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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 7, 2024

 

 

 

GameSquare Holdings, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-39389   Not Applicable

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

6775 Cowboys Way, Ste. 1335

Frisco, Texas, USA

  75034
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (216) 464-6400

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

 

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

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 1-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol  

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share   GAME   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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

 

Emerging growth company ☐

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

 

Merger

 

On March 7, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), GameSquare Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (and prior to the Domestication (as defined below), a British Columbia corporation) (the “Company” or “GameSquare”), consummated the previously announced merger (the “Closing”) of FaZe Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FaZe”), pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 19, 2023 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, FaZe and GameSquare Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of GameSquare (“Merger Sub”), as amended by that certain First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 19, 2023, by and among the Company, FaZe and Merger Sub (the “Amendment to Merger Agreement”). The consummation of the Merger involved (i) prior to the Closing, the continuance of GameSquare from the laws of the Province of British Columbia to the laws of the State of Delaware so as to become a Delaware corporation (the “Domestication”) and (ii) the merger of Merger Sub with and into FaZe, with FaZe continuing as the surviving corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of GameSquare (the “Merger”), as well as the other transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement.

 

At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”): (i) each outstanding share of FaZe common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “FaZe Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than shares held in treasury by FaZe or held directly by GameSquare or Merger Sub (which such shares were cancelled)) was converted into the right to receive 0.13091 (the “Exchange Ratio”) of a fully paid non-assessable share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of GameSquare (the “GameSquare Common Stock”) and, if applicable, cash in lieu of fraction shares of FaZe Common Stock, subject to applicable withholding, (ii) each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Merger Sub that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of FaZe Common Stock.

 

In addition, effective as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, all of the outstanding FaZe equity awards, including options to purchase shares of FaZe Common Stock, each share of FaZe Common Stock subject to vesting, repurchase or other lapse of restrictions, and each FaZe restricted stock unit convertible into shares of FaZe Common Stock, was assumed by GameSquare and converted into GameSquare equity awards on substantially the same terms, except that the assumed equity awards will cover a number of shares of GameSquare Common Stock and, if applicable, have an exercise price determined using the Exchange Ratio.

 

Also at the Effective Time, all outstanding warrants to purchase shares of FaZe Common Stock were assumed by GameSquare and converted into warrants to purchase shares of GameSquare Common Stock on substantially the same terms, except that the assumed warrants cover a number of shares of GameSquare Common Stock, and have an exercise price, determined using the Exchange Ratio.

 

The material provisions of the Merger Agreement are described in the proxy statement/prospectus contained in the Registration on Form F-4, as amended (File No. 333-275994), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and declared effective on January 26, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), in the section entitled “The Merger Agreement” beginning on page 86 and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

The foregoing description of the Merger and the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Merger Agreement and the Amendment to Merger Agreement, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 2.1 and 2.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

GameSquare Financing

 

Substantially concurrently with the consummation of the Merger, the Company completed its previously announced private placement in public equity financing (the “PIPE Financing”). In connection with the PIPE Financing, the Company entered subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors (the “PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which the Company issued to the PIPE Investors an aggregate of 7,194,244 units at a purchase price per unit of $1.39, for aggregate gross proceeds of $10.0 million. Each unit consists of one share of GameSquare Common Stock and a warrant to purchase 0.15 shares of GameSquare Common Stock. As a result, the Company issued an aggregate of 7,194,224 shares of GameSquare Common Stock (the “PIPE Shares”) and warrants to purchase up to 1,079,136 shares of GameSquare Common Stock (the “PIPE Warrants) pursuant to the PIPE Financing. Each whole PIPE Warrant is exercisable for one share of GameSquare Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.55 per share for a period of five years after the Closing Date.

 

 

 

The PIPE Shares and PIPE Warrants are subject to a four month hold period under Canadian securities laws expiring four months following the Closing Date. The PIPE Shares will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any U.S. state securities laws, and were issued pursuant to and in accordance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act, under Section 4(a)(2) and/or Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. The securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable U.S. state securities laws.

 

The Company also entered into Registration Rights Agreements with the PIPE Investors (the “Registration Rights Agreements”). The Registration Rights Agreements provide, among other things, that the Company will as promptly as reasonably practicable, and in any event no later than 150 days after the Closing Date (the “Filing Deadline”), file with the SEC (at the Company’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering the resale of the PIPE Shares and the shares of GameSquare Common Stock underlying the PIPE Warrants issued to the PIPE Investors, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of (i) the 90th calendar day following the Filing Deadline if the SEC notifies the Company that it will “review” such registration statement and (ii) the fifth business day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing) by the SEC that such registration statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review.

 

The Company had previously entered into a backstop agreement (the “Backstop Agreement”) with Goff Jones Strategic Partners, LLC (formerly known as Goff & Jones Lending Co, LLC) (“Goff Jones”), to purchase common stock to ensure the PIPE was fully subscribed. The Backstop Agreement was originally announced on October 20, 2023. A total of $6.0 million of securities were issued to Goff Jones in connection with the Backstop Agreement.

 

A description of the PIPE Financing is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section entitled “The Merger Agreement – GameSquare Financing” beginning on page 90 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The foregoing description of the PIPE Financing does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Subscription Agreements, the PIPE Warrants, the Backstop Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreements, the forms of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 4.1, 10.2, and 10.3, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

The information provided in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.

 

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

The information provided in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 2.01 by reference.

 

In connection with the consummation of the Merger, on the Closing Date:

 

each outstanding share of FaZe Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than shares held in treasury by FaZe or held directly by GameSquare or Merger Sub (which such shares were cancelled)) was converted into the right to receive 0.13091 of a fully paid non-assessable share GameSquare Common Stock, and, if applicable, cash in lieu of fraction shares of FaZe Common Stock, subject to applicable withholding;

 

 

 

each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Merger Sub that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of FaZe Common Stock;

 

effective as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, all of the outstanding FaZe equity awards, including options to purchase shares of FaZe Common Stock, each share of FaZe Common Stock subject to vesting, repurchase or other lapse of restrictions, and each FaZe restricted stock unit convertible into shares of FaZe Common Stock, was assumed by GameSquare and converted into GameSquare equity awards on substantially the same terms, except that the assumed equity awards will cover a number of shares of GameSquare Common Stock and, if applicable, have an exercise price determined using the Exchange Ratio; and

 

at the Effective Time, all outstanding warrants to purchase shares of FaZe Common Stock were assumed by GameSquare and converted into warrants to purchase shares of GameSquare Common Stock on substantially the same terms, except that the assumed warrants cover a number of shares of GameSquare Common Stock, and have an exercise price, determined using the Exchange Ratio.

 

The issuance of shares of GameSquare Common Stock to the former stockholders of FaZe was registered under the Securities Act pursuant to a registration statement on Registration on Form F-4, as amended (File No. 333-275994), filed by the Company with the SEC and declared effective on January 26, 2024. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains additional information about the Merger, the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

In connection with the completion of the Merger, effective March 12, 2024, shares of GameSquare Common Stock will be represented by a new CUSIP number, 36468G103.

 

The foregoing description of the Merger and the Merger Agreement is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Merger Agreement and the Amendment to Merger Agreement, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 2.1 and 2.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information provided in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 3.02 by reference.

 

In connection with the PIPE Financing, the Company offered and sold to the PIPE Investors, pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, an aggregate of 7,194,244 units at purchase price per unit of $1.39, for aggregate gross proceeds of $10.0 million. Each unit consists of one share of GameSquare Common Stock and a warrant to purchase 0.15 shares of GameSquare Common Stock.

 

The shares issued to the PIPE Investors in the PIPE Financing on the Closing Date were issued pursuant to and in accordance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act, under Section 4(a)(2) and/or Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

The foregoing description of the PIPE Financing does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Subscription Agreements, the PIPE Warrants, the Backstop Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreements, the forms of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 4.1, 10.2, and 10.3, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The information provided in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 3.03 by reference.

 

 

 

In connection with the Domestication, on March 7, 2024, the Company filed its Certificate of Domestication and its Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Additionally, following the Domestication on March 7, 2024, the Company adopted its bylaws (the “Bylaws”).

 

The material terms of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws and the general effect upon the rights of holders of the Company’s capital stock are described in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus entitled “Comparison of Rights of GameSquare Shareholders and Faze Stockholders,” beginning on page 189, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

The information provided in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference.

 

In connection with the Merger and in accordance with the Merger Agreement, effective as of the Closing, the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) increased the size of the Board from six to nine members and appointed Paul Hamilton and Nick Lewin (each, a “New Director” and collectively, the “New Directors”), who were previously members of FaZe’s board of directors, to serve on the Board, in each case, to hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified or their earlier death, resignation or removal. Following the appointment of the New Directors, there remains one vacancy on the Board. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, such vacancy is to be filled at such time that the Board duly elects an individual to serve in such capacity in accordance with the Bylaws and the terms of the Merger Agreement. It has not yet been determined on which committees of the Board Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Lewin will serve.

 

Other than as disclosed in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus entitled “Interests of FaZe Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger,” beginning on page 182 and incorporated herein by reference, neither Mr. Lewin nor Mr. Hamilton, or their immediate family members (within the meaning of Item 404 of Regulation S-K), had or will have a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

In connection with the New Directors’ service on the Board, each New Director will be eligible to be compensated as directors of the Company pursuant to the Company’s outside director compensation policy. The New Directors will also have the same right to indemnification by the Company as granted to the Company’s other non-employee directors.

 

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

 

The information set forth in Item 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated to this Item 5.03 by reference.

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On March 8, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the Merger. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liabilities under that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings. This Current Report on Form 8-K will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information of the information contained in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1.

 

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired

 

The audited consolidated financial statements of FaZe for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 and the related notes thereto beginning on page F-2 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus are incorporated herein by reference.

 

The unaudited condensed financial statements of FaZe for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and the related notes thereto beginning on page F-73 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus are incorporated herein by reference.

 

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of GameSquare and FaZe as of September 30, 2023 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and for the year ended December 31, 2022 and the related notes thereto in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus entitled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information” beginning on page 106 are incorporated herein by reference.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
2.1†   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 19, 2023, by and among Registrant, GameSquare Merger Sub I, Inc., and FaZe Holdings Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on October 20, 2023)
2.2   First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 19, 2023, by and among Registrant, GameSquare Merger Sub I, Inc., and FaZe Holdings Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 6-K, filed with the SEC on December 22, 2024)
3.1*   Certificate of Incorporation of GameSquare Holdings, Inc.
3.2*   Bylaws of GameSquare Holdings, Inc.
4.1*   Form of PIPE Warrant
10.1*†   Form of Subscription Agreement
10.2   Backstop Agreement, dated as of October 19, 2023, by and among Registrant and Goff & Jones Lending Co, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on October 20, 2023)
10.3*   Form of Registration Rights Agreement
99.1**   Press Release, dated March 8, 2024
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).

 

* Filed herewith.
** Furnished herewith.
Certain of the exhibits and schedules to this exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(a)(5). The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules to the SEC upon its request.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  GAMESQUARE HOLDINGS, INC.  
  (Registrant)  
     
Date: March 13, 2024 By: /s/ Justin Kenna
  Name:  Justin Kenna
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

 

 

EX-3.1 2 ex3-1.htm

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

GAMESQUARE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

NAME

 

The name of the corporation is GameSquare Holdings, Inc. (hereinafter called the “Corporation”).

 

ARTICLE II

REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT

 

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware, 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

ARTICLE III

PURPOSE

 

The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL. The Corporation is incorporated in connection with the domestication of GameSquare Holdings, Inc., a British Columbia corporation, to a Delaware corporation, and this Certificate of Incorporation is filed simultaneously with a Certificate of Corporate Domestication of GameSquare Holdings, Inc. (the “Certificate of Domestication”).

 

ARTICLE IV

CAPITAL STOCK

 

Section 1. The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock, to be designated, respectively, “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock.” The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 150,000,000 shares, of which 100,000,000 shares are Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), and 50,000,000 shares are Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

 

Section 2. Upon the filing of the Certificate of Domestication and this Certificate of Incorporation (the “Effective Time”), which shall occur prior to the closing (the “Closing Date”) of the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended from time to time), dated as of October 19, 2023, by and among GameSquare Holdings, Inc., GameSquare Merger Sub I, Inc., and FaZe Holdings, Inc., each Common Stock share of GameSquare Holdings, Inc. issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Certificate of Domestication and this Certificate of Incorporation will, for all purposes, be deemed to be one issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock of the Corporation, without any action required on the part of the Corporation or the holders thereof. Any stock certificate that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, represented common shares of the Corporation will, from and after the Effective Time, automatically and without necessity of presenting the same for exchange, represent the same number of shares of the Common Stock, as applicable. All newly issued shares of the Corporation shall be fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock. The powers, preferences and rights of, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions upon, each class or series of stock shall be determined in accordance with, or as set forth hereafter in, this Article IV.

 

 

 

Section 3. The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series pursuant to a resolution or resolutions providing for such issue duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) (authority to do so being hereby expressly vested in the Board of Directors). The Board of Directors is further authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by law, to fix by resolution or resolutions the designations, powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of any series of Preferred Stock, including, without limitation, authority to fix by resolution or resolutions the dividend rights, dividend rate, conversion rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions), redemption price or prices, and liquidation preferences of any such series, and the number of shares constituting any such series and the designation thereof, or any of the foregoing. The Board of Directors is further authorized to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series, subject to applicable law and the powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof stated in this Certificate of Incorporation or the resolution of the Board of Directors originally fixing the number of shares of such series. Except as may be otherwise specified by the terms of any series of Preferred Stock, if the number of shares of any series of Preferred Stock is so decreased, then the Corporation shall take all such steps as are necessary to cause the shares constituting such decrease to resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series.

 

Section 4. Except as otherwise required by law or provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation filed with respect to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together as a class with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon by law or pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation filed with respect to any series of Preferred Stock) or the DGCL.

 

Section 5. The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, without a separate vote of the holders of the class or classes the number of authorized shares of which are being increased or decreased, unless a vote of any holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock is required pursuant to the terms of this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock).

 

ARTICLE V

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2. Subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock, the number of directors that constitutes the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be fixed only by resolution of the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board. For the purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation, the term “Whole Board” shall mean the total number of authorized directorships whether or not there exist any vacancies or other unfilled seats in previously authorized directorships. At each annual meeting of stockholders, directors of the Corporation shall be elected to hold office until the expiration of the term for which they are elected and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.

 

Section 3. The directors of the Corporation (other than any who may be elected by holders of Preferred Stock as provided for or fixed in this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) (the “Preferred Stock Directors”)) shall be divided into three classes as nearly equal in size as is practicable, hereby designated Class I, Class II and Class III. At the first annual meeting of stockholders following the Closing Date, the term of office of the Class I directors shall expire and Class I directors shall be elected for a term of three years. At the second annual meeting of stockholders following the Closing Date, the term of office of the Class II directors shall expire and Class II directors shall be elected for a term of three years. At the third annual meeting of stockholders following the Closing Date, the term of office of the Class III directors shall expire and Class III directors shall be elected for a term of three years. At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders, directors shall be elected for a term of three years to succeed the directors of the class whose terms expire at such annual meeting. The directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast.

 

Section 4. A quorum for the transaction of business by the directors shall be set forth in the Bylaws.

 

 

 

Section 5. Subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause, and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

Section 6. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed by or pursuant to the provisions of ARTICLE IV hereof in relation to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, created in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation, and any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause shall be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole remaining director, and not by the stockholders. A person so elected by the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

Section 7. During any period when the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock have the separate right to elect Preferred Stock Directors and upon commencement and for the duration of the period during which such right continues: (a) the then otherwise total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by such number of directors that the holders of any series of Preferred Stock have a right to elect, and the holders of such Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect the additional directors so provided for or fixed pursuant to said provisions; and (b) each Preferred Stock Director shall serve until such Preferred Stock Director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s right to hold such office terminates pursuant to said provisions, whichever occurs earlier, subject to his or her earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), whenever the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock having a separate right to elect additional directors cease to have or are otherwise divested of such right pursuant to said provisions, the terms of office of all Preferred Stock Directors elected by the holders of such series of Preferred Stock, or elected to fill any vacancies resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of such additional directors, shall forthwith terminate (in which case each such Preferred Stock Director shall cease to be qualified as a director and shall cease to be a director) and the total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall be automatically reduced accordingly.

 

Section 8. The election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.

 

Section 9. No stockholder will be permitted to cumulate votes at any election of directors.

 

ARTICLE VI

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS; ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT

 

Section 1. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws.

 

Section 2. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Corporation’s stockholders may be taken only at a duly called annual or special meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders and the power of stockholders to consent in writing without a meeting is specifically denied; provided, however, that any action required or permitted to be taken by the holders of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more other such series, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, to the extent expressly so provided in the resolution or the resolutions and the related Preferred Stock Designation creating such series of Preferred Stock.

 

 

 

Section 3. Subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock as provided for or fixed in this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board, but a special meeting may not be called by any other person or persons and any power of stockholders to call a special meeting of stockholders is specifically denied. Only such business shall be considered at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been stated in the notice for such meeting. Any such special meeting so called may be postponed, rescheduled or cancelled by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE VII

AMENDMENT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS

 

Section 1. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, in addition to any vote required by applicable law, Articles IV, V, VII, and VIII in this Certificate of Incorporation may be amended, altered, repealed or rescinded, in whole or in part, or any provision inconsistent therewith or herewith may be adopted, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

Section 2. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation. The affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Whole Board shall be required in order for the Board of Directors to adopt, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation. The Bylaws of the Corporation may also be adopted, altered, amended or repealed by the stockholders of the Corporation. No Bylaw hereafter legally adopted, altered, amended or repealed shall invalidate any prior act of the directors or officers of the Corporation that would have been valid if such Bylaw had not been adopted, altered, amended or repealed.

 

ARTICLE VIII

LIMITATION OF DIRECTOR LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 1. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as the same exists or as may hereafter be amended from time to time, a director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. If the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended.

 

Section 2. The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding.

 

Section 3. Neither any amendment, repeal nor elimination of any Section of this ARTICLE VIII, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation inconsistent with this ARTICLE VIII, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this ARTICLE VIII in respect of any act or omission which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal, elimination or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

EXCLUSIVE FORUM FOR CERTAIN LAWSUITS; CONSENT

 

Section 1. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum (an “Alternative Forum Consent”), the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a duty (including any fiduciary duty) owed by any current or former director, officer, stockholder, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (c) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any current or former director, officer, stockholder, employee or agent of the Corporation arising out of or relating to any provision of the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Corporation (each, as in effect from time to time) or as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or (d) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any current or former director, officer, stockholder, employee or agent of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine of the State of Delaware; provided, however, that, in the event that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware lacks subject matter jurisdiction over any such action or proceeding, the sole and exclusive forum for such action or proceeding shall be another state or federal court located within the State of Delaware, in each such case, unless the Court of Chancery (or such other state or federal court located within the State of Delaware, as applicable) has dismissed a prior action by the same plaintiff asserting the same claims because such court lacked personal jurisdiction over an indispensable party named as a defendant therein. Unless the Corporation gives an Alternative Forum Consent, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint against any person (including, but not limited to, any underwriters or auditors retained by the Corporation) in connection with any offering of the Corporation’s securities, asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This ARTICLE IX does not apply to claims arising under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The existence of any prior Alternative Forum Consent shall not act as a waiver of the Corporation’s ongoing consent right as set forth above in this ARTICLE IX with respect to any current or future actions or claims. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this ARTICLE IX.

 

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 1. If any provision or provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the court will replace such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision with a valid and enforceable provision that most accurately reflects the Corporation’s intent in order to achieve, to the maximum extent possible, the same economic, business and other purposes of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision and (b) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

Section 2. The incorporator of the Corporation is Alan A. Lanis, Jr., whose mailing address is 11601 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1400, Los Angeles, California 90025-0509.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Incorporation on this 7th day of March, 2024.

 

   
  /s/ Alan A. Lanis, Jr.
  Alan A. Lanis, Jr., Sole Incorporator

 

 

 

EX-3.2 3 ex3-2.htm

 

Exhibit 3.2

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

GAMESQUARE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

Adopted March 7, 2024

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I — MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS 1
  1.1 Place of Meetings 1
  1.2 Annual Meeting 1
  1.3 Special Meeting 1
  1.4 Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings 1
  1.5 Quorum 2
  1.6 Adjourned Meeting; Notice 2
  1.7 Conduct of Business 2
  1.8 Voting 2
  1.9 Stockholder Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting 3
  1.10 Record Dates 4
  1.11 Proxies 4
  1.12 List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote 5
ARTICLE II — DIRECTORS 5
  2.1 Powers 5
  2.2 Number of Directors 5
  2.3 Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors 5
  2.4 Resignation and Vacancies 5
  2.5 Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone 6
  2.6 Conduct of Business 6
  2.7 Regular Meetings 6
  2.8 Special Meetings; Notice 6
  2.9 Quorum; Voting 7
  2.10 Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting 8
  2.11 Fees and Compensation of Directors 8
  2.12 Removal of Directors 8
ARTICLE III — COMMITTEES 8
  3.1 Committees of Directors 8
  3.2 Committee Minutes 8
  3.3 Meetings and Actions of Committees 8
  3.4 Subcommittees 9
ARTICLE IV — OFFICERS 9
  4.1 Officers 9
  4.2 Appointment of Officers 9
  4.3 Subordinate Officers 9
  4.4 Removal and Resignation of Officers 9
  4.5 Vacancies in Offices 10
  4.6 Representation of Shares of Other Corporations 10
  4.7 Authority and Duty of Officers 10
ARTICLE V — INDEMNIFICATION 11
  5.1 Indemnification of Directors and Officers in Third Party Proceedings 11
  5.2 Indemnification of Directors and Officers in Actions by or in the Right of the Company 11
  5.3 Successful Defense 11

 

 

 

  5.4 Indemnification of Others 12
  5.5 Advanced Payment of Expenses 12
  5.6 Limitation on Indemnification 12
  5.7 Determination; Claim 13
  5.8 Non-Exclusivity of Rights 13
  5.9 Insurance 13
  5.10 Survival 13
  5.11 Effect of Repeal or Modification 13
  5.12 Certain Definitions 13
ARTICLE VI — STOCK 14
  6.1 Stock Certificates; Partly Paid Shares 14
  6.2 Special Designation on Certificates 14
  6.3 Lost Certificates 15
  6.4 Dividends 15
  6.5 Stock Transfer Agreements 15
  6.6 Registered Stockholders 15
  6.7 Transfers 15
ARTICLE VII — MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE AND WAIVER 15
  7.1 Notice of Stockholder Meetings 15
  7.2 Notice by Electronic Transmission 16
  7.3 Notice to Stockholders Sharing an Address 16
  7.4 Notice to Person with Whom Communication is Unlawful 17
  7.5 Waiver of Notice 17
ARTICLE VIII — GENERAL MATTERS 17
  8.1 Fiscal Year 17
  8.2 Seal 17
  8.3 Annual Report 17
  8.4 Construction; Definitions 17
ARTICLE IX — AMENDMENTS 17

 

 

 

BYLAWS

 

ARTICLE I — MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

1.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders of GameSquare Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) shall be held at any place, within or outside the State of Delaware, determined by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”). The Board may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as authorized by Section 211(a)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”). In the absence of any such designation or determination, stockholders’ meetings shall be held at the Company’s principal executive office.

 

1.2 Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of directors at such date and time as may be designated by resolution of the Board from time to time. Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting. The Company shall not be required to hold an annual meeting of stockholders, provided that (i) the stockholders are permitted to act by written consent under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) and these bylaws, (ii) the stockholders take action by written consent to elect directors and (iii) the stockholders unanimously consent to such action or, if such consent is less than unanimous, all of the directorships to which directors could be elected at an annual meeting held at the effective time of such action are vacant and are filled by such action.

 

1.3 Special Meeting. A special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any time by the Board, Chairperson (as defined below), Chief Executive Officer or President (in the absence of a Chief Executive Officer) or by one or more stockholders holding shares in the aggregate entitled to cast not less than 10% of the votes at that meeting.

 

If any person(s) other than the Board calls a special meeting, the request shall:

 

(i) be in writing;

 

(ii) specify the time of such meeting and the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted; and

 

(iii) be delivered personally or sent by registered mail or by facsimile transmission to the Chairperson, the Chief Executive Officer, the President (in the absence of a Chief Executive Officer) or the Secretary of the Company.

 

The officer(s) receiving the request shall cause notice to be promptly given to the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, in accordance with these bylaws, that a meeting will be held at the time requested by the person or persons calling the meeting. No business may be transacted at such special meeting other than the business specified in such notice to stockholders. Nothing contained in this paragraph of this Section 1.3 shall be construed as limiting, fixing, or affecting the time when a meeting of stockholders called by action of the Board may be held.

 

1.4 Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Except as otherwise provided in the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the written notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.

 

 

 

1.5 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes which could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. Where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter, except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws.

 

If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, then either (i) the chairperson of the meeting, or (ii) the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, in the manner provided in Section 1.6 of these bylaws, until a quorum is present or represented.

 

1.6 Adjourned Meeting; Notice. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time, place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Company may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board shall fix a new record date for notice of such adjourned meeting in accordance with Section 213(a) of the DGCL and Section 1.10 of these bylaws, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

 

1.7 Conduct of Business. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairperson, if any, or in his or her absence by the Vice Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by the Chief Executive Officer, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by the President, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a Vice President, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairperson designated by the Board, or in the absence of such designation by a chairperson chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of business.

 

1.8 Voting. The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.10 of these bylaws, subject to Section 217 (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners of stock) and Section 218 (relating to voting trusts and other voting agreements) of the DGCL.

 

Except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot and, unless otherwise required by law, need not be conducted by inspectors of election unless so determined by the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes which could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote thereon which are present in person or by proxy at such meeting. If authorized by the Board, such requirement of a written ballot shall be satisfied by a ballot submitted by electronic transmission (as defined in Section 7.2 of these bylaws), provided that any such electronic transmission shall either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder or proxy holder.

 

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Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class or series or classes or series present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class or series or classes or series, except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws.

 

1.9 Stockholder Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required by the DGCL to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of a corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.

 

An electronic transmission (as defined in Section 7.2) consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxy holder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxy holder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for purposes of this Section 1.9, provided that any such electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the Company can determine (i) that the electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxy holder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder or proxy holder and (ii) the date on which such stockholder or proxy holder or authorized person or persons transmitted such electronic transmission.

 

In the event that the Board shall have instructed the officers of the Company to solicit the vote or written consent of the stockholders of the Company, an electronic transmission of a stockholder written consent given pursuant to such solicitation may be delivered to the Secretary or the President of the Company or to a person designated by the Secretary or the President. The Secretary or the President of the Company or a designee of the Secretary or the President shall cause any such written consent by electronic transmission to be reproduced in paper form and inserted into the corporate records.

 

Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for notice of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Company as provided in Section 228 of the DGCL. In the event that the action which is consented to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under any provision of the DGCL, if such action had been voted on by stockholders at a meeting thereof, the certificate filed under such provision shall state, in lieu of any statement required by such provision concerning any vote of stockholders, that written consent has been given in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.

 

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1.10 Record Dates. In order that the Company may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If the Board so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination.

 

If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.

 

A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the provisions of Section 213 of the DGCL and this Section 1.10 at the adjourned meeting.

 

In order that the Company may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board. If no record date has been fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board is required by law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Company in accordance with applicable law. If no record date has been fixed by the Board and prior action by the Board is required by law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

 

In order that the Company may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

1.11 Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance with the procedure established for the meeting, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 212 of the DGCL.

 

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1.12 List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Company shall prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting; provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than 10 days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the 10th day before the meeting date, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The Company shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the Company’s principal place of business. In the event that the Company determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Company may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Company. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.

 

ARTICLE II — DIRECTORS

 

2.1 Powers. The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board, except as may be otherwise provided in the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

2.2 Number of Directors. The Board shall consist of one or more members, each of whom shall be a natural person. Unless the Certificate of Incorporation fixes the number of directors, the number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of office expires.

 

2.3 Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors. Except as provided in Section 2.4 of these bylaws, and subject to Sections 1.2 and 1.9 of these bylaws, directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws. The Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws may prescribe other qualifications for directors. Each director shall hold office until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

2.4 Resignation and Vacancies. Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Company. A resignation is effective when the resignation is delivered unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events. A resignation which is conditioned upon the director failing to receive a specified vote for reelection as a director may provide that it is irrevocable. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, when one or more directors resign from the Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, excluding those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective.

 

Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws:

 

(i) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.

 

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(ii) Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole remaining director so elected.

 

If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the Company should have no directors in office, then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, or may apply to the Court of Chancery for a decree summarily ordering an election as provided in Section 211 of the DGCL.

 

If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office constitute less than a majority of the whole Board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least 10% of the voting stock at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office as aforesaid, which election shall be governed by the provisions of Section 211 of the DGCL as far as applicable.

 

A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

2.5 Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone. The Board may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside the State of Delaware.

 

Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, members of the Board, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

2.6 Conduct of Business. Meetings of the Board shall be presided over by the Chairperson, if any, or in his or her absence by the Vice Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairperson designated by the Board, or in the absence of such designation by a chairperson chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

2.7 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.

 

2.8 Special Meetings; Notice. Special meetings of the Board for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairperson, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary or any two directors.

 

Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be:

 

  (i) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone;
     
  (ii) sent by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid;

 

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  (iii) sent by facsimile; or
     
  (iv) sent by electronic mail,

 

directed to each director at that director’s address, telephone number, facsimile number or electronic mail address, as the case may be, as shown on the Company’s records.

 

If the notice is (i) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone, (ii) sent by facsimile or (iii) sent by electronic mail, it shall be delivered or sent at least 24 hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is sent by United States mail, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four days before the time of the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice may be communicated to the director. The notice need not specify the place of the meeting (if the meeting is to be held at the Company’s principal executive office) nor the purpose of the meeting.

 

2.9 Quorum; Voting. At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, provided that such number shall in no case be less than one-third of the total number of authorized directors. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.

 

The vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, including with respect to the approval of the following actions for which the affirmative vote of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of all of the directors shall be required to be the act of the Board:

 

(i) the incurrence of any indebtedness, pledge or granting of liens on any assets, or guaranteeing, assuming, endorsing, or otherwise becoming responsible for the obligations of any person other than the Company, in each case in excess of $50,000 regardless of whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions;

 

(ii) the making of any loan or advance to, or a capital contribution or investment in, any person (other than the Company), in excess of $50,000;

 

(iii) the entry into or effecting of any transaction or series of related transactions involving the purchase, lease, license, exchange, or other acquisition (including by merger, combination, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets) by the Company of any assets and/or equity interests in excess of $50,000;

 

(iv) the entry into or effecting of any transaction or series of related transactions involving the sale, lease, license, exchange or other disposition (including by merger, combination, consolidation, sale of stock or assets) by the Company of all or substantially all assets and/or equity interests of the Company;

 

(v) the assignment of any contracts to which the Company is a party to any person other than the Company;

 

(vi) to the extent not otherwise included in Section 2.9(iv), the entry into and/or adoption of an agreement or plan of merger or consolidation of the Company; or

 

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(vii) the authorization and/or issuance of additional shares of any existing class and/or series of stock of the Company, or options, restricted stock units, rights, warrants, appreciation rights, or other derivative equity securities thereof, and/or the authorization, creation, and/or issuance of any new class and/or series of stock of the Company, or options, restricted stock units, rights, warrants, appreciation rights, or other derivative equity securities thereof.

 

If the Certificate of Incorporation provides that one or more directors shall have more or less than one vote per director on any matter, every reference in these bylaws to a majority or other proportion of the directors shall refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of the directors.

 

2.10 Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

 

2.11 Fees and Compensation of Directors.Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the Board shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors.

 

2.12 Removal of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, any director or the entire Board may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

 

No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of such director’s term of office.

 

ARTICLE III — COMMITTEES

 

3.1 Committees of Directors. The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Company. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board or in these bylaws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Company, and may authorize the seal of the Company to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority to (i) approve or adopt, or recommend to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopt, amend or repeal any bylaw of the Company.

 

3.2 Committee Minutes. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board when required.

 

3.3 Meetings and Actions of Committees. Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of:

 

  (i) Section 2.5 (Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone);
     
  (ii) Section 2.7 (Regular Meetings);

 

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  (iii) Section 2.8 (Special Meetings; Notice);
     
  (iv) Section 2.9 (Quorum; Voting);
     
  (v) Section 2.10 (Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting); and
     
  (vi) Section 7.5 (Waiver of Notice)

 

with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Board and its members. However:

 

(i) the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the Board or by resolution of the committee;

 

(ii) special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the Board; and

 

(iii) notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The Board may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these bylaws.

 

Any provision in the Certificate of Incorporation providing that one or more directors shall have more or less than one vote per director on any matter shall apply to voting in any committee or subcommittee, unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws.

 

3.4 Subcommittees. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these bylaws or the resolutions of the Board designating the committee, a committee may create one or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the committee, and delegate to a subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the committee.

 

ARTICLE IV — OFFICERS

 

4.1 Officers. The officers of the Company shall be a President and a Secretary. The Company may also have, at the discretion of the Board, a Chairperson of the Board (the “Chairperson”), a Vice Chairperson of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, one or more Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, one or more Assistant Treasurers, one or more Assistant Secretaries, and any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

 

4.2 Appointment of Officers. The Board shall appoint the officers of the Company, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.3 of these bylaws.

 

4.3 Subordinate Officers. The Board may appoint, or empower the Chief Executive Officer or, in the absence of a Chief Executive Officer, the President, to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the Company may require. Each of such officers and agents shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the Board may from time to time determine.

 

4.4 Removal and Resignation of Officers. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the majority of the Board at any regular or special meeting of the Board or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the Board, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board.

 

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Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Company. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice. Unless otherwise specified in the notice of resignation, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Company under any contract to which the officer is a party.

 

4.5 Vacancies in Offices. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company shall be filled by the Board or as provided in Section 4.3 of these bylaws.

 

4.6 Representation of Shares of Other Corporations. Unless otherwise directed by the Board, the President or any other person authorized by the Board or the President is authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of the Company all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of the Company. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person having the authority.

 

4.7 Authority and Duty of Officers. Except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, the officers of the Company shall have such powers and duties in the management of the Company as may be designated from time to time by the Board and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board.

 

(i) Chairperson. The Chairperson, if one be elected, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board and shall have and perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board.

 

(ii) Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer, if any be elected, shall be the chief executive officer of the Company and, subject to the control of the Board, shall in general manage, supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Company. He or she shall, when present, preside at meetings of all of the stockholders in the absence of the Chairperson or if no Chairperson has been appointed. Except as the Board shall authorize the execution thereof in some other manner, he or she shall execute bonds, mortgages, and other contracts on behalf of the Company, and shall cause the seal, if any, to be affixed to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed the seal shall be attested by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and all other notices required by law or by these bylaws, and in case of his or her absence or refusal or neglect so to do, any such notice may be given by any person thereunto directed by the Chairperson, the President, the Board or the stockholders, upon whose request the meeting is called.

 

(iii) President. The President shall have (i) general supervision over the business of the Company and other duties incident to the office of President, (ii) in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer, the powers and authority granted to such office and (iii) any other duties as may be from time to time assigned to the President by the Board and subject to the control of the Board in each case.

 

(iv) Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board and all meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings, and shall perform like duties for committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and meetings of the Board, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or the President. The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Company, if any, and have authority to affix the seal to all documents requiring it and attest to the same.

 

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(v) Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities, except as otherwise provided by the Board, and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Company and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Company in such depositories as may be designated by the Board. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Company as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and the directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all the Treasurer’s transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Company.

 

ARTICLE V — INDEMNIFICATION

 

5.1 Indemnification of Directors and Officers in Third Party Proceedings. Subject to the other provisions of this Article V, the Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as now or hereinafter in effect, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”) (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or was a director or officer of the Company serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such Proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful.

 

5.2 Indemnification of Directors and Officers in Actions by or in the Right of the Company. Subject to the other provisions of this Article V, the Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as now or hereinafter in effect, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or was a director or officer of the Company serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

 

5.3 Successful Defense. To the extent that a present or former director or officer of the Company has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described in Section 5.1 or Section 5.2 of these bylaws, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

 

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5.4 Indemnification of Others. Subject to the other provisions of this Article V, the Company shall have power to indemnify its employees and agents to the extent not prohibited by the DGCL or other applicable law. The Board shall have the power to delegate to such person or persons the determination of whether employees or agents shall be indemnified.

 

5.5 Advanced Payment of Expenses. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director of the Company in defending any Proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding upon receipt of a written request therefor (together with documentation reasonably evidencing such expenses) and an undertaking by or on behalf of the person to repay such amounts if it shall ultimately be determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article V or the DGCL. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Company deems appropriate. The right to advancement of expenses shall not apply to any Proceeding for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to these bylaws, but shall apply to any Proceeding referenced in Section 5.6(ii) or 5.6(iii) of these bylaws prior to a determination that the person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to Section 5.8 of these bylaws, no advance shall be made by the Company to an officer of the Company (except by reason of the fact that such officer is or was a director of the Company, in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any Proceeding if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such Proceeding, even though less than a quorum, (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company.

 

5.6 Limitation on Indemnification. Subject to the requirements in Section 5.3 of these bylaws and the DGCL, the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify any person pursuant to this Article V in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding):

 

(i) for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of such person under any statute, insurance policy, indemnity provision, vote or otherwise, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid;

 

(ii) for an accounting or disgorgement of profits pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of federal, state or local statutory law or common law, if such person is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);

 

(iii) for any reimbursement of the Company by such person of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by such person from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by such person of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), if such person is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);

 

(iv) initiated by such person, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by such person against the Company or its directors, officers, employees, agents or other indemnitees, unless (a) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or the relevant part of the Proceeding) prior to its initiation, (b) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law, (c) otherwise required to be made under Section 5.7 of these bylaws or (d) otherwise required by applicable law; or

 

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(v) if prohibited by applicable law.

 

5.7 Determination; Claim. If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article V is not paid by the Company or on its behalf within 90 days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, the claimant shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of expenses. To the extent not prohibited by law, the Company shall indemnify such person against all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any action for indemnification or advancement of expenses from the Company under this Article V, to the extent such person is successful in such action, and, if requested by such person, shall advance such expenses to such person, subject to the provisions of Section 5.5 of these bylaws. In any such suit, the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses.

 

5.8 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article V shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation or any statute, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. The Company is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advancement of expenses, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL or other applicable law.

 

5.9 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of the DGCL.

 

5.10 Survival. The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred by this Article V shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

 

5.11 Effect of Repeal or Modification. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article V shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal.

 

5.12 Certain Definitions. For the purpose of this Article V, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. For purposes of this Article V, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Article V.

 

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ARTICLE VI — STOCK

 

6.1 Stock Certificates; Partly Paid Shares. The shares of the Company shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Company. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Company by the Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson of the Board, or the President or a Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The Company shall not have power to issue a certificate in bearer form.

 

The Company may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent any such partly paid shares, or upon the books and records of the Company in the case of uncertificated partly paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated. Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully paid shares, the Company shall declare a dividend upon partly paid shares of the same class, but only upon the basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.

 

6.2 Special Designation on Certificates. If the Company is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the Company shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the DGCL, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the Company shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the Company will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the Company shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this Section 6.2 or Sections 156, 202(a) or 218(a) of the DGCL or with respect to this Section 6.2 a statement that the Company will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated stock and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.

 

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6.3 Lost Certificates. Except as provided in this Section 6.3, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the Company and cancelled at the same time. The Company may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Company may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Company a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

 

6.4 Dividends. The Board, subject to any restrictions contained in the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of the Company’s capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Company’s capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

The Board may set apart out of any of the funds of the Company available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve.

 

6.5 Stock Transfer Agreements. The Company shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the Company to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the Company of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.

 

6.6 Registered Stockholders. The Company:

 

(i) shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote as such owner;

 

(ii) shall be entitled to hold liable for calls and assessments the person registered on its books as the owner of shares; and

 

(iii) shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of another person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

6.7 Transfers. Transfers of record of shares of stock of the Company shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by an attorney duly authorized, and, if such stock is certificated, upon the surrender of a certificate or certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer.

 

ARTICLE VII — MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE AND WAIVER

 

7.1 Notice of Stockholder Meetings. Notice of any meeting of stockholders, if mailed, is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the Company’s records. An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Company that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

 

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7.2 Notice by Electronic Transmission. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders pursuant to the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, any notice to stockholders given by the Company under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Company. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if:

 

(i) the Company is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the Company in accordance with such consent; and

 

(ii) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice.

 

However, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.

 

Any notice given pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be deemed given:

 

(i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice;

 

(ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice;

 

(iii) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and

 

(iv) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder.

 

An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Company that the notice has been given by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

 

An “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

 

Notice by a form of electronic transmission shall not apply to Sections 164, 296, 311, 312 or 324 of the DGCL.

 

7.3 Notice to Stockholders Sharing an Address. Except as otherwise prohibited under the DGCL, without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Company under the provisions of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Company. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the Company, within 60 days of having been given written notice by the Company of its intention to send the single notice, shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice.

 

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7.4 Notice to Person with Whom Communication is Unlawful. Whenever notice is required to be given, under the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the Company is such as to require the filing of a certificate under the DGCL, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.

 

7.5 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws.

 

ARTICLE VIII — GENERAL MATTERS

 

8.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Company shall be fixed by resolution of the Board and may be changed by the Board.

 

8.2 Seal. The Company may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board. The Company may use the corporate seal by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

8.3 Annual Report. The Company shall cause an annual report to be sent to the stockholders of the Company to the extent required by applicable law. If and so long as there are fewer than 100 holders of record of the Company’s shares, the requirement of sending an annual report to the stockholders of the Company is expressly waived (to the extent permitted under applicable law).

 

8.4 Construction; Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the DGCL shall govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term “person” includes both a corporation and a natural person.

 

ARTICLE IX — AMENDMENTS

 

These bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled to vote. However, the Company may, in its Certificate of Incorporation, confer the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws upon the directors. The fact that such power has been so conferred upon the directors shall not divest the stockholders of the power, nor limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws.

 

A bylaw amendment adopted by stockholders which specifies the votes that shall be necessary for the election of directors shall not be further amended or repealed by the Board.

 

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EX-4.1 4 ex4-1.htm

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”). THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

 

March 8, 2024

 

GAMESQUARE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON SHARES

 

This Certifies That, for value received [insert name], with his principal office located at [insert address], or his successors or assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled to subscribe for and purchase from GameSquare Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with its principal office at 6775 Cowboys Way, Ste. 1335, Frisco, Texas 75034 (the “Company”), the Exercise Shares (as defined below) at the Exercise Price (as defined below) (this “Warrant”).

 

1.Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

“Charter” means the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated as of March 7, 2024 (as further amended and/or restated and in effect from time to time).

 

“Common Shares” means shares of the Company’s Common Stock, as the term “Common Stock” is defined and set forth in the Charter.

 

“Exercise Period” means the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on March 8, 2029, unless sooner automatically exercised pursuant to Section 7 below.

 

“Exercise Price” means a price of US$1.55 per Exercise Share, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 5.

 

“Exercise Shares” means [insert amount] Common Shares, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 5.

 

2.Exercise of Warrant. The rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part at any time during the Exercise Period, by delivery of the following to the Company at its address set forth above (or at such other address as it may designate by notice in writing to the Holder):

 

(a) An executed Notice of Exercise in the form attached hereto;

 

(b) Payment of the Exercise Price either (i) in cash or by check, or (ii) by cancellation of indebtedness, unless the Holder is exercising this Warrant pursuant to Section 2.1 below; and

 

(c) This Warrant.

 

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Upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant, a certificate or certificates for the Exercise Shares (if certificates for Common Shares have been authorized by the Board pursuant to the Charter) so purchased, registered in the name of the Holder or, subject to applicable transfer restrictions, persons affiliated with the Holder, if the Holder so designates, shall be issued and delivered to the Holder within a reasonable time after the rights represented by this Warrant shall have been so exercised. In the event that this Warrant is being exercised for less than all of the then-current number of Exercise Shares purchasable hereunder, the Company shall, concurrently with the issuance by the Company of the number of Exercise Shares for which this Warrant is then being exercised, issue a new Warrant exercisable for the remaining number of Exercise Shares purchasable hereunder.

 

The person in whose name any certificate or certificates (if any) for Exercise Shares are to be issued upon exercise of this Warrant shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares on the date on which this Warrant was surrendered and payment of the Exercise Price was made, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate or certificates (if any), except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date when the share transfer books of the Company are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on which the share transfer books are open. Upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant, the Holder shall become a party to the Company’s applicable investment documents if not already a party thereto.

 

This Warrant and the Exercise Shares (and the securities issuable, directly or indirectly, upon conversion of the Exercise Shares, if any) are subject to, and Holder agrees to be bound by the terms of the Charter.

 

2.1 Net Exercise. Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if the fair market value of one Exercise Share is greater than the Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of exercising this Warrant by payment of cash, the Holder may elect to receive shares equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the portion thereof being canceled) by surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company together with the properly endorsed Notice of Exercise in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder a number of Exercise Shares computed using the following formula:

 

  X = Y (A-B)  
    A  

 

  Where X = the number of Exercise Shares to be issued to the Holder

 

Y = the number of Exercise Shares purchasable under this Warrant or, if only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this Warrant being canceled (at the date of such calculation)

 

A = the fair market value of one Exercise Share (at the date of such calculation)

 

B = Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such calculation)

 

For purposes of the above calculation, the fair market value of one Exercise Share shall be determined by the Board in good faith.

 

3.Covenants of the Company.

 

3.1 Covenants as to Exercise Shares. The Company covenants and agrees that all Exercise Shares that may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant shall, upon issuance, be validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issuance thereof. The Company further covenants and agrees that the Company will, prior to the commencement of the Exercise Period, use commercially reasonable efforts to have authorized and reserved, free from preemptive rights, a sufficient number of Exercise Shares to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant during the Exercise Period. If at any time during the Exercise Period the number of authorized but unissued Exercise Shares shall not be sufficient to permit exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall take such company action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued Exercise Shares to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes.

 

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3.2 Notices of Record Date. In the event of any taking by the Company of a record of the holders of any class of securities for the purpose of determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend (other than a cash dividend which is the same as cash dividends paid in previous quarters) or other distribution, the Company shall mail to the Holder, at least ten (10) days prior to such record date, a notice specifying the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend or distribution.

 

3.3 Certain Actions Prohibited. The Company shall not, by amendment of its Charter or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed by it hereunder, but shall at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all such action as may reasonably be requested by Holder in order to protect the exercise privilege of Holder against impairment, consistent with the tenor and purpose of this Warrant. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any Exercise Shares receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Exercise Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) shall not close its shareholder books or records in any manner which interferes with the timely exercise of this Warrant.

 

4.Representations of Holder.

 

4.1 Acquisition of Warrant for Personal Account. The Holder represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and the Exercise Shares solely for its account for investment and not with a view to or for sale or distribution of said Warrant or Exercise Shares or any part thereof. The Holder also represents that the entire legal and beneficial interests of this Warrant and Exercise Shares the Holder is acquiring is being acquired for, and will be held for, its account only.

 

4.2 Securities Are Not Registered.

 

(a) The Holder understands that this Warrant and the Exercise Shares have not been registered under the Act on the basis that no distribution or public offering of the shares of the Company is to be effected. The Holder realizes that the basis for the exemption may not be present if, notwithstanding its representations, the Holder has a present intention of acquiring the securities for a fixed or determinable period in the future, selling (in connection with a distribution or otherwise), granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the securities. The Holder has no such present intention.

 

(b) The Holder recognizes that this Warrant and the Exercise Shares must be held indefinitely unless they are subsequently registered under the Act or an exemption from such registration is available. The Holder recognizes that the Company has no obligation to register this Warrant or the Exercise Shares of the Company, or to comply with any exemption from such registration.

 

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(c) The Holder is aware that neither this Warrant nor the Exercise Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 adopted under the Act unless certain conditions are met, including, among other things, the existence of a public market for the shares, the availability of certain current public information about the Company, the resale following the required holding period under Rule 144 and the number of shares being sold during any three month period not exceeding specified limitations. Holder is aware that the conditions for resale set forth in Rule 144 have not been satisfied and that the Company presently has no plans to satisfy these conditions in the foreseeable future.

 

4.3 Economic Risk and Protection of Interest.

 

(a) The Holder has substantial experience in evaluating and investing in private placement transactions of securities in companies similar to the Company so that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Company and has the capacity to protect its own interests. The Holder must bear the economic risk of this investment indefinitely unless the Exercise Shares are registered pursuant to the Act, or an exemption from registration is available. The Holder understands that the Company has no present intention of registering the Exercise Shares. The Holder also understands that there is no assurance that any exemption from registration under the Act will be available and that, even if available, such exemption may not allow the Holder to transfer all or any portion of this Warrant or the Exercise Shares under the circumstances, in the amounts or at the times the Holder might propose.

 

(b) The Holder represents that by reason of its, or of its management’s, business or financial experience, the Holder has the capacity to protect its own interests in connection with the transactions contemplated herein. Further, the Holder is aware of no publication of any advertisement in connection with the transactions contemplated herein.

 

4.4 Accredited Investor. The Holder represents that it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Regulation D under the Act.

 

4.5 Company Information. The Holder has had the full and complete opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management and financial affairs with directors, officers and management of the Company and has had the full and complete opportunity to review the Company’s operations and facilities. The Holder has also had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from, the Company and its management regarding the terms and conditions herein.

 

4.6 Residence. If the Holder is an individual, then the Holder resides in the state or province identified in the address of the Holder set forth below; if the Holder is a partnership, corporation, limited liability Company or other entity, then the office or offices of the Holder in which its investment decision was made is located at the address or addresses of the Holder set forth herein.

 

4.7 Disposition of Warrant and Exercise Shares.

 

(a) The Holder further agrees not to make any disposition of all or any part of this Warrant or Exercise Shares in any event unless and until:

 

(i) There is then in effect a registration statement under the Act covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with said registration statement; or

 

(ii) The Holder has complied with the Transfer Restrictions.

 

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(b) The Holder understands and agrees that all certificates evidencing the shares to be issued to the Holder may bear the following legend, or a legend substantially similar to the below:

 

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”). THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THE SECURITIES UNDER THE ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

 

5. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF EXERCISE SHARES.

 

5.1 Changes in Exercise Shares.

 

(a) In the event of changes in the outstanding Common Shares of the Company by reason of share dividends/distributions, splits, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combinations, conversions or exchanges of shares, separations, reorganizations, liquidations, or the like, the number and class of Exercise Shares available under this Warrant in the aggregate and the Exercise Price shall be correspondingly adjusted to give the Holder of this Warrant, on exercise for the same aggregate Exercise Price, the total number, class, and kind of shares as the Holder would have owned had this Warrant been exercised prior to the event and had the Holder continued to hold such shares until after the event requiring adjustment. The form of this Warrant need not be changed because of any adjustment in the number of Exercise Shares subject to this Warrant.

 

(b) If, other than with respect to any event provided for in Section 5.1(a), at any time during the term of this Warrant and while the Warrant remains outstanding and unexpired, the Company shall declare a cash dividend/distribution upon the Common Shares payable otherwise than out of earnings or earned surplus or shall distribute to holders of the Common Shares (other than securities of other persons, evidences of indebtedness issued by the Company or other persons, assets (excluding cash dividends and distributions) or options or rights (excluding options to purchase and rights to subscribe for the Common Shares, or other securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for the Common Shares), then, in each such case, immediately following the record date fixed for the determination of the holders of the Common Shares entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, the Exercise Price in effect thereafter shall be determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction of which the numerator shall be an amount equal to the difference of (x) the fair market value of one Common Share value (as determined by the Board, in good faith) minus (y) the fair market value (as determined by the Board, in good faith) of the shares, securities, evidences of indebtedness, assets, options or rights so distributed in respect of one Common Share, and of which the denominator shall be the fair market value of one Common Share (as determined by the Board, in good faith).

 

(c) Whenever the Exercise Price or number of Exercise Shares shall be adjusted as provided in this Section 5.1, the Company shall prepare a statement showing the facts requiring such adjustment and the Exercise Price and Exercise Shares that shall be in effect after such adjustment. The Company shall cause a copy of such statement to be sent by mail, first class postage prepaid, to each Holder of this Warrant at its, his or her address appearing on the Company’s records.

 

(d) Adjustments made pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be made on the date such dividend, distribution, split, recapitalization, reorganization, combination, exchange or other change, as the case may be, is made, and shall become effective at the opening of business on the business day next following the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to such dividend, distribution, split, recapitalization, reorganization, combination, exchange or other change.

 

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(e) In the event that the Company shall propose to take any action of the types described in this Section 5.1, the Company shall forward, at the same time and in the same manner, to the Holder of this Warrant such notice, if any, which the Company shall give to the shareholders of the Company; provided, however, that failure to provide such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of any such action. In the event that the Company shall propose to take any action of the types described in this Section 5.1, the Company shall mail notice thereof to the Holder hereof not less than ten (10) days prior to the record date fixed for determining shareholders entitled to participate in such dividend or other distribution, and the Holder hereof shall not participate in such dividend or other distribution unless this Warrant is exercised prior to such record date.

 

(f) In any case in which the provisions of this Section 5.1 shall require that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event, the Company may defer until the occurrence of such event issuing to the Holder, as to all or any part of this Warrant which is exercised after such record date and before the occurrence of such event, any additional Exercise Shares issuable upon such exercise by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the Exercise Shares issuable upon such exercise before giving effect to such adjustment exercise; provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to such Holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such Holder’s right to receive such additional Exercise Shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.

 

5.2 Automatic Conversion. Upon the automatic conversion of all outstanding shares of the series of equity securities comprising the Exercise Shares, this Warrant shall become exercisable for that number of Common Shares of the Company into which the Exercise Shares would then be convertible, so long as such shares, if this Warrant had been exercised prior to such conversion, would have been converted into Common Shares pursuant to the Charter. In such case, all references to “Exercise Shares” shall mean Common Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, as appropriate.

 

6.Fractional Shares. No fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant as a consequence of any adjustment pursuant hereto. All Exercise Shares (including fractions) issuable upon exercise of this Warrant may be aggregated for purposes of determining whether the exercise would result in the issuance of any fractional share. If, after aggregation, the exercise would result in the issuance of a fractional share, the Company shall, in lieu of issuance of any fractional share, pay the Holder otherwise entitled to such fraction a sum in cash equal to the product resulting from multiplying the then current fair market value of an Exercise Share by such fraction.

 

7.Early Exercise. In the event of, at any time during the Exercise Period, a Change in Control (as defined below), the Company shall provide to the Holder ten (10) days advance written notice of such Change in Control, and this Warrant shall automatically be exercised pursuant to Section 2.1 immediately prior to the date of such Change in Control. For purposes of this Warrant, a “Change in Control” shall mean and be deemed to be occasioned by, and to include, (A) Sale of the Company (as defined in the Voting Agreement), or (B) any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. Notwithstanding the above, a preferred share financing or incorporation transaction for purposes of changing the Company’s state of organization shall not be deemed a Change in Control transaction.

 

8.Transfer of Warrant. Upon the written consent of the Company, and subject to applicable laws and the restriction on transfer set forth on the first page of this Warrant (the “Transfer Restrictions”), this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, by the Holder in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon delivery of this Warrant and the form of assignment attached hereto to any transferee designated by Holder. The transferee shall sign an investment letter in form and substance satisfactory to the Company.

 

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9.No Stockholder Rights. This Warrant in and of itself shall not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company.

 

10.Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant. If this Warrant is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Company may, on such terms as to indemnity or otherwise as it may reasonably impose (which shall, in the case of a mutilated Warrant, include the surrender thereof), issue a new Warrant of like denomination and tenor as the Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed. Any such new Warrant shall constitute an original contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Warrant shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.

 

11.Notices, etc. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed telex or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next business day, (c) five days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the Company at the address listed on the signature page and to the Holder at the address listed on the signature page, or at such other address as the Company or the Holder may designate by ten days advance written notice to the other party hereto.

 

12.Acceptance. Receipt of this Warrant by the Holder shall constitute acceptance of and agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained herein.

 

13.Governing Law. This Warrant and all rights, obligations and liabilities hereunder shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Delaware in all respects as such laws are applied to agreements among Delaware residents entered into and performed entirely within Delaware. THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO DISPUTES ARISING UNDER THIS WARRANT AND CONSENT TO A BENCH TRIAL WITH THE APPROPRIATE JUDGE ACTING AS THE FINDER OF FACT.

 

14.Amendment and Waiver. Except as expressly set forth herein, any provision hereunder may be waived, modified, amended or terminated only by a written instrument executed by the Company and the Holder.

 

15.Counterparts; Electronic Delivery. This Warrant may be executed in any number of counterparts and with counterpart signature pages delivered via facsimile or other electronic transmission. Each such counterpart and counterpart signature page shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one agreement.

 

16.Entire Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, this Warrant constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing between the parties is expressly canceled. Upon the effectiveness of this Warrant , the Prior Warrant shall be deemed superseded and replaced in its entirety by this Warrant, and shall be of no further force or effect.

 

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[Signature Page to Warrant]

 

In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.

 

  GameSquare Holdings, Inc.
     
  By:  
  Name: Justin Kenna
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

HOLDER  
     
By:        
Name:    

 

 

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO: GameSquare Holdings, Inc.

 

(1) ☐ The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock of GameSquare Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

☐ The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock of GameSquare Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) pursuant to the terms of the net exercise provisions set forth in Section 2.1 of the attached Warrant, and shall tender payment of all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2) Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares of Common Stock (if any such certificates for shares of Common Stock have been authorized by the Board of the Company) in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

________________________

(Name)

 

________________________

________________________

(Address)

 

(3) The undersigned represents that (i) the aforesaid shares of Common Stock are being acquired for the account of the undersigned for investment and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof and that the undersigned has no present intention of distributing or reselling such shares; (ii) the undersigned is aware of the Company’s business affairs and financial condition and has acquired sufficient information about the Company to reach an informed and knowledgeable decision regarding its investment in the Company; (iii) the undersigned is experienced in making investments of this type and has such knowledge and background in financial and business matters that the undersigned is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of this investment and protecting the undersigned’s own interests; (iv) the undersigned understands that the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act, which exemption depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent as expressed herein, and, because such securities have not been registered under the Securities Act, they must be held indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available; (v) the undersigned is aware that the aforesaid shares of Common Stock may not be sold pursuant to Rule 144 adopted under the Securities Act unless certain conditions are met and until the undersigned has held the shares for the number of years prescribed by Rule 144, that among the conditions for use of the Rule is the availability of current information to the public about the Company and the Company has not made such information available and has no present plans to do so; and (vi) the undersigned agrees not to make any disposition of all or any part of the aforesaid shares of Common Stock unless and until there is then in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with said registration statement, or the undersigned has provided the Company with an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, stating that such registration is not required.

 

 

 

(4) The undersigned has executed the Company’s standard investment documents which are applicable to the shares of Common Stock.

 

     
(Date)   (Signature)
     
     
    (Print name)

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

For Value Received, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

Name:  
(Please Print)
Address:  
(Please Print)

 

Dated: __________, 20__

 

Holder’s

Signature: ___________________________________________

 

Holder’s

Address: ____________________________________________

 

NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. Officers of entities and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.

 

 

 

EX-10.1 5 ex10-1.htm

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

GAMESQUARE

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

This SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Subscription Agreement”) is entered into on [insert date], 2024, by and between GameSquare Holdings, Inc., a British Columbia corporation (the “Company”), and the undersigned subscriber (“Subscriber”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company has entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 19, 2023 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement” and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Transaction”), by and among the Company, GameSquare Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and FaZe Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FaZe”), providing for the combination of FaZe and the Company;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Transaction, the Company intends to, subject to required regulatory and shareholder approvals, continue from the laws of the Province of British Columbia to the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Continuance”) and on completion of the Continuance the Subscriber will hold securities of a Delaware company;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Transaction, Subscriber desires to subscribe for and purchase from the Company, immediately prior to or concurrent with the consummation of the Transaction, (i) that number of shares of the Company’s Common Shares, no par value (the “Common Shares”), set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Subscribed Shares”) and (ii) that number of warrants (the “Subscribed Warrants”) to purchase Common Shares set forth on the signature page hereto (such shares underlying the Subscribed Warrants, the “Warrant Shares” and, together with Subscribed Shares and Subscribed Warrants, the “Subscribed Securities”) for an aggregate purchase price as set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Purchase Price”), and the Company desires to issue and sell to Subscriber the Subscribed Securities in consideration of the payment of the Purchase Price by or on behalf of Subscriber to the Company;

 

WHEREAS, on or about the date of this Subscription Agreement, or prior to the closing date of the Transaction (the “Closing Date”), the Company will enter into subscription agreements (the “Other Subscription Agreements” and together with the Subscription Agreement, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain other accredited investors (the “Other Subscribers” and together with Subscriber, the “Subscribers”), pursuant to which such Subscribers have agreed to purchase on the Closing Date, inclusive of the Subscribed Securities, Common Shares (the shares of the Other Subscribers, the “Other Subscribed Shares”) and warrants to purchase Common Shares (the warrants of the Other Subscribers, the “Other Subscribed Warrants”, and together with the Other Subscribed Shares, the “Other Subscribed Securities”) for an aggregate purchase price, inclusive of the Purchase Price, of $10,000,000 (the “PIPE Transaction”);

 

WHEREAS, the Subscribed Warrants will have an exercise price as set forth on the signature page hereto, subject to adjustment therein, and shall be exercisable six months after the date of issuance and have a term of exercise equal to five years from the initial exercise date, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto; and

 

WHEREAS, Goff & Jones Lending Co, LLC, has agreed to subscribe for and purchase, or cause its affiliates or designees to subscribe for and purchase, any portion of the PIPE Transaction not purchased by the Subscribers, through execution of an Other Subscription Agreement.

 

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

 

Section 1. Subscription. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, Subscriber hereby subscribes for and agrees to purchase from the Company, and the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to Subscriber, the Subscribed Securities (such subscription and issuance, the “Subscription”).

 

 

 

Section 2. Closing.

 

(a) The consummation of the Subscription contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall occur on the Closing Date, immediately prior to or concurrently with, and conditioned upon the effectiveness of, the consummation of the Transaction and the terms and conditions of this Subscription Agreement.

 

(b) At least two (2) Business Days before the anticipated Closing Date, the Company shall deliver written notice to Subscriber (the “Closing Notice”) specifying (i) the anticipated Closing Date and (ii) the wire instructions for delivery of the Purchase Price to the Company. No later than one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date as set forth in the Closing Notice, Subscriber shall deliver the Purchase Price for the Subscribed Shares by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company in the Closing Notice, and such funds shall be held by the Company in escrow, segregated from and not comingled with the other funds of the Company), until the Closing Date. Upon satisfaction (or, if applicable, waiver) of the conditions set forth in this Section 2, the Company shall deliver to Subscriber (i) on the Closing Date, the Subscribed Shares and Subscribed Warrants in book entry form, free and clear of any liens or other restrictions (other than those arising under this Subscription Agreement or applicable securities laws), in the name of Subscriber (or its nominee or custodian in accordance with its delivery instructions) (and the Purchase Price shall be released from escrow automatically and without further action by the Company or Subscriber), and (ii) as promptly as practicable after the Closing, evidence from the Company’s transfer agent of the issuance to Subscriber of the Subscribed Shares and the Subscribed Warrants on and as of the Closing Date.

 

(c) Notwithstanding Section 2(b), if Subscriber informs the Company (1) that it is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), (2) that it is advised by an investment adviser subject to regulation under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or (3) that its internal compliance policies and procedures so require it, then, in lieu of the settlement procedures in Section 2(b), the following shall apply: (i) no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date as set forth in the Closing Notice, Subscriber shall provide the Company such information that the Company reasonably requests in order for the Company to issue the Subscribed Securities, including, without limitation, the name of the person in whose name the Subscribed Securities are to be issued (or a nominee as indicated by Subscriber) and a duly executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or W-8, as applicable, (ii) upon confirmation of Subscriber’s available funds necessary to initiate the wiring of the Purchase Price for the Subscribed Securities, but prior to Subscriber’s release of its payment of the Purchase Price for the Subscribed Securities, on the Closing Date the Company shall issue and deliver to Subscriber the Subscribed Securities, free and clear of any liens or other restrictions whatsoever (other than those arising under state or federal securities laws), in book entry form in the name of Subscriber (or its nominee in accordance with its delivery instructions) or to a custodian designated by Subscriber, as applicable and a copy of the records of the Company’s transfer agent showing Subscriber (or its nominee in accordance with its delivery instructions) as the registered holder of the Subscribed Securities on and as of the Closing Date, and (iii) at 8:00 a.m. New York City time on the Closing Date (or as soon as practicable following receipt of evidence from the Company’s transfer agent of the issuance to Subscriber of the Subscribed Securities on and as of the Closing Date), Subscriber shall deliver the Purchase Price by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Company in the Closing Notice (which shall not be escrow accounts).

 

(d) In the event that the consummation of the Transaction does not occur within five (5) Business Days after the anticipated Closing Date specified in the Closing Notice, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Company and Subscriber, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than seven (7) Business Days after the anticipated Closing Date specified in the Closing Notice) return the funds so delivered by Subscriber to the Company by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by Subscriber, and any book entries shall be deemed cancelled. Notwithstanding such return or cancellation (x) a failure to close on the anticipated Closing Date shall not, by itself, be deemed to be a failure of any of the conditions to Closing set forth in this Section 2 to be satisfied or waived on or prior to the Closing Date, and (y) unless and until this Subscription Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 6 herein, Subscriber shall remain obligated to redeliver funds to the Company following the Company’s delivery to Subscriber of a new Closing Notice in accordance with this Section 2 and Subscriber and the Company shall remain obligated to consummate the Closing upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 2. For the purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, or any other day on which banks located in New York, New York are required or authorized by law to be closed for business.

 

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(e) The Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction, or valid waiver in writing by each of the parties hereto, of the conditions that, on the Closing Date:

 

  (i) all conditions precedent to the closing of the Transaction set forth in Article VI of the Merger Agreement shall have been satisfied (as determined by the parties to the Merger Agreement) or waived in writing by the person with the authority to make such waiver (other than those conditions which, by their nature, are to be satisfied at the closing of the Transaction pursuant to the Merger Agreement, but subject to the satisfaction of such conditions at such closing), and the closing of the Transaction shall be scheduled to occur substantially concurrently with the Closing;
     
  (ii) no governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation which is then in effect and has the effect of making the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise restraining or prohibiting consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and no such governmental authority shall have instituted or threatened in writing a proceeding seeking to impose such restraint or prohibition; and
     
  (iii) the Common Shares shall be approved for listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market (the “Stock Exchange”) subject to official notice of issuance.

 

(f) The obligation of the Company to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver in writing by the Company of the additional conditions that, on the Closing Date:

 

  (i) except as otherwise provided under Section 2(f)(ii), all representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or material adverse effect, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) at and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or material adverse effect, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date), and consummation of the Closing shall constitute a reaffirmation by Subscriber of each of the representations, warranties and agreements of Subscriber contained in this Subscription Agreement as of the Closing Date, but without giving effect to consummation of the Transaction, or as of such earlier date, as applicable;
     
  (ii) the representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in Section 4(u) of this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct at all times on or prior to the Closing Date, and consummation of the Closing shall constitute a reaffirmation by Subscriber of such representations and warranties; and
     
  (iii) Subscriber shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing.

 

(g) The obligation of Subscriber to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver in writing by Subscriber of the additional conditions that, on the Closing Date:

 

  (i) all representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) at and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date), and consummation of the Closing shall constitute a reaffirmation by the Company of each of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company contained in this Subscription Agreement as of the Closing Date, but without giving effect to consummation of the Transaction, or as of such earlier date, as applicable, except, in each case, where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct (whether as of the Closing Date or such earlier date), taken as a whole, does not result in a Company Material Adverse Effect; and

 

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

 

(h) Prior to or at the Closing, Subscriber shall deliver to the Company all such other information as is reasonably requested in order for the Company to issue the Subscribed Shares to Subscriber, including, without limitation, the legal name of the person in whose name the Subscribed Shares are to be issued (or Subscriber’s nominee in accordance with its delivery instructions) and a duly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or appropriate Form W-8.

 

Section 3. Company Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to Subscriber that:

 

(a) The Company (i) is validly existing under the laws of British Columbia and at the time of Closing will be validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (ii) has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement, and (iii) is duly licensed or qualified to conduct its business and, if applicable, is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction (other than its jurisdiction of incorporation) in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties or assets requires such license or qualification, except, with respect to the foregoing clause (iii), where the failure to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, a “Company Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change, development, occurrence, condition or effect with respect to the Company that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to materially impair or materially delay the Company’s performance of its obligations under this Subscription Agreement, including the issuance and sale of the Subscribed Securities.

 

(b) The Subscribed Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to Subscriber against full payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens or other restrictions (other than those arising under this Subscription Agreement, the governing and organizational documents of the Company or applicable securities laws), and will not have been issued in violation of, or subject to, any preemptive or similar rights created under the Company’s governing and organizational documents or applicable securities laws. The Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Subscribed Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens or other restrictions (other than those arising under this Subscription Agreement, the governing and organizational documents of the Company or applicable securities laws), and will not have been issued in violation of, or subject to, any preemptive or similar rights created under the Company’s governing and organizational documents or applicable securities laws. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized share capital the number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Subscribed Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Subscribed Warrants set forth in the Subscribed Warrants).

 

(c) This Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by the Company, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the same by Subscriber, this Subscription Agreement shall constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

(d) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber set forth in Section 4 of this Subscription Agreement, the execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Subscribed Securities hereunder, the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, (ii) the organizational documents of the Company, or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties that, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(e) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber set forth in Section 4 of this Subscription Agreement, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization (including the Stock Exchange) or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Subscribed Securities), other than (i) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (ii) the filing of the registration statement, (iii) filings required by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules of United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), including the registration statement on Form F-4 with respect to the Transaction and the proxy statement/prospectus included therein, (iv) filings required by the Stock Exchange, including with respect to obtaining shareholder approval of the Transaction, (v) filings required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Merger Agreement, (vi) the filing of notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, if applicable, (vii) filings in connection with or as a result of the SEC Guidance (as defined below), (viii) filings in connection with or as a result of the Continuance and (ix) those the failure of which to obtain would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(f) Except for such matters as have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, there is no (i) suit, action, proceeding or arbitration before a governmental authority or arbitrator pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental authority or arbitrator outstanding against the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, this representation and warranty shall not apply to the extent any of the foregoing matters arise from or relate to the SEC Guidance (as defined below).

 

(g) Assuming the accuracy of Subscriber’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Subscription Agreement, no registration under the Securities Act or any state securities (or Blue Sky) laws is required for the offer and sale of the Subscribed Securities by the Company to Subscriber.

 

(h) Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf has engaged or will engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the Subscribed Securities. The Subscribed Securities are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act or any state securities laws. Neither the Company nor any person acting on the Company’s behalf has, directly or indirectly, at any time within the past six (6) months, made any offer or sale of any security or solicitation of any offer to buy any security under circumstances that would (i) eliminate the availability of the exemption from registration under Regulation D under the Securities Act in connection with the offer and sale by the Company of the Subscribed Securities as contemplated hereby or the Other Subscribed Securities as contemplated by the Other Subscription Agreements or (ii) cause the offering of the Subscribed Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or the Other Subscribed Securities pursuant to the Other Subscription Agreements to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable shareholder approval provisions. Neither the Company nor any person acting on the Company’s behalf has offered or sold or will offer or sell any securities, or has taken or will take any other action, which would reasonably be expected to subject the offer, issuance or sale of the Subscribed Securities or the Other Subscribed Securities, as contemplated hereby, to the registration provisions of the Securities Act.

 

(i) No “bad actor” disqualifying event described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) of the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”) is applicable to the Company, except for a Disqualification Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii-iv) or (d)(3) of the Securities Act is applicable.

 

(j) The Company is in all material respects in compliance with, and has not received any written communication from a governmental entity that alleges that the Company is not in compliance with, or is in default or violation of, the applicable provisions of (i) the Securities Act, (ii) the Exchange Act, (iii) the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, (iv) the rules and regulations of the Commission, and (v) the rules of the Stock Exchange, except, in each case, where such non-compliance, default, or violation would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For the avoidance of doubt, this representation and warranty shall not apply to the extent any of the foregoing matters arise from or relate to the SEC Guidance (as defined below).

 

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(k) The Common Shares are eligible for clearing through The Depository Trust Company (the “DTC”), through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian (DWAC) system, and the Company is eligible and participating in the Direct Registration System (DRS) of DTC with respect to the Common Shares. The Company’s transfer agent is a participant in DTC’s Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program. The Common Shares are not, and has not been at any time, subject to any DTC “chill,” “freeze” or similar restriction with respect to any DTC services, including the clearing of Common Shares through DTC.

 

(l) No broker or finder is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s fee or commission solely in connection with the sale of the Subscribed Securities to Subscriber. The Company is solely responsible for the payment of any fees, costs, expenses and commissions of any placement agent.

 

(m) As of their respective dates, each form, report, statement, schedule, prospectus, proxy, registration statement and other document required to be filed by the Company with the Commission (collectively, as amended and/or restated since the time of their filing, the “SEC Documents”) prior to the date hereof complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Documents, as of their respective dates (or if amended, restated, or superseded by a filing prior to the closing of the Transaction, on the date of such filing), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents (or if amended, restated, or superseded by a filing prior to the closing of the Transaction, on the date of such filing) comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, year-end audit adjustments, and such consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with all applicable accounting requirements and published rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto. A copy of each SEC Document is available to each Subscriber via the Commission’s EDGAR system. There are no material outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Commission with respect to any of the SEC Documents as of the date hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statement or information in the SEC Documents that relates to (i) the topics referenced in the Commission’s “Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies” on April 12, 2021 or (ii) the classification of the Company’s common shares as permanent or temporary equity, or any subsequent guidance, statements or interpretations issued by the Commission or the staff of the Commission, including guidance, statements or interpretations relating to the foregoing or to other accounting matters, including matters relating to initial public offering securities or expenses (collectively, the “SEC Guidance”), and no correction, amendment or restatement of any of the Company’s SEC Documents due to the SEC Guidance shall be deemed to be a breach of any representation or warranty by the Company.

 

(n) As of the date hereof, the authorized share capital of the Company consists of (i) an unlimited number of Common Shares and (ii) an unlimited number of shares of preferred stock, without par value per share (the “Preferred Shares”). As of the Closing Date (and immediately after the consummation of the Transaction), and prior to giving effect to the Continuance, the authorized share capital of the Company will consist of an unlimited number of Common Shares and an unlimited number of Preferred Shares. As of the date hereof and prior to giving effect to the Transaction or the Continuance: (i) 12,989,128 Common Shares were issued and outstanding; (ii) no Preferred Shares were issued and outstanding; (iii) 1,009,845 warrants, each exercisable to purchase one Common Share, were issued and outstanding; and (iv) 674,493 Common Shares were subject to issuance upon exercise of outstanding options. All (A) issued and outstanding Common Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to preemptive or similar rights and (B) outstanding warrants have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and are not subject to preemptive or similar rights (each except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies). There are no shareholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting of any Common Shares or other equity interests in the Company, other than as contemplated by the Merger Agreement or as described in the SEC Documents. Except as described in the SEC Documents, there are no securities or instruments issued by or to which the Company is a party containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered, and not fully waived by the holder of such securities or instruments pursuant to a written agreement or consent, by the issuance of (i) the Subscribed Securities or (ii) the securities to be issued pursuant to any Other Subscription Agreement.

 

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(o) The issued and outstanding Common Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and are listed for trading on the Stock Exchange under the symbol “GAME”. There is no suit, action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company by the Stock Exchange or the Commission with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the Common Shares or prohibit or terminate the listing of the Common Shares on the Stock Exchange. The Company has taken no action that is designed to terminate the registration of the Common Shares under the Exchange Act.

 

(p) The Company is not, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Subscribed Securities and Other Subscribed Securities and consummation of the Transaction, will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.

 

Section 4. Subscriber Representations and Warranties. Subscriber represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

(a) If Subscriber is a legal entity, Subscriber (i) has been duly formed and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation or incorporation and (ii) has the requisite power and authority to enter into, and perform its obligations under, this Subscription Agreement. If Subscriber is an individual, Subscriber has the legal competence and capacity to enter into and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

(b) If Subscriber is an entity, this Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by Subscriber. If Subscriber is an individual, Subscriber’s signature is genuine and the signatory has the legal competence and capacity to execute this Subscription Agreement. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the same by the Company, this Subscription Agreement shall constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of Subscriber, enforceable against Subscriber in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

(c) The execution, delivery, and performance of this Subscription Agreement, the purchase of the Subscribed Securities hereunder, the compliance by Subscriber with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of Subscriber pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which Subscriber is a party or by which Subscriber is bound or to which any of the property or assets of Subscriber is subject; (ii) if Subscriber is a legal entity, the organizational documents of Subscriber; or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over Subscriber or any of its properties that in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Subscriber’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the purchase of the Subscribed Securities.

 

(d) Subscriber (i) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act), an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), or (7) under the Securities Act), or an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act) satisfying the applicable requirements set forth on Annex A hereto, (ii) is acquiring the Subscribed Securities only for its own account and not for the account of others, or if Subscriber is subscribing for the Subscribed Securities as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, each owner of such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act) and Subscriber has sole investment discretion with respect to each such account, and the full power and authority to make the acknowledgements, representations and agreements herein on behalf of each owner of each such account, and (iii) is not acquiring the Subscribed Securities with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act (and has provided the Company with the requested information on Annex A following the signature page hereto). Subscriber is not an entity formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Subscribed Securities.

 

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(e) Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Subscribed Securities are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the Subscribed Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and that the Company is not required to register the Subscribed Securities except as set forth in Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Subscribed Securities may not be offered, resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by Subscriber absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, except (i) to the Company or a subsidiary thereof, (ii) pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, (including without limitation a private resale pursuant to so called “Section 4(a)1½”), or (iii) an ordinary course pledge such as a broker lien over account property generally, and, in each of clauses (i)-(iii), in accordance with any applicable securities laws of the states and other jurisdictions of the United States, and that any certificates or account entries representing the Subscribed Securities shall contain a restrictive legend to such effect. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Subscribed Securities will be subject to these securities law transfer restrictions, and as a result of these transfer restrictions, Subscriber may not be able to readily offer, resell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the Subscribed Securities and may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the Subscribed Securities for an indefinite period of time. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Subscribed Securities will not be immediately eligible for offer, resale, transfer, pledge or disposition pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”) until at least one year following the filing of certain required information with the Commission after the Closing Date. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that it has been advised to consult legal counsel prior to making any offer, resale, pledge or transfer of any of the Subscribed Securities.

 

(f) Subscriber understands and agrees that Subscriber is purchasing the Subscribed Securities directly from the Company. Subscriber further acknowledges that there have not been, and Subscriber hereby agrees that it is not relying on, any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made to Subscriber by the Company, FaZe or its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Acquired Companies”), any of its or their respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives, any other party to the Transaction or any other person or entity, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company set forth in this Subscription Agreement.

 

(g) In making its decision to purchase the Subscribed Securities, Subscriber has relied solely upon an independent investigation made by Subscriber and upon the Company’s representations in Section 3 of this Subscription Agreement. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that Subscriber has had access to, has received, and has had an adequate opportunity to review, such information as Subscriber deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the Subscribed Securities, including with respect to the Company, the Acquired Companies and the Transaction, and Subscriber has made its own assessment and is satisfied concerning the relevant financial, tax and other economic considerations relevant to Subscriber’s investment in the Subscribed Securities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Subscriber acknowledges that it has reviewed the Company’s filings with the Commission and the Company’s filings (the “SEDAR Documents”) made on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval + of the Canadian Securities Administrators (“SEDAR+”). Subscriber represents and agrees that Subscriber and Subscriber’s professional advisor(s), if any, have had the full opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers and obtain such information as Subscriber and Subscriber’s professional advisor(s), if any, have deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the Subscribed Securities, including but not limited to information concerning the Company, the Acquired Companies, the Merger Agreement, and the Subscription.

 

(h) Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that none of the Acquired Companies nor its or their respective affiliates or any of such person’s or its or their respective affiliates’ control persons, officers, directors, partners, members, managing members, managers, agents, employees or other representatives, legal counsel, financial advisors, accountants or agents (collectively, “Representatives”) has provided Subscriber with any information or advice with respect to the Subscribed Securities nor is such information or advice necessary or desired. None of the Acquired Companies or any of their respective affiliates or Representatives has made or makes any representation as to the Company or the Acquired Companies or the quality or value of the Subscribed Securities.

 

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(i) Subscriber acknowledges that (i) the Company currently has, and later may come into possession of, information regarding the Company that is not known to Subscriber and that may be material to enter into this Subscription Agreement (“Excluded Information”), (ii) Subscriber has determined to enter into this Subscription Agreement to purchase the Subscribed Securities notwithstanding Subscriber’s lack of knowledge of the Excluded Information, and (iii) none of the Company and the Acquired Companies shall have liability to Subscriber, and Subscriber hereby waives and releases any claims Subscriber may have against the Company and the Acquired Companies, to the maximum extent permitted by law, with respect to the nondisclosure of the Excluded Information.

 

(j) Subscriber became aware of this offering of the Subscribed Securities solely by means of direct contact between Subscriber and the Company, and the Subscribed Securities were offered to Subscriber solely by direct contact between Subscriber and the Company or its affiliates. Subscriber did not become aware of this offering of the Subscribed Securities, nor were the Subscribed Shares offered to Subscriber, by any other means. Subscriber acknowledges that the Subscribed Securities (i) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D of the Securities Act) and (ii) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws.

 

(k) Subscriber acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the Subscribed Securities, including those set forth in the SEC Documents and the SEDAR Documents. Subscriber has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Subscribed Securities, and Subscriber has had an opportunity to seek, and has sought, such accounting, legal, business and tax advice as Subscriber has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision. Subscriber (i) is an institutional account as defined in FINRA Rule 4512(c) or an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, (ii) is a sophisticated investor, experienced in investing in private equity transactions and capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities, and (iii) has exercised independent judgment in evaluating its participation in the purchase of the Subscribed Securities.

 

(l) Subscriber has analyzed and fully considered the risks of an investment in the Subscribed Securities and determined that the Subscribed Securities are a suitable investment for Subscriber and that Subscriber is able at this time and in the foreseeable future to bear the economic risk of a total loss of Subscriber’s investment in the Company. Subscriber acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.

 

(m) Subscriber understands and agrees that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Subscribed Securities or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.

 

(n) Subscriber is not (i) a person or entity named on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or in any Executive Order issued by the President of the United States and administered by OFAC (“OFAC List”), or a person or entity prohibited by any OFAC sanctions program, (ii) a Designated National as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515, or (iii) a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank. Subscriber agrees to provide law enforcement agencies, if requested thereby, such records as required by applicable law, provided that Subscriber is permitted to do so under applicable law. If Subscriber is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq.) (the “BSA”), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (the “PATRIOT Act”), and its implementing regulations (collectively with the BSA, the “BSA/PATRIOT Act”), such Subscriber maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with applicable obligations under the BSA/PATRIOT Act. To the extent required by applicable law, Subscriber maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed for the screening of its investors against the OFAC sanctions programs, including the OFAC List. To the extent required by applicable law, Subscriber maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the funds held by Subscriber and used to purchase the Subscribed Securities were legally derived.

 

(o) No foreign person (as defined in 31 C.F.R. Part 800.224) in which the national or subnational governments of a single foreign state have a substantial interest (as defined in 31 C.F.R. Part 800.244) will acquire a substantial interest in the Company as a result of the purchase and sale of Subscribed Securities hereunder such that a declaration to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States would be mandatory under 31 C.F.R. Part 800.401, and no foreign person will have control (as defined in 31 C.F.R. Part 800.208) over the Company from and after the Closing as a result of the purchase and sale of Subscribed Securities hereunder.

 

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(p) If Subscriber is an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), a plan, an individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or an employee benefit plan that is a governmental plan (as defined in section 3(32) of ERISA), a church plan (as defined in section 3(33) of ERISA), a non-U.S. plan (as described in section 4(b)(4) of ERISA) or other plan that is not subject to the foregoing but may be subject to provisions under any other federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other laws or regulations that are similar to such provisions of ERISA or the Code, or an entity whose underlying assets are considered to include “plan assets” of any such plan, account or arrangement (each, a “Plan”) subject to the fiduciary or prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code, Subscriber represents and warrants that (i) it has not relied on the Company or any of its affiliates (the “Transaction Parties”) for investment advice or as the Plan’s fiduciary with respect to its decision to acquire and hold the Subscribed Securities, and none of the Transaction Parties shall at any time be relied upon as the Plan’s fiduciary with respect to any decision to acquire, continue to hold or transfer the Subscribed Securities and (ii) the acquisition and holding of the Subscribed Securities will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

(q) Subscriber has or has commitments to have and, when required to deliver payment pursuant to Section 2, Subscriber will have sufficient funds to pay the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2.

 

(r) Subscriber acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation (including, without limitation, the Company and the Acquired Companies, or any of their respective affiliates or Representatives), other than the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 3 of this Subscription Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in the Company. Subscriber agrees that none of (i) any Other Subscriber pursuant to an Other Subscription Agreement or any other agreement related to the private placement of Common Shares (including the controlling persons, officers, directors, partners, agents or employees of any such Subscriber) nor (ii) the Company, the Acquired Companies or any of their respective affiliates or Representatives, shall be liable (including, without limitation, for or with respect to any losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses or disbursements incurred by Subscriber, the Company or any other person or entity), whether in contract, tort or otherwise, or have any liability or obligation to Subscriber or any Other Subscriber, or any person claiming through Subscriber or any Other Subscriber, pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or related to the private placement of the Subscribed Securities, the negotiation hereof or the subject matter hereof, or the transactions contemplated hereby, for any action heretofore or hereafter taken or omitted to be taken by any of the foregoing in connection with the purchase of the Subscribed Securities.

 

(s) No broker or finder is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s fee or commission to be paid by Subscriber solely in connection with the sale of the Subscribed Securities to Subscriber.

 

(t) At all times on or prior to the Closing Date, Subscriber has no binding commitment to dispose of, or otherwise transfer (directly or indirectly), any of the Subscribed Securities.

 

(u) Subscriber hereby agrees that neither it, nor any person or entity acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with Subscriber, shall, directly or indirectly, engage in any hedging activities or execute any Short Sales with respect to the securities of the Company prior to the Closing or the earlier termination of this Subscription Agreement in accordance with its terms. “Short Sales” shall include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges (other than pledges in the ordinary course of business as part of prime brokerage arrangements), forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 4(u) shall restrict Subscriber’s ability to maintain bona fide hedging positions in respect of the Subscribed Warrants held by Subscriber as of the date hereof. The Company acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Subscribed Securities may be pledged by Subscriber in connection with a bona fide margin agreement, provided that such pledge shall be (i) pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or (ii) pursuant to, and in accordance with, a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act at the time of such pledge, and Subscriber effecting a pledge of the Subscribed Securities shall not be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof; provided, however, that neither the Company nor its counsel shall be required to take any action (or refrain from taking any action) in connection with any such pledge, other than providing any such lender of such margin agreement with an acknowledgment that the Subscribed Securities are not subject to any contractual lock up or prohibition on pledging, the form of such acknowledgment to be subject to review and comment by the Company in all respects.

 

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(v) Except as expressly disclosed in a Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G (or amendments thereto) filed by Subscriber with the Commission with respect to the beneficial ownership of the Company’s outstanding securities prior to the date hereof, Subscriber is not currently (and at all times through Closing will refrain from being or becoming) a member of a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of equity securities of the Company (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act).

 

(w) Subscriber will not acquire a substantial interest (as defined in 31 C.F.R. Part 800.244) in the Company as a result of the purchase and sale of the Subscribed Securities.

 

(x) Subscriber acknowledges its obligations under applicable securities laws with respect to the treatment of non-public information relating to the Company.

 

(y) Subscriber acknowledges that any restatement, revision, correction or other modification of the SEC Documents to the extent resulting from the SEC Guidance shall not constitute a breach by the Company of this Subscription Agreement.

 

(z) If the Subscriber is resident in Canada, the Subscriber is entitled under applicable Canadian securities laws to purchase the Subscribed Securities without the benefit of a prospectus qualified under such securities laws and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, is an “accredited investors” as defined in section 1.1 of National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions (“NI 45-106”) or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), as applicable, and if relying on paragraph (m) of the definition of “accredited investor” in NI 45-106, was not created and is not being used solely to acquire or hold securities as an “accredited investor”, and is also a “permitted client” as defined in section 1.1 of National Instrument 31-103 – Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations.

 

Section 5. Registration of Subscribed Securities.

 

(a) The Subscribed Shares and the Warrant Shares are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement entered into and delivered concurrently herewith.

 

Section 6. Termination. This Subscription Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earliest to occur of (a) such date and time as the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, (b) the mutual written agreement of the parties hereto to terminate this Subscription Agreement and (c) 5:00 p.m. New York City time on March 31, 2024, if the Closing has not occurred by such date other than as a breach of Subscriber’s obligations hereunder; provided, that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful breach hereof prior to the time of termination, and each party will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from such breach. The Company shall notify Subscriber of the termination of the Merger Agreement promptly after the termination thereof. Upon the termination hereof in accordance with this Section 6, any monies paid by Subscriber to the Company in connection herewith shall promptly (and in any event within one (1) Business Day) be returned in full to Subscriber by wire transfer of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by Subscriber, without any deduction for or on account of any tax withholding, charges or set-off, whether or not the Transaction shall have been consummated.

 

Section 7. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) All notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder shall be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly given (i) when delivered personally to the recipient, (ii) when sent by electronic mail, with no mail undeliverable or other rejection notice, on the date of transmission to such recipient, if sent on a Business Day prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time, or on the Business Day following the date of transmission, if sent on a day that is not a Business Day or after 5:00 p.m. New York City time on a Business Day, (iii) one (1) Business Day after being sent to the recipient via overnight mail by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), or (iv) four (4) Business Days after being mailed to the recipient by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, and, in each case, addressed to the intended recipient at its address specified on the signature page hereof or to such electronic mail address or address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 7(a). A courtesy electronic copy of any notice sent by methods (i), (iii), or (iv) above shall also be sent to the recipient via electronic mail if an electronic mail address is provided in the applicable signature page hereof or to an electronic mail address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 7(a).

 

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(b) Subscriber acknowledges that the Company and others will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in this Subscription Agreement; provided, however, that the foregoing clause of this Section 7(b) shall not give the Company or FaZe any rights other than those expressly set forth herein. Prior to the Closing, Subscriber agrees to promptly notify the Company if it becomes aware that any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of Subscriber set forth herein are no longer accurate in all material respects. The Company acknowledges that Subscriber and the Acquired Companies will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Subscription Agreement. Prior to the Closing, the Company agrees to promptly notify Subscriber and the Acquired Companies if it becomes aware that any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein are no longer accurate in all material respects.

 

(c) Each of the Company and Subscriber is irrevocably authorized to produce this Subscription Agreement or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

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

 

(e) Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to Subscriber hereunder (other than the Subscribed Securities acquired hereunder and the rights set forth in Section 5) may be transferred or assigned by Subscriber. Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to the Company hereunder may be transferred or assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of Subscriber, other than in connection with the Transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Subscriber may assign its rights and obligations under this Subscription Agreement to one or more of its affiliates (including other investment funds or accounts managed or advised by the investment manager who acts on behalf of Subscriber) upon written notice to the Company or, with the Company’s prior written consent, to another person; provided, that in the case of any such assignment, the assignee(s) shall become a Subscriber hereunder and have the rights and obligations and be deemed to make the representations and warranties of Subscriber provided for herein to the extent of such assignment and provided further that no such assignment shall relieve the assigning Subscriber of its obligations hereunder if any such assignee fails to perform such obligations, unless the Company has given its prior written consent to such relief.

 

(f) All the agreements, representations and warranties made by each party hereto in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing.

 

(g) The Company may request from Subscriber such additional information as the Company may reasonably deem necessary to evaluate the eligibility of Subscriber to acquire the Subscribed Securities and to register the Subscribed Securities for resale, and Subscriber shall promptly provide such information as may be reasonably requested, to the extent readily available and to the extent consistent with its internal policies and procedures; provided, that the Company agrees to keep any such information provided by Subscriber confidential, except (A) as required by the federal securities laws, rules or regulations and (B) to the extent such disclosure is required by other laws, rules or regulations, at the request of the staff of the Commission or regulatory agency or under the regulations of the Stock Exchange. Subscriber acknowledges that the Company may file a form of this Subscription Agreement with the Commission as an exhibit to a current or periodic report of the Company or a registration statement of the Company.

 

(h) This Subscription Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument in writing, signed by each of the parties hereto.

 

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

 

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(j) Except as otherwise provided herein, this Subscription Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person. Except as set forth in Section 4, Section 5, Section 6, Section 7(b), Section 7(d), Section 7(f), Section 7(i) and this Section 7(j) with respect to the persons specifically referenced therein, this Subscription Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective successors and assigns, and the parties hereto acknowledge that such persons so referenced are third party beneficiaries of this Subscription Agreement for the purposes of, and to the extent of, the rights granted to them, if any, pursuant to the applicable provisions.

 

(k) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) this Subscription Agreement is being entered into in order to induce the Company to execute and deliver the Merger Agreement and (ii) irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached and that money or other legal remedies would not be an adequate remedy for such damage. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to equitable relief, including in the form of an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of this Subscription Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Company shall be entitled to specifically enforce Subscriber’s obligations to fund the Subscription and the provisions of the Subscription Agreement, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. The parties hereto further acknowledge and agree: (x) to waive any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such equitable remedy; (y) not to assert that a remedy of specific enforcement pursuant to this Section 7(k) is unenforceable, invalid, contrary to applicable law or inequitable for any reason; and (z) to waive any defenses in any action for specific performance, including the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

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

 

(m) No failure or delay by a party hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Subscription Agreement, and no course of dealing between the parties hereto, shall operate as a waiver of any such right, power or remedy of such party. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy under this Subscription Agreement by a party hereto, nor any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce any such right, power or remedy, shall preclude such party from any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. The election of any remedy by a party hereto shall not constitute a waiver of the right of such party to pursue other available remedies. No notice to or demand on a party not expressly required under this Subscription Agreement shall entitle the party receiving such notice or demand to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the party giving such notice or demand to any other or further action in any circumstances without such notice or demand.

 

(n) This Subscription Agreement may be executed and delivered in one or more counterparts (including by electronic mail, in .pdf or other electronic submission) and by different parties in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document. All counterparts so executed and delivered shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

(o) This Subscription Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws that would otherwise require the application of the law of any other state.

 

(p) EACH PARTY AND ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OR RELATED TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY OTHER SUCH PARTY, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT.

 

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(q) The parties agree that all disputes, legal actions, suits and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Subscription Agreement must be brought exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and any state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court within the State of Delaware or, in the event each federal court within the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state court within the State of Delaware) (collectively the “Designated Courts”). Each party hereby consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Designated Courts. No legal action, suit or proceeding with respect to this Subscription Agreement may be brought in any other forum. Each party hereby irrevocably waives all claims of immunity from jurisdiction, and any objection which such party may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding in any Designated Court, including any right to object on the basis that any dispute, action, suit or proceeding brought in the Designated Courts has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum or venue. Each of the parties also agrees that delivery of any process, summons, notice or document to a party hereof in compliance with Section 7(a) of this Subscription Agreement shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in a Designated Court with respect to any matters to which the parties have submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above.

 

(r) This Subscription Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim, action, suit or other legal proceeding based upon, arising out of, or related to this Subscription Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Subscription Agreement, may only be brought against the entities that are expressly named as parties hereto.

 

(s) The Company shall, by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first (1st) Business Day immediately following the date of this Subscription Agreement, file with the Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K or Form 6-K, as applicable (the “Disclosure Document”), disclosing all material terms of this Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, the Transaction and any other material, nonpublic information that the Company has provided to Subscriber or any of Subscriber’s affiliates, attorneys, agents or representatives at any time prior to the filing of the Disclosure Document and including as exhibits to the Disclosure Document, the form of this Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreement (in each case, without redaction). Upon the issuance of the Disclosure Document, to the Company’s knowledge, Subscriber and Subscriber’s affiliates, attorneys, agents and representatives shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information received from the Company or any of its affiliates, officers, directors, or employees or agents, and Subscriber shall no longer be subject to any confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, with the Company, or any of its affiliates. Notwithstanding anything in this Subscription Agreement to the contrary, the Company (i) shall not publicly disclose the name of Subscriber or any of its affiliates or advisers, or include the name of Subscriber or any of its affiliates or advisers in any press release, without the prior written consent of Subscriber and (ii) shall not publicly disclose the name of Subscriber or any of its affiliates or advisers, or include the name of Subscriber or any of its affiliates or advisers in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or trading market, without the prior written consent of Subscriber, except (A) as required by the federal securities laws, rules or regulations and (B) to the extent such disclosure is required by other laws, rules or regulations, at the request of the staff of the Commission or regulatory agency or under the regulations of the Stock Exchange, in which case of clause (A) or (B), the Company shall provide Subscriber with prior written notice (including by e-mail) of such permitted disclosure, and shall reasonably consult with Subscriber regarding such disclosure. Subscriber will promptly provide any information reasonably requested by the Company for any regulatory application or filing made or approval sought in connection with the Transaction (including filings with the Commission).

 

(t) If any change in the Common Shares shall occur between the date of this Subscription Agreement and the Closing by reason of any reclassification, recapitalization, share split, reverse share split, combination, exchange, or readjustment of shares, or any share dividend, including any such change resulting from or made in connection with the Continuance, the number of Subscribed Securities issued to Subscriber hereunder shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such change.

 

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(u) The obligations of Subscriber under this Subscription Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any Other Subscriber or any other investor under the Other Subscription Agreements, and Subscriber shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any Other Subscriber under this Subscription Agreement or any Other Subscriber or other investor under the Other Subscription Agreements. The decision of Subscriber to purchase Subscribed Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement has been made by Subscriber independently of any Other Subscriber or any other investor and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company, FaZe or any of their respective affiliates or subsidiaries which may have been made or given by any Other Subscriber or investor or by any agent or employee of any Other Subscriber or investor, and neither Subscriber nor any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any Other Subscriber or investor (or any other person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statements or opinions. Nothing contained herein or in any Other Subscription Agreement, and no action taken by Subscriber or Other Subscriber or other investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute Subscriber and any Other Subscribers or other investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that Subscriber and any Other Subscribers or other investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements. Subscriber acknowledges that no Other Subscriber has acted as agent for Subscriber in connection with making its investment hereunder and no Other Subscriber will be acting as agent of Subscriber in connection with monitoring its investment in the Subscribed Securities or enforcing its rights under this Subscription Agreement. Subscriber shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Subscription Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any Other Subscriber or investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

(v) The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Subscription Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. The language used in this Subscription Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. Unless the context otherwise requires, (i) all references to Sections, Schedules or Exhibits are to Sections, Schedules or Exhibits contained in or attached to this Subscription Agreement, (ii) each accounting term not otherwise defined in this Subscription Agreement has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP, (iii) words in the singular or plural include the singular and plural and pronouns stated in either the masculine, the feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter, (iv) the use of the word “including” in this Subscription Agreement shall be by way of example rather than limitation, and (v) the word “or” shall not be exclusive.

 

(w) The Company shall be responsible for paying all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar taxes that arise from any payment or issuance made under, from the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Subscription Agreement.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has accepted this Subscription Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

  GAMESQUARE HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By:                       
  Lou Schwartz 
  President
     
  Address for Notices:
     
  6775 Cowboys Way, Suite 1335
     
  Frisco, Texas 75034

 

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Subscriber has executed or caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date set forth below.

 

Name of Subscriber:    
By:      
Name:      
Title:      

 

Date:

 

Subscriber’s EIN:

   
     
Entity Type (e.g., corporation, partnership, trust, etc.):    
     
Business Address-Street:   Mailing Address-Street (if different):
     
City, State, Zip:   City, State, Zip:
     
Attn: _______________________________________________   Attn: _____________________________________
Telephone No.:   Telephone No.:
Email for notices:   Email for notices (if different):

 

Subscription Details:

 

Price per Common Share: $1.39

 

Number of Subscribed Shares: _____________

 

Aggregate Purchase Price (# Shares x Share Price): US$_____

 

Subscribed Warrants (@ 15% warrant coverage): ________

   
Warrant Exercise Price: $1.55 per Share    

 

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]

 

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Exhibit A

 

Form of Warrant

 

 

 

ANNEX A

 

ACCREDITED INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE

 

 

 

EX-10.3 6 ex10-3.htm

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS (this “Agreement”), dated as of [insert date], 2024, is made and entered into by and among GameSquare Holdings, Inc., a British Columbia corporation (the “Company”), and any person or entity who is identified on the signature pages hereto as a “Holder” or hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to subsection 5.2.2 (collectively, the “Holders” and each, a “Holder”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company, GameSquare Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and FaZe Holdings Inc, a Delaware corporation (“FaZe”) are party to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 19, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which: (a) Merger Sub will merge with and into FaZe (the “Merger”); (b) the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub will cease; and (c) FaZe will continue its corporate existence under the Delaware General Corporation Law as the surviving corporation in the Merger and a Subsidiary of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, the Company intends to, subject to required regulatory and shareholder approvals, continue from the laws of the Province of British Columbia to the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Continuance”) and on completion of the Continuance the Holders will hold securities of a Delaware company;

 

WHEREAS, as part of the consideration for the Merger, the Company will issue to the Holders shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock, no par value (the “Common Stock”); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company and the Holders are entering into this Agreement to set forth certain rights and obligations of the parties with respect to the Shares.

 

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:

 

“Action” means any claim, action, suit, charge, audit, examination, assessment, arbitration, mediation, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental Authority.

 

 

 

“Adverse Disclosure” means any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the chief executive officer or other officer of the Company, after consultation with counsel to the Company, (a) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any Misstatement, (b) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, declared effective or used, as the case may be, and (c) as to which the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public.

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any person, any other person who directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person. The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

“Agreement” has the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

 

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

 

“Change in Control” means the transfer (whether by tender offer, merger, stock purchase, consolidation or other similar transaction), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to a person or group of affiliated persons of the Company’s voting securities if, after such transfer, such person or group of affiliated persons would hold more than 50% of outstanding voting securities of the Company (or surviving entity) or would otherwise have the power to control the board of directors of the Company or to direct the operations of the Company.

 

“Closing Date” has the meaning given in the Merger Agreement.

 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Common Stock” has the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

 

“Company” has the meaning given in the Preamble hereto and includes the Company’s successors by recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization or similar transaction.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“Filing Deadline” has the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.

 

“Form S-1” has the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.

 

“Form S-3” has the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.

 

“Governmental Authority” means any federal, national, state, provincial or municipal government, or any political subdivision thereof, and any agency, commission, department, board, bureau, official, minister, arbitral body (public or private), tribunal or court, whether national, state, provincial, local, foreign or multinational, exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of a nation, state, province or municipal government, or any political subdivision thereof, including any authority having governmental or quasi-governmental powers, domestic or foreign.

 

 

 

“Holders” has the meaning given in the Preamble hereto, for so long as such person or entity holds any Shares.

 

“Holder Information” has the meaning given in subsection 4.1.2.

 

“Merger” has the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

 

“Merger Agreement” has the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

 

“Misstatement” means 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective Registration Statement), as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements, as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

 

“Registration Expenses” means all out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with a Registration Statement, including, without limitation, the following:

 

(a) Registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. and any securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed);

 

(b) Fees and expenses of compliance with securities or “blue sky” laws;

 

(c) Printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;

 

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

 

(e) Reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration Statement.

 

“Registration Statement” means any registration statement that covers the Shares filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements thereto, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

“Rule 415” has the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.

 

 

 

“Shares” has the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

 

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

 

“Transfer” means the (a) sale, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, or 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, or (b) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another person or entity, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, in each case whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE II REGISTRATIONS

 

2.1 Registration.

 

2.1.1 Initial Registration Statement. The Company shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than one-hundred fifty (150) days after the date of this Agreement (the “Filing Deadline”), file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act to permit the public resale of all of the Shares on a delayed or continuous basis as permitted by Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) (“Rule 415”), or if Rule 415 is not available for offers and sales of the Shares, by such other means of distribution of the Shares as the Holders may reasonably specify. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing, but in no event later than the earlier of (i) the 90th calendar day following the Filing Deadline if the Commission notifies the Company that it will “review” the Registration Statement, and (ii) the 5th business day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or will not be subject to further review. The Registration Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to this subsection 2.1.1 shall be a registration statement on Form S-1 (a “Form S-1”) or, if Form S-3 is then available to the Company, on Form S-3 (a “Form S-3”) or such other form of registration statement as is then available to effect a registration for resale of such Shares, covering such Shares, and shall contain a Prospectus in such form as to permit any Holder to sell such Shares pursuant to Rule 415 at any time beginning on the effective date for such Registration Statement. A Registration Statement filed pursuant to this subsection 2.1.1 shall provide for the resale pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested prior to effectiveness by, the Holder.

 

2.1.2 Suspensions; Replacement Registration. If any Registration Statement ceases to be effective under the Securities Act for any reason at any time while the Company is obligated to maintain it and keep it effective and available for use hereunder, the Company shall, subject to Section 3.4, use its reasonable best efforts to promptly cause such Registration Statement to again become effective under the Securities Act, or file an additional Registration Statement in lieu thereof. If an additional Registration Statement is filed, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing.

 

 

 

ARTICLE III COMPANY PROCEDURES

 

3.1 General Procedures. In connection with any Registration Statement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such Registration Statement to permit the sale of the Shares included therein in accordance with the plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall, as expeditiously as is possible:

 

3.1.1 Prepare and file with the Commission such Registration Statement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing and to remain effective, and available for use, until all such Shares have either been sold or may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144;

 

3.1.2 Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be reasonably requested by the Holders 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 the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to keep such Registration Statement effective, and available for use, until all such Shares have either been sold or may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144.

 

3.1.3 To the extent required by applicable law, use its reasonable best efforts to (a) register or qualify such Shares under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of such Shares may reasonably request, (b) take such action as is necessary to cause such Shares 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 (c) do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of such Shares to consummate the disposition of such Shares 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 which would subject it to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;

 

3.1.4 Cause all such Shares to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

 

3.1.5 Provide a transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Shares no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

 

3.1.6 Advise each Holder of such Shares, 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 its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued; 3.1.7 At least five (5) days prior to the filing of such Registration Statement or any 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 Holder of such Shares (excluding any exhibits thereto and any filing made under the Exchange Act, whether incorporated by reference therein or made a part thereof by amendment or supplement);

 

 

 

 

3.1.8 Notify the Holders of such Shares, 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 as a result of which such Prospectus, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section 3.3;

 

3.1.9 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 such Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission); and

 

3.1.10 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 Statement.

 

3.2 Registration Expenses. The Registration Expenses of all Registration Statements shall be borne by the Company. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Shares, such as commissions and discounts, brokerage fees, marketing costs and fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders.

 

3.3 Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure; Restrictions on Registration Rights.

 

3.3.1 Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement, each Holder shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Shares pursuant to such Registration Statement and Prospectus until such Holder (a) has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement (it being understood that the Company hereby agrees to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the time of such notice) or (b) is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Registration Statement and Prospectus may be resumed.

 

3.3.2 If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement 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 seriously 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, then the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend the use of, such Registration Statement for the shortest period of time, but in no event more than 45 days, determined in good faith by the Company to be necessary for such purpose; provided that such right to delay or suspend shall be exercised by the Company not more than two times, which may be consecutive, in any 12-month period. In the event the Company exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, the Holders agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of such notice, their use of any Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement in connection with any sale or offer to sell Shares. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders of the expiration of any period during which it exercised its rights under this subsection 3.3.2.

 

 

 

3.4 Reporting Obligations. As long as any Holder shall own Shares, the Company, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, hereby agrees 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 Section 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 its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System shall be deemed to have been furnished to the Holders pursuant to this Section 3.4.

 

3.5 Other Obligations. In connection with a sale or transfer of Shares exempt from Section 5 of the Securities Act or through any broker-dealer transactions described in the plan of distribution set forth within the Prospectus and pursuant to the Registration Statement of which such Prospectus forms a part, the Company shall, subject to the receipt of any customary documentation reasonably required from the applicable Holders and/or their broker(s) in connection therewith, (a) promptly instruct its transfer agent to remove any restrictive legends applicable to the Shares being sold or transferred and (b) cause its legal counsel to deliver the necessary legal opinions, if any, to the transfer agent in connection with the instruction under subclause (a). In addition, the Company shall cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by, the Holders in connection with the aforementioned sales or transfers; provided, however, that the Company shall have no obligation to facilitate any underwritten offering by the Holders, to participate in any “road shows” or to assist with the preparation of any offering memoranda or related documentation with respect to any sale or transfer of Shares.

 

ARTICLE IV INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

 

4.1 Indemnification.

 

4.1.1 The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder, each Holder’s officers and directors and each person who controls a Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) caused by any (a) Misstatement or (b) violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any other applicable federal or state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any Registration Statement, except, in each case, insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information or affidavit furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use therein.

 

 

 

4.1.2 In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder 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 such Registration Statement or Prospectus (the “Holder Information”) and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, the Company’s directors, officers and agents and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) resulting from any Misstatement, but only to the extent that the 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, and the liability of each such Holder shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Shares pursuant to such Registration Statement.

 

4.1.3 Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (a) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (b) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one 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.

 

4.1.4 The indemnification provided for under this Section 4.1 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 any or all of the Shares. The Company and each Holder participating in an offering also agree 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 this Section 4.1 from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and 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 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 Misstatement, 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 subsection 4.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this subsection 4.1.5. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

ARTICLE V MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1 Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or electronic mail or postage prepaid mail (registered or certified) or nationally recognized overnight courier service and shall be deemed given when so delivered by hand or electronic mail, or if mailed, three (3) days after mailing (one (1) business day in the case of overnight courier service), as follows:

 

  (a) if to Company, to:
   

 

GameSquare Holdings, Inc.

6775 Cowboys Way, Suite 1335

Frisco, TX 75034

Attention: Justin Kenna, CEO

Email:

     
    with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to
     
   

Baker & Hostetler LLP

11601 Wilshire Boulevard | Suite 1400

Los Angeles, CA 90025-0509

Attention: Alan A. Lanis, Jr., Esq.

Email:

     
  (b) If to Holders, to: As set forth on the signature pages hereto.

 

 

 

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 as they relate to Shares, provided that such assignee or delegate agrees in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions hereof in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, provided that the Company shall not be required to file any additional Registration Statement, or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement, as a result of such assignment and provided that the Company will be provided thirty days advanced notice of any such assignment. Any transfer or assignment made other than as provided in this subsection 5.2.2 shall be null and void.

 

5.2.3 This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Other than as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any person or entity, other than the parties hereto and such successors and permitted assigns, any legal or equitable rights under this Agreement.

 

5.3 Execution of Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more such counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties. Facsimile or electronic mail transmission of counterpart signatures to this Agreement shall be acceptable and binding.

 

5.4 Governing Law; Venue.

 

5.4.1 This Agreement and all disputes, claims or controversies relating to, arising out of, or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of laws, rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

 

5.4.2 Any Action based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement must be brought in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, to the extent such Court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware), or, if it has or can acquire jurisdiction, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and each of the parties 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 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 subsection 5.4.2.

 

 

 

5.5 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party acknowledges and agrees that any controversy which may arise under this Agreement is likely to involve complicated and difficult issues, and therefore each party hereby irrevocably, unconditionally and voluntarily waives any right such party may have to a trial by jury in respect of any Action directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

 

5.6 Amendments and Waivers. 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, only upon the written consent of the Company and the Holders of at least a majority in interest of the total Shares at the time in question, as determined in good faith by the Company; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Holder, solely in such Holder’s capacity as a holder of Shares, in a manner that is materially different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Holder so affected. No provision of this Agreement may be waived unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the party or parties against whom such waiver is to be effective. 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 by such party. The rights and remedies of the parties hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have hereunder.

 

5.7 Rule 144. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144, the Company hereby agrees that it will (a) make available at all times such information as is necessary to comply with Rule 144 and (b) take such further action as the Holders may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable the Holders to sell Shares without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 (if available with respect to resales of the Shares). Upon the reasonable request of any Holder, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether the Company has complied with such information requirements and, if not, the specific reasons for non-compliance.

 

5.8 Term. This Agreement shall terminate with respect to any Holder on the earlier of (i) the date that such Holder no longer holds any Shares and (ii) the date that such Holder’s Shares may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144. The provisions of Article IV shall survive any termination.

 

5.9 Holder Information. Each Holder agrees, if requested by the Company, to represent to the Company the total number of Shares held by such Holder in order for the Company to make determinations hereunder, including, without limitation, for purposes of Section 5.8.

 

 

 

5.10 Severability. It is the desire and intent of the parties that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

5.11 Specific Performance. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that each party shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement by any other party and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof. Each of the parties hereby further waives (a) any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and (b) any requirement under any law to post security or a bond as a prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief.

 

5.12 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Merger Agreement, constitutes the full and entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to such subject matter.

 

5.13 Adjustments. If, and as often as, there are any changes in the Shares by way of stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification, or through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or sale, or by any other means, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the provisions of this Agreement as may be required so that the rights, privileges, duties and obligations hereunder shall continue with respect to the Shares as so changed.

 

5.14 Further Assurances. From time to time, at another party’s request and without further consideration (but at the requesting party’s reasonable cost and expense), each party shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

 

 

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

 

  GameSquare Holdings, Inc.
     
  By:  
  Name: Justin Kenna
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

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

 

  HOLDER:  
     
  By:  
  Name:  
     
  Notice Address:

 

 

 

EX-99.1 7 ex99-1.htm

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

GAMESQUARE ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF FAZE CLAN ACQUISITION

 

Becomes One of the Largest Gaming and Esports Organizations Based on Audience Reach
Increased Scale and Expanded Capabilities Creates Next Generation Media Company Positioned to Drive Compelling Outcomes for Creators and Maximize Brand Partners’ Return on Investment
GameSquare Strengthens Balance Sheet with $10 Million PIPE and Recently Announced Non-Core Asset Sales
Returns FaZe Clan’s founders: FaZe Banks, FaZe Temperrr, and FaZe Apex to lead the brand and reestablish authenticity

 

FRISCO, TX AND LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / March 8, 2024 / GameSquare Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:GAME) (TSXV:GAME), (“GameSquare”, or the “Company”), and FaZe Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:FAZE) (“FaZe”), today announced the completion of GameSquare’s merger with FaZe that was originally announced on October 20, 2023. As a result of the merger, and effective as of the close of trading on March 8, 2024, FaZe’s common stock (NASDAQ:FAZE) and FaZe warrants (NASDAQ:FAZEW) will cease trading.

 

As a combined company, GameSquare has become one of the largest gaming and esports organizations in the world based on the Company’s audience reach of one billion. In addition, the Company is focused on revolutionizing the way brands and game publishers connect with hard-to-reach Gen Z, Gen Alpha, and Millennial audiences through a purpose-built next generation media platform that includes award winning marketing and creative services, data and analytics solutions, and Faze Clan, one of the most prominent and influential gaming organizations in the world.

 

Justin Kenna, CEO of GameSquare stated, “On behalf of everyone at GameSquare and FaZe, we are thrilled to announce the successful culmination of our merger, marking a significant milestone in our journey to revolutionize the gaming and media landscape. This strategic alliance strengthens our position across global industries, amplifies our ability to connect brands with elusive and influential youth audiences, and unlocks even more opportunities to support our partners with cutting-edge technology. Together, we will seek to redefine the future of esports and gaming by leveraging our combined expertise to pursue opportunities for growth and innovation. Our commitment remains unwavering as we aim to lead the way in shaping the ever-evolving intersection of gaming, media, and brand engagement.”

 

“We are excited to complete the merger with GameSquare as together we have created a leading organization focused on gaming and youth culture,” stated Paul Hamilton Director of FaZe. “On behalf of everyone at FaZe we are excited by the opportunities we are pursuing together to create value for our shareholders.”

 

Throughout 2023, FaZe has been focused on reducing costs and driving efficiencies. As a result, FaZe removed approximately $31 million of annualized operating costs in the 2023 third quarter compared to the 2022 fourth quarter. FaZe expects to remove approximately $15 million of additional annualized costs during 2024.

 

Mr. Kenna continued, “The combination of GameSquare and FaZe strengthens our go-forward competitive advantage in a fluid advertising and esports market – especially as brands continue taking a more focused approach allocating ad dollars. Despite the short-term impact of these market trends on our results, we are confident that our purpose-built platform supports compelling growth opportunities in 2024 and beyond. In addition, we are committed to reducing costs, enhancing gross margin, and creating a profitable enterprise. We are excited by GameSquare’s trajectory. Our highly committed teams reflect a unique blend of young internet natives alongside seasoned business leaders that are committed to creating value for global gaming fans, youth audiences, and our brand partners. As a result, we expect 2024 will be a transformational year for GameSquare and our shareholders.”

 

 

 

Driving Engagement Through Leading, End-to-End Capabilities

 

Combined, GameSquare and FaZe have created a next generation media company that connects global brands with hard-to-reach audiences, which enhances GameSquare’s growth potential by increasing brand opportunities across the Company’s combined product offerings. As a result of the merger, GameSquare has an engaged global fanbase and an audience reach of over 1 billion across its media network and roster of creators, with a core focus on 13 - 34 -year-old audiences and supported by over 100 personalities.

 

The Company’s innovative platform includes: award-winning marketing and media services; FaZe’s top ranked esports franchises; cutting-edge creative services, including traditional production and emerging world-building experiences; and data and technology capabilities dedicated to global gaming and influencer markets. The combined company will benefit from some of the biggest names in gaming culture with a roster of talent including Ninja, TimTheTatman, Max Holloway, Trevon Diggs, FaZe Banks, FaZe Temperrr, FaZe Apex, FaZe Nickmercs, FaZe Rug, FaZe Swagg and many more. In addition, management believes there are significant revenue synergies and recurring revenue opportunities going forward, as GameSquare drives value to dozens of leading global brand partners including Porsche, Nike, Jack in the Box, Xfinity, Miller Lite, and GHOST.

 

Private Placement

 

The Company also closed its non-brokered private placement, initially announced on October 20, 2023, of units (the “Private Placement”), comprised of shares of common stock and warrants, as described in the Company’s proxy circular for the special meeting. Pursuant to the Private Placement, a total of 7,194,244 units of the Company were issued at a price of US$1.39 per unit, for gross proceeds of US$10 million. Each unit consists of one common share of the Company and 0.15 of a common share purchase warrant of the Company, resulting in a total of 1,079,136 warrants being issued. Each whole warrant is exercisable for one common share at an exercise price of US$1.55 per warrant for a period of five years from the closing date of the Private Placement.

 

The shares of common stock issued pursuant to the Private Placement are subject to a four month hold period under Canadian securities laws expiring four months following the closing date for the Private Placement. The shares of common stock issued pursuant to the Private Placement will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any U.S. state securities laws, and will be sold pursuant to Regulation D of the Securities Act. The securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable U.S. state securities laws. The Company has agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering the resale of the shares of common stock issued in this Private Placement.

 

The Company had previously entered into a backstop agreement (the “Backstop Agreement”) with Goff Jones Strategic Partners, LLC (formerly known as Goff & Jones Lending Co, LLC) (“Goff Jones”) to purchase common stock to ensure the Private Placement was fully subscribed. The Backstop Agreement was originally announced on October 20, 2023. A total of US$6,000,000 was issued to Goff Jones in connection with the Backstop Agreement.

 

 

 

The Private Placement constituted a related party transaction pursuant to Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”) as a result of the participation of certain insiders pursuant to the Backstop Agreement and otherwise. The Company was exempt from seeking a formal valuation pursuant to Section 5.5(c) of MI 61-101. The Private Placement received the requisite minority approval at the special meeting in accordance with MI 61-101.

 

Net proceeds of the Private Placement will be used to support the FaZe merger, other growth initiatives and general corporate purposes.

 

Re-Domestication

 

As part of the transaction and as previously announced by the Company and approved at the recent special meeting of shareholders of GameSquare, the Company completed a re-domestication of the Company from British Columbia to Delaware.

 

Shares Outstanding:

 

As a result of the FaZe merger and Private Placement, there will be approximately 30.3 million common shares outstanding. Using GameSquare’s March 6, 2024, closing price of US$1.55, the proforma market capitalization of the Company amounts to approximately US$47 million.

 

Inducement Awards

 

In connection with the acquisition of FaZe, an aggregate of 909,490 RSUs will be issued to three of the founders of FaZe, representing a total of 3% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, all as further described in the proxy circular for the special meeting.

 

Advisors

 

Oak Hills Securities, Inc. served as GameSquare’s exclusive financial advisor and BakerHostetler and Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP are its legal advisors. FaZe’s legal advisor is Sullivan & Triggs, LLP. Current Capital Securities LLC rendered a fairness opinion to the Board of Directors of FaZe in connection with the transaction.

 

ABOUT GAMESQUARE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

GameSquare’s (NASDAQ:GAME) (TSXV:GAME) mission is to revolutionize the way brands and game publishers connect with hard-to-reach Gen Z, Gen Alpha, and Millennial audiences. Our next generation media, entertainment, and technology capabilities drive compelling outcomes for creators and maximize our brand partners’ return on investment. Through our purpose-built platform, we provide award winning marketing and creative services, offer leading data and analytics solutions, and amplify awareness through FaZe Clan, one of the most prominent and influential gaming organizations in the world. With an audience reach of 1 billion digitally native consumers across our media network and roster of creators, we are reshaping the landscape of digital media and immersive entertainment. GameSquare’s largest investors are Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and the Goff family.

 

To learn more, visit www.gamesquare.com.

 

ABOUT FAZE CLAN

 

FaZe Clan is one of the most prominent and influential gaming organizations in the world. Created by gamers, for gamers, FaZe began in 2010 by a group of internet kids who turned their passion into a successful career path and formed a die-hard community along the way. Today, FaZe Clan represents a vast roster of creators who aim to inspire the next generation in making their dreams a reality.

 

 

 

FaZe Clan operates across multiple verticals designed to reimagine gaming, sports, culture and entertainment. FaZe Clan has partnered with blue-chip brands such as Porsche, GHOST® and McDonald’s, and record-breaking fashion and lifestyle collaborations featuring Nike, Takashi Murakami, Lyrical Lemonade and more - all centered around its top-tier talent collective with gaming rooted at the core. Reaching hundreds of millions of followers across social platforms globally, FaZe Clan’s roster consists of world-class gamers, streamers, content creators and esports professionals known for delivering disruptive, original content, and its gaming division houses 10+ competitive esports teams.

 

The content of any website referenced or hyperlinked in this communication is neither incorporated into, nor part of, this communication. For more information about FaZe Clan, visit www.fazeclan.com, and follow FaZe Clan on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch.

 

Early Warning Reporting

 

The following disclosure is provided pursuant to National Instrument 62-103 – The Early Warning System and Related Take-Over Bid and Insider Reporting Issues in connection with the requirements related to the filing of an early warning report.

 

In accordance with the Backstop Agreement and concurrently with completion of the merger, Goff Jones subscribed for and purchased an aggregate of 4,316,546 units of GameSquare for a purchase price of US$1.39 per share and an ‎aggregate purchase price of US$6,000,000, which units consisted of an aggregate of 4,316,546 shares of common stock of GameSquare (each, a “GameSquare Share”)_and 647,482 common share purchase warrants of GameSquare Shares (each, a “Warrant”), pursuant to a subscription agreement dated March 4, 2024‎‎.

 

Goff Jones is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. The principal office address of Goff Jones is 500 Commerce St., Suite 700, Fort Worth, Texas 76102. In connection with Goff Jones’ participation in the Private Placement, each of John Goff and Blue & Silver Ventures, Ltd. (“Blue & Silver”), through entities under their respective control or direction, as applicable, acquired ownership or control or direction, over 4,316,546 GameSquare Shares and 647,482 Warrants. The GameSquare Shares and Warrants subscribed for by Goff Jones in accordance with the Private Placement were acquired for investment purposes.

 

Immediately prior to the completion of the Private Placement, Mr. John Goff owned, or had control or direction over, an aggregate of 1,378,624 GameSquare Shares, representing approximately 10.6% of the outstanding GameSquare Shares, and 81,754 Warrants (representing approximately 11.2% of the outstanding GameSquare Shares on a partially-diluted basis, assuming the exercise of the Warrants over which Mr. John Goff owns, or over which he has control or direction). Following the acquisition of the GameSquare Shares and Warrants in accordance with the Private Placement and the completion of the merger, Mr. John Goff owned, or had control or direction over, an aggregate of 5,695,170 GameSquare Shares, representing approximately 18.8% of the outstanding GameSquare Shares following completion of the merger, and 729,236 Warrants (representing approximately 21.2% of the outstanding GameSquare Shares on a partially-diluted basis, assuming the exercise of the Warrants over which Mr. John Goff owns, or over which he has control or direction). In accordance with applicable laws, Mr. Goff may from time to time and at any time, directly or otherwise, increase or decrease his ownership of GameSquare Shares and Mr. Goff reserves the right to acquire or dispose of any or all of its securities in accordance with applicable securities laws depending on market conditions, the business and prospects of GameSquare and other factors it may consider relevant. Mr. Goff is located at 500 Commerce St., Suite 700, Fort Worth, Texas 76102, United States.

 

 

 

Immediately prior to the completion of the Private Placement, Blue & Silver owned, or had control or direction over, an aggregate of 1,477,372 GameSquare Shares, representing approximately 11.4% of the outstanding GameSquare Shares, 2,065 options exercisable into GameSquare Shares (each, an “Option”) and 82,116 Warrants (representing approximately 11.9% of the outstanding GameSquare Shares on a partially-diluted basis, assuming the exercise or settlement, as applicable, of the Options, RSUs and Warrants over which Blue & Silver owns, or over which it has control or direction). Following the acquisition of the GameSquare Shares and Warrants in accordance with the Private Placement and the completion of the merger, Blue & Silver owned, or had control or direction over, an aggregate of 5,793,918 GameSquare Shares, representing approximately 18.9% of the outstanding GameSquare Shares following completion of the merger, 2,065 Options and 513,771 Warrants (representing approximately 20.3% of the outstanding GameSquare Shares on a partially-diluted basis, assuming the exercise or settlement, as applicable, of the Options, RSUs and Warrants over which Blue & Silver owns, or over which it has control or direction). In accordance with applicable laws, Blue & Silver may from time to time and at any time, directly or otherwise, increase or decrease is ownership of GameSquare and Blue & Silver reserves the right to acquire or dispose of any or all of its securities in accordance with applicable securities laws depending on market conditions, the business and prospects of GameSquare and other factors it may consider relevant. Blue & Silver is located at One Cowboys Way, Suite 100, Frisco, Texas 75034, United States.

 

Each of John Goff and Blue & Silver will file an early-warning report in respect of the foregoing under GameSquare’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedar+.ca.

 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS:

 

The information in this communication includes “forward-looking statements” and “forward-looking information” within the meaning of United States and Canadian securities laws (forward-looking statements and forward-looking information being collectively referred to as “forward-looking statements”) that are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date hereof. This forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements and information concerning future events or, following the merger with FaZe, the future financial or operating performance of GameSquare and FaZe (collectively, the “Combined Company”), plans and expectations regarding synergies of the Combined Company, potential cost savings expected with regards to the Combined Company, and the Combined Company’s ability to realize the expected benefits of the merger. The forward-looking information concerning the expected annualized operating expense savings of FaZe to be realized in 2024 consists of anticipated savings primarily driven by reductions in headcount, operating overhead, including facilities and other infrastructure costs, and corporate expenses directly related to FaZe ceasing to be a standalone publicly traded company. This information is derived by forecasting operating expenses by headcount and vendor and removing costs associated with headcount and vendors we have eliminated or plan to eliminate. In addition, words such as “estimates,” “projected,” “expects,” “estimated,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “future,” “propose,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “target,” “goal,” “objective,” “outlook” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

 

 

 

The forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the management of GameSquare and/or FaZe, as applicable, and are inherently subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstances and their potential effects and speak only as of the date of such statement. There can be no assurance that future developments will be those that have been anticipated. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those discussed and identified in public filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or on the Canadian System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (“SEDAR+”) by GameSquare and FaZe. A more fulsome discussion of the risks related to the transaction is included in the proxy statement filed by GameSquare on SEDAR+ on February 1, 2024.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT

 

In connection with the transaction, GameSquare has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-4 that includes a proxy statement of FaZe and that also constitutes a prospectus with respect to shares of GameSquare’s common stock to be issued in the transaction (as amended and/or supplemented, the “proxy statement/prospectus”). Each of GameSquare and FaZe may also file other relevant documents with the SEC regarding the transaction. This communication is not a substitute for the proxy statement/prospectus or any other document that GameSquare or FaZe may file with the SEC. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and other documents containing important information about GameSquare, FaZe and the transaction, through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.

 

Corporate Contact

Lou Schwartz, President

Phone: (216) 464-6400

Email: ir@gamesquare.com

 

Investor Relations

Andrew Berger

Phone: (216) 464-6400

Email: ir@gamesquare.com

 

Media Relations

Chelsey Northern / The Untold

Phone: (254) 855-4028

Email: pr@gamesquare.com