聯合 國
證券 交易委員會
華盛頓, 特區20549
附表 14A
代理 根據第14(a)條的聲明
的 1934年證券交易法
提交 作者:註冊人
提交 由登記人以外的一方
檢查 適當的方框:
☒ | 初步 代理聲明 | ☐ | 機密, 僅供委員會使用 |
(作爲 規則14 a-6(e)(2)允許)。 | |||
☐ | 明確 代理聲明 | ||
☐ | 明確 額外的材料。 | ||
☐ | 徵求 規則14 a-12下的材料。 |
KIDPIK Corp. |
(姓名 章程中規定的註冊人) |
N/A
(姓名 提交代理聲明的人(如果不是註冊人)
支付 申報費(勾選相應的方框):
☐ | 沒有 需要費用。 |
☐ | 費 之前已用初步材料支付。 |
☒ | 費 根據《交易法》規則14 a-6(i)(1)和0-11,在第25(b)項要求的展品表格上計算。 |
初步 代理聲明日期爲2024年11月5日-有待完成
基德皮克 Corp.
200 公園大道南3樓
新 紐約州約克10003
[●], 2024
親愛 各位股東,
我 很高興邀請您參加Kidpik Corp.股東年會,特拉華州公司(“基德皮克”, “PIK”, “我們”, “美國「或」公司”)將舉行(受 其任何推遲或延期(“年會”)):
日期: | [________], [__________], 2024 |
時間: | [ ]:東部時間上午00點 |
虛擬 會議地點: | www.cleartrustonline.com/kidpik |
在 年會上,您將被要求批准 (1) 選舉一名第三級董事進入董事會( “董事提案”); (2) 批准科恩·雷茲尼克的任命 LLP作爲公司2024財年的獨立註冊會計師事務所(“以下簡稱“審計員 提案”); (3) 爲施行 納斯達克上市規則5635(a)、2024年3月29日某些協議的條款以及與該協議相關的普通股股票發行 和合並重組計劃,經2024年7月22日第一修正案修訂(可從 有時,“合併協議“)公司、Nina Footwear Corp.、一家特拉華州公司 (“妮娜鞋類在……上面 我們謹代表Kidpik董事會感謝您成爲股東,並對您的 持續的支持和對Kidpik的持續興趣。我們對合並將給我們的股東帶來的機會感到興奮。非常 真正屬於你的,/S/ 以斯拉·達巴以斯拉 大巴”); (4)族長 執行幹事兼主席都不是 美國證券交易委員會或任何州證券委員會都未批准或不批准這些證券或通過了 根據本委託書的充分性或準確性。任何相反的陳述都是刑事犯罪。”); (5)重要 關於將於2024年[_舉行的虛擬股東年會提供代理材料的通知。 委託書和2023年年度報告可在互聯網上查閱,網址爲Www.cleartrustonline.com/midpik(請注意這點 鏈接區分大小寫)。基德皮克 金絲雀”); (6)200個 公園大道南,3樓新的 紐約,郵編:10003告示 年度股東大會(7)到 舉行於[●],2024年告示 現將Kidpik Corp.股東周年大會(“”).
基德皮克我們美國
” 或者“公司“),將於2024年的[●],[●],[●].[_]時間(S) 或休會(S),我們稱之爲年會。年會將通過現場音頻網絡直播虛擬方式舉行 網址:www.cleartrustonline.com/ids pik。另見下文「虛擬年會說明」。一個 股東周年大會的委託書如下。
i |
你 誠邀出席年會,會議的目的如下:
1. 「董事」倡議-審議並表決任命巴特·西切爾爲董事會第三類成員 任期三年,直至其早先去世、辭職或免職(建議1);2. 核數師的提案, -批准任命CohnReznick LLP爲公司的獨立註冊公共會計 公司2024財年(提案2);
3. 合併建議如下:
審議並表決爲施行納斯達克上市規則第5635(A)條而批准 與該特定2024年3月29日的協議和合並及計劃有關的普通股的條款和發行 重組,經2024年7月22日的《第一修正案》修正(可不時修訂或重述)合併 協議)由本公司、尼娜鞋業公司、特拉華州一家公司(妮娜鞋業“)、 和Kidpik Merge Sub,Inc.,Inc.,這是特拉華州的一家公司,也是Kidpik的全資子公司(“
合併子
“),根據 尼娜鞋業將與合併子公司合併,尼娜鞋業將繼續作爲生存實體和全資擁有的子公司 公司子公司(提案3);
4. 納斯達克倡議--審議和表決批准的建議,以遵守適用的上市規定 納斯達克規則規定,發行超過20%的公司已發行和發行在外的普通股及有表決權的股份 本公司於轉換2,000,000美元可換股債券後發行普通股( “可轉換債券“)(提案4);5. 更名建議-
“委員會的批准 通過Kidpik Corp.第一修正案第一次修訂和重新修訂2021年股權激勵計劃,以及
爲
“ 如果沒有足夠的票數支持合併,如有必要,年會休會,以徵集更多的代表 倡議或納斯達克倡議。
這個 董事會對合並協議的批准不以批准上述任何其他提議爲條件 而不是合併提議。
更多 有關Kidpik、妮娜鞋業及合併協議及相關協議中擬進行的交易的資料,如 以及上述其他建議,均載於隨附的委託書內。Kidpik敦促您閱讀隨附的 委託書應謹慎、完整。
你尤其應該仔細考慮“
風險因素“從第14頁開始。我們 不要期望在年會上處理任何其他事務,除非本文所述。只有Kidpik‘s股票的記錄持有人 在[●],2024年交易結束時,普通股有權通知年會和任何延期會議並在會上投票 或將其押後。在記錄日期的交易結束時,我們普通股的[]股流通股,每一次投票 一股有表決權的股份,因此,總共()股有表決權的股份有資格在股東周年大會上投票。除了我們的普通股 我們目前沒有其他未償還的有投票權證券。
ii |
你的 投票是非常重要的。根據納斯達克上市規則第5635(A)條,證券發行前須獲股東批准 在下列情況下,與收購另一公司的股票或資產有關:(1)由於目前或潛在的發行 普通股,包括根據盈利撥備或類似類型的撥備發行的股票,或可轉換爲 或可行使普通股,但現金公開發行除外:(A)普通股在發行時具有或將具有投票權 相當於或超過發行可轉換爲或可行使的股票或證券前尚未行使的投票權的20% 普通股;或(B)擬發行的普通股數量等於或將等於或超過以下數量的20% 股票或證券發行前已發行的普通股;或(2)董事、高管或重要人物 公司股東直接或間接擁有5%或更多的權益(或這些人共同擁有10%或更多的權益), 將於該交易或一系列關連交易中收購的本公司資產或將支付的代價,以及 目前或潛在發行普通股,或可轉換爲普通股或可行使普通股的證券,可能會導致增加 發行在外的普通股或5%或以上的投票權。作爲合併的一部分,Kidpik將向Nina的股東發行 鞋業相當於基德皮克合併前已發行普通股的400%的普通股數量,相當於80% Kidpik收盤後的普通股,在每一種情況下,都沒有考慮到 可轉換債券的轉換,如下文更詳細討論的,
建議4:批准發行超過20%的公司已發行普通股和與可轉換債券相關的未償還普通股
「。」的股份數量。 可發行給尼娜鞋業股東的普通股“
妮娜鞋業股東
“)根據 合併協議將超過公司已發行有表決權股份的20%,因爲我們的首席執行官Ezra Dabah先生 高級管理人員、董事長和控股股東在尼娜鞋業擁有5%或更多的權益,合併股份的發行將導致 在已發行普通股增加超過5%的情況下,我們需要獲得股東對合並協議的批准 以及根據適用的納斯達克規則和要求(“
股東批准“)。 因此,我們正在尋求批准合併協議,並根據 合併協議和其中設想的交易將由Kidpik通過一項決議向Nina鞋業股東發行 如隨附的「委託書」中所述”, “建議3:合併建議-股東批准合併協議”, “建議書 第2、3、4、6和7號分別要求持有股份的股東對這些提議投贊成票。 Kidpik的有表決權的股票親自出席(即,虛擬出席年會)或由代表出席,並有權就此事投票 在年度會議上,只要該年度會議的法定人數存在。提案5需要多數人投贊成票。 有資格在股東周年大會上表決的普通股流通股。提案1需要在第一輪投票中獲得多數票 年會。所投選票的多數性意味着(1)某一席位獲得最多選票的董事提名人當選 該議席;及。(2)所投的票包括投票予“。扣留權力“並排除對以下方面的棄權 董事的當選。因此,棄權和經紀人無投票權(這發生在經紀人或其他被提名人沒有酌情決定權的情況下 權威機構,但在年會後十天內沒有收到關於特定董事被提名人的指示)將 在決定該董事選舉的得票數時,不計算在內。任何個別建議都不是偶然的 關於上述任何其他提議。收件人: 公司秘書
200 公園大道南3樓
新 紐約州約克10003
電話: (212)399-2323電子郵件: ir@kidpik.com
的 本委託聲明的日期爲2024年[●]。表 內容
關於 本文件反向 股票分割網站 鏈接引用 附加信息總結 合併條款概述 合併締約方 的合併基德皮克 Corp.
尼娜 鞋類原因 爲合併活動 合併後的基德皮克建議 董事會及其合併理由
意見 亨普斯特德公司,戰略委員會LLC條件 至合併完成計劃 截止日政府 和監管部門的批准
終止 合併協議權利 終止
iii |
效果 終止協定 與合併相關
管理 交易結束後的利益 Kidpik的某些董事、高級管理人員和關聯公司的情況繼續 與合併公司的服務相關 方交易材料 合併協議的美國聯邦所得稅後果賠償 作者:Kidpik和Nina Footwear沒有 評估或異議者的權利風險 因素風險 與合併相關風險 與可轉換債券相關的因素風險 與Nina Footwear和合並後公司相關的因素其他 基德皮克的風險因素”, “納斯達克 在證券市場上市什麼? 委託書中是否描述了選舉董事和批准其他提案的法定人數和投票要求?什麼? 是「棄權」嗎?它會對投票產生什麼影響?什麼? 經紀人是「無投票權」嗎?它會對投票產生怎樣的影響?
誰 會計票嗎?
誰 將進行委託書徵集,費用是多少?問題 以及關於合併的答案什麼? 這就是合併嗎?爲什麼? Kidpik是否提議實施合併?
爲什麼? 我收到這些材料了嗎?
什麼? 合併後,Kidpik的運營看起來會像是這樣嗎?如何 Kidpik的股東是否會受到合併的影響?合併將如何影響Kidpik的運營?有 合併有什麼風險嗎?什麼? 完成合並需要得到股東的批准嗎?什麼? 如果合併沒有得到Kidpik股東的批准或由於任何其他原因沒有完成,會發生什麼?何時 合併預計會完成嗎?威爾 合併後,Kidpik繼續公開交易嗎?威爾 Kidpik的股票代碼在合併後發生了變化?”.
iv |
誰 合併協議完成後,Kidpik的高級管理人員和董事將會是誰?什麼? 合併對美國股東是否產生了美國聯邦所得稅的後果?做 我有與合併有關的評估權嗎?
有 妮娜鞋業董事會和所有者通過了合併協議並批准了合併?做 參與合併的人員的利益可能與我作爲Kidpik股東存在衝突?繼續 與合併公司的服務
其他
爲什麼 Kidpik是否正在尋求股東批准合併併發行與此相關的可發行普通股股票?
作爲 Kidpik股東,Kidpik董事會如何建議我投票?
什麼 在決定是否投票支持合併提案和納斯達克提案時我應該考慮的風險?
警示 關於前瞻性陳述的聲明
市場 價格和股息信息
基德皮克尼娜 鞋類風險 因素
風險 與合併相關
風險 與可轉換債券相關的因素
風險 與Nina Footwear和合並後公司相關的因素
其他 基德皮克的風險因素
提案 第1號:選舉董事
一般信息
v |
提名人 信息
類 三、董事提名人
繼續 董事
投票 需
建議 董事會
提案 第2號:獨立註冊會計師事務所任命的批准
一般信息費 致獨立註冊會計師事務所”, “前置審批 獨立核數師提供的服務政策”, “投票 需建議 董事會提案 第三號:合併提案一般信息股東 合併協議的批准需 投票;董事會推薦提案 第4號:批准發行超過20%的公司已發行和流通普通股與可轉換股票有關的普通股 債權證概述可換股 債權證登記 權利協議
全球 保證契約
分辨率
原因 對該提案
需 投票;董事會推薦
提案 第5號:批准提交將公司名稱從「KIDPik Corp」更改的修正證明。到 「尼娜控股公司」
一般信息
原因 更改名稱
影響 名稱變更
提案 6:通過對KIDPik Corp的第一次修正案。第一次修正案並恢復了2021年股權激勵計劃
vi |
背景 修訂後計劃的目的 | 1 |
聯邦 所得稅後果 | 1 |
獎 2021年計劃中計劃 | 1 |
投票 需 | 2 |
板 建議 | 2 |
需 投票;董事會推薦 | 4 |
提案 第7號:休會提案 | 6 |
一般信息 | 6 |
需 投票;董事會推薦 | 6 |
信息 關於妮娜鞋類 | 7 |
接觸 信息 | 7 |
業務 | 8 |
產品 設計與開發 | 8 |
製造 和供應鏈 | 9 |
分佈 | 10 |
競爭 | 10 |
營銷 | 10 |
信息 系統 | 10 |
知識 財產 | 11 |
人類 資本資源 | 11 |
政府 條例 | 11 |
季節性 等因素 | 12 |
屬性 | 12 |
法律 訴訟程序 | 12 |
管理層的 NINA FOOTWEAR財務狀況和經營業績的討論與分析 | 13 |
因素 影響Nina Footwear的未來表現 | 13 |
組件 對經營成果 | 13 |
結果 運營部 | 14 |
批判性 會計估計 | 14 |
的 合併 | 14 |
締約方 的合併 | 15 |
基德皮克 Corp. | 16 |
尼娜 鞋類 | 16 |
基德皮克 併購特殊目的子公司 | 16 |
背景 合併 | 17 |
基德皮克 合併原因 | 17 |
活動 合併後的基德皮克 | 17 |
意見 亨普斯特德公司,戰略委員會LLC | 17 |
總結 亨普斯特德的分析 | 17 |
某些 尼娜鞋類未經審計的財務預測 | 18 |
利益 合併中Kidpik董事和執行官的人數 | 18 |
共同 所有權 | 18 |
管理 合併後 | 18 |
賠償 和保險 | 19 |
結構 | 19 |
董事 合併後合併公司的執行官 | 19 |
合併 審議 | 20 |
合併 費用 | 20 |
vii |
有效 合併時間 | 20 |
監管 批准 | 20 |
材料 合併的美國聯邦所得稅後果 | 21 |
納斯達克 上市 | 21 |
預期 會計處理 | 21 |
評價 權利和異議者權利 | 21 |
基德皮克 | 22 |
尼娜 鞋類 | 22 |
命名 執行官控制權變更付款 | 22 |
現金 獎金 | 22 |
未來 安排 | 23 |
協定 與合併相關 | 23 |
的 合併協議 | 23 |
結構 | 24 |
完成 合併的有效性 | 24 |
合併 審議 | 25 |
董事 合併後合併公司的執行官 | 25 |
條件 至合併完成 | 25 |
表示 和保證 | 26 |
非邀請性 | 26 |
基德皮克 股東會議 | 26 |
尼娜 鞋類股東經書面同意採取行動 | 27 |
評價 權利和異議者權利 | 27 |
可卡因; 合併前的業務運營 | 27 |
終止 和終止費 | 27 |
金融 聲明協助 | 28 |
終止 某些協議和權利 | 28 |
名稱 和符號變更 | 28 |
主任 賠償和保險 | 28 |
上市 | 29 |
費用 | 30 |
修正案 合併協議 | 30 |
終止 合併協議 | 30 |
理事 法 | 31 |
賦值 | 31 |
股東 代表協定 | 32 |
管理 合併後 | 33 |
董事 合併後合併公司的執行官 | 33 |
主要 公司股東 | 47 |
電流 公司主要股東 | 50 |
變化 的控制力 | 78 |
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主要 合併後公司股東 | 79 |
企業 治理 | 79 |
主任 資格 | 79 |
板 領導結構 | 79 |
風險 監督 | 80 |
家庭 董事和高管之間的關係 | 81 |
安排 官員與董事之間 | 82 |
參與 在某些法律訴訟中 | 82 |
其他 董事職務 | 82 |
分類 董事會 | 82 |
委員會 董事會 | 83 |
板 委員會成員 | 83 |
審計 委員會 | 84 |
戰略 和替代委員會 | 84 |
補償 委員會以及提名和公司治理委員會 | 84 |
提名 董事 | 84 |
主任 獨立 | 84 |
板 分集矩陣 | 85 |
網站 提供文件 | 85 |
股東 與董事會的溝通 | 85 |
板 次理事會會議 | 88 |
執行 董事會會議 | 88 |
政策 關於股權所有權 | 89 |
認捐 股份 | 89 |
內幕 交易/反對沖政策 | 89 |
補償 恢復和追回政策 | 89 |
代碼 關於倫理學 | 89 |
舉報人 保護政策 | 90 |
控制 公司例外 | 90 |
拖欠 第16(a)節報告 | 90 |
執行 幹事 | 90 |
一般信息 | 91 |
業務 經驗 | 96 |
執行 補償 | 98 |
總結 補償表 | 98 |
優秀 財年末股權獎勵 | 98 |
就業 協議和關鍵人物保險 | 98 |
潛在 終止後的付款 | 98 |
董事 補償 | 98 |
非執行 董事薪酬表 | 98 |
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我們,基德皮克” “「和」”, “公司”, ““)和Kidpik Merge Sub,Inc. 一家特拉華州的公司和Kidpik的全資子公司(“” “合併子“),根據該協議,妮娜鞋業將 與子公司合併併合併爲子公司,尼娜鞋業繼續作爲尚存實體和公司的全資子公司 (提案3);● 審議並表決爲遵守納斯達克適用的上市規則而批准發行的建議 超過20%的公司已發行和已發行普通股以及與發行股票有關的有表決權的股票 公司轉換2,000,000美元可轉換債券後可發行的普通股(建議4);● 審議並表決通過對我們的第二份修訂和重新簽署的公司註冊證書的修正案,以更改我們的 公司名稱至“
Nina Holding Corp.
“(第5號提案);
● 審議和表決批准通過基德皮克公司第一修正案2021年修訂和重新確定的股權 獎勵計劃(建議6);以及
● 審議並表決一項建議,將年會延期至必要時的一個或多個較後日期,以便進行進一步徵集 如果對合並提議或納斯達克的批准沒有足夠的票數,或與批准合併提議或納斯達克有關的其他方面,則代表投票 求婚。只有在沒有足夠的票數通過合併提案的情況下,該提案才會在年度會議上提交 或納斯達克倡議(提案7)。股東 還將被要求在年度會議上審議和表決任何其他可能在年度會議或 年會的任何延期或延期。目前,公司董事會並不知曉任何事項, 除了上文所述的那些,這些都可以在年會之前適當地提出。誰 是否有權在年會上投票?The the the 董事會已將[],2024年的收盤日期定爲記錄日期(“”).
記錄日期“)以作決定 股東有權知悉股東周年大會,並在股東周年大會上投票。只有在交易結束時登記在冊的股東才能這樣做 Date將有權在股東周年大會或其任何延會或延期上投票。截至記錄日期,Kidpik已發佈 和流通股[1,913,755]股。A 有權在年會上投票的完整股東名單將在我們的主要執行辦公室供查閱, 任何與年會相關的目的,在通常營業時間內,在年會之前和之前的十天內。
多麼 我有多少票?
每個 在記錄日期發行的普通股將有權就提交股東表決的每個事項投一票, 包括董事的選舉。不允許股東進行累積投票。
多麼 我可以投票我的股票嗎?
如果 您是登記在冊的股東,您可以授權代理人在年會上代表您投票。具體來說,你 可以授權代理:
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規則 適用於經紀-交易商授予你的經紀人酌情投票你的股票的權力,而不需要收到你的指示 “
例行程序
“事項,包括批准獨立註冊會計師事務所和更改名稱 求婚。董事三類選舉提案、合併提案、納斯達克提案、股權計劃提案、休會提案 都是非常規的事情。因此,您的經紀人沒有酌情權力就您的股票在您的 在沒有收到您的具體投票指示的情況下。
(813) 235-4490
目錄表多麼 我的投票指示會被處理嗎?如果 您提供具體的投票指示,您的股票將按照指示進行投票。
如果 您作爲記錄和簽名的股東持有股票,並通過電話或互聯網返回代理卡或投票,而不給出具體的 投票指示後,您的股票將按照我們董事會的建議進行投票。
如果 您是通過經紀人、受託人或其他代名人持有的股票的實益擁有人,並且您不會向該代名人發出指示。 關於您希望如何投票您的股票,那麼通常您的被提名人可以在某些情況下投票您的股票。例行程序“這很重要。 在我們的年會上,2號提案和5號提案被認爲是例行公事,這意味着你的經紀人、受託人或其他被提名人 如果您不及時提供投票指示,您可以在提案2和提案5上投票您的股票。
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(i) 無投票權“在決定批准時,將被視爲未經表決。 支持該提案,並將具有既不投票贊成該提案也不投票反對該提案的效果。
(ii) “可 其他事項將在年會上決定?在… 這一次,除上文所述外,我們不知道任何可能會在年會上適當提出的事項。如果有其他人 有關事項應提交週年大會、委託書中所指名的人士或其妥爲組成的代理人代爲出席 年會或年會的任何延期或延期,將被視爲授權就該等事項投票或採取其他行動 根據他們的判斷。
(iii) “多麼 我能改變我的投票嗎?是否 您已經通過互聯網、電話或郵件進行了投票,如果您是記錄在案的股東,您可以通過以下方式更改您的投票並撤銷您的委託書:
(iv) “● 向我們的秘書發送書面聲明,條件是不遲於[],2024年收到該聲明;如果 合併提議得到Kidpik股東的批准,並滿足完成合並的所有其他條件 或者及時放棄合併,合併預計將在2024年第四個日曆季度完成,之後是年度 開會。
(v) “將要 合併後,Kidpik繼續公開交易嗎?是。 合併完成後,Kidpik將繼續是一家上市公司,如果由於任何原因合併沒有完成, Kidpik仍將是一家上市公司。
(vi) “一個 關閉的要求是關閉後,基德皮克的普通股繼續在納斯達克資本市場交易。納斯達克 已經向基德皮克提供了初步的不具約束力的指導,因爲以斯拉·達巴將在之前和之後控制基德皮克的投票 結束時,合併後的公司將不需要因合併而重新申請在納斯達克首次上市。因此,在 如果合併完成,將不會對我們普通股在納斯達克資本市場的交易產生影響。目錄表
(vii) “這個 合併不會影響Kidpik股東持有的Kidpik普通股的股份屬性,但以下情況除外 增發與發行合併股份有關的普通股流通股的增加,如更大的 詳情見下文。將要 Kidpik的股票代碼在合併後發生了變化?
(viii) “是。 收盤的必要條件是Kidpik的普通股將繼續在納斯達克資本市場交易,以及 在收盤的同時或緊隨其後,該公司將其交易代碼更改爲尼娜
(ix) “誰 合併協議完成後,Kidpik的高級管理人員和董事將會是誰?那裏 公司的高級管理人員或董事不會因合併而改變,因此,高級管理人員和董事 合併後公司的持股比例將與目前相同。
(x) “AS 因此,在結束時,我們的官員和董事預計將包括:名字
(xi) “位置獨立的
(xii) “執行 幹事以斯拉 大巴
(xiii) “總統 兼首席執行官摩西 大巴惡習 首席運營官兼首席技術官兼秘書總裁追求
(xiv) ““或這些詞或其他詞的否定 或者具有類似含義的表述可能會識別前瞻性陳述。這些前瞻性陳述可以在不同的地方找到 在本委託書和本文提及的其他文件中,涉及各種事項,包括但不限於 (I)擬議合併的時間及預期完成的時間;(Ii)擬議合併預期可帶來的利益; (Iii)合併的稅務後果;。(Iv)尼娜鞋業的前景;。(V)對尼娜鞋業未來財務表現的預測。 尼娜鞋業;以及(Vi)其他並非純粹歷史事實的陳述。這些前瞻性聲明是 根據我們管理層目前的信念、期望和假設,不是業績的保證,而是受制於 面對重大風險和不確定性。因此,這些前瞻性陳述應結合各種重要因素加以考慮。 因素,包括本委託書中陳述的因素和本委託書中提到的因素。其他因素 這可能會導致實際結果與本文包含的前瞻性陳述中描述的結果大不相同,包括 不限於:●
(xv) “潛力 宣佈或完成合並對業務關係造成的不良反應或變化;●意想不到的 與合併有關或因合併而產生的費用、收費或開支;,” “●,” “訴訟 或與合併有關的不利判決;●風險 與擬議合併的完成有關,包括髮行股票所需的股東批准的風險 合併股份,可能得不到及時取得或者根本得不到,或者其他不符合合併完成條件的 滿意;●
(xvi) “潛力 業務戰略,包括收購或處置資產或業務;●
(xvii) “任何 總體經濟狀況或行業具體情況的變化;目錄表
(xviii) “●我們的 有能力滿足納斯達克資本市場對我們的普通股的持續上市要求,包括我們的 目前未遵守該等持續上市規定;
(xix) “●這個 標題下討論的因素
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(xx) “目錄表這個 該公司預計,在交易結束後,它將符合納斯達克的最低股東權益要求 該合併,如本文在“與合併有關的協議-合併協議-完成合並的條件“,受某些成交條件的限制。
(xxi) “在……裏面 除合併協議外,該公司目前正在評估各種其他行動方案,以重新獲得合規。「公司」(The Company) 相信它可以在合規期內重新遵守納斯達克的最低股東權益標準。然而, 不能保證該公司的計劃將被接受,或者如果被接受,該公司將能夠重新獲得遵守。 如果公司重新獲得合規的計劃未被接受,或者如果被接受而公司在180天內沒有重新獲得合規 自納斯達克發出通知之日起,或者如果公司未能滿足納斯達克繼續上市的另一項要求,納斯達克可以 提供公司普通股將被除牌的通知。在這種情況下,納斯達克規則將允許公司 就拒絕本公司擬議合規計劃的決定或任何退市決定向納斯達克聽證會小組提出上訴。連 如果我們證明符合納斯達克的要求,我們將不得不繼續滿足其他客觀和主觀的上市要求 繼續在納斯達克資本市場上市的要求。從納斯達克資本市場退市可能使交易變得司空見慣 股票對投資者來說更加困難,可能會導致我們的股價和流動性下降。沒有這樣的上市公司 納斯達克可能會對公司普通股作爲貨幣的接受程度或其他各方賦予的價值產生不利影響。此外, 如果我們被除牌,根據州藍天法律,我們還將產生與出售本公司 證券。這些要求可能會嚴重限制公司普通股的市場流動性和公司的 股東在二級市場上出售公司普通股。如果納斯達克將公司普通股除牌, 公司的普通股可能有資格在場外報價系統交易,如OTCQB Market或Pink 公開市場,投資者可能會發現更難出售公司的證券或獲得關於以下方面的準確報價 本公司證券的市值。如果未來本公司普通股從納斯達克退市, 我們可能無法將我們的普通股或認股權證在另一家全國性證券交易所上市,或無法在場外交易中獲得報價。 報價系統。
(xxii) “一個 本公司普通股從納斯達克退市可能對本公司的業務、財務狀況產生不利影響 以及公司的經營業績和吸引新投資者的能力,降低了公司普通股的價格 股票交易,降低了投資者進行公司普通股交易的能力,降低了公司的流動性 本公司的流通股,增加交易該等股份所固有的交易成本,並減少本公司的 靈活地籌集額外資本,而不會對公司股東造成整體負面影響。這個 財務預測載於題爲“
(xxiii) “ - 合併某些基德皮克和尼娜鞋業未經審計的財務預測Kidpik董事會在評估合併時考慮了這些信息,Hempstead在指導中使用了這些信息 Kidpik在發表意見和進行相關財務分析時,反映了許多變量、估計和假設 從本質上講是不確定的。如果這些變量、估計和假設中的任何一個被證明是錯誤的,例如與 經合併後公司的產品候選人批准,合併後公司業務的實際結果可能會產生重大影響 與財務預測中反映的結果不同。
(xxiv) “AS 在下文標題爲「」的部分中進一步描述 - 合併某些基德皮克和尼娜鞋業未經審計的財務預測
(xxv) “關於Kidpik董事會對合並的評估,Kidpik的管理層準備了一些 向Kidpik董事會提供的關於Kidpik的未經審計的預期內部財務預測,涉及 其對合並和Hempstead的評估與其財務分析和意見有關。此外,Kidpik收到了來自 尼娜鞋業與尼娜鞋業有關的若干未經審計的預期內部財務預測。這些尼娜鞋業的預測, 由尼娜鞋業提供並經Kidpik管理層調整,還向Kidpik董事會提供了與 其對合並和Hempstead的評價與其財務分析和意見有關,如下文“ - 合併某些基德皮克和尼娜鞋業未經審計的財務預測
(xxvi) “「。」這些預測反映了許多 變量、估計、預測和假設,如果這些變量、估計、預測和假設中的任何一個被證明是錯誤的, 合併後公司業務的實際結果可能與預測中反映的結果大不相同。目錄表這個 財務預測中包括的技術成功的估計概率考慮了一系列潛在的結果,包括 由於商業和監管不確定性(包括失敗),候選產品未能實現商業投放的結果 以獲得監管授權以營銷適用的候選產品)以及經濟和投資組合管理決策 和競爭,以及這些假設,包括關於監管批准和更廣泛的成功概率的假設, 本質上是不確定的,可能會被證明是不準確的。的 就美國聯邦所得稅而言,合併可能不符合重組資格,導致應稅損益的確認 由Nina Footwear股東持有其Nina Footwear股本的美國股東。
(xxvii) “基德皮克 Nina Footwear有意將此次合併視爲守則第368(a)條含義內的重組,正如所述 在標題爲“的部分中合併-合併的重大美國聯邦所得稅後果
(xxviii) “●這個 僱用和培訓更多的人員;
庫存 報廢減記;
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這個 材料成本;
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這個 發生其他經營成本;●因素 無法控制的因素,如衛生流行病、總體經濟狀況、消費者信心下降以及競爭對手的行動;
●這個 假期的時間安排;以及●
天氣 條件。在……裏面 此外,尼娜鞋業預計其銷售和經營業績可能會受到新產品推出的重大影響。 因此,任何一個季度的業務結果都不一定代表可能實現的全部結果。 財政年度或任何未來季度。目錄表變化 在服裝和鞋類方面,成本和供應可能會對尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司產生重大不利影響 做生意。”.
這個 尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司未來的業務成功在一定程度上取決於他們預測和 對服裝和鞋類成本和供應方面的變化做出反應。尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司容易受到提價的影響 由於無法控制的因素,如總體經濟狀況、市場變化、競爭加劇、 通貨膨脹的一般風險、匯率波動、季節性波動、短缺或中斷、天氣狀況、變化 在全球氣候、航運延誤、全球需求、大流行和流行病等公共衛生危機、普遍傳染病、 法律或政策的變化,適合種植紡織品的肥沃或可耕地的減少,合成纖維、產品的可獲得性 召回和政府法規。例如,新冠肺炎大流行、未來大流行或疾病或 氣候變化對天然或人造織物以及其他衣物或鞋類材料的可獲得性可能是實質性的和不利的 影響尼娜鞋業及合併後公司的業務、財務狀況及經營業績。妮娜鞋業大體 沒有與供應商簽訂長期供應合同或有保證的採購承諾。此外,最近出現的通貨膨脹 增加了,而且仍然高於過去幾年的水平,可以對尼娜鞋業產生短期和長期的影響 而合併後的公司由於材料、運輸和人工成本的增加,可能會影響他們保持滿意的能力 利潤率。由於通貨膨脹,尼娜鞋業經歷了產品製造成本和其他費用的增加。通貨膨脹的增加 收入的增長可能不會與之相匹配,這也可能對客戶的支出產生負面影響。製造業和製造業的增長 由於通貨膨脹造成的其他產品和運輸成本,就像目前正在經歷的那樣,將需要尼娜鞋業和聯合 公司提高價格或削減其他費用以維持目前的利潤率,而任何必要的產品定價增加可能是 滿足需求減少,這可能對尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司的利潤率、收入造成實質性不利影響 以及手術的結果。
系統 影響客戶訪問尼娜鞋業和合並後公司網站的中斷或其他性能故障 在尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司的技術基礎設施可能會損害尼娜鞋業和合並後的 公司的業務。
這個 尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司網站令人滿意的性能、可靠性和可用性,內部 應用程序和技術基礎設施對尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司的業務至關重要。妮娜鞋業 合併後的公司依靠他們的網站與尼娜鞋業和合並後公司的客戶接洽並銷售 他們的商品。尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司還依賴一系列內部定製應用程序來運行關鍵業務 功能,如造型、商品採購、倉庫運營和訂單履行。此外,我們還依賴於各種 爲尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司的技術基礎設施的關鍵要素提供基於雲的第三方解決方案供應商。 這些系統容易受到損壞或中斷。中斷也可能由各種事件引起,包括人爲錯誤, 尼娜鞋業及其合併後的公司未能更新或改進其專有系統,網絡攻擊,火災,洪水, 地震、斷電或通訊故障。混合遠程工作人員加劇了這些風險。任何故障或中斷 尼娜鞋業和/或合併後的公司的網站、內部業務應用程序或其技術基礎設施 可能會損害尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司爲客戶提供服務的能力,這將對尼娜鞋業的 以及合併後公司的業務和經營業績。增加了 競爭對尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司業務的成功構成了持續的威脅。尼娜 鞋業和合並後的公司預計,未來對其服務的競爭將會加劇。尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司 與其他在線展示和服裝店以及傳統的實體鞋服商店競爭。尼娜鞋業及其合併 公司認爲,尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司的競爭能力取決於內部的許多因素 並超越尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司的控制,包括:
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尼娜 鞋業和合並後公司的營銷努力;●”.
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●這個 尼娜鞋業和合並後的競爭對手提供的產品的質量和價格;●尼娜 鞋業及合併後的公司相對於尼娜鞋業及合併後的公司的聲譽及品牌實力 公司的競爭對手;●”.
客戶 滿意度;●消費者 品味和喜好,這是不時變化的;
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一個 客戶和商業夥伴對尼娜鞋業失去信心;●”
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暴露 尼娜鞋業提起訴訟並承擔重大潛在責任;或
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尼娜 鞋類還必須遵守在保護商業和個人數據方面日益嚴格的監管標準 美國、歐洲和其他地方。一些例子包括歐洲聯盟的一般數據保護條例(
GDPR
* * * * *
“)、 《加州消費者隱私法》(“CCPA”.
如果 尼娜鞋業的製造商未能使用可接受的勞工做法,或以其他方式遵守當地法律和其他標準 商業聲譽可能會受到影響。
尼娜 鞋類的產品由美國以外的許多獨立製造商生產。妮娜鞋業強加於 關於其製造商的環境、健康和安全標準,以造福於他們的勞動力。此外,妮娜鞋業要求 這些製造商必須遵守適用的產品安全標準。然而,尼娜鞋業並不控制其獨立製造商, 或他們的勞動、產品安全和其他商業行爲。有時,其獨立製造商可能不遵守這些規定 標準或適用的當地法律。它的一個獨立製造商違反了這些標準和法律,或者 如果製造商的勞動行爲與美國公認的道德勞動行爲不同,可能會損害其聲譽,結果是 在產品召回中,或要求尼娜鞋業削減與該製造商的關係併爲其尋找替代者。妮娜鞋業 也可能成爲負面宣傳的焦點,其聲譽可能會受到損害。這些事件中的任何一種都可能產生實質性的不利影響 關於其業務、財務狀況、經營結果和流動性。
尼娜 鞋業的業務是,合併後的公司的業務將面臨與信用卡和其他 在線支付按存儲容量使用計費和欺詐。
一些人 尼娜鞋業的收入中有一半是通過信用卡和其他在線支付(包括貝寶)處理的。如果妮娜鞋業的 合併後公司的退款或退款增加,尼娜鞋業和合並後公司的加工商可能會 要求他們建立儲備,增加費用或終止合同,這將對尼娜鞋業產生不利影響 以及合併後公司的財務狀況。尼娜鞋業及其合併後的公司未能限制欺詐行爲 在他們的網站上進行的交易,如使用被盜的信用卡號碼,也可能使他們承擔責任。 並對他們的聲譽造成不利影響。
增加 Nina Footwear和合並後公司的市場份額;●”.
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預期 並應對宏觀經濟變化;
1. “●成功 擴大Nina Footwear和合並後公司的產品和地理覆蓋範圍;
2. “●預期 並響應不斷變化的風格趨勢和消費者偏好;
3. “●管理 Nina Footwear和合並後公司的庫存有效;
4. “●競爭 有效地;
5. “●避免 Nina Footwear和合並後公司的業務因信息技術停工、網絡安全而中斷 違規或罷工;●”;
6. “有效 管理Nina Footwear和合並後公司的增長;●
7. “繼續 增強Nina Footwear和合並後公司的個性化能力;●
僱傭, 整合並留住尼娜鞋業及合併後公司各級組織的人才;●”.
維護 尼娜鞋業和合並後公司的技術基礎設施的質量;●”.
●保留 尼娜鞋業和合並後公司的現有產品供應商,並吸引新的供應商。如果 我們沒有解決我們面臨的風險和困難,包括與上述挑戰有關的風險和困難以及 在本文件中的其他地方描述的風險因素部分,尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司的業務 而經營業績將受到不利影響。目錄表”.
失敗 充分發展尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司的業務可能會損害尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司 否則會增加公司業務失敗的風險。尼娜 鞋業公司和合並後的公司擴大業務的能力將取決於許多因素,包括他們的能力 在受監管的環境中工作,與供應商建立和維護戰略關係,並獲得足夠的資本資源 在可接受的條件下。對尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司擴張能力的任何限制都可能產生實質性的影響 對他們的業務、經營結果和財務狀況產生不利影響。因此,我們可能無法實現妮娜鞋業的 和合並後公司的銷售增長目標,尼娜鞋業和合並後公司的業務可能 未取得成功或未達到預期的經營結果。另外, 尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司的增長可能會給他們的管理、行政、運營 和財政資源及其基礎設施。尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司未來的成功將取決於, 在一定程度上,這取決於尼娜鞋業和合並後公司的高級管理層有效管理增長的能力。這 除其他事項外,將需要我們:
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--實施 增加管理信息系統;●”.
更進一步 開發尼娜鞋業和合並後的公司的運營、行政、法律、財務和會計系統 和控制;
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新員工 增加人員;
位置
年齡
主任 以來以斯拉 大巴主席先生, 總裁與首席執行官
八月 2016
巴特 西切爾語
主任三月 2022年”.
吉爾 克羅南貝格
主任
十一月 2022年
路易 G.肖特主任”.
十二月 2023年
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這個 董事會提名現任董事三類人巴特·西切爾連任董事三類人,任期三年 任期至2027年公司股東周年大會,直至其繼任者(S)當選並獲得資格,或至其前任 死亡、辭職、退休、取消資格或免職。儘管管理層沒有理由相信被提名人不會 可以作爲候選人,如果出現這種情況,可以投票選舉其他人,如 代理人可以根據他們的自由裁量權決定。董事 均以在股東周年大會上親自或委派代表投票的多數票選出。”.
這個 董事會認爲,董事被提名人具備董事會認爲被提名人應該具備的素質和經驗 擁有,如下文標題爲「」的部分詳細描述的
總
審計 費用是指我們的主要會計師提供的與我們的財務審計有關的專業服務的費用 報表、對我們10-Q表格中的財務報表的季度審查、對其他法律或法規的審查 提交給美國證券交易委員會的文件的備案、協助和審查。與審計相關 2022年和2023年的費用包括與我們的年度審計和審查有關的專業服務費用。”).
目錄表
這個 審計委員會負責任命、補償和監督本公司獨立核數師的工作。 作爲這項責任的一部分,審計委員會必須預先批准所有允許由獨立核數師執行的服務。
這個 審計委員會章程包括一項核數師預先批准政策,該政策規定了以下程序和條件: 對於獨立核數師提供的服務,可以給予預先批准。根據這項政策,審計委員會必須審查 和預先覈准:(1)審計服務(包括爲提供慰問信和法定審計而進行的審計)和 (2)超過審計委員會規定的最低限度標準的非審計服務,由 其外部核數師(包括費用)。委員會還被要求:(I)如果任何適用法律或納斯達克請求規則要求 至少每年向外部審計員提交一份書面報告,說明:(A)外部審計員的內部質量控制程序; (B)最近一次內部質量控制審查或外部審計員同行審查提出的任何實質性問題,或任何 政府或專業當局在過去五年內對一個或多個獨立機構進行的調查或調查 由外部核數師進行的審計以及爲處理任何此類問題而採取的任何步驟;(Ii)適用法律或規則要求的情況 審查並與外部核數師討論可能影響納斯達克客觀性和獨立性的任何關係或服務 (3)每年收到獨立審計員的正式書面說明,說明所有關係 獨立核數師與公司之間的關係,符合獨立標準委員會第1號標準,該標準可能會被修改或補充 按照法律或法規或納斯達克規則可能設定的其他標準;並與獨立核數師積極對話進行討論 任何此類已披露的關係或服務及其對獨立核數師的客觀性和獨立性的影響 向董事會提交其關於獨立核數師獨立性的結論。
之後 審查上述報告和外部核數師全年的工作,要求審計委員會評價 外部核數師的資格、業績和獨立性。這項評估需要包括評審和評估 外聘審計員的主要合夥人(S)。審計委員會在作出評價時,可考慮管理層的意見 和公司的內部核數師(或其他負責內部審計職能的人員),並應採取適當的 針對外部核數師的報告和審計委員會爲使其信納的諮詢意見而採取的行動 外部核數師的獨立性和足夠的績效。
這個 審計委員會還需要進一步考慮,爲了確保外聘審計員的持續獨立性, 應定期輪換首席審計夥伴(除了法律或條例可能已經要求的以外)。全 審計和允許的非審計服務以及由我們的獨立註冊公共會計執行的與該等服務相關的所有費用 審計委員會根據上述政策批准了公司2023財年和2022財年的財務報告。投票 需
這個 批准核數師提議的提議需要獲得出席的普通股的多數贊成票的批准 出席特別會議的人或由其代表出席的,有待批准。
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推薦 董事會的成員這個 董事會建議股東投票“爲
“提案2,批准#年的任命 科恩·雷茲尼克有限責任公司作爲KIDPIK的獨立註冊公共會計師事務所 公元2024年。
建議書 第三條:
這個 合併提案一般信息”.
合併“,下面,持有者 Kidpik的普通股將考慮並就合併提議進行投票。Kidpik普通股的持有者應該閱讀 本委託書全文謹慎,包括但不限於標題爲“合併
附件A
(在此引用作爲參考),了解有關合並的更詳細信息 協議和合並。
股東 批准合併協議
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鑑於
, Kidpik董事會認爲,對Kidpik及其股東來說,收購Kidpik是有利的,也是最有利的 按照該合併重組協議和計劃中規定的條款和條件完成合並 由Kidpik、Kidpik Merge Sub,Inc.和Nina鞋業公司之間簽署,日期爲2024年3月29日,經其第一修正案修訂 日期:2024年7月22日(後經進一步修訂) | 合併協議 | “)包括普通股公司股份 與此相關的可發行股票,據此,本公司將收購尼娜鞋業(就其已經和可能從 不時,包括所有展品及其時間表,“ | ||
合併協議 | ||||
已解決 | , 按合併協議及其他條款所載條款及條件收購尼娜鞋業 及合併協議的條件,包括但不限於與合併協議相關而可發行的公司普通股股份, 可發行給尼娜鞋業的股東,現予批准、授權並在各方面予以採納。 | |||
一個 投票贊成合併建議將被視爲批准合併協議、其條款和條件以及所有 本協議擬進行的交易,包括但不限於根據該協議可發行的所有普通股。 | 必填項 投票;董事會的建議 | |||
批准 要求對該合併提案進行表決的票數必須達到過半數。 | 爲 | |||
“批准 由Kidpik有表決權股份的持有人親自出席(即在股東周年大會上) 或委派代表出席,並有權在股東周年大會上就此事表決,但該股東周年大會的法定人數須達到法定人數。出於以下目的 在對合並提案的投票中,經紀人沒有投票,棄權或未能提交代理卡或通過郵寄、電話、 通過互聯網或在年度會議上對批准合併提案的投票沒有任何影響,除非 如果投票失敗,公司將無法獲得年會的法定人數。 | ||||
這個 合併取決於合併提議在年會上獲得Kidpik股東的批准,但不是附帶條件 在Kidpik的股東批准任何其他提議後。 | 目錄表 | |||
這個 董事會建議你投票“ | 爲 | X | ||
他說:“合併建議獲得批准。 | 建議書 第四條: | X | ||
批准 發行超過20%的公司已發行普通股和與可轉換債券相關的未償還普通股 | 概述 | X |
我們的 普通股在納斯達克資本市場掛牌上市,交易代碼爲
PIK“,因此受制於納斯達克上市 第5635(D)條(“”.
規則 5635(D)要求我們在發行與交易有關的普通股之前獲得股東的批准,其他 納斯達克上市規則所界定的公開招股,涉及本公司的出售、發行或潛在發行 普通股(或可轉換爲普通股或可行使普通股的證券),單獨或連同高級管理人員、董事的銷售 或公司的大股東,相當於普通股的20%或以上,或以前已發行的投票權的20%或以上 本次發行,發行價低於最低發行價。“最低價格“指下列價格中的較低者:(I) 納斯達克官方收盤價(反映在納斯達克)在緊接簽署具有約束力的協議之前
尼娜 鞋業與許多大型零售商都有合作關係,這些持續的合作關係證明了客戶的品牌忠誠度。我們一直以來 對我們的鞋子的評價高於平均水平,客戶特別注意到我們產品的舒適性、質量和款式。搬家 展望未來,尼娜鞋業計劃通過利用品牌認知度和與大型零售商的關係,實現品牌的有機增長 追加銷售和交叉銷售現有合作伙伴。此外,尼娜鞋業計劃開發和銷售更多的品類,以擴大尼娜鞋業的 總的可尋址市場。尼娜鞋業也在考慮重新推出「Delman」品牌,同時繼續專注於 關於增加移動和在線銷售。合併完成後,合併後的公司還可能尋求進一步的增值收購。 該公司相信,這將帶來額外的收入和盈利能力,擁有具有高增長潛力的優秀管理團隊。產品 設計和開發
尼娜 鞋業認爲,基於其團隊對鞋業的廣泛知識和經驗,它擁有競爭優勢, 以及通過其設計、銷售和採購團隊實施、優化和執行強大的內部流程。
全 尼娜鞋業的鞋子是由其位於紐約市的內部設計團隊開發的。季節性地,它的設計團隊開發了一個樣本 系列,在中國自己的樣品室裏創建,允許風格和趨勢的靈活性,並確保合身質量。妮娜鞋業 設計團隊和銷售團隊持續協作,以確保客戶偏好、市場趨勢和產品供應符合 大都會和妮娜鞋業正在維護其核心時尚價值觀。妮娜鞋業的設計和銷售團隊還分析趨勢和反饋, 以及歷史數據,以確定基本的樣式、補給和數量,以支持其業務需求。妮娜鞋業 生產團隊直接與供應商和工廠合作,生產最終的款式,確保每種款式都能提供給尼娜所有人。 鞋類的詳細規格,包括質量、顏色、尺碼和合身。尼娜鞋業依賴於有限數量的工廠 雖然尼娜鞋業與這些工廠有長期的關係,但它沒有 與這些當事人簽訂長期合同。在截至2023年12月31日的一年中,五家供應商約佔庫存的76% 購買。在截至2024年6月30日的六個月中,五家供應商約佔庫存採購的90%。妮娜鞋業 生產團隊還對所有包裝和運輸要求進行協調和提供具體指導,以確保效率。尼娜 鞋業的產品從製造商直接運往尼娜鞋業在德克薩斯州的配送中心,該中心負責 尼娜鞋業的所有倉儲、履行、包裝、出境發貨、退貨和更換。妮娜鞋業的內部 設計流程允許它控制所有款式的規格,包括顏色、尺碼和合身,涵蓋其所有鞋子和配飾 類別。
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尼娜 鞋類檔案:
尼娜 鞋業相信,偉大的設計靠的是知識和靈感。這就是爲什麼妮娜·沃特沃斯創造了“尼娜檔案館「。」 尼娜鞋業值得收藏的數以千計的獨特作品跨越了兩個多世紀,展示了 其品牌的演變,以及鞋類行業。該檔案是一種獨特且無價的設計資源,如下所述:
這個 Nina Collection:創意與創新設計
該系列包括數以千計的鞋子和原型,從妮娜開始 鞋類的第一批手工製作的木質木鞋和撇油器來自1950年的S,集中體現了妮娜鞋業充滿活力的創造力 在每一個十年的趨勢和設計中體現出精湛的技藝。尼娜檔案館還展示了幾十年來的手繪草圖,突出了 許多有才華的設計師的創造力。還包括40多年來來自全球各地的商店櫥窗攝影,以及 歷史設計、包裝和品牌材料。
。米勒檔案館是一個設計寶庫,來自異國情調的皮革, 從珠子和手工到開創性的概念和現代工程。這一系列是爲了慶祝它作爲「Shoemaker to」的傳統 《群星》以一系列激發創造力的作品爲特色,包括鞋類品牌I Miller、Miller Eye、I Miller 天真,我和米勒·歐羅巴。
這個 Delman系列:永恒的風格德爾曼的系列擁有瑪麗蓮·夢露等傳奇人物曾經穿過的標誌性鞋子 還有奧黛麗·赫本。從1919年到2017年,這個檔案館有1200多雙鞋子和原型,捕捉到了美國品牌和 名人文化,突出與羅傑·維維爾和迪奧等知名設計師的合作。鞋類品牌包括Delman,Delmanettes, 和德爾曼工作室。”.
尼娜 鞋類的檔案超出了鞋類的範疇。它包括一系列令人印象深刻的文物和星辰,擁有超過1,000個國際 設計雜誌、歷史出版物、廣告和編輯材料,包括著名設計師的原創草圖。 每一件產品都講述了一個獨特的故事,揭示了塑造鞋業的趨勢和創新。該系列包括:
●一個 約瑟夫·拉羅斯庫存中的大量藏品。包括《灰姑娘收藏》 盧西特和乙烯基中世紀中期涼鞋;”.
一個 包括赫伯特和貝絲·萊文在內的世紀中葉設計師系列,包括歌舞伎 泵,漁網襪子和涉水靴子;●一個 17世紀以來,來自世界各地的古董鞋類的重要收藏;
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標誌性的 鞋類的例子--Famolare‘s Wave、大地鞋、高跟鞋 以及更多;以及●”.
一個 設計組件庫包括車身和結構件、各種鞋面 治療、織品、裝飾品和發現。
設計 靈感就在我們的指尖。尼娜檔案館不僅僅是一個收藏;它是一個動態的圖書館,可以激發新的想法。一個空位 在這裏,歷史與創新相遇,爲下一代鞋類設計鋪平了道路。定價 戰略
這個 鞋類市場競爭激烈,因此對價格敏感。通過尼娜鞋業的整合模式,尼娜鞋業控制着 從設計到銷售、採購和實施的整個過程,提供了一個平衡的價格、質量和 時尚。這使得尼娜鞋業不必向中間商支付加價,並使其品牌能夠接觸到更廣泛的消費者。
製造業 和供應鏈 | 尼娜 鞋業根據其獨特的設計、款式和質量規格來採購其產品線。它不擁有或運營任何 外國製造設施;相反,它利用位於中國的自己的子公司,從 在中國擁有獨立製造商,其中一些尼娜鞋業已經建立了長期的合作關係。尼娜鞋業還沒有 簽訂了任何長期製造或供應合同,相反,它認爲足夠數量的替代來源 爲其產品的製造而存在。 |
尼娜 鞋業定期跟蹤庫存流動,監控直銷數據,並納入批發產品需求的投入 客戶及其直接面向消費者的商店。 | 這個 其產品的供應商和製造商必須通過其供應商行爲準則,其中規定他們遵守 管理人權、工作條件、反腐敗法、限制物質和環境的所有地方法律和法規 在尼娜鞋業與它們開展業務之前,包括動物福利和衝突礦物在內的合規問題。妮娜鞋業致力於 與製造商、供應商、供應商和代理商合作,這些製造商、供應商和代理商都有共同的目標,即保持對社會負責和可持續發展 商業慣例。 |
目錄表 | 多數 尼娜鞋業的大部分產品通過海運公司運往其在德克薩斯州的經銷設施。妮娜鞋業依賴 在較小程度上是在航空公司上運輸商品。 |
分佈 | 尼娜 鞋類銷售的鞋子和配飾也受到監管,包括在美國受到聯邦貿易 委員會和消費品安全委員會(CPSC),以及其他各種聯邦、州、地方和外國監管機構 當局。這些法律和法規主要涉及適當的標籤、廣告、營銷、製造、安全、運輸 和處置我們的產品。由於尼娜鞋業從國外進口其產品,尼娜鞋業也受到進口法規的約束 以及與貿易有關的法規。例如,1月1日生效的加州供應鏈透明度法案, 2012年,要求尼娜鞋業提供某些信息,說明其在供應鏈中消除人口販運的努力。 |
因爲 尼娜鞋業銷售童鞋,尼娜鞋業受《消費品安全改進法案》約束,該法案要求 兒童產品:(A)遵守所有適用的兒童產品安全規則;(B)接受CPSC的合規性測試 經認可的實驗室,除非有例外情況;(C)有書面的兒童產品證書,提供證據 產品的合規性;以及(D)在可行的情況下,在產品及其包裝上貼上永久的跟蹤信息。 | 目錄表 |
至 據尼娜鞋業所知,尼娜鞋業的所有供應商和製造商都遵守勞工和工作場所標準 並遵守所有適用的法律,包括禁止童工、強迫勞動和不安全工作條件的法律。 | 尼娜 鞋業也受環境法律、規則和法規的約束,這可能會影響尼娜鞋業的運營。 |
建議 或者,新的立法和法規也可能對尼娜鞋業的業務產生重大影響。目前有許多提案 在聯邦、州和外國立法和監管機構面前懸而未決。 | 季節性 以及其他因素 |
尼娜 由於季節性和其他因素,鞋業的經營業績會受到一些變數的影響。歷史上,它的一些業務, 包括其直接面向消費者的部門,都經歷了與假日和無數夏季場合有關的零售季節性。 然而,尼娜鞋業的多樣化產品系列緩解了季節性需求變化的影響 對於某些物品。除了季節性波動外,由於天氣原因,其經營業績也會逐季波動, 節假日和鞋類出貨量較大的時間、市場對產品的接受度、所提供產品的定價和介紹 和銷售,材料成本,批發和直接面向消費者的產品組合,其他運營成本的產生, 以及它無法控制的因素,如總體經濟狀況和競爭對手的行動。任何時期的收入水平也是 受客戶根據預期消費者需求增加或降低庫存水平的決定的影響。妮娜鞋業 客戶可以取消訂單、更改交貨日期或更改訂購的產品組合,只需最少的通知。 | 屬性 |
尼娜 鞋業公司的公司和執行辦公室位於紐約公園大道南200號3樓,郵編:10003。我們的成就 中心/倉庫位於德克薩斯州哈欽斯。 | 這個 履行中心租約爲尼娜鞋業提供了在德克薩斯州哈欽斯擁有約12.5萬平方英尺空間的權利,該租約有一個條款 從2024年2月1日至2029年1月31日,並要求尼娜鞋業每月支付64,215美元的月租金。 |
這個 紐約公司辦公室租賃提供了大約20,000平方英尺的空間,租金爲每月55,000美元 指控。
一個 這兩個租賃空間的一部分轉租給了Kidpik。本公司於2024年4月1日訂立分租協議 除非取消,否則尼娜鞋業將在德克薩斯州哈欽森佔據約32,570平方英尺的空間,直到2029年2月1日 或根據分租協議終止。本公司將根據本協議的條款,向妮娜鞋業支付固定月租金 協議(每月21,587美元),佔尼娜鞋業支付金額的26%。租約將於2029年2月1日到期。 | 這個 紐約公司辦公樓轉租向Kidpik Corp.提供了使用Nina Footears租賃的部分空間的權利(約 7,500平方英尺的空間)。公司將支付關聯方固定月租金的一定比例,包括或有租金 房租費用。租約將於2027年4月30日到期,平均月租金爲29,259美元,我們認爲這是目前 這樣的辦公空間在紐約市的市場價格。我們使用我們的公司辦公室來運營,包括,,營銷,技術,客戶 服務,照相館,造型和盒子個性化。在新的租賃協議之前,紐約的公司辦公室是轉租的 從尼娜鞋業,轉租使我們有權使用尼娜鞋業租用的部分空間(約7,500平方米 空間),以每月27 500美元的租金爲代價。 |
目錄表 | 尼娜 鞋業認爲,其設施足以滿足目前的需求。尼娜鞋業並不擁有任何不動產。 |
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從 Nina Footwear在正常業務過程中可能會受到法律訴訟、索賠和政府調查。 這些可能包括但不限於與以下方面相關的索賠:其產品和服務;勞動力、技術和業務流程, 例如工人分類和專利主張;以及知識產權,例如商標和版權侵權主張。的 任何未來訴訟的結果都無法確定地預測,無論結果如何,訴訟都可能產生不利影響 Nina Footwear因辯護和和解成本、轉移管理資源、損害品牌和聲譽等原因而受到指控 因素 | 尼娜 鞋類未來可能會捲入重大法律訴訟。 |
管理層的 NINA FOOTWEAR財務狀況和經營業績的討論與分析
賣 | 賣 費用主要包括市場營銷費用、銷售人員薪酬和其他相關成本。 |
航運 和處理 | 航運 和處理包括運輸商品的成本,履行和退貨處理的成本,用於包裝的材料, 以及倉庫租賃費和管理人員工資。 |
一般 及行政開支 | 一般信息 行政費用主要包括公司工資、專業費、第三方賣家費用、租金、壞賬費用、 折舊和信用卡費用等。 |
因素 選委會 | 因素 佣金包括向尼娜鞋業的代理人支付的費用,後者承擔信用風險,並向尼娜提供即時現金流 鞋類。截至2023年12月31日的年度,尼娜鞋業約98%的批發業務應收賬款計入,而 2024年6月30日季度和年初至今,受尼娜鞋業的影響。 |
其他 產生的收入/支出 | 其他 收入和支出主要包括與尼娜鞋業的保理信貸額度相關的利息支出和未償還 應付票據,以及關聯方管理費收入和雜項收入。截至2022年的年度,尼娜鞋業錄得 由於免除債務,大約有400美元的萬雜項收入,而尼娜鞋業沒有記錄任何由於 2023年或2024年迄今的債務減免。 |
目錄表 | 提供 所得稅 |
尼娜 鞋業所得稅撥備包括根據已制定的聯邦和州所得稅估計數 稅率,根據允許的抵免、扣除、不確定的稅收狀況以及尼娜鞋業的估值免稅額的變化進行調整 聯邦和州遞延稅項淨資產。 | 在……裏面 2023年和2022年,尼娜鞋業作爲S公司運營,只繳納國家所得稅。截至2024年1月1日,妮娜鞋業當選 成爲一家C級公司,並獲得了美國國稅局的批准。 |
外國 貨幣折算調整 | 外國 貨幣換算是將尼娜鞋業的海外子公司合併到尼娜鞋業的報告中的結果 貨幣。 |
結果 行動 | 比較 截至2024年6月30日的季度和年初至今期間,而截至2023年6月30日的季度和年初至今期間。 |
淨 銷售 | 尼娜 截至2024年6月30日的季度,鞋類公司的淨銷售額增長了51.4%,達到8442,987美元,而同期爲5578,089美元 2023年期間,增長2,864,898美元,這是由於尼娜鞋業的中端業務增長,這是其中等規模的業務 標價的商品。 |
流動性 和資本資源 | 2024年6月30日 |
2023年12月31日 | 變化 |
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現金 | 營運資本 |
短期債務及相關貸款 | 爲 截至2024年6月30日的期間和截至2023年12月31日的年度,上述附表中的短期債務和相關貸款包括 由於尼娜鞋業的因素、次級債務和應付墊款而產生的金額。 |
AS 截至2024年6月30日,尼娜鞋業的流動負債總額爲8,000,703美元,主要包括1,701,343美元的應付賬款, 因數1,855,715美元,次級債務1,150,000美元,經營租賃負債1,082,459美元,融資租賃負債 59 124美元,應付預付款764 183美元,應計費用和其他流動負債1 387 878美元。AS 截至2023年12月31日,尼娜鞋業的流動負債總額爲7,062,592美元,主要包括2,693,189美元的應付賬款。 由於因數1,849,003美元、次級債務1,150,000美元、經營租賃負債281,225美元以及應計費用和其他流動費用 負債1 089 175美元。”.
AS 截至2024年6月30日,尼娜鞋業的流動資產總額爲10,027,333美元,營運資本爲2,026,630美元,累計股本總額爲2,026,630美元 1,104,567美元。AS 截至2023年12月31日,尼娜鞋業的流動資產總額爲9,987,628美元,營運資本爲2,925,036美元,累計股本總額爲 71445美元。”.
至 進一步闡述上述情況,尼娜鞋業的業務趨勢是積極的,收入預計將比 前一年,毛利率預計將與過去幾年保持一致(約50%),尼娜鞋業取得了積極的增長 過去三年的現金流,預計在可預見的短期內從運營中產生正現金流 未來(即本委託書所包括的2024年6月30日最新中期資產負債表的12個月)。
那裏 尼娜鞋業與其一個客戶的新協議是否存在一些不確定性?根據該協議,商品以寄售方式發貨 而且不能被分解。當寄售商品出售給最終客戶時,客戶每月向尼娜鞋業支付費用。妮娜鞋業 是按成本承擔80美元萬的信用風險,應該注意的是,客戶的BB+評級緩解了這一風險。 評級爲BB+的借款人履行其財務承諾的能力較強,但仍容易受到不利因素的影響 經濟條件或環境的變化。尼娜 鞋業,在可預見的短期未來,預計與安裝和實施有關的資本支出 一個新的企業資源規劃系統,估計費用爲25萬,以及與遣散費和假期工資有關的費用 到尼娜鞋業的倉庫從加州搬到達拉斯,大約10美元萬。尼娜 鞋業已經並計劃繼續利用一家金融機構的現金預付款,2月份執行了兩筆預付款 2024年和2024年5月,用於補充尼娜鞋業的現金流。應該指出的是,尼娜鞋業已經支付了 2月份全額預付款,並償還了第二筆預付款的一半,兩者都比要求的更快還清。現金 流動爲 截至2024年6月30日和2023年6月30日的六個月
2024年6月30日
現金(用於)由:
經營活動
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匯率變動對現金的影響現金淨增(減)網絡 截至2024年6月30日的6個月,經營活動中使用的現金爲1,485,362美元,而經營活動提供的現金爲 截至2023年6月30日的6個月的活動爲219,807美元。尼娜鞋業用於經營活動的現金增加 主要原因是營業資產和負債的變動增加1,708,565美元,主要是由於 應付我們保理銀行300美元萬的金額被庫存增加約100美元萬所抵消, 以及非現金調整數減少162 149美元,其中包括折舊、信貸損失準備金、 應付賬款結算收益和淨收入增加315 020美元。
目錄表尼娜 截至2024年6月30日的6個月,鞋類公司有186,577美元的現金淨額用於與倉庫搬遷有關的投資活動 從加利福尼亞州到德克薩斯州,相比之下,截至2023年6月30日的6個月,投資活動中使用的現金淨額爲80,431美元。尼娜 在截至2024年6月30日的六個月裏,鞋業通過融資活動提供了1,719,286美元的淨現金,這是由於 要素貸款收益1,065,665美元和應付墊款764,183美元,償還融資租賃債務29,562美元,以及 81 000美元用於償還房東和解款項,而前六個月用於融資活動的現金淨額爲296 112美元 2024年6月30日,與次級債務相關的付款355,754美元和與償還業主和解有關的81,000美元, 被140642美元的要素融資收益所抵消。爲 截至2023年和2022年12月31日的年度2023年12月31日
2022年12月31日 現金(用於)由: | 經營活動 投資活動 | |||||||
融資活動 | $ | 21,044,615 | $ | 43,346,357 | ||||
匯率變動對現金的影響 | 12,188,308 | 21,433,753 | ||||||
在……裏面 如果合併沒有完成,Kidpik計劃尋找替代的增值業務收購,我們相信這些收購將增加 收入和盈利能力,並努力繼續增長我們的核心業務或替代交易。 | $ | (2,037,739 | ) | $ | (9,856,264 | ) |
意見 Hempstead&Co.,LLC向戰略委員會 | ||||
在……裏面 與合併有關,Kidpik於2月聘請Hempstead&Co.,LLC(Hempstead)爲其提供財務諮詢服務 142024年。作爲這一接觸的一部分,亨普斯特德於2024年3月28日向基德皮克董事會(以其身份)發表了口頭意見, 隨後通過提交書面意見以書面確認,自該日期起,並基於並受制於各種限制, 其中所述事項、資格和假設,合併對價(如意見中所界定)由Kidpik支付 關於根據合併協議在合併中轉換尼娜鞋業股本一事,對Kidpik公平,從 從財務的角度來看。 | $ | 23,992,997 | ||
基德皮克 在提出意見時進行的調查或遵循的程序方面,沒有對亨普斯特德施加任何限制。 Kidpik董事會在選擇Hempstead時,除其他因素外,還考慮了Hempstead是一家聲譽良好的投資銀行的事實 在爲公司提供諮詢和提供戰略諮詢服務方面擁有豐富的經驗。亨普斯特德定期訂婚 在與合併、收購、承銷、出售和分配有關的業務和證券的獨立估值中 上市和非上市證券、私募以及用於房地產、公司和其他目的的估值。 | $ | 20,121,271 | ||
斯特德 於2024年3月28日向戰略委員會作了口頭介紹,並隨後向戰略委員會提出了書面意見 委員會將於同日舉行會議。意見指出,截至2024年3月28日,根據所作的假設並受其約束,所審議的事項, Hempstead審查遵循的程序和意見中概述的限制,Kidpik將收到的考慮 從財務角度來看,合併協議對Kidpik Corp.是公平的。 | $ | 3,801,726 |
這個 亨普斯特德截至2024年3月28日的書面意見全文,其中闡述了所作的假設、考慮的事項、 所遵循的程序,以及亨普斯特德在提出其意見時進行的審查的限制,見附件
附件D至 該代理聲明,並以引用的方式併入本文。亨普斯特德的觀點不是故意的,也不構成 就你應如何就合併或與之有關的任何其他事宜投票或行事,向你提出建議。摘要 本委託書中陳述的Hempstead意見的內容在參考意見全文時是有保留的。 我們敦促您仔細閱讀該意見並將其全文閱讀。亨普斯特德的 意見供戰略委員會在審議合併時使用和受益。亨普斯特德的觀點 未經亨普斯特德事先書面同意,不得被任何其他人使用或用於任何其他目的。亨普斯特德已經同意了 本公司使用與本委託書有關的意見。亨普斯特德的觀點不應被解讀 在其一方對任何一方產生任何受託責任。Hempstead沒有被要求對此發表意見,其意見在任何 方式,與Kidpik可能存在的任何替代商業戰略相比,合併的相對優點,無論是 Kidpik應該完成合並,並完成Kidpik可能存在的合併的其他替代方案。亨普斯特德不發表任何意見 至於Kidpik的基本估值或未來表現,或Kidpik的證券在任何時候可能的交易價格 在未來。亨普斯特德的 分析和意見必須基於其存在的市場、經濟和其他條件,並可評估爲 日期:2024年3月28日。因此,儘管隨後的事態發展可能會影響其意見,但亨普斯特德沒有義務更新, 審查或向戰略委員會、基德皮克或任何其他人重申其意見。在……裏面 Hempstead在得出其意見時,考慮了對總體經濟、市場和金融狀況的評估,以及 其在類似交易和證券估值方面的一般經驗。在這樣做的過程中,亨普斯特德做了其他事情:●評議 截至2024年3月5日的合併協議草案副本。●” “評議 Hempstead認爲與Kidpik有關的公開財務信息和其他數據,包括Kidpik的 截至2022年12月31日和2022年1月1日的財政年度的Form 10-k年度報告,Kidpik的Form季度報告 截至2023年9月30日的財政季度的10-Q,於2021年10月29日提交的S-1表格登記聲明的修正案1, 基德皮克目前的Form 8-k報告於2024年3月4日提交給美國證券交易委員會。” “●” “評議 關於亨普斯特德認爲相關的尼娜鞋業的非公開財務信息,包括尼娜鞋業的綜合 截至2022年12月31日、2021年12月31日、2020年12月31日和2019年12月31日的年度財務報表和獨立核數師報告,尼娜鞋業 內部編制的截至2023年12月31日的年度財務報表數據,尼娜鞋業的財務預測(“預測“) 截至2024年12月31日的年度,以及Roth MKM編制的關於妮娜鞋業和Kidpik的估值分析草案,日期爲 2024年1月3日BirkCaleres Inc.卡爾Crocs公司CROX設計師品牌公司.
德克斯戶外公司
甲板 | 洛奇品牌公司 | |
RCKY | 史蒂文·馬登有限公司噓”). |
斯凱奇美國公司
金剛狼環球公司
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後 確定指導上市公司,比較相對財務表現和定價倍數以開發 適用於Nina Footwear的一系列定價倍數。
尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司指導公司數據摘要單位:千美元,每股除外Birk.
卡爾
CROX
DBI
RCKY
噓
WWW
截至2024年3月15日或前後的股價
北美
尺寸收件箱
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na收入預測一年收入預測一年EBITDA預測一年增長(收入)預測一年增長(EBITDA)績效比率
息稅前利潤/收入
EBITDA /收入息稅前淨利潤率息稅前資產回報率
電流比
財務槓桿
資產週轉
預測一年EBITDA利潤率市場倍數MVIC /收入
北美
na
基本的, TagniFi的市場和分析師估計數據
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尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司 指導公司數據摘要單位:千美元,每股除外尼娜低
第25次 百分位數平均值
中位數 哈米恩第75位
高
截至2024年3月15日或前後的股價北美北美
MVIC
預測一年收入預測一年EBITDA預測一年增長(收入)
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NMF
績效比率
息稅前利潤/收入EBITDA /收入息稅前淨利潤率
息稅前資產回報率電流比財務槓桿
淨運營資本/收入
預測一年EBITDA利潤率
市場倍數
MVIC /收入
北美
北美
MVIC /預測一年EBITDA
北美
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基本的, TagniFi的市場和分析師估計數據目錄表Hempstead 專注於投資資本市值(MVIC)/收入和MVIC /預測EBITDA的倍數,這反映了亨普斯特德的 Nina Footwear的潛在買家和/或投資者的意見、分析。基於相對財務表現和增長前景 將Nina Footwear與指導公司集團的關係,Hempstead應用了相當於1.10倍收入和8.5倍預測EBITDA的倍數。應用 估值倍數的結果會產生指示的企業總價值,然後將其調整爲指示的總權益 通過添加現金和現金等值物並扣除債務來實現價值。尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司準則 公司方針$ 以千已應用已指示加權估值倍數多重
基礎
MVIC /收入MVIC /預測EBITDA企業總價值加:現金及等值物扣除:債務總股權價值因此, 根據基於市場的方法,Nina Footwear的總股本價值爲3804萬美元。
基於收入 方法作爲 如上所述,Hempstead利用貼現現金流分析評估Nina Footwear總權益的公允價值 根據基於收入的方法。DCF首先從管理層對2024財年收入和費用的預測開始。尼娜鞋類 管理層對2024財年的預測(以及2023財年的實際結果)如下所示:尼娜 鞋類公司
組合 項目-2024年(以千計)2023年實際2024年預測量銷售額%
銷售額%
銷售回款
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客戶廣告
網絡銷售:
銷貨成本
毛利
G/P %
運營費用:
設計航運賣一般與行政
財務成本
總運營費用:營業收入(虧損):”.
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Dec 31
淨銷售額銷售淨額增長”.
銷貨成本
毛利
運營費用
賣
設計
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G&A
總運營支出
佔淨銷售額的百分比營業收入(EBIT)稅項撥備
淨收入目錄表”.
貼現 現金流分析(獨立)爲 五個月期間結束或大約(千美元)
Dec 31 2023
Dec 31 2024Dec 31 2025”.
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Dec 31 2028
Dec 31 2029Dec 31 2030淨收入轉化爲現金流:”.
加:折舊
減去:資本支出
淨自由現金流
調整後淨自由現金流
折扣期
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現值因素
尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司貼現 現金流分析(獨立)”.
調整後淨自由現金流量的累計現值
最終價值計算
終端價值現值(見右圖) | 最後一年現金流 | 增長率 | ||
現金流量總現值 | ||||
預計現金流量 | 攤銷收益總現值 | |||
資本化率 | 企業總價值 | |||
最後一年的最終價值 | 貼現因子 | |||
加:現金及等值物 | ||||
扣除:債務 | 終端價值現值 | |||
總股權價值 | 因此, 根據基於收入的方法計算出的總股權價值爲3619萬美元。 | X | ||
基於資產 方法 | Hempstead 沒有準備基於資產的分析,因爲他們認爲,Nina Footwear的潛在買家和/或投資者將專注於該公司的 持續經營而不是清算下的價值。 | X | ||
目錄表 | 總結 - 妮娜鞋類 | X |
作爲 如上所述,亨普斯特德研究了基於市場的方法和基於收入的方法來確定總股權價值 獨立的Nina Footwear。他們的分析結果總結如下:
總股權價值市場方法”.
資產法不利用因此, 亨普斯特德認爲,Nina Footwear的總股本價值,單獨計算,可以合理考慮在一個範圍內 36,000,000美元至38,000,000美元。
市場化 方法
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在 除了上面討論的方法之外,亨普斯特德還考慮了一種替代市場方法,該方法涉及對實際情況的檢查。 基德皮克普通股的交易價格。截至2024年3月7日東部標準時間凌晨12:01,一對五的反向股票拆分 也被考慮在內。反向股票拆分旨在幫助PIk滿足在納斯達克上市的最低1.00美元價格要求。
的 下表總結了Kidpik在大約52周領先期間的股價和成交量數據 截至簽訂合併協議:
週期打開高
低
關卷調整後的
2024年2月
2024年1月
2023年12月
2023年11月
2023年10月2023年9月2023年8月
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計算 淨營業損失結轉(NOL)現值
預計開始NOL餘額
年度申請限額(減稅和就業法案)2031 / 2032增長率稅率
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折扣折扣現在時年稅前
剩餘盾牌期間
價值骨料 淨營業虧損結轉現值目錄表的 NOL的總現值計算如下:”, “●”, “預測Nina鞋類稅前收入乘以80% 到達NOL應用”, “0”, “例如,2024財年,514.8萬美元翻倍 0.80 = 411.9萬美元。”, “●”, “NOL剩餘是減去前一個的結果 剩餘總額”, “0”, “例如,2024財年,4030萬美元減去4,119美元 千= 3618.1萬美元。”, “●”, “稅盾計算爲已應用的NOL乘以稅 率”, “0例如,2024財年,411.9萬美元翻倍 0.2673 = 110.1萬美元。合併 費用除 如合併協議另有明文規定,包括在某些情況下終止合併協議(見“
與合併有關的協議-合併協議-終止和終止費 | “),所發生的一切費用和開支 與合併協議和協議中預期的交易,包括合併,將由發生的一方支付 這樣的費用,無論合併是否完成。 | |
有效 合併時間 | 這個 合併將在合併結束前的所有條件滿足或免除後的第二個工作日完成, 包括Kidpik和Nina Footears股東的批准,除非根據 合併協議。有關終止權的更多信息,請參閱標題爲“ | |
與合併有關的協議-合併協議-終止和終止費 | 「。」合併預計將在Kidpik年會之後進行。 Kidpik和妮娜鞋業無法預測合併完成的確切時間,因爲它受到各種條件的制約。 | |
目錄表 | 監管 批准 | |
在……裏面 在美國,Kidpik必須遵守適用的聯邦和州證券法以及納斯達克的規則和法規 就擬進行的交易向尼娜鞋業的股東發行Kidpik普通股股份 透過合併協議及向美國證券交易委員會提交本委託書。合併不受申請或等待期的限制 根據Hart-Scott Rodino反壟斷改進法案,Kidpik不打算尋求反壟斷機構的任何監管批准 以完成合並。 | 材料 合併的美國聯邦所得稅後果 | |
這個 以下討論是對合並預期的重大美國聯邦所得稅後果的總體摘要。以下是 討論的基礎是1986年修訂的《國稅法》( | 代碼 |
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美國國稅局 | “)關於合併的稅務後果 而且也沒有尋求任何此類裁決的意圖。因此,不能保證國稅局不會對稅收待遇提出質疑 以下討論的合併的可能性,或者,如果合併確實挑戰稅收待遇,它將不會成功。 | |
每個 Kidpik和Nina Footears的合併打算將其定義爲符合《 密碼。Kidpik和Nina Footears都不打算從美國國稅局(IRS)獲得關於稅收後果的裁決 關於合併的問題。此外,合併的條件不是從律師那裏獲得關於合併將符合重組資格的意見。 因此,不能保證國稅局不會質疑合併的「重組」資格 守則第368(A)節所指的,或法院不會支持這種挑戰,而尼娜鞋業股東應 就合併給他們帶來的具體稅務後果諮詢他們自己的稅務顧問,包括適用的納稅申報要求。 | 基德皮克 預計合併不會對Kidpik股東產生任何實質性的稅收影響。自.以來 合併後,Kidpik股東將繼續擁有和持有他們現有的Kidpik普通股股份,合併一般 不會給Kidpik股東帶來美國聯邦所得稅的後果。● 合規性;許可;限制; | |
● 法律訴訟;命令; | ● 稅務事宜;● 員工和勞工事務;福利計劃;● 環境問題;● 保險;”. |
● 沒有財務顧問;
● 與附屬公司的交易;
● 反賄賂;● 回顧;● Nina Footwear股東的認可投資者身份;
● 其他陳述或保證的免責聲明;● 《反海外腐敗法》;和● 沒有取消資格事件。目錄表基德皮克 和合並子公司對以下事項表示並保證:● 應有的組織;子公司;”.
● 需要投票;● 不違反;同意;”.
● 資本化;
● SEC文件;財務報表; | ||||
● 缺乏變化; | $ | 4.57 | ||
● 不存在未公開的負債; | $ | [____ | ] |
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● 不動產;租賃;● 知識產權;”
● 協議、合同和承諾;
● 合規性;許可;限制;
● 法律訴訟;命令;
● 員工和勞工事務;福利計劃;
● 環境問題;
● 保險;
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● 反賄賂;“● 有效發行;,” ● 財務顧問的意見;’上市“Kidpik‘s 普通股目前在納斯達克資本市場掛牌上市,交易代碼爲”) PIK“Kidpik已同意將其用於商業用途 作出合理努力(I)維持其在納斯達克的現有上市至截止日期,(Ii)在不減損要求的情況下 根據前述第(I)款並在納斯達克的規章制度要求的範圍內,編制並向納斯達克提交通知 就擬進行的交易而發行的Kidpik普通股股份的上市表格,並促使 此類股票將被批准上市(以官方發行通知爲準),以及(Iii)納斯達克市場要求的程度 第5110條,爲Kidpik普通股在納斯達克提交初始上市申請(The“納斯達克上市申請”“) 並促使該納斯達克上市申請在生效時間之前獲得有條件的批准,前提是Kidpik已收到 來自納斯達克的初步不具約束力的指導,由於以斯拉·達巴將在交易結束之前和之後控制基德皮克的投票, 合併後的公司將不需要因合併而重新申請在納斯達克首次上市。因此,如果 合併完成後,不會對我們普通股在納斯達克資本市場的交易產生任何影響。這也是結案的一個條件 在收盤的同時或緊隨其後,Kidpik將其交易代碼更改爲“尼娜”這個 各方將盡商業上合理的努力,就遵守納斯達克的規章制度進行協調。妮娜鞋業 將按照基德皮克關於納斯達克上市申請的合理要求與基德皮克合作,並迅速向基德皮克提供 與任何行動相關的可能需要或合理要求的有關尼娜鞋業及其股東的所有信息 上一段所設想的。
費用根據 根據合併協議,該方在生效時間或之前發生的與預期的 交易和合並協議將由產生此類費用的一方支付,無論合併是否完成,但以 在合併終止後在某些情況下應支付的某些補償和費用,如在更大範圍內討論的 以上詳細信息位於“-終止費和終止費
這個 經尼娜鞋業各自董事會的書面批准,雙方可隨時修改合併協議。 合併Sub和Kidpik(根據Kidpik董事會戰略委員會的建議),但在 合併協議已得到一方股東的通過和批准,根據法律,沒有任何修正案需要進一步批准 該方的股東將在沒有得到股東進一步批准的情況下被認購。儘管有任何相反的情況,時間 合併協議中包含的期限、期限、百分比和金額可由雙方相互修改、延長或免除, 未經任何NINA鞋業股東或Kidpik股東批准。 | 另外, 在生效時間之前,(I)Kidpik只能在事先獲得批准的情況下才能採取下列行動,並且在下列情況下應採取任何此類行動 戰略委員會指示這樣做:(A)修改、重申、修改或以其他方式改變合併協議的任何條款; (B)放棄合併協議下的任何權利或延長基德皮克根據合併協議履行任何義務的時間;。(C) 終止合併協議;。(D)根據合併協議採取任何明確要求戰略批准的行動。 委員會;(E)根據或就合併協議作出任何決定或決定,或採取任何行動,而該等決定或決定或行動會合理地 預期或須獲董事會批准、授權、認可或採納;及(F)同意 上述任何一項及(Ii)Kidpik董事會不得根據下列條款作出任何決定或決定或採取任何行動 或就合併協議而言,在未事先獲得戰略委員會批准的情況下。如果戰略委員會 不再存在時,應給予戰略委員會任何同意、決定、行動或其他權利或義務 向Kidpik董事會其餘獨立和公正的大多數成員致敬。 |
目錄表 | 在……上面 2024年7月22日,公司、尼娜鞋業和合並子公司簽訂了合併重組協議和計劃第一修正案, 據此,雙方同意將所需的合併結束日期從2024年9月30日延長至12月31日, 2024年。 |
終止 合併協議 | vt.在.的基礎上 終止合併協議在某些情況下,Kidpik或妮娜鞋業可能需要支付100,000美元的終止費 對另一方,包括(I)合併協議因(X)合併未能在12月31日前完成而終止的, 2024年,(Y)一方股東未能批准合併,或(Z)違反陳述、保證、契諾或協議, 並且已經宣佈了關於非終止方的收購建議(如合併協議中所定義),和/或輸入了 在終止之日起三個月內進入或者關閉;(二)該當事人的董事會變更或者退出 其建議贊成合併或建議進行替代交易。妮娜鞋業和Kidpik也 同意在合併協議在某些情況下終止的情況下,酌情向另一方補償最高62,500美元的費用, 如合併協議中進一步描述的。另請參閱“ |
-終止費和終止費 | “,上圖。 |
庫存 | 董事,被任命爲執行董事 高級行政人員及行政人員 |
以斯拉·達巴 | 吉爾·帕塞奇尼克 |
摩西·達巴 | 阿迪爾·卡扎夫 |
巴特·西切爾 | 吉爾·克洛南伯格 |
路易斯·G Schott | 全 執行幹事和董事作爲一個團體(6人) |
雷恩·西爾弗斯坦 | 包括50,594股由Dabah先生的妻子Renee Dabah直接持有的普通股,33,550股受益的普通股 由Renee Dabah作爲u/a/d 02/02/1997,Trust FBO Eva Dabah(現爲Eva Yagoda)的共同受託人擁有;65,490股普通股受益 由Renee Dabah作爲u/a/d 02/02/1997,Trust FBO Joia Kazam的共同受託人擁有;66,966由Renee Dabah作爲共同受託人實益擁有 U/a/d 02/02/1997信託FBO Mohe Dabah;64,819由Renee Dabah作爲u/a/d 02/02/1997信託的共同受託人實益擁有 FBO Chana Dabah(現Chana Rapaport);以及由Renee Dabah作爲u/a/d 02/02/1997,Trust FBO Yaacov的共同受託人而實益擁有的70,858人 達巴。還包括下文附註(2)所述的普通股股份。 |
根據2024年9月3日達成的投票協議,以斯拉·達巴的子女摩西·達巴也是我們的副手 首席運營官兼首席技術官總裁(持有36,852股已發行普通股),Eva Yagoda(世衛組織 持有13,420股普通股),Joia Kazam(持有13,420股普通股),Chana Rapaport(持有13,420股 普通股)和雅科夫·達巴(持有19325股普通股);以及達巴先生子女名下的某些信託基金 (合計持有301,682股普通股),由Dabah先生的妻子和岳母實益擁有 (見下文注(6)),完全授權以斯拉·達巴對這些個人和實體持有的普通股股份進行表決 在公司股東的任何和所有會議上,並經任何書面同意。投票協議的期限到12月。 但可隨時由達巴先生終止,並在達巴先生去世後自動終止,就任何具體情況而言 股東,當該股東不再持有任何有表決權的股份時,以及對任何個人股東而言,達巴先生 以書面形式將該股東從投票協議的條款中除名。與他們簽訂投票協議有關的, 協議的其他各方均向達巴先生提供不可撤銷的投票委託書,以投票表決協議所涵蓋的股份。 根據投票協議,達巴先生被視爲實益擁有摩西·達巴實益擁有的普通股股份,並且 以下附註(6)所述的每項信託及其子女,按其本身的擁有權列於上表 那麼由於這樣的各方對這種證券保留了絕對的控制權。 | 目錄表 |
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2023年7月7日從公司辭職,2023年7月21日生效。 | 地址:C/o 200 Park Ave South,New York NY 10003西爾弗斯坦夫人是以斯拉·達巴的岳母。 |
包括由Raine Silverstein和Renee Dabah作爲u/a/d 02/02/1997共同受託人實益擁有的33,550股普通股, 信託FBO Eva Dabah(現在的Eva Yagoda);65,490股普通股,由Raine Silverstein和Renee Dabah作爲共同受託人實益擁有 在u/a/d 2/02/1997,Trust FBO Joia Kazam;66,966股普通股,由Raine Silverstein和Renee Dabah實益擁有 作爲u/a/d 02/02/1997的共同受託人,信託FBO摩西·達巴;由Raine Silverstein實益擁有的64,819股普通股 和Renee Dabah作爲u/a/d 02/02/1997,Trust FBO Chana Dabah(現爲Chana Rapaport)的聯合受託人;以及70,858股普通股 由Raine Silverstein和Renee Dabah作爲u/a/d 02/02/1997,Trust FBO Yaacov Dabah的共同受託人實益擁有。 | 變化 的控制力 |
普普通通 | 庫存 |
有益的 | 擁有 |
百分 的 | 普普通通 |
股票 | 董事、指定高管 幹事和執行幹事 |
埃茲拉·達巴赫 | 吉爾·帕什尼克 |
摩西·達巴 | 巴特·西切爾 |
吉爾·柯南伯格 | 路易斯·G Schott |
所有 執行官和董事集體(6人) | 5%的股東 |
雷恩·西爾弗斯坦 | 伊芙·亞戈達 |
喬亞·卡贊 | 這個 董事會負責物色符合條件的潛在人選填補董事會空缺,推薦董事 我們每個委員會的提名者(包括主席),制定並推薦適當的公司治理指南。 |
在……裏面 考慮到個人的董事提名和董事會委員會的任命,我們的董事會尋求在知識和經驗之間取得平衡 董事會和董事會委員會的成員和能力,並確定能夠有效協助公司實現我們的 短期和長期目標,保護我們股東的利益,爲我們的股東創造和提高價值。在……裏面 在這樣做時,委員會考慮一個人的多樣性屬性(例如,專業經驗、技能、背景、種族和性別) 作爲一個整體,並不一定將更大的權重賦予一個屬性。此外,專業經驗、技能的多樣性 和背景,以及種族和性別的多樣性,這只是委員會考慮的幾個屬性。在評估潛在客戶時 對於候選人,董事會還會考慮該人是否具有個人和專業操守、良好的商業判斷力和相關 經驗和技能,以及此人是否願意並有能力投入必要的時間爲董事會和董事會委員會服務。 | 目錄表 |
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這個 董事會使用多種方法來識別和評估董事提名者。董事會還定期評估適當的規模 以及董事會是否會因退休或其他情況而出現空缺。此外,審計委員會還考慮, 時不時地,各種潛在的董事候選人。候選人可通過以下途徑引起董事會的注意 董事會成員、專業獵頭公司、股東或其他人士。這些候選人可能會在定期或特別會議上接受評估。 並可於年內任何時候審議。 | 主任 獨立 |
這個 董事會每年(或在任命新的董事)決定每個董事和被提名人的獨立性 就像董事一樣。董事會根據納斯達克有關董事獨立性的上市標準作出上述決定 和美國證券交易委員會的規則。 | 在 在評估董事獨立性時,董事會考慮任何業務關係的性質和程度等事項,包括 公司與每位董事之間以及公司與我們董事之一所屬的任何組織之間進行的交易 是董事或執行官,或與我們的一位董事有其他聯繫。 |
這個 董事會已肯定地裁定,肖特先生、西切爾先生和克羅南貝格女士均爲獨立董事,其定義如下 納斯達克管理董事會成員的規則與交易法第10A-3條定義的規則沒有任何關係 這將干擾董事履行責任時行使獨立判斷。 | 衝浪板 多樣性矩陣 |
起頭 2022年,我們對董事會進行了調查,要求每個董事自我識別自己的種族/民族、性別認同和LGBTQ+身份。這個 下表列出了結果,其中提供了我們董事會成員和被提名者組成的一些亮點。 下表中列出的每個類別的含義與納斯達克擬議的規則5605(F)中使用的類別相同。衝浪板 分集矩陣(截至[_],2024)*總數 關於董事的女性男性
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非裔美國人或黑人
阿拉斯加原住民或原住民亞洲人西班牙裔或拉丁裔
夏威夷原住民或太平洋島民
白色兩個或兩個以上種族或民族LGBTQ+沒有透露人口統計背景* 公司2022年董事會多元化矩陣已在公司2023年年會的委託聲明中公開披露 股東的。目錄表”:
因爲 我們的董事會由五名或更少的成員組成,我們可以通過至少一名多元化董事來滿足納斯達克的多元化規則 自認爲是女性、LGBTQ+或代表性不足的少數族裔的人,如上表所示,我們目前滿足這一要求 截至2024年[_]。
網站 提供文件
的 上述董事會審計委員會章程可在我們的網站www.kidpik.com上查看,下方爲“投資者治理
治理文件
”.還提供委員會章程的副本 應向我們的公司秘書提出書面要求,免費提供。
-董事長、總裁和首席執行官
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提案1選舉董事--留任董事
摩西 達巴-
首席運營官、首席技術官兼秘書總裁副
先生。 摩西·達巴目前是該公司的首席運營官和首席技術官(他自9月以來一直擔任這些職位 2019年)和公司秘書(自2021年7月起擔任),自2021年7月起擔任公司副總裁 2019年7月。自2021年1月起,達巴先生擔任尼娜鞋業公司秘書,自2019年起擔任首席運營 曾任尼娜鞋業首席信息官,自2023年5月起擔任尼娜鞋業首席信息官。2012年8月至9月 2015年,Dabah先生擔任RUUM門店建設和維護部門的董事經理,負責大約50個項目的品牌重塑工作 從American Eagle的77 Kids到RUUm American Kids Wear的門店,新門店的推出以及建築和門店設施,維護, 和補給。2011年8月至2012年8月,達巴先生擔任地熱暖通空調公司NextEnergy的商業銷售副總裁總裁 系統設計和銷售公司。2008年8月至2011年8月,他擔任REJJ LLC的總承包商,該公司是一家房地產和 建設管理公司。Dabah先生負責設計、實施、整合和優化公司的所有 信息技術、基礎設施和物流系統。
目錄表
吉爾 帕斯奇尼克-
首席會計官
女士。 帕塞奇尼克自2015年10月起擔任本公司財務總監,後任本公司財務副總裁 2019年8月。2019年8月至2021年1月,帕塞奇尼克女士擔任公司秘書,2019年8月至2021年6月, 帕塞奇尼克女士曾擔任該公司的財務主管。2012年10月至2015年10月,她擔任Ezrani 2 Corp.的財務總監。 D/b/a RUUUM American Kid‘s Wear(“
RUUM
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執行 補償
總結 補償表
這個 下表列出了關於(一)擔任我們首席執行幹事的所有個人的薪酬情況 或在截至2023年12月30日及2022年12月31日的年度內以類似身分行事(“
聚氧乙烯
“),無論 薪酬水平;(Ii)我們兩名薪酬最高的行政主任,而不是首席行政主任,他們是擔任行政主任 截至2023年12月30日和2022年12月31日的期間(如果有的話);及(Iii)最多增加兩個 本應根據第(Ii)款披露信息的個人,如果不是因爲該個人沒有在服務的事實 於2023年12月30日出任行政人員(統稱爲“獲任命的行政人員名稱 和主要 位置財政
年 結束 | 薪金 |
獎金 | 庫存 |
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選擇權 | 獎項 |
所有 其他補償總埃茲拉·達巴赫首席執行官摩西·達巴副總裁、首席運營官、首席 技術官員兼秘書
阿迪爾·卡扎夫
前執行副總裁、前首席執行官 財務官員和前財務主管吉爾·帕什尼克首席會計官
並 不包括福利和其他個人福利或財產,除非此類補償的總額超過10,000美元。 期間,沒有高管獲得任何非股權激勵計劃薪酬、不合格遞延薪酬或其他薪酬 上面報告的時期。股票獎勵代表根據財務計算的獎勵授予日期公允價值總額 會計準則委員會會計準則編纂主題718。有關估值假設的更多信息 關於限制性股票授予,請參閱“
綜合形式 資產 現金
受限制現金
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庫存
預付費用和其他流動資產
流動資產總額
不動產、廠房和租賃物改良,淨值
應收關聯方 無形資產,淨值 商譽 按金 遞延稅項資產 融資租賃使用權資產 經營性租賃使用權資產
總資產 負債和股東權益 流動負債
應付賬款
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由於因素 應計費用和其他流動負債 融資租賃負債,流動部分
經營租賃負債,流動部分
應付預付款
關聯方貸款
短期債務 流動負債總額 融資租賃負債,扣除流動部分
經營租賃負債,扣除流動部分 長期負債 總負債 股東權益 優先股
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借記資本公積
累計股東權益/(虧損)
股東權益總額/(赤字) 負債和股東權益總額 會計
調整
組合在一起
Pro Forma
淨銷售額
銷售成本
毛利
運營費用 運輸和處理 .”
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一般及行政
折舊及攤銷
總費用 | 經營收入(損失) | |
其他(收入)費用 | 其他(收入)費用 | |
利息開支 | 所得稅前收入(損失) | |
所得稅撥備 | 淨(虧損)收益 |
每股收益(虧損) 加權平均流通普通股 ”.
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Kidpik和Nina Footwear簽訂了共享服務協議 爲此,Kidpik向Nina Footwear支付了每月的管理費。該條目歷史上消除了管理費費用 由Kidpik發生並由Nina Footwear在各自的財務報表中記錄爲相應的管理費收入 2023年。共享服務協議將根據本協議附錄A所附的合併協議第7.7條在合併結束的同時終止。
目錄表
未經審計的暫定精簡合併經營報表
截至12月31日的一年中, 2022
妮娜鞋類
基德皮克公司
參考 | 交易會計調整 | |
總組合 | 淨銷售額 | |
銷售成本 | 毛利 | |
運營費用 | 運輸和處理 | |
工資和相關費用 | 一般及行政 | |
折舊及攤銷 | 截至2024年和2023年6月30日的三個月和六個月股東權益(虧損)合併變動表 | |
截至2024年6月30日和2023年6月30日止六個月合併現金流量表 | 合併財務報表附註 | |
審計 綜合財務報表 | 獨立 核數師報告(PCAOb公司ID 596) |
截至2023年12月31日和2022年12月31日的合併資產負債表
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截至2023年和2022年12月31日止年度股東權益(虧損)合併變動表
截至2022年12月31日和2021年12月31日的合併現金流量表
合併財務報表附註
目錄表
尼娜 鞋類公司和子公司
ES
簡明 中期合併資產負債表
六月 2024年30日和2023年12月31日
六月 2024年30日
十二月 2023年31日
(未經審計)(經審計)”.
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現金
應收賬款-交易扣除備抵 信貸虧損
分別爲730,017美元和942,816美元 | 庫存 | |
預付費用和其他 流動資產 | 流動資產總額 | |
租賃改進和設備,淨值 | 關聯方應繳款項 | |
無形資產,淨額 | 商譽 | |
融資租賃使用權資產 | 經營性租賃使用權資產 | |
證券按金 | 遞延稅項資產 | |
總 資產 | 負債 和股東權益 | |
流動負債 | 應付帳款 | |
由於因素 | 次級債務 | |
融資租賃負債 | 經營租賃負債 | |
應付預付款 | 應計 費用和其他流動負債 |
流動負債總額
警告,關聯方
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操作 租賃負債,扣除流動部分
總 負債
承付款和或有事項
股東權益普通股,每股0.01美元 價值10,000股授權股票,2,320股已發行和發行股票額外實收資本留存收益(累計 赤字)積累 其他全面收益總 股東權益總 負債與股東權益的 隨附附註是該等簡明中期綜合財務報表的組成部分。目錄表尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司簡明 中期合併經營報表和全面收益(虧損)三 截至2024年6月30日和2023年6月30日的六個月(未經審計)爲 止三個月爲 止六個月六月 30, 六月 30, 六月 30, 六月 30,
淨銷售額
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毛利
運營費用
賣
運輸和搬運
一般和行政因素佣金總費用營業收入(虧損)其他收入(費用)
“其他(費用)收入管理費收入, 關聯方利息收入利息開支所得稅前收入(虧損)所得稅撥備淨收益(虧損)其他綜合(虧損)收入
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綜合(虧損)收益的 隨附附註是該等簡明中期綜合財務報表的組成部分。目錄表尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司簡明 中期合併股東權益變動表
三 截至2024年6月30日和2023年6月30日的六個月
(未經審計)
共同 股票
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已繳費
保留
盈利
(累計
其他 全面
股份
量
資本
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收入
總
餘額,2023年1月1日
淨收入
外幣折算調整
平衡,2023年3月31日 | 淨虧損 | |
外幣折算調整 | 平衡,2023年6月30日 | |
餘額,2024年1月1日 | 淨收入 | |
外幣折算調整 | 餘額,2024年3月31日 | |
淨收入 | 外幣折算調整 | |
餘額,2024年6月30日 | 的 隨附附註是該等簡明中期綜合財務報表的組成部分。 | |
目錄表 | 尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司 | |
簡明 中期合併現金流量表 | 六 截至2024年6月30日和2023年6月30日的月份 | |
(未經審計) | 六月 2024年30日 | |
六月 2023年30日 | 經營活動的現金流 | |
淨收入 | 調整以調和 淨利潤與經營活動提供的淨現金(用於): |
準備(福利 來自)信用損失
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應付賬款收益 住區
由於 公允價值調整
遞延 稅項資產
經營資產變化 和負債:
應收賬款
應收賬款
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融資租賃使用權資產和負債
經營租賃使用權
資產和負債
預付費用和其他 流動資產
應付帳款
應計開支及其他 流動負債
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證券按金
由於 向關聯方
淨 經營活動提供的現金(用於)
投資活動產生的現金流
購買 物業及設備
投資使用的淨現金 活動
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要素收益,淨
應付預付款收益
償還融資租賃義務
償還房東和解金
還款 次級債
淨 融資活動提供(使用)的現金 | 匯率影響 變動對現金 | |
淨 現金增加(減少) | 期初現金 | |
期末現金 | 非現金投資的補充披露 和融資活動: | |
支付的利息 | 已繳納的所得稅 | |
融資租賃使用權資產 | 操作r | |
使用權 資產 | 的 隨附附註是該等簡明中期綜合財務報表的組成部分。 |
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尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司 | 注意到 至濃縮過渡期 | |
綜合 財務報表 | 注意 3 -庫存 | |
庫存 包括以下內容: | 六月 2024年30日 | |
十二月 2023年31日 | 成品 | |
過境貨物 | 總 |
目錄表
尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司
注意到 至濃縮過渡期
綜合 財務報表六月 2024年和2023年30日注意 4 -租賃改進和設備
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六月 2024年30日
十二月 31,2023
機器和設備
傢俱和固定裝置
計算機設備
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租賃權改進
總
減去累計折舊和攤銷
總
折舊 截至2024年6月30日和2023年6月30日的三個月的攤銷費用分別約爲24,000美元和11,000美元。
折舊 截至2024年6月30日和2023年6月30日止六個月的攤銷費用分別約爲50,000美元和20,000美元。
注意 5 -無形資產
無形 淨資產包括以下內容:
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十二月 2023年31日
攤銷無形資產
客戶關係-at 成本
累計攤銷較少
總
未攤銷無形資產
商號
總
攤銷 截至2024年6月30日和2023年6月30日的三個月的費用均約爲43,000美元。
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尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司
尼娜 鞋業公司及其子公司
備註 至濃縮過渡階段
綜合 財務報表
六月 30、2024年和2023年 注意事項 13--應付預付款和短期債務
在……上面 2024年2月5日,公司與一家金融機構簽訂了現金預付款協議,共預付現金485,000美元 用於運營費用。根據協議,該公司同意通過以下途徑償還523,800美元,包括利息 每天支付的款項相當於Shopify現金收入的17%。這筆現金預付款的利息爲每年8%,直到不晚全額支付爲止 比18個月還多。截至2024年7月3日,這筆預付款已全額支付。
在……上面 2024年4月16日,公司與一家金融機構簽訂了現金預付款協議,共預付現金346,000美元, 用於運營費用。按照協議,公司同意償還379,735美元,包括利息 幾周。這筆現金預付款的年利率爲9.75%,直到不遲於2024年10月15日全額支付。
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在……上面 2024年5月30日,公司與一家金融機構簽訂了現金預付款協議,共預付現金46萬美元 用於運營費用。根據協議,該公司同意通過以下途徑償還519 000美元,包括利息 每天支付的款項相當於Shopify現金收入的17%。這筆現金預付款的利息爲每年8%,直到不晚全額支付爲止 比18個月還多。
注意事項 14--後續活動
在……上面 2024年7月31日,公司與商業資本公司就德克薩斯州倉庫的新設備簽訂了設備融資協議 貸款90,250美元,從2024年8月開始,48個月內每月支付2,396美元。
在.期間 從2024年7月到2024年11月,該公司借給Kidpik Corp.46.8萬美元。貸款金額沒有期票作爲證明。 本票不計利息,憑票即付。
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報告 獨立註冊會計師事務所
到 董事會和股東
尼娜 鞋業公司及其子公司
意見 關於2023年財務報表
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基礎 意見的
這些 合併財務報表是公司管理層的責任。我們的責任是表達意見 根據我們的審計,對公司的合併財務報表進行分析。我們是一家在公衆註冊的會計師事務所 公司會計監督委員會(美國)(「PCAOB」),並被要求對公司保持獨立性 根據美國聯邦證券法和美國證券交易委員會的適用規則和法規 以及PCAOb。
我們 此前曾向您溝通過其他嚴重性低於重大缺陷的內部控制缺陷 和物質弱點。
這 溝通僅供管理層、董事會審計委員會和其他人蔘考和使用 在組織內,不打算也不應該由這些指定方以外的任何人使用。
真誠地
CohnReznick LLP
目錄表
尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司
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十二月 31、2023和2022
(重述)
資產
流動資產
現金
應收賬款-交易減去信用損失備抵
分別爲942,816美元和1,009,903美元
庫存
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預付費用和其他流動資產
流動資產總額
租賃改進和設備,淨值
關聯方應繳款項
無形資產,淨額 | 商譽 | |
經營性租賃使用權資產 | 證券按金 | |
遞延稅項資產 | 總資產 | |
負債與股東權益 | 流動負債 |
應付帳款由於因素次級債務經營租賃負債,扣除當期部分應計費用和其他流動負債流動負債總額警告,關聯方
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經營租賃負債,扣除當期部分
總負債
承付款和或有事項
股東權益
普通股,面值0.01美元,授權股10,000股,已發行和流通股2,320股
額外實收資本
累計赤字
累計其他綜合收益股東權益總額總負債和股東權益
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目錄表
尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司
綜合 利潤表和綜合利潤表
年 2023年12月31日和2022年12月31日結束
(重述)
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銷售成本
毛利
運營費用
賣
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一般和行政
因素佣金
總費用
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其他收入(費用)其他收入管理費收入、關聯方
利息收入
利息開支
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所得稅撥備
淨收入
其他綜合損失
外幣折算調整綜合收益看到 綜合財務報表附註
目錄表
尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司
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年 截至2023年12月31日和2022年12月31日(重述)
共同 股票
其他內容
已繳費累計積累 其他
全面
股份
量
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赤字
收入
總
平衡, 2022年1月1
淨 收入
外國 貨幣兌換調整
平衡, 2022年12月31日(重述)
淨 收入 | 外國 貨幣兌換調整 | |
平衡, 2023年12月31日 | 看到 綜合財務報表附註 |
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尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司 | 綜合 現金流量表 | |
年 2023年12月31日和2022年12月31日結束 | (重述) | |
經營活動的現金流 | 淨收入 | |
調整以調節淨利潤與運營提供的淨現金(用於) 活動: | 信用損失撥備(收回) | |
折舊及攤銷 | 應付賬款結算收益 | |
公允價值調整引起的利息費用 | 非現金經營租賃成本 | |
遞延所得稅 | 經營資產和負債變化: | |
應收賬款 | 保理應收賬款 | |
庫存 | 預付費用和其他流動資產 | |
應付帳款 | 應計費用和其他流動負債 | |
其他長期負債 | 證券按金 | |
關聯方應繳款項 | 經營活動提供的現金淨額(用於) | |
投資活動產生的現金流 | 購買租賃物改進和設備 | |
投資活動所用現金淨額 | 融資活動產生的現金流 |
因子收益(還款),淨額償還房東和解金償還股東
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融資活動提供(用於)的現金淨額
匯率變動對現金的影響
現金淨(減)增
現金,年初 | 年終現金 |
現金流量數據補充披露: | 支付的利息 |
已繳納的所得稅 | 看到 綜合財務報表附註 |
在 2023年11月,FASb發佈了ASO 2023-07, | 分部報告(主題280):改進可報告分部披露 |
,以要求 公共實體每年和中期披露重大分部支出和其他分部項目,並在中期提供 將當前每年需要披露的有關可報告部門的損益和資產的所有披露計入各期。公共實體 需要提供新的披露和會計準則要求的所有披露 編纂(「ASC」)280。 | 目錄表 |
尼娜 鞋業公司及其子公司 | 注意到 合併財務報表 |
十二月 31、2023和2022
庫存
庫存, 主要由成品組成,按成本(先進先出法)或可變現淨值中較低者計價。
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這個 與2022年相比,公司在2023年的收入和淨收入都出現了大幅下降。該公司也有負面影響 2023年運營現金流。綜合考慮,這些因素可能在以下方面對公司構成重大風險 它有能力在到期時履行其義務,並在從11月開始的12個月期間繼續作爲一項持續經營的業務 5、2024年。管理層計劃通過增加新產品對現有和新客戶的銷售來增加現金流,增加 其直接面向消費者的銷售,降低了成本,並繼續監測和削減開支。管理層有權訪問兩個第三方 以及必要時的關聯方融資。管理層相信公司將有足夠的流動資金爲其運營提供資金 並在2024年11月5日開始的至少12個月期間到期時履行其義務。
租賃權 改進和設備
租賃權 改進和購置的設備按成本列報。該公司使用直線法對設備進行折舊 資產的估計使用壽命,從三年到十年不等。租賃權的改善在較短時間內攤銷 相關租約的期限或改善的年限,以直線爲基礎。延長使用壽命的支出 的設備都是大寫的。修理費和維護費在發生時記入費用。由此產生的收益或損失 一項資產的處置或報廢,確定爲該資產的銷售收益與賬面價值之間的差額 並在行動中得到認可。
廣告 成本
直接 廣告成本在發生時計入費用,並在銷售費用中列報。這包括實際的廣告和相關費用。 截至2023年12月31日和2022年12月31日的年度,廣告費用總額分別約爲2,164,000美元和1,888,000美元。
合作社 廣告費用被視爲津貼,從銷售總額中扣除。合作廣告費用約爲 截至2023年12月31日和2022年12月31日的年度分別爲120美元和494,000美元。
無形的 資產
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這個 在每個報告期對正在攤銷的無形資產的估計使用壽命進行評估,以確定事件和 情況需要對剩餘的攤銷期限進行修訂。2023年12月31日,公司管理層決定 沒有必要改變使用壽命。商標名不攤銷,每年作爲事件和情況進行減值評估 通過將無形資產的公允價值與其賬面價值進行比較來確定權證。
商譽
2022年12月31日
如報道所述
調整,調整
如上所述
經營性租賃使用權資產
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經營租賃負債,本期部分
流動負債總額
經營租賃負債,扣除當期部分
總負債
股東權益總額截至2022年12月31日的年度如報道所述
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營業收入
所得稅前收入 | 合併淨收入 | 綜合收益 | 注意 2 -由於(來自)因素 | |||
由於 來源因素包括以下內容: | 保理應收賬款 | 71 | 扣除因素預付款 | |||
總 | 減少退貨和折扣津貼 | 59 | 總 | |||
目錄表 | 尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司 | 55 | 注意到 合併財務報表 | |||
十二月 31、2023和2022 | 的 代理商協議規定預付款最高爲代理商批准的應收賬款購買價格的85%和庫存的50%。那裏 運輸中庫存價值的子限額爲2,500,000美元。該因素承擔所有信用相關風險,但對公司有追索權 適用於客戶除無力付款外的所有索賠。預付款利息按銀行最優惠利率加1%計算。 該票據在公司的應收賬款、收益和相關資產、庫存和所有無形資產中擁有擔保權益。 | 58 | 注意 3 -庫存 |
庫存 包括以下內容:
成品
過境貨物
注意 4 -租賃改進和設備租賃 改進和設備包括以下內容:機器和設備
傢俱和固定裝置
計算機軟件租賃權改進總減去累計折舊和攤銷
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尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司
注意到 合併財務報表
十二月 31、2023和2022注意 5 -無形資產
無形 淨資產包括以下內容:攤銷無形資產客戶關係-按成本計算累計攤銷較少未攤銷無形資產商號延期
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狀態
外國, 小計總的 公司持續經營收入的實際稅率與法定稅率之間的對賬 截至2023年12月31日和2022年12月31日止年度如下:目錄表尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司注意到 合併財務報表十二月 31、2023和2022
按美國法定稅率計算的現稅不可扣除/免稅項目
匯率變化海外業務調整和其他估值免稅額所得稅費用
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在 2023年和2022年12月31日,遞延所得稅資產和負債的組成如下:遞延稅項資產信貸損失準備
儲量應計費用其他遞延
其他淨營業虧損遞延稅項資產總額
遞延所得稅資產,淨額
折舊
使用權資產
遞延稅項負債總額
遞延稅項淨資產
目錄表 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
尼娜 鞋類公司及其子公司 | $ | 192,675 | $ | 196,350 | ||||
(見 隨附) | $ | 3,750 | $ | 1,942 | ||||
附件 一個 | $ | 196,425 | $ | 198,292 |
(1) | 協議 以及2024年3月29日由Kidpik Corp.共同制定的合併與重組計劃,Kidpik合併Sub,Inc.和尼娜鞋業公司 以及Kidpik Corp.於2024年7月22日簽署的合併重組計劃協議和第一修正案,基德皮克合併 Sub公司和尼娜鞋業公司 | |
(2) | 協議 和合並計劃 |
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KIDPIK Corp.
一 特拉華州公司;
KIDPIK MEGER SUb,Inc.
一 特拉華州公司;
和
一 特拉華州公司
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文章 I. 交易描述的 併購影響 合併的。關閉; 有效時間。證書 公司和章程;董事和高級職員。
關閉 公司的轉移賬簿。
評價 權利進一步 行動上扣留。文章 二.公司的陳述和保證 由於 組織;子公司。組織 證件權威; 協議的約束力性質。
非違規; 同意。
“大寫。 金融 報表沒有 的變化。沒有 未公開負債。標題 到資產。”).
房 財產;租賃。知識 財產
協議, 合同和承諾。
法律 訴訟程序;命令。稅 事項.員工 和勞工問題;福利計劃。
環境 事項.
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沒有 財務顧問。交易 與附屬機構。反賄賂。
認可 公司股東的投資者狀況。
外國 腐敗行爲。沒有 取消資格事件。文章 三.母公司和合並子公司的陳述和保證 由於 組織;子公司。”).
組織 證件權威; 協議的約束力性質。投票 必需的.非違規; 同意。大寫。
沒有 的變化。沒有 未公開負債。標題 到資產。房 財產;租賃。知識 財產協議, 合同和承諾。”).
合規性; 許可證;限制。法律 訴訟程序;命令。稅 事項.員工 和勞工問題;福利計劃。環境 事項.保險。沒有 財務顧問。交易 與附屬機構。反賄賂。有效 發行。意見 財務顧問。沒有 合併子活動。”).
回憶道
免責聲明 其他代表或擔保。
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沒有 取消資格事件。文章 四.雙方的某些公約操作 母公司的業務。操作 公司業務。接入 和調查。
“母 非招攬。公司 非招攬。通知 關於某些問題。文章 五、各方的額外承諾 代理 聲明公司 信息聲明;股東書面同意。母 股東大會。監管 批准。
賠償 官員和董事。額外 協定公共 公告金融 聲明協助。正在掛牌。
稅 事項. 董事 和官員。終止 某些協議和權利。 部分 16件事。 分配 證書. 公司 財務報表。收購 法規。股東 訴訟。償付能力。義務 合併子公司和母公司。名稱 和符號變化。限制 股票;證書的說明。文章 六.優先於各方義務的條件
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股東 批准在上市豁免 來自注冊。關閉 條件打官司。
沒有 重大不利變化。
SEC 報道公平 意見文章 七.父母義務和合並對象的附加條件精度 代表。性能 可卡因。文件。沒有 公司重大不利影響。
終止 投資者協議。
反對 股
寬恕 或消除公司債務。
公司 股東作爲認可投資者;遵守第4(a)(2)條和/或規則506條。
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精度 代表。
性能 可卡因。
沒有 母物質不良影響。文章 九.終止 終止。效果 終止。費用; 解僱費。文章 X.雜項規定非存活 代表和義務。
修正案。
棄權。
適用 法律;管轄權;陪審團審判豁免。律師 費可轉讓性。
* * * * *
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合作。可分性。其他 補救措施;具體表現。
建築業。
“公平 加強結構性改革特別 委員會批准。
展品:
某些 定義
表現出 B
協議 合併重組和計劃這 合併重組的計劃和計劃 (this "
協議
”)於三月份制定並簽訂 2024年29日,由 KIDPik Corp.,特拉華州一家公司(“
KIDPik合併 SUb,Inc.
合併子“),以及尼娜 鞋類公司,特拉華州一家公司(“公司某些 本協議中使用的大寫術語定義如下 展品 A獨奏會A. 父代 及本公司擬與本公司合併子公司並併入本公司(“
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“)按照 與本協議和DGCL合作。完成合並後,合併子公司將不復存在,公司將成爲全資 母公司的子公司。
B. The 各方有意將合併定義爲“
“ 第368(A) 節所指的 本守則,並通過執行本協議,雙方特此通過一項
「在意義上」 財政部條例 1.368-2(G) 和 1.368-3(A)條。C. The 母公司董事會根據一個特別委員會的一致建議採取行動特別委員會
“)。 只由獨立和公正的董事組成(特別委員會的這種建議,
特別委員會 推薦“),是否一致地(I) 確定所考慮的交易是公平的、可取的和 爲了母公司及其股東的最大利益,(Ii) 授權、批准並宣佈本協議和預期的 交易,包括根據本協議條款向公司股東發行母公司普通股 協議和本協議預期的其他行動,以及(Iii) 決定根據條款並在符合 本協議中規定的條件,即母公司股東投票批准母公司股東事項(定義見 第5.3(A)條
D. The 合併分會一致認爲(I) 認爲擬進行的交易是公平、可取和符合最大利益的 合併子公司及其唯一股東,(Ii) 授權、批准並宣佈本協議和預期的交易是可取的 和(Iii) 決定根據本協議中規定的條款並在符合本協議規定的條件下,建議唯一股東 合併子公司投票通過本協議,從而批准預期的交易。
E. The 公司董事會一致認爲(I) 認爲擬進行的交易是公平、可取和符合最大利益的 公司及其股東,(Ii) 授權、批准並宣佈本協議和預期的交易是可取的 和(Iii) 決定根據本協議中規定的條款並在符合本協議規定的條件下建議股東 公司投票批准公司股東事項(定義見
頁面共96個”).
F. It 預計在委託書清除意見後三(3)個工作日內(如中所定義),
第5.1(A)條), 持有足以批准本公司股東的本公司股本的股份的持有人,須按DGCL及 公司的組織文件將以雙方同意的形式,以書面同意的方式執行和交付訴訟 母公司及公司(“公司股東書面同意G. 雙方均承認並同意擬進行的交易涉及關聯方交易,包括但不限於 至,屬於DGCL第144條範圍內的利害關係方交易(統稱爲,.”
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“) 指任何交易或一系列交易,其中每一方、其高級職員、董事、關聯方和任何相關的 一方在預期交易中擁有直接或間接的重大利益,因此,該等關聯方交易 利益衝突的風險增加。雙方承認並確認此類關聯方交易和潛在衝突 利益衝突已被充分披露,每個締約方都有機會就這種利益衝突提出問題 在法律允許的最大範圍內,雙方已明確和完全放棄任何此類利益衝突。
協議書 | 的 雙方有意受法律約束,同意如下: | |
文章 I. | 描述 交易的百分比1.1 合併。根據本協議中規定的條款和條件,在有效 時間(如中所定義 | |
第1.3節 | ),合併子公司應與公司合併並併入公司,合併子公司單獨存在 將會停止。本公司將繼續作爲合併中尚存的公司(“ |
倖存的公司
1.2 合併的影響。合併應具有本協議、證書中規定的效力 合併的比例(定義見第1.3節
)和DGCL的適用條款中。作爲合併的結果,公司將 成爲母公司的全資子公司。
1.3 關閉;有效時間。
(E) 外匯基金截至一(1) 年度仍未分派給公司股本持有人的任何部分 截止日期後,應按要求交付給母公司,以及在此之前尚未持有公司股票的任何持有人 交出他們的公司股票或按照本協議規定的程序辦理 1.7節 此後,應僅向母公司尋求滿足其對母公司普通股和任何股息或分配的要求 尊重母公司普通股的股份。(F) 任何一方均不對任何公司股本持有人或任何其他人就母公司普通股的任何股份承擔責任 股票(或與股票有關的股息或分派)或根據任何適用的任何規定交付給任何公職人員的現金 《遺棄物權法》、《逃稅法》或類似法律。頁面
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1.8 評價權。
(A) 儘管本協議有任何相反的規定,在緊接之前已發行的公司股本股份 至有效時間,並由行使並完善該公司股份評價權的股東持有 根據DGCL規定的股本(統稱爲
持不同意見股份
“)不得轉換爲 或代表接受下述合併代價的權利
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可歸因於這些持不同意見的股份。 該等股東有權收取其於#年持有的該等公司股本股份的估值。 除非及直至該等股東未能完善或有效地撤回或以其他方式失去其評估 DGCL規定的權利。股東持有的所有持不同意見的股份,如未能完善或應已有效退出 或喪失根據DGCL對該等公司股本股份進行估值的權利(不論是在生效日期之前、之時或之後發生) 時間)須隨即被視爲已轉換爲收受權利,並自生效時間起可交換 當該等持不同意見的股份按下列方式交出時,可歸因於該等持不同意見的股份的合併代價(不計利息)
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1.9 進一步行動。
如果在生效時間之後的任何時間,尚存的人決定採取任何進一步行動 公司爲實現本協議的目的或賦予尚存公司全部權利是必要或可取的, 公司的所有權利和財產的所有權和佔有權,則尚存公司的高級職員和董事應 獲得完全授權,並應使用他們及其商業上合理的努力(以公司的名義或以尚存公司的名義 公司或其他公司)採取此類行動的費用和費用由母公司或尚存公司承擔。
1.10 扣留。
當事人和交易所代理有權扣除和扣留對價 根據本協議向公司股本的任何持有人或任何其他人支付的其他款項 交易所代理合理地確定,根據《守則》或任何其他法律,它需要就 這樣的付款。在被如此扣除和扣留並支付給適當政府機構的範圍內,扣除的 而就本協議的所有目的而言,扣留的金額應被視爲已支付給被扣除的人 並做出了扣留。在確定需要就以下各項付款作出任何該等扣除或扣繳的範圍內 公司股本持有人(非因該持有人未能提供IRS表格 W-9或適當的IRS 表格 W-8,附送函符合
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(五) 導致對公司擁有或使用的任何資產或其任何資產施加或產生任何產權負擔 附屬公司(允許的產權負擔除外),但不合理地單獨或合計構成的除外, A公司重大不良影響。
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(C) 公司董事會已經並將採取一切必要行動,以確保適用於企業合併的限制 DGCL第203條中的規定不適用於本協議的簽署、交付和履行,並且不適用於本協議的簽署、交付和履行,並且不適用於本協議的簽署、交付和履行 預期交易的完成。沒有任何其他州接管法規或類似的法律適用於或聲稱適用於 合併、本協議或任何預期交易。
2.6 大寫
(A) 截至本協議日期的法定公司股本包括:(1)10,000股公司普通股,其中 截至本協議日期,已發行2,320股,已發行2,320股。
第2.6(A)條
的 公司披露明細表列出了截至本協議之日,已發行和未償還公司資本的每個記錄持有人 股份及其所持公司股本的股數和種類。
第2.6(A)條
公司的 披露明細表還列出了截至本協議日期的每個已發行和已發行股本的記錄持有者 本公司的子公司及其持有的股本股份的數量和類型。
(B) 所有已發行的公司普通股和公司各附屬公司的股本均已正式授權 並有效發行,並全額支付和不可評估。除投資者協議另有規定外,所有流通股 公司股本或本公司附屬公司的股本,有權或受任何優先購買權的規限, 參與權、維持權或任何類似的權利,且不是公司股本或股份的流通股 以本公司或任何附屬公司爲受益人,持有本公司或任何附屬公司股本的股東享有優先購買權。 發行和交換合併對價不會使公司有義務發行公司股本或其他 證券轉讓給任何人,不會導致任何公司證券持有人有權調整證券的行使、轉換、交換 或重新設定任何此類證券的價格。本公司或其任何附屬公司並無未償還證券或票據 與任何調整這種證券或工具的行使、轉換、交換或重置價格的規定(任何比例除外 因任何股票拆分、分立或再拆分、股票分紅、反向股票拆分、股份合併而進行的調整, 重新分類、資本重組或其他類似交易)。除本協議和投資者協議中所設想的外, 是否沒有公司合同涉及投票或登記,或限制任何人購買、出售、質押或以其他方式 處置(或授予任何關於公司股本的選擇權或類似權利)任何公司股本股份或股本股份 該公司的子公司。本公司及其各附屬公司不承擔任何義務,也不受任何 購回、贖回或以其他方式獲取公司資本的任何流通股的合同,而根據該合同,他們可能有義務 股票、本公司子公司的股本股份或其他證券。
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(C) 本公司及其附屬公司並無任何股票期權計劃或任何其他計劃、計劃、協議或安排 任何人的任何基於股權的補償。
(D) 不存在:(I) 未完成的認購、認購、催繳、認股權證或權利(不論目前是否可行使) 本公司或其任何附屬公司的股本或其他證券的股份;(Ii) 已發行證券、票據 或可轉換爲或可交換本公司任何股本或其他證券的債務 或其任何附屬公司;或(Iii)可能合理地可能導致或提供基礎的 條件或情況 任何人聲稱其有權取得或收取任何股本股份的申索 或本公司或其任何附屬公司的其他證券。沒有流通股或授權的股票增值,幻影股票, 本公司或其任何附屬公司的利潤分享或其他類似權利。
(e) 公司及其各子公司的所有已發行股份和其他證券均已發行, 授予實質上符合(i)所有適用證券法和其他適用法律,以及(ii)所有要求 在適用合同中規定。
2.7 財務報表。
第2.7(A)條
公司披露明細表的 包括以下各項的真實和完整的副本:(I) 公司的 2022年和2021年12月 的經審計資產負債表,以及相關經審計的經營報表、股東的 本公司截至該財政年度的權益和現金流量及其附註及(Ii) 本公司未經審計的中期 資產負債表,連同公司年度未經審計的經營報表、股東權益和現金流量 反映於本公司未經審核中期資產負債表的期間(統稱爲“
公司財務
“)。這個 公司財務報表是根據在所涉期間內一致應用的公認會計原則編制的(除 如該等公司財務報表附註所示,但未經審計的財務報表不得載有腳註 並接受正常的和經常性的年終調整,其中沒有一個是實質性的),並在所有材料中相當可觀 尊重本公司截至上述日期及期間的財務狀況及經營業績。
頁面共96個(B) 公司及其各子公司保持準確的賬簿和記錄,反映其資產和負債,並維持一套系統 內部會計控制,旨在提供合理保證:(I) 交易是按照 管理層的一般或具體授權;(Ii)必要時記錄 交易,以便編制 按照公認會計准則編制財務報表,並保持對公司及其各子公司的問責 資產;(Iii)僅根據管理層的規定,允許 訪問公司及其各子公司的資產 一般或特別授權;(Iv) 記錄的對公司及其各子公司的責任 定期將資產與現有資產進行比較,並就任何差異采取適當行動;以及 (V)準確記錄 帳戶、票據和其他應付賬款,並實施適當和適當的程序,以實現 及時、及時地收取或者支付。本公司及其各附屬公司對 爲財務報告的可靠性和財務報告的編制提供合理保證的財務報告 符合公認會計原則的對外報表。(C) 本公司並無證券化交易及“表外安排“(如說明中所述 8項 303(B) of Regular S-k(根據證券法頒佈)由本公司及其各自的 子公司自2023年1月1日起 1。”).
(D) 自2023年1月1日以來,沒有關於財務報告或會計政策和做法的正式內部調查 與公司或其任何子公司的首席執行官或財務總監討論、審查或在其指示下發起, 公司董事會或其任何委員會或任何附屬公司的任何董事會或委員會。自2021年1月1日起,本公司及各 其子公司未發現(I) 系統在設計或運行方面存在任何重大缺陷或重大缺陷 本公司或其附屬公司所使用的內部會計控制,(Ii) 任何欺詐,不論是否重大,涉及 公司或其子公司、公司或任何子公司管理層或參與準備工作的其他員工 公司或任何附屬公司使用的財務報表或內部會計控制,或(Iii) 任何索賠或指控 關於上述任何一項。2.8 沒有變化。(A) 在本公司未經審計的中期資產負債表日期至本協議日期之間,本公司及其各附屬公司 僅在正常業務過程中開展業務(簽署和履行本協議和 與此有關的討論、談判和交易,包括預期的交易),沒有采取任何行動, 根據以下規定需要父母同意的事件或事件
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(B) 自公司未經審計的中期資產負債表之日起至本協議之日止,並無任何公司資料 不利的影響。2.9 沒有未披露的負債。自本協議簽訂之日起,本公司及其子公司 不承擔任何責任、負債、義務、費用、索賠、不足、擔保或任何形式的背書, 絕對的,或有的,成熟的,未成熟的或其他的(每個,一個)
(R) 協議,規定每個僱員的職位或頭銜,以及僱用日期。
2.18 環境問題。該公司及其每個子公司都遵守了規定,自1月以來 1,2022,已遵守所有適用的環境法,其中包括由公司及其子公司擁有 適用環境法要求的所有許可和其他政府授權,並遵守條款和條件 自2022年1月1日以來,本公司及其任何子公司均未收到、 任何書面通知或其他通信,無論是來自政府機構或其他人的,聲稱 本公司或其任何附屬公司不遵守任何環境法或根據任何環境法承擔責任, 在知情的情況下,不存在任何可以合理預期的情況來阻止或干擾本公司或其任何 子公司未來遵守任何環境法的情況,除非這種不遵守行爲不合理地 預計會對公司產生實質性的不利影響。據公司所知,目前或(在此期間)以前的財產 由公司或其任何附屬公司租賃或控制)公司或其任何附屬公司租賃或控制的先前財產 在重大違規行爲中釋放或接觸危險材料,或合理預期會導致 根據任何適用的環境法,公司或其任何子公司的重大責任。沒有同意、批准或政府 任何適用的環境法要求獲得任何政府機構的授權或向其登記或備案 隨着本協議的簽署和交付或預期交易的完成。2.19 保險。
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除非按照
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公司披露明細表, 任何經紀人、發現者或投資銀行家都無權收取任何經紀手續費、發現者手續費、諮詢費、成功費、交易費 或根據本公司或代表本公司作出的安排,與擬進行的交易有關的其他費用或佣金 或其任何子公司。
2.21 與附屬公司的交易。
(A)
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的 根據公司披露時間表,自2021年1月1日以來,一方面, 另一方面,本公司或其任何附屬公司以及任何(I)本公司或其任何附屬公司的高管或董事 或,據本公司所知,上述高管或董事的任何直系親屬,(Ii)所有者 已發行公司股本或其任何附屬公司股本的投票權超過5%或(三) 據公司所知,任何“
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“(S-k條例第404項的含義爲 在以下情況下,任何該等高管、董事或股權持有人(本公司除外) 第(I)、(Ii)或(Iii)條中的每一條,其類型屬於已頒佈的S-k條例第404項所要求披露的類型 行動)。
第2.21(B)條
公司披露明細表列出了每個股東的協議、投票權協議、登記權 公司與公司股本和/或資本持有人之間的協議、共同銷售協議或其他類似合同 任何附屬公司的股票,包括授予任何人投資者權利、優先購買權、首次要約權、 註冊權、董事指定權或類似權利(統稱爲
投資者協議2.22 反賄賂。本公司、其任何子公司或其各自的任何董事、高級管理人員、 僱員,或據公司所知,代理人或代表他們行事的任何其他人直接或間接作出任何 賄賂、回扣、回扣、影響支付、回扣、非法支付、非法政治捐款或其他支付 現金、禮物或其他形式,或採取任何其他行動,違反1977年《反海外腐敗法》或任何其他 反賄賂或反腐敗法(統稱爲《
“)。 本公司或其任何附屬公司都不是或曾經是任何政府機構調查或調查的對象 2.23 召回。除非在
第2.23節
公司披露時間表,自1月起 1、2022年,本公司及其子公司沒有自願或非自願地發起、進行或發佈或導致發起, 進行或發出的任何召回、市場撤回或更換、安全警報、警告、安全警報或其他有關通知或行動 聲稱任何公司產品缺乏安全性、有效性或法規遵從性(每次提及的產品應包括任何產品 任何公司附屬公司)。 撤回或更換本公司已售出或擬供本公司出售的任何產品,(Ii)市場分類的改變 或任何此類公司產品的標籤發生重大變化,或(Iii)終止或暫停此類產品的營銷。 沒有一家公司的產品是任何政府機構召回或採取其他類似行動的對象。除非在
部分 2.23
在公司披露時間表中,公司的任何產品都不受任何限制或限制的合同的約束 任何公司在任何時間、任何地區開發、製造、營銷或銷售任何公司產品的能力, 向或爲任何特定客戶或客戶群體或在任何其他重要方面。
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本公司的所有股東均爲“
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2.25 對其他陳述或保證的免責聲明。除非先前在本文件中所述,但(A)母公司向本公司提交的書面披露時間表(“
“,應被視爲包括向公司交付的所有材料和信息,以回應 公司的盡職調查清單,不論是否具體列入附表),或(B)除下列目的外
和
,在向美國證券交易委員會提交或提供給美國證券交易委員會的母公司文件中披露,至少三(3)家企業 在本協議達成之日之前幾天,並在美國證券交易委員會的電子數據收集、分析和檢索系統上公開可用 (但(I)不執行在本協定日期或之後提交給美國證券交易委員會或向美國證券交易委員會提交的任何修正案,並且 (Ii)不包括標題下所載的任何披露
風險因素
以及對風險的任何披露 在任何情況下“
前瞻性陳述
免責聲明或任何其他部分,只要它們是前瞻性的 聲明或警告性、預測性或前瞻性)、母公司和合並子公司代表並向公司保證如下:
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(A) 母公司和合並子公司都是根據州法律正式註冊成立、有效存在和信譽良好的公司 特拉華州,並擁有所有必要的公司權力和權力:(I)以其目前的業務方式開展業務 正在進行;(2)以其財產和資產目前擁有的方式擁有或租賃和使用其財產和資產 或租賃和使用;以及(Iii)履行其受其約束的所有合同下的義務,但在上述每一種情況下, 如不具備上述權力或權限,不會合理地預期不會阻止或實質上延遲父母的能力 和合並子公司,以完成預期的交易。自成立之日起,合併子公司並未從事任何活動 除與本協定形成有關或與本協定有關或預期的活動外。
(B) 其業務性質需要此類許可或資格的所有司法管轄區的法律,但下列司法管轄區除外 個別或整體未能獲得如此資格,不會合理地預期會對母公司造成不利影響。
(C) 母公司除合併子公司外,沒有子公司;母公司不擁有任何股本,也不擁有任何股權、所有權或利潤分享 在任何其他實體(合併子公司除外)中擁有任何性質的權益,或直接或間接控制這些實體。
(D) 母公司或其任何子公司都不是或以其他方式直接或間接地成爲或參與 任何合夥企業、合資企業或類似的商業實體。母公司或其任何子公司都沒有同意或有義務 作出或受任何合約約束,而根據該合約,該公司可能有義務作出任何未來的投資或對任何 其他實體。母公司或其任何子公司在任何時候都不是普通合夥人,也不承擔以下責任 任何普通合夥、有限合夥或其他實體的任何債務或其他義務。
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3.2 組織文件
。母公司已向公司提供準確和完整的 自本協議簽訂之日起生效的母公司及其子公司的組織文件。既不是父母也不是任何人 在任何實質性方面違反或違反其各自的組織文件。
(I) 違反、衝突或導致違反母公司組織文件的任何規定或任何 其子公司;
(Ii) 違反、牴觸或導致違反任何法律或任何命令、令狀、強制令、判決或法令 母公司或其任何子公司,或母公司或其任何子公司擁有或使用的任何資產,除非 不合理地預計不會單獨或總體構成母體材料的不利影響;
(Iii) 違反、衝突或導致違反任何政府機構的條款或要求,或給予任何政府機構 有權撤銷、撤回、暫停、取消、終止或修改母公司或其子公司持有的任何政府授權, 但不合理地預計不會單獨或合計構成母體材料不利影響的除外;
(Iv) 違反、衝突或導致違反或違反任何母公司的任何規定,或導致違約 材料合同,或給予任何人以下權利:(A)根據任何母材料合同宣佈違約或行使任何補救措施; (B)僅接受任何母材料合同下的任何材料付款、回扣、退款、罰款或交貨時間表的更改 由於預期交易的完成;(C)加速任何母材料合同的到期或履行; 或(D)取消、終止或修改任何母材料合同的任何條款,但合理地預計不會構成的條款除外, 個別或整體造成母體材料的不利影響;或
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第3.5條任何父材料合同下的父披露計劃,(B) 要求母公司股東投票,(C)向特拉華州州務卿提交合並證書 依據《香港政府合同法》及(D)下列各項同意、放棄、批准、命令、授權、註冊、聲明及提交 根據適用的聯邦和州證券法或根據納斯達克的規則,母公司或其任何子公司 過去、現在或將被要求向任何政府機構提交任何文件,或向任何政府機構發出通知,或獲得任何政府機構的同意 (X)簽署、交付或履行本協議,或(Y)完成預期的交易,如果 單獨或合計沒有給予或獲得,將合理地預期會阻止或實質性地延遲能力 收購母公司及合併子公司,以完成預期交易。(C) 母公司董事會和合並附屬董事會已經並將採取一切必要行動,以確保適用於 DGCL第203條中包含的業務合併不適用於執行、交付和履行 爲本協議的執行和預期交易的完成乾杯。沒有其他州接管法規或類似的法律適用或 聲稱適用於合併、本協議或任何預期交易。
3.6 大寫。.(A) 截至本協議日期,母公司的法定股本包括(I)75,000,000股母公司普通股,面值 每股價值0.001美元,其中1,951,638股已發行,截至參考日期收盤時已發行流通股;以及(2) 母公司25,000,000股優先股,每股面值0.001美元,其中未發行股份,流通股爲 本協議之日起生效。母公司在其金庫中不持有其股本的任何股份。自本協議之日起生效 沒有未償還的母公司認股權證。
(B) 母公司普通股的所有流通股均已獲得正式授權和有效發行,並已全額支付和不可評估。 母公司普通股的流通股均不享有或受任何優先購買權、參與權、權利 對父母有利。除非如本文所設想的和在第3.6(B)(I)條
在家長披露時間表中,有 沒有與投票或登記有關的母合同,或限制任何人購買、出售、質押或以其他方式 出售(或授予任何與母公司普通股有關的選擇權或類似權利)任何母公司普通股。除非按照.部分 3.6(B)(Ii)
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第3.6(C)條 | 在母公司披露計劃中,母公司沒有任何庫存 截至 參考日期,母公司有(I)673,060股母公司普通股可根據母公司股權激勵計劃發行, 其中82,383股已發行,目前已發行,58,600股已預留供母公司行使時發行 根據母公司股權激勵計劃,已預留8,467股先前授予且目前未償還的期權供發行 根據母公司股權激勵計劃,參考日期和523,610股仍可供未來發行。 |
第3.6(C)條 | 《母公司披露進度表》闡述了關於截至參考的每個未完成的母公司期權的以下信息 日期:(1)認購人的名稱;(2)授予時受該認購權約束的母公司普通股數量; 該父選擇權;(V)授予該父選擇權的日期;(Vi)適用的歸屬時間表,包括編號 截至參考日期的既得及非既得股份數目;(Vii)該父認購權的屆滿日期;及(Viii)該父認購權是否 選項是一個“ |
激勵性股票期權 | “(如守則所界定)或非限制性股票認購權。父級有 向公司提供準確、完整的股權激勵計劃副本,母公司根據股權激勵計劃獲得股權獎勵; 證明此類股權獎勵的所有獎勵協議的格式,以及董事會和股東批准母計劃的證據 及其任何修正案。 |
第3.6(C)條 | 闡述了父母選項和父母RSU的列表 這加快了授予的速度。 |
(D) 除父計劃外,包括父選項和父RSU,且第3.6(D)條
的 根據母公司披露時間表,沒有:(I)未償還的認購、認購、催繳、認股權證或權利(不論目前是否可行使) 收購母公司或其任何附屬公司的任何股本或其他證券;(Ii)已發行證券、票據 或可轉換爲或可交換母公司股本或其他證券的任何股份的債務 或其任何附屬公司;。(三)股東權益計劃(或類似計劃,通常稱爲“
毒丸
“) 或合同,根據該合同,母公司或其任何子公司有義務或可能有義務出售或以其他方式發行其資本的任何股份 股票或任何其他證券;或(Iv)可能合理地相當可能導致或提供基礎的條件或情況 任何人聲稱該人有權獲得或接受任何股本或 母公司或其任何子公司的其他證券。沒有流通股或授權股增值、影子股、利潤 對母公司或其任何子公司的參與權或其他類似權利。
(E) 母公司普通股、母公司期權、母公司RSU和母公司其他證券的所有流通股均已發行和授予 實質上符合(I)所有適用的證券法和其他適用的法律,以及(Ii)適用中規定的所有要求 合同。
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(A) 除了可以在美國證券交易委員會網站上獲得的此類文件外
,父母已交付或可用 向公司提供所有註冊聲明、委託書、證書(定義如下)和其他文件的準確和完整的副本 自2021年10月6日起,母公司向美國證券交易委員會提交的報表、報告、附表、表格和其他文件(
母 SEC文件
“)。所有重要的報表、報告、附表、表格和其他文件必須由 母公司或其負責人已向美國證券交易委員會及時備案。截至提交給美國證券交易委員會的時間(或,如果修改或 被在本協議日期之前提交的申請所取代),每個母美國證券交易委員會文件都符合 在所有重大方面符合證券法、交易法或納斯達克規則(視情況而定)的適用要求 根據情況,陳述其中需要陳述或爲了在其中作出陳述而必需的重要事實 它們是在什麼情況下製作的,不是誤導。根據《交易法》和(I)規則13a-14所要求的證明和聲明 (Ii)《美國法典》第18編第1350節(《薩班斯-奧克斯利法案》第906條),涉及母公司的《美國證券交易委員會》文件(統稱爲
“) 準確、完整,並符合所有適用法律的形式和內容。正如在此中使用的
,這個詞“
“ 其變化應廣義地解釋爲包括提供、提供或提供文件或信息的任何方式 以其他方式提供給美國證券交易委員會。
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第3.7(c)節
在所有實質性方面遵守《薩班斯-奧克斯利法案》的適用條款以及適用的現行上市和治理規則 和納斯達克的規定。
(D) 母公司對財務報告維持內部控制制度(如《交易法》第13a-15(F)和15d-15(F)條所界定) 這是爲了對財務報告的可靠性和財務報表的編制提供合理的保證 符合GAAP的外部目的,包括旨在提供合理保證的政策和程序:(I)母公司 保持合理詳細、準確和公平地反映母公司的交易和資產處置的記錄,(2) 根據需要記錄交易,以便根據公認會計准則編制財務報表;(Iii)收到 和支出僅根據管理層和上級董事會的授權進行,以及(Iv)關於預防或 及時發現未經授權獲取、使用或處置可能對母公司產生重大影響的母公司資產 財務報表。母公司已評估截至12月的母公司財務報告內部控制的有效性 2022年3月31日,並在適用法律要求的範圍內,在作爲Form 10-K報告的任何適用的母美國證券交易委員會文檔中提供 或表格10-Q(或其任何修正案)關於截至以下日期財務報告內部控制有效性的結論 在這種評估的基礎上,這種報告或修正案所涵蓋的期限結束。Parent根據其最新的評估披露 向母公司的核數師和母公司董事會的審計委員會提供財務報告的內部控制(並提供 (A)所有重大缺陷和重大弱點,如果 在財務報告內部控制的設計或操作中,任何合理地可能對母公司產生不利影響的 記錄、處理、彙總和報告財務信息的能力,以及(B)任何已知的欺詐行爲,無論是否重大,涉及 在母公司或子公司的財務內部控制中發揮重要作用的管理層或其他員工 報道。除母公司美國證券交易委員會文件中另有規定外,根據其最新的內部評估,母公司尚未確定 對財務報告的控制,母公司財務內部控制的設計或操作中的任何重大缺陷 報道。
(E) 家長維護“
”(定義見交易所規則13 a-15(e)和15 d-15(e) 法案)旨在確保家長在其提交或提交的定期報告中披露要求披露的信息 根據《交易法》,在規定的時間內記錄、處理、總結和報告,並且所有此類信息 酌情積累並傳達給母公司管理層,以便及時做出有關所需披露的決定, 進行認證。
(f) 據母公司所知,自2021年5月18日以來,母公司的核數師一直是:(i)註冊會計師 公司(定義見《薩班斯-奧克斯利法案》第2(a)(12)條);(ii)”
獨立的
“關於父母 符合《交易法》規定的S-X的含義;以及(Iii)符合第10A條(G)至(L)款的規定 交易所法案和美國證券交易委員會及其下屬的上市公司會計監督委員會頒佈的規則和條例。
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(G) 自2021年10月6日以來,母公司一直沒有收到美國證券交易委員會或其工作人員的任何意見信或納斯達克的任何通信 或未披露的母公司普通股在納斯達克退市或維持上市的有關工作人員 在父美國證券交易委員會文檔中。Parent尚未披露任何懸而未決的評論。
(H) 自2020年1月1日以來,沒有關於財務報告或會計政策和做法的正式內部調查 或母公司、母公司董事會或其任何委員會的總法律顧問,但不包括對會計政策的正常審計或審查 以及《薩班斯-奧克斯利法案》所要求的做法或內部控制。
(a) 除非
在母公司資產負債表日期和母公司資產負債表日期之間 在本協議中,母公司僅在正常業務過程中開展業務(簽署和履行除外 本協定及與之相關的討論、談判和交易,包括預期的交易) 並無任何行動、事件或事件須經本公司同意
第4.1(B)條
有 此類行爲、事件或事件發生在本協議簽署和交付之後。
(B) 自母公司資產負債表之日起至本協議之日止,並無任何母公司重大不利影響。
3.9 沒有未披露的負債
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母公司披露明細表;及。(六)在 正常的業務過程與過去的做法一致。
資產所有權
。母公司及其每一家子公司擁有並擁有良好和有效的所有權, 或就租賃財產和資產而言,指所有有形財產或有形資產和設備的有效租賃權益 在其業務或運營中使用或持有以供使用或看來由其擁有的,包括:(A)反映在 母公司資產負債表;及(B)反映在母公司或其任何子公司的賬簿和記錄中的所有其他有形資產 由母公司或這樣的子公司擁有。所有此類資產均爲母公司所有,或在租賃資產的情況下,由母公司或其適用的公司租賃 除被允許的產權負擔外,子公司沒有任何產權負擔。
3.13 協議、合同和承諾。’第3.13節“《母公司披露明細表》列出了截至本協議日期生效的下列母公司合同 (任何家長福利計劃除外)(每項、一項“” 母材合同 “總體而言,” 父級 材料合同
(I) 行動;
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(Iii) 或與任何人競爭,(B)任何“
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(Iv) 與資本支出有關並要求在本協議日期後付款超過62,500美元的每份母合同 根據其明示條款,不得在沒有處罰的情況下取消;
(五) 與處置或獲得任何實體的物質資產或任何所有權權益有關的每份母合同;
(Vi) 或與超過62,500美元的借款或擴大信貸有關的工具,或與 其子公司的名稱;
(Vii) 要求在本協議日期後由母公司或其任何子公司支付超過62,500美元的每份母公司合同 根據其與以下內容有關的明示條款:(A)任何分銷協議(指明任何含有排他性條款的分銷協議);(B) 母公司或其任何子公司有持續義務開發或銷售任何產品、技術或服務, 不會全部或部分由母公司或其任何子公司擁有的權利;或(C)許可任何第三方的任何合同 製造或生產母公司或其任何子公司的任何產品、服務或技術或任何銷售、分銷的合同 或將母公司或其任何子公司的任何產品或服務商業化,但在 正常業務流程;
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(Viii) 每個母公司與任何人簽訂的合同,包括任何財務顧問、經紀人、發現者、投資銀行家或其他人, 向母公司提供與預期交易相關的諮詢服務;
(Ix) 每家母公司的房地產租賃;
(十) 每個母公司與任何政府機構簽訂合同;
(Xi)
(Xii) 每份母公司合同包含基於母公司或其任何一家公司的收入或利潤的任何特許權使用費、股息或類似安排 附屬公司;以及
(Xiii) 母公司或其子公司不能隨意終止(不含罰款或付款)的任何其他母公司合同 合計超過62,500美元,或(B)對母公司及其附屬公司的整體業務或營運具有重大意義。
(B) 母公司已向公司交付或提供所有母公司材料合同的準確和完整的副本,包括所有修訂 就在那裏。沒有非書面形式的母材料合同。截至本協議簽訂之日,任何父母、任何 其子公司或據母公司所知,母公司材料合同的任何其他方違反、違反或違約 母材料合同,允許任何其他方取消或終止任何此類母材料合同,或 將允許任何其他一方尋求損害賠償或尋求其他法律補救措施,這是合理地預期對父母來說是實質性的 或其業務或運營。關於母公司及其子公司,截至本協議之日,每份母公司材料合同爲 有效的、有約束力的、可強制執行的和完全有效的,但可強制執行的例外情況除外。沒有人在重新談判,也沒有人 根據任何母公司材料合同的條款,向母公司或其任何一方支付或應付的任何物質金額的更改權 根據任何母材料合同或任何母材料合同的任何其他材料條款或規定的子公司。
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3.14 遵守;許可;限制。
(A) 自2022年1月1日以來,母公司及其每一家子公司在所有實質性方面都遵守了所有適用的 聯邦貿易委員會、CPSC、CPSIA或其他監管機構,但任何不符合規定的情況除外,無論是個別的還是總體的,這將 對父母來說不是重要的。任何政府機構的調查、索賠、訴訟、法律程序、審計或其他行動均不待決,或 母公司知情,威脅母公司或其任何子公司。沒有協議、判決、禁令、命令或 對母公司或其任何附屬公司有約束力的法令,(I)具有或將合理地預期具有禁止的效果 或嚴重損害母公司或其任何子公司的任何商業行爲,母公司或其任何子公司對物質財產的任何收購,或 其任何附屬公司或母公司或其任何附屬公司目前進行的業務行爲,(Ii)合理地很可能 對父母遵守或履行本協議項下的任何公約或義務的能力產生不利影響,或(Iii) 合理地很可能具有阻止、拖延、使其非法或以其他方式干擾預期交易的效果。
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第3.14(B)條
關於母公司披露的 明細表標識了每個家長許可證。母公司及其子公司免費持有所有母公司許可證的所有權利、所有權和權益 而且沒有任何累贅。母公司及其各附屬公司在實質上遵守母公司許可證的條款。不是 法律程序懸而未決,或據父母所知,受到威脅,尋求撤銷、限制、暫停或實質性修改 任何父母的許可。每個母公司許可證的權利和利益將立即提供給母公司及其子公司 在生效時間之前。
(C) 或FTC、CPSC或CPSIA的任何子公司,或根據其通過的任何法規,或實施或 由任何監管機構頒佈。
(D) 家長目前沒有接通或尋址,據家長所知,沒有任何理由認爲需要這樣做 採取或解決任何糾正措施,包括但不限於產品召回。
(E) 母公司及其子公司已向公司提供所有重要通知、信件或其他材料的真實完整副本 母公司及其子公司從任何監管機構(如有)收到的通信。
(F) 沒有關於其業務或產品的除名或排除索賠、訴訟、法律程序或調查待決或, 據母公司所知,對母公司、其任何子公司或其各自的任何高級管理人員、員工或代理人進行威脅。
3.15 法律訴訟;命令
(a) 截至本協議之日,沒有懸而未決的法律訴訟,而且據父母所知,沒有人威脅要 啓動任何影響62,500美元或以上損害賠償或責任的法律訴訟,並且沒有人威脅啓動任何法律訴訟 影響總計62,500美元或以上損害賠償或責任的訴訟:(i)涉及(A)母公司、(B)其任何子公司、 (C)任何母公司關聯人士(以其身份)或(D)母公司或其子公司擁有或使用的任何重大資產; 或(ii)挑戰,或合理預期會產生預防、拖延、使其非法或其他影響 干擾深思熟慮的交易。
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共96個 | (B) 自2022年1月1日以來,沒有針對母公司或其任何子公司的法律訴訟懸而未決,從而導致重大責任 至母公司或其任何附屬公司。 | (C) 母公司或其任何子公司或所擁有的任何物質資產沒有任何命令、令狀、禁令、判決或法令 或由母公司或其任何子公司使用,將受到62,500美元或更多損害賠償或責任的影響。據父母所知, 母公司或其任何子公司的高級職員或其他僱員不受任何命令、令狀、強制令、判決或法令的約束 或其任何附屬公司,或母公司或其任何附屬公司所擁有或使用的任何重大資產。 | 3.16 稅務問題。 | |||||||||||||
(A) 母公司及其子公司已按要求及時提交所有所得稅申報單和其他重要納稅申報單 根據適用法律提出申請。所有這些報稅表在所有重要方面都是正確和完整的,並且是按照規定編制的。 以及所有適用的法律。在任何司法管轄區內,任何政府機構從未提出過任何書面索賠,而其母公司或其任何 子公司不提交特定的納稅申報單或支付母公司或該子公司應受其徵稅的特定稅款 司法管轄權。 | $ | 8,442,987 | $ | 5,578,089 | $ | 2,864,898 | 51.4 | % |
(B) 母公司或其任何子公司在本合同日期或之前到期和欠下的所有所得稅和其他實質性稅項(不論是否顯示 在任何報稅表上)已全額繳付。截至母公司餘額之日,母公司及其子公司的未繳稅款沒有 表,大大超過納稅責任準備金(不包括爲反映時間差異而設立的任何遞延稅款準備金 賬面和稅項之間)列於母公司資產負債表的正面。自母公司資產負債表之日起,母公司和母公司 NOR或其任何附屬公司並無在正常業務過程以外招致任何重大稅務責任。
(C) 或代表其各自的僱員、獨立承包商、股東、股權持有人、貸款人、 客戶或其他第三方,並已被及時支付給適當的政府機構或其他人或適當地留在 說明了這一目的。 | ||||||||||||||||
(D) 母公司的任何資產或其任何一項資產不存在物質稅(尚未到期和應付的稅項除外)的負擔 子公司。 | 頁面 | 共96個 | (E) 沒有關於母公司或其任何子公司的所得稅或其他物質稅的不足之處被索賠、建議或評估 由任何政府機構以書面形式提交。沒有懸而未決的或正在進行的,據父母所知,受到威脅的審計、評估 或就母公司或其任何附屬公司的重大稅項所負的任何法律責任或與此有關的其他訴訟。都不是 母公司或其任何子公司(或其任何前身)已放棄對任何收入或其他 物質稅,或同意對任何所得稅或其他物質稅評估或不足之處延長任何期限。 | |||||||||||||
(F) 母公司或其任何子公司都不是第節所指的美國房地產控股公司 在《守則》第897(C)(1)(A)(Ii)節規定的適用期限內,遵守《守則》第897(C)(2)條的規定。 | $ | 17,676,987 | $ | 14,334,548 | $ | 3,342,439 | 23.3 | % |
(G) 母公司及其子公司均不是任何稅收分配協議、稅收分享協議、稅收賠償協議的當事人, 或類似的協議或安排,但在正常業務過程中訂立的習慣商業合同除外 其標的物不是稅收。
(H) 母公司或其任何子公司都不需要包括任何重大收入項目,或排除任何重大收入項目 在截止日期後結束的任何納稅期間(或其部分)由於下列原因而從應納稅所得額中扣除:(I)材料 在結算日或之前爲稅務目的改變會計方法;(2)實質性使用不適當的會計方法 在截止日期或之前結束的課稅期間;
結案協議
“如第節所述 在截止日期或之前籤立的《守則》(或國家、地方或外國法律的任何類似規定)的7121條;(Iv)公司間 《國庫條例》第1502條規定的交易或超額損失帳戶(或國家的任何類似規定, 當地法律或外國法律)在成交當日或之前訂立;(V)在成交當日或之前進行的分期付款銷售或未結交易處置 至結算日;(6)結算日或之前收到的預付金額或遞延收入;(7)適用第 (Viii)第951或951A條的適用範圍 《法典》(或國家、地方或外國法律的任何類似規定)對截止日期或之前收到或應計的任何收入的影響; 或(Ix)根據《法典》第108(I)條(或任何類似的州、地方或外國法律的規定)在關閉之日或之前作出的選擇 約會。家長並未根據守則第965(H)條作出任何選擇。
(i) 母公司或其任何子公司均從未(i)是合併、合併或單一稅務集團(除此之外)的成員 共同母公司爲母公司的集團)或(ii)任何合資企業、合夥企業或其他安排的一方 作爲美國聯邦所得稅目的的合作伙伴。母公司或其任何子公司均不對任何材料承擔任何責任 根據財政部法規第1.1502-6條(或任何類似條款)對任何人(母公司及其任何子公司除外)徵稅 州、地方或外國法律),或作爲轉讓人或繼承人。
(j) 母公司及其任何子公司(i)均不是“
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被動外國投資公司
“在《守則》第1297條的含義內, 以及(Iii)曾經擁有常設機構(在適用的稅收條約的含義內)或以其他方式擁有辦公室或固定職位 在組織國家以外的其他國家的營業地點。
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(K) 母公司或其任何子公司均未參與或參與截至本協議日期的交易, 構成一種“ | 上市交易 | “根據《國稅局條例》第6011條的規定,必須向國稅局報告。 準則及其下適用的財政部規章。 ($) | (L) 母公司或其任何子公司都沒有采取任何行動,據母公司所知,也沒有任何事實可以合理地 預計將阻止合併有資格享受預期的稅收待遇(定義如下 (%) | |||||||||||||
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(M) 母公司或其任何子公司都沒有根據任何大流行應對法律獲得任何稅收減免,而這些法律可能合理地 預計將對母公司及其關聯公司(包括本公司)的納稅或納稅申報義務產生重大影響 截止日期。 | $ | 1,030,720 | $ | 1,047,888 | $ | (17,168 | ) | (1.6 | )% | |||||||
爲 施行本 | 954,690 | 838,874 | 115,816 | 13.8 | % | |||||||||||
第3.16節 | 2,404,432 | 1,722,480 | 681,952 | 39.6 | % | |||||||||||
,凡提及母公司或其任何附屬公司,須當作包括任何符合以下條件的人士: 被清算爲母公司或其任何子公司,與母公司或其任何子公司合併,或在其他方面是母公司或其任何子公司的前身。 | 21,290 | 15,978 | 5,312 | 33.2 | % | |||||||||||
3.17 僱員和勞工事務;福利計劃。 | $ | 4,411,132 | $ | 3,625,220 | $ | 785,912 | 21.7 | % |
第3.17(A)條
在母公司披露計劃列表中,截至本協議日期,所有重要的母公司福利計劃, 包括規定退休、控制權變更、留任或留任、遞延薪酬、激勵的每個父母福利計劃 “
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“指每項(I) “ | 員工福利計劃 | 共96個 ($) | (F) 任何政府機構沒有涉及任何母公司福利計劃的未決審計或調查,也沒有針對母公司福利計劃的未決審計或調查 知情、威脅索賠(對母公司福利計劃正常運作中應支付的福利的個人索賠除外), 涉及任何父母福利計劃的訴訟或法律程序。所有供款及保費付款須根據以下任何一項作出 父母福利計劃或適用法律(不考慮根據《法典》第412條給予的任何豁免)是及時的 任何母公司或任何母公司ERISA附屬公司均不對任何與任何父母福利有關的未付供款承擔任何責任 計劃(正常業務過程中可能繼續應計的繳款除外)。 (%) | |||||||||||||
(G) 母公司、其任何子公司或任何母公司ERISA附屬公司,以及,據母公司所知,任何受託人、受託人或管理人 受任何此類母公司福利計劃、母公司、其任何子公司或母公司ERISA約束的任何母公司福利計劃 聯屬公司或本公司因以下事項而承擔的稅收、罰款或責任 | ||||||||||||||||
被禁止的交易 | $ | 1,988,373 | $ | 2,042,419 | $ | (54,046 | ) | (2.6 | )% | |||||||
“根據第406條 | 1,993,393 | 1,723,752 | 269,641 | 15.6 | % | |||||||||||
(h) 除非 | 4,461,039 | 3,474,705 | 986,334 | 28.4 | % | |||||||||||
第3.17(H)條 | 46,353 | 45,839 | 514 | 1.1 | % | |||||||||||
在父母披露計劃中,沒有父母福利計劃提供(I)死亡、醫療、 服務終止或退休後的牙科、視力、人壽保險或其他福利,但 法律或(Ii)根據《法典》第401(A)條符合資格的父母福利計劃下的死亡或退休福利,且父母中沒有人, | $ | 8,489,158 | $ | 7,286,715 | $ | 1,202,443 | 16.5 | % |
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母公司披露明細表,本協議的簽署或完成 將單獨或與任何其他事件相關(S),(I)導致任何付款到期 向母公司或其任何子公司的任何現任或前任員工、董事高管、獨立承包商或其他服務提供商, 承包商或母公司或其任何子公司的其他服務提供商,(Iii)導致付款時間加快,資金 福利計劃或(V)限制合併、修改或終止任何父母福利計劃的權利。
(J) 無論是本協議的簽署,還是預期交易的完成(單獨或與 發生任何其他事件,包括終止僱傭)將導致接收或保留任何人誰是 “
被取消資格的個人
“(守則第280G條所指的)與母公司及其附屬公司有關 任何屬於或可能被描述爲“
降落傘付款
“(指
(K) 據家長所知,每個家長福利計劃規定的遞延補償構成了
不合格 遞延補償計劃
“(如《守則》第409a(D)(1)節所界定)現已成立,並已予管理 並按照《守則》第409a節的要求進行維護。
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3.26 召回。
除非在
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部分 3.26
在母披露計劃中,父產品不受任何限制或限制的合同的約束或約束 母公司在任何時間、任何地區、任何地區開發、製造、營銷或銷售任何母公司產品的能力 對於任何特定的客戶或客戶群體或在任何其他重要方面。
3.27 對其他陳述或保證的免責聲明。 | 除非先前在本文件中所述 | 第三條 ($) | 或在任何證書上 母公司或合併子公司根據本協議交付給公司,母公司和合並子公司均不作任何陳述或 對該公司或其任何資產、負債或業務以及任何此類其他資產、負債或業務作出明示或默示的法律或衡平法擔保 特此聲明不作任何陳述或保證。 (%) | |||||||||||||
3.28 外國腐敗行爲。 | $ | 29,105,633 | $ | 37,682,829 | $ | (8,577,196 | ) | (22.8 | )% |
代理人或其他代表父母行事的人有:(1)直接或間接使用任何資金非法捐贈、贈送、 與外國或國內政治活動有關的娛樂或其他非法開支;(二)向外國或國內政治活動支付任何非法款項 或國內政府官員或僱員,或來自公司資金的任何外國或國內政黨或競選活動,(Iii) 未充分披露母公司或合併子公司(或母公司代表其行事的任何人)所作的任何貢獻 (4)在任何實質性方面違反了《反海外腐敗法》的任何規定。
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3.29 沒有取消資格的事件。
任何母公司或合併子公司、其各自的任何前身、任何董事、高管、 參與預期交易的母公司或合併子公司的其他高級管理人員,任何持有該公司20%或以上 母公司未償還的有投票權的股權證券,以投票權爲基礎計算,也不包括任何發起人(該術語的定義 證券法下的規則405)在訂立本協議時以任何身份與母公司有關(每個、一個和 “
發行人承保人
"並且,一起,"
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“)受任何 「的」 | 糟糕的演員 | “取消資格事件,規則506(D)(2)所涵蓋的取消資格事件或 (D)(3)。母公司和合並子公司已採取合理的謹慎措施,以確定是否有任何發行人承保人員被取消資格 事件。母公司和合並子公司已在適用的範圍內遵守規則506(E)項下各自的披露義務, 並已向公司提供一份根據該條款提供的任何披露的副本。 ($) | 文章 四. (%) | |||||||||||||
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4.1 母公司業務的運作。 | $ | 3,979,254 | $ | 3,594,752 | $ | 384,502 | 10.7 | % | ||||||||
(A) 除(I)所列者外 | 4,028,578 | 3,007,799 | 1,020,779 | 33.9 | % | |||||||||||
附表4.1(a) | 6,852,532 | 6,972,421 | (119,889 | ) | (1.7 | )% | ||||||||||
在此,(Ii)本協議明確要求的,(Iii)適用的 法律,(Iv)經本公司事先書面同意,或(V)在正常業務過程中,在開始期間的所有時間 自本協議之日起一直持續到本協議根據下列條件終止之日起 | 94,383 | 139,586 | (45,203 | ) | (32.4 | )% | ||||||||||
第九條 | $ | 14,954,747 | $ | 13,714,558 | $ | 1,240,189 | 9.0 | % |
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“):母公司及其子公司應:(A) 在正常業務過程中的業務和運營,並在所有重要方面遵守所有適用的法律和 構成母材料合同的所有合同的要求:(B)繼續支付應付材料未付賬款 和其他在正常業務過程中到期和應付的重大流動負債(包括工資),以及(C)商業用途 合理努力在所有實質性方面保持其資產、財產和與供應商的實質性關係完好無損, 各方、被許可方、許可方、員工和承包商,除非公司另有書面協議。
(B) 除(I)所列者外
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在此,(Ii)本協議明確要求的,(Iii)適用的 法律,(Iv)在公司事先書面同意的情況下,或(V)在正常業務過程中,在關閉前的所有時間 在此期間,母公司不得、也不得促使或允許其任何子公司進行下列任何行爲,除非另有協議 本公司以書面形式:
(I) 就其股本中的任何股份宣佈、應計、擱置或支付任何股息或作出任何其他分配 回購、贖回或以其他方式回購其股本或其他證券的任何股份(回購母公司股份除外 在行使、結算或歸屬根據母計劃授予的任何獎勵或購買權時產生的預扣稅款 根據本協定之日生效的此類裁決的條款);
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(Ii) 出售、發行、授予、質押或以其他方式處置或阻礙或授權下列任何事項: 母公司或其任何子公司的股本或其他證券(母公司普通股股份除外) (B)收購任何股本的任何選擇權、認股權證或權利 或任何其他擔保,但在一般情況下授予董事、員工和服務提供商的父母期權或父母RSU除外 母公司或其任何子公司的其他擔保;
(Xix) 同意、解決或承諾執行上述任何一項。
(C) 本協議中包含的任何內容均不得直接或間接賦予公司控制或指導以下業務的權利 家長在生效時間之前。在生效時間之前,父母應按照本協議的條款和條件行使 協議,對其業務運營進行完全的單方面控制和監督。 | 4.2 公司業務的運作情況。 | (A) 除(I)所列者外 ($) | 附表4.2(a) (%) | |||||||||||||
在此,(Ii)本協議明確要求的,(Iii)適用的 法律,(Iv)事先得到父母的書面同意(這種同意不得被無理地扣留、附加條件或拖延),或(V)在 在正常業務過程中的業務和運營,並在所有重要方面遵守所有適用的法律和 構成公司重大合同的所有合同的要求:(B)繼續支付重大未付賬款 和其他在正常業務過程中到期和應付的重大流動負債(包括工資)和(C)商業用途 合理努力在所有實質性方面保持其資產、財產和與供應商的實質性關係完好無損, 各方、被許可人、許可人、僱員和承包商,除非母公司另有書面同意。 | $ | 369,273 | $ | 321,822 | $ | 47,451 | 14.7 | % | ||||||||
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(I) 就其資本中的任何股份宣佈、應計、擱置或支付任何股息或作出任何其他分配 股票或回購、贖回或以其他方式回購其股本或其他證券的任何股份(購回股份除外 根據條款行使、結算或授予任何授予或購買權所產生的價格或預扣稅 此類裁決在本協定之日生效);
(Ii) 出售、發行、授予、質押或以其他方式處置或阻礙或授權下列任何事項: (A)公司或其任何附屬公司的任何股本或其他證券;。(B)取得任何股本的任何選擇權、認股權證或權利。
(Iii) 或公司或其任何子公司的其他擔保(根據任何現有公司合同的條款除外);
(Iv) 除非需要實施任何考慮關閉的事項,否則應修改其或其子公司的 組織文件,或達成或參與任何合併、合併、換股、企業合併、資本重組、 股份重新分類、股票拆分、反向股票拆分或類似交易,但爲免生疑問,預期的 交易記錄;
(五) 與任何其他實體的關係;
(Vi) (A)借錢給任何人(但預支僱員、董事及 (B)因借款而招致或擔保任何債務;(C)擔保任何債務證券 (D)個人資本支出超過62,500美元,總計超過200,000美元;或(E)寬免任何 貸款給任何人,包括公司的員工、高級管理人員、董事或關聯公司;
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(Vii) 除適用法律或本協議之日生效的任何公司福利計劃的條款要求外: (A)向工資、薪金、佣金、附帶福利支付任何花紅或作出任何利潤分享或類似的支付,或增加工資、薪金、佣金、附帶條件的款額 支付給任何董事、高級管理人員、顧問或僱員的利益或花紅或其他補償或報酬,但不包括 (1)基本工資和年度現金紅利的增加機會和在正常業務過程中的支付 以及(2)根據任何現有公司合同的條款支付給被解僱員工的按比例分配的獎金,在每種情況下, 在本合同日期之前已提供給父母;或(B)增加提供給任何 現任或新員工、董事或顧問;
(Viii) 承認任何工會或工會組織; | (Ix) 收購任何物質資產或出售、租賃或以其他方式不可撤銷地處置其任何物質資產或財產,或授予任何產權負擔 關於該等資產或財產,但在上述每一種情況下,在正常業務過程中除外; | |||||||
(十) 到材料轉讓協議、服務協議、保密協議、商業可用的軟件即服務產品、 現成的軟件許可或普遍可用的專利許可協議,在每種情況下都是在 非獨家經營,且不授予對公司的任何產品或服務或其任何 子公司); | ||||||||
(Xi) 除撤銷S分會選舉外,作出、變更或者撤銷任何物質稅選擇,不繳納任何所得或者其他物質 或其他重大納稅義務或提交任何自願披露申請,達成任何稅收分配、分擔、賠償 或其他類似的協議或安排(在正常業務過程中訂立的習慣商業合同除外 就任何入息稅或其他物質稅而提出的任何申索或評稅(但依據提交任何報稅表的延展時間而提出者除外) 在正常業務過程中給予不超過七(7)個月),或採用或改變有關的任何重要會計方法 關於稅收; | $ | (1,485,362 | ) | $ | 219,807 | |||
(Xii) 訂立、實質性修改或終止任何公司材料合同(或被視爲公司材料合同的合同 如果在本合同日期之前簽訂),在每種情況下,如果合理地預期該條目、修改或終止將阻止 或對預期交易的完成造成重大阻礙、干擾、阻礙或延遲; | (186,577 | ) | (80,431 | ) | ||||
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(Xiii) 除法律或公認會計原則要求外,採取任何行動在任何重大方面改變會計政策或程序; | $ | 47,451 | $ | (157,714 | ) |
(Xiv) 發起或解決涉及或針對公司或其任何子公司的任何法律程序或其他索賠或糾紛; 或
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(Xvii) 同意、決心或承諾做上述任何一件事。
(C) 本協議中包含的任何內容均不得直接或間接賦予母公司控制或指導公司運營的權利 在生效時間之前。在生效時間之前,公司應按照本協議的條款和條件行使 協議,對其業務運營進行完全的單方面控制和監督。
4.3 訪問和調查。 | 在遵守保密協議條款的前提下,雙方同意該協議將繼續全面有效 自本協議簽訂之日起,在預結期內,在合理的通知下,母公司一方和公司, 在正常營業時間內合理接觸該方代表的另一方和該另一方的代表, 人員、財產和資產,以及所有現有的簿冊、記錄、納稅申報表、工作底稿和其他文件和信息 提供給該締約方及其附屬公司;(B)向該另一方和該另一方的代表提供 與該締約方及其子公司有關的現有賬簿、記錄、納稅申報單、工作底稿、產品數據以及其他文件和信息, 可合理要求;(C)允許另一方的官員和其他僱員在發出合理通知後,在正常時間內會面 營業時間,由該方的首席會計官和其他高級管理人員和僱員負責該方的財務 聲明和該締約方的內部控制,以討論另一方合理地認爲必要或適當的事項; 以及(D)向另一方提供未經審計的財務報表、編制的重要業務報告和財務報告的副本 對於該締約方的高級管理人員,以及向任何政府提交或發送或從任何政府收到的任何重要通知、報告或其他文件 與擬進行的交易有關的機構。母公司或公司根據本協議進行的任何調查 | |||||||
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儘管如此 如上所述,任何一方均可限制前述訪問,只要適用於該方的任何法律要求該方 限制或禁止訪問任何此類財產或信息,或可在一定程度上編輯任何前述文件或報告 有必要在任何可能因披露而危及律師-委託人特權的情況下保持這種特權 | (1,596 | ) | (10,044 | ) | ||||
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(B) 在預結期內的任何時間,母公司應立即(且在任何情況下不得晚於母公司成爲 知悉該等收購建議或收購查詢)(1)以口頭及書面方式將該等收購建議通知本公司 或收購查詢(包括提出或提交該收購建議或收購查詢的人的身份), (2)如屬書面收購建議書或收購查詢,須向或 收購詢價,提供其條款的書面摘要。母公司應就以下事項向公司提供合理的信息 任何此類收購建議或收購詢價以及任何材料修改或建議材料的狀態和材料條款 對其進行修改,包括向或來自母公司提供任何更新的書面文件和材料通信,其 子公司或其各自的任何代表。
(C) 母公司應立即停止並導致終止與以下任何人的任何現有討論、談判和溝通 關於截至本協議日期尚未終止的任何收購建議或收購詢價,終止 獲取母公司或其任何子公司通過電子或實物數據提供給該人的任何非公開信息 就任何該等收購建議或收購而向該人提供的母公司或其任何附屬公司的資料
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4.5 公司非邀請函。
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)或與任何人就任何收購進行談判 如上所述。在不限制前述一般性的情況下,公司承認並同意,如果任何代表 公司或其任何附屬公司的代表(不論該代表是否聲稱代表公司或任何 其子公司)採取的任何行動,如果由公司或其任何子公司採取,將構成違反本協議
部分 4.5
,則該代表採取上述行動應被視爲違反本
第4.5條
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(B) 如果公司、其任何子公司或其任何代表在任何 在關閉前的時間內,公司應立即(在任何情況下不得晚於公司後一(1)個工作日) 知悉該收購建議或收購查詢)(1)以口頭及書面方式將該收購建議告知母公司 或收購查詢(包括提出或提交該收購建議或收購查詢的人的身份), (2)如屬書面收購建議書或收購查詢,須向或 來自公司、其任何附屬公司或其任何代表;及(3)如屬口頭收購建議或收購 詢價,提供其條款的書面摘要。公司應將情況合理地告知母公司 任何該等收購建議或收購詢價及任何重大修改或建議的重大修改的重要條款 就在那裏。
(C) 公司應立即停止並導致終止與任何人的任何現有討論、談判和通信 與截至本協議日期尚未終止的任何收購建議或收購詢價有關的, 實體資料室,並要求銷燬或歸還本公司或其任何子公司提供的任何非公開信息 在本協定日期後,在切實可行範圍內儘快送達該人。
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(A) 在關閉前期間,公司應及時(在任何情況下不得晚於公司成立後三(3)個工作日) 意識到這一點)如果發生下列任何情況,應通知父母(如以書面形式提供任何相關文件的複印件): 收到任何人的通知或其他通訊,聲稱在以下情況下需要或可能需要該人同意 (Ii)任何針對本公司、涉及本公司或以其他方式影響本公司的法律程序已展開, 或,據本公司所知,威脅本公司,或據本公司所知,威脅任何董事或 本公司;(Iii)本公司意識到其在本協議中作出的任何陳述或擔保有任何重大失實之處; 或(Iv)公司沒有遵守公司的任何契諾或義務;在第(I)至(Iv)款的每一種情況下,
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適用的、不可能的或實質上不太可能的。沒有根據此向家長髮出通知第4.6節
應 更改、限制或以其他方式影響本協議中包含的公司的任何陳述、保證、契諾或義務 第六條 和 第七條,視情況而定。(B) 在關閉前期間,母公司應立即(在任何情況下不得晚於母公司知道後三(3)個工作日) 如果發生下列任何情況,應通知公司(如以書面形式提供任何相關文件的副本):(I)任何通知 或收到任何人的其他通信,聲稱需要或可能需要該人的同意與以下事項有關 已開始,或據母公司所知,威脅母公司或其任何附屬公司,或據母公司所知, 任何董事或母公司或其任何子公司的高管;(Iii)母公司意識到任何陳述中有任何重大失實 或其在本協議中作出的保證;或(Iv)母公司或合併子公司未能遵守母公司的任何契約或義務 或合併子公司;在第(I)至(Iv)款的每一種情況下,可以合理地預期這將使任何 中規定的條件”.
或 第八條適用的、不可能的或實質上不太可能的。無通知 根據本條例給予本公司
不得更改、限制或以其他方式影響任何陳述、保證、 母公司或其任何子公司的契約或義務包含在本協議或母公司披露明細表中 的
第六條
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5.1 代理語句。
(A) 在本協議簽訂之日後,雙方應在可行的情況下儘快做好準備,並由母方安排向美國證券交易委員會備案, 委託書。母公司約定並同意委託書(以及致股東的信、會議通知和表格 隨附的委託書)在委託書或對委託書的任何修訂或補充送交 美國證券交易委員會,在委託書或其任何修正案或補編首次郵寄給母公司股東時, 母公司股東大會的時間(定義如下
第5.3(A)條
),包含對重要事實的任何不真實陳述 或不述明爲作出該等陳述而須在該文件內述明或爲作出該陳述而必需的任何重要事實 它們是在什麼情況下製作的,而不是誤導。本公司承諾並同意由或提供的信息 代表公司或其代表向母公司提交委託書(包括公司經審計的 截至2023年及2022年止財政年度的財務報表或本公司中期財務報表(視乎情況而定)將不會 包含對重要事實的任何不真實陳述或遺漏陳述任何需要在其內陳述或按順序需要陳述的重要事實 使這些信息不會產生誤導性。 對於委託書中所作的陳述(以及隨附的致股東的信、會議通知和委託書格式),如果 根據本公司或其任何代表提供的信息,並根據本公司或其任何代表提供的信息 父母或其任何一名代表的姓名,以供列入。應給予公司及其法律顧問合理的機會 美國證券交易委員會在向美國證券交易委員會備案之前,以及在備案前美國證券交易委員會對委託書的任何評論的答覆 與美國證券交易委員會的對接。母公司應及時向公司提供往來於美國證券交易委員會的所有書面和電子通信的副本,並 美國證券交易委員會與委託書相關的所有美國證券交易委員會通訊的書面摘要。父母應盡商業上合理的努力 使委託書符合美國證券交易委員會頒佈的適用規章制度,對任何評論及時做出回應 美國證券交易委員會或其員工的意見,並在可行的情況下儘快澄清美國證券交易委員會或其員工對委託書的意見 它在美國證券交易委員會備案。母公司應盡商業上合理的努力,將委託書郵寄給母公司 股東在(I)對委託書的所有評論(如果有)被美國證券交易委員會清理後,或(Ii)如果 委託書(視情況而定,第(I)或(Ii)、
已清除的評論
“)。每一締約方應及時向 另一方可能需要的有關該方及其關聯公司和該方股東的所有信息 或與本協議所考慮的任何行動有關的合理要求
第5.1節
。如果母公司、合併子公司或公司成爲 知悉根據《證券法》或《交易法》應在修正案或補充文件中披露的任何事件或信息 則該當事人(視屬何情況而定)須迅速將此事通知其他各方,並 應與其他各方合作,向美國證券交易委員會提交該修正案或補編,並在適當的情況下郵寄該修正案 或對母公司股東的補充。公司和母公司應各自採取商業上合理的努力促使委託書 遵守美國證券交易委員會頒佈的適用規則和法規以及適用的聯邦和州證券法的聲明 要求。
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(B) 雙方應合理合作,提供並要求各自的代表提供另一方 根據法律規定包括在委託書中,或由另一方合理要求包含在委託書中。
5.2
(A) 在委託書清除意見後立即提交,但無論如何不得遲於此後五(5)個工作日,除非 公司須事先取得公司所有股東對下列第(I)、(Ii)及(Iii)項的同意,即 公司應在母公司的合作下準備一份信息聲明,並將其郵寄給其股東,該信息聲明應 包括一份委託書副本(“
信息表
”),以書面同意的方式徵求批准 根據《公約》第228條,公司股東的投票足以代替會議 DGCL,爲了(i)採用和批准本協議和擬議交易,(ii)承認批准 因此給出的是不可撤銷的,並且該股東知道其有權要求對其公司股本股份進行評估 根據DGCL第262條,該條將附有真實正確的副本,並且該股東已收到 並閱讀DGCL第262條的副本,並(iii)承認通過其批准合併,其無權接受評估 與合併相關的公司股本股份相關的權利,從而放棄任何收取付款的權利 DGCL下其公司股本股份的公允價值(統稱“公司股東事項“)。 除法律另有規定外,公司不得聲稱其股東需要任何其他批准或同意才能批准 本協議和預期的交易。應給予母公司及其法律顧問合理的機會進行審查和評論 在郵寄給公司股東之前,關於信息聲明,包括所有的修改和補充。
(B) 雙方應相互合理合作,並提供並要求各自的代表提供 法律要求包括在信息聲明中或另一方合理要求包括在信息中 聲明。
(C) 本公司承諾並同意該資料報表,包括其中所包括的任何形式財務報表(及 致股東的信函及隨附的公司股東同意書的格式),將不會在該信息 聲明或其任何修正案或補編首先郵寄、分發或以其他方式提供給 公司和在收到所需的公司股東投票時,包含任何對重大事實的不真實陳述或遺漏 根據有關情況,述明爲作出該等陳述而須在該文件內述明或爲作出該等陳述而必需的任何重要事實 它們是在什麼情況下製作的,不是誤導。父母立約並同意由父母或代表父母提供的信息,其 子公司或其各自駐公司代表,以納入信息聲明(包括母公司的 截至2023年和2022年的財政年度經審計的綜合財務報表或母公司的中期綜合財務報表, 視情況而定)不會包含任何對重要事實的不真實陳述或遺漏陳述任何需要陳述的重要事實 其中或爲使該等資料不具誤導性而有需要的。儘管有上述規定,本公司並不訂立任何契約, 關於信息聲明(以及致股東的信函和表格)中所作陳述的陳述或擔保 公司股東的書面同意),如有,基於母公司、其任何子公司提供的書面信息 或其各自的代表中的任何一人,以列入其中。每一方應盡商業上合理的努力促使 遵守美國證券交易委員會以及適用的聯邦和州政府頒佈的適用規則和法規的信息聲明 證券法對所有實質性方面的要求。頁面共96個
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股東 告示《股東》 通知應(I)爲一項聲明,大意是公司董事會根據第 251(B),符合本公司股東的最佳利益,並授權、批准和通過本協議; 合併及其他擬進行的交易,(Ii)向收受合併的公司股東提供有關 在公司股東書面同意下采取的行動,包括通過和批准本協議、合併和其他 根據DGCL第228(E)條及本公司的組織文件進行的預期交易及(Iii)包括 根據DGCL可獲得的公司股東的評估權的說明,以及此類其他信息 根據本協議和適用法律的要求。應給予母公司及其法律顧問合理的機會進行審查 並在將股東通知郵寄至本公司 股東。(E) 公司同意,如有必要:(I)公司董事會應建議公司股東投票批准 公司股東事項,並應採取商業上合理的努力,徵求公司股東的批准 在中規定的時間內
第5.2(A)條
(公司董事會建議公司股東投票 通過並批准本公司股東事項,簡稱《
公司董事會推薦
“); 和(2)(1)公司董事會的建議不得撤回或修改,(2)公司董事會不得公開提議 撤回或修改公司董事會的建議;以及(3)公司董事會或其任何委員會沒有撤回或 修改公司董事會的建議或採用、批准或推薦(或公開提議採用、批准或推薦)任何收購 建議應被採納或提出(上述第(Ii)款所述的行動,如果在每種情況下均應構成, A“
公司董事會不利建議變更
(F) 公司徵得股東同意簽署公司股東書面同意書的義務 使用第5.2(A)條 和
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(C) 父母同意,在符合
第5.3(D)條
:(I)母公司董事會應一致建議母公司共同持有者 股份表決批准母公司股東的事項,並應在商業上合理的努力在 中規定的時間範圍
第5.3(B)條
,(2)委託書應包括一項說明母公司董事會 一致建議母公司股東投票通過母公司股東事項(母公司的推薦 董事會(在特別委員會的建議下)關於母公司股東的事項被稱爲“父級 董事會推薦 (2)母公司董事會不得公開提議扣留、修改、撤回或修改母公司董事會的建議,以及(3)不得通過任何決議 母公司董事會或其任何委員會撤回或修改母公司董事會建議或採納、批准或推薦 (或公開提議通過、批准或推薦)任何收購提議應被採納或提議(
母公司董事會的不利推薦變化
(D) 儘管本協議中有任何相反的規定,但須遵守
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,如果在母股東批准之前的任何時間,母公司股東大會上規定的 母公司股東投票:
(I) 如果母公司已收到真誠的收購建議(該收購建議不是由違規產生的),則爲 的
第4.4節
)來自任何未撤回的人,並在與外部法律顧問、母公司董事會協商後 (根據特別委員會的建議)應善意地確定該收購提案是優勝者 而且只有在下列情況下:(A)上級董事會(根據特別委員會的建議)在與以下方面協商後真誠地作出決定: 根據適用法律向母公司股東提交母公司董事會;(B)母公司應事先給予公司書面通知 是否有意考慮在作出任何建議前至少四(4)個營業日更改母公司董事會的不利建議 這種母公司董事會的不利建議變更(a“
裁定通知書
;而在該期間,
父級 通知期
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(Ii) 除與收購建議有關外,母董事會可對母董事會的建議作出不利的改變 針對母公司情況的變化,如果且僅在下列情況下:(A)母公司董事會(根據特別委員會的建議) 在與父母的外部法律顧問協商後,真誠地確定不這樣做將是合理的 可能與母公司董事會根據適用法律對母公司股東承擔的受託責任不一致;(B)母公司 應在作出任何該等母公司董事會反對建議前至少四(4)個營業日向本公司發出決定通知 (C)(1)母公司應向公司提供母公司對母公司情況變化的合理詳細描述, 包括與父母情況變化有關的重大事實和情況;(2)父母應當並應當引起 其代表在決定通知後的四(4)個工作日內,與公司進行真誠的談判(至 在公司希望這樣做的範圍內),以使公司能夠對本協議的條款提出修訂或提出另一項建議, 如有,以及(3)在考慮任何此類談判的結果並實施公司提出的建議(如有)後, 在與外部法律顧問協商後,母公司董事會(根據特別委員會的建議)應確定, 將與母公司董事會根據適用法律對母公司股東承擔的受託責任不一致。對於避稅 毫無疑問,這一條款的規定
第5.3(D)(Ii)條
也適用於有關事實和情況的任何實質性變化 該父母的情況發生變化,並要求新的決定通知,但提及四(4)個工作日應
(E) 本協議不得禁止母公司或母公司董事會(I)遵守頒佈的第14d-9和14e-2(A)條 根據《交易法》,(Ii)發行一份
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“通信或類似的通信 根據《交易法》第14d-9(F)條預期的類型,或(Iii)以其他方式向母公司股東進行任何披露; 但母公司或母公司董事會依據前述規定所作的任何披露,僅限於一項陳述,即 母公司不能對投標人的投標要約採取立場,除非母公司董事會真誠地作出決定, 在諮詢其外部法律顧問後,如果不進一步披露,將與其受託責任不符 適用法律規定的職責。除非特別允許,否則母公司不得撤回或修改母公司董事會的建議 對……的條款
第5.3(D)條
(F) 除非本協議以其他方式終止,否則
第9.1條
,父母有義務召喚、發出通知和持有 母公司股東大會根據
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5.4 監管部門的批准。
每一締約方應盡商業上合理的努力,在下列情況下儘快提交或以其他方式提交 本協議的日期,該締約方必須提交的所有申請、通知、報告、文件和其他文件(如有 與該締約方一起或以其他方式就擬進行的交易向任何政府機構提交 任何此類政府機構所要求的任何補充資料,並及時向另一方通報任何來文 來自或前往任何政府機構。
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5.5 對高級職員和董事的賠償。(A) ”).
這是
)生效時間發生之日的週年紀念日,父母雙方 而尚存的公司須共同及各別賠償現時或在任何時間曾經是的每一人,並使其不受損害 在本協議日期之前,或者誰在生效時間之前成爲董事的母公司或 本公司及其各自的附屬公司(“
D&O受彌償當事人
“),反對所有人 索賠、損失、負債、損害賠償、判決、罰款和合理的費用、成本和開支,包括律師費和支出, 因與民事、刑事、行政或調查的任何索賠、訴訟、訴訟或調查有關而招致的, 因以下事實引起的或與此有關的:D&O受彌償一方現在或過去是父母的董事、高級職員、受託人或代理人 或本公司或其各自的附屬公司,無論是在生效時間之前、在生效時間或之後主張或聲稱的,在每種情況下, 在母公司組織文件允許的最大範圍內。每一個D&O補償方將有權獲得晉升 父母及尚存的父母爲任何該等申索、訴訟、訴訟、法律程序或調查辯護而招致的開支 公司,在父母或尚存的公司收到D&O受補償方的請求後,共同和各別 但任何獲預支開支的人,須在當時所需的範圍內向父母提供承諾
(B) 母公司或其任何子公司的組織文件中有關賠償、墊付費用的規定 自生效之日起六(6)年內,會對下列個人的權利產生不利影響: 法律。尚存公司的組織文件應包含,母公司應促使組織文件 尚存的法團須載有在彌償、墊付開支及免除責任方面同樣有利的條文 截至本協議簽訂之日,母公司組織文件中規定的現任和前任董事和高級管理人員的名單。
(C) 自生效時間起及生效後,(I)尚存的公司應全面履行和履行公司的義務 公司的文件,並根據公司與該等D&O受補償方之間的任何賠償協議, 關於在生效時間或生效時間之前發生的事項所引起的索賠,以及(Ii)父母應履行和履行所有方面的義務 母公司或其任何附屬公司於緊接交易結束前對其D&O受償方的義務 根據母公司或其任何子公司的組織文件並依據任何賠償條款作出的任何賠償條款 母公司或其任何附屬公司與該等D&O受彌償各方就有關事宜所引起的索償達成的協議 在有效時間或之前發生的。
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(D) 從生效時間起至生效時間發生之日起六(6)週年爲止,母公司應保留董事的 和高級人員責任保險單,其生效日期爲截止日期,按商業條款和
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與他們成功地執行向這些人提供的權利有關 在這件事上
第5.5條
(F) 就在生效時間或之前發生的作爲或不作爲而要求赦免、賠償和墊付費用的所有權利, 不論是在成交前、成交時或成交後提出的主張或主張,現以現任或前任董事、高級人員或 母公司或公司或其各自組織中規定的任何子公司的員工 文件或任何協議在合併後仍然有效,並應繼續完全有效。本條例的規定
部分 5.5
是對母公司現任和前任高級職員和董事所享有的權利的補充,以及 根據法律、章程、法規、附例或合同,本公司及其任何附屬公司應爲下列利益而運作:
(G) 自生效時間起及之後,如果母公司或尚存的公司或其各自的任何繼承人或受讓人 (I)與任何其他人合併或合併爲任何其他人,而不是該項合併的持續或尚存的法團或實體 或(Ii)將其全部或實質上所有財產及資產轉讓予任何人,則在每種情況下均屬適當 履行本協議中規定的義務
第5.5條。母公司應促使尚存的公司履行所有義務 在這項法律下的倖存公司第5.5條
。本協議中規定的義務
第5.5條
以任何方式修訂或以其他方式修改,對任何D&O受彌償一方或任何人產生不利影響 本文件中所指的政策
第5.5條
5.6 其他協議。
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5.7 公告。
新聞稿
。與本協議有關的初始新聞稿應爲公司與母公司聯合發佈的新聞稿 此後,母公司和公司在發佈任何進一步的新聞稿(S)或以其他方式做出任何 公開聲明或向母公司聯營公司或公司聯營公司發表任何公告(以以前未在 根據本協議)包括但不限於以下關於預期的第5.7(B)(A)節中描述的表格8-k 不得向母公司聯營公司或公司聯營公司發佈任何此類新聞稿、公開聲明或公告 儘管如此 上述規定:(A)每一締約方均可在未經此種協商或事先書面同意的情況下,就具體問題發表任何公開聲明 來自媒體、分析師、投資者或參加行業會議的人的問題,向員工發佈內部公告,並做出 在以前的新聞稿、公開披露或聯合發表的公開聲明中沒有披露的重大信息 遵守本協議的各方(或個別,如果得到另一方的批准)
第5.7條
;(B)當事一方可在沒有事先 另一方的書面同意,但須事先通知另一方,並就下列事項與另一方協商: 該新聞稿、公告或聲明的文本、發佈任何此類新聞稿或作出任何此類公開公告或聲明 父母應根據外部法律顧問的建議,真誠地確定爲任何適用法律所要求的;和(C) 母公司無需就將發佈的任何新聞稿、公開聲明或文件的該部分與公司進行磋商 或依據以下規定作出的
第5.3(E)條
或任何收購建議或母公司董事會的不利建議變更。
表格8-KS
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“); 和(C)不遲於截止日期後71天,8-k表格的最新報告,包括下列財務報表 是2.01項所要求的,並且
第9.01(A)及(B)項表格8-k(“”;
71天表格8-K
“還有這樣的 財務報表,“
公司表8-k財務報表
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報告義務
。母公司契約並承諾及時提交(或獲得與其有關的延期並在 這將被要求由符合交易法第12(B)或12(G)條的發行人提交,即使母公司當時不是 根據《交易法》的報告要求,在成交日期後三(3)年內,受 未來交易的完成,導致母公司根據聯交所第12(B)或12(G)條承擔報告義務 行動停止。
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使用商業上合理的努力,公司及其高級職員應協助母公司及其 會計和核數師根據法規的要求自費編制公司8-k報表 並按S-X和不時要求和美國證券交易委員會及美國證券交易委員會的規則和要求列入第71天 8-k表格以及美國證券交易委員會要求包括此類財務報表的任何和所有其他備案文件,並應進一步 向母公司提供與此相關的所有合理要求的信息、報告、文件和財務信息。
5.9 正在掛牌。
母公司應盡其商業上合理的努力,(A)維持其在納斯達克的現有上市,直至截止日期; (B)在不減損前述(A)條的規定的一般性的原則下,並在規則所規定的範圍內 納斯達克規定,(一)編制並向納斯達克提交母公司普通股上市通知表,以 發行通知);及(C)按納斯達克上市規則第5110條的規定,爲母公司提交初步上市申請 納斯達克上的普通股(The
納斯達克上市申請
公司應立即採取行動,確認2012年合併協議更改 控制權和首次公開募股條款僅針對合併終止或放棄,其他事項或交易均不終止。
5.13 第16條很重要。
在生效時間之前,母公司和公司應採取可能需要的所有步驟(至 在適用法律允許的範圍內)導致對母公司普通股的任何收購,與預期的交易有關, 由合理預期將受到《交易法》第16(A)條規定的報告要求的每一位個人 就父母而言,根據《交易法》頒佈的第160億.3條規則可獲豁免。在本協議簽訂之日起立即生效,並 在生效時間之後,世衛組織將立即遵守《交易法》第16(A)條的報告要求 對父母的尊重,除非這些個人在生效時間之前已經符合下列要求:(A)股份數量 該個人所擁有的、根據合併預期將被交換爲母公司普通股的公司股本; 轉換爲母公司普通股股份或與母公司普通股相關的衍生證券 合併。
5.14 分配證書。
(A) 公司將在不遲於截止日期前五(5)個工作日準備並向母公司交付由 以母公司合理接受的形式提出的公司財務總監(截至生效時間之前) 在緊接生效時間之前持有的;及(Iv)母公司普通股的股份數目 根據本協議就該持有人於緊接前一日持有的公司股本向該持有人發行 到有效時間(“
分配證書
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優秀家長 股票證書
5.15 公司財務報表。
在本協議日期後,在合理可行的情況下儘快:(I)且在任何情況下 在2024年4月30日之前,本公司將向母公司提交截至2023年和2022年的財政年度經審計的財務報表( “
公司經審計的財務報表
“);(二)本公司將向母公司提交未經審計的財務報表 在適用的美國證券交易委員會規則( “
公司財務報表
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“)。公司的每份財務報表,公司都進行了審計 財務報表和公司中期財務報表將適合納入委託書並編制 按照在所涉期間一致適用的公認會計原則(除附註所述的每一種情況外) 在此基礎上,將公平地反映所有實質性方面的財務狀況和經營結果,股東的變化 截至公司財務報表所述日期及期間的公司權益及現金流量 經審計財務報表及公司中期財務報表(視乎情況而定)。
5.16 收購法規。
如果任何收購法規適用於或可能變得適用於擬進行的交易,本公司、 公司董事會、母公司和母公司董事會應酌情批准並採取必要的行動,以便 預期的交易可按本協議預期的條款或其他方式儘快完成
這個 上述圖例也將被放置在代表在母公司最初發行之後發行的證券的任何證書上 因任何該等股份的轉讓或任何股份股息、股份分拆或其他資本重組而導致的合併所產生的普通股 只要根據合併發行的母公司普通股沒有以這種方式轉讓,就有理由取消 從那裏傳出了傳奇。
文章 六.
優先於各方義務的條件
這個 每一方達成合並的義務以滿足(或在適用法律允許的範圍內,書面的 每一方當事人的棄權),在結束時或之前,下列每一條件:
6.1 沒有禁錮。
沒有臨時限制令、初步或永久禁制令或其他命令阻止完成 預期的交易應由任何有管轄權的法院或其他有管轄權的政府機構發佈 並且仍然有效,並且不存在任何具有完成預期交易的效力的法律 是非法的。
6.2 股東批准。
(A)母公司應已獲得所需的母公司股東投票權;及(B)公司應已獲得 所需的公司股東表決權和所需的公司股東表決權將繼續完全有效,不應 已被撤銷。
6.3 正在掛牌。
(A)母公司普通股的現有股份應自本協議發佈之日起在納斯達克持續上市 協議截止日期前,(B)納斯達克不應向母公司提供任何不遵守納斯達克規定的通知 (C)母公司應完全遵守繼續上市的要求 (D)根據本協議將在合併中發行的母公司普通股的股份 截至收盤時,已獲准在納斯達克上市(以官方發佈通知爲準)。6.4 豁免註冊。雙方應各自合理地信納將於#年發行的母公司普通股 根據證券法第4(A)(2)條和條例第506條,與合併有關的股票可以在沒有註冊的情況下發行
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6.6 打官司。
自本協議生效之日起至生效之日,在此之前不得提起任何訴訟、訴訟或訴訟 任何法院或政府或監管當局,或由任何政府或監管機構設立或威脅要限制、修改 或阻止進行預期的交易,或尋求針對母公司的損害賠償或文件透露令 預計將分別產生母公司重大不利影響或公司重大不利影響。6.7 沒有實質性的不利變化。”.
此後不應發生任何事件、行動、未採取行動或交易 2023年12月31日,(A)經本公司合理決定,已有或可合理預期有母公司 重大不利影響;或(B)在母公司的合理確定中已經或可以合理地預期有一家公司 造成實質性的不利影響。
持有公司股本不超過10%的股份的持有人,應當行使法定的評估權利 根據DGCL第262條關於該等公司股本的股份。
公司應免除或以其他方式免除母公司的所有債務 致連隊。雙方同意就免除/免除債務達成雙方均可接受的諒解,以避免產生 債務減免收入給父母,在商業上合理的程度。
7.8 作爲認可投資者的公司股東;遵守第4(A)(2)條和/或規則506。
家長應合理地感到滿意 公司的所有股東都是“
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公司的義務
這個 本公司完成合並及以其他方式完成擬於成交時完成的交易的責任如下 在滿足(或在適用法律允許的範圍內,公司書面放棄)的前提下,在交易結束時或之前, 以下每種情況:
8.1 表述的準確性。
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應 在本協議簽訂之日在各方面均真實無誤,在本協議簽訂之日及在 自本協議簽訂之日起,除最低限度外,在所有方面均爲真實和正確的,並且在所有方面均爲真實和正確的 在截止日期當日及截至截止日期,最低限額與在該日期並截至當日作出的一樣具有同等效力和效力(但在以下範圍內除外 此類陳述和保證是在特定日期作出的,在這種情況下,此類陳述和保證 (Iii)父母的基本申述(不包括 在截止日期當日及截至截止日期在各要項上均屬真實無誤,其效力及效力猶如在當日及在 該日期(除非該等陳述和保證是在某一特定日期作出的,在這種情況下 截至該日期,陳述和保證在所有重要方面都應真實和正確);以及(Iv)陳述和 本協議中包含的母公司和合並子公司的擔保(母公司的基本陳述、母公司的資本化 申述和 | 第3.8(B)條 | |
在本協議簽訂之日應真實無誤,且應真實無誤 在截止日期當日及截至截止日期的效力及效力,猶如在截止日期當日及截至截止日期所作的一樣,但(A)在每種情況下或在 如果不是如此真實和正確,則合計不會合理地預期會產生母體材料的不利影響 僅涉及截至特定日期的事項的陳述和保證(這些陳述應爲真實且 在符合前一條款(A)所述的限制的情況下,截至該特定日期)(應理解, | 頁面共96個8.2 履行契諾。 | |
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不會在違反規定之時或在陳述之時感到滿意 或保證變得不準確;只要公司當時沒有實質性違反任何陳述、保證、契約 或本協議項下的協議;此外,如果母公司或合併子公司陳述中的此類不準確 且母公司或合併子公司的擔保或違約可在終止日期前由母公司或合併子公司糾正,則本協議不應終止 在此基礎上 | 第9.1(H)條 | |
由於該特定違約或不準確,直至(I)終止日期和 (Ii)自公司向母公司遞交書面通知之日起三十(30)個歷日屆滿 違約或不準確及其根據本協議終止的意圖 | 第9.1(H)條 | |
(不言而喻,本協定應 未根據本協議終止 | 第9.1(H)條 | |
由於該特定違反或不準確,如果該父母或 合併子公司在此類終止生效之前已被修復); | (I) 母公司違反本協議中規定的任何陳述、保證、契諾或協議,或如有 在任何一種情況下,公司的陳述或保證都不準確,因此 | |
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由於該特定違約或不準確,直至(I)終止日期和(Ii)三十年期滿中較早者 (30)自母公司就該違反或不準確事項及其意圖向本公司發出書面通知起計的歷日期間 根據本協議終止 | 第9.1(I)條 | |
(it據了解,本協議不得據此終止 | 部分 9.1(I) |
由於該特定違約或不準確,如果該違約在該終止之前得到糾正,則該違約或不準確 有效);或
(J) 母公司,如果公司沒有向母公司提供公司財務報表或公司審計的財務報表 按照.
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直至(一)結束日期和(二)六十(60)歷日期滿兩者中較早者爲止 自母公司就此類違規行爲向公司發出書面通知及其終止本協議的意向之日起生效 對此
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(it據了解,本協議不得據此終止
第9.1(J)條
AS 如果公司的此類違規行爲在終止生效之前得到糾正,則爲此類違約行爲的後果)。
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這個 希望根據本協議終止本協議的一方
第9.1條
應向另一方發出終止合同的書面通知, 明確本合同的規定,併合理詳細地說明終止合同的依據。
9.2 終止的效果。
如果本協議按照中的規定終止 | 第9.1條 | |
,本協議應 不再具有進一步的效力或效果;然而,只要(A) | (ii) 本協議由公司根據 | |
第9.1(f)節 | (or,本協議終止時, 公司有權根據以下規定終止本協議 | |
第9.1(f)節 | 然後 父母應向公司支付相當於100,000美元的不可退還費用(“ | |
公司解約費 | ”), 的情況下 | |
第9.39.3(b)(i)節 | ,在此類後續交易完成後,或者,在 | |
第9.3(b)(i)節 | , 在本協議終止的同時加上根據 | |
第9.3(F)條 | 頁面 | |
共96個 | (c) 如果: | |
(i) (A)本協議根據 | 第9.1(B)條 |
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第9.1(I)條
、(B)收購 關於本公司的提案應已公開宣佈、披露或以其他方式傳達給本公司或本公司 董事會(根據特別委員會的建議)在本協定日期之後但在獲得所需的 公司股東投票(不應撤回,(1)在根據下列條件終止的情況下
第9.1(B)條 | 或 | 第9.1(I)條 | ,在獲得所需的公司股東投票權時,以及(2)在根據 | 第9.1(d)節 | 及(C)在終止日期後三(3)個月內,本公司 就後續交易訂立最終協議或就後續交易完成後續交易 第(B)款所指的收購建議或任何其他收購建議;或 | (Ii) 本協議由母公司根據以下規定終止 | 第9.1(G)條 | (或,在本協議終止時,母公司 有權根據下列條件終止本協議 | 第9.1(G)條 | (Iii) 則公司應向母公司支付一筆不退還的費用,金額相當於100,000美元( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
父母終止費 | $ | 46.43 | $ | 38.34 | $ | 125.99 | $ | 10.78 | $ | 933.05 | $ | 25.39 | $ | 41.62 | $ | 61.42 | $ | 10.01 | “)、 在以下情況下 | |||||||||||||||||||||
,在該隨後的交易完成時,或在以下情況下 | $ | 10,080,470 | $ | 1,585,258 | $ | 9,936,092 | $ | 926,117 | $ | 23,383,873 | $ | 441,403 | $ | 2,828,682 | $ | 9,701,518 | $ | 1,842,694 | 第9.3(C)(Ii)條 | |||||||||||||||||||||
, 在本協議終止的同時,外加根據下列規定應支付給母公司的任何款項 | $ | 1,519,288 | $ | 2,816,605 | $ | 3,962,347 | $ | 3,081,174 | $ | 4,119,576 | $ | 461,833 | $ | 1,981,582 | $ | 8,000,342 | $ | 2,242,900 | $ | 28,998 | ||||||||||||||||||||
第9.3(F)條 | $ | 1,925,291 | $ | 2,814,920 | $ | 4,128,114 | $ | 3,068,081 | $ | 4,201,580 | $ | 452,548 | $ | 2,207,628 | $ | 8,787,050 | $ | 1,714,982 | $ | 36,792 | ||||||||||||||||||||
(D) (I)如果本協議依據下列條件終止 | $ | 577,303 | $ | 268,043 | $ | 1,099,731 | $ | 171,687 | $ | 909,990 | $ | 50,646 | $ | 262,485 | $ | 1,047,395 | $ | 158,373 | $ | 5,414 | ||||||||||||||||||||
第9.1(E)條 | 26.7 | % | (5.2 | )% | 4.2 | % | (7.5 | )% | 15.8 | % | (2.0 | )% | 11.4 | % | 9.8 | % | (23.5 | )% | 26.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
或 | 48.4 | % | 0.7 | % | (0.1 | )% | (35.0 | )% | 29.9 | % | 9.4 | % | 11.6 | % | 8.3 | % | 208.1 | % | 567.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
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或(Ii)在以下情況下 由於母公司重大不利影響,本公司將在交易結束時完成擬進行的交易 闡述於 | 20.0 | % | 6.7 | % | 26.4 | % | 3.3 | % | 21.6 | % | 7.7 | % | 11.1 | % | 9.8 | % | 0.7 | % | 2.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
第8.4節 | 25.6 | % | 8.5 | % | 27.8 | % | 5.4 | % | 22.9 | % | 10.0 | % | 11.9 | % | 12.1 | % | 2.3 | % | 2.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
(前提是,在此期間,父母有義務關閉之前的所有其他條件 闡述於 | 12.0 | % | 36.4 | % | 71.9 | % | 26.3 | % | 42.3 | % | 15.8 | % | 25.9 | % | 17.8 | % | 5.4 | % | 12.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
第六條 | 6.0 | % | 10.4 | % | 22.5 | % | 4.8 | % | 26.6 | % | 7.4 | % | 16.3 | % | 10.4 | % | 0.8 | % | 2.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
和 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
第七條 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 6.9 | 4.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
已經被公司滿足,能夠被公司滿足 或已被母公司免除),則母公司應向公司報銷以下產生的所有合理的自付費用和支出 本公司與本協議及預期交易有關的開支(該等開支,統稱爲“ | 3.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
第三 派對費用 | 48.9 | % | (0.2 | )% | 5.4 | % | 3.9 | % | 41.8 | % | 40.4 | % | 24.1 | % | 28.6 | % | 6.9 | % | 23.5 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
“),最高不超過62,500美元,在接下來的十(10)個工作日內通過電匯方式將當天的資金電匯出去 公司向母公司提交支持該第三方費用的合理文件的真實、正確副本的日期; 但該第三方費用不應包括爲公司提供財務顧問的任何款項,但合理的情況除外 記錄自付費用,否則可由公司根據公司的條款向該等財務顧問報銷 與此類財務顧問的聘書或類似安排。爲免生疑問,在任何第三方費用的範圍內 支付後,該等款項應記入其後須支付的任何公司終止費中。 | 30.0 | % | 9.5 | % | 26.6 | % | 5.6 | % | 21.7 | % | 11.2 | % | 11.9 | % | 11.9 | % | 9.2 | % | 14.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
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共96個 | 6.35 | 0.56 | 2.51 | 0.30 | 5.68 | 0.96 | 1.43 | 1.21 | 0.82 | (E) (I)如果本協議依據下列條件終止 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
第9.1(d)節 | 17.5 | 5.9 | 9.0 | 5.4 | 25.7 | 8.7 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 11.6 | 或 |
第9.1(I)條
或(Ii)在以下情況下 母公司僅因公司設定的重大不利影響而完成待完成的交易直至結束 前四位
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第六條
和 | 第八條 | 已被父母滿意或有能力得到父母的滿意 ,公司應向母公司償還母公司發生的最高不超過62,500美元的所有第三方費用。 支持該等第三方費用的合理文件的複印件;但該第三方費用不得 包括向母公司提供財務顧問的任何金額,但有合理記錄的自付費用除外,否則可由 顧問。爲免生疑問,只要支付了任何第三方費用,這些金額應記入任何父母的貸方 | (F) 本協議項下到期的任何公司終止費或母公司終止費 第9.3節 | 應以當天電匯的方式支付。 如果一方在到期時沒有支付其根據本協議應支付的任何款項 | 第9.3節 | ,則(I)該當事一方應補償另一方 與收取費用有關的合理費用和開支(包括律師的合理費用和支出) 該逾期金額以及另一方在本協議項下行使其權利的情況 | 第9.3節 ,及(Ii)該締約方應 向另一方支付該逾期款項的利息(自最初要求支付該逾期款項之日起算) 在該逾期款項實際付給另一方之日付清),年利率等於“ | 素數 率 | “(刊登在《華爾街日報》或其任何後續刊物上)在該逾期款項被拖欠之日生效 最初要求支付的是外加3%(3%)。 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(G) 雙方同意,在符合以下條件下 | 第9.2節 | $ | 10.01 | $ | 25.39 | $ | 143.67 | $ | 41.62 | $ | 27.36 | $ | 56.47 | $ | 933.05 | ,(I)在下列情況下,公司終止費的支付 根據本協議的條款,它是公司在終止後的唯一和排他性的補救措施 在下列情況下執行本協議 | ||||||||||||||||||||
第9.3(B)條 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
不言而喻,在任何情況下都不需要父母 支付根據本協議應支付的款項 | 第9.3節 | $ | 441,403 | $ | 1,585,258 | $ | 6,747,345 | $ | 2,828,682 | $ | 1,724,803 | $ | 7,983,309 | $ | 23,383,873 | 不止一次和(Ii)在支付本公司解約金後 費用(X)母公司不再對公司承擔與本協議或終止協議相關或由此產生的責任 母公司違反本協議而導致該終止,或預期的交易未能 針對母公司或合併子公司或尋求獲得針對此類各方(或任何合夥人、成員、 股東、董事、高管、員工、子公司、關聯公司、代理人或此類各方的其他代表) 因本協議或本協議終止而產生的任何違約行爲,導致該終止或違約 及(Z)本公司及其聯屬公司不得采取任何其他補救措施 母公司、合併子公司及其各自的關聯公司,在法律上或在股權或其他方面,與本協議有關或因本協議而產生 或其終止,該一方的任何違約行爲導致該終止或預期交易失敗 有待完善;然而,前提是在這方面沒有任何內容 | ||||||||||||||||||||
第9.3(G)條 | $ | 28,998 | $ | 461,833 | $ | 1,981,582 | $ | 3,131,739 | $ | 2,816,605 | $ | 1,773,857 | $ | 3,181,238 | $ | 8,000,342 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
應限制母公司和合並子公司在 | $ | 36,792 | $ | 452,548 | $ | 1,925,291 | $ | 3,255,577 | $ | 2,814,920 | $ | 1,785,565 | $ | 3,204,604 | $ | 8,787,050 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
第10.11節 | $ | 5,414 | $ | 50,646 | $ | 171,687 | $ | 505,073 | $ | 268,043 | $ | 203,992 | $ | 586,238 | $ | 1,099,731 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
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(H) 雙方同意,在符合以下條件下 | 567.4 | % | (35.0 | )% | 0.7 | % | 31.3 | % | 9.4 | % | 第9.2節 | 119.0 | % | 208.1 | % | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
,(I)在下列情況下,父母終止費的支付應 根據本協議的條款,它是父母終止後的唯一和排他性的補救措施 在下列情況下執行本協議 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
第9.3(C)條 | 2.0 | % | 0.7 | % | 6.7 | % | 11.9 | % | 9.8 | % | 3.9 | % | 10.4 | % | 26.4 | % | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
,不言而喻,在任何情況下,本公司 被要求支付根據本協議應支付的款項 | 2.8 | % | 2.3 | % | 8.5 | % | 14.1 | % | 11.9 | % | 8.0 | % | 12.0 | % | 27.8 | % | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
第9.3節 | 12.0 | % | 5.4 | % | 15.8 | % | 28.2 | % | 25.9 | % | 17.0 | % | 21.9 | % | 71.9 | % | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
超過一次及(Ii)在繳付 母公司終止費(X)公司不再對母公司承擔與本協議相關或因本協議而產生的責任 或其終止,公司違反本協議而導致該終止,或預期的失敗 待完成的交易,(Y)母公司或其任何附屬公司均無權提出或維持任何其他索賠, 針對本公司的訴訟或法律程序或尋求獲得針對本公司(或任何 合夥人、成員、股東、董事、高管、員工、子公司、關聯公司、代理商或其他公司代表) 在本協議或本協議終止的情況下,或因本協議或本協議終止而引起的任何違約行爲 和(Z)母公司及其關聯公司應被排除在任何其他補救措施之外 本公司及其關聯公司,在法律上、衡平法上或其他方面,與本協議或因本協議或終止而產生的 該當事一方的任何違約行爲導致該交易終止或預期交易未能完成; 然而,前提是這裏面沒有任何東西 | 2.8 | % | 0.8 | % | 6.0 | % | 11.7 | % | 10.4 | % | 4.3 | % | 13.4 | % | 26.6 | % | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
第9.3(H)條 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
應限制公司在下列條件下的權利 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 6.9 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
第10.11節 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(I) 雙方均承認:(I)本協議中包含的協議 | 23.5 | % | (0.2 | )% | 5.4 | % | 22.2 | % | 24.1 | % | 第9.3節 | 34.5 | % | 48.9 | % | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
是我們所設想的 這 | 14.7 | % | 5.6 | % | 9.5 | % | 15.3 | % | 11.9 | % | 11.7 | % | 13.3 | % | 30.0 | % | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
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不是一種懲罰,而是一種合理數額的違約金,以補償適用的 當事人應在何種情況下支付這筆款項。 | 文章 X. | 0.30 | 0.82 | 2.20 | 1.21 | 0.94 | 1.37 | 6.35 | 雜項規定 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10.1 陳述和保證的不可存續。 | 公司、母公司和合並子公司的陳述和保證包含 本協議或根據本協議交付的任何證書或文書應在生效時終止,且僅 按照它們的條款,在有效時間內存活的聖約 | 5.4 | 8.7 | 11.5 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 11.4 | 25.7 | 第十條 |
將在有效時間內存活下來。
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10.2 修正案。
經公司董事會、合併子公司董事會和母公司董事會批准,本協議可修改 或在獲得所需的母公司股東投票之前或之後);但是,在本協議獲得任何此類批准之後 對此類股東的批准。除非以公司的名義簽署書面文件,否則不得修改本協議。 合併子公司和母公司。儘管有任何相反的規定,本協議中包含的期限、截止日期、百分比和金額 可由雙方相互修改、延長或放棄,而無需任何公司股東或母股東的批准。
10.3 棄權。
(A) 任何一方不得未能行使本協議項下的任何權力、權利、特權或補救措施,且不得拖延 任何一方在行使本協議項下的任何權力、權利、特權或補救時,應視爲放棄該權力、權利、特權或補救, 特權或補救;任何這種權力、權利、特權或補救的單一或部分行使不得阻止任何其他或進一步 行使或行使任何其他權力、權利、特權或補救。
(B) 並代表該當事人交付,除在特定情況下外,任何該等放棄均不適用或具有任何效力 在那裏它被給予了。 | 10.4 完整協議;對應方;電子傳輸交換。 | 本協議、公司披露時間表、母公司 披露時間表和本協議中提及的其他協議構成整個協議,並取代所有先前的協議 以及任何一方當事人之間或任何一方當事人之間就本協議及其標的達成的書面和口頭諒解; 然而,保密協議不應被取代,並將繼續完全有效,並根據 以及它的條款。本協議可以一式幾份簽署,每份副本應視爲正本,所有副本均應 構成一個相同的工具。各方以電子方式交換完全簽署的協議(以副本或其他形式) 傳輸(包括.PDF格式或符合美國聯邦2000年ESIGN法案的任何電子簽名,例如DocuSign)應 足以約束雙方遵守本協議的條款和條件。 | ||||||||||||||||||
頁面 | 共96個 | 10.5 準據法;管轄權;放棄陪審團審判。 | 本協議應受法律管轄,並按法律解釋 特拉華州的法律,而不考慮可能以適用的法律衝突原則管轄的法律。在任何 任何一方之間因本協議或任何預期交易而產生或有關的訴訟或法律程序, 當事各方:(A)不可撤銷地和無條件地同意並服從法院的專屬管轄權和地點 特拉華州衡平法院,或在該法院沒有標的物管轄權的範圍內,美國地區 特拉華州地區法院,或者,在上述兩個法院都沒有管轄權的範圍內,高級法院 特拉華州;(B)同意就該訴訟或程序提出的所有索賠均應完全按照 根據本協議第(A)款 | 第10.5條 | (C)放棄對在該等法院提出訴訟或法律程序的任何反對; (D)放棄對此類法院是不便的法院或對任何締約方沒有管轄權的任何異議;(E)同意送達 在任何該等訴訟或法律程序中向該一方發出的法律程序文件,如按照下列規定發出通知,即屬有效 | |||||||||||||||
第10.8條 | 1.10 | $ | 28,998 | $ | 31,898 | 50.0 | % | $ | 15,949 | |||||||||||
(F)不可撤銷且無條件地放棄由陪審團進行審判的權利。 | 8.5 | 5,414 | 46,016 | 50.0 | % | 23,008 | ||||||||||||||
10.6 律師費。 | $ | 38,957 | ||||||||||||||||||
在任何旨在強制執行本協議或任何一方權利的法律訴訟或衡平法訴訟中, 該訴訟或訴訟的勝訴方(由有管轄權的法院裁定)應有權追回其合理的 自付律師費以及因此類訴訟或訴訟而產生的所有其他合理費用和開支。 | 228 | |||||||||||||||||||
10.7 可分配性。 | (1,150 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
及其各自的繼承人和允許的受讓人;但前提是本協議或一方的任何權利 或本協議項下的債務可轉讓、委派或以其他方式轉讓(自願或非自願地、通過法律實施或其他方式) 未經另一方事先書面同意,該一方的協議或任何此類權利或義務無效,且 沒有效果。 | $ | 38,035 |
10.8 通知。
本協議項下的所有通知和其他通信均應以書面形式進行,並應視爲已正式送達和收到 快遞服務,(B)如果是專人交付,則在交付時;或(C)如果通過以下方式發送,則在交付地點交付日期 電子郵件(前提是沒有退回或類似的“
無法交付
“消息由該發送者接收)之前 下午5:00紐約時間在一個營業日,否則在下一個營業日,在每種情況下,按規定給預定的收件人 第四點如下:
如果 至母公司或合併子公司:
基德皮克 金絲雀 | 公園大道南200號,3樓 | |||||||||||||||
新的 紐約,郵編:10003 | 請注意: 巴特·西切爾,戰略和替代方案委員會主席 | 電子郵件:xxxxxxxxxxx | 頁面 | |||||||||||||
共96個 | $ | 33,650.8 | 116.0 | % | $ | 42,642.0 | 115.9 | % | ||||||||
與 副本(不構成通知): | 2,618.6 | 9.0 | % | 3,115.2 | 8.5 | % | ||||||||||
的 洛夫律師事務所,PC | 1,277.8 | 4.4 | % | 1,727.9 | 4.7 | % | ||||||||||
6300 西環南,280套房 | 653.9 | 2.3 | % | 830.8 | 2.3 | % | ||||||||||
貝萊爾, 德克薩斯州77401 | 0.1 | 0.0 | % | 25.3 | 0.1 | % | ||||||||||
收件人: David M.洛夫和約翰·S。Gillies | 102.3 | 0.4 | % | 149.4 | 0.4 | % | ||||||||||
4,652.7 | 16.0 | % | 5,848.7 | 15.9 | % | |||||||||||
電子郵件: | 28,998.1 | 100.0 | % | 36,792.1 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||||
dloev@loevlaw.com | 14,292.4 | 49.3 | % | 18,248.9 | 49.6 | % | ||||||||||
和 | 14,705.7 | 50.7 | % | 18,543.2 | 50.4 | % | ||||||||||
john@loevlaw.com | 50.6 | % | 50.4 | % | ||||||||||||
如果 致公司: | ||||||||||||||||
尼娜 鞋類公司 | 829.6 | 2.9 | % | 1,030.2 | 2.8 | % | ||||||||||
200個 公園大道南,3樓 | 3,746.9 | 12.9 | % | 3,144.8 | 8.5 | % | ||||||||||
新的 紐約,郵編:10003 | 3,937.4 | 13.6 | % | 3,426.7 | 9.3 | % | ||||||||||
注意: 埃茲拉·達巴赫 | 5,503.9 | 19.0 | % | 5,693.2 | 15.5 | % | ||||||||||
電子郵件: | 94.4 | 0.3 | % | 100.0 | 0.3 | % | ||||||||||
XXXXXXXXXX | 14,112.3 | 48.7 | % | 13,394.9 | 36.4 | % | ||||||||||
與 副本(不構成通知): | 593.4 | 2.0 | % | 5,148.3 | 14.0 | % | ||||||||||
哥拉斯科 & Mittman,PC | (440.2 | ) | -1.5 | % | (440.0 | ) | -1.2 | % | ||||||||
1800 洛克威大道-206套房 | 153.2 | 0.5 | % | 4,708.3 | 12.8 | % | ||||||||||
休利特, 紐約11557 | ||||||||||||||||
請注意: 愛德華·M·格魯什科 | 76.1 | 0.3 | % | 150.0 | 0.4 | % | ||||||||||
電子郵件: 郵箱:ed@grushkomittman.com | 77.1 | 0.3 | % | 4,558.3 | 12.4 | % |
10.9 合作。
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10.10 可分割性。
本協議的任何條款或條款在任何司法管轄區的任何情況下無效或不可執行的,應 不影響本協議其餘條款和條款的有效性或可執行性,也不影響 在任何其他情況下或在任何其他司法管轄區有問題的條款或條款。如果有管轄權的法院的最終判決 宣佈本協議的任何條款或規定無效或不可執行,雙方同意作出此類決定的法院 有權限制該條款或規定,刪除特定的詞語或短語,或以 有效且可強制執行且最接近表達無效或不可強制執行條款的意圖的條款或條款 或條款,本協議經修改後應有效並可強制執行。如果該法院不行使所授予的權力 在前一句中,雙方當事人同意將該無效或不可執行的條款或規定替換爲有效的、可執行的 將在可能範圍內實現這種無效或不可執行的經濟、商業和其他目的的條款或規定 條款或條款。 | 頁面 |
共96個 | 10.11 其他補救措施;具體表現。 | |
除本協議另有規定外,本協議明確授予 一方將被視爲累積,並不排除本協議賦予該方的任何其他補救措施,或法律或衡平法賦予該方的任何其他補救措施,以及 一締約方行使任何一種補救措施並不排除行使任何其他補救措施。雙方同意,不可挽回的損害 根據其指定的條款或以其他方式違反這些規定。因此,雙方承認並同意 各方應有權獲得禁令、具體履行和其他公平救濟,以防止違反本協議, 在美國或其任何有管轄權的州的任何法院具體執行本協議的條款和規定 對他們在法律或衡平法上有權獲得的任何其他補救措施的補充。每一方都同意不反對授予 強制令、強制履行或其他衡平法救濟的依據是任何其他當事方在法律上有足夠的補救辦法或 無論在法律上還是在衡平法上,任何對特定業績的獎勵都不是適當的補救措施。任何一方尋求禁制令或 禁止違反本協議的禁令不應要求提供與以下事項相關的任何擔保、擔保或其他擔保 任何此類命令或禁令。 | 10.12 沒有第三方受益人。 | |
本協議中的任何內容,無論是明示的還是默示的,都不打算或將授予任何人(其他 | 第5.5條 | |
)任何權利, 本協議項下或因本協議而產生的任何性質的利益或補救。 | 10.13 建築業。 | |
(A) | 現金, |
美元 | 「或」 |
“都是兌美元。 | (B) 就本協議而言,只要上下文需要:單數應包括複數,反之亦然;陽性 性別包括女性和中性性別;女性性別包括男性和中性性別;以及中性 性別應包括男性和女性。 |
(C) 雙方共同參與了本協定的談判和起草,並同意對本協定的任何解釋規則 協議,任何推定或舉證責任不得因任何條款的作者而偏袒或不利於任何一方 本協議的一部分。 | 頁面 |
共96個 | (D) 如本協議中所用,“ |
包括 | 「和」 |
包括, | “及其變體, 不應被視爲限制條款,而應被視爲後跟文字 |
沒有限制。 | (E) 如本協議所用,「」一詞 |
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「在短語中」
在一定程度上
“意思是 某一主題或其他事物延伸的程度,而不是簡單地指“
如果.。 | (F) 除另有說明外,本協議中所有提及的 | 章節、 | 陳列品 | ” 和“ | KIDPIK Corp. | 作者: | /s/ 吉爾·帕什尼克 | 姓名: | 吉爾 帕什尼克 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
標題: | $ | 37,683 | $ | 28,998 | $ | 36,792 | $ | 44,150 | $ | 50,773 | $ | 55,850 | $ | 59,201 | $ | 62,161 | $ | 64,648 | ||||||||||||||||||
首席 會計官 | (23.0 | )% | 26.9 | % | 20.0 | % | 15.0 | % | 10.0 | % | 6.0 | % | 5.0 | % | 4.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
KIDPIK MEGER SUb,Inc. | 19,366 | 14,292 | 18,249 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
作者: | 18,317 | 14,706 | 18,543 | 22,252 | 25,590 | 28,149 | 29,837 | 31,329 | 32,583 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
/s/ 吉爾·帕什尼克 | 48.6 | % | 50.7 | % | 50.4 | % | 50.4 | % | 50.4 | % | 50.4 | % | 50.4 | % | 50.4 | % | 50.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
姓名: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
吉爾 帕什尼克 | 3,595 | 3,937 | 1,030 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
標題: | - | 830 | 3,145 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
首席 會計官 | 3,033 | 3,747 | 3,427 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[簽名 合併重組協議和計劃頁面] | 6,946 | 5,504 | 5,693 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
頁面 | 140 | 94 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
共96個 | 13,713 | 14,112 | 13,395 | 16,074 | 18,485 | 20,333 | 21,554 | 22,631 | 23,536 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
在 證人警告, | 36.4 | % | 48.7 | % | 36.4 | % | 36.4 | % | 36.4 | % | 36.4 | % | 36.4 | % | 36.4 | % | 36.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
雙方已促使本協議於上文第一條所述日期生效。 | 4,604 | 593 | 5,148 | 6,178 | 7,105 | 7,815 | 8,284 | 8,698 | 9,046 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
尼娜 鞋類公司 | - | - | 1,376 | 1,651 | 1,899 | 2,089 | 2,214 | 2,325 | 2,418 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
作者: | $ | 4,604 | $ | 593 | $ | 3,772 | $ | 4,527 | $ | 5,206 | $ | 5,726 | $ | 6,070 | $ | 6,373 | $ | 6,628 |
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姓名:
以斯拉 大巴
標題:
首席 執行官 | [簽名 協議和合並重組計劃頁] | 頁面 | 共96個 | 表現出 一 | 某些 定義 | 爲 本協議的目的(包括 | 附件A | 採辦 詢價 | “指對某一締約方的查詢、利益表示或信息請求(除查詢外, 或其任何關聯公司,另一方面,另一方),可以合理地預期會導致收購建議; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
收購查詢 | $ | 4,604 | $ | 593 | $ | 3,772 | $ | 4,527 | $ | 5,206 | $ | 5,726 | $ | 6,070 | $ | 6,373 | $ | 6,628 | ||||||||||||||||||
“不應包括合併或其他計劃中的 交易記錄。 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
採辦 建議書 | 200 | 218 | 265 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“就一締約方而言,是指任何書面或口頭的要約或建議(要約或建議除外 一方面由本公司或其任何聯屬公司或其代表,或由或代表母公司或其任何附屬公司作出或呈交 另一方面,與另一方的關聯公司)考慮與該方進行任何收購交易或以其他方式與該交易有關。 | (17 | ) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
採辦 交易記錄 | (6,019 | ) | (3,312 | ) | 370 | (1,472 | ) | (1,325 | ) | (1,015 | ) | (670 | ) | (592 | ) | (497 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
“指涉及以下事項的任何交易或一系列相關交易: | (1,232 | ) | (2,501 | ) | 4,408 | 3,055 | 3,881 | 4,711 | 5,400 | 5,781 | 6,131 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
任何 合併、換股、企業合併、證券發行、證券收購、重組 資本重組、要約收購、交換要約或其他類似交易:(一)一方爲組成實體;(二) 一個人或“ | 0.77 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
群組 | 3,372 | 3,055 | 3,881 | 4,711 | 5,400 | 5,781 | 6,131 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“(根據《交易法》的定義)直接或間接獲得利益的人 或創紀錄的證券所有權,相當於任何類別有表決權證券的已發行證券的20%以上 一方或其任何子公司;或(三)一方或其任何子公司發行20%以上的證券 | 0.38 | 1.27 | 2.27 | 3.27 | 4.27 | 5.27 | 6.27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
任何 出售、租賃、交換、轉讓、許可、收購或處置構成或記賬的任何一項或多項業務或資產 一方及其子公司資產的綜合賬面價值或公平市場價值的20%或更多,視爲 完整的。 | 17.10 | % | 17.10 | % | 17.10 | % | 17.10 | % | 17.10 | % | 17.10 | % | 17.10 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
附屬公司 | 0.9414 | 0.8190 | 0.6994 | 0.5973 | 0.5100 | 0.4356 | 0.3720 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“ 指直接或間接通過一個或多箇中間人控制、控制或被 與這樣的人處於共同控制之下。「這個詞」 | $ | 3,174 | $ | 2,502 | $ | 2,714 | $ | 2,814 | $ | 2,754 | $ | 2,518 | $ | 2,280 |
控制
「(包括推論術語)」
受控 通過
「和」 | $ | 18,757 | 在共同控制下, | |||||||
“)指直接或間接擁有權力 指導或促使某人的管理和政策的方向,無論是通過擁有有投票權的證券,還是通過合同 或者是其他原因。 | 18,104 | 附件A | $ | 6,131 | ||||||
業務 天 | 4.0 | % | ||||||||
根據法律將被關閉。 | 36,861 | 代碼 | 6,376 | |||||||
” 指經修訂的1986年《國內稅收法》。 | 247 | 公司 副 | 13.10 | % | ||||||
“指本公司的任何現任或前任僱員、獨立承包人、高級人員或董事或其任何 子公司。 | 37,108 | 公司 板 | 48,674 | |||||||
“指本公司的董事會。 | 0.3720 | |||||||||
公司 資本存量 | 228 | |||||||||
“指公司普通股。 | (1,150 | ) | 公司 大寫表示法 | $ | 18,104 | |||||
“是指第一句中所述的公司的陳述和保證 的 | $ | 36,186 |
第2.6(A)條
和
第2.6(C)條
138 |
“指公司的普通股,每股面值0.01美元。
公司 普通股交換比率
“等於數,四捨五入到最接近的千分之一位,等於(1)(A)數 在緊接收盤前的結算日已發行的母公司普通股,除以0.20,減去(B)數字 截止日期已發行母公司普通股的股數除以(C)公司已發行股本的股數 在截止日期,緊接在截止日期之前。 | ||||
公司 合同 | $ | 38,034,973 | ||
“指以下任何合同:(A)公司或其任何附屬公司爲締約一方的任何合同;(B)公司或任何 其子公司或任何公司知識產權或公司或其子公司的任何其他資產受或可能受約束,或公司或 其任何附屬公司有或可能承擔任何義務;或(C)公司或其任何附屬公司有或 可能獲得任何權利或利益。 | $ | 36,186,388 | ||
公司 ERISA附屬公司 | “指任何法團或行業或業務(不論是否成立爲法團),而該法團或行業或業務是(或在任何有關的 本公司或其任何附屬公司被視爲守則第414節所指的單一僱主。 |
公司 基本代表
“指公司的陳述和保證
第2.1條
(到期 顧問)。
附件A
公司 IP
“指由公司擁有或共同擁有或聲稱由公司擁有或共同擁有的所有知識產權 或其任何子公司。
公司 實質性不良影響 | “指任何效果,連同所有其他效果,已經或合理地將會是 預計將對業務、狀況(財務或其他)、資產、負債或經營結果產生重大不利影響 本公司及其任何附屬公司作爲整體而產生的任何影響,包括個別或連同其他影響而產生的任何影響 公司或其任何子公司經營:(B)戰爭行爲、武裝敵對行動的爆發或升級、恐怖主義行爲、地震、 野火、颶風或其他自然災害、衛生緊急情況,包括大流行(包括新冠肺炎的任何進化或突變) 以及相關或相關的流行病、疾病暴發或檢疫限制,或(C)金融、銀行業務方面的重大負面變化 或者證券市場。爲免生疑問,載於 | 第6.10節 | 不應構成本協議 A公司重大不良影響。 公司 觸發事件 | 變更;(B)公司董事會未能在十(10)個日曆日內公開重申公司董事會的建議 母公司以書面形式提出要求(不言而喻,公司董事會將沒有義務對更多 超過兩(2)次);(C)公司董事會或其任何委員會應已公開批准、認可或推薦 任何收購建議;(D)在本協議簽署之日後,公司應已簽訂任何意向書或類似協議 與任何收購建議有關的文件或任何合同;(E)公司或任何董事或公司高管應故意 並故意違反 | 第4.5條 | (E)公司材料的發生 不利影響;或(G)發生了第六條所列各方義務的任何先決條件,以及 這種情況不能在終止日期之前治癒,除非這種情況未能發生的原因是可歸因於 母公司或其子公司未能履行母公司必須履行的任何實質性義務 或其子公司根據本協議在關閉時或之前。爲免生疑問,載於 部分 6.10 | ||||||||||||||||||
3/26/2024 | $ | 3.50 | $ | 3.50 | $ | 3.05 | $ | 3.10 | 51,922 | $ | 3.10 | |||||||||||||
3/25/2024 | 4.06 | 4.22 | 3.42 | 3.49 | 82,200 | 3.49 | ||||||||||||||||||
3/22/2024 | 4.44 | 4.81 | 4.06 | 4.07 | 113,700 | 4.07 | ||||||||||||||||||
3/21/2024 | 4.37 | 5.13 | 4.37 | 4.51 | 116,200 | 4.51 | ||||||||||||||||||
3/20/2024 | 4.70 | 5.54 | 4.25 | 4.40 | 301,600 | 4.40 | ||||||||||||||||||
3/19/2024 | 4.50 | 5.05 | 4.45 | 4.74 | 209,900 | 4.74 | ||||||||||||||||||
3/7/24 - 3/18/24 | 4.39 | 5.58 | 3.67 | 4.12 | 6,291,251 | 4.12 | ||||||||||||||||||
3/1/24 - 3/6/24 | 1.87 | 1.96 | 1.68 | 1.83 | 37,615 | 1.83 | ||||||||||||||||||
本協議的執行不應構成公司觸發事件。 | 1.85 | 1.99 | 1.78 | 1.87 | 18,194 | 1.87 | ||||||||||||||||||
公司 未經審計的中期資產負債表 | 1.77 | 1.85 | 1.70 | 1.78 | 9,436 | 1.78 | ||||||||||||||||||
“指本公司截至2023年9月30日止未經審計的資產負債表 在本協議日期之前提供給父母。 | 2.14 | 2.22 | 2.04 | 2.12 | 13,180 | 2.12 | ||||||||||||||||||
公司的 知識 | 2.18 | 2.26 | 2.06 | 2.16 | 17,770 | 2.16 | ||||||||||||||||||
“是指以斯拉·達巴的實際知識,以及這些人合理地期望知道的知識 在正常履行其受僱或諮詢職責的過程中獲得本公司(經適當詢問)。 | 3.04 | 3.18 | 2.94 | 3.06 | 22,613 | 3.06 | ||||||||||||||||||
附件A | 3.06 | 3.20 | 3.01 | 3.08 | 8,044 | 3.08 | ||||||||||||||||||
保密 協議 | 3.10 | 3.40 | 3.02 | 3.12 | 146,724 | 3.12 | ||||||||||||||||||
“指本公司與母公司之間於2023年12月21日生效的保密協議。 | 3.49 | 3.63 | 3.37 | 3.46 | 18,131 | 3.46 | ||||||||||||||||||
同意書 | 3.78 | 3.97 | 3.41 | 3.61 | 949,633 | 3.61 | ||||||||||||||||||
” 指任何批准、同意、批准、許可、放棄或授權(包括任何政府授權)。 | 3.09 | 3.23 | 2.91 | 3.01 | 37,995 | 3.01 | ||||||||||||||||||
設想 交易 | 3.14 | 3.38 | 2.97 | 3.10 | 18,488 | 3.10 | ||||||||||||||||||
3/20/23 - 3/31/23 | 3.21 | 3.49 | 3.02 | 3.20 | 18,164 | 3.20 |
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合同
“ 就任何人而言,指任何協議、合約、諒解、分包合約、租契(不論是土地財產或非土地財產), 抵押、許可、再許可或其他具有法律約束力的任何性質的承諾或承諾,無論是書面的還是口頭的,
新冠肺炎
“ 指新型冠狀病毒(SARS-CoV-2病毒)及其變種。 2024 | DGCL | ” 指特拉華州一般公司法。 | ||||||||||
效應 | $ | 3.10 | $ | 3.00 | $ | 2.00 | ||||||
“ 指任何影響、變化、事件、環境或發展。 | 1,872,433 | 1,872,433 | 1,872,433 | |||||||||
產權負擔 | $ | 5,804,543 | $ | 5,617,300 | $ | 3,744,866 |
“ 指任何留置權、質押、抵押、擔保、租賃、許可、選擇權、地役權、預留、地役權、 不利所有權、要求、侵權、干擾、選擇權、優先購買權、共同財產利益或限制 或任何性質的產權負擔(包括對任何擔保表決的任何限制、對任何擔保轉讓的任何限制 或其他資產,對從任何資產獲得的任何收入的任何限制,對任何資產的使用的任何限制,以及對任何 對擁有、行使或轉讓任何資產的任何其他所有權屬性的限制)。
執行性 例外
(B)關於具體履行、禁令救濟和其他衡平法補救辦法的法律規則。
實體
“ 有限責任合夥)、合資企業、房地產、信託、公司(包括任何股份有限公司、有限責任公司 或股份公司)、公司或其他企業、協會、組織或實體及其每一個繼承人。
環境 法
140 |
附件A
ERISA
” 指經修訂的1974年《員工退休收入保障法》。 | 交換 法 | |||||||
“指經修訂的1934年《證券交易法》及其頒佈的規則和條例。 | $ | 3,744,866 | $ | 5,804,543 | ||||
《反海外腐敗法》 | “ 指美國《反海外腐敗法》。 | |||||||
公認會計原則 | “ 指在美國境內持續適用的公認會計原則和做法 | |||||||
政府 授權 | “指任何:(A)許可證、執照、證書、特許經營權、許可、差異、例外、命令、許可、 | |||||||
政府 身體 | “指任何:(A)國家、州、英聯邦、省、領地、縣、市、區或其他司法管轄區 任何性質的;(B)聯邦、州、地方、市政、外國或其他政府;(C)政府或半政府權力機構 任何性質(包括任何政府部門、部門、機構、委員會、局、機構、官員、部委、基金、基金會、 中心、組織、單位、團體或實體和任何法院或其他法庭,以及爲免生疑問,任何稅務機關);或 (D)自律組織(包括納斯達克)。 |
危險 材料
指任何污染物、化學物質和任何有毒、傳染性、致癌性、反應性、腐蝕性、可燃性的物質 或易燃化學品或化合物,或危險物質、材料或廢物,不論是固體、液體或氣體 根據任何環境法進行監管、控制或補救,包括原油或其任何餾分和石油產品 或副產品。
知識分子 財產權
“是指下列類型的所有過去、現在和將來的權利,它們可能存在或在下列條件下創建 世界上任何司法管轄區的法律:(A)與作者作品有關的權利,包括獨家使用權、著作權、 精神權利、軟件、數據庫和麪具作品;(B)商標、服務標誌、商業外觀、徽標、商號和其他來源標識; 發明公開、方法、過程、協議、規範、技術和其他形式的技術;(D)專利和工業 財產權;和(E)各種類型和性質的知識產權中的其他類似專有權利;(F)隱私權和 宣傳;和(G)所有註冊、續期、延期、法定發明註冊、條款、延續、部分延續、 分割、補發和申請上文(A)至(F)款所指的任何權利(不論是否以有形形式 通過行政訴訟、登記、備案或者其他行政訴訟予以起訴和完善; 因前述原因引起的或與前述有關的所有訴訟理由以及起訴或尋求其他補救措施的權利。
附件A
美國國稅局
大流行 響應律
“指《冠狀病毒援助、救濟和經濟安全法》、《家庭第一冠狀病毒反應法》、 2020年與CoVID相關的稅收減免法案、總統關於根據正在進行的新冠肺炎推遲繳納工資稅的備忘錄 災難(2020年8月8日發佈,包括任何稅務機關就此發佈的任何行政或其他指導意見 (包括美國國稅局公告2020-65)),以及任何其他類似或附加的美國聯邦、州或地方或非美國法律或行政部門 旨在使納稅人受益的指導,以應對新冠肺炎大流行和相關的經濟低迷。
母 副 | $ | 40,300 | ||
指母公司或其任何子公司的任何現任或前任員工、獨立承包商、高級管理人員或董事。 | 80.0 | % | ||
父級 資產負債表 | 4.00 | % | ||
“指母公司截至2023年9月30日的未經審計資產負債表,包括於 截至2023年9月30日的季度Form 10-Q,與美國證券交易委員會的備案文件相同。 | 26.73 | % | ||
父級 衝浪板 | 17.10 | % |
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父級 大寫表示法 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
指第一項規定的母公司和合並子公司的陳述和保證 的句子 | 第3.6(A)條 | 和的第一句話 | 第3.6(C)條 | 父級 環境的變化 | “指情況的任何發展或變化(但情況的任何發展或變化除外 與(A)母公司簽訂本協議或預期交易的懸而未決有關,(B)任何收購提議, 收購調查或其後果,或(C)母公司本身達到或超過內部預算、計劃 或對截至以下日期或之後的任何期間的收入、收益或其他財務業績或經營業績的預測 母公司普通股的市場價格或交易量在本合同日期或之後發生變化(不言而喻 本條款(C)中任何前述事項的根本原因均可在非其他情況下予以考慮和考慮 不包括在此定義中)):(1)對母公司的業務、資產或運營產生重大影響,且發生或發生在 母公司董事會或母公司高管在該日期不知道或無法合理預見本協議的日期和(2) 本協議的一部分。 | 母 普通股 | “指母公司的普通股,每股面值0.001美元。 | |||||||||||||||||||||
父級 合同 | “指以下任何合同:(A)母公司爲當事一方的合同;(B)通過母公司或任何母公司的知識產權或任何其他資產 父母受約束或可能受約束,或根據父母有或可能受任何義務約束;或(C)父母有或可能 獲得任何權利或利益。 | 附件A | “指根據母公司計劃或其他方式授予的任何限制性股票單位獎勵。 | 父級 觸發事件 | “在下列情況下,應被視爲已經發生:(A)母公司沒有在委託書中包括 母公司董事會建議或應已作出母公司董事會的不利建議變更;(B)母公司董事會未能 在公司提出書面要求後十(10)個日曆日內公開重申母公司董事會的建議(理解爲 母公司董事會將沒有義務在兩(2)個以上的不同場合重申這種聲明);(C)母公司董事會 或其任何委員會應已批准、認可或推薦任何收購建議;(D)在本協議日期後, 母公司應已簽訂任何意向書或類似文件或與任何收購計劃有關的任何合同(除 可接受的保密協議);(E)父母或任何董事或父母的官員應故意和故意違反 中所列的規定 | 第4.4節 | 或 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | $ | 5,148 | $ | 4,119 | $ | 36,181 | $ | 1,101 | 1.00 | 0.8540 | $ | 940 | ||||||||||||||||
2025 | 6,178 | 4,942 | 31,239 | 1,321 | 2.00 | 0.7293 | 963 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2026 | 7,105 | 5,684 | 25,555 | 1,519 | 3.00 | 0.6228 | 946 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2027 | 7,815 | 6,252 | 19,303 | 1,671 | 4.00 | 0.5318 | 889 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2028 | 8,284 | 6,627 | 12,676 | 1,771 | 5.00 | 0.4542 | 804 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2029 | 8,698 | 6,959 | 5,717 | 1,860 | 6.00 | 0.3878 | 721 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2030 | 9,046 | 5,717 | - | 1,528 | 7.00 | 0.3312 | 506 | |||||||||||||||||||||
第5.3條 | $ | 5,770 |
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母 權證
指購買母公司股本的認股權證。 | 父母的 知識 |
“指Jill Pasechnick的實際知識,以及這些人合理預期的知識 在履行其對父母的僱傭職責的正常過程中獲得的(在適當詢問後)。 | 聚會 |
” 或“ | 各方 |
“指公司、合併子公司和母公司。 | 允許的 產權負擔 |
“是指:(A)尚未到期和應付的當期稅款或正在爭奪的稅款的任何留置權 信心,並已在公司未經審計的中期資產負債表或母資產負債表(視何者適用而定)上爲其計提充足準備金; (B)在正常業務過程中產生的、(在任何情況下或總體上)沒有重大減損的次要留置權 受其影響的資產或財產的價值或對公司或母公司或其任何成員的經營造成重大損害 適用的子公司;(C)法定留置權,以確保根據租賃或租賃協議對房東、出租人或承租人承擔義務; (D)與工傷補償、失業保險或類似的有關連或爲保證支付而作出的存款或保證 法律授權的計劃;(E)公司或母公司或其任何成員授予的非排他性知識產權許可 在正常業務過程中適用的子公司,且不(在任何情況下或在總體上)重大減損 受其約束的知識產權的價值;和(F)有利於承運人、倉庫管理員、機械師的法定留置權 和物質人,以確保對勞動力、材料或用品的索賠。 | 附件A |
人 | “ 指任何個人、實體或政府機構。 |
產品 | “ 指以下所有產品和服務:(A)由或曾經由或 代表本公司或母公司或其任何附屬公司(視何者適用而定);或(B)目前 由任何公司或母公司或其任何附屬公司(視何者適用而定)或爲其發展(不論是否合作 和另一個人)。 |
代理 陳述式 | 指發送給母公司股東的與母公司有關的最終委託書 股東大會。 |
參考 日期 | “是指2024年3月29日。 |
已註冊 IP | “指在任何政府機構的授權下登記或頒發的所有知識產權, 包括所有專利、註冊著作權、註冊面具作品、註冊商標、服務標誌和商業外觀 域名,以及上述任何一項的所有申請。 |
代表
“ 就某人而言,指該人的董事、高級人員、僱員、代理人、律師、會計師、投資銀行家、 顧問和代表。
反向 股票分割
指母公司已發行的母公司普通股的任何反向股票拆分,需要或被認爲是必要的 母公司董事會爲使母公司重新遵守納斯達克資本市場的最低投標價格要求, 根據2023年6月19日召開的股東年會授予董事會的授權。
Sarbanes-Oxley 法 “指2002年的薩班斯-奧克斯利法案。 | 美國證券交易委員會 ” 指美國證券交易委員會。 | |||||||
證券 法 | $ | 36,000,000 | $ | 38,000,000 | ||||
“指經修訂的1933年證券法及其頒佈的規則和條例。 | 3,700,000 | 5,800,000 | ||||||
股東 代理協議 | 5,770,000 | 5,770,000 | ||||||
“應指自截止日期起簽訂的每一份股東代表協議, 母公司與公司股東之間的協議,格式如下 | $ | 45,470,000 | $ | 49,570,000 | ||||
附件B | 8.1 | % | 11.7 | % | ||||
在這裏。 | 20.0 | % |
後續 交易記錄
* * * * *
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附件A
“ 有投票權的證券或該實體的其他權益,足以使該人選出至少多數成員 此類實體的董事會或其他管理機構,或(B)至少50%的未償還股權,有投票權,受益 或在該實體中的財務利益;哪個實體對該人的業務運營是重要的,如果沒有該實體, 造成公司重大不利影響或母公司重大不利影響,視具體情況而定。— 蘇必利爾 報盤“指主動提出的真誠的書面收購建議(在收購的定義中均提及20% (A)不是作爲直接或間接獲得或作出的 此類融資已全部承諾);及(C)按母公司董事會真誠決定的條款和條件 它認爲相關的事項(包括完成這些事項的可能性),以及公司提出的任何書面修改 在與外部法律顧問和外部財務顧問協商後,本協議的條款更爲優惠, 從財務角度來看,對母公司股東的影響超過了預期交易的條款。— 接管 法規「意味着任何」
價格公平,— 暫停,控制 股份收購— “或其他類似的反收購法。稅收
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稅收 返回
“指任何申報表(包括任何資料申報表)、報告、陳述、聲明、預算、附表、通知、 通知、表格、選舉、證書或其他文件或信息,以及對前述任何一項的任何修訂或補充, 與裁決有關的任何政府機構提交或提交,或要求提交或提交給任何政府機構, 評估、徵收或支付任何稅項或與管理、實施、強制執行或遵從有關的任何稅項 任何與任何稅收有關的法律。
附件A交易記錄 費用“就每一締約方而言,指該締約方在生效之日或之前發生的所有費用和開支 與本協議的談判、準備和執行以及完成所設想的 交易(包括與本協議或任何預期交易有關的任何股東訴訟), (C)與印刷、郵寄和分發委託書有關的任何費用和開支,以及 (D)與納斯達克上市申請有關而須支付予納斯達克的費用及開支 (E)任何花紅、遣散費、控制權變更或保留費或類似的付款義務(包括支付“
單觸發器
“ 在交易結束時觸發的條款)到期或應付給該方的任何董事、官員、員工或顧問 與預期交易的完成有關;及(F)任何通知付款、控制權變更付款、罰款
財務處 條例
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一致同意
“ 指,就母公司董事會而言,指母公司董事會以外的母公司董事,就公司董事會而言,指所有
2012年 合併協議
“指Ezra Dabah、Eve Jasmine Yagoda、Joia Kazam、 摩西·達巴、查納·達巴、雅科夫·達巴、埃茲拉尼公司、尼娜鞋業公司、斯坦利·西爾弗斯坦和默裏·西爾弗莊園 截至2012年5月29日。
2012年 合併協議、控制權變更和IPO條款
“指2012年合併協議的所有條款和條件 這將觸發向任何人支付任何金額或應付款,作爲合併的結果,或首次公開發行 公司,爲了清楚起見,它代表
第7.9(A)(I)條
和
2012年合併協議的一部分。附件A第一 修正案:
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這 《兼併重組協議和計劃第一修正案》(本《
修正案
生效日期
”),修改了某些併購重組協議和計劃 日期:2024年3月29日
合併協議”),由和之間 基德皮克公司
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Kidpik合併Sub,Inc.
是特拉華州一家公司和全資子公司 父母(“
合併子
尼娜鞋業公司
公司”). 下文使用但未另行定義的某些大寫術語應具有合併協議中賦予此類術語的含義。”.
, 母公司、合併子公司和公司希望簽訂本修正案,以根據以下條款修改合併協議 以下條件。現在, 因此”.
,考慮到前提和本協議中包含的相互契諾、協議和考慮事項,以及其他 良好和有價值的對價,雙方特此確認並確認其已收到和充分, 雙方協議如下:
對合並協議的修訂。自生效日期起生效第9.1(B)條
“(B) 如預期交易於2024年12月31日前仍未完成,則由母公司或本公司作出,除非另有規定 第9.1(B)條, 《大賽》
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第9.1(B)條
一方面不能提供給公司,另一方面也不能提供給母公司,如果該方(或在以下情況下) 母公司、合併子公司)採取行動或未能採取行動是預期交易失敗的主要原因 在終止日期或之前,並且該行動或不採取行動構成對本協議的違反,但是,此外, 如果委託書在截止日期前三十(30)個日曆日還沒有清除意見, 則母公司或公司有權通過事先書面通知將截止日期延長四十(40)個日曆日 對另一個人說:“
考慮事項。每一方都同意並在下面簽字確認他們已經收到了與 與本修正案和本協議中預期的交易有關。Https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1861522/000149315224012463/ex2-1.htm頁面共3個
《合併協議第一修正案》
相互陳述、契諾及保證
。每一方當事人,爲了他們自己,爲了對方的利益 本合同的各方代表、契諾和保證:
。《公約》的規定
合併協議的所有條款在此通過引用併入其 全部都是。對應對象和簽名”.
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電子交付
簽署的原件,並應被視爲具有與簽署原件相同的法律效力 當面交付。任何一方不得提出使用電子交付交付簽名或任何簽名 合同,且每一方當事人永遠放棄任何此類抗辯,除非此類抗辯涉及真實性不足。
故意留空的頁數。隨後是簽名頁。]
頁面
在 資證明
父級
/S/ 吉爾·帕塞奇尼克
吉爾 帕塞奇尼克
合併 子KIDPIK MEGER SUb,Inc.作者:
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姓名:
標題:
公司尼娜 鞋類公司作者:
姓名:
以斯拉 大巴
首席 執行官頁面”.
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附件 B
證書 修正
至
二 修訂及重列
證書 公司註冊
的
KIDPIK Corp.
基德皮克 公司,一家根據特拉華州一般公司法組建和存在的公司,特此 認證:
第一:
該公司的名稱爲Kidpik Corp.
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向特拉華州國務卿提交公司註冊證書原件的日期, 以基德皮克公司的名義,是2016年8月18日。2019年1月14日,公司提交了修訂和重述的公司證書 並於2021年5月10日,該公司向國務卿提交了第二份修訂和重述的公司證書 特拉華州,該規定由2024年3月4日提交的修正證書進一步修訂。
第三:
本公司董事會(“
衝浪板
”),按照《公約》的規定行事
部分 141
和
特拉華州普通公司法(“
DGCL
”),通過了決議 批准並認爲對公司第二次修訂和重述的公司註冊證書(經修訂)的修訂是可取的 (the "
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“),詳情如下:
已解決
, 通過更改其條款來修改本公司的重述證書編號”
第一條
” 因此,經修改後,該條款應閱讀如下:
文章 我
名字
的 公司名稱爲Nina Holdings Corp.(以下簡稱“
公司
第四:
上述修正案已提交公司股東年度股東大會批准 該會議是在根據《公約》通知後正式召集並舉行的
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DGCL,在該會議上滿足必要的人數 根據法規要求的股份被投票贊成修正案。因此,該修正案根據 的規定
部242
DGCL的。
“第五: 本修訂證書將於2024年[ ]東部時間中午12:01生效。
“在 資證明修正案
“這個 現將《2021年計劃》修改如下,自第一次修改之日起生效。部分
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。 調整後,根據獎勵可能發行的普通股總數將不超過1,100,000股。在……裏面 股票將在每年的4月1日自動增加,爲期十年,自2025年4月1日起至(和 包括)2031年4月1日,數額相當於(A)本公司普通股總股份的百分之五(5%),數額以較小者爲準 在上一財政年度的最後一天(「長榮計量日」)未償還的款項;及 普通股;但條件是董事會可以在某一年的4月1日之前採取行動,爲 這樣的年份將是普通股的較少數量。
部分 2(B)
。現刪除《2021年計劃》第2(B)節,全文如下:
集料 激勵股票期權限額。
儘管有任何相反的情況
第2(A)條
並受任何調整的限制 如有必要實施任何資本化調整,可根據以下規定發行的普通股的最高股份總數
這
除 如本協議明確規定,《2021年計劃》的所有條款和條件將繼續完全有效。
附件 D
意見 亨普斯特德有限責任公司
三月 2024年2月28日
特價
巴特·西切爾,董事長
基德皮克 金絲雀
200個 公園大道南,3號
研發
地板
紐約,紐約10003
先生們:
你 從財務角度徵求我們對Kidpik Corp.(「PIK」或「Parent」)的公平性的意見, PIK和尼娜鞋業公司(NINA)擬議的業務合併(合併)的結果是 截至2024年3月29日的《合併重組協議和計劃(草案)》(以下簡稱《協議》),由和 其中,特拉華州的Kidpik公司、特拉華州的公司和母公司的全資子公司Kidpik Merge Sub,Inc. Sub“),以及特拉華州的尼娜鞋業公司。
根據 根據本協議第1.1款,在規定的時間,合併子公司將與NINA合併並併入NINA,合併子公司將停止 作爲一個單獨的實體存在(「合併」)。NINA將繼續作爲倖存的公司(「倖存的公司」)。
這個 本意見書中所表達的意見受本意見附件所附假設和限制條件的制約。 關於這一意見,我們查閱了各種信息和文件,包括PIK向美國提交的公開文件 由尼娜的管理層準備的,以及其他項目。
在……裏面 在提出這一意見時,我們依賴於所有財務和其他信息的準確性和完整性,而沒有進行獨立核實 由我們審查,公開提供,或由PIK或代表PIK提供給我們。我們沒有做出獨立的評估或評估 PIK的資產或負債(或有或有),我們也沒有提供任何這樣的評估或評估。我們的觀點 是基於本意見發表之日的經濟和財務狀況。
它 據了解,本意見供股份公司董事會特別委員會和股東參考 未經我們事先書面同意,不得用於任何其他目的,但前提是PIK有權發佈、 在提交給證券公司或提交給證券公司的任何文件中引用和彙總我們的全部或部分意見和相關文件
二 行政園區,新澤西州櫻桃山,70號公路西2370號,314號套房,郵編08002
(O) 856.795.6026●(F)856.795.4911
網站: Www.hempsteadco.com
基座 根據相關事實和我們對這些事實的解釋,我們認爲,Kidpik Corp.將收到的與 從財務角度來看,Kidpik Corp.和Nina Footears Corp.之間的合併協議和計劃對Kidpik是公平的 金絲雀
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斯特德 有限責任公司
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● Organizational Documents;
● Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement;
● Vote Required;
● Non-Contravention; Consents;
● Capitalization;
● SEC Filings; Financial Statements;
● Absence of Changes;
● Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities;
● Title to Assets;
● Real Property; Leasehold;
● Intellectual Property;
● Agreements, Contracts and Commitments;
● Compliance; Permits; Restrictions;
● Legal Proceedings; Orders;
● Tax Matters;
● Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans;
● Environmental Matters;
● Insurance;
● No Financial Advisors;
● Transactions with Affiliates;
● Anti-Bribery;
● Valid Issuance;
● Opinion of Financial Advisor;
● No Merger Sub Activity;
● Recalls;
● Disclaimer of Other Representations and Warranties;
● Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; and
● No Disqualification Events.
The representations and warranties of Nina Footwear, Kidpik and Merger Sub contained in the Merger Agreement or any certificate or instrument delivered pursuant to the Merger Agreement will terminate at the Effective Time.
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Kidpik and Nina Footwear and their subsidiaries are prohibited by the terms of the Merger Agreement, from, directly or indirectly, (i) soliciting, initiating or knowingly encouraging, inducing or facilitating the communication, making, submission or announcement of any Acquisition Proposal (as defined below) or Acquisition Inquiry (as defined below) or taking any action that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry; (ii) furnishing any non-public information regarding Kidpik or Nina Footwear, respectively, to any person in connection with or in response to an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry; (iii) engaging in discussions (other than to inform any person of the existence of these prohibitions) or negotiations with any person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry; (iv) approving, endorsing or recommending any Acquisition Proposal; (v) executing or entering into any letter of intent or any contract contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Transaction (as defined below) (other than, in the case of Kidpik, a confidentiality agreement permitted as described below); or (vi) publicly proposing to do any of the foregoing.
Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, each of Kidpik and Nina Footwear agreed to immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing discussions, negotiations and communications with any person relating to any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry that had not already been terminated as of the date of the Merger Agreement, terminate access to any non-public information of Kidpik or any of its subsidiaries or Nina Footwear, respectively, provided to such person via an electronic or physical data room in connection with such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry and request the destruction or return of any of such party’s non-public information provided to such person in connection with any such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry as soon as practicable after the date of the Merger Agreement.
Subject to certain restrictions and prior to approval of the Merger Proposal, Kidpik and its subsidiaries may furnish non-public information regarding Kidpik or any of its subsidiaries to, and enter into discussions or negotiations with, any person in response to a bona fide Acquisition Proposal by such person, which the Kidpik Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside financial advisor and outside legal counsel, constitutes, or is reasonably likely to result in, a Superior Offer (as defined below) (and is not withdrawn) if: (A) such Acquisition Proposal did not result from a breach of the non-solicitation restrictions in the Merger Agreement, (B) the Kidpik Board concludes in good faith based on the advice of outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action is reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Kidpik Board under applicable law; (C) prior to furnishing any such non-public information to such person, Kidpik gives Nina Footwear notice of Kidpik’s intention to furnish non-public information to, or enter into discussions with, such person and substantially contemporaneously furnishes such non-public information to Nina Footwear (to the extent such information has not been previously furnished by Kidpik to Nina Footwear), and (D) prior to the furnishing of such information or the entry into such discussions or negotiations, Kidpik receives from such person an executed confidentiality agreement (1) containing provisions (including nondisclosure provisions, use restrictions, non-solicitation provisions, no hire and 「standstill」 provisions), in the aggregate, at least as favorable to it as those contained in the confidentiality agreement entered into between Kidpik and Nina Footwear in connection with the Merger and (2) that does not prohibit Kidpik from providing information to Nina Footwear in accordance with the Merger Agreement.
If Kidpik, Nina Footwear or their respective representatives receives an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry during the period following the date of the Merger Agreement through Closing, then such party will promptly (and in no event later than one business day after such party becomes aware of such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry) (1) advise the other party orally and in writing of such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry (including the identity of the person making or submitting such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry), (2) in the case of a written Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry, furnish any written documentation and correspondence to or from such party, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective representatives and (3) in the case of an oral Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry, provide a written summary of the terms thereof. Each party will keep the other party reasonably informed with respect to the status and material terms of any such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry and any material modification or proposed material modification thereto, including providing updated written documentation and material correspondences to or from such party, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective representatives.
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“Acquisition Inquiry” means, with respect to a party, an inquiry, indication of interest or request for information (other than an inquiry, indication of interest or request for information made or submitted by Nina Footwear or any of its affiliates, on the one hand, or Kidpik or any of its affiliates, on the other hand, to the other party) that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal; provided, however, that the term Acquisition Inquiry does not include the Merger or the other Contemplated Transactions.
“Acquisition Proposal” means, with respect to a party, any offer or proposal, whether written or oral (other than an offer or proposal made or submitted by or on behalf of Nina Footwear or any of its affiliates, on the one hand, or by or on behalf of Kidpik or any of its affiliates, on the other hand, to the other party) contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Transaction with such party.
“Acquisition Transaction” means any transaction or series of related transactions involving:
● any merger, consolidation, amalgamation, share exchange, business combination, issuance of securities, acquisition of securities, reorganization, recapitalization, tender offer, exchange offer or other similar transaction: (i) in which a party is a constituent entity; (ii) in which a person or 「group」 (as defined in the Exchange Act) of persons directly or indirectly acquires beneficial or record ownership of securities representing more than 20% of the outstanding securities of any class of voting securities of a party or any of its subsidiaries; or (iii) in which a party or any of its subsidiaries issues securities representing more than 20% of the outstanding securities of any class of voting securities of such party or any of its subsidiaries; or
● any sale, lease, exchange, transfer, license, acquisition or disposition of any business or businesses or assets that constitute or account for 20% or more of the consolidated book value or the fair market value of the assets of a party and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“Superior Offer” means an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal (with all references to 20% in the definition of Acquisition Transaction being treated as references to greater than 80% for these purposes) that: (a) was not obtained or made as a direct or indirect result of a breach of (or in violation of) the Merger Agreement; (b) is not subject to any financing condition (and if financing is required, such financing is fully committed); and (c) is on terms and conditions that the Kidpik Board determines in good faith, based on such matters that it deems relevant (including the likelihood of consummation thereof), as well as any written offer by Nina Footwear to amend the terms of the Merger Agreement, and following consultation with its outside legal counsel and outside financial advisor, are more favorable, from a financial point of view, to Kidpik’s stockholders than the terms of the Contemplated Transactions.
As promptly as practicable after (i) all comments, if any, on this Proxy Statement are cleared by the SEC, or (ii) if the SEC or its staff does not have any comments on this Proxy Statement, after 10 days have passed from the date of filing the preliminary Proxy Statement (as applicable, (i) or (ii), “Cleared Comments”), Kidpik agreed to take all action necessary under applicable law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Kidpik common stock for the purpose of seeking approval of the Kidpik Stockholder Matters.
The Kidpik Annual Meeting will be held as promptly as practicable after the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act and, in any event, no later than 50 calendar days (or such shorter period of time as may be reasonably recommended by a proxy solicitation firm engaged by Kidpik in connection with the Kidpik Annual Meeting) after the Proxy Statement has Cleared Comments. Kidpik will take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Kidpik Annual Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable laws. If, on or before the date of the Kidpik Annual Meeting, Kidpik reasonably believes that it (i) will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the required approvals of the Merger Proposal, whether or not a quorum would be present or (ii) will not have sufficient shares of Kidpik common stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Kidpik Annual Meeting, Kidpik may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of, the Kidpik Annual Meeting as long as the date of the Kidpik Annual Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of 30 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments without the prior written consent of Nina Footwear.
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Kidpik agreed that, subject to certain exceptions in the Merger Agreement: (i) the Kidpik Board will recommend that the holders of Kidpik common stock vote to approve the Kidpik Stockholder Matters and will use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval within the timeframe set forth above, (ii) this Proxy Statement will include a statement to the effect that the Kidpik Board recommends that Kidpik’s stockholders vote to approve the Kidpik Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Kidpik Board with respect to the Kidpik Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Kidpik Board Recommendation”); and (iii) (1) the Kidpik Board Recommendation will not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified, (2) the Kidpik Board will not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Kidpik Board Recommendation, and (3) no resolution by the Kidpik Board or any committee thereof to withdraw or modify the Kidpik Board Recommendation or to adopt, approve or recommend (or publicly propose to adopt, approve or recommend) any Acquisition Proposal shall be adopted or proposed (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), if taken, will constitute, in each case, a “Kidpik Board Adverse Recommendation Change”).
The terms of the Merger Agreement provide that, subject to the limitations set forth in the Merger Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Kidpik Stockholder Matters at the Kidpik Annual Meeting by the required number of stockholders of Kidpik, Kidpik receives a bona fide Acquisition Proposal (which did not result from a breach of the non-solicitation provisions of the Merger Agreement) from any person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Kidpik Board determines, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, the Kidpik Board may make a Kidpik Board Adverse Recommendation Change, if and only if: (A) the Kidpik Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Kidpik’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Kidpik Board to Kidpik’s stockholders under applicable law; (B) Kidpik has given Nina Footwear prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Kidpik Board Adverse Recommendation Change at least four business days prior to making any such Kidpik Board Adverse Recommendation Change (a “Kidpik Determination Notice”, and such period, the “Kidpik Notice Period”) (which notice will not constitute a Kidpik Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C)(1) Kidpik provided to Nina Footwear the identity of the person making the Acquisition Proposal, as well as a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal (and in the case of a written Acquisition Proposal, any written documentation related thereto) in accordance with the Merger Agreement, (2) Kidpik has and has caused its representatives to, during the Kidpik Notice Period, negotiate in good faith with Nina Footwear (to the extent Nina Footwear desires to negotiate) to enable Nina Footwear to propose in writing an offer binding on Nina Footwear to effect such adjustments to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement so that such Acquisition Proposal no longer constitutes a Superior Offer, and (3) after considering the results of such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by Nina Footwear, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Kidpik Board determines, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Kidpik Board Adverse Recommendation Change would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Kidpik Board to Kidpik’s stockholders under applicable law; provided that (x) Nina Footwear receives written notice from Kidpik confirming that the Kidpik Board has determined to change its recommendation during the Kidpik Notice Period, which shall include a description in reasonable detail of the reasons for such Kidpik Board Adverse Recommendation Change and written copies of any relevant proposed transaction agreements with any party making a potential Superior Offer during the Kidpik Notice Period; (y) during any Kidpik Notice Period, Nina Footwear shall be entitled to deliver to Kidpik one or more counterproposals to such Acquisition Proposal and Kidpik will, and will cause its representatives to, negotiate with Nina Footwear in good faith (to the extent Nina Footwear desires to negotiate) to enable Nina Footwear to propose in writing an offer binding on Nina Footwear to effect such adjustments to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement so that the applicable Acquisition Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Offer; and (z) in the event of any material amendment to any Superior Offer (including any revision in price that Kidpik’s stockholders would receive), Kidpik must provide Nina Footwear with notice of such material amendment and the Kidpik Notice Period will be extended, if applicable, to ensure that at least three business days remain in the Kidpik Notice Period (it being understood that there may be multiple extensions).
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The terms of the Merger Agreement also provide that, other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Kidpik Board may make a Kidpik Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to an Kidpik Change in Circumstance (as defined below), if and only if: (A) the Kidpik Board determines in good faith, after consultation with the Kidpik’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Kidpik Board to Kidpik’s stockholders under applicable law; (B) Kidpik has given Nina Footwear a Kidpik Determination Notice at least four business days prior to making any such Kidpik Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Kidpik has provided Nina Footwear with a description of the Kidpik Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, including the material facts and circumstances related to the Kidpik Change in Circumstance, (2) Kidpik has, and has caused its representatives to, during the four business days after the Kidpik Determination Notice, negotiate in good faith with Nina Footwear (to the extent Nina Footwear desires to do so) to enable Nina Footwear to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by Nina Footwear, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Kidpik Board determines, in good faith, that the failure to make the Kidpik Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Kidpik Change in Circumstance would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Kidpik Board to Kidpik’s stockholders under applicable law. The provisions of the Merger Agreement described in this paragraph also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Kidpik Change in Circumstance and require a new Kidpik Determination Notice, except that the references to four business days will be deemed to be three business days (it being understood that there may be multiple extensions).
“Kidpik Change in Circumstance” means any development or change in circumstance (other than any such development or change in circumstance related to (A) the entry by Kidpik into the Merger Agreement or the pendency of the Contemplated Transactions, (B) any Acquisition Proposal, Acquisition Inquiry or the consequences thereof or (C) the fact, in and of itself, that Kidpik meets or exceeds internal budgets, plans or forecasts of its revenues, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations for any period ending on or after the date of the Merger Agreement, or changes after the date of the Merger Agreement in the market price or trading volume of the Kidpik common stock (it being understood that the underlying cause of any of the foregoing in this clause (C) may be considered and taken into account to the extent not otherwise excluded by this definition)) that (1) materially affects the business, assets or operations of Kidpik and that occurs or arises after the date of the Merger Agreement and (2) was not known or reasonably foreseeable to the Kidpik Board or the officers of Kidpik on the date of the Merger Agreement.
Nina Footwear Stockholder Action by Written Consent
The Merger Agreement contemplates that promptly after this Proxy Statement clears comments, and in any event no later than five business days thereafter, unless Nina Footwear shall have previously obtained the consent of all of the Company’s stockholders of items (i), (ii) and (iii) below, Nina Footwear shall prepare, with the cooperation of Kidpik, and cause to be mailed to its stockholders an information statement, which shall include a copy of this Proxy Statement (the 「Information Statement」), to solicit the approval by written consent from Nina Footwear stockholders sufficient to approve the Merger Agreement in lieu of a meeting pursuant to Section 228 of the DGCL, for purposes of (i) adopting and approving the Merger Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, (ii) acknowledging that the approval given thereby is irrevocable and that such stockholder is aware of its rights to demand appraisal for its shares of Nina Footwear capital stock pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL, a true and correct copy of which will be attached thereto, and that such stockholder has received and read a copy of Section 262 of the DGCL and (iii) acknowledging that by its approval of the Merger it is not entitled to appraisal rights with respect to its shares of Nina Footwear capital stock in connection with the Merger and thereby waives any rights to receive payment of the fair value of its shares of Nina Footwear capital stock under the DGCL (collectively, the “Nina Footwear Stockholder Matters”).
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Nina Footwear agreed that: (i) the Nina Footwear Board will recommend that the Nina Footwear stockholders vote to approve the Nina Footwear Stockholder Matters and will use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval from stockholders of Nina Footwear within the timeframe set forth above (the recommendation of the Nina Footwear Board that Nina Footwear’s stockholders vote to adopt and approve the Nina Footwear Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Nina Footwear Board Recommendation”); and (ii) the Nina Footwear Board Recommendation will not be withdrawn or modified (and the Nina Footwear Board will not publicly propose to withdraw or modify the Nina Footwear Board Recommendation), and no resolution by the Nina Footwear Board or any committee thereof to withdraw or modify the Nina Footwear Board Recommendation or to adopt, approve or recommend (or publicly propose to adopt, approve or recommend) any Acquisition Proposal will be adopted or proposed (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (ii), if taken, will constitute, in each case, a “Nina Footwear Board Adverse Recommendation Change”).
Appraisal Rights and Dissenters’ Rights
Under the DGCL, Kidpik stockholders are not entitled to appraisal rights in connection with the Merger.
Nina Footwear stockholders are entitled to statutory appraisal rights in connection with the Merger under Section 262 of the DGCL. One of the conditions to Kidpik’s obligation to consummate the Merger is that the holders of no more than 10% of the shares of Nina Footwear capital stock shall have exercised statutory appraisal rights pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL with respect to their shares of Nina Footwear capital stock. Nina Footwear stockholders holding approximately [ ]% of the outstanding Nina Footwear capital stock waived their rights to exercise appraisal rights.
Covenants; Operation of Business Pending the Merger
During the period from the date of the Merger Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of the Merger Agreement or the Effective Time, except (i) as set forth in certain schedules to the Merger Agreement, (ii) as expressly required in accordance with the Merger Agreement, (iii) as required by applicable law, (iv) with the prior written consent of Nina Footwear, or (v) in the ordinary course of Kidpik’s business, each of Kidpik and its subsidiaries has agreed to (A) conduct its business and operations in the ordinary course of business and in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws and the requirements of all of its material contracts, (B) continue to pay material outstanding accounts payable and other material current liabilities (including payroll) when due and payable in the ordinary course of business, and (C) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact in all material respects its assets, properties and material relationships with suppliers, commercial parties, licensors, employees and contractors, and will not:
● declare, accrue, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of any shares of its capital stock or repurchase, redeem or otherwise reacquire any shares of its capital stock or other securities (except repurchases of shares of Kidpik common stock from terminated employees, directors or consultants of Kidpik or in connection with the payment of the exercise price or withholding taxes incurred upon the exercise, settlement or vesting of any award or purchase rights granted under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan in accordance with the terms of such award in effect on the date of the Merger Agreement);
● sell, issue, grant, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber or authorize any of the foregoing with respect to: (A) any capital stock or other security of Kidpik or any of its subsidiaries (except for Kidpik common stock issued upon the valid exercise of outstanding Kidpik options or upon settlement of Kidpik restricted stock units); (B) any option, warrant or right to acquire any capital stock or any other security other than Kidpik stock options or restricted stock unit awards granted to directors, employees and service providers in the ordinary course of business in connection with annual grants; or (C) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security of Kidpik or any of its subsidiaries;
● accelerate the vesting or settlement of any outstanding Kidpik options, Kidpik restricted stock units or any other instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security of Kidpik or any of its subsidiaries (except in accordance with the terms of any existing Kidpik contract, which, in each case, a form of which has been made available to Nina Footwear prior to the date of the Merger Agreement);
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● except as required to give effect to anything in contemplation of Closing, amend any of its or its subsidiaries’ organizational documents, or effect or be a party to any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split or similar transaction except, for the avoidance of doubt, the Contemplated Transactions;
● form any subsidiary or acquire any equity interest or other interest in any other entity or enter into a joint venture with any other entity;
● (A) lend money to any person (except for the advancement of reasonable and customary expenses to employees, directors, and consultants in the ordinary course of business), (B) incur or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money, (C) guarantee any debt securities of others, (D) make any capital expenditure in excess of $50,000 individually and $150,000 in the aggregate, or (E) forgive any loans to any persons, including Kidpik’s employees, officers, directors or affiliates;
● other than as required by applicable law or the terms of any Kidpik benefit plan as in effect on the date of the Merger Agreement: (A) adopt, terminate, establish or enter into any Kidpik benefit plan; (B) cause or permit any Kidpik benefit plan to be amended in any material respect; (C) pay any bonus or make any profit-sharing or similar payment to, or increase the amount of the wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits or bonus or other compensation or remuneration payable to, any of its directors, officers, consultants or employees other than (1) increases in base salary and annual cash bonus opportunities and payments made, in each case, in connection with annual cost of living adjustments consistent with past practice and (2) prorated bonuses paid to terminated employees in accordance with the terms of any existing Kidpik contract, which, in each case, a form of which has been made available to Nina Footwear prior to the execution of the Merger Agreement; (D) hire any officer or any employee or engage any independent contractor; (E) increase the severance or change of control benefits offered to any current or new employees, directors or consultants; or (F) terminate or give notice to any officer other than for cause or terminate any officer or employee that would result in the acceleration of any outstanding equity awards;
● recognize any labor union or labor organization;
● acquire any material asset or sell, lease or otherwise irrevocably dispose of any of its material assets (other than cash) or properties, or grant any encumbrance with respect to such assets or properties (other than a permitted encumbrance);
● sell, assign, transfer, license, sublicense or otherwise dispose of any Kidpik intellectual property or in-licensed intellectual property (other than pursuant to material transfer agreements, clinical trial agreements, services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, commercially available software-as-a-service offerings, off-the-shelf software licenses or generally available patent license agreements, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business on a non-exclusive basis and that do not grant any commercial rights to any products or services of Kidpik or its subsidiaries);
● make, change or revoke any material tax election, fail to pay any income or other material tax as such tax becomes due and payable, file any amendment making any material change to any tax return, settle or compromise any income or other material tax liability or submit any voluntary disclosure application, enter into any tax allocation, sharing, indemnification or other similar agreement or arrangement (other than customary commercial contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business the principal subject matter of which is not taxes), request or consent to any extension or waiver of any limitation period with respect to any claim or assessment for any income or other material taxes (other than pursuant to an extension of time to file any tax return granted in the ordinary course of business of not more than seven months), or adopt or change any material accounting method in respect of taxes;
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● enter into, materially amend or terminate any Kidpik material contract (or contract that would be deemed a Kidpik material contract if entered into prior to the date of the Merger Agreement);
● other than as required by law or GAAP, take any action to change in any material aspect accounting policies or procedures;
● initiate or settle any legal proceeding; or other claim or dispute involving or against Kidpik or any of its subsidiaries;
● enter into or amend a contract that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impede, interfere with, hinder or delay the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions;
● fail to maintain any material insurance policies in full force and effect prior to the renewal period of any such material insurance policies or fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to renew any such material insurance policies following the applicable expiration or acquire substantially similar insurance policies;
● enter into a new line of business or start to conduct a line of business in a new geographic area where it was not previously conducted;
● make any investment in marketable securities (which, for the avoidance of doubt, exclude U.S. treasuries maturing in three to six months from the date of such investment) with existing cash or cash equivalents or with proceeds received upon the maturity, or sale, of existing investments in marketable securities; or
● agree, resolve or commit to do any of the foregoing.
During the period from the date of the Merger Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of the Merger Agreement or the Effective Time, except (i) as set forth in certain schedules to the Merger Agreement, (ii) as expressly required by the Merger Agreement, (iii) as required by applicable law, (iv) with the prior written consent of Kidpik (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) or (v) in the ordinary course of business, Nina Footwear has agreed to (A) conduct its business and operations in the ordinary course of business and in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws and the requirements of all of its material contracts and (B) continue to pay material outstanding accounts payable and other material current liabilities (including payroll) when due and payable in the ordinary course of business, and (C) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact in all material respects its assets, properties and material relationships with suppliers, commercial parties, licensees, licensors, employees and contractors, and will not:
● declare, accrue, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of any shares of its capital stock or repurchase, redeem or otherwise reacquire any shares of its capital stock or other securities (except repurchases of shares of Nina Footwear common stock from terminated employees, directors or consultants of Kidpik or in connection with the payment of the exercise price and/or withholding taxes incurred upon the exercise, settlement or vesting of any award or purchase rights granted under a Nina Footwear equity plan in accordance with the terms of such award in effect on the date of the Merger Agreement);
● sell, issue, grant, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber or authorize any of the foregoing with respect to: (A) any capital stock or other security of Nina Footwear; (B) any option, warrant or right to acquire any capital stock or any other security; or (C) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security of Nina Footwear;
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● accelerate the vesting or settlement of any outstanding Nina Footwear Options or any other instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security of Nina Footwear (except in accordance with the terms of any existing Nina Footwear contract);
● except as required to give effect to anything in contemplation of the Closing, amend any of its organizational documents, or effect or be a party to any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split or similar transaction except, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Contemplated Transactions;
● form a subsidiary or acquire any equity interest or other interest in any other entity or enter into a joint venture with any other entity;
● (A) lend money to any person (except for the advancement of reasonable and customary expenses to employees and directors in the ordinary course of business), (B) incur or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money, (C) guarantee any debt securities of others, (D) except for capital expenditures incurred in furtherance of the development of Nina Footwear’s product candidates as of the date of the Merger Agreement, make any capital expenditures in excess of $62,500 individually and $200,000 in the aggregate or (E) forgive any loans to any persons, including Nina Footwear’s employees, officers, directors or affiliates;
● other than as required by applicable law or the terms of any Nina Footwear benefit plan as in effect on the date of the Merger Agreement: (A) pay any bonus or make any profit-sharing or similar payment to, or increase the amount of the wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits or bonus or other compensation or remuneration payable to, any of its directors, officers, consultants or employees other than (1) increases in base salary and annual cash bonus opportunities and payments made, in each case, in the ordinary course of business and (2) prorated bonuses paid to terminated employees in accordance with the terms of any existing Nina Footwear contract, in each case, which has been made available to Kidpik prior to the date of the Merger Agreement; or (B) increase the severance or change of control benefits offered to any current or new employees, directors or consultants;
● recognize any labor union or labor organization;
● acquire any material asset or sell, lease or otherwise irrevocably dispose of any of its material assets or properties, or grant any encumbrance with respect to such assets or properties, except, in each case of the foregoing cases, in the ordinary course of business or in furtherance of the development of Nina Footwear’s existing product candidates as of the date of the Merger Agreement;
sell, assign, transfer, license, sublicense or otherwise dispose of any Nina Footwear intellectual property or any Nina Footwear in-licensed intellectual property (other than pursuant to material transfer agreements, clinical trial agreements, services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, commercially available software-as-a-service offerings, off-the-shelf software licenses or generally available patent license agreements, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business on a non-exclusive basis and that do not grant any commercial rights to any products or services of Nina Footwear);
● except to revoke a Subchapter S election, make, change or revoke any material tax election, fail to pay any income or other material tax as such tax becomes due and payable, file any amendment making any material change to any tax return, settle or compromise any income or other material tax liability or submit any voluntary disclosure application, enter into any tax allocation, sharing, indemnification or other similar agreement or arrangement (other than customary commercial contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business the principal subject matter of which is not taxes), request or consent to any extension or waiver of any limitation period with respect to any claim or assessment for any income or other material taxes (other than pursuant to an extension of time to file any tax return granted in the ordinary course of business of not more than seven months), or adopt or change any material accounting method in respect of taxes;
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● enter into, materially amend or terminate any Nina Footwear material contract (or contract that would be deemed a Nina Footwear material contract if entered into prior to the date of the Merger Agreement), in each case, if such entry, amendment or termination would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impede, interfere with, hinder or delay the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions;
● other than as required by law or GAAP, take any action to change in any material respect accounting policies or procedures;
● initiate or settle any legal proceeding or other claim or dispute involving or against Nina Footwear or any of its subsidiaries;
● (A) fail to maintain any material insurance policies in full force and effect prior to the renewal period of any such material insurance policies or (B) fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to renew any such material insurance policies following the applicable expiration or acquire substantially similar insurance policies;
● enter into a new line of business or start to conduct a line of business in a new geographic area where it was not previously conducted; or
● agree, resolve or commit to do any of the foregoing.
Termination and Termination Fees
The Merger Agreement may be terminated prior to the Effective Time (whether before or after the required stockholder approvals to consummate the Merger have been obtained, unless otherwise specified below):
(a) by mutual written consent of Kidpik and Nina Footwear;
(b) by either Kidpik or Nina Footwear if the Contemplated Transactions have not been consummated by December 31, 2024 (subject to possible extension, the End Date); provided, however, that the right to terminate the Merger Agreement under this section will not be available to a party if such party’s (or, in the case of Kidpik, Merger Sub’s) action or failure to act has been a principal cause of the failure of the Contemplated Transactions to occur on or before the End Date and such action or failure to act constitutes a breach of the Merger Agreement; provided, further, however, that, in the event that the Proxy Statement has not Cleared Comments by the date which is 30 calendar days prior to the End Date, then either party is entitled to extend the End Date for an additional 40 calendar days by prior written notice to the other;
(c) by either Kidpik or Nina Footwear if a court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental body has issued a final and non-appealable order, decree or ruling, or has taken any other action, having the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Contemplated Transactions;
(d) by Kidpik if the Nina Footwear stockholders have not approved the Merger Agreement within 10 business days of the date of the Proxy Statement has Cleared Comments; provided, however, that once the Nina Footwear stockholders have approved the Merger Agreement, Kidpik may not terminate the Merger Agreement pursuant to this paragraph;
(e) by either Kidpik or Nina Footwear if (i) the Kidpik Annual Meeting (including any adjournments and postponements thereof) was held and completed and (ii) the Merger Proposal was not approved at such Kidpik special meeting by the required number of stockholders of Kidpik; provided, however, that the right to terminate the Merger Agreement pursuant to this paragraph will not be available to Kidpik where the failure to obtain the approval of the required number of stockholders of Kidpik was caused by the action or failure to act of Kidpik and such action or failure to act constitutes a material breach by Kidpik of the Merger Agreement;
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(f) by Nina Footwear (at any time prior to the approval of the Merger Proposal by the required number of stockholders of Kidpik) if a Kidpik Triggering Event (as defined below) has occurred;
(g) by Kidpik (at any time prior to the date the Nina Footwear stockholders have approved the Merger Agreement) if a Nina Footwear Triggering Event (as defined below) has occurred;
(h) by Nina Footwear, upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in the Merger Agreement by Kidpik or Merger Sub or if any representation or warranty of Kidpik or Merger Sub has become inaccurate, in either case, such that certain closing conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such representation or warranty has become inaccurate; provided that Nina Footwear is not then in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement under the Merger Agreement; provided, further, that if such inaccuracy in Kidpik’s or Merger Sub’s representations and warranties or breach by Kidpik or Merger Sub is curable by the End Date by Kidpik or Merger Sub, then the Merger Agreement will not terminate pursuant to this paragraph as a result of such particular breach or inaccuracy until the earlier of (i) the End Date and (ii) the expiration of a 30 calendar day period commencing upon delivery of written notice from Nina Footwear to Kidpik of such breach or inaccuracy and its intention to terminate pursuant to this paragraph (it being understood that the Merger Agreement will not terminate pursuant to this paragraph as a result of such particular breach or inaccuracy if such breach by Kidpik or Merger Sub is cured prior to such termination becoming effective);
(i) by Kidpik, upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in the Merger Agreement by Nina Footwear or if any representation or warranty of Nina Footwear has become inaccurate, in either case, such that certain closing conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such representation or warranty has become inaccurate; provided that neither Kidpik nor Merger Sub is then in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement under the Merger Agreement; provided, further, that if such inaccuracy in Nina Footwear’s representations and warranties or breach by Nina Footwear is curable by the End Date by Nina Footwear then the Merger Agreement will not terminate pursuant to this paragraph as a result of such particular breach or inaccuracy until the earlier of (i) the End Date and (ii) the expiration of a 30 calendar day period commencing upon delivery of written notice from Kidpik to Nina Footwear of such breach or inaccuracy and its intention to terminate pursuant to this paragraph (it being understood that the Merger Agreement will not terminate pursuant to this paragraph as a result of such particular breach or inaccuracy if such breach by Nina Footwear is cured prior to such termination becoming effective); or
(j) by Kidpik, if Nina Footwear has not provided to Kidpik audited financial statements for the fiscal years ended 2023 and 2022 prior to July 30, 2024, and/or unaudited financial statements of the Company for the period ended March 31, 2024 to the extent required by applicable Securities and Exchange Commission rules; provided that the Merger Agreement shall not terminate until the earlier of (i) the End Date and (ii) the expiration of a sixty (60) calendar day period commencing upon delivery of written notice from Kidpik to Nina Footwear of such breach and its intention to terminate the Merger Agreement (it being understood that the Merger Agreement shall not terminate as a result of such breach if such breach by Nina Footwear is cured prior to such termination becoming effective).
The party desiring to terminate the Merger Agreement will give the other party written notice of such termination, specifying the provisions of the Merger Agreement pursuant to which such termination is made and the basis therefor described in reasonable detail.
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“Nina Footwear Triggering Event” will be deemed to have occurred if: (a) the Nina Footwear Board of Directors has made a Nina Footwear Board Adverse Recommendation Change; (b) the Nina Footwear Board of Directors shall have failed to publicly reaffirm the recommendation by the Board of Directors of Nina Footwear that the Nina Footwear Stockholders approve and adopt the Merger Agreement, within ten (10) calendar days after Kidpik so requests in writing (it being understood that the Nina Footwear Board of Directors will have no obligation to make such reaffirmation on more than two separate occasions); (c) the Nina Footwear Board of Directors or any committee thereof has publicly approved, endorsed or recommended any Acquisition Proposal; or (d) following the date of the Merger Agreement, Nina Footwear has entered into any letter of intent or similar document or any contract relating to any Acquisition Proposal.
“Kidpik Triggering Event” will be deemed to have occurred if: (a) Kidpik has failed to include in the Proxy Statement the recommendation of the Kidpik Board of Directors that the Kidpik stockholders approve and adopt the Merger Agreement or has made a Kidpik Board Adverse Recommendation Change; (b) the Kidpik Board of Directors shall have failed to publicly reaffirm the Kidpik Board Recommendation within ten (10) calendar days after Nina Footwear so requests in writing (it being understood that the Kidpik Board of Directors will have no obligation to make such reaffirmation on more than two separate occasions); (c) the Kidpik Board of Directors or any committee thereof has approved, endorsed or recommended any Acquisition Proposal; (d) following the date of the Merger Agreement, Kidpik has entered into any letter of intent or similar document or any contract relating to any Acquisition Proposal (other than in connection with the entry into a confidentiality agreement in certain limited situations); or (e) Kidpik or any director or officer of Kidpik has willfully and intentionally breached the provisions set forth in the non-solicitation or Kidpik stockholders’ meeting provisions of the Merger Agreement.
Kidpik must pay Nina Footwear a nonrefundable termination fee of $100,000 if (A) the Merger Agreement is terminated pursuant to clauses (b), (e), (f) (or at the time the Merger Agreement is terminated, Nina Footwear has the right to terminate the Merger Agreement pursuant to clause (f) above), or (h) above, (B) an Acquisition Proposal with respect to Kidpik has been publicly announced, disclosed or otherwise communicated to Kidpik or the Kidpik Board at any time after the date of the Merger Agreement but prior to the termination of the Merger Agreement (which has not been withdrawn) and (C) within 3 months after the date of such termination, Kidpik enters into a definitive agreement with respect to a subsequent transaction or consummates a subsequent transaction in respect of any Acquisition Proposal.
Nina Footwear must pay Kidpik a nonrefundable termination fee of $100,000 if (i) (A) the Merger Agreement is terminated pursuant to clauses (b), (d) or (i) above, (B) an Acquisition Proposal with respect to Nina Footwear has been publicly announced, disclosed or otherwise communicated to Nina Footwear or the Nina Footwear Board at any time after the date of the Merger Agreement but prior to Nina Footwear’s stockholders approving the Merger Agreement (which has not been withdrawn, (1) in the case of a termination pursuant to clause (b) or (i) above, at the time the Nina Footwear stockholders have approved the Merger Agreement and (2) in the case of a termination pursuant to clause (d) above, at the time of such termination) and (C) within 3 months after the date of such termination, Nina Footwear enters into a definitive agreement with respect to a subsequent transaction or consummates a subsequent transaction in respect of any Acquisition Proposal; or (ii) the Merger Agreement is terminated by Kidpik pursuant to clause (g) above (or at the time the Merger Agreement is terminated, Kidpik has the right to terminate the Merger Agreement pursuant to clause (g) above).
If the Merger Agreement is terminated by Nina Footwear pursuant to clause (e) or (h) above or in the event of the failure of Nina Footwear to consummate the transactions to be contemplated at the Closing solely as a result of a Kidpik Material Adverse Effect (provided, that at such time all other conditions precedent to Kidpik’s obligation to close set forth in the Merger Agreement have been satisfied by Nina Footwear, are capable of being satisfied by Nina Footwear or have been waived by Kidpik), then Kidpik will reimburse Nina Footwear for all reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by Nina Footwear in connection with the Merger Agreement and the Merger contemplated thereby, up to a maximum of $62,500, by wire transfer of same-day funds within ten business days following the date on which Nina Footwear submits to Kidpik true and correct copies of reasonable documentation supporting such expenses; provided, however, that such expenses shall not include any amounts for financial advisors to Nina Footwear except for reasonably documented out-of-pocket expenses otherwise reimbursable by Nina Footwear to such financial advisors pursuant to the terms of Nina Footwear’s engagement letter or similar arrangement with such financial advisors. To the extent any such expenses are paid, such amounts will be credited against any termination fee that becomes payable by Kidpik to Nina Footwear thereafter.
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If the Merger Agreement is terminated by Kidpik pursuant to clauses (d) or (i) above, or in the event of the failure of Kidpik to consummate the transactions to be consummated to the Closing solely as a result of a Nina Footwear Material Adverse Effect as set forth in the Merger Agreement (provided, that at such time all other conditions precedent to Nina Footwear’s obligation to close set forth in the Merger Agreement have been satisfied by Kidpik, are capable of being satisfied by Kidpik or have been waived by Nina Footwear), then Nina Footwear will reimburse Kidpik for all reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by Kidpik in connection with the Merger Agreement and the Merger contemplated therein, up to a maximum of $62,500, by wire transfer of same-day funds within ten business days following the date on which Kidpik submits to Nina Footwear true and correct copies of reasonable documentation supporting such expenses; provided, however, that such expenses shall not include any amounts for financial advisors to Kidpik except for reasonably documented out-of-pocket expenses otherwise reimbursable by Kidpik to such financial advisors pursuant to the terms of Kidpik’s engagement letter or similar arrangement with such financial advisors. To the extent any such expenses are paid, such amounts will be credited against any termination fee that becomes payable by Nina Footwear to Kidpik thereafter.
Financial Statement Assistance
Using commercially reasonable efforts, Nina Footwear and its officers are required to assist Kidpik and its accountants and auditors, at Kidpik’s expense, in preparing such financial statements as are required by Regulation S-X and as required and requested from time to time by the SEC and the SEC’s rules and requirements for inclusion in the Current Report on Form 8-K required to be filed by Kidpik following the Closing and any and all other filings with the SEC that such financial statements are required to be included in, and shall further supply Kidpik all information, reports, documentation and financial information reasonably requested in connection therewith.
Termination of Certain Agreements and Rights
Nina Footwear is required to take prompt action following the entry into the Merger Agreement to confirm that all of the terms and conditions of a May 29, 2012, Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Ezra Dabah, Eve Jasmine Yagoda, Joia Kazam, Moshe Dabah, Chana Dabah, Yaacov Dabah, Ezrani Corp., Nina Footwear Corp., Stanley Silverstein and The Estate of Murray Silver, which would trigger the payment of any amounts or payables to any person, as a result of the Merger, or an initial public offering of Nina Footwear are terminated or waived only with respect to the Merger and no other matter or transaction.
Concurrent with, or promptly following the Merger, Kidpik is required to change its name to 「Nina Holding Corp.」 and concurrently with, or promptly following, the Closing, Kidpik is required to change its trading symbol to “NINA”.
As discussed above under “Proposal No. 5: Approval of the Filing of a Certificate of Amendment to Change the Company’s Name From 「Kidpik Corp.」 to “Nina Holdings Corp.”, the Company is requesting stockholder approval for the name change at the Annual Meeting.
Director Indemnification and Insurance
The Merger Agreement provides that, subject to certain limitations as set forth in the Merger Agreement, from the Effective Time through the sixth anniversary of the date on which the Effective Time occurs, Kidpik and the surviving corporation will indemnify each person who is, has been at any time prior to the date of the Merger Agreement, or who becomes prior to the Effective Time, a director, officer, fiduciary or agent of Kidpik or Nina Footwear or their respective subsidiaries.
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The Merger Agreement also provides that the provisions relating to the indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of present and former directors and officers of Kidpik or any of its subsidiaries set forth in the organizational documents of Kidpik or any of its subsidiaries will not be amended, modified or repealed for a period of six years from the Effective Time in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of individuals who, at or prior to the Effective Time, were officers or directors of Kidpik or any of its subsidiaries, unless required by applicable law. After Closing, the organizational documents of the surviving corporation will contain provisions at least as favorable as the provisions relating to the indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of present and former directors and officers presently set forth in Kidpik’s organizational documents as of the date of the Merger Agreement.
Kidpik’s common stock currently is listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “PIK.” Kidpik has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts (i) to maintain its existing listing on Nasdaq until the Closing Date, (ii) without derogating from the requirements of the foregoing clause (i) and to the extent required by the rules and regulations of Nasdaq, to prepare and submit to Nasdaq a notification form for the listing of the shares of Kidpik common stock to be issued in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, and to cause such shares to be approved for listing (subject to official notice of issuance), and (iii) to the extent required by Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5110, to file an initial listing application for the Kidpik common stock on Nasdaq (the “Nasdaq Listing Application”) and to cause such Nasdaq Listing Application to be conditionally approved prior to the Effective Time, provided that Kidpik has received preliminary non-binding guidance from Nasdaq that because Ezra Dabah will control the vote of Kidpik both prior to and after Closing, that the Combined Company will not need to re-apply for initial listing on Nasdaq as a result of the Merger. As such, in the event the Merger closes, it will have no effect on the trading of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market. It is also a condition to Closing that concurrently with, or promptly following, the Closing, Kidpik change its trading symbol to “NINA”.
The parties will use commercially reasonable efforts to coordinate with respect to compliance with Nasdaq rules and regulations. Nina Footwear will cooperate with Kidpik as reasonably requested by Kidpik with respect to the Nasdaq Listing Application and promptly furnish to Kidpik all information concerning Nina Footwear and its stockholders that may be required or reasonably requested in connection with any action contemplated by the foregoing paragraph.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, all fees and expenses incurred by such party at or prior to the Effective Time in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the Merger Agreement will be paid by the party incurring such expense, whether or not the Merger is consummated, subject to certain reimbursements and fees that are payable under certain circumstances upon termination of the Merger, as discussed in greater detail above under “— Termination and Termination Fees”.
The Merger Agreement may be amended by the parties at any time with the written approval of the respective boards of directors of Nina Footwear, Merger Sub and Kidpik (with the recommendation of the Strategy Committee of the Board of Directors of Kidpik), except that after the Merger Agreement has been adopted and approved by a party’s stockholders, no amendment which by law requires further approval by the stockholders of that party will be made without such further stockholder approval. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, time periods, deadlines, percentages and amounts contained in the Merger Agreement may be mutually amended, extended or waived, by the parties, without the required approval of any Nina Footwear stockholder or Kidpik stockholder.
Additionally, until the Effective Time, (i) Kidpik may take the following actions only with the prior approval of, and shall take any such action if directed to do so by, the Strategy Committee: (a) amending, restating, modifying or otherwise changing any provision of the Merger Agreement; (b) waiving any right under the Merger Agreement or extending the time for the performance of any obligation of Kidpik thereunder; (c) terminating the Merger Agreement; (d) taking any action under the Merger Agreement that expressly requires the approval of the Strategy Committee; (e) making any decision or determination, or taking any action under or with respect to the Merger Agreement that would reasonably be expected to be, or is required to be, approved, authorized, ratified or adopted by the Board of Directors; and (f) agreeing to do any of the foregoing and (ii) no decision or determination shall be made, or action taken, by the Board of Directors of Kidpik under or with respect to the Merger Agreement, without first obtaining the approval of the Strategy Committee. In the event the Strategy Committee ceases to exist, any consents, determinations, actions or other rights or obligations afforded to the Strategy Committee shall be afforded to a majority of the remaining independent and disinterested members of the Board of the Directors of Kidpik.
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On July 22, 2024, the Company, Nina Footwear and Merger Sub entered into a First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, pursuant to which each of the parties agreed to extend the required closing date of the Merger from September 30, 2024, to December 31, 2024.
Termination of the Merger Agreement
Upon termination of the Merger Agreement in certain circumstances, a termination fee of $100,000 may be payable by either Kidpik or Nina Footwear to the other party, including (i) where the Merger Agreement is terminated because (x) the Merger fails to close prior to December 31, 2024, (y) one party’s stockholders fail to approve the Merger, or (z) a breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement, and an Acquisition Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement) has been announced regarding the non-terminating party, and/or is entered into or closed within three months of the date of termination; and (ii) where such party’s board of directors changes or withdraws its recommendation in favor of the Merger or recommends to enter into an alternative transaction. Nina Footwear and Kidpik have also agreed to reimburse the other party for up to $62,500 in expenses, as applicable, if the Merger Agreement is terminated in certain circumstances, as further described in the Merger Agreement. See also “—Termination and Termination Fees”, above.
The Merger Agreement is be governed exclusively by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without reference to its conflict of law provisions.
The Merger Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by and inure solely to the benefit of, the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, that neither the Merger Agreement nor any party’s rights or obligations thereunder may be assigned, delegated or otherwise transferred (voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise) by such party without the prior written consent of the other parties, and any attempted assignment, delegation or other transfer of the Merger Agreement or any of such rights or obligations by such party without the other parties’ prior written consent shall be void and of no effect.
Stockholder Representation Agreements
As a required condition to the Closing, each stockholder of Nina Footwear will be required to enter into a Stockholder Representation Agreement with Kidpik. The Stockholder Representation Agreement includes general representations of the Nina Footwear stockholder relating to ownership of the applicable Nina Footwear common stock shares to be tendered at Closing; an agreement to comply with certain conditions of the Merger Agreement, as if a party thereto; various representations in order for Kidpik to confirm that an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act exists for the Merger Agreement; certain requirements for Kidpik to promptly remove the legend on any Kidpik securities issued to the Nina Footwear stockholders as a result of the Merger in certain circumstances, setting forth certain damages payable by Kidpik upon its failure to comply with the deadlines set forth in such Stockholder Representation Agreement, and buy-in rights for the Nina Footwear stockholders as a result thereof; and a lock-up agreement, prohibiting the Nina Footwear stockholder from transferring any shares of Nina Footwear until the earlier of the consummation or termination of the Merger Agreement, subject to certain customary exceptions, each as discussed in greater detail below.
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Specifically, the Stockholder Representation Agreement provides that (a) certificates evidencing the Merger Shares shall not contain any legend (“Unlegended Shares”): (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Merger Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if such Merger Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144, without the requirement for Kidpik to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such Merger Shares, without compliance with Rule 144(i), and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). Kidpik is required to cause its counsel, at Kidpik’s expense, to promptly issue a legal opinion to the transfer agent if required by the transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend on such Merger Shares. We agreed that following such time as such legend is no longer required as discussed above, Kidpik will, no later than five (5) trading days following the delivery by a Nina Footwear Stockholder to Kidpik or the transfer agent of a certificate representing the Merger Shares if in certificated form or designated as restricted on an electronic stock ledger, as applicable, issued or designated with or subject to a restrictive legend (such date, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Nina Footwear Stockholder a certificate representing such shares that is free from the restriction set forth in Rule 144. Notwithstanding the above, Kidpik shall not be required to take any action in connection with the above to the extent the Nina Footwear Stockholder in question is an 『affiliate』 of Kidpik, as such term is defined in Rule 144 of the Securities Act, or such stockholders’ securities are required to be aggregated with any 『affiliate』 of Kidpik, as such term is defined in Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
In addition to such Nina Footwear Stockholder’s other available remedies, provided the conditions for legend removal set forth above exist, the Company is required to pay to such Nina Footwear Stockholder, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Merger Shares (based on the actual purchase price of the common stock on the date such securities are submitted to the transfer agent) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend, $10 per trading day for each trading day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without a legend. Nothing in the Stockholder Representation Agreement limits a stockholder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing any securities, and such stockholder has the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.
Kidpik may not refuse to deliver Unlegended Shares based on any claim that any stockholder or anyone associated or affiliated with such stockholder has not complied with stockholder’s obligations under the Stockholder Representation Agreement, or for any other reason, unless, an injunction or temporary restraining order from a court, on notice, restraining and or enjoining delivery of such Unlegended Shares shall have been sought and obtained by Kidpik and Kidpik has posted a surety bond for the benefit of such Stockholder in the amount of the greater of (i) 120% of the amount of the aggregate purchase price of the Kidpik shares to be subject to the injunction or temporary restraining order, or (ii) the shares of Kidpik common stock on the trading day before the issue date of the injunction multiplied by the number of Unlegended Shares to be subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such stockholder to the extent the stockholder obtains judgment in stockholder’s favor.
In addition to any other rights available to a Nina Footwear Stockholder, if Kidpik fails to deliver Unlegended Shares as required pursuant to the Stockholder Representation Agreement and after the Legend Removal Date the stockholder, or a broker on the stockholder’s behalf, purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Kidpik common stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such stockholder of the shares of Kidpik common stock which the stockholder was entitled to receive in unlegended form from Kidpik (a “Buy-In”), then Kidpik is required to promptly pay in cash to the stockholder (in addition to any remedies available to or elected by the stockholder) the amount, if any, by which (A) the stockholder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of the Kidpik common stock so purchased exceeds (B) the aggregate purchase price of the shares of the Kidpik common stock delivered to Kidpik for reissuance as Unlegended Shares together with interest thereon at a rate of 15% per annum accruing until such amount and any accrued interest thereon is paid in full (which amount shall be paid as liquidated damages and not as a penalty).
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Pursuant to the Stockholder Representation Agreement, each Nina Footwear Stockholder agreed that prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below), such stockholder would not, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, exchange, pledge or otherwise dispose of, or in any other way reduce stockholder’s risk of ownership or investment in, or make any offer or agreement relating to any of the foregoing with respect to the Subject Shares (as defined below), except in connection with the Merger and except to Permitted Transferees (defined below). “Expiration Date” means the earliest to occur of (i) the Effective Time, or (ii) such time as the Merger Agreement may be terminated in accordance with its terms. “Subject Shares” means any shares of Nina Footwear capital stock held by a Nina Footwear Stockholder (including shares held both beneficially and of record and other shares held either beneficially or of record). “Permitted Transferee” means any recipient of Subject Shares as a result of any transfer (i) by gift, by will or intestate succession by any stockholder to his or her spouse or lineal descendants or ancestors or any charitable organization or any trust for any of the foregoing, (ii) to a personal representative (such as an executor of stockholder’s will), custodian or conservator of stockholder in the case of the death, bankruptcy or adjudication of incompetency of stockholder, (iii) to partners (general or limited, active or retired (who retires after the date hereof)) of a stockholder if the stockholder is a partnership, (iv) to members (current or former) of the stockholder if the stockholder is a limited liability company, (v) to a stockholder of stockholder if stockholder is a corporation, or (vi) to affiliates of the stockholder, provided that in each case the recipient of the Subject Shares enters into a form of the Stockholder Representation Agreement (each a “Permitted Transferee”).
Each Nina Footwear Stockholder also agreed that, prior to the Expiration Date, such stockholder will not deposit any of the Subject Shares into a voting trust or grant a proxy or enter into an agreement of any kind with respect to the voting of any of the Subject Shares other than for the benefit of Kidpik, or otherwise encumber the Subject Shares.
Management Following the Merger
Directors and Executive Officers of the Combined Company Following the Merger
We do not expect any changes in our directors or executive officers in connection with the Closing.
Information regarding our current directors, who will remain our directors following the Closing, are described in greater detail above under “Proposal No. 1: Election of Director” and information regarding our current executive officers, who will remain our executive officers following the Closing, are described in greater detail below under “Executive Officers”.
Principal Stockholders of the Company
Current Principal Stockholders of the Company
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our capital stock as of the Record Date, by:
● | each person, or group of affiliated persons, known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of any class of our securities; | |
● | each of our directors; | |
● | each of our Named Executive Officers; and | |
● | all directors and executive officers as a group. |
The column titled “Percentage of Shares Beneficially Owned” is based on a total of [1,913,755] shares of our common stock outstanding as of the Record Date.
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Beneficial ownership has been determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. Under this rule, certain shares may be deemed to be beneficially owned by more than one person (if, for example, persons share the power to vote or the power to dispose of the shares). In addition, shares are deemed to be beneficially owned by a person if the person has the right to acquire shares (for example, upon exercise of an option or warrant or upon conversion of a convertible security) within 60 days of the Record Date. In computing the percentage ownership of any person, the amount of shares is deemed to include the amount of shares beneficially owned by such person by reason of such acquisition rights. As a result, the percentage of outstanding shares of any person as shown in the following table does not necessarily reflect the person’s actual voting power at any particular date.
To our knowledge, except as indicated in the footnotes to this table and pursuant to applicable community property laws, as of the Date of Determination, (a) the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them, subject to applicable community property laws; and (b) no person owns more than 5% of our common stock. Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each of the officers or directors listed in the table below is 200 Park Avenue South, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10003. All of the securities reported below are common stock shares as we do not currently have any other outstanding classes of stock other than our common stock.
Name of Beneficial Owner | Number of Common Stock Shares Beneficially Owned | Percent of Common Stock | ||||||
Directors, Named Executive Officers and Executive Officers | ||||||||
Ezra Dabah | 1,136,896 | (1)(2) | 59.4 | % | ||||
Jill Pasechnick | 4,001 | (3) | * | |||||
Moshe Dabah | 36,852 | (2) | 1.9 | % | ||||
Adir Katzav (4) | 21,072 | 1.1 | % | |||||
Bart Sichel | 18,018 | * | ||||||
Jill Kronenberg | 11,262 | * | ||||||
Louis G. Schott | 12,054 | * | ||||||
All executive officer and directors as a group (6 persons) | 1,182,231 | (1)(2) | 61.0 | % | ||||
5% Stockholders | ||||||||
Raine Silverstein (5) | 301,682 | (6) | 15.8 | % |
(1) Includes 50,594 shares of common stock held directly by Mr. Dabah’s wife, Renee Dabah, 33,550 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Renee Dabah as co-trustee of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Eva Dabah (now Eva Yagoda); 65,490 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Renee Dabah as co-trustee of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Joia Kazam; 66,966 beneficially owned by Renee Dabah as co-trustee of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Moshe Dabah; 64,819 beneficially owned by Renee Dabah as co-trustee of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Chana Dabah (now Chana Rapaport); and 70,858 beneficially owned by Renee Dabah as co-trustee of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Yaacov Dabah. Also includes the shares of common stock described in Note (2) below.
(2) Pursuant to a Voting Agreement entered into on September 3, 2024, Ezra Dabah’s children, Moshe Dabah, who is also our Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer (who holds 36,852 shares of outstanding common stock), Eva Yagoda (who holds 13,420 shares of common stock), Joia Kazam (who holds 13,420 shares of common stock), Chana Rapaport (who holds 13,420 shares of common stock) and Yaacov Dabah (who holds 19,325 shares of common stock); and certain trusts in the names of Mr. Dabah’s children (which in aggregate hold 301,682 shares of common stock), and which are beneficially owned by Mr. Dabah’s wife and mother-in-law (see Note (6) below), provided complete authority to Ezra Dabah to vote the shares of common stock held by such persons and entities at any and all meetings of stockholders of the Company and via any written consents. The Voting Agreement has a term through December 31, 2027, but can be terminated at any time by Mr. Dabah and terminates automatically upon the death of Mr. Dabah, as to any specific stockholder, when such stockholder no longer holds any voting shares, and to any individual stockholder, the date that Mr. Dabah has released such stockholder from the terms of the Voting Agreement in writing. In connection with their entry into the Voting Agreement, each of the other parties thereto provided Mr. Dabah an irrevocable voting proxy to vote the shares covered by the Voting Agreement. Due to the Voting Agreement, Mr. Dabah is deemed to beneficially own the shares of common stock beneficially owned by Moshe Dabah, and each of the trusts described in Note (6) below, and his children, which are included under their own ownership in the table above as well, since such parties retained dispositive control over such securities.
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(3) Beneficial ownership includes options to purchase 4,001 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $42.50 per share which expire on November 10, 2026.
(4) Former Named Executive Officer who resigned from the Company on July 7, 2023, to be effective July 21, 2023.
(5) Address: c/o 200 Park Ave South, New York NY 10003. Mrs. Silverstein is the mother-in-law of Ezra Dabah.
(6) Includes 33,550 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Raine Silverstein and Renee Dabah as co-trustees of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Eva Dabah (now Eva Yagoda); 65,490 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Raine Silverstein and Renee Dabah as co-trustees of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Joia Kazam; 66,966 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Raine Silverstein and Renee Dabah as co-trustees of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Moshe Dabah; 64,819 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Raine Silverstein and Renee Dabah as co-trustees of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Chana Dabah (now Chana Rapaport); and 70,858 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Raine Silverstein and Renee Dabah as co-trustees of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Yaacov Dabah.
The Company is not aware of any arrangements which may at a subsequent date result in a change of control of the Company.
However, on March 29, 2024, the Company entered into the Merger Agreement with Nina Footwear, and Merger Sub. Upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions described in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into Nina Footwear, with Nina Footwear surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
At the effective time of the Merger, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the Merger are expected to own approximately 20% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock immediately after the Merger and the stockholders of Nina Footwear immediately prior to the Merger will own approximately 80% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock immediately after the Merger.
Mr. Dabah and his children own approximately 79.3% of Nina Footwear, and Mr. Dabah and his extended family own 100% of Nina Footwear, and Moshe Dabah (Mr. Dabah’s son), is the Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer of the Company, and the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Information Officer and Secretary of Nina Footwear. There are a number of related party transactions between Nina Footwear and the Company. Mr. Dabah and his family will continue to control approximately 75.3% of the Combined Company’s voting shares following the closing of the Merger.
Following the closing of the Merger, the Company’s executive officers and directors will remain the same as immediately prior to the Merger.
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Principal Stockholders of Combined Company
The following table and the related notes present information on the beneficial ownership of shares of the Combined Company by:
● | each prospective director of the Combined Company (provided that no changes in the directors are expected in connection with the Merger); | |
● | each prospective executive officer of the Combined Company (provided that no changes in the officers are expected in connection with the Merger); | |
● | all of the Combined Company’s prospective directors and prospective executive officers as a group (provided that no changes in the directors or officers are expected in connection with the Merger); and | |
● | each stockholder known by us to beneficially own more than five percent of the Combined Company’s common stock following the Closing. |
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and includes voting or investment power with respect to the securities. The number of shares owned, total shares beneficially owned and the percentage of common stock beneficially owned assumes, in each case, the consummation of the Merger, for a total of 9,568,775 shares of Kidpik common stock to be outstanding immediately following the consummation of the Merger when including the 7,655,020 shares of common stock expected to be issued to the Nina Footwear Stockholders, based on the number of shares of common stock outstanding as of the Record Date. If there is a change in the number of outstanding shares of common stock prior to the Closing, the number of shares issuable to the Nina Footwear stockholders in the Merger (which will constitute 400% of the outstanding shares of common stock as of the date of Closing), the percentages below will change accordingly.
This table is based on information supplied by each prospective director, officer and principal stockholder of the Combined Company. Except as indicated in footnotes to this table, the Combined Company believes that the stockholders named in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Kidpik common stock shown to be beneficially owned by them, based on information provided by such stockholders. The inclusion herein of any shares listed as beneficially owned does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership. Unless otherwise identified, the address of our directors, director nominees and officers is c/o Kidpik Corp., 200 Park Avenue South, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10003.
Name of Beneficial Owner | Number of Common Stock Shares Beneficially Owned | Percent of Common Stock | ||||||
Directors, Named Executive Officers and Executive Officers | ||||||||
Ezra Dabah | 7,207,565 | (1)(2) | 75.3 | % | ||||
Jill Pasechnick | 4,001 | (3) | * | |||||
Moshe Dabah | 1,427,480 | (2) | 14.9 | % | ||||
Bart Sichel | 18,018 | * | ||||||
Jill Kronenberg | 11,262 | * | ||||||
Louis G. Schott | 12,054 | * | ||||||
All executive officer and directors as a group (6 persons) | 7,252,900 | (1)(2) | 75.8 | % | ||||
5% Stockholders | ||||||||
Raine Silverstein (4) | 532,065 | (5)(2) | 5.6 | % | ||||
Eve Yagoda (6) | 751,497 | (2) | 7.9 | % | ||||
Joia Kazam (6) | 751,497 | (2) | 7.9 | % | ||||
Chana Rapaport (6) | 751,497 | (2) | 7.9 | % | ||||
Yaacov Dabah (6) | 781,021 | (2) | 8.2 | % |
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(1) Includes 61,415 shares of common stock held directly by Mr. Dabah’s wife, Renee Dabah, 33,550 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Renee Dabah as co-trustee of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Eva Dabah (now Eva Yagoda); 65,490 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Renee Dabah as co-trustee of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Joia Kazam; 66,966 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Renee Dabah as co-trustee of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Moshe Dabah; 64,819 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Renee Dabah as co-trustee of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Chana Dabah (now Chana Rapaport); and 70,858 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Renee Dabah as co-trustee of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Yaacov Dabah. Also includes the shares of common stock described in Note (2) below.
(2) Pursuant to a Voting Agreement entered into on September 3, 2024, Ezra Dabah’s children, Moshe Dabah, who is also our Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer (who will hold 1,427,480 shares of outstanding common stock following the Closing), Eva Yagoda (who will hold 751,497 shares of common stock following the Closing), Joia Kazam (who will hold 751,497 shares of common stock following the Closing), Chana Rapaport (who will hold 751,497 shares of common stock following the Closing) and Yaacov Dabah (who will hold 781,021 shares of common stock following the Closing); and certain trusts in the names of Mr. Dabah’s children (which in aggregate hold 301,682 shares of common stock), and which are beneficially owned by Mr. Dabah’s wife and mother-in-law (see Note (5) below), provided complete authority to Ezra Dabah to vote the shares of common stock held by such persons and entities at any and all meetings of stockholders of the Company and via any written consents. The Voting Agreement has a term of three years, through December 31, 2027, but can be terminated at any time by Mr. Dabah and terminates automatically upon the death of Mr. Dabah, as to any specific stockholder, when such stockholder no longer holds any voting shares, and to any individual stockholder, the date that Mr. Dabah has released such stockholder from the terms of the Voting Agreement in writing. The Voting Agreement includes not only shares of the Company’s common stock held by the persons and entities subject to the Voting Agreement on September 3, 2024, but all after acquired shares of the Company, including those issuable in the Merger. Each of Eve Yagoda, Joia Kazam, Chana Dabah and Yaacov Dabah, Mr. Ezra Dabah’s children, and Moshe Dabah, Mr. Ezra Dabah’s son and an officer of the Company, are stockholders of Nina Footwear and will be receiving Merger Shares in the Merger, which will similarly become subject to the terms of the Voting Agreement upon Closing. Additionally, Mr. Dabah’s wife will receive shares in the Merger which will be deemed to be beneficially owned by Mr. Dabah.
(3) Beneficial ownership includes options to purchase 4,001 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $42.50 per share which expire on November 10, 2026.
(4) Address: c/o 200 Park Ave South, New York NY 10003. Mrs. Silverstein is the mother-in-law of Ezra Dabah.
(5) Includes 33,550 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Raine Silverstein and Renee Dabah as co-trustees of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Eva Dabah (now Eva Yagoda); 65,490 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Raine Silverstein and Renee Dabah as co-trustees of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Joia Kazam; 66,966 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Raine Silverstein and Renee Dabah as co-trustees of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Moshe Dabah; 64,819 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Raine Silverstein and Renee Dabah as co-trustees of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Chana Dabah (now Chana Rapaport); 70,858 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Raine Silverstein and Renee Dabah as co-trustees of the u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Yaacov Dabah, and 230,383 shares of common stock owned individually by Ms. Silverstein.
(6) Address: c/o 200 Park Ave South, New York NY 10003. Each of Eve Yagoda, Joia Kazam, Chana Rapaport and Yaacov Dabah are children of Mr. Ezra Dabah.
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The Company promotes accountability for adherence to honest and ethical conduct; endeavors to provide full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Company files with the SEC and in other public communications made by the Company; and strives to be compliant with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations.
The Board believes that each of our directors is highly qualified to serve as a member of the Board. Each of the directors has contributed to the mix of skills, core competencies and qualifications of the Board. When evaluating candidates for election to the Board, the Board seeks candidates with certain qualities that it believes are important, including integrity, an objective perspective, good judgment, and leadership skills. Our directors are highly educated and have diverse backgrounds and talents and extensive track records of success in what we believe are highly relevant positions.
Our Board of Directors has the responsibility for selecting the appropriate leadership structure for the Company. In making leadership structure determinations, the Board of Directors considers many factors, including the specific needs of the business and what is in the best interests of the Company’s stockholders. Our current leadership structure is comprised of a combined Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), Mr. Ezra Dabah. The Board of Directors believes that this leadership structure is the most effective and efficient for the Company at this time. Mr. Dabah possesses detailed and in-depth knowledge of the issues, opportunities, and challenges facing the Company, and is thus best positioned to develop agendas that ensure that the Board of Directors’ time and attention are focused on the most critical matters. Combining the Chairman of the Board and CEO roles promotes decisive leadership, fosters clear accountability and enhances the Company’s ability to communicate its message and strategy clearly and consistently to our stockholders, particularly during periods of turbulent economic and industry conditions.
The Board believes that this leadership structure best serves the Company and its stockholders at this time. The Board evaluates its structure periodically, as well as when warranted by specific circumstances in order to assess which structure is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders based on the evolving needs of the Company. This approach provides the Board appropriate flexibility to determine the leadership structure best suited to support the dynamic demands of our business.
Effective risk oversight is an important priority of the Board of Directors. Because risks are considered in virtually every business decision, the Board of Directors discusses risk throughout the year generally or in connection with specific proposed actions. The Board of Directors’ approach to risk oversight includes understanding the critical risks in the Company’s business and strategy, evaluating the Company’s risk management processes, allocating responsibilities for risk oversight, and fostering an appropriate culture of integrity and compliance with legal responsibilities. The directors exercise direct oversight of strategic risks to the Company.
The Board of Directors exercises direct oversight of strategic risks to the Company. The Audit Committee reviews and assesses the Company’s processes to manage business and financial risk and financial reporting risk. It also reviews the Company’s policies for risk assessment and assesses steps management has taken to control significant risks (The Company’s Audit Committee is described in greater detail below).
While the Board and its committees oversee the Company’s strategy, management is charged with its day-to-day execution. To monitor performance against the Company’s strategy, the Board receives regular updates and actively engages in dialogue with management.
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Family Relationships amongst Directors and Officers
There are no family relationships among our directors and executive officers, except that Moshe Dabah, our Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer, is the son of Ezra Dabah, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman.
Arrangements between Officers and Directors
To our knowledge, there is no arrangement or understanding between any of our officers or directors and any other person, including directors, pursuant to which the officer was selected to serve as an officer or director.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
To our knowledge, none of our executive officers or directors has been involved in any of the following events during the past ten years, except as described under “Business Experience”, above: (1) any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person was a general partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time; (2) any conviction in a criminal proceeding or being a named subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and minor offenses); (3) being subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities; (4) being found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the SEC or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law; (5) being the subject of, or a party to, any Federal or State judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of (i) any Federal or State securities or commodities law or regulation; (ii) any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies, including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order, or (iii) any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or (6) being the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act), any registered entity (as defined in Section (1a)(40) of the Commodity Exchange Act), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity, or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.
No director of the Company is also a director of an issuer with a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act (or which otherwise are required to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act).
Our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws provide for a classified board of directors consisting of three classes of directors, each serving staggered three-year terms. As a result, only one class of directors will be elected at each annual meeting of our stockholders, with the other classes continuing for the remainder of their respective three-year terms. Our directors are divided among the three classes as follows:
● | the Class I director is Louis G. Schott, and his term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2025; |
● | the Class II directors are Ezra Dabah and Jill Kronenberg, and each of their terms will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2026; and |
● | the Class III director is Bart Sichel, and his term will expire at the Annual Meeting of stockholders, subject to his reappointment upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors. |
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Each director’s term continues until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. Our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws authorize only our board of directors to fill vacancies on our board of directors. Any increase or decrease in the number of directors will be distributed among the three classes so that, as nearly as possible, each class will consist of one-third of the directors. This classification of our board of directors may have the effect of delaying or preventing changes in control of our company.
Our Board of Directors has the authority to appoint committees to perform certain management and administration functions. Our Board of Directors currently has two standing committees: an audit committee and a strategy and alternatives committee.
Independent | Audit Committee |
Strategy and Alternatives Committee | ||||
Ezra Dabah(1) | ||||||
Bart Sichel | X | M | C | |||
Jill Kronenberg | X | M | M | |||
Louis G. Schott | X | C | M |
(1) Chairman of Board of Directors.
C - Chairman of Committee.
M - Member.
NASDAQ listing standards and applicable SEC rules require that the Audit Committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors. We have established an Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, which currently consists of Mr. Schott (Chairman), Mr. Sichel and Ms. Kronenberg. Each member of the Audit Committee meets the independent director standard under NASDAQ’s listing standards and under Rule 10A-3(b)(1) of the Exchange Act. Each member of the Audit Committee is financially literate (as required by Nasdaq rules) and qualified to monitor the performance of management and the independent auditors and to monitor our disclosures so that our disclosures fairly present our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The Board has also determined that Mr. Schott, is an “audit committee financial expert” (as defined in the SEC rules) because he has the following attributes: (i) an understanding of generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and financial statements; (ii) the ability to assess the general application of such principles in connection with accounting for estimates, accruals and reserves; (iii) experience analyzing and evaluating financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by our financial statements; (iv) an understanding of internal control over financial reporting; and (v) an understanding of audit committee functions. Mr. Schott has acquired these attributes as a result of his significant experience serving as an executive officer and on the board of directors of various private and public companies.
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The Audit Committee has authority for (1) reviewing the disclosures made by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer in connection with their required certifications accompanying the Company’s periodic reports to be filed with the SEC, including disclosures to the Audit Committee of (a) significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls, (b) significant changes in internal controls and (c) any fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls; (2) reviewing and discussing the Company’s quarterly financial results and related press releases, if any, with management and the independent auditors prior to the release of such information to the public; (3) reviewing with the management the proposed scope and plan for conducting internal audits of Company operations and obtaining reports of significant findings and recommendations, together with management’s corrective action plans; (4) seeking to ensure the corporate audit function has sufficient authority, support and access to Company personnel, facilities and records to carry out its work without restrictions or limitations; (5) reviewing the corporate audit function of the Company, including its charter, plans, activities, staffing and organizational structure; (6) reviewing progress of the internal audit program, key findings and management’s action plans to address findings; (7) periodically reviewing the Company’s policies with respect to legal compliance, conflicts of interest and ethical conduct; (8) seeking to ensure the adequacy of procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting control or auditing matters, including the confidential submission of complaints by employees regarding such matters; and (9) recommending to the Board any changes in ethics or compliance policies that the Audit Committee deems appropriate. The Committee will also review any issues relating to conflicts of interests and all related party transactions of the Company. In addition, the Audit Committee has the authority, at its discretion and at our expense, to retain special legal, accounting or other advisors to advise the Audit Committee.
The Audit Committee Charter was filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company with the SEC on October 6, 2021.
Strategy and Alternatives Committee
On November 30, 2023, the Board of Directors formed a Strategy and Alternatives Committee of the Board. The Committee is currently composed of Mr. Sichel (Chairman), Mr. Schott and Ms. Kronenberg.
The role of the Strategy and Alternatives Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company is to evaluate strategic opportunities and alternatives available to the Company in order to create stockholder value, including potential mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and business combinations; dispositions of or exit from existing segments, platforms, or lines of business; acquisitions of businesses; entry into new lines of business; business expansions; joint ventures; and other key strategic transactions outside the ordinary course of the Company’s business. The responsibilities and duties delegated by the Board to the committee are set forth in a Strategy and Alternatives Committee Charter.
Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
The Board does not currently have a Compensation Committee or Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee as under applicable rules of The Nasdaq Capital Market, the Company is not required to have such committees due to the Company’s status as a “controlled company”.
The Board of Directors is responsible for identifying prospective qualified candidates to fill vacancies on the Board, recommending director nominees (including chairpersons) for each of our committees, developing and recommending appropriate corporate governance guidelines.
In considering individual director nominees and Board committee appointments, our Board seeks to achieve a balance of knowledge, experience and capability on the Board and Board committees and to identify individuals who can effectively assist the Company in achieving our short-term and long-term goals, protecting our stockholders’ interests and creating and enhancing value for our stockholders. In so doing, the Board considers a person’s diversity attributes (e.g., professional experiences, skills, background, race and gender) as a whole and does not necessarily attribute any greater weight to one attribute. Moreover, diversity in professional experience, skills and background, and diversity in race and gender, are just a few of the attributes that the Board takes into account. In evaluating prospective candidates, the Board also considers whether the individual has personal and professional integrity, good business judgment and relevant experience and skills, and whether such individual is willing and able to commit the time necessary for Board and Board committee service.
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While there are no specific minimum requirements that the Board believes must be met by a prospective director nominee, the Board does believe that director nominees should possess personal and professional integrity, have good business judgment, have relevant experience and skills, and be willing and able to commit the necessary time for Board and Board committee service. Furthermore, the Board evaluates each individual in the context of the Board as a whole, with the objective of recommending individuals that can best perpetuate the success of our business and represent stockholder interests through the exercise of sound business judgment using their diversity of experience in various areas. We believe our current directors possess diverse professional experiences, skills and backgrounds, in addition to (among other characteristics) high standards of personal and professional ethics, proven records of success in their respective fields and valuable knowledge of our business and our industry.
The Board uses a variety of methods for identifying and evaluating director nominees. The Board also regularly assesses the appropriate size of the Board and whether any vacancies on the Board are expected due to retirement or other circumstances. In addition, the Board considers, from time to time, various potential candidates for directorships. Candidates may come to the attention of the Board through current Board members, professional search firms, stockholders or other persons. These candidates may be evaluated at regular or special meetings of the Board and may be considered at any point during the year.
The Board of Directors annually (or upon appointment of a new director) determines the independence of each director and nominee for election as a director. The Board makes these determinations in accordance with Nasdaq’s listing standards for the independence of directors and the SEC’s rules.
In assessing director independence, the Board considers, among other matters, the nature and extent of any business relationships, including transactions conducted, between the Company and each director and between the Company and any organization for which one of our directors is a director or executive officer or with which one of our directors is otherwise affiliated.
The Board has affirmatively determined that each of Mr. Schott, Mr. Sichel and Ms. Kronenberg is an independent director as defined under the Nasdaq rules governing members of boards of directors and as defined under Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act, and has no relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.
Beginning in 2022, we surveyed the Board and asked each director to self-identify their race/ethnicity, gender identity and LGBTQ+ identity. The results are presented below in the table below, which provides certain highlights of the composition of our board members and nominees. Each of the categories listed in the below table has the meaning as it is used in Nasdaq Proposed Rule 5605(f).
Board Diversity Matrix (As of [___________], 2024)* | ||||||||
Total Number of Directors | 4 | |||||||
Female | Male | Non- Binary | Did Not Disclose Gender | |||||
Part I: Gender Identity | ||||||||
Directors | 1 | 3 | — | — | ||||
Part II: Demographic Background | ||||||||
African American or Black | — | — | — | — | ||||
Alaskan Native or Native American | — | — | — | — | ||||
Asian | — | — | — | — | ||||
Hispanic or Latinx | — | — | — | — | ||||
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | — | — | — | — | ||||
White | 1 | 3 | — | — | ||||
Two or More Races or Ethnicities | — | — | — | — | ||||
LGBTQ+ | — | |||||||
Did Not Disclose Demographic Background | — |
* The Company’s 2022 Board Diversity Matrix was publicly disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
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Because we have a Board of Directors of five or fewer members, we may satisfy Nasdaq’s diversity rules by having least one diverse director who self-identifies as female, LGBTQ+, or an underrepresented minority, and as shown in the table above, we currently meet that requirement as of [__________], 2024.
Website Availability of Documents
The charter of the audit committee of the Board identified above is available on our website at www.kidpik.com, under “Investors” – “Governance” – “Governance Documents”. Copies of the committee charter are also available for free upon written request to our Corporate Secretary.
Stockholder Communications with the Board
A stockholder who wishes to communicate with our Board of Directors may do so by directing a written request addressed to our Secretary, 200 Park Avenue South, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10003, who, upon receipt of any communication other than one that is clearly marked “Confidential,” will note the date the communication was received, open the communication, make a copy of it for our files and promptly forward the communication to the director(s) to whom it is addressed. Upon receipt of any communication that is clearly marked “Confidential,” our Secretary will not open the communication, but will note the date the communication was received and promptly forward the communication to the director(s) to whom it is addressed.
During the year ending December 30, 2023, the Board of Directors held five meetings and took various other actions via the unanimous written consent of the board of directors and the audit committee described above. All directors attended the board of directors’ meeting and committee meetings relating to the committees on which each director served during fiscal year 2023 (during the periods which they served as directors). Each Director attended the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (during the periods which they served as directors). Each director of the Company is expected to be present at annual meetings of stockholders, absent exigent circumstances that prevent their attendance. Where a director is unable to attend an annual meeting in person but is able to do so by electronic conferencing, the Company will arrange for the director’s participation by means where the director can hear, and be heard, by those present at the meeting.
Executive Sessions of the Board of Directors
The independent members of our board of directors meet in executive session (with no management directors or management present) from time to time. The executive sessions include whatever topics the independent directors deem appropriate.
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The Company does not have a policy on equity ownership at this time. However, as illustrated under “Principal Stockholders of the Company—Current Principal Stockholders of the Company”, below, all current Named Executive Officers are beneficial owners of stock of the Company.
We prohibit the pledging of Company securities as collateral for a loan unless the individual has the clear financial capability to repay the loan without resort to the pledged securities, and only with pre-approval.
Insider Trading/Anti-Hedging Policies
All employees, officers and directors of the Company or any of our subsidiaries are subject to our Insider Trading Policy. The policy prohibits the unauthorized disclosure of any nonpublic information acquired in the workplace and the misuse of material nonpublic information in securities trading. The policy also prohibits trading in Company securities during certain pre-established blackout periods around the filing of periodic reports and the public disclosure of material information.
Our executive officers and directors are encouraged to conduct purchase or sale transactions under a trading plan established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act. Through a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, the executive officer or director contracts with a broker to buy or sell shares of our common stock on a periodic basis. The broker then executes trades pursuant to parameters established by the executive officer or director when entering into the plan, without further direction from them. The executive officer or director may amend or terminate the plan in specified circumstances.
Compensation Recovery and Clawback Policies
Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), in the event of misconduct that results in a financial restatement that would have reduced a previously paid incentive amount, we can recoup those improper payments from our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (if any).
On November 9, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the adoption of a Policy for the Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Incentive Based Compensation (the “Clawback Policy”), with an effective date of October 2, 2023, in order to comply with the final clawback rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 10D and Rule 10D-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule 10D-1”), and the listing standards, as set forth in the Nasdaq Listing Rule 5608 (the 「Final Clawback Rules」).
The Clawback Policy provides for the mandatory recovery of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation from current and former executive officers as defined in Rule 10D-1 (“Covered Officers”) of the Company in the event that the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement, in accordance with the Final Clawback Rules. The recovery of such compensation applies regardless of whether a Covered Officer engaged in misconduct or otherwise caused or contributed to the requirement of an accounting restatement. Under the Clawback Policy, the Board of Directors may recoup from the Covered Officers erroneously awarded incentive compensation received within a lookback period of the three completed fiscal years preceding the date on which the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement.
We have adopted a Code of Ethical Business Conduct (“Code of Ethics”) that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees.
The Code of Ethics was filed as Exhibit 14.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 which we filed with the SEC on October 6, 2021.
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We intend to disclose any amendments to our Code of Ethics and any waivers with respect to our Code of Ethics granted to our principal executive officer, our principal financial officer, or any of our other employees performing similar functions on our website at kidpik.com within four business days after the amendment or waiver. In such case, the disclosure regarding the amendment or waiver will remain available on our website for at least 12 months after the initial disclosure. There have been no waivers granted with respect to our Code of Ethics to any such officers or employees.
Whistleblower Protection Policy
The Company adopted a Whistleblower Protection Policy (“Whistleblower Policy”) that applies to all of its directors, officers, employees, consultants, contractors and agents of the Company. The Whistleblower Policy has been reviewed and approved by the Board.
Ezra Dabah, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, and our principal stockholder, currently controls approximately 59.4% of the voting power of our capital stock (based on shares of common stock outstanding as of the Record Date), pursuant to a Voting Agreement (discussed below), pursuant to which Mr. Dabah and his family have formed a voting group, and are therefore a “controlled company” as defined under Nasdaq Marketplace Rules. Although the Nasdaq Listing Rules require that a majority of the board of directors be independent, however, because we are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the Nasdaq Listing Rules, we are permitted to, and have elected to, not be required to comply with this requirement (provided that currently a majority of our board of directors is independent). In addition, as a “controlled company”, we are not required to have a compensation committee or an independent nominating function. Accordingly, our Board of Directors has determined not to have an independent compensation committee or nominating function and to have the Board be directly responsible for compensation and the nominating members of our Board of Directors. Accordingly, you may not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of these corporate governance requirements. If we cease to be a “controlled company” and our shares continue to be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, we will be required to comply with these provisions within the applicable transition periods.
If at any time we cease to be a “controlled company” under the Nasdaq rules, the Board of Directors will take all action necessary to comply with the applicable Nasdaq rules, including, subject to permitted “phase-in” periods.
Pursuant to a Voting Agreement entered into on September 3, 2024, Ezra Dabah’s children, Moshe Dabah, who is also our Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer (who holds 29,122 shares of outstanding common stock), Eva Yagoda (who holds 13,420 shares of common stock), Joia Kazam (who holds 13,420 shares of common stock), Chana Rapaport (who holds 13,420 shares of common stock) and Yaacov Dabah (who holds 19,325 shares of common stock); and certain trusts in the names of Mr. Dabah’s children (which in aggregate hold 301,682 shares of common stock), and which are beneficially owned by Mr. Dabah’s wife and mother-in-law, provided complete authority to Ezra Dabah to vote the shares of common stock held by such persons and entities at any and all meetings of stockholders of the Company and via any written consents. The Voting Agreement has a term of three years, through December 31, 2027, but can be terminated at any time by Mr. Dabah and terminates automatically upon the death of Mr. Dabah, as to any specific stockholder, when such stockholder no longer holds any voting shares, and to any individual stockholder, the date that Mr. Dabah has released such stockholder from the terms of the Voting Agreement in writing.
The Voting Agreement includes not only shares of the Company’s common stock held by the persons and entities subject to the Voting Agreement on September 3, 2024, but all after acquired shares of the Company, including those issuable in the Merger. Each of Eve Yagoda, Joia Kazam, Chana Dabah and Yaacov Dabah, Mr. Ezra Dabah’s children, and Moshe Dabah, Mr. Ezra Dabah’s son and an officer of the Company, are stockholders of Nina Footwear and will be receiving Merger Shares in the Merger, which will similarly become subject to the terms of the Voting Agreement upon Closing. Additionally, Mr. Dabah’s wife will receive shares in the Merger which will be deemed to be beneficially owned by Mr. Dabah.
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Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers, directors and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common stock and other equity securities. These executive officers, directors, and greater than 10% beneficial owners are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms filed by such reporting persons.
Based solely upon our review of the Section 16(a) filings that have been furnished to us, and certifications provided by each officer and director of the Company, we believe that all filings required to be made under Section 16(a) during the fiscal year ended December 30, 2023 were timely made.
Officers hold their positions at the pleasure of the Board of Directors, absent any employment agreement. Our officers may receive compensation as determined by us from time to time by vote of the Board of Directors. Such compensation might be in the form of stock options, restricted stock units or other form of equity compensation.
Our named executive officers are:
Name | Position | Age | |||
Ezra Dabah | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | 71 | |||
Moshe Dabah | Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer, and Secretary | 40 | |||
Jill Pasechnick | Chief Accounting Officer | 55 |
The following is a brief description of the education and business experience of our executive officers.
Ezra Dabah – Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Dabah’s education and business experience is described above under “Proposal No. 1 Election of Director” — “Continuing Directors”.
Moshe Dabah – Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Secretary
Mr. Moshe Dabah is currently the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer of the Company (positions he has held since September 2019) and the Secretary of the Company (a position he has held since July 2021) and has served as Vice President of the Company since July 2019. Since January 2021, Mr. Dabah has served as the Secretary of Nina Footwear Corp., since 2019 has served as the Chief Operating Officer of Nina Footwear and since May 2023, has served as the Chief Information Officer of Nina Footwear. From August 2012 to September 2015, Mr. Dabah served as Director of Store Construction and Maintenance at RUUM, where he managed the rebranding of approximately 50 stores from 77 Kids by American Eagle to RUUM American Kids Wear, new store rollout and construction and store facilities, maintenance, and supplies. From August 2011 to August 2012, Mr. Dabah served as Vice President of Commercial Sales for NextEnergy, a geothermal HVAC system design and sales company. From August 2008 to August 2011, he served as a General Contractor with REJJ LLC, a real estate and construction management company. Mr. Dabah is responsible for designing, implementing, integrating and optimizing all of the Company’s information technology, infrastructure and logistic systems.
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Jill Pasechnick - Chief Accounting Officer
Ms. Pasechnick has served as the Controller of the Company since October 2015, and as the Vice President of Finance of the Company since August 2019. From August 2019 to January 2021, Ms. Pasechnick served as the Secretary of the Company and from August 2019 to June 2021, Ms. Pasechnick served as the Treasurer of the Company. From October 2012 to October 2015, she served as Controller for Ezrani 2 Corp. d/b/a RUUM American Kid’s Wear (“RUUM”), a company which owned and operated childrenswear specialty retail stores. From February 2011 to December 2012, Ms. Pasechnick served as Controller and Acting Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Little MissMatched, Inc. a girls’ lifestyle brand. She has also held various roles prior to that with Delias, Inc., a lifestyle brand of apparel and accessories, primarily targeting girls and young women (Director of Retail Finance from July 2009 to November 2010); B. Moss Clothing Company, Ltd., an apparel company (Corporate Controller from September 2004 to January 2009); and J. Crew (Manager of Financial Reporting from June 2002 to September 2004). Ms. Pasechnick obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Seton Hall University and a Master of Science degree in Business Analytics from Grand Canyon University.
The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation of (i) all individuals serving as our principal executive officer or acting in a similar capacity for the years ended December 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (“PEO”), regardless of compensation level; (ii) our two most highly compensated executive officers other than the PEO who were serving as executive officers for the period ended December 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, if any (subject to the limitations below); and (iii) up to two additional individuals for whom disclosure would have been provided pursuant to paragraph (ii) but for the fact that the individual was not serving as an executive officer at December 30, 2023 (collectively, the “Named Executive Officers”).
Name and Principal Position | Fiscal Year Ended | Salary ($) | Bonus ($) | Stock awards ($)(2) | Option awards ($) | All other compensation ($) | Total ($) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ezra Dabah | 2023 | (1) | $ | — | — | — | — | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Chief Executive Officer | 2022 | (1) | $ | — | — | — | — | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Moshe Dabah | 2023 | $ | 215,000 | — | — | — | — | $ | 215,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and Secretary | 2022 | $ | 215,000 | — | — | — | — | $ | 215,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
Adir Katzav(3) | 2023 | $ | 146,000 | — | — | — | — | $ | 146,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
Former Executive Vice President, Former Chief Financial Officer, and Former Treasurer | 2022 | $ | 260,000 | — | — | — | — | $ | 260,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
Jill Pasechnick(3) | 2023 | $ | 216,498 | — | — | — | — | $ | 216,498 | |||||||||||||||||||
Chief Accounting Officer |
Does not include perquisites and other personal benefits, or property, unless the aggregate amount of such compensation is more than $10,000. No executive officer earned any non-equity incentive plan compensation, nonqualified deferred compensation, or other compensation, during the periods reported above. Stock Awards represent the aggregate grant date fair value of awards computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standard Codification Topic 718. For additional information on the valuation assumptions with respect to the restricted stock grants, refer to “Note 11 – Equity-Based Compensation” to the audited financial statements included in the 2023 Annual Report. No executive officer serving as a director received any compensation for services on the Board of Directors separate from the compensation paid as an executive for the periods above.
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(1) On January 1, 2020 and 2021, we entered into identical management services agreements (the “Management Agreement”) with Nina Footwear. Pursuant to the Management Agreement, the Company engaged Nina Footwear to provide administrative and executive support services to the Company. To date those services have consisted of Mr. Dabah and his sister-in-law, Ms. Nina Miner, the Chief Creative Officer of Nina Footwear. The Management Agreement remains in place until terminated by mutual agreement of the parties. As compensation for providing the services under the Management Agreement, we agreed to pay Nina Footwear 0.75% of our monthly net sales for the years ended December 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Management fees amounted to $98,055 and $110,836 for the fiscal years 2023 and 2022, respectively, and are included in general and administrative expenses.
(2) On November 10, 2021, the Company granted restricted stock units evidencing the right to receive 25,400 shares of common stock to each of Mr. Moshe Dabah and Mr. Katzav, which vested in three equal installments (i) 1/3 vested on May 15, 2022; (ii) 1/3 vested on May 15, 2023; and (iii) 1/3 vested on May 15, 2024 as to Mr. Moshe Dabah, and vested (i) 1/3 on May 15, 2022; (ii) 1/3 on May 15, 2023; and (iii) 1/3 on July 21, 2023, upon his resignation from the Company. All the above grants are subject to continued employment with the Company on each applicable vesting date.
(3) Effective July 7, 2023, Adir Katzav, the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (and principal financial/accounting officer) of the Company, resigned from all positions he held with the Company, effective as of the close of business on July 21, 2023. On July 7, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Jill Pasechnick to serve as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, principal financial and principal accounting officer, beginning effective on July 21, 2023.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End
The following table sets forth information as of December 30, 2023, concerning outstanding equity awards for the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table.
Option awards | Stock awards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name | Number of securities underlying unexercised options (#) exercisable | Number of securities underlying unexercised options (#) unexercisable | Equity incentive plan awards: number of securities underlying unexercised unearned options (#) | Option exercise price ($) | Option expiration date | Equity incentive plan awards: number of unearned shares, units or other rights that have not vested (#) | Equity incentive plan awards: market or payout value of unearned shares, units or other rights that have not vested ($)(2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ezra Dabah | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Moshe Dabah | — | — | — | — | — | 8,467 | (1) | $ | 15,536.95 | |||||||||||||||||||
Jill Pasechnick | 2,667 | — | — | $ | 42.50 | 11/10/2026 | — | — |
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*There were no non-equity incentive plan shares or units of stock outstanding as of December 30, 2023, held by any executive officers of the Company, whether or not exercisable, unexercisable or unearned.
(1) | The Restricted Stock Unit award vested on May 15, 2024 and was settled in shares of common stock. | |
(2) | Calculated by multiplying the closing market price of the Company’s common stock at the end of the last completed fiscal year ($1.8350) by the number of shares of stock. |
Employment Agreements and Key Man Insurance
We have no employment agreements in place with executive officers; however, Mr. Ezra Dabah is compensated by Nina Footwear for services rendered to the Company through the Management Agreement, discussed above under Footnote (1) to the Summary Compensation Table, above.
Notwithstanding the above, the Board of Directors has discretion to award bonuses to our executive officers from time to time, in their discretion, consisting of cash, grants of restricted stock, restricted stock units, options or other equity securities. Additionally, the Board of Directors may increase the salary of any executive officer from time to time in its discretion.
We have no key man insurance on any of our executive officers.
Potential Payments Upon Termination
Because none of our Named Executive Officers are party to employment agreements with the Company, there are no potential payments to our Named Executive Officers upon the termination of their service with us.
Non-Executive Director Compensation Table
The following table sets forth compensation information with respect to our non-executive directors during our fiscal year ended December 30, 2023.
Name | Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)* | Stock Awards ($)# | All Other Compensation ($) | Total ($) | ||||||||||||
Bart Sichel | $ | - | $ | 40,090 | (3) | $ | - | $ | 40,090 | |||||||
Jill Kronenberg | $ | - | $ | 25,058 | (4) | $ | - | $ | 25,058 | |||||||
David Oddi(1) | $ | - | $ | 2,038 | $ | - | $ | 2,038 | ||||||||
Louis G. Schott(2) | $ | - | $ | 25,012 | (5) | $ | - | $ | 25,012 |
* The table above does not include the amount of any expense reimbursements paid to the above directors. No directors received any Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation, Option Awards or Nonqualified Deferred Compensation. Does not include perquisites and other personal benefits, or property, unless the aggregate amount of such compensation is more than $10,000.
# Stock Awards represent the aggregate grant date fair value of awards computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standard Codification Topic 718. For additional information on the valuation assumptions with respect to the restricted stock grants, refer to “Note 11 – Equity-Based Compensation” to the audited financial statements included in the 2023 Annual Report.
(1) Resigned as a member of the Board of Directors on November 27, 2023.
(2) Appointed as a member of the Board of Directors on December 6, 2023.
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(3) On November 30, 2023, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of 18,018 fully-vested shares of common stock to Mr. Sichel in consideration for services rendered to the Board, which were issued on February 27, 2024.
(4) On November 30, 2023, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of 11,262 fully-vested shares of common stock to Ms. Kronenberg in consideration for services rendered to the Board, which were issued on February 27, 2024.
(5) On December 6, 2023, Board of Directors approved the issuance of 12,054 fully-vested shares of common stock to Mr. Schott in consideration for services rendered to the Board, which were issued on February 27, 2024.
Non-Executive Director Compensation Policy
Because we are still in the development stage, our directors do not receive any cash compensation other than reimbursement for expenses incurred during the performance of their duties or their separate duties as officers of the Company; however, the Board of Directors reserves the right to pay cash consideration to directors from time to time, and/or to grant equity awards to such board members, which may be in the form of options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, or other equity compensation, including fully-vested shares which were granted in 2023 as discussed in the table above. We have no written plan or policy for director compensation.
The Company has also entered into an indemnification agreement with each member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
Equity Compensation Plan Table
The following table provides certain information as of the end of the fiscal year 2023 with respect to securities that may be issued under the Company’s equity compensation plans, which are comprised of the Kidpik Corp. First Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan:
Plan category | Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options (a)(1) | Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants (b) | Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plan (excluding securities reflected in column(a)) (c) | |||||||||
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders | 58,600 | $ | 42.50 | 523,610 | (2) | |||||||
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders | — | — | — | |||||||||
435,000 | 2,299,530 | (2) |
(1) | Not including 8,467 shares of common stock which may be issuable upon vesting of 176,000 outstanding restricted stock units. | |
(2) | Represents 523,610 shares of the Company’s common stock available for future awards under the 2021 Plan (defined below), as of December 30, 2023. Effective on April 1, 2024, the number of shares available for issuance under the 2021 Plan increased automatically by 95,687 shares, to 768,748 shares. |
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First Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Compensation Plan
Our then sole director and majority stockholders adopted a 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, on May 9, 2021, which was amended and restated by our then sole director and majority stockholders on September 30, 2021 (as amended and restated, the “2021 Plan”). The 2021 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, or ISOs, within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, to our employees, and for the grant of non-statutory stock options, or NSOs, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards (RSU awards), performance awards and other forms of awards to our employees, directors and consultants and any of our affiliates’ employees and consultants. In making a determination of whether to make an award and the amount of such awards, the Board may take into account the nature of the services rendered by such person, his or her present and potential contribution to the Company’s success, and such other factors as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall deem relevant.
Subject to adjustment in connection with the payment of a stock dividend, a stock split or subdivision or combination of the shares of common stock, or a reorganization or reclassification of the Company’s common stock, and without taking into account any increase in available shares of common stock pursuant to “Proposal 6: Adoption of the First Amendment to the Kidpik Corp. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan”, above, the aggregate number of shares of common stock which may be issued pursuant to awards under the 2021 Plan is the sum of (i) 520,000 shares, and (ii) an automatic increase on April 1st of each year commencing on April 1, 2022 and ending on (and including) April 1, 2031, in an amount equal to the lesser of (A) five percent (5%) of the total shares of common stock of the Company outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year; and (B) 300,000 shares of common stock; provided, however, that the Board may act prior to April 1st of a given year to provide that the increase for such year will be a lesser number of shares of common stock, also known as an “evergreen” provision. Notwithstanding the above, no more than 1,560,000 incentive stock options may be granted pursuant to the terms of the 2021 Plan. The number of shares of common stock available for awards under the 2021 Plan increased automatically on April, 1, 2022, by 76,178 shares, equal to 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock as of January 2, 2022, April 1, 2023, by 76,881 shares, equal to 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock as of December 31, 2022, and April 1, 2024, by 95,687 shares, equal to 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock as of December 30, 2023, and as a result a total of 768,748 shares are currently available for awards under the 2021 Plan, not including awards previously granted, of which 627,765 shares remain available for future awards, when including awards previously granted.
Shares subject to stock awards granted under our 2021 Plan that expire or terminate without being exercised in full or that are paid out in cash rather than in shares will not reduce the number of shares available for issuance under our 2021 Plan. Shares withheld under a stock award to satisfy the exercise, strike or purchase price of a stock award or to satisfy a tax withholding obligation will not reduce the number of shares available for issuance under our 2021 Plan. If any shares of our common stock issued pursuant to a stock award are forfeited back to or repurchased or reacquired by us (i) because of a failure to meet a contingency or condition required for the vesting of such shares; (ii) to satisfy the exercise, strike or purchase price of a stock award; or (iii) to satisfy a tax withholding obligation in connection with a stock award, the shares that are forfeited or repurchased or reacquired will revert to and again become available for issuance under our 2021 Plan.
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The Audit Committee represents and assists the Board of Directors in fulfilling its responsibilities for general oversight of the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, the independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications and independence, the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and independent registered public accounting firm, and risk assessment and risk management. The Audit Committee manages the Company’s relationship with its independent registered public accounting firm (which reports directly to the Audit Committee). The Audit Committee has the authority to obtain advice and assistance from outside legal, accounting or other advisors as the Audit Committee deems necessary to carry out its duties and receives appropriate funding, as determined by the Audit Committee, from the Company for such advice and assistance.
In connection with the audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 30, 2023, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (1) reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with the Company’s management and the Company’s independent auditors; (2) discussed with the Company’s independent auditors the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and the Securities and Exchange Commission; (3) received and reviewed the written disclosures and the letter from the independent auditors required by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent auditors’ communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence; (4) discussed with the independent auditors the independent auditors’ independence; and (5) considered whether the provision of non-audit services by the Company’s principal auditors is compatible with maintaining auditor independence.
Based on its discussions with management and CohnReznick LLP, and its review of the representations and information provided by management and CohnReznick LLP, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors approved, the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report for the year ended December 30, 2023, for filing with the SEC.
The undersigned members of the Audit Committee have submitted this Report to the Board of Directors.
Respectfully submitted,
The Audit Committee
/s/ Louis G. Schott (Chairman)
/s/ Bart Sichel
/s/ Jill Kronenberg
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Except as discussed below or otherwise disclosed above under “Executive Compensation” and “Directors Compensation”, there have been no transactions over the last two fiscal years, and there is not currently any proposed transaction, in which the Company was or is to be a participant, where the amount involved exceeds the lesser of (a) $120,000 or (b) one percent of the Company’s total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years, and in which any officer, director, or any stockholder owning greater than five percent (5%) of our outstanding voting shares, nor any member of the above referenced individual’s immediate family, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
Loans, Convertible Notes and Conversions
On August 13, 2021 and June 28, 2021, the Company borrowed $100,000 and $25,000, respectively, from u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Yaacov Dabah. On June 28, 2021 and August 13, 2021, the Company borrowed $25,000 and $100,000, respectively, from u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Chana Dabah. On June 28, 2021, the Company borrowed $25,000, from u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Eva Dabah. On June 28, 2021, the Company borrowed $25,000, from u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Moshe Dabah (the Company’s Chief Operating and Technology Officer). The trustees of the trusts are Renee Dabah (the wife of Ezra Dabah, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman) and Raine Silverstein, the mother-in-law of Ezra Dabah. The beneficiaries of the trusts are children of Ezra and Renee Dabah, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. The loans were evidenced by unsecured convertible promissory notes. Each of the convertible notes were payable on January 15, 2022, do not accrue interest, and were automatically convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price equal to the per share price of the next equity funding completed by the Company in an amount of at least $2 million and required the repayment of 110% of such convertible note amount upon a sale of the Company (including a change of 50% or more of the voting shares). On August 25, 2021, the parties agreed to amend the previously convertible notes, to remove the conversion rights provided for therein and clarify that no interest accrues on the convertible notes. On December 27, 2021, the Company repaid $100,000 of the outstanding loans.
In September, October and November 2021, the Company borrowed an aggregate of $2,500,000 from Ezra Dabah, who is our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. The notes are unsecured, noninterest-bearing and the principal was due on January 15, 2022, at the rate of 110% of such note amount upon a sale of the Company (including a change of 50% or more of the voting shares). On December 27, 2021, the Company paid $500,000 of the outstanding loan amounts. On June 2, 2022, the Company paid $150,000 of the outstanding loan amounts.
On March 31, 2022, the Company entered into a First Amendment to Promissory Note with Ezra Dabah, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and director, Raine Silverstein & Renee Dabah, co-trustee, u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Chana Dabah and Raine Silverstein & Renee Dabah, co-trustee, u/a/d 02/02/1997, Trust FBO Yaacov Dabah, pursuant to which the Company and the note holders agreed to amend certain outstanding promissory notes evidencing an aggregate of $2,200,000 owed by the Company to such note holders (including $2,000,000 owed to Mr. Dabah, $100,000 owed to Trust FBO Chana Dabah and $100,000 owed to Trust FBO Yaacov Dabah) which had a stated due date of January 15, 2022, to instead be payable on demand, effective as of January 15, 2022.
On September 18, 2023, the Company entered into a Debt Conversion agreement with Ezra Dabah. The Company and Mr. Dabah agreed to convert an aggregate of $1,200,000 of principal owed by the Company to Mr. Dabah into an aggregate of 310,760 shares of restricted common stock of the Company. Pursuant to the Debt Conversion Agreement, which included customary representations and warranties of the parties, Mr. Dabah agreed that the shares of common stock issuable in connection therewith were in full and complete satisfaction of the amounts owed under the notes which were converted. The remaining balance on these notes as of June 29, 2024, March 30, 2024, and December 30, 2023 is $850,000.
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During March 2024, Mr. Dabah loaned the Company $85,000, of which $35,000 was repaid in April 2024. The amount loaned was not evidenced by a promissory note, does not accrue interest and is payable on demand.
On April 18, 2024, the Company entered into a $346,000 loan agreement (the 「Note」) with Kidpik. The Note does not accrue interest but will accrue interest of 5% per annum upon the occurrence of an event of default, with weekly payments of principal and interest in the amount of $14,605, due each week beginning with the week ended April 26, 2024, until the earlier of the maturity date of such note, the payment in full thereof, or the closing of the Merger, where the Note is expected to be forgiven by Nina Footwear. The note is due upon the earlier of October 31, 2024, and upon acceleration by Nina Footwear pursuant to the terms thereof. The note includes customary events of default and allows Nina Footwear the right to accelerate the amount due under the note upon the occurrence of such event of default, subject to certain cure rights. The parties are currently in discussions regarding an extension of this note through closing.
On various dates beginning May 25, 2024 through September 17, 2024, Nina Footwear loaned Kidpik Corp. an aggregate amount of $193,000. These amounts loaned were not evidenced by a promissory note, and do not accrue interest, and are payable on demand.
Mr. Ezra Dabah, the Chief Executive Officer, majority stockholder, and Chairman of the Company, is the Chief Executive Officer of Nina Footwear. Mr. Dabah and his family own approximately 79.3% of Nina Footwear, and Mr. Dabah and his extended family own 100% of Nina Footwear, and Moshe Dabah (Mr. Dabah’s son), is the Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer of the Company, and the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Information Officer and Secretary of Nina Footwear.
We sublease our fulfillment/warehouse center and our office space from Nina Footwear.
The fulfillment center sublease provided us the right to approximately 32,570 square feet of space in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The Company entered into a sub-lease agreement for this fulfillment/warehouse space with Nina Footwear on April 1, 2021. The Company pays 33.3% of Nina Footwear’s fixed monthly rent pursuant to the terms of the agreement ($24,416 per month), with an average monthly rent of $20,742. The sub-lease was to expire on September 30, 2023, but was extended until March 31, 2024. Nina Footwear left the California warehouse at the end of 2023. Beginning in January 2024, the Company is paying the full monthly rent in the California warehouse which amounts to $94,227 per month. On April 1, 2024, the Company entered into a sub-lease agreement with Nina Footwear to occupy approximately 32,570 square feet of space in Hutchinson, Texas through February 1, 2029, unless canceled or terminated pursuant to the sub-lease agreement. The Company will pay Nina Footwear a fixed monthly rent pursuant to the terms of the agreement ($21,587 per month), constituting 26% of the amount paid by Nina Footwear. The lease is set to expire on February 1, 2029.
The New York corporate office sublease provides us the right to use a portion of the space leased by Nina Footwear (approximately 7,500 square feet of space). The Company will pay a percentage of the related party’s fixed monthly rent, including contingent rental expenses. The lease is set to expire on April 30, 2027, with an average monthly rent of $29,259, which we believe is the current market price for such office space in New York City. We use our corporate offices for operating including, product design and development, marketing, technology, customer service and styling and personalization. Prior to the new lease agreement, the New York corporate office was subleased from Nina Footwear, the sublease provides us the right to use a portion of the space leased by Nina Footwear (approximately 7,500 square feet of space), in consideration for $27,500 per month of rental charges.
For fiscal 2023 and 2022, rent amounted to $607,866 and $579,237, respectively, and is included in general and administrative expenses. For the 13 weeks ended June 29, 2024, and July 1, 2023, related party office rent amounted to $86,674 and $84,150, respectively, and is included in general and administrative expenses in the condensed interim statements of operations. For the 26 weeks ended June 29, 2024, and July 1, 2023, related party office rent amounted to $171,650 and $166,650, respectively, and is included in general and administrative expenses in the condensed interim statements of operations.
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In the normal course of business, the Company made purchases from related parties (Nina Footwear) for merchandise and shared services which amounted to ($67,939) and $10,484 for the years ended December 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, ($47,107) and ($3,144) for the 13 weeks ended June 29,2024, and July 1,2023, respectively, and ($90,307) and $9,447 for the 26 weeks ended June 29, 2024, and July 1, 2023, respectively. The negative amounts are the result of a chargeback to the related party that exceeded the expenses charged to the Company.
On January 1, 2020 and 2021, we entered into identical Management Services Agreements (with each subsequent agreement replacing the prior year’s agreement) with Nina Footwear. Pursuant to the Management Agreement, the Company engaged Nina Footwear to provide administrative and executive support services to the Company. To date the administrative and executive support services have consisted of the services of Mr. Dabah and his sister-in-law, Ms. Nina Miner, the Chief Creative Officer of Nina Footwear. The Management Agreement remains in place until terminated by mutual agreement of the parties. For these services, the Company was to pay a monthly management fee equal to 0.75% of the Company’s net sales collections. Management fees amounted to $98,055 and $110,836 for the fiscal years 2023 and 2022, respectively, and are included in general and administrative expenses. Management fees amounted to $7,907 and $23,662 for the 13 weeks ended June 29, 2024, and July 1, 2023, respectively, and are included in general and administrative expenses in the condensed interim statements of operations. Management fees amounted to $24,766 and $52,652 for the 26 weeks ended June 29, 2024, and July 1, 2023, respectively, and are included in general and administrative expenses in the condensed interim statements of operations.
To date, Mr. Ezra Dabah, has not been paid any consideration from us, and has instead been paid compensation solely by Nina Footwear, which as described above, he serves as Chief Executive Officer of. A portion of such consideration paid by Nina Footwear (which portion has not been specifically allocated), is for services provided by Mr. Dabah to the Company under the Management Agreement.
As of December 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there was $1,868,411 and $1,107,665 due to related party (Nina Footwear), respectively. As of June 29, 2024, and December 30, 2023, there was $2,094,866 and $1,868,411 due to related party, respectively, which was due to rent, management fee and other related shared expenses.
On March 29, 2024, the Company entered into the Merger Agreement with Nina Footwear, and Merger Sub. Upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions described in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into Nina Footwear, with Nina Footwear surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
At the effective time of the Merger, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the Merger are expected to own approximately 20% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock immediately after the Merger and the stockholders of Nina Footwear immediately prior to the Merger will own approximately 80% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock immediately after the Merger.
On April 18, 2024, the Company entered into a $346,000 Promissory Note (the “Nina Footwear Note”), with Nina Footwear. The Nina Footwear Note in the principal amount of $346,000, does not accrue interest and accrues interest of 5% per annum upon the occurrence of an event of default; with weekly payments of principal and interest in the amount of $14,605, due each week beginning with the week ended April 26, 2024, until the earlier of, the maturity date of such note, the payment in full thereof, or the closing of the Merger, where the Nina Footwear note is expected to be forgiven by Nina Footwear. The Nina Footwear Note is due upon the earlier of October 31, 2024, and upon acceleration by Nina Footwear pursuant to the terms thereof. The note includes customary events of default, and allows Nina Footwear the right to accelerate the amount due under the note upon the occurrence of such event of default, subject to certain cure rights. As of June 29, 2024, Kidpik has repaid $87,631 of the note, which is a total of 6 payments. The parties are currently in discussions regarding an extension of this note through closing.
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On various dates beginning May 25, 2024 through September 17, 2024, Nina Footwear loaned Kidpik Corp. an aggregate amount of $193,000. These amounts loaned were not evidenced by a promissory note, and do not accrue interest, and are payable on demand.
Other Related Party Relationships
Yaacov Dabah the son of Ezra Dabah, our Chief Executive Officer, runs the Company’s Amazon Marketplace site. Yaacov Dabah received $69,787 and $115,231 for the years ended December 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. The consulting fees for this service amounted to $11,759 and $37,751 for the 26 weeks ended June 29, 2024, and July 1, 2023, respectively. The consulting fees for this service are included in general and administrative expenses in the condensed interim statements of operations.
On September 1, 2021, Ezra Dabah’s children, Moshe Dabah, who is also our Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer (who holds 29,122 shares of outstanding common stock), Eva Yagoda (who holds 13,420 shares of common stock), Joia Kazam (who holds 13,420 shares of common stock), Chana Rapaport (who holds 13,420 shares of common stock) and Yaacov Dabah (who holds 19,325 shares of common stock); Gila Goodman (who holds 61,196 shares of our common stock), who is the sister of Ezra Dabah and aunt of Moshe Dabah; Isaac Dabah, who is the brother of Ezra Dabah, and uncle of Moshe Dabah and his spouse (who hold 9,394 shares of common stock); GMM Capital LLC, an entity which Isaac Dabah controls (which holds 59,183 shares of common stock); and Sterling Macro Fund, an entity which Isaac Dabah controls (which holds 7,650 shares of common stock), and certain trusts in the names of Mr. Dabah’s children (which in aggregate hold 301,682 shares of common stock), and which are beneficially owned by Mr. Dabah’s wife and mother-in-law, entered into a Voting Agreement with Mr. Ezra Dabah and provided him complete authority vote the shares of common stock held by such persons and entities at any and all meetings of stockholders of the Company and via any written consents. The Voting Agreement had a term of three years, through August 31, 2024, and has since terminated pursuant to its terms. The Voting Agreement also originally included Josh A. Kazam Irrevocable Trust, which Mr. Dabah subsequently agreed to release from the agreements terms. In connection with their entry into the Voting Agreement, each of the other parties thereto provided Mr. Dabah an irrevocable voting proxy to vote the shares covered by the Voting Agreement.
Pursuant to a Voting Agreement entered into on September 3, 2024, Ezra Dabah’s children, Moshe Dabah, who is also our Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer (who holds 29,122 shares of outstanding common stock), Eva Yagoda (who holds 13,420 shares of common stock), Joia Kazam (who holds 13,420 shares of common stock), Chana Rapaport (who holds 13,420 shares of common stock) and Yaacov Dabah (who holds 19,325 shares of common stock); and certain trusts in the names of Mr. Dabah’s children (which in aggregate hold 301,682 shares of common stock), and which are beneficially owned by Mr. Dabah’s wife and mother-in-law, provided complete authority to Ezra Dabah to vote the shares of common stock held by such persons and entities at any and all meetings of stockholders of the Company and via any written consents. The Voting Agreement has a term through December 31, 2027, but can be terminated at any time by Mr. Dabah and terminates automatically upon the death of Mr. Dabah, as to any specific stockholder, when such stockholder no longer holds any voting shares, and to any individual stockholder, the date that Mr. Dabah has released such stockholder from the terms of the Voting Agreement in writing. The Voting Agreement includes not only shares of the Company’s common stock held by the persons and entities subject to the Voting Agreement on September 3, 2024, but all after acquired shares of the Company, including those issuable in the Merger.
Each of Eve Yagoda, Joia Kazam, Chana Dabah and Yaacov Dabah, Mr. Ezra Dabah’s children, and Moshe Dabah, Mr. Ezra Dabah’s son and an officer of the Company, are stockholders of Nina Footwear and will be receiving Merger Shares in the Merger, which will similarly become subject to the terms of the Voting Agreement upon Closing. Additionally, Mr. Dabah’s wife will receive shares in the Merger which will be deemed to be beneficially owned by Mr. Dabah.
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We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers. The indemnification agreements and our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws require us to indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.
Review, Approval and Ratification of Related Party Transactions
The Audit Committee reviews related party transactions to determine whether such transactions are fair to the Company and its stockholders. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company is tasked with reviewing and approving any issues relating to conflicts of interests and all related party transactions of the Company (“Related Party Transactions”). The Audit Committee, in undertaking such review, will analyze the following factors, in addition to any other factors the Audit Committee deems appropriate, in determining whether to approve a Related Party Transaction: (1) the fairness of the terms for the Company (including fairness from a financial point of view); (2) the materiality of the transaction; (3) bids / terms for such transaction from unrelated parties; (4) the structure of the transaction; (5) the policies, rules and regulations of the U.S. federal and state securities laws; (6) the policies of the Committee; and (7) interests of each related party in the transaction.
The Audit Committee will only approve a Related Party Transaction if the Audit Committee determines that the terms of the Related Party Transaction are beneficial and fair (including fair from a financial point of view) to the Company and are lawful under the laws of the United States. In the event multiple members of the Audit Committee are deemed a related party, the Related Party Transaction will be considered by the disinterested members of the Board of Directors in place of the Committee.
In addition, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (described above under “Corporate Governance—Code of Ethics”), which is applicable to all of our employees, officers and directors, requires that all employees, officers and directors avoid any conflict, or the appearance of a conflict, between an individual’s personal interests and our interests.
Financial Statements of Kidpik
The historical financial statements of Kidpik as of June 29, 2024 and July 1, 2023 and for the three and six months ended June 29, 2024 and July 1, 2023, and as of and for the years ended December 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, are included in Kidpik’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 29, 2024 and Kidpik’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 2023, and are incorporated by reference into this Proxy Statement. See “Where You Can Find More Information; Incorporation of Information by Reference”, below.
Financial Statements of Nina Footwear
The historical financial statements of Nina Footwear as of June 30, 2024 and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, and as of and for the years ended December 30, 2023 and 2022, are included under the heading 「Index to Financial Statements of Nina Footwear」, below.
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements
The following unaudited combined pro forma financial statements should be read in conjunction with:
● | the accompanying notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements; | |
● | the historical unaudited interim combined financial statements and accompanying notes thereto of Kidpik as of June 29, 2024 and July 1, 2023 and for the three and six months ended June 29, 2024 and July 1, 2023 are included in Kidpik’s Quarterly Report on From 10-Q for the quarter ended June 29, 2024, the historical audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, are included in Kidpik’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 2023, each of which are incorporated by reference herein as described under the section titled “Where You Can Find More Information; Incorporation of Information by Reference” in this Proxy Statement; and | |
● | the unaudited financial statements of Nina Footwear as of June 30, 2024 and 2023, and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, and the audited financial statements of the Nina Footwear as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, each included in this Proxy Statement under the heading “Index to Financial Statements of Nina Footwear”, below. |
The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements included herein constitute forward-looking information and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. See the sections of this Proxy Statement titled “Risk factors” and 「Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements」.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared by Kidpik management for illustrative purposes only. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are not intended to represent or be indicative of the financial position or results of operations in future periods or the results that actually would have been realized had Kidpik and Nina Footwear been a combined company during the specified periods. Additionally, the unaudited pro forma results do not give effect to any potential cost savings or other synergies that could result from the combination of Kidpik and Nina Footwear. The pro forma adjustments are based on the information available at the date of the filing this Proxy Statement and reflect preliminary estimates.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information are prepared in accordance with the requirements of Article 11 of Regulation S-X and reflect the expected accounting under FASB ASC 805-50 for the proposed Merger as a combination under common control, whereby all historical assets, liabilities and operations of Kidpik and Nina Footwear are combined at their historical bases in their separate historical financial statements. Assumptions underlying the pro forma adjustments are described in the accompanying notes, which should be read in conjunction with the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet data gives effect to the Merger as if it had occurred on June 30, 2024. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations data for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, give effect to the Merger as if it had occurred January 1 2022.
This unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information and accompanying notes, were derived from the historical financial statements of Kidpik and Nina Footwear, as discussed above.
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Unaudited Combined Balance Sheet | ||||||||||||||||||
As of June 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nina Footwear | Kidpik | Reference | Transaction Accounting Adjustments | Combined Pro Forma | ||||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||||
Cash | $ | 369,273 | $ | 34,030 | $ | - | $ | 403,303 | ||||||||||
Restricted cash | - | 4,618 | - | 4,618 | ||||||||||||||
Accounts receivable, net | 586,058 | 90,158 | - | 676,216 | ||||||||||||||
Inventory | 8,717,080 | 3,799,522 | - | 12,516,602 | ||||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 354,922 | 712,512 | 1,067,434 | |||||||||||||||
Total current assets | 10,027,333 | 4,640,840 | 14,668,173 | |||||||||||||||
Property, plant and leasehold improvements, net | 316,819 | 72,495 | - | 389,314 | ||||||||||||||
Due from related parties | 2,517,197 | - | (1)(2)(3) | (2,476,020 | ) | 41,177 | ||||||||||||
Intangible assets, net | 2,593,774 | - | - | 2,593,774 | ||||||||||||||
Goodwill | 381,175 | - | - | 381,175 | ||||||||||||||
Security deposits | 235,428 | - | - | 235,428 | ||||||||||||||
Deferred tax assets | 494,667 | - | - | 494,667 | ||||||||||||||
Finance lease right-of-use assets | 158,999 | - | 158,999 | |||||||||||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 4,116,754 | 1,572,529 | (3) | (728,993 | ) | 4,960,290 | ||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 20,842,146 | $ | 6,285,864 | $ | (3,205,013 | ) | $ | 23,922,997 | |||||||||
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||||||||||||
Current liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 1,701,344 | $ | 1,748,897 | $ | - | $ | 3,450,241 | ||||||||||
Account payable, related party | 3,103,994 | 2,094,866 | (1)(3) | (2,094,866 | ) | 3,103,994 | ||||||||||||
Due to factor | 1,855,715 | - | - | 1,855,715 | ||||||||||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 1,387,878 | 296,032 | - | 1,683,910 | ||||||||||||||
Finance lease liabilities, current portion | 59,124 | - | - | 59,124 | ||||||||||||||
Operating lease liabilities, current portion | 1,082,459 | 406,656 | (3) | (110,219 | ) | 1,378,896 | ||||||||||||
Advance payable | 764,183 | - | 764,183 | |||||||||||||||
Related party loans | - | 1,281,154 | (2) | (381,154 | ) | 900,000 | ||||||||||||
Short-term debt | 1,150,000 | 784,217 | - | 1,934,217 | ||||||||||||||
Total current liabilities | 11,104,697 | 6,611,822 | (2,586,239 | ) | 15,130,280 | |||||||||||||
Finance lease liabilities, net of current portion | 104,043 | - | - | 104,043 | ||||||||||||||
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion | 3,160,371 | 1,253,980 | (3) | (625,403 | ) | 3,788,948 | ||||||||||||
Long term liability | 1,098,000 | - | - | 1,098,000 | ||||||||||||||
Total liabilities | 15,467,111 | 7,865,802 | (3,211,642 | ) | 20,121,271 | |||||||||||||
Stockholders’ equity | ||||||||||||||||||
Preferred Stock | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
Common stock | 23 | 1,952 | - | 1,975 | ||||||||||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 4,270,445 | 52,929,198 | - | 57,199,643 | ||||||||||||||
Accumulated stockholders’ equity/ (deficit) | 1,104,567 | (54,511,088 | ) | (3) | 6,629 | (53,399,892 | ) | |||||||||||
Total stockholders’ equity/(deficit) | 5,375,035 | (1,579,938 | ) | 6,629 | 3,801,726 | |||||||||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 20,842,146 | $ | 6,285,864 | $ | (3,205,013 | ) | $ | 23,922,997 |
Transaction Accounting Adjustments in the Pro Forma Combined Balance Sheet at June 30, 2024
(1) | Nina Footwear paid certain expenses on Kidpik’s behalf which included rent, unpaid management fees and other miscellaneous items. This adjustment eliminates the outstanding payable balance owed by Kidpik to Nina Footwear in accordance with Section 7.7 of the Merger Agreement attached as Appendix A hereto. | |
(2) | Nina Footwear has loaned Kidpik funds for working capital needs, this entry eliminates the balance that will be forgiven in accordance with Section 7.7 of the Merger Agreement as Appendix A hereto. | |
(3) | Kidpik entered into a sub-lease agreement for a portion of warehouse space, which will be terminated contemporaneously with the closing of the Merger in accordance with Section 7.7 of the Merger Agreement attached as Appendix A hereto. |
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Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations | ||||||||||||||||||
For the six months ended June 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nina Footwear | Kidpik | Reference | Transaction Accounting Adjustments | Total Combined | ||||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 17,676,987 | $ | 3,367,628 | $ | - | $ | 21,044,615 | ||||||||||
Cost of sales | 7,801,189 | 1,055,118 | - | 8,856,307 | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit | 9,875,798 | 2,312,510 | - | 12,188,308 | ||||||||||||||
Operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||||
Shipping and handling | 1,993,393 | 1,393,073 | - | 3,386,466 | ||||||||||||||
Payroll and related costs | 2,889,787 | 1,411,025 | - | 4,300,812 | ||||||||||||||
General and administrative | 3,505,605 | 2,514,815 | (1)(2) | (31,395 | ) | 5,989,025 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 100,373 | 24,641 | - | 125,014 | ||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 8,489,158 | 5,343,554 | (31,395 | ) | 13,801,317 | |||||||||||||
Income (loss) from operations | 1,386,640 | (3,031,044 | ) | 31,395 | (1,613,009 | ) | ||||||||||||
Other expense (income) | - | |||||||||||||||||
Other (income) expense | (54,465 | ) | - | (1) | 24,766 | (29,699 | ) | |||||||||||
Interest expense (income) | 617,801 | 39,817 | 657,618 | |||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | 823,304 | (3,070,861 | ) | 6,629 | (2,240,928 | ) | ||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | (209,818 | ) | - | - | (209,818 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 1,033,122 | $ | (3,070,861 | ) | $ | 6,629 | $ | (2,031,110 | ) | ||||||||
Earnings (loss) per share | $ | 445.31 | $ | (1.60 | ) | $ | (0.21 | ) | ||||||||||
Weighted average common share outstanding | 2,320 | 1,921 216 | 9,758,190 |
Transaction Accounting Adjustments in the Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2024
(1) | Kidpik and Nina Footwear had a shared service agreement in place for which Kidpik paid Nina Footwear a monthly management fee. This entry eliminates the management fee expense incurred by Kidpik and corresponding management fee income recorded by Nina Footwear in their historical statements of operations. The shared services agreement will be terminated contemporaneously with the closing of the Merger in accordance with Section 7.7 of the Merger Agreement attached as Appendix A hereto. | |
(2) | Kidpik entered into a sub-lease agreement for a portion of warehouse space, which will be terminated contemporaneously with the Merger in accordance with Section 7.7 of the Merger Agreement attached as Appendix A hereto. |
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For the year ended December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nina Footwear | Kidpik | Reference | Transaction | Combined Pro Forma | ||||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 29,105,633 | $ | 14,240,724 | $ | - | $ | 43,346,357 | ||||||||||
Cost of sales | 13,684,146 | 8,228,458 | - | 21,912,604 | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit | 15,421,487 | 6,012,266 | - | 21,433,753 | ||||||||||||||
Operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||||
Shipping and handling | 4,028,578 | 4,308,265 | - | 8,336,843 | ||||||||||||||
Payroll and related costs | 5,509,071 | 3,974,438 | - | 9,483,509 | ||||||||||||||
General and administrative | 5,199,282 | 7,586,540 | (1) | (98,055 | ) | 12,687,767 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 217,815 | 48,119 | - | 265,934 | ||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 14,954,746 | 15,917,362 | (98,055 | ) | 30,774,053 | |||||||||||||
Income (loss) from operations | 466,741 | (9,905,096 | ) | 98,055 | (9,340,300 | ) | ||||||||||||
Other (income) expenses | - | |||||||||||||||||
Other (income) expense | (102,676 | ) | - | (1) | 98,055 | (4,621 | ) | |||||||||||
Interest expense | 460,199 | 686 | - | 460,885 | ||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | 109,218 | (9,905,782 | ) | - | (9,796,564 | ) | ||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | 59,700 | - | - | 59,700 | ||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income | $ | 49,518 | $ | (9,905,782 | ) | $ | - | $ | (9,856,264 | ) | ||||||||
Earnings (loss) per share | $ | 21.34 | $ | (6.04 | ) | $ | (1.20 | ) | ||||||||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding | 2,320 | 1,640,191 | 8,200,955 |
Transaction Accounting Adjustments in the Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations for year ended December 31, 2023
(1) | Kidpik and Nina Footwear had a shared service agreement in place for which Kidpik paid Nina Footwear a monthly management fee. This entry eliminates the management fee expense historically incurred by Kidpik and recorded as corresponding management fee income by Nina Footwear in their respective financial statements for 2023. The shared services agreement will be terminated contemporaneously with the closing of the Merger in accordance with Section 7.7 of the Merger Agreement attached as Appendix A hereto. |
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Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations | ||||||||||||||||||
For the year ended December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nina Footwear | Kidpik Corp. | Reference | Transaction Accounting Adjustments | Total Combined | ||||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 37,682,829 | $ | 16,477,984 | $ | - | $ | 54,160,813 | ||||||||||
Cost of sales | 19,366,145 | 6,600,007 | - | 25,966,152 | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit | 18,316,684 | 9,877,977 | - | 28,194,661 | ||||||||||||||
Operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||||
Shipping and handling | 3,007,799 | 4,334,928 | - | 7,342,727 | ||||||||||||||
Payroll and related costs | 5,356,009 | 5,276,719 | - | 10,632,728 | ||||||||||||||
General and administrative | 5,150,761 | 8,061,825 | (1) | (110,836 | ) | 13,101,750 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 199,989 | 27,914 | - | 227,903 | ||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 13,714,558 | 17,701,386 | (110,836 | ) | 31,305,108 | |||||||||||||
Income (loss) from operations | 4,602,126 | (7,823,409 | ) | 110,836 | (3,110,447 | ) | ||||||||||||
Other income (expense) | - | |||||||||||||||||
Other income (expense) | (3,979,431 | ) | (286,794 | ) | (1) | 110,836 | (4,155,389 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest expense | 293,402 | 78,646 | - | 372,048 | ||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | 8,288,155 | (7,615,261 | ) | - | 672,894 | |||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | 47,915 | - | - | 47,915 | ||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income | $ | 8,240,240 | $ | (7,615,261 | ) | $ | - | $ | 624,979 | |||||||||
Earnings (loss) per share | $ | 3,527.50 | $ | (4.97 | ) | $ | 0.08 | |||||||||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding | 2,336 | 1,532,498 | 7,662,490 |
Transaction Accounting Adjustments to the Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations for year ended December 31, 2022
(1) | Kidpik and Nina Footwear had a shared service agreement in place for which Kidpik paid Nina Footwear a monthly management fee. This entry eliminates the management fee expense historically incurred by Kidpik and recorded as corresponding management fee income by Nina Footwear. The shared services agreement will be terminated contemporaneously with the closing of the Merger in accordance with Section 7.7 of the Merger Agreement attached as Appendix A hereto. |
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Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Financial Information
1. Description of the Transaction and Basis of Presentation
On March 29, 2024, Kidpik Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Kidpik”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”) with Nina Footwear Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Nina Footwear”), a brand specializing in women’s footwear, particularly in dress shoes and accessories for special occasions, and Kidpik Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Kidpik (“Merger Sub”). Upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions described in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into Nina Footwear, with Nina Footwear surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kidpik (the “Merger”). The Merger is intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”): each share of Nina Footwear capital stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, excluding any shares of Nina Footwear capital stock held by Nina Footwear (if any), and any dissenting shares, will be automatically converted solely into the right to receive a number of shares of Kidpik common stock (the “Shares”) equal to their pro rata share of 80% of Kidpik’s outstanding shares of common stock following the Merger, with any fractional shares rounded up to the nearest whole share.
As a result, at the Effective Time, the stockholders of Kidpik immediately prior to the Merger are expected to own approximately 20% of the outstanding shares of Kidpik common stock immediately after the Effective Time and the stockholders of Nina Footwear immediately prior to the Merger will own approximately 80% of the outstanding shares of Kidpik common stock immediately after the Effective Time.
Kidpik is controlled by Mr. Ezra Dabah, the Chief Executive Officer, majority stockholder (67% beneficial owner), and Chairman of Kidpik, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Nina Footwear. Mr. Dabah and his family own approximately 79.3% of Nina Footwear, and Moshe Dabah (Mr. Dabah’s son), is the Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Kidpik, and the Secretary of Nina Footwear. There are also a number of related party transactions between Nina Footwear and Kidpik which are disclosed in Kidpik’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including its Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on May 1, 2023, and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on November 14, 2023, and which will be disclosed in Kidpik’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 2023, expected to be filed shortly after the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Mr. Dabah and his family will continue to control approximately 75.8% of the combined company’s voting shares following the closing of the Merger.
The Kidpik Board of Directors (with Mr. Ezra Dabah abstaining from the vote), acting on the unanimous recommendation of a special committee (the “Special Committee”) consisting of independent and disinterested directors of Kidpik that was formed to negotiate and evaluate a potential strategic transaction involving Kidpik, has: (a) determined that the Merger Agreement and the Merger are fair to and in the best interests of Kidpik’s stockholders; (b) approved, adopted and declared advisable the Merger Agreement and approved the execution, delivery and performance by Kidpik of the Merger Agreement and the consummation by Kidpik of the Merger; and (c) resolved to recommend that the stockholders of Kidpik approve the Merger Agreement and the Merger. Mr. Ezra Dabah recused himself from the Kidpik Board of Directors approval due to his status as a related party in connection with the Merger, as discussed above.
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The Merger consideration payable at the Closing will consist solely of shares of our common stock. As there is no cash required to be paid at Closing, no financing is required to complete the Merger. However, we have used a portion of the funds raised through the sale of the Initial Debenture, discussed above under “Proposal No. 4: Approval of the Issuance of More Than 20% of the Company’s Issued and Outstanding Common Stock in Connection Convertible Debentures”, above, to pay expenses associated with the Merger.
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We file annual, quarterly, and current reports, Proxy Statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings (reports, proxy and information statements, and other information) are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and are available for download, free of charge, soon after such reports are filed with or furnished to the SEC, on the “Investors,” “Financials”, “SEC Filings” page of our website at https://kidpik.com. The web addresses of the SEC and the Company have been included as inactive textual references only. The information contained on those websites is specifically not incorporated by reference into this Proxy Statement.
This Proxy Statement does not constitute the solicitation of a proxy in any jurisdiction to or from any person to whom or from whom it is unlawful to make such proxy solicitation in that jurisdiction. Stockholders should not rely on information that purports to be made by or on behalf of the Company other than that contained in this Proxy Statement. The Company has not authorized anyone to provide information on behalf of the Company that is different from that contained in this Proxy Statement. This Proxy Statement is dated [●], 2024. No assumption should be made that the information contained in this Proxy Statement is accurate as of any date other than that date, and the mailing of this Proxy Statement will not create any implication to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any material change in any of the information previously disclosed, the Company will, where relevant and if required by applicable law, update such information through a supplement to this Proxy Statement.
This document is a Proxy Statement of the Company for the Annual Meeting. We have not authorized anyone to give any information or make any representation about the Merger, the Company, the Nina Footwear Stockholders or the Nina Footwear that is different from, or in addition to, the information or representations contained in this Proxy Statement. Therefore, if anyone does give you information or representations of this sort, you should not rely on it or them.
Information on the Company’s website or the website of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company is not a part of this document and you should not rely on that information in deciding whether to approve the proposals described in the Proxy Statement, unless that information is also in this document.
The SEC allows us to 「incorporate by reference」 information into this Proxy Statement, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to other documents filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this Proxy Statement, except for any information superseded by information contained in this Proxy Statement or incorporated by reference subsequent to the date of this Proxy Statement. This Proxy Statement incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that we have previously filed with the SEC. These documents contain important information about us and our financial condition and are incorporated by reference into this Proxy Statement.
The following Company filings with the SEC are incorporated by reference:
● | the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on April 10, 2024, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with the SEC on April 29, 2024; |
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● | the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2024 and the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 29, 2024, filed with the SEC on August 19, 2024; and | |
● | the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 4, 2024, March 7, 2024, March 25, 2024, April 1, 2024; April 19, 2024; June 5, 2024, July 26, 2024, September 9, 2024, and October 8, 2024. |
We also incorporate by reference into this Proxy Statement each additional document that we may file with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act between the date of this Proxy Statement and the earlier of the date of the Annual Meeting or the termination of the Merger Agreement. These documents include annual, quarterly and current reports (other than Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including any exhibits included with such information, unless otherwise indicated therein), Proxy Statements, proxy solicitation materials and other information.
These SEC filings are available to the public from commercial document retrieval services and at www.sec.gov.
You may also obtain any of the documents that we file with the SEC, without charge, by requesting them in writing from us at the following address:
Kidpik Corp.
200 Park Avenue South, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10003
Attn: Ezra Dabah, Chief Executive Officer
Email: ir@kidpik.com
Phone: (212) 399-2323
If you are a stockholder of the Company and would like to request documents, please do so by 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, [●], 2024, in order to receive them before the Annual Meeting.
This document is a Proxy Statement of the Company for the Annual Meeting. We have not authorized anyone to give any information or make any representation about the Merger, the Company or Nina Footwear that is different from, or in addition to, the information or representations contained in this Proxy Statement or in any of the materials that we have incorporated by reference into this Proxy Statement. Therefore, if anyone does give you information or representations of this sort, you should not rely on it or them. The information contained in this Proxy Statement speaks only as of the date of this document unless the information specifically indicates that another date applies.
Information on the Company’s website or the website of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company is not a part of this document and you should not rely on that information in deciding whether to approve the proposals described in the Proxy Statement, unless that information is also in this document or in a document that is incorporated by reference in this document.
This Proxy Statement does not constitute the solicitation of a proxy in any jurisdiction to or from any person to whom it is not lawful to make any solicitation in that jurisdiction. The delivery of this Proxy Statement should not create an implication that there has been no change in the affairs of Kidpik since the date of this Proxy Statement or that the information herein is correct as of any later date.
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Copies of our 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K (including our audited financial statements) filed with the SEC may be obtained without charge by writing to Kidpik Corp., 200 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003, attention: Secretary. Exhibits to the Form 10-K will be mailed upon similar request and payment of specified fees to cover the costs of copying and mailing such materials.
Our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2023 and certain other related financial and business information are contained in our 2023 Annual Report to stockholders, which is being made available to our stockholders along with this Proxy Statement, but which is not deemed a part of the proxy soliciting material.
The Company’s Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and all amendments to those reports are available without charge through the Company’s website on the Internet as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission. Information on our website does not constitute part of this Proxy Statement.
The Company will provide, without charge, to each person to whom a Proxy Statement is delivered, upon written or oral request of such person and by first class mail or other equally prompt means within one business day of receipt of such request, a copy of any of the filings described above. Individuals may request a copy of such information by sending a request to the Company, Attn: Corporate Secretary, Kidpik Corp., 200 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003.
STOCKHOLDER
PROPOSALS FOR THE
2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
Pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, if a stockholder wants to submit a proposal for inclusion in our proxy materials for the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, it must be received by our Secretary by no later than [ ], 2025, unless the date of the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders is more than 30 days before or after [ ], 2025, in which case the proposal must be received at least ten (10) days before we begin to print and mail our proxy materials and must otherwise comply with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. In order to avoid controversy, stockholders should submit proposals by means, including electronic means, which permit them to prove the date of delivery.
Other Proposals and Nominations
For any proposal or director nomination that is not submitted for inclusion in next year’s Proxy Statement pursuant to the process set forth above, but is instead sought to be presented directly at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, stockholders are advised to review our Amended and Restated Bylaws as they contain requirements with respect to advance notice of stockholder proposals and director nominations. To be timely, the notice must be received at our principal executive offices not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the prior year’s annual meeting of stockholders. Accordingly, any such stockholder proposal or director nomination must be received between [ ], 2025 and the close of business on March 21, 2024 for the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders. In the event that the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders is convened more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 30 days after [ ], 2025, notice by the stockholder, to be timely, must be received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the date of public disclosure of the date of such meeting. All proposals should be sent to our principal executive offices at 200 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003, Attention: Corporate Secretary. These advance notice provisions are in addition to, and separate from, the requirements that a stockholder must meet in order to have a proposal included in the Proxy Statement under the rules of the SEC.
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A proxy granted by a stockholder will give discretionary authority to the proxies to vote on any matters introduced pursuant to the above advance notice bylaw provisions, subject to applicable rules of the SEC.
Copies of our Amended and Restated Bylaws are filed as, or incorporated by reference as, an exhibit to our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, which is available at www.sec.gov available by request to the 200 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003.
In addition to satisfying the deadlines in the advance notice provisions of our Amended and Restated Bylaws, a stockholder who intends to solicit proxies pursuant to Rule 14a-19 in support of nominees submitted under these advance notice provisions for the 2025 annual meeting must notify our Secretary in writing not later than [ ], 2025, and comply with the other requirements of Rule 14a-19(b).
All submissions to, or requests from, the Secretary of the Company should be made to: Moshe Dabah, Secretary of Kidpik Corp., 200 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003.
The chairman of the annual meeting of stockholders has the sole authority to determine whether any nomination or other proposal has been properly brought before the meeting in accordance with our Amended and Restated Bylaws. If we receive a proposal other than pursuant to Rule 14a-8 or a nomination for the 2025 annual meeting, and such nomination or other proposal is not delivered within the time frame specified in our Amended and Restated Bylaws, then the person(s) appointed by the Board and named in the proxies for the 2025 annual meeting may exercise discretionary voting power if a vote is taken with respect to that nomination or other proposal.
IMPORTANT
NOTICE REGARDING DELIVERY
OF STOCKHOLDER DOCUMENTS
SEC rules permit companies and intermediaries such as brokers to satisfy delivery requirements for proxy statements and notices with respect to two or more stockholders sharing the same address by delivering a single proxy statement or a single notice addressed to those stockholders. This process, which is commonly referred to as “householding,” provides cost savings for companies by reducing printing and mailing costs and helps the environment by conserving natural resources. Some brokers household proxy materials, delivering a single proxy statement or notice to multiple stockholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been received from the affected stockholders. Once you have received notice from your broker that they will be householding materials to your address, householding will generally continue until you are notified otherwise or until you revoke your consent. If, at any time, you no longer wish to participate in householding and would prefer to receive a separate Proxy Statement or notice, or if your household is receiving multiple copies of these documents and you wish to request that future deliveries be limited to a single copy, please notify your broker. You can also request prompt delivery of a copy of the Proxy Statement and annual report by contacting us in writing at Kidpik Corp., 200 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003.
As of the date of this Proxy Statement, our management has no knowledge of any business to be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting other than that described above. If any other business should properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof, it is intended that the shares represented by properly executed proxies will be voted with respect thereto in accordance with the judgment of the persons named as agents and proxies in the enclosed form of proxy.
The Board of Directors does not intend to bring any other matters before the Annual Meeting of stockholders and has not been informed that any other matters are to be presented by others.
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INTEREST
OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN OR OPPOSITION
TO MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON
(a) | No officer or director of the Company has any substantial interest in the matters to be acted upon, other than his role as an officer or director of the Company, except as discussed herein. |
(b) | No director of the Company has informed the Company that he intends to oppose the action taken by the Company set forth in this Proxy Statement. |
All inquiries regarding our Company should be addressed to our Company’s principal executive office:
Kidpik Corp.
200 Park Avenue South
New York, New York 10003
The Company has supplied all information relating to the Company and Nina Footwear has supplied, and the Company has not independently verified, all of the information relating to the Nina Footwear and the Nina Footwear Stockholders contained in this Proxy Statement.
YOU SHOULD RELY ONLY ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT IN VOTING YOUR SHARES OF OUR COMMON STOCK AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. WE HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANYONE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IS CONTAINED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT. THIS PROXY STATEMENT IS DATED [__________], 2024. YOU SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT IS ACCURATE AS OF ANY DATE OTHER THAN THAT DATE (OR AS OF AN EARLIER DATE IF SO INDICATED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT), AND THE SENDING OF THIS PROXY STATEMENT TO SHAREHOLDERS DOES NOT CREATE ANY IMPLICATION TO THE CONTRARY. THIS PROXY STATEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION OF A PROXY IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE, OR TO OR FROM ANY PERSON TO WHOM, IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE A PROXY SOLICITATION.
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WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE VOTE YOUR SHARES THROUGH THE INTERNET, BY TELEPHONE OR IF YOU RECEIVED A PROXY CARD, BY SIGNING AND RETURNING THE PROXY CARD IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ARE REPRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. YOU MAY REVOKE YOUR PROXY AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL MEETING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER. YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE WILL GREATLY FACILITATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING.
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Index to Financial Statements of Nina Footwear
F-1 |
Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Interim Consolidated Balance Sheets
June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023
June 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||
(unaudited) | (audited) | |||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Cash | $ | 369,273 | $ | 321,822 | ||||
Accounts receivable-trade less allowance for
credit losses of $730,017 and $942,816, respectively | 586,058 | 225,143 | ||||||
Inventory | 8,717,080 | 9,135,128 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 354,922 | 305,535 | ||||||
Total current assets | 10,027,333 | 9,987,628 | ||||||
Leasehold improvements and equipment, net | 316,819 | 400,665 | ||||||
Due from related parties | 2,517,197 | 1,869,889 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 2,593,774 | 2,680,307 | ||||||
Goodwill | 381,175 | 381,175 | ||||||
Finance lease right-of-use assets | 158,999 | - | ||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 4,116,754 | 970,155 | ||||||
Security deposits | 235,428 | 353,378 | ||||||
Deferred tax assets | 494,667 | 40,754 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 20,842,146 | $ | 16,683,951 | ||||
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||
Current liabilities | ||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 1,701,344 | $ | 2,693,189 | ||||
Due to factor | 1,855,715 | 1,849,003 | ||||||
Subordinated debt | 1,150,000 | 1,150,000 | ||||||
Finance lease liabilities | 59,124 | - | ||||||
Operating lease liabilities | 1,082,459 | 281,225 | ||||||
Advance payable | 764,183 | - | ||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 1,387,878 | 1,089,175 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 8,000,703 | 7,062,592 | ||||||
Payables, related party | 3,103,994 | 2,903,684 | ||||||
Other long-term liabilities | 1,098,000 | 1,595,518 | ||||||
Finance lease liabilities, net of current portion | 104,043 | - | ||||||
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion | 3,160,371 | 780,244 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 15,467,111 | 12,342,038 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
Stockholders’ equity | ||||||||
Common stock, $0.01 par value 10,000 shares authorized, 2,320 shares issued and outstanding | 23 | 23 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 4,270,445 | 4,270,445 | ||||||
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) | 988,368 | (44,650 | ) | |||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 116,199 | 116,095 | ||||||
Total stockholders’ equity | 5,375,035 | 4,341,913 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 20,842,146 | $ | 16,683,951 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
F-2 |
Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
(unaudited)
For the three months ended | For the six months ended | |||||||||||||||
June
30, 2024 | June
30, 2023 | June
30, 2024 | June
30, 2023 | |||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 8,442,987 | $ | 5,578,089 | $ | 17,676,987 | $ | 14,334,548 | ||||||||
Cost of sales | 3,710,957 | 2,279,149 | 7,801,189 | 6,218,651 | ||||||||||||
Gross profit | 4,732,030 | 3,298,940 | 9,875,798 | 8,115,897 | ||||||||||||
Operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||
Selling | 1,030,720 | 1,047,888 | 1,988,373 | 2,042,419 | ||||||||||||
Shipping and handling | 954,690 | 838,874 | 1,993,393 | 1,723,752 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative | 2,404,432 | 1,722,480 | 4,461,039 | 3,474,705 | ||||||||||||
Factor commission | 21,290 | 15,978 | 46,353 | 45,839 | ||||||||||||
Total expenses | 4,411,132 | 3,625,220 | 8,489,158 | 7,286,715 | ||||||||||||
Income (loss) from operations | 320,898 | (326,280 | ) | 1,386,640 | 829,182 | |||||||||||
Other income (expenses) | ||||||||||||||||
Other (expense) income | (14,923 | ) | 1,337 | 29,595 | 11,113 | |||||||||||
Management fee income, related party | 7,907 | 23,662 | 24,766 | 52,652 | ||||||||||||
Interest income | 398 | 282 | 420 | 572 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense | (387,977 | ) | (87,914 | ) | (618,221 | ) | (164,321 | ) | ||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | (73,697 | ) | (388,913 | ) | 823,200 | 729,198 | ||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | (335,918 | ) | 9,400 | (209,818 | ) | 11,200 | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) | 262,221 | (398,313 | ) | 1,033,018 | 717,998 | |||||||||||
Other comprehensive (loss) income | ||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | (760 | ) | (1,562 | ) | 104 | (978 | ) | |||||||||
Comprehensive (loss) income | $ | 261,461 | $ | (399,875 | ) | $ | 1,033,122 | $ | 717,020 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
F-3 |
Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
Three and Six Months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
(unaudited)
Common Stock | Additional Paid-in | Retained earnings (accumulated | Accumulated other comprehensive | |||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | capital | deficit) | income | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance, January 1, 2023 | 2,320 | $ | 23 | $ | 4,270,445 | $ | (95,191 | ) | $ | 117,118 | $ | 4,292,395 | ||||||||||||
Net income | - | - | - | 1,116,311 | - | 1,116,311 | ||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | - | - | - | - | 584 | 584 | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance, March 31, 2023 | 2,320 | $ | 23 | $ | 4,270,445 | $ | 1,021,120 | $ | 117,702 | $ | 5,409,290 | |||||||||||||
Net loss | - | - | - | (398,313 | ) | - | (398,313 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | - | - | - | - | (1,562 | ) | (1,562 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, June 30, 2023 | 2,320 | 23 | 4,270,445 | 622,807 | 116,140 | 5,009,415 | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance, January 1, 2024 | 2,320 | $ | 23 | $ | 4,270,445 | $ | (44,650 | ) | $ | 116,095 | $ | 4,341,913 | ||||||||||||
Net income | - | - | - | 770,797 | - | 770,797 | ||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | - | - | - | - | 864 | 864 | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance, March 31, 2024 | 2,320 | $ | 23 | 4,270,445 | 726,147 | 116,959 | 5,113,574 | |||||||||||||||||
Net income | - | - | - | 262,221 | - | 262,221 | ||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | - | - | - | - | (760 | ) | (760 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, June 30, 2024 | 2,320 | $ | 23 | $ | 4,270,445 | $ | 988,368 | $ | 116,199 | 5,375,035 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
F-4 |
Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
(unaudited)
June 30, 2024 | June 30, 2023 | |||||||
Cash flows from operating activities | ||||||||
Net income | $ | 1,033,018 | $ | 717,998 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
Provision for (benefit from) credit losses | (106,921 | ) | 26,925 | |||||
Depreciation and amortization | 356,956 | 106,578 | ||||||
Gain on accounts payable settlements | (45,382 | ) | (11,158 | ) | ||||
Interest expense due to fair value adjustment | 87,111 | 27,085 | ||||||
Deferred tax asset | (453,913 | ) | - | |||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts receivable | (253,994 | ) | (646,564 | ) | ||||
Factor receivables | (1,058,953 | ) | 1,986,284 | |||||
Inventory | 418,049 | (434,359 | ) | |||||
Finance lease right-of-use assets and liabilities | 33,730 | - | ||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities | 34,762 | 17,216 | ) | |||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | (49,388 | ) | (296,803 | ) | ||||
Accounts payable | (865,464 | ) | (824,742 | ) | ||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 211,592 | (178,673 | ) | |||||
Other long-term liabilities | (497,518 | ) | 145,165 | |||||
Security deposits | 117,950 | - | ||||||
Due from related parties | (466,998 | ) | (415,190 | ) | ||||
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | (1,485,362 | ) | 219,807 | |||||
Cash flows from investing activities | ||||||||
Purchase of property and equipment | (186,577 | ) | (80,431 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (186,577 | ) | (80,431 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||||
Proceeds from factor, net | 1,065,665 | 140,642 | ||||||
Proceeds from advance payable | 764,183 | - | ||||||
Repayment of finance lease obligations | (29,562 | ) | - | |||||
Repayment of landlord settlement | (81,000 | ) | (81,000 | ) | ||||
Repayment of subordinated debt | - | (355,754 | ) | |||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 1,719,286 | (296,112 | ) | |||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | 104 | (978 | ) | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash | 47,451 | (157,714 | ) | |||||
Cash, beginning of period | 321,822 | 364,734 | ||||||
Cash, end of period | $ | 369,273 | $ | 207,020 | ||||
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: | ||||||||
Interest paid | $ | 154,120 | $ | 137,236 | ||||
Income taxes paid | $ | 8,657 | $ | 11,200 | ||||
Finance lease right-of-use assets | $ | 188,495 | $ | - | ||||
Operating right-of-use assets | $ | 3,465,392 | $ | 1,235,498 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
F-5 |
Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2024 and 2023
Note 1- Nature of business and summary of significant accounting policies
Business
Nina Footwear Corp. (「Nina Footwear」), a Delaware corporation, designs, sources, and markets fashion forward branded footwear and accessories for women and children. The Company maintains trademarks and trade names under Nina, N by Nina, Touch of Nina and I. Miller. The Company sells its products to department, family shoe, discount, and independent specialty stores throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and other international markets. The Company also sells its product through its web based Ninashoes.com, direct to consumer business. The Company was formed to acquire the assets and liabilities of Nina Footwear Corp. (the 「Former Company」) and to continue operating such a business. The Company commenced operations on June 1, 2012.
The Company primarily sources its products from China. The Company’s executive offices and showrooms are in New York, New York. Its inventory is warehoused in a facility in Hutchins, Texas. On November 17, 2023, the Company relocated its warehouse facility from Rancho Cucamonga, California to Hutchins, Texas.
On March 29, 2024, Nina Footwear, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization with Kidpik Merger Subsidiary, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kidpik, a Delaware corporation, a business geared towards kid products for girls’ and boys’ apparel, footwear, and accessories. Upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions described in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be Merged with and into Nina Footwear, with Nina Footwear surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kidpik. The Merger is intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes. At the Effective Time of the Merger, the stockholders of Kidpik immediately prior to the Merger are expected to own approximately 20% of the outstanding shares of Kidpik common stock and the stockholders of Nina Footwear will own approximately 80% of the outstanding shares of Kidpik common stock. Mr. Ezra Dabah, Nina’s Chief Executive Officer, is also the Chief Executive Officer, majority stockholder (67% beneficial owner), and Chairman of Kidpik. Mr. Dabah and his family own approximately 79.3% of Nina Footwear. Upon closing of the transactions, Mr. Dabah and his family are expected to control approximately 75.8% of the combined Company’s voting shares. As part of the transactions, Nina Footwear will forgive a Kidpik receivable of approximately $1.95 million. In connection with the Merger, because Mr. Dabah currently controls 66.6% of Kidpik, there will not be a change of control and therefore Nina is expected to be able to use Kidpik’s Net Operating Loss of approximately $40 million. The Boards of Directors of both companies have approved the all-stock transaction. The closing contemplated by the Merger Agreement is expected to occur within the fourth calendar quarter of 2024, subject to the approval of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
Principles of consolidation
The accompanying condensed interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries Nina (China) Corp. and Nina Footwear Limited, collectively referred to as the 「Company」. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Segment information
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker, or decision- making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company views its operations and manages its business in one segment.
Basis of presentation - unaudited interim financial information
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (「U.S. GAAP」) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. The unaudited condensed financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Condensed Interim
Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2024 and 2023
Certain information and disclosures normally included in the notes to the annual consolidated financial statements have been condensed or omitted from these interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, these interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.
Calendar year
The Company uses 12 months ending on December 31 each year. These quarters are referred to herein as the second quarter of 「2024」 and 「2023」, respectively.
Use of estimates
The preparation of condensed interim consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported values of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed interim consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The more significant estimates and assumptions are those used in determining the amounts of allowances for customer deductions, credit losses, recoverability of long-lived assets and inventory obsolescence. Accordingly, actual results can differ from those estimates.
Accounting standards adopted
In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (「FASB」) issued Accounting Standards Update (「ASU」) 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses, which replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology for financial instruments in current U.S. GAAP with a methodology that reflects current expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. The FASB has issued ASU 2019-10 which has resulted in the postponement of the effective date of the new guidance for eligible smaller reporting companies to the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2023. The guidance must be adopted using a modified retrospective approach, and a prospective transition approach is required for debt securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment had been recognized before the effective date. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and related disclosures.
Accounting standards issued but not yet adopted
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosure, to require a public entity to disclose significant segment expenses and other segment items on an annual and interim basis and to provide in interim periods all disclosures about a reportable segment’s profit or loss and assets that are currently required annually. Public entities with a single reportable segment are required to provide the new disclosures and all the disclosures required under Accounting Standards Codification (「ASC」) 280.
Inventory
Inventory, consisting primarily of finished goods, is valued at the lower of cost (first-in first-out method) or net realizable value.
Liquidity
The Company has experienced a significant decrease in revenues as well as in net income in 2023 when compared to 2022. The Company also had negative operating cash flows in 2023 and as of June 30, 2024. These factors, when considered in the aggregate, could represent a significant risk to the Company regarding its ability to meet its obligations as they become due and to continue as a going concern for the 12-month period beginning on November 5, 2024. Management plans to increase cash flows by increasing sales from new products, existing and new customers, increasing its direct-to-consumer sales, reducing costs and continuing to monitor and reduce expenses. Management has access to both third-party and related party financing if becomes necessary. Management believes the Company will have sufficient liquidity to fund its operations and meet its obligations as they become due for at least the 12-month period beginning on November 5, 2024.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Condensed Interim
Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2024 and 2023
Leasehold improvements and equipment
Leasehold improvements and equipment acquired are stated at cost. The Company provides for depreciation of equipment using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, ranging from three to ten years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the term of the related lease or the life of the improvement, on a straight-line basis. Expenditures that extend the useful lives of the equipment are capitalized. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. The gain or loss arising from the disposal or retirement of an asset is determined as the difference between the sales proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and is recognized in operations.
Advertising costs
Direct advertising costs are expensed as incurred and are reported in selling expenses. These include actual advertising and related expenses. Advertising expenses totaled approximately $650,000 and $606,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Advertising expenses totaled approximately $1,172,000 and $1,161,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
Cooperative advertising expenses are treated as an allowance and are deducted from gross sales. Cooperative advertising expenses were approximately $36,000 and $8,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Cooperative advertising expenses were approximately $56,000 and $36,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
Intangible assets
Intangible assets consist of trade names and customer relationships. Customer relationships are amortized over their estimated useful lives of 15 years.
The estimated useful life of an intangible asset that is being amortized is evaluated each reporting period to determine whether events and circumstances warrant a revision to the remaining period of amortization. At June 30, 2024, the management of the Company determined that no change in useful life is warranted. Trade names are not amortized and are evaluated for impairment annually as events and circumstances warrant by comparing the fair value of the intangible assets with their carrying amounts.
Goodwill
The accounting for the acquisition of the Former Company resulted in recognizing goodwill of approximately $381,000. Under U.S. GAAP, the carrying amount of goodwill is not amortized but is reduced if management determines that its implied fair value has been impaired.
Impairment of long-lived assets
Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may not be recoverable. Impairment is measured by comparing the carrying value of such assets to the estimated undiscounted pre-tax cash flows expected to result from the use of such assets and their ultimate disposition. In circumstances where impairment has been identified, the Company will write down the asset to its fair value. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, there were no impairments identified.
Concentrations of credit risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and accounts receivable. The Company places its cash with high-quality financial institutions. At times, the Company’s cash balances may exceed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insured limits. As of June 30, 2024, the Company had cash of approximately $385,000 in excess of federally insured limits. The Company monitors the financial position of the financial institutions it uses and has not experienced any losses to date.
The Company processes most of its customers’ orders at the factor’s risk. If the factor does not approve the order, then the Company will evaluate the customer’s creditworthiness. If it chooses to accept the risk, it may require partial or full prepayment. Allowances related to accounts receivable have been recorded based on management’s periodic evaluations with provisions for estimated returns. Management believes that it has adequately provided for exposure to potential credit losses.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Condensed Interim
Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2024 and 2023
The Company had two and three major customers who, for the three months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, constituted approximately 40% and 41%, respectively, of the Company’s gross sales. The Company had two and one major customers who, for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, constituted approximately 35% and 17% respectively, of the Company’s gross sales.
The Company had two and three major vendors who, for the three months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, constituted approximately 75% and 65% respectively, of the Company’s purchases. The Company had two major vendors who, for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, constituted approximately 80% and 68% of the Company’s purchases.
Foreign currency translations
The functional currencies of the Company’s foreign operations are the local currencies. The financial statements of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries have been translated to U.S. dollars. Assets and liabilities are translated at year-end exchange rates, and revenues and expenses are translated at average exchange rates for the year. Gains or losses resulting from the translation of foreign accounts represent other comprehensive income (loss) and are accumulated as a separate component of equity. Currency transaction gains or losses are recorded as other income (expense) in the condensed interim consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income. There were no foreign currency transaction gains or losses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023.
Other comprehensive income (loss)
The only component of other comprehensive income affecting the Company is the foreign currency translation adjustment.
The amount of other comprehensive loss related to the foreign currency adjustment amounted to $760 and $1,562 for the three months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The amount of other comprehensive income (loss) related to the foreign currency adjustment amounted to $104 and ($978) for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Revenue recognition
The Company sells purchased goods that contain two delivery elements: wholesale and online sales. Revenues related to wholesale and online sales are recognized at a single point in time when ownership, risk, and rewards transfer, which is at the time of shipment from warehouse or directly from factory for both wholesale and online sales. Wholesale customer payments are due 30-120 days from the invoice date. Online sales customer payments are due at the time the order is shipped. The Company also ships merchandise to one account on consignment and recognizes revenue using net sales on monthly basis, at the time of merchandise is scanned at the register and passes control to the customer.
Consideration promised in the Company’s contracts with customers is variable due to anticipated reductions such as sales returns, discounts, and miscellaneous claims from customers. The Company estimates the most likely amount it will be entitled to receive and records an anticipated reduction in revenues, with an offsetting increase to liabilities, at the time revenues are recognized. The estimated liability was approximately $152,000 and $285,000 as of June 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023, respectively, and is recorded in due to factor, as a contract liability.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Condensed Interim
Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2024 and 2023
The provision for anticipated sales returns consists of both contractual return rights and discretionary authorized returns. Provisions for post-invoice sales discounts consist of both contractual programs and discretionary discounts that are expected to be granted at a later date.
Estimates of discretionary authorized returns, discounts and claims are based on (1) historical rates, (2) specific identification of outstanding returns not yet received from customers and outstanding discounts and claims and (3) estimated returns, discounts and claims expected, but not yet finalized with customers. Actual returns, discounts and claims in any future period are inherently uncertain and thus may differ from estimates recorded. If actual or expected future returns, discounts or claims were significantly greater or lower than the reserves established, a reduction or increase in net revenues would be recorded in the period in which such a determination was made.
Shipping and handling costs associated with outbound freight after control over a product has transferred to a customer are accounted for as operating cost in the condensed interim consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income.
Taxes assessed by governmental authorities that are both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue producing transaction and which are collected by the Company from a customer are excluded from net sales and cost of sales in the condensed interim consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).
Income taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized with respect to the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts for financial statement purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the period that includes the enactment date.
Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
The Company applies U.S. GAAP for uncertainty in income taxes. If the Company considers that a tax position is more likely than not of being sustained upon audit, based solely on the technical merits of the position, it recognizes the tax benefit. The Company measures the tax benefit by determining the larger amount that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement, presuming the tax position is examined by the appropriate taxing authority that has full knowledge of relevant information.
The Company has no unrecognized tax benefits as of June 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023. The Company’s federal, state, and city income tax returns prior to fiscal year 2020 are closed. Management continually evaluates expiring statutes of limitations, audits, proposed settlements, changes in tax law and new authoritative rulings.
The Company recognizes interest and penalties, if any, associated with tax matters as part of operating expenses and includes accrued interest and penalties with accrued expenses in the condensed interim consolidated balance sheets.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Condensed Interim
Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2024 and 2023
Note 2 - Due to factor
Due to factor consists of the following:
June 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||
Factor receivables | $ | 4,246,010 | $ | 3,319,837 | ||||
Less advances from factor | 5,949,870 | 4,884,206 | ||||||
Total | (1,703,860 | ) | (1,564,369 | ) | ||||
Less allowances for returns and discounts | 151,855 | 284,634 | ||||||
Total | $ | (1,855,715 | ) | $ | (1,849,003 | ) |
The factor agreement provides for advances up to 85% of the purchase price of receivables approved by the factor, and 50% of inventory. There is a sub-limit of $2,500,000 in value for inventory in transit. The factor assumes all credit related risk but has recourse to the Company for all claims by customers other than inability to pay. Interest on advances is calculated at 1% above the bank’s prime rate, as defined. The factor has a security interest in the Company’s accounts receivable, proceeds and related assets, inventory, and all intangibles.
Note 3 - Inventory
Inventory consists of the following:
June 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||
Finished goods | $ | 6,545,798 | $ | 7,374,278 | ||||
Goods in transit | 2,171,282 | 1,760,850 | ||||||
Total | $ | 8,717,080 | $ | 9,135,128 |
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Condensed Interim
Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2024 and 2023
Note 4 - Leasehold improvements and equipment
Leasehold improvements and equipment consist of the following:
June 30, 2024 | December 31,2023 | |||||||
Machinery and equipment | $ | 170,641 | $ | 154,944 | ||||
Furniture and fixtures | 844,549 | 848,152 | ||||||
Computer equipment | 86,236 | 85,377 | ||||||
Computer software | 75,000 | 75,000 | ||||||
Leasehold improvements | 3,096,744 | 2,984,426 | ||||||
Total | 4,273,170 | 4,147,899 | ||||||
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization | 3,797,174 | 3,747,234 | ||||||
Total | $ | 475,996 | $ | 400,665 |
Depreciation and amortization expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023 amounted to approximately $24,000 and $11,000, respectively.
Depreciation and amortization expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023 amounted to approximately $50,000 and $20,000, respectively.
Note 5 - Intangible assets
Intangible assets, net consist of the following:
June 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||
Amortized intangible assets | ||||||||
Customer relationship-at cost | $ | 2,596,000 | $ | 2,596,000 | ||||
Less accumulated amortization | 2,091,226 | 2,004,693 | ||||||
Total | 504,774 | 591,307 | ||||||
Unamortized intangible assets | ||||||||
Trade names | 2,089,000 | 2,089,000 | ||||||
Total | $ | 2,593,774 | $ | 2,680,307 |
Amortization expense for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 amounted to approximately $43,000, for both periods.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Condensed Interim
Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2024 and 2023
Amortization expense for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023 amounted to approximately $86,000, for both periods.
Amortization expense in the amount of approximately $173,000 is to be recognized in each of the three subsequent years and $72,000 in the fourth year ending December 31, 2027.
Note 6 - Leases
Operating leases
The Company is obligated under two leases for its office and warehouse space, expiring in 2027 and 2029, respectively.
On February 1, 2021, the Company vacated and fully surrendered the 4th Floor and portion of the 3rd Floor of the Company’s executive offices and showrooms. The Company and its landlord were in negotiation on a settlement of the lease for the office space. Commencing in May 2023, the Company paid monthly use and occupancy for the remaining occupied premises in the amount of $55,000, plus electricity.
On June 27, 2022, the Company entered a new noncancelable lease for the office space, which commenced May 1, 2022, for a term of five years. In accordance with the lease agreement, the Company and the landlord reached a settlement on the lease agreement dated September 28, 2006, in the amount of $1,620,000, of which $324,000 is included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and $756,000 and $594,000 is included in other long-term liabilities as of December 31, 2023, and June 30, 2024, respectively.
The settlement is to be paid over five years by monthly payments of $27,000, which are included in the fixed annual rent of the new lease. The fixed annual rent under the new lease is $984,000 for the period May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023, $1,003,800 for the period from May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024, $1,024,194 for the period from May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025, $1,045,200 for the period from May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2026, and $1,066,836 for the period from May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027.
On April 1, 2021, the Company entered into a sublease agreement with a related party to sublease warehouse space. Base rent equals 33.3% of the total rent under the overall lease between the Company and its landlord. The sublease commenced on April 1, 2021, and expired on September 30, 2023.
On October 12, 2023, the Company entered into a lease agreement for the warehouse space in Hutchins, Texas. The lease commencement date is February 1, 2024, and will expire on March 31, 2029. The monthly base rent starts at $64,215, and the lease payment will increase by 4% annually.
On April 1, 2024, the Company entered into a sublease agreement with Kidpik to occupy approximately 32,750 square feet of space in Hutchinson, Texas through February 1, 2029 (unless canceled or terminated pursuant to the sublease agreement). Kidpik will pay the Company a fixed 26% of monthly rent (averaging $18,534 per month) along with contingent rental expenses pursuant to the terms of the agreement.
Rent expenses were approximately $354,000 and $258,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Such amounts included contingent rental expenses based on escalations for real estate taxes, utilities and labor of approximately $74,000 and $47,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The Company also has commitments under service, warehouse, distribution, and other agreements.
Rent expenses were approximately $494,000 and $534,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Such amounts included contingent rental expenses based on escalations for real estate taxes, utilities and labor of approximately $130,000 and $112,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The Company also has commitments under service, warehouse, distribution, and other agreements.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Condensed Interim
Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2024 and 2023
Maturities of the operating lease liabilities as of June 30,2024 are as follows:
Year Ending | ||||
2024 | $ | 560,345 | ||
2025 | 1,154,511 | |||
2026 | 1,201,281 | |||
2027 | 990,614 | |||
2028 | 901,480 | |||
Thereafter | 234,384 | |||
Total lease payments | 5,046,615 | |||
Less: interest | 803,785 | |||
Total lease liability | 4,242,830 | |||
Less: current portion of total lease liability | 1,082,459 | |||
Noncurrent portion of total lease liability | $ | 3,160,371 |
Weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average risk-free rate for the Company’s operating leases as of June 30, 2024:
Operating Leases | ||||
Weighted average remaining term (in years) | 4.75 | |||
Weighted average incremental borrowing rate | 7.8 | % |
The discount rate used in the calculation of the lease liability was weighted average of 7.8% based on the Company’s estimate of the rate of interest that the Company could have to pay to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term and amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment as the lease does not provide an implicit rate.
Finance leases
On November 3, 2023, the Company entered into an Equipment Finance Agreement with Commercial Capital for new equipment (Racking System) in the Texas warehouse facility for $188,995 with monthly payments of $4,927 for 48 months starting November 3, 2023. The payments consist of both interest and principal. The lease has an exercisable option of a buyout by the Company of $1, at the end of the term.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Condensed Interim
Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2024 and 2023
Maturities of the finance lease liabilities as of June 30,2024 are as follows:
Year Ending | ||||
2024 | $ | 29,562 | ||
2025 | 59,124 | |||
2026 | 59,124 | |||
2027 | 49,270 | |||
Total lease payments | 197,080 | |||
Less: interest | 33,913 | |||
Total lease liability | 163,167 | |||
Less: current portion of total lease liability | 59,124 | |||
Noncurrent portion of total lease liability | $ | 104,043 |
Weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average risk-free rate for the Company’s financing lease as of June 30, 2024:
Operating Leases | ||||
Weighted average remaining term (in years) | 3.33 | |||
Weighted average incremental borrowing rate | 11.6 | % |
Note 7 - Commitments and contingencies
Litigation
The Company may at times be involved in various legal claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. Management is of the opinion that the ultimate outcome of these matters would not have a material adverse impact on the financial position of the Company or the results of its operations or cash flows.
Other
In 2022, the Company and certain factories executed various settlement agreements related to outstanding accounts payable balances due to the factories. In accordance with settlement agreements, the Company recognized other income of approximately $4,085,000 for the year ended December 31, 2022. The remaining balance due to these factories will be repaid through various monthly payments totaling approximately $1,971,000 in 2023, $1,120,000 in 2024, $336,000 in 2025, and $336,000 in 2026. As of June 30, 2024, the outstanding balance to these factories amounted to approximately $1,060,000, of which $556,000 is included in accounts payable and $504,000 is included in other long-term liabilities.
Note 8 - Employee retirement and profit-sharing plan
The Company maintains a qualified 401(k) profit sharing plan in which all eligible employees may elect to have a portion of their salary withheld and contributed to the plan. Contributions are limited in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code (the 「Code」 or 「IRC」). Company contributions to the plan are at the discretion of the Board of Directors. The Company made no contributions to the plan for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2023.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Condensed Interim
Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2024 and 2023
Note 9 - Income taxes
The stockholders of the Company elected under certain sections of the Code and various state statutes to be treated as an 「S」 Corporation and include the Company’s income in their own income for federal and certain state income tax purposes. Thus, the Company did not pay federal and certain state corporate income taxes in 2023. The Company terminated 「S」 Corp status and was approved for 「C」 Corp status as of January 1, 2024, per the Internal Revenue Service. As a result of the change in tax status, the Company recognized deferred tax assets and liabilities for the initial temporary differences between the book and tax bases. The initial recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities resulted in the Company recognizing $453,913 of gain, which is included in (Benefit from) provision for income taxes on the consolidated statements of income.
Provision for income taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, are noted below:
For the three months ended | For the six months ended | |||||||||||||||
June 30, 2024 | June 30, 2023 | June 30, 2024 | June 30, 2023 | |||||||||||||
Federal income taxes | $ | 117,970 | $ | - | $ | 224,270 | $ | - | ||||||||
State income taxes | 25 | 9,400 | 19,825 | 11,200 | ||||||||||||
Income recorded as a result of change in tax status | (453,913 | ) | (453,913 | ) | ||||||||||||
$ | (335,918 | ) | $ | 9,400 | $ | (209,818 | ) | $ | 11,200 |
The effective tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023 differed from the federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the state income taxes, and the Company’s prior status as an S-Corp until January 2024.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect the net effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the carrying amounts used for state and local income tax purposes. Temporary differences giving rise to deferred taxes consisted primarily of inventory costs under the uniform capitalization rules and depreciation.
Note 10 - Related parties
During the three months ended June 2024 and 2023, the Company incurred certain expenditures on behalf of another related party in the amount of approximately $61,000 and $63,000, respectively. During the six months ended June 2024 and 2023, the Company incurred certain expenditures on behalf of another related party in the amount of approximately $99,000 and $180,000, respectively. In addition, the Company performed certain management services for this related party, pursuant to a management agreement. For these services, the Company was entitled to receive a monthly management fee equal to 0.75% of that party’s net sales collected for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023. Management fees for the three months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023 amounted to approximately $8,000 and $24,000, respectively. Management fees for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023 amounted to approximately $25,000 and $53,000, respectively.
As of June 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the amount due from the related party was approximately $2,517,000 and $1,870,000, respectively. The related party is an affiliated entity under common control.
The Company in 2012, as part of the acquisition of a business, acquired net related party payables with a fair value of $1,371,000. The note payable has been accreted over the years and is being carried at the contractual value plus accrued interest, as defined in the Merger Agreement. As of June 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the value of these related party payables was approximately $3,103,994 and $2,904,000, respectively. In accordance with the Merger Agreement, these payables shall be payable at the earliest of a change in control, as defined, an initial public offering or if at any calendar year end the Company’s net working capital exceeds $5 million. In the event that the amount becomes payable, payments are to be made in six equal quarterly installments; provided, however, that if the Company’s net working capital is less than $5 million for any quarter, the Company shall not have an obligation to make a payment for such quarter (payments will resume once the Company’s net working capital exceeds $5 million).
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Condensed Interim
Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2024 and 2023
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement dated May 29, 2012, Nina Footwear Corp. assumed a shareholder loan due to Murray Silverstein for the principal amount of $756,843 owed to Renee Silverstein, Mr. Silverstein’s wife (the 「Shareholder Loan」). The Shareholder Loan shall accrue interest from May 29, 2012 (the closing date of the Merger) until date of payment at the lowest rate required by the U.S. federal income tax rules in accordance with the terms of the May 29, 2012 Merger Agreement (see Note 10). The Company estimates the interest through June 30, 2024 to be $212,026 for a total amount owed of $988,441 as of June 30, 2024. Murray and Renee Silverstein’s children, who were bequeathed the Shareholder Loan, have asserted in October 2024 that the proposed merger of Nina Footwear Corp. and Kidpik is an initial public offering event causing the Shareholder Loan to become due and payable. The outstanding amount of the Shareholder Loan has not previously been contested, despite inheritance events that have taken place subsequent to May 29, 2012. In addition to the aforementioned Shareholder Loan, Murray and Renee Silverstein’s children also have additional outstanding shareholder loan balances in the amount of $269,160 plus accrued interest of $73,503. As of June 30, 2024 and through the date of issuance of these financial statements, there have been no triggering events known to the Company that would make these shareholder notes payable become due and payable. Accordingly, the aggregate amount of $1,331,104 of the notes due to Murray and Renee Silverstein’s children are included in Payables, related party and classified as long-term liabilities on the June 30, 2024 balance sheet.
Management believes that it is probable that a lawsuit demanding the acceleration of the debt payable will be filed either after the merger proxy is filed with the SEC or shortly thereafter. Accordingly, the informal demands from the Murray and Renee Silverstein children are disclosed as a probable but not yet asserted litigation claim in accordance with FASB ASC 450, 「Contingent Liabilities」.
Per Management’s assessment, an unfavorable outcome is not probable since the terms of the proposed merger of Nina with Kidpik do not represent an initial public offering, nor result in any new financing proceeds or a change in control over Nina from its current controlling shareholder Ezra Dabah, Kidpik’s Chairman and CEO. As of June 30, 2024, Management has not accrued any contingent liability related to this probable but not yet formally asserted litigation matter.
Note 11 - Subordinated debt
In September 2020, the Company entered into three promissory notes which matured on December 31, 2023. As of June 30, 2024, only two notes remain payable for a total amount of $1,150,000, for two shareholders. The promissory note for $150,000 matured on December 31, 2023, bears no interest and is payable on demand.
In November 2020, the Company entered into a promissory note in the principal amount of $1,000,000 with one of its shareholders. The $1,000,000 promissory note, which matured on October 22, 2022, bears interest at 2% per annum on the outstanding balance and is payable on demand. This note is included in current liabilities as of June 30, 2024.
The promissory notes are secured by a security interest in the Company’s accounts receivable, proceeds and related assets, inventory, and all intangibles. These promissory notes are at all times subordinate to the outstanding borrowing with the Company’s factor institution and one of its shareholders.
The balance was $1,150,000 and $1,150,000 as of June 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023, respectively.
Note 12 - Employee Retention Tax Credit
The Employee Retention Tax Credit (「ERTC」) (originally under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (「CARES」) Act, and for purposes of the third and fourth quarters of 2021, under IRC Section 3134) is a fully refundable payroll tax credit available for certain eligible employers that continued to compensate and/or provide medical insurance coverage for employees during 2021 and 2020.
On April 5, 2023, the Company applied for ERTC for 2020 (Q2 and Q4) and 2021 (Q1 and Q3) based on a decline of gross receipts using qualifying wages, according to the Internal Revenue Service rules/guidelines. The Company received a letter on May 3, 2024, that the application was approved for 2020 (Q2 and Q4) and 2021 (Q1 and Q3) for $189,167 and $309,040, respectively.
assessment of fair value.
F-17 |
Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Condensed Interim
Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2024 and 2023
Note 13 - Advance payable and short-term debt
On February 5, 2024, the Company entered into a cash advance agreement with a financial institution and was advanced cash totaling $485,000 to be used for operating expenses. In accordance with the agreement, the Company agreed to repay $523,800, including interest, through daily payments equaling 17% of cash receipts from Shopify Inc. The cash advance bears interest of 8% per annum until fully paid no later than 18 months. This advance was paid in full as of July 3 2024.
On April 16, 2024, the Company entered into a cash advance agreement with a financial institution and was advanced cash totaling $346,000, to be used for operating expenses. In accordance with the agreement, the Company agreed to repay $379,735, including interest, over 26 weeks. The cash advance bears interest of 9.75% per annum until fully paid no later than October 15, 2024.
On April 18, 2024, the Company entered into a $346,000 loan agreement (the 「Note」) with Kidpik. The Note does not accrue interest but will accrue interest of 5% per annum upon the occurrence of an event of default, with weekly payments of principal and interest in the amount of $14,605, due each week beginning with the week ended April 26, 2024, until the earlier of the maturity date of such Note, the payment in full thereof, or the closing of the Merger, where the Note is expected to be forgiven by Nina Footwear. The Note is due upon the earlier of October 31, 2024, and upon acceleration by Nina Footwear pursuant to the terms thereof. The Note includes customary events of default and allows Nina Footwear the right to accelerate the amount due under the Note upon the occurrence of such event of default, subject to certain cure rights.
On May 30, 2024, the Company entered into a cash advance agreement with a financial institution and was advanced cash totaling $460,000 to be used for operating expenses. In accordance with the agreement, the Company agreed to repay $519,000, including interest, through daily payments equaling 17% of cash receipts from Shopify Inc. The cash advance bears interest of 8% per annum until fully paid no later than 18 months.
Note 14 - Subsequent events
On July 31, 2024, the Company entered into an Equipment Finance Agreement with Commercial Capital for new equipment in the Texas warehouse facility for $90,250 with monthly payments of $2,396 for 48 months starting August 2024.
During the months of July 2024 through November 2024, the Company loaned Kidpik Corp. $468,000. The amount loaned was not evidenced by a promissory note, does not accrue interest, and is payable upon demand.
F-18 |
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Opinion on the 2023 Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries (the 「Company」) as of December 31, 2023 and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity(deficit) and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the 「consolidated financial statements」). In our opinion, the 2023 consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (「PCAOB」) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2006.
/s/ CohnReznick LLP
CohnReznick LLP
New York, New York
November 5, 2024
F-19 |
Independent Auditor’s Report
To Board of Directors
Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Opinion on the 2022 Financial Statements
We have audited the 2022 consolidated financial statements of Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries, which comprise the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2022, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements.
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2022, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (「GAAS」). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the 2022 Consolidated Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries, and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audit. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Retroactive Revision of the 2022 Financial Statements
As discussed in Note 1 to the 2022 consolidated financial statements, the 2022 consolidated financial statements have been revised to reflect the retroactive adoption of a change in accounting principle. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.
Responsibilities of Management for the 2022 Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the 2022 consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and for the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the 2022 consolidated financial statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries’ ability to continue as a going concern for one year after the date that the 2022 consolidated financial statements are available to be issued.
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Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the 2022 Consolidated Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 2022 consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with GAAS will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. Misstatements are considered material if there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, they would influence the judgment made by a reasonable user based on the 2022 consolidated financial statements.
In performing an audit in accordance with GAAS, we:
● | Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. | |
● | Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the 2022 consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the 2022 consolidated financial statements. | |
● | Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries’ internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed. | |
● | Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall presentation of the 2022 consolidated financial statements. | |
● | Conclude whether, in our judgment, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries’ ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time. |
We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit, significant audit findings, and certain internal control-related matters that we identified during the audit.
/s/ CohnReznick LLP
CohnReznick LLP
New York, New York
November 5, 2024
F-21 |
October 30, 2024
Management and Those Charged with Governance
Nina Footwear Corp and Subsidiaries
200 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10017
In planning and performing our audit of the consolidated balance sheet of Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries (the 「Company」) as of December 31, 2023, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2023 in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (「internal control」) as a basis for designing audit procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control.
Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the preceding paragraph and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be significant deficiencies or material weaknesses and therefore, there can be no assurance that all deficiencies, significant deficiencies, or material weaknesses have been identified. However, as discussed below, we identified a deficiency in internal control that we consider to be a material weakness.
A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the entity’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis. A reasonable possibility exists when the likelihood of an event occurring is either reasonably possible or probable as defined as follows:
● | Reasonably possible. The chance of the future event or events occurring is more than remote but less than likely. | |
● | Probable. The future event or events are likely to occur |
We consider the following deficiency in the Company’s internal control to be a material weakness:
Lack of personnel with an appropriate level of knowledge and experience in accounting for complex or non-routine transactions resulting in the improper accounting of certain account balances or transaction classes, such as accounts receivables and revenue, finance leases, and allowance for credit losses and chargeback reserves, as well as lack of knowledge and experience related to financial statements reporting and disclosure requirements.
A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by the audit committee or those responsible for oversight of the entity’s financial reporting.
We consider the following deficiency in the Company’s internal control to be a significant deficiency:
Lack of documentation related to reviews and/or approvals of certain controls as it relates to the financial close, reconciliation and review process.
We have previously communicated to you other internal control deficiencies that are of a lesser magnitude than significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
This communication is intended solely for the information and use of management and the audit committee of the board of directors, and others within the organization, and is not intended to be and should not be, used by anyone other than these specified parties.
Sincerely,
CohnReznick LLP
F-22 |
Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31, 2023 and 2022
2023 | 2022 | |||||||
(restated) | ||||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Current assets | ||||||||
Cash | $ | 321,822 | $ | 364,734 | ||||
Accounts receivable-trade less allowance for credit losses $942,816 and $1,009,903, respectively | 225,143 | 284,863 | ||||||
Inventory | 9,135,128 | 9,178,158 | ||||||
Due from factor | - | 1,185,747 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 305,534 | 335,856 | ||||||
Total current assets | 9,987,627 | 11,349,358 | ||||||
Leasehold improvements and equipment, net | 400,665 | 67,533 | ||||||
Due from related parties | 1,869,889 | 1,105,326 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 2,680,307 | 2,853,374 | ||||||
Goodwill | 381,175 | 381,175 | ||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 970,155 | 1,620,660 | ||||||
Security deposits | 353,378 | 277,428 | ||||||
Deferred tax assets | 40,754 | 25,445 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 16,683,951 | $ | 17,680,299 | ||||
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||
Current liabilities | ||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 2,693,189 | $ | 3,131,130 | ||||
Due to factor | 1,849,003 | - | ||||||
Subordinated debt | 1,150,000 | 1,650,000 | ||||||
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion | 281,225 | 625,740 | ||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 1,089,175 | 1,092,477 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 7,062,592 | 6,499,347 | ||||||
Payables, related party | 2,903,684 | 3,205,269 | ||||||
Other long-term liabilities | 1,595,518 | 2,621,816 | ||||||
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion | 780,244 | 1,061,472 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 12,342,038 | 13,387,904 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
Stockholders’ equity | ||||||||
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000 shares authorized, 2,320 shares issued and outstanding | 23 | 23 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 4,270,445 | 4,270,445 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit | (44,650 | ) | (95,191 | ) | ||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 116,095 | 117,118 | ||||||
Total stockholders’ equity | 4,341,913 | 4,292,395 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 16,683,951 | $ | 17,680,299 |
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
F-23 |
Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income
Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
2023 | 2022 | |||||||
(restated) | ||||||||
Net Sales | $ | 29,105,633 | $ | 37,682,829 | ||||
Cost of sales | 13,684,146 | 19,366,145 | ||||||
Gross profit | 15,421,487 | 18,316,684 | ||||||
Operating expenses | ||||||||
Selling | 3,979,254 | 3,594,752 | ||||||
Shipping and handling | 4,028,578 | 3,007,799 | ||||||
General and administrative | 6,852,531 | 6,972,421 | ||||||
Factor commission | 94,383 | 139,586 | ||||||
Total expenses | 14,954,746 | 13,714,558 | ||||||
Income from operations | 466,740 | 4,602,126 | ||||||
Other income (expenses) | ||||||||
Other income | 5,645 | 3,878,223 | ||||||
Management fee income, related party | 98,055 | 110,836 | ||||||
Interest income | 969 | 416 | ||||||
Interest expense | (461,168 | ) | (293,402 | ) | ||||
Income before income taxes | 110,242 | 8,298,199 | ||||||
Provision for income taxes | 59,700 | 47,915 | ||||||
Net income | 50,541 | 8,250,284 | ||||||
Other comprehensive loss | ||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | (1,023 | ) | (10,044 | ) | ||||
Comprehensive income | $ | 49,518 | $ | 8,240,240 |
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
F-24 |
Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 (restated)
Common Stock | Additional Paid-in | Accumulated | Accumulated other comprehensive | |||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | capital | deficit | income | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance, January 1, 2022 | 2,320 | $ | 23 | $ | 4,270,445 | $ | (8,345,475 | ) | $ | 127,162 | $ | (3,947,845 | ) | |||||||||||
Net income | - | - | - | 8,250,284 | - | 8,250,284 | ||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | - | - | - | - | (10,044 | ) | (10,044 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2022 (restated) | 2,320 | 23 | 4,270,445 | (95,191 | ) | 117,118 | 4,292,395 | |||||||||||||||||
Net income | - | - | - | 50,541 | - | 50,541 | ||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | (1,023 | ) | (1,023 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2023 | 2,320 | $ | 23 | $ | 4,270,445 | $ | (44,650 | ) | $ | 116,095 | $ | 4,341,913 |
See
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
F-25 |
Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
2023 | 2022 | |||||||
(restated) | ||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities | ||||||||
Net income | $ | 50,541 | $ | 8,250,284 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
Provision for credit losses (recovery) | (39,381 | ) | 258,161 | |||||
Depreciation and amortization | 226,727 | 199,989 | ||||||
Gain on accounts payable settlements | - | (4,084,398 | ) | |||||
Interest expense due to fair value adjustment | 54,169 | 53,269 | ||||||
Non-cash operating lease costs | 24,766 | 66,548 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | (16,449 | ) | (649 | ) | ||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts receivable | 99,011 | 103,932 | ||||||
Factored receivables | 1,463,142 | 4,539,892 | ||||||
Inventory | 43,030 | (2,852,085 | ) | |||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 30,321 | 587,598 | ||||||
Accounts payable | (435,293 | ) | (3,086,960 | ) | ||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | (4,264 | ) | 402,799 | |||||
Other long-term liabilities | (702,298 | ) | - | |||||
Security deposits | (75,950 | ) | (237,000 | ) | ||||
Due from related parties | (765,362 | ) | (227,962 | ) | ||||
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | (47,290 | ) | 3,973,418 | |||||
Cash flows from investing activities | ||||||||
Purchases of leasehold improvements and equipment | (385,880 | ) | (17,193 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (385,880 | ) | (17,193 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||||
Proceeds to (repayments from) factor, net | 1,571,607 | (3,502,784 | ) | |||||
Repayment of landlord settlement | (324,000 | ) | (216,000 | ) | ||||
Repayment to stockholders | (355,754 | ) | - | |||||
Repayment of subordinate debt | (500,000 | ) | (130,000 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 391,853 | (3,848,784 | ) | |||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | (1,595 | ) | (10,044 | ) | ||||
Net (decrease) increase in cash | (42,912 | ) | 97,397 | |||||
Cash, beginning of year | 364,734 | 267,337 | ||||||
Cash, end of year | $ | 321,822 | $ | 364,734 | ||||
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow data: | ||||||||
Interest paid | $ | 391,353 | $ | 255,084 | ||||
Income taxes paid | $ | - | $ | 18,218 |
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
F-26 |
Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
Note 1 – Nature of business and summary of significant accounting policies
Business
Nina Footwear Corp. (「Nina Footwear」), a Delaware corporation, designs, merchandises, sources, distributes and markets a broad range of women’s and children’s fashion footwear and women’s evening bags under the trademarks and trade names Nina, N by Nina, and Touch of Nina. The Company sells its products to department, family shoe, discount, and independent specialty stores as well as through its web based Ninashoes.com direct to consumer business. The Company was formed to acquire the assets and liabilities of Nina Footwear Corp. (the 「Former Company」) and to continue operating such a business. The Company commenced operations on June 1, 2012.
The Company primarily sources its products from China. The Company’s executive offices and showrooms are in New York, New York. Its inventory is warehoused in a facility in Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Principles of consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries Nina (China) Corp. and Nina Footwear Limited, collectively referred to as 「The Company」. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Segment information
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker, or decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company views its operations and manages its business in one segment.
Use of estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (「U.S. GAAP」) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported values of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The more significant estimates and assumptions are those used in determining the amounts of allowances for customer deductions, bad debts, recoverability of long-lived assets and inventory obsolescence. Accordingly, actual results can differ from those estimates.
New accounting pronouncements
In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (「FASB」) issued Accounting Standards Update (「ASU」) 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses, which replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology for financial instruments in current U.S. GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. The FASB has issued ASU 2019-10, which has resulted in the postponement of the effective date of the new guidance for eligible smaller reporting companies to the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2023. The guidance must be adopted using a modified retrospective approach and a prospective transition approach is required for debt securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment had been recognized before the effective date. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and related disclosures.
Accounting standards issued but not yet adopted
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosure, to require a public entity to disclose significant segment expenses and other segment items on an annual and interim basis and to provide in interim periods all disclosures about a reportable segment’s profit or loss and assets that are currently required annually. Public entities with a single reportable segment are required to provide the new disclosures and all the disclosures required under Accounting Standards Codification (「ASC」) 280.
F-27 |
Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
Inventory
Inventory, consisting primarily of finished goods, is valued at the lower of cost (first-in first-out method) or net realizable value.
Liquidity
The Company has experienced a significant decrease in revenues as well net income in 2023 when compared to 2022. The Company also had negative operating cash flows in 2023. These factors, when considered in the aggregate, could represent a significant risk to the Company regarding its ability to meet its obligations as they become due and to continue as a going concern for the 12-month period beginning on November 5, 2024. Management plans to increase cash flows by increasing sales from new products, to existing and new customers, increasing its direct-to-consumer sales, reducing costs and continuing to monitor and reduce expenses. Management has access to both third-party and related party financing if it becomes necessary. Management believes the Company will have sufficient liquidity to fund its operations and meet its obligations as they become due for at least the 12-month period beginning on November 5, 2024.
Leasehold improvements and equipment
Leasehold improvements and equipment acquired are stated at cost. The Company provides for depreciation of equipment using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, ranging from three to ten years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the term of the related lease or the life of the improvement, on a straight-line basis. Expenditures that extend the useful lives of the equipment are capitalized. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. The gain or loss arising on the disposal or retirement of an asset is determined as the difference between the sales proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and is recognized in operations.
Advertising costs
Direct advertising costs are expensed as incurred and are reported in selling expenses. These include actual advertising and related expenses. Advertising expenses totaled approximately $2,164,000 and $1,888,000 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Cooperative advertising expenses are treated as an allowance and are deducted from gross sales. Cooperative advertising expenses were approximately $120 and $494,000 for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets consist of trade names and customer relationships. Customer relationships are amortized over their estimated useful lives of 15 years.
The estimated useful life of an intangible asset that is being amortized is evaluated each reporting period to determine whether events and circumstances warrant a revision to the remaining period of amortization. On December 31, 2023, management of the Company has determined that no change in useful life is warranted. Trade names are not amortized and are evaluated for impairment annually as events and circumstances warrant by comparing the fair value of the intangible assets with it carrying amounts.
Goodwill
The accounting for the acquisition of the Former Company resulted in recognizing goodwill of approximately $381,000. Under U.S. GAAP, the carrying amount of goodwill is not amortized but is reduced if management determines that its implied fair value has been impaired.
Impairment of long-lived assets
Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may not be recoverable. Impairment is measured by comparing the carrying value of such assets to the estimated undiscounted pre-tax cash flows expected to result from the use of such assets and their ultimate disposition. In circumstances where impairment has been identified, the Company will write down the asset to its fair value. For the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, there were no impairments identified.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
Concentrations of credit risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and accounts receivable. The Company places its cash with high-quality financial institutions. At times, the Company’s cash balances may exceed FDIC insured limits. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had cash of approximately $133,000 in excess of federally insured limits. The Company monitors the financial position of the financial institutions it uses and has not experienced any losses to date.
The Company processes most of its customers’ orders at the factor’s risk. If the factor does not approve the order, then the Company will evaluate the customer’s creditworthiness. If it chooses to accept the risk, it may require partial or full prepayment. Allowances related to accounts receivable have been recorded based on management’s periodic evaluations with provisions for estimated returns. Management believes that it has adequately provided for exposure to potential credit losses.
The Company had three major customers who, for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, constituted approximately 42% and 47%, respectively, of the Company’s net sales. The Company had two major vendors who, for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, constituted approximately 34% and 53%, respectively, of the Company’s purchases.
Foreign currency translations
The functional currencies of the Company’s foreign operations are the local currencies. The financial statements of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries have been translated to U.S. dollars. Assets and liabilities are translated at year-end exchange rates, and revenues and expenses are translated at average exchange rates for the year. Gains or losses resulting from the translation of foreign accounts represent other comprehensive income (loss) and are accumulated as a separate component of equity. Currency transaction gains or losses are recorded as other income (expense) in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. There were no foreign currency transaction gains or losses for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022.
Other comprehensive income (loss)
The only component of other comprehensive income (loss) affecting the Company is the foreign currency translation adjustment. The amount of other comprehensive (loss) income related to the foreign currency adjustment amounted to $(1,023) and $(10,044) for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Revenue recognition
The Company sells purchased goods that contain two delivery elements: wholesale and online sales. Revenues related to wholesales and online sales are recognized at a single point in time when ownership, risk, and rewards transfer, which is at the time of shipment from warehouse or directly from factory for both wholesales and online sales. Wholesale customer payments are due 30-120 days from invoice date. Online sales customer payments are due at the time the order is shipped.
Consideration promised in the Company’s contracts with customers is variable due to anticipated reductions such as sales returns, discounts, and miscellaneous claims from customers. The Company estimates the most likely amount it will be entitled to receive and records an anticipated reduction in revenues, with an offsetting increase to liabilities, at the time revenues are recognized. The estimated liability was approximately $285,000 and $718,000 as of December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively, and is recorded in due to factor, as a contract liability.
Accounts receivables as of January 1, 2023, and 2022, were approximately $285,000 and $647,000, respectively.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
The provision for anticipated sales returns consists of both contractual return rights and discretionary authorized returns. Provisions for post-invoice sales discounts consist of both contractual programs and discretionary discounts that are expected to be granted at a later date.
Estimates of discretionary authorized returns, discounts and claims are based on (1) historical rates, (2) specific identification of outstanding returns not yet received from customers and outstanding discounts and claims and (3) estimated returns, discounts and claims expected, but not yet finalized with customers. Actual returns, discounts and claims in any future period are inherently uncertain and thus may differ from estimates recorded. If actual or expected future returns, discounts or claims were significantly greater or lower than the reserves established, a reduction or increase to net revenues would be recorded in the period in which such determination was made.
Shipping and handling costs associated with outbound freight after control over a product has transferred to a customer are accounted for as operating cost in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.
Taxes assessed by governmental authorities that are both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue producing transaction and are collected by the Company from a customer are excluded from net sales and cost of sales in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.
Income taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized with respect to the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts for financial statement purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the period that includes the enactment date.
Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
The Company applies U.S. GAAP for uncertainty in income taxes. If the Company considers that a tax position is more likely than not of being sustained upon audit, based solely on the technical merits of the position, it recognizes the tax benefit. The Company measures the tax benefit by determining the larger amount that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement, presuming the tax position is examined by the appropriate taxing authority that has full knowledge of relevant information.
The Company has no unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2023 and 2022. The Company’s federal, state, and city income tax returns prior to fiscal year 2020 are closed. Management continually evaluates expiring statutes of limitations, audits, proposed settlements, changes in tax law and new authoritative rulings.
The Company recognizes interest and penalties, if any, associated with tax matters as part of operating expenses and includes accrued interest and penalties with accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheets.
Restatement
While preparing the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company voluntarily elected to utilize its incremental borrowing rate to calculate its lease liabilities and corresponding right-of-use assets. Therefore, to maintain comparability between periods, the Company re-adopted ASC 842 as of January 1, 2022, using its incremental borrowing rate instead of the risk-free rate. As a result, as of December 31, 2022, the Company’s weighted average discount rate for operating leases increased from 1.7% to weighted average of 6.78%. This impacted previously reported amounts for certain line items in the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
The following table sets forth the effects of the update to the discount rate on affected items within the Company’s previously reported consolidated balance sheet and statement of operations for the period indicated.
December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||
As reported | Adjustment | As restated | ||||||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | $ | 1,791,649 | $ | (170,989 | ) | $ | 1,620,660 | |||||
Total assets | 17,851,288 | (170,989 | ) | 17,680,299 | ||||||||
Operating lease liabilities, current portion | 695,148 | (69,408 | ) | 625,740 | ||||||||
Total current liabilities | 6,568,759 | (69,408 | ) | 6,499,351 | ||||||||
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion | 1,161,650 | (100,178 | ) | 1,061,472 | ||||||||
Total liabilities | 13,557,494 | (169,586 | ) | 13,387,908 | ||||||||
Accumulated deficit | (93,792 | ) | (1,399 | ) | (95,191 | ) | ||||||
Total stockholders’ equity | 4,293,794 | (1,399 | ) | 4,292,395 |
Year ended December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||
As reported | Adjustment | As restated | ||||||||||
Shipping and handling | $ | 3,033,194 | $ | (25,395 | ) | $ | 3,007,799 | |||||
General and administrative | 6,945,627 | 26,794 | 6,972,421 | |||||||||
Income from operations | 4,603,525 | (1,399 | ) | 4,602,126 | ||||||||
Income before income taxes | 8,299,598 | (1,399 | ) | 8,298,199 | ||||||||
Consolidated net income | 8,251,683 | (1,399 | ) | 8,250,284 | ||||||||
Comprehensive income | 8,241,639 | (1,399 | ) | 8,240,240 |
Note 2 – Due to (from) factor
Due from factor consists of the following:
2023 | 2022 | |||||||
Factored receivables | $ | 3,319,837 | $ | 5,216,555 | ||||
Less advances from factor | 4,884,206 | 3,312,599 | ||||||
Total | (1,564,369 | ) | 1,903,956 | |||||
Less allowances for returns and discounts | 284,634 | 718,209 | ||||||
Total | $ | (1,849,003 | ) | $ | 1,185,747 |
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
The factor agreement provides for advances up to 85% of the purchase price of receivables approved by the factor, and 50% of inventory. There is a sub-limit of $2,500,000 in value for inventory in transit. The factor assumes all credit related risk but has recourse to the Company for all claims by customers other than inability to pay. Interest on advances is calculated at 1% above the bank prime rate, as defined. The factor has a security interest in the Company’s accounts receivable, proceeds and related assets, inventory, and all intangibles.
Note 3 - Inventory
Inventory consists of the following:
2023 | 2022 | |||||||
Finished goods | $ | 7,374,278 | $ | 6,919,477 | ||||
Goods in transit | 1,760,850 | 2,258,681 | ||||||
Total | $ | 9,135,128 | $ | 9,178,158 |
Note 4 - Leasehold improvements and equipment
Leasehold improvements and equipment consist of the following:
2023 | 2022 | |||||||
Machinery and equipment | $ | 154,944 | $ | 151,809 | ||||
Furniture and fixtures | 848,152 | 575,097 | ||||||
Computer equipment | 85,377 | 79,348 | ||||||
Computer software | 75,000 | 75,000 | ||||||
Leasehold improvements | 2,984,426 | 2,879,854 | ||||||
Total | 4,147,899 | 3,761,108 | ||||||
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization | 3,747,234 | 3,693,575 | ||||||
$ | 400,665 | $ | 67,533 |
Depreciation and amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 amounted to approximately $54,000 and $27,000, respectively.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
Note 5 - Intangible assets
Intangible assets, net consist of the following:
2023 | 2022 | |||||||
Amortized intangible assets | ||||||||
Customer relationship-at cost | $ | 2,596,000 | $ | 2,596,000 | ||||
Less accumulated amortization | 2,004,693 | 1,831,626 | ||||||
591,307 | 764,374 | |||||||
Unamortized intangible assets | ||||||||
Trade names | 2,089,000 | 2,089,000 | ||||||
Total | $ | 2,680,307 | $ | 2,853,374 |
Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022 amounted to approximately $173,000.
Amortization expense in the amount of approximately $173,000 is to be recognized in each of the three subsequent years and $72,000 in the fourth year after December 31, 2023.
Note 6 - Leases
Operating leases
As of December 2023, the Company is obligated under one lease expiring in 2027.
The Company, through a business acquisition, was assigned a non-cancellable lease for office space which commenced on September 28, 2006, and had a term of ten years and five months. The Company renewed its lease for office space commencing March 1, 2017, for a term of 10 years. The fixed annual rent under its lease was $2,177,822 for the period March 1, 2017, through February 28, 2022, and $3,300,000 for the period March 1, 2022, through February 28, 2027.
On February 1, 2021, the Company vacated and fully surrendered the 4th Floor and portion of the 3rd Floor of the Company’s executive offices and showrooms. The Company and its landlord were in negotiation on a settlement of the lease for the office space. Commencing in May 2023, the Company paid monthly use and occupancy for the remaining occupied premise in the amount of $55,000, plus electricity.
On June 27, 2022, the Company entered into a new noncancellable lease for the office space, which commenced May 1, 2022, for a term of five years. In accordance with the lease agreement, the Company and the landlord reached a settlement on the lease agreement dated September 28, 2006, in the amount of $1,620,000, of the remaining outstanding balance $324,000 is included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and $756,000 is included in other long-term liabilities as of December 31, 2023.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
The settlement is to be paid over five years by monthly payments of $27,000, which is included in the fixed annual rent of the new lease. The fixed annual rent under the new lease is $984,000 for the period May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023, $1,003,800 for the period from May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2024, $1,024,194 for the period from May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025, $1,045,200 for the period from May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2026 and $1,066,836 for the period from May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027.
On April 1, 2021, the Company entered into a sublease agreement with a related party to sublease warehouse space. Base rent equals 33.3% of the total rent under overall lease between the Company and its landlord. The sublease commenced on April 1, 2021, and expired on September 30, 2023.
The Company entered into a lease agreement for the warehouse space in Hutchins, Texas. The lease commencement date is February 1, 2024, and will expire on March 31, 2029. The monthly base rent starts at $64,215, and the lease payment will increase by 4% annually.
The Company has evaluated its lease agreements in accordance with Leases Topic 842 (「Topic 842」) and, as a result, the Company has classified its leases as operating leases. At lease commencement, the Company recognizes a lease liability, which is measured at the present value of future lease payments, and a corresponding right-of-use asset equal to the lease liability, adjusted for prepaid lease costs, initial direct costs and lease incentives. The Company has elected and applies the practical expedient available to lessees to combine non-lease components with their related lease components and account for them as a single combined lease component for all of its leases. The Company remeasures lease liabilities and related right-of-use assets whenever there is a change to the lease term and/or there is a change in the amount of future lease payments, but only when such modification does not qualify to be accounted for as a separate contract.
The Company has elected and applies the practical expedient to combine non-lease components with their related lease components and account for them as a single combined lease component. Lastly, the Company elected and applied the short-term lease exemption of not recognizing a right-of-use asset and lease liability for leases that have terms of 12 months or less.
The Company has elected and applies its non-core right-of-use asset recognition for assets which are not essential to the Company’s operations and excludes these non-core assets from Topic 842. Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liability for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, were approximately $1,033,000 and $931,000, respectively.
The Company determines an appropriate discount rate to apply when determining the present value of the remaining lease payments for purposes of measuring or remeasuring lease liabilities. As the rate implicit in the lease is generally not readily determinable, the Company utilizes an incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate which is determined at either lease commencement or when a lease liability is remeasured.
For accounting purposes, the Company’s leases commence on the earlier of (i) the date upon which the Company obtains control of the underlying asset and (ii) the contractual effective date of a lease. Lease commencement for most of the Company’s leases coincides with the contractual effective date. The Company’s leases generally have minimum base terms with renewal options or fixed terms with early termination options.
Rent expenses were approximately $1,299,000 and $1,132,000 for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively. Such amounts included contingent rental expenses based on escalations for real estate taxes, utilities and labor of approximately $222,000 and $168,000 for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
The Company also has commitments under service, warehouse, distribution, and other agreements.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
The future lease payments for the NY office are as follows:
Year Ending | ||||
2024 | $ | 346,698 | ||
2025 | 357,099 | |||
2026 | 367,812 | |||
2027 | 123,806 | |||
Total lease payments | 1,195,415 | |||
Less: interest | 133,946 | |||
Total lease liability | 1,061,469 | |||
Less: current portion of total lease liability | 281,225 | |||
Noncurrent portion of total lease liability | $ | 780,244 |
Weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate for the Company’s leases as of December 31, 2023 and 2022:
Operating Leases | ||||||||
2023 | 2022 | |||||||
Weighted average remaining term (in years) | 3.33 | 5.08 | ||||||
Weighted average discount rate | 7 | % | 6.78 | % |
The discount rate used in the calculation of the lease liability was a weighted average of 7% and is based on the Company’s estimate of the rate of interest that the Company could have to pay to borrow on collateralized basis over a similar term and amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment as the lease does not provide an implicit rate.
Note 7 - Commitments and contingencies
Litigation
The Company may at times be involved in various legal claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. Management is of the opinion that the ultimate outcome of these matters would not have a material adverse impact on the financial position of the Company or the results of its operations or cash flows.
Other
In 2022, the Company and certain factories executed various settlement agreements related to outstanding accounts payable balances due to the factories. In accordance with settlement agreements the Company recognized other income of approximately $4,085,000 for the year ended December 31, 2022. The remaining balance due to these factories will be repaid through various monthly payments totaling approximately $1,120,000 in 2024, $336,000 in 2025 and $336,000 in 2026. As of December 31, 2023, the outstanding balance to these factories amounted to approximately $1,792,000, of which $1,120,000 is included in accounts payable and $672,000 is included in other long-term liabilities.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
Note 8 - Employee retirement and profit-sharing plan
The Company maintains a qualified 401(k) profit sharing plan in which all eligible employees may elect to have a portion of their salary withheld and contributed to the plan. Contributions are limited in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code (the 「Code」 or 「IRC」). Company contributions to the plan are at the discretion of the Board of Directors. The Company made no contributions to the plan for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
Note 9 - Income taxes
The stockholders of the Company elected under certain sections of the Code and various state statutes to be treated as an 「S」 Corporation and include the Company’s income in their own income for federal and certain state income tax purposes. Thus, the Company does not pay federal and certain state corporate income taxes. The Company terminated 「S」 Corp status and was approved for 「C」 Corp status as of January 1, 2024 per the Internal Revenue Service.
For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the components of the provision for (benefit from) income taxes were as follows:
2023 | 2022 | |||||||
Current | ||||||||
Federal | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
State | 75,010 | 48,564 | ||||||
Foreign | - | - | ||||||
Subtotal | $ | 75,010 | $ | 48,564 | ||||
Deferred | ||||||||
Federal | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
State | (15,310 | ) | (649 | ) | ||||
Foreign | ||||||||
Subtotal | $ | (15,310 | ) | $ | (649 | ) | ||
Total | $ | 59,700 | $ | 47,915 |
The reconciliation between the Company’s effective tax rate on income from continuing operations and the statutory tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 is as follows:
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Current tax at U.S. statutory rate | - | 0.00 | % | - | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||
Nondeductible/nontaxable items | - | 0.00 | % | - | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||
State taxes | 41,346 | 35.31 | % | 47,915 | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||
Rate change | (20,335 | ) | (17.37 | )% | - | 0.00 | % | |||||||||
Foreign operations | - | 0.00 | % | - | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||
True-up and other | 38,689 | 33.04 | % | - | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||
Valuation allowance | - | 0.00 | % | - | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||
Income tax expense | $ | 59,700 | 50.98 | % | $ | 47,915 | 0.00 | % |
Deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect the net effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the carrying amounts used for state and local income tax purposes. Temporary differences giving rise to deferred taxes consisted primarily of inventory costs under the uniform capitalization rules and depreciation.
At December 31, 2023 and 2022, the components of deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:
2023 | 2022 | |||||||
Deferred tax asset | ||||||||
Allowance for credit losses | $ | 14,571 | $ | 6,304 | ||||
Reserves | 17,360 | 9,544 | ||||||
Accrued expenses | 31,830 | 413 | ||||||
Other deferred | - | 229 | ||||||
Lease liability | 16,673 | - | ||||||
Other | 6,857 | 2,965 | ||||||
Net operating loss | 9,844 | 8,552 | ||||||
Total deferred tax asset | 97,135 | 28,007 | ||||||
Valuation allowance | - | - | ||||||
Deferred income tax assets, net | 97,135 | 28,007 | ||||||
Deferred tax liabilities | ||||||||
Depreciation | (4,273 | ) | - | |||||
Right-of-use asset | (15,135 | ) | - | |||||
Amortization | (36,973 | ) | (2,562 | ) | ||||
Total deferred tax liability | (56,381 | ) | (2,562 | ) | ||||
Net deferred tax asset | $ | 40,754 | $ | 25,445 |
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
The Company continually evaluates the likelihood of the realization of deferred tax assets and adjusts the carrying amount of the deferred tax assets by the valuation allowance to the extent the future realization of the deferred tax assets is more likely than not. The Company considers many factors when assessing the likelihood of future realization of its deferred tax assets, including its recent cumulative earnings experience by taxing jurisdiction, expectation of future taxable income or loss, the carryforward periods available to the Company for tax reporting purposes, and other relevant factors.
As of December 31, 2023, based on the Company’s history of earnings and its assessment of future earnings, management believes that it is more likely than not that future taxable income will be sufficient to realize the deferred tax assets. Therefore, no valuation allowance has been applied to deferred tax assets.
As of the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company has federal, state, and foreign net operating loss carryforwards of $0, $396,601, and $0, respectively.
The utilization of the Company’s net operating losses may be subject to a U.S. federal limitation due to the 「change in ownership provisions」 under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code and other similar limitations in various state jurisdictions. Such limitations may result in a reduction of the amount of net operating loss carryforwards in future years and possibly the expiration of certain net operating loss carryforwards before their utilization.
Note 10 - Related parties
During the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, the Company incurred certain expenditures on behalf of another related party in the amount of approximately $266,000 and $303,000, respectively. In addition, the Company performs certain management services for this related party, pursuant to a management agreement. For these services, the Company was entitled to receive a monthly management fee equal to 0.75% of that party’s net sales collected for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022. Management fees for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, amounted to approximately $98,000 and $111,000, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, and 2022, the amount due from the related party was approximately $1,870,000 and $1,105,000, respectively. The related party is an affiliated entity under common control.
The Company in 2012, as part of the acquisition of a business, acquired net related party payables with a fair value of $1,371,000. The note payable has been accreted over the years and is being carried at the contractual value plus accrued interest, as defined in the Merger Agreement. As of December 31, 2023, and 2022, the value of these related party payables was $2,904,000 and $3,205,000, respectively. In accordance with the merger agreement, these payables shall be payable at the earliest of a change in control, as defined, an initial public offering or if at any calendar year end the Company’s net working capital exceeds $5 million. In the event that the amount becomes payable, payments are to be made in six equal quarterly installments, provided, however, that if the Company’s net working capital is less than $5 million for any quarter, the Company shall not have an obligation to make a payment for such quarter (payments will resume once the Company’s net working capital exceeds $5 million).
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement dated May 29, 2012 Nina Footwear Corp. assumed a shareholder loan due to Murray Silverstein for the principal amount of $756,843 owed to Renee Silverstein, Mr. Silverstein’s wife (the 「Shareholder Loan」). The Shareholder Loan shall accrue interest from May 29, 2012 (the closing date of the Merger) until date of payment at the lowest rate required by the U.S. federal income tax rules in accordance with the terms of the May 29, 2012, Merger Agreement (see Note 10). The Company estimates the interest through December 31, 2023 to be $193,936 for a total amount owed of $970,351 as of December 31, 2023. The children of Murray and Renee Silverstein, who were bequeathed the Shareholder Loan, have asserted in October 2024 that the proposed merger of Nina Footwear Corp. and Kidpik is an initial public offering event causing the Shareholder Loan to become due and payable. The outstanding amount of the Shareholder Loan has not previously been contested, despite inheritance events that have taken place subsequent to May 29, 2012. In addition, to the aforementioned Shareholder Loan, the children of Murray and Renee Silverstein also have additional outstanding shareholder loan balances in the amount of $269,160 plus accrued interest of $67,232. As of December 31, 2023 and through the date of issuance of these financial statements, there have been no triggering events known to the Company that would make these shareholder notes payable become due and payable. Accordingly, the aggregate amount of $1,306,742 of the notes due to the Silverstein children are included in Payables, related party and classified as long-term liabilities on the December 31, 2023 balance sheet.
Management believes that it is probable that a lawsuit demanding the acceleration of the debt payable will be filed either after the merger proxy is filed with the SEC or shortly thereafter. Accordingly, the informal demands from the Silverstein children are disclosed as a probable but not yet asserted litigation claim in accordance with FASB ASC 450, 「Contingent Liabilities」.
Per Management’s assessment, an unfavorable outcome is not probable since the terms of the proposed merger of Nina with Kidpik do not represent an initial public offering, nor result in any new financing proceeds or a change in control over Nina from its current controlling shareholder Ezra Dabah, Kidpik’s Chairman and CEO. As of December 31, 2023, Management has not accrued any contingent liability related to this probable but not yet formally asserted litigation matter.
Note 11 - Subordinated debt
In September 2020, the Company entered into three promissory notes which matured on December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, only two notes remain payable for a total amount of $150,000, for two shareholders. The remaining promissory notes matured on December 31, 2023, bear no interest and are payable on demand. The notes are included in current liabilities as of December 31, 2023.
In November 2020, the Company entered into a promissory note for a principal amount of $1,000,000 with one of its shareholders. The promissory note, which matured on October 22, 2022, bears interest at two percent per annum on the outstanding balance and is payable on demand. This note is included in current liabilities as of December 31, 2023.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
The promissory notes are secured by a security interest in the Company’s accounts receivable, proceeds and related assets, inventory, and all intangibles. These promissory notes are at all times subordinate to the outstanding borrowing with the Company’s factor institution and one of its shareholders.
The balance was $1,150,000 and $1,650,000 at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company made repayments of $500,000 during 2023.
Note 12 – Employee retention tax credit
The Employee Retention Tax Credit (「ERTC」) (originally under the CARES Act, and for purposes of the third and fourth quarters of 2021, under IRC Section 3134) is a fully refundable payroll tax credit available for certain eligible employers that continued to compensate and/or provide medical insurance coverage for employees during 2021 and 2020.
On April 5, 2023, the Company applied for ERTC for 2020 (Q2 and Q4) and 2021 (Q1 and Q3) based on a decline of gross receipts using qualifying wages, according to the Internal Revenue Service rules/guidelines. The Company received a letter on May 3, 2024, that the application was approved for 2020 (Q2 and Q4) and 2021 (Q1 and Q3) for $189,167 and $309,040, respectively.
Note 13 - Subsequent events
The Company has evaluated subsequent events through November 5, 2024, which is the date the consolidated financial statements were available to be issued.
On February 5, 2024, the Company entered into a cash advance agreement with a financial institution and was advanced cash totaling $485,000, to be used for operating expenses. In accordance with the agreement, the Company agreed to repay $523,800, including interest, through daily payments equaling 17% of cash receipts from Shopify Inc. The cash advance bears interest of 8% per annum until fully paid.
On March 29, 2024, Nina Footwear entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization with Kidpik Merger Subsidiary, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kidpik, a Delaware corporation, a business geared towards kids’ products for girls’ and boys’ apparel, footwear, and accessories. Upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions described in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into Nina Footwear, with Nina Footwear surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Kidpik. The Merger is intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes. At the Effective Time of the merger, the stockholders of Kidpik immediately prior to the Merger are expected to own approximately 20% of the outstanding shares of Kidpik common stock and the stockholders of Nina Footwear will own approximately 80% of the outstanding shares of Kidpik common stock. Mr. Ezra Dabah, Nina’s Chief executive officer, is also the Chief Executive Officer, majority stockholder (67% beneficial owner), and Chairman of Kidpik. Mr. Dabah and his family own approximately 79.3% of Nina Footwear. Upon closing of the transactions, Mr. Dabah and his family are expected to control approximately 75.8% of the Combined Company’s voting shares. As part of the transaction, Nina Footwear will forgive a Kidpik receivable of approximately $1.8 million. In connection with the Merger, because Mr. Dabah currently controls 66.6% of Kidpik, there will not be a change of control and therefore Nina is expected to be able to use Kidpik’s Net Operating Loss of approximately $40 million. The board of directors of both companies have approved the all stock transaction. The closing contemplated by the Merger Agreement is expected to occur at the end of the third calendar quarter of 2024, subject to the approval of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
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Nina Footwear Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
On April 1, 2024, the Company entered into a sublease agreement with a Kidpik to occupy approximately 32,750 square feet of space in Hutchinson, Texas through February 1, 2029 (unless canceled or terminated pursuant to the sublease agreement). Kidpik will pay the Company a fixed 26% of monthly rent (averaging $18,534 per month) along with contingent rental expenses pursuant to the terms of the agreement.
On April 16, 2024, the Company entered into a cash advance agreement with a financial institution and was advanced cash totaling $346,000, to be used for operating expenses. In accordance with the agreement, the Company agreed to repay $379,735, plus interest, over 26 weeks. The cash advance bears interest of 9.75% per annum until fully paid.
On April 18, 2024, the Company entered into a $346,000 loan agreement (the 「Note」) with Kidpik. The Note does not accrue interest but will accrue interest of 5% per annum upon the occurrence of an event of default, with weekly payments of principal and interest in the amount of $14,605, due each week beginning with the week ended April 26, 2024, until the earlier of the maturity date of such note, the payment in full thereof, or the closing of the Merger, where the Note is expected to be forgiven by Nina Footwear. The note is due upon the earlier of October 31, 2024, and upon acceleration by Nina Footwear pursuant to the terms thereof. The note includes customary events of default and allows Nina Footwear the right to accelerate the amount due under the note upon the occurrence of such event of default, subject to certain cure rights.
On May 30, 2024, the Company entered into a cash advance agreement with a financial institution and was advanced cash totaling $460,000, to be used for operating expenses. In accordance with the agreement, the Company agreed to repay $519,800, including interest, through daily payments equaling 17% of cash receipts from Shopify Inc. The cash advance bears interest of 8% per annum until fully paid.
On July 31, 2024, the Company entered into an Equipment Finance Agreement with Commercial Capital for new equipment in the Texas warehouse facility for $90,250 with monthly payments of $2,396 for 48 months starting August 2024.
During July 2024, the Company loaned Kidpik Corp. $13,000. The amount loaned was not evidenced by a promissory note, does not accrue interest, and is payable on demand.
During August 2024, the Company loaned Kidpik Corp. $35,000. The amount loaned was not evidenced by a promissory note, does not accrue interest, and is payable on demand.
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FORM OF PROXY
(SEE ATTACHED)
Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated March 29, 2024, by and among Kidpik Corp., Kidpik Merger Sub, Inc. and Nina Footwear Corp. and Agreement and First Amendment to Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated July 22, 2024, by and among Kidpik Corp., Kidpik Merger Sub, Inc. and Nina Footwear Corp.
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AND REORGANIZATION
by and among:
KIDPIK CORP.,
a Delaware corporation;
KIDPIK MERGER SUB, INC.,
a Delaware corporation;
and
NINA FOOTWEAR CORP.,
a Delaware corporation
Dated as of March 29, 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I. DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION | 2 | |
1.1 | The Merger. | 2 |
1.2 | Effects of the Merger. | 2 |
1.3 | Closing; Effective Time. | 2 |
1.4 | Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers. | 3 |
1.5 | Conversion of Shares. | 3 |
1.6 | Closing of the Company’s Transfer Books. | 5 |
1.7 | Surrender of Certificates. | 5 |
1.8 | Appraisal Rights. | 7 |
1.9 | Further Action. | 7 |
1.10 | Withholding. | 7 |
ARTICLE II. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY | 8 | |
2.1 | Due Organization; Subsidiaries. | 8 |
2.2 | Organizational Documents. | 9 |
2.3 | Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement. | 9 |
2.4 | Vote Required. | 10 |
2.5 | Non-Contravention; Consents. | 10 |
2.6 | Capitalization. | 11 |
2.7 | Financial Statements. | 12 |
2.8 | Absence of Changes. | 13 |
2.9 | Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. | 14 |
2.10 | Title to Assets. | 14 |
2.11 | Real Property; Leasehold. | 14 |
2.12 | Intellectual Property. | 14 |
2.13 | Agreements, Contracts and Commitments. | 17 |
2.14 | Compliance; Permits; Restrictions. | 20 |
2.15 | Legal Proceedings; Orders. | 21 |
2.16 | Tax Matters. | 21 |
2.17 | Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans. | 24 |
2.18 | Environmental Matters. | 28 |
2.19 | Insurance. | 28 |
2.20 | No Financial Advisors. | 29 |
2.21 | Transactions with Affiliates. | 29 |
2.22 | Anti-Bribery. | 29 |
2.23 | Recalls. | 29 |
2.24 | Accredited Investor Status of Company Stockholders. | 30 |
2.25 | Disclaimer of Other Representations or Warranties. | 30 |
2.26 | Foreign Corrupt Practice. | 30 |
2.27 | No Disqualification Events. | 30 |
ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB | 31 | |
3.1 | Due Organization; Subsidiaries. | 31 |
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3.2 | Organizational Documents. | 32 |
3.3 | Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement. | 32 |
3.4 | Vote Required. | 32 |
3.5 | Non-Contravention; Consents. | 33 |
3.6 | Capitalization. | 34 |
3.7 | SEC Filings; Financial Statements. | 36 |
3.8 | Absence of Changes. | 38 |
3.9 | Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. | 38 |
3.10 | Title to Assets. | 38 |
3.11 | Real Property; Leasehold. | 39 |
3.12 | Intellectual Property. | 39 |
3.13 | Agreements, Contracts and Commitments. | 42 |
3.14 | Compliance; Permits; Restrictions. | 45 |
3.15 | Legal Proceedings; Orders. | 45 |
3.16 | Tax Matters. | 46 |
3.17 | Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans. | 48 |
3.18 | Environmental Matters. | 52 |
3.19 | Insurance. | 53 |
3.20 | No Financial Advisors. | 53 |
3.21 | Transactions with Affiliates. | 53 |
3.22 | Anti-Bribery. | 53 |
3.23 | Valid Issuance. | 53 |
3.24 | Opinion of Financial Advisor. | 53 |
3.25 | No Merger Sub Activity. | 54 |
3.26 | Recalls. | 54 |
3.27 | Disclaimer of Other Representations or Warranties. | 54 |
3.28 | Foreign Corrupt Practices. | 54 |
3.29 | No Disqualification Events. | 55 |
ARTICLE IV. CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES | 55 | |
4.1 | Operation of Parent’s Business. | 55 |
4.2 | Operation of the Company’s Business. | 58 |
4.3 | Access and Investigation. | 61 |
4.4 | Parent Non-Solicitation. | 62 |
4.5 | Company Non-Solicitation. | 64 |
4.6 | Notification of Certain Matters. | 65 |
ARTICLE V. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES | 66 | |
5.1 | Proxy Statement. | 66 |
5.2 | Company Information Statement; Stockholder Written Consent. | 67 |
5.3 | Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. | 69 |
5.4 | Regulatory Approvals. | 71 |
5.5 | Indemnification of Officers and Directors. | 72 |
5.6 | Additional Agreements. | 73 |
5.7 | Public Announcement. | 74 |
5.8 | Financial Statement Assistance . | 75 |
5.9 | Listing. | 75 |
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5.10 | Tax Matters. | 75 |
5.11 | Directors and Officers. | 76 |
5.12 | Termination of Certain Agreements and Rights. | 76 |
5.13 | Section 16 Matters. | 76 |
5.14 | Allocation Certificates. | 76 |
5.15 | Company Financial Statements. | 77 |
5.16 | Takeover Statutes. | 77 |
5.17 | Stockholder Litigation. | 77 |
5.18 | Solvency. | 78 |
5.19 | Obligations of Merger Sub and Parent. | 78 |
5.20 | Name and Symbol Change. | 78 |
5.21 | Restricted Stock; Legending of Certificates. | 78 |
ARTICLE VI. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF EACH PARTY | 79 | |
6.1 | No Restraints. | 79 |
6.2 | Stockholder Approval. | 79 |
6.3 | Listing. | 79 |
6.4 | Exemption From Registration. | 79 |
6.5 | Closing Conditions. | 79 |
6.6 | Litigation. | 80 |
6.7 | No Material Adverse Change. | 80 |
6.8 | SEC Reports. | 80 |
6.9 | Fairness Opinion. | 80 |
ARTICLE VII. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB | 81 | |
7.1 | Accuracy of Representations. | 81 |
7.2 | Performance of Covenants. | 81 |
7.3 | Documents. | 81 |
7.4 | No Company Material Adverse Effect. | 82 |
7.5 | Termination of Investor Agreements. | 82 |
7.6 | Dissenting Shares. | 82 |
7.7 | Forgiveness or Elimination of Company Debt. | 82 |
7.8 | Company Stockholders As Accredited Investors; Compliance with Section 4(a)(2) and/or Rule 506. | 82 |
ARTICLE VIII. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY | 82 | |
8.1 | Accuracy of Representations. | 82 |
8.2 | Performance of Covenants. | 83 |
8.3 | Documents. | 83 |
8.4 | No Parent Material Adverse Effect. | 84 |
ARTICLE IX. TERMINATION | 84 | |
9.1 | Termination. | 84 |
9.2 | Effect of Termination. | 86 |
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9.3 | Expenses; Termination Fees. | 86 |
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | 89 | |
10.1 | Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties. | 89 |
10.2 | Amendment. | 90 |
10.3 | Waiver. | 90 |
10.4 | Entire Agreement; Counterparts; Exchanges by Electronic Transmission. | 90 |
10.5 | Applicable Law; Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. | 91 |
10.6 | Attorneys’ Fees. | 91 |
10.7 | Assignability. | 91 |
10.8 | Notices. | 91 |
10.9 | Cooperation. | 92 |
10.10 | Severability. | 92 |
10.11 | Other Remedies; Specific Performance. | 93 |
10.12 | No Third Party Beneficiaries. | 93 |
10.13 | Construction. | 93 |
10.14 | Equitable Adjustment. | 94 |
10.15 | Special Committee Approval. | 94 |
Exhibits:
Exhibit A | Certain Definitions |
Exhibit B | Form of Stockholder Representation Agreement |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of March 29, 2024, by and among KIDPIK CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), KIDPIK MERGER SUB, INC., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and NINA FOOTWEAR CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Exhibit A.
RECITALS
A. Parent and the Company intend to effect a merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”) in accordance with this Agreement and the DGCL. Upon consummation of the Merger, Merger Sub will cease to exist and the Company will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.
B. The Parties intend that the Merger qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and by executing this Agreement, the Parties hereby adopt a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a).
C. The Parent Board, acting upon the unanimous recommendation of a special committee (the “Special Committee”) thereof consisting only of independent and disinterested directors (such recommendation of the Special Committee, the “Special Committee Recommendation”), has Unanimously (i) determined that the Contemplated Transactions are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of Parent and its stockholders, (ii) authorized, approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, including the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and other actions contemplated by this Agreement, and (iii) determined to recommend, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, that the stockholders of Parent vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters (as defined in Section 5.3(a)).
D. The Merger Sub Board has unanimously (i) determined that the Contemplated Transactions are fair to, advisable, and in the best interests of Merger Sub and its sole stockholder, (ii) authorized, approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions and (iii) determined to recommend, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, that the sole stockholder of Merger Sub votes to adopt this Agreement and thereby approve the Contemplated Transactions.
E. The Company Board has Unanimously (i) determined that the Contemplated Transactions are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, (ii) authorized, approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions and (iii) determined to recommend, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, that the stockholders of the Company vote to approve the Company Stockholder Matters (as defined in Section 5.2(a)).
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F. It is expected that, within three (3) Business Days after the Proxy Statement has Cleared Comments (as defined in Section 5.1(a)), the holders of shares of Company Capital Stock sufficient to approve the Company Stockholder Matters as required under the DGCL and the Company’s Organizational Documents will execute and deliver an action by written consent in a form mutually agreed between the Parent and the Company (the “Company Stockholder Written Consent”).
G. Each Party acknowledges and agrees that the Contemplated Transactions involve related party transactions, including, but not limited to, interested party transactions falling within the scope of Section 144 of DGCL (collectively, “Related Party Transactions”) which means any transaction or series of transactions in which each of the Parties, their officers, directors, affiliates and any related party has a direct or indirect material interest in the Contemplated Transactions and as such, those Related Party Transactions present a heightened risk of conflicts of interest. The Parties acknowledge and confirm that such Related Party Transactions and potential conflicts of interest have been fully disclosed and each Party has had the opportunity to ask questions with respect to such conflicts of interest and to the fullest extent permitted by law the Parties have explicitly and fully waived any such conflict of interest.
AGREEMENT
The Parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION
1.1 The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.3), Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company, and the separate existence of Merger Sub shall cease. The Company will continue as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”).
1.2 Effects of the Merger.The Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger (as defined in Section 1.3) and in the applicable provisions of the DGCL. As a result of the Merger, the Company will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.
1.3 Closing; Effective Time. Unless this Agreement is earlier terminated pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.1, the consummation of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place remotely on the second (2nd) Business Day following the satisfaction or waiver of the last to be satisfied or waived of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE VI, ARTICLE VII and ARTICLE VIII (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of each of such conditions), or at such other time, date and place as Parent and the Company may mutually agree in writing. The date on which the Closing actually takes place is referred to as the “Closing Date.” At the Closing, the Parties shall cause the Merger to be consummated by executing and filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a certificate of merger with respect to the Merger, satisfying the applicable requirements of the DGCL and in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Company (the “Certificate of Merger”). The Merger shall become effective at the time of acceptance for filing of such Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such later time as may be specified in such Certificate of Merger with the consent of Parent and the Company (the time as of which the Merger becomes effective being referred to as the “Effective Time”).
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1.4 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers. At the Effective Time:
(a) the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read identically to the certificate of incorporation of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, until thereafter amended as provided by the DGCL and such certificate of incorporation;
(b) the certificate of incorporation of Parent shall be identical to the certificate of incorporation of Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time, until thereafter amended as provided by the DGCL and such certificate of incorporation;
(c) the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated in their entirety to read identically to the bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time (except that the name of the Surviving Corporation in such bylaws shall reflect the name identified in Section 1.4(a)), until thereafter amended as provided by the DGCL and such bylaws;
(d) the directors and officers of Parent, each to hold office in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Parent, shall be as set forth in Section 5.11 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, or such other persons as shall be mutually agreed upon by Parent and the Company; and
(e) the directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation, each to hold office in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, shall be the same directors and officers as Parent.
1.5 Conversion of Shares.
(a) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any stockholder of the Company or Parent:
(i) all shares of Company Capital Stock held as treasury stock by the Company or held or owned by Parent or Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor; and
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(ii) subject to Section 1.5(c), each share of Company Common Stock (excluding shares to be canceled pursuant to Section 1.5(a)(i) and excluding Dissenting Shares (as defined in Section 1.8) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be automatically converted solely into the right to receive a number of shares of Parent Common Stock multiplied by the Company Common Stock Exchange Ratio.
(b) If any shares of Company Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time are unvested or are subject to a repurchase option or a risk of forfeiture under any applicable restricted stock purchase agreement or other similar agreement with the Company, then the shares of Parent Common Stock issued in exchange for such shares of Company Capital Stock at the Effective Time will to the same extent be unvested and subject to the same repurchase option or risk of forfeiture, and such shares of Parent Common Stock shall accordingly be marked with appropriate legends. The Company shall take all actions that may be necessary to ensure that, from and after the Effective Time, Parent is entitled to exercise any such repurchase option or other right set forth in any such restricted stock purchase agreement or other agreement in accordance with its terms.
(c) No fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued in connection with the Merger, and no certificates or scrip for any such fractional shares shall be issued, and instead, and in lieu of such fraction of a share, any factional shares of Parent Common Stock which would otherwise be issuable to any stockholder of the Company as a result of the Merger (after aggregating all fractional shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to such holder), shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share of Parent Common Stock.
(d) Each share of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and exchanged for one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Surviving Corporation. Each stock certificate or book-entry share of Merger Sub evidencing ownership of any such shares shall, as of the Effective Time, evidence ownership of such shares of common stock of the Surviving Corporation.
(e) If, between the time of calculating the Company Common Stock Exchange Ratio and the Effective Time, the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock or Parent Common Stock shall have been changed into, or exchanged for, a different number of shares or a different class, by reason of any stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, combination or exchange of shares or other like change, the Company Common Stock Exchange Ratio shall, to the extent necessary, be equitably adjusted to reflect such change to the extent necessary to provide the holders of Company Capital Stock and Parent Common Stock with the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, combination or exchange of shares or other like change; provided, however, that nothing herein will be construed to permit the Company or Parent to take any action with respect to Company Capital Stock or Parent Common Stock, respectively, that is prohibited or not expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
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1.6 Closing of the Company’s Transfer Books. At the Effective Time: (a) all shares of Company Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be treated in accordance with Section 1.5(a), and all holders of certificates or book-entry shares representing shares of Company Capital Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights as stockholders of the Company; and (b) the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed with respect to all shares of Company Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. No further transfer of any such shares of Company Capital Stock shall be made on such stock transfer books after the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, a valid certificate previously representing any shares of Company Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (a “Company Stock Certificate”) is presented to the Exchange Agent (defined below in Section 1.7) or to the Surviving Corporation, such Company Stock Certificate shall be canceled and shall be exchanged as provided in Sections 1.5 and 1.7.
1.7 Surrender of Certificates.
(a) At the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit with ClearTrust, LLC (the “Exchange Agent”): evidence of book-entry shares representing the Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 1.5(a). The Parent Common Stock so deposited with the Exchange Agent, together with any dividends or distributions received by the Exchange Agent with respect to such shares, are referred to collectively as the “Exchange Fund.”
(b) Promptly after the Effective Time, the Parties shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to the Persons who were record holders of shares of Company Capital Stock that were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration: (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form and containing such provisions as Parent may reasonably specify (including a provision confirming that delivery of any Company Stock Certificates shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to such Company Stock Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of such Company Stock Certificates to the Exchange Agent); and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of any Company Stock Certificates, or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock, in exchange for shares of Parent Common Stock. Upon surrender of a Company Stock Certificate or other reasonable evidence of the ownership of uncertificated Company Capital Stock to the Exchange Agent for exchange, together with a duly executed letter of transmittal and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent or Parent (including a properly completed IRS Form W-9 or the appropriate version of IRS Form W-8, as applicable): (A) the holder of such Company Capital Stock shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor shares representing the Merger Consideration (in a number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock) that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.5(a)); and (B) such Company Stock Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.7, each Company Stock Certificate shall be deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to represent only the right to receive shares of Parent Common Stock representing the Merger Consideration. If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the delivery of any shares of Parent Common Stock, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate to provide an applicable affidavit with respect to such Company Stock Certificate. In the event of a transfer of ownership of a Company Stock Certificate that is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, payment of the Merger Consideration may be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name such Company Stock Certificate so surrendered is registered if such Company Stock Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the Person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the transfer or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of Parent that such Taxes have been paid or are not applicable. The Merger Consideration and any dividends or other distributions as are payable pursuant to Section 1.7(c) shall be deemed to have been in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to Company Capital Stock formerly represented by such Company Stock Certificates.
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(c) No dividends or other distributions declared or made with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date on or after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Company Stock Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock that such holder has the right to receive in the Merger until such holder surrenders such Company Stock Certificate, together with a duly executed letter of transmittal and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent or Parent, or provides an affidavit of loss, theft or destruction in lieu thereof in accordance with this Section 1.7 (at which time (or, if later, on the applicable payment date) such holder shall be entitled, subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws, to receive all such dividends and distributions, without interest).
(d) Parent shall not be obligated to deliver Parent Common Stock to any former holder of Company Capital Stock as a result of the Merger until such holder surrenders such documentation and information as described in Section 1.5(b) and delivers the Stockholder Representation Agreement, which Company acknowledges and agrees is a condition to effecting the issuance of Parent Common Stock as a private placement pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and that Parent will be relying upon the representations made by each stockholder of the Company in the applicable Stockholder Representation Agreement in connection with the issuance of Parent Common Stock to such stockholder.
(e) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to holders of Company Capital Stock as of the date that is one (1) year after the Closing Date shall be delivered to Parent upon demand, and any holders of Company Stock Certificates who have not theretofore surrendered their Company Stock Certificates or followed the procedure in lieu thereof in accordance with this Section 1.7 shall thereafter look only to Parent for satisfaction of their claims for Parent Common Stock and any dividends or distributions with respect to shares of Parent Common Stock.
(f) No Party shall be liable to any holder of any Company Capital Stock or to any other Person with respect to any shares of Parent Common Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or for any cash amounts delivered to any public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property Law, escheat Law or similar Law.
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1.8 Appraisal Rights.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shares of Company Capital Stock that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and which are held by stockholders who have exercised and perfected appraisal rights for such shares of Company Capital Stock in accordance with the DGCL (collectively, the “Dissenting Shares”) shall not be converted into or represent the right to receive the Merger Consideration described in Section 1.5 attributable to such Dissenting Shares. Such stockholders shall be entitled to receive payment of the appraised value of such shares of Company Capital Stock held by them in accordance with the DGCL, unless and until such stockholders fail to perfect or effectively withdraw or otherwise lose their appraisal rights under the DGCL. All Dissenting Shares held by stockholders who shall have failed to perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn or lost their right to appraisal of such shares of Company Capital Stock under the DGCL (whether occurring before, at or after the Effective Time) shall thereupon be deemed to be converted into and to have become exchangeable for, as of the Effective Time, the right to receive the Merger Consideration, without interest, attributable to such Dissenting Shares upon their surrender in the manner provided in Sections 1.5 and 1.7.
(b) The Company shall give Parent prompt written notice of any demands by dissenting stockholders received by the Company, withdrawals of such demands and any other instruments served on the Company and any material correspondence received by the Company in connection with such demands, and Parent shall have the right to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands. The Company shall not, except with Parent’s prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such demands, or approve any withdrawal of any such demands or agree to do any of the foregoing.
1.9 Further Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is determined by the Surviving Corporation to be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement or to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession of and to all rights and property of the Company, then the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be fully authorized, and shall use their and its commercially reasonable efforts (in the name of the Company or in the name of the Surviving Corporation and otherwise) to take such action at the cost and expense of the Parent or Surviving Corporation.
1.10 Withholding. The Parties and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of Company Capital Stock or any other Person such amounts as such Party or the Exchange Agent reasonably determines it is required to deduct and withhold under the Code or any other Law with respect to the making of such payment. To the extent that amounts are so deducted and withheld and paid to the appropriate Governmental Body, such deducted and withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made. To the extent it is determined that any such deduction or withholding is required in respect of payment to a holder of Company Capital Stock (other than by reason of failure of such holder to provide an IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 with the letter of transmittal in accordance with Section 1.7(b)), the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts (including using commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Agent) (x) to notify the Person in respect of which such deduction or withholding is being made and (y) to the extent permitted by applicable Law, cooperate with such Person to the extent reasonably requested to establish an exemption or reduction of, or otherwise minimize, such deduction and withholding.
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ARTICLE II.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Subject to Section 10.13(i), except as set forth in the written disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to Parent (the “Company Disclosure Schedule”, which shall be deemed to include all material and information delivered to Parent in response to the Parent’s due diligence checklist, whether or not specifically included on a schedule), the Company, to the Company’s Knowledge, represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as follows:
2.1 Due Organization; Subsidiaries.
(a) The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all necessary corporate power and authority: (i) to conduct its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted; (ii) to own or lease and use its property and assets in the manner in which its property and assets are currently owned or leased and used; and (iii) to perform its obligations under all Contracts by which it is bound, except, in each of the foregoing cases, where the failure to have such power or authority would not reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the ability of the Company to consummate the Contemplated Transactions.
(b) The Company is duly licensed and qualified to do business, and is in good standing (to the extent applicable in such jurisdiction), under the Laws of all jurisdictions where the nature of its business requires such licensing or qualification other than in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified individually or in the aggregate would not be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(c) The Company has no Subsidiaries, except for Nina (China) Corp. and Nina Footwear Limited, and neither the Company, Nina (China) Corp. nor Nina Footwear Limited, owns any capital stock of, or any equity, ownership or profit sharing interest of any nature in, or controls directly or indirectly, any other entity, except for the Company’s control of Nina (China) Corp. and Nina Footwear Limited. Each of Company’s Subsidiaries is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and, if applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has all necessary corporate or other power and authority to conduct its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted and to own or lease and use its property and assets in the manner in which its property and assets are currently owned or leased and used, except where the failure to have such power or authority would not be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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(d) Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has, is or has otherwise been, directly or indirectly, a party to, member of or participant in any partnership, joint venture or similar business entity.
(e) Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any capital stock of, or any equity, ownership or profit sharing interest of any nature in, or controls directly or indirectly, any other entity, except as described in subsection (c), above.
(f) Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have agreed or are obligated to make, or are bound by any Contract under which they may become obligated to make, any future investment in or capital contribution to any other Entity. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have, at any time, been a general partner of, or have otherwise been liable for any of the debts or other obligations of, any general partnership, limited partnership or other Entity.
2.2 Organizational Documents. The Company has made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries in effect as of the date of this Agreement. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach or violation of its respective Organizational Documents in any material respect.
2.3 Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement.
(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have all necessary corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and, subject to receipt of the Required Company Stockholder Vote (defined below in Section 2.4), to perform their obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Contemplated Transactions. The Company Board (at a meeting duly called and held or by written consent in lieu of a meeting) has Unanimously: (i) determined that the Contemplated Transactions are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders; (ii) authorized, approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions; and (iii) determined to recommend, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, that the stockholders of the Company vote to approve the Company Stockholder Matters.
(b) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
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2.4 Vote Required. The affirmative vote (or written consent) of a majority of the outstanding Company Capital Stock (the “Required Company Stockholder Vote”), is the only vote (or written consent) of the holders of any class or series of Company Capital Stock necessary to adopt and approve this Agreement and approve the Contemplated Transactions.
2.5 Non-Contravention; Consents.
(a) Subject to obtaining the Required Company Stockholder Vote and the filing of the Certificate of Merger required by the DGCL, neither (x) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Company, nor (y) the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, will directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time):
(i) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of any of the provisions of the Organizational Documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(ii) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of, any Law or any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of the assets owned or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is subject, except as would not reasonably be expected to constitute, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(iii) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of any of the terms or requirements of, or give any Governmental Body the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate or modify, any Governmental Authorization that is held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as would not reasonably be expected to constitute, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or result in a default under, any provision of any Company Material Contract, or give any Person the right to: (A) declare a default or exercise any remedy under any Company Material Contract (defined below under Section 2.13); (B) receive any material payment, rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule under any Company Material Contract solely as a result of the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions; (C) accelerate the maturity or performance of any Company Material Contract; or (D) cancel, terminate or modify any term of any Company Material Contract, except as would not reasonably be expected to constitute, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect; or
(v) result in the imposition or creation of any Encumbrance upon or with respect to any asset owned or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (except for Permitted Encumbrances), except as would not reasonably be expected to constitute, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) Except for (A) any Consent set forth on Section 2.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule under any Company Material Contract, (B) the Required Company Stockholder Vote, (C) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the DGCL, and (D) such consents, waivers, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings as may be required under applicable federal and state securities Laws, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries was, is or will not be required to make any filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any Consent from, any Person in connection with (x) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, or (y) the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, which if individually or in the aggregate were not given or obtained, would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the ability of the Company to consummate the Contemplated Transactions.
(c) The Company Board has taken and will take all actions necessary to ensure that the restrictions applicable to business combinations contained in Section 203 of the DGCL are, and will be, inapplicable to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and to the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions. No other state Takeover Statute or similar Law applies or purports to apply to the Merger, this Agreement, or any of the Contemplated Transactions.
2.6 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized Company Capital Stock as of the date of this Agreement consists of (i) 10,000 shares of Company Common Stock, of which 2,320 shares have been issued and 2,320 shares are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. Section 2.6(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, as of the date of this Agreement, each record holder of issued and outstanding Company Capital Stock and the number and type of shares of Company Capital Stock held by such holder. Section 2.6(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule also lists, as of the date of this Agreement, each record holder of issued and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary of the Company and the number and type of shares of capital stock held by such holder.
(b) All of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and capital stock of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth in the Investor Agreements, none of the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock or shares of capital stock of the Company’s Subsidiaries, are entitled or subject to any preemptive right, right of participation, right of maintenance or any similar right and none of the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock or shares of capital stock of the Company’s Subsidiaries, are subject to any right of first refusal in favor of the Company or any Subsidiary. The issuance and exchange of the Merger Consideration will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Company Capital Stock or other securities to any Person and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of such security or instrument (other than any proportionate adjustment as a result of any stock split, division or subdivision of shares, stock dividend, reverse stock split, consolidation of shares, reclassification, recapitalization or other similar transaction). Except as contemplated herein and in the Investor Agreements, there is no Company Contract relating to the voting or registration of, or restricting any Person from purchasing, selling, pledging or otherwise disposing of (or granting any option or similar right with respect to), any shares of Company Capital Stock or shares of capital stock of the Company’s Subsidiaries. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are not under any obligation, nor are they bound by any Contract, pursuant to which they may become obligated, to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock, shares of capital stock of the Company’s Subsidiaries, or other securities.
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(c) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries do not have any stock option plan or any other plan, program, agreement or arrangement providing for any equity-based compensation for any Person.
(d) There is no: (i) outstanding subscription, option, call, warrant or right (whether or not currently exercisable) to acquire any shares of the capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) outstanding security, instrument or obligation that is or may become convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of the capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (iii) condition or circumstance that could be reasonably likely to give rise to or provide a basis for the assertion of a claim by any Person to the effect that such Person is entitled to acquire or receive any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or other similar rights with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(e) All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and other securities of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have been issued and granted in material compliance with (i) all applicable securities Laws and other applicable Laws, and (ii) all requirements set forth in applicable Contracts.
2.7 Financial Statements.
(a) Section 2.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules includes true and complete copies of (i) the Company’s audited balance sheets at December 31, 2022 and 2021, together with related audited statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows, and notes thereto, of the Company for the fiscal years then ended and (ii) the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet, together with the unaudited statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company for the period reflected in the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet (collectively, the “Company Financials”). The Company Financials were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby (except as may be indicated in the notes to such Company Financials and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain footnotes and are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments, none of which are material in amount) and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and operating results of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated therein.
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(b) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintains accurate books and records reflecting its assets and liabilities and maintains a system of internal accounting controls designed to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability of the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ assets; (iii) access to the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries assets are permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ assets are compared with the existing assets at regular intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) accounts, notes and other payables are recorded accurately, and proper and adequate procedures are implemented to effect the collection or payment thereof on a current and timely basis. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain internal control over financial reporting that provides reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP.
(c) The Company has no securitization transactions and “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as described in Instruction 8 to Item 303(b) of Regulation S-K as promulgated under the Securities Act) effected by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries since January 1, 2023.
(d) Since January 1, 2023, there have been no formal internal investigations regarding financial reporting or accounting policies and practices discussed with, reviewed by or initiated at the direction of the Chief Executive Officer or Controller of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company Board or any committee thereof or any board or committee of any Subsidiary. Since January 1, 2021, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have not identified (i) any significant deficiency or material weakness in the design or operation of the system of internal accounting controls utilized by the Company or its Subsidiaries, (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company’s or any Subsidiary management or other employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by the Company or any Subsidiary, or (iii) any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing.
2.8 Absence of Changes.
(a) Between the date of the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet and the date of this Agreement, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have conducted their business only in the Ordinary Course of Business (except for the execution and performance of this Agreement and the discussions, negotiations and transactions related thereto, including the Contemplated Transactions) and there has not been any action, event or occurrence that would have required the consent of Parent pursuant to Section 4.2(b) of this Agreement had such action, event or occurrence taken place after the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
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(b) Between the date of the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet and the date of this Agreement, there has not been any Company Material Adverse Effect.
2.9 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries does not have any liability, indebtedness, obligation, expense, claim, deficiency, guaranty or endorsement of any kind, whether accrued, absolute, contingent, matured, unmatured or otherwise (each, a “Liability”), individually or in the aggregate, of a type required to be recorded or reflected on a balance sheet or disclosed in the footnotes thereto under GAAP except for: (a) Liabilities disclosed, reflected or reserved against in the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet; (b) normal and recurring current Liabilities that have been incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries since the date of the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet in the Ordinary Course of Business and which are not in excess of $62,500 in the aggregate; (c) Liabilities for performance of obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries’ under Company Contracts which have not resulted from a breach of such Company Contracts, breach of warranty, tort, infringement or violation of Law; (d) Liabilities incurred in connection with the Contemplated Transactions; (e) Liabilities described in Section 2.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedule; and (f) Liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business consistent with past practices.
2.10 Title to Assets. Except as described on Section 2.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns, and has good and valid title to, or, in the case of leased properties and assets, valid leasehold interests in, all tangible properties or tangible assets and equipment used or held for use in its business or operations or purported to be owned by it, including: (a) all tangible assets reflected on the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet; and (b) all other tangible assets reflected in the books and records of the Company as being owned by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries subject to increase and decrease since the date of the Company Unaudited Balance Sheet in the Ordinary Course of Business. All of such assets are owned or, in the case of leased assets, leased by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, free and clear of any Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances and as described on Section 2.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
2.11 Real Property; Leasehold. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries do not own and have never owned any real property. Section 2.11 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth all real properties with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly holds a valid leasehold interest as well as any other real estate that is in the possession of or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and the Company has made available to Parent copies of all leases under which any such real property is possessed (the “Company Real Estate Leases”), each of which is in full force and effect, with no existing material default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s Knowledge, the other party thereto, thereunder. The Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ use and operation of each such leased property conforms to all applicable Laws in all material respects, and the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have exclusive possession of each such leased property and have not granted any occupancy rights to tenants or licensees with respect to such leased property. In addition, each such leased property, is free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances.
2.12 Intellectual Property.
(a) Section 2.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies (i) the name of the applicant/registrant, (ii) the jurisdiction of application/registration, (iii) the application or registration number and (iv) any other co-owners, for each item of Registered IP owned in whole or in part by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (the “Company Owned Registered IP”). Each of the patents and patent applications included in the Company Owned Registered IP identifies by name each and every inventor of the inventions claimed therein as determined in accordance with applicable Laws of the United States. (A) The Company Owned Registered IP, other than any pending application, is subsisting and, to the Company’s Knowledge, valid and enforceable; (B) none of the Company Owned Registered IP has been withdrawn, cancelled or abandoned; and (C) to the Company’s Knowledge, all application, registration, issuance, renewal and/or maintenance fees due for the Company Owned Registered IP having a due date on or before the date of this Agreement have been paid in full, and all necessary documents and certificates have been filed with United States Patent and Trademark Office or equivalent authority or registrar anywhere in the world, as the case may be, for the purposes of maintaining such Company Owned Registered IP. To the Company’s Knowledge, with respect to each item of Company Owned Registered IP, neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, nor its counsel has misrepresented, or failed to disclose, any material facts or circumstances in any application for any Company Owned Registered IP or during the prosecution thereof that would constitute fraud or a misrepresentation with respect to such application or that would otherwise affect the enforceability of any such Company Owned Registered IP. As of the date of this Agreement, no interference, opposition, cancellation, reissue, reexamination or other proceeding of any nature (other than initial examination proceedings) is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened, in which the scope, validity, enforceability or ownership of any Company Owned Registered IP is being or has been contested or challenged.
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(b) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries own all right, title and interest in and to all Company IP, free and clear of all Encumbrances (except for pervasive liens or encumbrances given as part of institutional lending or lines of credit, including UCC-1 filings, and the like) other than Permitted Encumbrances and, to the Company’s Knowledge, have the right, pursuant to a Company In-bound License (as defined below in Section 2.12(d)) to use all other material Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries in its business as currently conducted. To the Company’s Knowledge, the Company IP and the material Intellectual Property Rights exclusively licensed to the Company and each of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a Company In-bound License (defined in Section 2.12(d))(the “Company In-Licensed IP”) are all the Intellectual Property Rights necessary to operate the business of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted as of the date of this Agreement. Section 2.12(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies (i) the name of the applicant/registrant, (ii) the jurisdiction of application/registration, (iii) the application or registration number and (iv) any other co-owners, for each item of Company In-Licensed IP that constitutes Registered IP (the “Company In-Licensed Registered IP”). To the Company’s Knowledge, (A) the Company In-Licensed Registered IP, other than any pending application, is subsisting and valid and enforceable; (B) none of the Company In-Licensed Registered IP has been withdrawn, cancelled or abandoned; and (C) to the Company’s Knowledge, all application, registration, issuance, renewal and maintenance fees due for the Company In-Licensed Registered IP having a due date on or before the date of this Agreement have been paid in full, and all necessary documents and certificates have been filed with United States Patent and Trademark Office or equivalent authority or registrar anywhere in the world, as the case may be, for the purposes of maintaining such Company In-Licensed Registered IP. To the Company’s Knowledge, with respect to each item of Company In-Licensed Registered IP, no licensor of any Company In-Licensed Registered IP nor anyone acting on such licensor’s behalf has misrepresented, or failed to disclose, any material facts or circumstances in any application for any Company In-Licensed Registered IP or during the prosecution thereof that would constitute fraud or a misrepresentation with respect to such application or that would otherwise affect the enforceability of any such Company In-Licensed Registered IP. To the Company’s Knowledge, as of the date of this Agreement, no interference, opposition, cancellation, reissue, reexamination or other proceeding of any nature (other than initial examination proceedings) is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened, in which the scope, validity, enforceability or ownership of any Company In-Licensed Registered IP is being or has been contested or challenged. No Company Associate owns or has any claim, right (whether or not currently exercisable) or interest to or in any Company IP, and each Company Associate involved in the creation or development of any material Company IP, pursuant to such Company Associate’s activities on behalf of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, has signed a valid, enforceable written agreement containing a present assignment of all of such Company Associate’s rights in such Company IP to the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (without further payment being owed to any such Company Associate and without any restrictions or obligations on the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries ownership or use thereof) and confidentiality provisions protecting the Company IP, which, to the Company’s Knowledge, has not been breached by such Company Associate. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable steps to protect, maintain and enforce all Company IP and Company In-Licensed IP (to the extent that the Company has the right to maintain and enforce such Company In-Licensed IP), including the secrecy, confidentiality and value of trade secrets and other confidential information therein, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, there have been no unauthorized disclosures of any Company IP or Company In-Licensed IP. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions will cause: (i) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to grant to any third party any rights in or to any Company IP or Company In-Licensed IP beyond those rights granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any such Company IP owned by it or Company In-Licensed IP licensed to it under the terms of any Company Material Contract regardless of this Agreement or the Contemplated Transactions, (ii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to be bound by, or subject to, any non-compete, non-solicit or other restriction on the operation or scope of its business beyond those restrictions that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound by or subject to under the terms of any Company Material Contract regardless of this Agreement or the Contemplated Transactions, or (iii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to be obligated to pay any payments of any kind to any Person with respect to Intellectual Property Rights of such Person other than those payable pursuant to any Company Material Contracts by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries regardless of this Agreement or the Contemplated Transactions.
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(c) No funding, facilities or personnel of any Governmental Body or any university, college, research institute or other educational or academic institution has been used, in whole or in part, to create any Company IP, to the Company’s Knowledge, or any Company In-Licensed IP, except for any such funding or use of facilities or personnel that does not result in such Governmental Body or institution obtaining ownership or other rights (including any “march in” rights or a right to direct the location of manufacturing of products) to such Company IP or Company In-Licensed IP or the right to receive royalties or other consideration for the practice of such Company IP or Company In-Licensed IP.
(d) Section 2.12(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth each Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) is granted a license under any material Intellectual Property Right owned by any third party that is used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in its business as currently conducted (each a “Company In-bound License”) or (ii) grants to any third party a license under any material Company IP or any material Intellectual Property Right licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under a Company In-bound License (each a “Company Out-bound License”) (provided that, Company In-bound Licenses shall not include material transfer agreements, services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, commercially available Software-as-a-Service offerings, off-the-shelf software licenses or generally available patent license agreements, in each case entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business on a non-exclusive basis and that do not grant any commercial rights to any products or services of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and Company Out-bound Licenses shall not include material transfer agreements, services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, or non-exclusive outbound licenses, in each case entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business on a non-exclusive basis and that do not grant any commercial rights to any products or services of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries). Neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any other party to any Company In-bound License or Company Out-bound License has breached or is in breach of any of its obligations under any Company In-bound License or Company Out-bound License.
(e) To the Company’s Knowledge: (i) the operation of the business of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted does not infringe any valid and enforceable issued or granted Registered IP or misappropriate or otherwise violate any other issued or granted Intellectual Property Right owned by any other Person; and (ii) no other Person is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Company IP or any Company In-Licensed IP. As of the date of this Agreement, no Legal Proceeding is pending (or, to the Company’s Knowledge, is threatened) (A) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries alleging that the operation of the businesses of the Company infringes or constitutes the misappropriation or other violation of any issued or granted Intellectual Property Rights of another Person or (B) by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries alleging that another Person has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any of the Company IP or any Company In-Licensed IP. Other than as set forth on Section 2.12(e) of the Company’s Disclosure Schedule, since January 1, 2020, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have not received any written notice or other written communication alleging that the operation of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes or constitutes the misappropriation or other violation of any issued or granted Intellectual Property Right of another Person.
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(f) Other than as set forth on Section 2.12(f), none of the Company IP or, to the Company’s Knowledge, Company In-Licensed IP is subject to any pending or outstanding injunction, directive, order, decree, settlement, judgment or other disposition of dispute that adversely and materially restricts the use, transfer, registration or licensing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any such Company IP or Company In-Licensed IP or otherwise would, to the Company’s Knowledge, reasonably be expected to adversely affect the validity, scope, use, registrability, or enforceability of any Company IP or Company In-Licensed IP.
(g) To the Company’s Knowledge, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, in the operation of their business, is in substantial compliance with all applicable Laws pertaining to data privacy and data security of any personally identifiable information and sensitive business information (collectively, “Sensitive Data”). To the Company’s Knowledge, since January 1, 2020, there have been (i) no material losses or thefts of data or security breaches relating to Sensitive Data used in the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) no violations of any security policy of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries regarding any such Sensitive Data, (iii) no unauthorized access or unauthorized use of any Sensitive Data used in the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (iv) no unintended or improper disclosure of any personally identifiable information in the possession, custody or control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or a contractor or agent acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case of clauses (i) through (iv).
(h) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is not now nor has it ever been a member or promoter of, or a contributor to, any industry standards body or any similar organization that, to the Company’s Knowledge, would reasonably be expected to require or obligate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to grant or offer to any other Person any license or right to any Company IP or Company In-Licensed IP.
2.13 Agreements, Contracts and Commitments.
(a) Section 2.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists the following Company Contracts in effect as of the date of this Agreement affecting more than $50,000 of value or consideration, unless otherwise stated (other than any Company Benefit Plans) (each, a “Company Material Contract” and collectively, the “Company Material Contracts”):
(i) each Company Contract that would be a material contract as defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K as promulgated under the Securities Act (assuming the Company was subject to the public reporting requirements of the Exchange Act);
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(ii) each Company Contract relating to any agreement of indemnification or guaranty not entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business.
(iii) each Company Contract containing (A) any covenant limiting the freedom of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation to engage in any line of business or compete with any Person, (B) any “most-favored nations” pricing provisions or marketing or distribution rights related to any products or territory, (C) any exclusivity provision, (D) any agreement to purchase minimum quantity of goods or services, or (E) any material non-solicitation provisions applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iv) each Company Contract relating to capital expenditures and requiring payments after the date of this Agreement in excess of $62,500 pursuant to its express terms and not cancelable without penalty;
(v) each Company Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition of material assets or any ownership interest in any Entity;
(vi) each Company Contract relating to any mortgages, indentures, loans, notes or credit agreements, security agreements or other agreements or instruments relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit in excess of $62,500 or creating any material Encumbrances with respect to any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any loans or debt obligations with officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(vii) each Company Contract requiring payment by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement in excess of $62,500 pursuant to its express terms relating to: (A) any distribution agreement (identifying any that contain exclusivity provisions); (B) any dealer, distributor, joint marketing, alliance, joint venture, cooperation, collaboration, development or other agreement currently in force under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have continuing obligations to develop or market any product, technology or service, or any agreement pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have continuing obligations to develop any Intellectual Property Rights that will not be owned, in whole or in part, by the Company or such Subsidiaries; or (C) any Contract to license any third party to manufacture or produce any product, service or technology of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Contract to sell, distribute or commercialize any products or service of the Company, in each case, except for Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business;
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(viii) each Company Contract with any Person, including any financial advisor, broker, finder, investment banker or other Person, providing advisory services to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Contemplated Transactions;
(ix) each Company Real Estate Lease;
(x) each Company Contract with any Governmental Body;
(xi) each Company Out-bound License and Company In-bound License;
(xii) each Company Contract containing any royalty, dividend or similar arrangement based on the revenues or profits of the Company;
(xiii) each Company Contract relating to the future payment of any money to any Person in excess of $62,500 in aggregate;
(xiv) each Company Contract entered into within the last two fiscal years, or which continues to be binding on the Company as of the date of this Agreement, which be disclosable pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K as promulgated under the Securities Act (assuming the Company was subject to the public reporting requirements of the Exchange Act);or
(xv) any other Company Contract that is not terminable at will (with no penalty or payment) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (A) which involves payment or receipt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement under any such Contract of more than $62,500 in the aggregate or (B) that is material to the business or operations of the Company.
(b) The Company has delivered or made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all Company Material Contracts, including all amendments thereto. There are no Company Material Contracts that are not in written form. As of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any other party to a Company Material Contract, has breached, violated or defaulted under, or received notice that it breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the terms or conditions of, or Laws applicable to, any Company Material Contract in such manner as would permit any other party to cancel or terminate any such Company Material Contract, or would permit any other party to seek damages or pursue other legal remedies which would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or their business or operations. As to the Company, as of the date of this Agreement, each Company Material Contract is valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. No Person is renegotiating, or has a right pursuant to the terms of any Company Material Contract to change, any material amount paid or payable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Company Material Contract or any other material term or provision of any Company Material Contract.
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2.14 Compliance; Permits; Restrictions.
(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is, and since January 1, 2022, have been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws, including, but not limited to, the United States Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), the Consumer Products Safety Commission (“CPSC”), the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (“CPSIA”), and regulations adopted thereunder and any other similar Law administered or promulgated by the FTC, CPSC, CPSIA, or other comparable Governmental Body responsible for regulation of the development, manufacturing, sale, marketing, distribution of clothing, merchandise and accessories (each, a “Regulatory Agency”), except for any noncompliance, either individually or in the aggregate, which would not be material to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No investigation, claim, suit, proceeding, audit or other action by any Governmental Body is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There is no agreement, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which (i) has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any acquisition of material property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the conduct of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted, (ii) is reasonably likely to have an adverse effect on the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ ability to comply with or perform any covenant or obligation under this Agreement, or (iii) is reasonably likely to have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with the Contemplated Transactions.
(b) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries holds all required Governmental Authorizations which are material to the operation of the business of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted (the “Company Permits”). Section 2.14(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies each Company Permit. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (as applicable) holds all right, title and interest in and to all Company Permits free and clear of any Encumbrance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with the terms of the Company Permits (as applicable). No Legal Proceeding is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened, which seeks to revoke, limit, suspend, or materially modify any Company Permit. The rights and benefits of each Company Permit will be available to the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time on terms substantially similar to those enjoyed by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (as applicable) as of the date of this Agreement and immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(c) There are no proceedings pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened with respect to an alleged material violation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of the FTC, CPSC, CPSIA, regulations adopted thereunder or any other similar Law administered or promulgated by any Regulatory Agency.
(d) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is not currently conducting or addressing, and to the Company’s Knowledge there is no basis to expect that it will be required to conduct or address, any corrective actions, including, without limitation, product recalls.
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(e) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have made available to Parent true and complete copies of all material notices, correspondence or other communications received by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries from any Regulatory Agency, if any.
(f) No debarment or exclusionary claims, actions, proceedings or investigations in respect of their business or products are pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their officers, employees or agents.
2.15 Legal Proceedings; Orders.
(a) As of the date of this Agreement, there is no pending Legal Proceeding and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no Person has threatened to commence any Legal Proceeding affecting $62,500 or more of damages or liability, and no Persons have threatened to commence any Legal Proceeding affecting an aggregate of $62,500 or more of damages or liability: (i) that involves (A) the Company, (B) any of its Subsidiaries, (C) any Company Associate (in his or her capacity as such) or (D) any of the material assets owned or used by the Company or its Subsidiaries; or (ii) that challenges, or that would reasonably be expected to have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with, the Contemplated Transactions.
(b) Since January 1, 2022, no Legal Proceeding has been pending against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that resulted in material liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c) There is no order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of the material assets owned or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is subject affecting $62,500 or more of damages or liability. To the Company’s Knowledge, no officer or other employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree that prohibits such officer or employee from engaging in or continuing any conduct, activity or practice relating to the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to any material assets owned or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
2.16 Tax Matters.
(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have filed all material income Tax Returns and other material Tax Returns that they were required to file under applicable Law. All such Tax Returns are correct and complete in all material respects and have been prepared in compliance with all applicable Law. No written claim has ever been made by any Governmental Body in any jurisdiction where Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not file a particular Tax Return or pay a particular Tax that the Company or such Subsidiary is subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
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(b) All material income and other material Taxes due and owing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on or before the date hereof (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been fully paid. The unpaid Taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries did not, as of the date of the Company Balance Sheet, materially exceed the reserve for Tax liability (excluding any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax items) set forth on the face of the Company Balance Sheet. Since the date of the Company Balance Sheet, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have incurred any material Liability for Taxes outside the Ordinary Course of Business.
(c) All material Taxes that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are or were required by Law to withhold or collect have been duly and withheld or collected in all material respects on behalf of its respective employees, independent contractors, stockholders, equityholders, lenders, customers or other third parties and, have been paid to the proper Governmental Body or other Person or properly set aside in accounts for this purpose.
(d) There are no Encumbrances for material Taxes (other than Taxes not yet due and payable) upon any of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(e) No material deficiencies for income or other material Taxes with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been claimed, proposed or assessed by any Governmental Body in writing. There are no pending or ongoing, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened audits, assessments or other actions for or relating to any liability in respect of a material amount of Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (or any of their predecessors) have waived any statute of limitations in respect of any income or other material Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to any income or other material Tax assessment or deficiency.
(f) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.
(g) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Tax allocation agreement, Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnity agreement, or similar agreement or arrangement, other than customary commercial contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business the principal subject matter of which is not Taxes.
(h) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to include any material item of income in, or exclude any material item of deduction from, taxable income for any Tax period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) material change in method of accounting for Tax purposes made on or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) material use of an improper method of accounting for a Tax period ending on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date; (iv) intercompany transaction or excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) entered into on or prior to the Closing Date; (v) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; (vi) prepaid amount received or deferred revenue accrued on or prior to the Closing Date; (vii) application of Section 367(d) of the Code to any transfer of intangible property on or prior to the Closing Date; (viii) application of Sections 951 or 951A of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) to any income received or accrued on or prior to the Closing Date; or (ix) election under Section 108(i) of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) made on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company has not made any election under Section 965(h) of the Code.
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(i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have ever been (i) a member of a consolidated, combined or unitary Tax group (other than such a group the common Company of which is the Company) or (ii) a party to any joint venture, partnership, or other arrangement that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income Tax purposes. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have any Liability for any material Taxes of any Person (other than the Company and any of its Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign Law), or as a transferee or successor.
(j) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, other than Nina (China) Corp. and Nina Footwear Limited, (i) are a “controlled foreign corporation” as defined in Section 957 of the Code, (ii) is a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code, and (iii) other than in connection with Nina (China) Corp. and Nina Footwear Limited, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has ever had a permanent establishment (within the meaning of an applicable Tax treaty) or otherwise had an office or fixed place of business in a country other than the country in which it is organized.
(k) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have participated in or been a party to a transaction that, as of the date of this Agreement, constitutes a “listed transaction” that is required to be reported to the IRS pursuant to Section 6011 of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder.
(l) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have taken any action, nor, to Company’s Knowledge, is there any fact, that would reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment (defined below in Section 5.10).
(m) Except as disclosed in Section 2.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have availed itself of any Tax relief pursuant to any Pandemic Response Laws that could reasonably be expected to materially impact the Tax payment or Tax reporting obligations of the Company and its Affiliates (including the Company) after the Closing Date.
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For purposes of this Section 2.16, each reference to the Company shall be deemed to include any Person that was liquidated into, merged with, or is otherwise a predecessor to, the Company.
2.17 Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans.
(a) Section 2.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, as of the date of this Agreement, all material Company Benefit Plans, including, each Company Benefit Plan that provides for retirement, change in control, stay or retention, deferred compensation, incentive compensation, severance or retiree medical or life insurance benefits. “Company Benefit Plan” means each (i) “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and (ii) other pension, retirement, deferred compensation, excess benefit, profit sharing, bonus, incentive, equity or equity-based, phantom equity, employment (other than at-will employment offer letters on the Company’s standard form that may be terminated without notice and with no penalty to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and other than compensatory equity award agreements made pursuant to the Company’s standard forms, in which case only representative standard forms of such agreements shall be scheduled), consulting, severance, change-of-control, retention, health, life, disability, group insurance, paid-time off, holiday, welfare and fringe benefit plan, program, agreement, contract, or arrangement (other than regular salary or wages) (whether written or unwritten, qualified or nonqualified, funded or unfunded and including any that have been frozen or terminated), in any case, maintained, contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Company ERISA Affiliates for the benefit of any current or former employee, director, officer or independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have any actual or contingent liability (including, without limitation, as to the result of it being treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code with any other person).
(b) As applicable with respect to each material Company Benefit Plan, the Company has made available to the Company, true and complete copies of (i) each material Company Benefit Plan, including all amendments thereto, and in the case of an unwritten material Company Benefit Plan, a written description thereof, (ii) all current trust documents, investment management contracts, custodial agreements, administrative services agreements and insurance and annuity contracts relating thereto, (iii) the current summary plan description and each summary of material modifications thereto, (iv) the three most recently filed annual reports on Form 5500 and all schedules thereto, (v) the most recent IRS determination, opinion or advisory letter, (vi) the three most recent nondiscrimination testing reports, actuarial reports, and financial statements, (vii) all records, notices and filings concerning IRS or United States Department of Labor or other Governmental Body audits or investigations since January 1, 2020, (viii) each written report constituting a valuation of Company Capital Stock for purposes of Sections 409A or 422 of the Code, whether prepared internally by Company or by an outside, third-party valuation firm, and (ix) all material written materials provided to employees or participants relating to the amendment, termination, establishment, or increase or decrease in benefits under any Company Benefit Plan.
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(c) Each Company Benefit Plan has been maintained, operated and administered in compliance in all material respects with its terms and any related documents or agreements and the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and all other applicable Laws.
(d) The Company Benefit Plans which are “employee pension benefit plans” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA and which are intended to meet the qualification requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code have received determination or opinion letters from the IRS on which they may currently rely to the effect that such plans are qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and the related trusts are exempt from federal income Taxes under Section 501(a) of the Code, respectively, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, nothing has occurred that would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the qualification of such Company Benefit Plan or the tax exempt status of the related trust, except that sometimes the Company has not met the qualification requirements.
(e) None of Company, any of its Subsidiaries nor any Company ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains, contributes to, is required to contribute to, or has any actual or contingent liability with respect to, or has within the past six (6) years sponsored, maintained, contributed to, or been required to contribute to, (i) any “employee pension benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (ii) any “multiemployer plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA), (iii) any “multiple employer plan” (within the meaning of Section 413 of the Code) or (iv) any “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA), and none of the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates have, within the preceding six (6) years, incurred a complete or partial withdrawal from any “multiemployer plan” or otherwise incurred any liability under Section 4202 of ERISA.
(f) There are no pending audits or investigations by any Governmental Body involving any Company Benefit Plan, and no pending or, to Company’s Knowledge, threatened claims (except for individual claims for benefits payable in the normal operation of the Company Benefit Plans), suits or proceedings involving any Company Benefit Plan. All contributions and premium payments required to have been made under any of the Company Benefit Plans or by applicable Law (without regard to any waivers granted under Section 412 of the Code), have been timely made and neither Company nor any Company ERISA Affiliate has any liability for any unpaid contributions with respect to any Company Benefit Plan (other than contributions which may continue to be accrued in the Ordinary Course of Business).
(g) None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Company ERISA Affiliates, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any fiduciary, trustee or administrator of any Company Benefit Plan, has engaged in, or in connection with the Contemplated Transactions will engage in, any transaction with respect to any Company Benefit Plan which would subject any such Company Benefit Plan, the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Company ERISA Affiliates or the Company to a Tax, penalty or liability for a “prohibited transaction” under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
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(h) No Company Benefit Plan provides (i) death, medical, dental, vision, life insurance or other welfare benefits beyond termination of service or retirement, other than coverage mandated by Law or (ii) death or retirement benefits under a Company Benefit Plan qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, and neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries nor any Company ERISA Affiliates have made a written or oral representation promising the same.
(i) Neither the execution of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions will, either alone or in connection with any other event(s), (i) result in any payment becoming due to any current or former employee, director, officer, independent contractor or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) increase any amount of compensation or benefits otherwise payable to any current or former employee, director, officer, independent contractor or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, funding or vesting of any benefits under any Company Benefit Plan, (iv) require any contribution or payment to fund any obligation under any Company Benefit Plan, or (v) limit the right to merge, amend or terminate any Company Benefit Plan.
(j) Neither the execution of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions (either alone or when combined with the occurrence of any other event, including a termination of employment) will result in the receipt or retention by any person who is a “disqualified individual” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries of any payment or benefit that is or could be characterized as a “parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code), determined without regard to the application of Section 280G(b)(5) of the Code.
(k) To the Company’s Knowledge, each Company Benefit Plan providing for deferred compensation that constitutes a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as defined in Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) is, and has been, established, administered and maintained in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.
(l) No Person has any “gross up” agreements with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other assurance of reimbursement or compensation by Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any Taxes imposed under Section 409A or Section 4999 of the Code.
(m) The Company does not have any Company Benefit Plan that is maintained for service providers located outside of the United States.
(n) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by, or has a duty to bargain under, any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with a labor union or labor organization representing any of its employees, and there is no labor union or labor organization representing or, to the Company’s Knowledge, purporting to represent or seeking to represent any employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries, including through the filing of a petition for representation election.
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(o) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is, and since January 1, 2022, has been, in material compliance with all applicable Laws respecting labor, employment, employment practices, and terms and conditions of employment, including worker classification, discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment and retaliation, equal employment opportunities, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, immigration, employee safety and health, wages (including overtime wages), unemployment and workers’ compensation, leaves of absence, and hours of work. Except as would not be reasonably likely to result in a material liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, with respect to employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries, since January 1, 2022: (i) has withheld and reported all amounts required by Law or by agreement to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments, benefits, or compensation to employees, (ii) is not liable for any arrears of wages (including overtime wages), severance pay or any Taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing, and (iii) is not liable for any payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Body, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, disability, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than routine payments to be made in the Ordinary Course of Business). There are no actions, suits, claims, charges, demands, lawsuits, investigations, audits, administrative matters or other Legal Proceedings pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any current or former employee, applicant for employment, consultant, employment agreement or Company Benefit Plan (other than routine claims for benefits). All employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries are employed “at-will” and their employment can be terminated without advance notice or payment of severance, except to any severance payments that may have voluntarily been paid by the Company prior to the date of this Agreement.
(p) Except as would not be reasonably likely to result in a material liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, with respect to each individual who currently renders services to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have accurately classified each such individual as an employee, independent contractor, or otherwise under all applicable Laws and, for each individual classified as an employee, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have accurately classified him or her as overtime eligible or overtime ineligible under all applicable Laws. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have any material liability with respect to any misclassification of: (a) any Person as an independent contractor rather than as an employee, (b) any employee leased from another employer, or (c) any employee currently or formerly classified as exempt from overtime wages.
(q) There is not and has not been since January 1, 2022, nor is there or has there been since January 1, 2022, any threat of, any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, union election petition, demand for recognition, or any similar activity or dispute, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any union organizing activity, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No event has occurred, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no condition or circumstance exists, that might directly or indirectly give rise to or provide a basis for the commencement of any such strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, union election petition, demand for recognition, or any similar activity or dispute.
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(r) Section 2.17(r) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all employees of the Company as of the date of this Agreement, setting forth for each employee his or her position or title, and date of hire.
2.18 Environmental Matters. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance, and since January 1, 2022, have complied, with all applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes the possession by Company and its Subsidiaries of all permits and other Governmental Authorizations required under applicable Environmental Laws and compliance with the terms and conditions thereof, except for any failure to be in such compliance that, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have received since January 1, 2022, any written notice or other communication (in writing or otherwise), whether from a Governmental Body or other Person, that alleges that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is not in compliance with or has liability pursuant to any Environmental Law and, to the Company’s Knowledge, there are no circumstances that could reasonably be expected to prevent or interfere with the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ compliance with any Environmental Law in the future, except where such failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s Knowledge, no current or (during the time a prior property was leased or controlled by Company or any of its Subsidiaries) prior property leased or controlled by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have had a release of or exposure to Hazardous Materials in material violation of or as would reasonably be expected to result in any material liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law. No consent, approval or Governmental Authorization of or registration or filing with any Governmental Body is required by any applicable Environmental Laws in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions.
2.19 Insurance. Company has delivered or made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of all material insurance policies and all material self-insurance programs and arrangements relating to the business, assets, liabilities and operations of Company and each of its Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement. Each of such insurance policies is in full force and effect and the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with the terms thereof. Other than customary end of policy notifications from insurance carriers, since January 1, 2022, neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any notice or other communication regarding any actual or possible: (i) cancellation or invalidation of any insurance policy; or (ii) refusal or denial of any coverage, reservation of rights or rejection of any material claim under any insurance policy. Company and each of its Subsidiaries have provided timely written notice to the appropriate insurance carrier(s) of each Legal Proceeding that is currently pending against Company or any of its Subsidiaries for which the Company or such Subsidiary has insurance coverage, and no such carrier has issued a denial of coverage or a reservation of rights with respect to any such Legal Proceeding or informed the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of its intent to do so.
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2.20 No Financial Advisors. Except as set forth in Section 2.20 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage fee, finder’s fee, opinion fee, success fee, transaction fee or other fee or commission in connection with the Contemplated Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
2.21 Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) Except as set forth in the Parent SEC Documents filed prior to the date of this Agreement or as set forth in Section 2.21(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no material transactions or relationships, since January 1, 2021, between, on one hand, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and, on the other hand, any (i) executive officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any of such executive officer’s or director’s immediate family members, (ii) owner of more than 5% of the voting power of the outstanding Company Capital Stock or any of its Subsidiaries’ capital stock or (iii) to the Company’s Knowledge, any “related person” (within the meaning of Item 404 of Regulation S-K as promulgated under the Securities Act) of any such executive officer, director or equityholder (other than the Company) in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) that is of the type that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K as promulgated under the Securities Act (assuming the Company and each of its Subsidiaries was subject to the public reporting requirements of the Exchange Act).
(b) Section 2.21(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists each stockholders’ agreement, voting agreement, registration rights agreement, co-sale agreement or other similar Contract between the Company and any holders of the Company Capital Stock and/or capital stock of any Subsidiary, including any such Contract granting any Person investor rights, rights of first refusal, rights of first offer, registration rights, director designation rights or similar rights (collectively, the “Investor Agreements”).
2.22 Anti-Bribery. None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or, to the Company’s Knowledge, agents or any other Person acting on their behalf has directly or indirectly made any bribes, rebates, payoffs, influence payments, kickbacks, illegal payments, illegal political contributions, or other payments, in the form of cash, gifts, or otherwise, or taken any other action, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any other anti-bribery or anti-corruption Law (collectively, the “Anti-Bribery Laws”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has been the subject of any investigation or inquiry by any Governmental Body with respect to potential violations of Anti-Bribery Laws.
2.23 Recalls. Except as disclosed on Section 2.23 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since January 1, 2022, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not voluntarily or involuntarily initiated, conducted or issued, or caused to be initiated, conducted or issued, any recall, market withdrawal or replacement, safety alert, warning, safety alert or other notice or action relating to an alleged lack of safety, efficacy or regulatory compliance of any Company Product (each reference to which shall include any Products of any Company Subsidiary). The Company is not aware of any facts which would reasonably be expected to result in (i) the recall, market withdrawal or replacement of any Company Product sold nor intended to be sold by the Company, (ii) a change in the marketing classification or a material change in the labeling of any such Company Products, or (iii) a termination or suspension of the marketing of such Products. No Company Product has ever been the subject of any recall or other similar action of any Governmental Body. Except as disclosed on Section 2.23 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company Products is subject to or bound by, any Contract that limits or restricts the ability of any of the Company to develop, manufacture, market or sell any Company Product for any period of time, in any territory, to or for any particular customer or group of customers or in any other material respect.
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2.24 Accredited Investor Status of Company Stockholders. All of the stockholders of the Company are “accredited investors” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
2.25 Disclaimer of Other Representations or Warranties. Except as previously set forth in this ARTICLE II or in any certificate delivered by the Company to Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to this Agreement, the Company makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, at law or in equity, with respect to it or any of its assets, liabilities or operations, and any such other representations or warranties are hereby expressly disclaimed.
2.26 Foreign Corrupt Practice. Since January 1, 2022, neither the Company, nor to the Company’s Knowledge, any agent or other Person acting on behalf of the Company, has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the FCPA.
2.27 No Disqualification Events. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries, any of their respective predecessors, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company or its Subsidiaries participating in the Contemplated Transactions, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of the entry into this Agreement (each, a “Company Covered Person” and, together, “Company Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Company Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have complied, to the extent applicable, with their respective disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and have furnished to the Parent a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
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ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Subject to Section 10.13(i), except (a) as set forth in the written disclosure schedule delivered by Parent to the Company (the “Parent Disclosure Schedule”, which shall be deemed to include all material and information delivered to Company in response to the Company’s due diligence checklist, whether or not specifically included on a schedule), or (b) except for purposes of Section 3.6 and Section 3.8(b), as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents filed with, or furnished to, the SEC at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date of this Agreement and publicly available on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system (but (i) without giving effect to any amendment thereof filed with, or furnished to, the SEC on or after the date of this Agreement and (ii) excluding any disclosures contained under the heading “Risk Factors” and any disclosure of risks included in any “forward-looking statements” disclaimer or in any other section to the extent they are forward-looking statements or cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature), Parent and Merger Sub represent and warrant to the Company as follows:
3.1 Due Organization; Subsidiaries.
(a) Each of Parent and Merger Sub is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, and has all necessary corporate power and authority: (i) to conduct its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted; (ii) to own or lease and use its property and assets in the manner in which its property and assets are currently owned or leased and used; and (iii) to perform its obligations under all Contracts by which it is bound, except, in each of the foregoing cases, where the failure to have such power or authority would not reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the ability of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Contemplated Transactions. Since the date of its incorporation, Merger Sub has not engaged in any activities other than activities incident to its formation or in connection with or as contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Parent is duly licensed and qualified to do business, and is in good standing (to the extent applicable in such jurisdiction), under the Laws of all jurisdictions where the nature of its business requires such licensing or qualification other than in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified individually or in the aggregate would not be reasonably expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Parent has no Subsidiaries other than Merger Sub; and Parent does not own any capital stock of, or any equity, ownership or profit sharing interest of any nature in, or control directly or indirectly, any other Entity, other than Merger Sub.
(d) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has otherwise been, directly or indirectly, a party to, member of or participant in any partnership, joint venture or similar business entity. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries have agreed or is obligated to make, or is bound by any Contract under which it may become obligated to make, any future investment in or capital contribution to any other Entity. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries have, at any time, been a general partner of, or has otherwise been liable for any of the debts or other obligations of, any general partnership, limited partnership or other Entity.
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3.2 Organizational Documents. Parent has made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of Parent and each of its Subsidiaries in effect as of the date of this Agreement. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach or violation of its respective Organizational Documents in any material respect.
3.3 Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement.
(a) Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all necessary corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and, subject, with respect to Parent, to receipt of the Required Parent Stockholder Vote and, with respect to Merger Sub, the adoption of this Agreement by Parent in its capacity as sole stockholder of Merger Sub, to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Contemplated Transactions. The Parent Board (at a meeting duly called and held or by written consent in lieu of a meeting), with the recommendation of the Special Committee, has Unanimously: (i) determined that the Contemplated Transactions are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of Parent and its stockholders; (ii) authorized, approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, including the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and other actions contemplated by this Agreement; and (iii) determined to recommend, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, that the stockholders of Parent vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters. The Merger Sub Board (by unanimous written consent) has: (x) determined that the Contemplated Transactions are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of Merger Sub and its sole stockholder; (y) authorized, approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions; and (z) determined to recommend, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, that the sole stockholder of Merger Sub votes to approve this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions.
(b) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
3.4 Vote Required. (i) The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at a meeting at which there is a quorum is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of Parent’s capital stock necessary to approve the proposal in Section 5.3(a)(i) (the “Required Parent Stockholder Vote”); (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares eligible to be voted at a meeting is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of Parent’s capital stock necessary to approve the proposal in Section 5.3(a)(ii); and (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at a meeting at which there is a quorum is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of Parent’s capital stock necessary to approve the proposals in Section 5.3(a) other than Sections 5.3(a)(i) and (ii). The affirmative vote (or written consent) of Parent as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub is the only vote (or written consent) of the holders of any class or series of stock of Merger Sub necessary to adopt and approve this Agreement and approve the Contemplated Transactions.
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3.5 Non-Contravention; Consents.
(a) Subject to obtaining the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, the adoption of this Agreement (effective immediately following the execution of this Agreement) by Parent as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub and the filing of the Certificate of Merger required by the DGCL, neither (x) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by Parent or Merger Sub, nor (y) the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, will directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time):
(i) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of any of the provisions of the Organizational Documents of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries;
(ii) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of, any Law or any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of the assets owned or used by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, is subject, except as would not reasonably be expected to constitute, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect;
(iii) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of any of the terms or requirements of, or give any Governmental Body the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate or modify, any Governmental Authorization that is held by Parent or its Subsidiaries, except as would not reasonably be expected to constitute, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or result in a default under, any provision of any Parent Material Contract, or give any Person the right to: (A) declare a default or exercise any remedy under any Parent Material Contract; (B) receive any material payment, rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule under any Parent Material Contract solely as a result of the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions; (C) accelerate the maturity or performance of any Parent Material Contract; or (D) cancel, terminate or modify any term of any Parent Material Contract, except as would not reasonably be expected to constitute, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect; or
(v) result in the imposition or creation of any Encumbrance upon or with respect to any asset owned or used by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (except for Permitted Encumbrances), except as would not reasonably be expected to constitute, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) Except for (A) any Consent set forth on Section 3.5 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule under any Parent Material Contract, (B) the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, (C) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the DGCL and (D) such consents, waivers, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings as may be required under applicable federal and state securities Laws or pursuant to the rules of Nasdaq, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries was, is or will be required to make any filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any Consent from, any Governmental Body in connection with (x) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, or (y) the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, which if individually or in the aggregate were not given or obtained, would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the ability of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Contemplated Transactions.
(c) The Parent Board and the Merger Sub Board have taken and will take all actions necessary to ensure that the restrictions applicable to business combinations contained in Section 203 of the DGCL are, and will be, inapplicable to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and to the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions. No other state Takeover Statute or similar Law applies or purports to apply to the Merger, this Agreement, or any of the Contemplated Transactions.
3.6 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital stock of Parent as of the date of this Agreement consists of (i) 75,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which 1,951,638 shares are issued and outstanding as of the close of business on the Reference Date and (ii) 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock of Parent, par value $0.001 per share, of which no shares have been issued and are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. Parent does not hold any shares of its capital stock in its treasury. As of the date of this Agreement there are no outstanding Parent Warrants.
(b) All of the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. None of the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock are entitled or subject to any preemptive right, right of participation, right of maintenance or any similar right and none of the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock are subject to any right of first refusal in favor of Parent. Except as contemplated herein and as set forth in Section 3.6(b)(i) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, there is no Parent Contract relating to the voting or registration of, or restricting any Person from purchasing, selling, pledging or otherwise disposing of (or granting any option or similar right with respect to), any shares of Parent Common Stock. Except as set forth in Section 3.6(b)(ii) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, Parent is not under any obligation, nor is it bound by any Contract pursuant to which it may become obligated, to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock or other securities. The issuance and exchange of the Merger Consideration will not obligate the Parent to issue shares of Parent Common Stock or other securities to any Person and will not result in a right of any holder of Parent securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries with any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of such security or instrument (other than any proportionate adjustment as a result of any stock split, division or subdivision of shares, stock dividend, reverse stock split, consolidation of shares, reclassification, recapitalization or other similar transaction).
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(c) Except for the Parent Plan and as set forth on Section 3.6(c) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, Parent does not have any stock option plan or any other plan, program, agreement or arrangement providing for any equity-based compensation for any Person. As of the Reference Date, Parent has (i) 673,060 shares of Parent Common Stock available for issuance under the Parent Equity Incentive Plan, of which 82,383 shares have been issued and are currently outstanding, 58,600 shares have been reserved for issuance upon exercise of Parent Options previously granted and currently outstanding under the Parent Equity Incentive Plan, 8,467 shares have been reserved for issuance upon the settlement of Parent RSUs granted under the Parent Equity Incentive Plan that are outstanding as of the close of business on the Reference Date and 523,610 shares remain available for future issuance pursuant to the Parent Equity Incentive Plan. Section 3.6(c) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following information with respect to each Parent Option outstanding as of the Reference Date: (i) the name of the optionee; (ii) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to such Parent Option at the time of grant; (iii) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to such Parent Option as of the Reference Date; (iv) the exercise price of such Parent Option; (v) the date on which such Parent Option was granted; (vi) the applicable vesting schedule, including the number of vested and unvested shares as of the Reference Date; (vii) the date on which such Parent Option expires; and (viii) whether such Parent Option is an “incentive stock option” (as defined in the Code) or a non-qualified stock option. Parent has made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of equity incentive plans pursuant to which Parent has equity-based awards, the forms of all award agreements evidencing such equity-based awards and evidence of board and stockholder approval of the Parent Plan and any amendments thereto. Section 3.6(c) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of Parent Options and Parent RSUs that have accelerated vesting.
(d) Except for the Parent Plan, including the Parent Options and the Parent RSUs, and except as set forth on Section 3.6(d) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, there is no: (i) outstanding subscription, option, call, warrant or right (whether or not currently exercisable) to acquire any shares of the capital stock or other securities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) outstanding security, instrument or obligation that is or may become convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of the capital stock or other securities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) stockholder rights plan (or similar plan commonly referred to as a “poison pill”) or Contract under which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become obligated to sell or otherwise issue any shares of its capital stock or any other securities; or (iv) condition or circumstance that could be reasonably likely to give rise to or provide a basis for the assertion of a claim by any Person to the effect that such Person is entitled to acquire or receive any shares of capital stock or other securities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. There are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or other similar rights with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
(e) All outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock, Parent Options, Parent RSUs, and other securities of Parent have been issued and granted in material compliance with (i) all applicable securities Laws and other applicable Laws, and (ii) all requirements set forth in applicable Contracts.
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3.7 SEC Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) Other than such documents that can be obtained on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, Parent has delivered or made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of all Registration Statements, proxy statements, Certifications (as defined below) and other statements, reports, schedules, forms and other documents filed by Parent with the SEC since October 6, 2021 (the “Parent SEC Documents”). All material statements, reports, schedules, forms and other documents required to have been filed by Parent or its officers with the SEC have been so filed on a timely basis. As of the time it was filed with the SEC (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing), each of the Parent SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the rules of Nasdaq (as the case may be) and, as of the time they were filed, none of the Parent SEC Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The certifications and statements required by (i) Rule 13a-14 under the Exchange Act and (ii) 18 U.S.C. §1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) relating to the Parent SEC Documents (collectively, the “Certifications”) are accurate and complete and comply as to form and content with all applicable Laws. As used in this Section 3.7, the term “file” and variations thereof shall be broadly construed to include any manner in which a document or information is furnished, supplied or otherwise made available to the SEC.
(b) The financial statements (including any related notes) contained or incorporated by reference in the Parent SEC Documents: (i) complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC applicable thereto; (ii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements or, in the case of unaudited financial statements, except as permitted by the SEC on Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain footnotes and are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that are not reasonably expected to be material in amount) applied on a consistent basis unless otherwise noted therein throughout the periods indicated; and (iii) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the periods covered thereby. Other than as expressly disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents filed prior to the date of this Agreement, there has been no material change in Parent’s accounting methods or principles that would be required to be disclosed in Parent’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP. The books of account and other financial records of Parent and each of its Subsidiaries are true and complete in all material respects.
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(c) Except as set forth on Section 3.7(c) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, as of the date of this Agreement, Parent is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the applicable current listing and governance rules and regulations of Nasdaq.
(d) Parent maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including policies and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance (i) that Parent maintains records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect Parent’s transactions and dispositions of assets, (ii) that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, (iii) that receipts and expenditures are made only in accordance with authorizations of management and the Parent Board and (iv) regarding prevention or timely detection of the unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of Parent’s assets that could have a material effect on Parent’s financial statements. Parent has evaluated the effectiveness of Parent’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, presented in any applicable Parent SEC Document that is a report on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q (or any amendment thereto) its conclusions about the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting as of the end of the period covered by such report or amendment based on such evaluation. Parent has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to Parent’s auditors and the audit committee of the Parent Board (and made available to the Company a summary of the significant aspects of such disclosure) (A) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses, if any, in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting that are reasonably likely to adversely affect Parent’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (B) any known fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Parent’s or its Subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting. Except as set forth in the Parent SEC Documents, Parent has not identified, based on its most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, any material weaknesses in the design or operation of Parent’s internal control over financial reporting.
(e) Parent maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by Parent in the periodic reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods, and that all such information is accumulated and communicated to Parent’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the Certifications.
(f) To Parent’s Knowledge, Parent’s auditor has at all times since May 18, 2021, been: (i) a registered public accounting firm (as defined in Section 2(a)(12) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act); (ii) “independent” with respect to Parent within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act; and (iii) in compliance with subsections (g) through (l) of Section 10A of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board thereunder.
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(g) Since October 6, 2021, Parent has not received any comment letter from the SEC or the staff thereof or any correspondence from Nasdaq or the staff thereof relating to the delisting or maintenance of listing of the Parent Common Stock on Nasdaq that has not been disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents. Parent has not disclosed any unresolved comments.
(h) Since January 1, 2020, there have been no formal internal investigations regarding financial reporting or accounting policies and practices discussed with, reviewed by or initiated at the direction of the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or general counsel of Parent, the Parent Board or any committee thereof, other than ordinary course audits or reviews of accounting policies and practices or internal controls required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
3.8 Absence of Changes.
(a) Except as set forth on Section 3.8 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, between the date of the Parent Balance Sheet and the date of this Agreement, Parent has conducted its business only in the Ordinary Course of Business (except for the execution and performance of this Agreement and the discussions, negotiations and transactions related thereto, including the Contemplated Transactions) and there has not been any action, event or occurrence that would have required the consent of the Company pursuant to Section 4.1(b) had such action, event or occurrence taken place after the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
(b) Between the date of the Parent Balance Sheet and the date of this Agreement, there has not been any Parent Material Adverse Effect.
3.9 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. As of the date of this Agreement, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries have any Liability, individually or in the aggregate, of a type required to be recorded or reflected on Parent’s Balance Sheet or disclosed in the footnotes thereto under GAAP except for: (a) Liabilities disclosed, reflected or reserved against in the Parent Balance Sheet; (b) normal and recurring current Liabilities that have been incurred by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries since the date of the Parent Balance Sheet in the Ordinary Course of Business and which are not in excess of $62,500 in the aggregate; (c) Liabilities for performance of obligations of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries under Parent Contracts which have not resulted from a breach of such Parent Contracts, breach of warranty, tort, infringement or violation of Law; (d) Liabilities incurred in connection with the Contemplated Transactions; (e) Liabilities described in Section 3.9 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule; and (f) Liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business consistent with past practices.
3.10 Title to Assets. Parent and each of its Subsidiaries owns, and has good and valid title to, or, in the case of leased properties and assets, valid leasehold interests in, all tangible properties or tangible assets and equipment used or held for use in its business or operations or purported to be owned by it, including: (a) all tangible assets reflected on the Parent Balance Sheet; and (b) all other tangible assets reflected in the books and records of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries as being owned by Parent or such Subsidiary. All of such assets are owned or, in the case of leased assets, leased by Parent or its applicable Subsidiary free and clear of any Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances.
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3.11 Real Property; Leasehold. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries owns or has ever owned any real property. Section 3.11 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth all real properties with respect to which Parent directly or indirectly holds a valid leasehold interest as well as any other real estate that is in the possession of or leased by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, and Parent has made available to the Company copies of all leases under which any such real property is possessed (the “Parent Real Estate Leases”), each of which is in full force and effect, with no existing material default by Parent or, to Parent’s Knowledge, the other party thereto, thereunder. Parent’s or its applicable Subsidiary’s use and operation of each such leased property conforms to all applicable Laws in all material respects, and Parent or its applicable Subsidiary has exclusive possession of each such leased property and has not granted any occupancy rights to tenants or licensees with respect to such leased property. In addition, each such leased property is free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances.
3.12 Intellectual Property.
(a) Section 3.12(a) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule identifies (i) the name of the applicant/registrant, (ii) the jurisdiction of application/registration, (iii) the application or registration number and (iv) any other co-owners, for each item of Registered IP owned in whole or in part by Parent or its Subsidiaries (“Parent Owned Registered IP”). Each of the patents and patent applications included in the Parent Owned Registered IP identifies by name each and every inventor of the inventions claimed therein as determined in accordance with applicable Laws of the United States. (A) The Parent Owned Registered IP, other than any pending application, is subsisting and, to Parent’s Knowledge, valid and enforceable; (B) none of the Parent Owned Registered IP has been withdrawn, cancelled or abandoned; and (C) all application, registration, issuance, renewal and maintenance fees due for the Parent Owned Registered IP having a due date on or before the date of this Agreement have been paid in full, and all necessary documents and certificates have been filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or equivalent authority or registrar anywhere in the world, as the case may be, for the purposes of maintaining such Parent Owned Registered IP. To Parent’s Knowledge, with respect to each item of Parent Owned Registered IP, neither Parent nor its Subsidiaries nor their respective patent counsel has misrepresented, or failed to disclose, any facts or circumstances in any application for any Parent Owned Registered IP or during the prosecution thereof that would constitute fraud or a misrepresentation with respect to such application or that would otherwise affect the enforceability of any such Parent Owned Registered IP. As of the date of this Agreement, no interference, opposition, reissue, reexamination or other proceeding of any nature (other than initial examination proceedings) is pending or, to Parent’s Knowledge, threatened, in which the scope, validity, enforceability or ownership of any Parent Owned Registered IP is being or has been contested or challenged.
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(b) Parent or its Subsidiaries solely owns all right, title and interest in and to all Parent IP, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances and, to Parent’s Knowledge, has the right, pursuant to a Parent In-bound License (as defined below) to use all other material Intellectual Property Rights used by Parent or its Subsidiaries in their respective businesses as currently conducted. To Parent’s Knowledge, the Parent IP and the Intellectual Property Rights licensed to Parent or its Subsidiaries pursuant to a Parent In-bound License (the “Parent In-Licensed IP”) are all the Intellectual Property Rights necessary to operate the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted as of the date of this Agreement. Section 3.12(b) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule identifies (i) the name of the applicant/registrant, (ii) the jurisdiction of application/registration, (iii) the application or registration number and (iv) any other co-owners, for each item of Parent In-Licensed IP that constitutes Registered IP (the “Parent In-Licensed Registered IP”). To Parent’s Knowledge, (A) the Parent In-Licensed Registered IP, other than any pending application, is subsisting and valid and enforceable; (B) none of the Parent In-Licensed Registered IP has been withdrawn, cancelled or abandoned; and (C) all application, registration, issuance, renewal and maintenance fees due for the Parent In-Licensed Registered IP having a due date on or before the date of this Agreement have been paid in full, and all necessary documents and certificates have been filed with United States Patent and Trademark Office or equivalent authority or registrar anywhere in the world, as the case may be, for the purposes of maintaining such Parent In-Licensed Registered IP. To Parent’s Knowledge, with respect to each item of Parent In-Licensed Registered IP, no licensor of any Parent In-Licensed Registered IP nor anyone acting on such licensor’s behalf has misrepresented, or failed to disclose, any facts or circumstances in any application for any Parent In-Licensed Registered IP or during the prosecution thereof that would constitute fraud or a misrepresentation with respect to such application or that would otherwise affect the enforceability of any such Parent In-Licensed Registered IP. To Parent’s Knowledge, as of the date of this Agreement, no interference, opposition, reissue, reexamination or other proceeding of any nature (other than initial examination proceedings) is pending or, to Parent’s Knowledge, threatened, in which the scope, validity, enforceability or ownership of any Parent In-Licensed Registered IP is being or has been contested or challenged. No Parent Associate owns or has any claim, right (whether or not currently exercisable) or interest to or in any Parent IP, and each Parent Associate involved in the creation or development of any material Parent IP, pursuant to such Parent Associate’s activities on behalf of Parent or its Subsidiaries, has signed a valid, enforceable written agreement containing a present assignment of all of such Parent Associate’s rights in such material Parent IP to Parent or its Subsidiaries (without further payment being owed to any such Parent Associate and without any restrictions or obligations on Parent’s or its Subsidiaries’ ownership or use thereof) and confidentiality provisions protecting the Parent IP, which, to Parent’s Knowledge, has not been materially breached by such Parent Associate. Without limiting the foregoing, Parent and its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable steps to protect, maintain and enforce all Parent IP and Parent In-Licensed IP (to the extent that Parent and its Subsidiaries have the right to maintain and enforce such Parent In-Licensed IP), including the secrecy, confidentiality and value of trade secrets and other confidential information therein, and, to Parent’s Knowledge, there have been no unauthorized disclosures of any Parent IP or Parent In-Licensed IP. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions will cause: (i) Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to grant to any third party any rights in or to any Parent IP or Parent In-Licensed IP beyond those rights granted by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to any such Parent IP owned by them or Parent In-Licensed IP licensed to them under the terms of any Parent Material Contract regardless of this Agreement or the Contemplated Transactions, (ii) Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to be bound by, or subject to, any non-compete, non-solicit or other restriction on the operation or scope of their business beyond those restrictions that Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is bound by or subject to under the terms of any Parent Material Contract regardless of this Agreement or the Contemplated Transactions, or (iii) Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to be obligated to pay any payments of any kind to any Person with respect to Intellectual Property Rights of such Person other than those payable pursuant to any Parent Material Contracts by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries regardless of this Agreement or the Contemplated Transactions.
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(c) No funding, facilities or personnel of any Governmental Body or any university, college, research institute or other educational or academic institution has been used, in whole or in part, to create any Parent IP or any Parent In-Licensed IP, except for any such funding or use of facilities or personnel that does not result in such Governmental Body or institution obtaining ownership or other rights (including any “march in” rights or a right to direct the location of manufacturing of products) to such Parent IP or Parent In-Licensed IP or the right to receive royalties or other consideration for the practice of such Parent IP or Parent In-Licensed IP or as set forth in Section 3.12(c) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule.
(d) Section 3.12(d) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth each Contract pursuant to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (i) is granted a license under any material Intellectual Property Right owned by any third party that is used by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in its business as currently conducted (each a “Parent In-bound License”) or (ii) grants to any third party a license under any material Parent IP or any material Intellectual Property Right licensed to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries under a Parent In-bound License (each a “Parent Out-bound License”) (provided, that, Parent In-bound Licenses shall not include material transfer agreements, services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, commercially available Software-as-a-Service offerings, off-the-shelf software licenses or generally available patent license agreements, in each case, entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business on a non-exclusive basis and that do not grant any commercial rights to any products or services of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; and Parent Out-bound Licenses shall not include material transfer agreements, services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, or non-exclusive outbound licenses, in each case, entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business on a non-exclusive basis and that do not grant any commercial rights to any products or services of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries). Neither Parent nor its Subsidiaries nor, to Parent’s Knowledge, any other party to any Parent In-bound License or Parent Out-bound License has breached or is in breach of any of its obligations under any Parent In-bound License or Parent Out-bound License.
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(e) To Parent’s Knowledge, (i) the operation of the businesses of Parent and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted does not infringe any valid and enforceable issued or granted Registered IP or misappropriate or otherwise violate any other issued or granted Intellectual Property Right owned by any other Person; and (ii) no other Person is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Parent IP or any Parent In-Licensed IP. As of the date of this Agreement, no Legal Proceeding is pending (or, to Parent’s Knowledge, is threatened) (A) against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries alleging that the operation of the businesses of Parent or its Subsidiaries infringes or constitutes the misappropriation or other violation of any issued or granted Intellectual Property Rights of another Person or (B) by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries alleging that another Person has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any of Parent IP or any Parent In-Licensed IP. Since January 1, 2020, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any written notice or other written communication alleging that the operation of the businesses of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries infringes or constitutes the misappropriation or other violation of any issued or granted Intellectual Property Right of another Person.
(f) None of the Parent IP or, to Parent’s Knowledge, Parent In-Licensed IP is subject to any pending or outstanding injunction, directive, order, decree, settlement, judgment or other disposition of dispute that adversely and materially restricts the use, transfer, registration or licensing by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any such Parent IP or Parent In-Licensed IP or otherwise would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the validity, scope, use, registrability, or enforceability of any Parent IP or Parent In-Licensed IP.
(g) To Parent’s Knowledge, Parent and its Subsidiaries in the operation of their businesses are in substantial compliance with all applicable Laws pertaining to data privacy and data security of Sensitive Data. To Parent’s Knowledge, since January 1, 2020, there have been (i) no material losses or thefts of data or security breaches relating to Sensitive Data used in the business of Parent or its Subsidiaries, (ii) no violations of any security policy of Parent or its Subsidiaries regarding any such Sensitive Data, (iii) no unauthorized access or unauthorized use of any Sensitive Data used in the business of Parent or its Subsidiaries and (iv) no unintended or improper disclosure of any personally identifiable information in the possession, custody or control of Parent or its Subsidiaries or a contractor or agent acting on behalf of Parent or its Subsidiaries, in each case of clauses (i) through (iv).
(h) None of Parent or its Subsidiaries is now nor has ever been a member or promoter of, or a contributor to, any industry standards body or any similar organization that would reasonably be expected to require or obligate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to grant or offer to any other Person any license or right to any Parent IP or Parent In-Licensed IP.
3.13 Agreements, Contracts and Commitments.
(a) Section 3.13 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule lists the following Parent Contracts in effect as of the date of this Agreement (other than any Parent Benefit Plan) (each, a “Parent Material Contract” and collectively, the “Parent Material Contracts”):
(i) each Parent Contract that would be a material contract as defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K as promulgated under the Securities Act;
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(ii) each Parent Contract relating to any agreement of indemnification or guaranty not entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(iii) each Parent Contract containing (A) any covenant limiting the freedom of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business or compete with any Person, (B) any “most-favored nations” pricing provisions or marketing or distribution rights related to any products or territory, (C) any exclusivity provision, (D) any agreement to purchase a minimum quantity of goods or services, or (E) any material non-solicitation provisions applicable to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iv) each Parent Contract relating to capital expenditures and requiring payments after the date of this Agreement in excess of $62,500 pursuant to its express terms and not cancelable without penalty;
(v) each Parent Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition of material assets or any ownership interest in any Entity;
(vi) each Parent Contract relating to any mortgages, indentures, loans, notes or credit agreements, security agreements or other agreements or instruments relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit in excess of $62,500 or creating any material Encumbrances with respect to any assets of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any loans or debt obligations with officers or directors of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries;
(vii) each Parent Contract requiring payment by or to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement in excess of $62,500 pursuant to its express terms relating to: (A) any distribution agreement (identifying any that contain exclusivity provisions); (B) any dealer, distributor, joint marketing, alliance, joint venture, cooperation, collaboration, development or other agreement currently in force under which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries have continuing obligations to develop or market any product, technology or service, or any agreement pursuant to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries have continuing obligations to develop any Intellectual Property Rights that will not be owned, in whole or in part, by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; or (C) any Contract to license any third party to manufacture or produce any product, service or technology of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any Contract to sell, distribute or commercialize any products or service of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, except for Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business;
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(viii) each Parent Contract with any Person, including any financial advisor, broker, finder, investment banker or other Person, providing advisory services to Parent in connection with the Contemplated Transactions;
(ix) each Parent Real Estate Lease;
(x) each Parent Contract with any Governmental Body;
(xi) each Parent Out-bound License and Parent In-bound License;
(xii) each Parent Contract containing any royalty, dividend or similar arrangement based on the revenues or profits of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(xiii) any other Parent Contract that is not terminable at will (with no penalty or payment) by Parent or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and (A) which involves payment or receipt by Parent or its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement under any such Contract of more than $62,500 in the aggregate, or (B) that is material to the business or operations of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(b) Parent has delivered or made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of all Parent Material Contracts, including all amendments thereto. There are no Parent Material Contracts that are not in written form. As of the date of this Agreement, none of Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or, to Parent’s Knowledge, any other party to a Parent Material Contract, has breached, violated or defaulted under, or received notice that it breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the terms or conditions of, or Laws applicable to, any Parent Material Contract in such manner as would permit any other party to cancel or terminate any such Parent Material Contract, or would permit any other party to seek damages or pursue other legal remedies which would reasonably be expected to be material to Parent or its business or operations. As to Parent and its Subsidiaries, as of the date of this Agreement, each Parent Material Contract is valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. No Person is renegotiating, or has a right pursuant to the terms of any Parent Material Contract to change, any material amount paid or payable to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries under any Parent Material Contract or any other material term or provision of any Parent Material Contract.
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3.14 Compliance; Permits; Restrictions.
(a) Parent and each of its Subsidiaries are, and since January 1, 2022, have been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws, including the FTC, CPSC, and CPSIA, and regulations adopted thereunder and any other similar Law administered or promulgated by the FTC, CPSC, CPSIA, or other Regulatory Agency, except for any noncompliance, either individually or in the aggregate, which would not be material to Parent. No investigation, claim, suit, proceeding, audit or other action by any Governmental Body is pending or, to Parent’s Knowledge, threatened against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. There is no agreement, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon Parent or any of its Subsidiaries which (i) has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, any acquisition of material property by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or the conduct of business by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted, (ii) is reasonably likely to have an adverse effect on Parent’s ability to comply with or perform any covenant or obligation under this Agreement, or (iii) is reasonably likely to have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with the Contemplated Transactions.
(b) Parent and its Subsidiaries hold all required Governmental Authorizations which are material to the operation of the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted (the “Parent Permits”). Section 3.14(b) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule identifies each Parent Permit. Parent and its Subsidiaries hold all right, title and interest in and to all Parent Permits free and clear of any Encumbrance. Parent and each of its Subsidiaries are in material compliance with the terms of the Parent Permits. No Legal Proceeding is pending or, to Parent’s Knowledge, threatened, which seeks to revoke, limit, suspend, or materially modify any Parent Permit. The rights and benefits of each Parent Permit will be available to Parent and its Subsidiaries immediately after the Effective Time on terms substantially similar to those enjoyed by Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement and immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(c) There are no proceedings pending or, to Parent’s Knowledge, threatened with respect to an alleged material violation by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of the FTC, CPSC, or CPSIA, or any regulations adopted thereunder, or any other similar Law administered or promulgated by any Regulatory Agency.
(d) Parent is not currently conducting or addressing, and to Parent’s Knowledge there is no basis to expect that it will be required to conduct or address, any corrective actions, including, without limitation, product recalls.
(e) Parent and its Subsidiaries have made available to Company true and complete copies of all material notices, correspondence or other communications received by the Parent and each of its Subsidiaries from any Regulatory Agency, if any.
(f) No debarment or exclusionary claims, actions, proceedings or investigations in respect of their business or products are pending or, to Parent’s Knowledge, threatened against Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, employees or agents.
3.15 Legal Proceedings; Orders.
(a) As of the date of this Agreement, there is no pending Legal Proceeding and, to Parent’s Knowledge, no Person has threatened to commence any Legal Proceeding affecting $62,500 or more of damages or liability, and no Persons have threatened to commence any Legal Proceeding affecting an aggregate of $62,500 or more of damages or liability: (i) that involves (A) Parent, (B) any of its Subsidiaries, (C) any Parent Associate (in his or her capacity as such) or (D) any of the material assets owned or used by Parent or its Subsidiaries; or (ii) that challenges, or that would reasonably be expected to have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with, the Contemplated Transactions.
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(b) Since January 1, 2022, no Legal Proceeding has been pending against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that resulted in material liability to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c) There is no order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of the material assets owned or used by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, is subject affecting $62,500 or more of damages or liability. To Parent’s Knowledge, no officer or other employee of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree that prohibits such officer or employee from engaging in or continuing any conduct, activity or practice relating to the business of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or to any material assets owned or used by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
3.16 Tax Matters.
(a) Parent and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed all income Tax Returns and other material Tax Returns that they were required to file under applicable Law. All such Tax Returns are correct and complete in all material respects and have been prepared in compliance with all applicable Law. No written claim has ever been made by any Governmental Body in any jurisdiction where Parent or any of its Subsidiaries does not file a particular Tax Return or pay a particular Tax that Parent or such Subsidiary is subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
(b) All income and other material Taxes due and owing by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries on or before the date hereof (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been fully paid. The unpaid Taxes of Parent and its Subsidiaries did not, as of the date of the Parent Balance Sheet, materially exceed the reserve for Tax liability (excluding any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax items) set forth on the face of the Parent Balance Sheet. Since the date of the Parent Balance Sheet, neither Parent nor or any of its Subsidiaries have incurred any material Liability for Taxes outside the Ordinary Course of Business.
(c) All Taxes that Parent or any of its Subsidiaries are or were required by Law to withhold or collect have been duly and timely withheld or collected in all material respects on behalf of its respective employees, independent contractors, stockholders, equityholders, lenders, customers or other third parties and, have been timely paid to the proper Governmental Body or other Person or properly set aside in accounts for this purpose.
(d) There are no Encumbrances for material Taxes (other than Taxes not yet due and payable) upon any of the assets of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
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(e) No deficiencies for income or other material Taxes with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries have been claimed, proposed or assessed by any Governmental Body in writing. There are no pending or ongoing, and, to Parent’s Knowledge, threatened audits, assessments or other actions for or relating to any liability in respect of a material amount of Taxes of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries (or any of their predecessors) has waived any statute of limitations in respect of any income or other material Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to any income or other material Tax assessment or deficiency.
(f) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries have been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.
(g) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Tax allocation agreement, Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnity agreement, or similar agreement or arrangement, other than customary commercial contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business the principal subject matter of which is not Taxes.
(h) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to include any material item of income in, or exclude any material item of deduction from, taxable income for any Tax period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) material change in method of accounting for Tax purposes made on or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) material use of an improper method of accounting for a Tax period ending on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date; (iv) intercompany transaction or excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) entered into on or prior to the Closing Date; (v) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; (vi) prepaid amount received or deferred revenue accrued on or prior to the Closing Date; (vii) application of Section 367(d) of the Code to any transfer of intangible property on or prior to the Closing Date; (viii) application of Sections 951 or 951A of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) to any income received or accrued on or prior to the Closing Date; or (ix) election under Section 108(i) of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) made on or prior to the Closing Date. Parent has not made any election under Section 965(h) of the Code.
(i) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries have ever been (i) a member of a consolidated, combined or unitary Tax group (other than such a group the common parent of which is Parent) or (ii) a party to any joint venture, partnership, or other arrangement that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income Tax purposes. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries have any Liability for any material Taxes of any Person (other than Parent and any of its Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign Law), or as a transferee or successor.
(j) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is a “controlled foreign corporation” as defined in Section 957 of the Code, (ii) is a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code, and (iii) has ever had a permanent establishment (within the meaning of an applicable Tax treaty) or otherwise had an office or fixed place of business in a country other than the country in which it is organized.
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(k) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in or been a party to a transaction that, as of the date of this Agreement, constitutes a “listed transaction” that is required to be reported to the IRS pursuant to Section 6011 of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder.
(l) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action, nor, to Parent’s Knowledge, is there any fact, that would reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment (defined below in Section 5.10).
(m) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has availed itself of any Tax relief pursuant to any Pandemic Response Laws that could reasonably be expected to materially impact the Tax payment or Tax reporting obligations of Parent and its Affiliates (including the Company) after the Closing Date.
For purposes of this Section 3.16, each reference to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to include any Person that was liquidated into, merged with, or is otherwise a predecessor to, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
3.17 Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans.
(a) Section 3.17(a) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule lists, as of the date of this Agreement, all material Parent Benefit Plans, including, each Parent Benefit Plan that provides for retirement, change in control, stay or retention, deferred compensation, incentive compensation, severance or retiree medical or life insurance benefits. “Parent Benefit Plan” means each (i) “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and (ii) other pension, retirement, deferred compensation, excess benefit, profit sharing, bonus, incentive, equity or equity-based, phantom equity, employment (other than at-will employment offer letters on Parent’s standard form that may be terminated without notice and with no penalty to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and other than individual Parent Options, Parent RSUs or other compensatory equity award agreements made pursuant to Parent’s standard forms, in which case only representative standard forms of such agreements shall be scheduled), consulting, severance, change-of-control, retention, health, life, disability, group insurance, paid-time off, holiday, welfare and fringe benefit plan, program, agreement, contract, or arrangement (other than regular salary or wages) (whether written or unwritten, qualified or nonqualified, funded or unfunded and including any that have been frozen or terminated), in any case, maintained, contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or Parent ERISA Affiliates for the benefit of any current or former employee, director, officer or independent contractor of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or under which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries have any actual or contingent liability (including, without limitation, as to the result of it being treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code with any other person).
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(b) As applicable with respect to each material Parent Benefit Plan, Parent has made available to the Company, true and complete copies of (i) each material Parent Benefit Plan, including all amendments thereto, and in the case of an unwritten material Parent Benefit Plan, a written description thereof, (ii) all current trust documents, investment management contracts, custodial agreements, administrative services agreements and insurance and annuity contracts relating thereto, (iii) the current summary plan description and each summary of material modifications thereto, (iv) the three most recently filed annual reports on Form 5500 and all schedules thereto, (v) the most recent IRS determination, opinion or advisory letter, (vi) the three most recent nondiscrimination testing reports, actuarial reports, and financial statements, (vii) all records, notices and filings concerning IRS or United States Department of Labor or other Governmental Body audits or investigations since January 1, 2020, (viii) each written report constituting a valuation of Parent’s capital stock for purposes of Sections 409A or 422 of the Code, whether prepared internally by Parent or by an outside, third-party valuation firm, and (ix) all material written materials provided to employees or participants relating to the amendment, termination, establishment, or increase or decrease in benefits under any Parent Benefit Plan.
(c) Each Parent Benefit Plan has been maintained, operated and administered in compliance in all material respects with its terms and any related documents or agreements and the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and all other applicable Laws.
(d) The Parent Benefit Plans which are “employee pension benefit plans” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA and which are intended to meet the qualification requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code have received determination or opinion letters from the IRS on which they may currently rely to the effect that such plans are qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and the related trusts are exempt from federal income Taxes under Section 501(a) of the Code, respectively, and, to Parent’s Knowledge, nothing has occurred that would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the qualification of such Parent Benefit Plan or the tax exempt status of the related trust.
(e) None of Parent, any of its Subsidiaries nor any Parent ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains, contributes to, is required to contribute to, or has any actual or contingent liability with respect to, or has within the past six (6) years sponsored, maintained, contributed to, or been required to contribute to, (i) any “employee pension benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (ii) any “multiemployer plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA), (iii) any “multiple employer plan” (within the meaning of Section 413 of the Code) or (iv) any “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA), and none of Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has, within the preceding six (6) years, incurred a complete or partial withdrawal from any “multiemployer plan” or otherwise incurred any liability under Section 4202 of ERISA.
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(f) There are no pending audits or investigations by any Governmental Body involving any Parent Benefit Plan, and no pending or, to Parent’s Knowledge, threatened claims (except for individual claims for benefits payable in the normal operation of the Parent Benefit Plans), suits or proceedings involving any Parent Benefit Plan. All contributions and premium payments required to have been made under any of the Parent Benefit Plans or by applicable Law (without regard to any waivers granted under Section 412 of the Code), have been timely made and neither Parent nor any Parent ERISA Affiliate has any liability for any unpaid contributions with respect to any Parent Benefit Plan (other than contributions which may continue to be accrued in the Ordinary Course of Business).
(g) None of Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent ERISA Affiliates, nor, to Parent’s Knowledge, any fiduciary, trustee or administrator of any Parent Benefit Plan, has engaged in, or in connection with the Contemplated Transactions will engage in, any transaction with respect to any Parent Benefit Plan which would subject any such Parent Benefit Plan, Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or Parent ERISA Affiliates or the Company to a Tax, penalty or liability for a “prohibited transaction” under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
(h) Except as set forth in Section 3.17(h) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, no Parent Benefit Plan provides (i) death, medical, dental, vision, life insurance or other welfare benefits beyond termination of service or retirement, other than coverage mandated by Law or (ii) death or retirement benefits under a Parent Benefit Plan qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, and none of Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent ERISA Affiliates has made a written or oral representation promising the same.
(i) Except as set forth in Section 3.17(i) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions will, either alone or in connection with any other event(s), (i) result in any payment becoming due to any current or former employee, director, officer, independent contractor or other service provider of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) increase any amount of compensation or benefits otherwise payable to any current or former employee, director, officer, independent contractor or other service provider of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, funding or vesting of any benefits under any Parent Benefit Plan, (iv) require any contribution or payment to fund any obligation under any Parent Benefit Plan or (v) limit the right to merge, amend or terminate any Parent Benefit Plan.
(j) Neither the execution of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions (either alone or when combined with the occurrence of any other event, including a termination of employment) will result in the receipt or retention by any person who is a “disqualified individual” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code) with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries of any payment or benefit that is or could be characterized as a “parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code), determined without regard to the application of Section 280G(b)(5) of the Code.
(k) To Parent’s Knowledge, each Parent Benefit Plan providing for deferred compensation that constitutes a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as defined in Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) is, and has been, established, administered and maintained in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.
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(l) No Person has any “gross up” agreements with Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or other assurance of reimbursement or compensation by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries for any Taxes imposed under Section 409A or Section 4999 of the Code.
(m) Parent does not have any Parent Benefit Plan that is maintained for service providers located outside of the United States.
(n) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by, or has a duty to bargain under, any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with a labor union or labor organization representing any of its employees, and there is no labor union or labor organization representing or, to Parent’s Knowledge, purporting to represent or seeking to represent any employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries, including through the filing of a petition for representation election.
(o) Except as set forth in Section 3.17(o) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, Parent and each of its Subsidiaries is, and since January 1, 2022, has been, in material compliance with all applicable Laws respecting labor, employment, employment practices, and terms and conditions of employment, including worker classification, discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment and retaliation, equal employment opportunities, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, immigration, employee safety and health, wages (including overtime wages), unemployment and workers’ compensation, leaves of absence, and hours of work. Except as would not be reasonably likely to result in a material liability to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, with respect to employees of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, each of Parent and its Subsidiaries, since January 1, 2022: (i) has withheld and reported all amounts required by Law or by agreement to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments, benefits, or compensation to employees, (ii) is not liable for any arrears of wages (including overtime wages), severance pay or any Taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing, and (iii) is not liable for any payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Body, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, disability, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than routine payments to be made in the Ordinary Course of Business). There are no actions, suits, claims, charges, demands, lawsuits, investigations, audits, administrative matters or other Legal Proceedings pending or, to Parent’s Knowledge, threatened against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any current or former employee, applicant for employment, consultant, employment agreement or Parent Benefit Plan (other than routine claims for benefits). All employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries are employed “at-will” and their employment can be terminated without advance notice or payment of severance, except to any severance payments that may have voluntarily been paid by the Parent prior to the date of this Agreement.
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(p) Except as would not be reasonably likely to result in a material liability to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, with respect to each individual who currently renders services to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, Parent and each of its Subsidiaries have accurately classified each such individual as an employee, independent contractor, or otherwise under all applicable Laws and, for each individual classified as an employee, Parent and each of its Subsidiaries have accurately classified him or her as overtime eligible or overtime ineligible under all applicable Laws. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries have any material liability with respect to any misclassification of: (a) any Person as an independent contractor rather than as an employee, (b) any employee leased from another employer, or (c) any employee currently or formerly classified as exempt from overtime wages.
(q) There is not and has not been since January 1, 2022, nor is there or has there been since January 1, 2022, any threat of, any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, union election petition, demand for recognition, or any similar activity or dispute, or, to Parent’s Knowledge, any union organizing activity, against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. No event has occurred, and, to Parent’s Knowledge, no condition or circumstance exists, that might directly or indirectly be likely to give rise to or provide a basis for the commencement of any such strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, union election petition, demand for recognition, or any similar activity or dispute.
(r) Section 3.17(r) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement, setting forth for each employee his or her position or title, whether paid on a salary, hourly or commission basis, date of hire, and business location.
3.18 Environmental Matters. Parent and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance, and have since January 1, 2022, complied, with all applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes the possession by Parent and its Subsidiaries of all permits and other Governmental Authorizations required under applicable Environmental Laws and compliance with the terms and conditions thereof, except for any failure to be in such compliance that, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries have received, since January 1, 2022, any written notice or other communication (in writing or otherwise), whether from a Governmental Body or other Person, that alleges that Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is not in compliance with or has liability pursuant to any Environmental Law and, to Parent’s Knowledge, there are no circumstances that could reasonably be expected to prevent or interfere with Parent’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ compliance with any Environmental Law in the future, except where such failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. To the Parent’s Knowledge, no current or (during the time a prior property was leased or controlled by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) prior property leased or controlled by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries have had a release of or exposure to Hazardous Materials in material violation of or as would reasonably be expected to result in any material liability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law. No consent, approval or Governmental Authorization of or registration or filing with any Governmental Body is required by any applicable Environmental Laws in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions.
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3.19 Insurance. Parent has delivered or made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of all material insurance policies and all material self-insurance programs and arrangements relating to the business, assets, liabilities and operations of Parent and each of its Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement. Each of such insurance policies is in full force and effect and Parent and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with the terms thereof. Other than customary end of policy notifications from insurance carriers, since January 1, 2022, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any notice or other communication regarding any actual or possible: (i) cancellation or invalidation of any insurance policy; or (ii) refusal or denial of any coverage, reservation of rights or rejection of any material claim under any insurance policy. Parent and each of its Subsidiaries have provided timely written notice to the appropriate insurance carrier(s) of each Legal Proceeding that is currently pending against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries for which Parent or such Subsidiary has insurance coverage, and no such carrier has issued a denial of coverage or a reservation of rights with respect to any such Legal Proceeding or informed Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of its intent to do so.
3.20 No Financial Advisors. Except as set forth in Section 3.20 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage fee, finder’s fee, opinion fee, success fee, transaction fee or other fee or commission in connection with the Contemplated Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
3.21 Transactions with Affiliates. Except as set forth in the Parent SEC Documents filed prior to the date of this Agreement, since the date of Parent’s Proxy Statement filed in 2023 with the SEC, no event has occurred that would be required to be reported by Parent pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K as promulgated under the Securities Act.
3.22 Anti-Bribery. None of Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or, to Parent’s Knowledge, agents or any other Person acting on their behalf has directly or indirectly made any bribes, rebates, payoffs, influence payments, kickbacks, illegal payments, illegal political contributions, or other payments, in the form of cash, gifts, or otherwise, or taken any other action, in violation of Anti-Bribery Laws. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has been the subject of any investigation or inquiry by any Governmental Body with respect to potential violations of Anti-Bribery Laws.
3.23 Valid Issuance. The Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger will, when issued in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
3.24 Opinion of Financial Advisor. The Special Committee of the Parent Board has received an opinion of Hempstead & Co., LLC to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and such other factors deemed relevant by Hempstead & Co., LLC, as set forth in such opinion, the Merger Consideration to be paid by Parent in connection with the conversion of Company Capital Stock in the Merger is fair, from a financial point of view, to Parent (the “Fairness Opinion”). It is agreed and understood that such opinion is for the benefit of the Special Committee of the Parent Board and may not be relied upon by the Company.
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3.25 No Merger Sub Activity. Since its date of formation, Merger Sub has not engaged in any activities or incurred any obligations other than in connection with this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions.
3.26 Recalls. Except as disclosed on Section 3.26 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, since January 1, 2022, the Parent has not voluntarily or involuntarily initiated, conducted or issued, or caused to be initiated, conducted or issued, any recall, market withdrawal or replacement, safety alert, warning, safety alert or other notice or action relating to an alleged lack of safety, efficacy or regulatory compliance of any Parent Product. The Parent is not aware of any facts which would reasonably be expected to result in (i) the recall, market withdrawal or replacement of any Parent Product sold or intended to be sold by the Parent, (ii) a change in the marketing classification or a material change in the labeling of any such Parent Products, or (iii) a termination or suspension of the marketing of such Products. No Parent Product has ever been the subject of any recall or other similar action of any Governmental Body. Except as disclosed on Section 3.26 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, none of the Parent Products is subject to or bound by, any Contract that limits or restricts the ability of the Parent to develop, manufacture, market or sell any Parent Product for any period of time, in any territory, to or for any particular customer or group of customers or in any other material respect.
3.27 Disclaimer of Other Representations or Warranties. Except as previously set forth in this ARTICLE III or in any certificate delivered by Parent or Merger Sub to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, neither Parent nor Merger Sub makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, at law or in equity, with respect to it or any of its assets, liabilities or operations, and any such other representations or warranties are hereby expressly disclaimed.
3.28 Foreign Corrupt Practices. Since January 1, 2022, neither the Parent nor the Merger Sub nor to the Parent’s Knowledge, any agent or other Person acting on behalf of the Parent, has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Parent or Merger Sub (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Parent is aware) which is in violation of law or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the FCPA.
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3.29 No Disqualification Events. None of the Parent or Merger Sub, any of their respective predecessors, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Parent or Merger Sub participating in the Contemplated Transactions, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Parent’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Parent in any capacity at the time of the entry into this Agreement (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” Disqualification Event, except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Parent and Merger Sub have exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Parent and Merger Sub have complied, to the extent applicable, with their respective disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and have furnished to the Company a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
ARTICLE
IV.
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Operation of Parent’s Business.
(a) Except (i) as set forth on Schedule 4.1(a) hereto, (ii) as expressly required by this Agreement, (iii) as required by applicable Law, (iv) with the prior written consent of the Company or (v) in the Ordinary Course of Business, at all times during the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to ARTICLE IX and the Effective Time (the “Pre-Closing Period”): each of Parent and its Subsidiaries shall (A) conduct its business and operations in the Ordinary Course of Business and in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and the requirements of all Contracts that constitute Parent Material Contracts, (B) continue to pay material outstanding accounts payable and other material current Liabilities (including payroll) when due and payable in the Ordinary Course of Business, and (C) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact in all material respects its assets, properties and material relationships with suppliers, commercial parties, licensees, licensors, employees and contractors, unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing.
(b) Except (i) as set forth on Schedule 4.1(b) hereto, (ii) as expressly required by this Agreement, (iii) as required by applicable Law, (iv) with the prior written consent of the Company or (v) in the Ordinary Course of Business, at all times during the Pre-Closing Period, Parent shall not, nor shall it cause or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, do any of the following, unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing:
(i) declare, accrue, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of any shares of its capital stock or repurchase, redeem or otherwise reacquire any shares of its capital stock or other securities (except repurchases of shares of Parent Common Stock from terminated employees, directors or consultants of Parent or in connection with the payment of the exercise price or withholding Taxes incurred upon the exercise, settlement or vesting of any award or purchase rights granted under the Parent Plan in accordance with the terms of such award in effect on the date of this Agreement);
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(ii) sell, issue, grant, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber or authorize any of the foregoing with respect to: (A) any capital stock or other security of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (except for shares of Parent Common Stock issued upon the valid exercise of outstanding Parent Options or upon settlement of Parent RSUs); (B) any option, warrant or right to acquire any capital stock or any other security, other than Parent Options or Parent RSUs granted to directors, employees and service providers in the Ordinary Course of Business in connection with annual grants; or (C) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) accelerate the vesting or settlement of any outstanding Parent Options, Parent RSUs or any other instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (except in accordance with the terms of any existing Parent Contract, which, in each case, a form of which has been made available to the Company prior to the date hereof);
(iv) except as required to give effect to anything in contemplation of the Closing, amend any of its or its Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents, or effect or be a party to any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split or similar transaction except, for the avoidance of doubt, the Contemplated Transactions, and except for any Reverse Stock Split;
(v) form any Subsidiary or acquire any equity interest or other interest in any other Entity or enter into a joint venture with any other Entity;
(vi) (A) lend money to any Person (except for the advancement of reasonable and customary expenses to employees, directors and consultants in the Ordinary Course of Business), (B) incur or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money, (C) guarantee any debt securities of others, (D) make any capital expenditure in excess of $50,000 individually and $150,000 in the aggregate or (E) forgive any loans to any Persons, including Parent’s employees, officers, directors or Affiliates;
(vii) other than as required by applicable Law or the terms of any Parent Benefit Plan as in effect on the date of this Agreement: (A) adopt, terminate, establish or enter into any Parent Benefit Plan; (B) cause or permit any Parent Benefit Plan to be amended in any material respect; (C) pay any bonus or make any profit-sharing or similar payment to, or increase the amount of the wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits or bonus or other compensation or remuneration payable to, any of its directors, officers, consultants or employees, other than (1) increases in base salary and annual cash bonus opportunities and payments made, in each case, in connection with annual cost of living adjustments consistent with past practice and (2) prorated bonuses paid to terminated employees in accordance with the terms of any existing Parent Contract, which, in each case, a form of which has been made available to the Company prior to the date hereof; (D) hire any officer or any employee or engage any independent contractor; (E) increase the severance or change of control benefits offered to any current or new employees, directors or consultants; or (F) terminate or give notice to any officer other than for cause or terminate any officer or employee that would result in the acceleration of any outstanding equity awards;
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(viii) recognize any labor union or labor organization;
(ix) acquire any material asset or sell, lease or otherwise irrevocably dispose of any of its material assets (other than cash) or properties, or grant any Encumbrance with respect to such assets or properties (other than a Permitted Encumbrance);
(x) sell, assign, transfer, license, sublicense or otherwise dispose of any Parent IP or any Parent In-Licensed IP (other than pursuant to material transfer agreements, services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, commercially available Software-as-a-Service offerings, off-the-shelf software licenses or generally available patent license agreements, in each case entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business on a non-exclusive basis and that do not grant any commercial rights to any products or services of Parent or its Subsidiaries);
(xi) make, change or revoke any material Tax election, fail to pay any income or other material Tax as such Tax becomes due and payable, file any amendment making any material change to any Tax Return, settle or compromise any income or other material Tax liability or submit any voluntary disclosure application, enter into any Tax allocation, sharing, indemnification or other similar agreement or arrangement (other than customary commercial contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business the principal subject matter of which is not Taxes), request or consent to any extension or waiver of any limitation period with respect to any claim or assessment for any income or other material Taxes (other than pursuant to an extension of time to file any Tax Return granted in the Ordinary Course of Business of not more than seven (7) months), or adopt or change any material accounting method in respect of Taxes;
(xii) enter into, materially amend or terminate any Parent Material Contract (or Contract that would be deemed a Parent Material Contract if entered into prior to the date hereof);
(xiii) other than as required by Law or GAAP, take any action to change in any material respect accounting policies or procedures;
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(xiv) initiate or settle any Legal Proceeding or other claim or dispute involving or against Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent;
(xv) enter into or amend a Contract that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impede, interfere with, hinder or delay the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions;
(xvi) (A) fail to maintain any material insurance policies in full force and effect prior to the renewal period of any such material insurance policies or (B) fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to renew any such material insurance policies following the applicable expiration or acquire substantially similar insurance policies;
(xvii) enter into a new line of business or start to conduct a line of business in a new geographic area where it was not previously conducted;
(xviii) make any investment in marketable securities (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall exclude U.S. treasuries maturing in three to six months from the date of such investment) with existing cash or cash equivalents or with proceeds received upon the maturity, or sale, of existing investments in marketable securities; or
(xix) agree, resolve or commit to do any of the foregoing.
(c) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give the Company, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of Parent prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete unilateral control and supervision over its business operations.
4.2 Operation of the Company’s Business.
(a) Except (i) as set forth on Schedule 4.2(a) hereto, (ii) as expressly required by this Agreement, (iii) as required by applicable Law, (iv) with the prior written consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), or (v) in the Ordinary Course of Business, at all times during the Pre-Closing Period: the Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall (A) conduct its business and operations in the Ordinary Course of Business and in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and the requirements of all Contracts that constitute Company Material Contracts and (B) continue to pay material outstanding accounts payable and other material current Liabilities (including payroll) when due and payable in the Ordinary Course of Business and (C) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact in all material respects its assets, properties and material relationships with suppliers, commercial parties, licensees, licensors, employees and contractors, unless otherwise agreed by the Parent in writing.
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(b) Except (i) as set forth on Schedule 4.2(b) hereto, (ii) as expressly required by this Agreement, (iii) as required by applicable Law, (iv) with the prior written consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) or (v) in the Ordinary Course of Business, at all times during the Pre-Closing Period, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall not do any of the following, unless otherwise agreed by the Parent in writing:
(i) declare, accrue, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of any shares of its capital stock or repurchase, redeem or otherwise reacquire any shares of its capital stock or other securities (except repurchases of shares of Company Common Stock from terminated employees, directors or consultants of Company or in connection with the payment of the exercise price or withholding Taxes incurred upon the exercise, settlement or vesting of any award or purchase rights in accordance with the terms of such award in effect on the date of this Agreement);
(ii) sell, issue, grant, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber or authorize any of the foregoing with respect to: (A) any capital stock or other security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (B) any option, warrant or right to acquire any capital stock or any other security; or (C) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security of the Company;
(iii) accelerate the vesting or settlement of any outstanding instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (except in accordance with the terms of any existing Company Contract);
(iv) except as required to give effect to anything in contemplation of the Closing, amend any of its or its Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents, or effect or be a party to any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split or similar transaction except, for the avoidance of doubt, the Contemplated Transactions;
(v) form any Subsidiary or acquire any equity interest or other interest in any other Entity or enter into a joint venture with any other Entity;
(vi) (A) lend money to any Person (except for the advancement of reasonable and customary expenses to employees, directors and consultants in the Ordinary Course of Business), (B) incur or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money, (C) guarantee any debt securities of other Persons, (D) make any capital expenditure in excess of $62,500 individually and $200,000 in the aggregate or (E) forgive any loans to any Persons, including the Company’s employees, officers, directors or Affiliates;
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(vii) other than as required by applicable Law or the terms of any Company Benefit Plan as in effect on the date of this Agreement: (A) pay any bonus or make any profit-sharing or similar payment to, or increase the amount of the wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits or bonus or other compensation or remuneration payable to, any of its directors, officers, consultants or employees, other than (1) increases in base salary and annual cash bonus opportunities and payments made, in each case, in the Ordinary Course of Business and (2) prorated bonuses paid to terminated employees in accordance with the terms of any existing Company Contract, in each case, which has been made available to Parent prior to the date hereof; or (B) increase the severance or change of control benefits offered to any current or new employees, directors or consultants;
(viii) recognize any labor union or labor organization;
(ix) acquire any material asset or sell, lease or otherwise irrevocably dispose of any of its material assets or properties or grant any Encumbrance with respect to such assets or properties, except, in each case of the foregoing cases, in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(x) sell, assign, transfer, license, sublicense or otherwise dispose of any Company IP or any Company In-Licensed IP (other than pursuant to material transfer agreements, services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, commercially available Software-as-a-Service offerings, off-the-shelf software licenses or generally available patent license agreements, in each case entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business on a non-exclusive basis and that do not grant any commercial rights to any products or services of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries);
(xi) except to revoke a Subchapter S election, make, change or revoke any material Tax election, fail to pay any income or other material Tax as such Tax becomes due and payable, file any amendment making any material change to any Tax Return, settle or compromise any income or other material Tax liability or submit any voluntary disclosure application, enter into any Tax allocation, sharing, indemnification or other similar agreement or arrangement (other than customary commercial contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business the principal subject matter of which is not Taxes), request or consent to any extension or waiver of any limitation period with respect to any claim or assessment for any income or other material Taxes (other than pursuant to an extension of time to file any Tax Return granted in the Ordinary Course of Business of not more than seven (7) months), or adopt or change any material accounting method in respect of Taxes;
(xii) enter into, materially amend or terminate any Company Material Contract (or Contract that would be deemed a Company Material Contract if entered into prior to the date hereof), in each case, if such entry, amendment or termination would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impede, interfere with, hinder or delay the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions;
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(xiii) other than as required by Law or GAAP, take any action to change in any material respect accounting policies or procedures;
(xiv) initiate or settle any Legal Proceeding or other claim or dispute involving or against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or
(xv) (A) fail to maintain any material insurance policies in full force and effect prior to the renewal period of any such material insurance policies or (B) fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to renew any such material insurance policies following the applicable expiration or acquire substantially similar insurance policies;
(xvi) enter into a new line of business or start to conduct a line of business in a new geographic area where it was not previously conducted; or
(xvii) agree, resolve or commit to do any of the foregoing.
(c) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give Parent, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of the Company prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete unilateral control and supervision over its business operations.
4.3 Access and Investigation. Subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, which the Parties agree will continue in full force following the date of this Agreement, during the Pre-Closing Period, upon reasonable notice, Parent, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Party’s Representatives to: (a) provide the other Party and such other Party’s Representatives with reasonable access during normal business hours to such Party’s Representatives, personnel, property and assets and to all existing books, records, Tax Returns, work papers and other documents and information relating to such Party and its Subsidiaries; (b) provide the other Party and such other Party’s Representatives with such copies of the existing books, records, Tax Returns, work papers, product data, and other documents and information relating to such Party and its Subsidiaries, and with such additional financial, operating and other data and information regarding such Party and its Subsidiaries as the other Party may reasonably request; (c) permit the other Party’s officers and other employees to meet, upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, with the chief accounting officer and other officers and employees of such Party responsible for such Party’s financial statements and the internal controls of such Party to discuss such matters as the other Party may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate; and (d) make available to the other Party copies of unaudited financial statements, material operating and financial reports prepared for senior management of such Party, and any material notice, report or other document filed with or sent to or received from any Governmental Body in connection with the Contemplated Transactions. Any investigation conducted by either Parent or the Company pursuant to this Section 4.3 shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of the other Party.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may restrict the foregoing access to the extent that any Law applicable to such Party requires such Party to restrict or prohibit access to any such properties or information or may redact any of the foregoing documents or reports to the extent necessary to preserve the attorney-client privilege under any circumstances in which such privilege may be jeopardized by the disclosure of such document or report.
4.4 Parent Non-Solicitation.
(a) Parent agrees that, during the Pre-Closing Period, neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, nor shall it or any of its Subsidiaries authorize or permit any of their respective Representatives to, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage, induce or facilitate the communication, making, submission or announcement of any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry or take any action that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry; (ii) furnish any non-public information regarding Parent to any Person in connection with or in response to an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry; (iii) engage in discussions (other than to inform any Person of the existence of the provisions in this Section 4.4) or negotiations with any Person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry; (iv) approve, endorse or recommend any Acquisition Proposal (subject to Section 5.3); (v) execute or enter into any letter of intent or any Contract contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Transaction (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement); or (vi) publicly propose to do any of the foregoing; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 4.4 and subject to compliance with this Section 4.4, prior to obtaining the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, Parent may furnish non-public information regarding Parent to, and enter into discussions or negotiations with, any Person in response to a bona fide Acquisition Proposal by such Person, which the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside financial advisors and outside legal counsel, constitutes, or is reasonably likely to result in, a Superior Offer (and is not withdrawn) if: (A) such Acquisition Proposal did not result from a breach of this Section 4.4; (B) the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) concludes in good faith based on the advice of outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action is reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board under applicable Law; (C) prior to furnishing any such non-public information to such Person, Parent gives the Company notice of Parent’s intention to furnish non-public information to, or enter into discussions with, such Person and substantially contemporaneously furnishes such non-public information to the Company (to the extent such information has not been previously furnished by Parent to the Company); and (D) prior to the furnishing of such information or the entry into such discussions or negotiations, Parent receives from such Person an executed Confidentiality Agreement (1) containing provisions (including nondisclosure provisions, use restrictions, non-solicitation provisions, no hire and “standstill” provisions), in the aggregate, at least as favorable to Parent as those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement and (2) that does not prohibit Parent from providing information to the Company in accordance with this Agreement (such executed Confidentiality Agreement, an “Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Parent acknowledges and agrees that, in the event any Representative of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (whether or not such Representative is purporting to act on behalf of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) takes any action that, if taken by Parent, would constitute a breach of this Section 4.4, the taking of such action by such Representative shall be deemed to constitute a breach of this Section 4.4 by Parent for purposes of this Agreement.
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(b) If Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives receives an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry at any time during the Pre-Closing Period, then Parent shall promptly (and in no event later than one (1) Business Day after Parent becomes aware of such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry) (1) advise the Company orally and in writing of such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry (including the identity of the Person making or submitting such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry), (2) in the case of a written Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry, furnish any written documentation and correspondence to or from Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives and (3) in the case of an oral Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry, provide a written summary of the terms thereof. Parent shall keep the Company reasonably informed with respect to the status and material terms of any such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry and any material modification or proposed material modification thereto, including providing any updated written documentation and material correspondence to or from Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives.
(c) Parent shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing discussions, negotiations and communications with any Person that relate to any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry that has not already been terminated as of the date of this Agreement, terminate access to any non-public information of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries provided to such Person via an electronic or physical data room in connection with any such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry and request the destruction or return of any non-public information of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries provided to such Person in connection with any such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement.
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4.5 Company Non-Solicitation.
(a) The Company agrees that, during the Pre-Closing Period, neither it, nor any of its Subsidiaries, shall, nor shall they authorize or permit any of their Representatives to, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage, induce or facilitate the communication, making, submission or announcement of any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry or take any action that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry; (ii) furnish any non-public information regarding the Company to any Person in connection with or in response to an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry; (iii) engage in discussions (other than to inform any Person of the existence of the provisions in this Section 4.5) or negotiations with any Person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry; (iv) approve, endorse or recommend any Acquisition Proposal; (v) execute or enter into any letter of intent or any Contract contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Transaction; or (vi) publicly propose to do any of the foregoing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company acknowledges and agrees that, in the event any Representative of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether or not such Representative is purporting to act on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) takes any action that, if taken by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, would constitute a breach of this Section 4.5, the taking of such action by such Representative shall be deemed to constitute a breach of this Section 4.5 by the Company for purposes of this Agreement.
(b) If the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its Representatives receives an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry at any time during the Pre-Closing Period, then the Company shall promptly (and in no event later than one (1) Business Day after the Company becomes aware of such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry) (1) advise Parent orally and in writing of such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry (including the identity of the Person making or submitting such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry), (2) in the case of a written Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry, furnish any written documentation and correspondence to or from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Representatives and (3) in the case of an oral Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry, provide a written summary of the terms thereof. The Company shall keep Parent reasonably informed with respect to the status and material terms of any such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry and any material modification or proposed material modification thereto.
(c) The Company shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing discussions, negotiations and communications with any Person that relate to any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry that has not already been terminated as of the date of this Agreement, terminate access to any non-public information of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries provided to such Person via an electronic or physical data room and request the destruction or return of any non-public information of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries provided to such Person as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement.
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4.6 Notification of Certain Matters.
(a) During the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall promptly (and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after the Company becomes aware of the same) notify Parent (and, if in writing, furnish copies of any relevant documents) if any of the following occurs: (i) any notice or other communication is received from any Person alleging that the Consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with any of the Contemplated Transactions; (ii) any Legal Proceeding against or involving or otherwise affecting the Company is commenced, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any director or officer of the Company; (iii) the Company becomes aware of any material inaccuracy in any representation or warranty made by it in this Agreement; or (iv) the failure of the Company to comply with any covenant or obligation of the Company; in each case of clauses (i) through (iv), that could reasonably be expected to make the timely satisfaction of any of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE VI or ARTICLE VII, as applicable, impossible or materially less likely. No notification given to Parent pursuant to this Section 4.6 shall change, limit or otherwise affect any of the representations, warranties, covenants or obligations of the Company contained in this Agreement or the Company Disclosure Schedule for purposes of ARTICLE VI and ARTICLE VII, as applicable.
(b) During the Pre-Closing Period, Parent shall promptly (and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after Parent becomes aware of the same) notify the Company (and, if in writing, furnish copies of any relevant documents) if any of the following occurs: (i) any notice or other communication is received from any Person alleging that the Consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with any of the Contemplated Transactions; (ii) any Legal Proceeding against or involving or otherwise affecting Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is commenced, or, to Parent’s Knowledge, threatened against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, to Parent’s Knowledge, any director or officer of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) Parent becomes aware of any material inaccuracy in any representation or warranty made by it in this Agreement; or (iv) the failure of Parent or Merger Sub to comply with any covenant or obligation of Parent or Merger Sub; in each case of clauses (i) through (iv), that could reasonably be expected to make the timely satisfaction of any of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE VI or ARTICLE VIII, as applicable, impossible or materially less likely. No notification given to the Company pursuant to this Section 4.6(b) shall change, limit or otherwise affect any of the representations, warranties, covenants or obligations of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries contained in this Agreement or the Parent Disclosure Schedule for purposes of ARTICLE VI and ARTICLE VIII, as applicable.
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ARTICLE
V.
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
5.1 Proxy Statement.
(a) As promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Parties shall prepare, and Parent shall cause to be filed with the SEC, the Proxy Statement. Parent covenants and agrees that the Proxy Statement (and the letter to stockholders, notice of meeting and form of proxy included therewith) will not, at the time that the Proxy Statement or any amendments or supplements thereto are filed with the SEC, at the time the Proxy Statement or any amendments or supplements thereto are first mailed to Parent’s stockholders and at the time of the Parent Stockholder Meeting (defined below in Section 5.3(a)), contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company covenants and agrees that the information provided by or on behalf of the Company or its Representatives to Parent for inclusion in the Proxy Statement (including the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal years ended 2023 and 2022 or the Company Interim Financial Statements, as the case may be) will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make such information not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent makes no covenant, representation or warranty with respect to statements made in the Proxy Statement (and the letter to stockholders, notice of meeting and form of proxy included therewith), if any, based on information provided by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Representatives for inclusion therein, and the Company makes no covenant, representation or warranty with respect to statements made in the Proxy Statement (and the letter to stockholders, notice of meeting and form of proxy included therewith), if any, other than with respect to the information provided by or on behalf of the Parent or any of its Representatives for inclusion therein. The Company and its legal counsel shall be given reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement, including all amendments and supplements thereto and all communications to and with the SEC, prior to the filing thereof with the SEC, and on the response to any comments of the SEC on the Proxy Statement, prior to the filing thereof with the SEC. Parent will promptly provide Company copies of all written and electronic communications to and from the SEC and written summaries of all SEC communications from the SEC, relating to the Proxy Statement. Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to comply with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, to respond promptly to any comments of the SEC or its staff and to clear any comments the SEC or its staff may have on the Proxy Statement as promptly as practicable after it is filed with the SEC. Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders as promptly as practicable after (i) all comments, if any, on the Proxy Statement are cleared by the SEC, or (ii) if the SEC or its staff does not have any comments on the Proxy Statement, after 10 days after passed from the date of filing the preliminary Proxy Statement (as applicable, (i) or (ii), “Cleared Comments”). Each Party shall promptly furnish to the other Party all information concerning such Party and such Party’s Affiliates and such Party’s stockholders that may be required or reasonably requested in connection with any action contemplated by this Section 5.1. If Parent, Merger Sub or the Company become aware of any event or information that, pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, should be disclosed in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, as the case may be, then such Party, as the case may be, shall promptly inform the other Parties thereof and shall cooperate with such other Parties in filing such amendment or supplement with the SEC and, if appropriate, in mailing such amendment or supplement to Parent’s stockholders. The Company and Parent shall each use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to comply with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and applicable federal and state securities Laws requirements.
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(b) The Parties shall reasonably cooperate with each other and provide, and require their respective Representatives to provide, the other Party and its Representatives, with all true, correct and complete information regarding such Party or its Subsidiaries that is required by Law to be included in the Proxy Statement or reasonably requested by the other Party to be included in the Proxy Statement.
5.2 Company Information Statement; Stockholder Written Consent.
(a) Promptly after the Proxy Statement has Cleared Comments, and in any event no later than five (5) Business Days thereafter, unless the Company shall have previously obtained the consent of all of the Company’s stockholders of items (i), (ii) and (iii) below, the Company shall prepare, with the cooperation of Parent, and cause to be mailed to its stockholders an information statement, which shall include a copy of the Proxy Statement (the “Information Statement”), to solicit the approval by written consent from the Company stockholders sufficient for the Required Company Stockholder Vote in lieu of a meeting pursuant to Section 228 of the DGCL, for purposes of (i) adopting and approving this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, (ii) acknowledging that the approval given thereby is irrevocable and that such stockholder is aware of its rights to demand appraisal for its shares of Company Capital Stock pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL, a true and correct copy of which will be attached thereto, and that such stockholder has received and read a copy of Section 262 of the DGCL and (iii) acknowledging that by its approval of the Merger it is not entitled to appraisal rights with respect to its shares of Company Capital Stock in connection with the Merger and thereby waives any rights to receive payment of the fair value of its shares of Company Capital Stock under the DGCL (collectively, the “Company Stockholder Matters”). Except as required by Law, the Company shall not assert that any other approval or consent is necessary by its stockholders to approve this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions. Parent and its legal counsel shall be given reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Information Statement, including all amendments and supplements thereto, prior to the mailing thereof to the Company’s stockholders.
(b) The Parties shall reasonably cooperate with each other and provide, and require their respective Representatives to provide, the other Party and its Representatives with all true, correct and complete information regarding such Party or its Subsidiaries that is required by Law to be included in the Information Statement or reasonably requested by the other Party to be included in the Information Statement.
(c) The Company covenants and agrees that the Information Statement, including any pro forma financial statements included therein (and the letter to stockholders and form of Company Stockholder Written Consent included therewith), will not, at the time that the Information Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto is first mailed, distributed or otherwise made available to the stockholders of the Company and at the time of receipt of the Required Company Stockholder Vote, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Parent covenants and agrees that the information provided by or on behalf of Parent, its Subsidiaries or their respective Representatives to the Company for inclusion in the Information Statement (including Parent’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended 2023 and 2022 or Parent’s interim consolidated financial statements, as the case may be) will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make such information not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no covenant, representation or warranty with respect to statements made in the Information Statement (and the letter to the stockholders and form of Company Stockholder Written Consent included therewith), if any, based on information furnished in writing by Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives for inclusion therein. Each of the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Information Statement to comply with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and applicable federal and state securities Laws requirements in all material respects.
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(d) Promptly following receipt of the Required Company Stockholder Vote, if required, the Company shall prepare and mail a notice (the “Stockholder Notice”) to every stockholder of the Company that did not execute the Company Stockholder Written Consent. The Stockholder Notice shall (i) be a statement to the effect that the Company Board determined that the Merger is advisable in accordance with Section 251(b) of the DGCL and in the best interests of the stockholders of the Company and authorized, approved and adopted this Agreement, the Merger and the other Contemplated Transactions, (ii) provide the stockholders of the Company to whom it is sent with notice of the actions taken in the Company Stockholder Written Consent, including the adoption and approval of this Agreement, the Merger and the other Contemplated Transactions in accordance with Section 228(e) of the DGCL and the Organizational Documents of the Company and (iii) include a description of the appraisal rights of the Company’s stockholders available under the DGCL, along with such other information as is required thereunder and pursuant to applicable Law. Parent and its legal counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Stockholder Notice, including all amendments and supplements thereto, prior to the mailing thereof to the Company’s stockholders.
(e) The Company agrees that if necessary: (i) the Company Board shall recommend that the Company’s stockholders vote to approve the Company Stockholder Matters and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval from the Company’s stockholders within the time set forth in Section 5.2(a) (the recommendation of the Company Board that the Company’s stockholders vote to adopt and approve the Company Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Company Board Recommendation”); and (ii)(1) the Company Board Recommendation shall not be withdrawn or modified, (2) the Company Board shall not publicly propose to withdraw or modify the Company Board Recommendation and (3) no resolution by the Company Board or any committee thereof to withdraw or modify the Company Board Recommendation or to adopt, approve or recommend (or publicly propose to adopt, approve or recommend) any Acquisition Proposal shall be adopted or proposed (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (ii), if taken, shall constitute, in each case, a “Company Board Adverse Recommendation Change”).
(f) The Company’s obligation to solicit the consent of its stockholders to sign the Company Stockholder Written Consent in accordance with Section 5.2(a) and Section 5.2(d) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Superior Offer or other Acquisition Proposal.
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5.3 Parent Stockholders’ Meeting.
(a) Promptly after the Proxy Statement has Cleared Comments, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, including:
(i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock in connection with the Contemplated Transactions pursuant to the Nasdaq rules (the “Parent Share Issuance”);
(ii) the Name Change Amendment and the Parent Plan Increase;
(iii) the timely compliance by Parent with all of its obligations contained in Section 5.9; and
(iv) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions, including to the extent required by Item 402(t) of Regulation S-K.
(the matters contemplated by Section 5.3(a)(i) through Section 5.3(a)(iv) are referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”).
(b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the Proxy Statement has Cleared Comments and, in any event, no later than fifty (50) calendar days (or such shorter period of time as may be reasonably recommended by a proxy solicitation firm, if any, engaged by Parent in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting) after the Proxy Statement has Cleared Comments. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of thirty (30) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments without the prior written consent of the Company.
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(c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall Unanimously recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval within the timeframe set forth in Section 5.3(b), (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board Unanimously recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii)(1) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified, (2) the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation, and (3) no resolution by the Parent Board or any committee thereof to withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation or to adopt, approve or recommend (or publicly propose to adopt, approve or recommend) any Acquisition Proposal shall be adopted or proposed (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), if taken, shall constitute, in each case, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”).
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, and subject to compliance with Section 4.4 and this Section 5.3(d), if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote:
(i) if Parent has received a bona fide Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not result from a breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change at least four (4) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change (a “Determination Notice”; and such period, the “Parent Notice Period”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C)(1) Parent shall have provided the Company with the identity of the Person making the Acquisition Proposal, as well as a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal (and in the case of a written Acquisition Proposal, any written documentation related thereto) in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall, and shall have caused its Representatives to, during the Parent Notice Period, negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) to enable the Company to propose in writing an offer binding on the Company to effect such adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that such Acquisition Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Offer, and (3) after considering the results of such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; provided that (x) the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) has determined to change its recommendation during the Parent Notice Period, which notice shall include a description in reasonable detail of the reasons for such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change and written copies of any relevant proposed transaction agreements with any party making a potential Superior Offer during the Parent Notice Period; (y) during any Parent Notice Period, the Company shall be entitled to deliver to Parent one or more counterproposals to such Acquisition Proposal and Parent will, and cause its Representatives to, negotiate with the Company in good faith (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) to enable the Company to propose in writing an offer binding on the Company to effect such adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that the applicable Acquisition Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Offer; and (z) in the event of any material amendment to any Superior Offer (including any revision in price that Parent’s stockholders would receive as a result of such potential Superior Offer), Parent shall be required to provide the Company with notice of such material amendment and the Parent Notice Period shall be extended, if applicable, to ensure that at least three (3) Business Days remain in the Parent Notice Period following such notification during which the Parties shall comply again with the requirements of this Section 5.3(d) and the Parent Board shall not make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change prior to the end of such Parent Notice Period as so extended (it being understood that there may be multiple extensions); and
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(ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least four (4) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C)(1) Parent shall have provided the Company with a description of the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, including the material facts and circumstances related to the Parent Change in Circumstance, (2) Parent shall, and shall have caused its Representatives to, during the four (4) Business Days after the Determination Notice, negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) to enable the Company to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to four (4) Business Days shall be deemed to be three (3) Business Days (it being understood that there may be multiple extensions).
(e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that any disclosure made by Parent or the Parent Board pursuant to the foregoing shall be limited to a statement that Parent is unable to take a position with respect to the bidder’s tender offer unless the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make additional disclosure would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. Parent shall not withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation unless specifically permitted pursuant to the terms of Section 5.3(d).
(f) Unless this Agreement is otherwise terminated pursuant to Section 9.1, Parent’s obligation to call, give notice of and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with Section 5.3(b) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Acquisition Proposal or by any Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change.
5.4 Regulatory Approvals. Each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file or otherwise submit, as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, all applications, notices, reports, filings and other documents, if any, required to be filed by such Party with or otherwise submitted by such Party to any Governmental Body with respect to the Contemplated Transactions, to submit promptly any additional information requested by any such Governmental Body, and to keep the other Party promptly informed of any communication from or to any Governmental Body.
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5.5 Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
(a) From the Effective Time through the sixth (6th) anniversary of the date on which the Effective Time occurs, each of Parent and the Surviving Corporation, jointly and severally, shall indemnify and hold harmless each person who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date of this Agreement, or who becomes prior to the Effective Time, a director, officer, fiduciary or agent of Parent or the Company and their respective Subsidiaries, respectively (the “D&O Indemnified Parties”), against all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, fines and reasonable fees, costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to the fact that the D&O Indemnified Party is or was a director, officer, fiduciary or agent of Parent or of the Company or their respective Subsidiaries, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by Parent’s Organizational Documents. Each D&O Indemnified Party will be entitled to advancement of expenses incurred in the defense of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation from each of Parent and the Surviving Corporation, jointly and severally, upon receipt by Parent or the Surviving Corporation from the D&O Indemnified Party of a request therefor; provided that any such person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to Parent, to the extent then required by the DGCL, to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification.
(b) The provisions of the Organizational Documents of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of present and former directors and officers of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that are set forth in the Organizational Documents of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement shall not be amended, modified or repealed for a period of six (6) years from the Effective Time in a manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of individuals who, at or prior to the Effective Time, were officers or directors of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, unless such modification is required by applicable Law. The Organizational Documents of the Surviving Corporation shall contain, and Parent shall cause the Organizational Documents of the Surviving Corporation to so contain, provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of present and former directors and officers as those set forth in the Organizational Documents of Parent as of the date of this Agreement.
(c) From and after the Effective Time, (i) the Surviving Corporation shall fulfill and honor in all respects the obligations of the Company to its D&O Indemnified Parties as of immediately prior to the Closing pursuant to any indemnification provisions under the Organizational Documents of the Company and pursuant to any indemnification agreements between the Company and such D&O Indemnified Parties, with respect to claims arising out of matters occurring at or prior to the Effective Time and (ii) Parent shall fulfill and honor in all respects the obligations of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to its D&O Indemnified Parties as of immediately prior to the Closing pursuant to any indemnification provisions under the Organizational Documents of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and pursuant to any indemnification agreements between Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and such D&O Indemnified Parties, with respect to claims arising out of matters occurring at or prior to the Effective Time.
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(d) From the Effective Time through the sixth (6th) anniversary of the date on which the Effective Time occurs, Parent shall maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies, with an effective date as of the Closing Date, on commercially available terms and conditions and with coverage limits customary for companies similarly situated to Parent.
(e) From and after the Effective Time, Parent shall pay all expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that are incurred by the persons referred to in this Section 5.5 in connection with their successful enforcement of the rights provided to such persons in this Section 5.5.
(f) All rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Closing, now existing in favor of the current or former directors, officers or employees, as the case may be, of Parent or the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries as provided in their respective Organizational Documents or in any agreement shall survive the Merger and shall continue in full force and effect. The provisions of this Section 5.5 are intended to be in addition to the rights otherwise available to the current and former officers and directors of Parent and the Company and any of their respective Subsidiaries by Law, charter, statute, bylaw or Contract and shall operate for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Indemnified Parties, their heirs and their representatives.
(g) From and after the Effective Time, in the event Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall succeed to the obligations set forth in this Section 5.5. Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to perform all of the obligations of the Surviving Corporation under this Section 5.5. The obligations set forth in this Section 5.5 shall not be terminated, amended or otherwise modified in any manner that adversely affects any D&O Indemnified Party or any person who is a beneficiary under the policies referred to in this Section 5.5 and their heirs and representatives, without the prior written consent of such affected D&O Indemnified Party or such other beneficiary.
5.6 Additional Agreements.
(a) During the Pre-Closing Period, the Parties shall (a) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be taken all actions necessary to consummate the Contemplated Transactions and (b) reasonably cooperate with the other Parties and provide the other Parties with such assistance as may be reasonably requested for the purpose of facilitating the performance by each Party of its respective obligations under this Agreement and to enable the Surviving Corporation to continue to meet its obligations under this Agreement following the Closing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to: (i) make all filings and other submissions (if any) and give all notices (if any) required to be made and given by such Party in connection with the Contemplated Transactions; (ii) obtain each Consent (if any) required to be obtained (pursuant to any applicable Law or Contract, or otherwise) by such Party in connection with the Contemplated Transactions; (iii) lift any injunction prohibiting, or any other legal bar to, the Contemplated Transactions; and (iv) satisfy the conditions precedent to the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions.
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5.7 Public Announcement.
(a) Press Release. The initial press release relating to this Agreement shall be a joint press release issued by the Company and Parent and thereafter Parent and the Company shall consult with each other before issuing any further press release(s) or otherwise making any public statement or making any announcement to Parent Associates or Company Associates (to the extent not previously issued or made in accordance with this Agreement) including but not limited to the Form 8-K described in Section 5.7(b)(A), below with respect to the Contemplated Transactions and shall not issue any such press release, public statement or announcement to Parent Associates or Company Associates without the other Party’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Notwithstanding the foregoing: (a) each Party may, without such consultation or prior written consent, make any public statement in response to specific questions from the press, analysts, investors or those attending industry conferences, make internal announcements to employees and make disclosures in Parent SEC Documents, so long as any such statements, announcements or disclosures are consistent with and do not disclose material information not previously disclosed in previous press releases, public disclosures or public statements made jointly by the Parties (or individually, if approved by the other Party) in compliance with this Section 5.7; (b) a Party may, without the prior written consent of the other Party but subject to giving advance notice to the other Party of, and consulting with the other Party regarding, the text of such press release, announcement or statement, issue any such press release or make any such public announcement or statement which Parent shall have determined in good faith, upon the advice of outside legal counsel, is required by any applicable Law; and (c) Parent need not consult with the Company in connection with such portion of any press release, public statement or filing to be issued or made pursuant to Section 5.3(e) or with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change.
(b) Form 8-Ks. The Parent shall file, (A) no later than four (4) Business Days after the date of this Agreement, a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the entry into this Agreement and attaching as exhibits all relevant agreements disclosing the terms of this Agreement and other requisite disclosure regarding the Contemplated Transactions; (B) no later than four (4) Business Days after the Closing Date, a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the closing of the Contemplated Transactions (the “Closing Form 8-K”); and (C) no later than 71 days after the Closing Form 8-K is due, a Current Report on Form 8-K including such financial statements as are required pursuant to Item 2.01 and Item 9.01(a) and (b) of Form 8-K (the “71 Day Form 8-K” and such financial statements, the “Company Form 8-K Financial Statements”).
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(c) Reporting Obligations. The Parent covenants and undertakes to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Parent pursuant to the Exchange Act, and timely file all reports that would be required to be filed by an issuer subject to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, even if the Parent is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, for a period of three (3) years following the Closing Date, subject to the consummation of a future transaction which results in the Parent’s reporting obligations under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act ceasing.
5.8 Financial Statement Assistance. Using commercially reasonable efforts, the Company and its officers shall assist the Parent and its accountants and auditors, at the Parent’s expense, in preparing the Company Form 8-K Financial Statements as required by Regulation S-X and as required and requested from time to time by the SEC and the SEC’s rules and requirements for inclusion in the 71 Day Form 8-K and any and all other filings with the SEC that such financial statements are required to be included in, and shall further supply the Parent all information, reports, documentation and financial information reasonably requested in connection therewith.
5.9 Listing. Parent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts, (a) to maintain its existing listing on Nasdaq until the Closing Date; (b) without derogating from the generality of the requirements of the foregoing clause (a) and to the extent required by the rules and regulations of Nasdaq, (i) to prepare and submit to Nasdaq a notification form for the listing of the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, and (ii) to cause such shares to be approved for listing (subject to official notice of issuance); and (c) to the extent required by Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5110, to file an initial listing application for the Parent Common Stock on Nasdaq (the “Nasdaq Listing Application”) and to cause such Nasdaq Listing Application to be conditionally approved prior to the Effective Time, provided that the Parties expect that no Nasdaq Listing Application will be required in connection with the Contemplated Transactions. The Parties will use commercially reasonable efforts to coordinate with respect to compliance with Nasdaq rules and regulations. The Company will cooperate with Parent as reasonably requested by Parent with respect to the Nasdaq Listing Application and promptly furnish to Parent all information concerning the Company and its stockholders that may be required or reasonably requested in connection with any action contemplated by this Section 5.9.
5.10 Tax Matters.
(a) For United States federal income Tax purposes, (i) the Parties intend that the Merger qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code (the “Intended Tax Treatment”), and (ii) this Agreement is intended to be, and is hereby adopted as, a “plan of reorganization” for purposes of Section 354 and 361 of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a), to which Parent, Merger Sub and the Company are parties under Section 368(b) of the Code.
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(b) The Parties shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Merger to qualify, and will not take (or knowingly fail to take) any action or cause (or knowingly fail to cause) any action to be taken which action would reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying, for the Intended Tax Treatment. The Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to operate the Surviving Corporation so as to meet the “continuity of business enterprise” requirement. The Parties shall not file any U.S. federal, state or local Tax Return in a manner that is inconsistent with the treatment of the Merger as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code for U.S. federal, state and other relevant Tax purposes, unless otherwise required by a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code.
5.11 Directors and Officers. As of the Effective Time, the directors and officers of the Parent and the Surviving Company shall be the individuals identified on Section 5.11 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule or such other persons agreed upon by Parent and Company.
5.12 Termination of Certain Agreements and Rights. The Company shall take prompt action to confirm that the 2012 Merger Agreement Change of Control and IPO Provisions are terminated or waived only with respect to the Merger and no other matter or transaction.
5.13 Section 16 Matters. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent and the Company shall take all such steps as may be required (to the extent permitted under applicable Laws) to cause any acquisitions of Parent Common Stock, in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, by each individual who is reasonably expected to become subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to Parent, to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. Promptly following the date of this Agreement and at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall furnish the following information to Parent for each individual who, immediately after the Effective Time, will become subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to Parent unless such individuals are already subject to such requirements prior to the Effective Time: (a) the number of shares of Company Capital Stock owned by such individual and expected to be exchanged for shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to the Merger; and (b) the number of other derivative securities (if any) with respect to Company Capital Stock owned by such individual and expected to be converted into shares of Parent Common Stock or derivative securities with respect to Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger.
5.14 Allocation Certificates.
(a) The Company will prepare and deliver to Parent no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date a certificate signed by the Controller of the Company in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent setting forth (as of immediately prior to the Effective Time) (i) each holder of Company Capital Stock, (ii) such holder’s name and address; (iii) the number and type of Company Capital Stock held as of the immediately prior to the Effective Time for each such holder; and (iv) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued to such holder, pursuant to this Agreement in respect of the Company Capital Stock held by such holder as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Allocation Certificate”).
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(b) Parent will prepare and deliver to the Company at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date a certificate signed by the Chief Accounting Officer of Parent in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, setting forth, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (i) each record holder of Parent Common Stock, Parent Options or Parent RSUs and (ii) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock held and/or underlying the Parent Options or Parent RSUs as of the Effective Time for such holder (the “Parent Outstanding Shares Certificate”).
5.15 Company Financial Statements. As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement: (i) and in no event later than April 30, 2024, the Company will furnish to Parent audited financial statements for the fiscal years ended 2023 and 2022 (the “Company Audited Financial Statements”); (ii) the Company will furnish to Parent unaudited financial statements of the Company for the period ended March 31, 2024 to the extent required by applicable Securities and Exchange Commission rules (the “Company Financial Statements”); and (iii) the Company will furnish to Parent unaudited interim financial statements for each additional interim period completed prior to Closing that would be required to be included in the Proxy Statement or any periodic report due prior to the Closing if the Company were subject to the periodic reporting requirements under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (the “Company Interim Financial Statements”). Each of the Company Financial Statements, the Company Audited Financial Statements and the Company Interim Financial Statements will be suitable for inclusion in the Proxy Statement and prepared in accordance with GAAP as applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except in each case as described in the notes thereto) and on that basis will present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and the results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows of the Company as of the dates of and for the periods referred to in the Company Financial Statements, the Company Audited Financial Statements and Company Interim Financial Statements, as the case may be.
5.16 Takeover Statutes. If any Takeover Statute is or may become applicable to the Contemplated Transactions, each of the Company, the Company Board, Parent and the Parent Board, as applicable, shall grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that the Contemplated Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of such Takeover Statute on the Contemplated Transactions.
5.17 Stockholder Litigation. Until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms or the Effective Time, each Party shall (a) promptly advise the other Party in writing of any stockholder litigation or investigation against it or its directors relating to this Agreement or the Contemplated Transactions and keep the other Party fully informed regarding such stockholder litigation and (b) give the other Party the opportunity to participate in the defense or settlement of any stockholder litigation or investigation relating to this Agreement or the Contemplated Transactions, and not settle any such litigation or investigation without the other Party’s written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
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5.18 Solvency. No transfer of property is being made, and no obligation is being incurred, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud either present or future creditors of Parent or the Company. Immediately after giving effect to the Consummated Transactions: (a) the Fair Value of the assets of Parent and Parent Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be greater than the total amount of Parent’s and Parent Subsidiaries’ liabilities (including all liabilities, whether or not reflected in a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and whether direct or indirect, fixed or contingent, secured or unsecured, disputed or undisputed), taken as a whole; (b) Parent and Parent Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be able to pay their debts and obligations in the ordinary course of business as they become due; and (c) Parent and Parent Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall have adequate capital to carry on their businesses and all businesses in which they are about to engage. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Fair Value” means the amount at which the assets (both tangible and intangible), in their entirety, of Parent and Parent Subsidiaries would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, within a commercially reasonable period of time, each having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts, with neither being under any compulsion to act.
5.19 Obligations of Merger Sub and Parent. Parent shall take all action necessary to cause Merger Sub to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Contemplated Transactions, including the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, any violation of the obligations of Merger Sub under this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement by Parent.
5.20 Name and Symbol Change. Concurrent with, or promptly following the Merger, Parent shall change its name to “Nina Holding Corp.” and shall change its trading symbol to “NINA”.
5.21 Restricted Stock; Legending of Certificates.
(a) The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Merger will be issued in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act by reason of Section 4(a)(2) thereof or Regulation D promulgated thereunder, and Parent is relying on the representations of Company and the stockholders of the Company in the Stockholder Representation Agreements with respect to such exemption. Stop transfer instructions with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock received by each stockholder of the Company pursuant to the Merger will be given to Parent’s transfer agent and there will be placed on the certificates for such shares, or shares issued in substitution thereof, a legend stating in substance:
「The securities represented hereby have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 「act」). Such securities may not be transferred unless a registration statement under the Act is in effect as to such transfer or such transfer may be made pursuant to Rule 144 or in the opinion of counsel for the Company, registration under the Act is unnecessary for such transfer to comply with the Act.」
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The foregoing legend will also be placed on any certificate representing securities issued subsequent to the original issuance of the Parent Common Stock pursuant to the Merger as a result of any transfer of such shares or any stock dividend, stock split, or other recapitalization as long as the Parent Common Stock issued pursuant to the Merger has not been transferred in such manner to justify the removal of the legend therefrom.
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VI.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF EACH PARTY
The obligations of each Party to effect the Merger are subject to the satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, the written waiver by each of the Parties), at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions:
6.1 No Restraints. No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order preventing the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions shall have been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Body of competent jurisdiction and remain in effect and there shall not be any Law which has the effect of making the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions illegal.
6.2 Stockholder Approval. (a) Parent shall have obtained the Required Parent Stockholder Vote and (b) the Company shall have obtained the Required Company Stockholder Vote and such Required Company Stockholder Vote shall remain in full force and effect and shall not have been revoked.
6.3 Listing. (a) The existing shares of Parent Common Stock shall have been continually listed on Nasdaq as of and from the date of this Agreement through the Closing Date, (b) Nasdaq shall not have provided any notice of non-compliance of the Parent with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements following the Closing, (c) Parent shall be in full compliance with the continued listing requirements of Nasdaq following the Closing, and (d) the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger pursuant to this Agreement shall have been approved for listing (subject to official notice of issuance) on Nasdaq as of the Closing.
6.4 Exemption From Registration. The Parties shall each be reasonably satisfied that the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Merger are issuable without registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
6.5 Closing Conditions. From the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, (a) trading in the Parent Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Parent’s principal trading market, nor (b) trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any trading market, nor (b) shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities, nor (c) shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity wide-spread national public health emergency of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of the Parent, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to complete the Contemplated Transactions.
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6.6 Litigation. From the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, no action, suit or proceeding shall have been instituted before any court or governmental or regulatory authority or instituted or threatened by any governmental or regulatory body to restrain, modify or prevent the carrying out of the Contemplated Transactions or to seek damages or a discovery order against the Parent in connection with such Contemplated Transactions, or which has had or, in the reasonable opinion of the Company or the Parent, could reasonably be expected to have, a Parent Material Adverse Effect or a Company Material Adverse Effect, respectively.
6.7 No Material Adverse Change. There shall not have been any occurrence, event, incident, action, failure to act, or transaction since December 31, 2023, which (a) in the reasonable determination of the Company has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect; or (b) in the reasonable determination of the Parent has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
6.8 SEC Reports. From the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, the Parent shall have filed all reports and other documents required to be filed by the Parent under the U.S. federal securities laws through the Effective Time.
6.9 Fairness Opinion. The Parent shall have delivered to the Company a copy of the Fairness Opinion and the Fairness Opinion shall not have been withdrawn or materially and adversely modified prior to Closing.
6.10 CIT Consent. The Company shall have received the written approval (or substitution) of the CIT Group/Commercial Services, Inc. maintaining an address at 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036, to the Merger and the transactions contemplated therewith, which consent shall remain valid as of the Closing.
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VII.
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
OBLIGATIONS OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to effect the Merger are subject to the satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, the written waiver by Parent), at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions:
7.1 Accuracy of Representations. (i) The representation and warranty of the Company set forth in Section 2.8(b) shall have been true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date; (ii) the Company Capitalization Representations shall have been true and correct in all but de minimis respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all but de minimis respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date (except to the extent such representations and warranties are specifically made as of a particular date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all but de minimis respects as of such date); (iii) the Company Fundamental Representations (other than the Company Capitalization Representations) shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date (except to the extent such representations and warranties are specifically made as of a particular date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date); and (iv) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement (other than the Company Fundamental Representations, the Company Capitalization Representations and Section 2.8(b)) shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date except (a) in each case, or in the aggregate, where the failure to be so true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect (without giving effect to any references therein to any Company Material Adverse Effect or other materiality qualifications), or (b) for those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a particular date (which representations shall have been true and correct, subject to the qualifications as set forth in the preceding clause (a), as of such particular date) (it being understood that, for purposes of determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties, any update of or modification to the Company Disclosure Schedule made or purported to have been made after the date of this Agreement shall be disregarded).
7.2 Performance of Covenants. The Company shall have performed or complied with in all material respects all agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied with by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Effective Time.
7.3 Documents. Parent shall have received the following documents, each of which shall be in full force and effect:
(a) a copy of this Agreement executed by the Company;
(b) the Company Disclosure Schedule in the form and substance satisfactory to the Parent;
(c) a certificate executed by the Chief Executive Officer or Controller of the Company certifying that the conditions set forth in Sections 7.1, 7.2, and 7.4 have been duly satisfied;
(d) a signed Stockholder Representation Agreement from each Company stockholder;
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(e) the Allocation Certificate; and
(f) a Certificate of Good Standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries dated within two (2) weeks of the Effective Time.
7.4 No Company Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred any Company Material Adverse Effect that is continuing.
7.5 Termination or Waiver of 2012 Merger Agreement Change of Control and IPO Provisions. The 2012 Merger Agreement Change of Control and IPO Provisions, shall have been terminated or waived, prior to the Effective Time, with respect only to the Merger and such terminations or waivers shall otherwise continue to be binding and valid as of and subsequent to the Closing.
7.6 Dissenting Shares. Holders of no more than 10% of shares of Company Capital Stock shall have exercised statutory appraisal rights pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL with respect to such shares of Company Capital Stock.
7.7 Forgiveness or Elimination of Company Debt. The Company shall have forgiven or otherwise eliminated all of the debt owed by Parent to Company. The Parties agree to come to a mutually acceptable understanding as to such forgiveness/elimination of debt as to not create debt forgiveness income to the Parent, to the extent commercially reasonable.
7.8 Company Stockholders As Accredited Investors; Compliance with Section 4(a)(2) and/or Rule 506. Parent shall be reasonably satisfied that all of the stockholders of the Company are “accredited investors” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act and that the issuance of the shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger satisfy an exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
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VIII.
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY
The obligations of the Company to effect the Merger and otherwise consummate the Contemplated Transactions to be consummated at Closing are subject to the satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, the written waiver by the Company), at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions:
8.1 Accuracy of Representations. (i) The representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in Section 3.8(b) shall have been true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date; (ii) the Parent Capitalization Representations shall have been true and correct in all but de minimis respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all but de minimis respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date (except to the extent such representations and warranties are specifically made as of a particular date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all but de minimis respects as of such date); (iii) the Parent Fundamental Representations (other than the Parent Capitalization Representations) shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date (except to the extent such representations and warranties are specifically made as of a particular date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date); and (iv) the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement (other than the Parent Fundamental Representations, the Parent Capitalization Representations and Section 3.8(b) shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date except (a) in each case, or in the aggregate, where the failure to be so true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect (without giving effect to any references therein to any Parent Material Adverse Effect or other materiality qualifications), or (b) for those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a particular date (which representations shall have been true and correct, subject to the qualifications as set forth in the preceding clause (a), as of such particular date) (it being understood that, for purposes of determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties, any update of or modification to the Parent Disclosure Schedule made or purported to have been made after the date of this Agreement shall be disregarded).
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8.2 Performance of Covenants. Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed or complied with in all material respects all of their agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied with by each of them under this Agreement at or prior to the Effective Time.
8.3 Documents. The Company shall have received the following documents, each of which shall be in full force and effect:
(a) a copy of this Agreement executed by the Parent;
(b) the Parent Disclosure Schedule, in form and substance satisfactory to the Company;
(c) a certificate executed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of Parent certifying that the conditions set forth in Sections 8.1, 8.2, and 8.4 have been duly satisfied;
(d) the Parent Outstanding Shares Certificate;
(e) a Certificate of Good Standing of the Parent and its Subsidiaries dated within two (2) weeks of the Effective Time; and
(e) a legal opinion for the benefit of the Company and its stockholders in a form mutually acceptable to the Parties and which legal opinion may be delivered within two (2) weeks of the Effective Time.
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8.4 No Parent Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred any Parent Material Adverse Effect that is continuing.
ARTICLE
IX.
TERMINATION
9.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Effective Time (whether before or after approval of the Company Stockholder Matters by the Company’s stockholders and whether before or after approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters by Parent’s stockholders, unless otherwise specified below):
(a) by mutual written consent of Parent and the Company;
(b) by either Parent or the Company if the Contemplated Transactions shall not have been consummated by August 31, 2024 (subject to possible extension as provided in this Section 9.1(b), the “End Date”); provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(b) shall not be available to the Company, on the one hand, or to Parent, on the other hand, if such Party’s (or, in the case of Parent, Merger Sub’s) action or failure to act has been a principal cause of the failure of the Contemplated Transactions to occur on or before the End Date and such action or failure to act constitutes a breach of this Agreement, provided, further, however, that, in the event that the Proxy Statement had not Cleared Comments by the date which is thirty (30) calendar days prior to the End Date, then either Parent or Company shall be entitled to extend the End Date for an additional forty (40) calendar days by prior written notice to the other;
(c) by either Parent or the Company if a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Body shall have issued a final and nonappealable order, decree or ruling, or shall have taken any other action, having the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Contemplated Transactions;
(d) by Parent if the Required Company Stockholder Vote shall not have been obtained within ten (10) Business Days of the Proxy Statement having Cleared Comments; provided, however, that once the Required Company Stockholder Vote has been obtained, Parent may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1(d);
(e) by either Parent or the Company if (i) the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting (including any adjournments and postponements thereof) shall have been held and completed and Parent’s stockholders shall have taken a final vote on the Parent Share Issuance and (ii) the Parent Share Issuance shall not have been approved at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting (or at any adjournment or postponement thereof) by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(e) shall not be available to Parent where the failure to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote shall have been caused by the action or failure to act of Parent and such action or failure to act constitutes a material breach by Parent of this Agreement;
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(f) by the Company (at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Share Issuance by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote) if a Parent Triggering Event shall have occurred;
(g) by Parent (at any time prior to the Required Company Stockholder Vote being obtained) if a Company Triggering Event shall have occurred;
(h) by the Company, upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement by Parent or Merger Sub or if any representation or warranty of Parent or Merger Sub shall have become inaccurate, in either case, such that the conditions set forth in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such representation or warranty shall have become inaccurate; provided that the Company is not then in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement under this Agreement; provided, further, that if such inaccuracy in Parent’s or Merger Sub’s representations and warranties or breach by Parent or Merger Sub is curable by the End Date by Parent or Merger Sub, then this Agreement shall not terminate pursuant to this Section 9.1(h) as a result of such particular breach or inaccuracy until the earlier of (i) the End Date and (ii) the expiration of a thirty (30) calendar day period commencing upon delivery of written notice from the Company to Parent of such breach or inaccuracy and its intention to terminate pursuant to this Section 9.1(h) (it being understood that this Agreement shall not terminate pursuant to this Section 9.1(h) as a result of such particular breach or inaccuracy if such breach by Parent or Merger Sub is cured prior to such termination becoming effective);
(i) by Parent, upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement by the Company or if any representation or warranty of the Company shall have become inaccurate, in either case, such that the conditions set forth in Section 7.1 or Section 7.2 would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such representation or warranty shall have become inaccurate; provided that neither Parent nor Merger Sub is then in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement under this Agreement; provided, further, that if such inaccuracy in the Company’s representations and warranties or breach by the Company is curable by the End Date by the Company then this Agreement shall not terminate pursuant to this Section 9.1(i) as a result of such particular breach or inaccuracy until the earlier of (i) the End Date and (ii) the expiration of a thirty (30) calendar day period commencing upon delivery of written notice from Parent to the Company of such breach or inaccuracy and its intention to terminate pursuant to this Section 9.1(i) (it being understood that this Agreement shall not terminate pursuant to this Section 9.1(i) as a result of such particular breach or inaccuracy if such breach by the Company is cured prior to such termination becoming effective); or
(j) by Parent, if the Company Financial Statements or Company Audited Financial Statements have not been provided by the Company to Parent in accordance with Section 5.15(i) or Section 5.15(ii), respectively; provided that this Agreement shall not terminate pursuant to this Section 9.1(j) until the earlier of (i) the End Date and (ii) the expiration of a sixty (60) calendar day period commencing upon delivery of written notice from Parent to the Company of such breach and its intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1(j) (it being understood that this Agreement shall not terminate pursuant to this Section 9.1(j) as a result of such breach if such breach by the Company is cured prior to such termination becoming effective).
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The Party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1 shall give the other Party written notice of such termination, specifying the provisions hereof pursuant to which such termination is made and the basis therefor described in reasonable detail.
9.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 9.1, this Agreement shall be of no further force or effect; provided, however, that (a) Section 5.7, this Section 9.2, Section 9.3, ARTICLE X and the definitions of the defined terms in such Sections (including the definitions of such defined terms set forth in Exhibit A) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and shall remain in full force and effect following such termination, and (b) the termination of this Agreement and the provisions of Section 9.3 shall not relieve any Party of any liability for fraud or for any willful and material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, obligation or other provision contained in this Agreement.
9.3 Expenses; Termination Fees.
(a) Except as set forth in this Section 9.3, the Transaction Expenses shall be paid by the Party incurring such expenses, whether or not the Merger is consummated.
(b) If:
(i) (A) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.1(b), Section 9.1(e) or Section 9.1(h), (B) an Acquisition Proposal with respect to Parent shall have been publicly announced, disclosed or otherwise communicated to Parent or the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) at any time after the date of this Agreement but prior to the termination of this Agreement (which shall not have been withdrawn) and (C) within three (3) months after the date of such termination, Parent enters into a definitive agreement with respect to a Subsequent Transaction or consummates a Subsequent Transaction in respect of the Acquisition Proposal referred to in clause (B) or in respect of any other Acquisition Proposal; or
(ii) this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 9.1(f) (or, at the time this Agreement is terminated, the Company had the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(f));
then Parent shall pay to the Company a nonrefundable fee in an amount equal to $100,000 (the “Company Termination Fee”), in the case of Section 9.39.3(b)(i), upon the consummation of such Subsequent Transaction or, in the case of Section 9.3(b)(i), concurrently with the termination of this Agreement plus any amount payable to the Company pursuant to Section 9.3(f).
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(c) If:
(i) (A) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.1(b), Section 9.1(d), or Section 9.1(i), (B) an Acquisition Proposal with respect to the Company shall have been publicly announced, disclosed or otherwise communicated to the Company or the Company Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) at any time after the date of this Agreement but prior to obtaining the Required Company Stockholder Vote (which shall not have been withdrawn, (1) in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 9.1(b) or Section 9.1(i), at the time the Required Company Stockholder Vote is obtained and (2) in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 9.1(d), at the time of such termination) and (C) within three (3) months after the date of such termination, the Company enters into a definitive agreement with respect to a Subsequent Transaction or consummates a Subsequent Transaction in respect of the Acquisition Proposal referred to in clause (B) or in respect of any other Acquisition Proposal; or
(ii) this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 9.1(g) (or, at the time this Agreement is terminated, Parent had the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(g)),
(iii) then the Company shall pay to Parent a nonrefundable fee in an amount equal to $100,000 (the “Parent Termination Fee”), in the case of Section 9.3(c)(i)), upon the consummation of such Subsequent Transaction or, in the case of Section 9.3(c)(ii), concurrently with the termination of this Agreement plus any amount payable to Parent pursuant to Section 9.3(f).
(d) (i) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.1(e) or Section 9.1(h) or (ii) in the event of the failure of the Company to consummate the transactions to be contemplated at the Closing solely as a result of a Parent Material Adverse Effect as set forth in Section 8.4 (provided, that at such time all of the other conditions precedent to Parent’s obligation to close set forth in ARTICLE VI and ARTICLE VII have been satisfied by the Company, are capable of being satisfied by the Company or have been waived by Parent), then Parent shall reimburse the Company for all reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions (such expenses, collectively, the “Third Party Expenses”), up to a maximum of $62,500, by wire transfer of same-day funds within ten (10) Business Days following the date on which the Company submits to Parent true and correct copies of reasonable documentation supporting such Third Party Expenses; provided, however, that such Third Party Expenses shall not include any amounts for financial advisors to the Company except for reasonably documented out-of-pocket expenses otherwise reimbursable by the Company to such financial advisors pursuant to the terms of the Company’s engagement letter or similar arrangement with such financial advisors. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent any Third Party Expenses are paid, such amounts shall be credited against any Company Termination Fee which becomes payable thereafter.
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(e) (i) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.1(d) or Section 9.1(i) or (ii) in the event of the failure of Parent to consummate the transactions to be consummated to the Closing solely as a result of a Company Material Adverse Effect as set forth in Section 7.4 (provided, that at such time all of the other conditions precedent to the Company’s obligation to close set forth in ARTICLE VI and ARTICLE VIII have been satisfied by Parent are capable of being satisfied by Parent or have been waived by the Company, the Company shall reimburse Parent for all Third Party Expenses incurred by Parent up to a maximum of $62,500, by wire transfer of same-day funds within ten (10) Business Days following the date on which Parent submits to the Company true and correct copies of reasonable documentation supporting such Third Party Expenses; provided, however, that such Third Party Expenses shall not include any amounts for financial advisors to Parent except for reasonably documented out-of-pocket expenses otherwise reimbursable by Parent to such financial advisors pursuant to the terms of Parent’s engagement letter or similar arrangement with such financial advisors. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent any Third Party Expenses are paid, such amounts shall be credited against any Parent Termination Fee which becomes payable thereafter.
(f) Any Company Termination Fee or Parent Termination Fee due under this Section 9.3 shall be paid by wire transfer of same day funds. If a Party fails to pay when due any amount payable by it under this Section 9.3, then (i) such Party shall reimburse the other Party for reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred in connection with the collection of such overdue amount and the enforcement by the other Party of its rights under this Section 9.3, and (ii) such Party shall pay to the other Party interest on such overdue amount (for the period commencing as of the date such overdue amount was originally required to be paid and ending on the date such overdue amount is actually paid to other Party in full) at a rate per annum equal to the “prime rate” (as published in The Wall Street Journal or any successor thereto) in effect on the date such overdue amount was originally required to be paid plus three percent (3%).
(g) The Parties agree that, subject to Section 9.2, (i) payment of the Company Termination Fee shall, in the circumstances in which it is owed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, constitute the sole and exclusive remedy of the Company following the termination of this Agreement under the circumstances described in Section 9.3(b), it being understood that in no event shall Parent be required to pay the amounts payable pursuant to this Section 9.3 on more than one occasion and (ii) following payment of the Company Termination Fee (x) Parent shall have no further liability to the Company in connection with or arising out of this Agreement or the termination thereof, any breach of this Agreement by Parent giving rise to such termination, or the failure of the Contemplated Transactions to be consummated, (y) neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall be entitled to bring or maintain any other claim, action or proceeding against Parent or Merger Sub or seek to obtain any recovery, judgment or damages of any kind against such Parties (or any partner, member, stockholder, director, officer, employee, Subsidiary, Affiliate, agent or other Representative of such Parties) in connection with or arising out of this Agreement or the termination thereof, any breach by any such Parties giving rise to such termination or the failure of the Contemplated Transactions to be consummated and (z) the Company and its Affiliates shall be precluded from any other remedy against Parent, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, at law or in equity or otherwise, in connection with or arising out of this Agreement or the termination thereof, any breach by such Party giving rise to such termination or the failure of the Contemplated Transactions to be consummated; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 9.3(g) shall limit the rights of Parent and Merger Sub under Section 10.11.
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(h) The Parties agree that, subject to Section 9.2, (i) payment of the Parent Termination Fee shall, in the circumstances in which it is owed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, constitute the sole and exclusive remedy of Parent following the termination of this Agreement under the circumstances described in Section 9.3(c), it being understood that in no event shall the Company be required to pay the amounts payable pursuant to this Section 9.3 on more than one occasion and (ii) following payment of the Parent Termination Fee (x) the Company shall have no further liability to Parent in connection with or arising out of this Agreement or the termination thereof, any breach of this Agreement by the Company giving rise to such termination, or the failure of the Contemplated Transactions to be consummated, (y) neither Parent nor any of its Affiliates shall be entitled to bring or maintain any other claim, action or proceeding against the Company or seek to obtain any recovery, judgment or damages of any kind against the Company (or any partner, member, stockholder, director, officer, employee, Subsidiary, Affiliate, agent or other Representative of the Company) in connection with or arising out of this Agreement or the termination thereof, any breach by the Company giving rise to such termination or the failure of the Contemplated Transactions to be consummated and (z) Parent and its Affiliates shall be precluded from any other remedy against the Company and its Affiliates, at law or in equity or otherwise, in connection with or arising out of this Agreement or the termination thereof, any breach by such Party giving rise to such termination or the failure of the Contemplated Transactions to be consummated; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 9.3(h) shall limit the rights of the Company under Section 10.11.
(i) Each of the Parties acknowledges that (i) the agreements contained in this Section 9.3 are an integral part of the Contemplated Transactions, (ii) without these agreements, the Parties would not enter into this Agreement and (iii) any amount payable pursuant to this Section 9.3 is not a penalty, but rather is liquidated damages in a reasonable amount that will compensate the applicable Party in the circumstances in which such amount is payable.
ARTICLE
X.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
10.1 Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement or any certificate or instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate at the Effective Time, and only the covenants that by their terms survive the Effective Time and this ARTICLE X shall survive the Effective Time.
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10.2 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended with the approval of the respective boards of directors of the Company, Merger Sub and Parent (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) at any time (whether before or after obtaining the Required Company Stockholder Vote or before or after obtaining the Required Parent Stockholder Vote); provided, however, that after any such approval of this Agreement by a Party’s stockholders, no amendment shall be made which by Law requires further approval of such stockholders without the further approval of such stockholders. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the Company, Merger Sub and Parent. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, time periods, deadlines, percentages and amounts contained in this Agreement may be mutually amended, extended or waived, by the Parties, without the required approval of any Company stockholder or Parent stockholder.
10.3 Waiver.
(a) No failure on the part of any Party to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of any Party in exercising any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, shall operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege or remedy; and no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege or remedy.
(b) No Party shall be deemed to have waived any claim arising out of this Agreement, or any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power, right, privilege or remedy is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Party and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.
10.4 Entire Agreement; Counterparts; Exchanges by Electronic Transmission. This Agreement, the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Parent Disclosure Schedule and the other agreements referred to in this Agreement constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among or between any of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof; provided, however, that the Confidentiality Agreement shall not be superseded and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of a fully executed Agreement (in counterparts or otherwise) by all Parties by electronic transmission (including .PDF format or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., DocuSign) shall be sufficient to bind the Parties to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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10.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws. In any action or proceeding between any of the Parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the Contemplated Transactions, each of the Parties: (a) irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, to the extent such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware or, to the extent that neither of the foregoing courts has jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware; (b) agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined exclusively in accordance with clause (a) of this Section 10.5; (c) waives any objection to laying venue in any such action or proceeding in such courts; (d) waives any objection that such courts are an inconvenient forum or do not have jurisdiction over any Party; (e) agrees that service of process upon such Party in any such action or proceeding shall be effective if notice is given in accordance with Section 10.8 of this Agreement; and (F) IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
10.6 Attorneys’ Fees. In any action at law or suit in equity to enforce this Agreement or the rights of any of the Parties, the prevailing Party in such action or suit (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction) shall be entitled to recover its reasonable out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and all other reasonable costs and expenses incurred in such action or suit.
10.7 Assignability. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by and inure solely to the benefit of, the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, that neither this Agreement nor any of a Party’s rights or obligations hereunder may be assigned, delegated or otherwise transferred (voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise) by such Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, and any attempted assignment, delegation or other transfer of this Agreement or any of such rights or obligations by such Party without the other Party’s prior written consent shall be void and of no effect.
10.8 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly delivered and received hereunder (a) one (1) Business Day after being sent for next Business Day delivery, fees prepaid, via a reputable international overnight courier service, (b) upon delivery in the case of delivery by hand, or (c) on the date delivered in the place of delivery if sent by email (provided that no bounceback or similar “undeliverable” message is received by such sender) prior to 5:00 p.m. New York time on a Business Day, otherwise on the next succeeding Business Day, in each case to the intended recipient as set forth below:
if to Parent or Merger Sub:
Kidpik
Corp.
200 Park Avenue South, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10003
Attention:
Bart Sichel, Chairman, Strategy and Alternatives Committee
Email: XXXXXXXXXXX
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with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
The Loev Law Firm, PC
6300 West Loop South, Suite 280
Bellaire, Texas 77401
Attn: David M. Loev and John S. Gillies
Email: dloev@loevlaw.com and john@loevlaw.com
if to the Company:
Nina Footwear Corp.
200 Park Avenue South, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10003
Attention: Ezra Dabah
Email: XXXXXXXXXX
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Grushko & Mittman, P.C
1800 Rockaway Avenue – Suite 206
Hewlett, New York 11557
Attention: Edward M. Grushko
Email: ed@grushkomittman.com
10.9 Cooperation. Each Party agrees to cooperate reasonably with the other Party and to execute and deliver such further documents, certificates, agreements and instruments and to take such other actions as may be reasonably requested by the other Party to evidence or reflect the Contemplated Transactions and to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement.
10.10 Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the Parties agree that the court making such determination shall have the power to limit such term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases or to replace such term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable as so modified. In the event such court does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the Parties agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term or provision.
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10.11 Other Remedies; Specific Performance. Except as otherwise provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a Party will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The Parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that any Party does not perform the provisions of this Agreement (including failing to take such actions as are required of it hereunder to consummate this Agreement) in accordance with their specified terms or otherwise breaches such provisions. Accordingly, the Parties acknowledge and agree that the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States or any state thereof having jurisdiction, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each of the Parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief on the basis that any other Party has an adequate remedy at law or that any award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in equity. Any Party seeking an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement shall not be required to provide any bond, surety or other security in connection with any such order or injunction.
10.12 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any Person (other than the Parties and the D&O Indemnified Parties to the extent of their respective rights pursuant to Section 5.5) any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
10.13 Construction.
(a) References to “cash,” “dollars” or “$” are to U.S. dollars.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders; the feminine gender shall include the masculine and neuter genders; and the neuter gender shall include masculine and feminine genders.
(c) The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiating and drafting of this Agreement and agree that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be applied in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
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(d) As used in this Agreement, the words “include” and “including,” and variations thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”
(e) As used in this Agreement, the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and does not simply mean “if.”
(f) Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to “Sections,” “Exhibits” and “Schedules” are intended to refer to Sections of this Agreement and Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement, respectively.
(g) Any reference to legislation or to any provision of any legislation shall include any modification, amendment, re-enactment thereof, any legislative provision substituted therefore and all rules, regulations, and statutory instruments issued or related to such legislations.
(h) The bold-faced headings and table of contents contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement and shall not be referred to in connection with the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
(i) The Parties agree that each of the Company Disclosure Schedule and the Parent Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in sections and subsections corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections and subsections contained in this Agreement. The disclosures in any section or subsection of the Company Disclosure Schedule or the Parent Disclosure Schedule shall qualify other sections and subsections in this Agreement to the extent it is readily apparent on its face from a reading of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other sections and subsections.
(j) Each of “delivered” or “made available” means, with respect to any documentation, that prior to 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on the date that is two (2) calendar days prior to the date of this Agreement (i) a copy of such material has been posted to and made available by a Party to the other Party and its Representatives in the electronic data room maintained by such disclosing Party; (ii) such material has been emailed by a Party or their Representatives to the other Party and/or their Representatives; or (iii) such material is disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents filed with the SEC prior to the date hereof and publicly made available on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system.
(k) Whenever the last day for the exercise of any privilege or the discharge of any duty hereunder shall fall upon a Saturday, Sunday, or any date on which banks in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by Law to be closed, the Party having such privilege or duty may exercise such privilege or discharge such duty on the next succeeding day which is a regular Business Day.
10.14 Equitable Adjustment. Any change in the number of outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock, Merger Consideration and similar figures referenced in this Agreement shall be equitably adjusted (but without duplication) to offset the effect of stock splits, similar events and as otherwise described in this Agreement.
10.15 Special Committee Approval. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, until the Effective Time, (i) the Parent may take the following actions only with the prior approval of, and shall take any such action if directed to do so by, the Special Committee: (a) amending, restating, modifying or otherwise changing any provision of this Agreement; (b) waiving any right under this Agreement or extending the time for the performance of any obligation of the Company hereunder; (c) terminating this Agreement; (d) taking any action under this Agreement that expressly requires the approval of the Special Committee; (e) making any decision or determination, or taking any action under or with respect to this Agreement that would reasonably be expected to be, or is required to be, approved, authorized, ratified or adopted by the Board of Directors; and (f) agreeing to do any of the foregoing and (ii) no decision or determination shall be made, or action taken, by the Board of Directors of Parent under or with respect to this Agreement, without first obtaining the approval of the Special Committee. In the event the Special Committee ceases to exist, any consents, determinations, actions or other rights or obligations afforded to the Special Committee shall be afforded to a majority of the remaining independent and disinterested members of the Board of the Directors of the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.
KIDPIK CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Jill Pasechnick | |
Name: | Jill Pasechnick | |
Title: | Chief Accounting Officer |
KIDPIK MERGER SUB, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Jill Pasechnick | |
Name: | Jill Pasechnick | |
Title: | Chief Accounting Officer |
[Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.
NINA FOOTWEAR CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Ezra Dabah | |
Name: | Ezra Dabah | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization]
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EXHIBIT A
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement (including this Exhibit A):
“Acquisition Inquiry” means, with respect to a Party, an inquiry, indication of interest or request for information (other than an inquiry, indication of interest or request for information made or submitted by the Company or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, or Parent or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, to the other Party) that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal; provided, however, that the term “Acquisition Inquiry” shall not include the Merger or the other Contemplated Transactions.
“Acquisition Proposal” means, with respect to a Party, any offer or proposal, whether written or oral (other than an offer or proposal made or submitted by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, or by or on behalf of Parent or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, to the other Party) contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Transaction with such Party.
“Acquisition Transaction” means any transaction or series of related transactions involving:
(i) | any merger, consolidation, amalgamation, share exchange, business combination, issuance of securities, acquisition of securities, reorganization, recapitalization, tender offer, exchange offer or other similar transaction: (i) in which a Party is a constituent entity; (ii) in which a Person or “group” (as defined in the Exchange Act) of Persons directly or indirectly acquires beneficial or record ownership of securities representing more than 20% of the outstanding securities of any class of voting securities of a Party or any of its Subsidiaries; or (iii) in which a Party or any of its Subsidiaries issues securities representing more than 20% of the outstanding securities of any class of voting securities of such Party or any of its Subsidiaries; or |
(ii) | any sale, lease, exchange, transfer, license, acquisition or disposition of any business or businesses or assets that constitute or account for 20% or more of the consolidated book value or the fair market value of the assets of a Party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. |
“Affiliate” of a Person means any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. The term “control” (including the corollary terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by Contract or otherwise.
Exhibit A |
i |
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by Law to be closed.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company Associate” means any current or former employee, independent contractor, officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Company Board” means the board of directors of the Company.
“Company Capital Stock” means the Company Common Stock.
“Company Capitalization Representations” means the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the first sentence of Section 2.6(a) and Section 2.6(c).
“Company Common Stock” means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company.
“Company Common Stock Exchange Ratio” equals the number, rounded to the nearest thousandths place, equal to (1) (a) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding on the Closing Date, immediately prior to the Closing, divided by 0.20, minus (b) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding on the Closing Date, divided by (c) the number of shares of Company Capital Stock outstanding on the Closing Date, immediately prior to the Closing.
“Company Contract” means any Contract: (a) to which Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party; (b) by which Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Company IP or any other asset of Company or its Subsidiaries is or may become bound or under which Company or any of its Subsidiaries have, or may become subject to, any obligation; or (c) under which Company or any of its Subsidiaries have or may acquire any right or interest.
“Company ERISA Affiliate” means any corporation or trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is (or at any relevant time was) treated with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code.
“Company Fundamental Representations” means the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Sections 2.1 (Due Organization; Subsidiaries), 2.3 (Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement), 2.4 (Vote Required), 2.6 (Capitalization) and 2.20 (No Financial Advisors).
Exhibit A |
ii |
“Company IP” means all Intellectual Property Rights that are owned or co-owned or purported to be owned or co-owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any Effect that, considered together with all other Effects, has or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, including any Effect, individually or together with other Effects, arising or resulting from the following: (a) general business, political or economic conditions generally affecting the industry in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries operates, (b) acts of war, the outbreak or escalation of armed hostilities, acts of terrorism, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes or other natural disasters, health emergencies, including pandemics (including any evolutions or mutations of COVID-19) and related or associated epidemics, disease outbreaks or quarantine restrictions, or (c) material negative changes in financial, banking or securities markets. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions contained in Section 6.10 of this Agreement shall not constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect.
“Company Triggering Event” shall be deemed to have occurred if: (a) the Company Board shall have made a Company Board Adverse Recommendation Change; (b) the Company Board shall have failed to publicly reaffirm the Company Board Recommendation within ten (10) calendar days after Parent so requests in writing (it being understood that the Company Board will have no obligation to make such reaffirmation on more than two (2) separate occasions); (c) the Company Board or any committee thereof shall have publicly approved, endorsed or recommended any Acquisition Proposal; (d) following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall have entered into any letter of intent or similar document or any Contract relating to any Acquisition Proposal; (e) Company or any director or officer of Company shall have willfully and intentionally breached the provisions set forth in Section 4.5 of this Agreement; (e) the occurrence of a Company Material Adverse Effect; or (g) any of the conditions precedent to the obligations of the Parties as set forth in ARTICLE VI have occurred and such condition is unable to be cured prior to the End Date, unless the reason for the failure of such condition to occur is attributable to a failure on the part of the Parent or its Subsidiaries to perform any material obligation required to be performed by the Parent or its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement at or prior to the Closing. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions contained in Section 6.10 of this Agreement shall not constitute a Company Triggering Event.
“Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet” means the unaudited balance sheet of the Company for the period ended September 30, 2023 provided to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement.
“Company’s Knowledge” means the actual knowledge of Ezra Dabah and such knowledge as such Persons would reasonably be expected to have obtained in the ordinary course of their performance of their employment or consulting duties to the Company (after due inquiry).
Exhibit A |
iii |
“Confidentiality Agreement” means the Non-Disclosure Agreement, effective as of December 21, 2023 between the Company and Parent.
“Consent” means any approval, consent, ratification, permission, waiver or authorization (including any Governmental Authorization).
“Contemplated Transactions” means the Merger and the other transactions and actions contemplated by this Agreement.
“Contract” means, with respect to any Person, any agreement, contract, understanding, subcontract, lease (whether for real or personal property), mortgage, license, sublicense or other legally binding commitment or undertaking of any nature, whether written or oral, to which such Person is a party or by which such Person or any of its assets are bound or affected under applicable Law.
“COVID-19” means the novel coronavirus (the SARS-CoV-2 virus) and variants thereof.
“DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
“Effect” means any effect, change, event, circumstance or development.
“Encumbrance” means any lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, mortgage, security interest, lease, license, option, easement, reservation, servitude, adverse title, claim, infringement, interference, option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, community property interest or restriction or encumbrance of any nature (including any restriction on the voting of any security, any restriction on the transfer of any security or other asset, any restriction on the receipt of any income derived from any asset, any restriction on the use of any asset and any restriction on the possession, exercise or transfer of any other attribute of ownership of any asset).
“Enforceability Exceptions” means the (a) Laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors; and (b) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.
“Entity” means any corporation (including any non-profit corporation), partnership (including any general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability partnership), joint venture, estate, trust, company (including any company limited by shares, limited liability company or joint stock company), firm, or other enterprise, association, organization or entity, and each of its successors.
“Environmental Law” means any federal, state, local or foreign Law relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata), including any Law or regulation relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of Hazardous Materials, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials.
Exhibit A |
iv |
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“FCPA” means the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles and practices in effect from time to time within the United States applied consistently throughout the period involved.
“Governmental Authorization” means any: (a) permit, license, certificate, franchise, permission, variance, exception, order, clearance, registration, qualification or authorization issued, granted, given or otherwise made available by or under the authority of any Governmental Body or pursuant to any Law; or (b) right under any Contract with any Governmental Body.
“Governmental Body” means any: (a) nation, state, commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature; (b) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government; (c) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental division, department, agency, commission, bureau, instrumentality, official, ministry, fund, foundation, center, organization, unit, body or Entity and any court or other tribunal, and for the avoidance of doubt, any taxing authority); or (d) self-regulatory organization (including Nasdaq).
“Hazardous Materials” means any pollutant, chemical, substance and any toxic, infectious, carcinogenic, reactive, corrosive, ignitable or flammable chemical, or chemical compound, or hazardous substance, material or waste, whether solid, liquid or gas, that is subject to regulation, control or remediation under any Environmental Law, including crude oil or any fraction thereof and petroleum products or by-products.
“Intellectual Property Rights” means all past, present, and future rights of the following types, which may exist or be created under the laws of any jurisdiction in the world: (a) rights associated with works of authorship, including exclusive exploitation rights, copyrights, moral rights, software, databases, and mask works; (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names and other source identifiers, domain names and URLs and similar rights and any goodwill associated therewith; (c) rights associated with trade secrets, know how, inventions, invention disclosures, methods, processes, protocols, specifications, techniques and other forms of technology; (d) patents and industrial property rights; and (e) other similar proprietary rights in intellectual property of every kind and nature; (f) rights of privacy and publicity; and (g) all registrations, renewals, extensions, statutory invention registrations, provisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, or reissues of, and applications for, any of the rights referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above (whether or not in tangible form and including all tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing, such as samples, studies and summaries), along with all rights to prosecute and perfect the same through administrative prosecution, registration, recordation or other administrative proceeding, and all causes of action and rights to sue or seek other remedies arising from or relating to the foregoing.
Exhibit A |
v |
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Law” means any federal, state, national, foreign, material local or municipal or other law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Body (including under the authority of Nasdaq or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).
“Legal Proceeding” means any action, suit, litigation, arbitration, proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding), hearing, inquiry, audit, examination or investigation commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any court or other Governmental Body or any arbitrator or arbitration panel.
“Merger Consideration” means, on a per share basis, the number of shares of Parent Common Stock issuable in exchange for each share of Company Capital Stock, as applicable, in accordance with Section 1.5(a).
“Merger Sub Board” means the board of directors of Merger Sub.
“Name Change Amendment” means a Certificate of Amendment to the Parent’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and restated, to approve a change in the name of the Parent to “Nina Holding Corp.”
“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Capital Market.
“Ordinary Course of Business” means, in the case of each of the Company and Parent, such actions taken in the ordinary course of its and its Subsidiaries’ normal operations and consistent with its and its Subsidiaries’ past practices; provided, however, that the Ordinary Course of Business of each Party shall also include any actions expressly required by this Agreement.
“Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person (other than an individual), (a) the certificate or articles of association or incorporation or organization or limited partnership or limited liability company, and any joint venture, limited liability company, operating or partnership agreement and other similar documents adopted or filed in connection with the creation, formation or organization of such Person and (b) all bylaws, regulations and similar documents or agreements relating to the organization or governance of such Person, in each case, as amended or supplemented.
Exhibit A |
vi |
“Pandemic Response Laws” means the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the COVID-related Tax Relief Act of 2020, the Presidential Memorandum on Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in Light of the Ongoing COVID-19 Disaster (as issued on August 8, 2020 and including any administrative or other guidance published with respect thereto by any Tax authority (including IRS Notice 2020-65)), and any other similar or additional U.S. federal, state, or local or non-U.S. Law, or administrative guidance intended to benefit taxpayers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic downturn.
“Parent Associate” means any current or former employee, independent contractor, officer or director of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Parent Balance Sheet” means the unaudited balance sheet of Parent as of September 30, 2023 included in Parent’s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2023, as filed with the SEC.
“Parent Board” means the board of directors of Parent.
“Parent Capitalization Representations” means the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in the first sentence of Section 3.6(a) and the first sentence of Section 3.6(c).
“Parent Change in Circumstance” means any development or change in circumstance (other than any such development or change in circumstance related to (A) the entry by Parent into this Agreement or the pendency of the Contemplated Transactions, (B) any Acquisition Proposal, Acquisition Inquiry or the consequences thereof or (C) the fact, in and of itself, that Parent meets or exceeds internal budgets, plans or forecasts of its revenues, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations for any period ending on or after the date hereof, or changes after the date hereof in the market price or trading volume of the Parent Common Stock (it being understood that the underlying cause of any of the foregoing in this clause (C) may be considered and taken into account to the extent not otherwise excluded by this definition)) that (1) materially affects the business, assets or operations of Parent and that occurs or arises after the date of this Agreement and (2) was not known or reasonably foreseeable to the Parent Board or the officers of Parent on the date of this Agreement.
“Parent Common Stock” means the common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of Parent.
“Parent Contract” means any Contract: (a) to which Parent is a party; (b) by which Parent or any Parent IP or any other asset of Parent is or may become bound or under which Parent has, or may become subject to, any obligation; or (c) under which Parent has or may acquire any right or interest.
Exhibit A |
vii |
“Parent Equity Incentive Plan” means Parent’s First Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.
“Parent ERISA Affiliate” means any corporation or trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is (or at any relevant time was) treated with Parent as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code.
“Parent Fundamental Representations” means the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in Sections 3.1 (Due Organization; Subsidiaries), 3.3 (Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement), 3.4 (Vote Required), 3.6 (Capitalization) and 3.20 (No Financial Advisors).
“Parent IP” means all Intellectual Property Rights that are owned or co-owned or purported to be owned or co-owned by Parent.
“Parent Material Adverse Effect” means any Effect that, considered together with all other Effects, has or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, liabilities or results of operations of Parent, and any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole including any Effect, individually or together with other Effects, arising or resulting from the following: (a) general business, political or economic conditions generally affecting the industry in which Parent operates, (b) acts of war, the outbreak or escalation of armed hostilities, acts of terrorism, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes or other natural disasters, health emergencies, including pandemics (including any evolutions or mutations of COVID-19) and related or associated epidemics, disease outbreaks or quarantine restrictions, (c) material negative changes in financial, banking or securities markets, (d) a material negative change in the stock price or trading volume of Parent Common Stock, or (e) the failure of Parent to meet internal or analysts’ expectations or projections or the results of operations of Parent (it being understood, however, that any Effect causing or contributing to the failure of Parent to meet internal or analysts’ expectations or projections or the results of operations of Parent may be taken into account in determining whether a Parent Material Adverse Effect has occurred, unless such Effects are otherwise excepted from this definition).
“Parent Options” means options or other rights to purchase shares of Parent Common Stock issued by Parent.
“Parent Plan” means the Parent Equity Incentive Plan.
“Parent Plan Increase” means an increase in the number of shares of Parent Common Stock eligible to be issued under the Parent Plan to allow for the issuance of future awards to Company employees, to the extent any such increase is deemed necessary or warranted, in the mutual determination of the Parent Board and Company Board.
Exhibit A |
viii |
“Parent RSUs” means any restricted stock unit award granted pursuant to the Parent Plan or otherwise.
“Parent Triggering Event” shall be deemed to have occurred if: (a) Parent shall have failed to include in the Proxy Statement the Parent Board Recommendation or shall have made a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; (b) the Parent Board shall have failed to publicly reaffirm the Parent Board Recommendation within ten (10) calendar days after the Company so requests in writing (it being understood that the Parent Board will have no obligation to make such reaffirmation on more than two (2) separate occasions); (c) the Parent Board or any committee thereof shall have approved, endorsed or recommended any Acquisition Proposal; (d) following the date of this Agreement, Parent shall have entered into any letter of intent or similar document or any Contract relating to any Acquisition Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement); (e) Parent or any director or officer of Parent shall have willfully and intentionally breached the provisions set forth in Section 4.4 or Section 5.3 of this Agreement; (f) a Parent Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred; or (g) any of the conditions precedent to the obligations of the Parties as set forth in ARTICLE VI have occurred and such condition is unable to be cured prior to the End Date, unless the reason for the failure of such condition to occur is attributable to a failure on the part of the Company or its Subsidiaries to perform any material obligation required to be performed by the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement at or prior to the Closing.
“Parent Warrants” means the warrants to purchase capital stock of Parent.
“Parent’s Knowledge” means the actual knowledge of Jill Pasechnick and such knowledge as such Persons would reasonably be expected to have obtained in the ordinary course of their performance of their employment duties to Parent (after due inquiry).
“Party” or “Parties” means the Company, Merger Sub and Parent.
“Permitted Encumbrance” means: (a) any liens for current Taxes not yet due and payable or for Taxes that are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been made on the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet or the Parent Balance Sheet, as applicable; (b) minor liens that have arisen in the Ordinary Course of Business and that do not (in any case or in the aggregate) materially detract from the value of the assets or properties subject thereto or materially impair the operations of the Company or Parent or any of their Subsidiaries, as applicable; (c) statutory liens to secure obligations to landlords, lessors or renters under leases or rental agreements; (d) deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure payment of, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or similar programs mandated by Law; (e) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property Rights granted by the Company or Parent or any of their Subsidiaries, as applicable, in the Ordinary Course of Business and that do not (in any case or in the aggregate) materially detract from the value of the Intellectual Property Rights subject thereto; and (f) statutory liens in favor of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen, to secure claims for labor, materials or supplies.
Exhibit A |
ix |
“Person” means any individual, Entity or Governmental Body.
“Product” shall mean all products and services that: (a) is or was manufactured, marketed, distributed, provided, leased, licensed or sold by or on behalf of the Company or the Parent, or any of their Subsidiaries, as applicable, as of the date of this Agreement; or (b) is currently under development by or for any of the Company or the Parent, or any of their Subsidiaries, as applicable (whether or not in collaboration with another Person).
“Proxy Statement” means the definitive proxy statement to be sent to Parent’s stockholders in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting.
“Reference Date” means March 29, 2024.
“Registered IP” means all Intellectual Property Rights that are registered or issued under the authority of any Governmental Body, including all patents, registered copyrights, registered mask works, and registered trademarks, service marks and trade dress, registered domain names, and all applications for any of the foregoing.
“Representatives” means, with respect to a Person, such Person’s directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, advisors and representatives.
“Reverse Stock Split” means any reverse stock split of the Parent’s outstanding Parent Common Stock, required, or deemed necessary by the Parent Board, in order for the Parent to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement of the Nasdaq Capital Market, pursuant to the authority provided to the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 19, 2023.
“Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Stockholder Representation Agreement” shall mean each Stockholder Representation Agreement, to be entered into as of the Closing Date, by and between Parent and a Company stockholder in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto.
“Subsequent Transaction” means any Acquisition Transaction (with all references to 20% in the definition of Acquisition Transaction being treated as references to 50% for these purposes).
Exhibit A |
x |
“Subsidiary” means, an Entity of a Person that such Person directly or indirectly owns or purports to own, beneficially or of record, (a) an amount of voting securities or other interests in such Entity that is sufficient to enable such Person to elect at least a majority of the members of such Entity’s board of directors or other governing body, or (b) at least 50% of the outstanding equity, voting, beneficial or financial interests in such Entity; which entity is material to the Person’s business operations and the absence of which would cause a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Material Adverse Effect, as the case may be.
“Superior Offer” means an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal (with all references to 20% in the definition of Acquisition Transaction being treated as references to greater than 80% for these purposes) that: (a) was not obtained or made as a direct or indirect result of a breach of (or in violation of) this Agreement; (b) is not subject to any financing condition (and if financing is required, such financing is fully committed); and (c) is on terms and conditions that the Parent Board determines in good faith, based on such matters that it deems relevant (including the likelihood of consummation thereof), as well as any written offer by the Company to amend the terms of this Agreement, and following consultation with its outside legal counsel and outside financial advisors, are more favorable, from a financial point of view, to Parent’s stockholders than the terms of the Contemplated Transactions.
“Takeover Statute” means any “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition” or other similar anti-takeover Law.
“Tax” means any federal, state, local, foreign or other tax, including any income, capital gain, gross receipts, capital stock, profits, transfer, estimated, registration, stamp, premium, escheat, unclaimed property, customs duty, ad valorem, occupancy, occupation, alternative, add-on, windfall profits, value added, severance, property, business, production, sales, use, license, excise, franchise, employment, payroll, social security, disability, unemployment, workers’ compensation, national health insurance, withholding or other taxes, duties, fees, assessments or governmental charges, surtaxes or deficiencies thereof in the nature of a tax, however denominated, and including any fine, penalty, addition to tax or interest imposed by a Governmental Body with respect thereto.
“Tax Return” means any return (including any information return), report, statement, declaration, estimate, schedule, notice, notification, form, election, certificate or other document or information, and any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to, any Governmental Body in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of any Tax or in connection with the administration, implementation or enforcement of or compliance with any Law relating to any Tax.
Exhibit A |
xi |
“Transaction Expenses” means, with respect to each Party, all fees and expenses incurred by such Party at or prior to the Effective Time in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and this Agreement, including (a) any fees and expenses of legal counsel and accountants and the maximum amount of fees and expenses payable to financial advisors, investment bankers, brokers, consultants, and other advisors of such Party in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions (including in connection with any stockholder litigation relating to this Agreement or any of the Contemplated Transactions), including finders’ fees; (b) fees paid to the SEC in connection with filing the Proxy Statement, and any amendments and supplements thereto, with the SEC; (c) any fees and expenses in connection with the printing, mailing and distribution of the Proxy Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto; (d) the fees and expenses payable to Nasdaq in connection with the Nasdaq Listing Application (if any); (e) any bonus, severance, change-in-control or retention payments or similar payment obligations (including payments with “single-trigger” provisions triggered at and as of the Closing) that become due or payable to any director, officer, employee or consultant of such Party in connection with the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions; and (f) any notice payments, change-of-control payments, fines or other payments to be made in connection with terminating any existing Contract.
“Treasury Regulations” means the United States Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code.
“Unanimously” means, with respect to Parent Board, the directors of Parent other than Ezra Dabah and with respect to the Company Board, means all of the directors of the Company.
“2012 Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Ezra Dabah, Eve Jasmine Yagoda, Joia Kazam, Moshe Dabah, Chana Dabah, Yaacov Dabah, Ezrani Corp., Nina Footwear Corp., Stanley Silverstein and The Estate of Murray Silver dated as of May 29, 2012.
“2012 Merger Agreement Change of Control and IPO Provisions” means all of the terms and conditions of the 2012 Merger Agreement which would trigger the payment of any amounts or payables to any Person, as a result of the Merger, or an initial public offering of the Company, which for the sake of clarity represent Sections 7.9(a)(i) and (ii) of the 2012 Merger Agreement.
Exhibit A |
xii |
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION
This First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (this “Amendment”), dated and effective July ___, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), amends that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated March 29, 20241 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and between Kidpik Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Kidpik Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Nina Footwear Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Certain capitalized terms used below but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Merger Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Parent, Merger Sub and the Company, desire to enter into this Amendment to amend the Merger Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants, agreements, and considerations herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, which consideration the parties hereby acknowledge and confirm the receipt and sufficiency thereof, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Amendment to Merger Agreement. Effective as of the Effective Date Section 9.1(b) of the Merger Agreement shall be amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
“(b) by either Parent or the Company if the Contemplated Transactions shall not have been consummated by December 31, 2024, unless otherwise extended in the sole discretion of the Parent and the Company (subject to possible extension as provided in this Section 9.1(b), the “End Date”); provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(b) shall not be available to the Company, on the one hand, or to Parent, on the other hand, if such Party’s (or, in the case of Parent, Merger Sub’s) action or failure to act has been a principal cause of the failure of the Contemplated Transactions to occur on or before the End Date and such action or failure to act constitutes a breach of this Agreement, provided, further, however, that, in the event that the Proxy Statement had not Cleared Comments by the date which is thirty (30) calendar days prior to the End Date, then either Parent or Company shall be entitled to extend the End Date for an additional forty (40) calendar days by prior written notice to the other;”
2. Consideration. Each of the parties agrees and confirms by signing below that they have received valid consideration in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated herein.
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3. Mutual Representations, Covenants and Warranties. Each of the parties, for themselves and for the benefit of each of the other parties hereto, represents, covenants and warranties that:
(a) Such party has all requisite power and authority, corporate or otherwise, to execute and deliver this Amendment and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such party enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles;
(b) The execution and delivery by such party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and shall not, by the lapse of time, the giving of notice or otherwise: (i) constitute a violation of any law; or (ii) constitute a breach of any provision contained in, or a default under, any governmental approval, any writ, injunction, order, judgment or decree of any governmental authority or any contract to which such party is bound or affected; and
(c) Any individual executing this Amendment on behalf of an entity has authority to act on behalf of such entity and has been duly and properly authorized to sign this Amendment on behalf of such entity.
4. Further Assurances. The parties agree that, from time to time, each of them will take such other action and to execute, acknowledge and deliver such contracts, deeds, or other documents as may be reasonably requested and necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated herein.
5. Effect of Amendment. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Merger Agreement to “Merger Agreement”, “Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein” or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to such Merger Agreement, as applicable, as modified and amended hereby.
6. Merger Agreement to Continue in Full Force and Effect. Except as specifically modified or amended herein, the Merger Agreement and the terms and conditions thereof shall remain in full force and effect.
7. Entire Agreement. This Amendment sets forth all of the promises, agreements, conditions, understandings, warranties and representations among the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements and understandings between the parties, whether written, oral or otherwise.
8. Construction. In this Amendment words importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa; words importing the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders.
9. Governing Law. The provisions of Section 10.5 of the Merger Agreement are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
10. Counterparts and Signatures. This Amendment and any signed agreement or instrument entered into in connection with this Amendment, and any amendments hereto or thereto, may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any such counterpart, to the extent delivered by means of a facsimile machine or by .pdf, .tif, .gif, .jpeg or similar attachment to electronic mail (any such delivery, an “Electronic Delivery”) shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original executed counterpart and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. No party shall raise the use of Electronic Delivery to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of Electronic Delivery as a defense to the formation of a contract, and each such party forever waives any such defense, except to the extent such defense relates to lack of authenticity.
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First Amendment to Merger Agreement |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the day and year first above written to be effective as of the Effective Date.
“Parent” | ||
KIDPIK CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Jill Pasechnick | |
Name: | Jill Pasechnick | |
Title: | Chief Accounting Officer |
“Merger Sub” | ||
KIDPIK MERGER SUB, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Jill Pasechnick | |
Name: | Jill Pasechnick | |
Title: | Chief Accounting Officer |
“Company” | ||
NINA FOOTWEAR CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Ezra Dabah | |
Name: | Ezra Dabah | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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First Amendment to Merger Agreement |
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
KIDPIK CORP.
Kidpik Corp., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
FIRST: The name of the corporation is Kidpik Corp.
SECOND: The date of filing the original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, under the name Kidpik Corp., was August 18, 2016. On January 14, 2019, the Corporation filed an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and on May 10, 2021, the Corporation filed a Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, which was further amended by a Certificate of Amendment filed on March 4, 2024.
THIRD: The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), acting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 141 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), adopted resolutions approving and deeming advisable an amendment to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Restated Certificate”), as follows:
RESOLVED, that the Restated Certificate of this corporation be amended by changing the Article thereof numbered “ARTICLE I” so that, as amended, said Article shall be and read as follows:
“ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of the Corporation is Nina Holdings Corp. (hereinafter called the “Corporation”).”
FOURTH: The foregoing amendment was submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation for their approval at an annual meeting of stockholders which was duly called and held, upon notice in accordance with Section 222 of the DGCL, at which meeting the necessary number of shares as required by statute were voted in favor of the amendment. Accordingly, said amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL.
FIFTH: This Certificate of Amendment shall become effective on [ ], 2024 at 12:01 A.M. Eastern Time.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Kidpik Corp. has caused this certificate to be signed [ ], 2024, by Ezra Dabah, its Chief Executive Officer.
Kidpik Corp. | |
Ezra Dabah | |
Chief Executive Officer |
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
KIDPIK CORP.
FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED 2021 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
This First Amendment (“First Amendment”) to the Kidpik Corp. First Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”), is made and adopted by the Board of Directors of Kidpik Corp., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), on [ ], 2024 effective as of the date approved by stockholders of the Company at a duly called meeting of stockholders (the “First Amendment Date”). Capitalized terms used in this First Amendment and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the 2021 Plan.
RECITALS
A. | The Company currently maintains the 2021 Plan. | |
B. | The Board believes it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to amend the 2021 Plan to increase the share reserve, increase the number of shares of Common Stock pursuant to which the share reserve automatically increases each year of the 2021 Plan, increase the aggregate incentive stock limit and increase the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options and to incorporate the other terms and conditions set forth herein. |
AMENDMENT
The 2021 Plan is hereby amended as follows, effective as of the date of the First Amendment Date.
1. | Section 2(a). Section 2(a) of the 2021 Plan is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
“(a) Share Reserve. Subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 2(c) and any adjustments as necessary to implement any Capitalization Adjustments, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Awards will not exceed 1,100,000 shares. In addition, subject to any adjustments as necessary to implement any Capitalization Adjustments, such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock will automatically increase on April 1st of each year for a period of ten years commencing on April 1, 2025 and ending on (and including) April 1, 2031, in an amount equal to the lesser of (A) five percent (5%) of the total shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year (the 「Evergreen Measurement Date」); and (B) 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that the Board may act prior to April 1st of a given year to provide that the increase for such year will be a lesser number of shares of Common Stock.” | |
2. | Section 2(b). Section 2(b) of the 2021 Plan is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
“Aggregate Incentive Stock Option Limit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2(a) and subject to any adjustments as necessary to implement any Capitalization Adjustments, the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options is 8,100,000 shares.” | |
3. | This First Amendment shall be and, as of the First Amendment Date, is hereby incorporated in and forms a part of the 2021 Plan. | |
4. | Except as expressly provided herein, all terms and conditions of the 2021 Plan shall remain in full force and effect. |
Opinion of Hempstead & Co., LLC
March 28, 2024
Special Committee of the Board of Directors
Bart Sichel, Chairman
Kidpik Corp.
200 Park Avenue South, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10003
Gentlemen:
You have requested our opinion as to the fairness, from a financial point of view, to Kidpik Corp. (「PIK」 or 「Parent」), of a proposed business combination (the 「Merger」) of PIK and Nina Footwear Corp. (「NINA」) as a consequence of an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (draft) dated as of March 29, 2024 (the 「Agreement」), made by and among Kidpik Corp., a Delaware corporation, Kidpik Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (「Merger Sub」), and Nina Footwear Corp., a Delaware corporation.
Pursuant to §1.1 of the Agreement, at the prescribed time, Merger Sub will be merged with and into NINA and the Merger Sub will cease to exist as a separate entity (the 「Merger」). NINA will continue as the surviving corporation (the 「Surviving Corporation」).
The opinions expressed in this letter are subject to the assumptions and limiting conditions which are attached to this opinion as EXHIBIT I. In connection with this opinion, we reviewed various information and documentation including PIK’s public filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, audited financial statements for NINA prepared by CohnReznick LLP, projected operating data for NINA prepared by NINA’s management, and other items.
In rendering this opinion, we relied, without independent verification, on the accuracy and completeness of all financial and other information reviewed by us that was publicly available or furnished to us by or on behalf of PIK. We did not make an independent evaluation or appraisal of the assets or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of PIK, nor were we furnished any such evaluations or appraisals. Our opinion is based upon the economic and financial conditions existing on the date of this opinion.
It is understood that this opinion is provided for the information of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors and stockholders of PIK and may not be used for any other purpose without our prior written consent, provided, however, that PIK is entitled to publish, quote and summarize all or part of our opinion and related documents in any document that is filed with or submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission or delivered to PIK’s stockholders pursuant to applicable securities laws, rules and regulations.
Two Executive Campus, 2370 Route 70 West, Suite 314, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08002
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Website: www.hempsteadco.com
Based upon the relevant facts and our interpretation of them, it is our opinion that the consideration to be received by Kidpik Corp. in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Kidpik Corp. and Nina Footwear Corp. is fair, from a financial point of view, to Kidpik Corp.
Sincerely,
Hempstead & Co., LLC
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