Public Warrants
Each Public Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase from us one-half of one share of common stock, at a price of $5.75 per half-share ($11.50 per whole share), subject to adjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing on August 19, 2016. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, a holder of Public Warrants may exercise its Public Warrants only for a whole number of shares of common stock. The Public Warrants will expire on August 19, 2021, at 5:00 p.m., New York time, or earlier upon their redemption or liquidation.
Once the Public Warrants become exercisable, we may call such warrants for redemption:
· in whole and not in part;
· at a price of $0.01 per warrant;
· upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption (the “30-day redemption period”) to each registered holder of Public Warrants; and
· if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the common stock equals or exceeds $24.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period ending three business days before we send the notice of redemption to the warrantholders. We will not redeem the warrants unless either (i) an effective registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is current and available throughout the 30-day redemption period or (ii) we elect to permit “cashless exercise” of the warrants.
If the foregoing conditions are satisfied and we issue a notice of redemption of the Public Warrants, each holder of Public Warrants will be entitled to exercise his, her or its Public Warrant prior to the scheduled redemption date. However, the price of our common stock may fall below the $24.00 redemption trigger price as well as the $11.50 per whole share warrant exercise price after the redemption notice is issued.
We will not redeem the Public Warrants unless an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants is effective and a current prospectus relating to those shares of common stock is available throughout the 30-day redemption period. If and when the Public Warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise this redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
If we call the Public Warrants for redemption as described above, our management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis.” In determining whether to require all holders to exercise their Public Warrants on a “cashless basis,” our management will consider, among other factors, our cash position, the number of Public Warrants that are outstanding and the dilutive effect on our stockholders of issuing the maximum number of shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of our Public Warrants. In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the Public Warrants for that number of shares of common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of common stock underlying the Public Warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the Public Warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” means the average reported closing price of the common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the registered holders of the Public Warrants.
S-6
We have agreed to file with the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days after the closing of the Business Combination, a registration statement for the registration under the Securities Act of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants. We will use our best efforts to cause the same to become effective and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement under the Securities Act, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of such warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement, except in the circumstances discussed below. In addition, we have agreed to use our best efforts to register the shares of common stock that are issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants under state blue sky laws, to the extent an exemption is not available. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of these warrants has not been declared effective by the 60th business day following the closing of the Business Combination and during any period when we have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, holders of such warrants may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement, exercise such warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.
We are not obligated to deliver any shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise of the Public Warrants and have no obligation to settle such warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of common stock underlying the Public Warrants is effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to us satisfying our obligations described above with respect to registration. No Public Warrant is exercisable and we are not obligated to issue shares of common stock upon exercise of a warrant unless common stock issuable upon such warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the registered holder of the Public Warrants. In the event that the conditions in the two immediately preceding sentences are not satisfied with respect to a Public Warrant, the holder of such Public Warrant will not be entitled to exercise such Public Warrant and such Public Warrant may have no value and expire worthless. In no event will we be required to net cash settle any Public Warrant.
A holder of the Public Warrants may notify us in writing in the event it elects to be subject to a requirement that such holder will not have the right to exercise such Public Warrants, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates), to the warrant agent’s actual knowledge, would beneficially own in excess of 9.8% of the shares of our common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise.
The Public Warrants may be exercised upon surrender of the warrant certificate on or prior to the expiration date at the offices of the warrant agent, with the exercise form on the reverse side of the warrant certificate completed and executed as indicated, accompanied by full payment of the exercise price (or on a cashless basis, if applicable), by certified or official bank check payable to us, for the number of Public Warrants being exercised. The warrantholders do not have the rights or privileges of holders of common stock and any voting rights until they exercise their Public Warrants and receive shares of common stock. After the issuance of shares of common stock upon exercise of the Public Warrants, each holder will be entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters to be voted on by stockholders.
No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants. If, upon exercise of the Public Warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we will round down to the nearest whole number the number of shares of common stock to be issued to the warrantholder.
Private Warrants and $15 Exercise Price Warrants
The Private Warrants and $15 Exercise Price Warrants have the same general terms as the Public Warrants except that (i) each $15 Exercise Price Warrant is exercisable to purchase one whole share of common stock; (ii) the exercise price of the $15 Exercise Price Warrants is $15.00 per share; (iii) so long as the Private Warrants and $15 Exercise Price Warrants are held by the initial purchasers thereof or their permitted transferees, such warrants will not be redeemable by us and; (iv) so long as the Private Warrants are held by the initial purchasers thereof or their permitted transfers, such warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis and (v) the $15 Exercise Price Warrants expire on July 20, 2023, at 5:00 p.m., New York time, or earlier upon their redemption or liquidation.
If holders of the Private Warrants elect to exercise them on a cashless basis, they would pay the exercise price by surrendering his, her or its warrants for that number of shares of common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” means the average reported last sale price of the common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of warrant exercise is sent to the warrant agent.
AI
