Exhibit 10.4
Execution Version
AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 21, 2021, is made and entered into by and among Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. II, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Fortress Acquisition Sponsor II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), the undersigned parties listed under Existing Holders on the signature page hereto (each such party, together with the Sponsor and any person or entity deemed an “Existing Holder” , an “Existing Holder” and collectively the “Existing Holders”) and the undersigned parties listed under New Holders on the signature page hereto (each such party, together with any person or entity deemed a “New Holder” who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.2 of this Agreement, a “New Holder” and collectively the “New Holders”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and the Existing Holders are party to that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated August 11, 2020 (the “Existing Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company granted the Existing Holders certain registration rights with respect to certain securities of the Company;
WHEREAS, the New Holders and Wilco Holdco, Inc. (“ATI”) are party to that certain Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement dated August 31, 2016 (the “ATI Stockholders Agreement”), which may be terminated by agreement of each of the New Holders, pursuant to the terms of thereof;
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of February 21, 2021, by and among the Company, FVAC Merger Corp. II, a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and ATI, a Delaware corporation;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, the New Holders will receive shares of common stock, par value $0.0001, of the Company (“Company Stock”), upon the Closing (as defined in the Merger Agreement);
WHEREAS, certain New Holders may receive additional shares of Company Stock (the “Earn Out Shares”) pursuant to the earn out provisions in the Merger Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Sponsor have entered into that certain Securities Subscription Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2020, pursuant to which the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 8,625,000 shares (the “Founder Shares”) of the Company’s Class F common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class F Common Stock”), and the Sponsor subsequently transferred an aggregate of 100,000 Founder Shares to the other Existing Holders;
WHEREAS, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 5,933,333 warrants to purchase one share of Common Stock (each, a “Placement Warrant” and collectively, the “Placement Warrants”) pursuant to that certain Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement between the Company and the Sponsor, dated as of August 11, 2020, in a private placement transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act (the “Private Placement”) occurring simultaneously with the closing of the Company’s initial public offering;
WHEREAS, the Company and certain Holders have entered into that certain Amended & Restated Letter Agreement (the “Sponsor Agreement”), dated as of February 21, 2021, wherein the Sponsor and such Holders agreed, in connection with the Closing, to subject the Founder Shares held by the Sponsor to certain vesting requirements, in accordance with the terms of the Sponsor Agreement;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5.5 of the Existing Registration Rights Agreement, the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth therein may be amended or modified upon the written consent of the Company and the Existing Holders of a majority-in-interest of the “Registrable Securities” (as such term was defined in the Existing Registration Rights Agreement) at the time in question; and