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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

  

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

 CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 22, 2024

 

 

 

L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

  

Cayman Islands 001-40196 98-1577355
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) File Number) Identification Number)

 

8 Marina View, Asia Square Tower 1    
#41-03, Singapore   018960
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

+65 6672 7600

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation to the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

    Trading   Name of each exchange on
Title of each class   Symbol(s)   which registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share, $0.0001 par value, and one-third of one redeemable warrant   LCAAU   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A Ordinary Shares included as part of the units   LCAA   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants included as part of the units, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50   LCAAW   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On February 22, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp (“SPAC” or “LCAA”), an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands consummated its previously disclosed business combination (the “Business Combination”) in accordance with the terms of the First Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 11, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among LCAA, Lotus Technology Inc. (the “Company” or “Lotus Tech”), Lotus Temp Limited (“Merger Sub 1”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and Lotus EV Limited (“Merger Sub 2”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined have the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

 

In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, the following agreements were entered into among the various parties:

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

On the Closing Date, LCAA, Lotus Tech, LCA Acquisition Sponsor, LP (“Sponsor”) and other parties thereto entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, Lotus Tech agreed to undertake certain resale shelf registration obligations in accordance with the Securities Act and Sponsor and the independent directors of LCAA (collectively, the “Founder Shareholders”) were granted customary demand and piggyback registration rights.

 

The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement

 

On the Closing Date, LCAA, Lotus Tech and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”) and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC (“Equiniti”) entered into an Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, (i) LCAA assigned to Lotus Tech all of its rights, interests, and obligations in and under its existing warrant agreement with Continental (the “Warrant Agreement”); (ii) Equiniti is engaged to act as the warrant agent for Lotus Tech; (iii) Continental, as the warrant agent for LCAA, assigned to Equiniti all of its rights, interests, and obligations in and under the Warrant Agreement; and (iv) the Warrant Agreement was amended (a) to change all references to “Warrants” (as such term is defined therein) to “Company Warrants” (as defined below), and all references to “Ordinary Shares” (as such term is defined therein) underlying such warrants to “Company Ordinary Shares” (as defined below) in the form of Company ADSs (as defined below) and (b) to cause each outstanding Company Warrant to represent the right to receive, from the Closing Date, one whole Company Ordinary Share in the form of one Company ADS.

 

The foregoing description of the Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.2 and the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

 

 

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, immediately prior to the effective time of the First Merger (the “First Effective Time”), (i) each of the preferred shares of Lotus Tech that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to such time was re-designated and re-classified into one ordinary share, par value US$0.00001 per share, of Lotus Tech (each, a “Company Ordinary Share” and such conversion, the “Preferred Share Conversion”); (ii) the Sixth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Lotus Tech (the “Amended Company Articles”) was adopted and became effective; (iii) immediately following the Preferred Share Conversion, each authorized but unissued ordinary share of Lotus Tech was re-designated into shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each of such class or classes (however designated) as the board of directors of Lotus Tech may determine in accordance with the Amended Company Articles (the “Re-designation”); and (iv) immediately following the Re-designation, (x) each issued Company Ordinary Share was recapitalized by way of a repurchase in exchange for issuance of such number of Company Ordinary Shares equal to the Recapitalization Factor (as defined below) (the “Recapitalization”); and (y) any options of the Company issued and outstanding were adjusted such that each such option shall be exercisable for that number of Company Ordinary Shares equal to the product of the number of ordinary shares of the Company subject to such option immediately prior to the Recapitalization multiplied by the Recapitalization Factor, each of (x) and (y) as described further in the Merger Agreement. Actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above are collectively referred to as the “Capital Restructuring.” The “Recapitalization Factor” is a number determined by dividing the Price per Share (as defined below) by US$10.00. “Price per Share” is defined in the Merger Agreement as the amount equal to US$5,500,000,000 divided by such amount equal to (i) the aggregate number of shares of the Company (a) that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Recapitalization and (b) that are issuable upon the exercise, exchange or conversion of all options and other equity securities of the Company that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Recapitalization (whether or not then vested or exercisable, as applicable, and subject to certain exclusions) minus (ii) the number of shares of the Company held by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (if applicable) as treasury shares.

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, immediately prior to the First Effective Time, each Class B ordinary share, par value US$0.0001 per share, of SPAC (each, a “SPAC Class B Ordinary Share”) was automatically converted into one Class A ordinary share, par value US$0.0001 per share, of SPAC (each, a “SPAC Class A Ordinary Share”, together with SPAC Class B Ordinary Share, collectively, “SPAC Shares”) (such automatic conversion, the “SPAC Class B Conversion”) and was no longer issued and outstanding and was cancelled. In addition, at the First Effective Time: (i) each of SPAC’s units (“Units”) (each consisting of one SPAC Class A Ordinary Share and one-third of a SPAC Warrant (as defined below)) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time was automatically detached and the holder thereof was deemed to hold one SPAC Class A Ordinary Share and one-third of a SPAC Warrant in accordance with the terms of the applicable Unit (the “Unit Separation”); provided that no fractional SPAC Warrant was issued in connection with the Unit Separation such that if a holder of such Units would have been entitled to receive a fractional SPAC Warrant upon the Unit Separation, the number of SPAC Warrants issued to such holder upon the Unit Separation was rounded down to the nearest whole number of SPAC Warrants; (ii) immediately following the Unit Separation, each SPAC Class A Ordinary Share (including SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares (a) issued in connection with the SPAC Class B Conversion and (b) held as a result of the Unit Separation) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time (other than treasury shares held by SPAC or any of its subsidiaries (if applicable), SPAC Shares that are held by SPAC shareholders that validly exercise their redemption rights, SPAC Shares that are held by SPAC shareholders that exercise and perfect their relevant dissenters’ rights and SPAC Shares that are held by the Founder Shareholders) was cancelled and ceased to exist in exchange for the right to receive one American depositary share of Lotus Tech duly and validly issued against the deposit of one underlying Company Ordinary Share deposited with the Depositary Bank in accordance with the Deposit Agreement (each, a “Company ADS”); (iii) each SPAC Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time held by the Founder Shareholders was cancelled and ceased to exist in exchange for the right to receive one Company Ordinary Share; and (iv) each warrant issued by SPAC to acquire SPAC Class A Ordinary Shares (each, a “SPAC Warrant”) (including the SPAC Warrants held as a result of the Unit Separation) outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time ceased to be a warrant with respect to SPAC Shares and was assumed by the Company and converted into a warrant to purchase one Company Ordinary Share in the form of Company ADS (each, a “Company Warrant”), subject to substantially the same terms and conditions as were applicable to SPAC Warrants prior to the First Effective Time.

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (i) at the First Effective Time, each ordinary share, par value US$0.00001 per share, of Merger Sub 1 that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time remained issued and outstanding and continued existing and constituted the only issued and outstanding share capital of Surviving Entity 1 and was not affected by the First Merger; (ii) at the Second Effective Time, (a) each ordinary share of Surviving Entity 1 that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Second Effective Time was automatically cancelled and ceased to exist without any payment therefor; and (b) each ordinary share, par value US$0.00001 per share, of Merger Sub 2 that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Second Effective Time remained issued and outstanding and continued existing and constituted the only issued and outstanding share capital of Surviving Entity 2 and was not affected by the Second Merger.

 

 

 

 

The Company ADSs and Company Warrants are expected to commence trading on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) under the ticker symbol “LOT” and “LOTWW”, respectively, on February 23, 2024. The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report and the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

 

On February 22, 2024, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, LCAA notified Nasdaq that the Business Combination had become effective and requested that Nasdaq file a Notification of Removal from Listing and/or Registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on Form 25 to notify the SEC that SPAC Shares, SPAC Warrants and Units were to be delisted and deregistered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. As a result of the Business Combination having become effective, Nasdaq determined to permanently suspend trading of SPAC Shares, SPAC Warrants and Units prior to the opening of trading on February 23, 2024. The deregistration will become effective 10 days from the filing of the Form 25, which occurred on February 22, 2024. LCAA intends to file a Form 15 with the SEC in order to complete the deregistration of LCAA’s securities under the Exchange Act.

 

Item 3.03. Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.

 

To the extent required by Item 3.03 of Form 8-K, the disclosure set forth in Items 1.01 and 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.

 

Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

 

To the extent required by Item 5.01 of Form 8-K, the disclosure set forth in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 5.01.

 

As a result of the consummation of the Business Combination, a change in control of LCAA occurred. At the First Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of Merger Sub 1 and LCAA became the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of LCAA (as the surviving entity of the First Merger). At the Second Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of LCAA and Merger Sub 2 became the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of Merger Sub 2, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lotus Tech. LCAA ceased to exist following the consummation of the Business Combination.

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

To the extent required by Item 5.02 of Form 8-K, the disclosure set forth in Items 1.01 and 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 5.02.

 

In accordance with the Merger Agreement, LCAA merged with and into Merger Sub 2 and upon the Second Effective Time, LCAA ceased to exist and each of LCAA’s officers and directors forthwith ceased to serve as an officer or a director of LCAA. These resignations were not resulted from any disagreement between LCAA and the officers and directors on any matter relating to LCAA’s operations, policies or practices.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On February 22, 2024, LCAA issued a press release announcing that the Business Combination has been completed. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

The foregoing (including Exhibits 99.1) is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of LCAA under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings. This Current Report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any of the information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibits 99.1.

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)Exhibits.

 

No.   Description
2.1*   First Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 11, 2023, by and among Lotus Technology Inc., L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp, Lotus Temp Limited and Lotus EV Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to LCAA’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 11, 2023 (File No. 001-40196))
10.1   Registration Rights Agreement, by and among Lotus Technology Inc., L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp, LCA Acquisition Sponsor, LP and certain other shareholders of L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp
10.2   Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement, by and among Lotus Technology Inc., L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC
99.1   Press Release issued by Lotus Technology Inc. and L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

*            Certain exhibits and schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(2). LCAA hereby undertakes to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the SEC upon its request; provided, however, that LCAA may request confidential treatment for any such schedules so furnished.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: February 22, 2024

 

 

  L CATTERTON ASIA ACQUISITION CORP
     
     
  By: /s/ Chinta Bhagat
  Name: Chinta Bhagat
  Title: Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 22, 2024, is made and entered into by and among (i) Lotus Technology Inc., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), (ii) L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp, an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“SPAC”), (iii) LCA Acquisition Sponsor, LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (the “Sponsor”), and (iv) the other undersigned parties listed on the signature page hereto (each such party, together with the Sponsor and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Agreement, a “Holder” and collectively the “Holders”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, SPAC and the Sponsor entered into that certain Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement dated as of March 10, 2021 (the “Prior SPAC Agreement”), and the parties to the Prior SPAC Agreement desire to terminate, effective as of the Closing (as defined below), the same to provide for the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, on January 31, 2023, the Company, SPAC, Lotus Temp Limited, an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub 1”) and Lotus EV Limited, an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub 2”) entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Original Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other matters, (i) Merger Sub 1 will merge with and into SPAC with SPAC continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “First Merger,” and the closing of the First Merger, the “First Merger Closing”), (ii) immediately following the consummation of the First Merger, SPAC will merge with and into Merger Sub 2 with Merger Sub 2 continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Second Merger” and together with the First Merger, collectively, the “Mergers,” and the closing of the Mergers, the “Closing”);

 

WHEREAS, on October 11, 2023, the parties to the Original Merger Agreement entered into the First Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which the Original Merger Agreement was amended and restated in its entirety to provide, among other things, (i) that each applicable security holder of SPAC immediately prior to the First Merger Closing shall receive the equivalent number of Company ADSs in lieu of the Company Ordinary Shares such security holder would otherwise receive in the First Merger, and (ii) that the Company shall establish a sponsored ADS Facility for the purpose of issuing the Company ADSs;

 

WHEREAS, following the Closing, the Holders will hold certain number of Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs);

 

WHEREAS, at the First Merger Closing and subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, (i) all of the outstanding shares of SPAC will automatically be cancelled and cease to exist in exchange for the right to receive newly issued Company Ordinary Shares in the form of Company ADSs, and (ii) all of the outstanding warrants of SPAC will automatically be assumed by the Company and become Company Warrants.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1 
DEFINITIONS

 

The terms defined in this Article 1 shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

Adverse Disclosure” shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, (a) which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company, after consultation with counsel to the Company, (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and (ii) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, declared effective or used, as the case may be, and (b) as to which the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public.

 

Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

 

Business Day” shall mean a day on which commercial banks are open for business in New York, U.S., the Cayman Islands or the PRC, except a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday (gazetted or ungazetted and whether scheduled or unscheduled).

 

Closing” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Commission” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Company” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

Demanding Holder” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.4.

 

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

First Merger Closing” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Form F-1shall mean such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the Commission.

 

Form F-1 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.

 

Form F-3” shall mean such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the Commission that permits forward incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the Commission.

 

Form F-3 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.

 

Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

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Lock-Up Agreement” shall mean, as applicable, the agreements and undertakings of the Holders set forth in (i) Section 4.11 of that certain Shareholder Support Agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, SPAC and certain shareholders of the Company identified therein, and (ii) Section 4.12 of that certain Sponsor Support Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Company, SPAC, the Sponsor and certain other persons identified therein, in each case pursuant to which a Holder has agreed not to transfer the Registrable Securities held by such Holder for a certain period of time after the Closing.

 

Maximum Number of Securities” shall mean, as to a given Underwritten Offering, the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in such Underwritten Offering, in the reasonable determination of the managing Underwriter(s), without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering.

 

Merger Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Misstatement” shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated in a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or necessary to make the statements in a Registration Statement or Prospectus (in the case of a Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

 

New Registration Statement” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.2.1.

 

Permitted Transferees” shall mean a person or entity to whom a Holder of Registrable Securities is permitted to transfer such Registrable Securities prior to the expiration of the lock-up period under the applicable Lock-Up Agreement, and to any transferee thereafter.

 

Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.7.1.

 

PIPE/CB Securities” shall mean those securities issued pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements or those securities issued or, issued upon conversion, exchange or exercise of the securities issued, pursuant to the Pre-Closing Financing Agreements.

 

PIPE Subscription Agreements” shall mean the subscription agreement(s) or similar agreement(s) entered or to be entered into by and among any investor, the Company, and, where applicable, other parties thereto, pursuant to which such investor will subscribe for Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) on the date of the Closing.

 

Pre-Closing Financing Agreements” shall mean such agreements entered or to be entered into by and among any investor, the Company, and, where applicable, other parties thereto, pursuant to which the investors will acquire equity securities of the Company prior to the date of the Closing.

 

Prior SPAC Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Pro Rata” shall mean, with respect to a given Registration, offering or Transfer of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement, pro rata based on (A) the number of Registrable Securities that each Holder, as applicable, has requested or proposed to be included in such Registration, offering or Transfer and (B) the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that all Holders have requested or proposed to be included in such Registration, offering or Transfer.

 

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

 

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Registrable Securities” shall mean:

 

(A)            any outstanding Company Ordinary Shares or Company Warrants that are held by a Holder as of immediately following the Closing;

 

(B)            any Company Ordinary Shares that may be acquired by a Holder upon the exercise of any of the Company Warrants (or any other option or right to acquire Company Ordinary Shares) that are held by a Holder as of immediately following the Closing; and

 

(C)            any other equity security of the Company issued or issuable with respect to any securities referenced in clauses (A) or (B) above by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization or similar transaction,

 

provided, however, as to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (ii) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for such securities not bearing (or book-entry positions not subject to) a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (iii) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; (iv) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction. For the purpose of clarification, any reference to “Company Ordinary Shares” in this definition shall include Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs.

 

Registration” shall mean a registration, including any related Underwritten Takedown, effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.

 

Registration Expenses” shall mean the out-of-pocket expenses of a Registration, including, without limitation, the following:

 

(A)            all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.) and any securities exchange on which the Company ADSs are then listed;

 

(B)            fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);

 

(C)            printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses of the Company;

 

(D)            reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

 

(E)            reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration;

 

(F)            the Company’s roadshow and travel expenses, if any; and

 

(G)            reasonable fees and expenses of one (1) legal counsel selected by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating an Underwritten Takedown.

 

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Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement that covers the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

Requesting Holder” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.5.

 

SEC Guidance” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.2.1.

 

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

 

Shelf” shall mean the Form F-1 Shelf, the Form F-3 Shelf or any Subsequent Shelf, as the case may be.

 

Shelf Registration” shall mean a Registration of securities pursuant to a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in accordance with and pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect).

 

SPAC” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

Sponsor” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

 

Subsequent Shelf” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.2.

 

Takedown Demand” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.4.1.

 

Takedown Threshold” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.4.

 

Transfer” shall mean the (a) sale of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to, any security, (b) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (c) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or (b).

 

Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

 

Underwritten Registration” or “Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.

 

Underwritten Takedown” shall mean an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf, as amended or supplemented.

 

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ARTICLE 2
registrations

 

2.1            Resale Shelf Registration.

 

2.1.1        The Company shall (a) use its reasonable efforts to file within forty five (45) days following the Closing, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, a Registration Statement for a Shelf Registration on Form F-1 (the “Form F-1 Shelf”) covering the resale of all the Registrable Securities (determined as of two (2) Business Days prior to such filing) on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect), and (b) subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, keep such Form F-1 Shelf effective and available for use in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as a Form F-3 Shelf is declared effective pursuant to subsection 2.1.3.

 

2.1.2        Such Shelf shall provide for the resale of the Registrable Securities included therein pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Holders named therein.

 

2.1.3        Following the filing of a Form F-1 Shelf, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to convert the Form F-1 Shelf (and any Subsequent Shelf in relation thereto) to, and/or to file, and to cause to become effective, a Registration Statement for a Shelf Registration on Form F-3 (the “Form F-3 Shelf”) as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company is eligible to use Form F-3.

 

2.2            Rule 415 Cutback.

 

2.2.1        Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in Section 2.1, in the event the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415 of the Securities Act, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly (a) inform each of the Holders and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Shelf Registration as required by the Commission and/or (b) withdraw the Shelf Registration and file a new Registration Statement (a “New Registration Statement”), on Form F-3, or if Form F-3 is not then available to the Company for such Registration Statement, on such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment or New Registration Statement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff (the “SEC Guidance”).

 

2.2.2        Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation of the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities and subject to a determination by the Commission that certain Holders must be reduced first based on the number of Registrable Securities held by such Holders, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced (a) firstly, on a Pro Rata basis among the Holders; and (b) secondly, only if the number of Registrable Securities of Holders permitted to be registered has been reduced to zero, on a Pro Rata basis among holders of PIPE/CB Securities.

 

2.2.3        If the Company amends the Shelf Registration or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, under this Section 2.2, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by the Commission or SEC Guidance, one or more registration statements on Form F-3 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities (a) that were not registered for resale on the Shelf Registration, as amended, or the New Registration Statement and (b) are no longer restricted by any Lock-Up Agreement.

 

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2.3            Amendment, Supplement and Subsequent Shelf.

 

2.3.1        The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain a Shelf in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and shall prepare and file with the Commission from time to time such amendments and supplements to the Shelf as may be necessary to keep the Shelf continuously effective, available for use and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities.

 

2.3.2        If a Shelf ceases to be effective under the Securities Act for any reason at any time while Registrable Securities are still outstanding, the Company shall, subject to Section 3.4, use commercially reasonable efforts to as promptly as is reasonably practicable (a) cause such Shelf to again become effective under the Securities Act (including using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf), (b) amend such Shelf in a manner reasonably expected to result in the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf, or (c) prepare and file an additional Registration Statement for a Shelf Registration (a “Subsequent Shelf”) registering the resale of all Registrable Securities (determined as of two (2) Business Days prior to such filing), and pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Holders named therein.

 

2.3.3        If a Subsequent Shelf is filed pursuant to Section 2.3.2, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (a) cause such Subsequent Shelf to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable after the filing thereof, and (b) keep such Subsequent Shelf continuously effective, available for use and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. Any such Subsequent Shelf shall be on Form F-3 to the extent that the Company is eligible to use such form, and shall be an automatic shelf registration statement as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act if the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act at the most recent applicable eligibility determination date.

 

2.4            Demand for Underwritten Takedown. Subject to the Lock-Up Agreements and to the provisions of this Section 2.4 and Sections 2.5 and 3.4, at any time and from time to time when an effective Shelf is on file with the Commission, either (x) the Holders of at least 50% of the then-outstanding number of Registrable Securities or (y) the Sponsor (in each case, the “Demanding Holder(s)”) may, subject to the maximum number of Underwritten Takedowns pursuant to subsection 2.4.3, request to sell all or a portion of their Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Takedown in accordance with this Section 2.4; provided that the Company shall only be obligated to effect an Underwritten Takedown if such Underwritten Offering shall include Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by the Demanding Holder with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, US$10,000,000 (the “Takedown Threshold”).

 

2.4.1        Takedown Demand Notice. All requests for an Underwritten Takedown shall be made by giving written notice to the Company, which shall specify the number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Takedown (such written notice, a “Takedown Demand”).

 

2.4.2        Underwriters. The majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating an Underwritten Takedown shall have the right to select the Underwriter(s) for such Underwritten Offering (which shall consist of one or more internationally recognized investment banks), subject to the approval of the Company (which shall not be unreasonably withheld). The Company shall not be required to include any Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Takedown unless such Holder accepts the terms of the underwriting as agreed between the Company and its Underwriter(s) and enters into and complies with an underwriting agreement with such Underwriter(s) in customary form (after having considered in good faith the comments from a single U.S. counsel for the Holders which are selling in the Underwritten Takedown). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company may effect any Underwritten Takedown pursuant to any then effective Registration Statement, including a Form F-3, that is then available for such offering.

 

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2.4.3        Number and Frequency of Underwritten Takedowns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.4, under no circumstances shall the Company be obligated to effect (a) more than one (1) Underwritten Takedowns within the first year following the Closing, (b) for the period commencing one year after the Closing, more than two (2) Underwritten Takedown within any twelve-month period; (c) more than two (2) Underwritten Takedowns where the Sponsor is a Demanding Holder, provided that the Company shall be obligated to effect an aggregate of no more than two (2) Underwritten Takedowns. For the avoidance of doubt, a Registration will not count as an Underwritten Takedown until the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Underwritten Takedown has been declared effective and the Company has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement in all material respects with respect to such Underwritten Takedown; provided, however, that if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Underwritten Takedown is interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission or any other governmental agency or court, the Registration Statement with respect to such Underwritten Takedown will be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until (i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders, thereafter elects to continue the offering, provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated to file a second Registration Statement until the Registration Statement that has been previously filed with respect to such Registration becomes effective or is subsequently terminated.

 

2.5            Reduction of Underwritten Takedown. If the managing Underwriter(s) in an Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Takedown Demand advises the Company and the Demanding Holders and the Holders requesting piggy-back rights pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Underwritten Offering (the “Requesting Holders”) (if any) in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) desire to sell, taken together with all other Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell and the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs), if any, as to which a Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by any other shareholders who desire to sell, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering:

 

2.5.1        first, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities (to be allocated Pro Rata among the Demanding Holders and Requesting Holders if the Registrable Securities desired to be sold by such Holders in the aggregate would exceed the Maximum Number of Securities);

 

2.5.2        second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing subsection 2.5.1, the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and

 

2.5.3        third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing subsections 2.5.1 and 2.5.2, any Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities as to which a Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other shareholders of the Company that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

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2.6            Withdrawal of Underwritten Takedown.

 

2.6.1        Prior to the filing of the applicable preliminary or “red herring” Prospectus used for marketing an Underwritten Takedown, if the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders disapprove of the terms of any underwriting or are not entitled to include all of their Registrable Securities in the relevant offering, such majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders shall have the right to withdraw from such Underwritten Takedown upon written notification to the Company, each other Demanding Holder and Requesting Holder, and the applicable Underwriter(s).

 

2.6.2        Following the receipt of any notice of withdrawal pursuant to subsection 2.6.1, the other Demanding Holders and Requesting Holders, provided they collectively qualify as Demanding Holders pursuant to clauses (x) or (y) of Section 2.4 and the Takedown Threshold would still be satisfied, may elect to continue with the Underwritten Offering and such continued Takedown Demand shall count as a Takedown Demand of the continuing Demanding Holders for purposes of subsection 2.4.3 and not of the withdrawing Demanding Holders.

 

2.6.3        If an Underwritten Takedown is withdrawn and not continued pursuant to subsection 2.6.2, the withdrawn Takedown Demand shall not count as an Underwritten Takedown for purposes of subsection 2.4.3 if and only if one or more of the Demanding Holders reimburse the Company for all Registration Expenses with respect to such Underwritten Takedown. For the avoidance of doubt, the withdrawn Takedown Demand shall count as an Underwritten Takedown if the Company is responsible for the Registration Expenses with respect to such Underwritten Takedown.

 

2.7Piggyback Registration.

 

2.7.1        Piggyback Rights. If the Company or any Holder proposes to conduct a registered offering of, or if the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Registration of, equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities, for its own account or for the account of shareholders of the Company (or by the Company and by the shareholders of the Company, including an Underwritten Takedown pursuant to Section 2.4), other than a Registration Statement (a) filed in connection with any employee share option or other benefit plan, (b) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing shareholders, (c) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company, (d) for a dividend reinvestment plan or (e) for a rights offering, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing or offering to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but not less than fifteen (15) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement, or, in the case of an Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration, the applicable preliminary “red herring” Prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such offering, which notice shall (x) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter(s), if any, in such offering, and (y) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within ten (10)  days after receipt of such written notice (such Registration, a “Piggyback Registration”). Subject to subsection 2.7.2, the Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the managing Underwriter(s) of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this subsection 2.7.1 to be included in such Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such Registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. In the event of any Underwritten Offering, the inclusion of any Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Piggyback Registration shall be subject to such Holder’s agreement to enter into and comply with an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) duly selected for such Underwritten Offering.

 

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2.7.2        Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If the managing Underwriter(s) in an Underwritten Registration that is to be a Piggyback Registration advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities that Company desires to sell, taken together with (x) the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, (y) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof, and (z) the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:

 

(a)            If the Registration or registered offering is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering:

 

(i)            first, the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;

 

(ii)           second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.7.1, Pro Rata among such Holders, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and

 

(iii)           third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and

 

(b)            If the Registration or registered offering is pursuant to a request by persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering:

 

(i)            first, the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;

 

(ii)           second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.7.1, Pro Rata among such Holders, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;

 

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(iii)            third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and

 

(iv)           fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), if the Registration or registered offering is pursuant to a request by Holder(s) of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.4, then the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering securities pursuant to Section 2.5.

 

2.7.3        Piggyback Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Piggyback Registration. The Company (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a request for withdrawal by persons pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in connection with a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.7.3.

 

2.8            Restrictions on Registration Rights. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if Holders have requested an Underwritten Takedown and the Company and such Holders are unable to obtain the commitment of underwriters to firmly underwrite such offering, the Company shall have the right to defer the filing of the Registration Statement or conduct of an Underwritten Offering for a period of not more than sixty (60) days, if the Company determines, in the good faith judgment of the Board, that it would be materially detrimental to the Company to do otherwise than defer such filing or conduct.

 

2.9            Market Stand-Off Agreement. Each Holder given an opportunity to participate in an Underwritten Offering of the Company (other than a Block Trade) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement agrees that it shall not Transfer any Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) or other equity securities of the Company (other than those included in such offering pursuant to this Agreement), without the prior written consent of the Company, during the ninety (90)-day period beginning on the date of pricing of such offering, except in the event the managing Underwriter(s) otherwise agree by written consent. Each Holder agrees to execute a customary lock-up agreement in favor of the relevant Underwriter(s) to such effect (in each case on substantially the same terms and conditions as all such Holders).

 

2.10          Block Trade; Other Coordinated Offerings.

 

2.10.1      Notwithstanding the forgoing, at any time and from time to time when an effective Shelf is on file with the Commission, if a Demanding Holder wishes to engage in (a) an underwritten or other coordinated registered offering not involving a “roadshow,” an offer commonly known as a “block trade” (a “Block Trade”), (b) an “at the market” or similar registered offering through a broker, sales agent or distribution agent, whether as agent or principal (an “Other Coordinated Offering”), in each case with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, either (x) US$10,000,000 or (y) all remaining Registrable Securities held by the Demanding Holder, then such Demanding Holder shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the Company of the Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering at least five (5) Business Days prior to the day such offering is to commence and the Company shall as expeditiously as possible use commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering; provided that the Demanding Holders representing a majority of the Registrable Securities wishing to engage in the Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering shall use commercially reasonable efforts to work with the Company and any Underwriters prior to making such request in order to facilitate preparation of the registration statement, prospectus and other offering documentation related to the Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering.

 

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2.10.2      Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used in connection with a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering, the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering shall have the right to withdraw upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering prior to its withdrawal under this section.

 

2.10.3      The Demanding Holder in a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering shall have the right to select the Underwriters, sales agents or placement agents for such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering (which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks), provided that the Company shall have the right to consent to the Underwriters and any sale agents or placement agents (if any) for such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

2.10.4      Any Registration effected pursuant to this Section 2.10 shall be deemed an Underwritten Takedown and within the cap on Underwritten Takedowns provided in subsection 2.4.3.

 

2.10.5       Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Section 2.7 hereof shall not apply to a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering initiated by a Demanding Holder pursuant to this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 3
COMPANY PROCEDURES

 

3.1            General Procedures. In connection with any Shelf and/or Underwritten Takedown, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:

 

3.1.1        prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are disposed of in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

 

3.1.2        prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus as may be reasonably requested by the Holders or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are disposed of in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or such securities have been withdrawn;

 

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3.1.3        prior to filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriter(s), if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, and such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus), and such other documents as the Underwriter(s) and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel for any such Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders;

 

3.1.4        prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use commercially reasonable efforts to (a) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may reasonably request and (b)  take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be reasonably necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; providedhowever, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;

 

3.1.5        cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

 

3.1.6        provide a transfer agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

 

3.1.7        advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly, and in no event later than two (2) Business Day, after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued;

 

3.1.8        notify the Holders at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the occurrence of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section 3.4 hereof;

 

3.1.9        permit a representative of the Holders (such representative to be selected by a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders), the Underwriters, if any, and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriter to participate, at each such person’s own expense, in the preparation of the Registration Statement, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with the Registration; providedhowever, that such representative, or Underwriters enter into a confidentiality agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Company, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information;

 

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3.1.10      obtain a “comfort” letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Registration, Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering that is registered pursuant to a Registration Statement, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter(s) or other similar type of sales agent(s) or placement agent(s) may reasonably request and reasonably satisfactory to the participating Holders ;

 

3.1.11      in the event of an Underwritten Registration, on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, obtain an opinion and a negative assurance letter, each dated such date, of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the participating Holders, the placement agent or sales agent, if any, and the Underwriter(s), if any, as the case may be, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion or negative assurance letter is being given as the participating Holders, placement agent, sales agent, or Underwriter, as the case may be, may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions and negative assurance letters and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders;

 

3.1.12      in the event of any Underwritten Offering or Other Coordinated Offering that is registered pursuant to a Registration Statement, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, sales agreement or placement agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter(s), sales agent(s) or placement agent(s) of such offering;

 

3.1.13       make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor rule then in effect);

 

3.1.14      with respect to an Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.4, use commercially reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter(s) in such Underwritten Offering;

 

3.1.15      otherwise cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the participating Holders, consistent with the terms of this Agreement, in connection with such Registration;

 

3.1.16      assist the Depository Bank to maintain an effective registration of the Company ADSs on Form F-6 in accordance with the Deposit Agreement and cooperate with the Depositary Bank in filing amendments to such Form F-6 sufficient to allow the Holders to exercise their rights hereunder and under the Deposit Agreement to cover the Registrable Securities then outstanding.

 

3.2            Registration Expenses. The Registration Expenses of all Registrations shall be borne by the Company. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters’ commissions and discounts, brokerage fees and Underwriter marketing costs and, other than as set forth in the definition of “Registration Expenses,” all reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders.

 

3.3            Requirements for Participation in Underwritten Offerings. Each Holder shall provide such information as may reasonably be requested by the Company, or the managing Underwriter(s) or placement agent or sales agent, if any, in connection with the preparation of any Registration Statement or Prospectus, including amendments and supplements thereto, in order to effect the Registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to ARTICLE 2 and in connection with the Company’s obligation to comply with federal and applicable state securities laws. No person may participate in any Underwritten Offering for equity securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration initiated by the Company hereunder unless such person:

 

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3.3.1        agrees to sell such person’s securities on the basis provided in any customary underwriting arrangements approved by the Company (after having considered and given good faith consideration to the comments from U.S. counsel(s) for the Holders that are selling in the Underwritten offering); and

 

3.3.2        completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

The exclusion of a Holder’s Registrable Securities as a result of this Section 3.3 shall not affect the Registration of the other Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration.

 

3.4            Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure. Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement (including pursuant to subsection 3.1.8), each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement (it being understood that the Company hereby covenants to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as soon as practicable after the time of such notice), or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed. In addition, if the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of any Registration at any time would (a) require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Company’s control, (b) in the good faith view of the Company, require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, or (c) in the good faith judgment of the Company, be materially detrimental to the Company as a result that it is essential to defer such filing, initial effectiveness or continued use at such time, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement for the period of time determined in good faith by the Company to be necessary for such purpose; provided, however, that the Company shall not have the right to exercise the rights set forth this Section 3.4 for more than 90 consecutive days or more than 120 days, in any such case, in any 12-month period. In the event the Company exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, the Holders agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to any Registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities.

 

3.5            Reporting Obligations. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, covenants to use commercially reasonable efforts to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish the Holders with true and complete copies of all such filings; provided that any documents publicly filed or furnished with the Commission pursuant to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system shall be deemed to have been furnished or delivered to the Holders pursuant to this Section 3.5. The Company further covenants that it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Company Ordinary Shares (including Company Ordinary Shares represented by Company ADSs) held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect). Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

 

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ARTICLE 4
INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

 

4.1            Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers, directors, agents and each person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) (each, a “Holder Indemnified Party”) against all losses, judgements, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from, arising out of or that are based on (a) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information or affidavit furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or (b) if such losses, judgments, claims, damages, liabilities or out-of-pocket expenses are based on any such Holder’s violation of the federal securities laws or failure to sell the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution contained in the Prospectus. The Company shall promptly reimburse a Holder Indemnified Party for any reasonable expenses incurred by such Holder Indemnified Party in connection with investigating and defending any proceeding or action to which this Section 4.1 applies (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of legal counsel) except insofar as such proceeding or action arise out of or are based on any information or affidavit furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder, or if such proceeding or action are based on any such Holder’s violation of the federal securities laws or failure to sell the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution contained in the Prospectus.

 

4.2            Information Provided by and Indemnification by Holders. In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers and agents and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from, arising out of or that are based on any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission are caused by or contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein, or if such losses, judgments, claims, damages, liabilities or out-of-pocket expenses are based on any such Holder’s violation of the federal securities laws or failure to sell the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution contained in the Prospectus; providedhowever, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriter(s), their officers, directors and each person who controls such Underwriter(s) (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.

 

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4.3            Indemnification Process.

 

4.3.1        Any person entitled to indemnification pursuant to Sections 4.1 or 4.2 (each, an “Indemnified Party”) shall:

 

(a)            if a claim is to be made against any person (the “Indemnifying Party”) for indemnification hereunder, give prompt written notice to the Indemnifying Party of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or out-of-pocket expenses (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not prejudiced the Indemnifying Party); and

 

(b)            unless in the Indemnified Party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such Indemnified Party and Indemnifying Party may exist with respect to such claim, permit such Indemnifying Party to assume control of the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. If such defense is assumed, the Indemnifying Party shall not, without its consent (such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the Indemnified Party.

 

4.3.2        If such control of defense is assumed, the Indemnifying Party shall not be subject to any liability to the Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof.

 

4.3.3        An Indemnifying Party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the control of defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one (1) counsel for all parties indemnified by such Indemnifying Party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any Indemnified Party a conflict of interest may exist between such Indemnified Party and any other of such Indemnified Parties with respect to such claim.

 

4.3.4        No Indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement includes a statement or admission of fault and culpability on the part of such Indemnified Party or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

 

4.3.5        The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Party or any officer, director or controlling person of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of securities.

 

4.4            Contribution. If the indemnification provided under Sections 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 from the Indemnifying Party is judicially determined to be unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses referred to herein, then the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying the Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by (or omitted to be made by, in the case of an omission), or relates to any information or affidavit supplied by (or not supplied by, in the case of an omission), such Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party, and the Indemnifying Party’s and the Indemnified Party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder under this subsection 4.4 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections 4.14.2 and 4.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this subsection 4.4. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.4 from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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ARTICLE 5
MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1            Notices. All general notices, demands or other communications required or permitted to be given or made hereunder (“Notices”) shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by courier or sent by electronic mail to the intended recipient thereof. Any such Notice shall be deemed to have been duly served (a) if given personally or sent by local courier, upon delivery during normal business hours at the location of delivery or, if later, then on the next Business Day after the day of delivery; (b) if sent by electronic mail during normal business hours at the location of delivery, immediately, or, if later, then on the next Business Day after the day of delivery; or (c) the third Business Day following the day sent by reputable international overnight courier (with written confirmation of receipt). Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed:

 

If to the Company:

 

Lotus Technology Inc.
8
00 Century Avenue

 

Lujiazui CBD

Pudong District

Shanghai 200120

China

Attention: Chief Financial Officer
E-mail: Alexious.Lee@lotuscars.com.cn

 

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
30/F, China World Office 2
No. 1, Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue
Beijing 100004, China
Attention: Peter X. Huang
Email: peter.huang@skadden.com

 

and

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
c/o 42/F, Edinburgh Tower, The Landmark
15 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong
Attention: Shu Du
Email: shu.du@skadden.com

 

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If to SPAC or the Sponsor:

 

L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp
8 Marina View, Asia Square Tower 1

#41-03, Singapore 018960
Attention: James Steinthal
Email: Jim.Steinthal@lcatterton.com

 

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Kirkland & Ellis

26th Floor, Gloucester Tower, The Landmark

15 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong

Attn: Jesse Sheley

Joseph Raymond Casey

E-mail: jesse.sheley@kirkland.com

joseph.casey@kirkland.com

 

29th Floor, China World Office 2

No.1 Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue

Beijing 100004, P.R. China

Attn: Steve Lin

Email: steve.lin@kirkland.com

 

If to any Holder, at such Holder’s address or contact information as set forth under such Holder’s signature to this Agreement or to such Holder’s address as found in Company’s books and records.

 

Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto, and such change of address shall become effective thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice as provided in this Section 5.1. Any Holder not desiring to receive Notices at any time and from time to time may so notify the other parties, who shall thereafter not make, give or deliver any Notice to such Holder until duly notified otherwise (or until the expiry of any period specified in such Holder’s notice).

 

5.2Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries.

 

5.2.1        This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part.

 

5.2.2        Prior to the expiration of the lock-up period applicable to such Holder pursuant to any Lock-Up Agreement, no Holder may assign or delegate such Holder’s rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, except in connection with a transfer of Registrable Securities by such Holder to a Permitted Transferee but only if such Permitted Transferee agrees to become bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. After the expiration of the lock-up period applicable to such Holder pursuant to any Lock-Up Agreement, the Holder may assign or delegate such Holder’s rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any person to whom it transfers Registrable Securities; provided that such Registrable Securities remain Registrable Securities following such transfer, and such person agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

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5.2.3        This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and its successors and the permitted assigns of the Holders, which shall include Permitted Transferees.

 

5.2.4        This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and Section 5.2 hereof.

 

5.2.5            No assignment by any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section 5.1 hereof and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement). Any transfer or assignment made other than as provided in this Section 5.2 shall be null and void.

 

5.3            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including by electronic means), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same instrument, but only one of which need be produced.

 

5.4            Governing Law; Venue. Each party expressly agrees that this Agreement, and all claims or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the applicable of laws of another jurisdiction. Any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be brought in federal and state courts in New York county in the State of New York, and each of the parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of each such court, waives any obligation it may now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction, venue or to convenience of forum, agrees that all claims in respect of any cause of action may be heard and determined only in any such court, and agrees not to bring any cause of action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any other court. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the right of any party to serve process in any manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any other party in any other jurisdiction, in each case, to enforce judgments obtained in any action brought pursuant to this Section 5.4. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

5.5            Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any specific provision of this Agreement shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any of its other provisions. The parties hereto further agree that if any provision contained in this Agreement is, to any extent, held invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the laws governing this Agreement, they shall take any actions necessary to render the remaining provisions of this Agreement valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law and, to the extent necessary, shall amend or otherwise modify this Agreement to replace any provision contained in this Agreement that is held invalid or unenforceable with a valid and enforceable provision giving effect to the intent of the parties hereto.

 

5.6            Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the Merger Agreement, and any applicable Lock-Up Agreement to the extent incorporated herein, and including all agreements entered into pursuant hereto or thereto or referenced herein or therein and all certificates and instruments delivered pursuant hereto and thereto) set forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all other prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings between the parties, whether oral or written, with respect to such subject matter.

 

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5.7            Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party. Unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “or” is disjunctive but not exclusive; (b) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; (c) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and section and subsection references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; (d) the term “including” is not limiting and means “including without limitation”; (e) whenever the context requires, any pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms; (f) references to agreements and other documents shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments and other modifications or supplements thereto; and (g) references to statutes shall include all regulations promulgated thereunder and references to statutes or regulations shall be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing the statute or regulation. Where any Company Ordinary Shares are held by the Depository Trust Company or any person who operates a clearing system or issues depositary receipts (or their nominees) and/or a nominee, custodian or trustee for any person, that person shall (unless the context requires otherwise) be treated for the purposes of this Agreement as the holder of those shares and references to shares being “held by” a person, to a person “holding” shares or to a person who “holds” any such shares, or equivalent formulations, shall be construed accordingly. The headings, subheadings and captions contained in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only, and in no way define, limit or describe the scope of this Agreement or the intent of any provision hereof.

 

5.8            Amendments and Modifications. Upon the prior written consent of the Company and the Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities at the time in question, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; providedhowever, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment or modification to this Agreement that would have a disproportionately adverse effect on any party’s rights hereunder in any material respect shall require the prior written consent of such party.

 

5.9            Termination of Prior SPAC Agreement and Termination and Effectiveness of this Agreement.

 

5.9.1        Each of SPAC, the Sponsor and the “Holders” (as defined in the Prior SPAC Agreement) hereby agrees that the Prior SPAC Agreement shall terminate as of the First Merger Closing, and thereafter shall be of no further force and effect.

 

5.9.2        The registration rights granted under this Agreement shall supersede any registration, qualification or similar rights of the Holders with respect to the securities of SPAC or the Company granted under any other agreement, and any of such preexisting registration, qualification or similar rights and such agreements shall be terminated and of no further force and effect. With effect from the First Merger Closing, each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to exercise or enforce any rights it may have (a) in respect of the registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to any other agreement.

 

5.9.3        This Agreement shall take effect as of and from the First Merger Closing; provided, that if the Merger Agreement is terminated prior to the First Merger Closing, this Agreement shall not become effective and shall be deemed void.

 

5.10            Term. This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of this Agreement and (b) with respect to any Holder, on the date that such Holder no longer holds any Registrable Securities. The provisions of Section 3.5 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

  Company:
   
  Lotus Technology Inc.
   
  By:  /s/ Qingfeng Feng
    Name: Qingfeng Feng
    Title: Director and Chief Executive Officer
   

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

  SPAC:
   
  L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp.
   
  By: /s/ Chinta Bhagat
    Name: Chinta Bhagat
    Title: Co-Executive Officer and Director
   

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

  Sponsor:
   
  LCA Acquisition Sponsor, LP
   
  By: /s/ Bowen Qian
    Name: Bowen Qian
    Title: Director
   

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

  Holder:
   
  Sanford Litvack
   
  By: /s/ Sanford Litvack
    Name: Sanford Litvack
       
       
  Address for Notices: 8 Marina View, Asia Square Tower 1 #41-03, Singapore

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

  Holder:
   
  Frank N. Newman
   
  By: /s/ Frank N. Newman
    Name: Frank N. Newman
       
       
  Address for Notices: 8 Marina View, Asia Square Tower 1 #41-03, Singapore

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

  Holder:
   
  Anish Melwani
   
  By: /s/ Anish Melwani
    Name: Anish Melwani
       
       
  Address for Notices: 8 Marina View, Asia Square Tower 1 #41-03, Singapore

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

 

This ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is made and entered into as of February 22, 2024, by and among L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“SPAC”), Lotus Technology Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation (the “Predecessor Warrant Agent”), and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company (the “Successor Warrant Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Warrant Agreement (as defined below) (and if such term is not defined in the Warrant Agreement, then the Merger Agreement (as defined below)).

 

WHEREAS, SPAC and the Predecessor Warrant Agent are parties to that certain Warrant Agreement, dated March 10, 2021 (as amended, including without limitation by this Agreement, the “Warrant Agreement”), pursuant to which the Predecessor Warrant Agent agreed to act as SPAC’s warrant agent with respect to the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange, redemption and exercise of (i) warrants to purchase ordinary shares of SPAC issued in SPAC’s initial public offering (“IPO”) (the “Public Warrants”), (ii) warrants to purchase ordinary shares of SPAC acquired by LCA Acquisition Sponsor, LP (the “Sponsor”), in a private placement concurrent with IPO (the “Private Placement Warrants”), and (iii) warrants to purchase ordinary shares issuable to the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain officers and directors of SPAC upon conversion of up to $1,500,000 of working capital loans (the “Working Capital Warrants”, and together with the Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants, in each case, as amended, including without limitation by this Agreement, the “Warrants”);

 

WHEREAS, on January 31, 2023, (i) SPAC, (ii) the Company, (iii) Lotus Temp Limited, an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub 1”), and (iv) Lotus EV Limited, an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub 2”), entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Original Merger Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, on October 11, 2023, the parties to the Original Merger Agreement entered into the First Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which the Original Merger Agreement was amended and restated in its entirety to provide, among other things, (i) that each applicable SPAC Shareholder (other than the Founder Shareholders) immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall receive Company ADSs (as defined below) in lieu of Company Ordinary Shares (as defined below) in the Mergers, and (ii) that the Company shall establish a sponsored ADS Facility for the purpose of issuing the Company ADSs;

 

 

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (the “Closing”), among other matters and subject to the terms and conditions thereof, (a) Merger Sub 1 will merge with and into SPAC (the “First Merger”), with SPAC being the surviving entity, and (b) immediately following the First Merger and as part of the same overall transaction as the First Merger, SPAC, in its capacity as the surviving entity of the First Merger, will merge with and into Merger Sub 2 (the “Second Merger” and together with the First Merger, collectively, the “Mergers”), with Merger Sub 2 being the surviving entity, and as a result of which, among other matters, (i) Merger Sub 2, in its capacity as the surviving entity of the Second Merger, shall remain a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) each SPAC Class A Ordinary Share (which includes each SPAC Class A Ordinary Share (A) issued in connection with the SPAC Class B Conversion and (B) held as a result of the Unit Separation) immediately prior to the effective time of the First Merger (the “First Effective Time”) (other than any SPAC Shares owned by SPAC as treasury shares or owned by any direct or indirect Subsidiary of SPAC immediately prior to the First Effective Time, Redeeming SPAC Shares, Dissenting SPAC Shares or any SPAC Shares held by the Founder Shareholders) shall automatically be cancelled and cease to exist in exchange for the right to receive one American depositary share of the Company duly and validly issued against the deposit of one underlying ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.00001 per share (together with any other securities of the Company or any successor entity issued in consideration of (including as a stock split, dividend or distribution) or in exchange for any of such securities, the “Company Ordinary Shares”) deposited with the Depositary Bank in accordance with the Deposit Agreement (the “Company ADSs”), and (iii) each SPAC Class A Ordinary Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time held by the Founder Shareholders shall automatically be cancelled and cease to exist in exchange for the right to receive one Company Ordinary Share, in each case, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement and in accordance with the provisions of applicable law;

 

WHEREAS, upon consummation of the Mergers, as provided in the Merger Agreement and Section 4.5 of the Warrant Agreement, each of the issued and outstanding Warrants will no longer be exercisable for SPAC Ordinary Shares (as defined in the Merger Agreement) but instead will be exercisable (subject to the terms and conditions of the Warrant Agreement as amended hereby) for the same number of Company Ordinary Shares in the form of Company ADSs at the same exercise price per share;

 

WHEREAS, the Company Ordinary Shares in the form of Company ADSs constitute an Alternative Issuance as defined in said Section 4.5 of the Warrant Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, all references to “Ordinary Shares” in the Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall mean the Company Ordinary Shares in the form of Company ADSs;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of SPAC has determined that the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement will constitute a Business Combination (as defined in the Warrant Agreement);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Mergers, SPAC desires to assign all of its right, title and interest in the Warrant Agreement to the Company, and the Company wishes to accept such assignment and assume all the liabilities and obligations of SPAC under the Warrant Agreement with the same force and effect as if the Company were initially a party to the Warrant Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, SPAC, the Company and the Predecessor Warrant Agent also desire to amend the Warrant Agreement to appoint the Successor Warrant Agent as the Warrant Agent under the Warrant Agreement and the Successor Warrant Agent wishes to accept such appointment; and

 

WHEREAS, Section 9.8 of the Warrant Agreement provides that SPAC and the Warrant Agent may amend the Warrant Agreement without the consent of any Registered Holders as the parties may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem shall not adversely affect the interests of the Registered Holders under the Warrant Agreement.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises herein made, and in consideration of the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.Assignment and Assumption; Consent.

 

1.1Assignment and Assumption.

 

(a).SPAC hereby assigns to the Company all of SPAC’s right, title and interest in and to the Warrant Agreement and the Warrants (each as amended hereby) as of the Effective Time. The Company hereby assumes, and agrees to pay, perform, satisfy and discharge in full, as the same become due, all of SPAC’s liabilities and obligations under the Warrant Agreement and the Warrants (each as amended hereby) arising from and after the Effective Time with the same force and effect as if the Company were initially a party to the Warrant Agreement.

 

(b).The Predecessor Warrant Agent hereby assigns to the Successor Warrant Agent all of the Predecessor Warrant Agent’s right, title and interest in and to the Warrant Agreement and the Warrants (each as amended hereby) as of the Effective Time. The Successor Warrant Agent hereby assumes, and agrees to pay, perform, satisfy and discharge in full, as the same become due, all of the Predecessor Warrant Agent’s liabilities and obligations under the Warrant Agreement and the Warrants (each as amended hereby) arising from and after the Effective Time with the same force and effect as if the Successor Warrant Agent were initially a party to the Warrant Agreement.

 

1.2Consent.

 

(a).The Successor Warrant Agent hereby consents to (i) the assignment of the Warrant Agreement and the Warrants (each as amended hereby) by SPAC to the Company pursuant to Section 1.1(a) and the assumption of the Warrant Agreement and the Warrants (each as amended hereby) by the Company from SPAC pursuant to Section 1.1(a), in each case effective as of the Effective Time, and (ii) the continuation of the Warrant Agreement and Warrants, in full force and effect from and after the Effective Time, subject at all times to the Warrant Agreement and Warrants (each as amended hereby) and to all of the provisions, covenants, agreements, terms and conditions of the Warrant Agreement and this Agreement.

 

(b).The Company hereby consents to (i) the assignment of the Warrant Agreement and the Warrants (each as amended hereby) by the Predecessor Warrant Agent to the Successor Warrant Agent pursuant to Section 1.1(b) and the assumption of the Warrant Agreement and the Warrants (each as amended hereby) by the Successor Warrant Agent from the Predecessor Warrant Agent pursuant to Section 1.1(b), in each case effective as of the Effective Time, and (ii) the continuation of the Warrant Agreement and Warrants, in full force and effect from the Effective Time, subject at all times to the Warrant Agreement and Warrants (each as amended hereby) and to all of the provisions, covenants, agreements, terms and conditions of the Warrant Agreement and this Agreement.

 

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2.Amendment of Warrant Agreement. The parties hereto hereby agree to the following amendments to the Warrant Agreement as provided in this Section 2 effective from the Effective Time, and acknowledge and agree that the amendments to the Warrant Agreement set forth in this Section 2 (i) are necessary and desirable and do not adversely affect the rights of the Registered Holders under the Warrant Agreement and (ii) are to provide for the delivery of Alternative Issuance pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Warrant Agreement (in connection with the Mergers and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement).

 

2.1Preamble and References to the “Company”. The preamble of the Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp” and replacing it with “Lotus Technology Inc.”. As a result thereof, all references to the “Company” in the Warrant Agreement (including all exhibits thereto) shall be amended such that they refer to the Company rather than SPAC.

 

2.2Recitals. The recitals on pages one and two of the Warrant Agreement are hereby deleted and replaced in their entirety as follows:

 

“WHEREAS, on March 10, 2021, L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp. (“LCAA”) entered into that certain Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement with LCA Acquisition Sponsor, LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (the “Sponsor”), pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to purchase an aggregate of 5,000,000 warrants (or up to 5,500,000 warrants if the Over-allotment Option (as defined below) in connection with the Offering (as defined below) is exercised in full) simultaneously with the closing of the Offering (and the closing of the Over-allotment Option, if applicable) bearing the legend set forth in Exhibit B hereto (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant; and

 

WHEREAS, in order to finance LCAA’s transaction costs in connection with an intended initial merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination, involving the Company and one or more businesses, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of LCAA’s officers and directors could, but were not obligated to, loan LCAA funds as LCAA required, of which up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into up to an additional 1,000,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant (the “Working Capital Warrants”); and

 

WHEREAS, LCAA consummated an initial public offering (the “Offering”) of units of LCAA’s equity securities, each such unit comprised of one Class A ordinary share and one-third of one Public Warrant (as defined below) (the “Units”) and, in connection therewith, issued and delivered up to 9,583,333 warrants (including up to 1,250,000 warrants subject to the Over-allotment Option) to public investors in the Public Offering (the “Public Warrants” and together with the Private Placement Warrants and Working Capital Warrants, the “LCAA Warrants”). Each whole LCAA Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share of LCAA for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. Only whole warrants are exercisable; and

 

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WHEREAS, LCAA has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-253334 and a prospectus (the “Prospectus”), for the registration, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Units, and the Public Warrants and the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units; and

 

WHEREAS, on January 31, 2023, (i) LCAA, (ii) the Company, (iii) Lotus Temp Limited, an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub 1”), and (iv) Lotus EV Limited, an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub 2”), entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Original Merger Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, on October 11, 2023, the parties to the Original Merger Agreement entered into the First Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which the Original Merger Agreement was amended and restated in its entirety to provide, among other things, that all Class A ordinary shares of LCAA (other than the Class A ordinary shares of LCAA held by the Founder Shareholders (as defined in the Merger Agreement)) shall be exchanged for the right to receive American depositary shares of the Company duly and validly issued against the deposit of the underlying ordinary shares, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company (“Company Ordinary Shares”) deposited with the Depositary Bank (as defined in the Merger Agreement) in accordance with the Deposit Agreement (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (“Company ADSs”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement and Section 4.5 of this Agreement, immediately after the First Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), each of the issued and outstanding LCAA Warrants will no longer be exercisable for Class A ordinary share of LCAA but instead will become exercisable (subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement) for Company Ordinary Shares in the form of Company ADSs (each a “Warrant” and collectively, the “Warrants”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange, redemption and exercise of the Warrants; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the form and provisions of the Warrants, the terms upon which they shall be issued and exercised, and the respective rights, limitation of rights, and immunities of the Company, the Warrant Agent, and the holders of the Warrants; and

 

WHEREAS, all acts and things have been done and performed which are necessary to make the Warrants, when executed on behalf of the Company and countersigned by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent, as provided herein, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:”

 

2.3Detachability of Warrants. Section 2.4 of the Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following: “[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]”

 

2.4References to “Ordinary Shares”. All references to “Ordinary Shares” in the Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be amended such that they refer to Company Ordinary Shares in the form of Company ADSs after the Company Ordinary Shares have been deposited into the ADS Facility in connection with the Mergers or, if at the time of exercise the Company no longer uses the ADS Facility, Company Ordinary Shares.

 

2.5References to Business Combination. All references to “Business Combination” in the Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be references to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and references to “the completion of the Business Combination” and all variations thereof in the Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be references to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

 

2.6Warrant Agent. All references to “Warrant Agent” and “Transfer Agent” in the Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be references to the Successor Warrant Agent hereunder.

 

2.7Notices. Section 9.2 of the Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

 

“Notices. Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of any Warrant to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Warrant Agent), as follows:

 

Lotus Technology Inc.

 

No. 800 Century Avenue

Pudong District

Shanghai 200120, People’s Republic of China

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

E-mail: Alexious.Lee@lotuscars.com.cn

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

30/F, China World Office 2

No. 1, Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue

Beijing 100004, China

Attn: Peter X. Huang

Email: peter.huang@skadden.com

 

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Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the holder of any Warrant or by the Company to or on the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with the Company), as follows:

 

Equiniti Trust Company, LLC

48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor

New York, NY 10005

Attention: Reorg Department

Email: ReorgWarrants@equiniti.com

 

3.Fees.

 

The Company shall pay the Successor Warrant Agent for its services related to its appointment and role as warrant agent of the Company, specifically:

 

1. A monthly administrative fee of US$950
2. A warrant exercise fee of US$40 incurred per exercise of the warrant
3. A one-time successor warrant agent appointment fee of US$4,000

 

All Fees payable shall be in US Dollars, and without deduction or withholding on account of, taxes of any kind and without any set-off or counterclaim whatsoever. The Company is obliged to pay all such taxes and complete all tax filings and compliance obligations with the relevant tax authorities in connection with the services provided under this agreement (including but not limited to, value-added tax, withholding tax, goods and services tax, business tax or other similar taxes). The Company shall make such payment in full to the Successor Warrant Agent no less than 30 business days after receiving the payment invoice.

 

4.Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

4.1Effectiveness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement shall be expressly subject to the occurrence of and only become effective upon the Closing. In the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated for any reason in accordance with its terms prior to the Closing, this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect.

 

4.2Miscellaneous. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, all of the terms and provisions in the Warrant Agreement are and shall remain in full force and effect, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein. This Agreement does not constitute, directly or by implication, an amendment or waiver of any provision of the Warrant Agreement, or any other right, remedy, power or privilege of any party thereto, except as expressly set forth herein. Any reference to the Warrant Agreement in the Warrant Agreement or any other agreement, document, instrument or certificate entered into or issued in connection therewith, shall hereinafter mean the Warrant Agreement as the case may be, as amended by this Agreement (or as such agreement may be further amended or modified in accordance with the terms thereof). The terms of this Agreement shall be governed by, enforced and construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the provisions of the Warrant Agreement, as it applies to the amendments to the Warrant Agreement herein, including without limitation Section 9 of the Warrant Agreement.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

  L CATTERTON ASIA ACQUISITION CORP, as SPAC
   
   
  By: /s/ Chinta Bhagat
  Name: Chinta Bhagat
  Title:   co-Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

[Signature Page to Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement]

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

  LOTUS TECHNOLOGY INC., as the Company
   
   
  By: /s/ Qingfeng Feng    
  Name: Qingfeng Feng
  Title:   Director and Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement]

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

  CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Predecessor Warrant Agent
   
   
  By: /s/ Keri-Ann Cuadros              
  Name: Keri-Ann Cuadros
  Title:   Vice President ana Account Manager

 

[Signature Page to Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement]

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

  EQUINITI TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Successor Warrant Agent
   
   
  By: /s/ Michael Legregin                   
  Name: Michael Legregin
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Corporate Actions Relationship Management & Operations

 

[Signature Page to Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement]

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOTUS TECH

 

group-lotus.com

 

Lotus Tech and L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp Complete Business Combination

 

New York and Singapore - February 22, 2024Lotus Technology Inc. (“Lotus Tech” or the “Company”), a leading global luxury electric vehicle maker, and L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp (“LCAA”) (NASDAQ: LCAA), a special purpose acquisition company formed by affiliates of L Catterton, a leading global consumer-focused investment firm, today announced the completion of their previously announced business combination (“Business Combination”). The listed company following the Business Combination is “Lotus Technology Inc.” and its American depositary shares (“ADSs”) are expected to commence trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) under the ticker symbol “LOT” on February 23, 2024.

 

The announcement of the completion of the Business Combination comes after LCAA shareholders voted to approve the transaction on February 2, 2024. As a result of the Business Combination, LCAA became a wholly owned subsidiary of Lotus Tech and is expected to be delisted from the Nasdaq.

 

Mr. Qingfeng Feng, Chief Executive Officer of Lotus Tech, said: "Becoming a U.S-listed company marks a significant milestone in Lotus Tech's advancement into a global sustainable luxury mobility provider under the brand's Vision80 strategy. I look forward to further collaboration with LCAA as our respected partners, joining us in contributing to a greener future for all through sustainable innovation. "

 

Chinta Bhagat, Co-Chief Executive Officer of LCAA, said: "We are very pleased to announce the successful completion of the business combination with Lotus Tech, a pioneer in the electrification of luxury mobility with a world-leading product portfolio of luxury vehicles. We are confident Lotus Tech’s listing on the Nasdaq will further its global expansion, and look forward to joining them in the exciting growth journey ahead."

 

Lotus Tech is expected to ring the Nasdaq opening bell in New York City on February 23, 2024 to commemorate its public listing. A live stream of the event can be viewed at https://www.nasdaq.com/marketsite/bell-ringing-ceremony.

 

 

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About Lotus Technology

Lotus Technology Inc. has operations across China, the UK, and the EU. The Company is dedicated to delivering luxury lifestyle battery electric vehicles, with a focus on world-class R&D in next-generation automobility technologies such as electrification, digitalisation and more. For more information about Lotus Technology Inc., please visit www.group-lotus.com.

 

About L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp

L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: LCAA) is a blank check company incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. While it may pursue an initial target business in any industry or sector, it has focused its search on high-growth, consumer technology sectors across Asia. For more information about L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp, please visit www.lcaac.com.

 

About L Catterton

L Catterton is a market-leading consumer-focused investment firm, managing approximately $35 billion of equity capital across three multi-product platforms: private equity, credit and real estate. Leveraging deep category insight, operational excellence, and a broad network of strategic relationships, L Catterton's team of more than 200 investment and operating professionals across 17 offices partners with management teams to drive differentiated value creation across its portfolio. Founded in 1989, the firm has made over 275 investments in some of the world's most iconic consumer brands. For more information about L Catterton, please visit www.lcatterton.com.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release (the “Press Release”) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that are based on beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to Lotus Tech and LCAA. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this Press Release are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “should”, “expect”, “intend”, “will”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “predict”, “potential”, “forecast”, “plan”, “seek”, “future”, “propose” or “continue”, or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology although not all forward-looking statements contain such terminology. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements.

 

 

 

 

LOTUS TECH

 

group-lotus.com

 

These forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by LCAA and its management, and Lotus Tech and its management, as the case may be, are inherently uncertain. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: (1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of definitive agreements with respect to the proposed Business Combination between LCAA, Lotus Tech and the other parties thereto (the “Business Combination”); (2) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against LCAA, the Combined Company or others following the announcement of the Business Combination and any definitive agreements with respect thereto; (3) the amount of redemption requests made by LCAA public shareholders and the inability to complete the Business Combination due to the failure to obtain approval of the shareholders of LCAA, to obtain financing to complete the Business Combination or to satisfy other conditions to closing and; (4) changes to the proposed structure of the Business Combination that may be required or appropriate as a result of applicable laws or regulations or as a condition to obtaining regulatory approval of the Business Combination; (5) the ability to meet stock exchange listing standards following the consummation of the Business Combination; (6) the risk that the Business Combination disrupts current plans and operations of the Company as a result of the announcement and consummation of the Business Combination; (7) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the Combined Company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain its management and key employees; (8) costs related to the Business Combination; (9) risks associated with changes in applicable laws or regulations and Lotus Tech’s international operations; (10) the possibility that Lotus Tech or the Combined Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (11) Lotus Tech’s estimates of expenses and profitability; (12) Lotus Tech’s ability to maintain agreements or partnerships with its strategic partner Geely Holding and to develop new agreements or partnerships; (13) Lotus Tech’s ability to maintain relationships with its existing suppliers and strategic partners, and source new suppliers for its critical components, and to complete building out its supply chain, while effectively managing the risks due to such relationships; (14) Lotus Tech’s reliance on its partnerships with vehicle charging networks to provide charging solutions for its vehicles and its strategic partners for servicing its vehicles and their integrated software; (15) Lotus Tech’s ability to establish its brand and capture additional market share, and the risks associated with negative press or reputational harm, including from lithium-ion battery cells catching fire or venting smoke; (16) delays in the design, manufacture, launch and financing of Lotus Tech’s vehicles and Lotus Tech’s reliance on a limited number of vehicle models to generate revenues; (17) Lotus Tech’s ability to continuously and rapidly innovate, develop and market new products; (18) risks related to future market adoption of Lotus Tech’s offerings; (19) increases in costs, disruption of supply or shortage of materials, in particular for lithium-ion cells or semiconductors; (20) Lotus Tech’s reliance on its partners to manufacture vehicles at a high volume, some of which have limited experience in producing electric vehicles, and on the allocation of sufficient production capacity to Lotus Tech by its partners in order for Lotus Tech to be able to increase its vehicle production capacities; (21) risks related to Lotus Tech’s distribution model; (22) the effects of competition and the high barriers to entry in the automotive industry, and the pace and depth of electric vehicle adoption generally on Lotus Tech’s future business; (23) changes in regulatory requirements, governmental incentives and fuel and energy prices; (24) the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on LCAA, Lotus Tech, Lotus Tech’s post business combination’s projected results of operations, financial performance or other financial metrics, or on any of the foregoing risks; and (25) other risks and uncertainties set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” Lotus Tech’s registration statement on Form F-4  (File No. 333-275001) filed by Lotus Tech with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 12, 2024 and in LCAA’s final prospectus relating to its initial public offering (File No. 333-253334) filed by LCAA with the SEC on March 12, 2021, and other documents filed, or to be filed, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by LCAA or Lotus Tech, including the Registration/Proxy Statement (as defined below). There may be additional risks that neither LCAA nor Lotus Tech presently know or that LCAA or Lotus Tech currently believe are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements.

 

Nothing in this Press Release should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved in any specified time frame, or at all, or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved in any specified time frame, or at all. The forward-looking statements in this Press Release represent the views of LCAA and Lotus Tech as of the date they are made. While LCAA and Lotus Tech may update these forward-looking statements in the future, LCAA and Lotus Tech specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, except to the extent required by applicable law. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

 

 

 

 

LOTUS TECH

 

group-lotus.com

 

Contact Information

For inquiries regarding Lotus Tech

Demi Zhang

ir@group-lotus.com

 

Brunswick Group

Lotustechmedia@brunswickgroup.com

 

For inquiries regarding LCAA and/or L Catterton

Julie Hamilton (U.S.)

media@lcatterton.com

+1 203 742 5185

 

Bob Ong / Bonnie Gan (Asia)

bob.ong@lcatterton.com / bonnie.gan@lcatterton.com

+65 6672 7619 / +86 10 8555 1807

 

 

 

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