pursuant to which, among other things, (a) each Sponsor Member has agreed to (i) refrain from transferring any of his, her or its SPAC Shares prior to the SPAC Merger Effective Time, other than in connection with certain permitted transfers described therein, (ii) vote his, her or its SPAC Shares and any additional SPAC Shares he, she or it acquires prior to the SPAC Shareholders Meeting in favor of each of the SPAC Shareholder Proposals and (iii) waive and not exercise any redemption rights with respect to his, her or its SPAC Shares, and (b) the Sponsor has agreed to (i) waive and not enforce any anti-dilution rights it may have under the SPAC’s Articles in connection with the Transactions, (ii) subject the SPAC Warrants held by it to certain vesting and forfeiture terms, and (iii) to the extent the Outstanding SPAC Transaction Expenses exceed an amount equal to US$4,500,000 (the “SPAC Transaction Expenses Cap”), prior to the SPAC Merger Effective Time, pay any such amount in excess of the SPAC Transaction Expenses Cap to SPAC in cash, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated by SPAC.
The foregoing description of the Sponsor Support Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sponsor Support Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Sponsor Lock-Up Agreement
On October 21, 2024 and concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement and the Scheme Implementation Deed, the Sponsor Members, SPAC, Pubco and the Company entered into a lock-up agreement (the “Sponsor Lock-Up Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, (a) certain Pubco Ordinary Shares to be held by the Sponsor Members from and after the SPAC Merger Effective Time shall be subject to certain limitations on disposition for a period of two years following the Closing as set forth therein, subject to the expiration of such lock-up restrictions (i) on the six-month and twelve-month anniversaries of the Closing or (ii) upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the Sponsor Lock-Up Agreement), and (b) the Sponsor has agreed to forfeit certain SPAC Shares at the SPAC Merger Effective Time.
The foregoing description of the Sponsor Lock-Up Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sponsor Lock-Up Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Sponsor Affiliate Subscription Agreement
On October 21, 2024 and concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement and the Scheme Implementation Deed, Investcorp Cayman Holdings Limited (“Investcorp”), Pubco and the Company entered into a Subscription Agreement (the “Sponsor Affiliate Subscription Agreement”). Pursuant to the Sponsor Affiliate Subscription Agreement, Investcorp agreed to subscribe for and purchase, and Pubco agreed to issue and sell to Investcorp, substantially concurrently with the consummation of the Transactions, an aggregate of 1,250,000 Pubco Ordinary Shares at a purchase price of US$10.00 per Pubco Ordinary Share for aggregate gross proceeds of US$12,500,000.