Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement





General


On January 5, 2020, Nebula Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation ("NAC"), BRP Hold 11, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Blocker"), the Blocker's sole stockholder (the "Blocker Holder"), Nebula Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation ("ParentCo"), NBLA Merger Sub LLC, a Texas limited liability company ("Merger Sub LLC"), NBLA Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Merger Sub Corp"), Open Lending, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (the "Company"), and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, as the Securityholder Representative, entered into a business combination agreement (the "Agreement") pursuant to which NAC will acquire the Company for consideration of a combination of cash and shares (as further explained below). The terms of the Agreement, which contains customary representations and warranties, covenants, closing conditions, termination fee provisions and other terms relating to the mergers and the other transactions contemplated thereby, are summarized below. Capitalized terms used in this Current Report on Form 8-K but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.





The Merger Agreement



Structure of the Transaction

The acquisition is structured as a "double dummy" transaction, resulting in the following:

(a) Each of ParentCo, Merger Sub Corp and Merger Sub LLC are newly formed


     entities that were formed for the sole purpose of entering into and
     consummating the transactions set forth in the Agreement. ParentCo is a
     wholly-owned direct subsidiary of NAC and both Merger Sub LLC and Merger Sub
     Corp are wholly-owned direct subsidiaries of ParentCo.



(b) On the Closing Date, each of the following transactions will occur in the


     following order: (i) Merger Sub Corp will merge with and into NAC (the "First
     Merger"), with NAC surviving the First Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of
     ParentCo (the "NAC Surviving Company"); (ii) immediately following the First
     Merger and prior to the Blocker Contribution (as defined below), Blocker
     shall redeem a specified number of shares of Blocker common stock in exchange
     for cash (the "Blocker Redemption"); (iii) immediately following the Blocker
     Redemption, ParentCo will acquire, and the Blocker Holder will contribute to
     ParentCo the remaining shares of Blocker common stock after giving effect to
     the Blocker Redemption (the "Blocker Contribution") such that, following the
     Blocker Contribution, Blocker will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
     ParentCo; (iv) immediately following the Blocker Contribution, Merger Sub LLC
     will merge with and into the Company (the "Second Merger"), with the Company
     surviving the Second Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of ParentCo (the
     "Surviving Company"); (v) immediately following the Second Merger, Blocker
     will acquire, and ParentCo will contribute to Blocker all common units of the
     Surviving Company directly held by ParentCo after the Second Merger; and (vi)
     the NAC Surviving Company will acquire and ParentCo will contribute to the
     NAC Surviving Company the remaining shares of Blocker common stock after
     giving effect to the Blocker Redemption and the Blocker Contribution (the
     "ParentCo Blocker Contribution") such that, following the ParentCo Blocker
     Contribution, Blocker shall be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the NAC Surviving
     Company (together with the other transactions related thereto, the "Proposed
     Transactions").



(c) Contemporaneously with the execution of the Agreement, True Wind Capital and


     several fundamental investors entered into certain subscription agreements
     (collectively, the "Subscription Agreements"), pursuant to which, at Closing,
     True Wind Capital and such other persons agreed to subscribe for and purchase
     ParentCo Common Shares for an aggregate cash amount of $200,000,000 at a
     purchase price of $10.00 per share, anchored by True Wind Capital, which has
     agreed to subscribe to and purchase $85,000,000 worth of NAC Class A Common
     Stock.




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(d) In addition, contemporaneously with the execution of the Agreement, (i)


     certain Company Unitholders representing 48% of the Company's outstanding
     membership interests entered into a Company Support Agreement (the "Company
     Support Agreement"), pursuant to which such Company Unitholders agreed, among
     other things, to approve the Agreement and the Proposed Transactions, (ii)
     certain stockholders of NAC entered into Investor Support Agreements (each,
     an "Investor Support Agreement"), pursuant to which certain NAC stockholders
     agreed, among other things, to approve the Agreement, the Proposed
     Transactions, not to redeem any shares held by such stockholders in
     connection with the Proposed Transactions and to tender any warrants to
     purchase NAC Class A Common Stock held by such stockholder to NAC for cash
     consideration of $1.50 per whole warrant and to vote all such warrants held
     by such NAC stockholder in favor of any amendment to the terms of such
     warrants proposed by NAC, including to reduce the term of all outstanding
     warrants to purchase shares of NAC Class A Common Stock to expire upon the
     consummation of the First Merger (the "Warrant Amendment"); and (iii) the
     holders of the NAC Class B Common Stock entered into a Founder Support
     Agreement (the "Founder Support Agreement"), pursuant to which, among other
     things, such holders agreed to approve the Agreement, the Proposed
     Transactions and forfeit any NAC Warrants held by them to NAC, as well as
     waive any anti-dilution rights provided to such NAC stockholder in NAC's
     current certificate of incorporation.



(e) The parties will also enter into a Tax Receivable Agreement (the "Tax


     Receivable Agreement") and an Investors Rights Agreement (the "Investor
     Rights Agreement"), each of which are closing conditions of the parties to
     consummate the Proposed Transactions.




Consideration



The aggregate consideration payable to the members of the Company and the Blocker Holder for the Proposed Transaction consists of the Company Merger Consideration, the Blocker Redemption Amount, the Blocker Consideration and the Contingency Consideration.

(a) The Cash Consideration and the Share Consideration

The Cash Consideration is an amount equal to (i) the Available Cash (as defined below), plus (ii) the aggregate amount of all cash held by the Company or any of its subsidiaries as of 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the Business Day after the last date that any NAC stockholder may exercise its redemption rights (the "Reference Time"), plus (iii) the net proceeds of the Debt Financing received by the Company prior to the First Merger, minus (iv) any Company Transaction Expenses in excess of $10,000,000.

The Share Consideration is the number of ParentCo Common Shares equal to the quotient of: (i) (1) $1,260,625,000 minus, (2) the Available Cash (as defined below), minus (3) the net proceeds of the Debt Financing (as defined below) . . .

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The disclosure set forth above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein. The securities of NAC that may be issued in connection with the Agreement and the Subscription Agreements will be registered under the Securities Act in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.





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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On January 6, 2020, NAC and the Company, issued a joint press release announcing the execution of the Agreement and announcing that NAC will hold a conference call on January 6, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (the "Conference Call"). A copy of the press release, which includes information regarding participation in the Conference Call, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. Such exhibit and the information set forth therein shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act, or the Exchange Act.

Attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference is the form of presentation to be used by NAC in presentations for certain of NAC's stockholders and other persons. Additionally, attached as Exhibit 99.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference is a supplemental presentation providing additional information relating to the Proposed Transaction to be used by NAC in presentations for certain of NAC's stockholders and other persons. Such exhibits and the information set forth therein shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.





Additional Information


In connection with the Proposed Transaction, NAC intends to file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 that will include a proxy statement for the stockholders of NAC that also constitutes a prospectus of the Company. NAC urges investors, stockholders and other interested persons to read, when available, the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus as well as other documents filed with the SEC because these documents will contain important information about NAC, the Company and the Proposed Transaction. After the registration statement is declared effective, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus to be included in the registration statement will be mailed to stockholders of NAC as of a record date to be established for voting on the Proposed Transaction. Stockholders will also be able to obtain a copy of the proxy statement/prospectus, without charge by directing a request to: Nebula Acquisition Corporation, Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 2350, San Francisco, CA 94111. The preliminary and definitive proxy statement/prospectus to be included in the registration statement, once available, can also be obtained, without charge, at the SEC's website (www.sec.gov).

Participants in the Solicitation

NAC, the Company and their respective directors and executive officers may be considered participants in the solicitation of proxies with respect to the Proposed Transaction under the rules of the SEC. Information about the directors and executive officers of NAC is set forth in NAC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, which was filed with the SEC on February 15, 2019. Information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be deemed participants in the solicitation of the stockholders in connection with the potential transaction will be set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus when it is filed with the SEC. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.





Non-Solicitation


This Current Report on Form 8-K is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the potential transaction and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of NAC or the Company, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a definitive prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act.





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Forward-Looking Statements


This Current Report on Form 8-K includes certain statements that are not historical facts but are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as "believe," "may," "will," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "expect," "should," "would," "plan," "predict," "potential," "seem," "seek," "future," "outlook," and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding 2020 EBITDA and EBITDA margin projections, estimates and forecasts of revenue and other financial and performance metrics and projections of market opportunity and expectations, NAC's ability to enter into definitive agreements or consummate a transaction with the Company and NAC's ability to obtain the financing necessary consummate the potential transaction. These statements are based on various assumptions and on the current expectations of NAC's and the Company's management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of NAC and the Company. These forward looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including general economic, political and business conditions, applicable taxes, inflation, interest rates and the regulatory environment, the outcome of judicial proceedings to which the Company is, or may become a party, the inability of the parties to enter into definitive agreements or consummate the Proposed Transaction; the risk that the approval of the stockholders of NAC for the potential transaction is not obtained; failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the Potential Transaction, including as a result of a delay in consummating the Potential Transaction or difficulty in integrating the businesses of NAC and the Company; the amount of redemption requests made by NAC's stockholders; those factors discussed in NAC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 under the heading "Risk Factors," and other documents of NAC filed, or to be filed, with the SEC. If the risks materialize or assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that neither NAC nor the Company presently do not know or that NAC and the Company currently believe are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect NAC's and the Company's expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. NAC and the Company anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause their assessments to change. However, while NAC and the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, NAC and the Company specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing NAC's or the Company's assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.

Non-GAAP Financial Measure and Related Information

This Current Report on Form 8-K references EBITDA and EBITDA margin, which are financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). These non-GAAP financial measures do not have a standardized meaning, and the definition of EBITDA used by the Company may be different from other, similarly named non-GAAP measures used by others. In addition, such financial information is unaudited and does not conform to SEC Regulation S-X and as a result such information may be presented differently in future filings by the Company with the SEC.





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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.





 (d) Exhibits.




Exhibit No.                                   Exhibit

2.1             Business Combination Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2020, by and
              among NAC, Blocker, Blocker Holder, ParentCo, Merger Sub LLC, Merger Sub
              Corp, the Company, and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, as the
              Securityholder Representative.

10.1            Founder Support Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2020, by and among
              NAC, ParentCo, the Company, the Sponsor, Adam H. Clammer, James H.
              Greene, Jr., Rufina Adams, David Kerko, Frank Kern, James C. Hale and
              Ronald Lamb.

10.2            Form of Investor Support Agreement.

10.3            Company Support Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2020, by and among
              NAC, Bregal Investments, Inc., BRP Hold 11, Inc., Bee Cave Capital, LLC,
              Richard Watkins, Open Lending Opportunity Partners, Ryan Collins, Kurt
              Wilkin, Scott Gordon, Keith Jezek and Steve Letbetter.

10.4            Form of Subscription Agreement.

99.1            Press Release, dated January 6, 2020.

99.2            Form of Investor Presentation.

99.3            Form of Supplemental Investor Presentation.




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