BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT by and among FINNOVATE ACQUISITION CORP., as Purchaser, SCAGE FUTURE, as Pubco, HERO 1, as First Merger Sub, HERO 2, as Second Merger Sub, and SCAGE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, as the Company Dated as of August 21, 2023

Exhibit 2.1

EXECUTION VERSION

BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT

by and among

FINNOVATE ACQUISITION CORP.,

as Purchaser,

SCAGE FUTURE,

as Pubco,

HERO 1,

as First Merger Sub,

HERO 2,

as Second Merger Sub,

and

SCAGE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED,

as the Company

Dated as of August 21, 2023

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I MERGERS		3
1.1	The Mergers.	3
1.2	Effective Time.	3
1.3	Effect of the Merger.	4
1.4	Organizational Documents of Surviving Company.	4
1.5	Directors, Officers and Registered Agents.	5

ARTICLE II CONVERSION OF SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF COMPANY SECURITIES		5
2.1	Conversion of Company Securities.	5
2.2	Conversion of Issued Securities of Purchaser.	6
2.3	No Liability	8
2.4	Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action.	8
2.5	Surrender of Company Securities and Disbursement of Company Share Consideration	8
2.6	Fractional Shares.	9
2.7	Company Closing Statement.	9
2.8	Dissenter’s Rights.	9

ARTICLE III CLOSING		10
3.1	Closing.	10

ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER		10
4.1	Organization and Standing.	10
4.2	Authorization; Binding Agreement.	11
4.3	Governmental Approvals.	11
4.4	Non-Contravention.	11
4.5	Capitalization.	12
4.6	SEC Filings; Purchaser Financials; Internal Controls.	13
4.7	Absence of Certain Changes.	15
4.8	Compliance with Laws.	15
4.9	Actions; Orders; Permits.	15
4.10	Taxes and Returns.	15
4.11	Employees and Employee Benefit Plans.	16
4.12	Properties.	16
4.13	Material Contracts.	17
4.14	Transactions with Affiliates.	17
4.15	Investment Company Act; JOBS Act.	17
4.16	Finders and Brokers.	17
4.17	Certain Business Practices.	18
4.18	Insurance.	18
4.19	Information Supplied.	18

4.20	Independent Investigation.	19
4.21	Trust Account.	19
4.22	Registration and Listing.	20
4.23	Termination of Prior Merger Agreements.	20

ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PUBCO, FIRST MERGER SUB AND SECOND MERGER SUB		20
5.1	Organization and Standing.	20
5.2	Authorization; Binding Agreement.	21
5.3	Governmental Approvals.	21
5.4	Non-Contravention.	21
5.5	Capitalization.	22
5.6	Activities of Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub Activities.	22
5.7	Finders and Brokers.	22
5.8	Investment Company Act.	22
5.9	Information Supplied.	22
5.10	Independent Investigation.	23
5.11	Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties.	23

ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY		24
6.1	Organization and Standing.	24
6.2	Authorization; Binding Agreement.	24
6.3	Capitalization.	25
6.4	Subsidiaries..	26
6.5	Governmental Approvals.	26
6.6	Non-Contravention.	26
6.7	Financial Statements.	27
6.8	Absence of Certain Changes.	28
6.9	Compliance with Laws.	28
6.10	Company Permits.	28
6.11	Litigation.	29
6.12	Material Contracts.	29
6.13	Intellectual Property.	31
6.14	Taxes and Returns.	33
6.15	Real Property.	35
6.16	Personal Property.	35
6.17	Title to and Sufficiency of Assets.	36
6.18	Employee Matters.	36

6.19	Benefit Plans.	38
6.20	Environmental Matters.	39
6.21	Transactions with Related Persons.	40
6.22	Insurance.	40
6.23	Books and Records.	40
6.24	Top Customers and Suppliers.	41
6.25	Certain Business Practices.	41
6.26	Investment Company Act.	42
6.27	Finders and Brokers.	42
6.28	Disclosure.	42
6.29	Information Supplied.	42
6.30	Independent Investigation.	42
6.31	Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties.	43

ARTICLE VII CONVENANTS		43
7.1	Access and Information.	43
7.2	Conduct of Business of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub.	44
7.3	Conduct of Business of Purchaser.	46
7.4	Annual and Interim Financial Statements.	49
7.5	Purchaser Public Filings.	49
7.6	No Solicitation.	49
7.7	No Trading.	50
7.8	Notification of Certain Matters.	50
7.9	Efforts.	51
7.10	Further Assurances.	52
7.11	The Registration Statement.	53
7.12	Company Shareholder Meeting.	55
7.13	Public Announcements.	55
7.14	Confidential Information.	56
7.15	Post-Closing Board of Directors and Executive Officers	57
7.16	Indemnification of Directors and Officers; Tail Insurance.	57
7.17	Trust Account Proceeds.	58
7.18	PIPE Investment.	58
7.19	Tax Matters.	58
7.20	Reorganization.	59
7.21	Lock-up Agreement.	59
7.22	Operation Sustainability of the Company.	59
7.23	Delivery of Audited Company Financial Statements.	59
7.24	Indebtedness.	59

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ARTICLE VIII CLOSING CONDITIONS		60
8.1	Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations.	60
8.2	Conditions to Obligations of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger	61
8.3	Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser.	62
8.4	Frustration of Conditions.	64

ARTICLE X TERMINATION AND EXPENSES		64
10.1	Termination.	64
10.2	Effect of Termination.	66
10.3	Fees and Expenses.	66

ARTICLE XI WAIVERS AND RELEASES		67
11.1	Waiver of Claims Against Trust.	67

ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS		68
12.1	Notices.	68
12.2	Binding Effect; Assignment.	69
12.3	Third Parties.	70
12.4	Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants..	70
12.5	Governing Law; Jurisdiction.	70
12.6	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.	71
12.7	Specific Performance.	71
12.8	Severability.	71
12.9	Amendment.	71
12.10	Waiver.	71
12.11	Entire Agreement.	72
12.12	Interpretation.	72
12.13	Counterparts.	73
12.14	No Recourse.	73
12.15	Purchaser Representative.	73
12.16	Legal Representation.	73

ARTICLE XIII DEFINITIONS		74
13.1	Certain Definitions.	74
13.2	Section References.	85

INDEX OF ANNEXES AND EXHIBITS

Exhibit		Description
Exhibit A-1		Form of Key Seller Lock-Up Agreement
Exhibit A-2		Form of Seller Lock-Up Agreement
Exhibit B-1		Form of Shareholder Support Agreement
Exhibit B-2		Form of Sponsor Support Agreement
Exhibit C		Form of Insider Letter Amendment
Exhibit D		Form of Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement
Exhibit E		Form of Assignment, Assumption and Amendment to Warrant Agreement

BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT

This Business Combination Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of August 21, 2023 by and among: (i) Finnovate Acquisition Corp, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands (the “Purchaser”), (ii) Scage Future, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands, (“Pubco”), (iv) Hero 1, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco (“First Merger Sub”); (iii) Hero 2, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Second Merger Sub”), and (iv) Scage International Limited, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands (the “Company”). Purchaser, Pubco First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub, and the Company are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and, collectively, as the “Parties”.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company and Nanjing Scage Auto Tech Co., Ltd. (南京司凯奇汽车科技有限公司), a company incorporated in the PRC as a company with limited liability (“Nanjing Scage”), have entered into those certain agreements (together with all agreements, deeds, instruments or other documents as may be necessary or appropriate, the “Reorganization Documents”) to implement and effect the Reorganization in accordance with the reorganization plan provided to the Purchaser;

WHEREAS, prior to the First Effective Time, the Sellers have received the entire issued share capital of the Company pursuant to the Reorganization such that the Sellers shall constitute and become the sole Company Shareholders as provided in the Reorganization Documents at the time of such distribution;

WHEREAS, Pubco is a newly incorporated Cayman Islands exempted company that is currently wholly owned by Mr. Xxxx Xxx, whose ownership is in the process of being transferred from Xx. Xxx to One Strength Brother Limited, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and wholly owned by Xx. Xxx;

WHEREAS, First Merger Sub (a newly incorporated Cayman Islands exempted company) and Second Merger Sub (a newly incorporated Cayman Islands exempted company) are both currently wholly owned by Mr. Xxxx Xxx, whose ownership is in the process of being transferred from Mr. Xxxx Xxx to Pubco;

WHEREAS, the Parties desire and intend to effect a business combination transaction whereby (a) on the Closing Date, First Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “First Merger”), with the Company surviving the First Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco and the outstanding Company Securities being converted into the right to receive Pubco Securities (the Company, in its capacity as the surviving company of the First Merger, is sometimes referred to herein as the “Surviving Company”); (b) on the Closing Date and immediately following the First Merger, and as part of the same overall transaction as the First Merger, Second Merger Sub will merge with and into the Purchaser (the “Second Merger”, and together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”), with the Purchaser surviving the Second Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco and the outstanding Purchaser Securities being converted into the right to receive Pubco Securities (the Purchaser, in its capacity as the surviving entity of the Second Merger, is sometimes referred to herein as the “Surviving Entity”) (the Mergers together with the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents (as defined below), the “Transactions”), all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the provisions of applicable law;

WHEREAS, Pubco will assume all of the outstanding Purchaser Warrants and each Purchaser Warrant will become a warrant to purchase the same number of Pubco Ordinary Shares at the same exercise price during the same exercise period and otherwise on the same terms as the Purchaser Warrant being assumed pursuant to the terms of an assignment, assumption and amendment agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Assignment, Assumption and Amendment to Warrant Agreement”) (such transactions, the “Company Warrant Assumption”);

WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Key Company Shareholders, as shareholders holding Company Shares sufficient to constitute the Required Company Shareholder Approval (either as the holder of record or the beneficial owner within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) have each entered into (a) a Lock-Up Agreement with Pubco and Purchaser, the form of which is attached as Exhibit A-1 hereto (each, a “Key Seller Lock-Up Agreement”), which will become effective as of the Closing, subject to the written waiver by Purchaser; and (b) a Support Agreement with the Company and Purchaser, the form of which is attached as Exhibit B-1 hereto (the “Shareholder Support Agreement”);

WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the Company, Purchaser, Pubco and the Insiders (as defined thereunder) entered into an amendment to that certain letter agreement, dated November 8, 2021, by and among, Purchaser, Finnovate Sponsor L.P. (the “Sponsor”) and the other directors and officers of Purchaser named therein, the form of which is attached as Exhibit C hereto (the “Insider Letter Amendment”);

WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Sponsor has executed and delivered to the Company a support agreement, the form of which is attached as Exhibit B-2 hereto (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed to, among other things, vote to adopt and approve this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder.

WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the Merger, the Company, the Sponsor and Pubco will on or prior to the Closing enter into an amended and restated Founder Registration Rights Agreement, in form and substance to be mutually agreed upon by Purchaser and the Company (the “Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement”), which will become effective as of the Merger Effective Time;

WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of Xxxx Xxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxx has entered into a Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement in favor of Purchaser and the Company, the form of which is attached as Exhibit D hereto (the “Non-Competition Agreement”), which will become effective as of the Closing;

WHEREAS, the boards of directors or similar governing bodies of each of Purchaser, Pubco, First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub and the Company have each (a) determined that the Transactions are fair, advisable and in the best commercial interests of their respective companies and shareholders, and (b) approved this Agreement and the Transactions, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in accordance with the Cayman Companies Act (each as defined herein); and

WHEREAS, certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in ARTICLE XII hereof.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, which are incorporated in this Agreement as if fully set forth below, and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I
MERGERS

1.1 The Mergers.

(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in ARTICLE VIII, and in accordance with the Cayman Companies Act, on the Closing Date, First Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company. As a result of the First Merger, the separate corporate existence of First Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue its corporate existence as the surviving company (within the meaning of the Cayman Companies Act) of the First Merger pursuant to the provisions of the Cayman Companies Act.

(b) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in ARTICLE VIII, and in accordance with the Cayman Companies Act, on the Closing Date and immediately following the First Merger, Second Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Purchaser. As a result of the Second Merger, the separate corporate existence of the Second Merger Sub shall cease and the Purchaser shall continue as the surviving company (within the meaning of the Cayman Companies Act) of the Second Merger.

1.2 Effective Time. As promptly as practicable, but in no event later than three (3) Business Days, after the satisfaction or, if permissible, waiver of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE VIII (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, it being understood that the occurrence of the Closing shall remain subject to the satisfaction or, if permissible, waiver of such conditions at the Closing):

(a) Pubco, First Merger Sub and the Company shall cause the First Merger to be consummated by executing a plan of merger (the “First Merger Plan of Merger”), in such form as is required by, and executed in accordance with, the relevant provisions of the Cayman Companies Act and mutually agreed by the parties, and filing the Plan of Merger and all such other documents (including, without limitation, a director’s declaration by a director of each of the Company and First Merger Sub made in accordance with Section 233(9) of the Cayman Companies Act) required to effect the First Merger pursuant to the Cayman Companies Act with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands (the “Cayman Registrar”) as provided in Section 233 of the Cayman Companies Act (the “First Merger Documents”), and make such other filings or records and take such other actions as may be required in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Act to make the First Merger effective hereinafter (such effective time being the “First Merger Effective Time”); and,

(b) immediately following the First Merger Effective Time, Pubco, Second Merger Sub and the Purchaser shall cause the Second Merger to be consummated by executing a plan of merger (the “Second Merger Plan of Merger”), in such form as is required by, and executed in accordance with, the relevant provisions of the Cayman Companies Act and mutually agreed by the parties, and filing the Second Merger Plan of Merger and all such other documents (including, without limitation, a director’s declaration by a director of each of the Purchaser and Second Merger Sub made in accordance with Section 233(9) of the Cayman Companies Act) required to effect the Second Merger pursuant to the Cayman Companies Act with the Cayman Registrar as provided in Section 233 of the Cayman Companies Act (the “Second Merger Documents”, and, with the First Merger Documents, the “Merger Documents”), and make such other filings or records and take such other actions as may be required in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Act to make the Second Merger effective hereinafter (such effective time being the “Effective Time”).

1.3 Effect of the Merger.

(a) On the First Merger Effective Time, the effect of the First Merger shall be as provided in the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the First Merger Effective Time, (i) all the rights, the property of every description including choses in action, business, undertaking, goodwill, benefits, immunities and privileges of the Company and First Merger Sub shall immediately vest in the Surviving Company, (ii) all Company Securities immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time shall be cancelled and converted into the right to receive Pubco Securities, as provided in Section 2.1, (iii) all First Merger Sub Share(s) immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time shall be cancelled and converted into the right to receive the same class and number of shares of the Surviving Company, (iv) all the mortgages, charges or security interests, and all contracts, obligations, claims, debts and liabilities of each of the Company and First Merger Sub shall become the mortgages, charges or security interests, and all contracts, obligations, claims, debts and liabilities of the Surviving Company, and (v) the separate corporate existence of First Merger Sub shall cease.

(b) At the Effective Time, the effect of the Second Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, (i) all the rights, the property of every description including choses in action, business, undertaking, goodwill, benefits, immunities and privileges of the Purchaser and Second Merger Sub shall immediately vest in the Surviving Entity, (ii) all outstanding shares of Purchaser Ordinary Shares shall be converted into the right to receive Pubco Ordinary Shares, as provided in Section 2.1, (iii) all outstanding Purchaser Warrants shall be converted into Pubco Warrants, as provided in Section 2.2; (iv) all Second Merger Sub Share(s) immediately prior to the Second Merger Effective Time shall be cancelled and converted into the right to receive the same class and number of shares of the Surviving Entity; (v) all the mortgages, charges or security interests, and all contracts, obligations, claims, debts and liabilities of each of the Purchaser and Second Merger Sub shall become the mortgages, charges or security interests, and all contracts, obligations, claims, debts and liabilities of the Surviving Entity and (vi) the separate corporate existence of Second Merger Sub shall cease.

1.4 Organizational Documents of Surviving Company and Surviving Entity.

(a) At the First Merger Effective Time, the Surviving Company shall adopt the new memorandum and articles of association (the “Surviving Company Charter”), which are substantially in the form of the memorandum and articles of association of First Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time, as the memorandum and articles of association of the Surviving Company and shall be filed with the Cayman Registrar and once filed, as so amended, will be the memorandum and articles of association of the Surviving Company; provided, that at the First Merger Effective Time, references therein to the name of the Surviving Company shall be amended to be such name as reasonably determined by the Company.

(b) At the Effective Time, (i) an amended and restated version of the memorandum and articles of association of the Surviving Entity (the “Surviving Entity Charter”), which will be substantially in the form of the memorandum and articles of association of Second Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be filed with the Cayman Registrar and once filed, as so amended, will be the memorandum and articles of association of the Surviving Entity; provided, that at the Effective Time, references therein to the name of the Surviving Entity shall be amended to be such name as reasonably determined by the Purchaser, in addition, the Purchaser confirms that, at or prior to Closing, the shareholders of Purchaser (the “Purchaser Shareholders”) will have approved the amendment and restatement of the memorandum and articles of association and if required, the change of name referenced in the immediately preceding sentences and agree that the Purchaser’s registered office is instructed to file a copy of the relevant resolutions, together with the Second Merger Plan of Merger and the Second Merger Documents with the Cayman Registrar pursuant to the Cayman Companies Act; and (ii) the Pubco Charter, as in effect immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time, shall be amended and restated in its entirety to be in the form of the Amended Pubco Charter.

1.5 Directors, Officers and Registered Agents.

(a) At the First Merger Effective Time, the board of directors and executive officers of the Surviving Company shall be such directors and officers as appointed by the Company as provided in the First Merger Plan of Merger, each to hold office in accordance with the provisions of the Cayman Companies Act and the Surviving Company Charter until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.

(b) At the Effective Time, the board of directors and executive officers of the Surviving Entity shall be such directors and officers as appointed by the Company or Pubco as provided in the Second Merger Plan of Merger, each to hold office in accordance with the provisions of the Cayman Companies Act and the Surviving Entity Charter until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.

(c) At the Effective Time, the client of record of the registered office provider of the Surviving Entity shall be such named individual or individuals as nominated by the Company or Pubco and the Purchaser shall have provided the registered officer provider of the Surviving Entity with written instructions to recognize the authority of the new client(s) of record of the Surviving Entity on and from the Effective Time.

ARTICLE II

CONVERSION OF SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF COMPANY SECURITIES

2.1 Conversion of Company Securities. At the First Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the First Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holders of any of the following securities:

(a) Company Preferred Shares. On the Closing Date and immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time, each Company Preferred Share that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time shall be canceled in exchange for the right to receive a number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Company Ordinary Shares at the then effective conversion rate as calculated pursuant to the then effective amended and restated articles of associations of the Company (the “Conversion”). After the Conversion, all of the Company Preferred Shares shall no longer be outstanding and shall cease to exist, and each holder of Company Preferred Shares shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such securities.

(b) Company Ordinary Shares. Each Company Ordinary Share that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time and after the Conversion shall, as of the First Merger Effective Time, be canceled by virtue of the First Merger and converted into the right to receive 100% of such number of Pubco Ordinary Shares equal to the Exchange Ratio (the “Company Share Consideration”, in accordance with Section 1.3. All of the Company Ordinary Shares converted into the right to receive Pubco Ordinary Shares shall no longer be issued and outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist, the register of members of the Company shall be updated promptly at the First Merger Effective Time to reflect such cancellation, and each holder of a share certificate of the Company previously representing any such shares of Company Ordinary Shares shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such securities, except the right to receive the Pubco Ordinary Shares into which such Company Ordinary Shares shall have been converted in the First Merger and as otherwise provided under the Cayman Companies Act.

(d) First Merger Sub Ordinary Shares. Each share of First Merger Sub Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time shall, as of the First Merger Effective Time, be converted into and exchanged for one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Surviving Company.

(e) Company Convertible Securities. Any Company Convertible Security, , to the extent then outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time, shall automatically, without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be assumed by the Pubco and converted into a convertible security of Pubco, subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable to the corresponding former Company Convertible Securities immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time, taking into account any changes thereto by reason of the Agreement or the Transactions (the “Pubco Convertible Security”). Pubco shall take all corporate action necessary to reserve for future issuance, and shall maintain such reservation for so long as any of the Pubco Convertible Security remain outstanding, a sufficient number of Pubco Ordinary Shares for delivery upon the exercise of such Pubco Convertible Security.

(f) Cancellation of Pubco Ordinary Shares Owned by One Strength Brother Limited. At the First Merger Effective Time, every issued and outstanding share(s) of Pubco owned by One Strength Brother Limited, being the only issued and outstanding share(s) in Pubco immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time, shall be canceled without any conversion thereof or payment therefor.

2.2 Conversion of Issued Securities of Purchaser. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Second Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holders of any of the following securities:

(a) Purchaser Units. At the Effective Time, each issued and outstanding Purchaser Public Unit shall be automatically detached and the holder thereof shall be deemed to hold one Purchaser A Ordinary Share and three-quarters of one Purchaser Public Warrant, in each case in accordance with the terms of the applicable Purchaser Unit, which underlying Purchaser Securities shall be converted in accordance with the applicable terms of this Section 2.2 below.

(b) Purchaser Ordinary Share. At the Effective Time, every issued and outstanding Purchaser Ordinary Share (other than those described in Section 2.2(d) and Section 2.2(e) below) immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled by virtue of the Second Merger and converted automatically into the right to receive one Pubco Ordinary Share (such consideration, the “Purchaser Merger Consideration”). All Purchaser Ordinary Shares shall cease to be issued and outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist, the register of members of the Purchaser shall be updated promptly at the Effective Time to reflect such cancellation, and each holder of a share certificate of the Purchaser previously representing any such shares of Purchaser Ordinary Shares shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such shares, except the right to receive the Pubco Ordinary Shares into which such Purchaser Ordinary Shares shall have been converted in the Second Merger and as otherwise provided under the Cayman Companies Act.

(c) Purchaser Warrants. Pursuant to the Assignment, Assumption and Amendment to Warrant Agreement, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Second Merger and without any action on the part of any holder, each outstanding Purchaser Public Warrant shall be converted into one Pubco Public Warrant, and each outstanding Purchaser Private Warrant shall be converted into one Pubco Private Warrant, in accordance with the terms of the Assignment, Assumption and Amendment to Warrant Agreement. At the Effective Time, the Purchaser Warrants shall cease to be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist. Each of the Pubco Public Warrants shall have, and be subject to, substantially the same terms and conditions set forth in the Purchaser Public Warrants, and each of the Pubco Private Warrants shall have, and be subject to, substantially the same terms and conditions set forth in the Purchaser Private Warrants, except that in each case they shall represent the right to acquire Pubco Ordinary Shares in lieu of Purchaser Ordinary Shares. At or prior to the Effective Time, Pubco shall take all corporate actions necessary to reserve for future issuance and shall maintain such reservation for so long as any of the Pubco Warrants remain outstanding, a sufficient number of Pubco Ordinary Shares for delivery upon the exercise of such Pubco Warrants.

(d) Cancellation of Shares Held by Purchaser. At the Effective Time, if there are any shares of Purchaser that are held by Purchaser as treasury shares, such shares shall be canceled and extinguished without any conversion thereof or payment therefor.

(e) Redeemed Shares. Each Purchaser Ordinary Share for which a holder has validly exercised its right of Redemption shall be surrendered and cancelled and shall cease to exist and no consideration shall be delivered or deliverable in exchange therefor.

(f) Second Merger Sub Ordinary Shares. Each share in Second Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and exchanged for one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Surviving Entity.

(g) Transfers of Ownership. If any certificate for Purchaser Shares is to be issued in a name other than that in which the certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it will be a condition of the issuance thereof that the certificate so surrendered will be properly cancelled and otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the person requesting such exchange will have paid to Purchaser or any agent designated by it any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the issuance of a certificate for securities of Purchaser in any name other than that of the registered holder of the certificate surrendered, or established to the satisfaction of Purchaser or any agent designated by it that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

(h) Surrender of Purchaser Certificates. All securities issued upon the surrender of Purchaser Securities in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such securities, provided that any restrictions on the sale and transfer of Purchaser Securities shall also apply to the Pubco Securities so issued in exchange.

(i) Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Purchaser Certificates. In the event any certificates shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Pubco shall issue, in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates, as the case may be, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof, such securities, as may be required pursuant to Section 2.2; provided, however, that the Surviving Entity may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates to deliver a bond in such sum as it may reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Surviving Entity with respect to the certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

2.3 No Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this ARTICLE II, none of the Surviving Company, Surviving Entity, Pubco or any other Party hereto shall be liable to any Person for any amount properly paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.

2.4 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Company or the Surviving Entity with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of Purchaser, the Company, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub, the officers and directors of Purchaser, the Company, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub are fully authorized in the name of their respective entities to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.

2.5 Surrender of Company Securities and Disbursement of Company Share Consideration

(a) At the Closing, Pubco shall cause the Company Share Consideration to be issued and delivered to the Sellers as converted from their Company Securities in accordance with Section 2.1.

(b) At the Closing, the Sellers will deliver to Pubco their collective Company Securities, including any certificates representing Company Ordinary Shares (“Company Certificates”), along with applicable share power or transfer forms reasonably acceptable to Pubco. In the event that any Company Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, in lieu of delivery of a Company Certificate to Pubco, the Sellers may instead deliver to Pubco an affidavit of lost certificate and indemnity of loss in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Pubco (a “Lost Certificate Affidavit”), which at the reasonable discretion of Pubco may include a requirement that the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Certificate deliver a bond in such sum as Pubco may reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Pubco or the Company with respect to the Company Ordinary Shares represented by such Company Certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

2.6 Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no fraction of a Pubco Ordinary Share will be issued by Pubco by virtue of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, and each Person who would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of a Pubco Ordinary Share (after aggregating all fractional Pubco Ordinary Shares that would otherwise be received by such Person) shall instead have the number of Pubco Ordinary Shares issued to such Person rounded down in the aggregate to the nearest whole Pubco Ordinary Share.

2.7 Company Closing Statement. No later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Purchaser a statement prepared by the Company’s chief financial officer (the “Company Closing Statement”) setting forth (a) an estimated consolidated balance sheet of the Target Companies as of the Reference Time, prepared in good faith and in accordance with the Accounting Principles, (b) a good faith calculation of the Company’s estimate of the Closing Net Debt, as of the Reference Time and along with reasonably detailed calculations, and (c) the resulting estimated Aggregate Merger Consideration Amount and Pubco Common Shares to be issued by Pubco at the Closing using the formula in Section 13.1 based on such estimate of Closing Net Debt, which Company Closing Statement shall be subject to the review and the reasonable approval by Purchaser. Promptly after delivering the Company Closing Statement to Purchaser, the Company will meet with Purchaser to review and discuss the Company Closing Statement and the Company will consider in good faith Purchaser’s comments to the Company Closing Statement and make any appropriate adjustments to the Company Closing Statement prior to the Closing, as mutually approved by the Company and Purchaser both acting reasonably and in good faith, which adjusted Company Closing Statement shall thereafter become the Company Closing Statement for all purposes of this Agreement. The Company Closing Statement and the determinations contained therein shall be prepared in accordance with the Accounting Principles and otherwise in accordance with this Agreement.

2.8 Dissenters’ Rights.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary and to the extent available under the Companies Act, Company Shares that are outstanding immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time and that are held by Persons who shall have demanded properly in writing dissenters’ rights for such Company Shares in accordance with Section 238 of the Companies Act and otherwise complied with all of the provisions of the Companies Act relevant to the exercise and perfection of dissenters’ rights shall not be converted into, and such Company shareholders shall have no right to receive, the applicable Pubco Ordinary Shares unless and until such Company shareholder fails to perfect or withdraws or otherwise loses his, her or its right to dissenters’ rights under the Companies Act. The Company Shares owned by any shareholder of the Company who fails to perfect or who effectively withdraws or otherwise loses his, her or its dissenters’ rights pursuant to the Companies Act shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted into, and to have become exchangeable for, as of the First Merger Effective Time, the right to receive the applicable Pubco Ordinary Shares, without any interest thereon. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall give Purchaser prompt notice of any demands for dissenters’ rights received by the Company and any withdrawals of such demands and the Company shall have complete control over all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such dissenters’ rights (including the ability to make any payment with respect to any exercise by a shareholder of its rights to dissent from the Mergers or any demands for appraisal or offer to settle or settle any such demands or approve any withdrawal of any such dissenter rights or demands).

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary and to the extent available under the Companies Act, Purchaser Ordinary Shares that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that are held by Persons who shall have demanded properly in writing dissenters’ rights for such Purchaser Ordinary Shares in accordance with Section 238 of the Companies Act and otherwise complied with all of the provisions of the Companies Act relevant to the exercise and perfection of dissenters’ rights shall not be converted into, and such Purchaser shareholders shall have no right to receive, the applicable Pubco Ordinary Shares unless and until such shareholder fails to perfect or withdraws or otherwise loses his, her or its right to dissenters’ rights under the Companies Act. The Purchaser Ordinary Shares owned by any shareholder of the Purchaser who fails to perfect or who effectively withdraws or otherwise loses his, her or its dissenters’ rights pursuant to the Companies Act shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted into, and to have become exchangeable for, as of the Effective Time, the right to receive the applicable Pubco Ordinary Shares, without any interest thereon. Prior to the Closing, Xxxxxxxxx shall give the Company prompt notice of any demands for dissenters’ rights received by Xxxxxxxxx and any withdrawals of such demands and Purchaser shall have complete control over all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such dissenters’ rights (including the ability to make any payment with respect to any exercise by a shareholder of its rights to dissent from the Mergers or any demands for appraisal or offer to settle or settle any such demands or approve any withdrawal of any such dissenter rights or demands).

ARTICLE III

CLOSING

3.1 Closing. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE VIII, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Schole, LLP (“EGS”), 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, or by electronic exchange of documents and signatures, on a date and at a time to be agreed upon by Purchaser and the Company, which date shall be no later than the third (3^rd) Business Day after all the Closing conditions to this Agreement have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions) at 10:00 a.m. local time, or at such other date, time or place (including remotely) as Purchaser, Pubco and the Company may agree (the date and time at which the Closing is actually held being the “Closing Date”).

ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER

Except as set forth in (i) the disclosure schedules delivered by Purchaser to the Company and accepted by Pubco on the date hereof (the “Purchaser Disclosure Schedules”), the Section numbers of which are numbered to correspond to the Section numbers of this Agreement to which they refer, or (ii) the SEC Reports that are available on the SEC’s website through XXXXX no later than 5:30 p.m. on the day immediately before the date of this Agreement (to the extent the qualifying nature of such disclosure is readily apparent from the content of such SEC Reports, but excluding disclosures referred to in “Forward-Looking Statements,” “Risk Factors” and any other disclosures therein to the extent they are of a predictive or cautionary nature or related to forward-looking statements) (it being acknowledged that nothing disclosed in such a SEC Report will be deemed to modify or qualify the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.1 (Corporate Organization), Section 4.2 (Authorization; Binding Agreement) and Section 4.5 (Capitalization)), Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company and Pubco, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as follows:

4.1 Organization and Standing. Purchaser is an exempted company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands. Purchaser has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Purchaser is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of the property owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary. Purchaser has heretofore made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of its Organizational Documents, each as currently in full force and effect. Purchaser is not in violation of any provision of its Organizational Documents.

4.2 Authorization; Binding Agreement. Purchaser has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, subject to obtaining the Required Shareholder Approval. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (a) have been duly and validly authorized by the board of directors of Purchaser and (b) other than the Required Shareholder Approval, no other corporate proceedings, other than as set forth elsewhere in the Agreement, on the part of Purchaser are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Purchaser’s board of directors, either (A) at a duly called and held meeting or (B) by way of written resolution, has unanimously (i) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Second Merger, are advisable, fair to and in the best commercial interests of Purchaser and Purchaser’s shareholders, (ii) approved and adopted this Agreement, (iii) resolved to recommend that Purchaser’s shareholders vote in favor of the approval of this Agreement, the Second Merger, and the other Purchaser Shareholder Approval Matters in accordance with the Companies Act (the “Purchaser Recommendation”) and (iv) directed that this Agreement and the Purchaser Shareholder Approval Matters be submitted to the Purchaser shareholders for their approval. This Agreement has been, and each Ancillary Document to which Purchaser is a party shall be when delivered, duly and validly executed and delivered by Purchaser and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and such Ancillary Documents by the other parties hereto and thereto, constitutes, or when delivered shall constitute, the valid and binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and moratorium laws and other laws of general application affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”).

4.3 Governmental Approvals. Except as otherwise described in Schedule 4.3, no Consent of or with any Governmental Authority, on the part of Purchaser is required to be obtained or made in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by Purchaser of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party or the consummation by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, other than (a) pursuant to Antitrust Laws, (b) such filings as contemplated by this Agreement, (c) any filings required with Nasdaq or the SEC with respect to the Transactions, and (d) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and/ or any state “blue sky” securities Laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

4.4 Non-Contravention. Except as otherwise described in Schedule 4.4, the execution and delivery by Purchaser of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party, the consummation by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and compliance by Purchaser with any of the provisions hereof and thereof, will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of Purchaser’s Organizational Documents, (b) subject to obtaining the Consents from Governmental Authorities referred to in Section 4.3 hereof, and the waiting periods referred to therein having expired, and any condition precedent to such Consent or waiver having been satisfied, conflict with or violate any Law, Order or Consent applicable to Purchaser or any of its properties or assets, or (c) (i) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, (ii) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, (iii) result in the termination, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of, (iv) accelerate the performance required by Purchaser under, (v) result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (vi) give rise to any obligation to make payments or provide compensation under, (vii) result in the creation of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any of the properties or assets of Purchaser under, (viii) give rise to any obligation to obtain any third party Consent or provide any notice to any Person or (ix) give any Person the right to declare a default, exercise any remedy, claim a rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule, accelerate the maturity or performance, cancel, terminate or modify any right, benefit, obligation or other term under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, any Purchaser Material Contract, except for any deviations from any of the foregoing clauses (a), (b) or (c) that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Purchaser.

4.5 Capitalization.

(a) The authorized share capital of the Purchaser is US$55,500 divided into (i) 500,000,000 Purchaser Class A Ordinary Shares, (ii) 50,000,000 Purchaser Class B Ordinary Shares, and (iii) 5,000,000 Purchaser Preference Shares. As of the date of this Agreement, the issued and outstanding Purchaser Securities are set forth hereto in Schedule 4.5 (a). As of the date of this Agreement, there are no issued or outstanding shares of Purchaser Preference Shares. All outstanding shares of Purchaser Securities (i) are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to or issued in violation of any purchase option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of the Companies Act, Purchaser’s Organizational Documents or any Contract to which Purchaser is a party and (ii) except as set forth on Schedule 4.5(b), are free and clear of all Liens and other restrictions (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such Purchaser Securities). None of the outstanding Purchaser Securities has been issued in violation of any applicable securities Laws. Prior to giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Purchaser does not have any Subsidiaries or own any equity interests in any other Person.

(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.5 (a) or Schedule 4.5 (b) there are no (i) outstanding options, warrants, puts, calls, convertible or exchangeable securities, “phantom” share rights, share appreciation rights, share-based units, preemptive or similar rights, (ii) bonds, debentures, notes or other Indebtedness having general voting rights or that are convertible or exchangeable into securities having such rights or (iii) subscriptions or other rights, agreements, arrangements, Contracts or commitments of any character (other than this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents), (A) relating to the issued or unissued securities of Purchaser or (B) obligating Purchaser to issue, transfer, deliver or sell or cause to be issued, transferred, delivered, sold or repurchased any options or shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for any capital shares, or (C) obligating Purchaser to grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant, call, subscription or other right, agreement, arrangement or commitment for such capital shares. Other than the Redemption or as expressly set forth in this Agreement, there are no outstanding obligations of Purchaser to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of Purchaser or to provide funds to make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in any Person. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.5 (b), there are no shareholders agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which Purchaser is a party with respect to the voting or transfer of any shares of Purchaser.

(c) As of the date hereof, Purchaser does not have any Indebtedness except as set forth in Schedule 4.5(c) I. No Indebtedness of Purchaser contains any restriction upon: (i) the prepayment of any of such Indebtedness, (ii) the incurrence of Indebtedness by Purchaser, (iii) the ability of Purchaser to grant any Lien on its properties or assets, or (iv) the consummation of the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents.

(d) Since the date of incorporation of Purchaser, and except as contemplated by this Agreement, Purchaser has not declared or paid any distribution or dividend in respect of its shares and has not repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any of its shares, and Purchaser’s board of directors has not authorized any of the foregoing.

4.6 SEC Filings; Purchaser Financials; Internal Controls.

(a) Purchaser, since the IPO, has filed all forms, reports, schedules, statements, registration statements, prospectuses and other documents required to be filed or furnished by Purchaser with the SEC under the Securities Act and/or the Exchange Act, together with any amendments, restatements or supplements thereto, and will file all such forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents required to be filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement. Except to the extent available on the SEC’s web site through XXXXX, Purchaser has delivered to the Company copies in the form filed with the SEC of all of the following: (i) Purchaser’s annual reports on Form 10-K for each fiscal year of Purchaser beginning with the first year Purchaser was required to file such a form, (ii) Purchaser’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for each fiscal quarter that Purchaser filed such reports to disclose its quarterly financial results in each of the fiscal years of Purchaser referred to in clause (i) above, (iii) all other forms, reports, registration statements, prospectuses and other documents (other than preliminary materials) filed by Purchaser with the SEC since the beginning of the first fiscal year referred to in clause (i) above (the forms, reports, registration statements, prospectuses and other documents referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, to the extent publicly available through XXXXX, are, collectively, the “SEC Reports”) and (iv) all certifications and statements required by (A) Rules 13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange Act, and (B) 18 U.S.C. §1350 (Section 906 of SOX) with respect to any report referred to in clause (i) above (collectively, the “Public Certifications”). Except for any changes (including any required revisions to or restatements of the Purchaser Financials (defined below) or the SEC Reports) to (A) the Purchaser’s historical accounting of the Purchaser Warrants as equity rather than as liabilities that may be required as a result of the Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies that was issued by the SEC on April 12, 2021, and related guidance by the SEC or (B) the Purchaser’s accounting or classification of Purchaser’s outstanding redeemable shares as temporary, as opposed to permanent, equity that may be required as a result of related statements by the SEC staff or recommendations or requirements of the Purchaser’s auditors (clauses (A) and (B), collectively, “SEC SPAC Accounting Changes”), the SEC Reports (x) were prepared in all material respects in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations thereunder and (y) did not, as of their respective effective dates (in the case of SEC Reports that are registration statements filed pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act) and at the time they were filed with the SEC (in the case of all other SEC Reports) contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Public Certifications are each true as of their respective dates of filing. As used in this Section 4.6, the term “file” shall be broadly construed to include any manner permitted by SEC rules and regulations in which a document or information is furnished, supplied or otherwise made available to the SEC.

(b) As of the date of this Agreement, (A) the Purchaser Units, the Purchaser Ordinary Shares and the Purchaser Public Warrants are listed on Nasdaq, (B) Purchaser has not received any written deficiency notice from Nasdaq relating to the continued listing requirements of such Purchaser Securities, and there are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of Purchaser, threatened against Purchaser by Nasdaq or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister or terminate the listing of such Purchaser Securities on Nasdaq, and there are no circumstances known or knowable to Purchaser that would be reasonably expected to cause Nasdaq or the SEC to take any Actions described in the immediately preceding clause, (C) there are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of Purchaser, threatened against Purchaser by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority with respect to any intention by such entity to suspend, prohibit or terminate the quoting of such Purchaser Securities on Nasdaq, (D) such Purchaser Securities are in compliance with all of the applicable corporate governance rules of Nasdaq, (E) except as set forth in Schedule 4.6, as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding SEC comments from the SEC with respect to the SEC Reports, and (F) to the Knowledge of Purchaser, none of the SEC Reports filed on or prior to the date hereof is subject to ongoing SEC review or investigation as of the date hereof.

(c) Except for the SEC SPAC Accounting Changes, the financial statements and notes of Purchaser contained or incorporated by reference in the SEC Reports (the “Purchaser Financials”), fairly present in all material respects the financial position and the results of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows of Purchaser at the respective dates of and for the periods referred to in such financial statements, all in accordance with (i) GAAP methodologies applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved and (ii) Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and for the omission of notes and audit adjustments in the case of unaudited quarterly financial statements to the extent permitted by Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable), and (iii) audited in accordance with PCAOB standards.

(d) Except as and to the extent reflected or reserved against in the Purchaser Financials, Purchaser has not incurred and does not have any Liabilities or obligations (whether determined, contingent or otherwise) that is not adequately reflected or reserved on or provided for in the Purchaser Financials, other than Liabilities of the type required to be reflected on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP that have been incurred since Purchaser’s incorporation in the ordinary course of business. Purchaser does not maintain any “off-balance sheet arrangement” within the meaning of Item 303 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act. As of the date of this Agreement, no financial statements other than those of Purchaser are required by GAAP to be included in the financial statements of Purchaser.

(e) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.6(e), since the IPO, the Purchaser has not received from its independent auditors any written notification of any (i) “significant deficiency” in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Purchaser, (ii) “material weakness” in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Purchaser or (iii) fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees of the Purchaser who have a significant role in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Purchaser.

(f) Except as not required in reliance on exemptions from various reporting requirements by virtue of the Purchaser’s status as an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act, since the IPO, (i) the Purchaser has established and maintained a system of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the Purchaser’s financial reporting and the preparation of the Purchaser’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and (ii) the Purchaser has established and maintained disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) designed to ensure that material information relating to the Purchaser is made known to the Purchaser’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within the Purchaser, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are being prepared.

(g) There are no outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made by Purchaser to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) or director of Purchaser and Purchaser has not taken any action prohibited by Section 402 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.

4.7 Absence of Certain Changes. As of the date of this Agreement, except as set forth in Schedule 4.7, Purchaser has, (a) since its incorporation, conducted no business other than its incorporation, the public offering of its securities (and the related private offerings), public reporting and its search for an initial Business Combination as described in the IPO Prospectus (including the investigation of the Target Companies and the negotiation and execution of this Agreement) and related activities and (b) since December 31, 2019, not been subject to a Material Adverse Effect on the Purchaser.

4.8 Compliance with Laws. The Purchaser has since its incorporation been, in compliance with all Laws applicable to it and the conduct of its business in all material respects. Since its incorporation date, (a) Purchaser has not been subjected to, or received written notice alleging any material violation of applicable Law respect by Purchaser or any investigation by a Governmental Authority for actual or alleged violation of any Applicable Law, and (b) Purchaser is not and has not been in conflict with, or in default, breach or violation of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation to which Purchaser is a party or by which Purchaser or any property or asset of Purchaser is bound.

4.9 Actions; Orders; Permits. There is no pending or, to the Knowledge of Purchaser, threatened Action to which Purchaser is subject which would or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Purchaser. There is no Action that Purchaser has pending against any other Person. Purchaser is not subject to any Orders of any Governmental Authority, nor are any such Orders pending. Purchaser holds all Permits necessary to lawfully conduct its business as presently conducted, and to own, lease and operate its assets and properties, all of which are in full force and effect.

4.10 Taxes and Returns.

(a) Purchaser has or will have timely filed, or caused to be timely filed, all material federal, state, local and foreign Tax Returns required to be filed by it, which Tax Returns are true, accurate, correct and complete in all material respects, and has paid, collected or withheld, or caused to be paid, collected or withheld, all material Taxes required to be paid, collected or withheld, other than such Taxes for which adequate reserves in the Purchaser Financials have been established in accordance with GAAP. Schedule 4.10(a) sets forth each jurisdiction where Purchaser files or is required to file a Tax Return. There is no Action currently pending or, to the Knowledge of Purchaser, threatened against Purchaser by a Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where Purchaser does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. To the Knowledge of Purchaser, there are no claims, assessments. audits, examinations, investigations or other Actions pending against Purchaser in respect of any material Tax, and Purchaser has not been notified in writing of any material proposed Tax claims or assessments against Purchaser (other than, in each case, claims or assessments for which adequate reserves in the Purchaser Financials have been established in accordance with GAAP or are immaterial in amount). There are no Liens with respect to any Taxes upon any of Purchaser’s assets, other than Permitted Liens. Purchaser has no outstanding waivers or extensions of any applicable statute of limitations to assess any material amount of Taxes. There are no outstanding requests by Purchaser for any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return or within which to pay any Taxes shown to be due on any Tax Return.

(b) Since the date of its incorporation, Purchaser has not (i) changed any Tax accounting methods, policies or procedures except as required by a change in Law, (ii) made, revoked, or amended any material Tax election, (iii) filed any amended Tax Returns or claim for refund, (iv) entered into any closing agreement affecting or otherwise settled or compromised any material Tax Liability or refund, or (v) received a ruling from, or signed an agreement with, any taxing authority that would reasonably be expected to have a material impact on its Taxes following the Closing.

(c) Purchaser has not participated in, or sold, distributed or otherwise promoted, any “reportable transaction,” as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4.

(d) Purchaser does not have any Liability for the Taxes of another Person that are not adequately reflected in the Purchaser Financials (i) under any applicable Tax Law, (ii) as a transferee or successor, or (iii) by contract, indemnity or otherwise (excluding commercial agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business the primary purpose of which is not the sharing of Taxes). Purchaser is not a party to or bound by any Tax indemnity agreement, Tax sharing agreement or Tax allocation agreement or similar agreement, arrangement or practice (excluding commercial agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business the primary purpose of which is not the sharing of Taxes) with respect to Taxes (including advance pricing agreement, closing agreement or other agreement relating to Taxes with any Governmental Authority) that will be binding on Purchaser with respect to any period following the Closing Date.

(e) Purchaser has not requested and is not the subject of or bound by any private letter ruling, technical advice memorandum, closing agreement or similar ruling, memorandum or agreement with any Governmental Authority with respect to any Taxes, nor is any such request outstanding.

(f) Purchaser: (i) has not constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” (within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code) in a distribution of securities (to any Person or entity that is not a member of the consolidated group of which Purchaser is the common parent corporation) qualifying for, or intended to qualify for, Tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (A) within the two-year period ending on the date hereof or (B) in a distribution which could otherwise constitute part of a “plan” or “series of related transactions” (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) in conjunction with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (ii) is not and has not ever been (A) a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code, or (B) a member of any consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated group of corporations for any Tax purposes other than a group of which Purchaser is or was the common parent corporation.

(g) Purchaser is not aware of any fact or circumstance that would reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers from together qualifying as an exchange described in Section 351 of the Code.

4.11 Employees and Employee Benefit Plans. Purchaser does not (a) have any paid employees or (b) maintain, sponsor, contribute to or otherwise have any Liability under, any Benefit Plans. Purchaser has no unsatisfied liability with respect to any officer or director. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents nor the consummation of the Transactions will (i) result in any payment or benefit (including severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, bonus or otherwise) becoming due to any director, officer or employee of Purchaser; or (b) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such payment or benefit.

4.12 Properties. Purchaser does not own, license or otherwise have any right, title or interest in any material Intellectual Property. Purchaser does not own or lease any material real property or Personal Property. To the Knowledge of Purchaser, it has not infringed, misappropriated or violated any Intellectual Property of any other person.

4.13 Material Contracts.

(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.13, other than this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, there are no Contracts to which Purchaser is a party or by which any of its properties or assets may be bound, subject or affected, which (i) creates or imposes a Liability greater than $100,000, (ii) may not be cancelled by Purchaser on less than sixty (60) days’ prior notice without payment of a material penalty or termination fee, (iii) prohibits, prevents, restricts or impairs in any material respect any business practice of Purchaser as its business is currently conducted, any acquisition of material property by Purchaser, or restricts in any material respect the ability of Purchaser from engaging in business as currently conducted by it or from competing with any other Person, or (iv) otherwise constitutes a “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC) (each, a “Purchaser Material Contract”). All Purchaser Material Contracts have been made available to the Company other than those that are exhibits to the SEC Reports.

(b) With respect to each Purchaser Material Contract: (i) the Purchaser Material Contract was entered into at arms’ length and in the ordinary course of business; (ii) the Purchaser Material Contract is legal, valid, binding and enforceable against Purchaser and, to the Knowledge of Purchaser, the other parties thereto, and is in full force and effect (except, in each case, as such enforcement may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions); (iii) Purchaser is not in breach or default in any material respect, and no event has occurred that with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute such a breach or default in any material respect by Purchaser, or permit termination or acceleration by the other party, under such Purchaser Material Contract; (iv) to the Knowledge of Purchaser, no other party to any Purchaser Material Contract is in breach or default in any material respect, and no event has occurred that with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute such a breach or default by such other party, or permit termination or acceleration by Purchaser under any Purchaser Material Contract; and (v) Purchaser has not received written notice from any other party to any such Purchaser Material Contract that such party intends to terminate or not renew any such Purchaser Material Contract.

4.14 Transactions with Affiliates. Schedule 4.14 sets forth a true, correct and complete list of the Contracts and arrangements that are in existence as of the date of this Agreement under which there are any existing or future Liabilities or obligations between Purchaser, on the one hand, and any (a) present or former director, officer, or employee, or Affiliate of Purchaser, or any immediate family member of any of the foregoing, or (b) record or beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of Purchaser’s outstanding share as of the date hereof, on the other hand.

4.15 Investment Company Act; JOBS Act. As of the date of this Agreement, Purchaser is not an “investment company” or a Person directly or indirectly “controlled” by or acting on behalf of a person subject to registration and regulation as an “investment company”, in each case within the meaning of the Investment Company Act. Purchaser constitutes an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the JOBS Act.

4.16 Finders and Brokers. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.16 , no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission from Purchaser or its Affiliates or, to the Knowledge of Purchaser, Pubco, the Target Companies, or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Purchaser.

4.17 Certain Business Practices.

(a) Neither Purchaser, nor any of its Representatives acting on its behalf, has (i) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees, to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or violated any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any other local or foreign anti-corruption or bribery Law, (iii) made any other unlawful payment or (iv) since the incorporation of Purchaser, directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give any unlawful gift or similar benefit in any material amount to any customer, supplier, governmental employee or other Person who is or may be in a position to help or hinder Purchaser or assist it in connection with any actual or proposed transaction.

(b) The operations of Purchaser are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with money laundering statutes in all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Authority, and no Action involving Purchaser with respect to the any of the foregoing is pending or, to the Knowledge of Purchaser, threatened.

(c) None of Purchaser or any of its directors or officers, or, to the Knowledge of Purchaser, any other Representative acting on behalf of Purchaser is currently (i) identified on the specially designated nationals or other blocked person list or otherwise currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”), the U.S. Department of State, or other applicable Governmental Authority; (ii) organized, resident, or located in, or a national of a comprehensively sanctioned country (currently, the Balkans, Belarus, Burma, Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and Zimbabwe); or (iii) in the aggregate, fifty (50) percent or greater owned directly or indirectly, or otherwise controlled, by a person identified in (i) or (ii); and Purchaser has not, directly or indirectly, used any funds, or loaned, contributed or otherwise made available such funds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, in connection with any sales or operations in any other country sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to, or otherwise in violation of, any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State in the last five (5) fiscal years.

4.18 Insurance. Schedule 4.18 lists all insurance policies (by policy number, insurer, coverage period, coverage amount, annual premium and type of policy) held by Purchaser relating to Purchaser or its business, properties, assets, directors, officers and employees, copies of which have been provided to the Company. All premiums due and payable under all such insurance policies have been timely paid and Purchaser is otherwise in compliance with the terms of such insurance policies. All such insurance policies are in full force and effect, and to the Knowledge of Purchaser, there is no threatened termination of, or material premium increase with respect to, any of such insurance policies. There have been no insurance claims made by Purchaser. Purchaser has reported to its insurers all claims and pending circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in a claim, except where such failure to report such a claim would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Purchaser.

4.19 Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by Purchaser expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference: (a) in any current report on Form 8-K, and any exhibits thereto or any other report, form, registration or other filing made with any Governmental Authority (including the SEC) with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents; (b) in the Registration Statement; or (c) in the mailings or other distributions to Purchaser’s or Pubco’s shareholders and/or prospective investors with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in any amendment to any of documents identified in (a) through (c), will, when filed, made available, mailed or distributed, as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by Purchaser expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference in any of the Signing Press Release, the Signing Filing, the Closing Filing and the Closing Press Release will, when filed or distributed, as applicable, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser makes no representation, warranty or covenant with respect to any information supplied by or on behalf of Pubco, the Target Companies or any of their respective Affiliates.

4.20 Independent Investigation. Purchaser has conducted its own independent investigation, review and analysis of the business, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or assets of the Target Companies, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub and acknowledges that it has been provided adequate access to the personnel, properties, assets, premises, books and records, and other documents and data of the Target Companies, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub for such purpose. Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that: (a) in making its decision to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, it has relied solely upon its own investigation and the express representations and warranties of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement (including the related portions of the Company Disclosure Schedules) and in any certificate delivered to Purchaser pursuant hereto, and the information provided by or on behalf of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub for the Registration Statement; and (b) none of the Company and its respective Representatives have made any representation or warranty as to the Target Companies, or this Agreement, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement (including the related portions of the Company Disclosure Schedules) or in any certificate delivered to Purchaser pursuant hereto.

4.21 Trust Account. As of August 18, 2023, Purchaser had an amount of assets in the Trust Account of no less than $49,795,136. The funds held in the Trust Account are invested in U.S. government securities or money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act and held in trust pursuant to the Trust Agreement. The Trust Agreement is in full force and effect and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Purchaser and the Trustee, enforceable in accordance with its terms. The Trust Agreement has not been terminated, repudiated, rescinded, amended, supplemented or modified, in any respect, and no such termination, repudiation, rescission, amendment, supplement or modification is contemplated. Purchaser has complied with the terms of the Trust Agreement and is not in breach thereof or default thereunder and there does not exist under the Trust Agreement any event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default by Purchaser or the Trustee. There are no separate Contracts, side letters or other arrangements or understandings (whether written or unwritten, express or implied) that would cause the description of the Trust Agreement in the SEC Reports to be inaccurate in any material respect or, to the Knowledge of Purchaser, that would entitle any Person (other than (i) in respect of deferred underwriting commissions set forth in Schedule 4.21 or Taxes, (ii) the holders of Purchaser Securities prior to the Effective Time who shall have elected to redeem their Purchaser Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents or in connection with an amendment thereof to extend Purchaser’s deadline to consummate a Business Combination or (iii) if Purchaser fails to complete a Business Combination within the allotted time period and liquidates the Trust Account, subject to the terms of the Trust Agreement, Purchaser in limited amounts to permit Purchaser to pay the expenses of the Trust Account’s liquidation and dissolution, and then Purchaser’s Public Shareholders) to any portion of the funds in the Trust Account. Prior to the Closing, none of the funds held in the Trust Account have been released, except to pay Taxes from any interest income earned in the Trust Account, and to redeem Purchaser Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents, or in connection with an amendment thereof to extend Purchaser’s deadline to consummate a Business Combination. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of Purchaser, threatened with respect to the Trust Account. Upon consummation of the Mergers and notice thereof to the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement, Purchaser shall cause the Trustee to, and the Trustee shall thereupon be obligated to, release to Purchaser as promptly as practicable, the funds held in the Trust Account in accordance with the Trust Agreement at which point the Trust Account shall terminate; provided, however, that the liabilities and obligations of Purchaser due and owing or incurred at or prior to the Effective Time shall be paid as and when due, including all amounts payable (a) to holders of Purchaser Public Units who exercises such holder’s redemption rights in accordance with the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents with respect to its Purchaser Ordinary Shares in connection with the Transactions contemplated hereby, (b) to the Trustee for fees and costs incurred in accordance with the Trust Agreement and (c) with respect to filings, applications and/or other actions taken pursuant to this Agreement or required under Law.

4.22 Registration and Listing. The issued and outstanding Purchaser Public Units are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “FNVTU.” The issued and outstanding shares of Purchaser Ordinary Shares that were included as part of the Purchaser Public Units are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “FNVT.” The issued and outstanding Purchaser Public Warrants that were included as part of the Purchaser Units are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “FNVTW.” As of the date of this Agreement, Purchaser has not received notice from Nasdaq that it is not currently in compliance with applicable continued listing requirements related to the Purchaser Securities. None of Purchaser or any of its Affiliates has taken any action in an attempt to terminate the registration of the Purchaser Units, the Purchaser Ordinary Shares or the Purchaser Public Warrants under the Exchange Act.

4.23 Termination of Prior Merger Agreements. As of the date of this Agreement, other than this Agreement, Purchaser is not a party to, or subject to, or has any obligations or Liabilities under, or otherwise bound by, any Contract related to merger, consolidation, acquisition of equity interests or assets, or any other form of business combination (each such Contract, a “Prior Merger Agreement”), or any amendment of any such Prior Merger Agreement from time to time, or any ancillary documents entered into by the Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated under the foregoing.

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PUBCO, FIRST MERGER SUB AND SECOND MERGER SUB

Pubco hereby, and each of First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub represent and warrant to Purchaser, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as follows:

5.1 Organization and Standing. Each of Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub is an exempted company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization. Each of Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Each of Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of the property owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary. Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub have heretofore made available to Purchaser and the Company accurate and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub, each as currently in effect. None of Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub is in violation of any provision of its Organizational Documents in any material respect.

5.2 Authorization; Binding Agreement. Subject to the filing of the Amended Pubco Charter, each of Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which each of Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate actions and no other corporate proceedings, other than as expressly set forth elsewhere in the Agreement (including the filing of the Amended Pubco Charter), on the part of Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which each of Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub is a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement has been, and each Ancillary Document to which Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub is a party has been or shall be when delivered, duly and validly executed and delivered by such Party and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and such Ancillary Documents by the other parties hereto and thereto, constitutes, or when delivered shall constitute, the valid and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

5.3 Governmental Approvals. No Consent of or with any Governmental Authority, on the part of Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub is required to be obtained or made in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by such Party of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party or the consummation by such Party of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, other than (a) pursuant to Antitrust Laws, (b) such filings as are expressly contemplated by this Agreement, including the Amended Pubco Charter, (c) any filings required with Nasdaq or the SEC with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (d) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and/ or any state “blue sky” securities Laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and (e) where the failure to obtain or make such Consents or to make such filings or notifications, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Pubco.

5.4 Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery by Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party, the consummation by such Party of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and compliance by such Party with any of the provisions hereof and thereof, will not (a) subject to the filing of the Amended Pubco Charter, conflict with or violate any provision of such Party’s Organizational Documents, (b) subject to obtaining the Consents from Governmental Authorities referred to in Section 5.4 hereof, and the waiting periods referred to therein having expired, and any condition precedent to such Consent or waiver having been satisfied, conflict with or violate any Law, Order or Consent applicable to such Party or any of its properties or assets, or (c) (i) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, (ii) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, (iii) result in the termination, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of, (iv) accelerate the performance required by such Party under, (v) result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (vi) give rise to any obligation to make payments or provide compensation under, (vii) result in the creation of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any of the properties or assets of such Party under, (viii) give rise to any obligation to obtain any third party Consent or provide any notice to any Person or (ix) give any Person the right to declare a default, exercise any remedy, claim a rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule, accelerate the maturity or performance, cancel, terminate or modify any right, benefit, obligation or other term under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, any material Contract of such Party, except for any deviations from any of the foregoing clauses (a), (b) or (c) that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Pubco.

5.5 Capitalization. As of the date hereof, (i) the authorized share capital of Pubco is US$50,000 divided into 500,000,000 Pubco Ordinary Shares, of which one (1) Pubco Ordinary Share is issued and outstanding, and held by the Company, (ii) the authorized share capital of First Merger Sub is US$50,000 divided into 500,000,000 ordinary shares of First Merger Sub, of which one (1) share is issued and outstanding and held by Pubco, and (iii) the authorized share capital of Second Merger Sub is US$50,000 divided into 500,000,000 shares of one class of Second Merger Sub, of which one (1) ordinary share is issued and outstanding and held by Pubco. Prior to giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, other than First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub, Pubco does not have any Subsidiaries or own any equity interests in any other Person.

5.6 Activities of Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub Activities. Since their formation or incorporation (as applicable), Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub have not engaged in any business activities other than as contemplated by this Agreement, do not own directly or indirectly any ownership, equity, profits or voting interest in any Person (other than Pubco’s 100% ownership of First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub) and have no assets or Liabilities except those incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which they are a party and the Transactions, and, other than their respective Organizational Documents, this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which they are a party, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub are not party to or bound by any Contract.

5.7 Finders and Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission from Purchaser, Pubco, the Target Companies or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub.

5.8 Investment Company Act. Pubco is not an “investment company” or, a Person directly or indirectly controlled by or acting on behalf of a person subject to registration and regulation as an “investment company”, in each case within the meanings of the Investment Company Act.

5.9 Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference: (a) in any Current Report on Form 8-K or 6-K, and any exhibits thereto or any other report, form, registration or other filing made with any Governmental Authority (including the SEC) with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents; (b) in the Registration Statement; or (c) in the mailings or other distributions to Purchaser’s or Pubco’s shareholders and/or prospective investors with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in any amendment to any of documents identified in (a) through (c), will, when filed, made available, mailed or distributed, as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference in any of the Signing Press Release, the Signing Filing, the Closing Filing and the Closing Press Release will, when filed or distributed, as applicable, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub makes any representation, warranty or covenant with respect to any information supplied by or on behalf of Purchaser, the Target Companies or any of their respective Affiliates.

5.10 Independent Investigation. Each of Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub has conducted its own independent investigation, review and analysis of the business, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or assets of the Target Companies and Purchaser and acknowledges that it has been provided adequate access to the personnel, properties, assets, premises, books and records, and other documents and data of the Target Companies and Purchaser for such purpose. Each of Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub acknowledges and agrees that: (a) in making its decision to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, it has relied solely upon its own investigation and the express representations and warranties of the Company and Purchaser set forth in this Agreement (including the related portions of the Company Disclosure Schedules and the Purchaser Disclosure Schedules) and in any certificate delivered to Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub pursuant hereto, and the information provided by or on behalf of the Company or Purchaser for the Registration Statement; and (b) none of the Company, Purchaser or their respective Representatives have made any representation or warranty as to the Target Companies, Purchaser or this Agreement, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement (including the related portions of the Company Disclosure Schedules and the Purchaser Disclosure Schedules) or in any certificate delivered to Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub pursuant hereto.

5.11 Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Article V, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub hereby expressly disclaim and negate any other express or implied representation or warranty whatsoever (whether at Law or in equity) with respect to Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub, and any matter relating to any of them, including their affairs, the condition, value or quality of the assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations, or with respect to the accuracy or completeness of any other information made available to the Purchaser, its Affiliates or any of their respective Representatives by, or on behalf of, Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub, and any such representations or warranties are expressly disclaimed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, none of PubCo, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub nor any other person on behalf of PubCo, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub has made or makes, any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, with respect to any projections, forecasts, estimates or budgets made available to the Purchaser, its Affiliates or any of their respective Representatives of future revenues, future results of operations (or any component thereof), future cash flows or future financial condition (or any component thereof) of PubCo, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying any of the foregoing), whether or not included in any management presentation or in any other information made available to the Purchaser, its Affiliates or any of their respective Representatives or any other Person, and any such representations or warranties are expressly disclaimed.

ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

Except as set forth in the disclosure schedules delivered by the Company to, and accepted by, Purchaser on the date hereof (the “Company Disclosure Schedules”), each of which qualifies (a) the correspondingly numbered representation, warranty or covenant specified therein and (b) such other representations, warranties or covenants where its relevance as an exception to (or disclosure for purposes of) such other representation, warranty or covenant is reasonably apparent on its face or cross-referenced, the Company hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as follows:

6.1 Organization and Standing. The Company is an exempted company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and has all requisite corporate or other entity power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Each other Target Company is a corporation or other entity duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate or other entity power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Each Target Company is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing in the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or registered and in each other jurisdiction where it does business or operates to the extent that the character of the property owned, or leased or operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Schedule 6.1 lists all jurisdictions in which each Target Company is qualified to conduct business and all names other than its legal name under which any Target Company does business. The Company has provided to Purchaser accurate and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of each Target Company, each as amended to date and as currently in effect. No Target Company is in violation of any provision of its Organizational Documents in any material respect.

6.2 Authorization; Binding Agreement. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is or is required to be a party, to perform the Company’s obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, subject to obtaining the Required Company Shareholder Approval. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which the Company is or is required to be a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (a) have been duly and validly authorized by the board of directors and/or shareholders of the Company (if applicable) in accordance with the Company’s Organizational Documents, the Cayman Companies Act, any other applicable Law or any Contract to which the Company or any of its shareholders is a party or by which it or its securities are bound, subject to obtaining the Required Company Shareholder Approval, and (b) other than the Required Company Shareholder Approval, no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (other than the filing and recordation of appropriate merger documents as required by the Cayman Companies Act). This Agreement has been, and each Ancillary Document to which the Company is or is required to be a party shall be when delivered, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and any such Ancillary Document by the other parties hereto and thereto, constitutes, or when delivered shall constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. The Company’s board of directors, either (A) at a duly called and held meeting or (B) by way of written resolution, has unanimously (i) determined that this Agreement and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby are advisable, fair to, and in the best commercial interests of, the Company and its shareholders, (ii) approved this Agreement and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in accordance with the Cayman Companies Act, (iii) directed that this Agreement be submitted to the Company’s shareholders for adoption and (iv) resolved to recommend that the Company shareholders adopt this Agreement.

6.3 Capitalization.

(a) As of the date hereof, the authorized share capital of the Company is $50,000 divided into 5,000,000,000 ordinary shares, par value $0.00001. Immediately following the Reorganization, the authorized share capital of the Company will be $US$50,000 divided into (i) 4,968,808,414 ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share (the “Company Ordinary Shares”), (ii) 13,613,762 Series Angel preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share, (iii) 12,495,711 Series Pre-A preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share, and (iv) 5,082,112 Series A preferred shares, par value US$0.0001 per share (collectively, the “Company Preferred Shares”), as provided in the Reorganization Documents. Prior to giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, all of the issued and outstanding Company Ordinary Shares and other equity interests of the Company are set forth on Schedule 6.3(a)(i), along with the beneficial and record owners thereof, all of which shares and other equity interests are owned free and clear of any Liens other than those imposed under the Company Organizational Documents and applicable securities Laws. All of the issued and outstanding Company Ordinary Shares and other equity interests of the Company immediately following the Reorganization are set forth on Schedule 6.3(a)(ii), along with the beneficial and record owners thereof. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no issued or outstanding Company Preferred Shares. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.3(a), all outstanding shares of Company Securities (i) are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to or issued in violation of any purchase option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of the Companies Act, Company’s Organizational Documents or any Contract to which Company is a party and (ii) are free and clear of all Liens and other restrictions (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such Company Securities). None of the outstanding Company Securities has been issued in violation of any applicable securities Laws. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.3, prior to giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company does not have any Subsidiaries or own any equity interests in any other Person. After giving effect to the First Merger, Pubco shall own all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Company free and clear of any Liens other than those imposed under the Company Organizational Documents and applicable securities Laws. The Company does not, directly or indirectly, hold any of its shares or other equity interests in treasury.

(b) As of the date hereof, except as set forth on Schedule 6.3 (b), there are no Company Convertible Securities or preemptive rights or rights of first refusal or first offer, nor are there any Contracts, commitments, arrangements or restrictions to which the Company is a party or bound relating to any equity securities of the Company, whether or not outstanding. There are no outstanding or authorized equity appreciation, phantom equity or similar rights with respect to the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.3 (b), to the knowledge of the Company, there are no voting trusts, proxies, shareholder agreements or any other written agreements or understandings with respect to the voting of the Company’s equity interests. Except as set forth in the Company’s Organizational Documents, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its equity interests or securities, nor has the Company granted any registration rights to any Person with respect to its equity securities. All of the issued and outstanding securities of the Company have been granted, offered, sold and issued in compliance with all applicable securities Laws. As a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no equity interests of the Company are issuable and no rights in connection with any interests, warrants, rights, options or other securities of the Company accelerate or otherwise become triggered (whether as to vesting, exercisability, convertibility or otherwise).

(c) Except as disclosed in the Company Financials or the transactions contemplated by the Reorganization Documents or as set forth on Schedule 6.3 (c), since its inception, the Company has not declared or paid any distribution or dividend in respect of its equity interests and has not repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any equity interests of the Company, and the board of directors of the Company has not authorized any of the foregoing.

6.4 Subsidiaries. Schedule 6.4 sets forth the corporate structure chart specifying all Subsidiaries of the Company, and with respect to each Subsidiary (a) its jurisdiction of organization, and (b) its authorized shares or other equity interests (if applicable), (c) the number of issued and outstanding shares or other equity interests and the record holders and (d) its Tax election to be treated as a corporate or a disregarded entity under the Code and any state or applicable non-U.S. Tax laws, if any. All of the outstanding equity securities of each Subsidiary of the Company are duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (if applicable), and were offered, sold and delivered in compliance with all applicable securities Laws, and owned by one or more of the Target Companies free and clear of all Liens (other than those, if any, imposed by such Subsidiary’s Organizational Documents). There are no Contracts to which the Company or any of its Affiliates is a party or bound with respect to the voting (including voting trusts or proxies) of the equity interests of any Subsidiary of the Company other than the Organizational Documents of any such Subsidiary. There are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, rights, agreements, subscriptions, convertible securities or commitments to which any Subsidiary of the Company is a party or which are binding upon any Subsidiary of the Company providing for the issuance or redemption of any equity interests of any Subsidiary of the Company. There are no outstanding equity appreciation, phantom equity, profit participation or similar rights granted by any Subsidiary of the Company. No Subsidiary of the Company has any limitation, whether by Contract, Order or applicable Law, on its ability to make any distributions or dividends to its equity holders or repay any debt owed to another Target Company. Except for the equity interests of the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 6.4, the Company does not own or have any rights to acquire, directly or indirectly, any equity interests of, or otherwise Control, any Person. No Target Company is a participant in any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement. There are no outstanding contractual obligations of a Target Company to provide funds to, or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, to any other Person.

6.5 Governmental Approvals. Except as otherwise described on Schedule 6.5, as the date hereof, no Consent of or filing with any Governmental Authority on the part of any Target Company is required to be obtained or made in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than (a) such filings as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise in accordance with the Cayman Companies Act, (b) any filings required with Nasdaq or the SEC with respect to the Transactions, (c) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and/ or any state “blue sky” securities Laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder, (d) the filings required with the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) with respect to the Transactions, and (e) those Consents, the failure of which to obtain prior to the Closing, would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to be material to the Target Companies, taken as a whole, or the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents to which it is or required to be a party or otherwise bound.

6.6 Non-Contravention. Except as otherwise described in Schedule 6.6, the execution and delivery by the Company (or any other Target Company, as applicable) of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which any Target Company is or is required to be a party or otherwise bound, and the consummation by any Target Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and compliance by any Target Company with any of the provisions hereof and thereof, will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of any Target Company’s Organizational Documents, (b) subject to obtaining the Consents from Governmental Authorities referred to in Section 6.5 hereof, the waiting periods referred to therein having expired, and any condition precedent to such Consent or waiver having been satisfied, conflict with or violate any Law, Order or Consent applicable to any Target Company or any of its properties or assets, or (c) (i) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, (ii) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, (iii) result in the termination, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of, (iv) accelerate the performance required by any Target Company under, (v) result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (vi) give rise to any obligation to make payments or provide compensation under, (vii) result in the creation of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any of the properties or assets of any Target Company under, (viii) give rise to any obligation to obtain any third party Consent or provide any notice to any Person or (ix) give any Person the right to declare a default, exercise any remedy, claim a rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule, accelerate the maturity or performance, cancel, terminate or modify any right, benefit, obligation or other term under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Company Material Contract, except for any deviations from any of the foregoing clauses (a), (b) or (c) that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.7 Financial Statements.

(a) As used herein, the term “Company Financials” means the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Target Companies (which do not contain notes) consisting of the consolidated balance sheets of the Target Companies as of June 30, 2023 (the “Balance Sheet Date”) and June 30, 2022 and the related consolidated income statements, changes in shareholder equity and statements of cash flows for the fiscal years then ended. True and correct copies of the Company Financials have been provided to Purchaser. The Company Financials (i) accurately reflect the books and records of the Target Companies as of the times and for the periods referred to therein in all material respects, (ii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied throughout and among the periods involved (except that the unaudited statements exclude the footnote disclosures and other presentation items required for GAAP and exclude year-end adjustments which will not be material in amount), (iii) comply with all applicable accounting requirements under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder and (iv) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Target Companies as of the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of the operations and cash flows of the Target Companies for the periods indicated. No Target Company has ever been subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(b) Each Target Company maintains accurate books and records reflecting its assets and Liabilities and maintains proper and adequate internal accounting controls that provide reasonable assurance that (i) such Target Company does not maintain any off-the-book accounts and that such Target Company’s assets are used only in accordance with such Target Company’s management directives, (ii) transactions are executed with management’s authorization, (iii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the financial statements of such Target Company and to maintain accountability for such Target Company’s assets, (iv) access to such Target Company’s assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s authorization, (v) the reporting of such Target Company’s assets is compared with existing assets at regular intervals and verified for actual amounts, (vi) accounts, notes and other receivables and inventory are recorded accurately and proper and adequate procedures are implemented to effect the collection of accounts, notes and other receivables on a current and timely basis. All of the financial books and records of the Target Companies are complete and accurate in all material respects and have been maintained in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and in accordance with applicable Laws. No Target Company has been subject to or involved in any material fraud that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal controls over financial reporting of any Target Company. For the past two (2) years, no Target Company or its Representatives has received any written complaint, allegation, assertion or claim regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of any Target Company or its internal accounting controls, including any material written complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that any Target Company has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices.

(c) Except as and to the extent set forth in the Company Financials, the Target Companies do not have any Indebtedness required to be reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, except for: (i) liabilities that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Target Companies and each Target Company, as applicable, since the Balance Sheet Date (ii) obligations for future performance under any contract to which any Target Company is a party, or (iii) such other liabilities and obligations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material and adverse to the Target Companies taken as a whole. Except as disclosed on Schedule 6.7 (c), no Indebtedness of any Target Company contains any restriction upon (i) the prepayment of any of such Indebtedness, (ii) the incurrence of Indebtedness by any Target Company, or (iii) the ability of the Target Companies to grant any Lien on their respective properties or assets.

(d) Except as set forth in the Company Financials, no Target Company is subject to any Liabilities or obligations (whether or not required to be reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP), including any off-balance sheet obligations or any “variable interest entities” (within the meaning Accounting Standards Codification 810), except for those that are either (i) adequately reflected or reserved on or provided for in the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Balance Sheet Date contained in the Company Financials or (ii) not material and that were incurred after the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (other than Liabilities for breach of any Contract or violation of any Law).

(e) All financial projections with respect to the Target Companies that were delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser or its Representatives were prepared in good faith using assumptions specified therein that the Company believes to be reasonable.

(f) All accounts, notes and other receivables, whether or not accrued, and whether or not billed, of the Target Companies (the “Accounts Receivable”) arose from sales actually made or services actually performed in the ordinary course of business and represent valid obligations to a Target Company arising from its business. None of the Accounts Receivable are subject to any right of recourse, defense, deduction, return of goods, counterclaim, offset, or set off on the part of the obligor in excess of any amounts reserved therefore on the Company Financials that could reasonably result in a Material Adverse Effect.

6.8 Absence of Certain Changes. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.8 or for actions expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as contemplated by the Reorganization, since June 30, 2023, each Target Company: (a) has conducted its business only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (b) has not been subject to a Material Adverse Effect and (c) has not taken any action or committed or agreed to take any action that would be prohibited by Section 7.2(b) (without giving effect to Schedule 7.2) if such action were taken on or after the date hereof without the consent of the Purchaser.

6.9 Compliance with Laws. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.9, no Target Company is or has been in material conflict or material non-compliance with, or in material default or violation of, nor has any Target Company received, since their respective inception, any written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice of any material conflict or non-compliance with, or material default or violation of, any applicable Laws by which it is or any of its properties, assets, employee, businesses or operations are or were bound or affected. There are no any existing PRC laws, regulations or policies that have a Material Adverse Effect on the continuity of the business operation of the Target Companies.

6.10 Company Permits. Each Target Company (and its employees who are legally required to be licensed by a Governmental Authority in order to perform his or her duties with respect to his or her employment with any Target Company) holds all Permits necessary to lawfully conduct in all material respects its business as presently conducted, and to own, lease and operate its assets and properties (collectively, the “Company Permits”). The Company has made available to Purchaser true, correct and complete copies of all material Company Permits, all of which material Company Permits are listed on Schedule 6.10. All of the Company Permits are in full force and effect, and no suspension or cancellation of any of the Company Permits is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened in writing. No Target Company is in violation in any material respect of the terms of any Company Permit, and no Target Company has received any written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice of any Actions relating to the revocation or modification of any Company Permit.

6.11 Litigation. Except as described on Schedule 6.11, since Nanjing Scage’s inception, there is no (a) Action of any nature currently pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened, nor is there any reasonable basis for any such Action to be made, and no such Action has been brought or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened; or (b) Order now pending or outstanding or that was rendered by a Governmental Authority, in either case of (a) or (b) by or against any Target Company, its current or former directors, officers or equity holders (provided, that any litigation involving the directors, officers or equity holders of a Target Company must be related to the Target Company’s business, equity securities or assets), its business, equity securities or assets. The items listed on Schedule 6.11, if finally determined adversely to the Target Companies, will not have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect upon any Target Company. Since Nanjing Scage’s inception, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the current or former officers, senior management or directors of any Target Company have been charged with, indicted for, arrested for, or convicted of any felony or any crime involving fraud.

6.12 Material Contracts.

(a) Schedule 6.12(a) sets forth a true, correct and complete list of, and the Company has made available to Purchaser (including written summaries of oral Contracts), true, correct and complete copies of each Contract (subject to redactions only to the extent necessary to avoid disclosure of any confidential and proprietary information of the Target Companies) currently in effect to which any Target Company is a party or by which any Target Company, or any of its properties or assets are bound or affected (each Contract required to be set forth on Schedule 6.12(a), a “Company Material Contract”) that:

(i) contains covenants that limit the ability of any Target Company (A) to compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any geographic area or to sell, or provide any service or product or solicit any Person, including any non-competition covenants, employee and customer non-solicit covenants, exclusivity restrictions, rights of first refusal or most-favored pricing clauses or (B) to purchase or acquire an interest in any other Person;

(ii) relates to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of any joint venture, profit-sharing, partnership, limited liability company or other similar agreement or arrangement relating to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of any partnership or joint venture;

(iii) involves any exchange traded, over the counter or other swap, cap, floor, collar, futures contract, forward contract, option or other derivative financial instrument or Contract, based on any commodity, security, instrument, asset, rate or index of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether tangible or intangible, including currencies, interest rates, foreign currency and indices other than those entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Target Companies on behalf of a customers or any ordinary course transactions;

(iv) evidences Indebtedness (whether incurred, assumed, guaranteed or secured by any asset) of any Target Company having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $300,000;

(v) involves the acquisition or disposition, directly or indirectly (by merger or otherwise), of assets with an aggregate value in excess of $1,500,000 (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) or shares or other equity interests of any Target Company or another Person;

(vi) relates to any merger, consolidation or other business combination with any other Person or the acquisition or disposition of any other entity or its business or material assets or the sale of any Target Company, its business or material assets;

(vii) by its terms, individually or with all related Contracts, calls for aggregate payments or receipts by the Target Companies under such Contract or Contracts of at least $300,000 per year or $1,500,000 in the aggregate;

(viii) is with any Top Customer or Top Supplier;

(ix) obligates the Target Companies to provide continuing indemnification or a guarantee of obligations of a third party after the Effective Time in excess of $100,000;

(x) is between any (A) Target Company and (B) any directors, officers or employees of a Target Company (other than at will employment, arrangements with employees entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), including all non-competition, severance and indemnification agreements, or any Related Person;

(xi) obligates the Target Companies to make any capital commitment or expenditure in excess of $250,000 (including pursuant to any joint venture);

(xii) relates to a settlement of any Action for an amount greater than $100,000 entered into within three (3) years prior to the date of this Agreement or under which any Target Company has outstanding obligations (other than customary confidentiality obligations);

(xiii) provides another Person (other than another Target Company or any manager, director or officer of any Target Company) with a power of attorney;

(xiv) relates to the development, ownership, licensing or use of any Intellectual Property by, to or from any Target Company, other than (A) Off the Shelf Software, (B) non-exclusive licenses granted to Company’s customers in the ordinary course, (C) non-disclosure agreements entered into in the ordinary course, or (D) non-exclusive licenses that are merely incidental to the transaction contemplated in such license, including contracts that include an incidental license to use the trademarks of the Company for marketing or advertising purposes;

(xv) that will be required to be filed with the Registration Statement under applicable SEC requirements or would otherwise be required to be filed by the Company as an exhibit for a Form S-1 pursuant to Items 601(b)(1), (2), (4), (9) or (10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act as if the Company was the registrant; or

(xvi) is otherwise material to any Target Company and not described in clauses (i) through (xv) above.

(b) Except as disclosed in Schedule 6.12(b), with respect to each Company Material Contract: (i) such Company Material Contract is valid and binding and enforceable in all material respects against the Target Company and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto, and is in full force and effect (except, in each case, as such enforcement may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions); (ii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not affect the validity or enforceability of any Company Material Contract; (iii) no Target Company is in material breach or default in any material respect, no event has occurred that with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute a material breach or default by any Target Company, or permit termination or acceleration by the other party thereto, under such Company Material Contract; (iv) to the Knowledge of the Company, no other party to such Company Material Contract is in material breach or default in any material respect, and no event has occurred that with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute such a material breach or default by such other party, or permit termination or acceleration by any Target Company, under such Company Material Contract; (v) no Target Company has received written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice of an intention by any party to any such Company Material Contract that provides for a continuing obligation by any party thereto to terminate such Company Material Contract or materially amend the terms thereof, other than modifications in the ordinary course of business that do not adversely affect the Target Companies, taken as a whole, in any material respect; and (vi) no Target Company has waived any rights under any such Company Material Contract.

(c) The Target Companies have entered into valid and enforceable contracts with their cooperative manufacturers to ensure the continuity of the manufacturing of the new energy road and off-road vehicles.

6.13 Intellectual Property.

(a) Schedule 6.13(a) sets forth: as the date hereof, (i) all U.S. and foreign registered Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Internet Assets and applications owned or licensed by a Target Company or otherwise used or held for use by a Target Company in which a Target Company is the owner, applicant or assignee (“Company Registered IP”), specifying as to each item, as applicable: (A) the nature of the item, including the title, (B) the owner of the item, (C) the jurisdictions in which the item is issued or registered or in which an application for issuance or registration has been filed and (D) the issuance, registration or application numbers and dates; and (ii) all material unregistered Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by a Target Company. Schedule 6.13(a)(ii) sets forth all Intellectual Property licenses, sublicenses and other agreements or permissions (“Company IP Licenses”) (other than (i) “shrink wrap,” “click wrap,” and “off the shelf” software agreements and other agreements for Software commercially available to the public generally (collectively, “Off-the-Shelf Software”) and (ii) licenses, sublicenses and other agreements or permissions for any Target Company to use Intellectual Property owned by any third party specified in commercial agreements (including supply agreements) entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Target Companies, which are not required to be listed, although such licenses are “Company IP Licenses” as that term is used herein), under which a Target Company is a licensee or otherwise is authorized to use or practice any material Intellectual Property. Each Target Company owns, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), has valid and enforceable rights in, and has valid and enforceable rights to use, sell, license, transfer or assign, all material Intellectual Property currently used, licensed or held for use by such Target Company, except for the Intellectual Property that is the subject of the Company IP Licenses. No item of Company Registered IP that consists of a pending Patent application fails to identify all pertinent inventors, and for each Patent and Patent application in the Company Registered IP, the Target Companies have obtained valid assignments of inventions from each inventor. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.13(a)(iii), all Company Registered IP is owned exclusively by the applicable Target Company without obligation to pay royalties, licensing fees or other fees, or otherwise account to any third party with respect to such Company Registered IP, and such Target Company has recorded assignments of all Company Registered IP.

(b) Each Target Company has a valid and enforceable license to use all material Intellectual Property that is the subject of the Company IP Licenses applicable to such Target Company. The Company IP Licenses include all of the material licenses, sublicenses and other agreements or permissions for material Intellectual Property necessary to operate the Target Companies as presently conducted. Each Target Company has performed all material obligations imposed on it in the applicable Company IP Licenses, has made all payments required to date, and such Target Company is not, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, is any other party thereto, in material breach or default thereunder, nor has any event occurred that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a material default thereunder. The continued use by the Target Companies of the material Intellectual Property that is the subject of the Company IP Licenses in the same manner that it is currently being used is not restricted by any applicable license of any Target Company. All registrations for material Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Internet Assets that are owned by or exclusively licensed to any Target Company are valid, in force and in good standing with all required fees and maintenance fees having been paid with no Actions pending, and all applications to register any material Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks are pending and in good standing. No Target Company is party to any Contract that requires a Target Company to assign to any Person all of its rights in any Intellectual Property developed by a Target Company under such Contract.

(c) Schedule 6.13(c) sets forth all licenses, sublicenses and other agreements or permissions under which a Target Company is the licensor (each, an “Outbound IP License”). Each Target Company has performed all material obligations imposed on it in the Outbound IP Licenses, and such Target Company is not, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, is any other party thereto, in material breach or default thereunder, nor has any event occurred that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a material default thereunder.

(d) No Action is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against a Target Company that challenges the validity, enforceability, ownership, or right to use, sell, license or sublicense, or that otherwise relates to, any material Intellectual Property currently owned, licensed, used or held for use by the Target Companies for the Target Companies’ main businesses as currently conducted, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, is there any reasonable basis for any such Action. During the past two (2) years, no Target Company has received any written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice or claim asserting or suggesting that any infringement, misappropriation, violation, dilution or unauthorized use of the Intellectual Property of any other Person is or may be occurring or has or may have occurred, as a consequence of the business activities of any Target Company, nor to the Knowledge of the Company is there a reasonable basis therefor. There are no Orders to which any Target Company is a party or is otherwise bound that (i) restrict the rights of a Target Company to use, transfer, license or enforce any material Intellectual Property owned by a Target Company, (ii) restrict the conduct of the business of a Target Company in any material respects in order to accommodate a third Person’s Intellectual Property, or (iii) other than the Outbound IP Licenses, grant any third Person any right with respect to any Intellectual Property owned by a Target Company. No Target Company is currently infringing, or has, in the past two (2) years, infringed, misappropriated or violated any Intellectual Property of any other Person in any material respect in connection with the ownership, use or license of any material Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by a Target Company or, to the Knowledge of the Company, otherwise in connection with the conduct of the respective businesses of the Target Companies. To the Company’s Knowledge, no third party is currently, or in the past two (2) years has been, infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Intellectual Property owned, licensed by, licensed to, or otherwise used or held for use by any Target Company and material to the Target Companies’ businesses as currently conducted (“Company IP”) in any material respect.

(e) All officers, directors, employees and independent contractors of a Target Company (and each of their respective Affiliates) have assigned to the Target Companies all material Intellectual Property arising from the services performed for a Target Company by such Persons, and all such assignments have been recorded. To the Knowledge of the Company, no current or former officers, employees or independent contractors of a Target Company have claimed in writing any ownership interest in any material Intellectual Property owned by a Target Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no material violation of a Target Company’s policies or practices related to protection of Company IP or any confidentiality or nondisclosure Contract relating to the Intellectual Property owned by a Target Company. The Company has made available to the Purchaser true and complete copies of all written Contracts referenced in subsections under which employees and independent contractors assigned the material Intellectual Property developed for a Target Company to a Target Company. To the Company’s Knowledge, none of the employees of any Target Company is obligated under any Contract, or subject to any Order, that would materially interfere with the use of such employee’s commercially reasonable efforts to promote the interests of the Target Companies, or that would materially conflict with the businesses of the Target Companies taken as a whole as presently conducted. Each Target Company has taken commercially reasonable security measures in order to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of the material Company IP.

(f) To the Knowledge of the Company, during the past two (2) years, no Person has obtained unauthorized access in any material respect to third party information and data (including personally identifiable information) in the possession of a Target Company, nor has there been any other material compromise of the security, confidentiality or integrity of such information or data, and no written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral complaint relating to an improper use or disclosure of, or a breach in the security of, any such information or data has been received by a Target Company. Each Target Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws and Contract requirements relating to privacy, personal data protection, and the collection, processing and use of personal information and its own privacy policies and guidelines. The operation of the business of the Target Companies has not and does not violate any right to privacy or publicity of any third person in any material respects, or constitute unfair competition or trade practices under applicable Law.

(g) To the Knowledge of the Company, the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in the material breach, material modification, cancellation, termination, suspension of, or acceleration of any payments with respect to, or release of source code because of (i) any Contract providing for the license or other use of material Intellectual Property owned by a Target Company, or (ii) any Company IP License. Following the Closing, the Company shall be permitted to exercise, directly or indirectly through its Subsidiaries, all of the Target Companies’ material rights under such Contracts or Company IP Licenses to the same or similar extent that the Target Companies would have been able to exercise had the transactions contemplated by this Agreement not occurred, without the payment of any additional amounts or consideration other than ongoing fees, royalties or payments which the Target Companies would otherwise be required to pay in the absence of such transactions.

6.14 Taxes and Returns.

(a) Each Target Company has or will have timely filed, or caused to be timely filed, all material federal, state, local and foreign Tax Returns required to be filed by it (taking into account all available extensions), which Tax Returns are true, accurate, correct and complete in all material respects, and has paid, collected or withheld, or caused to be paid, collected or withheld, all material Taxes required to be paid, collected or withheld, other than such Taxes for which adequate reserves in the Company Financials have been established. Each Target Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws relating to Tax.

(b) There is no Action currently pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against a Target Company by a Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where the Target Company does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.

(c) No Target Company is being audited by any Tax authority or has been notified in writing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, orally by any Tax authority that any such audit is contemplated or pending. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no claims, assessments, audits, examinations, investigations or other Actions pending against a Target Company in respect of any material Tax, and no Target Company has been notified in writing of any material proposed Tax claims or assessments against it (other than, in each case, claims or assessments for which adequate reserves in the Company Financials have been established or are immaterial in amount).

(d) There are no Liens with respect to any Taxes upon any Target Company’s assets, other than Permitted Liens.

(e) Each Target Company has collected or withheld all material Taxes currently required to be collected or withheld by it, and all such Taxes have been paid to the appropriate Governmental Authorities or set aside in appropriate accounts for future payment when due.

(f) No Target Company has any outstanding waivers or extensions of any applicable statute of limitations to assess any material amount of Taxes. There are no outstanding requests by a Target Company for any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return or within which to pay any Taxes shown to be due on any Tax Return.

(g) No Target Company has made any change in Tax accounting method (except as required by a change in Law) or received a ruling from, or signed an agreement with, any taxing authority that would reasonably be expected to have a material impact on its Taxes following the Closing.

(h) No Target Company has participated in, or sold, distributed or otherwise promoted, any “reportable transaction,” as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulation section 1.6011-4.

(i) No Target Company has any Liability for the Taxes of another Person (other than another Target Company) that are not adequately reflected in the Company Financials (i) under any applicable Tax Law, (ii) as a transferee or successor, or (iii) by contract, indemnity or otherwise (excluding commercial agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business the primary purpose of which is not the sharing of Taxes). No Target Company is a party to or bound by any Tax indemnity agreement, Tax sharing agreement or Tax allocation agreement or similar agreement, arrangement or practice (excluding commercial agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business the primary purpose of which is not the sharing of Taxes) with respect to Taxes (including advance pricing agreement, closing agreement or other agreement relating to Taxes with any Governmental Authority) that will be binding on any Target Company with respect to any period following the Closing Date.

(j) No Target Company has requested, or is it the subject of or bound by any private letter ruling, technical advice memorandum, closing agreement or similar ruling, memorandum or agreement with any Governmental Authority with respect to any material Taxes, nor is any such request outstanding.

(k) No Target Company: (i) has constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” (within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code) in a distribution of securities (to any Person or entity that is not a member of the consolidated group of which the Company is the common parent corporation) qualifying for, or intended to qualify for, Tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (A) within the two-year period ending on the date hereof or (B) in a distribution which could otherwise constitute part of a “plan” or “series of related transactions” (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) in conjunction with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or (ii) is or has ever been (A) a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code, or (B) a member of any consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated group of corporations for any Tax purposes other than a group of which the Company is or was the common parent corporation.

(l) No Target Company is aware of any fact or circumstance that would reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers from together qualifying as an exchange described in Section 351 of the Code.

6.15 Real Property. Schedule 6.15 contains a complete and accurate list of all premises currently leased or subleased or otherwise used or occupied by a Target Company for the operation of the business of a Target Company, and of all current leases, lease guarantees, agreements and documents related thereto, including all amendments, terminations and modifications thereof or waivers thereto (collectively, the “Company Real Property Leases”), as well as the current annual rent and term under each Company Real Property Lease. The Company has provided to the Purchaser a true and complete copy of each of the Company Real Property Leases, and in the case of any oral Company Real Property Lease, a written summary of the material terms of such Company Real Property Lease. The Company Real Property Leases are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms and are in full force and effect (except, in each case, as such enforcement may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions). To the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred which (whether with or without notice, lapse of time or both or the happening or occurrence of any other event) would constitute a material default on the part of a Target Company or any other party under any of the Company Real Property Leases, and no Target Company has received notice of any such condition. No Target Company owns or has ever owned any real property or any interest in real property (other than the leasehold interests in the Company Real Property Leases).

6.16 Personal Property. Each item of Personal Property which is currently owned, used or leased by a Target Company with a book value or fair market value of greater than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) is set forth on Schedule 6.16, along with, to the extent applicable, a list of lease agreements, lease guarantees, security agreements and other agreements related thereto, including all amendments, terminations and modifications thereof or waivers thereto (“Company Personal Property Leases”). Except as set forth in Schedule 6.16, all such items of Personal Property are in good operating condition and repair (reasonable wear and tear excepted consistent with the age of such items), and are suitable for their intended use in the business of the Target Companies. The operation of each Target Company’s business as it is now conducted is not in any material respect dependent upon the right to use the Personal Property of Persons other than a Target Company, except for such Personal Property that is owned, leased or licensed by or otherwise contracted to a Target Company. The Company has provided to the Purchaser a true and complete copy of each of the Company Personal Property Leases, and in the case of any oral Company Personal Property Lease, a written summary of the material terms of such Company Personal Property Lease. The Company Personal Property Leases are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms and are in full force and effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred which (whether with or without notice, lapse of time or both or the happening or occurrence of any other event) would constitute a material default on the part of a Target Company or any other party under any of the Company Personal Property Leases, and no Target Company has received notice of any such condition.

6.17 Title to and Sufficiency of Assets. Each Target Company has good and marketable title to, or a valid leasehold interest in or right to use, all of its assets, free and clear of all Liens other than (a) Permitted Liens, (b) the rights of lessors under leasehold interests, (c) Liens specifically identified on the balance sheet as of the Balance Sheet Date included in the Company Financials and (d) Liens set forth on Schedule 6.17, except for where the failure to have such good title or valid leasehold interests would not be material to the Target Companies, taken as a whole. The assets (including Intellectual Property rights and contractual rights) of the Target Companies constitute all of the assets, rights and properties that are used in the operation of the businesses of the Target Companies as it is now conducted or that are used or held by the Target Companies for use in the operation of the businesses of the Target Companies, and taken together, are adequate and sufficient for the operation of the businesses of the Target Companies as currently conducted.

6.18 Employee Matters.

(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 6.18(a), no Target Company is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract covering any group of employees, labor organization or other representative of any of the employees of any Target Company and the Company has no Knowledge of any activities or proceedings of any labor union or other party to organize or represent such employees. There has not occurred or, to the Knowledge of the Company, been threatened any strike, slow-down, picketing, work-stoppage, or other similar labor activity with respect to any such employees. Schedule 6.18(a) sets forth all unresolved labor controversies (including unresolved grievances and age or other discrimination claims), if any, that are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened between any Target Company and Persons employed by or providing services as independent contractors to a Target Company. No current officer or employee of a Target Company has provided any Target Company written notice or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice of his or her plan to terminate his or her employment with any Target Company.

(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 6.18 (b), each Target Company (i) is and has been in compliance in all material respects with all material applicable Laws respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, health and safety and wages and hours, and other Laws relating to discrimination, disability, labor relations, hours of work, payment of wages and overtime wages, pay equity, immigration, workers compensation, working conditions, employee scheduling, occupational safety and health, family and medical leave, and employee terminations, and has not received written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice that there is any pending Action involving unfair labor practices against a Target Company, (ii) is not liable for any material past due arrears of wages or any material penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing, and (iii) is not liable for any material payment to any Governmental Authority with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees, independent contractors or consultants (other than routine payments to be made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice). There are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against a Target Company brought by or on behalf of any applicant for employment, any current or former employee, any Person alleging to be a current or former employee, or any Governmental Authority, relating to any such Law or regulation, or alleging breach of any express or implied contract of employment, wrongful termination of employment, or alleging any other discriminatory, wrongful or tortious conduct in connection with the employment relationship.

(c) Schedule 6.18(c) hereto sets forth a complete and accurate list as of the date hereof of all employees of the Target Companies showing for each as of such date (i) the employee’s name, job title or description, employer, location, salary level (including any bonus, commission, deferred compensation or other remuneration payable (other than any such arrangements under which payments are at the discretion of the Target Companies)), (ii) any bonus, commission or other remuneration other than salary paid during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 and (iii) any wages, salary, bonus, commission or other compensation due and owing to all employees during or for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.18(c), (A) no employee is a party to a written employment Contract with a Target Company and each is employed “at will”, and (B) the Target Companies have paid in full to all their employees all wages, salaries, commission, bonuses and other compensation due to their employees, including overtime compensation, and no Target Company has any obligation or Liability (whether or not contingent) with respect to severance payments to any such employees under the terms of any written or, to the Company’s Knowledge, oral agreement, or commitment or any applicable Law, custom, trade or practice. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.18(c), each Target Company employee has entered into the Company’s standard form of employee non-disclosure, inventions and restrictive covenants agreement with a Target Company (whether pursuant to a separate agreement or incorporated as part of such employee’s overall employment agreement), a copy of which has been made available to the Purchaser by the Company.

(d) Schedule 6.18 (d) contains a list of all independent contractors (including consultants) currently engaged by any Target Company, along with the position, the entity engaging such Person, date of retention and rate of remuneration. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.18 (d), all of such independent contractors are a party to a written Contract with a Target Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.18 (d), each such independent contractor has entered into customary covenants regarding confidentiality, non-competition and assignment of inventions and copyrights in such Person’s agreement with a Target Company, a copy of template of which has been provided to Purchaser by the Company. For the purposes of applicable Law, including the Code, all independent contractors who are currently, or within the last six (6) years have been, engaged by a Target Company are bona fide independent contractors and not employees of a Target Company. Each independent contractor is terminable on fewer than thirty (30) days’ notice, without any obligation of any Target Company to pay severance or a termination fee. For the purpose of this section, “independent contractors” mean the individuals who are currently engaged by any Target Company to provide services and who are not full-time employees of any Target Company.

(e) None of the senior management or key employees of the Target Companies are subject to any contracts or any other obligations which prohibit, restrict or otherwise adversely affect the involvement of such senior management or key employees in the business operation of the Target Companies, and there is no dispute among the senior management, key employees, and their former employers.

6.19 Benefit Plans.

(a) Set forth on Schedule 6.19(a) is a true and complete list of each Foreign Plan of a Target Company (each, a “Company Benefit Plan”). No Target Company has maintained or contributed to (or had an obligation to contribute to) or has any Liability with respect to any Benefit Plan which is not a Foreign Plan.

(b) With respect to each Company Benefit Plan which covers any current or former officer, director, consultant or employee (or beneficiary thereof) of a Target Company, the Company has provided to Purchaser accurate and complete copies, if applicable, of: (i) the current plan documents and related trust agreements or annuity Contracts (including any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto), and written descriptions of any material Company Benefit Plans which are not in writing; (ii) the most recent annual and periodic accounting of plan assets; (iii) the most recent actuarial valuation; and (iv) all material communications in the past two (2) years with any Governmental Authority concerning any matter that is still pending or for which a Target Company has any outstanding material Liability.

(c) With respect to each Company Benefit Plan: (i) such Company Benefit Plan has been administered and enforced in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, and has been maintained, where required, in good standing in all material respects with applicable regulatory authorities and Governmental Authorities; (ii) no breach of fiduciary duty that would result in material Liability to any Target Company has occurred; (iii) no Action is pending, or to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened (other than routine claims for benefits arising in the ordinary course of administration); (iv) all contributions and premiums required to be made with respect to a Company Benefit have been timely made or have been fully accrued in all material respects on the Company Financials; and (v) to the extent applicable, the present value of the accrued benefit Liabilities (whether or not vested) under each Company Benefit Plan, determined as of the end of the Company’s most recently-ended fiscal year on the basis of reasonable actuarial assumptions, did not exceed the current value of the assets of such Company Benefit Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities or have been accrued in all material respects on the Company Financials.

(d) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents will not: (i) entitle any individual to severance pay, unemployment compensation or other benefits or compensation; or (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of any compensation due, or in respect of, any individual of a Target Company.

(e) Except to the extent required by applicable Law, no Target Company provides health or welfare benefits to any former or retired employee or is obligated to provide such benefits to any active employee following such employee’s retirement or other termination of employment or service.

(f) All Company Benefit Plans can be terminated at any time as of or after the Closing Date without resulting in any Liability to the Pubco or Purchaser or their respective Affiliates for any additional contributions, penalties, premiums, fees, fines, excise taxes or any other charges or liabilities.

6.20 Environmental Matters. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.20:

(a) Each Target Company is and has been in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws, including obtaining, maintaining in good standing, and complying in all material respects with all Permits required for its business and operations by Environmental Laws (“Environmental Permits”), no Action is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened to revoke, modify, or terminate any such Environmental Permit, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no facts, circumstances, or conditions currently exist that could adversely affect such continued compliance with Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits or require capital expenditures to achieve or maintain such continued compliance with Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits.

(b) No Target Company is the subject of any outstanding Order or Contract with any Governmental Authority or other Person in respect of any (i) Environmental Laws, (ii) Remedial Action, or (iii) Release or threatened Release of a Hazardous Material, in each case that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any material Liability. No Target Company has assumed, contractually or by operation of Law, any Liabilities or obligations under any Environmental Laws.

(c) No Action has been made or is pending, or to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against any Target Company or any assets of a Target Company alleging either or both that a Target Company may be in material violation of any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit or may have any material Liability under any Environmental Law.

(d) No Target Company has manufactured, treated, stored, disposed of, arranged for or permitted the disposal of, generated, handled or Released any Hazardous Material, or owned or operated any property or facility, in a manner that has given or would reasonably be expected to give rise to any material Liability or obligation under applicable Environmental Laws. No fact, circumstance, or condition exists in respect of any Target Company or any property currently or formerly owned, operated, or leased by any Target Company or any property to which a Target Company arranged for the disposal or treatment of Hazardous Materials that could reasonably be expected to result in a Target Company incurring any material Environmental Liabilities.

(e) There is no investigation of the business, operations, or currently owned, operated, or leased property of a Target Company or, to the Company’s Knowledge, previously owned, operated, or leased property of a Target Company pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened that could lead to the imposition of any Liens under any Environmental Law or material Environmental Liabilities.

(f) To the Knowledge of the Company, there is not located at any of the properties of a Target Company any (i) underground storage tanks, (ii) asbestos-containing material, or (iii) equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyls.

(g) The Company has provided to the Purchaser all environmentally related site assessments, audits, studies, reports, analysis and results of investigations that have been performed in respect of the currently owned, leased, or operated properties of any Target Company.

6.21 Transactions with Related Persons. Except as (i) set forth on Schedule 6.21, and (ii) any Company Benefit Plan, no Target Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor any officer, director, manager, employee, trustee or beneficiary of a Target Company or any of its Affiliates, nor any immediate family member of any of the foregoing (whether directly or indirectly through an Affiliate of such Person) (each of the foregoing, a “Related Person”) is presently, or in the past three (3) years or since their respective inception (whichever is shorter), has been, a party to any transaction with a Target Company, including any Contract or other arrangement (a) providing for the furnishing of services by (other than as officers, directors or employees of the Target Company), (b) providing for the rental of real property or Personal Property from or (c) otherwise requiring payments to (other than for services or expenses as directors, officers or employees of the Target Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) any Related Person or any Person in which any Related Person has an interest as an owner, officer, manager, or director, trustee or partner or in which any Related Person has any direct or indirect interest (other than the ownership of securities representing no more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding voting power or economic interest of a publicly traded company), other than any Ancillary Document. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.21, or as contemplated by or provided for in any Ancillary Document, no Target Company has outstanding any Contract or other arrangement or commitment with any Related Person, and no Related Person owns any real property or Personal Property, or right, tangible or intangible (including Intellectual Property) which is used in the business of any Target Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.21, the assets of the Target Companies do not include any receivable or other obligation from a Related Person, and the liabilities of the Target Companies do not include any payable or other obligation or commitment to any Related Person.

6.22 Insurance.

(a) Schedule 6.22(a) lists all insurance policies (by policy number, insurer, coverage period, coverage amount, annual premium and type of policy) held by a Target Company relating to a Target Company or its business, properties, assets, directors, officers and employees, copies of which have been provided to Purchaser. All premiums due and payable under all such insurance policies have been timely paid and the Target Companies are otherwise in material compliance with the terms of such insurance policies. Except as would not be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Target Companies taken as a whole, each such insurance policy (i) is legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect and (ii) will continue to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable, and in full force and effect on identical terms following the Closing. No Target Company has any self-insurance or co-insurance programs. Since their respective inception, no Target Company has received any notice from, or on behalf of, any insurance carrier relating to or involving any adverse change or any change other than in the ordinary course of business, in the conditions of insurance, any refusal to issue an insurance policy or non-renewal of a policy.

(b) Schedule 6.22(b) identifies each individual insurance claim in excess of $50,000 made by a Target Company for the past two (2) years. Each Target Company has reported to its insurers all claims and pending circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in a claim, except where such failure to report such a claim would not be reasonably likely to be material to the Target Companies, taken as a whole. To the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred, and no condition or circumstance exists, that would reasonably be expected to (with or without notice or lapse of time) give rise to or serve as a basis for the denial of any such insurance claim. No Target Company has made any claim against an insurance policy as to which the insurer is denying coverage.

6.23 Books and Records. All of the financial books and records of the Target Companies are complete and accurate in all material respects and have been maintained in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and in accordance with applicable Laws.

6.24 Top Customers and Suppliers. Schedule 6.24 lists, by dollar volume received or paid, as applicable, for (a) the twelve (12) months ended on June 30, 2023 and (b) the twelve (12) months ended on June 30, 2022, the ten (10) largest customers of the Target Companies (the “Top Customers”) and the ten largest suppliers of goods or services to the Target Companies (the “Top Suppliers”), along with the amounts of such dollar volumes. The relationships of each Target Company with such suppliers and customers are good commercial working relationships and (i) no Top Supplier or Top Customer within the last twelve (12) months has cancelled or otherwise terminated, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, intends to cancel or otherwise terminate, any material relationships of such Person with a Target Company, (ii) no Top Supplier or Top Customer has during the last twelve (12) months decreased materially or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened to stop, decrease or limit materially, or intends to modify materially its material relationships with a Target Company or intends to stop, decrease or limit materially its products or services to any Target Company or its usage or purchase of the products or services of any Target Company, (iii) to the Company’s Knowledge, no Top Supplier or Top Customer intends to refuse to pay any amount due to any Target Company or seek to exercise any remedy against any Target Company, (iv) no Target Company has within the past two (2) years been engaged in any material dispute with any Top Supplier or Top Customer, and (v) to the Company’s Knowledge, the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents will not adversely affect the relationship of any Target Company with any Top Supplier or Top Customer.

6.25 Certain Business Practices.

(a) No Target Company, nor any of their respective Representatives acting on their behalf has (i) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees, to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or violated any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any other local or foreign anti-corruption or bribery Law or (iii) made any other unlawful payment. No Target Company, nor any of their respective Representatives acting on their behalf has directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give any unlawful gift or similar benefit in any material amount to any customer, supplier, governmental employee or other Person who is or may be in a position to help or hinder any Target Company or assist any Target Company in connection with any actual or proposed transaction.

(b) The operations of each Target Company are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with money laundering statutes in all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Authority, and no Action involving a Target Company with respect to any of the foregoing is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(c) No Target Company or any of their respective directors or officers, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other Representative acting on behalf of a Target Company is currently (i) identified on the specially designated nationals or other blocked person list or otherwise currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, or other applicable Governmental Authority; (ii) organized, resident, or located in, or a national of a comprehensively sanctioned country (currently, the Balkans, Belarus, Burma, Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, the Crimea region of Ukraine and Zimbabwe); or (iii) in the aggregate, fifty (50) percent or greater owned, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controlled, by a person identified in (i) or (ii); and no Target Company has, directly or, indirectly, used any funds, or loaned, contributed or otherwise made available such funds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, in connection with any sales or operations in Cuba, Iran, Syria, or any other country sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to, or otherwise in violation of, any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State in the last five (5) fiscal years.

6.26 Investment Company Act. The Company is an “investment company” or a Person directly or indirectly “controlled” by or acting on behalf of an “investment company”, or required to register as an “investment company”, in each case within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.

6.27 Finders and Brokers. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.26, no Target Company has incurred or will incur any Liability for any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

6.28 Disclosure. No representations or warranties by the Company in this Agreement (as modified by the Company Disclosure Schedules) or the Ancillary Documents, (a) contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or (b) omits or will omit to state, when read in conjunction with all of the information contained in this Agreement, the Company Disclosure Schedules and the Ancillary Documents, any fact necessary to make the statements or facts contained therein no materially misleading.

6.29 Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by the Company expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference: (a) in any current report on Form 8-K, and any exhibits thereto or any other report, form, registration or other filing made with any Governmental Authority or stock exchange (including the SEC) with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents; (b) in the Registration Statement; or (c) in the mailings or other distributions to Purchaser’s shareholders and/or prospective investors with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in any amendment to any of documents identified in (a) through (c), will, when filed, made available, mailed or distributed, as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by the Company expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference in any of the Signing Press Release, the Signing Filing, the Closing Press Release and the Closing Filing will, when filed or distributed, as applicable, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representation, warranty or covenant with respect to any information supplied by or on behalf of the Company or its Affiliates.

6.30 Independent Investigation. The Company has conducted its own independent investigation, review and analysis of the business, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or assets of Purchaser, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub and acknowledges that it has been provided adequate access to the personnel, properties, assets, premises, books and records, and other documents and data of Purchaser, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub for such purpose. The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (a) in making its decision to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, it has relied solely upon its own investigation and the express representations and warranties of Purchaser, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement (including the related portions of the Purchaser Disclosure Schedules) and in any certificate delivered to the Company pursuant hereto, and the information provided by or on behalf of Purchaser, Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub for the Registration Statement; and (b) none of Purchaser, Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub or their respective Representatives have made any representation or warranty as to Purchaser, Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub or this Agreement, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement (including the related portions of the Purchaser Disclosure Schedules) or in any certificate delivered to Company pursuant hereto.

6.31 Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this ARTICLE VI, the Company has not made or does not make any representation or warranty, whether express or implied. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Company has not made and does not make any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, with respect to any projections, forecasts, estimates or budgets made available to the Purchaser, its Affiliates or any of their respective Representatives of future revenues, future results of operations (or any component thereof), future cash flows or future financial condition (or any component thereof) of the Company or any other Target Companies (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying any of the foregoing), whether or not included in any management presentation or in any other information made available to the Purchaser, its Affiliates or any of their respective Representatives or any other Person, and any such representations or warranties are expressly disclaimed.

ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS

7.1 Access and Information.

(a) During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.1 or the Closing (the “Interim Period”), subject to Section 7.13, each of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub shall give, and shall cause its Representatives to give, Purchaser and its Representatives, at reasonable times during normal business hours and at reasonable intervals and upon reasonable advance notice, reasonable access to all offices and other facilities and to all employees, properties, Contracts, agreements, commitments, books and records, financial and operating data and other information (including Tax Returns, internal working papers, client files, client Contracts and director service agreements), of or pertaining to the Target Companies, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub as Purchaser or its Representatives may reasonably request regarding the Target Companies, Pubco or Merger Sub and their respective businesses, assets, Liabilities, financial condition, prospects, operations, management, employees and other aspects (including unaudited quarterly financial statements, including a consolidated quarterly balance sheet and income statement, a copy of each material report, schedule and other document filed with or received by a Governmental Authority pursuant to the requirements of applicable securities Laws, and independent public accountants’ work papers (subject to the consent or any other conditions required by such accountants, if any)) and cause each of the Representatives of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub to reasonably cooperate with Purchaser and its Representatives in their investigation; provided, however, that Purchaser and its Representatives shall conduct any such activities in such a manner as not to unreasonably interfere with the business or operations of the Target Companies, Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub.

(b) During the Interim Period, subject to Section 7.13, Purchaser shall give, and shall cause its Representatives to give, the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub and their respective Representatives, at reasonable times during normal business hours and at reasonable intervals and upon reasonable advance notice, reasonable access to all offices and other facilities and to all employees, properties, Contracts, agreements, commitments, books and records, financial and operating data and other information (including Tax Returns, internal working papers, client files, client Contracts and director service agreements), of or pertaining to Purchaser, as the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub or their respective Representatives may reasonably request regarding Purchaser and its businesses, assets, Liabilities, financial condition, prospects, operations, management, employees and other aspects (including unaudited quarterly financial statements, including a consolidated quarterly balance sheet and income statement, a copy of each material report, schedule and other document filed with or received by a Governmental Authority pursuant to the requirements of applicable securities Laws, and independent public accountants’ work papers (subject to the consent or any other conditions required by such accountants, if any) and cause each of Purchaser’s Representatives to reasonably cooperate with the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub, and Second Merger Sub and their respective Representatives in their investigation; provided, however, that the Company and its Representatives shall conduct any such activities in such a manner as not to unreasonably interfere with the business or operations of Purchaser.

7.2 Conduct of Business of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub. Unless Purchaser shall otherwise consent in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the Interim Period, except as expressly contemplated, permitted or required by this Agreement, the Reorganization Documents or any Ancillary Document or as set forth on Schedule 7.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, or as required by applicable Law, the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, (i) conduct their respective businesses, in all material respects, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) comply with all Laws applicable to the Target Companies, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub and their respective businesses, assets and employees, and (iii) take all commercially reasonable measures necessary or appropriate to preserve intact, in all material respects, their respective business organizations, to keep available the services of their respective managers, directors officers, employees and consultants, and to preserve the possession, control and condition of their respective material assets, all as consistent with past practice.

(b) Without limiting the generality of Section 7.2 (a) and except as contemplated by the terms of this Agreement or the Ancillary Document (including in connection with any PIPE Investment), as set forth on Schedule 7.2, or as required by applicable Law, during the Interim Period, without the prior written consent of Purchaser (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), none of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub shall, and each shall cause its Subsidiaries to not:

(i) Terminate, amend, restate, waive or otherwise change, in any respect, its Organizational Documents;

(ii) authorize for issuance, issue, grant, sell, pledge, dispose of or propose to issue, grant, sell, pledge or dispose of any of its shares, equity securities or any options, warrants, commitments, subscriptions or rights of any kind to acquire or sell any of its shares, equity securities, or other securities, including any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any of its shares or other equity securities or securities of any class and any other equity-based awards, or engage in any hedging transaction with a third Person with respect to such securities; provided that the (1) the issuance of Company Ordinary Shares (or other class of equity security of the Company, as applicable) pursuant to the terms of the Company Preferred Shares (as provided in Section 2.1) and other Company Convertible Securities, and (2) the issuance of any Company Securities pursuant to the Permitted Equity Financing, in each case, shall not require the consent of the Purchaser;

(iii) sub-divide, consolidate, capitalize or re-designate any of its shares or other equity interests or issue any other securities in respect thereof or pay or set aside any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, equity or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its equity interests, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire or offer to acquire any of its securities, provided that any intra-group transfer of equity interests or securities of the Target Companies shall not require the consent of the Purchaser;

(iv) incur, create, assume, prepay or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness (directly, contingently or otherwise) in excess of $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, make a loan or advance to any third party (other than advancement of expenses to employees or payments to suppliers in the ordinary course of business), or guarantee or endorse any Indebtedness, Liability or obligation of any Person in excess of $300,000 individually or $1,500,000 in the aggregate;

(v) except as required by applicable Law, pursuant to the terms of any Company Benefit Plans or in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, increase the wages, salaries or compensation of its employees, or make or commit to make any bonus payment (whether in cash, property or securities) to any employees, or materially increase other benefits of employees generally, or enter into, establish, materially amend or terminate any Company Benefit Plan with, for or in respect of any current consultant, officer, manager, director or employee;

(vi) make or rescind any material election relating to Taxes, settle any claim, action, suit, litigation, proceeding, arbitration, investigation, audit or controversy relating to material Taxes, file any amended material Tax Return or claim for refund, or make any material change in its Tax accounting or Tax policies or procedures, in each case except as required by applicable Law or in compliance with IFRS or GAAP or PRC GAAP;

(vii) transfer or license to any Person or otherwise extend, materially amend or modify, permit to lapse or fail to preserve any material Company Registered IP, Company Licensed IP or other Company IP, or disclose to any Person who has not entered into a confidentiality agreement any Trade Secrets;

(viii) terminate, or waive or assign any material right under, any Company Material Contract or enter into any Contract that would be a Company Material Contract, in any case outside of the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

(ix) fail to maintain its books, accounts and records in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

(x) establish any Subsidiary or enter into any new line of business;

(xi) fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep in force insurance policies or replacement or revised policies providing insurance coverage with respect to its assets, operations and activities in such amount and scope of coverage substantially similar to that which is currently in effect;

(xii) revalue any of its material assets or make any change in accounting methods, principles or practices, except to the extent required to comply with IFRS or GAAP or PRC GAAP and after consulting with such Party’s outside auditors;

(xiii) waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any claim or Action (including any Action relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), other than waivers, releases, assignments, settlements or compromises that involve only the payment of monetary damages (and not the imposition of equitable relief on, or the admission of wrongdoing by, the Target Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates) not in excess of $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, or otherwise pay, discharge or satisfy any Actions, Liabilities or obligations, unless such amount has been reserved in the Company Financials, as applicable;

(xiv) [reserved];

(xv) acquire, including by merger, consolidation, acquisition of equity interests or assets, or any other form of business combination, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, other business organization or any division thereof, or any material amount of assets, outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

(xvi) make any capital expenditures in excess of $250,000 (individually for any project (or set of related projects) or $1,000,000 in the aggregate);

(xvii) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization;

(xviii) voluntarily incur any Liabilities or obligation (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) in excess of $300,000 individually or $1,500,000 in the aggregate other than pursuant to the terms of a Company Material Contract or Company Benefit Plan;

(xix) sell, lease, license, transfer, exchange or swap, mortgage or otherwise pledge or encumber (including securitizations), or otherwise dispose of any material portion of its properties, assets or rights;

(xx) enter into any agreement, understanding or arrangement with respect to the voting of equity securities of the Company;

(xxi) take any action that would reasonably be expected to significantly delay or impair the obtaining of any Consents or any Governmental Authority (if required) to be obtained in connection with this Agreement;

(xxii) issue or propose to issue any Company Convertible Securities, except that pursuant to the Permitted Equity Financing;

(xxiii) authorize or agree to do any of the foregoing actions.

7.3 Conduct of Business of Purchaser.

(a) Unless the Company and Pubco shall otherwise consent in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the Interim Period, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents or, as set forth on Schedule 7.3, Purchaser shall, (i) conduct its businesses, in all material respects, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) comply with all Laws applicable to Purchaser and its businesses, assets and employees, and (iii) take all commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact, in all material respects, their respective business organizations, to keep available the services of its managers, directors, officers, employees and consultants, and to preserve the possession, control and condition of its material assets, all as consistent with past practice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.3, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict Purchaser from extending one or more times, in accordance with the Purchaser Charter Documents and IPO Prospectus, or by amendment to the Purchaser Charter Documents, the deadline by which it must complete its initial Business Combination (each, an “Extension”), and no consent of any other Party shall be required in connection therewith.

(b) Without limiting the generality of Section 7.3 (a) and except as contemplated by the terms of this Agreement (including as contemplated by any PIPE Investment) or any Ancillary Document or as set forth on Schedule 7.3, or as required by applicable Law, during the Interim Period, without the prior written consent of the Company and Pubco (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Purchaser shall not:

(i) amend, waive or otherwise change, in any respect, its Organizational Documents;

(ii) authorize for issuance, issue, grant, sell, pledge, dispose of or propose to issue, grant, sell, pledge or dispose of any of its equity securities or any options, warrants, commitments, subscriptions or rights of any kind to acquire or sell any of its equity securities, or other securities, including any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any of its equity securities or other security interests of any class and any other equity-based awards, or engage in any hedging transaction with a third Person with respect to such securities;

(iii) sub-divide, consolidate, capitalize or re-designate any of its shares or other equity interests or issue any other securities in respect thereof or pay or set aside any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, equity or property or any combination thereof) in respect of its shares or other equity interests, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire or offer to acquire any of its securities;

(iv) incur, create, assume, prepay or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness (directly, contingently or otherwise) in excess of $100,000 individually or $250,000 in the aggregate, make a loan or advance to or investment in any third party, or guarantee or endorse any Indebtedness, Liability or obligation of any Person (provided, that this Section 5.3(b)(iv) shall not prevent the Purchaser from borrowing funds necessary to finance its ordinary course administrative costs and expenses and Expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including any PIPE Investment and the costs and expenses necessary for an Extension (such expenses, “Extension Expenses”), up to aggregate additional Indebtedness during the Interim Period of $2,500,000 (the “Interim Cap”), provided, that if any of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Article VIII have not been satisfied or waived by the Outside Date, Purchaser can increase the Interim Cap to an aggregate amount of Indebtedness to be mutually agreed upon between Purchaser and the Company);

(v) make or rescind any material election relating to Taxes, settle any claim, action, suit, litigation, proceeding, arbitration, investigation, audit or controversy relating to material Taxes, file any amended material Tax Return or claim for refund, or make any material change in its Tax accounting or Tax policies or procedures, in each case except as required by applicable Law or in compliance with GAAP;

(vi) amend, waive or otherwise change the Trust Agreement in any manner adverse to Purchaser;

(vii) terminate, waive or assign any material right under any Purchaser Material Contract;

(viii) fail to maintain its books, accounts and records in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

(ix) establish any Subsidiary or enter into any new line of business;

(x) fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep in force insurance policies or replacement or revised policies providing insurance coverage with respect to its assets, operations and activities in such amount and scope of coverage as are currently in effect;

(xi) revalue any of its assets or make any change in accounting methods, principles or practices, except to the extent required to comply with GAAP and after consulting Purchaser’s outside auditors;

(xii) waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any claim or Action (including any Action relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), other than waivers, releases, assignments, settlements or compromises that involve only the payment of monetary damages (and not the imposition of equitable relief on, or the admission of wrongdoing by, Purchaser) not in excess of $100,000 (individually or in the aggregate), or otherwise pay, discharge or satisfy any Actions, Liabilities or obligations, unless such amount has been reserved in the Purchaser Financials;

(xiii) acquire, including by merger, consolidation, acquisition of equity interests or assets, or any other form of business combination, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, other business organization or any division thereof, or any material amount of assets outside the ordinary course of business;

(xiv) make capital expenditures in excess of $100,000 individually for any project (or set of related projects) or $250,000 in the aggregate (excluding for the avoidance of doubt, incurring any SPAC Transaction Expenses);

(xv) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization (other than with respect to the Merger);

(xvi) voluntarily incur any Liability or obligation (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) in excess of $100,000 individually or $250,000 in the aggregate (excluding the incurrence of any SPAC Transaction Expenses), other than pursuant to the terms of a Contract in existence as of the date of this Agreement or entered into in the ordinary course of business or in accordance with the terms of this Section 7.3 during the Interim Period;

(xvii) sell, lease, license, transfer, exchange or swap, mortgage or otherwise pledge or encumber (including securitizations), or otherwise dispose of any material portion of its properties, assets or rights;

(xviii) enter into any agreement, understanding or arrangement with respect to the voting of Purchaser Securities;

(xix) take any action that would reasonably be expected to significantly delay or impair the obtaining of any Consents of any Governmental Authority to be obtained in connection with this Agreement; or

(xx) authorize or agree to do any of the foregoing actions.

7.4 Annual and Interim Financial Statements. During the Interim Period, within twenty (20) calendar days following the end of each calendar month, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser an unaudited consolidated income statement for such calendar month and an unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of such calendar month end of the Target Companies, in each case accompanied by a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the effect that all such financial statements fairly present the consolidated financial position and results of operations of the Target Companies as of the date or for the periods indicated, in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and excluding footnotes. From the date hereof through the Closing Date, the Company will also promptly deliver to the Purchaser copies of any audited consolidated financial statements of the Target Companies that the Target Companies’ certified public accountants may issue.

7.5 Purchaser Public Filings. During the Interim Period, Purchaser will (i) keep current and timely file all of its public filings with the SEC and otherwise comply in all material respects with applicable securities Laws and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts prior to the Closing to maintain the listing of the Purchaser Public Units, the Purchaser Ordinary Shares and the Purchaser Public Warrants on Nasdaq; provided, that the Parties acknowledge and agree that from and after the Closing, the Parties intend to list on Nasdaq only the Pubco Ordinary Shares and the Pubco Warrants, and (ii) cooperate with the Company to cause the Pubco Ordinary Shares and the Pubco Warrants to be issued in connection with the Mergers to be approved for listing as of the Closing Date on Nasdaq and to do such things as are necessary, proper or advisable which may be requested by Nasdaq in connection with a listing pursued pursuant to this Section 7.5.

7.6 No Solicitation.

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, (i) an “Acquisition Proposal” means any inquiry, proposal or offer, or any indication of interest in making an offer or proposal, from any Person or group at any time relating to an Alternative Transaction, and (ii) an “Alternative Transaction” means (A) with respect to the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, a transaction (other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) concerning the sale of (x) all or any material part of the business or assets of the Target Companies (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) or (y) any of the shares or other equity interests of the Target Companies, in any case, whether such transaction takes the form of a sale of shares or other equity interests, assets, merger, consolidation, issuance of debt securities, management Contract, joint venture or partnership, or otherwise and (B) with respect to Purchaser and its Affiliates, a transaction (other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) concerning a Business Combination for Purchaser.

(b) During the Interim Period, in order to induce the other Parties to continue to commit to expend management time and financial resources in furtherance of the transactions contemplated hereby, each Party shall not, and shall cause its Representatives not to, without the prior written consent of the Company and Purchaser, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, assist, initiate or knowingly facilitate the making, submission or announcement of, or intentionally encourage, any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) furnish any non-public information regarding such Party or its Affiliates or its or their respective businesses, operations, assets, Liabilities, financial condition, prospects or employees to any Person or group (other than a Party to this Agreement or their respective Representatives) in connection with or in response to an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) engage or participate in discussions or negotiations with any Person or group with respect to, or that could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (iv) approve, endorse or recommend, or publicly propose to approve, endorse or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal, (v) negotiate or enter into any letter of intent, agreement in principle, acquisition agreement or other similar agreement related to any Acquisition Proposal, or (vi) release any third Person from, or waive any provision of, any confidentiality agreement to which such Party is a party. Each Party shall notify the others as promptly as practicable (and in any event within 48 hours) in writing of the receipt by such Party or any of its Representatives of (i) any bona fide inquiries, proposals or offers, requests for information or requests for discussions or negotiations regarding or constituting any Acquisition Proposal or any bona fide inquiries, proposals or offers, requests for information or requests for discussions or negotiations that could be expected to result in an Acquisition Proposal, and (ii) any request for non-public information relating to such Party or its Affiliates in connection with any Acquisition Proposal, specifying in each case, the material terms and conditions thereof (including a copy thereof if in writing or a written summary thereof if oral) and the identity of the party making such inquiry, proposal, offer or request for information. Each Party shall keep the others promptly informed of the status of any such inquiries, proposals, offers or requests for information. During the Interim Period, each Party shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any solicitations, discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal and shall, and shall direct its Representatives to, cease and terminate any such solicitations, discussions or negotiations.

(c) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 7.6 shall affect the right of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub under Section 7.2.

7.7 No Trading. The Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub each acknowledges and agrees that it is aware, and that the Company’s Affiliates are aware (and each of their respective Representatives is aware or, upon receipt of any material nonpublic information of Purchaser, will be advised) of the restrictions imposed by U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq promulgated thereunder or otherwise (the “Federal Securities Laws”) and other applicable foreign and domestic Laws on a Person possessing material nonpublic information about a publicly traded company. The Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub each hereby agree that, while it is in possession of any material nonpublic information of Purchaser, it shall not purchase or sell any securities of Purchaser (other than to engage in the Mergers in accordance with Article I), communicate such information to any third party, take any other action with respect to the Purchaser in violation of such Laws or cause or encourage any third party to do any of the foregoing.

7.8 Notification of Certain Matters. During the Interim Period, each Party shall give prompt notice to the other Parties if such Party or its Affiliates: (a) fails to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it or its Affiliates hereunder in any material respect; (b) receives any notice or other communication in writing from any third party (including any Governmental Authority) alleging (i) that the Consent of such third party is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) any material non-compliance with any Law by such Party or its Affiliates; (c) receives any notice or other communication from any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (d) discovers any fact or circumstance that, or becomes aware of the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any of the conditions to the Closing set forth in ARTICLE VIII not being satisfied or the satisfaction of those conditions being materially delayed; or (e) becomes aware of the commencement or threat, in writing, of any Action against such Party, or any of its Affiliates, or any of their respective properties or assets, or, to the Knowledge of such Party, any officer, director, partner, member or manager, in his, her or its capacity as such, of such Party or of its Affiliates with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No such notice shall constitute an acknowledgement or admission by the Party providing the notice regarding whether or not any of the conditions to the Closing have been satisfied or in determining whether or not any of the representations, warranties or covenants contained in this Agreement have been breached.

7.9 Efforts.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts, and shall cooperate fully with the other Parties, to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws and regulations to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the receipt of all applicable Consents of Governmental Authorities) and to comply as promptly as practicable with all requirements of Governmental Authorities applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(b) In furtherance and not in limitation of Section 7.9(a), to the extent required under any Laws that are designed to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade (“Antitrust Laws”), each Party hereto agrees to make any required filing or application under Antitrust Laws, as applicable, at such Party’s sole cost and expense, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby as promptly as practicable, to supply as promptly as reasonably practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be reasonably requested pursuant to Antitrust Laws and to take all other actions reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under Antitrust Laws as soon as practicable, including by requesting early termination of the waiting period provided for under the Antitrust Laws. Each Party shall, in connection with its efforts to obtain all requisite approvals and authorizations for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under any Antitrust Law, use its commercially reasonable efforts to: (i) cooperate in all respects with each other Party or its Affiliates in connection with any filing or submission and in connection with any investigation or other inquiry, including any proceeding initiated by a private Person; (ii) keep the other Parties reasonably informed of any communication received by such Party or its Representatives from, or given by such Party or its Representatives to, any Governmental Authority and of any communication received or given in connection with any proceeding by a private Person, in each case regarding any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) permit a Representative of the other Parties and their respective outside counsel to review any communication given by it to, and consult with each other in advance of any meeting or conference with, any Governmental Authority or, in connection with any proceeding by a private Person, with any other Person, and to the extent permitted by such Governmental Authority or other Person, give a Representative or Representatives of the other Parties the opportunity to attend and participate in such meetings and conferences; (iv) in the event a Party’s Representative is prohibited from participating in or attending any meetings or conferences, the other Parties shall keep such Party promptly and reasonably apprised with respect thereto; and (v) use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate in the filing of any memoranda, white papers, filings, correspondence or other written communications explaining or defending the transactions contemplated hereby, articulating any regulatory or competitive argument, and/or responding to requests or objections made by any Governmental Authority.

(c) As soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Parties shall reasonably cooperate with each other and use (and shall cause their respective Affiliates to use) their respective commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with Governmental Authorities requests for approval of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to have such Governmental Authorities approve the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Party shall give prompt written notice to the other Parties if such Party or any of its Representatives or with respect to the Company, any Seller receives any notice from such Governmental Authorities in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and shall promptly furnish the other Parties with a copy of such Governmental Authority notice. If any Governmental Authority requires that a hearing or meeting be held in connection with its approval of the transactions contemplated hereby, whether prior to the Closing or after the Closing, each Party shall arrange for Representatives of such Party to be present for such hearing or meeting. No party to this Agreement shall agree to participate in any meeting, video or telephone conference, or other communications with any Governmental Authority in respect of any filings, investigation or other inquiry unless it consults with the other parties in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Authority, gives the other parties the opportunity to attend and participate at such meeting, conference or other communications unless it consults with the other Parties in advance, and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Authority, gives the other Parties the opportunity to attend and participate at such meeting, conference or other communications. If any objections are asserted with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under any applicable Law or if any Action is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by any applicable Governmental Authority or any private Person challenging any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document as violative of any applicable Law or which would otherwise prevent, materially impede or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to resolve any such objections or Actions so as to timely permit consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, including in order to resolve such objections or Actions which, in any case if not resolved, could reasonably be expected to prevent, materially impede or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. In the event any Action is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by a Governmental Authority or private Person challenging the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any Ancillary Document, the Parties shall, and shall cause their respective Representatives to, reasonably cooperate with each other and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to contest and resist any such Action and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any Order, whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, that is in effect and that prohibits, prevents or restricts consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents.

(d) The Company shall use (and shall cause its Affiliates to use) its commercially reasonable efforts to fulfill the filing procedure with the CSRC and report relevant information in a timely manner per the requirements of the Trial Administrative Measures of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies, promulgated by the CSRC on February 17, 2023 (the “Overseas Listing Trial Measures”) and the supporting guidelines of the Overseas Listing Trial Measures.

(e) Prior to the Closing, each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any Consents of Governmental Authorities or other third Persons as may be necessary for the consummation by such Party or its Affiliates of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or required as a result of the execution or performance of, or consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement by such Party or its Affiliates, and the other Parties shall provide reasonable cooperation in connection with such efforts.

(f) With respect to Pubco, during the Interim Period, the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause Pubco to maintain its status as a “foreign private issuer” as such term is defined under Exchange Act Rule 3b-4 and through the Closing.

7.10 Further Assurances. The Parties hereto shall further cooperate with each other and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable on their part under this Agreement and applicable Laws to consummate the Reorganization, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable, including preparing and filing as soon as practicable all documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and other filings.

7.11 The Registration Statement.

(a) As promptly as practicable after the date hereof, Purchaser and Pubco shall prepare with the reasonable assistance of the Company, and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 or F-4 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, and including the Proxy Statement contained therein, the “Registration Statement”) in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the Pubco Securities to be issued under this Agreement to the shareholders and warrantholders of the Company and the Purchaser, which Registration Statement will also contain a proxy statement of Purchaser (as amended, and supplemented from time to time, the “Proxy Statement”) for the purpose of soliciting proxies from Purchaser shareholders for the matters to be acted upon at the Special Shareholder Meeting and providing the Public Shareholders an opportunity in accordance with Purchaser’s Organizational Documents and the IPO Prospectus to have their Purchaser Ordinary Shares redeemed (the “Redemption”) in conjunction with the shareholder vote on the Purchaser Shareholder Approval Matters. The Proxy Statement shall include proxy materials for the purpose of soliciting proxies from Purchaser shareholders to vote, at an extraordinary general meeting of Purchaser shareholders to be called and held for such purpose (the “Special Shareholder Meeting”), in favor of resolutions approving (A) the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the Transactions (including, to the extent required, the issuance of the Company Share Consideration and the issuance of any shares in connection with the PIPE Investment), by the holders of Purchaser Ordinary Shares in accordance with Purchaser’s Organizational Documents, the Companies Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq, (B) the authorization and approval of the Second Plan of Merger and associated documents by way of special resolution pursuant to the Cayman Companies Act, (C) adoption of an amendment to the Purchaser Charter, effective immediately prior to the Closing, to remove the “Redemption Limitation” requirements set forth in Sections 49.2(b), 49.4 and 49.5 thereof in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (D) the appointment of the members of the Post-Closing Pubco Board, in each case in accordance with Section 7.15 hereof, (E) to the extent required by the Federal Securities Laws, the Companies Act, the adoption of the Amended Pubco Charter, and (F) such other matters as the Company and Purchaser shall hereafter mutually determine to be necessary or appropriate in order to effect the Transactions (the approvals described in foregoing clauses (A) through (F), collectively, the “Purchaser Shareholder Approval Matters”), and (G) the adjournment of the Special Shareholder Meeting, if necessary or desirable in the reasonable determination of Purchaser. If on the date for which the Special Shareholder Meeting is scheduled, Purchaser has not received proxies representing a sufficient number of shares to obtain the Required Shareholder Approval, whether or not a quorum is present, Purchaser may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Purchaser Special Meeting. In connection with the Registration Statement, Purchaser will file with the SEC financial and other information about the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with applicable Law and applicable proxy solicitation and registration statement rules set forth in the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents, the Companies Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq.

(b) Pubco, the Purchaser and the Company each shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause the Proxy Statement and Registration Statement when filed with the SEC to comply in all material respects with all legal requirements applicable thereto, (ii) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to and resolve all comments received from the SEC concerning the Proxy Statement or the Registration Statement, (iii) cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable, (iv) to keep the Registration Statement effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Mergers, and (v) to satisfy the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable Laws in connection with the Registration Statement, the Special Shareholder Meeting and the Redemption. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or the Registration Statement will be made by the Purchaser or Pubco without the approval of the Company (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Each of the Purchaser and the Company shall promptly furnish all information concerning it as may reasonably be requested by the other party in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement, provided, however, that neither the Purchaser nor the Company shall use any such information for any purposes other than those contemplated by this Agreement. All documents that the Purchaser, Pubco and the Company is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. In the event that the SEC requires an opinion of counsel with respect to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Mergers to the holders of Purchaser Securities, Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause EGS (or such other counsel retained by Purchaser) to render such opinion.

(c) Each of the Purchaser and the Company represents to the other party that the information supplied by it for inclusion in the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement does not and shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading at (i) the time the Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the shareholders of the Purchaser, (iii) the time of the Special Shareholder Meeting of the Purchaser, and (iv) the Effective Time. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to the Purchaser (with respect to the Purchaser), or relating to the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub (with respect to the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub, as applicable), or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by the Purchaser or the Company (as applicable) which should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Registration Statement or the Proxy Statement, the Purchaser or the Company (as applicable) shall promptly inform the other. Each Party shall promptly correct any information provided by it for use in the Registration Statement (and other related materials) if and to the extent that such information is determined to have become false or misleading in any material respect or as otherwise required by applicable Laws. Purchaser and Pubco shall amend or supplement the Registration Statement and, subject to Section 7.11(b), Purchaser and Pubco shall file with the SEC and disseminate to Purchaser’s shareholders the Registration Statement, as so amended or supplemented, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable Laws and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and Purchaser’s Organizational Documents.

(d) Purchaser, Pubco and the Company each will advise the other, promptly after they receive notice thereof, of any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement or the Registration Statement or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information, and shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) any response to comments of the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement. Purchaser and Pubco shall provide the Company with copies of any written comments, and shall inform the Company of any material oral comments, that Purchaser, Pubco or their respective Representatives receive from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Registration Statement, the Special Shareholder Meeting and the Redemption promptly after the receipt of such comments.

(e) As soon as practicable following the Registration Statement “clearing” comments from the SEC and becoming effective, Purchaser and Pubco shall distribute the Registration Statement to Purchaser’s shareholders and, Purchaser shall call the Special Shareholder Meeting in accordance with the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents and the Companies Act as promptly as practicable thereafter and for a date no later than thirty (30) days following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. Purchaser, acting through its board of directors (or a committee thereof), shall (i) make the Purchaser Recommendation and include such Purchaser Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit from its shareholders proxies or votes in favor of the approval of the Purchaser Shareholder Approval Matters, and (iii) take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the approval of the Purchaser Shareholder Approval Matters. If on the date for which the Special Shareholder Meeting is scheduled, Purchaser has not received proxies and votes representing a sufficient number of shares to obtain the Required Shareholder Approval, whether or not a quorum is present, Purchaser may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Special Shareholder Meeting for up to 30 days in the aggregate upon the good faith determination by the board of directors of the Purchaser that such postponement or adjournment is necessary to solicit additional proxies and votes to obtain approval of the Purchaser Shareholder Approval Matters or otherwise take actions consistent with the Purchaser’s obligations pursuant to Section 7.9, or for such additional periods of time that may be mutually agreed upon between the Purchaser and the Company. The Purchaser shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the approval of the Purchaser Shareholder Approval Matters, including by soliciting from its shareholders proxies as promptly as possible in favor of the Purchaser Shareholder Approval Matters, and shall take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the required vote or consent of its shareholders.

7.12 Company Shareholder Meeting. As promptly as practicable after the Registration Statement has become effective, the Company will call a meeting of its shareholders (the “Company Special Meeting”) or cause a written resolution to be passed (the “Company Written Resolution”) in order to obtain the Required Company Shareholder Approval, and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit from the Company Shareholders proxies in favor of the Required Company Shareholder Approval prior to such Company Special Meeting or Company Written Resolution, and to take all other actions necessary or advisable to secure the Required Company Shareholder Approval.

7.13 Public Announcements.

(a) The Parties agree that, during the Interim Period, no public release, filing or announcement concerning this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be issued by any Party or any of their Affiliates without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, Pubco and the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except as such release or announcement may be required by applicable Law or the rules or regulations of any securities exchange, in which case the applicable Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to allow the other Parties reasonable time to comment on, and arrange for any required filing with respect to, such release or announcement in advance of such issuance.

(b) As promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement (but in any event within four (4) Business Days thereafter), the Parties shall mutually agree upon and issue a press release announcing the execution of this Agreement (the “Signing Press Release”) and the Purchaser shall file a current report on Form 8-K (the “Signing Filing”) with the Signing Press Release and a description of this Agreement as required by Federal Securities Laws, which the Company shall have approved prior to filing. The Parties shall mutually agree upon and, as promptly as practicable after the Closing (but in any event within four (4) Business Days thereafter), issue a press release announcing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing Press Release”). Promptly after the issuance of the Closing Press Release, Pubco shall file a current report on Form 8-K (the “Closing Filing”) with the Closing Press Release and a description of the Closing as required by Federal Securities Laws which Purchaser shall review, comment upon and approve (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) prior to filing. In connection with the preparation of the Signing Press Release, the Signing Filing, the Closing Filing, the Closing Press Release, or any other report, statement, filing notice or application made by or on behalf of a Party to any Governmental Authority or other third party in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, each Party shall, upon request by any other Party, furnish the Parties with all information concerning themselves, their respective directors, officers and equity holders, and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or any other report, statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of a Party to any third party and/ or any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. Furthermore, nothing contained in this Section7.13 shall prevent the Purchaser or the Company or its respective Affiliates from furnishing customary or other reasonable information concerning the Transactions to their investors and prospective investors that is substantively consistent with public statements previously consented to by the other party in accordance with this Section 7.13.

7.14 Confidential Information.

(a) The Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub agree that during the Interim Period and, in the event this Agreement is terminated in accordance with ARTICLE XI, for a period of two (2) years after such termination, they shall, and shall cause their respective Representatives to: (i) treat and hold in strict confidence any Purchaser Confidential Information that is provided to such Person or its Representatives, and will not use for any purpose (except in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents, performing their obligations hereunder or thereunder or enforcing their rights hereunder or thereunder), nor directly or indirectly disclose, distribute, publish, disseminate or otherwise make available to any third party any of the Purchaser Confidential Information without Purchaser’s prior written consent; and (ii) in the event that the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub or any of their respective Representatives, during the Interim Period or, in the event that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with ARTICLE X, for a period of two (2) years after such termination, becomes legally compelled to disclose any Purchaser Confidential Information, (A) provide Purchaser to the extent legally permitted with prompt written notice of such requirement so that Purchaser or an Affiliate thereof may seek, at Purchaser’s sole expense, a protective Order or other remedy or waive compliance with this Section 7.14 (a), and (B) in the event that such protective Order or other remedy is not obtained, or Purchaser waives compliance with this Section 7.14 (a), furnish only that portion of such Purchaser Confidential Information which is legally required to be provided as advised in writing by outside counsel and to exercise its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded such Purchaser Confidential Information. In the event that this Agreement is terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby are not consummated, the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub shall, and shall cause their respective Representatives to, promptly deliver to Purchaser or destroy (at Purchaser’s election) any and all copies (in whatever form or medium) of Purchaser Confidential Information and destroy all notes, memoranda, summaries, analyses, compilations and other writings related thereto or based thereon; provided, however, that the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub and their respective Representatives shall be entitled to keep any records required by applicable Law or bona fide record retention policies; and provided, further, that any Purchaser Confidential Information that is not returned or destroyed shall remain subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Pubco and its Representatives shall be permitted to disclose any and all Company Confidential Information to the extent required by the Federal Securities Laws.

(b) Purchaser hereby agrees that during the Interim Period and, in the event that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with ARTICLE X, for a period of two (2) years after such termination, it shall, and shall cause its Representatives to: (i) treat and hold in strict confidence any Company Confidential Information and will not use for any purpose (except in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents, performing its obligations hereunder or thereunder or enforcing its rights hereunder or thereunder), nor directly or indirectly disclose, distribute, publish, disseminate or otherwise make available to any third party any of the Company Confidential Information without the Company’s prior written consent; and (ii) in the event that Purchaser or any of its Representatives, during the Interim Period or, in the event that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with ARTICLE X, for a period of two (2) years after such termination, becomes legally compelled to disclose any Company Confidential Information, (A) provide the Company to the extent legally permitted with prompt written notice of such requirement so that the Company may seek, at the Company’s sole expense, a protective Order or other remedy or waive compliance with this Section 7.13 (b) and (B) in the event that such protective Order or other remedy is not obtained, or the Company waives compliance with this Section 7.13 (b), furnish only that portion of such Company Confidential Information which is legally required to be provided as advised in writing by outside counsel and to exercise its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded such Company Confidential Information. In the event that this Agreement is terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby are not consummated, Purchaser shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, promptly deliver to the Company or destroy (at Purchaser’s election) any and all copies (in whatever form or medium) of Company Confidential Information and destroy all notes, memoranda, summaries, analyses, compilations and other writings related thereto or based thereon; provided, however, that the Purchaser and its Representatives shall be entitled to keep any records required by applicable Law or bona fide record retention policies; and provided, further, that any Company Confidential Information that is not returned or destroyed shall remain subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser and its Representatives shall be permitted to disclose any and all Company Confidential Information to the extent required by the Federal Securities Laws.

(c) If there is any inconsistency between this Agreement and the terms and conditions of a confidentiality agreement between the Company and the Purchaser, then the terms and conditions of this Section 7.14 shall govern in all respects.

7.15 Post-Closing Board of Directors and Executive Officers.

(a) The Parties shall take all necessary action, including causing the directors of the Pubco to resign, so that effective immediately after the Closing, Pubco’s board of directors (the “Post-Closing Pubco Board”) will consist of seven (7) individuals, which shall include (i) two (2) persons that are designated by Purchaser prior to the Closing and approved by the Company in its reasonable judgment (the “Purchaser Directors”) as independent directors, both of whom shall qualify as independent directors under Nasdaq rules and shall initially serve a one (1) year term unless removed or resign in accordance with the Amended Pubco Charter, such term effective from the Closing, and (ii) five (5) persons that are designated by the Company prior to the Closing and approved by the Purchaser in its reasonable judgment (the “Company Directors”) and shall include such number of independent directors to the effect that the board composition of Pubco will be compliant with Nasdaq rules. At or prior to the Closing, Pubco will provide each Purchaser Director and Company director with a customary director indemnification agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such Purchaser Director or Company Director.

(b) The Parties shall take all action necessary, including causing the executive officers of Pubco to resign, so that the individuals serving as the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, respectively, of Pubco immediately after the Closing will be the same individuals (in the same office) as that of the Company immediately prior to the Closing (unless, at its sole discretion, the Company desires to appoint another qualified person to either such role, in which case, such other person identified by the Company shall serve in such role).

7.16 Indemnification of Directors and Officers; Tail Insurance.

(a) The Parties agree that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing in favor of the current or former directors and officers of each Target Company and Purchaser (the “D&O Indemnified Persons”) as provided in their Organizational Documents, or under any indemnification, employment or other similar agreements between any D&O Indemnified Person and the applicable Party, in each case as in effect on the date of this Agreement, shall survive the Closing and continue in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms to the extent permitted by applicable Law. For a period of six (6) years after the Effective Time, Pubco shall cause the Organizational Documents of the Surviving Entity and Pubco to contain provisions no less favorable with respect to exculpation and indemnification of and advancement of expenses to D&O Indemnified Persons than are set forth as of the date of this Agreement in the Organizational Documents of the applicable Party to the extent permitted by applicable Law. The provisions of this Section 7.16 shall survive the Closing and are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Indemnified Persons and their respective heirs and representatives.

(b) For the benefit of Purchaser’s directors and officers, Purchaser shall be permitted prior to the Effective Time to obtain and fully pay the premium for a “tail” insurance policy that provides coverage for up to a six-year period from and after the Effective Time for events occurring prior to the Effective Time (the “D&O Tail Insurance”), except that in no event shall Pubco be required to pay an annual premium for such insurance in excess of $750,000. If obtained, Pubco shall, for a period of six years after the Effective Time, maintain the D&O Tail Insurance in full force and effect, and continue to honor the obligations thereunder, and Pubco shall timely pay or cause to be paid all premiums with respect to the D&O Tail Insurance.

7.17 Trust Account Proceeds. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE VIII and provisions of notice thereof to the Trustee (which notice the Purchaser shall provide to the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, (a) in accordance with and pursuant to the Trust Agreement, at the Closing, Purchaser (i) shall cause any documents, and notices required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement to be so delivered and (ii) shall cause the Trustee to, and the Trustee shall thereupon be obligated to pay as and when due all amounts payable to former shareholders of the Purchaser pursuant to the Redemptions. The Parties agree that after the Closing, the funds in the Trust Account, after taking into account payments for the Redemption, and any proceeds received by Pubco or Purchaser from any PIPE Investment that was procured through the efforts led by Purchaser, shall first be used to pay (i) the unpaid SPAC Transaction Expenses and the Company Transaction Expenses, subject to the upper limits of the SPAC Fee Cap and Fee Cap, as applicable, as provided in Section 10.3 of this Agreement and (ii) thereafter be transferred to a Target Company or Pubco and used for working capital and general corporate purposes.

7.18 PIPE Investment. Without limiting anything to the contrary contained herein, during the Interim Period, Purchaser may, but shall not be required to enter into and consummate subscription agreements with investors relating to a private equity investment in Purchaser, Pubco or the Company to purchase shares of Purchaser, Pubco or the Company in connection with a private placement, and/or enter into backstop or other alternative financing arrangements with potential investors (a “PIPE Investment”). If Purchaser elects to seek a PIPE Investment, Purchaser and the Company shall, and shall cause their respective Representatives to, cooperate with each other and their respective Representatives in connection with such PIPE Investment and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to cause such PIPE Investment to occur (including having the Company’s senior management participate in any investor meetings and roadshows as reasonably requested by Purchaser).

7.19 Tax Matters. The Parties hereby agree and acknowledge that for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, the Mergers together are intended to qualify as an exchange described in Section 351 of the Code (the “Intended Tax Treatment”). Each of the Parties acknowledge and agree that each is responsible for paying its own Taxes, including any adverse Tax consequences that may result if the Transactions do not qualify under Section 351 of the Code. Warrant Agreement. Immediately prior to the Effective Time, Purchaser shall assign to PubCo and PubCo shall assume all of Purchaser’s rights, interests, and obligations in and under the Warrant Agreement, and the Parties shall, to the extent required by the Warrant Agreement, cause the agent of the SPAC Warrants to enter into an assignment and assumption agreement reflecting such assignment and assumption of the SPAC Warrants by PubCo and other amendments to the Warrant Agreement as agreed between the Parties, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit E (the Warrant Agreement, as assigned, assumed, and amended, the “Assumed Warrant Agreement”).

7.20 Reorganization. Each of the Company and Nanjing Scage shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, and shall cause its Affiliates to, take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable in order to consummate the Reorganization in accordance with applicable Laws as contemplated by the Reorganization Documents as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event no later than September 30, 2023 (the “Completion Date of Reorganization”) and deliver all documents that evidence the completion of the Reorganization to the Purchaser, including a certificate signed by an executive officer of the Company in such capacity, dated the Completion Date of Reorganization, certifying as to the completion of the Reorganization in accordance with applicable Laws and the Reorganization Documents in all material respects.

7.21 Lock-up Agreement. On or prior to the Closing, in addition to the Key Seller Lock-Up Agreements that would be entered into by the Key Company Shareholders simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall cause all other shareholders of the Company to each enter into a Lock-Up Agreement with Pubco and Purchaser, the form of which is attached as Exhibit A-2 (the “Seller Lock-up Agreement”), which will become effective as of the Closing, subject to the written waiver by Purchaser.

7.22 Operation Sustainability of the Company. During the Interim Period and after Closing, each Target Company shall, and the Company shall cause each Target Company to, (i) comply with all applicable Laws in all material respects, including but not limited to applicable Laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Target Companies; (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the sustainability of the collaboration with its cooperative manufacturers for its new energy road vehicles and off-road vehicles manufacturing; (iii) take proper measures to ensure the continuity of its business operations if PRC government implements any laws or policies that have a Material Adverse Effect on the Target Companies; and (iv) enter into definitive contracts with its cooperative manufacturers as soon as practicable, explicitly addressing important matters arising from the collaboration such as the ownership of Intellectual Property, Trademark usage, vehicle certification, and product liability.

7.23 Delivery of Audited Company Financial Statements. As soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement but no later than September 30, 2023, the Company shall deliver to Purchaser the Audited Company Financials; provided, that upon delivery of such Audited Company Financials as and when such Audited Company Financials have been signed by the Company’s independent auditors in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.7(a) shall be deemed to apply to the Audited Company Financials with the same force and effect as if made as of the date of this Agreement. “Audited Company Financial Statements” means the audited financial statements of the Target Companies (including, in each case, any related notes thereto), consisting of the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2023, and the related consolidated income statements and statements of cash flow for the fiscal years then ended, each audited by PCAOB-qualified auditors in accordance with GAAP and PCAOB standards.

7.24 Indebtedness. If the Closing Date occurs prior to the original Outside Date as provided in Section 10.1, unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, the total Indebtedness of Purchaser (including all SPAC Transaction Expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions) shall not exceed the SPAC Fee Cap pursuant to Section 10.3.

ARTICLE VIII
CLOSING CONDITIONS

8.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations. The obligations of each Party to consummate the Transactions described herein shall be subject to the satisfaction or written waiver (where permissible) by the Company and Purchaser of the following conditions:

(a) Required Purchaser Shareholder Approval. The Purchaser Shareholder Approval Matters that are submitted to the vote of the shareholders of Purchaser at the Special Shareholder Meeting in accordance with the Proxy Statement shall have been approved by the requisite vote of the shareholders of Purchaser at the Special Shareholder Meeting in accordance with Purchaser’s Organizational Documents, applicable Law and the Proxy Statement (the “Required Shareholder Approval”).

(b) Required Company Shareholder Approval. The Company Special Meeting or Company Written Resolution shall have been held or passed in accordance with the Companies Act and the Company’s Organizational Documents, and at such meeting, the requisite vote of the Company Shareholders (including any separate class or series vote that is required, whether pursuant to the Company’s Organizational Documents, any shareholder agreement or otherwise) shall have authorized, approved and consented to, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or is required to be a party or bound, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the Merger (the “Required Company Shareholder Approval”).

(c) Antitrust Laws. Any waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the consummation of this Agreement under any Antitrust Laws shall have expired or been terminated.

(d) Requisite Regulatory Approvals. All Consents required to be obtained from or made with any Governmental Authority in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been obtained or made, including but not limited to the CSRC filing.

(e) Requisite Consents. The Consents required to be obtained from or made with any bank that has granted a valid credit facility to the Company or any notifications to be made to any such bank in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have each been obtained or made.

(f) No Adverse Law or Order. No Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) or Order that is then in effect and which has the effect of making the transactions or agreements contemplated by this Agreement illegal or which otherwise prevents or prohibits consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(g) Amended Pubco Charter. At or prior to the Closing, the shareholder(s) of Pubco shall have adopted the Amended Pubco Charter which shall be in a form prepared by the Company.

(h) Registration Statement. The Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the SEC and shall remain effective as of the Closing.

(i) Appointment to the Board. The members of the Post-Closing Pubco Board shall have been elected or appointed as of the Closing with effect from the Closing consistent with the requirements of Section 7.15.

(j)  Nasdaq Listing Requirements. The Pubco Ordinary Shares and Pubco Warrants contemplated to be listed pursuant to this Agreement shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq and shall be eligible for listing on Nasdaq immediately following the Closing, subject only to official notice of issuance thereof and any applicable requirement to have a sufficient number of round lot holders.

(k) Net Tangible Asset. The Purchaser or Pubco shall have consolidated net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 (as calculated and determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act) either immediately prior to the Closing (after giving effect to the Redemption) or upon the Closing after giving effect to the Mergers (including the Redemption), or Pubco otherwise is exempt from the provisions of Rule 419 promulgated under the Exchange Act (i.e. one of several exclusions from the “xxxxx stock” rules of the SEC applies and the Purchaser relies on another exclusion).

8.2 Conditions to Obligations of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub. In addition to the conditions specified in Section 8.1, the obligations of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or written waiver (by the Company) of the following conditions:

(a) Representations and Warranties. All of the representations and warranties of Purchaser set forth in this Agreement and in any certificate delivered by or on behalf of Purchaser pursuant hereto, shall be true and correct on and as of the date of this Agreement and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date, except for (i) those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date (which representations and warranties shall have been accurate as of such date), (ii) any failures to be true and correct that (without giving effect to any qualifications or limitations as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect), individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on, or with respect to, Purchaser.

(b) Agreements and Covenants. Purchaser shall have performed in all material respects all of its obligations and complied in all material respects with all of its agreements and covenants under this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

(c) No Purchaser Material Adverse Effect. No Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred with respect to Purchaser since the date of this Agreement which is continuing and uncured.

(d) PIPE Investment. The cash proceeds from the PIPE Investment shall be no less than an aggregated of $15,000,000.

(e) Closing Deliveries.

(i) Director Certificate. Purchaser shall have delivered to the Company and Pubco a certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by an executive officer of Purchaser in such capacity, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Sections 8.2 (a), 8.2(b) and 8.2(c) with respect to Purchaser.

(ii) Secretary Certificate. Purchaser shall have delivered to the Company and Pubco a certificate from its secretary or other executive officer certifying as to, and attaching, (A) copies of Purchaser’s Organizational Documents as in effect as of the Closing Date, (B) the resolutions of Purchaser’s board of directors authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party or by which it is bound, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (C) evidence that the Required Shareholder Approval has been obtained and (D) the incumbency of officers authorized to execute this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to which Purchaser is or is required to be a party or otherwise bound.

(iii) Good Standing. Purchaser shall have delivered to the Company and Pubco a good standing certificate (or similar documents applicable for such jurisdictions) for Purchaser certified as of a date no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date from the proper Governmental Authority of Purchaser’s jurisdiction of incorporation and from each other jurisdiction in which Purchaser is qualified to do business as a foreign entity as of the Closing, in each case to the extent that good standing certificates or similar documents are generally available in such jurisdictions.

(iv) Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement. The Company and Pubco shall have received a copy of the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement to, among other matters, have Pubco assume the registration obligations of Purchaser under the Founder Registration Rights Agreement and have such rights apply to the Pubco Securities, in the form to be mutually agreed by Purchaser and the Company, duly executed by Purchaser and the holders of a majority of the “Registrable Securities” thereunder.

(v) Seller Registration Rights Agreement. The Sellers shall have received from Pubco a registration rights agreement covering the Company Share Consideration received by the Sellers, in the form to be mutually agreed by Purchaser and the Company (the “Seller Registration Rights Agreement”), duly executed by Pubco.

(vi) Employment Agreements. The Company and Pubco shall have received employment agreements (the “Employment Agreements”), in each case effective as of the Closing, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Purchaser, between each of the persons set forth Schedule 8.3(e)(iv) hereto and the applicable Target Company or the Purchaser, as noted in Schedule 8.3(e)(iv), each such employment agreement duly executed by the parties thereto.

8.3 Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser. In addition to the conditions specified in Section 8.1, the obligations of Purchaser to consummate the Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or written waiver (by Purchaser) of the following conditions:

(a) Representations and Warranties. All of the representations and warranties of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement and in any certificate delivered by or on behalf of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub pursuant hereto shall be true and correct on and as of the date of this Agreement and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date, except for (i) those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date (which representations and warranties shall have been accurate as of such date), and (ii) any failures to be true and correct that (without giving effect to any qualifications or limitations as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect), individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Target Companies, taken as a whole.

(b) Agreements and Covenants. The Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub shall have performed in all material respects all of their respective obligations and complied in all material respects with all of their respective agreements and covenants under this Agreement to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the Closing Date.

(c) No Material Adverse Effect. No Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred with respect to the Target Companies, taken as a whole, since the date of this Agreement which is continuing and uncured.

(d) Certain Ancillary Documents. The Non-Competition Agreements, the Employment Agreements, the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, and, subject to the written waiver by Purchaser, each Key Seller Lock-Up Agreement and each Seller Lock-Up Agreement shall be in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof from the Closing.

(e) Resignation of Directors and Officers. Subject to the requirements of Section 7.15, the Purchaser shall have received written resignations, effective as of the Closing, of each of the directors and officers of the Company as requested by the Purchaser prior to the Closing.

(f) Termination of Certain Contracts. The Purchaser shall have received evidence reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser that the Contracts involving the Target Companies and/or Company Security Holders or other Related Persons set forth on Schedule 8.3(f) shall have been terminated with no further obligation or Liability of the Target Companies thereunder.

(g) Reorganization. The Reorganization shall have been consummated by the Completion Date of Reorganization pursuant to the Reorganization Documents.

(h) [Reserved]

(i) Equity Dispute. The Company and Nanjing Scage shall have reached a waiver, compromise, conciliation, settlement or similar resolution of disputes with Shenzhen Deju Brothers Special II Corporate Management Partnership (Limited Partnership)（深圳德聚兄弟专项贰号企业管理合伙企业（有限合伙））regarding the Company’s or Nanjing Scage’s equity, and the property preservation measures against Nanjing Scage (the equity interest held by Nanjing Scage in Scage (Shanghai) Hydrogen Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (司凯奇（上海）氢能科技有限公司) has been judicially frozen) have been released.

(j) Closing Deliveries.

(i) Officer Certificate. Purchaser shall have received a certificate from the Company, dated as the Closing Date, signed by an executive officer of the Company in such capacity, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Sections 8.3 (a), 8.3 (b) and 8.3 (c). Pubco shall have delivered to Purchaser a certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by an executive officer of Pubco in such capacity, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Sections 8.3 (a), 8.3 (b) and 8.3 (c) with respect to Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub, as applicable.

(ii) Secretary Certificates. The Company and Pubco shall each have delivered to Purchaser a certificate from its secretary or other executive officer certifying as to the validity and effectiveness of, and attaching, (A) copies of its Organizational Documents as in effect as of the Closing Date (immediately prior to the Effective Time), (B) the requisite resolutions of its board of directors authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is a party or bound, and the consummation of the Transactions, and the adoption of the Amended Pubco Charter and recommending the approval and adoption of the same by the Company Shareholders at a duly called meeting of shareholders, (C) evidence that the Required Company Shareholder Approval has been obtained, and (D) the incumbency of its officers authorized to execute this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to which it is or is required to be a party or otherwise bound.

(iii) Good Standing. The Company shall have delivered to Purchaser good standing certificates (or similar documents applicable for such jurisdictions) for each Target Company certified as of a date no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date from the proper Governmental Authority of the Target Company’s jurisdiction of organization and from each other jurisdiction in which the Target Company is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other entity as of the Closing, in each case to the extent that good standing certificates or similar documents are generally available in such jurisdictions. Pubco shall have delivered to Purchaser good standing certificates (or similar documents applicable for such jurisdictions) for each of Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub certified as of a date no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date from the proper Governmental Authority of Pubco’s, First Merger Sub’s and Second Merger Sub’s jurisdiction of organization and from each other jurisdiction in which Pubco or Merger Sub is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other entity as of the Closing, in each case to the extent that good standing certificates or similar documents are generally available in such jurisdictions.

(iv) Employment Agreements. The Purchaser shall have received employment agreements, in each case effective as of the Closing, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Purchaser, between each of the persons set forth Schedule 8.3(e)(iv) hereto and the applicable Target Company or the Purchaser, as noted in Schedule 8.3(e)(iv), each such employment agreement duly executed by the parties thereto.

8.4 Frustration of Conditions. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Party may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in this ARTICLE VIII to be satisfied if such failure was caused by the failure of such Party or its Affiliates (or with respect to the Company, any Target Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub) to comply with or perform any of its covenants or obligations set forth in this Agreement.

ARTICLE X

TERMINATION AND EXPENSES

10.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing as follows:

(a) by mutual written consent of Xxxxxxxxx and the Company;

(b) by written notice by either Purchaser or the Company if any of the conditions to the Closing set forth in ARTICLE VIII have not been satisfied or waived by February 29, 2024 (the “Outside Date”); provided, that if Purchaser seeks and receives an Extension, Purchaser may provide a written notice thereof to the Company to obtain, and the Company may in its sole discretion to grant, the Company’s approval to extend the Outside Date by an additional period equal to the shortest of (A) three additional months, (B) the period ending on the last day by which Purchaser must consummate its initial Business Combination pursuant to such Extension and (C) such period as mutually agreed upon by the Parties; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 10.1 (b) shall not be available to a Party if the breach or violation by such Party or its Affiliates (or with respect to the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub) of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation under this Agreement was a material and proximate cause of, or materially and proximately resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur on or before the Outside Date.

(c) by written notice by either Purchaser or the Company if a Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have issued an Order or taken any other action permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and such Order or other action has become final and non-appealable; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.1 (c) shall not be available to a Party if the failure by such Party or its Affiliates (or with respect to the Company, any Seller, Pubco, First Merger Sub, or Second Merger Sub) to comply with any provision of this Agreement has been a material cause of, or materially resulted in, such action by such Governmental Authority;

(d) by written notice by the Company to Purchaser, if (i) there has been a material breach by the Purchaser of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Purchaser shall have become untrue or materially inaccurate, in any case, which would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 8.2 (a) or Section 8.2 (b) to be satisfied (treating the Closing Date for such purposes as the date of this Agreement or, if later, the date of such breach), and (ii) the breach or inaccuracy is incapable of being cured or is not cured within the earlier of (A) twenty (20) days after written notice of such breach or inaccuracy is provided to Purchaser by the Company or (B) the Outside Date; provided, that the Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.1 (d) if at such time the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub is in material uncured breach of this Agreement;

(e) by written notice by the Company to Purchaser if the Purchaser Board or any committee thereof has withheld, withdrawn, qualified, amended or modified, or publicly proposed or resolved to withhold, withdraw, qualify, amend or modify, the Purchaser Recommendation;

(f) by written notice by the Company to the Purchaser, if there shall have been a Material Adverse Effect on the Purchaser following the date of this Agreement which is uncured and continuing;

(g) by written notice by the Purchaser to the Company, if (i) there has been a breach by the Company of any of its covenants or agreements contained in Section 7.23, or (ii) if the Company’s total assets as of June 30, 2023 calculated in accordance with the Audited Financial Statements is more than five (5%) lower than the total assets as of the same date calculated in accordance with the Company Financials.

(h) by written notice by the Purchaser to the Company, if there shall have been a Material Adverse Effect on the Target Companies taken as a whole following the date of this Agreement which is uncured and continuing;

(i) by written notice by Purchaser to the Company, if (i) there has been a breach by the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub of any of their respective representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of such Parties shall have become untrue or inaccurate, in any case, which would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 8.3 (a) or Section 8.3 (b) to be satisfied (treating the Closing Date for such purposes as the date of this Agreement or, if later, the date of such breach), and (ii) the breach or inaccuracy is incapable of being cured or is not cured within the earlier of (A) twenty (20) days after written notice of such breach or inaccuracy is provided to the Company by Purchaser or (B) the Outside Date; provided, that Purchaser shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.1(f) if at such time Purchaser is in material uncured breach of this Agreement;

(j) by written notice by either Purchaser or the Company to the other if the Special Shareholders Meeting is held (including any adjournment or postponement thereof) and has concluded, Purchaser’s shareholders have duly voted, and the Required Shareholders Approval was not obtained; provided that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 10.1 (j) shall not be available to a Party if the material breach or violation by such Party of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation under this Agreement was a direct cause of the failure to obtain the Required Shareholders Approval;

(k) by written notice by either the Purchaser or the Company to the other, if the Company Special Meeting is held (including any adjournment or postponement thereof) and has concluded, the Company Shareholders have duly voted, and the Required Company Shareholder Approval was obtained; provided that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 10.1(j) shall not be available to a Party if the material breach or violation by such Party of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation under this Agreement was a direct cause of the failure to obtain the Required Company Shareholder Approval; and

(l) by written notice by Xxxxxxxxx to the Company, if the Reorganization has not been completed by the Completion Date of Reorganization.

10.2 Effect of Termination. This Agreement may only be terminated in the circumstances described in Section 10.1 and pursuant to a written notice delivered by the applicable Party to the other applicable Parties, which sets forth the basis for such termination, including the provision of Section 10.1 under which such termination is made. In the event of the valid termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void, and there shall be no Liability on the part of any Party or any of their respective Representatives, and all rights and obligations of each Party shall cease, except: (i) Section 7.14 (Confidential Information), this Section 10.2 (Effect of Termination), Section 10.3 (Fees and Expenses), Section 11.1 (Waiver of Claims Against Trust), ARTICLE XI (Miscellaneous), and any definitions to the foregoing under ARTICLE XII shall survive the termination of this Agreement, and (ii) nothing herein shall relieve any Party from Liability for any willful breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation under this Agreement or any Fraud Claim against such Party, in either case, prior to termination of this Agreement (in each case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, subject to Section Article VI11.1). Without limiting the foregoing, and except as provided in Sections 9.3 and this Section 9.2 (but subject to Section 10.1) and subject to the right to seek injunctions, specific performance or other equitable relief in accordance with Section 11.7, the Parties’ sole right prior to the Closing with respect to any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement by another Party or with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be the right, if applicable, to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1.

10.3 Fees and Expenses.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the Party incurring such expenses, whether or not the Closing has occurred in accordance with this Agreement; provided that Purchaser and the Company shall each pay one half of the filing fee for any notification and report forms filed under any Antitrust Laws, if any, and one half of all registration fees or filing fees payable to the SEC, Nasdaq or any other Governmental Entity, in each case of the foregoing in connection with the Transactions; provided, further, that if the Closing is consummated prior to the Outside Date, Pubco shall be responsible for paying (i) the SPAC Transaction Expenses in an amount of up to US$9,000,000 (the “SPAC Fee Cap”); provided, however, that those SPAC Transaction Expenses set forth on Schedule 10.3(a)(i) shall be excluded from the SPAC Fee Cap and (ii) the SPAC Transaction Expenses and the Company Transaction Expenses, in an aggregate amount, shall not exceed US$15,000,000 (the “Fee Cap”); provided further, however, that those SPAC Transaction Expenses set forth on Schedule 10.3(a)(i) shall be excluded from the Fee Cap. Attached as Schedule 10.3(a) is an estimate as of the date of this Agreement of the SPAC Transaction Expenses for illustrative purposes, and shall not be binding on any Party.

(b) Subject to Section 4.6 (d) and Section 7.3 (b), the Company and Purchaser agree that during the Interim Period each Party’s discretionary expenses, such as fees and expenses related to travel and communication, shall not without the prior written consent of the other Party, exceed One Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars ($100,000) in aggregate.

ARTICLE XI
WAIVERS AND RELEASES

11.1 Waiver of Claims Against Trust. Reference is made to the IPO Prospectus. The Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub hereby represents and warrants that it has read the IPO Prospectus and understands that Purchaser has established the Trust Account containing the proceeds of the IPO and the overallotment shares acquired by Purchaser’s underwriters and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of Purchaser’s public shareholders (including overallotment shares acquired by Purchaser’s underwriters) (the “Public Shareholders”) and that, except as otherwise described in the IPO Prospectus, Purchaser may disburse monies from the Trust Account only: (a) to the Public Shareholders in the event they elect to redeem their shares of Purchaser Ordinary Shares (or Pubco Ordinary Shares upon the Merger) in connection with the consummation of its initial business combination (as such term is used in the IPO Prospectus) (the “Business Combination”) or in connection with an amendment to Purchaser’s Organizational documents to extend Purchaser’s deadline to consummate a Business Combination, (b) to the Public Shareholders if Purchaser fails to consummate a Business Combination within 30 months after the closing of the IPO, subject to further extension by amendment to Purchaser’s Organizational Documents, (c) with respect to any interest earned on the amounts held in the Trust Account, amounts necessary to pay for any franchise or income taxes, and (d) to Purchaser after or concurrently with the consummation of a Business Combination. For and in consideration of Purchaser entering into this Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub hereby agree on behalf of itself and its Affiliates that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub nor any of their respective Affiliates do now or shall at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account or distributions therefrom prior to the Closing, or make any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom), regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to, this Agreement or any proposed or actual business relationship between Purchaser or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger, or any Seller or any of their respective Representatives, on the other hand, or any other matter, and regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (collectively, the “Released Claims”). Each of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub on behalf of itself and its Affiliates hereby irrevocably waives any Released Claims that any such Party or any of its Affiliates may have against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) now or in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with Purchaser or its Representatives and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account (including any Public Shareholder Distributions) for any reason whatsoever (including for an alleged breach of this Agreement or any other agreement with Purchaser or its Affiliates); provided, however, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing waiver will not limit or prohibit the Company from pursuing a claim against the Purchaser or any other person (other than Public Shareholders with respect to funds released from the Trust Account pursuant to the Redemption), in each case for (i) legal relief against monies or other assets of the Purchaser held outside of the Trust Account (and any assets that have been purchased or acquired with any such funds other than distributions therefrom to its public shareholders); (ii) specific performance or other equitable relief in connection with the Transactions, provided that (x) such claim is permitted pursuant to Section 12.7 and (y) the Company shall not be entitled to seek specific performance to enforce the release or other distribution of funds from the Trust Account. The Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub each agree and acknowledge that such irrevocable waiver is material to this Agreement and specifically relied upon by Purchaser and its Affiliates to induce Purchaser to enter in this Agreement, and each of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub further intends and understands such waiver to be valid, binding and enforceable against such Party and each of its Affiliates under applicable Law. To the extent the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates commences any action or proceeding based upon, in connection with, relating to or arising out of any matter relating to Purchaser or its Representatives, which proceeding seeks, in whole or in part, monetary relief against Purchaser or its Representatives, each of the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub hereby acknowledges and agrees that its and its Affiliates’ sole remedy shall be against funds held outside of the Trust Account and that such claim shall not permit such Party or any of its Affiliates (or any Person claiming on any of their behalves or in lieu of them) to have any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) or any amounts contained therein. In the event that the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub any of their respective Affiliates commences Action based upon, in connection with, relating to or arising out of any matter relating to Purchaser or its Representatives which proceeding seeks, in whole or in part, relief against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) or the Public Shareholders, whether in the form of money damages or injunctive relief, Purchaser and its Representatives, as applicable, shall be entitled to recover from the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates, as applicable, the associated legal fees and costs in connection with any such Action, in the event Purchaser or its Representatives, as applicable, prevails in such Action. This Section 11.1 shall survive termination of this Agreement for any reason.

ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS

12.1 Notices. All notices, consents, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered (i) in person, (ii) by facsimile or other electronic means (including email), with affirmative confirmation of receipt, (iii) one Business Day after being sent, if sent by reputable, nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) three (3) Business Days after being mailed, if sent by registered or certified mail, pre-paid and return receipt requested, in each case to the applicable Party at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified by like notice):

If to Purchaser at or prior to the Closing, to:

Finnovate Acquisition Corp.

The White House

00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx

Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx XX0 0000

Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxx, Chief Executive Officer

Telephone No.: x00 000-0000-0000

Email: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

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

Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Schole LLP

0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx

Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, XXX

Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.

Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.

Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000

Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000

Email: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx

xxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx

If to the Company at or prior to the Closing, to:

Scage International Limited

2F, Building 0, Xx. 0 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx

Attn: An Jimin

Telephone No.: x00 00000000000

Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx

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

Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx PC

Xxxx 0000, 00X, Xxxxx X, Xxxxxxx Yintai Centre

Xx. 0 Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx

Facsimile x00 00 00000000
Telephone No.: x00 00 0000 0000

Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx

and a copy to:

Jingtian & Gongcheng

00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx

Facsimile No.: x00 00 00000000
Telephone No.: x00 00 00000000

If to Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub at or prior to the Closing, to:

Scage International Limited

2F, Building 0, Xx. 0 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx

Attn: An Jimin

Telephone No.: x00 00000000000

Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx

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

Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx PC

Xxxx 0000, 00X, Xxxxx X, Xxxxxxx Yintai Centre

Xx. 0 Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx

Facsimile: x00 00 00000000

Telephone No.: x00 00 0000 0000

Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx

and a copy to:

Jingtian & Xxxxxxxxx

00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx

Facsimile No.: x00 00 00000000

Telephone No.: x00 00 00000000

If to Pubco, Purchaser, or the Company after the Closing, to:

Scage Future

2F, Building 0, Xx. 0 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx
Attn: An Jimin
Telephone No.: x00 00000000000
Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx

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

Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx PC

Xxxx 0000, 00X, Xxxxx X, Xxxxxxx Yintai Centre

No. 0 Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx

Facsimile: x00 00 00000000
Telephone No.: x00 00 0000 0000

Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx

and a copy to:

Jingtian & Xxxxxxxxx

00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx

Facsimile No.: x00 00 00000000
Telephone No.: x00 00 00000000

12.2 Binding Effect; Assignment. Subject to Section 12.3, this Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall not be assigned by operation of Law or otherwise without the prior written consent of Purchaser, Pubco and the Company, and any assignment without such consent shall be null and void; provided that no such assignment shall relieve the assigning Party of its obligations hereunder.

12.3 Third Parties. Except for the rights of the D&O Indemnified Persons set forth in Section 7.16, which the Parties acknowledge and agree are express third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement, nothing contained in this Agreement or in any instrument or document executed by any party in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall create any rights in, or be deemed to have been executed for the benefit of, any Person that is not a Party hereto or thereto or a successor or permitted assign of such a Party.

12.4 Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Without prejudice to Section 9.2, none of the representations, warranties or covenants or agreements that contemplate the performance prior to the Closing in this Agreement or in any document or instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Closing and all rights, claims and causes of action (whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, or whether at law or in equity) with respect thereto shall terminate at the Closing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither this Section 12.4 nor anything else in this Agreement to the contrary shall limit the survival of any covenant or agreement of the Parties which by its terms is required to be performed or complied with in whole or in part at, as of or after the Closing, which covenants and agreements shall survive the Closing in accordance with their respective terms.

12.5 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement and all Actions (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance hereof (including any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement) shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the Laws (both substantive and procedural) of the State of New York. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the following matters arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be construed, performed and enforced in accordance with the Laws of the Cayman Islands in respect of which the Parties hereby irrevocable submit it to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands: (a) the First Merger and (b) following the First Merger, (x) the vesting of the rights and the property of every description including choses in action, business, undertaking, goodwill, benefits, immunities and privileges, contracts, obligations, claims, debts and liabilities of First Merger Sub and the Company in the Surviving Company and (y) the cancellation of the shares, the rights provided in Section 238 of the Cayman Companies Act, the fiduciary or other duties of the board of directors of the Company and the board of directors of First Merger Sub and the internal corporate affairs of the Company, First Merger Sub and the Surviving Company; (ii) the following matters arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be construed, performed and enforced in accordance with the Laws of the Cayman Islands in respect of which the Parties hereby irrevocable submit it to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands: (a) the Second Merger and (b) following the Second Merger, (x) the vesting of the rights and the property of every description including choses in action, business, undertaking, goodwill, benefits, immunities and privileges, contracts, obligations, claims, debts and liabilities of Second Merger Sub and Purchaser in the Surviving Entity and (y) the cancellation of the shares, the rights provided in Section 238 of the Companies Act, the fiduciary or other duties of the board of directors of Purchaser and the board of directors of Second Merger Sub and the internal corporate affairs of Purchaser and Second Merger Sub. All Actions arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in the federal courts of the State of New York sitting in New York, New York or any appellate courts thereof (collectively, the “Specified Courts”). Each Party hereto hereby (a) submits to the exclusive personal and subject matter jurisdiction of any Specified Court for the purpose of any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any Party hereto and (b) irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert by way of motion, defense or otherwise, in any such Action, any claim that it is not subject to the personal or subject matter jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the Action is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the Action is improper, or that this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may not be enforced in or by any Specified Court. Each Party agrees that a final judgment in any Action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Xxx. Each Party irrevocably consents to the service of the summons and complaint and any other process in any other Action relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, on behalf of itself, or its property, by personal delivery of copies of such process to such Party at the applicable address set forth in Section 12.1. Nothing in this Section 12.5 shall affect the right of any Party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by Law.

12.6 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THAT FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 12.6.

12.7 Specific Performance. Each Party acknowledges that the rights of each Party to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are unique, recognizes and affirms that in the event of a breach of this Agreement by any Party, money damages may be inadequate and the non-breaching Parties may have not adequate remedy at law, and agree that irreparable damage may occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed by an applicable Party in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, each Party shall be entitled to seek an injunction, restraining order or other equitable remedy to prevent or remedy any breach of this Agreement and to seek to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, in each case, without the requirement to post any bond or other security or to prove that money damages would be inadequate, this being in addition to any other right or remedy to which such Party may be entitled under this Agreement, at law or in equity.

12.8 Severability. In case any provision in this Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in a jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified or deleted, as to the jurisdiction involved, only to the extent necessary to render the same valid, legal and enforceable, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby nor shall the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision be affected thereby in any other jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties will substitute for any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision a suitable and equitable provision that carries out, so far as may be valid, legal and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.

12.9 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended, supplemented or modified only by execution of a written instrument signed by each of the Parties hereto.

12.10 Waiver. Each of Purchaser, Pubco and the Company on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, may in its sole discretion (i) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of any other non-Affiliated Party hereto, (ii) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties by such other non-Affiliated Party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (iii) waive compliance by such other non-Affiliated Party with any covenant or condition contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party or Parties to be bound thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other right hereunder.

12.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents or instruments referred to herein, including any exhibits, annexes and schedules attached hereto, which exhibits, annexes and schedules are incorporated herein by reference, together with the Ancillary Documents, embody the entire agreement and understanding of the Parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, representations, warranties, covenants or undertakings, other than those expressly set forth or referred to herein or the documents or instruments referred to herein, which collectively supersede all prior agreements and the understandings among the Parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein.

12.12 Interpretation. The table of contents and the Article and Section headings contained in this Agreement are solely for the purpose of reference, are not party of the agreement of the Parties and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and words in the singular, including any defined terms, include the plural and vice versa; (b) reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity; (c) any accounting term used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document has the meaning assigned to such term in accordance with GAAP, based on the accounting principles used by the applicable Person, provided that any accounting term with respect to any Target Company shall be interpreted in accordance with the Accounting Principles; (d) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding or succeeding such term and shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (e) the words “herein,” “hereto,” and “hereby” and other words of similar import in this Agreement shall be deemed in each case to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision of this Agreement; (f) the word “if” and other words of similar import when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the phrase “and only if”; (g) the term “or” means “and/or”; (h) the word “day” means calendar day unless Business Day is expressly specified;(i) any reference to the term “ordinary course” or “ordinary course of business” shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “consistent with past practice”; (j) any agreement, instrument, insurance policy, Law or Order defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument, insurance policy, Law or Order as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes, regulations, rules or orders) by succession of comparable successor statutes, regulations, rules or orders and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; (k) except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to the words “Section,” “Article”, “Schedule”, “Annex” and “Exhibit” are intended to refer to Sections, Articles, Schedules, Annexes and Exhibits to this Agreement; and (l) the term “Dollars” or “$” means United States dollars. Any reference in this Agreement to a Person’s directors shall include any member of such Person’s governing body and any reference in this Agreement to a Person’s officers shall include any Person filling a substantially similar position for such Person. Any reference in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to a Person’s shareholders or stockholders shall include any applicable owners of the equity interests of such Person, in whatever form. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. Consequently, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. To the extent that any Contract, document, certificate or instrument is represented and warranted to by the Company to be given, delivered, provided or made available by the Company, in order for such Contract, document, certificate or instrument to have been deemed to have been given, delivered, provided and made available to Purchaser or its Representatives, such Contract, document, certificate or instrument shall have been posted to the electronic data site maintained on behalf of the Company for the benefit of Purchaser and its Representatives and Purchaser and its Representatives have been given access to the electronic folders containing such information, or such information or documentation was made available or otherwise provided to Purchaser, its Affiliates or any of their Representatives in-person or by email.

12.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile, email or other electronic transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the different Parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

12.14 No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement, this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any Legal Proceeding for breach of this Agreement may only be made against, the entities that are expressly identified herein as Parties to this Agreement, and no related party of a Party shall have any liability for any liabilities or obligations of the Parties for any Legal Proceeding (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Agreement or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith. No Party shall have any right of recovery in respect hereof against any related party of a Party and no personal liability shall attach to any related party of a Party through such Party, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate veil, by the enforcement of any judgment, fine or penalty or by virtue of any Applicable Law or otherwise. The provisions of this Section 12.14 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each related party of a Party, each of whom is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Section 12.14.

12.15 Legal Representation. The Parties agree that, notwithstanding the fact that EGS may have, prior to Closing, jointly represented Purchaser and the Sponsor in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents and the Transactions, and has also represented Purchaser, Sponsor and/or their respective Affiliates in connection with matters other than the transaction that is the subject of this Agreement, EGS will be permitted in the future, after Closing, to represent the Sponsor or its Affiliates in connection with matters in which such Persons are adverse to Pubco, Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates, including any disputes arising out of, or related to, this Agreement. The Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub, who are or have the right to be represented by independent counsel in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, hereby agree, in advance, to waive (and to cause their Affiliates to waive) any actual or potential conflict of interest that may hereafter arise in connection with EGS’s future representation of one or more of the Sponsor or its Affiliates in which the interests of such Person are adverse to the interests of Pubco, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub, Purchaser, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates, including any matters that arise out of this Agreement or that are substantially related to this Agreement or to any prior representation by EGS of the Sponsor, Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates. The Parties acknowledge and agree that, for the purposes of the attorney-client privilege, the Sponsor shall be deemed the client of EGS with respect to the negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents. All such communications shall remain privileged after the Closing and the privilege and the expectation of client confidence relating thereto shall belong solely to the Sponsor, shall be controlled by the Sponsor and shall not pass to or be claimed by Pubco, Purchaser; provided, further, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a waiver by Pubco, Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates of any applicable privileges or protections that can or may be asserted to prevent disclosure of any such communications to any third party.

ARTICLE XIII
DEFINITIONS

13.1 Certain Definitions. For purpose of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings:

“Accounting Principles” means in accordance with GAAP, as in effect at the date of the financial statement to which it refers or if there is no such financial statement, then as of the Closing Date, using and applying the same accounting principles, practices, procedures, policies and methods (with consistent classifications, judgments, elections, inclusions, exclusions and valuation and estimation methodologies) used and applied by the Company and/or the Target Companies in the preparation of the latest audited Company Financials (if any).

“Action” means any notice of noncompliance or violation, or any claim, demand, charge, action, suit, litigation, audit, settlement, complaint, stipulation, assessment or arbitration, or any request (including any request for information), inquiry, hearing, proceeding or investigation, by or before any Governmental Authority.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with such Person. For the avoidance of doubt, Sponsor shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Purchaser prior to the Closing.

“Aggregate Merger Consideration Amount” means (a) One Billion U.S. Dollars ($1,000,000,000) minus (b) if Closing Net Debt is a positive number, the amount of Closing Net Debt, plus (c) if Closing Net Debt is a negative number, the absolute value of the amount of Closing Net Debt.

“Amended Pubco Charter” means an amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Pubco in a customary form to be determined by the Company and agreed by the Purchaser (which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld), which will become effective immediately prior to the completion of the First Merger.

“Ancillary Documents” means each agreement, instrument or document including the Key Seller Lock-Up Agreements, the Assumed Warrant Agreement, the Non-Competition Agreements, Seller Lock-Up Agreements, the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Shareholder Support Agreement, the Insider Letter Amendment, the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, the Seller Registration Rights Agreement, the Amended Pubco Charter, the Employment Agreements, and other agreements, certificates and instruments to be executed or delivered by any of the Parties hereto in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement.

“Benefit Plans” of any Person means any and all deferred compensation, executive compensation, incentive compensation, equity purchase or other equity-based compensation plan, employment or consulting, severance or termination pay, holiday, vacation or other bonus plan or practice, hospitalization or other medical, life, or welfare benefit or other insurance, supplemental unemployment benefits, profit sharing, pension, or retirement plan, program, agreement, commitment or arrangement, and each other employee benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement, including each “employee benefit plan” as such term is defined under Section 3(3) of ERISA, maintained or contributed to or required to be contributed to by a Person for the benefit of any employee or terminated employee of such Person, or with respect to which such Person has any Liability.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banking institutions in New York, China or the Cayman Islands are authorized to close for business, excluding as a result of “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 commercially banking institutions in the foregoing locations are generally open for use by customers on such day.

“Cayman Companies Act” means the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands, as amended.

“China” means PRC, the People’s Republic of China.

“Closing Company Cash” means, as of the Reference Time, the aggregate cash and cash equivalents of the Target Companies on hand or in bank accounts, including deposits in transit, minus the aggregate amount of outstanding and unpaid checks issued by or on behalf of the Target Companies as of such time.

“Closing Net Debt” means, as of the Reference Time, (i) the aggregate Indebtedness of the Target Companies, less (ii) the Closing Company Cash, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), on a consolidated basis and as determined in accordance with the Accounting Principles.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor statute thereto, as amended. Reference to a specific section of the Code shall include such section and any valid treasury regulation promulgated thereunder.

“Company Confidential Information” means all confidential or proprietary documents and information concerning the Target Companies, Pubco, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub or any of their respective Representatives, furnished in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that Company Confidential Information shall not include any information which, (i) at the time of disclosure by Purchaser or its Representatives, is generally available publicly and was not disclosed in breach of this Agreement or (ii) at the time of the disclosure by the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub or their respective Representatives to Purchaser or its Representatives was previously known by such receiving party without violation of Law or any confidentiality obligation by the Person receiving such Company Confidential Information.

“Company Convertible Securities” means, collectively, any options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase any share capital of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or that otherwise confer on the holder any right to acquire any share capital of the Company.

“Company Merger Shares” means a number of Pubco Ordinary Shares equal to the quotient determined by dividing (i) the Aggregate Merger Consideration Amount by (ii) Per Share Price.

“Company Ordinary Shares” means, upon and after completion of the Reorganization, the ordinary shares, $0.00001 par value per share, of the Company.

“Company Preferred Shares” means, upon and after completion of the Reorganization, the preferred shares, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company.

“Company Shares” means, collectively, the Company Ordinary Shares and the Company Preferred Shares.

“Company Securities” means, collectively, the Company Shares and any other Company Convertible Securities.

“Company Security Holders” means, collectively, the holders of Company Securities.

“Company Shareholders” means, collectively, the holders of Company Shares.

“Company Transaction Expenses” means all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses payable by any Target Company (whether or not billed or accrued for) as a result of or in connection with the negotiation, documentation or consummation of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or the Transactions, including (a) all fees, costs, expenses, brokerage fees, commissions, finders’ fees and disbursements of financial advisors, investment banks, data room administrators, attorneys, accountants and other advisors and service providers, including consultants and public relations firms, as appointed by the Company, and (b) subject to Section 10.3, any and all filing fees payable by any Target Company or any of their respective Affiliates to the Governmental Authorities in connection with the Transactions. All Company Transaction Expenses shall be supported with formal bills or invoices setting out in reasonable detail the scope of services that have been provided if such Company Transactions shall be borne by Pubco pursuant to Section 10.3.

“Consent” means any consent, approval, waiver, authorization or Permit of, or notice to or declaration or filing with any Governmental Authority or any other Person.

“Contracts” means all contracts, agreements, binding arrangements, bonds, notes, indentures, mortgages, debt instruments, purchase order, licenses (and all other contracts, agreements or binding arrangements concerning Intellectual Property), franchises, leases and other instruments or obligations of any kind, written or oral (including any amendments and other modifications thereto).

“Control” of a Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise. “Controlled”, “Controlling” and “under common Control with” have correlative meanings. Without limiting the foregoing, a Person (the “Controlled Person”) shall be deemed Controlled by (a) any other Person (i) owning beneficially, as meant in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, securities entitling such Person to cast ten percent (10%) or more of the votes for election of directors or equivalent governing authority of the Controlled Person or (ii) entitled to be allocated or receive ten percent (10%) or more of the profits, losses, or distributions of the Controlled Person; (b) an officer, director, general partner, partner (other than a limited partner), manager, or member (other than a member having no management authority that is not a Person described in clause (a) above) of the Controlled Person; or (c) a spouse, parent, lineal descendant, sibling, aunt, uncle, xxxxx, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, or brother-in-law of an Affiliate of the Controlled Person or a trust for the benefit of an Affiliate of the Controlled Person or of which an Affiliate of the Controlled Person is a trustee.

“Copyrights” means any works of authorship, mask works and all copyrights therein, including all renewals and extensions, copyright registrations and applications for registration and renewal, and non-registered copyrights.

“CSRC” means the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

“Environmental Law” means any Law any way relating to (a) the protection of human health and safety, (b) the protection, preservation or restoration of the environment and natural resources (including air, water vapor, surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply, surface land, subsurface land, plant and animal life or any other natural resource), or (c) the exposure to, or the use, storage, recycling, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling, labeling, production, release or disposal of Hazardous Materials, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 USC. Section 9601 et. seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 USC. Section 6901 et. seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 USC. Section 2601 et. seq., the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 USC. Section 1151 et seq., the Clean Air Act, 42 USC. Section 7401 et seq., the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 USC. Section 111 et. seq., Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 USC. Section 651 et. seq. (to the extent it relates to exposure to Hazardous Substances), the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, 15 USC. Section 2601 et. seq., the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 USC. Section 300f et. seq., the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and analogous state acts.

“Environmental Liabilities” means, in respect of any Person, all Liabilities, obligations, responsibilities, Remedial Actions, Actions, Orders, losses, damages, costs, and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements, and expenses of counsel, experts, and consultants and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand by any other Person or in response to any violation of Environmental Law, whether known or unknown, accrued or contingent, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute, to the extent based upon, related to, or arising under or pursuant to any Environmental Law, Environmental Permit, Order, or Contract with any Governmental Authority or other Person, that relates to any environmental, health or safety condition, violation of Environmental Law, or a Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials.

“Equity Securities” means any share, share capital, capital stock, partnership, membership, any other ownership interest or similar interest in any Person (including any share appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or similar rights), and any direct or indirect option, warrant, right, security (including debt securities) convertible, exchangeable or exercisable, directly or indirectly, therefor.

“ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Exchange Ratio” means (i) the Company Merger Shares as of the First Merger Effective Time divided by (ii) the aggregate number of, without duplication, Company Ordinary Shares that are (i) issued and outstanding, and (ii) issuable directly or indirectly upon, or subject to, the conversion, exercise or settlement of any Company Preferred Shares and Company Convertible Securities.

“First Merger Sub Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares, of the First Merger Sub.

“Foreign Plan” means any plan, fund (including any superannuation fund) or other similar program or arrangement established or maintained outside the United States by the Company or any one or more of its Subsidiaries primarily for the benefit of employees of the Company or such Subsidiaries residing outside the United States, which plan, fund or other similar program or arrangement provides, or results in, retirement income, a deferral of income in contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination of employment, and which plan is not subject to ERISA or the Code.

“Founder Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2021, by and among Purchaser, Sponsor and the other “Holders” named therein.

“Founder Shares” means an aggregate of 4,312,500 Purchaser Ordinary Shares which were issued to the initial shareholders of Purchaser in a private placement transaction.

“Fraud Claim” means any claim based in whole or in part upon fraud, willful misconduct or intentional misrepresentation.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States of America.

“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, local, foreign or other governmental, quasi-governmental or administrative body, instrumentality, department or agency or any court, tribunal, administrative hearing body, arbitration panel, commission, or other similar dispute-resolving panel or body.

“Hazardous Material” means any waste, gas, liquid or other substance or material that is defined, listed or designated as a “hazardous substance”, “pollutant”, “contaminant”, “hazardous waste”, “regulated substance”, “hazardous chemical”, or “toxic chemical” (or by any similar term) under any Environmental Law, or any other material regulated, or that could result in the imposition of Liability or responsibility, under any Environmental Law, including petroleum and its by-products, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon, mold, and urea formaldehyde insulation.

“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (including the outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest), (b) all obligations for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business), (c) any other indebtedness of such Person that is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture, credit agreement or similar instrument, (d) all obligations of such Person under leases that should be classified as capital leases in accordance with GAAP (as applicable to such Person), (e) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any line or letter of credit, banker’s acceptance, guarantee or similar credit transaction, in each case, that has been drawn or claimed against and not settled, (f) all obligations of such Person in respect of acceptances issued or created, (g) all interest rate and currency swaps, caps, collars and similar agreements or hedging devices under which payments are obligated to be made by such Person, whether periodically or upon the happening of a contingency, (h) all obligations secured by an Lien on any property of such Person, (i) any premiums, prepayment fees or other penalties, fees, costs or expenses associated with payment of any Indebtedness of such Person and (j) all obligation described in clauses (a) through (i) above of any other Person which is directly or indirectly guaranteed by such Person or which such Person has agreed (contingently or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire or in respect of which it has otherwise assured a creditor against loss.

“Insider Letter” means the letter agreement, dated as of November 8, 2021, by and among Purchaser, Sponsor, and certain other directors, officers or advisors of Purchaser party thereto.

“Intellectual Property” means all of the following as they exist in any jurisdiction throughout the world: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, Internet Assets, Software and other intellectual property, and all licenses, sublicenses and other agreements or permissions related to the preceding property.

“Internet Assets” means any and all domain name registrations, web sites and web addresses and related rights, items and documentation related thereto, and applications for registration therefor.

“Investment Company Act” means the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

“IPO” means the initial public offering of Purchaser Units pursuant to the IPO Prospectus.

“IPO Prospectus” means the final prospectus of Purchaser, dated as of November 3, 2021, and filed with the SEC on November 4, 2021 (File No. 333-260261).

“IPO Underwriter” means EarlyBirdCapital, Inc.

“JOBS Act” means the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012.

“Key Company Shareholders” means the persons and entities listed on Schedule 13.1.

“Knowledge” means, with respect to (i) the Company, the actual knowledge of the executive officers or directors of the Company and any Target Companies, after reasonable inquiry, or (ii) any other Party, (A) if an entity, the actual knowledge of its directors and executive officers, after reasonable inquiry, or (B) if a natural person, the actual knowledge of such Party after reasonable inquiry.

“Law” means any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute, legislation, principle of common law, ordinance, code, edict, decree, proclamation, treaty, convention, rule, regulation, directive, requirement, writ, injunction, settlement, Order or Consent that is or has been issued, enacted, adopted, passed, approved, promulgated, made, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority.

“Liabilities” means any and all liabilities, Indebtedness, Actions or obligations of any nature (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise, whether known or unknown, whether direct or indirect, whether matured or unmatured, whether due or to become due and whether or not required to be recorded or reflected on a balance sheet under GAAP or other applicable accounting standards), including Tax liabilities due or to become due.

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, attachment, right of first refusal, option, proxy, voting trust, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof), restriction (whether on voting, sale, transfer, disposition or otherwise), any subordination arrangement in favor of another Person, or any filing or agreement to file a financing statement as debtor under the Uniform Commercial Code or any similar Law.

“Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to any specified Person, any fact, event, occurrence, change or effect that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect upon (a) the business, assets, Liabilities, results of operations, prospectus or condition (financial or otherwise) of such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries on a timely basis to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party or bound or to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder; provided, however, that for the purposes of clause (a) above, any fact, event, event, occurrence, change or effect directly or indirectly attributable to, resulting from, relating to or arising out of the following (by themselves or when aggregated with any other, facts, events, occurrences, changes or effects) shall not be deemed to be, constitute, or be taken into account when determining whether there has or may, would or could have occurred a Material Adverse Effect: (i) general changes in the financial or securities markets or general economic or political conditions in any country or region in which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries does business; (ii) changes, conditions or effects that generally affect any industry or geographic area in which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries principally operate; (iii) changes or proposed change in the interpretation of any Law (including the Exchange Act or the Securities Act or any rules promulgated thereunder) or in GAAP or other applicable accounting principles or mandatory changes in the regulatory accounting requirements applicable to any industry in which such Person and its Subsidiaries principally operate, or any regulatory guidance, policies or interpretations of the foregoing; (iv) conditions caused by acts of God, epidemic, pandemics or other outbreak of public health events (including COVID-19), cyberterrorism or terrorism, war (whether or not declared) (including the Russian invasion of the Ukraine or any surrounding countries), military action, civil unrest, earthquakes, volcanic activity, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods, mudslides, wildfire, or other natural disaster and any other force majeure events (including any escalation or general worsening of any of the foregoing); (v) any failure in and of itself by such Person and its Subsidiaries to meet any internal or published budgets, projections, forecasts or predictions of financial performance for any period (provided that the underlying cause of any such failure may be considered in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur to the extent not excluded by another exception herein); (vi) with respect to Purchaser, the consummation and effects of the Redemption (or any redemption in connection with the Extension); and (vii) the announcement or the execution of this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents, the pendency or consummation of the Transactions or the performance of this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents (or the obligations hereunder), including the impact thereof on relationships with Governmental Authority, partners, customers, suppliers or employees; provided further, however, that any event, occurrence, fact, condition, or change referred to in clauses (i) - (iv) immediately above shall be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur to the extent that such event, occurrence, fact, condition, or change has a disproportionate effect on such Person or any of its Subsidiaries compared to other participants in the industries and geographic location in which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries primarily conducts its businesses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Purchaser, the amount of the Redemption (or any redemption in connection with the Extension, if any) or the failure to obtain the Required Shareholder Approval shall not deemed to be a Material Adverse Effect on or with respect to Purchaser.

“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Capital Market.

“Non-Competition Agreement” means a non-competition and non-solicitation Agreement in favor of Pubco, Purchaser and the Company to be entered into by senior executives of the Company and in such customary form as reasonably determined by the Company.

“Order” means any order, decree, ruling, judgment, injunction, writ, determination, binding decision, verdict, judicial award or other Action that is or has been entered, rendered, or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority.

“Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person that is an entity, its articles of incorporation and bylaws, memorandum and articles of association or similar organizational documents, in each case, as amended.

“Overseas Listing Trial Measures” means the Trial Administrative Measures of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies, promulgated by the CSRC on February 17, 2023.

“Patents” means any patents, patent applications and the inventions, designs and improvements described and claimed therein, patentable inventions, and other patent rights (including any divisionals, provisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, substitutions, or reissues thereof, whether or not patents are issued on any such applications and whether or not any such applications are amended, modified, withdrawn, or refiled).

“PCAOB” means the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (or any successor thereto).

“Per Share Price” means the Redemption Price, which shall be no less than the par value of Purchaser Ordinary Shares.

“Permits” means all federal, state, local or foreign or other third-party permits, grants, easements, consents, approvals, authorizations, exemptions, licenses, franchises, concessions, ratifications, permissions, clearances, confirmations, endorsements, waivers, certifications, designations, ratings, registrations, qualifications or orders of any Governmental Authority or any other Person.

“Permitted Equity Financing” means an investment of up to US$10 million worth of Company Securities individually and $50 million in the aggregate prior to the Closing pursuant to written investment agreement(s) entered into by the Company and investor(s) after the date hereof.

“Permitted Liens” means (a) Liens for Taxes or assessments and similar governmental charges or levies, which either are (i) not delinquent or (ii) being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and for which adequate reserves have been established with respect thereto, (b) other Liens imposed by operation of Law arising in the ordinary course of business for amounts which are not due and payable and as would not in the aggregate materially and adversely affect the value of, or materially and adversely interfere with the use of, the property subject thereto, (c) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with social security, (d) Liens on goods in transit incurred pursuant to documentary letters of credit, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business, or (e) Liens arising under this Agreement or any Ancillary Document.

“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership (including a general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability partnership), limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government, domestic or foreign, or political subdivision thereof, or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

“Personal Property” means any machinery, equipment, tools, vehicles, furniture, leasehold improvements, office equipment, plant, parts and other tangible personal property.

“PRC” means the People’s Republic of China.

“Pubco Charter” means the memorandum and articles of association of Pubco, as amended and in effect under the Cayman Companies Act.

“Pubco Convertible Securities” means, collectively, any options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase any share capital of Pubco or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or that otherwise confer on the holder any right to acquire any share capital of Pubco, including but not limited to the Pubco Warrants.

“Pubco Ordinary Shares” means, the ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Pubco.

“Pubco Private Warrant” means one whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Pubco Ordinary Share at a purchase price of $11.50 per full share.

“Pubco Public Warrant” means one whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Pubco Ordinary Share at a purchase price of $11.50 per full share.

“Pubco Securities” means the Pubco Ordinary Shares and the Pubco Convertible Securities, collectively.

“Pubco Warrants” means the Pubco Private Warrants and Pubco Public Warrants, collectively.

“Purchaser Charter” means the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of Purchaser, as may be amended and restated from time to time and in effect under the Cayman Companies Act.

“Purchaser Class A Ordinary Shares” means the Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Purchaser.

“Purchaser Class B Ordinary Shares” means the Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Purchaser.

“Purchaser Confidential Information” means all confidential or proprietary documents and information concerning Purchaser or any of its Representatives; provided, however, that Purchaser Confidential Information shall not include any information which, (i) at the time of disclosure by the Company or any of its Representatives, is generally available publicly and was not disclosed in breach of this Agreement or (ii) at the time of the disclosure by Purchaser or its Representatives to the Company, Pubco, First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub any of their respective Representatives, was previously known by such receiving party without violation of Law or any confidentiality obligation by the Person receiving such Purchaser Confidential Information. For the avoidance of doubt, from and after the Closing, Purchaser Confidential Information will include the confidential or proprietary information of the Target Companies.

“Purchaser Ordinary Shares” means the Purchaser Class A Ordinary Shares and Purchaser Class B Ordinary Shares.

“Purchaser Preference Shares” means the preference shares, par value $0.0001, of Purchaser.

“Purchaser Private Warrant” means one whole warrant that was issued by Purchaser in a private placement to the Sponsor and the IPO Underwriter at the time of the consummation of the IPO entitling the holder thereof to purchase one (1) Purchaser Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per full Purchaser Ordinary Share.

“Purchaser Public Unit” means a unit issued in the IPO consisting of one (1) Purchaser Ordinary Share and three-quarters (3/4) of one (1) Purchaser Public Warrant.

“Purchaser Public Warrant” means one whole warrant that was included as part of each Purchaser Public Unit entitling the holder thereof to purchase one (1) Purchaser Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per full Purchaser Ordinary Share.

“Purchaser Securities” means Purchaser Units, Purchaser Ordinary Shares, Purchaser Preference Shares and the Purchaser Warrants, collectively.

“Purchaser Units” means the Purchaser Public Units.

“Purchaser Warrants” means the Purchaser Private Warrants and Purchaser Public Warrants, collectively.

“Redemption Price” means an amount equal to the price at which each Purchaser Ordinary Share is redeemed or converted pursuant to the Redemption (as equitably adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, consolidations, capitalizations, re-designations and the like after the Closing).

“Reference Time” means the close of business of the Company on the Closing Date (but without giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any payments by Purchaser and Pubco hereunder to occur at the Closing, but treating any obligations in respect of Indebtedness or other liabilities that are contingent upon the consummation of the Closing as currently due and owing without contingency as of the Reference Time).

“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, or leaching into the indoor or outdoor environment, or into or out of any property.

“Remedial Action” means all actions to (i) clean up, remove, treat, or in any other way address any Hazardous Material, (ii) prevent the Release of any Hazardous Material so it does not endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the environment, (iii) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations or post-remedial monitoring and care, or (iv) correct a condition of noncompliance with Environmental Laws.

“Reorganization” means the reorganization as contemplated under the Reorganization Documents.

“Representatives” means, as to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective managers, directors, officers, employees, independent contractors, consultants, advisors (including financial advisors, counsel and accountants), agents and other legal representatives of such Person or its Affiliates.

“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor Governmental Authority).

“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Sellers” means each of the holders of the Company’s capital shares, and a “Seller” means any one of the Sellers.

“Second Merger Sub Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares, of the Second Merger Sub.

“Software” means any computer software programs, including all source code and object code, and documentation related thereto and all software modules, tools and databases.

“SOX” means the U.S. Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended.

“SPAC Transaction Expenses” means all reasonable and documented fees and expenses that have been incurred by, or are otherwise payable by, Purchaser or any of its controlled Affiliates prior to or as of the Closing (whether or not billed), in each case, as a result of or in connection with the negotiation, documentation or consummation of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or the Transactions, including (a) all documented fees, costs, expenses, brokerage fees, commissions, finders’ fees and disbursements of financial advisors, investment banks, data room administrators, attorneys, accountants and other advisors and service providers, as appointed by Purchaser and Sponsor, and (b) any Indebtedness of Purchaser owed to any of Purchaser’s officers, directors or Sponsor, or the IPO Underwriter, or their respective shareholders or Affiliates, or any other party. All SPAC Transaction Expenses shall be supported with formal bills or invoices setting out in reasonable detail the scope of services that have been provided if such SPAC Transaction Expenses shall be borne by Pubco pursuant to Section 10.3.

“Sponsor” means Finnovate Sponsor L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of capital shares entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if a partnership, association or other business entity, a majority of the partnership or other similar ownership interests thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons will be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons will be allocated a majority of partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or will be or control the managing director, managing member, general partner or other managing Person of such partnership, association or other business entity. A Subsidiary of a Person will also include any variable interest entity which is consolidated with such Person under applicable accounting rules.

“Target Company” and “Target Companies” means each of the Company and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries (excluding Pubco and First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub).

“Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, information return or other documents (including any related or supporting schedules, statements or information) filed or required to be filed in connection with the determination, assessment or collection of any Taxes or the administration of any Laws or administrative requirements relating to any Taxes.

“Taxes” means (a) all direct or indirect federal, state, local, foreign and other net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, value-added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, social security and related contributions due in relation to the payment of compensation to employees, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, windfall profits, alternative minimum, estimated, customs, duties or other taxes, fees, assessments or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto, (b) any Liability for payment of amounts described in clause (a) whether as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period or otherwise through operation of law and (c) any Liability for the payment of amounts described in clauses (a) or (b) as a result of any tax sharing, tax group, tax indemnity or tax allocation agreement with, or any other express or implied agreement to indemnify, any other Person.

“Trade Secrets” means any trade secrets, confidential business information, concepts, ideas, designs, research or development information, processes, procedures, techniques, technical information, specifications, operating and maintenance manuals, engineering drawings, methods, know-how, data, mask works, discoveries, inventions, modifications, extensions, improvements, and other proprietary rights (whether or not patentable or subject to copyright, trademark, or trade secret protection).

“Trademarks” means any trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, brand names, internet domain names, designs, logos, or corporate names (including, in each case, the goodwill associated therewith), whether registered or unregistered, and all registrations and applications for registration and renewal thereof.

“Trust Account” means the trust account established by Purchaser with the proceeds from the IPO pursuant to the Trust Agreement in accordance with the IPO Prospectus.

“Trust Agreement” means that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2021, as it may be amended, by and between Purchaser and the Trustee.

“Trustee” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, in its capacity as trustee under the Trust Agreement.

“Warrant Agreement” shall mean the Warrant Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2021, between Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation and Purchaser.

13.2 Section References. The following capitalized terms, as used in this Agreement, have the respective meanings given to them in the Section as set forth below adjacent to such terms:

Term	Section	Term	Section
Accounts Receivable	6.7(f)	Company Real Property Leases	6.15
Acquisition Proposal	7.6(a)	Company Registered IP	6.13(a)
Agreement	Preamble	Company Share Consideration	2.1 (b)
Alternative Transaction	7.6(a)	Company Special Meeting	7.12
Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement	Recitals	Company Warrant Assumption	Recitals
Antitrust Laws	7.9(b)	Company Written Resolution	7.12
Assignment, Assumption and Amendment to Warrant Agreement	Recitals	Completion Date of Reorganization	7.20
Assumed Warrant Agreement	7.19	Conversion	2.1(a)
Audited Company Financials	7.23	CSRC	6.5
Balance Sheet Date	6.7(a)	D&O Indemnified Person	7.16(a)
Business Combination	11.1	D&O Tail Insurance	7.16(b)
		Effective Time	1.2(b)
Cayman Registrar	1.2(a)	EGS	3.1
Closing	3.1	Employment Agreements	8.2(d)(vi)
Closing Date	3.1	Enforceability Exceptions	4.2
Closing Filing	7.12(b)	Environmental Permits	6.20(a)
Closing Press Release	7.12(b)	Extension	7.3(a)
Company	Preamble	Extension Expenses	7.3(b)(iv)
Company Benefit Plan	6.19(a)	Federal Securities Laws	7.7
Company Certificates	2.5(b)	Fee Cap	10.3(a)
Company Closing Statement	2.7	First Merger	Recitals
Company Directors	7.15(a)	First Merger Documents	1.2(a)
Company Disclosure Schedules	ARTICLE VI	First Merger Effective Time	1.2(a)
Company Financials	6.7(a)	First Merger Plan of Merger	1.2(a)
Company IP	6.13(d)	First Merger Sub	Preamble
Company IP Licenses	6.13(a)	Insider Letter Amendment	Recitals
Company Material Contract	6.12(a)	Intended Tax Treatment	7.19
Company Ordinary Shares	6.3(a)	Interim Cap	7.3(b)(iv)
Company Permits	6.10	Interim Period	7.1(a)
Company Personal Property Leases	6.16	Key Seller Lock-Up Agreement	Recitals
Company Preferred Shares	6.3(a)	Lost Certificate Affidavit	2.5(b)
		Merger Documents	1.2(b)
		Mergers	Recitals

Term	Section	Term	Section
Nanjing Scage	Recitals	Required Company Shareholder Approval	8.1(b)
Non-Competition Agreement	Preamble	Required Shareholder Approval	8.1(a)
OFAC	4.17(c)	SEC Reports	4.6(a)
Off-the-Shelf Software	6.13(a)	SEC SPAC Accounting Changes	4.6(a)
Outbound IP Licenses	6.13(c)	Second Merger	Recitals
Outside Date	10.1(b)	Second Merger Documents	1.2(b)
Overseas Listing Trial Measures	7.9(d)	Second Merger Plan of Merger	1.2(b)
Party(ies)	Preamble	Second Merger Sub	Preamble
PIPE Investment	7.18	Seller Lock-Up Agreement	7.21
Post-Closing Pubco Board	7.15(a)	Seller Registration Rights Agreement	8.2(e)(v)
Prior Merger Agreement	4.23	Shareholder Support Agreement	Recitals
Proxy Statement	7.11(a)	Signing Filing	7.13(b)
Pubco	Preamble	Signing Press Release	7.13(b)
Pubco Convertible Security	2.1(e)	SPAC Fee Cap	10.3(a)
Public Certifications	4.6(a)	Special Shareholder Meeting	7.11(a)
Public Shareholders	11.1	Specified Courts	12.5
Purchaser	Preamble	Sponsor	Recitals
Purchaser Directors	7.15(a)	Sponsor Support Agreement	Recitals
Purchaser Disclosure Schedules	ARTICLE IV	Surviving Company	Recitals
Purchaser Financials	4.6(c)	Surviving Company Charter	1.4(a)
Purchaser Material Contract	4.13(a)	Surviving Entity	Recitals
Purchaser Merger Consideration	2.2(b)	Surviving Entity Charter	1.4(b)
Purchaser Recommendation	4.2	Top Customer	6.24
Purchaser Shareholders	1.4(b)	Top Suppliers	6.24
Purchaser Shareholders Approval Matters	7.11(a)	Transactions	Recitals
Redemption	7.11(a)
Registration Statement	7.11(a)
Related Person	6.21
Released Claims	11.1
Reorganization Documents	Recitals

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Party hereto has caused this Agreement to be signed and delivered by its respective duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.

	Purchaser:

	FINNOVATE ACQUISITION CORP.

	By:	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxx Xxxx
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Party hereto has caused this Agreement to be signed and delivered by its respective duly authorized officer as of the date first written above

	Pubco:

	SCAGE FUTURE

	By:	/s/ Xxxx Xxx
	Name:	Xxxx Xxx
	Title:	Director

	First Merger Sub:

	HERO 1

	By:	/s/ Xxxx Xxx
	Name:	Xxxx Xxx
	Title:	Director

	Second Merger Sub:

	HERO 2

	By:	/s/ Xxxx Xxx
	Name:	Xxxx Xxx
	Title:	Director

	The Company:

	SCAGE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

	By:	/s/ Xxxx Xxx
	Name:	Xxxx Xxx
	Title:	Director

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BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT by and among FINNOVATE ACQUISITION CORP., as Purchaser, SCAGE FUTURE, as Pubco, HERO 1, as First Merger Sub, HERO 2, as Second Merger Sub, and SCAGE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, as the Company Dated as of August 21, 2023

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