ITEM 1.01.
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ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
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Holding Company Reorganization
On August 25, 2017, the issuer completed a corporate reorganization (the “Holding Company Reorganization”) pursuant to which Franchise Holdings International, Inc., as previously constituted (the “Predecessor”) became a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of a newly formed Delaware corporation, Franchise Transition, Inc. (the “Holding Company”), which became the successor issuer. In other words, the Holding Company is now the public entity. First, the Predecessor changed its name to Franchise Transition, Inc. from Franchise Holdings International, Inc. Then, after forming two new Delaware corporations (Franchise Holdings International, Inc. and FNHI Services, Inc.) the Holding Company Reorganization was effected by a merger conducted pursuant to Section 251(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), which provides for the formation of a holding company without a vote of the stockholders of the constituent corporations.
In accordance with Section 251(g) of the DGCL, FNHI Services, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), one of the newly formed Delaware corporations and, prior to the Holding Company Reorganization, was an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of the Predecessor, merged with and into the Predecessor, with the Predecessor surviving the merger as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Holding Company (the “Merger”). The Merger was completed pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger among the Predecessor, the Holding Company and Merger Sub, dated August 25, 2017 (the “Merger Agreement”).
As of the effective time of the Merger and in connection with the Holding Company Reorganization, all outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock of the Predecessor were automatically converted into identical shares of common stock or preferred stock, as applicable, of the Holding Company on a one-for-one basis, and the Predecessor’s existing stockholders and other equity holders became stockholders and equity holders, as applicable, of the Holding Company in the same amounts and percentages as they were in the Predecessor prior to the Holding Company Reorganization.
The executive officers and board of directors of the Holding Company are the same as those of the Predecessor in effect immediately prior to the Holding Company Reorganization.
For purposes of Rule 12g-3(a), the Holding Company is the successor issuer to the Predecessor, now as the sole shareholder of the Predecessor. Accordingly, upon consummation of the Merger, the Holding Company’s common stock was deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) promulgated thereunder.
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement set forth in this Item 1.01 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.