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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
October 31, 2024
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Cayman Islands |
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001-42392 |
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98-1797826 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
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(Commission File Number) |
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
1345
Avenue of the Americas, Fl 47
New York, NY
10105
(Address of principal executive offices, including
zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code: 212-984-3835
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 of 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:
Title of each class |
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Trading Symbol(s) |
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Name of each exchange
on which registered |
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one right |
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BACQU |
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The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share |
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BACQ |
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The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Rights, each right entitling the holder to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A ordinary share |
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BACQR |
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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 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
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 November 4, 2024, Bleichroeder
Acquisition Corp. I (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 25,000,000
units (the “Units”). The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of
$250,000,000. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary
Shares”), and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A Ordinary Share upon the consummation of the Company’s
initial business combination (each, a “Share Right”).
In connection with the IPO,
the Company entered into the following agreements, forms of which were previously filed as exhibits to the Company’s registration
statement:
| ● | An Underwriting Agreement, dated October 31, 2024, by and
between the Company and Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a division of J.V.B Financial Group, LLC, as representative of the several
underwriters, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Share Rights Agreement, dated October 31, 2024, by and
between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as share rights agent, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit
4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | An Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated October 31,
2024, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit
10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 31, 2024,
by and among the Company and certain security holders, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and incorporated herein by
reference. |
| ● | A Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, dated October
31, 2024 (the “Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement”), by and between the Company and Bleichroeder Sponsor 1
LLC (the “Sponsor”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Letter Agreement, dated October 31, 2024, by and among
the Company, its officers, its directors and the Sponsor, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.4 hereto and incorporated herein
by reference. |
| ● | Indemnity Agreements, dated October 31, 2024, by and among
the Company and each director and executive officer of the Company, a form of which is attached as Exhibit 10.5 hereto and incorporated
herein by reference. |
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
Simultaneously with the closing
of the IPO, pursuant to the Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, the Company completed the private sale of an aggregate of 425,000
units (the “Private Placement Units”) to the Sponsor at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit. The Private Placement
Units (and underlying securities) are identical to the units included in the Units sold in the IPO, except as otherwise disclosed in the
Company’s registration statement for its IPO. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale. The
issuance of the Private Placement Warrants was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or
Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On November 1, 2024, in connection
with the IPO, Nazim Cetin, Joseph Samuels, Kathy Savitt, Antoine Theysset and Pierre Weinstein (collectively with Andrew Gundlach, the
“Directors”) were appointed to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”). Effective November
1, 2024, each of Mr. Cetin, Ms. Savitt and Mr. Weinstein and was appointed to the Board’s Audit Committee, with Mr. Cetin serving
as chair of the Audit Committee. Each of Mr. Samuels and Mr. Theysset was appointed to the Board’s Compensation Committee, with
Mr. Theysset serving as chair of the Compensation Committee.
On October 31, 2024, the
Company entered into indemnity agreements with each of the Directors, and Robert Folino, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, that
require the Company to indemnify each of them to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to advance expenses incurred as a
result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. The foregoing summary of the indemnity agreements does not
purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the form of indemnity agreement, which is
filed as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03. Amendments to the Amended
and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association; Change in Fiscal Year.
On October 31, 2024, in connection
with the IPO, the Company filed its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Amended and Restated Memorandum
and Articles of Association”) with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies, which was effective on October 31, 2024. The terms
of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association are set forth in the Registration Statement and are incorporated herein
by reference. A copy of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
A total of $250,000,000 of the
proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Units (which amount includes $9,750,000 of the underwriter’s deferred
discount), was placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee with
the remaining $3,215,000 from the Private Placement Units going to the Company’s working capital account (a portion of which will
be used to pay offering expenses). Except with respect to interest earned on the funds in the trust account that may be released to the
Company to pay its taxes and for winding up and dissolution expenses, the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the
trust account until the earliest of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of the
Company’s public shares if it is unable to complete its initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO
(or by such earlier liquidation date as the Company’s Directors may approve), subject to applicable law, and (iii) the redemption
of the Company’s public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and
Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to modify the substance or timing of its obligation to redeem 100% of the Company’s
public shares if it has not consummated an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO or with respect to
any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity.
On October 31, 2024, the
Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on
Form 8-K.
On November 4, 2024, the
Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on
Form 8-K.
On November 4, 2024, the underwriters
in the IPO informed the Company that the over-allotment option would not be exercised. As a result, 1,250,000 Class B ordinary shares
of the Company were surrendered by the Sponsor in order for the Company’s initial shareholders to maintain ownership of 25% of the
issued and outstanding shares of the Company (excluding the Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Private Placement Units held by the
Sponsor). Such surrendered shares were cancelled by the Company.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are
being filed herewith:
Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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1.1 |
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Underwriting Agreement, dated October 31, 2024, by and between the Company and Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a division of J.V.B. Financial Group, LLC, as representative of the several underwriters. |
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3.1 |
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Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company. |
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4.1 |
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Share Rights Agreement, dated October 31, 2024, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent. |
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10.1 |
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Investment Management Trust Agreement, October 31, 2024, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee. |
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10.2 |
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 31, 2024, by and among the Company and certain security holders. |
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10.3 |
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Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, dated October 31, 2024, by and between the Company and the Sponsor. |
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10.4 |
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Letter Agreement, dated October 31, 2024, by and among the Company, its officers, directors, and the Sponsor. |
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10.5 |
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Form of Indemnity Agreement |
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99.1 |
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Press Release, dated October 31, 2024. |
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99.2 |
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Press Release, dated November 4, 2024. |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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.
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BLEICHROEDER ACQUISITION CORP. I |
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By: |
/s/ Andrew Gundlach |
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Name: |
Andrew Gundlach |
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Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |
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Dated: November 5, 2024 |
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Exhibit 1.1
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
between
Bleichroeder
Acquisition Corp. I
and
COHEN & COMPANY CAPITAL MARKETS, A DIVISION
OF J.V.B. FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC
As Representative of the Underwriters
Dated: October 31, 2024
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
New York, New York
October 31, 2024
Cohen & Company Capital Markets,
a division of J.V.B. Financial Group, LLC
3 Columbus Circle, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10019
As Representative of the Underwriters
named on Schedule A hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp.
I, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), hereby confirms its agreement with Cohen & Company Capital
Markets, a division of J.V.B. Financial Group, LLC (“CCM”) (the “Representative”) and with the other
underwriters named on Schedule A hereto (if any), for which the Representative is acting as representative (the Representative
and such other underwriters being collectively referred to herein as the “Underwriters” or, each underwriter individually,
an “Underwriter,” provided that, if only the Representative is listed on such Schedule A, any references to
Underwriters shall refer exclusively to the Representative) as follows:
1. Purchase and Sale of Securities.
1.1 Firm Securities.
1.1.1 Purchase of Firm Units.
On the basis of the representations and warranties contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company
agrees to issue and sell to the several Underwriters, severally and not jointly, and the Underwriters agree to purchase from the Company,
severally and not jointly, an aggregate of 25,000,000 units (the “Firm Units”) of the Company, as set forth opposite
the respective names of the Underwriters on Schedule A hereto, at a purchase price (net of discounts and commissions and the Deferred
Underwriting Commission described in Section 1.3 below) of $9.57 per Firm Unit. The Firm Units are to be offered initially to the
public (the “Offering”) at the offering price of $10.00 per Firm Unit. Each Firm Unit consists of one Class A ordinary
share (“Ordinary Share”), $0.0001 par value per share, of the Company (“Public Share”), and one
right (the “Share Rights”) to receive one-tenth of one Ordinary Share upon consummation of a Business Combination (defined
below). The Ordinary Shares and Share Rights included in the Firm Units will trade separately on the fifty-second (52nd) day following
the date hereof (or if such date is not a Business Day (as defined in Section 1.1.2), the following Business Day) unless the Representative
determines to allow earlier separate trading. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, in no event will the Ordinary Shares
and the Share Rights included in the Firm Units trade separately until (i) the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”) a Current Report on Form 8-K that includes an audited balance sheet reflecting the Company’s
receipt of the gross proceeds of the Offering and the Unit Private Placement (as defined in Section 1.4.2) and updated financial
information with respect to any proceeds the Company receives from the exercise of the Over-allotment Option (as defined in Section
1.2.1) if such option is exercised prior to the filing of the Current Report on Form 8-K, and (ii) the Company has issued a press
release announcing when such separate trading will begin.
1.1.2 Payment and Delivery.
Delivery and payment for the Firm Units shall be made at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first (1st) Business Day (as defined below)
following the commencement of trading of the Units (as defined in Section 1.2.1), or at such earlier time as shall be agreed upon
by the Representative and the Company, at the offices of Reed Smith LLP, counsel to the Underwriters (“Reed Smith”),
or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company. The hour and date of delivery and payment for the
Firm Units are called the “Closing Date.” Payment for the Firm Units shall be made on the Closing Date by wire transfer
in Federal (same day) funds, payable as follows: $250,000,000 of the proceeds received by the Company for the Firm Units and the sale
of the Placement Units (as defined in Section 1.4.2) shall be deposited in the trust account (the “Trust Account”)
established by the Company for the benefit of the Public Shareholders (as defined below), as described in the Registration Statement (as
defined in Section 2.1.1) pursuant to the terms of an Investment Management Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”)
between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“CST”). The funds deposited in the Trust Account
shall include an aggregate of $8,750,000 ($0.35 per Firm Unit), payable to the Representative as Deferred Underwriting Commission in accordance
with Section 1.3 hereof. The remaining proceeds (less commissions and actual expense payments or other fees payable pursuant to
this Agreement), if any, shall be paid to the order of the Company upon delivery to the Representative of certificates (in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representative) representing the Firm Units (or through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”))
for the account of the Underwriters. The Firm Units shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations as
the Representative may request in writing at least two (2) full Business Days prior to the Closing Date. If delivery is not made through
the facilities of DTC, the Company will permit the Representative to examine and package the Firm Units for delivery, at least one (1)
full Business Day prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall not be obligated to sell or deliver any of the Firm Units except upon tender
of payment by the Representative for all the Firm Units. As used herein, the term “Public Shareholders” means the holders
of Ordinary Shares sold as part of the Units (as defined in Section 1.2.1) in the Offering or acquired in the aftermarket, including
the Sponsor (as defined in Section 1.4.1) and any officer or director of the Company, to the extent, he, she or it acquires such
Ordinary Shares in the aftermarket (and solely with respect to such Ordinary Shares). “Business Day” shall mean any
day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain
closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed
due to “stay at home,” “shelter-in-place,” “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or
restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic
funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in the City of New York are generally open for use by customers
on such day.
1.2 Over-Allotment Option.
1.2.1 Option Units. The
Representative is hereby granted an option (the “Over-allotment Option”) to purchase up to an additional 3,750,000
units (the “Option Units”), the net proceeds of which will be deposited in the Trust Account, for the purposes of covering
any over-allotments in connection with the distribution and sale of the Firm Units. Such Option Units shall be identical in all respects
to the Firm Units. Such Option Units shall be purchased for each account of the several Underwriters in the same proportion as the number
of Firm Units, set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name on Schedule A hereto, bears to the total number of Firm Units (subject
to adjustment by the Representative to eliminate fractions). The Firm Units and the Option Units are hereinafter collectively referred
to as the “Units,” and the Units, the Ordinary Shares and the Share Rights included in the Units, and the Ordinary
Shares issuable pursuant to the Share Rights are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Public Securities.” No
Option Units shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Units previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The right
to purchase the Option Units, or any portion thereof, may be exercised from time to time and to the extent not previously exercised may
be surrendered and terminated at any time upon notice by the Representative to the Company. The purchase price to be paid for each Option
Unit will be the same price per Firm Unit set forth in Section 1.1.1 hereof.
1.2.2 Exercise of Option.
The Over-allotment Option granted pursuant to Section 1.2.1 hereof may be exercised by the Representative as to all (at any time)
or any part (from time to time) of the Option Units within forty-five (45) days after the effective date (“Effective Date”)
of the Registration Statement (as defined in Section 2.1.1 hereof). The Underwriters will not be under any obligation to purchase
any Option Units prior to the exercise of the Over-allotment Option. The Over-allotment Option granted hereby may be exercised by the
giving of oral notice to the Company by the Representative, which must be confirmed in accordance with Section 9.1 herein setting
forth the number of Option Units to be purchased and the date and time for delivery of and payment for the Option Units (the “Option
Closing Date”), which will not be later than five (5) full Business Days after the date of the notice or such other time and
in such other manner as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative, at the offices of Reed Smith or at such other place
(including remotely by facsimile or other electronic transmission) as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative. If such
delivery and payment for the Option Units does not occur on the Closing Date, the Option Closing Date will be as set forth in the notice.
Upon exercise of the Over-allotment Option, the Company will become obligated to convey to the Underwriters, and, subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, the Underwriters will become obligated to purchase, the number of Option Units specified in such notice.
1.2.3 Payment and Delivery.
Payment for the Option Units shall be made on the Option Closing Date by wire transfer in Federal (same day) funds, payable as follows:
$10.00 per Option Unit shall be deposited in the Trust Account pursuant to the Trust Agreement upon delivery to the Representative of
certificates (in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative) representing the Option Units (or through the facilities of DTC)
for the account of the Representative. The amount to be deposited in the Trust Account will include $0.43 per Option Unit (up to $1,612,500),
payable to the Representative, as Deferred Underwriting Commission, in accordance with Section 1.3 hereof. The certificates representing
the Option Units to be delivered will be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representative request in writing not
less than two (2) full Business Days prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and will be made available
to the Representative for inspection, checking and packaging at the aforesaid office of the Company’s transfer agent or correspondent
not less than one (1) full Business Day prior to such Closing Date. The Company shall not be obligated to sell or deliver the Option Units
except upon tender of payment by the Representative for applicable Option Units.
1.3 Deferred Underwriting
Commission.
1.3.1 Deferred Underwriting
Commission. The Representative agrees that (i) 3.5% of the gross proceeds from the sale of the Firm Units ($8,750,000) and 4.3% of
the gross proceeds from the sale of the Option Units (up to $1,612,500), if any (collectively, the “Deferred Underwriting Commission”),
will be deposited and held in the Trust Account and payable directly from the Trust Account, without accrued interest, to the Representative
for their own account and the account of the Underwriters upon the occurrence of the initial Business Combination (such consummation,
the “Specified Event”). The Trust Agreement shall provide that the trustee is required to obtain a written instruction
signed by the Company and acknowledged by the Representative with respect to the transfer of the funds held in the Trust Account, including
the payment of the Deferred Underwriting Commission from the Trust Account, prior to commencing any liquidation of the assets of the Trust
Account in connection with the consummation of a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or other similar
business combination with one or more entities (the “Business Combination”), and such provision of the Trust Agreement
shall not be permitted to be amended without the prior written consent of the Representative. In the event that the Company is unable
to consummate a Business Combination and CST, as the trustee of the Trust Account (in this context, the “Trustee”),
commences liquidation of the Trust Account as provided in the Trust Agreement, each Representative, on behalf of itself and the Underwriters,
agrees that (i) it shall forfeit any rights or claims to the Deferred Underwriting Commission, including any accrued interest thereon;
and (ii) the Deferred Underwriting Commission, together with all other amounts on deposit in the Trust Account, shall be distributed on
a pro rata basis among the Public Shareholders. The Representative shall have the right to agree to any further modifications to the Deferred
Underwriting Commission on behalf of the Underwriters and any decisions relating to such modifications shall be made exclusively by the
Representative on behalf of the Underwriters. For the avoidance of doubt, the obligations of each Underwriter under this Agreement shall
be fully satisfied upon the payment of the purchase price for the Public Securities purchased by such Underwriter on the Closing Date
or Option Closing Date without any further conditions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, each Underwriter may
at any time prior to the Specified Event and in its sole and absolute discretion, by written notice to the Company, elect to forfeit any
right or claim to its Deferred Underwriting Commission, in which case the Company agrees to instruct the Trustee not to pay such Underwriter
its Deferred Underwriting Commission upon the occurrence of a Specified Event. Each Representative on behalf of itself and the Underwriters
further agrees that the Deferred Underwriting Commission will be based on and paid out of funds available in the Trust Account after payments
made out of the Trust Account to honor redemption rights of the Public Shareholders. For the avoidance of doubt, any such election by
an Underwriter shall be without prejudice to any right or claim of any other Underwriter to its respective portion of the Deferred Underwriting
Commission or to any other right such Underwriter may have under this Agreement.
1.3.2 Delayed Underwriting
Commission. The Company agrees to pay the Underwriters 0.8% per unit ($2,000,000), whether or not the underwriters’ overallotment
option is exercised in full. Of this amount, $1,000,000 shall be payable to the Underwriters upon the closing of the Offering and $1,000,000
shall be payable to the Underwriters from working capital in equal amounts monthly starting on the 16th
month following the closing of the Offering until the 24th month following closing of
the Offering. Any amounts not paid from working capital shall be accelerated and paid upon consummation of the Company’s Business
Combination.
1.4 Private Placements.
1.4.1 Founder Shares.
On June 25, 2024, the Company issued an aggregate of 7,187,500 Class B ordinary shares (the “Founder Shares”) in a
private placement exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”)
Act, for a total subscription price of $25,000 to Bleichroeder Sponsor 1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sponsor”).
On October 2, 2024, the Company capitalized and issued an additional 2,395,833 founder shares to the Sponsor, resulting in the Sponsor
holding an aggregate of 9,583,333 founder shares. No underwriting discounts, commissions or placement fees have been or will be payable
in connection with the purchase of Founder Shares. Except as described in the Registration Statement, none of the Founder Shares may be
sold, assigned or transferred by the Sponsor until the earlier of (A) one (1) year following the completion of the Business Combination
or earlier if, subsequent to the completion of the Business Combination, the closing price of the Company’s Ordinary Shares equals
or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for
any twenty (20) trading days within any thirty (30)-trading day period commencing at least one hundred and fifty (150) days after the
completion of the Business Combination and (B) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other
similar transaction that results in all of the Public Shareholders having the right to exchange its Ordinary Shares for cash, securities
or other property. The holders of Founder Shares shall have no right to any liquidating distributions with respect to any portion of the
Founder Shares in the event the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination. The holders of the Founder Shares shall not have redemption
rights with respect to the Founder Shares. In the event that the Over-allotment Option is not exercised in full, the Sponsor will be required
to forfeit such number of Founder Shares (up to 1,250,000 Founder Shares) such that the Founder Shares then outstanding will comprise
25% of the issued and outstanding Public Shares after giving effect to the Offering and exercise, if any, of the Over-allotment Option
(excluding the Placement Securities as defined below).
1.4.2 Unit Private Placement.
Simultaneously with the Closing Date, (i) the Sponsor will purchase from the Company, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined in
Section 2.21.3 hereof), an aggregate of 425,000 private placement units (the “Placement Units” or “Placement
Securities”), each Placement Unit consisting of one Ordinary Share (the “Private Share”) and the right to
receive one tenth (1/10) of an Ordinary Share upon consummation of a Business Combination (the “Private Rights”), which
units are substantially identical to the units included in the Firm Units, subject to certain exceptions, at a purchase price of $10.00
per Placement Unit, in a private placement intended to be exempt from registration under the Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Act.
The private placement of the Placement Units to the Sponsor is referred to herein as the “Unit Private Placement.”
Certain proceeds from the sale of the Placement Units shall be deposited into the Trust Account.
1.4.3 No underwriting discounts,
commissions, or placement fees have been or will be payable in connection with the Placement Units sold in the Unit Private Placement.
The Placement Units are identical to the Units except that (i) none of the Placement Units will be transferable, assignable or salable
until thirty (30) days after the consummation of a Business Combination except to permitted transferees and (ii) will be entitled to registration
rights. The Public Securities, the Placement Securities, and the Founder Shares are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Securities.”
1.5 Working Capital.
Upon consummation of the Offering and the Unit Private Placement, it is intended that up to $2,250,000 of the proceeds from the Offering
and the Unit Private Placement will be released to the Company and held outside of the Trust Account to fund the working capital requirements
of the Company. In the event that the Offering expenses are less than $750,000, the amount of funds available outside of the Trust Account
to fund the working capital requirements of the Company would increase by a corresponding amount.
1.6 Interest Income.
Prior to the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, interest earned on the Trust Account
may be released to the Company from the Trust Account in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement to (i) pay any taxes payable
by the Company and (ii) up to $100,000 for dissolution expenses, all as more fully described in the Prospectus (as defined in Section
2.1.1). Additionally, all permitted withdrawals can only be made from interest and not from the principal held in the Trust Account.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriters as follows:
2.1 Filing of Registration
Statement.
2.1.1 Pursuant to the Act.
The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement and an amendment or amendments thereto, on Form S-1 (File No. 333-280777),
including any related preliminary prospectus (“Preliminary Prospectus”), including any prospectus that is included
in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, for the registration of the offer
and sale of the Public Securities under the Act, which registration statement and amendment or amendments have been prepared by the Company
in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and the rules and regulations (the “Regulations”) of the Commission
under the Act. The conditions for use of Form S-1 to register the Offering under the Act, as set forth in the General Instructions to
such Form, have been satisfied. Except as the context may otherwise require, such registration statement, as amended, on file with the
Commission at the time the registration statement becomes effective (including the prospectus, financial statements, schedules, exhibits
and all other documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated therein and all information deemed to be a part thereof as of such time
pursuant to Rule 430A of the Regulations), is hereinafter called the “Registration Statement,” and the form of the
final prospectus dated the Effective Date included in the Registration Statement (or, if applicable, the form of final prospectus containing
information permitted to be omitted at the time of effectiveness by Rule 430A of the Regulations, filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424 of the Regulations), is hereinafter called the “Prospectus.” For the purposes of this Agreement,
“Time of Sale,” as used in the Act, means 5:30 p.m. New York City time, on the date of this Agreement. Prior to the
Time of Sale, the Company prepared a Preliminary Prospectus, which was included in the Registration Statement filed on October 23, 2024,
for distribution by the Underwriters (such Preliminary Prospectus used most recently prior to the Time of Sale, the “Sale Preliminary
Prospectus”). Unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall
be deemed to include any Registration Statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act registering additional securities (a “Rule
462(b) Registration Statement”). Other than a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and the Form 8-A registration statement referred
to below in Section 2.1.2, which, if filed, becomes effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the Registration Statement
has been filed with the Commission. The offer and sale of all Public Securities have been registered under the Act pursuant to the Registration
Statement. The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission on the date hereof. If, subsequent to the date of
this Agreement, the Company or the Representative determine that at the Time of Sale, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus includes an untrue
statement of a material fact or omits a statement of material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading and the Company and the Representative agree to provide an opportunity to purchasers of the
Units to terminate their old purchase contracts and enter into new purchase contracts, then the Sale Preliminary Prospectus will be deemed
to include any additional information available to purchasers at the time of entry into the first such new purchase contract.
2.1.2 Pursuant to the Exchange
Act. The Company has filed with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File Number 001-42392) providing for the registration
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), of the Units, the Public Shares and the
Share Rights. The registration of the Units, Public Shares and Share Rights under the Exchange Act has been declared effective by the
Commission on the date hereof and the Units, the Public Shares and the Share Rights have been registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of
the Exchange Act.
2.1.3 No Stop Orders, Etc.
Neither the Commission nor, to the Company’s knowledge, assuming reasonable inquiry, any federal, state or other regulatory authority
has issued any order or threatened to issue any order preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or any part thereof, or has instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge,
assuming reasonable inquiry, threatened to institute any proceedings with respect to such an order.
2.2 Disclosures in Registration
Statement.
2.2.1 10b-5 Representation.
At the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement (or at the time of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement)
and at all times subsequent thereto up to the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus contained and will contain all material statements that are required to be stated therein in accordance
with the Act and the Regulations, and did or will, in all material respects, conform to the requirements of the Act and the Regulations.
The Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date, did not, and the amendments and supplements thereto, as of their respective dates,
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, not misleading. The Prospectus, as of its date and the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, did not and will not, and the amendments and supplements thereto, as of their respective dates, will not, include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. The Sale Preliminary Prospectus, as of the Time of Sale (or such subsequent Time of Sale pursuant
to Section 2.1.1), did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. When any Preliminary Prospectus
or the Sale Preliminary Prospectus was first filed with the Commission (whether filed as part of the Registration Statement for the registration
of the Public Securities or any amendment thereto or pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the Regulations) and when any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto was first filed with the Commission, such Preliminary Prospectus or the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and any amendments thereof
and supplements thereto complied or will have been corrected in the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus to comply in all material
respects with the applicable provisions of the Act and the Regulations and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representation and warranty made in this Section 2.2.1 does
not apply to statements made or statements omitted in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company
with respect to the Underwriters by the Underwriters expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto. The parties acknowledge and agree that such information provided by
or on behalf of the Underwriters consists solely of the following: the names of the Underwriters, the information with respect to dealers’
concessions and reallowances contained in the section entitled “Underwriting,” the information with respect to short positions
and stabilizing transactions contained in the section entitled “Underwriting” and the identity of counsel to the Underwriters
contained in the section entitled “Legal Matters” (such information, collectively, the “Underwriters’ Information”).
2.2.2 Disclosure of Agreements.
The agreements and documents described in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus conform to the
descriptions thereof contained therein in all material respects and there are no agreements or other documents required to be described
in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or to be filed with the Commission as exhibits to the
Registration Statement, that have not been so described or filed. Each agreement or other instrument (however characterized or described)
to which the Company is a party or by which its property or business is or may be bound or affected and (i) that is referred to in the
Registration Statement, Sale Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or attached as an exhibit thereto, or (ii) that is material to the
Company’s business, has been duly authorized and validly executed by the Company, is in full force and effect and is enforceable
against the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, assuming reasonable inquiry, the other parties thereto, in accordance with
its terms, except (x) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’
rights generally; (y) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the foreign, federal and
state securities laws; and (z) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject
to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought, and no such agreement
or instrument has been assigned by the Company, and neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, assuming reasonable inquiry,
any other party is in breach or default thereunder and, to the Company’s knowledge, assuming reasonable inquiry, no event has occurred
that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a breach or default thereunder. To the Company’s
knowledge, assuming reasonable inquiry, the performance by the Company of the material provisions of such agreements or instruments will
not result in a violation of any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any governmental agency or court,
domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets or businesses, including, without limitation, those relating
to environmental laws and regulations.
2.2.3 Prior Securities Transactions.
No securities of the Company have been sold by the Company or by or on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any person or persons controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with the Company since the date of the Company’s formation, except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement.
2.2.4 Regulations. The
disclosures in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus concerning the effects of federal, foreign,
state and local regulation on the Company’s business as currently contemplated are correct in all material respects and do not omit
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
2.3 Changes After Dates
in Registration Statement.
2.3.1 No Material Adverse
Change. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus
and the Prospectus, except as otherwise specifically stated therein, (i) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial
or otherwise, or business prospects of the Company, (ii) there have been no material transactions entered into by the Company, other than
as contemplated pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) no member of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”)
or management has resigned from any position with the Company and (iv) no event or occurrence has taken place which materially impairs,
or would likely materially impair, with the passage of time, the ability of the members of the Board of Directors or management to act
in their capacities with the Company as described in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.
2.3.2 Recent Securities Transactions.
Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and
the Prospectus, and except as may otherwise be indicated or contemplated herein or therein, the Company has not (i) issued any securities
or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, for borrowed money; or (ii) declared or paid any dividend or made any other
distribution on or in respect to its share capital.
2.4 Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm. To the Company’s knowledge, WithumSmith+Brown (“Withum”), whose report is filed with
the Commission as part of, and is included in, the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus, and the Prospectus, is an
independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Act, the Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(the “PCAOB”), including the rules and regulations promulgated by such entity. To the Company’s knowledge, Withum
is currently registered with the PCAOB. Withum has not, during the periods covered by the financial statements included in the Registration
Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, provided to the Company any non-audit services, as such term is used in
Section 10A(g) of the Exchange Act.
2.5 Financial Statements;
Statistical Data.
2.5.1 Financial Statements.
The financial statements, including the notes thereto and supporting schedules (if any) included in the Registration Statement, the Sale
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus fairly present the financial position, the results of operations and the cash flows of the Company
at the dates and for the periods to which they apply; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally
accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), consistently applied throughout the periods involved; and the supporting schedules
included in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly the information required to
be stated therein in conformity with the Regulations. No other financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus. The Registration Statement,
the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus disclose all material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including
contingent obligations), and other relationships of the Company with unconsolidated entities or other persons that may have a material
current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations, liquidity,
capital expenditures, capital resources, or significant components of revenues or expenses. There are no pro forma or as adjusted financial
statements that are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus in accordance
with Regulation S-X or Form 10 that have not been included as required.
2.5.2 Statistical Data.
The statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and/or
the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate,
and such data materially agree with the sources from which they are derived.
2.6 Authorized Capital;
Options. The Company had at the date or dates indicated in each of the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus, and
the Prospectus, as the case may be, duly authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement,
the Sale Preliminary Prospectus, and the Prospectus. Based on the assumptions stated in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary
Prospectus, and the Prospectus, the Company will have on the Closing Date or on the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the adjusted
share capitalization set forth therein. Except as set forth in, or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus
and the Prospectus, on the Effective Date and on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, there will be no options,
warrants, or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into
Ordinary Shares, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell Ordinary Shares or any such options, warrants, rights or convertible
securities.
2.7 Valid Issuance of Securities.
2.7.1 Outstanding Securities.
All issued and outstanding securities of the Company issued prior to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized
and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable (meaning that the holder thereof shall not, solely by virtue of its status as
a shareholder, be liable for additional assessments or calls on such shares by the Company or its creditors (except in exceptional circumstances,
such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstance in which
a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil)); the holders thereof have no rights of rescission with respect thereto,
and are not subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; and none of such securities was issued in violation of the
preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company. The authorized and
outstanding securities of the Company conform in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration
Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus. All offers and sales and any transfers of the outstanding securities of
the Company were at all relevant times either registered under the Act and the applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws or, based
in part on the representations and warranties of the purchasers of such securities, exempt from such registration requirements.
2.7.2 Securities Sold Pursuant
to this Agreement. The Public Securities have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance and when issued and paid for in accordance
with this Agreement, will be validly issued, and the Ordinary Shares will be fully paid and non-assessable (meaning that the holder thereof
shall not, solely by virtue of its status as a shareholder, be liable for additional assessments or calls on such shares by the Company
or its creditors (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal
or improper purpose or other circumstance in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil)); the holders thereof
are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; the Public Securities are not and will not be subject
to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company; and all corporate
action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Public Securities has been duly and validly taken. The form
of certificates for the Public Securities conform to the corporate law of the jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation and applicable
securities laws. The Public Securities conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement,
the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, as the case may be.
2.7.3 Placement Securities.
2.7.3.1 The Placement Securities
have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance and when issued and paid for in accordance with the Purchase Agreements, will be validly
issued; the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; the Placement Securities
are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted
by the Company; and all corporate action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Placement Securities has
been duly and validly taken.
2.7.4 No Integration.
Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has, prior to the date hereof, made any offer or sale of any securities which are required
to be or may be “integrated” pursuant to the Act or the Regulations with the Offering.
2.8 Registration Rights
of Third Parties. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, no holders
of any securities of the Company or any rights exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into securities of the Company have the
right to require the Company to register any such securities of the Company under the Act or to include any such securities in a registration
statement to be filed by the Company.
2.9 Validity and Binding
Effect of Agreements. This Agreement, the Trust Agreement, , the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined in Section 2.21.5)
the Rights Agreement (as defined in Section 2.23) and the Purchase Agreement and (collectively with this Agreement, the “Transaction
Documents”) have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered, will constitute the valid
and binding agreements of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except (i) as such enforceability
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) with respect
to this Agreement only, as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the foreign, federal and
state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject
to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
2.10 No Conflicts, Etc.
The execution, delivery, and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, the consummation by the Company of the transactions
herein and therein contemplated and the compliance by the Company with the terms hereof and thereof do not and will not, with or without
the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, (i) result in a breach or violation of, or conflict with any of the terms and provisions
of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation, modification, termination or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance
upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of any agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which
the Company is a party or bound or to which its property is subject except pursuant to the Trust Agreement; (ii) result in any violation
of the provisions of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as may be amended from time to time, of the Company
(the “Charter Documents”); or (iii) violate any existing applicable statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order
or decree of any governmental agency or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties, assets
or business constituted as of the date hereof.
2.11 No Defaults; Violations.
No default or violation exists in the due performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any license, contract, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, note, loan or credit agreement, or any other agreement or instrument evidencing an obligation for borrowed money,
or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company may be bound or to which any of the properties
or assets of the Company is subject. The Company is not in violation of any term or provision of its Charter Documents or in violation
of any franchise, license, permit, applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment or decree of any governmental agency or court, domestic
or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties or businesses.
2.12 Corporate Power; Licenses;
Consents.
2.12.1 Conduct of Business.
The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority, and has all necessary authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses, certificates
and permits of and from all governmental regulatory officials and bodies that it needs as of the date hereof to conduct its business purpose
as described in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus. The disclosures in the Registration Statement,
the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus concerning the effects of foreign, federal, state and local regulation on the Offering
and the Company’s business purpose as currently contemplated are correct in all material respects and do not omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. Since its formation, the Company has conducted no business and has incurred no liabilities other than
in connection with its formation or in furtherance of the Offering.
2.12.2 Transactions Contemplated
Herein. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into the Transaction Documents and to carry out the provisions
and conditions hereof and thereof, and all consents, authorizations, approvals and orders required in connection herewith and therewith
have been obtained. No consent, authorization, or order of, and no filing with, any court, government agency or other body, foreign or
domestic, is required for the valid issuance, sale and delivery, of the Securities and the consummation of the transactions and agreements
contemplated by the Transaction Documents and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus,
except with respect to applicable foreign, federal and state securities laws, the rules of The Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”)
and the rules and regulations promulgated by FINRA.
2.12.3 Jurisdiction and Designation.
The Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to Section 9.7 of this Agreement has, to the extent permitted by law, legal,
validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the jurisdiction of any New York State or United States Federal court sitting in the
City of New York, Borough of Manhattan.
2.13 D&O Questionnaires.
To the Company’s knowledge, assuming reasonable inquiry, all information contained in the questionnaires (“Questionnaires”)
completed by each of the Company’s officers, directors and shareholders (together with the Sponsor, the “Insiders”)
and provided to the Representative and its counsel and the biographies of the Insiders and other persons contained in the Registration
Statement, Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (to the extent a biography is contained) is true and correct and the Company
has not become aware of any information which would cause the information disclosed in the Questionnaires completed by each Insider to
become inaccurate, incorrect or incomplete.
2.14 Litigation; Governmental
Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry, arbitration, investigation, litigation or governmental proceeding pending,
or to the Company’s knowledge, assuming reasonable inquiry, threatened against or involving the Company or, to the Company’s
knowledge, assuming reasonable inquiry, any Insider or any shareholder or member of an Insider that has not been disclosed, that is required
to be disclosed, in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Questionnaires.
2.15 Good Standing.
The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction
of incorporation. The Company is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in
which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of business requires such qualification, except where the failure to qualify would
not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, assets, prospects, business, operations or properties
of the Company, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”).
2.16 No Contemplation of
a Business Combination. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has not selected any Business Combination target (each a “Target
Business”) and it has not, nor has anyone on its behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly with
any Target Business.
2.17 Transactions Requiring
Disclosure to FINRA.
2.17.1 Finder’s Fees.
There are no claims, payments, arrangements, agreements or understandings relating to the payment of a brokerage commission or finder’s,
consulting or origination fee by the Company or any Insider with respect to the sale of the Securities hereunder or any other arrangements,
agreements or understandings of the Company or to the Company’s knowledge, assuming reasonable inquiry, any Insider that may affect
the Underwriters’ compensation, as determined by FINRA.
2.17.2 Payments Within 180
Days. The Company has not made any direct or indirect payments (in cash, securities or otherwise) to: (i) any person, as a finder’s
fee, consulting fee or otherwise, in consideration of such person raising capital for the Company or introducing to the Company persons
who raised or provided capital to the Company; (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, any “participating member,” as defined
in FINRA Rule 5110, with respect to the offering (“Participating Member”) within the 180-day period prior to the initial
filing of the Registration Statement, other than the prior payments to the Representatives in connection with the Offering. The Company
has not issued any warrants or other securities, or granted any options, directly or indirectly, to any Participating Member within the
180-day period prior to the initial filing date of the Registration Statement. No person to whom securities of the Company have been privately
issued within the 180-day period prior to the initial filing date of the Registration Statement has any relationship or affiliation or
association with any Participating Member. Except with respect to the Representative in connection with the Offering, the Company has
not entered into any agreement or arrangement (including, without limitation, any consulting agreement or any other type of agreement)
during the 180-day period prior to the initial filing date of the Registration Statement with the Commission, which arrangement or agreement
provides for the receipt of any “underwriting compensation” as defined in Rule 5110 of the FINRA Manual.
2.17.3 FINRA Affiliation.
Except as disclosed in the FINRA Questionnaires provided to the Representative, to the Company’s knowledge, no officer or director
or any direct or indirect beneficial owner (including the Insiders) of any class of the Company’s unregistered securities (whether
debt or equity, registered or unregistered, regardless of the time acquired or the source from which derived) has any direct or indirect
affiliation or association with any Participating Member (as determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA). The Company
will advise the Representative and Reed Smith if it learns that any officer or director or any direct or indirect beneficial owner (including
the Insiders) is or becomes an affiliate or associated person of a Participating Member.
2.17.4 Share Ownership.
Except as disclosed in the FINRA Questionnaires provided to the Representative, to the Company’s knowledge, no officer or director
or any direct or indirect beneficial owner (including the Insiders) of any class of the Company’s unregistered securities is an
owner of shares or other securities of any Participating Member (other than securities purchased on the open market).
2.17.5 Loans. To the
Company’s knowledge, no officer or director or any direct or indirect beneficial owner (including the Insiders) of any class of
the Company’s unregistered securities has made a subordinated loan to any Participating Member in the Offering.
2.17.6 Proceeds of the Offering.
Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, no proceeds from the sale of the
Public Securities (excluding underwriting compensation) or the Placement Units, will be paid to any Participating Member, except as specifically
authorized herein.
2.17.7 Conflicts of Interest.
To the Company’s knowledge, assuming reasonable inquiry, no Participating Member in the Offering has a conflict of interest with
the Company. For this purpose, a “conflict of interest” exists when a member of FINRA and/or its associated persons,
parent or affiliates in the aggregate beneficially own 10% or more of the Company’s outstanding common equity or 10% or more of
the Company’s preferred equity.
2.18 Taxes.
2.18.1 There are no transfer
taxes or other similar fees or charges under U.S. federal law or the laws of any U.S. state or any political subdivision of the United
States, or under the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement
or the issuance or sale by the Company of the Public Securities.
2.18.2 The Company has filed
all U.S. federal, state and local, and non-U.S., tax returns required to be filed with taxing authorities prior to the date hereof in
a timely manner or has duly obtained extensions of time for the filing thereof. The Company has paid all taxes shown as due on such returns
that were filed and has paid all taxes imposed on it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any
of the foregoing is due and payable. In the case of each of the foregoing, except where the failure to file or pay, as applicable, would
not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has made appropriate provisions in the applicable financial statements referred to in
Section 2.5.1 above in respect of all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise taxes for all current or prior periods
as to which the tax liability of the Company has not been finally determined.
2.19 Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act; Anti-Money Laundering; Patriot Act.
2.19.1 Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act. Neither the Company nor to the Company’s knowledge, assuming reasonable inquiry, any of the Insiders or any other person
acting on behalf of the Company has, directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give any money, gift or similar benefit (other than legal
price concessions to customers in the ordinary course of business) to any customer, supplier, employee or agent of a customer or supplier,
or official or employee of any governmental agency or instrumentality of any government (domestic or foreign) or any political party or
candidate for office (domestic or foreign) or other person who was, is, or may be in a position to help or hinder the business of the
Company (or assist it in connection with any actual or proposed transaction) that (i) might subject the Company to any damage or penalty
in any civil, criminal or governmental litigation or proceeding; (ii) if not given in the past, might have had a Material Adverse Effect;
or (iii) if not continued in the future, might adversely affect the assets, business or operations of the Company. The Company has taken
reasonable steps to ensure that its accounting controls and procedures are sufficient to cause the Company to comply in all material respects
with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
2.19.2 Currency and Foreign
Transactions Reporting Act. The operations of the Company are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with (i) the requirements
of the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Asset Control and (ii) applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements
of the Currency and Foreign Transaction Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, including the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, as amended,
the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar money laundering statutes, rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered
or enforced by any Federal governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding
by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering
Laws is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened.
2.19.3 Patriot Act. Neither
the Company nor to the Company’s knowledge, assuming reasonable inquiry, any Insider has violated the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970,
as amended, or the Uniting and Strengthening of America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA
PATRIOT) Act of 2001, and/or the rules and regulations promulgated under any such law, or any successor law.
2.20 Officers’ Certificate.
Any certificate signed by any duly authorized officer of the Company in connection with the Offering and delivered to the Representative
or to Reed Smith shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.
2.21 Agreements With Insiders.
2.21.1 Insider Letter.
The Company has caused to be duly executed a legally binding and enforceable agreement (except (i) as such enforceability may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification,
contribution or non-compete provision may be limited under foreign, federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific
performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court
before which any proceeding therefor may be brought), a form of which is annexed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the “Insider
Letter”), pursuant to which each of the Insiders of the Company agree to certain matters. The Insider Letter shall not be amended,
modified or otherwise changed without the prior written consent of the Representative, which consent shall not be unreasonably delayed,
conditioned or withheld by the Representative.
2.21.2 Sponsor Purchase Agreement.
The Company and the Sponsor have executed and delivered a Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement the form of which is annexed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor will, among other things,
on the Closing Date consummate the purchase of and deliver the purchase price for the Placement Units to be sold to the Sponsor as provided
in the Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the Insider Letter, the Sponsor has waived any and all rights and claims it may have to any proceeds,
and any interest thereon, held in the Trust Account in respect of the Placement Units. Certain proceeds from the sale of the Placement
Units will be deposited by the Company in the Trust Account in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement on the Closing Date as
provided for in the Purchase Agreement.
2.21.3 Reserved.
2.21.4 Reserved.
2.21.5 Registration Rights
Agreement. The Company, the Sponsor and the Underwriters have entered into a Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement (“Registration
Rights Agreement”) substantially in the form annexed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, whereby such parties will
be entitled to certain registration rights with respect to the securities they hold or may hold, as set forth in such Registration Rights
Agreement and described more fully in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.
2.21.6 Loans. The Sponsor
has agreed to make loans to the Company in the aggregate amount of up to $750,000 (the “Insider Loans”) pursuant to
a promissory note substantially in the form annexed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. The Insider Loans do not bear any interest
and are repayable by the Company on the earlier of December 31, 2024 and the consummation of the Offering.
2.22 Investment Management
Trust Agreement. The Company has entered into the Trust Agreement with respect to certain proceeds of the Offering and the Unit Private
Placement substantially in the form annexed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
2.23 Rights Agreement.
The Company has entered into a rights agreement with respect to the Share Rights, Private Rights and any other rights that may be issued
by the Company with the rights agent substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the “Rights
Agreement”).
2.24 No Existing Non-Competition
Agreements. No Insider is subject to any non-competition agreement or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or prior employer
which could materially affect his ability to be an employee, officer and/or director of the Company, except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement.
2.25 Investments. No
more than 45% of the “value” (as defined in Section 2(a)(41) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment
Company Act”)) of the Company’s total assets consist of, and no more than 45% of the Company’s net income after
taxes is derived from, securities other than “Government Securities” (as defined in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment
Company Act) or money market funds meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act.
2.26 Investment Company
Act. The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the
net proceeds therefrom as described in the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus will not be required, to register as an “investment
company” under the Investment Company Act.
2.27 Subsidiaries.
The Company does not own an interest in any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other business
entity.
2.28 Related Party Transactions.
No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company, on the one hand, and any Insider, on the other hand, which is
required by the Act, the Exchange Act or the Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus
and the Prospectus which is not so described as required. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business
expenses in the ordinary course of business), or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers
or directors of the Company or any of their respective family members, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus. The Company has not extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an
extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or officer of the Company.
2.29 No Influence.
The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to offer, the Firm Units to any person or entity with the intention of unlawfully
influencing (a) a customer or supplier of the Company or any affiliate of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s
level or type of business with the Company or such affiliate or (b) a journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information
about the Company or any such affiliate.
2.30 Sarbanes-Oxley.
The Company is, and on the Closing Date will be, in material compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended
(“Sarbanes-Oxley”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and related or similar rules or regulations
promulgated by any governmental or self-regulatory entity or agency, that are applicable to it as of the date hereof.
2.31 Distribution of Offering
Material by the Company. The Company has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the Closing Date and the completion
of the distribution of the Units, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Units other than the Sale Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, in each case as supplemented and amended.
2.32 The Nasdaq Global
Market. The Public Securities have been authorized for listing, subject to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory
distribution, on the Nasdaq Global Market and the Company knows of no reason or set of facts that is likely to adversely affect such authorization.
2.33 Board of Directors.
As of the Effective Date, the Board of Directors of the Company will be comprised of the persons set forth as “Directors”
or “Director nominees” under the heading of the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus captioned “Management.”
As of the Effective Date, the qualifications of the persons serving as board members and the overall composition of the board will comply
with Sarbanes-Oxley and the rules promulgated thereunder and the rules of Nasdaq that are, in each case, applicable to the Company. As
of the Effective Date, the Company will have an Audit Committee that satisfies the applicable requirements under Sarbanes-Oxley and the
rules promulgated thereunder and the rules of Nasdaq, subject to the permitted phase-in requirements under the rules of Nasdaq.
2.34 Emerging Growth Company.
From its formation through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section
2(a) of the Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”).
2.35 No Disqualification
Events. Neither the Company, nor any of its predecessors or any affiliated issuer, nor any director, executive officer, or other officer
of the Company participating in the Offering, nor any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity
securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Act) connected with
the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, a “Company Covered Person” and, together, “Company
Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii)
under the Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3).
The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Company Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The
Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Underwriters
a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
2.36 Free-Writing Prospectus
and Testing-the-Waters. The Company has not made any offer relating to the Public Securities that would constitute an issuer free
writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Act, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” as
defined in Rule 405 under the Act. The Company: (a) has not engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication other than Testing-the-Waters
Communications with the consent of the Representative with entities that are qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule
144A under the Act or institutions that are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Act and (b)
has not authorized anyone to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications other than its officers and the Representative and individuals
engaged by the Representative. The Company has not distributed any written Testing-the-Waters Communications other than those listed on
Schedule B hereto. “Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors
undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Act.
2.37 No Fee Arrangements.
As of the date hereof, the Company has not entered into any agreement, written or oral, pursuant to which the Company will be obligated
to pay any Insider or an affiliate of any Insider a consulting, finder or success fees for assisting the Company in consummating a Business
Combination.
3. Covenants of the Company. The Company
covenants and agrees as follows:
3.1 Amendments to Registration
Statement. The Company will deliver to the Representative, prior to filing, any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement,
any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus proposed to be filed after the Effective Date and the Company shall not file any such amendment
or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects in writing.
3.2 Federal Securities
Laws.
3.2.1 Compliance. During
the time when a Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Act, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply
with all requirements imposed upon it by the Act, the Regulations, and the Exchange Act, and by the regulations under the Exchange Act,
as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities in accordance with
the provisions hereof and the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus. If at any time when a Prospectus relating to the Securities
is required to be delivered under the Act, any event shall have occurred as a result of which, in the opinion of counsel for the Company
or counsel for the Underwriters, the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the
Act, the Company will notify the Representative promptly and prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3.1 hereof,
an appropriate amendment or supplement in accordance with Section 10 of the Act.
3.2.2 Filing of Final Prospectus.
The Company will file the Prospectus (in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters) with the Commission pursuant to the requirements
of Rule 424 of the Regulations.
3.2.3 Exchange Act Registration.
The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the registration of the Ordinary Shares (and Share Rights prior to
consummation of the Business Combination) under the provisions of the Exchange Act (except in connection with a going-private transaction)
for a period of five (5) years from the Effective Date, or until the Company is required to be liquidated or is acquired, if earlier.
The Company will not deregister the Ordinary Shares (and Share Rights prior to consummation of the Business Combination) under the Exchange
Act (except in connection with a going private transaction after the completion of a Business Combination) without the prior written consent
of the Representative.
3.2.4 Exchange Act Filings.
From the Effective Date until the earlier of the Company’s initial Business Combination, or its liquidation and dissolution, the
Company shall timely file with the Commission via the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”)
such statements and reports as are required to be filed by a company registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.
3.2.5 Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance.
As soon as it is legally required to do so, the Company shall take all actions necessary to obtain and thereafter maintain material compliance
with each applicable provision of Sarbanes-Oxley and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and related or similar rules and
regulations promulgated by any other governmental or self-regulatory entity or agency with jurisdiction over the Company.
3.3 Free-Writing Prospectus.
The Company agrees that it will not make any offer relating to the Public Securities that would constitute an issuer free writing prospectus,
as defined in Rule 433 under the Act, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405
under the Act, without the prior consent of the Underwriters.
3.4 Delivery to Underwriters
of Prospectuses. The Company will deliver to the Underwriters, without charge and from time to time during the period when the Prospectus
is required to be delivered under the Act or the Exchange Act, such number of copies of each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
as the Underwriters may reasonably request and, as soon as the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto becomes effective,
deliver to the Underwriters, upon their request, two manually executed Registration Statements, including exhibits, and all post-effective
amendments thereto and copies of all exhibits filed therewith or incorporated therein by reference and all manually executed consents
of certified experts.
3.5 Effectiveness and Events
Requiring Notice to the Representative. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement
to remain effective and will notify the Representative immediately and confirm the notice in writing (i) of the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement and any amendment thereto; (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
or of the initiation, or the threatening, of any proceeding for that purpose; (iii) of the issuance by any foreign or state securities
commission of any proceedings for the suspension of the qualification of the Public Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction
or of the initiation, or the threatening, of any proceeding for that purpose; (iv) of the mailing and delivery to the Commission for filing
of any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus; (v) of the receipt of any comments or request for any additional
information from the Commission; and (vi) of the happening of any event that, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, makes any statement
of a material fact made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, and in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. If the Commission or any foreign or state securities commission shall enter a stop order or suspend such qualification
at any time, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain promptly the lifting of such order.
3.6 Affiliated Transactions.
3.6.1 Business Combinations.
The Company will not consummate a Business Combination with any entity that is affiliated with any Insider unless (i) the Company, or
a committee of its independent and disinterested directors, obtains an opinion from an independent investment banking firm, or from an
independent accounting firm that commonly renders valuation opinions that the Business Combination is fair to the Company’s shareholders
from a financial point of view and (ii) a majority of the Company’s disinterested and independent directors (if there are any) approve
such transaction.
3.6.2 Compensation to Insiders.
Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company shall not pay any of the Insiders or any of their affiliates any fees or compensation
from the Company, for services rendered to the Company prior to, or in connection with, the consummation of a Business Combination.
3.7 [Reserved.]
3.8 Reports to the Representative.
For a period of five (5) years from the Effective Date or until such earlier time upon which the Company is required to be liquidated
or is no longer required to file reports under the Exchange Act, the Company will furnish to the Representative and their counsel copies
of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company from time to time furnishes generally to holders of
any class of its securities, and promptly furnish to the Underwriters (i) a copy of each periodic report the Company shall be required
to file with the Commission, (ii) a copy of every press release and every news item and article with respect to the Company or its affairs
that was released by the Company, (iii) a copy of each Current Report on Form 8-K or Schedules 13D, 13G, 14D-1 or 13E-4 received or prepared
by the Company, (iv) two (2) copies of each registration statement filed by the Company with the Commission under the Act, and (v) such
additional documents and information with respect to the Company and the affairs of any future subsidiaries of the Company as the Representative
may from time to time reasonably request; provided the Representative shall sign, if requested by the Company, a Regulation FD compliant
confidentiality agreement which is reasonably acceptable to the Representative and its counsel in connection with the Representative’s
receipt of such information. Documents filed or furnished with the Commission pursuant to its EDGAR system shall be deemed to have been
delivered to the Representative pursuant to this Section.
3.9 Transfer Agent.
For a period of five (5) years following the Effective Date or until such earlier time upon which the Company is required to be liquidated,
the Company shall retain a transfer agent acceptable to the Representative. Until the consummation of the Business Combination or until
such earlier time upon which the Company is required to be liquidated, the Company shall retain a rights agent. CST is acceptable to the
Underwriters.
3.10 Payment of Expenses.
The Company hereby agrees to pay on each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, to the extent not paid at the Closing
Date, all Company expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, including but not limited
to (i) the Company’s legal and accounting fees and disbursements; (ii) the preparation, printing, filing, mailing and delivery (including
the payment of postage with respect to such mailing) of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus,
including any pre- or post-effective amendments or supplements thereto, and the printing and mailing of this Agreement and related documents,
including the cost of all copies thereof and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto supplied to the Underwriters in quantities
as may be required by the Underwriters; (iii) fees incurred in connection with conducting background checks of the Company’s management
team; (iv) the preparation, printing, engraving, issuance and delivery of the Units, the Ordinary Shares and the Share Rights included
in the Units, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon; (v) filing fees incurred in registering the Offering with FINRA and
the reasonable fees of counsel of the Underwriters (such legal fees not to exceed $15,000) in connection therewith and including, without
limitation, fees associated with qualifying the Offering under the “Blue Sky” laws of any states specified by the Representative;
(vi) fees, costs and expenses incurred in listing the Securities on the Nasdaq Global Market or such other stock exchanges as the Company
and the Underwriters together determine; (vii) all fees and disbursements of the transfer and rights agent; (viii) all of the Company’s
expenses associated with “due diligence” and “road show” meetings arranged by the Representative and any presentations
made available by way of a net roadshow, including without limitation, trips for the Company’s management to meet with prospective
investors, all travel, food and lodging expenses associated with such trips incurred by the Company or such management; and (ix) all other
costs and expenses customarily borne by an issuer incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically
provided for in this Section 3.10, provided that the expenses reimbursed to the Underwriters shall not exceed $35,000 in the aggregate.
If the Offering is consummated, the Representative may deduct from the net proceeds of the Offering payable to the Company on the Closing
Date the expenses set forth above (which shall be mutually agreed upon between the Company and the Representative prior to the Closing
Date) to be paid by the Company to the Representative and others. In addition, the Company hereby also agrees to pay, promptly upon the
request of the Representative, all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by any of the Underwriters which are associated with any
Business Combination marketing activities or capital markets advisory activities undertaken by any of the Underwriters at the request
of the Company (such activities, “Business Combination Services” and such Underwriters, “Business Combination
Advisors”). The Company shall also pay for the costs and expenses incurred by the Business Combination Advisors in connection
with the Business Combination to the extent provided for in Section 3.33. If the Offering is not consummated for any reason (other
than a breach by the Representative of any of its obligations hereunder), then the Company shall reimburse the Representative in full
for their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred, including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements
of counsel to the Underwriters related to FINRA matters.
3.11 Application of Net
Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the Offering and the Unit Private Placement received by it in a manner consistent
in all material respects with the application described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
3.12 Delivery of Earnings
Statements to Security Holders. The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable an earnings
statement (which need not be certified by an independent registered public accounting firm unless required by the Act or the Regulations,
but which shall satisfy the provisions of Rule 158(a) under Section 11(a) of the Act) covering a period of at least twelve consecutive
months beginning after the Effective Date.
3.13 Notice to FINRA.
3.13.1 Notice to the Representative.
For a period of sixty (60) days after the date of the Prospectus, in the event any person or entity (regardless of any FINRA affiliation
or association) is engaged, in writing, to assist the Company in its search for a Target Business or to provide any other services in
connection therewith, the Company will provide the following to the Representative prior to the consummation of the Business Combination:
(i) complete details of all services and copies of agreements governing such services, and (ii) justification as to why the person or
entity providing the merger and acquisition services should not be considered a Participating Member with respect to the Offering, as
such term is defined in Rule 5110 of the FINRA Manual. The Company also agrees that, if required by law, proper disclosure of such arrangement
or potential arrangement will be made in the tender offer documents or proxy statement which the Company will file with the Commission
in connection with the Business Combination.
3.13.2 FINRA. The Company
shall advise the Representative if it is aware that any 10% or greater shareholder of the Company becomes an affiliate or associated person
of a Participating Member.
3.13.3 Broker/Dealer.
In the event the Company intends to register as a broker/dealer, merge with or acquire a registered broker/dealer, or otherwise become
a member of FINRA, it shall promptly notify FINRA.
3.14 Stabilization.
Neither the Company, nor to its knowledge, any of its employees, directors or shareholders (without the consent of the Representative)
has taken and the Company will not take, and has directed its employees, directors or shareholders to not take, directly or indirectly,
any action without the consent of the Representative that is designed to or that has constituted or that might reasonably be expected
to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act, or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company
to facilitate the sale or resale of the Units.
3.15 Existing Lock-Up Agreement.
The Company will use its best efforts to enforce all existing agreements between the Company and any of its security holders that prohibit
the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation of any of the Securities in connection with the Offering. In addition, the Company
will direct the Company’s transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon any such Securities of the Company that are bound
by such existing “lock-up” agreements for the duration of the periods contemplated in such agreements.
3.16 Payment of Deferred
Underwriting Commission on Business Combination. Upon the occurrence of the Specified Event, the Company agrees that it will cause
the Trustee to pay the Deferred Underwriting Commission directly from the Trust Account to the Underwriters, in accordance with Section
1.3.
3.17 Internal Controls.
The Company will maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary in order
to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets
is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets
is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
3.18 Accounting Firm.
Until the earlier of the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination or until such earlier time upon which the Company
is required to be liquidated, the Company shall retain Withum or another independent registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable
to the Representative.
3.19 Form 8-K. The
Company shall, on or prior to the date hereof, retain its independent registered public accounting firm to audit the balance sheet of
the Company as of the Closing Date (“Audited Financial Statements”) reflecting the receipt by the Company of the proceeds
of the Offering and the Unit Private Placement. Within four (4) Business Days after the Closing Date, the Company shall file a Current
Report on Form 8-K with the Commission, which Report shall contain the Company’s Audited Financial Statements. Promptly after the
Option Closing Date, if the Over-allotment Option is exercised after the Closing Date, the Company shall file with the Commission a Current
Report on Form 8-K or an amendment to the Form 8-K to provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of such option.
3.20 Corporate Proceedings.
All corporate proceedings and other legal matters necessary to carry out the provisions of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby shall have been done to the reasonable satisfaction to the Representative and Reed Smith.
3.21 Investment Company.
The Company shall cause the proceeds of the Offering to be held in the Trust Account to be invested only as provided for in the Trust
Agreement and disclosed in the Prospectus. The Company will conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the
Investment Company Act. Furthermore, once the Company consummates a Business Combination, it shall be engaged in a business other than
that of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading securities.
3.22 Amendments to Charter
Documents. The Company covenants and agrees, that prior to its initial Business Combination it will not seek to amend or modify its
Charter Documents, except in accordance with the procedures set forth therein.
3.23 Press Releases.
The Company agrees that it will not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity, without the Representative’s prior written
consent (not to be unreasonably withheld), for a period of twenty-five (25) days after the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in no event shall the Company be prohibited from issuing any press releases or engaging in any other publicity required by law, except
that including the name of any Underwriter therein shall require the prior written consent of such Underwriter.
3.24 Insurance. Until
the earlier of the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination or until such earlier time upon which the Company
is required to be liquidated, the Company will maintain directors’ and officers’ insurance (including, without limitation,
insurance covering the Company, its directors and officers for liabilities or losses arising in connection with the Offering, including,
without limitation, liabilities or losses arising under the Act, the Exchange Act, the Regulations and any applicable foreign securities
laws).
3.25 Electronic Prospectus.
The Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the Underwriters, at the Company’s expense, promptly, but in no event later
than two (2) Business Days from the effective date of this Agreement, an Electronic Prospectus to be used by the Underwriters in connection
with the Offering. As used herein, the term “Electronic Prospectus” means a form of prospectus, and any amendment or
supplement thereto, that meets each of the following conditions: (i) it shall be encoded in an electronic format, satisfactory to the
Representative, that may be transmitted electronically by the Underwriters to offerees and purchasers of the Units for at least the period
during which a prospectus relating to the Units is required to be delivered under the Act; (ii) it shall disclose the same information
as the paper prospectus and prospectus filed pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent that graphic and image material cannot be disseminated
electronically, in which case such graphic and image material shall be replaced in the electronic prospectus with a fair and accurate
narrative description or tabular representation of such material, as appropriate; and (iii) it shall be in or convertible into a paper
format or an electronic format, satisfactory to the Representative, that will allow recipients thereof to store and have continuously
ready access to the prospectus at any future time, without charge to such recipients (other than any fee charged for subscription to the
Internet as a whole and for on-line time).
3.26 Unit Private Placement
Proceeds. On or prior to the Closing Date the Company shall have caused the applicable proceeds from the Unit Private Placement to
be deposited in the Trust Account pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
3.27 Future Financings.
The Company agrees that neither it, nor any successor or subsidiary of the Company, will consummate any public or private equity or debt
financing prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, unless all investors in such financing expressly waive, in writing, any
rights in or claims against the Trust Account.
3.28 Amendments to Certain
Agreements. The Company shall not amend, modify or otherwise change the Insider Letter and the Trust Agreement without the prior written
consent of the Representative, which such consent shall not be unreasonably delayed, conditioned or withheld by the Representative. The
Trust Agreement shall provide that the trustee is required to obtain a joint written instruction signed by both the Company and the Representative
with respect to the transfer of the funds held in the Trust Account from the Trust Account, prior to commencing any liquidation of the
assets of the Trust Account in connection with the consummation of any Business Combination, and such provision of the Trust Agreement
shall not be permitted to be amended without the prior written consent of the Representative.
3.29 Maintenance of Listing
on Nasdaq. Until the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain
the listing of the Public Securities on Nasdaq or a national securities exchange acceptable to the Representative.
3.30 Reservation of Shares.
The Company will reserve and keep available that maximum number of its authorized but unissued securities which are issuable (i) pursuant
to the Share Rights and the Placement Securities (as well as any other rights that may be issued and covered by the Rights Agreement)
and (ii) upon conversion of the Founder Shares.
3.31 Notice of Disqualification
Events. The Company will notify the Underwriters in writing, prior to the Closing Date, of (i) any Disqualification Event relating
to any Company Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any
Company Covered Person.
3.32 Reserved.
3.33 Business Combination
Securities Disclosure Documents. If a Business Combination Advisor may be deemed, in its sole judgment, to be an underwriter of any
securities issued pursuant to any registration statement or tender offer document filed with the Commission in connection with the consummation
of the Business Combination by the Company, a Target Business or any direct or indirect parent or subsidiary of any of them (any such
issuer or co-issuer, a “Registrant,” and any such securities, the “Business Combination Securities”),
the Company shall provide or cause to be provided to such Business Combination Advisor information and access to all persons, properties
and documents to the extent necessary for such Business Combination Advisor to complete a due diligence investigation sufficient (in the
view of such Business Combination Advisor in its sole discretion) to provide such Business Combination Advisor with a “reasonable
due diligence” defense in respect of any claims that could be brought against an underwriter of the applicable Business Combination
Securities under federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, Section 11 of the Act. As used
herein, the term “reasonable due diligence” means a reasonable investigation that provides the investigating person
a reasonable ground to believe that at the time of the applicable offer, issuance or distribution of any Business Combination Securities,
no registration statement, preliminary or final prospectus, proxy statement, tender offer document or offering memorandum, including,
without limitation, any document incorporated by reference into any of the foregoing, or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing,
or any other marketing document used by any Registrant, filed with or furnished by the Company to the Commission in connection with the
Business Combination but excluding any filing under Rule 425 of the Act or Rule 14a-12 of the Exchange Act (each, a “Business
Combination Securities Disclosure Document”), in each case relating to such offer, issuance or distribution, contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company agrees that it will provide to such Business
Combination Advisor notice of each filing under Rule 425 of the Act or Rule 14a-12 of the Exchange Act and each other form of public communication
about the Business Combination reasonably in advance of such filing or public communication. The Company further covenants that it will
use its best efforts to ensure that any projections provided to such Business Combination Advisor by any Registrant or prepared by any
Registrant or any representative of such Registrant (a “Registrant Representative”) and contained in any Business Combination
Securities Disclosure Document, in each case, at the time they were prepared, will have been prepared in good faith and will be based
upon assumptions which, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, are reasonable.
3.34 Obligations in Connection
with Business Combination. If requested in writing by a Business Combination Advisor, if it may be deemed, in its sole judgment, to
be an underwriter of any Business Combination Securities, the following shall apply:
3.34.1 Prior to entering into
any definitive agreement with respect to the Business Combination (or amendment thereto) and until such time as such Business Combination
is consummated:
(a) The Company agrees to
notify such Business Combination Advisor with respect to, and to permit such Business Combination Advisor, at its request, to participate
in, all diligence sessions with any Registrant or any Registrant Representative and all drafting sessions in respect of any Business Combination
Securities Disclosure Document.
(b) The Company shall provide
drafts of all Business Combination Securities Disclosure Documents to such Business Combination Advisor and its legal counsel reasonably
in advance of the filing by the Company (or, if such filing is to be made by a Registrant other than the Company, any filing which is
required to be approved by the Company) of any Business Combination Securities Disclosure Document with the Commission or the circulation
by any Registrant of any Business Combination Securities Disclosure Document to any prospective investor, sufficient to allow such Business
Combination Advisor and its legal counsel to request changes determined by them to be reasonably necessary to such Business Combination
Securities Disclosure Document before its filing or circulation. The Company shall not permit the filing with or furnishing to the Commission
of any Business Combination Securities Disclosure Document without the consent of such Business Combination Advisor, which consent shall
not unreasonably be withheld, delayed or conditioned.
3.34.2 Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary herein, the Company agrees that such Business Combination Advisor shall have the right, in connection with its
reasonable due diligence under Section 3.33, (i) to retain counsel and other consultants and experts as it may deem necessary or
desirable in connection with its reasonable due diligence under Section 3.34.1 (it being understood that the retention of any such consultant
or expert or other advisor, other than outside legal counsel, will be made with the prior written approval of the Company, which approval
will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); (ii) to use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that each counsel to the
Company and to any other Registrant provides customary legal opinions and negative assurance letters to such Business Combination Advisor
dated as of (x) the date of effectiveness of the Business Combination Securities Disclosure Document, and (y) the date of the shareholder
vote to approve the Business Combination, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Business Combination Advisor, (iii) to
use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that each accounting firm or firms that were retained by the Company or by any other Registrant
and that have audited any financial statements set forth in any Business Combination Securities Disclosure Document provide customary
“comfort letters” to such Business Combination Advisor dated as of (x) the date of effectiveness of the Business Combination
Securities Disclosure Document, and (y) the date of the shareholder vote to approve the Business Combination; and (iv) to take and shall
use its reasonable best efforts to take any other actions reasonably requested by such Business Combination Advisor.
3.34.3 In connection with
the Business Combination, to the extent the Company retains an unaffiliated party (the “Fairness Opinion Provider”)
to prepare a report and provide an opinion (the “Fairness Opinion”) concerning the fairness, from a financial point
of view, of the Business Combination to the Company and its unaffiliated shareholders, the Company shall, pursuant to, and in accordance
with, applicable law, disclose in reasonable detail in a Business Combination Securities Disclosure Document the results of that report
and, as necessary or appropriate, a copy of that report. Each Registrant shall provide the Fairness Opinion Provider with all information
and access to persons and documents that the Fairness Opinion Provider deems reasonably necessary and appropriate in connection with the
preparation of its Fairness Opinion.
3.34.4 Prior to the consummation
of the Business Combination, the Company shall include in the definitive agreement for the Business Combination (i) a covenant for the
assignment and assumption, by the public entity resulting from the initial Business Combination, of all of the Company’s obligations
hereunder and (ii) that such Business Combination Advisor may rely on the representations and warranties contained therein as if it were
a party thereto. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that each Target Business in the Business Combination agrees
to deliver to such Business Combination Advisor a certificate of an officer of such Target Business stating that to such officer’s
knowledge the representations and warranties made by the Target Business in the definitive agreement for the Business Combination are
true and correct as of the date of such certificate, subject to (i) a customary materiality standard, (ii) any applicable carve-out with
reference to disclosure included in the Business Combination Securities Disclosure Document and (iii) required adjustments for such representations
and warranties that speak as of a specific date. In addition, in connection with the Business Combination, the Company will, and will
use its reasonable best efforts to cause each Registrant to, comply in all material respects with (i) the obligations and covenants of
the Company which relate to the period following the Business Combination Closing set forth in Sections 3 and 5 of this Agreement and
(ii) all laws, rules and regulations applicable either to the Registrant and its business activities or to the Business Combination, as
such laws, rules and regulations may be in effect at the time of the consummation of the Business Combination.
3.34.5 Nothing herein shall
be deemed to require the Underwriters to limit their rights to compensation or to reimbursement of expenses without their express agreement
or otherwise to assume any liability other than as may be expressly required under the Act.
3.34.6 The Company acknowledges
and agrees that nothing in this Section 3.34 shall be interpreted to obligate the Underwriters to take any action, or to refrain
from taking any action, in connection with the Business Combination and any such actions will be undertaken by each Underwriter, in respect
of itself, in its sole discretion.
4. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations.
The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Units, as provided herein, shall be subject to the continuing accuracy
of the representations and warranties of the Company as of the date hereof and as of each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date,
if any, to the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Company made pursuant to the provisions hereof and to the performance by
the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following conditions:
4.1 Regulatory Matters.
4.1.1 Effectiveness of Registration
Statement. The Registration Statement shall have become effective not later than 4:45 p.m., New York time, on the date of this Agreement
or such later date and time as shall be consented to in writing by the Representative, and, at each of the Closing Date and each Option
Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for the
purpose shall have been instituted or shall be pending or contemplated by the Commission and any request on the part of the Commission
for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representative and Reed Smith.
4.1.2 FINRA Clearance.
By the Effective Date, the Underwriters shall have received clearance from FINRA as to the amount of compensation allowable or payable
to the Underwriters as described in the Registration Statement.
4.1.3 No Blue Sky Stop Orders.
No order suspending the sale of the Units in any jurisdiction designated by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 3.5 hereof shall
have been issued on each of the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted
or, to the Company’s knowledge, shall be contemplated.
4.1.4 No Commission Stop
Order. At the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, the Commission has not issued any order or threatened to issue any order
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any part thereof, and has not instituted or, to the
Company’s knowledge, assuming reasonable inquiry, threatened to institute any proceedings with respect to such an order.
4.1.5 Approval of Listing
on Nasdaq. The Securities shall have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Global Market, subject to official notice of issuance
and evidence of satisfactory distribution, satisfactory evidence of which shall have been provided to the Representative.
4.2 Company Counsel Matters.
4.2.1 Closing Date and Option
Closing Date Opinions of Counsels. On the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received
the favorable opinions and negative assurance statements of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP and Ogier (Cayman) LLP, dated the Closing
Date or each Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Representative as representative for the several Underwriters and
in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and Reed Smith. On the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, the Representative
shall have received the favorable opinion and negative assurance statement of Reed Smith, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Representative
as representative for the several Underwriters.
4.2.2 Reliance. In rendering
such opinions, such counsels may rely as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates or other written statements
of officers of the Company and officers of departments of various jurisdictions having custody of documents respecting the corporate existence
or good standing of the Company, provided that copies of any such statements or certificates shall be delivered to the Representative’s
counsel if requested.
4.3 Comfort Letter.
At the time this Agreement is executed, and at the Closing Date and Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received
a letter, addressed to the Representative as representatives for the several Underwriters and in form and substance satisfactory in all
respects (including the non-material nature of the changes or decreases, if any, referred to in Section 4.3.3 below) to the Representative,
from Withum dated, respectively, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date and Option Closing Date, if any:
4.3.1 Confirming that they are
an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable Regulations
and that they have not, during the periods covered by the financial statements included in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus,
Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, provided to the Company any non-audit services, as such term is used in Section 10A(g)
of the Exchange Act;
4.3.2 Stating that in their
opinion the financial statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the published Regulations thereunder;
4.3.3 Stating that, on the basis
of their review, which included a reading of the latest available unaudited interim financial statements of the Company (with an indication
of the date of the latest available unaudited interim financial statements), a reading of the latest available minutes of the shareholders
and Board of Directors and the various committees of the Board of Directors, consultations with officers and other employees of the Company
responsible for financial and accounting matters and other specified procedures and inquiries, nothing has come to their attention that
would lead them to believe that (a) the unaudited financial statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the Sale
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of the Act and the Regulations or are not fairly presented in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis substantially consistent with that
of the audited financial statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus;
or (b) at a date not later than five (5) days prior to the Effective Date, Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, there
was any change in the share capital or long-term debt of the Company, or any decrease in the shareholders’ equity of the Company
as compared with amounts shown in the most recent balance sheet included in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus
and the Prospectus, other than as set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus or, if there was any decrease, setting forth the amount of such decrease; and (c) during the period from the most recent balance
sheet included in the Registration Statement to a specified date not later than five (5) days prior to the Effective Date, Closing Date
or any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, there was any decrease in revenues, net earnings or net earnings per Ordinary Share, in
each case as compared with the corresponding period in the preceding year and as compared with the corresponding period in the preceding
quarter, other than as set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus,
or, if there was any such decrease, setting forth the amount of such decrease;
4.3.4 Setting forth, at a date
not later than five (5) days prior to the Effective Date, the amount of liabilities of the Company (including a break-down of commercial
papers and notes payable to banks);
4.3.5 Stating that they have
compared specific dollar amounts, numbers of shares, percentages of revenues and earnings, statements and other financial information
pertaining to the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus in each case to
the extent that such amounts, numbers, percentages, statements and information may be derived from the general accounting records, including
work sheets, of the Company and excluding any questions requiring an interpretation by legal counsel, with the results obtained from the
application of specified readings, inquiries and other appropriate procedures (which procedures do not constitute an examination in accordance
with generally accepted auditing standards) set forth in the letter and found them to be in agreement;
4.3.6 Stating that they have
not, since the Company’s incorporation, brought to the attention of the Company’s management any reportable condition related
to internal structure, design or operation as defined in the Statement on Auditing Standards No. 60 “Communication of Internal Control
Structure Related Matters Noted in an Audit,” in the Company’s internal controls; and
4.3.7 Statements as to such
other matters incident to the transaction contemplated hereby as the Representative or Reed Smith may reasonably request, including (i)
that Withum is registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; (ii) that Withum has sufficient assets and insurance to
pay for any liability incurred by it relating to providing the letter; and (iii) that Withum is not insolvent.
4.4 Officers’ Certificates.
4.4.1 Officers’ Certificate.
At each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received a certificate of the Company signed
by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer and the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company, or any similar or
equivalent officer of the Company (in their capacities as such), dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
respectively, to the effect that the Company has performed all covenants and complied with all conditions required by this Agreement to
be performed or complied with by the Company prior to and as of the Closing Date, or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and
that the conditions set forth in Section 4 hereof have been satisfied as of such date and that, as of Closing Date and the Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 2 hereof are true and
correct. In addition, the Representative will have received such other and further certificates of officers of the Company (in their capacities
as such) as the Representative may reasonably request.
4.4.2 Secretary’s Certificate.
At each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received a certificate of the Company signed
by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company, or any similar or equivalent officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date or
the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, respectively, certifying (i) that the Charter Documents are true and complete, have not been
modified and are in full force and effect; (ii) that the resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors relating to the public
offering contemplated by this Agreement are in full force and effect and have not been modified; (iii) as to the accuracy and completeness
of all correspondence between the Company or its counsel and the Commission; (iv) as to the accuracy and completeness of all correspondence
between the Company or its counsel and Nasdaq; and (v) as to the incumbency of the officers of the Company. The documents referred to
in such certificate shall be attached to such certificate.
4.5 No Material Changes.
Prior to and on each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, (i) there shall have been no material adverse change or
development involving a prospective material adverse change in the condition or prospects or the business activities, financial or otherwise,
of the Company from the latest dates as of which such condition is set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; (ii) no
action suit or proceeding, at law or in equity, shall have been pending or threatened against the Company or any Insider before or by
any court or federal, foreign or state commission, board or other administrative agency wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding
may materially adversely affect the business, operations, or financial condition or income of the Company, except as set forth in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus; (iii) no stop order shall have been issued under the Act and no proceedings therefor shall
have been initiated or, to the Company’s knowledge, assuming reasonable inquiry, threatened by the Commission; and (iv) the Registration
Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto shall contain all material statements
which are required to be stated therein in accordance with the Act and the Regulations and shall conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Regulations, and neither the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus nor the Prospectus
nor any amendment or supplement thereto shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
4.6 Delivery of Agreements.
On the Effective Date, the Company shall have delivered to the Representative executed copies of the Transaction Documents and all of
the Insider Letters.
4.7 Unit Private Placement.
On the Closing Date, the Unit Private Placement shall have been completed in accordance with Section 3.26.
4.8 Good Standing.
The Representative shall have received on and as of (i) the Effective Date, and (ii) the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company in its jurisdiction of organization and its good standing in such
other jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from
the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
4.9 Trust Waiver. On
the Effective Date, the Company shall have delivered to the Representative evidence of waivers from all vendors and service providers
to all claims on amounts in the Trust Account which are to be distributed to the Company’s shareholders in accordance with the terms
of the Trust Agreement, except for the Representative with respect to the Deferred Underwriting Commission.
5. Indemnification and Contribution.
5.1 Indemnification.
5.1.1 Indemnification of
the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates and their respective partners,
members, directors, officers, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who controls each Underwriter or any affiliate within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an “Indemnified Person”) as follows:
a. against any and all loss,
liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as reasonably incurred, joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or the omission or
alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus, Sale Preliminary
Prospectus, any Testing-the-Waters Communication or the Prospectus or, in the event a Business Combination Advisor, in its sole judgment,
may be deemed to be an underwriter of any Business Combination Securities, any Business Combination Securities Disclosure Document (or
any amendment or supplement to the foregoing), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
b. against any and all loss,
liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as reasonably incurred, joint or several, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid
in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental authority, commenced or threatened, or of any
claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject
to Section 5.1.4) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably
be delayed, conditioned or withheld;
c. against any and all claims,
actions, suits, proceedings, damages, liabilities and expenses reasonably incurred by any of them (including the reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel), as incurred, that are related to or arise out of any business combination marketing or capital markets advisory activities
by any Underwriter on the Company’s behalf in connection with a Business Combination, provided that the Company will not, however,
be responsible to an Indemnified Person for any portion of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding, damage, liability or expense that
is finally judicially determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (not subject to further appeal) to have resulted primarily and directly
from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnified Person seeking such indemnification;
d. against any and all expense
whatsoever (including the fees and disbursements of counsel), as reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against
any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental authority, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based
upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission (whether or not a party), to the extent that
any such expense is not paid under (a), (b) or (c) above; and
e. against any and all loss,
liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as reasonably incurred, joint or several, arising out of the Company’s failure
to provide any of the information and access to persons, properties and documents required to be provided under Section 3.33 hereof;
provided, however, that the
foregoing agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement
or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made solely in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriters’ Information
(and, in connection with any Business Combination, similar information provided by or on behalf of the Business Combination Advisors expressly
for use in any Business Combination Securities Disclosure Document).
5.1.2 Indemnification of
the Company, its Directors and Officers. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
and its directors, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 5.1.1, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions,
or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus,
any Testing-the-Waters Communication or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement to the foregoing), in reliance upon and in conformity
with the Underwriters’ Information.
5.1.3 Notifications and Other
Indemnification Procedures. Any party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under this Section 5.1 will, promptly
after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim is to be made against an indemnifying
party or parties under this Section 5.1, notify each such indemnifying party of the commencement of such action, enclosing a copy
of all papers served, but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party will not relieve the indemnifying party from (i) any liability
that it might have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 5.1 and (ii) any liability that it may have to any
indemnified party under the foregoing provision of this Section 5.1 unless, and only to the extent that, such omission results
in the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses by the indemnifying party. If any such action is brought against any indemnified party
and it notifies the indemnifying party of its commencement, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent
that it elects by delivering written notice to the indemnified party promptly after receiving notice of the commencement of the action
from the indemnified party, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense of, the action, with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election
to assume the defense, the indemnifying party will not be liable to the indemnified party for any other legal expenses except as provided
below and except for the reasonable costs of investigation subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense.
The indemnified party will have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action, but the fees, expenses and other charges of such
counsel will be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (A) the employment of counsel by the indemnified party has been authorized
in writing by the indemnifying party, (B) the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based on advice of counsel) that there may be
legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying
party, (C) a conflict or potential conflict exists (based on advice of counsel to the indemnified party) between the indemnified party
and the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf
of the indemnified party), or (D) the indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action or counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, in each case, within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of
the action; in each of which cases the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel will be at the expense of the indemnifying
party or parties. It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings
in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of more than one separate firm admitted to
practice in such jurisdiction (plus local counsel) at any one time for all such indemnified party or parties. All such fees, disbursements
and other charges will be reimbursed by the indemnifying party promptly as they are incurred. An indemnifying party will not, in any event,
be liable for any settlement of any action or claim effected without its written consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of each indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim,
action or proceeding relating to the matters contemplated by this Section 5 (whether or not any indemnified party is a party thereto),
unless such settlement, compromise or consent (x) includes an express and unconditional release of each indemnified party, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding
or claim and (y) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified
party.
5.1.4 Settlement Without
Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party
for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated
by Section 5.1.1(b) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than forty-five (45) days after receipt
by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement
at least thirty (30) days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such
indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
5.2 Contribution. In
order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in the foregoing paragraphs
of Section 5.1 is applicable in accordance with its terms but for any reason is held to be unavailable or insufficient from the
Company or the Underwriters, the Company and the Underwriters will contribute to the total losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages
(including any investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any
action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted) to which any indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as shall be appropriate
to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand. The relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total
net proceeds from the sale of the Public Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total compensation
received by the Underwriters (before deducting expenses) from the sale of Units on behalf of the Company. If, but only if, the allocation
provided by the foregoing sentence is not permitted by applicable law, the allocation of contribution shall be made in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in the foregoing sentence but also the relative fault of the Company,
on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, with respect to the statements or omission that resulted in such loss, claim,
liability, expense or damage, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations with respect to such
offering. Such relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters,
the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section
5.2 were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, liability, expense
or damage, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 5.2 shall be deemed to include, for the purpose of this
Section 5.2, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending
any such action or claim to the extent consistent with Section 5.1.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Section 5.1
and this Section 5.2, each Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the commissions actually received
by it under this Agreement and no person found guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
will be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section
5.2, any person who controls a party to this Agreement within the meaning of the Act, any affiliates of the respective Underwriters
and any officers, directors, partners, employees or agents of the Underwriters or their respective affiliates, will have the same rights
to contribution as that party, and each director of the Company and each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement
will have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the provisions hereof. Any party entitled to contribution,
promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be
made under this Section 5.2, will notify any such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so
notify will not relieve that party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have under
this Section 5.2 except to the extent that the failure to so notify such other party materially prejudiced the substantive rights
or defenses of the party from whom contribution is sought. Except for a settlement entered into pursuant to the last sentence of Section
5.1.3, no party will be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its written consent if such consent
is required pursuant to Section 5.1.3.
6. Default by an Underwriter.
6.1 Default Not Exceeding
10% of Firm Units. If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall default in its or their obligations to purchase the Firm Units and if
the number of the Firm Units with respect to which such default relates does not exceed in the aggregate 10% of the number of Firm Units
that all Underwriters have agreed to purchase hereunder, then such Firm Units to which the default relates shall be purchased by the non-defaulting
Underwriters in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder.
6.2 Default Exceeding 10%
of Firm Units. In the event that the default addressed in Section 6.1 above relates to more than 10% of the Firm Units, the
Representative may, in its discretion, arrange for it or for another party or parties satisfactory to the Company to purchase such Firm
Units to which such default relates on the terms contained herein. If within one (1) Business Day after such default relating to more
than 10% of the Firm Units the Representative do not arrange for the purchase of such Firm Units, then the Company shall be entitled to
a further period of one (1) Business Day within which to procure another party or parties satisfactory to the Representative to purchase
said Firm Units on such terms. In the event that neither the Representative nor the Company arrange for the purchase of the Firm Units
to which a default relates as provided in this Section 6, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative or the Company
without liability on the part of the Company (except as provided in Sections 3.10, 5, and 9.3 hereof) or the several
Underwriters (except as provided in Section 5 hereof); provided that nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of its
liability, if any, to the other several Underwriters and to the Company for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.
6.3 Postponement of Closing
Date. In the event that the Firm Units to which the default relates are to be purchased by the non-defaulting Underwriters, or are
to be purchased by another party or parties as aforesaid, the Representative or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing
Date for a reasonable period, but not in any event exceeding five (5) Business Days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be
made necessary in the Registration Statement and/or the Prospectus, as the case may be, or in any other documents and arrangements, and
the Company agrees to file promptly any amendment to, or to supplement, the Registration Statement and/or the Prospectus, as the case
may be, that in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter”
as used in this Agreement shall include any party substituted under this Section 6 with like effect as if it had originally been
a party to this Agreement with respect to such securities.
7. Additional Covenants.
7.1 Additional Shares or
Options. The Company hereby agrees that, until the consummation of a Business Combination, it shall not issue any Ordinary Shares
or any options or other securities convertible into Ordinary Shares, or any preferred shares or other securities of the Company that participate
in any manner in the Trust Account or that vote as a class with the Ordinary Shares on a Business Combination.
7.2 Trust Account Waiver
Acknowledgments. The Company hereby agrees that it will use its reasonable best efforts prior to commencing its due diligence investigation
of any prospective Target Business or obtaining the services of any vendor to have such Target Business and/or vendor acknowledge in writing
whether through a letter of intent, memorandum of understanding or other similar document (and subsequently acknowledges the same in any
definitive document replacing any of the foregoing), that (a) it has read the Prospectus and understands that the Company has established
the Trust Account, initially in an amount of $ 250,000,000 (without giving effect to any exercise of the Over-allotment Option) for the
benefit of the Public Shareholders and that, except for a portion of the interest earned on the amounts held in the Trust Account, the
Company may disburse monies from the Trust Account only (i) to the Public Shareholders in the event they elect to redeem Public Shares
in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination, (ii) to the Public Shareholders if the Company fails to consummate a Business
Combination within the time period set forth in the Charter Documents, or (iii) to the Company after or concurrently with the consummation
of a Business Combination and (b) for and in consideration of the Company (i) agreeing to evaluate such Target Business for purposes of
consummating a Business Combination with it or (ii) agreeing to engage the services of the vendor, as the case may be, such Target Business
or vendor agrees that it does not have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account (“Claim”)
and waives any Claim it may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with the Company
and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever. The foregoing letters shall substantially be in the form
attached hereto as Exhibits A and B, respectively. The Company may forego obtaining such waivers only if the Company shall
have received the approval of its Chief Executive Officer and the approving vote of at least a majority of its Board of Directors.
7.3 Insider Letter.
The Company shall not take any action or omit to take any action which would cause a breach of the Insider Letter and will not allow any
amendments to, or waivers of, such Insider Letter without the prior written consent of the Representative, which consent shall not be
unreasonably delayed, conditioned or withheld by the Representative.
7.4 Rule 419. The Company
agrees that it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the Company from becoming subject to Rule 419 under the Act prior
to the consummation of any Business Combination, including but not limited to using its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent any
of the Company’s outstanding securities from being deemed to be a “penny stock” as defined in Rule 3a-51-1 under the
Exchange Act during such period.
7.5 Tender Offer Documents,
Proxy Materials and Other Information. The Company shall provide to the Representative or its counsel (if so instructed by the Representative)
with ten (10) copies of all tender offer documents or proxy information and all related material filed with the Commission in connection
with a Business Combination concurrently with such filing with the Commission. Documents filed with the Commission pursuant to its EDGAR
system shall be deemed to have been provided to the Representative pursuant to this Section 7.5. In addition, the Company shall
furnish any other state in which its initial public offering was registered, such information as may be requested by such state.
7.6 Emerging Growth Company.
The Company shall promptly notify the Representative if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the completion
of the distribution of the Securities within the meaning of the Act.
7.7 Target Net Assets.
The Company agrees that the Target Business that it acquires must have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance in the
Trust Account at the time of signing the definitive agreement for the Business Combination with such Target Business (excluding taxes
payable). The fair market value of such business must be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon standards generally
accepted by the financial community, such as actual and potential sales, earnings, cash flow and book value. If the Board of Directors
of the Company is not able to independently determine that the target business meets such fair market value requirement, the Company will
obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions with
respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. The Company is not required to obtain an opinion as to the fair market value if the Company’s
Board of Directors independently determines that the Target Business does have sufficient fair market value, provided that the Target
Business is not affiliated with an Insider.
7.8 Representations and
Agreements to Survive Delivery. Except as the context otherwise requires, all representations, warranties and agreements contained
in this Agreement shall be deemed to be representations, warranties and agreements as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date,
if any, and such representations, warranties and agreements of the Underwriters and the Company, including the indemnity agreements contained
in Section 5 hereof, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of
the Underwriters, the Company or any controlling person, and shall survive termination of this Agreement or the issuance and delivery
of the Public Securities to the Underwriters until the earlier of the expiration of any applicable statute of limitations and the seventh
(7th) anniversary of the later of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, if any, at which time the representations, warranties and
agreements shall terminate and be of no further force and effect.
7.9 Charter Documents.
The Company shall not take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the Company to be in breach or violation of any of its
Charter Documents.
8. Effective Date of This Agreement and Termination
Thereof.
8.1 Effective Date.
This Agreement shall become effective on the Effective Date at the time the Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission.
8.2 Termination. The
Representative shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior to the Closing Date by notice given to the Company,
(i) if any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted, or in the Representative’s opinion will
in the immediate future materially disrupt, general securities markets in the United States; or (ii) if trading on the New York Stock
Exchange (“NYSE”), the NYSE American, The Nasdaq Global Select Market, The Nasdaq Global Market, or The Nasdaq Capital
Market or quoted on the OTCBB shall have been suspended, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges
for prices for securities shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required by FINRA or by order
of the Commission or any other government authority having jurisdiction; or (iii) if the United States shall have become involved in a
new war or an increase in existing major hostilities; or (iv) if a banking moratorium has been declared by a New York State or Federal
authority; or (v) if a moratorium on foreign exchange trading has been declared which materially adversely impacts the United States securities
market; or (vi) if the Company shall have sustained a material loss by fire, flood, accident, hurricane, earthquake, theft, sabotage or
other calamity (including, without limitation, a calamity relating to a public health matter or natural disaster) or malicious act which,
whether or not such loss shall have been insured, will, in the Representative’s opinion, make it inadvisable to proceed with the
delivery of the Units; or (vii) if the Company is in material breach of any of its representations, warranties or covenants hereunder;
or (viii) if the Representative shall have become aware after the date hereof of such a material adverse change in the conditions of the
Company, or such adverse material change in general market conditions, including without limitation, as a result of terrorist activities
or any other calamity (including, without limitation, a calamity relating to a public health matter or natural disaster) or crisis either
within or outside the United States after the date hereof, or an increase in any of the foregoing, as in the Representative’s judgment
would make it impracticable to proceed with the offering, sale and/or delivery of the Units or to enforce contracts made by the Underwriters
for the sale of the Public Securities.
8.3 Expenses. In the
event that this Agreement shall not be carried out for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant
to Section 6 hereof, within the time specified herein or any extensions thereof pursuant to the terms herein, (i) the obligations
of the Company to pay the out of pocket expenses related to the transactions contemplated herein shall be governed by Section 3.10
hereof and (ii) the Company shall reimburse the Representative for any costs and expenses incurred in connection with enforcing any provisions
of this Agreement.
8.4 Indemnification.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision contained in this Agreement, any election hereunder or any termination of this Agreement, and whether
or not this Agreement is otherwise carried out, the provisions of Section 5 shall not be in any way affected by such election or
termination or failure to carry out the terms of this Agreement or any part hereof.
9. Miscellaneous.
9.1 Notices. All communications
hereunder, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be in writing and shall be mailed, delivered by hand or reputable overnight
courier or delivered by facsimile or electronic transmission (with printed confirmation of receipt) and confirmed and shall be deemed
given when so mailed, delivered or faxed or if mailed, two days after such mailing.
If to the Representative:
Cohen & Company Capital
Markets,
a division of J.V.B. Financial
Group, LLC
3 Columbus Circle, 24th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attn: General Counsel
Email: gc@cohenandcompany.com
Copy (which copy shall not constitute notice)
to:
Reed Smith LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022-7650
Attn: Lynwood E. Reinhardt,
Esq.
Phone: (212) 521-5400
Email: hkozlov@reedsmith.com
If to the Company:
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp.
I
1345 Avenue of the Americas,
Fl 47
New York, NY 10105
Attention: Andrew Gundlach
Email: andrew.gundlach@bleichroederlp.com
Copy (which copy shall not constitute notice)
to:
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole
LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas,
11th Floor
New York, New York 10105
Attn: Stuart Neuhauser, Esq.
Email: sneuhauser@egsllp.com
9.2 Headings. The headings
contained herein are for the sole purpose of convenience of reference, and shall not in any way limit or affect the meaning or interpretation
of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement.
9.3 Amendment. This
Agreement may only be amended by a written instrument executed by each of the parties hereto.
9.4 Entire Agreement.
This Agreement (together with the other agreements and documents being delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement) constitute
the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings of the parties, oral and written, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
9.5 Binding Effect.
This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Representative, the Underwriters, the Company and the
controlling persons, directors, agents, partners, members, employees and officers referred to in Section 5 hereof, and their respective
successors, legal representatives and assigns, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provisions herein contained. The term “successors and assigns”
shall not include a purchaser, in its capacity as such, of securities from the Underwriters.
9.6 Waiver of Immunity.
To the extent that the Company may be entitled in any jurisdiction in which judicial proceedings may at any time be commenced hereunder,
to claim for itself or its revenues or assets any immunity, including sovereign immunity, from suit, jurisdiction, attachment in aid of
execution of a judgment or prior to a judgment, execution of a judgment or any other legal process with respect to its obligations hereunder
and to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed to the Company such an immunity (whether or not claimed), the
Company hereby irrevocably agrees not to claim and irrevocably waives such immunity to the maximum extent permitted by law.
9.7 Submission to Jurisdiction.
Each of the Company and the Representative irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or United States
Federal court sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to
this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus or the offering of the Securities. Each
of the Company and the Representative irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that they may now or hereafter
have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Any such process or summons to be served upon the Company
or the Representative may be served by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in Section 9.1 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall
be legal and binding upon the Company or the Representative in any action, proceeding or claim. Each of the Company and the Representative
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any other requirements of or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action based on this Agreement may be instituted by the Underwriters in any competent court. The Company
agrees that the Underwriters shall be entitled to recover all of their reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses relating to any action
or proceeding and/or incurred in connection with the preparation therefor if any of them are the prevailing party in such action or proceeding.
EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
9.8 Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect
to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction.
9.9 Execution in Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become effective
when one or more counterparts has been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to each of the other parties hereto. Delivery
of a signed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile or email/pdf transmission shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery thereof.
9.10 Waiver. The failure
of any of the parties hereto to at any time enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver
of any such provision, nor in any way affect the validity of this Agreement or any provision hereof or the right of any of the parties
hereto to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this Agreement. No waiver of any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of
any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed by the party or parties against
whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment shall be construed
or deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment.
9.11 No Fiduciary Relationship.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Units pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial
transaction pursuant to a contractual relationship between the Company and the Underwriters; (ii) in connection therewith and with the
process leading to such transaction, each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company; (iii)
the Underwriters have not assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated
hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriters have advised or are currently advising the Company on
other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) in no event do
the parties intend that the Underwriters act or be responsible as a fiduciary to the Company, its management, shareholders, creditors
or any other person in connection with any activity that the Underwriters may undertake or have undertaken in furtherance of the Offering,
either before or after the date hereof; and (v) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed
appropriate. The Underwriters hereby expressly disclaim any fiduciary or similar obligations to the Company, either in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions, and the Company hereby confirms its understanding
and agreement to that effect. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature
or respect, or owe a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto. The
Company and the Underwriters agree that they are each responsible for making their own independent judgment with respect to any such transactions,
and that any opinions or views expressed by the Underwriters to the Company regarding such transactions, including but not limited to
any opinions or views with respect to the price or market for the Company’s securities, do not constitute advice or recommendations
to the Company. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against
the Underwriters with respect to any breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary or similar duty to the Company in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding
between the Representative and the Company, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall
constitute a binding agreement between us.
BLEICHROEDER ACQUISITION CORP. I
By: |
/s/ Andrew Gundlach |
|
Name: |
Andrew Gundlach |
|
Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
Accepted on the date first above written.
COHEN & COMPANY CAPITAL MARKETS,
A DIVISION OF J.V.B. FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC, as
a
Representative of the several underwriters
By: |
/s/ Jerry Serowik |
|
Name: |
Jerry Serowik |
|
Title: |
Senior Managing Director |
|
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE A
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I
25,000,000 Units
Underwriters | |
Number of Firm Units to be Purchased | |
Cohen & Company Capital Markets | |
| 20,000,000 | |
Seaport Global Securities LLC | |
| 5,000,000 | |
Total | |
| 25,000,000 | |
SCHEDULE B
None.
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF TARGET BUSINESS LETTER
BLEICHROEDER ACQUISITION CORP. I
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Final
Prospectus of Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I (the “Company”), dated as of [●], 2024 (the “Prospectus”).
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Prospectus.
We have read the Prospectus
and understand that the Company has established the Trust Account, initially in an amount of at least $250,000,000, for the benefit of
the Public Shareholders and the Underwriters of the Company’s initial public offering (the “Underwriters”) and
that, except for a portion of the interest earned on the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Company may disburse monies from the Trust
Account only (i) to the Public Shareholders in the event they elect to redeem their public shares in connection with the consummation
of a Business Combination, (ii) to the Public Shareholders if the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within the required
time period set forth in its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association as the same may be amended from time to time,
or (iii) to the Company after or concurrently with the consummation of a Business Combination.
For and in consideration of
the Company agreeing to evaluate the undersigned for purposes of consummating a Business Combination with it, the undersigned hereby agrees
that it does not have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account (each, a “Claim”)
and hereby waives any Claim it may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with
the Company and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever.
Print Name of Target Business
Authorized Signature of Target Business
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF VENDOR LETTER
BLEICHROEDER ACQUISITION CORP. I
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Final
Prospectus of Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I (the “Company”), dated as of [●], 2024 (the “Prospectus”).
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Prospectus.
We have read the Prospectus
and understand that the Company has established the Trust Account, initially in an amount of at least $250,000,000 for the benefit of
the Public Shareholders and the Underwriters of the Company’s initial public offering (the “Underwriters”) and
that, except for a portion of the interest earned on the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Company may disburse monies from the Trust
Account only (i) to the Public Shareholders in the event they elect to redeem their public shares in connection with the consummation
of a Business Combination, (ii) to the Public Shareholders if the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within the required
time period set forth in its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association as the same may be amended from time to time,
or (iii) to the Company after or concurrently with the consummation of a Business Combination.
For and in consideration of
the Company agreeing to engage the services of the undersigned, the undersigned hereby agrees that it does not have any right, title,
interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account (each, a “Claim”) and hereby waives any Claim
it may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any services provided to the Company and will not seek recourse against the
Trust Account for any reason whatsoever.
Print Name of Vendor
Authorized Signature of Vendor
Exhibit 3.1
Companies Act (Revised)
of the Cayman Islands
Company Limited by Shares
AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
BLEICHROEDER ACQUISITION CORP. I
(Adopted by special resolution
passed on 31 October 2024)
Companies Act (Revised)
of the Cayman Islands
Company Limited by Shares
Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association
of
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I
(Adopted by special resolution passed on 31 October 2024)
| 1 | The name of the Company is Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I |
| 2 | The registered office of the Company shall be at the offices of Ogier Global
(Cayman) Limited, 89 Nexus Way, Camana Bay, Grand Cayman KY1-9009, Cayman Islands, or at such other place within the Cayman Islands as
the Directors may decide. |
| 3 | The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the
Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the laws of the Cayman Islands. |
| 4 | The liability of each Member is limited to the amount, if any, unpaid on such Member’s shares. |
| 5 | The share capital of the Company is US$55,500 divided into 500,000,000 Class
A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each, 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each and 5,000,000
preference shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each, provided always that, subject to the Statute and the Company’s articles of association,
the Company has the power to do any one or more of the following: |
| (a) | to redeem or repurchase any of its shares; and |
| (b) | to increase or reduce its capital; and |
| (c) | to issue any part of its capital (whether original, redeemed, increased or reduced): |
| (i) | with or without any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges or conditions; or |
| (ii) | subject to any limitations or restrictions, |
and unless the condition of issue expressly declares otherwise,
every issue of shares (whether declared to be ordinary, preference or otherwise) is subject to this power; or
| (d) | to alter any of those rights, privileges, conditions, limitations or restrictions. |
| 6 | The Company has power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate
limited by shares under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands. |
| 7 | Capitalised terms that are not defined in this Amended and Restated Memorandum
of Association bear the respective meanings given to them in the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company. |
Companies Act (Revised)
of the Cayman Islands
Company Limited by Shares
AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
BLEICHROEDER ACQUISITION CORP. I
(Adopted by special resolution passed on 31 October 2024)
CONTENTS
1 |
Interpretation |
|
1 |
2 |
Commencement of Business |
|
8 |
3 |
Issue of Shares and other Securities |
|
8 |
4 |
Register of Members |
|
8 |
5 |
Closing Register of Members or Fixing Record Date |
|
9 |
6 |
Certificates for Shares |
|
9 |
7 |
Transfer of Shares |
|
10 |
8 |
Redemption, Repurchase and Surrender of Shares |
|
10 |
9 |
Treasury Shares |
|
11 |
10 |
Variation of Rights of Shares |
|
11 |
11 |
Commission on Sale of Shares |
|
12 |
12 |
Non-Recognition of Trusts |
|
12 |
13 |
Lien on Shares |
|
12 |
14 |
Calls on Shares |
|
13 |
15 |
Forfeiture of Shares |
|
14 |
16 |
Transmission of Shares |
|
15 |
17 |
Class B Share Conversion |
|
16 |
18 |
Amendments of Memorandum and Articles and Alteration of Capital |
|
17 |
19 |
Offices and Places of Business |
|
18 |
20 |
General Meetings |
|
18 |
21 |
Notice of General Meetings |
|
19 |
22 |
Advance Notice for Business |
|
19 |
23 |
Proceedings at General Meetings |
|
20 |
24 |
Votes of Members |
|
21 |
25 |
Proxies |
|
22 |
26 |
Corporate Members |
|
23 |
27 |
Shares that may not be Voted |
|
24 |
28 |
Directors |
|
24 |
29 |
Powers of Directors |
|
24 |
30 |
Appointment and Removal of Directors |
|
24 |
31 |
Vacation of Office of Director |
|
25 |
32 |
Proceedings of Directors |
|
26 |
33 |
Presumption of Assent |
|
27 |
34 |
Directors’ Interests |
|
27 |
35 |
Minutes |
|
28 |
36 |
Delegation of Directors’ Powers |
|
28 |
37 |
No Minimum Shareholding |
|
29 |
38 |
Remuneration of Directors |
|
29 |
39 |
Seal |
|
30 |
40 |
Dividends, Distributions and Reserve |
|
30 |
41 |
Capitalisation |
|
32 |
42 |
Books of Account |
|
32 |
43 |
Audit |
|
32 |
44 |
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Winding Up |
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Indemnity and Insurance |
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Financial Year |
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Transfer by Way of Continuation |
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Mergers and Consolidations |
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Business Combination |
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Certain Tax Filings |
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Business Opportunities |
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Exclusive Jurisdiction |
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Companies Act (Revised)
of the Cayman Islands
Company Limited by Shares
Amended and Restated Articles of Association
of
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I
(Adopted by special resolution passed on 31 October 2024)
| 1.1 | In the Articles Table A in the First Schedule to the Statute does not apply and, unless there is something
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Affiliate |
in respect of a person,
means any other person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such person, and (a) in the case of a natural person, shall include, without
limitation, such person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and
sisters-in-law, whether by blood, marriage or adoption or anyone residing in such person’s home, a trust for the benefit of
any of the foregoing, a company, partnership or any natural person or entity wholly or jointly owned by any of the foregoing and (b)
in the case of an entity, shall include a partnership, a corporation or any natural person or entity which
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with, such entity. |
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Applicable Law |
means, with respect to any person, all provisions of laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits, certificates, judgments, decisions, decrees or orders of any governmental authority applicable to such person. |
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Articles |
means these amended and restated articles of association of the Company. |
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Audit Committee |
means the audit committee
of the board of Directors of the Company established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee. |
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Auditor |
means the person for the time being performing the duties of auditor of the Company (if any). |
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Business Combination |
means a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganisation or similar business combination involving the Company, with one or more businesses or entities (the target business), which Business Combination: (a) as long as the securities of the Company are listed on a Designated Stock Exchange, must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least eighty per cent (80%) of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the signing of the definitive agreement to enter into such Business Combination; and (b) must not be solely effectuated with another blank cheque company or a similar company with nominal operations. |
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business day |
means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorised or obligated by law to close in New York City. |
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Cause |
means a conviction for a criminal offence involving dishonesty or engaging in conduct which brings a Director or the Company into disrepute or which results in a material financial detriment to the Company. |
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Clearing House |
means a clearing house recognised by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on a stock exchange or interdealer quotation system in such jurisdiction. |
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Class A Share |
means a Class A ordinary share of a par value of US$0.0001 in the share capital of the Company. |
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Class B Share |
means a Class B ordinary share of a par value of US$0.0001 in the share capital of the Company. |
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Company |
means the above named company. |
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Company’s Website |
means the website of the Company and/or its web-address or domain name, if any. |
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Compensation Committee |
means the compensation committee of the board of Directors of the Company established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee. |
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Completion Window |
means the period of time: |
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commencing on, and including, the closing date of the IPO; and |
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(b) |
ending on the date that is twenty four (24) months after the closing date of the IPO, such earlier date as the Directors may approve in accordance with the Articles or such later date as the Members may approve in accordance with the Articles. |
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Designated Stock Exchange |
means any United States national securities exchange on which the securities of the Company are listed for trading, including, but not limited to, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, the NYSE MKT LLC, the New York Stock Exchange LLC or any over-the-counter (OTC) market. |
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Directors |
means the directors for the time being of the Company. |
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Dividend |
means any dividend (whether interim or final) resolved to be paid on Shares pursuant to the Articles. |
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Electronic Communication |
means a communication sent by electronic means, including electronic posting to the Company’s Website, transmission to any number, address or internet website (including the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission) or other electronic delivery methods as otherwise decided and approved by the Directors. |
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Electronic Record |
has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act. |
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Electronic Transactions Act |
means the Electronic Transactions Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands. |
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Equity-linked Securities |
means any debt or equity
securities that are convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Shares
issued in a financing transaction in connection with a Business Combination, including but not limited to a private placement of equity
or debt. |
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Exchange Act |
means the United States Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar U.S. federal statute and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time. |
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Founders |
means all Members immediately prior to the consummation
of the IPO. |
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Independent Director |
has the same meaning as in the rules and regulations of
the Designated Stock Exchange or in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act, as the case may be. |
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IPO |
means the Company’s initial public offering of securities. |
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Member |
has the same meaning as in the Statute. |
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Memorandum |
means the amended and restated memorandum of association
of the Company. |
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Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee |
means any nominating and corporate governance committee
of the board of Directors of the Company established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee. |
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Officer |
means a person appointed to hold an office in the Company. |
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Ordinary Resolution |
means a resolution: |
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passed by a simple majority of such Members
as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Company and where
a poll is taken regard shall be had in computing a majority to the number of votes to which each Member is entitled; or |
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(b) |
approved in writing by all of the Members
entitled to vote on such matter at a general meeting of the Company (or such lower threshold as may
be allowed under the Statute from time to time). |
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Over-Allotment Option |
means the option of the Underwriters
to purchase up to an additional fifteen per cent (15%) of the firm units (as described in the Articles) issued in the IPO at a price
equal to US$10 per unit, less underwriting discounts and commissions. |
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Preference Share |
means a preference share of
a par value of US$0.0001 in the share capital of the Company. |
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Public Share |
means a Class A Share issued
as part of the units (as described in the Articles) issued in the IPO. |
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Redemption Notice |
means a notice in a form approved
by the Directors by which a holder of Public Shares is entitled to require the Company to redeem its Public Shares, subject to any
conditions contained therein. |
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Register of Members |
means the Register of Members
maintained in accordance with the Statute and includes (except where otherwise stated) any branch or duplicate Register of Members.
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Registered Office |
means the registered office
for the time being of the Company. |
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Representative |
means a representative of the
Underwriters. |
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Seal |
means the common seal of the
Company and includes every duplicate seal. |
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Securities and Exchange Commission |
means the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission. |
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Share |
means a Class A Share, a Class
B Share or a Preference Share and includes a fraction of a share in the Company. |
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Special Resolution |
means a special resolution of
the Company passed in accordance with the Statute, being a resolution: |
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passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds,
other than with respect to amending either of Articles 30.1 or 48.2 (except where such amendment is proposed in respect of the consummation
of a Business Combination) where such majority shall be at least ninety per cent (90%), of such Members as, being entitled to do
so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Company of which notice specifying the intention
to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given and where a poll is taken regard shall be had in computing
a majority to the number of votes to which each Member is entitled; or |
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approved in writing by all of the Members entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company (or such lower threshold as may be allowed under the Statute from time to time). |
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Sponsor |
means Bleichroeder Sponsor 1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors or assigns. |
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Statute |
means the Companies Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands. |
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Tax Filing Authorised Person |
means such person as any Director shall designate from time to time, acting severally. |
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Treasury Share |
means a Share held in the name of the Company as a treasury share in accordance with the Statute. |
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Trust Account |
means the trust account established by the Company upon the consummation of its IPO and into which a certain amount of the net proceeds of the IPO, together with a certain amount of the proceeds of a private placement of units simultaneously with the closing date of the IPO, will be deposited. |
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Underwriter |
means an underwriter of the IPO from time to time and any successor underwriter. |
| (a) | words importing the singular number include the plural number and vice versa; |
| (b) | words importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender; |
| (c) | words importing persons include corporations as well as any other legal or natural person; |
| (d) | “written” and “in writing” include all modes of representing or reproducing words in visible
form, including in the form of an Electronic Record; |
| (e) | “shall” shall be construed as imperative and “may” shall be construed as permissive; |
| (f) | references to provisions of any law or regulation shall be construed as references to those provisions as amended, modified, re-enacted
or replaced; |
| (g) | any phrase introduced by the terms “including”, “include”, “in
particular” or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding
those terms; |
| (h) | the term “and/or” is used herein to mean both “and” as well as “or.”
The use of “and/or” in certain contexts in no respects qualifies or modifies the use of the terms “and” or “or”
in others. The term “or” shall not be interpreted to be exclusive and the term “and” shall not be interpreted
to require the conjunctive (in each case, unless the context otherwise requires); |
| (i) | headings are inserted for reference only and shall be ignored in construing the Articles; |
| (j) | any requirements as to delivery under the Articles include delivery in the form of an Electronic Record; |
| (k) | any requirements as to execution or signature under the Articles including the execution of the Articles
themselves can be satisfied in the form of an electronic signature as defined in the Electronic Transactions Act; |
| (l) | sections 8 and 19(3) of the Electronic Transactions Act shall not apply; |
| (m) | the term “clear days” in relation to the period of a notice means that period excluding
the day when the notice is received or deemed to be received and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect; and |
| (n) | the term “holder” in relation to a Share means a person whose name is entered in the Register of Members as the
holder of such Share. |
2 | Commencement of Business |
| 2.1 | The business of the Company may be commenced as soon after incorporation of the Company as the Directors
shall see fit. |
| 2.2 | The Directors may pay, out of the capital or any other monies of the Company,
all expenses incurred in or about the formation and establishment of the Company, including the expenses of registration. |
| 3 | Issue of Shares and other
Securities |
| 3.1 | Subject to the provisions, if any, in the Memorandum (and to any direction
that may be given by the Company in general meeting) and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange,
the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, and without
prejudice to any rights attached to any existing Shares, the Directors may allot, issue, grant options over or otherwise dispose of Shares
(including fractions of a Share) with or without preferred, deferred or other rights or restrictions, whether in regard to Dividends or
other distributions, voting, return of capital or otherwise and to such persons, at such times and on such other terms as they think proper,
and may also (subject to the Statute and the Articles) vary such rights, save that the Directors shall not allot, issue, grant options
over or otherwise dispose of Shares (including fractions of a Share) to the extent that it may affect the ability of the Company to carry
out a Class B Share Conversion set out in the Articles. |
| 3.2 | The Company may issue rights, options, warrants or convertible securities
or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares
or other securities in the Company on such terms as the Directors may from time to time determine. |
| 3.3 | The Company may issue units of securities in the Company, which may be comprised
of whole or fractional Shares, rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right
upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or other securities in the Company, upon such terms
as the Directors may from time to time determine. The securities comprising any such units which are issued pursuant to the IPO can only
be traded separately from one another on the 52nd day following the date of the prospectus relating to the IPO unless the Representative(s)
determines that an earlier date is acceptable, subject to the Company having filed a current report on Form 8-K with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. Prior to such date, the units can be traded,
but the securities comprising such units cannot be traded separately from one another. |
| 3.4 | The Company shall not issue
Shares to bearer. |
| 4.1 | The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained the Register of Members
in accordance with the Statute. |
| 4.2 | The Directors may determine that the Company shall maintain one or
more branch registers of Members in accordance with the Statute. The Directors may also determine which register of Members shall constitute the principal register and which
shall constitute the branch register or registers, and to vary such determination from time to time. |
| 5 | Closing Register of Members
or Fixing Record Date |
| 5.1 | For the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of, or to vote
at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or Members entitled to receive payment of any Dividend or other distribution, or
in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose, the Directors may, after notice has been given by advertisement in
an appointed newspaper or any other newspaper or by any other means in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock
Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, provide
that the Register of Members shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not in any case exceed forty days. |
| 5.2 | In lieu of, or apart from, closing the Register of Members, the Directors
may fix in advance or arrears a date as the record date for any such determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any
meeting of the Members or any adjournment thereof, or for the purpose of determining the Members entitled to receive payment of any Dividend
or other distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose. |
| 5.3 | If the Register of Members is not so closed and no record date is fixed
for the determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at, a meeting of Members or Members entitled to receive payment of
a Dividend or other distribution, the date on which notice of the meeting is sent or the date on which the resolution of the Directors
resolving to pay such Dividend or other distribution is passed, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of
Members. When a determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members has been made as provided in this Article, such determination
shall apply to any adjournment thereof. |
| 6.1 | A Member shall only be entitled to a share certificate if the Directors
resolve that share certificates shall be issued. Share certificates representing Shares, if any, shall be in such form as the Directors
may determine. Share certificates shall be signed by one or more Directors or other person authorised by the Directors. The Directors
may authorise certificates to be issued with the authorised signature(s) affixed by mechanical process. All certificates for Shares shall
be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and shall specify the Shares to which they relate. All certificates surrendered to the
Company for transfer shall be cancelled and, subject to the Articles, no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate
representing a like number of relevant Shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled. |
| 6.2 | The Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate for Shares
held jointly by more than one person and delivery of a certificate to one joint holder shall be a sufficient delivery to all of them. |
| 6.3 | If a share certificate is defaced, worn out, lost or destroyed, it may be
renewed on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and on the payment of such expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in
investigating evidence, as the Directors may prescribe, and (in the case of defacement or wearing out) upon delivery of the old certificate. |
| 6.4 | Every share certificate sent in accordance with the Articles will be sent
at the risk of the Member or other person entitled to the certificate. The Company will not be responsible for any share certificate lost
or delayed in the course of delivery. |
| 6.5 | Share certificates shall be issued within the relevant time limit as prescribed
by the Statute, if applicable, or as the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission
and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law may from time to time determine, whichever is shorter,
after the allotment or, except in the case of a Share transfer which the Company is for the time being entitled to refuse to register
and does not register, after lodgement of a Share transfer with the Company. |
| 7.1 | Subject to the terms of the Articles, any Member may transfer all or any
of his Shares by an instrument of transfer provided that such transfer complies with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock
Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. If
the Shares in question were issued in conjunction with rights, options, warrants or units issued pursuant to the Articles on terms that
one cannot be transferred without the other, the Directors shall refuse to register the transfer of any such Share without evidence satisfactory
to them of the like transfer of such right, option, warrant or unit. |
| 7.2 | The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in writing in the usual
or common form or in a form prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission
and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law or in any other form approved by the Directors and shall
be executed by or on behalf of the transferor (and if the Directors so require, signed by or on behalf of the transferee) and may be under
hand or, if the transferor or transferee is a Clearing House or its nominee(s), by hand or by machine imprinted signature or by such other
manner of execution as the Directors may approve from time to time. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of a Share until
the name of the transferee is entered in the Register of Members. |
| 8 | Redemption, Repurchase and
Surrender of Shares |
| 8.1 | Subject to the provisions of
the Statute, and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission
and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, the Company may issue Shares that are to be redeemed
or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Member or the Company. The redemption of such Shares, except Public Shares, shall be
effected in such manner and upon such other terms as the Company may, by Special Resolution, determine before the issue of such
Shares. With respect to redeeming or repurchasing the Shares: |
| (a) | Members who hold Public Shares are entitled to request the redemption of such Shares in the circumstances described in the Business
Combination Article hereof; |
| (b) | Class B Shares held by the Founders shall be surrendered by the Founders on a pro rata basis for no consideration
to the extent that the Over-Allotment Option is not exercised in full so that the Founders will own twenty-five per cent (25%) of the
Company’s issued Shares after the IPO (exclusive of any securities purchased in a private placement simultaneously with the IPO);
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| (c) | Public Shares shall be repurchased by way of tender offer in the circumstances set out in the Business Combination Article hereof. |
| 8.2 | Subject to the provisions of the Statute, and, where applicable, the rules
and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority
or otherwise under Applicable Law, the Company may purchase its own Shares (including any redeemable Shares) in such manner and on such
other terms as the Directors may agree with the relevant Member or in the manner set out in the Business Combination Article hereof. For
the avoidance of doubt, redemptions, repurchases and surrenders of Shares in the circumstances described in the Article above shall not
require further approval of the Members. |
| 8.3 | The Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase
of its own Shares in any manner permitted by the Statute, including out of capital. |
| 8.4 | The Directors may accept the
surrender for no consideration of any fully paid Share. |
| 9.1 | The Directors may, prior to the purchase, redemption or surrender of any
Share, determine that such Share shall be held as a Treasury Share. |
| 9.2 | The Directors may determine to cancel a Treasury Share or transfer a Treasury
Share on such terms as they think proper (including, without limitation, for nil consideration). |
| 10 | Variation of Rights of Shares |
| 10.1 | Subject to Article 3.1, if at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes
of Shares, all or any of the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class)
may, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied without the consent of the holders of the issued Shares of that class where
such variation is considered by the Directors not to have a material adverse effect upon such rights; otherwise, any such variation shall
be made only with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than two-thirds
of the issued Shares of that class (other than with respect to a waiver of the provisions of the Class B Share Conversion Article hereof,
which as stated therein shall only require the consent in writing of the holders of a majority of the issued Shares of that class), or
with the approval of a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the votes cast at a separate meeting of the holders
of the Shares of that class. For the avoidance of doubt, the Directors reserve the right, notwithstanding that any such variation may
not have a material adverse effect, to obtain consent from the holders of Shares of the relevant class. To any such meeting all the provisions
of the Articles relating to general meetings shall apply mutatis mutandis, except that the necessary quorum shall be one person holding
or representing by proxy at least one-third of the issued Shares of the class and that any holder of Shares of the class present in person
or by proxy may demand a poll. |
| 10.2 | For the purposes of a separate class meeting, the Directors may treat two or more or all the classes of
Shares as forming one class of Shares if the Directors consider that such class of Shares would be affected in the same way by the proposals
under consideration, but in any other case shall treat them as separate classes of Shares. |
| 10.3 | The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights
shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class, be deemed to be varied: (i) by the creation
or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu therewith or Shares issued with preferred or other rights; or (ii) where the constitutional
documents of the Company are amended or new constitutional documents of the Company are adopted, in each case, as a result of the Company
undertaking a transfer by way of continuation to a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands. |
| 11 | Commission on Sale of Shares |
The Company may, in so far as the Statute
permits, pay a commission to any person in consideration of his subscribing or agreeing to subscribe (whether absolutely or conditionally)
or procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions (whether absolutely or conditionally) for any Shares. Such commissions may be satisfied
by the payment of cash and/or the issue of fully or partly paid-up Shares. The Company may also on any issue of Shares pay such brokerage
as may be lawful.
| 12 | Non-Recognition of Trusts |
The Company shall not be bound by or
compelled to recognise in any way (even when notified) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any Share, or (except
only as is otherwise provided by the Articles or the Statute) any other rights in respect of any Share other than an absolute right to
the entirety thereof in the holder.
| 13.1 | The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on all Shares (whether fully paid-up or not)
registered in the name of a Member (whether solely or jointly with others) for all debts, liabilities or engagements to or with
the Company (whether presently payable or not) by such Member or his estate, either alone or jointly with any other person, whether a
Member or not, but the Directors may at any time declare any Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article.
The registration of a transfer of any such Share shall operate as a waiver of the Company’s lien thereon. The Company’s lien
on a Share shall also extend to any amount payable in respect of that Share. |
| 13.2 | The Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors think fit, any Shares on which the Company has a
lien, if a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable, and is not paid within fourteen clear days after notice has been
received or deemed to have been received by the holder of the Shares, or to the person entitled to it in consequence of the death or bankruptcy
of the holder, demanding payment and stating that if the notice is not complied with the Shares may be sold. |
| 13.3 | To give effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer
of the Shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The purchaser or his nominee shall be registered as the
holder of the Shares comprised in any such transfer, and he shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall
his title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the sale or the exercise of the Company’s power of sale
under the Articles. |
| 13.4 | The net proceeds of such sale after payment of costs, shall be applied in payment of such part of the
amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable and any balance shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently
payable as existed upon the Shares before the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the Shares at the date of the sale. |
| 14.1 | Subject to the terms of the allotment and issue of any Shares, the Directors may make calls upon the Members
in respect of any monies unpaid on their Shares (whether in respect of par value or premium), and each Member shall (subject to receiving
at least fourteen clear days’ notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times so specified
the amount called on the Shares. A call may be revoked or postponed, in whole or in part, as the Directors may determine. A call may be
required to be paid by instalments. A person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made upon him notwithstanding the
subsequent transfer of the Shares in respect of which the call was made. |
| 14.2 | A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising
such call was passed. |
| 14.3 | The joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof. |
| 14.4 | If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the person from whom it is due shall pay
interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until it is paid at such rate as the Directors may determine (and
in addition all expenses that have been incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment),
but the Directors may waive payment of the interest or expenses wholly or in part. |
| 14.5 | An amount payable in respect of a Share on issue or allotment or at any fixed date, whether on account
of the par value of the Share or premium or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a call and if it is not paid all the provisions of the Articles
shall apply as if that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call. |
| 14.6 | The Directors may issue Shares with different terms as to the amount and times of payment of calls, or
the interest to be paid. |
| 14.7 | The Directors may, if they think fit, receive an amount from any Member willing to advance all or any
part of the monies uncalled and unpaid upon any Shares held by him, and may (until the amount would otherwise become payable) pay interest
at such rate as may be agreed upon between the Directors and the Member paying such amount in advance. |
| 14.8 | No such amount paid in advance of calls shall entitle the Member paying such amount to any portion of
a Dividend or other distribution payable in respect of any period prior to the date upon which such amount would, but for such payment,
become payable. |
| 15.1 | If a call or instalment of a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Directors may
give to the person from whom it is due not less than fourteen clear days’ notice requiring payment of the amount unpaid together
with any interest which may have accrued and any expenses incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment. The notice shall specify
where payment is to be made and shall state that if the notice is not complied with the Shares in respect of which the call was made will
be liable to be forfeited. |
| 15.2 | If the notice is not complied with, any Share in respect of which it was given may, before the payment
required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors. Such forfeiture shall include all Dividends, other
distributions or other monies payable in respect of the forfeited Share and not paid before the forfeiture. |
| 15.3 | A forfeited Share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as
the Directors think fit and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the
Directors think fit. Where for the purposes of its disposal a forfeited Share is to be transferred to any person the Directors may authorise
some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Share in favour of that person. |
| 15.4 | A person any of whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Member in respect of them and shall
surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate for the Shares forfeited and shall remain liable to pay to the Company all monies
which at the date of forfeiture were payable by him to the Company in respect of those Shares together with interest at such rate as the
Directors may determine, but his liability shall cease if and when the Company shall have received payment in full of all monies
due and payable by him in respect of those Shares. |
| 15.5 | A certificate in writing under the hand of one Director or Officer that a Share has been forfeited on
a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated in it as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the Share. The
certificate shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer) constitute a good title to the Share and the person to whom
the Share is sold or otherwise disposed of shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall his title
to the Share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the
Share. |
| 15.6 | The provisions of the Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which,
by the terms of issue of a Share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the par value of the Share or by way of premium
as if it had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified. |
| 16.1 | If a Member dies, the survivor or survivors (where he was a joint holder), or his legal personal representatives
(where he was a sole holder), shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his Shares. The estate of a deceased
Member is not thereby released from any liability in respect of any Share, for which he was a joint or sole holder. |
| 16.2 | Any person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution
of a Member (or in any other way than by transfer) may, upon such evidence being produced as may be required by the Directors, elect,
by a notice in writing sent by him to the Company, either to become the holder of such Share or to have some person nominated by him registered
as the holder of such Share. If he elects to have another person registered as the holder of such Share he shall sign an instrument of
transfer of that Share to that person. The Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as
they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the relevant Member before his death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution,
as the case may be. |
| 16.3 | A person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution
of a Member (or in any other case than by transfer) shall be entitled to the same Dividends, other distributions and other advantages
to which he would be entitled if he were the holder of such Share. However, he shall not, before becoming a Member in respect of a Share,
be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to general meetings of the Company and the Directors
may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered himself or to have some person nominated by him
be registered as the holder of the Share (but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration
as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the relevant Member before his death or bankruptcy or liquidation or
dissolution or any other case than by transfer, as the case may be). If the notice is not complied with within ninety days of being received
or deemed to be received (as determined pursuant to the Articles), the Directors may thereafter
withhold payment of all Dividends, other distributions, bonuses or other monies payable in respect of the Share until the requirements
of the notice have been complied with. |
| 17 | Class B Share Conversion |
| 17.1 | The rights attaching to the Class A Shares and Class B Shares shall rank pari passu in all respects,
and the Class A Shares and Class B Shares shall vote together as a single class on all matters (subject to the Variation of Rights of
Shares Article, the Appointment and Removal of Directors Article and the Transfer by Way of Continuation Article) with the exception that
the holder of a Class B Share shall have the conversion rights referred to in this Article. |
| 17.2 | Class B Shares may be converted into Class A Shares on a one-for-one basis prior to the consummation of
a Business Combination at the option of the holder. |
| 17.3 | Any Class B Shares not converted into Class A Shares pursuant to Article 17.2 above shall automatically
convert into Class A Shares on a one-for-one basis (the Initial Conversion Ratio) concurrently with or immediately following the
consummation of a Business Combination. |
| 17.4 | Notwithstanding the Initial Conversion Ratio, in the case that additional Class A Shares or any other
Equity-linked Securities, are issued, or deemed issued, in excess of the amounts issued in the IPO (including pursuant to the Over-Allotment
Option) and related to or in connection with the closing of a Business Combination, all Class B Shares in issue shall automatically convert
into Class A Shares at the time of the closing of a Business Combination, the ratio for which the Class B Shares shall convert into Class
A Shares will be adjusted so that the number of Class A Shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B Shares will equal, in the aggregate,
twenty-five per cent (25%) of the sum of: |
| (a) | the total number of all Class A Shares in issue upon completion of the IPO (including any Class A Shares
issued pursuant to the Over-Allotment Option and excluding any Class A Shares underlying the private placement units issued to the Sponsor);
plus |
| (b) | all Class A Shares and Equity-linked Securities issued or deemed issued related to or in connection with
the closing of a Business Combination, excluding any Shares or Equity-linked Securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business
Combination and any private placement-equivalent units issued to the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor or to the Company’s
officers and Directors upon the conversion of working capital loans made to the Company; minus |
| (c) | the number of Public Shares redeemed in connection with a Business Combination. |
| 17.5 | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the foregoing adjustment to the Initial Conversion
Ratio may be waived as to any particular issuance or deemed issuance of additional Class A Shares or Equity-linked Securities by the written
consent or agreement of holders of a majority of the Class B
Shares then in issue consenting or agreeing separately as a separate class in the manner provided in the Variation of Rights of Shares
Article hereof. |
| 17.6 | The foregoing conversion ratio shall also be adjusted to account for any subdivision (by share split,
subdivision, exchange, capitalisation, rights issue, reclassification, recapitalisation or otherwise) or combination (by reverse share
split, share consolidation, exchange, reclassification, recapitalisation or otherwise) or similar reclassification or recapitalisation
of the Class A Shares in issue into a greater or lesser number of Shares occurring after the original filing of the Articles without a
proportionate and corresponding subdivision, combination or similar reclassification or recapitalisation of the Class B Shares in issue. |
| 17.7 | Each Class B Share shall convert into its pro-rata number of Class A Shares pursuant to this Article.
The pro-rata share for each holder of Class B Shares will be determined as follows: each Class B Share shall convert into such number
of Class A Shares as is equal to the product of one (1) multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of
Class A Shares into which all of the Class B Shares in issue shall be converted pursuant to this Article and the denominator of which
shall be the total number of Class B Shares in issue at the time of conversion. |
| 17.8 | References in this Article to “converted”, “conversion” or “exchange”
shall mean the compulsory redemption without notice of Class B Shares of any Member and, on behalf of such Members, automatic application
of such redemption proceeds in paying for such new Class A Shares into which the Class B Shares have been converted or exchanged at a
price per Class B Share necessary to give effect to a conversion or exchange calculated on the basis that the Class A Shares to be issued
as part of the conversion or exchange will be issued at par. The Class A Shares to be issued on an exchange or conversion shall be registered
in the name of such Member or in such name as the Member may direct. |
| 17.9 | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article, in no event shall any Class B Share convert
into Class A Shares at a ratio that is less than one for one. |
| 18 | Amendments of Memorandum
and Articles and Alteration of Capital |
| 18.1 | The Company may by Ordinary Resolution: |
| (a) | increase its share capital by such sum as the Ordinary Resolution shall prescribe and with such rights,
priorities and privileges annexed thereto, as the Company in general meeting may determine; |
| (b) | consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of larger amount than its existing Shares; |
| (c) | convert all or any of its paid-up Shares into stock, and reconvert that stock into paid-up Shares of any denomination; |
| (d) | by subdivision of its existing Shares or any of them divide the whole or any part of its share capital
into Shares of smaller amount than is fixed by the Memorandum or into Shares without par value; and |
| (e) | cancel any Shares that at the date of the passing of the Ordinary Resolution have not been taken or agreed
to be taken by any person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the Shares so cancelled. |
| 18.2 | All new Shares created in accordance with the provisions of the preceding Article shall be subject to
the same provisions of the Articles with reference to the payment of calls, liens, transfer, transmission, forfeiture and otherwise as
the Shares in the original share capital. |
| 18.3 | Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the provisions of the Articles as regards the matters to be
dealt with by Ordinary Resolution and Article 48.2, the Company may by Special Resolution: |
| (b) | alter or add to the Articles (subject to Article 48.2); |
| (c) | alter or add to the Memorandum with respect to any objects, powers or other matters specified therein; and |
| (d) | reduce its share capital or any capital redemption reserve fund. |
| 19 | Offices and Places of Business |
Subject to the provisions of the Statute,
the Company may by resolution of the Directors change the location of its Registered Office. The Company may, in addition to its Registered
Office, maintain such other offices or places of business as the Directors determine.
| 20.1 | All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings. |
| 20.2 | The Company may, but shall not (unless required by the Statute) be obliged to, in each year hold a general
meeting as its annual general meeting, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. Any annual general meeting shall
be held at such time and place as the Directors shall appoint. At these meetings the report of the Directors (if any) shall be presented. |
| 20.3 | The Directors, the chief executive officer or the chairman of the board of Directors may call general
meetings and, for the avoidance of doubt, except as expressly provided in Article 20.4 below, Members shall not have the ability to call
general meetings. |
| 20.4 | If at any time there are no Directors, any two (2) Members (or if there is only one (1) Member then that
Member) entitled to vote at general meetings of the Company may convene a general meeting in the same manner as nearly as possible as
that in which general meetings may be convened by the Directors. |
| 21 | Notice of General Meetings |
| 21.1 | At least five (5) clear days’ notice shall be given of any general meeting. Every notice shall specify
the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be conducted at the general meeting and shall
be given in the manner hereinafter mentioned or in such other manner if any as may be prescribed by the Company, provided that a general
meeting of the Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this Article has been given and whether or not the provisions of
the Articles regarding general meetings have been complied with, be deemed to have been duly convened if it is so agreed: |
| (a) | in the case of an annual general meeting, by all of the Members entitled to attend and vote thereat; and |
| (b) | in the case of an extraordinary general meeting, by a majority in number of the Members having a right
to attend and vote at the meeting, together holding not less than ninety-five per cent (95%) in par value of the Shares giving that right. |
| 21.2 | The accidental omission to give notice of a general meeting to, or the non-receipt of notice of a general
meeting by, any person entitled to receive such notice shall not invalidate the proceedings of that general meeting. |
| 22 | Advance Notice for Business |
| 22.1 | Members seeking to bring business before an annual general meeting of the Company, or to nominate candidates
for appointment as Directors at an annual general meeting, must provide written notice of such business to the Company. Such notice must
be received by the Company by the Company’s secretary (or, if none is appointed, any other Officer) at its principal office no later than
the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 150th day prior to the anniversary
date of the immediately preceding annual general meeting. Pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, proposals seeking inclusion in
the annual proxy statement must comply with the notice periods contained therein. |
| 22.2 | To be in proper written form, a Member’s notice to the Company’s secretary (or, if none is appointed,
any other Officer) with respect to any business (other than nominations) must set forth as to each such matter such Member proposes to
bring before the annual general meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual general meeting,
the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event such business
includes a proposal to amend these Articles, the language of the proposed amendment) and the reasons for conducting such business at the
annual general meeting, (ii) the name and record address of such Member and the name and address of the beneficial owner,
if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (iii) the class and number of Shares that are owned beneficially and of record by such Member
and by the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between
such Member and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made and any other person or persons (including their names)
in connection with the proposal of such business by such Member, (v) any material interest of such Member and the beneficial owner, if
any, on whose behalf the proposal is made in such business and (vi) a representation that such Member intends to appear in person or by
proxy at the annual general meeting to bring such business before the annual general meeting. |
| 23 | Proceedings at General Meetings |
| 23.1 | No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present. The holders of at least
one-third of the Shares being individuals present in person or by proxy or if a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised
representative or proxy shall be a quorum. |
| 23.2 | A person may participate at a general meeting by conference telephone or other communications equipment
by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other. Participation by a person in a general
meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting. |
| 23.3 | A resolution (including a Special Resolution) in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by or on
behalf of all of the Members for the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings (or, being corporations
or other non-natural persons, signed by their duly authorised representatives) shall be as valid and effective as if the resolution had
been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held. |
| 23.4 | If a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting to commence or
if during such a meeting a quorum ceases to be present, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same
time and/or place or to such other day, time and/or place as the Directors may determine, and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is
not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Members present shall be a quorum. |
| 23.5 | The Directors may, at any time prior to the time appointed for the meeting to commence, appoint any person
to act as chairman of a general meeting of the Company or, if the Directors do not make any such appointment, the chairman, if any, of
the board of Directors shall preside as chairman at such general meeting. If there is no such chairman, or if he shall not be present
within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, or is unwilling to act, the Directors present shall elect
one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. The chairman from time to time may adopt certain rules and regulations for the conduct
of meetings as he or she sees fit. |
| 23.6 | If no Director is willing to act as chairman or if no Director is present within fifteen minutes after
the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Members present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. |
| 23.7 | The chairman may, with the consent of a meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if so directed
by the meeting) adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting
other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. |
| 23.8 | When a general meeting is adjourned for thirty days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be
given as in the case of an original meeting. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice of an adjourned meeting. |
| 23.9 | If, prior to a Business Combination, a notice is issued in respect of a general meeting and the Directors,
in their absolute discretion, consider that it is impractical or undesirable for any reason to hold that general meeting at the place,
the day and the hour specified in the notice calling such general meeting, the Directors may postpone the general meeting to another place,
day and/or hour provided that notice of the place, the day and the hour of the rearranged general meeting is promptly given to all Members.
No business shall be transacted at any postponed meeting other than the business specified in the notice of the original meeting. |
| 23.10 | When a general meeting is postponed for thirty days or more, notice of the postponed meeting shall be
given as in the case of an original meeting. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice of a postponed meeting. All proxy
forms submitted for the original general meeting shall remain valid for the postponed meeting. The Directors may postpone a general meeting
which has already been postponed. |
| 23.11 | A resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided
on a poll. |
| 23.12 | A poll shall be taken as the chairman directs, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution
of the general meeting at which the poll was demanded. |
| 23.13 | A poll demanded on the election of a chairman or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith.
A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such date, time and place as the chairman of the general meeting directs, and
any business other than that upon which a poll has been demanded or is contingent thereon may proceed pending the taking of the poll. |
| 23.14 | In the case of an equality of votes the chairman shall be
entitled to a second or casting vote. |
| 24.1 | Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any Shares, including as set out at Articles 30.1 and
48, every Member present in any such manner shall have one vote for every Share of which he is the holder. |
| 24.2 | In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by
proxy (or, in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorised representative or proxy), shall be accepted
to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names of the holders
stand in the Register of Members. |
| 24.3 | A Member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court, having jurisdiction
in lunacy, may vote by his committee, receiver, curator bonis, or other person on such Member’s behalf appointed by that court,
and any such committee, receiver, curator bonis or other person may vote by proxy. |
| 24.4 | No person shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless he is registered as a Member on the
record date for such meeting nor unless all calls or other monies then payable by him in respect of Shares have been paid. |
| 24.5 | No objection shall be raised as to the qualification of any voter except at the general meeting or adjourned
general meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered and every vote not disallowed at the meeting shall be valid. Any objection
made in due time in accordance with this Article shall be referred to the chairman whose decision shall be final and conclusive. |
| 24.6 | Votes may be cast either personally or by proxy (or in the case of a corporation or other non-natural
person by its duly authorised representative or proxy). A Member may appoint more than one proxy or the same proxy under one or more instruments
to attend and vote at a meeting. Where a Member appoints more than one proxy the instrument of proxy shall specify the number of Shares
in respect of which each proxy is entitled to exercise the related votes. |
| 24.7 | A Member holding more than one Share need not cast the votes in respect of his Shares in the same way
on any resolution and therefore may vote a Share or some or all such Shares either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting
a Share or some or all of the Shares and, subject to the terms of the instrument appointing him, a proxy appointed under one or more instruments
may vote a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which he is appointed either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from
voting a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which he is appointed. |
| 25.1 | The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing and shall be executed under the hand of the appointor
or of his attorney duly authorised in writing, or, if the appointor is a corporation or other non natural person, under the hand of its
duly authorised representative. A proxy need not be a Member. |
| 25.2 | The Directors may, in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting, or in an instrument of proxy
sent out by the Company, specify the manner by which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited and the place and the time (being
not later than the time appointed for the commencement of
the meeting or adjourned meeting to which the proxy relates) at which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited. In the absence
of any such direction from the Directors in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting or in an instrument of proxy sent out
by the Company, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited physically at the Registered Office not less than 48 hours before
the time appointed for the meeting or adjourned meeting to commence at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote. |
| 25.3 | The chairman may in any event at his discretion declare that an instrument of proxy shall be deemed to
have been duly deposited. An instrument of proxy that is not deposited in the manner permitted, or which has not been declared to have
been duly deposited by the chairman, shall be invalid. |
| 25.4 | The instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form (or such other form as the Directors
may approve) and may be expressed to be for a particular meeting or any adjournment thereof or generally until revoked. An instrument
appointing a proxy shall be deemed to include the power to demand or join or concur in demanding a poll. |
| 25.5 | Votes given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the
previous death or insanity of the principal or revocation of the proxy or of the authority under which the proxy was executed, or the
transfer of the Share in respect of which the proxy is given unless notice in writing of such death, insanity, revocation or transfer
was received by the Company at the Registered Office before the commencement of the general meeting, or adjourned meeting at which it
is sought to use the proxy. |
| 26.1 | Any corporation or other non-natural person which is a Member may in accordance with its constitutional
documents, or in the absence of such provision by resolution of its directors or other governing body, authorise such person as it thinks
fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any class of Members, and the person so authorised shall be entitled
to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual
Member. |
| 26.2 | If a Clearing House (or its nominee(s)), being a corporation, is a Member, it may authorise such persons
as it sees fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or at any meeting of any class of Members provided that the
authorisation shall specify the number and class of Shares in respect of which each such representative is so authorised. Each person
so authorised under the provisions of this Article shall be deemed to have been duly authorised without further evidence of the facts
and be entitled to exercise the same rights and powers on behalf of the Clearing House (or its nominee(s)) as if such person was the registered
holder of such Shares held by the Clearing House (or its nominee(s)). |
| 27 | Shares that may not be Voted |
Shares in the Company that are beneficially
owned by the Company shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number
of outstanding Shares at any given time.
There shall be a board of Directors
consisting of not less than one person provided however that, subject to the requirement to have at least one Director, the Directors
may from time to time fix the maximum and minimum number of Directors to be appointed by resolution of the board of Directors.
| 29.1 | Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Memorandum and the Articles and to any directions given
by Special Resolution, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors who may exercise all the powers of the Company. No
alteration of the Memorandum or Articles and no such direction shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been valid
if that alteration had not been made or that direction had not been given. A duly convened meeting of Directors at which a quorum is present
may exercise all powers exercisable by the Directors. |
| 29.2 | All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable or transferable instruments
and all receipts for monies paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed as the case may be in
such manner as the Directors shall determine by resolution. |
| 29.3 | The Directors on behalf of the Company may pay a gratuity or pension or allowance on retirement to any
Director who has held any other salaried office or place of profit with the Company or to his widow or dependants and may make contributions
to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such gratuity, pension or allowance. |
| 29.4 | The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its
undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital or any part thereof and to issue debentures, debenture stock,
mortgages, bonds and other such securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of
any third party. |
| 30 | Appointment and Removal
of Directors |
| 30.1 | Subject to Article 28, prior to the closing of a Business Combination, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution
of the holders of the Class B Shares appoint any person to be a Director or may by Ordinary Resolution of the holders of the Class B Shares
remove any Director. For the avoidance of doubt, prior to the closing of a Business Combination, holders of Class A Shares shall have
no right to vote on the appointment or removal of any Director. |
| 30.2 | Subject to Article 28, the Directors may appoint any person to be a Director, either to fill a vacancy
or as an additional Director. |
| 30.3 | Subject to Article 28, after the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution
appoint any person to be a Director or may by Ordinary Resolution remove any Director. |
| 30.4 | The Directors shall be divided into three (3) classes designated as Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively.
Directors shall be assigned to each class in accordance with a resolution or resolutions adopted by the board of Directors. At the first
annual general meeting of the Company, the term of office of the Class I Directors shall expire and Class I Directors shall be elected
for a full term of three (3) years. At the second annual general meeting of the Company, the term of office of the Class II Directors
shall expire and Class II Directors shall be elected for a full term of three (3) years. At the third annual general meeting of the Company,
the term of office of the Class III Directors shall expire and Class III Directors shall be elected for a full term of three (3) years.
At each succeeding annual general meeting of the Company, Directors shall be elected for a full term of three (3) years to succeed the
Directors of the class whose terms expire at such annual general meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, each
Director shall hold office until the expiration of his term, until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his
earlier death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of Directors constituting the board of Directors shall shorten the term
of any incumbent Director. |
| 31 | Vacation of Office of Director |
| 31.1 | The office of a Director shall be vacated if: |
| (a) | the Director gives notice in writing to the Company that he resigns the office of Director; or |
| (b) | the Director absents himself (for the avoidance of doubt, without being represented by proxy) from three
consecutive meetings of the board of Directors without special leave of absence from the Directors, and the Directors pass a resolution
that he has by reason of such absence vacated office; or |
| (c) | the Director dies, becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; or |
| (d) | the Director is found to be or becomes of unsound mind; or |
| (e) | all of the other Directors (being not less than two in number) determine that he should be removed as
a Director for Cause (and not otherwise), either by a resolution passed by all of the other Directors at a meeting of the Directors duly
convened and held in accordance with the Articles or by a resolution in writing signed by all of the other Directors. |
| 32 | Proceedings of Directors |
| 32.1 | The quorum for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be fixed by the Directors, and unless
so fixed shall be two if there are two or more Directors, and shall be one if there is only one Director. |
| 32.2 | Subject to the provisions of the Articles, the Directors may regulate their proceedings as they think
fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman shall
have a second or casting vote. |
| 32.3 | A person may participate in a meeting of the Directors or any committee of Directors by conference telephone
or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other at the
same time. Participation by a person in a meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting. Unless otherwise determined
by the Directors, the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the place where the chairman is located at the start of the meeting. |
| 32.4 | A resolution in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all the Directors or all the members of
a committee of the Directors or, in the case of a resolution in writing relating to the removal of any Director or the vacation of office
by any Director, all of the Directors other than the Director who is the subject of such resolution shall be as valid and effectual as
if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors, or committee of Directors as the case may be, duly convened and held. |
| 32.5 | A Director may, or other Officer on the direction of a Director shall, call a meeting of the Directors
by at least two days’ notice in writing to every Director which notice shall set forth the general nature of the business to be
considered unless notice is waived by all the Directors either at, before or after the meeting is held. To any such notice of a meeting
of the Directors all the provisions of the Articles relating to the giving of notices by the Company to the Members shall apply mutatis
mutandis. |
| 32.6 | The continuing Directors (or a sole continuing Director, as the case may be) may act notwithstanding any
vacancy in their body, but if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to the Articles as the necessary
quorum of Directors the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of increasing the number of Directors to be equal to
such fixed number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose. |
| 32.7 | The Directors may elect a chairman of their board and determine the period for which he is to hold office;
but if no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for
the meeting to commence, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. |
| 32.8 | All acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee
of the Directors shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any Director,
and/or that they or any of them were disqualified, and/or had vacated their office and/or were not entitled to vote, be as valid as if
every such person had been duly appointed and/or not disqualified to be a Director and/or had not vacated their office and/or had been
entitled to vote, as the case may be. |
| 32.9 | A Director may be represented at any meetings of the board of Directors by a proxy appointed in writing
by him. The proxy shall count towards the quorum and the vote of the proxy shall for all purposes be deemed to be that of the appointing
Director. |
A Director who is present at a meeting
of the board of Directors at which action on any Company matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless
his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent from such action with the person
acting as the chairman or secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered post to
such person immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director who voted in favour
of such action.
| 34.1 | A Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of Auditor)
in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and on such terms as to remuneration and otherwise as the Directors may determine. |
| 34.2 | A Director may act by himself or by, through or on behalf of his firm in a professional capacity for the
Company and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he were not a Director. |
| 34.3 | A Director may be or become a director or other officer of or otherwise interested in any company promoted
by the Company or in which the Company may be interested as a shareholder, a contracting party or otherwise, and no such Director shall
be accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits received by him as a director or officer of, or from his interest
in, such other company. |
| 34.4 | No person shall be disqualified from the office of Director or prevented by such office from contracting
with the Company, either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or any contract or transaction entered into by
or on behalf of the Company in which any Director shall be in any way interested be or be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director
so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by or arising in connection with any
such contract or transaction by reason of such Director holding office or of the fiduciary relationship thereby established. A Director
shall be at liberty to vote in respect of any contract or transaction in which he is interested provided that the nature of the interest
of any Director in any such contract or transaction shall be disclosed by him at or prior to its consideration and any vote thereon. |
| 34.5 | A general notice that a Director is a shareholder, director, officer or employee of any specified firm
or company and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction with such firm or company shall be sufficient disclosure for the purposes
of voting on a resolution in respect of a contract or transaction in which he has an interest, and after such general notice it shall
not be necessary to give special notice relating to any particular transaction. |
The Directors shall cause minutes to
be made in books kept for the purpose of recording all appointments of Officers made by the Directors, all proceedings at meetings of
the Company or the holders of any class of Shares and of the Directors, and of committees of the Directors, including the names of the
Directors present at each meeting.
| 36 | Delegation of Directors’ Powers |
| 36.1 | The Directors may delegate any of their powers, authorities and discretions, including the power to sub-delegate,
to any committee consisting of one or more Directors (including, without limitation and as applicable, the Audit Committee, the Compensation
Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, if established). Any such delegation may be made subject to any conditions
the Directors may impose and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and any such delegation may be revoked or
altered by the Directors. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of a committee of Directors shall be governed by the Articles
regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying. |
| 36.2 | The Directors may establish any committees, local boards or agencies or appoint any person to be a manager
or agent for managing the affairs of the Company and may appoint any person to be a member of such committees, local boards or agencies.
Any such appointment may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion
of their own powers and any such appointment may be revoked or altered by the Directors. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings
of any such committee, local board or agency shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they
are capable of applying. |
| 36.3 | The Directors may adopt formal written charters for committees and, if so adopted, shall review and
assess the adequacy of such formal written charters on an annual basis. Each of these committees shall be empowered to do all things
necessary to exercise the rights of such committee set forth in the Articles and shall have such powers as the Directors may
delegate pursuant to the Articles and as required by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and
Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. Each of the Audit Committee,
the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, if established, shall consist of such number of
Directors as the Directors shall from time to time determine (or such minimum number as may be required from time to time by the
rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory
authority or otherwise under Applicable Law). For so long as any class of Shares
is listed on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee, if established, shall be made up of such number of Independent Directors as is required from time to time by the rules and
regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or
otherwise under Applicable Law. |
| 36.4 | The Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any person to be the agent of the Company
on such conditions as the Directors may determine, provided that the delegation is not to the exclusion of their own powers and may be
revoked by the Directors at any time. |
| 36.5 | The Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any company, firm, person or body of persons,
whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or authorised signatory of the Company for such purpose
and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under the Articles) and
for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such powers of attorney or other appointment may contain
such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorneys or authorised signatories as the Directors
may think fit and may also authorise any such attorney or authorised signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions
vested in him. |
| 36.6 | The Directors may appoint such Officers as they consider necessary on such terms, at such remuneration
and to perform such duties, and subject to such provisions as to disqualification and removal as the Directors may think fit. Unless otherwise
specified in the terms of his appointment an Officer may be removed by resolution of the Directors or Members. An Officer may vacate his
office at any time if he gives notice in writing to the Company that he resigns his office. |
| 37 | No Minimum Shareholding |
The Company in general meeting may
fix a minimum shareholding required to be held by a Director, but unless and until such a shareholding qualification is fixed a Director
is not required to hold Shares.
| 38 | Remuneration of Directors |
| 38.1 | The remuneration to be paid to the Directors, if any, shall be such remuneration as the Directors shall
determine. The Directors shall also, whether prior to or after the consummation of a Business Combination, be entitled to be paid all
travelling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them in connection with their attendance at meetings of Directors or committees
of Directors, or general meetings of the Company, or separate meetings of the holders of any class of Shares or debentures of the Company,
or otherwise in connection with the business of the Company or the discharge of their duties as a Director, or to receive a fixed allowance
in respect thereof as may be determined by the Directors, or a combination partly of one such method and partly the other. |
| 38.2 | The Directors may by resolution approve additional remuneration to any Director for any services which
in the opinion of the Directors go beyond his ordinary routine work as a Director. Any fees paid to a Director who is also counsel, attorney
or solicitor to the Company, or otherwise serves it in a professional capacity shall be in addition to his remuneration as a Director. |
| 39.1 | The Company may, if the Directors so determine, have a Seal. The Seal shall only be used by the authority
of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors authorised by the Directors. Every instrument to which the Seal has been affixed shall
be signed by at least one person who shall be either a Director or some Officer or other person appointed by the Directors for the purpose. |
| 39.2 | The Company may have for use in any place or places outside the Cayman Islands a duplicate Seal or Seals
each of which shall be a facsimile of the common Seal of the Company and, if the Directors so determine, with the addition on its face
of the name of every place where it is to be used. |
| 39.3 | A Director or Officer, representative or attorney of the Company may without further authority of the
Directors affix the Seal over his signature alone to any document of the Company required to be authenticated by him under seal or to
be filed with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere wheresoever. |
| 40 | Dividends, Distributions
and Reserve |
| 40.1 | Subject to the Statute and this Article and except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any
Shares, the Directors may resolve to pay Dividends and other distributions on Shares in issue and authorise payment of the Dividends or
other distributions out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor. A Dividend shall be deemed to be an interim Dividend
unless the terms of the resolution pursuant to which the Directors resolve to pay such Dividend specifically state that such Dividend
shall be a final Dividend. No Dividend or other distribution shall be paid except out of the realised or unrealised profits of the Company,
out of the share premium account or as otherwise permitted by law. |
| 40.2 | Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, all Dividends and other distributions
shall be paid according to the par value of the Shares that a Member holds. If any Share is issued on terms providing that it shall rank
for Dividend as from a particular date, that Share shall rank for Dividend accordingly. |
| 40.3 | The Directors may deduct from any Dividend or other distribution payable to any Member all sums of money
(if any) then payable by him to the Company on account of calls or otherwise. |
| 40.4 | The Directors may resolve that any Dividend or other distribution
be paid wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets and in particular (but without limitation) by the distribution of shares,
debentures, or securities of any other company or in any one or more of such ways and where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution,
the Directors may settle the same as they think expedient and in particular may issue fractional Shares and may fix the value for distribution
of such specific assets or any part thereof and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members upon the basis of the value
so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all Members and may vest any such specific assets in trustees in such manner as may seem expedient
to the Directors. |
| 40.5 | Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, Dividends and other distributions may
be paid in any currency. The Directors may determine the basis of conversion for any currency conversions that may be required and how
any costs involved are to be met. |
| 40.6 | The Directors may, before resolving to pay any Dividend or other distribution, set aside such sums as
they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, at the discretion of the Directors, be applicable for any purpose of the Company
and pending such application may, at the discretion of the Directors, be employed in the business of the Company. |
| 40.7 | Any Dividend, other distribution, interest or other monies payable in cash in respect of Shares may be
paid by wire transfer to the holder or by cheque or warrant sent through the post directed to the registered address of the holder or,
in the case of joint holders, to the registered address of the holder who is first named on the Register of Members or to such person
and to such address as such holder or joint holders may in writing direct. Every such cheque or warrant shall be made payable to the order
of the person to whom it is sent. Any one of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any Dividends, other distributions,
bonuses, or other monies payable in respect of the Share held by them as joint holders. |
| 40.8 | No Dividend or other distribution shall bear interest against
the Company. |
| 40.9 | Any Dividend or other distribution which cannot be paid to a Member and/or which remains unclaimed after
six months from the date on which such Dividend or other distribution becomes payable may, in the discretion of the Directors, be paid
into a separate account in the Company’s name, provided that the Company shall not be constituted as a trustee in respect of that
account and the Dividend or other distribution shall remain as a debt due to the Member. Any Dividend or other distribution which remains
unclaimed after a period of six years from the date on which such Dividend or other distribution becomes payable shall be forfeited and
shall revert to the Company. |
The Directors may at any time
capitalise any sum standing to the credit of any of the Company’s reserve accounts or funds (including the share premium
account and capital redemption reserve fund) or any sum standing to the credit of the profit and loss account or otherwise available
for distribution; appropriate such sum to Members in the proportions in which such sum would have been divisible amongst such
Members had the same been a distribution of profits by way of Dividend or other distribution; and apply such sum on their behalf in
paying up in full unissued Shares for allotment and distribution credited as fully paid-up to and amongst them in the proportion
aforesaid. In such event the Directors shall do all acts and things required to give effect to such capitalisation, with full power
given to the Directors to make such provisions as they think fit in the case of Shares becoming distributable in fractions
(including provisions whereby the benefit of fractional entitlements accrue to the Company rather than to the Members concerned).
The Directors may authorise any person to enter on behalf of all of the Members interested into an agreement with the Company
providing for such capitalisation and matters incidental or relating thereto and any agreement made under such authority shall be
effective and binding on all such Members and the Company.
| 42.1 | The Directors shall cause proper books of account (including, where applicable, material underlying documentation
including contracts and invoices) to be kept with respect to all sums of money received and expended by the Company and the matters in
respect of which the receipt or expenditure takes place, all sales and purchases of goods by the Company and the assets and liabilities
of the Company. Such books of account must be retained for a minimum period of five years from the date on which they are prepared. Proper
books shall not be deemed to be kept if there are not kept such books of account as are necessary to give a true and fair view of the
state of the Company’s affairs and to explain its transactions. |
| 42.2 | The Directors shall determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions
or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Members not being Directors and
no Member (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred
by Statute or authorised by the Directors or by the Company in general meeting. |
| 42.3 | The Directors may cause to be prepared and to be laid before the Company in general meeting profit and
loss accounts, balance sheets, group accounts (if any) and such other reports and accounts as may be required by law. |
| 43.1 | The Directors may appoint an Auditor of the Company who shall hold office on such terms as the Directors
determine. |
| 43.2 | Without prejudice to the freedom of the Directors to establish
any other committee, if the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, and if required
by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory
authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, the Directors shall establish and maintain an Audit Committee as a committee of the Directors
and shall adopt a formal written Audit Committee charter and review and assess the adequacy of the formal written charter on an annual
basis. The composition and responsibilities of the Audit Committee shall comply with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock
Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. The
Audit Committee shall meet at least once every financial quarter, or more frequently as circumstances dictate. |
| 43.3 | If the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange,
the Company shall conduct an appropriate review of all related party transactions on an ongoing basis and shall utilise the Audit Committee
for the review and approval of potential conflicts of interest. |
| 43.4 | The remuneration of the Auditor shall be fixed by the Audit
Committee (if one exists). |
| 43.5 | If the office of Auditor becomes vacant by resignation or death of the Auditor, or by his becoming incapable
of acting by reason of illness or other disability at a time when his services are required, the Directors shall fill the vacancy and
determine the remuneration of such Auditor. |
| 43.6 | Every Auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts and vouchers
of the Company and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and Officers such information and explanation as may be necessary for
the performance of the duties of the Auditor. |
| 43.7 | Auditors shall, if so required by the Directors, make a report on the accounts of the Company during their
tenure of office at the next annual general meeting following their appointment in the case of a company which is registered with the
Registrar of Companies as an ordinary company, and at the next extraordinary general meeting following their appointment in the case of
a company which is registered with the Registrar of Companies as an exempted company, and at any other time during their term of office,
upon request of the Directors or any general meeting of the Members. |
| 43.8 | Any payment made to members of the Audit Committee (if one exists) shall require the review and approval
of the Directors, with any Director interested in such payment abstaining from such review and approval. |
| 43.9 | The Audit Committee shall monitor compliance with the terms of the IPO and, if any non-compliance is identified,
the Audit Committee shall be charged with the responsibility to take all action necessary to rectify such non-compliance or otherwise
cause compliance with the terms of the IPO. |
| 43.10 | At least one member of the Audit Committee shall be an “audit committee financial expert”
as determined by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent
regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. The “audit committee financial expert” shall have such past employment
experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or any other comparable experience or background
which results in the individual’s financial sophistication. |
| 44.1 | Notices shall be in writing and may be given by the Company to any Member either personally or by sending
it by courier, post, cable, telex, fax or e-mail to him or to his address as shown in the Register of Members (or where the notice is
given by e-mail by sending it to the e-mail address provided by such Member). Notice may also be served by Electronic Communication in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent
regulatory authority or by placing it on the Company’s Website. |
| 44.2 | Where a notice is sent by: |
| (a) | courier; service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by delivery of the notice to a courier company,
and shall be deemed to have been received on the third day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays) following the day on
which the notice was delivered to the courier; |
| (b) | post; service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, pre paying and posting
a letter containing the notice, and shall be deemed to have been received on the fifth day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public
holidays in the Cayman Islands) following the day on which the notice was posted; |
| (c) | cable, telex or fax; service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing and sending
such notice and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was transmitted; |
| (d) | e-mail or other Electronic Communication; service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by transmitting
the e-mail to the e-mail address provided by the intended recipient and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it
was sent, and it shall not be necessary for the receipt of the e-mail to be acknowledged by the recipient; and |
| (e) | placing it on the Company’s Website; service of the notice shall be deemed to have been effected
one hour after the notice or document was placed on the Company’s Website. |
| 44.3 | A notice may be given by the Company to the person or persons which the Company has been advised are entitled
to a Share or Shares in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member in the same manner as other notices which are required to be
given under the Articles and shall be addressed to them by name, or by the title of representatives of the deceased, or trustee of the
bankrupt, or by any like description at the address supplied for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled, or at the option
of the Company by giving the notice in any manner in which the same might have been given if the death or bankruptcy had not occurred. |
| 44.4 | Notice of every general meeting shall be given in any manner authorised by the Articles to every holder
of Shares carrying an entitlement to receive such notice on the record date for such meeting except that in the case of joint holders
the notice shall be sufficient if given to the joint holder first named in the Register of Members and every person upon whom the ownership
of a Share devolves by reason of his being a legal personal representative or a trustee in bankruptcy of a Member where the Member but
for his death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting, and no other person shall be entitled to receive notices
of general meetings. |
| 45.1 | If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator shall apply the assets of the Company in satisfaction
of creditors’ claims in such manner and order as such liquidator thinks fit. Subject to the rights attaching to any Shares, in a
winding up: |
| (a) | if the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be insufficient to repay the whole
of the Company’s issued share capital, such assets shall be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne
by the Members in proportion to the par value of the Shares held by them; or |
| (b) | if the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be more than sufficient to repay the
whole of the Company’s issued share capital at the commencement of the winding up, the surplus shall be distributed amongst the
Members in proportion to the par value of the Shares held by them at the commencement of the winding up subject to a deduction from those
Shares in respect of which there are monies due, of all monies payable to the Company for unpaid calls or otherwise. |
| 45.2 | If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, subject to the rights attaching to any Shares and
with the approval of a Special Resolution of the Company and any other approval required by the Statute, divide amongst the Members in
kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether such assets shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may
for that purpose value any assets and determine how the division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members.
The liquidator may, with the like approval, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of
the Members as the liquidator, with the like approval, shall think fit, but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any asset upon
which there is a liability. |
| 46 | Indemnity and Insurance |
| 46.1 | Every Director and Officer (which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include auditors of the
Company), together with every former Director and former Officer (each an Indemnified Person) shall to the fullest extent
permitted by Applicable Law be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against any liability, action, proceeding, claim,
demand, costs, damages or expenses, including legal expenses, whatsoever which they or any of them may incur as a result of any act
or failure to act in carrying out their functions other than such liability (if any) that they may incur by reason of their own
actual fraud, wilful neglect or wilful default. No Indemnified Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss or damage incurred
by the Company as a result (whether direct or indirect) of the carrying out of their functions unless that liability arises through
the actual fraud, wilful neglect or wilful default of such Indemnified Person. No person shall be found to have committed actual
fraud, wilful neglect or wilful default under this Article unless or until a court of competent jurisdiction shall have made a
finding to that effect. |
| 46.2 | Each Member specifically agrees to waive any claim or right of action such Member might have, whether
individually or by, or in, the right of the Company, against any Director or Officer in connection with new or competing merger bids or
proposals which are proffered to the Board at any time after the execution of a definitive agreement concerning a Business Combination
provided that such waiver shall not extend to any matter in respect of any fraud or dishonesty in relation to the Company which may attach
to such Director or Officer. |
| 46.3 | The Company shall advance to each Indemnified Person reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs
and expenses incurred in connection with the defence of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation involving such Indemnified Person
for which indemnity will or could be sought. In connection with any advance of any expenses hereunder, the Indemnified Person shall execute
an undertaking to repay the advanced amount to the Company if it shall be determined by final judgment or other final adjudication that
such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article. If it shall be determined by a final judgment or
other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses,
then such party shall not be indemnified with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses and any advancement shall be returned to the
Company (without interest) by the Indemnified Person. |
| 46.4 | The Directors, on behalf of the Company, may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any Director
or other Officer against any liability which, by virtue of any rule of law, would otherwise attach to such person in respect of any negligence,
default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which such person may be guilty in relation to the Company. |
Unless the Directors otherwise prescribe,
the financial year of the Company shall end on 31st December in each year and, following the year of incorporation, shall begin on 1st
January in each year.
| 48 | Transfer by Way of Continuation |
| 48.1 | If the Company is exempted as defined in the Statute, it shall, subject to the provisions of the Statute
and with the approval of a Special Resolution passed in accordance with this Article 48, have the power to register by way of continuation
as a body corporate under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands. |
| 48.2 | Prior to the closing of a Business Combination, only the Class B Shares shall carry the right to vote
on any resolution of the shareholders to approve any transfer by way of continuation pursuant to this Article (including any Special Resolution
required to amend the constitutional documents of the Company or to adopt new constitutional documents of the Company, in each case, as
a result of the Company approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). |
| 49 | Mergers and Consolidations |
The Company shall have the power to
merge or consolidate with one or more other constituent companies (as defined in the Statute) upon such terms as the Directors may determine
and (to the extent required by the Statute) with the approval of a Special Resolution.
| 50.1 | Notwithstanding any other provision of the Articles, this Article shall apply during the period commencing
upon the adoption of the Articles and terminating upon the first to occur of the consummation of a Business Combination and the full distribution
of the Trust Account pursuant to this Article. In the event of a conflict between this Article and any other Articles, the provisions
of this Article shall prevail. |
| 50.2 | Prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, the
Company shall either: |
| (a) | submit such Business Combination to its Members for approval; or |
| (b) | provide Members with the opportunity to have their Shares repurchased by means of a tender offer for a
per-Share repurchase price payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, calculated as of two business
days prior to the consummation of such Business Combination, including interest earned on the Trust Account (which interest shall be net
of taxes payable) divided by the number of then issued Public Shares. |
| 50.3 | If the Company initiates any tender offer in accordance with Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange
Act in connection with a proposed Business Combination, it shall file tender offer documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission
prior to completing such Business Combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about such Business
Combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act. If, alternatively, the Company holds a
general meeting to approve a proposed Business Combination, the Company will conduct any redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation
pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules, and file proxy materials with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. |
| 50.4 | At a general meeting called for the purposes of approving a Business Combination pursuant to this Article,
in the event that such Business Combination is approved by Ordinary Resolution, the Company shall be authorised to consummate such Business
Combination. |
| 50.5 | Any Member holding Public Shares who is not the Sponsor, a Founder, Officer or Director may, in connection
with any vote on a proposed Business Combination, elect to have their Public Shares redeemed for cash in accordance with any applicable
requirements provided for in the related proxy materials (the IPO Redemption), including, without limitation, such requirements
with respect to the deadline for making such election (the Election Deadline), provided that (a) no such Member, together with
any Affiliate of such Member or any other person with whom such Member is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under
Section 13 of the Exchange Act) may exercise this redemption right with respect to more than fifteen per cent (15%) of the Public Shares
in the aggregate without the prior consent of the Company and (b) if the Company requires in its sole discretion, any holder that holds
Public Shares beneficially through a nominee must identify itself to the Company in connection with any redemption election in order to
validly redeem such Public Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the board of Directors may, at any time and either before or
after the initially scheduled vote on a Business Combination, in its sole discretion extend the Election Deadline to a later date and
may extend an Election Deadline which has already been extended. If so demanded, the Company shall pay any such redeeming Member, regardless
of whether he is abstaining from voting on or voting for or against such proposed Business Combination, a per-Share redemption price payable
in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation
of the Business Combination, including interest earned on the Trust Account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by
the number of then issued Public Shares (such redemption price being referred to herein as the Redemption Price), subject to Applicable
Law, but only in the event that the applicable proposed Business Combination is approved and consummated. |
| 50.6 | A Member may not withdraw a Redemption Notice once submitted to the Company unless the Directors determine
(in their sole discretion) to permit the withdrawal of such redemption request (which they may do in whole or in part). |
| 50.7 | In the event that the Company does not consummate a Business
Combination within the |
Completion Window, the Company shall:
| (a) | cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; |
| (b) | as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten (10) business days thereafter, subject to lawfully
available funds, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-Share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the
Trust Account, including interest earned on the Trust Account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and less up to $100,000 of
interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of Public Shares then in issue, which redemption will completely extinguish
public Members’ rights as Members (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any) subject to applicable
law; and |
| (c) | as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s
remaining Members and the Directors, liquidate and dissolve, |
subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Cayman
Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements of Applicable Law.
| 50.8 | In the event that any amendment is made to the Articles not for the purposes of approving, or in conjunction with the consummation
of, a Business Combination: |
| (a) | to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection
with a Business Combination or to redeem one hundred per cent (100%) of the Public Shares if the Company has not consummated a Business
Combination within the Completion Window; or |
| (b) | with respect to any other material provisions relating to (i) the rights of holders of Class A Shares; or (ii) pre-initial Business
Combination activity, |
each holder of Public Shares who is not
the Sponsor, a Founder, Officer or Director shall be provided with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares upon the effectiveness
of any such amendment at a per-Share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including
interest earned on the Trust Account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of Public Shares then in issue,
subject to Applicable Law.
| 50.9 | A holder of Public Shares shall be entitled to receive distributions from the Trust Account only in the
event of an IPO Redemption, a repurchase of Shares by means of a tender offer pursuant to this Article, or a distribution of the Trust
Account pursuant to this Article. In no other circumstance shall a holder of Public Shares have any right or interest of any kind in the
Trust Account. |
| 50.10 | Except in connection with the conversion of Class B Shares into Class A Shares pursuant to Article 17
where the holders of such Shares have waived any right to receive funds from the Trust Account, after the issue of Public Shares, and
prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company shall not issue additional Shares or any other securities that would
entitle the holders thereof to: |
| (a) | receive funds from the Trust Account; or |
| (b) | vote as a class with Public Shares on a Business Combination. |
| 50.11 | A Director may vote in respect of a Business Combination in which such Director has a conflict of interest
with respect to the evaluation of such Business Combination. Such Director must disclose such interest or conflict to the other Directors. |
| 50.12 | The Company shall not enter into an initial Business Combination solely with another blank cheque company
or a similar company with nominal operations. |
| 50.13 | The Company may enter into a Business Combination with a target business that is an Affiliate of the Sponsor,
an Officer or a Director. In the event the Company seeks to complete a Business Combination with a target business that is an Affiliate
of the Sponsor, an Officer or a Director, the Company, or a committee of Independent Directors, shall obtain an opinion from an independent
investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions stating that the consideration to be paid
by the Company in such a Business Combination is fair to the Company from a financial point of view. |
Each Tax Filing Authorised Person and
any such other person, acting alone, as any Director shall designate from time to time, are authorised to file tax forms SS-4, W-8 BEN,
W-8 IMY, W-9, 8832 and 2553 and such other similar tax forms as are customary to file with any US state or federal governmental authorities
or foreign governmental authorities in connection with the formation, activities and/or elections of the Company and such other tax forms
as may be approved from time to time by any Director or Officer. The Company further ratifies and approves any such filing made by any
Tax Filing Authorised Person or such other person prior to the date of the Articles.
| 52.1 | To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, none of the Sponsor or any individual serving as a
Director or an Officer (Management) shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain from
engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company. To the fullest extent
permitted by Applicable Law, the Company renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to
participate in, any potential transaction or matter which (a) may be a corporate opportunity for Management, on the one hand, and the
Company, on the other or (b) the presentation of which would breach an existing legal obligation of a member of Management to any other
entity. Except to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, Management shall have no
duty to communicate or offer any such corporate opportunity to the Company and shall not be liable to the Company or its Members for breach
of any fiduciary duty as a Member, Director and/or Officer solely by reason of the fact that such party pursues or acquires such corporate
opportunity for itself, himself or herself, directs such corporate opportunity to another person, or does not communicate information
regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company. |
| 52.2 | Except as provided elsewhere in this Article, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law the Company
hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction
or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for both the Company and Management, about which a Director and/or Officer who is also
a member of Management acquires knowledge. |
| 52.3 | To the extent a court might hold that the conduct of any activity related to a corporate opportunity that
is renounced in this Article to be a breach of duty to the Company or its Members, the Company hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by Applicable Law, any and all claims and causes of action that the Company may have for such activities. To the fullest extent permitted
by Applicable Law, the provisions of this Article apply equally to activities conducted in the future and that have been conducted in
the past. |
| 52.4 | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article, such renouncement shall not apply to any business
opportunity that is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a Director or Officer of the Company and it is an
opportunity the Company is able to complete on a reasonable basis. |
| 53.1 | Unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the courts of the Cayman
Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or dispute arising out of or in connection with the Memorandum, the Articles
or otherwise related in any way to each Member’s shareholding in the Company, including but not limited to: |
| (a) | any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company; |
| (b) | any action asserting a claim of breach of any fiduciary or other duty owed by any current or former Director,
Officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or the Members; |
| (c) | any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Statute, the Memorandum or the Articles; or |
| (d) | any action asserting a claim against the Company governed by the “Internal Affairs Doctrine”
(as such concept is recognised under the laws of the United States of America). |
| 53.2 | Each Member irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands over
all such claims or disputes. |
| 53.3 | Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that the Company may have, each Member acknowledges
that damages alone would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum
and that accordingly the Company shall be entitled, without proof of special damages, to the remedies of injunction, specific performance
or other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum. |
| 53.4 | This Article 53 shall not apply to any action or suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created
by the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, or any claim for which the federal district courts of the United States
of America are, as a matter of the laws of the United States, the sole and exclusive forum for determination of such a claim. |
Exhibit 4.1
SHARE RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Share Rights Agreement
(this “Agreement”) is made as of October 31, 2024 between Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I, a Cayman Islands
exempted company (the “Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation,
(the “Share Rights Agent”).
WHEREAS, the Company has entered
into an agreement with Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a division of J.V.B. Financial Group, LLC (“Representative”),
as representative of the several underwriters, for the Company’s initial public offering (“Public Offering”)
pursuant to which the underwriters will purchase up to an aggregate of 28,750,000 units (including up to 3,750,000 additional units if
the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), each unit (“Unit”) comprised of one Class
A ordinary share of the Company, $0.0001 par value (the “Ordinary Shares”), and one right to receive one-tenth
(1/10) of one Ordinary Share (a “Public Share Right”) upon the happening of the triggering event described herein,
and in connection therewith, will issue and deliver up to an aggregate of 28,750,000 Public Share Rights upon consummation of such Public
Offering, 3,750,000 of which are attributable to the over-allotment option;
WHEREAS, the Company has filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-280777,
as amended (“Registration Statement”), for the registration, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”) of, among other securities, the Units, Public Share Rights, and the Ordinary Shares issuable
to the holders of the Units and Public Share Rights;
WHEREAS, the Company has entered
into agreements with Bleichroeder Sponsor 1 LLC (the “Sponsor”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 425,000 private
units in a private placement transaction to occur simultaneously with the consummation of the Public Offering, with each Unit comprised
of one Ordinary Share and one Share Right (the “Private Share Rights”);
WHEREAS, up to $2,500,000
of working capital loans, as described in the Registration Statement, may be converted into up to 250,000 private placement-equivalent
units, with each Unit comprised of one Ordinary Share and one Share Right (the “Working Capital Share Rights”,
together with the Private Share Rights and the Public Share Rights, the “Share Rights”);
WHEREAS, the Company desires
the Share Rights Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Share Rights Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the issuance,
registration, transfer and exchange of the Share Rights;
WHEREAS, the Company desires
to provide for the form and provisions of the Share Rights, the terms upon which they shall be issued, and the respective rights, limitation
of rights, and immunities of the Company, the Share Rights Agent, and the holders of the Share Rights; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things
have been done and performed which are necessary to make the Share Rights, when executed on behalf of the Company and countersigned by
or on behalf of the Share Rights Agent, as provided herein, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to authorize
the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
| 1. | Appointment of Share Rights
Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Share Rights Agent to act as agent for the Company for the Share Rights, and the Share Rights
Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the same in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. |
| 2.1. | Form of Share Right.
Each Share Right shall be issued in registered or book-entry form, as requested by the Company or the holder of a Share Right. Any Share
Rights issued in registered form shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, the provisions of which are incorporated herein
and shall be signed by, or bear the facsimile signature of, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating
Officer, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, or Secretary. In the event the person whose facsimile signature has been
placed upon any Share Right shall have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the Share Right before such Share
Right is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he or she had not ceased to be such at the date of issuance. |
| 2.2. | Effect of Countersignature.
Except with respect to uncertificated Share Rights as described in Section 2.1 above, unless and until countersigned by the Share Rights
Agent pursuant to this Agreement, a registered Share Right shall be invalid and of no effect and may not be exchanged for Ordinary Shares. |
| 2.3.1. | Share Right Register.
The Share Rights Agent shall maintain books (“Right Register”) for the registration of original issuance and
the registration of transfer of the Share Rights. Upon the initial issuance of the Share Rights, the Share Rights Agent shall issue and
register the Share Rights in the names of the respective holders thereof in such denominations and otherwise in accordance with instructions
delivered to the Share Rights Agent by the Company. |
| 2.3.2. | Registered Holder. Prior
to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Share Right, the Company and the Share Rights Agent may deem and treat the person
or entity in whose name such Share Right shall be registered upon the Share Right Register (“Registered Holder”)
as the absolute owner of such Share Right and of each Share Right represented thereby (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other
writing on the Share Right Certificate made by anyone other than the Company or the Share Rights Agent), for the purpose of the exchange
thereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Share Rights Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. |
|
2.4. |
Detachability of Share Rights. The securities comprising the Units, including the Share Rights, will not be separately transferable until the fifty second (52nd) day after the date of the prospectus included in the Registration Statement (or, if such date is not a business day, the following business day) unless the Representative informs the Company of its decision to allow earlier separate trading, but in no event will separate trading of the securities comprising the Units begin until (i) the Company files a Current Report on Form 8-K which includes an audited balance sheet reflecting the receipt by the Company of the gross proceeds of the Public Offering including the proceeds received by the Company from the exercise of the over-allotment option, if the over-allotment option is exercised on the date hereof, and (ii) the Company issues a press release and files a Current Report on Form 8-K announcing when such separate trading shall begin. |
| 3. | Terms and Exchange of Share
Rights. |
| 3.1. | Share Rights. Each Share
Right shall entitle the holder thereof to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Ordinary Share upon the occurrence of an Exchange Event (as
defined below). Subject to Section 3.3.1 below with respect to the Registered Holders of Share Rights, in the event that the Company
is not the surviving entity immediately following the Exchange Event, holders of Share Rights shall be entitled to automatically receive
the kind and amount of securities or properties of the surviving entity as the holders of each one-tenth (1/10) of one Ordinary Share
is entitled to receive in the Exchange Event. No additional consideration shall be paid by a holder of Share Rights in order to receive
his, her or its Ordinary Share upon the Exchange Event as the purchase price for such number of Ordinary Shares has been included in
the purchase price for the Units. In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Share Rights or issue fractional Ordinary
Shares. |
| 3.2. | Exchange Event. The
exchange event (the “Exchange Event”) shall be the Company’s consummation of an initial Business Combination
(as defined in the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association (as may amended, restated or amended and restated (the “Articles”)). |
| 3.3. | Exchange of Share Rights. |
| 3.3.1. | Issuance of Certificates. As
soon as practicable upon the occurrence of the Exchange Event, the Company shall direct Registered Holders of the Share Rights to return
their Share Rights Certificates (physically or electronically) to the Share Rights Agent, subject to dissenter rights to the extent provided
by applicable law, if any, in the event that the Company is not the surviving entity in a Business Combination. Upon receipt of a valid
Share Rights Certificate, the Company shall issue to the holder of such Share Right(s) the number of whole Ordinary Shares to which he,
she or it is entitled, registered in such name or names as may be directed by him, her or it and issue to such holder a book-entry position
for such Ordinary Shares; provided that in the event that the Company is not the surviving entity following the Exchange Event, the Company
shall notify the registered holders of Share Rights at least two business days prior to the occurrence of the Exchange Event and the
registered holders of Share Rights shall have the right to receive the kind and amount of securities or properties of the surviving entity
pursuant to Section 3.3.4 of this Agreement provided that they affirmatively elect to such conversion. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
or any provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Share Rights.
The Company shall not issue fractional Ordinary Shares upon exchange of Share Rights. At the time of the Exchange Event, the Company
will instruct the Share Rights Agent to round down to the nearest whole Ordinary Share or otherwise addressed in accordance with the
applicable provisions of Cayman Islands law and the Articles. |
| 3.3.2. | Valid Issuance. All
Ordinary Shares issued upon an Exchange Event in conformity with this Agreement shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. |
| 3.3.3. | Date of Issuance. Each
person in whose name any book-entry position for Ordinary Shares is issued and the register of members of the Company updated shall for
all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares on the date of the Exchange Event, irrespective of the date
of delivery of such book-entry position. |
| 3.3.4. | Company Not Surviving Following
Exchange Event. If the Exchange Event results in the Company not being the surviving entity, the definitive agreement will provide
for the holders of Share Rights to receive the same kind and amount of securities or properties of the surviving entity as the holders
of the Ordinary Shares will receive with the Exchange Event, for the number of Ordinary Shares such holder is entitled to pursuant to
Section 3.3.1 above. |
| 3.4. | Duration of Share Rights.
If the Exchange Event does not occur within the time period as described in the Articles and all amendments thereto, and such Business
Combination has not yet been consummated within the applicable time period, the Share Rights shall expire and shall be worthless. |
| 4. | Transfer and Exchange of
Share Rights. |
| 4.1. | Registration of Transfer.
The Share Rights Agent shall register the transfer, from time to time, of any outstanding Share Right upon the Share Right Register,
in the case of certificated Share Rights, upon surrender of such Share Right for transfer, properly endorsed with signatures properly
guaranteed and accompanied by appropriate instructions for transfer. Upon any such transfer, of a certified Share Right, a new Share
Right representing an equal aggregate number of Share Rights shall be issued and the old Share Right shall be cancelled by the Share
Rights Agent. The certificated Share Rights so cancelled shall be delivered by the Share Rights Agent to the Company from time to time
upon request. |
| 4.2. | Procedure for Surrender
of Share Rights. Certificated Share Rights may be surrendered to the Share Rights Agent, together with a written request for exchange
or transfer, and thereupon the Share Rights Agent shall issue in exchange therefor one or more new certificated Share Rights as requested
by the Registered Holder of the Share Rights so surrendered, representing an equal aggregate number of Share Rights; provided, however,
that in the event that a Share Right surrendered for transfer bears a restrictive legend, the Share Rights Agent shall not cancel such
Share Right and issue new Share Rights in exchange therefor until the Share Rights Agent has received an opinion of counsel for the Company
stating that such transfer may be made and indicating whether the new Share Rights must also bear a restrictive legend. |
| 4.3. | Fractional Share Rights.
The Share Rights Agent will not issue fractional shares in connection with an exchange or transfer of Share Rights. Fractional shares
will either be rounded down to the nearest whole share or otherwise addressed in accordance with Cayman Islands law and the Articles.
As a result, you must hold Share Rights in multiples of 10 in order to receive shares for all of your Share Rights upon the Exchange
Event. |
| 4.4. | Service Charges. No
service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Share Rights. |
| 4.5. | Adjustments to Conversion
Ratios. The number of Ordinary Shares that the holders of Share Rights are entitled to receive as a result of the occurrence of an
Exchange Event shall be equitably adjusted to reflect appropriately the effect of any share subdivision, share dividend, reorganization,
recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other like change with respect to the Ordinary Shares occurring
on or after the date hereof and prior to the Exchange Event. |
| 4.6. | Share Right Execution and
Countersignature. The Share Rights Agent is hereby authorized to countersign and to deliver, in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, the Share Rights required to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4, and the Company, whenever required
by the Share Rights Agent, will supply the Share Rights Agent with Share Rights duly executed on behalf of the Company for such purpose. |
| 5. | Other Provisions Relating
to Share Rights of Holders of Share Rights. |
| 5.1. | No Share Rights as Shareholder.
Until exchange of a Share Right for Ordinary Shares as provided for herein, a Share Right does not entitle the Registered Holder thereof
to any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to receive dividends, or other distributions,
exercise any preemptive rights to vote or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings of shareholders
or the election of directors of the Company or any other matter. |
| 5.2. | Lost, Stolen, Mutilated,
or Destroyed Share Rights. If any Share Right is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed, the Company and the Share Rights Agent may
on such terms as to indemnity or otherwise as they may in their discretion impose (which shall, in the case of a mutilated Share Right,
include the surrender thereof), issue a new Share Right of like denomination, tenor, and date as the Share Right so lost, stolen, mutilated,
or destroyed. Any such new Share Right shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the allegedly
lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed Share Right shall be at any time enforceable by anyone. |
| 5.3. | Reservation of Ordinary
Shares. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available a number of its authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares that will
be sufficient to permit the exchange of all outstanding Share Rights issued pursuant to this Agreement. |
| 6. | Concerning the Share Rights
Agent and Other Matters. |
| 6.1. | Payment of Taxes. The
Company will from time to time promptly pay all taxes and charges that may be imposed upon the Company or the Share Rights Agent in respect
of the issuance or delivery of Ordinary Shares upon the exchange of Share Rights, but the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer
taxes in respect of the Share Rights or such shares. |
| 6.2. | Resignation, Consolidation,
or Merger of Share Rights Agent. |
| 6.2.1. | Appointment of Successor
Share Rights Agent. The Share Rights Agent, or any successor to it hereafter appointed, may resign its duties and be discharged from
all further duties and liabilities hereunder after giving sixty (60) days’ notice in writing to the Company. If the office of the
Share Rights Agent becomes vacant by resignation or incapacity to act or otherwise, the Company shall appoint in writing a successor
Share Rights Agent in place of the Share Rights Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days
after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the Share Rights Agent or by the holder of the Share Right
(who shall, with such notice, submit his, her or its Share Right for inspection by the Company), then the holder of any Share Right may
apply to the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York for the appointment of a successor Share Rights Agent
at the Company’s cost. Any successor Share Rights Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such court, shall be a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, in good standing and having its principal office in the Borough of Manhattan,
City and State of New York, and authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and subject to supervision or examination
by federal or state authority. After appointment, any successor Share Rights Agent shall be vested with all the authority, powers, rights,
immunities, duties, and obligations of its predecessor Share Rights Agent with like effect as if originally named as Share Rights Agent
hereunder, without any further act or deed; but if for any reason it becomes necessary or appropriate, the predecessor Share Rights Agent
shall execute and deliver, at the expense of the Company, an instrument transferring to such successor Share Rights Agent all the authority,
powers, and Share Rights of such predecessor Share Rights Agent hereunder; and upon request of any successor Share Rights Agent the Company
shall make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver any and all instruments in writing for more fully and effectually vesting in and confirming
to such successor Share Rights Agent all such authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations. |
| 6.2.2. | Notice of Successor Share
Rights Agent. In the event a successor Share Rights Agent shall be appointed, the Company shall give notice thereof to the predecessor
Share Rights Agent and the transfer agent for the Ordinary Shares not later than the effective date of any such appointment. |
| 6.2.3. | Merger or Consolidation of
Share Rights Agent. Any corporation into which the Share Rights Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation
resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Share Rights Agent shall be a party shall be the successor Share Rights Agent
under this Agreement without any further act. |
| 6.3. | Fees and Expenses of Share
Rights Agent. |
| 6.3.1. | Remuneration. The Company
agrees to pay the Share Rights Agent reasonable remuneration for its services as such Share Rights Agent hereunder and will reimburse
the Share Rights Agent upon demand for all expenditures that the Share Rights Agent may reasonably incur in the execution of its duties
hereunder. |
| 6.3.2. | Further Assurances. The
Company agrees to perform, execute, acknowledge, and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged, and delivered all such
further and other acts, instruments, and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Share Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing
of the provisions of this Agreement. |
| 6.4. | Liability of Share Rights
Agent. |
| 6.4.1. | Reliance on Company Statement.
Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, the Share Rights Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any
fact or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless
other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a statement
signed by Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer, or Secretary and delivered to the Share Rights Agent. The Share Rights Agent may rely upon such statement for any action taken
or suffered in good faith by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. |
| 6.4.2. | Indemnity. The Share
Rights Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. Subject to Section 6.6, the
Company agrees to indemnify the Share Rights Agent and save it harmless against any and all liabilities, including judgments, costs and
reasonable counsel fees, for anything done or omitted by the Share Rights Agent in the execution of this Agreement except as a result
of the Share Rights Agent’s gross negligence or intentional misconduct. |
| 6.4.3. | Exclusions. The Share
Rights Agent shall have no responsibility with respect to the validity of this Agreement or with respect to the validity or execution
of any Share Right (except its countersignature thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or
condition contained in this Agreement or in any Share Right; nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or
warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Share Right or
as to whether any Ordinary Shares will, when issued, be valid and fully paid and nonassessable. |
| 6.5. | Acceptance of Agency.
The Share Rights Agent hereby accepts the agency established by this Agreement and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions
herein set forth. |
| 6.6. | Waiver. The Share Rights
Agent hereby waives any right of set-off or any other right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“Claim”)
in, or to any distribution of, the Trust Account (as defined in that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof, by and between the Company and the Share Rights Agent as trustee thereunder) and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement,
payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever. |
7. | Miscellaneous Provisions. |
| 7.1. | Successors. All the
covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Share Rights Agent shall bind and inure to the
benefit of their respective successors and assigns. |
| 7.2. | Notices. Any notice,
statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Share Rights Agent or by the holder of any Share Right 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 days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing
by the Company with the Share Rights Agent), as follows: |
Any notice, statement
or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the holder of any Share Right or by the Company to or on the Share Rights
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 days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Share Rights
Agent with the Company), as follows:
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
One State Street, 30th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Attn: Compliance Department
And
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I
1345 Avenue of the Americas, Fl 47
New York, NY 10105
Attn: Andrew Gundlach
with a copy to:
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10105
Attn: Stuart Neuhauser, Esq.
| 7.3. | Applicable Law and Exclusive
Forum. The validity, interpretation, and performance of this Agreement and of the Share Rights shall be governed in all respects
by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the
substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or
relating in any way to this Agreement, including under the Securities Act, shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of
New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which
jurisdiction shall be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. The Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive
jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Any such process or summons to be served upon the Company may be served
by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address
set forth in Section 7.2 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and binding upon the Company in any
action, proceeding or claim. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph will not apply to suits brought to enforce
any liability or duty created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any other claim for which the federal district courts
of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest
in the Share Rights shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions in this Section 7.3.
If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope the forum provisions above, is filed in a court other than a court located
within the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (a “foreign action”)
in the name of any Share Rights holder, such Share Rights holder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x) the personal jurisdiction
of the state and federal courts located within the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of
New York in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an “enforcement action”),
and (y) having service of process made upon such Share Rights holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such Share Rights
holder’s counsel in the foreign action as agent for such Share Rights holder. |
| 7.4. | Persons Having Share Rights
under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement expressed and nothing that may be implied from any of the provisions hereof is intended,
or shall be construed, to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto and the Registered Holders
of the Share Rights and, any right, remedy, or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation,
promise, or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises, and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be
for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns and of the Registered Holders of the Share
Rights. |
| 7.5. | Examination of this Agreement.
A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the office of the Share Rights Agent in the Borough of Manhattan,
City and State of New York, for inspection by the Registered Holder of any Share Right. The Share Rights Agent may require any such holder
to submit his, her or its Share Right for inspection by it. |
| 7.6. | Counterparts; Electronic Signatures. This Agreement
may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to
be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Copies of executed counterparts
of this Agreement transmitted by electronic transmission (including by email or in .pdf format) or facsimile as well as electronically
or digitally executed counterparts (such as DocuSign) shall have the same legal effect as original signatures and shall be considered
irrevocable originally executed counterparts of this Agreement. |
| 7.7. | Effect of Headings.
The Section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation thereof. |
| 7.8. | Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by the parties
hereto without the consent of any Registered Holder for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or supplementing
any defective provision contained herein or adding or changing any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Agreement as the parties may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the
Registered Holders in any material respect. All other modifications or amendments shall require the written consent or vote of the Registered
Holders of at least 50% of the then-outstanding Public Share Rights, to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the Registered
Holders of Public Share Rights in any material respect and, solely with respect to any amendment to the terms of the Private Share Rights
or Working Capital Share Rights or any provision of this Agreement with respect to the Private Share Rights, or Working Capital Share
Rights (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the forfeiture or cancellation of any Private Share Rights or Working Capital Share Rights),
50% of the number of then outstanding Private Share Rights and Working Capital Share Rights. |
| 7.9. | Severability. This Agreement
shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision,
the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable
provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement
has been duly executed by the parties hereto as of the day and year first above written.
BLEICHROEDER ACUISITION CORP. I |
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Share Right
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BLEICHROEDER ACQUISITION CORP. I
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
CUSIP G1169T 138
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received
_____________is the registered holder of a right or rights (the “Share
Right” or “Share Rights,” respectively) to receive one-tenth of one Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share
(“Ordinary Shares”), of Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I (the “Company”) for each Share Right evidenced by this
Share Right Certificate on the Company’s completion of an initial business combination (as defined in the prospectus relating to
the Company’s initial public offering (“Prospectus”) upon surrender of this Share Right Certificate pursuant to the
Share Rights Agreement (the “Share Rights Agreement”) between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
(the “Share Rights Agent”). In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle any Share Right.
Upon liquidation of the Company in the event an
initial business combination is not consummated during the required period as identified in the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum
and Articles of Association, as the same may be amended from time to time, the Share Right(s) shall expire and be worthless. The holder
of a Share Right or Share Rights shall have no right or interest of any kind in the Company’s trust account (as defined in the Prospectus).
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer
of the Share Right Certificate at the office or agency of the Share Rights Agent a new Share Right Certificate or Share Right Certificates
of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Share Rights shall be issued to the transferee in exchange for this Share
Right Certificate, without charge except for any applicable tax or other governmental charge.
The Company and the Share Rights Agent may deem
and treat the registered holder as the absolute owner of this Share Right Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other
writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any conversion hereof, of any distribution to the registered holder, and for all other
purposes, and neither the Company nor the Share Rights Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Holders of a Share Right or Share Rights are not
entitled to any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company.
Dated:
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Chairman of the Board |
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The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM – |
as tenants in common |
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-_____Custodian_____ |
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as tenants by the entireties |
(Cust) (Minor) |
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as joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common Act |
under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act _____________ (State) |
Additional Abbreviations may also be used though
not in the above list.
BLEICHROEDER ACQUISITION CORP. I
The Company will furnish without charge to each
shareholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each
class of shares or series thereof of the Company and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
This certificate and the rights represented thereby are issued and shall be held subject to all the provisions of the Share Rights Agreement,
and all amendments thereto, to all of which the holder of this certificate by acceptance hereof assents.
For value received,___________________________
hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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Rights represented by the within Certificate,
and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ___________________________________________________________________________________________
Attorney to transfer the said Rights on the books of the within named Company will full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated ___________
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THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15). |
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Exhibit 10.1
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT
This Investment Management Trust Agreement (this
“Agreement”) is made effective as of October 31, 2024 by and between Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I, a Cayman
Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York
corporation (the “Trustee”).
WHEREAS, the Company’s registration statement
on Form S-1 (File No. 333-280777) (the “Registration Statement”) and prospectus (the “Prospectus”)
for the initial public offering of the Company’s units (the “Units”), each of which consists of one of
the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), and
one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Ordinary Share upon the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination
(such initial public offering hereinafter referred to as the “Offering”), has been declared effective as of
the date hereof by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission;
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into an Underwriting
Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a division of J.V.B. Financial
Group, LLC (“CCM”) as representative (the “Representative”) of the underwriters (the
“Underwriters”) named therein; WHEREAS, as described in the Registration Statement, US$250,000,000 of the gross
proceeds of the Offering and sale of the Private Placement Units (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) (or US$287,500,000 if the
Underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) will be delivered to the Trustee to be deposited and held in a segregated
trust account located at all times in the United States (the “Trust Account”) for the benefit of the Company
and the holders of the Ordinary Shares included in the Units issued in the Offering as hereinafter provided (the amount to be delivered
to the Trustee (and any interest subsequently earned thereon) is referred to herein as the “Property,” the shareholders
for whose benefit the Trustee shall hold the Property will be referred to as the “Public Shareholders,” and
the Public Shareholders and the Company will be referred to together as the “Beneficiaries”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement,
a portion of the Property equal to US$8,750,000, or US$10,362,500 if the Underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full,
is attributable to deferred underwriting discounts and commissions that will be payable by the Company to the Underwriters upon the consummation
of the Business Combination (as defined below) (such discounts and commissions, the “Deferred Discount”); and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee desire to
enter into this Agreement to set forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which the Trustee shall hold the Property.
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:
1. Agreements and Covenants of Trustee.
The Trustee hereby agrees and covenants to:
(a) Hold the Property in trust for the Beneficiaries
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in the Trust Account established by the Trustee in the United States at J.P. Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A. (or at another U.S. chartered commercial bank with consolidated assets of US$100 billion or more) and at a brokerage institution
selected by the Trustee that is reasonably satisfactory to the Company;
(b) Manage, supervise and administer the Trust
Account subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
(c) Promptly upon receipt of written instruction
of the Company, (i) invest and reinvest the Property, initially solely in United States government securities within the meaning of Section
2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, having a maturity of 185 days or less, or in money market funds meeting the
conditions of paragraphs (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(or any successor rule), which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, or (ii) hold the Property as uninvested cash
or (iii) hold the Property in an interest bearing or non-interest bearing demand deposit account at a U.S. chartered commercial bank with
consolidated assets of US$100 billion or more selected by the Trustee that is reasonably satisfactory to the Company; it being understood
that the Trust Account will earn no interest while account funds are uninvested awaiting the Company’s instructions hereunder and
while the account funds are invested or uninvested, the Trustee may earn bank credits or other consideration during such periods;
(d) Collect and receive, when due, all interest
or other income arising from the Property, which shall become part of the “Property,” as such term is used herein;
(e) Promptly notify the Company and the Representative
of all communications received by the Trustee with respect to any Property requiring action by the Company;
(f) Supply any necessary information or documents
as may be requested by the Company (or its authorized agents) in connection with the Company’s preparation of the tax returns relating
to assets held in the Trust Account or in connection with the preparation of the Company’s financial statements or completion of
the audit of the Company’s financial statements by the Company’s auditors;
(g) Participate in any plan or proceeding for
protecting or enforcing any right or interest arising from the Property if, as and when instructed by the Company to do so;
(h) Render to the Company monthly written statements
of the activities of, and amounts in, the Trust Account reflecting all receipts and disbursements of the Trust Account;
(i) Commence liquidation of the Trust Account
only after and promptly after (x) receipt of, and only in accordance with, the terms of a letter from the Company (“Termination
Letter”) in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable,
signed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or Chairman of the board
of directors of the Company (the “Board”) or other director or authorized officer of the Company, and complete
the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in
the Trust Account (which interest shall be net of taxes paid or payable and, in the case of Exhibit B, less up to $100,000
of interest income to pay liquidation and dissolution expenses), only as directed in the Termination Letter and the other documents referred
to therein, or (y) upon the date which is the later of (1) 24 months after the closing of the Offering (or such earlier date as the
Company’s board of directors may approve); and (2) such later date as may be approved by the Company’s shareholders in
accordance with the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as may be amended from time to time (the
“Memorandum and Articles”), if a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee prior to such date,
in which case the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit
B and the Property in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (which interest shall
be net of taxes paid or payable and up to US$100,000 of interest income to pay liquidation and dissolution expenses), shall be distributed
to the Public Shareholders of record as of such date;
(j) Upon written request from the Company, which
may be given from time to time in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit C (a “Tax Payment
Withdrawal Instruction”), withdraw from the Trust Account and distribute to the Company the amount of interest earned on
the Property requested by the Company to cover any income tax obligation owed by the Company, which amount shall be delivered directly
to the Company by electronic funds transfer or other method of prompt payment, and the Company shall forward such payment to the relevant
taxing authority, so long as there is no reduction in the principal amount per share initially deposited in the Trust Account; provided,
however, that to the extent there is not sufficient cash in the Trust Account to pay such tax obligation, the Trustee shall liquidate
such assets held in the Trust Account as shall be designated by the Company in writing to make such distribution (it being acknowledged
and agreed that any such amount in excess of interest income earned on the Property shall not be payable from the Trust Account). The
written request of the Company referenced above shall constitute presumptive evidence that the Company is entitled to said funds, and
the Trustee shall have no responsibility to look beyond said request;
(k) Upon written request from the Company, which
may be given from time to time in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit D (a “Shareholder
Redemption Withdrawal Instruction”), the Trustee shall distribute on behalf of the Company the amount requested by the Company
to be used to redeem Ordinary Shares from Public Shareholders properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment
to the Memorandum and Articles not for the purposes of approving, or in conjunction with the consummation of, a Business Combination (as
defined below) (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with a Business
Combination or to redeem one hundred percent (100%) of its public Ordinary Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business
Combination within such time as is described in the Memorandum and Articles or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to
the rights of holders of Ordinary Shares or pre-initial Business Combination activity. The written request of the Company referenced above
shall constitute presumptive evidence that the Company is entitled to distribute said funds, and the Trustee shall have no responsibility
to look beyond said request;
(l) Not make any withdrawals or distributions
from the Trust Account other than pursuant to Sections 1(i), 1(j), or 1(k) above.
2. Agreements and Covenants of the Company.
The Company hereby agrees and covenants to:
(a) Give all instructions to the Trustee hereunder
in writing, signed by the Company’s Chairperson of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary
or other director or authorized officer of the Company. In addition, except with respect to its duties under Sections 1(i), 1(j)
and 1(k) hereof, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, any verbal or telephonic advice or
instruction which it, in good faith and with reasonable care, believes to be given by any one of the persons authorized above to give
written instructions, provided that the Company shall promptly confirm such instructions in writing;
(b) Subject to Section 4 hereof, hold
the Trustee harmless and indemnify the Trustee from and against any and all expenses, including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements,
or losses suffered by the Trustee in connection with any action taken by it hereunder and in connection with any action, suit or other
proceeding brought against the Trustee involving any claim, or in connection with any claim or demand, which in any way arises out of
or relates to this Agreement, the services of the Trustee hereunder, or the Property or any interest earned on the Property, except for
expenses and losses resulting from the Trustee’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct. Promptly after the receipt by the
Trustee of notice of demand or claim or the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, pursuant to which the Trustee intends to seek
indemnification under this Section 2(b), it shall notify the Company in writing of such claim (hereinafter referred to as
the “Indemnified Claim”). The Trustee shall have the right to conduct and manage the defense against such Indemnified
Claim; provided that the Trustee shall obtain the consent of the Company with respect to the selection of counsel, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Trustee may not agree to settle any Indemnified Claim without the prior written consent of the
Company, which such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed; provided, further that the Company may conduct
and manage the defense against any Indemnified Claim if the Trustee does not promptly take reasonable steps to mount such a defense. The
Company may participate in such action with its own counsel;
(c) Pay the Trustee the fees set forth on Schedule
A hereto, including an initial acceptance fee, annual administration fee and transaction processing fee which fees shall be subject
to modification by the parties from time to time. It is expressly understood that the Property shall not be used to pay such fees unless
and until it is distributed to the Company pursuant to Sections 1(i) through 1(k) hereof. The Company shall pay the Trustee
the initial acceptance fee and the first annual administration fee at the consummation of the Offering. The Company shall not be responsible
for any other fees or charges of the Trustee except as set forth in this Section 2(c), Schedule A and as may be provided
in Section 2(b) hereof;
(d) In connection with any vote of the Company’s
shareholders regarding a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination
involving the Company and one or more businesses or entities (the “Business Combination”), provide to the Trustee
an affidavit or certificate of the inspector of elections for the general meeting verifying the vote of such shareholders regarding such
Business Combination;
(e) Provide the Representative with a copy of
any Termination Letter(s) and/or any other correspondence that is sent to the Trustee with respect to any proposed withdrawal from the
Trust Account promptly after it issues the same;
(f) Unless otherwise agreed between the Company
and the Representative, ensure that any Instruction Letter (as defined in Exhibit A) delivered in connection with a Termination
Letter in the form of Exhibit A expressly provides that the Deferred Discount is paid directly to the account or accounts directed
by the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters prior to any transfer of funds held in the Trust Account to the Company or any other
person;
(g) Instruct the Trustee to make only those distributions
that are permitted under this Agreement, and refrain from instructing the Trustee to make any distributions that are not permitted under
this Agreement; and
(h) Within four (4) business days after the
Underwriters exercise the over-allotment option (or any unexercised portion thereof) or such over-allotment option expires, provide the
Trustee with a notice in writing of the total amount of the Deferred Discount, which shall in no event be less than US$8,750,000.
3. Limitations of Liability. The
Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability to:
(a) Imply obligations, perform duties, inquire
or otherwise be subject to the provisions of any agreement or document other than this Agreement and that which is expressly set forth
herein;
(b) Take any action with respect to the Property,
other than as directed in Section 1 hereof, and the Trustee shall have no liability to any third party except for liability
arising out of the Trustee’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct;
(c) Institute any proceeding for the collection
of any principal and income arising from, or institute, appear in or defend any proceeding of any kind with respect to, any of the Property
unless and until it shall have received instructions from the Company given as provided herein to do so and the Company shall have advanced
or guaranteed to it funds sufficient to pay any expenses incident thereto;
(d) Refund any depreciation in principal of any
Property;
(e) Assume that the authority of any person designated
by the Company to give instructions hereunder shall not be continuing unless provided otherwise in such designation, or unless the Company
shall have delivered a written revocation of such authority to the Trustee;
(f) The other parties hereto or to anyone else
for any action taken or omitted by it, or any action suffered by it to be taken or omitted, in good faith and in the Trustee’s best
judgment, except for the Trustee’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct. The Trustee may rely conclusively and shall be
protected in acting upon any order, notice, demand, certificate, opinion or advice of counsel (including counsel chosen by the Trustee,
which counsel may be the Company’s counsel), statement, instrument, report or other paper or document (not only as to its due execution
and the validity and effectiveness of its provisions, but also as to the truth and acceptability of any information therein contained)
which the Trustee believes, in good faith and with reasonable care, to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper person or
persons. The Trustee shall not be bound by any notice or demand, or any waiver, modification, termination or rescission of this Agreement
or any of the terms hereof, unless evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Trustee, signed by the proper party or parties and,
if the duties or rights of the Trustee are affected, unless it shall give its prior written consent thereto;
(g) Verify the accuracy of the information contained
in the Registration Statement;
(h) Provide any assurance that any Business Combination
entered into by the Company or any other action taken by the Company is as contemplated by the Registration Statement;
(i) File information returns with respect to the
Trust Account with any local, state or federal taxing authority or provide periodic written statements to the Company documenting the
taxes payable by the Company, if any, relating to any interest income earned on the Property;
(j) Prepare, execute and file tax reports, income
or other tax returns and pay any taxes with respect to any income generated by, and activities relating to, the Trust Account, regardless
of whether such tax is payable by the Trust Account or the Company, including, but not limited to, tax obligations, except pursuant to
Section 1(j) hereof; or
(k) Verify calculations, qualify or otherwise
approve the Company’s written requests for distributions pursuant to Sections 1(i), 1(j) or 1(k) hereof.
4. Trust Account Waiver. The Trustee
has no right of set-off or any right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“Claim”) to, or to any monies in,
the Trust Account, and hereby irrevocably waives any Claim to, or to any monies in, the Trust Account that it may have now or in the future.
In the event the Trustee has any Claim against the Company under this Agreement, including, without limitation, under Section 2(b)
or Section 2(c) hereof, the Trustee shall pursue such Claim solely against the Company and its assets outside the Trust Account
and not against the Property or any monies in the Trust Account.
5. Termination. This Agreement shall
terminate as follows:
(a) If the Trustee gives written notice to the
Company that it desires to resign under this Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to locate a successor trustee, pending
which the Trustee shall continue to act in accordance with this Agreement. At such time that the Company notifies the Trustee that a successor
trustee has been appointed and has agreed to become subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee shall transfer the management
of the Trust Account to the successor trustee, including but not limited to the transfer of copies of the reports and statements relating
to the Trust Account, whereupon this Agreement shall terminate; provided, however, that in the event that the Company does
not locate a successor trustee within ninety (90) days of receipt of the resignation notice from the Trustee, the Trustee may submit
an application to have the Property deposited with any court in the State of New York or with the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York and upon such deposit, the Trustee shall be immune from any liability whatsoever; or
(b) At such time that the Trustee has completed
the liquidation of the Trust Account and its obligations in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(i) hereof and distributed
the Property in accordance with the provisions of the Termination Letter, this Agreement shall terminate except with respect to Section 2(b).
(c) If the Offering is not consummated within
ten (10) business days of the date of this Agreement, any funds received by the Trustee from the Company or Bleichroeder Sponsor
1 LLC (the “Sponsor”) for purposes of funding the Trust Account shall be promptly returned to the Company or
Sponsor, as applicable.
6. Miscellaneous.
(a) The Company and the Trustee each acknowledge
that the Trustee will follow the security procedures set forth below with respect to funds transferred from the Trust Account. The Company
and the Trustee will each restrict access to confidential information relating to such security procedures to authorized persons. Each
party must notify the other party immediately if it has reason to believe unauthorized persons may have obtained access to such confidential
information, or of any change in its authorized personnel. In executing funds transfers, the Trustee shall rely upon all information supplied
to it by the Company, including, account names, account numbers and all other identifying information relating to a Beneficiary, Beneficiary’s
bank or intermediary bank. Except for any liability arising out of the Trustee’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct,
the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss, liability or expense resulting from any error in the information or transmission of the
funds.
(b) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result
in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. This Agreement may be executed in several original or facsimile counterparts,
each one of which shall constitute an original, and together shall constitute but one instrument.
(c) This Agreement contains the entire agreement
and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except for Sections 1(i), 1(j) or 1(k)
hereof (which sections may not be modified, amended or deleted without the affirmative vote of sixty-five percent (65%) of the then outstanding
Ordinary Shares and Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share, of the Company, voting together as a single class; provided
that no such amendment will affect any Public Shareholder who has properly elected to redeem his, her or its Ordinary Shares in connection
with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to this Agreement (A) that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s
obligation to redeem one hundred percent (100%) of its public Ordinary Shares if the Company does not complete its initial Business Combination
within the time frame specified in the Memorandum and Articles or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights
of holders of Ordinary Shares or pre-initial Business Combination activity), this Agreement or any provision hereof may only be changed,
amended or modified (other than to correct a typographical error) by a writing signed by each of the parties hereto.
(d) The parties hereto consent to the jurisdiction
and venue of any state or federal court located in the City of New York, State of New York, for purposes of resolving any disputes hereunder.
AS TO ANY CLAIM, CROSS-CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
(e) Any notice, consent or request to be given
in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent by express mail or similar private
courier service, by certified mail (return receipt requested), by hand delivery or by facsimile or email transmission:
if to the Trustee, to:
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
1 State Street, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Francis Wolf and Celeste Gonzalez
Email: fwolf@continentalstock.com
Email: cgonzalez@continentalstock.com
if to the Company, to:
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10106
Telephone: 212-984-3835
Attn: Robert Folino
Email:
in each case, with copies to:
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10105
(212) 370-1300 Attn: Stuart Neuhauser, Esq. and
Cohen & Company Capital Markets,
a division of J.V.B. Financial Group,
LLC
3 Columbus Circle, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Attn: Jerry Serowik, Senior Managing Director,
Head of Capital Markets
(f) Each of the Company and the Trustee hereby
represents that it has the full right and power and has been duly authorized to enter into this Agreement and to perform its respective
obligations as contemplated hereunder. The Trustee acknowledges and agrees that it shall not make any claims or proceed against the Trust
Account, including by way of set-off, and shall not be entitled to any funds in the Trust Account under any circumstance.
(g) This Agreement is the joint product of the
Trustee and the Company and each provision hereof has been subject to the mutual consultation, negotiation and agreement of such parties
and shall not be construed for or against any party hereto.
(h) Each of the Company and the Trustee hereby
acknowledges and agrees that the Representative, on behalf of the Underwriters, is a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.
(i) Except as specified herein, no party to this
Agreement may assign its rights or delegate its obligations hereunder to any other person or entity without the prior written consent
of the other.
[Signature Page Follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly
executed this Investment Management Trust Agreement as of the date first written above.
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Trustee |
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SCHEDULE A
Fee Item | |
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Initial set-up fee | |
Initial closing of Offering by wire transfer. | |
US$ | 3,500.00 | |
Trustee administration fee | |
Payable annually. First year fee payable at initial closing of Offering by wire transfer; thereafter, payable by wire transfer or check. | |
US$ | 10,000.00 | |
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Transaction processing fee for disbursements to Company under Sections 1(i), 1(j) and 1(k) | |
Billed to Company following disbursement
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Paying Agent services as required pursuant to Sections 1(i) and 1(k) | |
Billed to Company upon delivery of
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Exhibit A
[Letterhead of Company]
[Insert date]
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
1 State Street, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Francis Wolf and Celeste Gonzalez
| Re: | Trust Account—Termination Letter |
Dear Mr. Wolf & Ms. Gonzalez:
Pursuant to Section 1(i) of the Investment
Management Trust Agreement between Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company (the “Trustee”), dated as of ____, 2024 (the “Trust Agreement”),
this is to advise you that the Company has entered into an agreement with [●] (the “Target Business”)
to consummate a business combination with Target Business (the “Business Combination”) on or about [insert date].
The Company shall notify you at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the actual date of the consummation of the Business Combination
(the “Consummation Date”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Trust Agreement.
In accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement,
we hereby authorize you to commence to liquidate all of the assets of the Trust Account and to transfer the proceeds into the trust operating
account in the United States at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. to the effect that, on the Consummation Date, all of the funds held in the
Trust Account will be immediately available for transfer to the account or accounts that the Company shall direct on the Consummation
Date (including as directed to it by the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters with respect to the Deferred Discount). It is acknowledged
and agreed that while the funds are on deposit in the trust operating account at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. awaiting distribution, the
Company will not earn any interest or dividends.
On the Consummation Date (i) counsel for
the Company shall deliver to you written notification that the Business Combination has been consummated, or will be consummated concurrently
with your transfer of funds to the accounts as directed by the Company (the “Notification”), (ii) the Company
shall deliver to you (a) a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, which verifies that the Business Combination
has been approved by a vote of the Company’s shareholders, if a vote is held and (b) a joint written instruction signed by
the Company and the Representative with respect to the transfer of the funds held in the Trust Account, including payment of amounts owed
to public shareholders who have properly exercised their redemption rights and payment of the Deferred Discount directly to the account
or accounts directed by the Representative from the Trust Account (the “Instruction Letter”). You are hereby
directed and authorized to transfer the funds held in the Trust Account immediately upon your receipt of the Notification and the Instruction
Letter, in accordance with the terms of the Instruction Letter. In the event that certain deposits held in the Trust Account may not be
liquidated by the Consummation Date without penalty, you will notify the Company in writing of the same and the Company shall direct you
as to whether such funds should remain in the Trust Account and be distributed after the Consummation Date to the Company. Upon the distribution
of all the funds, net of any payments necessary for reasonable unreimbursed expenses related to liquidating the Trust Account, your obligations
under the Trust Agreement shall be terminated.
In the event that the Business Combination is
not consummated on the Consummation Date described in the notice thereof and we have not notified you on or before the original Consummation
Date of a new Consummation Date, then upon receipt by the Trustee of written instructions from the Company, the funds held in the Trust
Account shall be reinvested as provided in Section 1(c) of the Trust Agreement on the business day immediately following the
Consummation Date as set forth in such written instructions as soon thereafter as possible.
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Exhibit B
[Letterhead of Company]
[Insert date]
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
1 State Street, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Francis Wolf and Celeste Gonzalez
| Re: | Trust Account—Termination Letter |
Dear Mr. Wolf and Ms. Gonzalez:
Pursuant to Section 1(i) of the Investment
Management Trust Agreement between Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company (the “Trustee”), dated as of ____, 2024 (the “Trust Agreement”), this
is to advise you that the Company has been unable to effect a business combination with a Target Business within the time frame specified
in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as may be amended from time to time (the “Memorandum
and Articles”), as described in the Company’s Prospectus relating to the Offering. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement.
In accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement,
we hereby authorize you to liquidate all of the assets in the Trust Account and to transfer the total proceeds into the trust operating
account in the United States at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. to await distribution to the Public Shareholders. The Company has selected
[●], 20[ ]1 as the effective date for the purpose of determining when the Public Shareholders will be entitled to
receive their share of the liquidation proceeds. You agree to be the Paying Agent of record and, in your separate capacity as Paying Agent,
agree to distribute said funds directly to the Public Shareholders in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement and the Memorandum
and Articles. Upon the distribution of all the funds, net of any payments necessary for reasonable unreimbursed expenses related to liquidating
the Trust Account, your obligations under the Trust Agreement shall be terminated, except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 1(j)
of the Trust Agreement.
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Exhibit C
[Letterhead of Company]
[Insert date]
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
1 State Street, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Francis Wolf and Celeste Gonzalez
| Re: | Trust Account—Tax Payment Withdrawal
Instruction |
Dear Mr. Wolf and Ms. Gonzalez:
Pursuant to Section 1(j) of the Investment
Management Trust Agreement between Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company (the “Trustee”), dated as of ____, 2024 (the “Trust Agreement”), the
Company hereby requests that you deliver to the Company US$[●] of the interest income earned on the Property as of the date hereof.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement.
The Company needs such funds to pay for the tax
obligations as set forth on the attached tax return or tax statement. In accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, you are hereby
directed and authorized to transfer (via wire transfer) such funds promptly upon your receipt of this letter to the Company’s operating
account at:
[WIRE INSTRUCTION INFORMATION]
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Exhibit D
[Letterhead of Company]
[Insert date]
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
1 State Street, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Francis Wolf and Celeste Gonzalez
| Re: | Trust Account—Shareholder Redemption
Withdrawal Instruction |
Dear Mr. Wolf and Ms. Gonzalez:
Pursuant to Section 1(k) of the Investment
Management Trust Agreement between Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I (the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company (the “Trustee”), dated as of ____, 2024 (the “Trust Agreement”), the
Company hereby requests that you deliver to the redeeming Public Shareholders of the Company US$[●] of the principal and interest
income earned on the Property as of the date hereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Trust Agreement.
The Company needs such funds to pay its Public
Shareholders who have properly elected to have their Ordinary Shares redeemed by the Company in connection with a shareholder vote to
approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as may be amended from time to
time (the “Memorandum and Articles”) not for the purposes of approving, or in conjunction with the consummation
of, a Business Combination (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with
a Business Combination or to redeem one hundred percent (100%) of its public Ordinary Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial
Business Combination within such time as is described in the Memorandum and Articles or (B) with respect to any other provision relating
to the rights of holders of Ordinary Shares or pre-initial Business Combination activity. As such, you are hereby directed and authorized
to transfer (via wire transfer) such funds promptly upon your receipt of this letter to the redeeming Public Shareholders in accordance
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Exhibit D
Exhibit 10.2
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”),
dated as of October 31, 2024, is made and entered into by and between Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I, a Cayman Islands exempted company
(the “Company”) and Bleichroeder Sponsor 1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”).
(the Sponsor together with 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”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company has 9,583,333 Class
B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Founder Shares”), issued and outstanding, up to 1,250,000
of which will be surrendered to the Company for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriters of the Company’s
initial public offering exercise their over-allotment option;
WHEREAS, the Founder Shares are convertible
into Class A ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), on the terms
and conditions provided in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association;
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Company
and the Sponsor entered into that certain Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement (the “Private Placement Units Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to purchase an aggregate of 425,000 private placement units (including
to the extent that the over-allotment option in connection with the Company’s initial public offering is exercised), each unit consisting
of one Ordinary Share and one share right (the “Private Share Right”) to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Ordinary
Share upon the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination (the “Private Placement Units”)
in a private placement transaction occurring simultaneously with the closing of the Company’s initial public offering;
WHEREAS, in order to finance the Company’s
transaction costs in connection with its search for and consummation of an initial Business Combination (as defined below), the Sponsor,
its affiliates or any of the Company’s officers and directors may loan to the Company funds as the Company may require, of which
up to $2,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into private placement-equivalent units (“Working Capital Units”)
at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Holders desire
to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which the Company shall grant the Holders certain registration rights with respect to certain
securities of the Company, as set forth in this Agreement.
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
1.1 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, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the principal executive
officer or principal 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, (ii) would not be required
to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, and (iii) 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 Combination”
shall mean any merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination
involving the Company and one or more businesses or entities.
“Commission”
shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Company”
shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
“Demand Registration”
shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.
“Demanding Holder”
shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.
“Exchange Act”
shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.
“Form S-1”
shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.
“Form S-3”
shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.
“Founder Shares”
shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto and shall be deemed to include the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion thereof.
“Founder Shares
Lock-up Period” shall mean, with respect to the Founder Shares and any Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion thereof,
the period ending on the earlier of (i) one year after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or earlier if,
subsequent to the completion of the Business Combination, the closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per
share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share consolidations, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like)
for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Company’s initial Business Combination
and (ii) subsequent to the initial Business Combination, the date on which the Company completes a subsequent liquidation, merger, share
exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange
their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property.
“Holders”
shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
“Insider Letter”
shall mean that certain letter agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Sponsor and each of the Company’s
officers and directors.
“Maximum Number
of Securities” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.4.
“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 light of the circumstances under
which they were made) not misleading.
“Ordinary Shares”
shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
“Permitted Transferees”
shall mean any person or entity to whom a Holder of Registrable Securities is permitted to transfer such Registrable Securities prior
to the expiration of the Founder Shares Lock-up Period, Private Placement Lock-up Period or any other lock-up period, as the case may
be, under the Insider Letter, the Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, this Agreement and any other applicable agreement between
such Holder and the Company, and to any transferee thereafter.
“Piggyback Registration”
shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.2.1.
“Private Placement
Lock-up Period” shall mean, with respect to Private Placement Units (and the underlying securities), that are held by the
initial purchasers of such Private Placement Units or their Permitted Transferees, the period ending 30 days after the completion of the
Company’s initial Business Combination.
“Private Placement
Units” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
“Private Placement
Units Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
“Pro Rata”
shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.4.
“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.
“Registrable Security”
shall mean (a) the Founder Shares (including any Ordinary Shares or other equivalent equity security issued or issuable upon the conversion
of any of the Founder Shares or exercisable for Ordinary Shares), (b) the Private Placement Units (including any Ordinary Shares underlying
the Private Placement Units and any Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the conversion of the Private Share Rights), (c) any outstanding
Ordinary Shares or any other equity security (including the Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of any other equity security)
of the Company held by a Holder as of the date of this Agreement or acquired by a Holder prior to the consummation of the Business Combination,
(d) any equity securities (including the Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such equity security) of the Company
issuable upon conversion of any working capital loans in an amount up to $2,500,000 made to the Company by a Holder (including the Working
Capital Units (including any Ordinary Shares underlying the Working Capital Units and any Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the
conversion of the underlying Share Rights included in the Working Capital Units)), (e) any equity securities (including the Ordinary Shares
issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such equity security) of the Company held by a Holder on or after the date of the Business
Combination to the extent that such securities are “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) or are otherwise held
by an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company and (f) any other equity security of the Company issued or issuable
with respect to any such Ordinary Share by way of a share capitalization or share sub-division or in connection with a combination of
shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Security,
such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (A) 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; (B) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for such securities
not bearing 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; (C) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; (D) such
securities may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated
thereafter by the Commission) (but with no volume or other restrictions or limitations including as to manner or timing of sale or current
public information requirements); or (E) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution
or other public securities transaction.
“Registration”
shall mean a registration 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 Ordinary Shares 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;
(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; and
(F) reasonable fees and expenses of
one (1) legal counsel selected by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating a Demand Registration to be registered
for offer and sale in the applicable Registration.
“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 subsection 2.1.1.
“Securities Act”
shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
“Shelf”
shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.1.
“Sponsor”
shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
“Subsequent Shelf
Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.2.
“Takedown Requesting
Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.3.
“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
Shelf Takedown” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.3.
“Working Capital
Units” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
ARTICLE 2
REGISTRATIONS
2.1.1 | Request for Registration. Subject to the provisions
of subsection 2.1.4 and Section 2.4 hereof, at any time and from time to time on or after the date the Company consummates
the Business Combination, the Holders of at least a majority of the then-outstanding number of Registrable Securities (the “Demanding
Holders”) may make a written demand for Registration of all or part of their Registrable Securities, which written demand
shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such Registration and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof
(such written demand a “Demand Registration”). The Company shall, within ten (10) days of the Company’s
receipt of the Demand Registration, notify, in writing, all other Holders of Registrable Securities of such demand, and each Holder of
Registrable Securities who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Registration
pursuant to a Demand Registration (each such Holder that includes all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such
Registration, a “Requesting Holder”) shall so notify the Company, in writing, within five (5) days after the
receipt by the Holder of the notice from the Company. Upon receipt by the Company of any such written notification from a Requesting
Holder(s) to the Company, such Requesting Holder(s) shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in a Registration
pursuant to a Demand Registration and the Company shall effect, as soon thereafter as practicable, but not more than forty five (45)
days immediately after the Company’s receipt of the Demand Registration, the Registration of all Registrable Securities requested
by the Demanding Holders and Requesting Holders pursuant to such Demand Registration. Under no circumstances shall the Company be obligated
to effect more than an aggregate of three (3) Registrations pursuant to a Demand Registration under this subsection 2.1.1 with
respect to any or all Registrable Securities; provided, however, that a Registration shall not be counted for such purposes unless a
Form S-1 or any similar long-form registration statement that may be available at such time (“Form S-1”) has
become effective and all of the Registrable Securities requested by the Requesting Holders to be registered on behalf of the Requesting
Holders in such Form S-1 Registration have been sold, in accordance with Section 3.1 of this Agreement; provided, further, that
an Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall not count as a Demand Registration. |
2.1.2 | Effective Registration. Notwithstanding the provisions
of subsection 2.1.1 above or any other part of this Agreement, a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration shall not count
as a Registration unless and until (i) the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to a Registration pursuant to
a Demand Registration has been declared effective by the Commission and (ii) the Company has complied with all of its obligations under
this Agreement with respect thereto; provided, further, that if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective, an offering
of Registrable Securities in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration is subsequently interfered with by any stop order or injunction
of the Commission, federal or state court or any other governmental agency the Registration Statement with respect to such Registration
shall 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) a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating such Demand Registration thereafter affirmatively elect
to continue with such Registration and accordingly notify the Company in writing, but in no event later than five (5) days, of such election;
and provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated or required to file another Registration Statement until the Registration
Statement that has been previously filed with respect to a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration becomes effective or is subsequently
terminated. |
2.1.3 | Underwritten Offering. Subject to the provisions of
subsection 2.1.4 and Section 2.4 hereof, if a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders so advise the Company as part
of their Demand Registration that the offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form
of an Underwritten Offering, then the right of such Demanding Holder or Requesting Holder (if any) to include its Registrable Securities
in such Registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such Underwritten Offering and the inclusion of such
Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering to the extent provided herein. All such Holders proposing to distribute
their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.1.3 shall enter into an underwriting agreement
in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders
initiating the Demand Registration. |
2.1.4 | Reduction of Underwritten Offering. If the managing
Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration, in good faith, advises the Company, the
Demanding Holders and 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 Ordinary Shares or other equity securities
that the Company desires to sell and the Ordinary Shares, 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 dollar amount
or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering
price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number
of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such
Underwritten Offering, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any)
(pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder and Requesting Holder (if any) has requested
be included in such Underwritten Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and Requesting
Holders have requested be included in such Underwritten Registration (such proportion is referred to herein as “Pro Rata”))
that 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 (Pro Rata, based on the respective number
of Registrable Securities that each Holder has so requested) exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant
to subsection 2.2.1 hereof, 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 Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares or other equity
securities of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register in a Registration pursuant to separate written contractual
arrangements with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities. |
2.1.5 | Demand Registration Withdrawal. A majority-in-interest
of the Demanding Holders initiating a Demand Registration or a majority-in-interest of the Requesting Holders (if any), pursuant to a
Registration under subsection 2.1.1 shall have the right to withdraw from a Registration pursuant to such Demand Registration
for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of their intention
to withdraw from such Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to
the Registration of their Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Registration pursuant to a Demand
Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.1.5. |
2.2 | Piggyback Registration. |
2.2.1 | Piggyback Rights. If, at any time on or after the
date the Company consummates a Business Combination, the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with
respect to an offering 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, without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof), other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection
with any employee share option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s
existing shareholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company or (iv) for a dividend
reinvestment plan, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities
as soon as practicable but not less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement, which notice
shall (A) 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 or Underwriters, if any, in such offering, and (B) 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
five (5) days after receipt of such written notice (such Registration a “Piggyback Registration”). The Company
shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and shall use its best efforts
to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested
by the Holders pursuant to this subsection 2.2.1 to be included in a 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. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities
through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.2.1 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with
the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Company. The notice periods set forth in this subsection 2.2.1
shall not apply to an Underwritten Shelf Takedown conducted in accordance with subsection 2.3.3. |
2.2.2 | Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If the managing
Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration that is to be a Piggyback Registration (other than an Underwritten Shelf
Takedown), in good faith, advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in
writing that the dollar amount or number of the Ordinary Shares that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (i) the Ordinary
Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities
other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder (ii) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested
pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof, and (iii) the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration 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 is undertaken for the Company’s
account, the Company shall include in any such Registration (A) first, the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Company
desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number
of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register
their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 hereof (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities
that such Holder has requested be included in such Registration), which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;
and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the
Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights of
other shareholders of the Company, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; |
| (b) | If the Registration 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 (A) first, the Ordinary
Shares 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; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities
has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their
Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1, pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has
requested be included in such Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Holders have requested to be included
in such Registration, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum
Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that
the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that
the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the Ordinary Shares or other equity
securities for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual
arrangements with such persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities. |
2.2.3 | 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) of his, her or its intention to withdraw from such Piggyback Registration 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 2.2.3. |
2.2.4 | Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights. For purposes
of clarity, any Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof shall not be counted as a Registration pursuant to a Demand
Registration effected under Section 2.1 hereof. |
2.3.1 | The Holders of Registrable Securities may at any time, and
from time to time, request in writing that the Company, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated
thereafter by the Commission), register the resale of any or all of their Registrable Securities on Form S-3 or any similar short form
registration statement that may be available at such time (“Form S-3”), or if the Company is ineligible to
use Form S-3, on Form S-1; a registration statement filed pursuant to this subsection 2.3.1 (a “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 Holder. Within five (5) days of the Company’s receipt of a written request from a Holder or
Holders of Registrable Securities for a Registration on a Shelf, the Company shall promptly give written notice of the proposed Registration
to all other Holders of Registrable Securities, and each Holder of Registrable Securities who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion
of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Registration shall so notify the Company, in writing, within ten (10) days after
the receipt by the Holder of the notice from the Company. As soon as practicable thereafter, but not more than twelve (12) days after
the Company’s initial receipt of such written request for a Registration on a Shelf, the Company shall register all or such portion
of such Holder’s Registrable Securities as are specified in such written request, together with all or such portion of Registrable
Securities of any other Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in the written notification given by such Holder or
Holders; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such Registration pursuant to this subsection 2.3.1
if the Holders of Registrable Securities, together with the Holders of any other equity securities of the Company entitled to inclusion
in such Registration, propose to sell the Registrable Securities and such other equity securities (if any) at any aggregate price to
the public of less than $10,000,000. The Company shall maintain each Shelf in accordance with the terms hereof, and shall prepare and
file with the SEC such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements as may be necessary to keep such 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 included on such Shelf. In the event the Company files a Shelf on Form S-1, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to convert the Form S-1 to a Form S-3 as soon as practicable after the Company is eligible to use Form S-3. |
2.3.2 | If any Shelf ceases to be effective under the Securities
Act for any reason at any time while Registrable Securities included thereon are still outstanding, the Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to as promptly as is reasonably practicable cause such Shelf to again become effective under the Securities Act (including
obtaining the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf), and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to as promptly as is reasonably practicable amend such Shelf in a manner reasonably expected to result in the withdrawal of any order
suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf or file an additional registration statement (a “Subsequent Shelf Registration”)
registering the resale of all Registrable Securities including on such Shelf, and pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally
available to, and requested by, any Holder. If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to (i) cause such Subsequent Shelf Registration to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable
after the filing thereof and (ii) keep such Subsequent Shelf Registration 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 included thereon. Any such
Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be on Form S-3 to the extent that the Company is eligible to use such form. Otherwise, such Subsequent
Shelf Registration shall be on another appropriate form. In the event that any Holder holds Registrable Securities that are not registered
for resale on a delayed or continuous basis, the Company, upon request of a Holder shall promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts
to cause the resale of such Registrable Securities to be covered by either, at the Company’s option, a Shelf (including by means
of a post-effective amendment) or a Subsequent Shelf Registration and cause the same to become effective as soon as practicable after
such filing and such Shelf or Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be subject to the terms hereof; provided, however, the Company shall
only be required to cause such Registrable Securities to be so covered once annually after inquiry of the Holders. |
2.3.3 | At any time and from time to time after a Shelf has been
declared effective by the Commission, the Sponsor may request to sell all or any portion of its Registrable Securities in an underwritten
offering that is registered pursuant to the Shelf (each, an “Underwritten Shelf Takedown”); provided that the
Company shall only be obligated to effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if such offering shall include securities with a total offering
price (including piggyback securities and before deduction of underwriting discounts) reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate,
$10,000,000. All requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns shall be made by giving written notice to the Company at least 48 hours prior
to the public announcement of such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, which shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities
proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the expected price range (net of underwriting discounts and commissions) of
such Underwritten Shelf Takedown. The Company shall include in any Underwritten Shelf Takedown the securities requested to be included
by any holder (each a “Takedown Requesting Holder”) at least 24 hours prior to the public announcement of such
Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to written contractual piggyback registration rights of such holder (including to those set forth
herein). The Sponsor shall have the right to select the underwriter(s) for such offering (which shall consist of one or more reputable
nationally recognized investment banks), subject to the Company’s prior approval which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned
or delayed. For purposes of clarity, any Registration effected pursuant to this subsection 2.3.3 shall not be counted as a Registration
pursuant to a Demand Registration effected under Section 2.1 hereof. |
2.3.4 | If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten
Shelf Takedown, in good faith, advises the Company, the Sponsor, and the Takedown Requesting Holders (if any) in writing that the dollar
amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Sponsor, and the Takedown Requesting Holders (if any) desire to sell, taken together
with all other Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities,
then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Sponsor
that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities, determined Pro Rata based on the respective number of Registrable
Securities that each such Holder has so requested to be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown; (ii) second, to the extent that
the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities
that the Company desires to sell, 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 Ordinary Shares or other equity
securities of the Takedown Requesting Holders, if any, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities, determined
Pro Rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Takedown Requesting Holder has so requested to be included
in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown. |
2.3.5 | The Sponsor shall have the right to withdraw from an Underwritten
Shelf Takedown for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any)
of its intention to withdraw from such Underwritten Shelf Takedown prior to the public announcement of such Underwritten Shelf Takedown.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in
connection with an Underwritten Shelf Takedown prior to a withdrawal under this subsection 2.3.5. |
2.4 |
Restrictions on Registration Rights. If (A) during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date one hundred and twenty (120) days after the effective date of, a Company initiated Registration and provided that the Company has delivered written notice to the Holders prior to receipt of a Demand Registration pursuant to subsection 2.1.1 and it continues to actively employ, in good faith, all reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Registration Statement to become effective; (B) the Holders have requested an Underwritten Registration and the Company and the Holders are unable to obtain the commitment of underwriters to firmly underwrite the offer; or (C) in the good faith judgment of the Board such Registration would be seriously detrimental to the Company and the Board concludes as a result that it is essential to defer the filing of such Registration Statement at such time, then in each case the Company shall furnish to such Holders a certificate signed by the Chairperson of the Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board it would be seriously detrimental to the Company for such Registration Statement to be filed in the near future and that it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such Registration Statement. In such event, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than thirty (30) days; provided, however, that the Company shall not defer its obligation in this manner more than once in any 12-month period. |
2.5 |
Legends. In connection with any sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities by a Holder pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission) and upon compliance by the Holder with the requirements of this Section 2.5, if requested by the Holder, the Company shall cause the transfer agent for the Registrable Securities (the “Transfer Agent”) to remove any restrictive legends related to the book entry account holding such Registrable Securities and make a new, unlegended entry for such book entry shares sold or disposed of without restrictive legends within two (2) trading days of any such request therefor from the Holder; provided that the Company and the Transfer Agent have timely received from the Holder customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Transfer Agent in connection therewith. Subject to receipt from the Holder by the Company and the Transfer Agent of customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Transfer Agent in connection therewith, the Holder may request that the Company remove any legend from the book entry position evidencing its Registrable Securities and the Company will, if required by the Transfer Agent, use its commercially reasonable efforts cause an opinion of the Company’s counsel be provided, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Transfer Agent, to the effect that the removal of such restrictive legends in such circumstances may be effected under the Securities Act, following the earliest of such time as such Registrable Securities (i) are subject to or have been or are about to be sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or (ii) have been or are about to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission). If restrictive legends are no longer required for such Registrable Securities pursuant to the foregoing, the Company shall, in accordance with the provisions of this section and within two (2) trading days of any request therefor from the Holder accompanied by such customary and reasonably acceptable representations and other documentation referred to above establishing that restrictive legends are no longer required, deliver to the Transfer Agent irrevocable instructions that the Transfer Agent shall make a new, unlegended entry for such book entry shares. The Company shall be responsible for the fees of its Transfer Agent, its legal counsel and all DTC fees associated with such issuance. |
ARTICLE 3
COMPANY PROCEDURES
3.1 |
General Procedures. If at any time on or after the date the Company consummates a Business Combination the Company is required to effect the Registration of Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its best 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 possible: |
3.1.1 | prepare and file with the Commission as soon as practicable
a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement
to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold; |
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 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 sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth
in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus; |
3.1.3 | prior to filing a Registration Statement or prospectus, or
any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriters, if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included
in such Registration, and such Holders’ and Underwriters’ 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 Underwriters and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel
for any such Holders and Underwriters may 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
its best efforts to (i) 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 request and (ii) 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 necessary
by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to
enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable
Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, 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 or warrant 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
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 its reasonable best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued; |
3.1.8 | at least five (5) days prior to the filing of any Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement furnish a copy thereof to each seller of such Registrable
Securities and its counsel, including, without limitation, providing copies promptly upon receipt of any comment letters received with
respect to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus; |
3.1.9 | 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 happening 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; |
3.1.10 | permit a representative of the Holders (such representative
to be selected by a majority 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; provided, however, that such representatives or Underwriters
enter into a confidentiality agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, prior to the release or disclosure
of any such information; and provided further, the Company may not include the name of any Holder or Underwriter or any information regarding
any Holder or Underwriter in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or
Prospectus, any document that is to be incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any response to any
comment letter, without the prior written consent of such Holder or Underwriter and providing each such Holder or Underwriter a reasonable
amount of time to review and comment on such applicable document, which comments the Company shall include unless contrary to applicable
law; |
3.1.11 | obtain a “cold comfort” letter from the Company’s
independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Registration which the participating Holders may rely on, in
customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter
may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders; |
3.1.12 | on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for
sale pursuant to such Registration, obtain an opinion, dated such date, of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such
Registration, addressed to the Holders, the placement agent or sales agent, if any, and the Underwriters, if any, covering such legal
matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the Holders, placement agent, sales agent,
or Underwriter 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; |
3.1.13 | in the event of any Underwritten Offering, enter into and
perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter of such offering; |
3.1.14 | 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 promulgated thereafter by the Commission); |
3.1.15 | if the Registration involves the Registration of Registrable
Securities involving gross proceeds in excess of $25,000,000, use its 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 in any Underwritten
Offering; and |
3.1.16 | otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and
take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holders, in connection with such Registration. |
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, 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. 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 (i) agrees to sell such person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) 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. |
3.4 |
Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure. Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until he, she or 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 he, she or it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed. If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of any Registration at any time would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure or would require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Company’s control, 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 shortest period of time, but in no event more than thirty (30) days, determined in good faith by the Company to be necessary for such purpose. 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. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders of the expiration of any period during which it exercised its rights under this Section 3.4. |
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 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. The Company further covenants that it shall 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 Ordinary Shares 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 promulgated thereafter by the Commission), including providing any legal opinions. 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. |
ARTICLE 4
INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION
4.1.1 | The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted
by law and the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its
officers and directors and each person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of 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, except
insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use
therein. The Company shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within
the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to the indemnification of the Holder. |
4.1.2 | 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 the Company, its directors and officers and agents and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning
of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’
fees) resulting from any untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus
or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any 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 statement or omission is contained in any information
or affidavit so furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, 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 Underwriters, their officers, directors
and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing
with respect to indemnification of the Company. |
4.1.3 | Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give
prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (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 materially
prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between
such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense
of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall
not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay
the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (plus local 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. No indemnifying party shall, without the 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 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. |
4.1.4 | 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. The Company and each Holder of Registrable
Securities participating in an offering also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for
contribution to such party in the event the Company’s or such Holder’s indemnification is unavailable for any reason. |
4.1.5 | If the indemnification provided under Section 4.1
hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and 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 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 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 relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified
party, and the indemnifying party’s and 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 4.1.5 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 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or 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 4.1.5 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 4.1.5. 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 4.1.5
from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. |
4.2 | Waiver of Medallion Guaranty. The Company agrees to
use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into an indemnification agreement in customary form, in favor of Continental Stock Transfer
& Trust Company (or any successor transfer agent or warrant agent of the Company) in connection with the waiver of any requirement
to provide a medallion guarantee in connection with any Transfer of any equity securities of the Company by the Sponsor or any of its
Permitted Transferees. |
ARTICLE 5
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 | Notices. Any notice or communication under this Agreement
must be in writing and given by (i) deposit in the United States mail, addressed to the party to be notified, postage prepaid and registered
or certified with return receipt requested, (ii) delivery in person or by courier service providing evidence of delivery, or (iii) transmission
by hand delivery, electronic mail, telecopy, telegram or facsimile. Each notice or communication that is mailed, delivered, or transmitted
in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given, served, sent, and received, in the case of mailed notices, on the third
business day following the date on which it is mailed and, in the case of notices delivered by courier service, hand delivery, electronic
mail, telecopy, telegram or facsimile, at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the delivery receipt or the affidavit of
messenger) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation. Any notice or communication under this Agreement
must be addressed, if to the Company, to: 1345 Avenue of the Americas, Fl 47, New York, NY 10105, and, if to any Holder, at such Holder’s
address or contact information as set forth in the 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. |
5.2 | Assignment; 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 Founder Shares Lock-up Period
or the Private Placement Lock-up Period, as the case may be, 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 transfer restrictions set forth in this Agreement. |
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 provisions 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 facsimile or PDF counterparts), 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. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PLACE WHERE
THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED BY ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS APPLIED TO AGREEMENTS AMONG NEW YORK RESIDENTS ENTERED INTO AND TO BE PERFORMED
ENTIRELY WITHIN NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY MAY BE INSTITUTED IN THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED
STATES OR THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN EACH CASE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. |
5.5 | Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent
of the Company and the Holders of at least a majority in interest 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; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely
affects one Holder, solely in his, her or its capacity as a holder of the capital shares of the Company, in a manner that is materially
different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Holder so affected. No course of dealing between
any Holder or the Company and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or the Company in exercising any
rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder or the Company. No single or
partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any
other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party. |
5.6 | Other Registration Rights. The Company represents
and warrants that no person, other than a Holder of Registrable Securities, has any right to require the Company to register any securities
of the Company for sale or to include such securities of the Company in any Registration filed by the Company for the sale of securities
for its own account or for the account of any other person. Further, the Company represents and warrants that this Agreement supersedes
any other registration rights agreement or agreement with similar terms and conditions and in the event of a conflict between any such
agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. |
5.7 | Term. This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier
of (i) the tenth anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (ii) the date as of which (A) all of the Registrable Securities have been
sold pursuant to a Registration Statement (but in no event prior to the applicable period referred to in Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities
Act and Rule 174 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission)) or (B) the Holders of all Registrable Securities
are permitted to sell the Registrable Securities without registration pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision) under the Securities
Act with no volume or other restrictions or limitations. The provisions of Section 3.5 and ARTICLE 4 shall survive any
termination. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused
this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
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BLEICHROEDER ACQUISITION CORP. I,
a Cayman Islands exempted company |
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Andrew Gundlach |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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BLEICHROEDER SPONSOR 1 LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company |
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/s/ Andrew Gundlach |
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Andrew Gundlach |
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Managing Member |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
Exhibit 10.3
PRIVATE PLACEMENT UNITS PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS PRIVATE PLACEMENT UNITS
PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of October 31, 2024 (as it may from time to time be amended, this “Agreement”),
is entered into by and between Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”),
and Bleichroeder Sponsor 1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Purchaser”).
WHEREAS, the Company intends
to consummate an initial public offering of the Company’s units (the “Public Offering”), each unit consisting
of one Class A Ordinary Share, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (an “Ordinary Share”), and one right
to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Ordinary Share upon the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination. The Purchaser
has agreed to purchase an aggregate of 425,000 units (including if the over-allotment option in connection with the Public Offering is
exercised in full) (the “Private Placement Units”), each Private Placement Unit consisting of one Ordinary Share
and one right (the “Private Share Right”) to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Ordinary Share upon the consummation
of an initial business combination.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration
of the mutual promises contained in this Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement hereby, intending legally to be bound, agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
Section 1. Authorization,
Purchase and Sale; Terms of the Private Placement Units.
A. Authorization of the Private
Placement Units. The Company has duly authorized the issuance and sale of the Private Placement Units to the Purchaser.
B. Purchase and Sale of
the Private Placement Units.
(i) On the date
of the consummation of the Public Offering or on such earlier time and date as may be mutually agreed by the Purchaser and the Company
(the “Closing Date”), the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase from
the Company, an aggregate of 425,000 Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per unit for an aggregate purchase price of $4,250,000
(the “Purchase Price”), which shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Company at
least one business day prior to the Closing Date in accordance with the Company’s wiring instructions. On the Closing Date, upon
the payment by the Purchaser of the Purchase Price, the Company, at its option, shall deliver a certificate evidencing the Private Placement
Units purchased by the Purchaser on such date duly registered in the Purchaser’s name to the Purchaser, or effect such delivery
in book-entry form.
C. Terms of the Private
Placement Units.
(i) Each Private
Placement Unit shall have the terms set forth in herein. Each Private Share Right shall have the terms set forth in a Share Rights Agreement
dated the date hereof (the “Share Rights Agreement”) by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer
& Trust Company (the “Share Rights Agent”).
(ii) At the time
of the closing of the Public Offering, the Company and the Purchaser shall enter into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company will grant certain registration rights to the Purchaser relating to the
Private Placement Units (and the underlying securities contained therein).
Section 2. Representations
and Warranties of the Company. As a material inducement to the Purchaser to enter into this Agreement and purchase the Private Placement
Units, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser (which representations and warranties shall survive the Closing Date)
that:
A. Incorporation and Corporate
Power. The Company is an exempted company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands
and is qualified to do business in every jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the financial condition, operating results or assets of the Company. The Company possesses all requisite corporate power
and authority necessary to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Share Rights Agreement.
B. Authorization; No Breach.
(i) The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Private Share Rights have been duly authorized by the Company as of the Closing Date.
This Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’
rights and to general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law). Upon issuance in accordance with, and
payment pursuant to, the terms of this Agreement, the Private Placement Units and the Private Share Rights will constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms as of the Closing Date.
(ii) The execution
and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Private Placement Units and underlying securities, and the
fulfillment of, and compliance with, the respective terms hereof and thereof by the Company, do not and will not as of the Closing Date
(a) conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, (b) constitute a default under, (c) result in the creation
of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon the Company’s equity or assets under, (d) result in a violation of, or
(e) require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice or declaration to, or filing with, any court
or administrative or governmental body or agency pursuant to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company
in effect on the date hereof or as may be amended at or prior to completion of the contemplated Public Offering, or any material law,
statute, rule or regulation to which the Company is subject, or any agreement, order, judgment or decree to which the Company is subject,
except for any filings required after the date hereof under federal or state securities laws.
C. Title to Securities.
Upon issuance in accordance with, and payment pursuant to, the terms hereof, the Private Placement Units and underlying securities will
be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Upon issuance in accordance with, and payment pursuant to, the terms hereof,
and upon registration in the books maintained by or on behalf of the Company for the registration
and transfer of the Private Placement Units or the Company’s register of members (in the case of the Ordinary Shares issuable
upon conversion of the Private Share Rights), the Purchaser will have good title to the Private Placement Units and underlying securities,
free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances of any kind, other than (i) transfer restrictions hereunder, under the letter agreement
entered into among the Company and its insiders, and under the other agreements contemplated hereby, (ii) transfer restrictions under
federal and state securities laws, and (iii) liens, claims or encumbrances imposed due to the actions of the Purchaser.
D. Governmental Consents.
No permit, consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration to or filing with, any governmental authority is required in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of any other transactions
contemplated hereby.
E. Regulation D Qualification.
Neither the Company nor, to its knowledge, any of its affiliates, members, officers, directors or beneficial shareholders of 20% or more
of its outstanding securities, has experienced a disqualifying event as enumerated pursuant to Rule 506(d) of Regulation D under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
Section 3. Representations
and Warranties of the Purchaser. As a material inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement and issue and sell the Private
Placement Units to the Purchaser, the Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company (which representations and warranties shall
survive each Closing Date) that:
A. Organization and Requisite
Authority. The Purchaser possesses all requisite power and authority necessary to carry out the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
B. Authorization; No Breach.
(i) This Agreement
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
and to general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law).
(ii) The execution
and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the fulfillment of and compliance with the terms hereof by the Purchaser does not
and shall not as of each Closing Date conflict with or result in a breach by the Purchaser of the terms, conditions or provisions of
any agreement, instrument, order, judgment or decree to which the Purchaser is subject.
C. Investment Representations.
(i) The Purchaser
is acquiring the Private Placement Units (and underlying securities) and, upon conversion of the Private Share Rights, the Ordinary Shares
underlying the Private Share Rights (collectively, the “Securities”), for the Purchaser’s own account,
for investment purposes only and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, any public sale or distribution thereof.
(ii) The Purchaser
is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D, and the Purchaser has not experienced
a disqualifying event as enumerated pursuant to Rule 506(d) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
(iii) The Purchaser
understands that the Securities are being offered and will be sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements
of the United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Purchaser’s
compliance with, the representations and warranties of the Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions
and the eligibility of the Purchaser to acquire such Securities.
(iv) The Purchaser
did not decide to enter into this Agreement as a result of any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule
502(c) under the Securities Act.
(v) The Purchaser
has been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer
and sale of the Securities which have been requested by the Purchaser. The Purchaser has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions
of the executive officers and directors of the Company. The Purchaser understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high
degree of risk and it has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision
with respect to the acquisition of the Securities.
(vi) The Purchaser
understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation
or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities by the Purchaser nor have such authorities
passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.
(vii) The Purchaser
understands that: (a) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws,
and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (1) subsequently registered thereunder or (2) sold in reliance on
an exemption therefrom; and (b) except as specifically set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, neither the Company nor any other
person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the Securities Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the
terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder. While the Purchaser understands that Rule 144 is not available for the resale of securities
initially issued by shell companies (other than business combination related shell companies) or issuers that have been at any time previously
a shell company, the Purchaser understands that Rule 144 includes an exception to this prohibition if the following conditions are met:
(i) the issuer of the securities that was formerly a shell company has ceased to be a shell company; (ii) the issuer of the securities
is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”); (iii) the issuer of the securities has filed all Exchange Act reports and material required to be filed, as applicable,
during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports and materials), other than Form
8-K reports; and (iv) at least one year has elapsed from the time that the issuer filed current Form 10 type information with the SEC
reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell company.
(viii) The Purchaser
has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters, knows of the high degree of risk associated with investments in
the securities of companies in the development stage such as the Company, is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment
in the Securities and is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities in the amount contemplated hereunder for an
indefinite period of time. The Purchaser has adequate means of providing for its current financial needs and contingencies and will have
no current or anticipated future needs for liquidity which would be jeopardized by the investment in the Securities. The Purchaser can
afford a complete loss of its investment in the Securities.
Section 4. Conditions
of the Purchaser’s Obligations. The obligation of the Purchaser to purchase and pay for the Private Placement Units is subject
to the fulfillment, on or before each Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:
A. Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 2 shall be true and correct at and as of
such Closing Date as though then made.
B. Performance. The
Company shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required
to be performed or complied with by it on or before such Closing Date.
C. No Injunction.
No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated
or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority
over the matters contemplated hereby, which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
D. Share Rights Agreement. The
Company shall have entered into the Share Rights Agreement with the Share Rights Agent and the Registration Rights Agreement, each on
terms satisfactory to the Purchaser.
Section 5. Conditions
of the Company’s Obligations. The obligations of the Company to the Purchaser under this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment,
on or before each Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:
A. Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in Section 3 shall be true and correct at and as
of such Closing Date as though then made.
B. Performance. The
Purchaser shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required
to be performed or complied with by the Purchaser on or before such Closing Date.
C. Corporate Consents.
The Company shall have obtained the consent of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the Share Rights Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Private Placement Units hereunder.
D. No Injunction.
No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated
or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority
over the matters contemplated hereby, which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
E. Share Rights Agreement.
The Company shall have entered into the Share Rights Agreement with the Share Rights Agent and the Registration Rights Agreement, each
on terms satisfactory to the Company.
Section 6. Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated at any time after December 31, 2024 upon the election by either the Company or the Purchaser upon written
notice to the other party if the closing of the Public Offering does not occur prior to such date.
Section 7. Survival of
Representations and Warranties. All of the representations and warranties contained herein shall survive each Closing Date.
Section 8. Definitions.
Terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the registration statement on
Form S-1 the Company has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, under the Securities Act.
Section 9. Miscellaneous.
A. Successors and Assigns.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the
parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors of the parties hereto whether so expressed or not. Notwithstanding
the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, the parties may not assign this Agreement, other than assignments by the Purchaser to
affiliates thereof (including, without limitation one or more of its members).
B. Severability. Whenever
possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but
if any provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only
to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of this Agreement.
C. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, none of which need contain the signatures of more than one party,
but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
D. Descriptive Headings;
Interpretation. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive part
of this Agreement. The use of the word “including” in this Agreement shall be by way of example rather than by limitation.
E. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York and for all purposes shall be construed in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.
F. Amendments. This
Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived as to any particular provision, except by a written instrument executed by all parties
hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties hereto have executed this Agreement to be effective as of the date first set forth above.
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[Signature Page to Private Placement Units Purchase
Agreement]
6
Exhibit 10.4
October 31, 2024
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I
1345 Avenue of the Americas, Fl 47
New York, NY 10105
Re: Initial Public Offering
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter (this “Letter
Agreement”) is being delivered to you in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”)
entered into by and among Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”)
and Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a division of J.V.B. Financial Group, LLC as representative (the “Representative”)
of the underwriters (the “Underwriters”), relating to an underwritten initial public offering (the “Public
Offering”), of up to 28,750,000 of the Company’s units (including up to 3,750,000 units which may be purchased to
cover over-allotments, if any) (the “Units”), each comprised of one Class A ordinary share, par value US$0.0001
per share, of the Company (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”) and one right (each right, a “Share Right”).
Each Share Right entitles the holder thereof to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A Ordinary Share upon the consummation of the Company’s
initial business combination. The Units shall be sold in the Public Offering pursuant to the registration statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-280777) and prospectus (the “Prospectus”) filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”) and the Company shall apply to have the Units listed on the Nasdaq Global Market.
Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in paragraph 11 hereof.
In order to induce the Company
and the Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement and to proceed with the Public Offering and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Bleichroeder Sponsor 1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the “Sponsor”) and each of the undersigned individuals, each of whom is a member of the Company’s
board of directors and/or management team (each an “Insider” and, collectively, the “Insiders”),
hereby agree with the Company as follows:
1. The Sponsor and each Insider
agree that if the Company seeks shareholder approval of a proposed Business Combination, then in connection with such proposed Business
Combination, it, he or she shall (i) vote all Founder Shares, Private Placement Shares, and any shares acquired by it, him or her in the
Public Offering or the secondary public market in favor of such proposed Business Combination, except that it, he or she shall not vote
any Class A Ordinary Shares that it, he or she purchased after the Company publicly announces its intention to engage in such proposed
Business Combination for or against such proposed Business Combination and (ii) not redeem any Class A Ordinary Shares owned by it, him
or her in connection with such shareholder approval. If the Company seeks to consummate a proposed Business Combination by engaging in
a tender offer, the Sponsor and each Insider agrees that it, he or she will not sell or tender any Ordinary Shares owned by it, him or
her in connection herewith.
2. The Sponsor and each Insider
agree that in the event that the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination by the date that is within 24 months from the closing
of the Public Offering, or until such earlier date as the Company’s board of directors may approve, or such later date as the Company’s
shareholders may approve, in each case in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association,
as may be amended from time to time (the “Completion Window” and the “Memorandum and Articles,”
respectively), the Sponsor and each Insider shall take all reasonable steps to cause the Company to (i) cease all operations except for
the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten (10) business days thereafter, subject to lawfully
available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the Class A Ordinary Shares sold as part of the Units in the Public Offering (the “Offering
Shares”), at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including
interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and less up to US$100,000 of interest
to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of Offering Shares then in issue, which redemption will completely extinguish the
Public Shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject
to applicable law and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s
remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s
obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law. The Sponsor and the
Insiders agree to not propose any amendment to the Memorandum and Articles not for the purposes of approving, or in conjunction with the
consummation of, a Business Combination (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in
connection with a Business Combination or to redeem one hundred per cent (100%) of the Offering Shares if the Company has not consummated
a Business Combination within the Completion Window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to the rights of holders
of Class A Ordinary Shares or pre-initial Business Combination activity, unless the Company provides its Public Shareholders with the
opportunity to redeem their Offering Shares upon effectiveness of any such amendment at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the
aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account including interest earned on the Trust Account and not previously released to the
Company to pay its taxes, divided by the number of Offering Shares then in issue, subject to applicable law. The Sponsor and each Insider
acknowledges that it, he or she will not be entitled to rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any
Founder Shares or Private Placement Shares held by it, him or her if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Completion
Window; although it, he or she will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Offering Shares
it, he or she holds if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the prescribed time frame. The Sponsor and each Insider
hereby further acknowledge that it, he or she will not be entitled to (a) redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares, Private
Placement Shares, and Offering Shares held by it, him or her, in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination, or (b) redemption
rights with respect to Founder Shares, Private Placement Shares, and Offering Shares held by it, him or her in connection with a shareholder
vote to amend the Memorandum and Articles in the manner described above.
3. To the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law and the Memorandum and Articles, the Company hereby agrees to defend, indemnify, hold harmless
and exonerate (including the advancement of expenses to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law) the Sponsor and its members
(present and former), managers and affiliates and their respective present and former officers and directors (each, a
“Sponsor Indemnitee”) from any and all costs, fees, expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or
payable in connection with or in respect of such costs, fees, expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in
settlement) actually, and reasonably, incurred by a Sponsor Indemnitee or on a Sponsor Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation,
inquiry, hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding instituted by the Company or any third party, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in nature, in respect of any investment opportunities sourced by a Sponsor
Indemnitee for the Company or any liability arising with respect to a Sponsor Indemnitee’s activities in connection with the
affairs of the Company (in each case to the extent that such indemnification, hold harmless and exoneration obligations with respect
to such matters are not expressly covered by a separate written agreement between the Company and the applicable Sponsor
Indemnitee); provided, that in no event shall a Sponsor Indemnitee be entitled to be indemnified or held harmless hereunder
in respect of any costs, fees, expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (if any) that a
Sponsor Indemnitee may incur by reason of such person’s own actual fraud or intentional misconduct; provided, further,
that, for the avoidance of doubt, under no circumstance shall a Sponsor Indemnitee have a claim to any monies or assets held in the
Trust Account, and the Company shall not be permitted to procure monies or assets held in the Trust Account for the satisfaction of
its obligations to any Sponsor Indemnitee in respect of the indemnification provided hereunder. The Sponsor Indemnitees shall be
third party beneficiaries of this paragraph.
4. During the period commencing
on the effective date of the Underwriting Agreement and ending 180 days after such date, the undersigned shall not, without the prior
written consent of the Representative, (i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase
or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate
or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, any Units, Class A Ordinary Shares, the Company’s Class B ordinary shares,
par value US$0.0001 per share (the “Class B Ordinary Shares” and, together with the Class A Ordinary Shares,
the “Ordinary Shares”), Share Rights or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for,
Class A Ordinary Shares owned by him, her or it; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to transfers to the
Sponsor by the Insiders, (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic
consequences of ownership of any Units, Class A Ordinary Shares, Founder Shares, Share Rights or any securities convertible into, or exercisable,
or exchangeable for, Class A Ordinary Shares owned by him, her or it, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such
securities, in cash or otherwise or (iii) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i) or (ii). If
the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, the undersigned further agrees that the forgoing restrictions shall be equally
applicable to any issuer-directed Units that the undersigned may purchase in the Public Offering.
5. In the event of the liquidation
of the Trust Account, the Sponsor (which for purposes of clarification shall not extend to any officer, member or manager of the Sponsor)
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including,
but not limited to, any and all legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation,
whether pending or threatened, or any claim whatsoever) to which the Company may become subject as a result of any claim by (i) any third
party (other than the Company’s independent public accountants) for services rendered or products sold to the Company or (ii) a
prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or
business combination agreement (a “Target”); provided, however, that such indemnification of the
Company by the Sponsor shall apply only to the extent necessary to ensure that such claims by a third party for services rendered (other
than the Company’s independent public accountants) or products sold to the Company or a Target do not reduce the amount of funds
in the Trust Account to below (A) US$10.00 per Offering Share or (B) such lesser amount per Offering Share held in the Trust Account as
of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case including interest
earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and net of taxes payable, except as to any claims by a third party or Target that executed
an agreement waiving claims against and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account whether or not such agreement is enforceable. In
the event that any such executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against such third party, the Sponsor shall not be responsible for
any liability as a result of any such third-party claims. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, such indemnification of the Company by
the Sponsor shall not apply as to any claims under the Company’s obligation to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Sponsor shall
have the right to defend against any such claim with counsel of its choice reasonably satisfactory to the Company if, within fifteen (15)
days following written receipt of notice of the claim to the Sponsor, the Sponsor notifies the Company in writing that it shall undertake
such defense.
6. To the extent that
the Underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 3,750,000 Units (as described in the
Prospectus), the Sponsor agrees, upon the expiration or waiver of such option, to forfeit and surrender for no consideration for
cancellation, a number of Founder Shares equal to the product of 1,250,000 multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is
3,750,000 minus the number of Units purchased by the Underwriters upon the exercise of their over-allotment option, and (ii) the
denominator of which is 3,750,000. The forfeiture and surrender will be adjusted to the extent that the over-allotment option is not
exercised in full by the Underwriters so that the Founder Shares will represent 25% of the Company’s issued and outstanding
Ordinary Shares after the Public Offering (not including the Private Placement Shares). The Sponsor further agrees that to the
extent that the size of the Public Offering is increased or decreased and the Sponsor has either purchased or sold Ordinary Shares
or an adjustment to the number of Founder Shares has been effected by way of a share dividend or share capitalization, or a
surrender for no consideration or share contribution back to capital, or otherwise, in each case in connection with such increase or
decrease in the size of the Public Offering, then (A) the references to 3,750,000 in the numerator and denominator of the formula in
the first sentence of this paragraph 6 shall be changed to a number equal to 15% of the number of Class A Ordinary Shares included
in the Units issued in the Public Offering and (B) the reference to 1,250,000 in the formula set forth in the first sentence of this
paragraph 6 shall be adjusted to such number of Founder Shares that the Sponsor would have to collectively return to the Company in
order for all holders of Founder Shares to hold an aggregate of 25% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares
after the Public Offering (not including the Private Placement Shares).
7. The Sponsor and each Insider
hereby agrees and acknowledges that: (i) each of the Underwriters and the Company would be irreparably injured in the event of a breach
by the Sponsor of its obligations (as applicable) under paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8(a) and 8(b) or by each Insider of its obligations
under paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 8(a) and 8(b), (ii) monetary damages may not be an adequate remedy for such breach and (iii) the non-breaching
party shall be entitled to injunctive relief, in addition to any other remedy that such party may have in law or in equity, in the event
of such breach.
8. Transfer Restrictions.
(a) Subject to the exceptions
set forth herein, the Sponsor and each Insider agree not to Transfer any Founder Shares or the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion
of the Founder Shares held by it, him or her until the earlier of (i) one year after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier
if, subsequent to a Business Combination, the closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds US$12.00 per share (as adjusted
for share sub-divisions, share consolidations, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading
days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Business Combination and (ii) subsequent to a Business Combination,
the date on which the Company consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results
in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property
(the “Lock-up”).
(b) Subject to the exceptions
set forth herein, the Sponsor and each Insider agree not to Transfer any Private Placement Units (including the underlying Private Placement
Shares and Private Placement Rights) held by it, he or she until thirty (30) days after the completion of a Business Combination.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions
set forth in paragraphs 8(a) and 8(b), transfers of the Founder Shares (including the Class A Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon
the conversion of the Founder Shares) and Private Placement Units (including the underlying Private Placement Shares and Private Placement
Rights) that are held by the Sponsor, any Insider or any of their permitted transferees, as applicable (that have complied with any applicable
requirements of this paragraph 8(c)), are permitted (i) to the Company’s officers, directors, advisors or consultants, any affiliate
or family member of any of the Company’s officers, directors, advisors or consultants, any members or partners of the Sponsor or
their affiliates and funds and accounts advised by such members or partners, any affiliates of the Sponsor, or any employees of such affiliates,
(ii) in the case of an individual, as a gift to such person’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member
of such person’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person or to a charitable organization; (iii) in the case of an individual,
by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of such person; (iv) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic
relations order; (v) by private sales or transfers made in connection with any forward purchase agreement or similar arrangement, in connection
with an extension of the Completion Window or in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination at prices no greater than
the price at which the shares or units were originally purchased; (vi) pro rata distributions from the Sponsor to its respective members,
partners or shareholders pursuant to the Sponsor’s limited liability company agreement or other charter documents; (vii) by virtue
of the laws of the Cayman Islands or the Sponsor’s limited liability company agreement upon dissolution of the Sponsor, (viii) in
the event of the Company’s liquidation prior to consummation of a Business Combination; (ix) in the event that, subsequent to the
consummation of a Business Combination, the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which
results in all of its shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property or
(x) to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a transfer would be permissible under clauses (i) through (vii); provided,
however, that, in the case of clauses (i) through (vii) and (x), these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement
agreeing to be bound by these transfer restrictions herein and the other restrictions contained in this Agreement (including provisions
relating to voting, the Trust Account and liquidating distributions).
9. Each Insider’s
biographical information furnished to the Company and the Representative that is included in the Prospectus is true and accurate in
all respects and does not omit any material information with respect to such Insider’s background and contains all of the
information required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 401 of Regulation S-K, promulgated under the Securities Act. Each
Insider’s questionnaire furnished to the Company and the Representative including any such information that is included in the
Prospectus is true and accurate in all respects. Each Insider represents and warrants that: (i) such Insider is not subject to or a
respondent in any legal action for, any injunction, cease-and-desist order or order or stipulation to desist or refrain from any act
or practice relating to the offering of securities in any jurisdiction; (ii) such Insider has never been convicted of, or pleaded
guilty to, any crime (A) involving fraud, (B) relating to any financial transaction or handling of funds of another person or (C)
pertaining to any dealings in any securities and such Insider is not currently a defendant in any such criminal proceeding; and
(iii) none of the Sponsor or any such Insider has ever been suspended or expelled from membership in any securities or commodities
exchange or association or had a securities or commodities license or registration denied, suspended or revoked.
10. The Sponsor and each
Insider has full right and power, without violating any agreement to which it, he or she is bound (including, without limitation, any
non-competition or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or former employer), to enter into this Letter Agreement and, as applicable,
to serve as an officer of the Company or as a director on the board of directors of the Company and each Insider hereby consents to being
named in the Prospectus as an officer and/or director of the Company, as applicable.
11. As used herein, (i) “Business
Combination” shall mean a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar
business combination, involving the Company and one or more businesses or entities; (ii) “Founder Shares” shall
mean the Class B Ordinary Shares held by the Sponsor prior to the consummation of the Public Offering; (iii) “Private Placement
Units” shall mean the 425,000 units (including if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) that the Sponsor has agreed
to purchase for an aggregate purchase price of US$4,250,000 (including if the over-allotment option is exercised in full), or US$10.00
per unit, in a private placement that shall occur simultaneously with the consummation of the Public Offering. Each Private Placement
Unit consists of one Class A Ordinary Share (the “Private Placement Share”) and one Share Right (the “Private
Placement Rights”) to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A Ordinary Share upon the consummation of the Company’s
Business Combination; (iv) “Public Shareholders” shall mean the holders of Offering Shares other than the Sponsor
and the Insiders; (v) “Trust Account” shall mean the trust fund into which a portion of the net proceeds of
the Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units shall be deposited and (vi) “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, and the rules and regulations
of the Commission promulgated thereunder with any 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).
12. This Letter Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to
the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby. This Letter Agreement may not be changed, amended, modified or waived
(other than to correct a typographical error) as to any particular provision, except by a written instrument executed by all parties hereto.
Each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that each Representative is a third-party beneficiary of this Letter Agreement.
13. No party hereto may assign
either this Letter Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties.
Any purported assignment in violation of this paragraph 13 shall be void and ineffectual and shall not operate to transfer or assign any
interest or title to the purported assignee. This Letter Agreement shall be binding on the Sponsor, each Insider and each of their respective
successors, heirs and assigns and permitted transferees.
14. This Letter Agreement
shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts
of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The parties hereto (i) all agree
that any action, proceeding, claim or dispute arising out of, or relating in any way to, this Letter Agreement shall be brought and enforced
in the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan, and irrevocably submit to such
jurisdiction and venue, which jurisdiction and venue shall be exclusive and (ii) waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and
venue or that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.
15. Any notice, consent or
request to be given in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this Letter Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent by
express mail or similar private courier service, by certified mail (return receipt requested), by hand delivery or facsimile transmission.
16. This Letter Agreement
shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the Lock-up or (ii) the liquidation of the Company; provided, however,
that this Letter Agreement shall earlier terminate in the event that the Public Offering is not consummated and closed by December 31,
2024; provided, further, that paragraph 5 of this Letter Agreement shall survive such liquidation.
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO LETTER AGREEMENT]
Acknowledged and Agreed:
BLEICHROEDER ACQUISITION CORP. I
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/s/ Andrew Gundlach |
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO LETTER AGREEMENT]
Exhibit 10.5
FORM OF INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
THIS INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
is made as of , 2024, by and between Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”),
and the undersigned (“Indemnitee”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant
to serve publicly-held companies as directors, officers or in other capacities unless they are provided with adequate protection through
insurance or adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and
activities on behalf of such companies;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”)
has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at
its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined below) from certain liabilities;
WHEREAS, while the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles
of Association of the Company provide for the indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company, Indemnitee may also be
entitled to indemnification pursuant to applicable Cayman Islands law, and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
(as may be amended from time to time, the “Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association”) provide
that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between
the Company and members of the board of directors, officers and other persons with respect to indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration,
advancement and reimbursement rights;
WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance and to
indemnification have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons;
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the increased difficulty
in attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company’s shareholders and that the Company
should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future;
WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company
contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, hold harmless, exonerate and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company so that they will
serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so protected against liabilities;
WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance
of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall
not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder; and
WHEREAS, Indemnitee may not be willing to serve as an officer
or director without adequate protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity, and Indemnitee is willing to serve,
continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company on the condition that he or she be so indemnified.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants
contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. SERVICES TO THE COMPANY. In consideration of the Company’s
covenants and obligations hereunder, Indemnitee will serve or continue to serve as an officer, director, advisor, key employee or
any other capacity of the Company, as applicable, for so long as Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed or retained or until Indemnitee
tenders his or her resignation or until Indemnitee is removed. The foregoing notwithstanding, this Agreement shall continue in full force
and effect after Indemnitee has ceased to serve as a director, officer, advisor, key employee or in any other capacity of the Company,
as provided in Section 17. This Agreement, however, shall not impose any obligation on Indemnitee or the Company to continue Indemnitee’s
service to the Company beyond any period otherwise required by law or by other agreements or commitments of the parties, if any.
2. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement:
(a) References to “agent” shall mean
any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or other person authorized by the
Company to act for the Company, to include such person serving in such capacity as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or other official
of another company, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at the request of, for
the convenience of, or to represent the interests of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.
(b) The terms “Beneficial Owner” and
“Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meanings set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act
(as defined below) as in effect on the date hereof.
(c) “Cayman Court” shall mean the courts
of the Cayman Islands.
(d) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed
to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:
(i) Acquisition of Shares by Third Party. Other than an
affiliate of Bleichroeder Sponsor 1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), any Person (as
defined below) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifteen percent (15%)
or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors, unless (1) the change in the relative Beneficial Ownership of the Company’s securities by any Person results solely
from a reduction in the aggregate number of outstanding shares of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors,
or (2) such acquisition was approved in advance by the Continuing Directors (as defined below) and such acquisition would not constitute
a Change in Control under part (iii) of this definition;
(ii) Change in Board of Directors. Individuals who, as
of the date hereof, constitute the Board, and any new director whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s
shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors on the date hereof
or whose election for nomination for election was previously so approved (collectively, the “Continuing Directors”),
cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board;
(iii) Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger,
share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination, involving the Company and one or more
businesses (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination: (1) all
or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the Beneficial Owners of securities entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting
power of the then outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors resulting from such Business
Combination (including, without limitation, a company which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all
of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more Subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership
immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; (2) other
than an affiliate of the Sponsor, no Person (excluding any company resulting from such Business Combination) is the Beneficial Owner,
directly or indirectly, of 15% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors of the surviving company except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination; and
(3) at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the company resulting from such Business Combination were Continuing Directors
at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board of Directors, providing for such Business Combination;
(iv) Liquidation. The approval by the shareholders of the
Company of a complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement or series of agreements for the sale or disposition by the Company of
all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than factoring the Company’s current receivables or escrows due (or,
if such approval is not required, the decision by the Board to proceed with such a liquidation, sale, or disposition in one transaction
or a series of related transactions); or
(v) Other Events. There occurs any other event of a nature
that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or any successor rule) (or a response
to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Exchange Act (as defined below), whether or not the Company
is then subject to such reporting requirement.
(e) “Companies Law” shall mean the Companies
Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands, as amended from time to time.
(f) “Corporate Status” describes the
status of a person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, general partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent
of the Company or of any other Enterprise (as defined below) which such person is or was serving at the request of the Company.
(g) “Disinterested Director” shall mean
a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding (as defined below) in respect of which indemnification is sought
by Indemnitee.
(h) “Enterprise” shall mean the Company
and any other company, corporation, constituent company or corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation
or merger to which the Company (or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries) is a party, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer,
trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent.
(i) “Exchange Act” shall mean the United
States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(j) “Expenses” shall include all direct
and indirect costs, fees and expenses of any type or nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, all reasonable attorneys’
fees and costs, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, fees of private investigators
and professional advisors, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, fax transmission
charges, secretarial services and all other disbursements, obligations or expenses in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing
to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, settlement or appeal of, or otherwise participating in,
a Proceeding (as defined below), including reasonable compensation for time spent by the Indemnitee for which he or she is not otherwise
compensated by the Company or any third party. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from
any Proceeding (as defined below), including without limitation the principal, premium, security for, and other costs relating to any
cost bond, supersedes bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by
Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.
(k) References to “fines” shall include
any excise tax assessed on Indemnitee with respect to any employee benefit plan.
(l) References to “serving at the request of the Company”
shall include any service as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company which imposes
duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its
participants or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the best
interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner
“not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(m) “Independent Counsel” shall mean
a law firm or a member of a law firm with significant experience in matters of corporation law and that neither presently is, nor in the
past five years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other
than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements);
or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding (as defined below) giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional
conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine
Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.
(n) The term “Person” shall have the
meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof; provided, however, that
“Person” shall exclude: (i) the Company; (ii) any Subsidiaries of the Company; (iii) any employment benefit
plan of the Company or of a Subsidiary (as defined below) of the Company or of any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders
of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of shares of the Company; and (iv) any trustee or other fiduciary
holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or of a Subsidiary (as defined below) of the Company or of a corporation
owned directly or indirectly by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of shares of
the Company.
(o) The term “Proceeding” shall include
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry,
administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise
and whether of a civil (including intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal, administrative or investigative or related nature,
in which Indemnitee was, is, will or might be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director
or officer of the Company, by reason of any action (or failure to act) taken by him or her or of any action (or failure to act) on his
or her part while acting as a director or officer of the Company, or by reason of the fact that he or she is or was serving at the request
of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise,
in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement,
or advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement.
(p) The term “Subsidiary,” with respect
to any Person, shall mean any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity of which a majority
of the voting power of the voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by that Person.
3. INDEMNITY IN THIRD-PARTY PROCEEDINGS. To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, the Company shall indemnify,
hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if Indemnitee was, is, or is threatened
to be made, a party to or a participant (as a witness, deponent or otherwise) in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the
right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee
shall be indemnified, held harmless and exonerated against all Expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in
settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments,
fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually, and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection
with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
that his or her conduct was unlawful.
4. INDEMNITY IN PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY. To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, the
Company shall indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4 if Indemnitee
was, is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant (as a witness, deponent or otherwise) in any Proceeding by or in the
right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status. Pursuant to this Section 4, Indemnitee
shall be indemnified, held harmless and exonerated against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her on his or her behalf
in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. No indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration for
Expenses shall be made under this Section 4 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally
adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that any court in which the Proceeding was brought or the
Cayman Court shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the
case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, to be held harmless or to exoneration.
5. INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A PARTY WHO IS WHOLLY OR PARTLY
SUCCESSFUL. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement except for Section 27, to the extent that Indemnitee was or
is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a party to (or a participant in) and is successful, on the merits or otherwise,
in any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, in whole or in part, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate
Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful
in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such
Proceeding, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles
of Association of the Company, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred
by him or her or on his or her behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. If Indemnitee is not wholly
successful in such Proceeding, the Company also shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated
Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee against all Expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with a claim, issue or matter related to any claim, issue, or matter on which Indemnitee was successful. For purposes
of this Section and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or
without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.
6. INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A WITNESS. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement except for Section 27, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his or her Corporate
Status, a witness or deponent in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee was or is not a party or threatened to be made a party, he or she
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company,
be indemnified, held harmless and exonerated against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf
in connection therewith.
7. ADDITIONAL INDEMNIFICATION, HOLD HARMLESS AND EXONERATION RIGHTS.
(a) Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 3, 4, or 5, except
for Section 27, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and
Articles of Association of the Company, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to
be made a party to any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against
all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or
payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably
incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the Proceeding. No indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration rights shall be available under
this Section 7(a) on account of Indemnitee’s conduct which constitutes a breach of Indemnitee’s duty of loyalty
to the Company or its shareholders or is an act or omission not in good faith or which involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of the law.
(b) Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 3, 4, 5 or 7(a),
except for Section 27, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum
and Articles of Association of the Company, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened
to be made a party to any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against
all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or
payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably
incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the Proceeding.
8. CONTRIBUTION IN THE EVENT OF JOINT LIABILITY.
(a) To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if
the indemnification, hold harmless and/or exoneration rights provided for in this Agreement are unavailable to Indemnitee in whole or
in part for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying, holding harmless or exonerating Indemnitee, shall pay, in the
first instance, the entire amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties, amounts paid or to be
paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any Proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment,
and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have at any time against Indemnitee.
(b) The Company shall not enter into any settlement of any Proceeding
in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such Proceeding) unless such settlement provides for
a full and final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee.
(c) The Company hereby agrees to fully indemnify, hold harmless
and exonerate Indemnitee from any claims for contribution which may be brought by officers, directors or employees of the Company other
than Indemnitee who may be jointly liable with Indemnitee.
9. EXCLUSIONS. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement,
the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnification, advance expenses, hold harmless or exoneration payment
in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee:
(a) for which payment has actually been received by or on behalf
of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity or advancement provision and which payment has not subsequently been returned,
except with respect to any excess beyond the amount actually received under any insurance policy, contract, agreement, other indemnity
or advancement provision or otherwise;
(b) for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale
(or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act (or
any successor rule) or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; or
(c) except as otherwise provided in Sections 14(f)-(g) hereof,
prior to a Change in Control, in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any
Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other
indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation or (ii) the
Company provides the indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration payment, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the
Company under applicable law.
10. ADVANCES OF EXPENSES; DEFENSE OF CLAIM.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary
except for Section 27, and to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law, the Company shall pay the Expenses incurred by
Indemnitee (or reasonably expected by Indemnitee to be incurred by Indemnitee within three months) in connection with any Proceeding within
ten (10) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time, prior to
the final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated
Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, be unsecured and interest free. Advances shall, to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, be made without regard to Indemnitee’s
ability to repay the Expenses and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to be indemnified, held harmless or exonerated
under the other provisions of this Agreement. Advances shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing a Proceeding to
enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances
claimed. To the fullest extent required by applicable law, such payments of Expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding
shall be made only upon the Company’s receipt of an undertaking, by or on behalf of Indemnitee, to repay the advanced amounts to
the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company under the provisions of this
Agreement, the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, applicable law or otherwise. This Section 10(a) shall
not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which an indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration payment is excluded pursuant to Section 9.
(b) The Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding
at its own expense.
(c) The Company shall not settle any action, claim or Proceeding
(in whole or in part) which would impose any Expense, judgment, fine, penalty or limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s prior
written consent.
11. PROCEDURE FOR NOTIFICATION AND APPLICATION FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) Indemnitee agrees to notify promptly the Company in writing
upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding,
claim, issue or matter therein which may be subject to indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration rights, or advancement of Expenses
covered hereunder. The failure of Indemnitee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have
to Indemnitee under this Agreement, or otherwise.
(b) Indemnitee may deliver to the Company a written application
to indemnify, hold harmless or exonerate Indemnitee in accordance with this Agreement. Such application(s) may be delivered from
time to time and at such time(s) as Indemnitee deems appropriate in his or her sole discretion. Following such a written application
for indemnification by Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall be determined according to Section 12(a) of
this Agreement.
12. PROCEDURE UPON APPLICATION FOR INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) A determination, if required by applicable law, with respect
to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall be made in the specific case by one of the following methods, which shall be
at the election of Indemnitee: (i) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board,
(ii) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, (iii) if there are no Disinterested Directors
or if such directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee,
or (iv) by vote of the shareholders. The Company promptly will advise Indemnitee in writing with respect to any determination that
Indemnitee is or is not entitled to indemnification, including a description of any reason or basis for which indemnification has been
denied. If it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within ten (10) days
after such determination. Indemnitee shall reasonably cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect
to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request
any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee
and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or Expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred
by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective
of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold Indemnitee
harmless therefrom.
(b) In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification
is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 12(a) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided
in this Section 12(b). The Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection
be made by the Board), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel
so selected and certifying that the Independent Counsel so selected meets the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined
in Section 2 of this Agreement. If the Independent Counsel is selected by the Board, the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee
advising him or her of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected and certifying that the Independent Counsel so selected meets
the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement. In either event, Indemnitee
or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after such written notice of selection shall have been received, deliver
to the Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may
be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel”
as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion.
Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and
substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or
a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days after submission by
Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 11(b) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been
selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Cayman Court for resolution of any objection which shall
have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent
Counsel of a person selected by the Cayman Court, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so
appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section (a) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or
arbitration pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further
responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).
(c) The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses
of Independent Counsel and to fully indemnify and hold harmless such Independent Counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities
and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.
13. PRESUMPTIONS AND EFFECT OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS.
(a) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification
hereunder, the person, persons or entity making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under
this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 11(b) of this Agreement,
and the Company shall have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person, persons or entity
of any determination contrary to that presumption. Neither the failure of the Company (including by the Disinterested Directors or Independent
Counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper
in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company (including
by the Disinterested Directors or Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense
to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
(b) If the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under
Section 12 of this Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within
thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall,
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company,
be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee 12 shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee
of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection
with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a final judicial determination that any or all such indemnification is expressly prohibited
under applicable law or the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company; provided, however, that such 30-day
period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional fifteen (15) days, if the person, persons or entity making the
determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating
of documentation and/or information relating thereto.
(c) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or
matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption
that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was
unlawful.
(d) For purposes of any determination of good faith, Indemnitee
shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise,
including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the directors, manager, or officers of the Enterprise in the
course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise, its Board, any committee of the Board or any director, trustee,
general partner, manager or managing member, or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise, its Board, any committee
of the Board or any director, trustee, general partner, manager or managing member, by an independent certified public accountant or by
an appraiser or other expert selected by the Enterprise, its Board, any committee of the Board or any director, trustee, general partner,
manager or managing member. The provisions of this Section 13(d) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way
the other circumstances in which Indemnitee may be deemed or found to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement.
(e) The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any other
director, officer, trustee, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to
Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement.
14. REMEDIES OF INDEMNITEE.
(a) In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant
to Section 12 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of
Expenses, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
Company, is not timely made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification
shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of the
request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 5, 6, 7 or the last sentence of
Section 12(a) of this Agreement within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, (v) a
contribution payment is not made in a timely manner pursuant to Section 8 of this Agreement, (vi) payment of indemnification
pursuant to Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement is not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee
is entitled to indemnification, or (vii) payment to Indemnitee pursuant to any hold harmless or exoneration rights under this Agreement
or otherwise is not made in accordance with this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by the Cayman Court to
such indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration, contribution or advancement rights. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his or her option,
may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American
Arbitration Association. Except as set forth herein, the provisions of Cayman Islands law (without regard to its conflict of laws rules)
shall apply to any such arbitration. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.
(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant
to Section 12(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration
commenced pursuant to this Section 14 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee
shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination.
(c) In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant
to this Section 14, Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to be indemnified, held harmless, exonerated to receive advancement
of Expenses under this Agreement and the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, held harmless,
exonerated and to receive advancement of Expenses, as the case may be, and the Company may not refer to or introduce into evidence any
determination pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement adverse to Indemnitee for any purpose. If Indemnitee commences a judicial
proceeding or arbitration pursuant to this Section 14, Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any advances
pursuant to Section 10 until a final determination is made with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification (as
to which all rights of appeal have been exhausted or lapsed).
(d) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of
this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding
or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission
of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification,
or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.
(e) The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial
proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid,
binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions
of this Agreement.
(f) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company against
all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after the Company’s receipt of such written request)
pay to Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
of the Company, such Expenses which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any judicial proceeding or arbitration brought by Indemnitee:
(i) to enforce his or her rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement or any other indemnification, hold harmless,
exoneration, advancement or contribution agreement or provision of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association now
or hereafter in effect; or (ii) for recovery or advances under any insurance policy maintained by any person for the benefit of Indemnitee,
regardless of the outcome and whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration
right, advancement, contribution or insurance recovery, as the case may be (unless such judicial proceeding or arbitration was not brought
by Indemnitee in good faith).
(g) Interest shall be paid by the Company to Indemnitee at the
legal rate under New York law for amounts which the Company indemnifies, holds harmless or exonerates, or advances, or is obliged to indemnify,
hold harmless or exonerate or advance for the period commencing with the date on which Indemnitee requests indemnification, to be held
harmless, exonerated, contribution, reimbursement or advancement of any Expenses and ending with the date on which such payment is made
to Indemnitee by the Company.
15. SECURITY. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
except for Section 27, to the extent requested by Indemnitee and approved by the Board, the Company may at any time and from time
to time provide security to Indemnitee for the Company’s obligations hereunder through an irrevocable bank line of credit, funded
trust or other collateral. Any such security, once provided to Indemnitee, may not be revoked or released without the prior written consent
of Indemnitee.
16. NON-EXCLUSIVITY; SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS; INSURANCE; SUBROGATION.
(a) The rights of Indemnitee as provided by this Agreement shall
not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Amended and Restated
Memorandum and Articles of Association, any agreement, a vote of shareholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise. No amendment,
alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement
in respect of any Proceeding (regardless of when such Proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed) or claim, issue or matter
therein arising out of, or related to, any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his or her Corporate Status prior to such amendment,
alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in applicable law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification,
hold harmless or exoneration rights or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Amended and Restated Memorandum
and Articles of Association or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the
greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy,
and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent
the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.
(b) The Companies Law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum
and Articles of Association permit the Company to purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection or make other arrangements
including, but not limited to, providing a trust fund, letter of credit, or surety bond (“Indemnification Arrangements”)
on behalf of Indemnitee against any liability asserted against him or her or incurred by or on behalf of him or her or in such capacity
as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Company would
have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement or under the Companies Law, as it
may then be in effect. The purchase, establishment, and maintenance of any such Indemnification Arrangement shall not in any way limit
or affect the rights and obligations of the Company or of Indemnitee under this Agreement except as expressly provided herein, and the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Indemnitee shall not in any way limit or affect the rights and obligations
of the Company or the other party or parties thereto under any such Indemnification Arrangement.
(c) To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy
or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, trustees, partners, managers, managing members, fiduciaries, employees,
or agents of the Company or of any other Enterprise which such person serves at the request of the Company, Indemnitee shall be covered
by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such director,
officer, trustee, partner, managers, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent under such policy or policies. If, at the time the
Company receives notice from any source of a Proceeding as to which Indemnitee is a party or a participant (as a witness, deponent or
otherwise), the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of such Proceeding
to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary
or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance
with the terms of such policies.
(d) In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company,
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company,
shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, including with respect to any insurance.
The Indemnitee shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such 16 rights, including execution of such documents
as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights. No such payment by the Company shall be deemed to relieve
any insurer of its obligations.
(e) The Company’s obligation to indemnify, hold harmless,
exonerate or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee,
partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has
actually received as indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration payments or advancement of expenses from such Enterprise. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary except for Section 27, (i) Indemnitee shall have no obligation to reduce,
offset, allocate, pursue or apportion any indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration, advancement, contribution or insurance coverage
among multiple parties possessing such duties to Indemnitee prior to the Company’s satisfaction and performance of all its obligations
under this Agreement, and (ii) the Company shall perform fully its obligations under this Agreement without regard to whether Indemnitee
holds, may pursue or has pursued any indemnification, advancement, hold harmless, exoneration, contribution or insurance coverage rights
against any person or entity other than the Company.
(f) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Company is
the primary indemnitor, and any indemnification or advancement obligation of the Sponsor or its affiliates is secondary.
17. DURATION OF AGREEMENT. All agreements and obligations of
the Company contained herein shall continue during the period Indemnitee serves as a director or officer of the Company or as a director,
officer, trustee, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee benefit plan or other Enterprise which Indemnitee serves at the request of the Company and shall continue thereafter so
long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any possible Proceeding (including any rights of appeal thereto and any Proceeding commenced by
Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14 of this Agreement) by reason of his or her Corporate Status, whether or not he or she is acting
in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification or advancement can be provided under this
Agreement.
18. SEVERABILITY. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement
shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this
Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable)
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and
the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed
reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and
(c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section,
paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself
invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.
19. ENFORCEMENT AND BINDING EFFECT.
(a) The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered
into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director, officer or
key employee of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director, officer
or key employee of the Company.
(b) Without limiting any of the rights of Indemnitee under the
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company as they may be amended from time to time, this Agreement constitutes
the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings,
oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(c) The indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration and advancement
of expenses rights provided by or granted pursuant to this Agreement shall be binding upon and be enforceable by the parties hereto and
their respective successors and assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to
all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company), shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company or a director, officer, trustee, general partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee
or agent of any other Enterprise at the Company’s request, and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and his or her spouse, assigns,
heirs, devisees, executors and administrators and other legal representatives.
(d) The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether
direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all or a substantial part, of the business and/or
assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform
this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken
place.
(e) The Company and Indemnitee agree herein that a monetary remedy
for breach of this Agreement, at some later date, may be inadequate, impracticable and difficult of proof, and further agree that such
breach may cause Indemnitee irreparable harm. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that Indemnitee may, to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, enforce this Agreement by seeking,
among other things, injunctive relief and/or specific performance hereof, without any necessity of showing actual damage or irreparable
harm and that by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance, Indemnitee shall not be precluded from seeking or obtaining
any other relief to which he or she may be entitled. The Company and Indemnitee further agree that Indemnitee shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, be entitled to such specific
performance and injunctive relief, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions, without
the necessity of posting bonds or other undertaking in connection therewith. The Company acknowledges that in the absence of a waiver,
a bond or undertaking may be required of Indemnitee by a court of competent jurisdiction, Company hereby waives any such requirement of
such a bond or undertaking to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
of the Company.
20. MODIFICATION AND WAIVER. No supplement, modification or
amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the Company and Indemnitee. No waiver of any of the provisions
of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute
a continuing waiver.
21. NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other communications
under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) if delivered by hand and receipted for by
the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, or (ii) mailed by certified or registered mail with
postage prepaid, on the third (3rd) business day after the date on which it is so mailed:
(a) If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature
page of this Agreement, or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide in writing to the Company.
(b) If to the Company, to:
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I
1345 Avenue of the Americas, Fl 47
New York, NY 10105
Attn: Andrew Gundlach
With a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th
Floor
New York, New York 10105
Attn: Stuart Neuhauser, Esq.
or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee in
writing by the Company.
22. APPLICABLE LAW AND CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. This Agreement
and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of
New York, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14(a) of
this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
of the Company, the Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: (a) agree that any action or proceeding arising
out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Cayman Court and not in any other state or federal court in the
United States of America or any court in any other country; (b) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Cayman Court
for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement; (c) waive any objection to the laying
of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Cayman Court; and (d) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any
such action or proceeding brought in the Cayman Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum, or is subject (in whole or
in part) to a jury trial. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
of the Company, the parties hereby agree that the mailing of process and other papers in connection with any such action or proceeding
in the manner provided by Section 21 or in such other manner as may be permitted by applicable law and the Amended and Restated Memorandum
and Articles of Association of the Company, shall be valid and sufficient service thereof.
23. IDENTICAL COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in
one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to
evidence the existence of this Agreement.
24. MISCELLANEOUS. Use of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed
to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience
only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.
25. PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS. No legal action shall be brought
and no cause of action shall be asserted by or in the right of the Company against Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s spouse, heirs,
executors or personal or legal representatives after the expiration of two years from the date of accrual of such cause of action, and
any claim or cause of action of the Company shall be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of a legal
action within such two-year period; provided, however, that if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause
of action such shorter period shall govern.
26. ADDITIONAL ACTS. If for the validation of any of the provisions
in this Agreement any act, resolution, approval or other procedure is required to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, the Company undertakes to cause such act, resolution, approval
or other procedure to be affected or adopted in a manner that will enable the Company to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement.
27. WAIVER OF CLAIMS TO TRUST ACCOUNT. Indemnitee hereby agrees
that he or she does not have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind (each, a “Claim”) in or to any
monies in the trust account established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering for the benefit of the Company
and holders of shares issued in such offering, and hereby waives any Claim he or she may have in the future as a result of, or arising
out of, any services provided to the Company and will not seek recourse against such trust account for any reason whatsoever.
28. MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE. The Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain in effect during the entire period for which the Company is obligated to indemnify the Indemnitee
under this Agreement, one or more policies of insurance with reputable insurance companies to provide the officers/directors of the Company
with coverage for losses from wrongful acts and omissions and to ensure the Company’s performance of its indemnification obligations
under this Agreement. The Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum
extent of the coverage available for any such director or officer under such policy or policies. In all such insurance policies, the Indemnitee
shall be named as an insured in such a manner as to provide the Indemnitee with the same rights and benefits as are accorded to the most
favorably insured of the Company’s directors and officers.
29. INTERPRETATION
In this Agreement:
(a) | words importing the singular number include the plural number
and vice versa; words importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender; words importing persons include corporations as well
as any other legal or natural person; |
(b) | “written” and “in writing” include
all modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form, including in the form of an Electronic Record; |
(e) | “shall” shall be construed as imperative and
“may” shall be construed as permissive; |
(f) | references to provisions of any law or regulation shall be
construed as references to those provisions as amended, modified, re-enacted or replaced; |
(g) | any phrase introduced by the terms “including”,
“include”, “in particular” or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the
sense of the words preceding those terms; |
(h) | the term “and/or” is used herein to mean both
“and” as well as “or.” The use of “and/or” in certain contexts in no respects qualifies or modifies
the use of the terms “and” or “or” in others. The term “or” shall not be interpreted to be exclusive
and the term “and” shall not be interpreted to require the conjunctive (in each case, unless the context otherwise requires); |
(i) | headings are inserted for reference only and shall be ignored
in construing this Agreement; |
(j) | any requirements as to delivery under this Agreement include
delivery in the form of an electronic record (as defined in the Electronic Transactions Act (Revised)); |
(k) | any requirements as to execution or signature under this
Agreement including the execution of this Agreement itself can be satisfied in the form of an electronic signature (as defined in the
Electronic Transactions Act (Revised)); |
(l) | sections 8 and 19(3) of the Electronic Transactions
Act (Revised) shall not apply. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indemnity
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[Signature page - Indemnity Agreement]
Exhibit 99.1
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I Announces the Pricing of $250,000,000
Initial Public Offering
New York, NY, October 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
-- Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I (the “Company”) announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of
25,000,000 units. The units are expected to be listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) and begin trading tomorrow,
November 1, 2024, under the ticker symbol “BACQU.” Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one right to receive
one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination. Once the securities
constituting the units begin separate trading, the Class A ordinary shares and rights are expected to be listed on Nasdaq under the symbols
“BACQ” and “BACQR,” respectively. The offering is expected to close on November 4, 2024, subject to customary
closing conditions. The Company has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,750,000 units at the initial
public offering price to cover over-allotments, if any.
The Company is a blank check company formed for
the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business
combination with one or more businesses. The Company may pursue an acquisition opportunity in any business or industry. The Company’s
primary focus, however, will be on businesses in the technology, media and telecommunications (“TMT”) sector as well as sectors
that are being transformed via technology adoption. The Company’s management team is led by its Co-Founders, Michel Combes and Andrew
Gundlach, and Robert Folino, its Chief Financial Officer. The Board also includes Nazim Cetin, Joseph Samuels, Kathy Savitt, Antoine Theysset,
and Pierre Weinstein.
Cohen & Company Capital Markets is acting
as lead book-running manager for the offering. Seaport Global Securities is acting as co-book runner.
The offering is being made only by means of a
prospectus. When available, copies of the prospectus may be obtained from Cohen & Company Capital Markets, 3 Columbus Circle, 24th
Floor, New York, NY 10019, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by email at: capitalmarkets@cohencm.com.
A registration statement relating to the securities
has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and became effective on October 31, 2024. This press
release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities
in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under
the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that constitute
“forward-looking statements,” including with respect to the proposed initial public offering and search for an initial business
combination. No assurance can be given that the offering discussed above will be completed on the terms described, or at all.
Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous
conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of
the Company’s registration statement and prospectus for the Company’s initial public offering filed with the SEC. Copies of
these documents are available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these
statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law.
Investor Contacts
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 47th Floor
New York, NY 10105
Attn: Robert Folino
(o) 212.984.3835
robert.folino@bspac1.com
Exhibit 99.2
Bleichroeder
Acquisition Corp. I Completes $250,000,000 Initial Public Offering
NEW YORK, NY, Nov. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bleichroeder Acquisition
Corp. I (the “Company”) announced today the closing of its initial public offering of 25,000,000 units. The offering was priced
at $10.00 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds of $250,000,000.
The Company’s units began trading on November 1, 2024 on the
Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) under the ticker symbol “BACQU.” Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share
of the Company and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of the Company’s initial
business combination. Once the securities constituting the units begin separate trading, the Class A ordinary shares and rights are expected
to be listed on Nasdaq under the symbols “BACQ” and “BACQR,” respectively.
Of the proceeds received from the consummation of the initial public
offering and a simultaneous private placement of units, $250,000,000 (or $10.00 per unit sold in the offering) was placed in a trust account
of the Company.
The Company is a blank check company formed for
the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business
combination with one or more businesses. The Company may pursue an acquisition opportunity in any business or industry. The Company’s
primary focus, however, will be on businesses in the technology, media and telecommunications (“TMT”) sector as well as sectors
that are being transformed via technology adoption. The Company’s management team is led by its Co-Founders, Michel Combes and Andrew
Gundlach, and Robert Folino, its Chief Financial Officer. The Board also includes Nazim Cetin, Joseph Samuels, Kathy Savitt, Antoine Theysset,
and Pierre Weinstein.
Cohen & Company Capital Markets acted as lead
book-running manager for the offering. Seaport Global Securities acted as co-book runner.
The offering was made by means of a prospectus.
Copies of the prospectus may be obtained from Cohen & Company Capital Markets, 3 Columbus Circle, 24th Floor, New York,
NY 10019, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by email at: capitalmarkets@cohencm.com.
A registration statement relating to the securities was declared effective
by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 31, 2024. This press release shall not constitute an
offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in
which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
state or jurisdiction.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking
statements,” including with respect to the proposed initial public offering and the anticipated use of the net proceeds thereof.
No assurance can be given that the net proceeds of the offering will be used as indicated. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous
conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s
registration statement and prospectus for the Company’s offering filed with the SEC. Copies are available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov.
The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required
by law.
Company Contact:
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 47th Floor
New York, NY 10105
Attn: Robert Folino
(o) 212.984.3835
robert.folino@bspac1.com
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