Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On November 8, 2022, the board of directors (the "Board") of View, Inc. (the
"Company"), upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee, appointed Scott Rechler to the Board, effective immediately.
Mr. Rechler was appointed as an additional member of the Board and the number of
directors of the Board will increase from five to six members. Mr. Rechler will
also serve as Vice-Chairman of the Board, and will serve until the 2022 annual
meeting of stockholders and until his respective successor is duly elected and
qualified, or until his earlier resignation, death or removal.
As previously disclosed, on October 25, 2022, the Company and RXR FP Services
LLC ("RXR FP") entered into an Agreement for Strategic Planning and Consulting
Services (the "Strategic Agreement"), pursuant to which RXR FP was appointed to
render strategic planning and consulting services to the Company. Pursuant to
the Strategic Agreement, RXR FP was given the right to designate one member of
the Board, which designee shall be the Vice-Chairperson of the Board, until the
earlier of (i) the fifth annual meeting of stockholders of the Company following
the date of the Strategic Agreement and (ii) the end of the term of the
Strategic Agreement. Mr. Rechler was selected as a director and as
Vice-Chairperson of the Board pursuant to such arrangement between the Company
and RXR FP.
Mr. Rechler, age 55, is a prominent leader in the real estate industry, with
more than 30 years of real estate experience. Mr. Rechler has served as the
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of RXR since January 2007. From 2011 to
2016, Mr. Rechler served on the Board of Commissioners as Vice Chairman for the
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He later served on the Board of the
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) from 2017 to 2019. In
November 2021, Mr. Rechler was elected to the Board of Directors of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York to serve the remainder of an existing term. He was
re-elected to a 3-year term at the end of December 2021.
In addition to his role at RXR, Mr. Rechler currently serves as chair of the
Regional Plan Association, trustee and Vice Chair of the National September 11
Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center, member of the Real Estate Board
of New York (REBNY), Chair of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and
member of the Board of Trustees at Northwell Health, and a member of the NYU
Real Estate Institute Advisory Committee. Mr. Rechler also serves on the Board
of the Tribeca Film Institute, where he serves as its Co-Chair, and he also
serves on the Board of the Drum Major Institute, Convene, Kitchen United, and
the Hospital for Special Surgery. Mr. Rechler has also served as Chairman and
CEO of RXR Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: RXRA) since January 2021. He previously
was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Reckson Associates Realty Corp.
(NYSE: RA) and served on the Board of Directors of American Campus Communities,
Inc. (NYSE: ACC). Mr. Rechler is a graduate of Clark University and the New York
University Schack Institute.
Mr. Rechler may also receive reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred by
him in connection with his service to the Company and attendance of Board
meetings. Mr. Rechler will be subject to the corporate policies of the Company
during the term of his Board membership with the Company. Mr. Rechler will also
enter into the Company's standard form indemnification agreement.
Related Party Transactions
Private Placement of 6.00% / 9.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027
As previously disclosed, on October 25, 2022, the Company entered into an
Investment Agreement (the "Investment Agreement") with the Purchasers (as
defined in the Investment Agreement), including entities affiliated with RXR,
USAA Real Estate, Anson Funds and BNP Paribas Asset Management, relating to the
sale by the Company to the Purchasers of $200.0 million aggregate principal
amount of the Company's 6.00% / 9.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due
2027 (the "Notes"), which sale was completed on October 26, 2022. The gross
proceeds from the sale of the Notes were approximately $200.0 million, prior to
deducting fees and estimated offering expenses. Entities affiliated with RXR
purchased $107,927,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes.
The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture (the "Indenture"), dated as of
October 26, 2022, by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National
Association, as trustee. The Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of the
Company, bearing interest at a rate of 6.00% per annum, to the extent paid in
cash ("Cash Interest"), and 9.00% per annum, to the extent paid in kind through
an increase in the principal amount of the Notes ("PIK Interest"). The Company
can elect to make any interest payment through Cash Interest, PIK Interest or
any combination thereof. Any PIK Interest will be paid by issuing notes ("PIK
Notes") in the form of physical notes. Such PIK Notes will bear interest from
and after the date of such PIK Interest payment. Interest on the Notes is
payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1, commencing on
April 1, 2023. It is
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expected that the Notes will mature on October 1, 2027, unless redeemed,
repurchased or converted in accordance with their terms prior to such date. The
Notes are convertible at an initial conversion rate equal to 747.6636, subject
to certain adjustments as provided in the Indenture. All conversions will be
subject to an increased conversion rate in accordance with the Indenture, based
on the Conversion Date (as defined in the Indenture).
Strategic Agreement & Warrant Agreements
As previously disclosed, and as described above, on October 25, 2022, the
Company and RXR FP entered into the Strategic Agreement. In consideration of RXR
FP's performance of its obligations under the Strategic Agreement, the Company
agreed to issue to RXR FP warrants (the "Warrants") to purchase, in the
aggregate, 9,511,128 shares of the Company's Class A common stock, par value
$0.0001 per share ("Common Stock"). On October 25, 2022, the Company issued the
Warrants to RXR FP pursuant to certain Common Stock Purchase Warrant Agreements
(the "Warrant Agreements"). The shares underlying the Warrants vest in equal
tranches over the three-year period following the initial issuance date of the
Warrants, with one-third of such shares vesting each year on the anniversary
thereof, provided that all such shares shall vest immediately upon the
occurrence of certain specified events (each, an "Early Exercise Event"). The
Warrants are exercisable, to the extent vested and unexercised, (1) in the case
of certain of the Warrants, upon the earlier of the applicable vesting date or
an Early Exercise Event, and prior to 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on
October 25, 2032 (the "Warrant Termination Time"), at an exercise price of $0.01
per share of Common Stock, subject to certain adjustments (the "Exercise
Price"), (2) in the case of certain of the Warrants, upon the earlier of the
applicable vesting date or any later date, provided that the closing price of
the Common Stock has exceeded $1.32 (as may be adjusted) for 20 of 30
consecutive trading days prior to such applicable vesting date or such later
date, or an Early Exercise Event, and prior to the Warrant Termination Time, at
the Exercise Price, and (3) in the case of certain of the Warrants, upon the
earlier of the applicable vesting date or any later date, provided that the
closing price of the Common Stock has exceeded $1.58 (as may be adjusted) for 20
of 30 consecutive trading days prior to such applicable vesting date or such
later date, or an Early Exercise Event, and prior to the Warrant Termination
Time, at the Exercise Price. The Warrants may also be exercised, in whole or in
part, by means of a "cashless exercise" for a number of shares as determined in
the Warrant Agreements. The Strategic Agreement also provides RXR FP with a
right of first offer, should the Company undertake a debt financing or equity
capital raise, subject to certain exceptions, to participate in such financing
or capital raise.
Blocker Agreements
In connection with the execution of the aforementioned agreements, on
October 26, 2022, the Company entered into a letter agreement with each of
(i) RXR FP Investor LP and RXR FP Investor II LP, and (ii) RXR FP (each of the
parties in (i) and (ii), a "Blocker Party," and such letter agreements,
collectively, the "Blocker Agreements"). The Blocker Agreements provide, among
other things, that the Notes shall not be converted and the Warrants shall not
be exercised, as applicable, to the extent that such conversion or exercise
would cause a Blocker Party to beneficially own more than a specified threshold
percentage (as may be increased or decreased by the applicable Blocker Party
upon 61 days' written notice) of the Common Stock outstanding immediately
following such conversion or exercise.
WorxWell Acquisition
On December 1, 2021, the Company acquired certain assets associated with the
WorxWell™ data analytics platform from RXR. In connection with such acquisition,
the Company issued 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock and a warrant to purchase
1,000,000 shares of Common Stock to the seller.
Other than as described herein, there are no related person transactions in
which Mr. Rechler has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of
Regulation S-K.
The foregoing descriptions of the Strategic Agreement, the Investment Agreement,
the Indenture, the Warrant Agreements and the Blocker Agreements do not purport
to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the terms and conditions
of the Strategic Agreement, the Investment Agreement, the Indenture, the Warrant
Agreements and the Blocker Agreements, copies of which were filed as exhibits to
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 27, 2022.
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