This filing relates to the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of February 17, 2021, by and among Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. (“Osprey”), Osprey Technology Merger Sub, Inc. and BlackSky Holdings, Inc. (“BlackSky”) and related transactions (the “Business Combination”).
On September 1, 2021, Osprey and BlackSky announced that BlackSky and Palantir Technologies Inc. (“Palantir”) entered into a multi-year $16,000,000 strategic partnership. As part of the partnership, Palantir will invest $8,000,000 in the combined company at $10.00 per share for the purchase of 800,000 shares of Osprey Class A common stock (the “Palantir Shares”) pursuant to a subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) that will close two business days subsequent to the closing of the Business Combination (the “Subscription Closing”).
Subscription Agreement
The Subscription Agreement contains substantially the same terms as the subscription agreements previously disclosed in the February 22, 2021 Current Report on Form 8-K and which Osprey previously entered into with certain third-party investors and certain inside investors.
The Subscription Agreement provides for certain registration rights for Palantir. In particular, Osprey is required to, no later than 45 calendar days following the closing date of the Business Combination, submit to or file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement registering the resale of the Palantir Shares (the “Palantir Resale Registration Statement”). Osprey is also required to use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Palantir Resale Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of (a) the 90th calendar day following the filing date thereof if the SEC notifies Osprey that it will “review” the Palantir Resale Registration Statement and (b) the 10th business day after the date Osprey is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that the Palantir Resale Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review. Osprey must use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the registration statement effective until the earliest of: (i) the date Palantir no longer hold any shares, (ii) the date all registrable shares held by Palantir may be sold without restriction under Rule 144 and (iii) two years from the date of effectiveness of the Palantir Resale Registration Statement.
The Subscription Agreement will terminate upon the earliest to occur of (a) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, (b) the mutual written agreement of Palantir and Osprey, and (c) 11:59 PM Pacific Time on September 21, 2021 if the Subscription Closing has not occurred on or before such date.
A copy of the press release issued on September 1, 2021 in connection with the Palantir transactions is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference. The foregoing description of the Subscription Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Subscription Agreement, the form of which is included as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference.
Palantir Master Subscription Agreement
On August 31, 2021, BlackSky and Palantir also entered into a software subscription agreement (the “Palantir Master Subscription Agreement”) which grants BlackSky access to Palantir Foundry, an enterprise platform run by Palantir. BlackSky will offer a combined solution that integrates Spectra AI with Palantir Foundry to expand the delivery of high-resolution imagery and deep analytics to customers worldwide. The capabilities of the combined solution were successfully demonstrated in a series of exercises with experienced geospatial intelligence customers earlier this year. Pursuant to the terms of the Palantir Master Subscription Agreement, in exchange for receipt of the Palantir products, BlackSky is required to pay fees to Palantir for an aggregate payment of $8,000,000.
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