SecurityholdersMaterial Relationships with Selling SecurityholdersAmended and Restated Shareholders Agreement in this prospectus and in the Certain Relationships and
Related Person TransactionsAmended and Restated Shareholders Agreement section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023.
Other Matters. The common stock has no preemptive rights pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation
and our amended and restated bylaws. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock. All outstanding shares of our common stock, including the shares being offered by the selling stockholders identified in this
prospectus, have been fully paid and non-assessable.
Preferred Stock
Pursuant to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, 95,000,000 shares of preferred stock are issuable from time to time, in one
or more series, with the designations of the series, the voting rights of the shares of the series (if any), the powers, preferences, or relative, participation, optional, or other special rights (if any), and any qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof as our Board of Directors from time to time may adopt by resolution (and without further stockholder approval), subject to certain limitations. Each series will consist of that number of shares as will be stated and expressed in
the certificate of designations providing for the issuance of the stock of the series.
Registration Rights
We are party to a registration rights agreement with the Sponsor, the JPM Holders and certain other existing stockholders, each of which is
entitled to certain demand and piggyback registration rights. See Selling SecurityholdersMaterial Relationships with Selling SecurityholdersRegistration Rights Agreement.
Anti-Takeover Effects of Certain Provisions of Delaware Law, Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Our Amended and Restated Bylaws
Certain provisions of Delaware law and certain provisions included in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended
and restated bylaws summarized below may be deemed to have an anti-takeover effect and may delay, deter, or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider to be in its best interests, including attempts that might
result in a premium being paid over the market price for the shares held by stockholders.
Preferred Stock
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains provisions that permit our Board of Directors to issue, without any further vote
or action by the stockholders, shares of preferred stock in one or more series and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of shares constituting the series and the designation of the series, the voting rights (if any) of the shares of
the series, and the powers, preferences, or relative, participation, optional, and other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations, or restrictions, of the shares of such series.
Classified Board
Our Board of
Directors is divided into three classes of directors, with each class as nearly equal in number as possible, serving staggered three year terms, other than directors which may be elected by holders of preferred stock, if any.
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