Warrants immediately prior to the Effective Time assuming such holder had exercised its Expro Warrant pursuant to a cashless exercise using the one-day VWAP of the Company Common Stock on the business day which next precedes the Effective Time, multiplied by the unadjusted Exchange Ratio for purposes of determining Market Value (as defined in the Expro Warrant) of the Expro Ordinary Shares for purposes of such cashless exercise (which number of Expro Ordinary Shares if calculated to be zero or a negative number, shall be zero) (such number, the “Net Expro Warrant Shares”). Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, to the extent Replacement Warrants are issued, the Exchange Ratio will be adjusted downward to take into account the Net Expro Warrant Shares.
Further, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at or prior to the Effective Time, the articles of association of the Company (the “Company Articles”) will be amended (the “Company Amended Articles”) to increase the total authorized capital stock of the Company from 798,096,000 shares of Company Common Stock to 1,200,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock and to effect certain other amendments to the Company Articles contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the board of directors of the Company, after the Effective Time and after giving effect to the Company Amended Articles (the “Company Board”), will consist of nine members, including three directors (including Michael C. Kearney) to be designated by the board of supervisory directors of the Company (the “Company Supervisory Board”) (at least one of whom will be appointed to the fully independent Nominating and Governance Committee of the Company Board, and at least one of whom will be appointed to the fully independent Compensation Committee of the Company Board) and six directors (including Michael Jardon, who shall also serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company) to be designated by the board of directors of Expro (the “Expro Board” and such designees, the “Expro Designees”), with such elections to be effective at the Effective Time. Mr. Kearney shall be nominated to serve as Chairman of the Company Board from and after the closing of the Transactions until the earlier of (i) the 2023 annual general meeting of the Company’s shareholders, (ii) the unanimous recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Company Board to appoint a new Chairman and (iii) Mr. Kearney’s death or resignation.
The Merger Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of both the Company and Expro, and each party has agreed to customary covenants, including, among others, covenants relating to the conduct of its respective business during the interim period between the execution of the Merger Agreement and the closing of the Transactions. The parties are required to use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Transactions to be consummated as promptly as reasonably practicable and to obtain any required regulatory approvals, subject to certain exceptions. Expro and the Company are each prohibited from soliciting alternative acquisition proposals and, subject to certain exceptions, engaging in discussions or negotiations, or furnishing information, in connection with alternative acquisition proposals.
The closing of the Transactions is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of closing conditions, including, among others, (1) the requisite approval of the shareholders of each of the Company (the “Company Requisite Approval”) and Expro (the “Expro Requisite Approval”) pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, (2) the approval for listing of the Company Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Merger on the New York Stock Exchange, (3) the requisite approval shall have been obtained under certain antitrust and foreign investment laws and certain other legal requirements shall have occurred (the “Governmental Approvals Condition”), (4) there being no law, injunction or order by a governmental body prohibiting the consummation of the Merger (the “No Restraints Condition”), (5) the registration statement on Form S-4, to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by the Company, having been declared effective by the SEC, (6) subject to specified materiality standards, the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other party, (7) compliance by each other party in all material respects with their respective covenants and (8) the absence of a Company Material Adverse Effect or a Parent Material Adverse Effect (each as defined in the Merger Agreement), as applicable.
The Merger Agreement contains termination rights for each of the Company and Expro, including, among others, a termination right for each party if the consummation of the Merger does not occur on or before 5:00 p.m. Houston, Texas time on October 31, 2021 (the “End Date”), subject to certain exceptions; provided, that if as of the End Date, all of the conditions precedent to closing of the Transactions under the Merger Agreement, other than the Governmental Approvals Condition and the No Restraints Condition, have been satisfied, the End Date will automatically be extended to January 31, 2022. Upon termination of the Merger Agreement under specified circumstances, including, generally, the termination by Expro in the event of the Company’s entry into an agreement
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