indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering
against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the
event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against
a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of
any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to
reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the
Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have
vendors, service providers (except the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses
or other entities with which the Company does business, execute
agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or
claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
On December 2, 2021, the Company, Opal HoldCo LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“Opal HoldCo”), and Opal Fuels LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“Opal Fuels”), entered into a
Business Combination Agreement (as it may be amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination
Agreement”).
The Business Combination Agreement and the transactions
contemplated thereby (collectively, the “Business Combination”)
were unanimously approved by the boards of directors of the Company
and Opal Fuels, and also approved by Opal Holdco, the sole member
of Opal Fuels. The Business Combination Agreement provides for,
among other things, the following transactions: (i) each
outstanding Class B ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per
share, of the Company will convert into one Class A ordinary
share, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company; (ii) the
Company will change the jurisdiction of its incorporation by
deregistering as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands and
domesticating to, and continuing as a corporation incorporated
under the laws of, the State of Delaware (the “Domestication”) and,
in connection with the Domestication, (A) the Company’s name
will be changed to “Opal Fuels Inc.” (“New Opal”), (B) each
outstanding Class A ordinary share of the Company will become
one share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per
share, of New Opal (the “New Opal Class A Common Stock”), (C)
each outstanding warrant to purchase one Class A ordinary
share of the Company will become a warrant to purchase one share of
New Opal Class A common stock and (D) New Opal will file
its certificate of incorporation and adopt bylaws to serve as its
governing documents in connection with the Domestication; and
(iii) (A) Opal Fuels will cause its existing limited liability
company agreement to be amended and restated, (B) Opal Fuels
will cause all of its limited liability company interests existing
immediately prior to the closing of the Business Combination (the
“Closing”) to be
re-classified
into a number of common units (collectively, the “Opal Units”)
based on a
pre-transaction
equity value for Opal equal to $1,501,870,000, less all principal
and accrued interest outstanding immediately after the Closing
pursuant to that certain convertible promissory note, dated as of
May 1, 2021 (as amended, including that certain First Amendment to
Convertible Note, dated November 29, 2021, the “Ares Note”), held
by ARCC Beacon LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Ares”),
(C) the Company will contribute the (x) the amount of cash in
the trust account (the “Trust Account”) established by the Company
with the proceeds from its initial public offering as of
immediately prior to the Closing (and before, for the avoidance of
doubt, giving effect to the exercise of redemption rights by any of
the Company’s shareholders (the “Public Share Redemptions”)), minus
(y) the aggregate amount of cash required to fund the ACT
Share Redemptions and any other obligations to be funded from the
Trust Account, plus (z) the aggregate cash proceeds actually
received in respect of the PIPE Investment (as defined below) and
(E) New Opal will issue to Opal Fuels, and Opal Fuels will in
turn distribute to Opal HoldCo and Hillman RNG Investments, LLC
(“Hillman”) a number of shares of Class D common stock, par
value $0.0001 per share, of New Opal (the “New Opal Class D
Common Stock”), and distribute to Ares (together with Opal HoldCo
and Hillman, collectively, the “Opal Equityholders”) shares of
Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of New Opal
(the “New Opal Class B Common Stock”) (neither of which will
have any economic value but will entitle the holder thereof to five
votes per share or one vote per share, respectively), equal to the
number of Opal Units held by each of the Opal Equityholders.
In addition, if New Opal’s annual EBITDA for the calendar year 2023
exceeds $238,000,000 (the “First Earnout Triggering Event”), New
Opal will issue to Opal HoldCo, Ares and Hillman (collectively, the
“Earnout Participants”) an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of New
Opal Class B Common Stock and New Opal Class D Common
Stock and corresponding Opal Units (collectively, the “First
Earnout Tranche”) in accordance with the allocations set forth in
the Business Combination Agreement. Additionally, if New Opal’s
annual EBITDA for the calendar year 2024 exceeds $446,000,000 (the
“Second Earnout Triggering Event”), New Opal will issue to the
Earnout Participants an aggregate of 5,000,000 additional shares of
New Opal Class B Common Stock and New Opal Class D Common
Stock and corresponding Opal Units (collectively, the “Second
Earnout Tranche”) in accordance with the allocations set forth in
the Business Combination Agreement. In the event that the First
Earnout Triggering Event does not occur but the Second Earnout
Triggering Event does occur, New Opal will be obligated to issue
both the First Earnout Tranche and the Second Earnout Tranche upon
the occurrence of the Second Earnout Triggering Event.