Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Consummation of Sale of Senior Secured Convertible Note
On April 19, 2022, American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. (the "Company")
consummated the closing (the "Closing") of the transactions contemplated by the
securities purchase agreement, dated as of April 14, 2022 (the "Purchase
Agreement"), between the Company and an institutional investor (the "Buyer"), as
described in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the company on April 15,
2022.
At the Closing, the Company issued and sold to the Buyer a senior secured
convertible note in the original principal amount of $12,000,000 (the "Note")
for a purchase price of $10,000,000. No interest shall accrue under the Note
unless an Event of Default (as defined in the Note) has occurred and is
continuing, at which time interest would accrue at the rate of 15% per annum,
compounding monthly. The Note is convertible into shares of common stock of the
Company, $0.0001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), at the election of
the holder at any time at an initial conversion price of $0.99 (the "Conversion
Price"). The Conversion Price is subject to customary adjustments for stock
dividends, stock splits, reclassifications and the like, and subject to
price-based adjustment, on a "full ratchet" basis, in the event of any issuances
of Common Stock, or securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for,
Common Stock at a price below the then-applicable Conversion Price (subject to
certain exceptions). The Company will be required to redeem $800,000 of the
outstanding amounts under the Note on a monthly basis, commencing on August 1,
2022, until the maturity date of October 1, 2023, on which date all amounts that
remain outstanding will be due and payable in full. Subject to certain
conditions, including certain equity conditions, the Company may pay the amount
due on each monthly redemption date, and the final amount due at maturity,
either in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination. The number of shares
used to pay any portion of the Note in such event would be calculated as 88% of
the lowest daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock during the
eight trading days immediately prior to the payment date. The Note may not be
prepaid by the Company, other than as specifically permitted by the Note.
The Note ranks senior to all outstanding and future indebtedness of the Company
and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), and is secured by a
first priority perfected security interest in all of the existing and future
assets of the Company and each Grantor (as defined in the Security Agreement),
including a pledge of all of the capital stock of each of the Grantors (other
than the Excluded Collateral, as defined in the Security Agreement), as
evidenced by (i) a security and pledge agreement entered into at the Closing
(the "Security Agreement"), (ii) account control agreements entered into at the
Closing with respect to certain accounts described in the Note and the Security
Agreement, and (iii) a guaranty executed by certain subsidiaries of the Company
(the "Guaranty") pursuant to which each of them has agreed to guaranty the
obligations of the Company under the Notes and the other Transaction Documents
(as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
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Also at the Closing, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement
(the "Registration Rights Agreement") with the Buyer. Pursuant to the terms of
the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed to prepare and file
with the SEC within 30 days following the Closing a registration statement
covering the resale of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Note (the "Registrable Securities"), and to use reasonable best efforts to cause
such registration statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), as soon as practicable. If the
registration statement is not filed within 30 days after the Closing or is not
declared effective by the applicable deadline set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement, or under certain other circumstances described in the
Registration Rights Agreement, then the Company shall be obligated to pay to the
Buyer an amount in cash equal to 1% of the original principal amount of the Note
until the applicable event giving rise to such payments is cured, subject to a
cap of 10% of the original principal amount of the Note. The Registration Rights
Agreement also provides that the Company is obligated to file additional
registration statements under certain circumstances, and provides the Buyer with
customary "piggyback" registration rights.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to seek the approval of
. . .
Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
On April 21, 2021, the Company and Navigation Capital Partners, Inc. ("NCP")
entered into a Termination Agreement (the "Termination Agreement") pursuant to
which they agreed to terminate, as of that date, the Services Agreement entered
into between them as of March 4, 2021 (the "NCP Services Agreement"), as
described in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the company on March 5,
2021. Pursuant to the Termination Agreement, the Company agreed to pay to NCP
the fees accrued prior to termination pursuant to the NCP Services Agreement
through the date of termination, in the aggregate amount of $900,000, in nine
monthly installments of $100,000 each, commencing on May 1, 2022. The Company
and NCP also agreed that a restricted stock unit award previously granted to NCP
by the Company was terminated.
The foregoing summary provides only a brief description of the Termination
Agreement. The summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its
entirety by the full text of the Termination Agreement, a copy of which is
attached as Exhibit 10.6 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information disclosed in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under
the heading "Consummation of Sale of Senior Secured Convertible Note" is
incorporated herein by reference to the extent required.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The information disclosed in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under
the heading "Consummation of Sale of Senior Secured Convertible Note" regarding
the issuance of the Note is incorporated herein by reference to the extent
required. The Note and underlying shares of Common Stock have not been
registered under the Securities Act, and may not be offered or sold in the
United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration
requirements. The Company is relying on the private placement exemption from
registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and by Rule 506
of Regulation D, and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state
laws. No form of general solicitation or general advertising was conducted in
connection with the issuance. The Note and underlying shares of Common Stock
contains (or will contain, as applicable) restrictive legends preventing the
sale, transfer, or other disposition of such securities, unless registered under
the Securities Act, or pursuant to an exemption therefrom. The disclosure
contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to
sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of the Company, and is
made only as required under applicable rules for filing current reports with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
Effective as of April 22, 2022, Kevin Keough, who has served as the Company's
President since July 2021, was appointed to serve as the Company's Chief
Transformation Officer, and ceased serving as President. Also as of that date,
the compensation committee of the Company's board of directors (the
"Compensation Committee") approved compensation arrangements for Darrell Mays,
the Company's Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Keogh, each of whom had been
providing services to the Company without compensation since their appointment
as officers in July 2021. The Compensation Committee approved an annual base
salary of $300,000 for each of Mr. Mays and Mr. Keogh (with Mr. Mays' salary to
accrue until January 1, 2023, on which date the accrued amount will be payable
in full), and a target bonus for 2022 equal to 120% and 100% of base salary for
Mr. Mays and Mr. Keogh, respectively, subject to the achievement of criteria to
be determined by the Compensation Committee. Also on that date, the Compensation
Committee approved the grant, under the Company's 2020 Equity Incentive Plan
(the "Plan") of 300,000 restricted stock units to Mr. Keogh and 150,000
restricted stock units to Mr. Willis, in each case to vest over a four-year
period commencing on April 1, 2022, with 50% of such vesting to be time-based
and 50% to be performance-based.
Also on April 22, 2022, the Compensation Committee approved an amendment to the
grant of restricted stock units previously made to Michael Tessler, the
Company's Chairman of the Board, to reduce the number of shares of Common Stock
subject to such grant from 1,000,000 to 467,289 and to change the vesting
schedule such that 83,330 shares will vest on each of May 1, 2022, August 1,
2022, November 1, 2022, February 1, 2023 and May 1, 2023, and the remaining
50,639 shares will vest on August 1, 2023, subject to Mr. Tessler's continued
service with the Company through such dates, and on April 25, 2022, the Company
and Mr. Tessler entered into an amended and restated restricted stock unit award
agreement reflecting such revised terms.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Exhibit
4.1 Senior Secured Convertible Note, dated April 19, 2022
10.1 Security and Pledge Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2022
10.2 Guaranty, dated as of April 19, 2022
10.3 Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2022
10.4 Form of Voting Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to
the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on April 15, 2022)
10.5 Services Agreement, signed on April 23, 2022, between American Virtual
Cloud Technologies, Inc. and SAW Holdings, LLC
10.6 Termination Agreement, dated as of April 21, 2022, between American
Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. and Navigation Capital Partners, Inc.
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