrants may not be exercised by, or securities issued to, any registered holder in any state in which such exercise would be unlawful.
3.3.4 Valid Issuance. All ADSs and Ordinary Shares underlying the ADSs issued upon the proper exercise of a Warrant in conformity with this Agreement shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and the Ordinary Shares shall be duly authorized and eligible for deposit into the Company’s ADR facility in accordance with the Deposit Agreement.
3.3.5 Date of Issuance. Each person in whose name any book-entry position or certificate for ADSs is issued shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of such ADSs on the date of delivery of such certificate in the case of a certificated Warrant or on the date of which the book-entry position was recorded on the person in whose name the book-entry position was issued.
3.3.6 Maximum Percentage. A holder of a Warrant may notify the Company in writing in the event it elects to be subject to the provisions contained in this subsection 3.3.6; however, no holder of a Warrant shall be subject to this subsection 3.3.6 unless he, she or it makes such election. If the election is made by a holder, the Warrant Agent shall not effect the exercise of the holder’s Warrant, and such holder shall not have the right to exercise such Warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates) or any “group” of which Holder or its affiliates is a member, to the Warrant Agent’s actual knowledge, would beneficially own in excess of 4.9% or 9.8% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates, or any group of which such person and its affiliates is a member, shall include the number of Ordinary Shares underlying ADSs issuable upon exercise of the Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude Ordinary Shares underlying ADSs that would be issuable upon (x) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of the Warrant beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates, or any group of which such person and its affiliates is a member, and (y) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates, or any group of which such person and its affiliates is a member (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred shares or warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the applicable regulations of the SEC. For purposes hereof, “group” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable regulations of the SEC, and the percentage held by a holder shall be determined in a manner consistent with the provisions of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. To the extent that a holder makes the election described in this subsection 3.3.5, the Warrant Agent shall not effect the exercise of the holder’s Warrant, and such holder shall not have the right to exercise such Warrant, unless such holder provides to the Warrant Agent in its Election to Purchase, a certification that, upon giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates) or any “group” of which a holder or its affiliates is a member, would not beneficially own in excess of the Maximum Percentage of the Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise as determined in accordance with this subsection 3.3.5. For purposes of the Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares, the holder may rely on the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F or Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 6-K or Form 8-K (in each case as applicable), or other public filing with the Commission as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written request of the holder of the Warrant, the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days, confirm orally and in writing to such holder the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of equity securities of the Company by the holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding Ordinary Shares was reported. By written notice to the Company, the holder of a Warrant may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage applicable to such holder to any other percentage specified in such notice; provided, however, that any such increase shall not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company.
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3.3.7 Cost Basis Information. The Company hereby instructs the Warrant Agent to record cost basis for newly issued shares (whether pursuant to a cash exercise or a cashless exercise) in accordance with instructions by the Company. If the Company does not provide such cost basis information to the Warrant Agent as outlined above, then the Warrant Agent will (at the direction of the Company) treat those shares issued hereunder as uncovered securities or the equivalent, in accordance with applicable law. Efficiency shall cooperate to provide information in its possession to the Company and the Warrant Agent as reasonably requested by the Company for purposes of determining the cost basis for newly issued shares (whether pursuant to a cash exercise or cashless exercise).
4. Adjustments.
4.1. Share Capitalizations.
4.1.1 Split-Ups. If after the Effective Date, and subject to the provisions of Section 4.7 below, the number of issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares is increased by a split-up of Ordinary Shares or other similar event, so that the shareholders have a pre-emptive subscription right, then, on the effective date of such share capitalization, split-up or similar event, the number of ADSs issuable on exercise of each Warrant shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares. A rights offering made to all holders of the Ordinary Shares entitling holders to purchase Ordinary Shares in accordance with their pre-emptive subscription rights at a price less than the “Historical Fair Market Value” (as defined below) shall be deemed a share capitalization of a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the product of (i) the number of Ordinary Shares actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for Ordinary Shares) and multiplied by (ii) one (1) minus the quotient of (x) the price per Ordinary Share paid in such rights offering divided by (y) the Historical Fair Market Value. For purposes of this subsection 4.1.1, (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Ordinary Shares, in determining the price payable for Ordinary Shares, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) “Historical Fair Market Value” means the volume weighted average price of the ADSs as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the ADSs trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such rights.
4.1.2 Dividends. If the Company, at any time while the Warrants are outstanding and unexpired, shall pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to the holders of Ordinary Shares on account of such Ordinary Shares (or other shares of the Company’s share capital into which the Warrants are convertible), other than (a) as described in subsection 4.1.1 above, or (b) Ordinary Cash Dividends (as defined below) (any such non-excluded event being referred to herein as an “Extraordinary Dividend”), then the Warrant Price shall be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such Extraordinary Dividend, by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value (as determined by the Board, in good faith) of any securities or other assets paid on each Ordinary Share in respect of such Extraordinary Dividend. For purposes of this subsection 4.1.2, “Ordinary Cash Dividends” means any cash dividend or cash distribution which, when combined on a per share basis, with the per share amounts of all other cash dividends and cash distributions paid on the Ordinary Shares during the 365-day period ending on the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution (as adjusted to appropriately reflect any of the events referred to in other subsections of this Section 4 and excluding cash dividends or cash distributions that resulted in an adjustment to the Warrant Price or to the number of ADSs issuable on exercise of each Warrant) does not exceed $0.50 but only with respect to the amount of the aggregate cash dividends or cash distributions equal to or less than $0.50.
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4.2. Aggregation of Shares. If after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 4.7 hereof, the number of issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse share split or reclassification of Ordinary Shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse share split, reclassification or similar event, the number of ADSs issuable on exercise of each Warrant shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding Ordinary Shares.
4.3. Adjustments in Warrant Price.
4.3.1 Whenever the number of ADSs purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants is adjusted, as provided in subsection 4.1.1 or Section 4.2 above, the Warrant Price shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) by multiplying such Warrant Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the number of ADSs purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of ADSs so purchasable immediately thereafter.
4.3.2 [Reserved].
4.4. Replacement of Securities upon Reorganization, etc. In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Ordinary Shares (other than a change under subsections 4.1.1 or Section 4.2 hereof), or in the case of any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity or conversion of the Company as another entity (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation (and is not a subsidiary of another entity whose shareholders did not own all or substantially all of the Ordinary Shares of the Company in substantially the same proportions immediately before such transaction) and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Ordinary Shares), or in the case of a demerger of the Company, or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another entity of the assets or other property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved, the holders of the Warrants shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in the Warrants and in lieu of the ADSs immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount of shares or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, merger, consolidation or demerger, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, that the holder of the Warrants would have received if such holder had exercised his, her or its Warrant(s) immediately prior to such event (the “Alternative Issuance”); provided, however, that (i) if the holders of the Ordinary Shares were entitled to exercise a right of election as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other assets receivable upon such consolidation, merger or demerger, then the kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets constituting the Alternative Issuance for which each Warrant shall become exercisable shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the kind and amount received per share by the holders of the Ordinary Shares in such consolidation or merger that affirmatively make such election, and (ii) if a tender, exchange or redemption offer shall have been made to and accepted by the holders of the Ordinary Shares (other than a tender, exchange or redemption offer made by the Company in connection with redemption rights held by shareholders of the Company as provided for under applicable law or as a result of the redemption of Ordinary Shares by the Company if a proposed initial Business Combination is presented to the shareholders of the Company for approval) under circumstances in which, upon completion of such tender or exchange offer, the maker thereof, together with members of any group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule) ) of which such maker is a part, and together with any affiliate or associate of such maker (within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule)) and any members of any such group of which any such affiliate or associate is a part, own beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule)) more than 50% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, the holder of a Warrant shall be entitled to receive as the Alternative Issuance, the highest amount of cash, securities or other property to which such holder would actually have been entitled as a shareholder if such Warrant holder had exercised the Warrant prior to the expiration of such tender or exchange offer, accepted such offer and all of the Ordinary Shares held by such holder had been purchased pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, subject to adjustments (from and after the consummation of such tender or exchange offer) as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments provided for in this Section 4; provided further that if less than 70% of the consideration receivable by the holders of the Ordinary Shares in the applicable event is payable in the form of capital stock or shares in the successor entity that is listed for trading on a national securities exchange or is quoted in an established over-the-counter market, or is to be so listed for trading or quoted immediately following such event, and if the registered holder properly exercises the Warrant within thirty (30) days following the public disclosure of the consummation of such applicable event by the Company pursuant to a Current Report on Form 6-K (or Form 8-K, if applicable) filed with the Commission, the Warrant Price shall be reduced by an amount (in dollars) equal to the difference (but in no event less than zero) of (i) the Warrant Price in effect prior to such reduction minus (ii) (A) the Per Share Consideration (as defined below) minus (B) the Black-Scholes Warrant Value (as defined below). The “Black-Scholes Warrant Value” means the value of a Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of the applicable event based on the Black-Scholes Warrant Model for a Capped American Call on Bloomberg Financial Markets (“Bloomberg”). For purposes of calculating such amount, (1) Section 6 of this Agreement shall be taken into account, (2) the price of each Ordinary Share shall be the volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the effective date of the applicable event, (3) the assumed volatility shall be the 90 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg determined as of the trading day immediately prior to the day of the announcement of the applicable event, and (4) the assumed risk-free interest rate shall correspond to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of the Warrant. “Per Share Consideration” means (i) if the consideration paid to holders of the Ordinary Shares consists exclusively of cash, the amount of such cash per Ordinary Share, and (ii) in all other cases, the volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the effective date of the applicable event.
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If any reclassification or reorganization also results in a change in Ordinary Shares covered by subsection 4.1.1, then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to subsection 4.1.1 or Sections 4.2, 4.3 and this Section 4.4. The provisions of this Section 4.4 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, mergers or consolidations, demergers, sales or other transfers.
4.5. Lost Warrants. The Warrant Agent shall issue replacement Warrants in a form mutually agreed to by Warrant Agent and the Company for those certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon receipt by Warrant Agent of an open penalty surety bond satisfactory to it and holding it and Company harmless, absent notice to Warrant Agent that such certificates have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser. Warrant Agent may, at its option, issue replacement Warrants for mutilated certificates upon presentation thereof without such indemnity.
4.6. Notices of Changes in Warrant. Upon every adjustment of the Warrant Price or the number of ADSs issuable upon exercise of a Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Warrant Agent, which notice shall state the Warrant Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of ADSs purchasable at such price upon the exercise of a Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based; provided, however, that no adjustment to the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant shall be required until cumulative adjustments amount to one percent (1%) or more of the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant as last adjusted; provided, further, that any such adjustments that are not made are carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all such carried forward adjustments shall be made (i) in connection with any subsequent adjustment that (taken together with such carried forward adjustments) would result in a change of at least one percent (1%) in the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant and (ii) on the exercise date of any Warrant. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 or 4.4, then, in any such event, the Company shall give written notice of the occurrence of such event to each holder of a Warrant, at the last address set forth for such holder in the Warrant Register, of the record date or the effective date of the event. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event. The Company further agrees that it will provide to the Warrant Agent with any new or amended exercise terms. The Warrant Agent shall have no obligation under any Section of this Agreement to determine whether an adjustment event has occurred or to calculate any of the adjustments set forth herein.
4.7. No Fractional ADSs. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Warrant Agent shall not issue fractional ADSs upon the exercise of Warrants. If, by reason of any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4, the holder of any Warrant would be entitled, upon the exercise of such Warrant, to receive a fractional interest in an ADS, the Warrant Agent shall, upon such exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of ADSs to be issued to such holder.
4.8. Form of Warrant. The form of Warrant need not be changed because of any adjustment pursuant to this Section 4, and Warrants issued after such adjustment may state the same Warrant Price and the same number of ADSs as is stated in the Warrants initially issued pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company may at any time in its sole discretion make any change in the form of Warrant that the Company may deem appropriate and that does not affect the substance thereof, and any Warrant thereafter issued or countersigned, whether in exchange or substitution for an outstanding Warrant or otherwise, may be in the form as so changed.
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4.9. Other Events. In case any event shall occur affecting the Company as to which none of the provisions of preceding subsections of this Section 4 are strictly applicable, but which would require an adjustment to the terms of the Warrants in order to (i) avoid an adverse impact on the Warrants and (ii) effectuate the intent and purpose of this Section 4, then, in each such case, the Company shall appoint a firm of independent public accountants, investment banking or other appraisal firm of recognized national standing, which shall give its opinion as to whether or not any adjustment to the rights represented by the Warrants is necessary to effectuate the intent and purpose of this Section 4 and, if they determine that an adjustment is necessary, the terms of such adjustment. The Company shall adjust the terms of the Warrants in a manner that is consistent with any adjustment recommended in such opinion.
4.10. [Reserved].
5. Transfer and Exchange of Warrants.
5.1. Registration of Transfer. The Warrant Agent shall register the transfer, from time to time, of any outstanding Warrant upon the Warrant Register, upon surrender of such Warrant for transfer, in the case of a certificated Warrant, properly endorsed with signatures properly guaranteed and accompanied by appropriate instructions for transfer. Upon any such transfer, a new Warrant representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants shall be issued and the old Warrant shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent. In the case of certificated Warrants, the Warrants so cancelled shall be delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Company from time to time upon request.
5.2. Procedure for Surrender of Warrants. Warrants may be surrendered to the Warrant Agent, either in certificated form or in book entry position, together with a written request for exchange or transfer, and thereupon the Warrant Agent shall issue in exchange therefor one or more new Warrants, or book entry positions, as requested by the Registered Holder of the Warrants so surrendered, representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants; provided, however, that in the event that a Warrant surrendered for transfer bears a restrictive legend (as in the case of the Private Placement Warrants), the Warrant Agent shall not cancel such Warrant and issue new Warrants in exchange thereof until the Warrant Agent has received an opinion of counsel for the Company stating that such transfer may be made and indicating whether the new Warrants must also bear a restrictive legend.
5.3. Fractional Warrants. The Warrant Agent will not be required to effect any registration of transfer or exchange which will result in the issuance of a warrant certificate or book-entry position for a fraction of a warrant.
5.4. Service Charges. No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrants.
5.5. Warrant Execution and Countersignature. The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to countersign and to deliver, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Warrants required to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5, and the Company, whenever required by the Warrant Agent, will supply the Warrant Agent with Warrants duly executed on behalf of the Company for such purpose.
5.6. [Reserved].
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6. Redemption.
6.1. Redemption of Warrants. All but not less than all of the outstanding Public Warrants may be redeemed for cash, at the option of the Company, at any time during the Exercise Period, at the office of the Warrant Agent, upon the notice referred to in Section 6.2, at the price of $0.01 per Public Warrant (“Redemption Price”), provided that the last reported sale price of the ADSs equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 4 hereof) (the “Redemption Trigger Price”), on each of twenty (20) trading days within any thirty (30) trading day period commencing after the Warrants become exercisable and ending on the third (3rd) trading day prior to the date on which notice of redemption is given and provided that there is an effective registration statement covering the ADSs (and underlying Ordinary Shares) issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants, and a current prospectus relating thereto, available throughout the 30-day redemption period or the Company has elected to require the exercise of the Warrants on a “cashless basis” pursuant to subsection 3.3.1(b) hereof and such cashless exercise is exempt from registration under the Securities Act; provided, however, that if and when the Public Warrants become redeemable by the Company, the Company may not exercise such redemption right if the issuance of ADSs upon exercise of the Public Warrants is not exempt from registration or qualification under applicable state blue sky laws or the Company is unable to effect such registration or qualification.
6.2. Date Fixed for, and Notice of, Redemption. In the event the Company shall elect to redeem all of the Public Warrants that are subject to redemption, the Company shall fix a date for the redemption (the “Redemption Date”). Notice of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, by the Company not less than thirty (30) days prior to the Redemption Date to the registered holders of the Public Warrants to be redeemed at their last addresses as they shall appear on the registration books. Any notice mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the registered holder received such notice.
6.3. Exercise After Notice of Redemption. The Public Warrants may be exercised, for cash (or on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement) at any time after notice of redemption shall have been given by the Company pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof and prior to the Redemption Date. In the event the Company determines to require all holders of Public Warrants to exercise their Warrants on a “cashless basis” pursuant to Section 3.3.1(b), the notice of redemption will contain the information necessary to calculate the number of Ordinary Shares to be received upon exercise of the Public Warrants, including the “Fair Market Value” in such case. On and after the Redemption Date, the record holder of the Warrants shall have no further rights except to receive, upon surrender of the Public Warrants, the Redemption Price.
6.4. Exclusion of Private Placement Warrants. The Company agrees that the redemption rights provided in Section 6 hereof shall not apply to the Private Placement Warrants.
7. Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders of Warrants.
7.1. No Rights as Shareholder. A Warrant does not entitle the Registered Holder thereof to any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to receive dividends, or other distributions, exercise any preemptive rights to vote or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the general meeting or the appointment of directors of the Company or any other matter.
7.2. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated, or Destroyed Warrants. If any Warrant is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed, the Company and the Warrant Agent may on such terms as to indemnity or otherwise as they may in their discretion impose (which shall, in the case of a mutilated Warrant, include the surrender thereof), issue a new Warrant of like denomination, tenor, and date as the Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed. Any such new Warrant shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed Warrant shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.
7.3. Reservation of Ordinary Shares. The Company will at all times reserve and keep available in treasury a number of Ordinary Shares, and maintain a resolution (whether by its general meeting of shareholders or its Board of Directors pursuant to an authorization granted by its general meeting of shareholders) providing for the delivery of the Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of Warrants, that shall be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants issued pursuant to this Agreement.
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7.4. Registration of ADSs (and underlying Ordinary Shares).
7.4.1 Registration of ADSs (and underlying Ordinary Shares). If at any time while any Warrants remain outstanding, the outstanding number of ADSs registered on the ADS Registration Statement is not sufficient to cover such delivery of the ADSs issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, then the Company will register, or cause the Depositary to register, on Form F-6 such additional ADSs as is necessary to cover the delivery of such ADSs upon the deposit of the Ordinary Shares into the Company’s ADR facility. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of each Registration Statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration or redemption of the Warrants in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
7.4.2 Cashless Exercise at Company’s Option. If the ADSs are at the time of any exercise of a Warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of “covered securities” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act (or any successor rule), the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise Public Warrants to exercise such Public Warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act (or any successor rule) by exchanging the Warrants for that number of ADSs equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of ADSs underlying the Warrants, multiplied by the excess of the Fair Market Value, as defined in this subsection 7.4.2, over the Warrant Price by (y) the Fair Market Value. Solely for purposes of this subsection 7.4.2, “Fair Market Value” shall mean the average last reported sale price of the ADSs for the ten (10) trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date that notice of exercise is sent to the Warrant Agent from the holder of such Warrants or its securities broker or intermediary, and (i) in the event the Company so elects, the Company shall not be required to maintain in effect a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the ADSs (or underlying Ordinary Shares) issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary or (ii) if the Company does not so elect, the Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify for sale the ADSs (and underlying Ordinary Shares) issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants under the blue sky laws of the state of residence of the exercising Public Warrant holder to the extent an exemption is not available.
7.4.3 Opinions. The Company shall provide an opinion of counsel on or prior to the date hereof. The opinion shall state that all warrants or Ordinary Shares, as applicable:
(a) were offered, sold or issued as part of an offering that was registered in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act;
(b) are “covered securities” as defined in Section 18(b)(1)(A) of the 1933 Act; and
(c) are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
8. Concerning the Warrant Agent and Other Matters.
8.1. Payment of Taxes. Subject to subsection 3.3.1, the Company shall from time to time promptly pay all taxes and charges that may be imposed upon the Company or the Warrant Agent in respect of the issuance or delivery of ADSs upon the exercise of the Warrants, but the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in respect of the Warrants or such ADSs or Ordinary Shares.
8.2. Resignation, Consolidation, or Merger of Warrant Agent.
8.2.1 Appointment of Successor Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent, or any successor to it hereafter appointed, may resign its duties and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder after giving thirty (30) days’ notice in writing to the Company. If the transfer agency relationship between the Transfer Agent and the Company is terminated, the relationship between the Warrant Agent and the Company, and any duties or responsibilities of the Warrant Agent, as outlined hereunder, are hereby terminated at the same time. If the office of the Warrant Agent becomes vacant by resignation or incapacity to act or otherwise, the Company shall appoint in writing a successor Warrant Agent in place of the Warrant Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of thirty (30) days after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of a Warrant (who shall, with such notice, submit his, her or its Warrant for inspection by the Company), then the holder of any Warrant may apply to the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York for the appointment of a successor Warrant Agent at the Company’s cost. Any successor Warrant Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such court, shall be a corporation organized, existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York, and authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. After appointment, any successor Warrant Agent shall be vested with all the authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations of its predecessor Warrant Agent with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, without any further act or deed; but if for any reason it becomes necessary or appropriate, the predecessor Warrant Agent shall execute and deliver, at the expense of the Company, an instrument transferring to such successor Warrant Agent all the authority, powers, and rights of such predecessor Warrant Agent hereunder; and upon request of any successor Warrant Agent the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver any and all instruments in writing for more fully and effectually vesting in and confirming to such successor Warrant Agent all such authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations.
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8.2.2 Notice of Successor Warrant Agent. In the event a successor Warrant Agent shall be appointed, the Company shall give notice thereof to the predecessor Warrant Agent and the Transfer Agent for the ADSs not later than the effective date of any such appointment.
8.2.3 Merger or Consolidation of Warrant Agent. Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without any further act.
8.2.4 Termination for Cause. Notwithstanding subsection 8.2.1, the Company may terminate this Agreement and the appointment of the Warrant Agent upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Warrant Agent if: (i) the Warrant Agent has committed an act of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; (ii) the Warrant Agent has materially breached any of its obligations under this Agreement and, if such breach is capable of remedy, has failed to cure such breach within thirty (30) days after the Company has given written notice to the Warrant Agent specifying the nature of such breach and requiring it to be remedied; (iii) the Warrant Agent becomes insolvent, is adjudicated bankrupt or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or a receiver, administrator, liquidator or similar officer is appointed over all or substantially all of its assets; or (iv) the Warrant Agent ceases to be authorized under applicable law to perform its obligations as warrant agent hereunder. Any such termination shall not affect any liability of the Warrant Agent to the Company accrued prior to the effective date of such termination. Upon any termination pursuant to this subsection 8.2.4, the provisions of subsection 8.2.1 with respect to the appointment of a successor Warrant Agent shall apply mutatis mutandis.
8.3. Fees and Expenses of Warrant Agent.
8.3.1 Remuneration. The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable remuneration for its services as such Warrant Agent hereunder and shall, pursuant to its obligations under this Agreement, reimburse the Warrant Agent upon demand for all expenditures that the Warrant Agent may reasonably incur in the execution of its duties hereunder.
8.3.2 Further Assurances. The Company agrees to perform, execute, acknowledge, and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged, and delivered all such further and other acts, instruments, and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Warrant Agent for the carrying out or performing of the provisions of this Agreement.
8.3.3 Funds. All funds administered by Computershare under this Agreement that are to be distributed or applied by Computershare in the performance of services (the “Funds”) shall be administered by Computershare as agent for Company and deposited in one or more bank accounts to be maintained by Computershare in its name as agent for Company. Until paid pursuant to this Agreement, Computershare may administer or invest the Funds through such accounts in: (a) funds backed by obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America; (b) debt or commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by S&P Global Inc. (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), respectively; (c) Government and Treasury backed AAA-rated Fixed NAV money market funds that comply with Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; or (d) short term certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements, and bank accounts with commercial banks with Tier 1 capital exceeding $1 billion, or with an investment grade rating by S&P (LT Local Issuer Credit Rating), Moody’s (Long Term Rating) and Fitch Ratings, Inc. (LT Issuer Default Rating) (each as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P.). Computershare shall have no responsibility or liability for any diminution of the Funds that may result from any deposit or investment made by Computershare in accordance with this paragraph, including any losses resulting from a default by any bank, financial institution or other third party. Computershare may from time to time receive interest, dividends or other earnings in connection with such deposits or investments. Computershare shall not be obligated to pay such interest, dividends or earnings to Company, any Shareholder or any other party.
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8.4. Liability of Warrant Agent.
8.4.1 Reliance on Company Statement. Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, the Warrant Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a statement signed by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, or Chairman of the Board of the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent may rely upon such statement for any action taken or suffered in the absence of bad faith by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.
8.4.2 Indemnity. The Company covenants and agrees to indemnify and to hold the Warrant Agent harmless against any loss, liability, damage, judgment, fine, penalty, claim, demand, settlement, cost or expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel) (collectively, “Losses”) which may be paid, incurred or suffered by or to which it may become subject, arising from or out of, directly or indirectly, any claims or liability resulting from any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Warrant Agent in connection with the execution, acceptance, administration, exercise and performance of its duties under this Agreement, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability arising therefrom, directly or indirectly, or of enforcing its indemnification rights under this Agreement; provided, that such covenant and agreement does not extend to, and the Warrant Agent shall not be indemnified with respect to, such Losses incurred or suffered by the Warrant Agent as a result of, or arising out of, its gross negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct (which gross negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct must be determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). From time to time, Company may provide Warrant Agent with instructions concerning the services performed by the Warrant Agent hereunder. In addition, at any time Warrant Agent may apply to any officer of Company for instruction and may consult with legal counsel for Warrant Agent or Company with respect to any matter arising in connection with the services to be performed by the Warrant Agent under this Agreement. Warrant Agent and its agents and subcontractors shall not be liable and shall be indemnified by Company for any action taken or omitted by Warrant Agent in reliance upon any Company instructions or upon the advice or opinion of such counsel. Warrant Agent shall not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any person, until receipt of written notice thereof from Company. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Warrant Agent’s aggregate liability during any term of this Agreement with respect to, arising from, or arising in connection with this Agreement, or from all Services provided or omitted to be provided under this Agreement, whether in contract, or in tort, or otherwise, is limited to, and shall not exceed, the amounts paid hereunder by the Company to Warrant Agent as fees and charges, but not including reimbursable expenses, during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the event for which recovery from Warrant Agent is being sought; provided, that this limitation shall not apply in the event of Warrant Agent’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 8.4.2 shall survive the exercise or expiration of the Warrants, the termination of this Agreement and the resignation, replacement or removal of the Warrant Agent.
8.4.3 Exclusions. The Warrant Agent shall have no responsibility with respect to the validity of this Agreement or with respect to the validity or execution of any Warrant (except its countersignature thereof). The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Warrant. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible to make any adjustments required under the provisions of Section 4 hereof or responsible for the manner, method, or amount of any such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such adjustment; nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any ADSs to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Warrant or as to whether any ADSs shall, when issued, be valid and fully paid and non-assessable.
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8.5. Acceptance of Agency. The Warrant Agent hereby accepts the agency established by this Agreement and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein set forth and among other things, shall account promptly to the Company with respect to Warrants exercised and concurrently account for, and pay to the Company, all monies received by the Warrant Agent for the purchase of ADSs through the exercise of the Warrants.
8.6. Subagents. The Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorney or agents, provided, however, that the Warrant Agent shall not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any such agents or subcontractors or for any loss to the Company resulting from any such act, default, neglect or misconduct, absent gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (each as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) in the selection or continued employment thereof.
8.7. Consequential Damages. Neither party to this Agreement shall be liable to the other party for any consequential, indirect, special or incidental damages under any provisions of this Agreement or for any consequential, indirect, punitive, special or incidental damages arising out of any act or failure to act hereunder even if that party has been advised of or has foreseen the possibility of such damages.
8.8. Further Assurances. The Company shall perform, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, acknowledged and delivered all such further and other acts, documents, instruments and assurances as may be reasonably required by the Warrant Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Warrant Agent of the provisions of this Agreement.
9. Miscellaneous Provisions.
9.1. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.
9.2. Notices. Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of any Warrant to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Warrant Agent), as follows:
IQM Quantum Computers Oy
Keilaranta 19 D
FI-02150 Espoo
Finland
Attention: Jan Kürschner, Chief Financial Officer; Mark Falcon, General Counsel
Email: jan.kuerschner@iqm.tech; mark.falcon@iqm.tech
with a copy to:
Cooley LLP
55 Hudson Yards
New York, New York 10001
Attention: Eric Blanchard; Peter Byrne; David Silverman; Rita Sobral
Email: eblanchard@cooley.com; pbyrne@cooley.com; dsilverman@cooley.com; msobral@cooley.com
and
Borenius Attorneys Ltd
Eteläesplanadi 2
FI-00130 Helsinki
Attention: Juha Koponen; Eino Järnroos
E-mail: juha.koponen@borenius.com; eino.jarnroos@borenius.com
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Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the holder of any Warrant or by the Company to or on the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given when sent by hand, electronic transmission, facsimile or overnight delivery or when sent by certified mail or private courier service, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with the Company), as follows:
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.,
Computershare Inc.
150 Royall Street, 2nd Floor
Canton, MA 02021
Attention: Client Services
9.3. Applicable Law and Exclusive Forum. The validity, interpretation, and performance of this Agreement and of the Warrants shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction.
Subject to applicable law, the Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement, including under the Securities Act, shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. The Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any Warrants shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions in this Agreement. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope of the forum provisions of this Agreement, is filed in a court other than a court of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (a “foreign action”) in the name of any holder of the Warrants, such holder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an “enforcement action”), and (y) having service of process made upon such warrant holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such warrant holder’s counsel in the foreign action as agent for such warrant holder.
9.4. Persons Having Rights under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto and the Registered Holders of the Warrants any right, remedy, or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises, and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns and of the Registered Holders of the Warrants.
9.5. Examination of the Warrant Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the office of the Warrant Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, for inspection by the Registered Holder of any Warrant. The Warrant Agent may require any such holder to submit such holder’s Warrant for inspection by the Warrant Agent.
9.6. Counterparts: Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any number of either electronic, manual or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. A signature to this Agreement transmitted electronically shall have the same authority, effect and enforceability as an original signature.
9.7. Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.
9.8. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto without the consent of any registered holder for the purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity or to correct any mistake, including to conform the provisions hereof to the description of the terms of the Warrants and this Agreement set forth in the Prospectus, or curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein, (ii) adjusting the definition of “Ordinary Cash Dividend” as contemplated by and in accordance with the second sentence of subsection 4.1.2 or (iii) adding or changing any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the parties may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the registered holders. All other modifications or amendments, including any amendment to increase the Warrant Price or shorten the Exercise Period, shall require the written consent or vote of the registered holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding Public Warrants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) any amendment to the terms of the Private Placement Warrants shall only require the consent of the Company and the holders of a majority of the Private Placement Warrants, (b) the Company may lower the Warrant Price or extend the duration of the Exercise Period pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, without the consent of the registered holders, and (c) the Company may in its sole discretion and at any time allow or require the exercise of the Warrants on a “cashless basis” without the consent of any registered holders. No supplement or amendment to this Agreement shall be effective unless duly executed by the Warrant Agent and the Company. As a condition precedent to the Warrant Agent’s execution of any amendment, the Company shall deliver to the Warrant Agent a certificate from a duly authorized officer of the Company that states that (i) the execution and delivery of such amendment or supplement is authorized or permitted by this Agreement,
(ii) the proposed amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section 9.8, and (iii) such amendment or supplement is valid, binding and enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Warrant Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any supplement or amendment that adversely affects the Warrant Agent’s own rights, duties, immunities or obligations under this Agreement.
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9.9. Severability. This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof; provided that if such excluded provision shall adversely affect the rights, immunities, liabilities, duties or obligations of the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Agent shall be entitled to resign immediately upon written notice to the Company. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.
9.10. Confidentiality. The Warrant Agent and the Company agree that all books, records, information and data pertaining to the business of the other party, including inter alia, personal, non-public warrant holder information, which are exchanged or received pursuant to the negotiation or the carrying out of this Agreement including the fees for services set forth in the attached schedule shall remain confidential, and shall not be voluntarily disclosed to any other person, except as may be required by law, including, without limitation, pursuant to subpoenas from state or federal government authorities (e.g., in divorce and criminal actions).
9.11. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the event of inconsistency between any provision in this Agreement and any provision in a Warrant Certificate, as it may from time to time be amended, this Agreement shall prevail. The Company shall not amend any provisions of the Warrant Certificate without the prior consent of the Warrant Agent, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
9.12. Force Majeure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Warrant Agent will not be liable for any delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control including, without limitation, acts of God, epidemic, pandemic, terrorist acts, shortage of supply, breakdowns or malfunctions, interruptions or malfunction of computer facilities, or loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war, or civil unrest.
[Signature Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
| IQM QUANTUM COMPUTERS OY | ||
| By: | /s/ Jan Goetz | |
| Name: | Jan Goetz | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
| By: | /s/ Sierk Pötting | |
| Name: | Sierk Pötting | |
| Title: | Chairman of the Board | |
[Signature Page to Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
REAL ASSET ACQUISITION CORP.
| By: | /s/ Peter Ort | |
| Name: | Peter Ort | |
| Title: | Principal Executive Officer and Co-Chairman |
[Signature Page to Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
COMPUTERSHARE INC., and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., collectively, as Warrant Agent
| By: | /s/ Collin Ekeogu | |
| Name: | Collin Ekeogu | |
| Title: | Director, Corporate Actions |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
| LUCKY LUCKO, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Carol Nguyen | |
| Name: | Carol Nguyen | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer, Director | |
[Signature Page to Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement]
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EXHIBIT A
[Form of Warrant Certificate]
[FACE]
Number
Warrants
THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID IF NOT
EXERCISED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE
EXERCISE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR IN THE WARRANT
AGREEMENT DESCRIBED BELOW
IQM QUANTUM COMPUTERS OY[J]
a [public] limited liability company (Fi. osakeyhtiö) incorporated under the laws of Finland
CUSIP [●]
Warrant Certificate
This Warrant Certificate certifies that [●], or registered assigns, is the registered holder of warrants evidenced hereby (the “Warrants” and each, a “Warrant”) to purchase American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) of IQM Quantum Computers Oy[j], a [public] limited liability company (Fi. osakeyhtiö) incorporated under the laws of Finland (the “Company”), with each ADS representing one Ordinary Share, no nominal value per share (the “Ordinary Shares”) of the Company. Each Warrant entitles the holder, upon exercise during the Exercise Period set forth in the Warrant Agreement referred to below, to receive from the Company that number of fully paid and non-assessable ADSs as set forth below, at the exercise price (the “Warrant Price”) as determined pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, payable in US dollars, by bank wire or certified check (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) of the United States of America upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Warrant Price at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent referred to below, subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.
Each whole Warrant is initially exercisable for one ADS representing one fully paid and non-assessable Ordinary Share. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of any Warrant. If, upon the exercise of Warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in an Ordinary Share, the Company will, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued to the Warrant holder. The number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
The initial Warrant Price per ADS for any Warrant is equal to $11.50 per share. The Warrant Price is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
[Exhibit A]
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Subject to the conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants may be exercised only during the Exercise Period and to the extent not exercised by the end of such Exercise Period, such Warrants shall become void.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof and such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent, as such term is used in the Warrant Agreement.
This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.
| IQM QUANTUM COMPUTERS OY | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| COMPUTERSHARE INC. and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., collectively, as Warrant Agent | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Exhibit A]
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[Form of Warrant Certificate]
[Reverse]
The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants entitling the holder on exercise to receive [●] ADSs representing Ordinary Shares and are issued or to be issued pursuant to a Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement dated as of [●], 2026 (as amended from time to time, the “Warrant Agreement”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to Computershare Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its affiliate, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a federally chartered trust company (collectively, the “Warrant Agent”), which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the holders (the words “holders” or “holder” meaning the Registered Holders or Registered Holder, respectively) of the Warrants. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the holder hereof upon written request to the Company. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.
Warrants may be exercised at any time during the Exercise Period set forth in the Warrant Agreement. The holder of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise them by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the form of election to purchase set forth hereon properly completed and executed, together with payment of the Warrant Price as specified in the Warrant Agreement (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent. In the event that upon any exercise of Warrants evidenced hereby the number of Warrants exercised shall be less than the total number of Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued to the holder hereof or his, her or its assignee, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants not exercised.
Notwithstanding anything else in this Warrant Certificate or the Warrant Agreement, no Warrant may be exercised unless at the time of exercise (i) a registration statement covering the issuance of the ADSs (and underlying Ordinary Shares) to be issued upon exercise is effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and (ii) a prospectus thereunder relating to the ADSs (and underlying Ordinary Shares) is current, except through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement. In addition, and notwithstanding anything else in this Warrant Certificate or the Warrant Agreement, to the extent that the holder of a Warrant has delivered a notice contemplated by subsection 3.3.6 of the Warrant Agreement, neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall issue to a holder, and a holder may not acquire, any right it might have to acquire, a number of Ordinary Shares upon exercise of any Warrant to the extent that, upon such exercise, the number of Ordinary Shares then beneficially owned by a holder would exceed the Maximum Percentage of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise as determined in accordance with subsection 3.3.6. of the Warrant Agreement.
The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the number of ADSs (and underlying Ordinary Shares) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants set forth on the face hereof may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. If, upon exercise of a Warrant, the holder thereof would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in an ADS, the Company shall, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number of ADSs to be issued to the holder of the Warrant.
Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent by the Registered Holder thereof in person or by legal representative or attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.
Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at the office of the Warrant Agent, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder(s) hereof as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Warrants nor this Warrant Certificate entitles any holder hereof to any rights of a shareholder of the Company.
In the event of an inconsistency between the terms of the Warrants and the Warrant Agreement, the terms of the Warrant Agreement shall prevail.
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Election to Purchase
(To Be Executed Upon Exercise of Warrant)
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, to receive [●] ADSs representing Ordinary Shares and herewith tenders payment for such ADSs to the order of IQM Quantum Computers Oy[j] (the “Company”) in the amount of $[●] in accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that a certificate for such ADSs be registered in the name of [●] whose address is [●] and that such ADSs be delivered to whose address is [●]. If said number of ADSs is less than all of the ADSs purchasable hereunder, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such ADSs be registered in the name of [●], whose address is [●] and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to [●], whose address is [●].
In the event that the Warrant has been called for redemption by the Company pursuant to Section 6 of the Warrant Agreement and the Company has required a cashless exercise pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Warrant Agreement, the number of ADSs that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with subsection 3.3.1(b) or Section 6.1 of the Warrant Agreement, as applicable.
In the event that the Warrant is a Private Placement Warrant that is to be exercised on a “cashless” basis pursuant to subsection 3.3.1(c) of the Warrant Agreement, the number of ADSs that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with subsection 3.3.1(c) of the Warrant Agreement, as applicable.
In the event that the Warrant is to be exercised on a “cashless” basis pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Warrant Agreement, the number of ADSs that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with Section
7.4 of the Warrant Agreement.
In the event that the Warrant may be exercised, to the extent allowed by the Warrant Agreement, through cashless exercise (i) the number of ADSs that this Warrant is exercisable for would be determined in accordance with the relevant Section of the Warrant Agreement which allows for such cashless exercise and (ii) the holder hereof shall complete the following: The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, through the cashless exercise provisions of the Warrant Agreement, to receive ADSs. If said number of shares is less than all of the Ordinary Shares purchasable hereunder (after giving effect to the cashless exercise), the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such ADSs be registered in the name of, whose address is and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to [●], whose address is [●].
[To be included in any Election to Purchase of a holder who has provided the notice set forth in subsection 3.3.5 of the Warrant Agreement.
By signing this Election to Purchase, the undersigned hereby certifies that upon giving effect to such exercise, the undersigned (together with such person’s affiliates) or any “group” of which holder or its affiliates is a member, would not beneficially own in excess of the Maximum Percentage of the Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise as determined in accordance with subsection 3.3.5 of the Warrant Agreement.]
[Signature Page Follows]
Date:
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| (Signature) |
| (Address) |
| (Tax Identification Number) |
Signature Guaranteed:
THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO SEC RULE 17Ad-15 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED (OR ANY SUCCESSOR RULE).
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EXHIBIT B
LEGEND
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE. IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO ANY ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFER DESCRIBED IN THE LETTER AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG IQM QUANTUM COMPUTERS OY[J] (THE “COMPANY”), REAL ASSET ACQUISITION CORP. AND THE OTHER PARTIES THERETO (THE “LETTER AGREEMENT”), THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE (AS DEFINED IN THE WARRANT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN) EXCEPT TO A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2 OF THE LETTER AGREEMENT) WHO AGREES IN WRITING WITH THE COMPANY TO BE SUBJECT TO SUCH TRANSFER PROVISIONS.
SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND ADSS (AND UNDERLYING ORDINARY SHARES) OF THE COMPANY ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OF SUCH SECURITIES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS UNDER A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT TO BE EXECUTED BY THE COMPANY.
NO. [●] WARRANT
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