Exhibit 4.4
FORM OF WARRANT AGREEMENT
between
ALSP ORCHID ACQUISITION CORPORATION I
and
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
Dated as of [ ], 2021
THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [ ], 2021, is by and between ALSP Orchid Acquisition Corporation I, a Cayman Island exempted company (the “Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent,” also referred to herein as the “Transfer Agent”).
WHEREAS, the Company is engaged in an initial public offering (the “Offering”) of units of the Company’s equity securities, each such unit comprised of one Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share (“Ordinary Shares”), and one-half of one redeemable Warrant (as defined below) (the “Public Units”) and, in connection therewith, has determined to issue and deliver up to 8,625,000 warrants (including up to 1,125,000 warrants subject to the Over-allotment Option (as defined herein)) to public investors in the Offering (the “Public Warrants”);
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into that certain Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement with ALSP Orchid Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to purchase up to an aggregate of 915,000 units simultaneously with the closing of the Offering, each consisting of one Ordinary Share and one-half of one redeemable warrant (the “Private Placement Units”) at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, and, in connection therewith, up to 457,500 warrants (including up to 45,000 warrants subject to the Over-allotment Option) underlying the Private Placement Units (the “Private Placement Warrants”), which bear the legend set forth in Exhibit B hereto;
WHEREAS, each whole Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one whole Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described herein;
WHEREAS, in order to finance the Company’s transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination (as defined below), the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan to the Company funds as the Company may require, of which up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into up to an additional 150,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, each consisting of one Ordinary Share and one-half of one redeemable warrant (the “Working Capital Units” and, together with the Public Units and the Private Placement Units, the “Units”), and, in connection therewith, up to 75,000 warrants underlying the Working Capital Units (the “Working Capital Warrants” and together with the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants, the “Warrants”).
WHEREAS, the Company has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1, File No. [______] (the “Registration Statement”) and prospectus (the “Prospectus”), for the registration, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the issuance of the Public Units, the Public Warrants and the Ordinary Shares included in the Public Units;
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange, redemption and exercise of the Warrants;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the form and provisions of the Warrants, the terms upon which they shall be issued and exercised, and the respective rights, limitation of rights, and immunities of the Company, the Warrant Agent, and the holders of the Warrants; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things have been done and performed which are necessary to make the Warrants, when executed on behalf of the Company and countersigned by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent (if a physical certificate is issued), as provided herein, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
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