UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

(Mark One)

OR

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021

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OR

 

Satellogic Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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On the Closing Date, the Company consummated the Business Combination contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Specifically,

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On July 5, 2021, the Sponsor, CF V and the Company entered into an amendment and restatement of that certain forward purchase contract, dated January 28, 2021, by and between CF V and the Sponsor (the “Amended and Restated Forward Purchase Contract”), pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to purchase, and the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Sponsor, 1,250,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (subject to adjustment), and 333,333 Warrants, which transaction closed on the Closing Date.

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None of the Subscription Agreements, the Amended and Restated Forward Purchase Contract nor any other agreement provides any investor with the right to sell back shares to the Company after the Closing Date.

 

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On January 18, 2022, the Company and CF V entered into the Liberty Subscription Agreement with the Liberty Investor, pursuant to which the Liberty Investor agreed to purchase, and the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Liberty Investor certain securities of the Company, including (i) 20,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (the “Liberty Shares”), (ii) 5,000,000 warrants, each warrant providing the holder thereof the right to purchase one (1) Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $10.00 per share (the “$10.00 Liberty Share Warrants”), and (iii)15,000,000 warrants, each warrant providing the holder thereof the right to purchase one (1) Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $15.00 per share (the “$15.00 Liberty Warrants” and, together with the $10.00 Liberty Share Warrants, the “Liberty Share Warrants”), in a private placement for an aggregate purchase price of $150.0 million. The Liberty Closing took place on February 10, 2022. The Liberty Shares, the Liberty Share Warrants, and the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Liberty Share Warrants are referred to herein as the “Liberty Securities”. The Liberty Share Warrants are exercisable as and from the Liberty Closing, will expire on the fifth anniversary of the Liberty Closing (February 10, 2027) and are subject to the terms and conditions set out in the Liberty Warrant Agreement.

In connection with the Liberty Investment the Company has agreed to provide the Liberty Investor with the same registration rights with respect to the Liberty Securities as the Company provided to the PIPE Investors in the PIPE Subscription Agreements, including “demand” registration rights that require the Company to register under the Securities Act the Class A Ordinary Shares and Liberty Share Warrants held or acquired by Liberty.

The Liberty Investor has agreed to subject the Liberty Securities (other than the $10.00 Liberty Advisory Fee Warrants or any shares issuable in respect thereof) to transfer restrictions until January 25, 2023.

Contemporaneously with the closing of the Liberty Investment, the Company, Liberty and Sponsor entered into the Liberty Restated Letter Agreement. The parties to the Liberty Restated Letter Agreement agreed that for so long as a Cessation Event (as defined in the Liberty Restated Letter Agreement, i.e., if the Liberty Investor (or affiliates managed by the Liberty Manager or its affiliates) cease to hold, in the aggregate, at least 6,666,666 Class A Ordinary Shares) has not occurred, among other things:

 

 

 

 

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In addition, so long as Class B Ordinary Shares are outstanding, the Company will be required to obtain the written consent of the Liberty Investor if it were to issue in a transaction, or series of transactions, a number of shares that equals or exceeds 20% of its then-outstanding Ordinary Shares on a fully diluted basis (assuming exercise of all options and warrants of the Company); provided that no such consent shall be required if such issuance of shares is made in connection with:

 

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An advisory fee is payable by the Company to the Liberty Manager in exchange for advisory services to be provided to the Company by the Liberty Manager (whereby the Liberty Investor will cause the Liberty Manager to be reasonably available to advise the Company from time to time until the occurrence of a Cessation Event). The advisory fee payable for such services includes:

 

 

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In connection with the Liberty Restated Letter Agreement, the Company amended the Company Governing Documents to, among other things, modify the voting rights of the holders of Class B Ordinary Shares from ten votes per share to a number of votes per share such that, as of the Liberty Closing, the aggregate number of votes attributable to the Class B Ordinary Shares was equal to the aggregate number of votes attributable to Class A Ordinary Shares held by the Liberty Investor (subject to certain adjustments).

In connection with the Liberty Restated Letter Agreement, the Company, Mr. Kargieman, Liberty and Sponsor agreed to take action to further modify the rights of the holders of Class B Ordinary Shares such that the number of votes attributable to each Class B Ordinary Share after giving effect to any forfeitures of Class B Ordinary Shares pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Merger Agreement equals (x) 20,000,000, divided by (y) (i) 13,662,658, minus (ii) the number of such forfeited Class B Ordinary Shares (in no event shall such forfeited shares be more than 651,596 Class B Ordinary Shares), but taking into account any adjustment that may have occurred theretofore pursuant to clause 7.2 of the Company’s

 

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Memorandum of Association. In the event that any earnout shares are issued to Mr. Kargieman pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Merger Agreement, the Company, Mr. Kargieman, Liberty and Sponsor agreed to take action to further modify the rights of the holders of Class B Ordinary Shares such that the number of votes attributable to each Class B Ordinary Share shall be adjusted such that the number of votes attributable to each Class B Ordinary Share is reduced in a manner that results in a vote per share as if a number of shares equal to such earnout shares had not been forfeited pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Merger Agreement.

On January 18, 2022, CF V, the Company and CF&Co. entered into the CF Fee Letter pursuant to which they agreed that of the CF V Transaction Expenses payable to CF&Co., which in aggregate totaled approximately $21.94 million (comprised of $5.0 million of M&A advisory fees, $8.75 million of business combination marketing fees, and approximately $8.19 million of placement agent fees), only the M&A advisory fees would be paid in cash while the remainder would be paid by delivery of an aggregate of 2,058,229 newly-issued Class A Ordinary Shares issued on the Closing Date, consisting in part of 600,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issued in connection with the placement fee due on the Liberty Investment and subject to adjustment (the “Liberty Placement Shares”). Such payments were made on the Closing Date. In the event the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than $10.00 per Class A Ordinary Share, CF&Co. will be entitled to receive a certain number of additional Class A Ordinary Shares calculated in a similar manner as the PIPE Additional Shares and FPC Additional Shares (up to a maximum of 150,000 additional Class A Ordinary Shares, if the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than or equal to $8.00 per share, in connection with which issuance an equal number of Ordinary Shares held by the Sponsor, the Nettar Shareholders and holders of Convertible Notes would be forfeited and cancelled).

The Company and CF Securities entered into a Secured Promissory Note, dated December 23, 2021 (as modified by that certain letter agreement, dated December 30, 2021, and as further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Promissory Note”), pursuant to which, CF Securities agreed to loan the Company (i) $7,500,000 (the “Initial Loan”) and (ii) if requested by the Company, up to an additional $7,500,000 (the “Additional Loan” and together with the Initial Loan, the “Loans”).

On January 18, 2022, CF Securities, the Company and Nettar entered into the Promissory Note Waiver Letter pursuant to which the Company and CF Securities agreed that the Company would repay the Initial Loan, including all principal and interest by the issuance of 788,021 Class A Ordinary Shares. Such repayment occurred on the Closing Date.

Pursuant to the Promissory Note Waiver Letter, in the event the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than $10.00 per Class A Ordinary Share, CF&Co. will be entitled to receive a certain number of additional Class A Ordinary Shares calculated in a similar manner as the PIPE Additional Shares and FPC Additional Shares (up to a maximum of 197,005 additional Class A Ordinary Shares, if the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than or equal to $8.00 per share).

However, to the extent Ordinary Shares are forfeited as described above and, at any time during the five year period following the Closing Date, the closing price of Class A Ordinary Shares is at or above $15.00 for ten (10) Trading Days (which need not be consecutive) over a twenty (20) Trading Day period, certain of our shareholders will then receive a number of newly issued Ordinary Shares equal to the number of shares that they had previously forfeited (such issuance of newly issued Ordinary Shares the “Forfeited Share Re-issuance”).

 

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On April 1, 2022, the Company informed Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company that, pursuant to Section 4.3.2 of the Public Warrant Agreement, as modified and assumed by the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Warrant Price (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) with respect to the $8.63 Warrants issued and outstanding under the Public Warrant Agreement will be adjusted from $11.50 to $8.63 and the Redemption Price (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) of the $8.63 Warrants will be adjusted from $18.00 to $13.50.

As noted above, pursuant to the registration provisions of the PIPE Subscription Agreements, the Liberty Subscription Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Forward Purchase Contract and the Liberty Restated Letter Agreement (the “Registration Provisions”), we agreed with the relevant investors that the Resale Registration Statement registering their Company securities, including the Additional Shares the issuance of which is determined based on the effective date of the Resale Registration Statement, would be filed on or before February 25, 2022 and would be declared effective on or before April 25, 2022. Although we initially filed the Resale Registration Statement on February 14, 2022 in compliance with the Registration Provisions the Resale Registration Statement has not been declared effective. Although we will use our best efforts to have the Resale Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practical, there is no assurance we will not be further delayed as a result of further comments or other regulatory requirements.

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Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreements, dated as of January 25, 2022, by and among the Company and each of Emiliano Kargieman and CRIL (Mr. Kargieman and CRIL together, the “Holding Parties”), the Company agreed to file a registration statement to register (i) all Ordinary Shares held by the Holding Parties on the Closing Date, (ii) all shares issuable upon the exercise of Warrants held by the Holding Parties on the Closing Date, and (iii) any other security of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares.

Pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements, PIPE Investors are entitled to receive PIPE Additional Shares if the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than $10.00 per share (up to a maximum of 1,716,693 PIPE Additional Shares, if the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than or equal to $8.00 per share, in connection with which an equal number of Ordinary Shares held by the Sponsor, the Nettar Shareholders and holders of Convertible Notes would be forfeited and cancelled).

Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Forward Purchase Contract, the Sponsor is entitled to receive the FPC Additional Shares if the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than $10.00 per share (up to a maximum of 250,000 FPC Additional Shares, if the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than or equal to $8.00 per share, in connection with which an equal number of Ordinary Shares held by the Sponsor, the Nettar Shareholders and holders of Convertible Notes would be forfeited and cancelled).

Pursuant to the CF Fee Letter, in the event the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than $10.00 per Class A Ordinary Share, each Nettar Series X Shareholder will be entitled to receive a certain number of additional Class A Ordinary Shares calculated in a similar manner as the PIPE Additional Shares and FPC Additional Shares (up to a maximum of 535,085 additional Class A Ordinary Shares, if the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than or equal to $8.00 per share.

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Certain amounts that appear in this Report may not sum due to rounding.

References to “Nettar” contained herein refer to Nettar Group Inc. prior to the Mergers. References to “the Company” or “Satellogic” refer to Satellogic Inc. prior to the Mergers and to the combined company following the Mergers.

This Report contains forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, the plans, strategies and prospects, both business and financial of the Company. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the management of the Company. Although the Company believe its plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot give any assurance that it either will achieve or realize these plans, intentions or expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Generally, statements that are not historical facts, including statements concerning possible or assumed future actions,

 

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business strategies, events or results of operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipates,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predicts,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this Report include, but are not limited to, statements about:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this Report, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

 

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In addition, statements that the Company “believes” and similar statements reflect the Company’s beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based upon information available to the Company as of the date of this Report, and while the Company believes such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and these statements should not be read to indicate that the Company has conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements.

Readers should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date hereof. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, our actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The risk factors and cautionary language referred to in this Report provide examples of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations described in our forward-looking statements.

Unless defined elsewhere in this Report, this Report:

“$8.63 Warrants” means warrants to purchase our Class A Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of $8.63 per share which warrants, when issued, had an exercise price of $11.50 which was reduced pursuant to the terms of the warrants consisting, as of the date hereof, of (a) 8,333,333 Public Warrants, (b) 333,333 warrants issued to Sponsor in exchange for CF V warrants purchased by Sponsor pursuant to the Forward Purchase Contract and (c) 200,000 warrants issued to Sponsor in exchange for warrants purchased by Sponsor in a private placement in connection with the SPAC IPO.

“$10.00 Liberty Warrants” means the $10.00 Liberty Share Warrants and the $10.00 Liberty Advisory Fee Warrants.

“$11.50 Warrants” means warrants to purchase Class A Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of $11.50 per share.

“2018 NPA” means the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2018, as amended and restated in the 2019 NPA.

“2019 NPA” means the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2019, as amended from time to time.

“2020 NPA” means the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 25, 2020, as amended from time to time.

“Additional Shares” means the Series X Additional Shares, the PIPE Additional Shares, the FPC Additional Shares, the CF Fee Letter Additional Shares and the Promissory Note Waiver Letter Additional Shares, collectively.

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“Adjustment Period VWAP” means the volume weighted average price of a Class A Ordinary Share, as reported on the Nasdaq, determined for the Trading Days that occur during the Adjustment Period (as reported on Bloomberg).

 

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“Advisory Fee Warrant Agreement” means that certain Warrant Agreement, dated February 10, 2022, by and between Satellogic Inc. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company governing the warrants issued pursuant to the Liberty Letter Agreement as modified by the Liberty Restated Letter Agreement.

“Assignment and Assumption Agreement” means that certain Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement, dated as January 25, 2022, by and among CF V, the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

“Assumed Options” means Nettar Options that have been assumed by the Company and converted into options to purchase Class A Ordinary Shares.

“Board” means the board of directors of Satellogic.

“Business Combination” means the Mergers and the other Transactions consummated pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

“BVI” means the British Virgin Islands.

“BVI Act” means the BVI Business Companies Act, (As Revised).

“Cantor” means Cantor Fitzgerald L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and an affiliate of the Sponsor, CF&Co. and, prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, CF V.

“Cantor Fee Letters” means the Promissory Note Waiver Letter and the CF Fee Letter.

“CF&Co.” means Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., a New York general partnership and an affiliate of the Sponsor.

“CF Fee Letter” means that certain fee letter dated as of January 18, 2022 by and among CF V, the Company and CF&Co.

“CF Fee Letter Additional Shares” means the Class A Ordinary Shares CF&Co. will be entitled to receive if the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than $10.00 per Class A Ordinary Share. In the event the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than $8.00, the Adjustment Period VWAP for purposes of this calculation will be deemed to be $8.00 pursuant to the CF Fee Letter.

“CF Securities” means Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, a New York general partnership and an affiliate of the Sponsor.

“CF V Board” means the board of directors of CF V.

“CF V Class A Common Stock” means Class A common stock of CF V, par value $0.0001 per share.

“CF V Class B Common Stock” means Class B common stock of CF V, par value $0.0001 per share.

“CF V Common Stock” means, collectively, the CF V Class A Common Stock and the CF V Class B Common Stock.

 

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“CF V Warrants” means warrants to purchase shares of CF V Class A Common Stock.

“Class A Ordinary Shares” means the class A ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share.

“Class B Ordinary Shares” means the class B ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share.

“Closing” means the closing of the Business Combination.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Company” means Satellogic Inc. following the Closing.

“Company Governing Documents” means the Memorandum and Articles of Association of Satellogic.

“Columbia Loan” means the Loan and Security Agreement, dated March 8, 2021, by and between Columbia River Investment Limited, a BVI company, and the Company.

“Columbia Warrants” means the Warrant issued to Columbia River Investment Limited pursuant to the Columbia Loan.

“Convertible Notes” means the convertible notes Satellogic issued pursuant to the 2018 NPA, the 2019 NPA and 2020 NPA.

“Convertible Notes Conversion” means the conversion of the Convertible Notes into Nettar Preferred Shares immediately prior to the Initial Merger Effective Time in accordance with the Merger Agreement, the Convertible Notes, the Stockholder Support Agreement and the Nettar Governing Documents.

“CRIL” means Columbia River Investment Limited.

“Debt and Share Exchange” means that certain exchange transaction entered into between CRIL and Nettar on March 8, 2021.

“Forward Purchase Contract” means that certain amendment and restatement of the forward purchase contract, dated January 28, 2021, by and between CF V and the Sponsor pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to purchase, and the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Sponsor, 1,250,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (subject to adjustment) and 333,333 warrants.

 

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“Forward Purchase Securities” means 1,250,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and 333,333 warrants to purchase Class A Ordinary Shares.

“Founder Shares” means 6,250,000 shares of CF V Class B Common Stock owned by Sponsor and the independent directors of CF V (including any shares of CF V Class A Common Stock issued upon conversion of such shares of CF V Class B Common Stock and the Class A Ordinary Shares issued in exchange therefor pursuant to the CF V Merger).

“FPC Additional Shares” means the Class A Ordinary Shares the Sponsor will be entitled to receive if the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than $10.00 per Class A Ordinary Share. In the event the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than $8.00, the Adjustment Period VWAP for purposes of this calculation will be deemed to be $8.00.

“IFRS” means the International Financial Reporting Standards.

“Initial Merger Effective Time” means the date and time that the Initial Merger became effective in accordance with the Merger Agreement.

“Insider Letter” means the letter agreement, dated as of January 28, 2021, as amended as of the date of the Merger Agreement, by and among CF V, Sponsor and certain Insiders, pursuant to which Sponsor and the Insiders agreed to certain voting requirements, transfer restrictions and waiver of redemption rights with respect to the CF V securities (and as of the Closing, Company securities) owned by them.

“Insiders” means the former officers and directors of CF V.

“Liberty” means the Liberty Investor together with the Liberty Manager.

“Liberty Closing” means the date on which the Liberty Investment was consummated, being February 10, 2022.

“Liberty Investor” means Liberty Strategic Capital (SATL) Holdings, LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company and an investment vehicle managed by the Liberty Manager.

“Liberty Investment” means the investment made by the Liberty Investor pursuant to which it agreed to purchase, and the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Liberty Investor, (i) 20,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (the “Liberty Shares”), (ii) 5,000,000 $10.00 Liberty Share Warrants, and (iii) 15,000,000 $15.00 Liberty Warrants, in a private placement for an aggregate purchase price of $150.0 million.

“Liberty Letter Agreement” means that certain Letter Agreement dated as of January 18, 2022, by and among the Company, the Sponsor and the Liberty Investor, and, with respect to certain provisions therein, Emiliano Kargieman.

“Liberty Manager” means Liberty 77 Capital L.P., the investment manager of the Liberty Investor.

“Liberty Restated Letter Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Letter Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2022, by and among the Company, Emiliano Kargieman, the Sponsor and the Liberty Investor, which amended and restated the Liberty Letter Agreement.

“Liberty Subscription Agreement” means that certain subscription agreement dated as of January 18, 2022 by and among the Company, Liberty and CF V, pursuant to which the Liberty Investment was made.

 

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“Liberty Warrant Agreement” means that certain Warrant Agreement dated February 10, 2022, by and between Satellogic Inc. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company governing the warrants issued pursuant to the Liberty Subscription Agreement.

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“Mergers” means the CF V Merger together with the Initial Merger.

“Nasdaq” means The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.

“Nettar Governing Documents” means collectively, the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association dated April 23, 2021 of Nettar and the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of Nettar dated April 23, 2021

“Nettar Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares of Nettar, par value $0.00001 per share.

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“Nettar Series X Preferred Shares” means the series X Preferred Shares of Nettar, par value $0.00001 per share.

“Nettar Series X Shareholders” means the holders of Nettar Series X Preferred Shares outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the Business Combination.

“Nettar Shares” means, collectively, the Nettar Ordinary Shares together with the Nettar Preference Shares.

 

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“Nettar Shareholders” means, collectively, holders of Nettar Shares immediately prior to the consummation of the Business Combination.

“Ordinary Shares” means, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

“Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated association, trust, estate, joint venture, joint stock company, governmental authority or instrumentality or other entity of any kind.

“PIPE Additional Shares” means the Class A Ordinary Shares each PIPE Investor will be entitled to receive if the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than $10.00 per Class A Ordinary Share. In the event the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than $8.00, the Adjustment Period VWAP for purposes of this calculation will be deemed to be $8.00.

“PIPE Investment” means the sale of Class A Ordinary Shares pursuant to PIPE Subscription Agreements in a private placement that occurred concurrently with the closing of the Business Combination.

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“PIPE Subscription Agreements” mean the Subscription Agreements, dated as of July 5, 2021, by and among CF V, the Company and the PIPE Investors.

“PIPE Warrant Agreement” means that certain Warrant Agreement dated January 25, 2022, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company governing the PIPE Warrants.

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“Promissory Note Waiver Letter” means that certain Waiver Letter, dated January 18, 2022, by and between the Company and CF Securities.

“Promissory Note Waiver Letter Additional Shares” means the Class A Ordinary Shares the Sponsor will be entitled to receive if the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than $10.00 per Class A Ordinary Share. In the event the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than $8.00, the Adjustment Period VWAP for purposes of this calculation will be deemed to be $8.00 pursuant to the Promissory Note Waiver Letter.

“Public Warrant Agreement” means that certain Warrant Agreement, dated January 28, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company governing the $8.63 Warrants.

“Public Warrants” means warrants to purchase Class A Ordinary Shares that are listed to trade publicly on Nasdaq.

“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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“Series X Additional Shares” means the Class A Ordinary Shares that each Nettar Series X Shareholder will be entitled to receive if the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than $10.00 per Class A Ordinary Share. In the event the Adjustment Period VWAP is less than $8.00, the Adjustment Period VWAP for purposes of this calculation will be deemed to be $8.00.

“SPAC IPO” means CF V’s initial public offering of CF V Units, consummated on February 2, 2021.

“Sponsor” means CFAC Holdings V, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

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“Sponsor Support Agreement” means that certain Sponsor Support Agreement, dated as of July 5, 2021, by and among the Company, the Sponsor and Nettar.

“Trading Day” means any day on which Nasdaq is open for trading.

“Transactions” means, collectively, the Mergers, the Convertible Notes Conversion and each of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or any of the ancillary agreements related thereto.

“Trust Account” means the trust account of CF V which was for the benefit of CF V’s public stockholders.

“U.S. dollar”, “$” or “USD” each refers to the United States Dollar.

“U.S. GAAP” means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

“Warrants” means the $10.00 Liberty Warrants, the $8.63 Warrants, the $15.00 Liberty Warrants, the PIPE Warrants and the Columbia Warrants.

 

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Since inception, the Company has devoted substantially all of its resources to designing, building and developing its satellites and satellite components and technology, enhancing its geospatial analytics capabilities and services, planning its business, raising capital and providing general and administrative support for these operations. As a relatively new business, the Company has not demonstrated a sustained ability to generate sufficient revenue from its geospatial intelligence, imagery and related data analytic products and services (“EO services”) or conduct sufficient sales and marketing activities necessary for successful commercialization of its platform. Consequently, any assessment a reader makes about the Company’s current business or future success or viability may not be as accurate as it could be if the Company had a longer operating history. Further, the Company’s limited financial track record, without meaningful revenue from its expected future principal business, is of limited reference value for an assessment of the Company’s business and future prospects.

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The Company’s ability to establish and expand its customer relationships and sell its EO services is subject to a number of factors, including its ability to overcome concerns by customers relating to the Company’s lack of experience or track record in providing EO services to customers in the same industry or at all, competition from larger, more experienced service providers, its customers’ satisfaction or

 

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dissatisfaction with its geospatial data and analytics platform and/or its geospatial intelligence, imagery and related data analytic products and services, the frequency and severity of errors or disruptions in its platform, reliability of its satellites and/or its platform, the effects of general economic conditions, competitive offerings or alternatives, reductions in the Company’s customers’ spending levels, and pricing.

In addition, continued concerns regarding prior ownership of a minority interest in the Company’s shares by a Chinese entity and its minor operations in China could impact the Company’s ability to win bids from, or enter into customer contracts with, certain government agencies or commercial customers.

The Company’s sales growth is dependent upon its ability to implement sophisticated and potentially costly sales and marketing initiatives. These initiatives may not be effective in generating sales, and in such event results of operations will be harmed. In the near term, the Company intends to derive substantially all of its revenues from providing geospatial intelligence, imagery and related data analytic products and services to international government defense and intelligence agencies, and in the longer-term, intends to expand its operations to serve commercial customers in a variety of markets and industries. The Company cannot give any assurance that it will be able to secure future business or that the potential uses for its services in commercial applications will develop. It is difficult to predict the Company’s future revenues and appropriately budget for the Company’s expenses, and the Company has limited insight into trends that may emerge and affect its business. In the event that actual results improve more slowly than the Company anticipates, the Company’s operating results, prospects and financial position could be materially and adversely affected.

The Company’s results of operations may fluctuate, in part, because of the intensive nature of its sales efforts and the length and unpredictability of its sales cycle. As part of its sales efforts, the Company invests considerable time and expense evaluating the specific needs and requirements of its potential customers which currently consists largely of government agencies and educating these potential customers about the technical capabilities and value of its satellites and its geospatial intelligence, imagery and related data analytic products and services as well as the better unit economics the Company can offer, which in the case of government agencies can be less important. In addition, the Company has only recently began to grow its sales team, and its sales efforts have historically depended on the significant involvement of its senior management team. Given the nature of the potential customers, the length of the Company’s sales cycle tends to be long and also varies substantially from customer to customer. In addition, the timing and cycle of contract bidding processes particularly for government contracts can be very unpredictable and can change or lengthen on very little notice and for reasons outside of the Company’s control. Because decisions to purchase the Company’s EO services involves significant financial commitments, potential customers generally evaluate the Company’s products and technologies at multiple levels within their organization, each of which often have specific requirements, and typically involve senior officials and management, and multiple internal approvals. The Company could spend substantial time, effort, and money in its sales efforts without producing any sales. If the Company’s sales efforts to a potential customer do not result in sufficient revenue to justify its investments, its business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

The Company is still largely an early stage company and has only begun to recognize revenues in 2021. Acquiring defense-related governmental contracts is part of the Company’s growth strategy. To the extent the Company acquires defense-related customers, its geospatial intelligence, imagery and related data analytic products and services would be incorporated into different defense programs. Whether the Company’s contracts are directly with the U.S. government, a foreign government, or one of their respective agencies, or indirectly as a subcontractor or team member, its contracts and subcontracts would be subject to special risks. For example:

 

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The pricing of the Company’s products and services will vary depending on the specific application and customer specifications. Given the complexity in determining pricing structures for its geospatial intelligence, imagery and related data analytic products and services, the Company may experience difficulty determining the appropriate price structure for its products and services. This may result in missed revenue opportunities and lower than expected margins if the Company prices its products and services too low, or in the Company losing bids if it prices its products and services too high. In addition, the Company expects that it may need to change its pricing model from time to time, including as a result of competition, global economic conditions, reductions in the Company’s customers’ spending levels generally, changes in product mix, pricing studies or changes in how information technology infrastructure is broadly consumed. Similarly, as the Company introduces new products and services, or as a result of the evolution of its existing products and services, it may have difficulty determining the appropriate price structure for its products and services. In addition, as new and existing competitors introduce new products or services that compete with the Company’s, or revise their pricing structures, the Company may be unable to attract new customers at the same price or based on the same pricing model as it will have used historically. Moreover, customers may demand price concessions. As a result, the Company may be required from time to time to revise its pricing structure or reduce its prices, which could materially and adversely affect its business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

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The Company’s business plan is based on the Company building out its constellation of satellites to 202 by 2025. The Company’s ability to achieve its production plans and deliver its products and services to its customers will depend upon many factors, including its ability to:

 

 

 

 

 

COVID-19

The Company is dependent on third parties to transport its satellites and ground station equipment around the world and to launch and deliver its satellites into space. Currently there are only a few companies who offer launch services, including Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (“SpaceX”), with whom the Company has entered into a multi-launch agreement. The Company requires timely and affordable access to launch services that meet its business and technical requirements to deploy for its satellite constellation. If the number of companies offering launch services or the number of launches does not grow in the future or there is a consolidation among companies who offer these services, this could result in a shortage of space on these launch vehicles, which may cause prices to increase, or result in the Company’s inability to secure space on a launch vehicle and, as a result, delays in its launch schedule. Additionally, adverse events with respect to the Company’s launch service providers, such as satellite launch failures or financial difficulties (which some of these providers have previously experienced), could result in increased costs or delays in the launch of the Company’s satellites. Moreover, a shortage of transportation providers for the Company’s satellites and ground station equipment may cause its costs to increase, delays in its ability to launch its satellites, gaps in its service coverage and adversely affect its ability to meet customer demand. Any of these situations could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

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Further, in the event that a launch is delayed, the Company’s timing for recognition of revenue may be impacted depending on the length of the delay and the nature of its customer contracts. While such delays are common in the space industry, any delay in a launch could result in a delay in recognizing revenue which could materially and adversely impact the Company’s financial statements or result in negative impacts to its earnings during a specified time period, which could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition and results of operations.

The Company designs the core components that go into developing and manufacturing its satellites to be mission specific, partners with third parties to manufacture those components for it and then assembles, integrates and tests the components and satellites in its own facilities. The Company’s ability to manage its production line and supply of raw materials and components to meet production goals may be constrained by its suppliers’ inability to scale production. An inability to grow the number of satellites the Company has in orbit could jeopardize its ability to fulfill obligations under customer contracts, which could, in turn, result in reduced sales, contract penalties or terminations, damage to customer relationships and the Company’s reputation and could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition and results of operations.

The Company is impacted by increases in the prices of raw materials used in the production of its satellites. The Company monitors sources of supply in an effort to attempt to assure that adequate raw materials and other components and supplies are available. Prolonged disruptions in the supply of any of its key raw materials or components, difficulty completing qualification of new sources of supply, implementing use of replacement materials, components or new sources of supply, or a continuing increase in the prices of raw materials, energy, or components could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operating results, financial condition, and cash flows. Moreover, the imposition of tariffs or import/export restrictions on raw materials or supplied components could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations.

In addition, the Company cannot give any assurance that its suppliers have obtained and will be able to obtain or maintain all licenses, permits and approvals necessary for their operations or comply with all applicable laws and regulations, and failure to do so by them may lead to interruption in their business operations, which in turn may result in shortages of components supplied to the Company.

 

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imagery and related data analytic products and services, its ability to manage its operations could be interrupted, until equivalent services or technology, if available, are identified, procured, and implemented, all of which may take significant time and resources, increase the Company’s costs, and could materially and adversely affect its business, financial condition and results of operations.

The Company’s agreements with customers may provide for minimum service level commitments, which contain specifications regarding the availability and performance of its products and services such as assured access and guaranteed capacity. Any failure of or disruption to the Company’s infrastructure could impact the performance of its satellites and the availability of its products and services to its customers. Although the Company’s customers will expect some level of potential disruption based on the product specifications and general operational conditions, if the Company is unable to meet any minimum service requirements or if it suffers extended periods of poor performance or unavailability of its products and services, it may lose customer contracts and suffer reputational harm which could materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

The market for the Company’s geospatial intelligence, imagery and related data analytic products and services is characterized by rapid technological change and evolving industry standards. Failure to respond in a timely and cost-effective way to these technological developments could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business and operating results. As a result, the Company’s success will depend, in part, on its ability to develop and market service offerings that respond in a timely manner to the technological advances and needs of its customers, and evolving industry standards. In addition, although in the near term, the Company intends to derive substantially all its revenues from providing geospatial intelligence, imagery and related data analytic products and services to international government defense and intelligence agencies, in the longer-term, it intends to expand its operations to serve commercial customers in a variety of markets and industries and through a wide range of applications.

The Company believes that, in order to remain competitive in the future, it will need to continue to invest significant financial resources to improve the technology of its existing products and services and develop new products and services both for existing applications and new commercial applications, including through internal research and development, acquisitions and joint ventures or other collaboration arrangements. These expenditures could divert the Company’s attention and resources from other projects, and it cannot be sure that these expenditures will ultimately lead to the timely development of new product or service offerings and technologies or identification of and expansion into new markets and applications.

Due to the design complexity of the Company’s products and services, the Company may, in the future, experience delays in completing the development and introduction of new or enhanced products or product applications. Any delays could result in increased costs of development or deflect resources from other projects. In addition, there can be no assurance that the market for the Company’s geospatial intelligence, imagery and related data analytic products and services will develop or continue to expand or that the Company will be successful in identifying new markets or applications as it currently anticipates. The failure of the Company’s technology to gain market acceptance could significantly reduce its planned revenues and harm its business. Market acceptance of the Company’s products and services depends on a number of factors, including the quality, scope, timeliness, sophistication, and price of substitute products and services. The Company cannot be sure that its competitors will not develop competing technologies that

 

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gain market acceptance in advance of the Company’s technologies or develop technologies that better meet the needs of the Company’s customers. The possibility exists that the Company’s competitors might develop new technology or offerings that might cause the Company’s existing technology and offerings to become obsolete. If the Company fails to develop, manufacture, and market innovative technologies that enable the Company’s products and services to meet customers’ requirements or its technologies fail to achieve market acceptance more rapidly as compared to its competitors, its ability to procure new contracts could be negatively impacted and its business may not continue to grow in line with expectations or at all. If the Company is unable to achieve sustained growth, it may be unable to execute its business strategy, expand its business or fund other liquidity needs and its business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

The Company intends to continue to pursue acquisitions of complementary technologies, products and businesses as a component of its growth strategy. Acquisitions involve certain known and unknown risks that could cause the Company’s sales growth or operating results to differ from its expectations. For example:

 

 

 

In addition, the Company’s acquisition strategy may divert management’s attention away from its existing business, resulting in the loss of key customers or employees, and expose the Company to unanticipated problems or legal liabilities, including responsibility as a successor for undisclosed or contingent liabilities of acquired businesses or assets.

If the Company fails to conduct due diligence on its potential targets effectively, for example, the Company may not identify problems at target companies or fail to recognize incompatibilities or other obstacles to successful integration. The Company’s inability to successfully integrate future acquisitions could impede it from realizing all of the benefits of those acquisitions and could materially weaken its business operations. The integration process may disrupt the Company’s business and, if new technologies, products or businesses are not implemented effectively, may preclude the realization of the full benefits expected by the Company and could harm its results of operations. In addition, the overall integration of new technologies, products or businesses may result in unanticipated problems, expenses, liabilities and competitive responses.

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The Company operates in the NewSpace sector, which refers to the increased commercialization and privatization of the space sector. Competition in the Company’s imagery services business is highly diverse, and while its competitors offer different products, there is often competition for contracts that are part of governmental budgets. The Company’s major existing and potential competitors for its geospatial intelligence, imagery and related data analytic products and services include commercial satellite imagery companies, state- owned imagery providers, aerial imagery companies, free sources of imagery and unmanned aerial vehicles. The Company also faces competition from companies that provide geospatial data analytic information and services to the U.S. government, including defense prime contractors.

low-cost

non-governmental

In addition, some of the Company’s international competitors currently benefit from, and others may benefit in the future from, subsidies and other protective measures by their home countries where governments are providing financial support, including significant investments in the development of new technologies. Government support of this nature greatly reduces the commercial risks associated with satellite development activities for these competitors. This market environment may result in increased pressures on the Company’s pricing and other competitive factors.

mid-size

The Company may not compete successfully against its current or potential competitors. If the Company is unable to compete successfully, or if competing successfully requires the Company to take costly actions in response to the actions of its competitors, its business, financial condition and results of

 

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operations could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, companies competing with the Company may have an entirely different pricing or distribution model. Increased competition could result in fewer customer contracts, price reductions, reduced margins, and inability to gain market share, any of which could harm the Company’s business and results of operations.

The Company employs sophisticated design and testing processes and practices. Nevertheless, the Company’s products and services may contain defects or errors, or experience performance problems when first introduced, when new versions or enhancements are released, or even after these products have been in use for a period of time. The Company’s systems may not be successfully implemented, pass required acceptance criteria, or operate or give the desired output, or it may not be able to detect and fix all defects in its satellites and its geospatial intelligence, imagery and related data analytic products and services, or resolve any delays or availability issues in the launch services it procures. These problems could result in expensive and time-consuming design modifications, delays in the introduction of new products or enhancements, significant increases in the Company’s service and maintenance costs, termination of contracts for convenience, diversion of its personnel’s attention from its product development efforts, exposure to liability for damages, damaged customer relationships, and harm to its reputation, any of which could materially and adversely harm its results of operations. In addition, increased development costs could be substantial and could reduce the Company’s operating margins.

The Company is exposed to the risk that employee fraud or other misconduct from its employees or others acting on its behalf could occur. Misconduct by employees or others could include intentional failures to comply with the various regulatory regimes to which the Company is subject, engaging in unauthorized activities, insider threats to its cybersecurity, or falsifying records relating to the success or failure of its launches, satellites or products and services generally. Misconduct by the Company’s employees or others acting on its behalf could also involve the improper use of its customers’ sensitive or classified information, which could result in regulatory sanctions against it, serious harm to its reputation, a loss of contracts and a reduction in revenues, or cause it to incur costs to respond to any related governmental inquiries. The Company has adopted policies and procedures designed to prevent misconduct. However, it is not always possible to deter misconduct, and the precautions the Company takes to prevent and detect this activity may not be effective in controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or losses, which could cause it to lose contracts or cause a reduction in revenues. In addition, alleged or actual misconduct by employees or others acting on the Company’s behalf could result in investigations or prosecutions of persons engaged in the subject activities, which could result in unanticipated consequences or expenses and management distraction for the Company regardless of whether it is alleged to have any responsibility.

 

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non-monetary

Implementation of the Company’s business strategy, such as expanding its satellite constellation and its products and services offerings, requires a substantial outlay of capital. As the Company pursues its business strategies and seeks to respond to opportunities and trends in its industry, its actual capital expenditures may differ from its expected capital expenditures. The nature of the Company’s business also requires it to make capital expenditure decisions in anticipation of customer demand, and it may not be able to correctly predict customer demand. If the Company’s customer demand exceeds its ability to respond to that demand, it may not be able to fully capture the growth in demand.

The Company currently expects that its ongoing liquidity requirements for sustaining its operations will be satisfied by cash on hand and cash generated from its existing and future operations supplemented, where necessary or advantageous, by available credit. However, the Company cannot provide assurances that its businesses will generate sufficient cash flow from operations in the future or that additional capital will be available in amounts sufficient to enable it to execute its business strategies. The availability and cost to the Company of external financing depend on a number of factors, including general market conditions, its financial performance and its credit rating. Both the Company’s credit rating and its ability to obtain financing generally may be influenced by the supply and demand characteristics of its industry generally. Declines in the Company’s expected future revenue under contracts with customers and challenging business conditions faced by its customers are among factors that may adversely affect its credit. Other factors that could impact the Company’s credit include the amount of debt in its capital structure, activities associated with its strategic initiatives, its expected future cash flows, and the capital expenditures required to execute its business strategy. The overall impact on the Company’s financial condition of any transaction that it pursues may be negative or may be negatively perceived by the financial markets and ratings agencies and may result in adverse rating agency actions with respect to any credit rating it may have from time to time. A disruption in the capital markets, a deterioration in the Company’s financial performance or a credit rating downgrade could limit its ability to obtain financing or could result in any such financing being available only at greater cost or on more restrictive terms than might otherwise be available. The Company’s debt agreements also may impose restrictions on operation of its business and could make it more difficult for it to obtain additional external financing if required.

Long-term disruptions in the capital and credit markets as a result of uncertainty due to recessions, changing or increased regulation or failures of significant financial institutions could adversely affect the Company’s access to capital. If financial market disruptions occur, it may become difficult for the Company to raise additional capital or refinance debt when needed, on acceptable terms or at all. Any disruption could require us to take measures to conserve cash until the markets stabilize or until alternative credit arrangements or other funding for its business needs can be arranged. Such measures could include deferring capital expenditures and reducing or eliminating other discretionary uses of cash, which could materially and adversely impact the Company’s business and its ability to execute its business strategies.

 

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The Company’s current primary research and development objectives focus on the development of satellites and related components that can remap the entire surface of the Earth in high resolution as well as the Company’s geospatial intelligence, imagery and related data analytic products and services, including creating a catalog of archived data. The Company has limited operational experience with its satellites with only 22 commercial satellites in orbit, 17 of which are presently delivering high-resolution data to its customers. While the Company estimates the gross costs associated with designing, building and launching its satellites to build out its constellation will be significant, there can be no assurance that it will complete these deployments on a timely basis, on budget or at all. Design, manufacture and launch of satellite systems are highly complex and historically have been subject to delays and cost over-runs. If the Company does not complete development and manufacturing of additional satellites in its anticipated timeframes or at all, its ability to grow its business will be adversely affected. The successful development, integration, and operations of the Company’s satellites and its geospatial intelligence, imagery and related data analytic products and services involves many uncertainties, some of which are beyond its control, including, but not limited to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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If any of the above events occur, they could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to continue to develop, integrate and operate its satellites and related infrastructure, products and services, which could materially adversely affect its business, financial condition, and results of operations.

The market for geospatial intelligence, imagery and related data analytics has not been established with precision as the commercialization of space is a relatively new development and is rapidly evolving. The Company’s views of the total addressable market are based on a number of third-party reports which may or may not accurately reflect future market size and growth. As a result, the Company’s views of the total addressable market for its products and services may prove to be incorrect. In addition, if interest in the Company’s EO data and analytic products and services by commercial customers, or the expected growth in commercial applications for EO data and analytics, is less than expected, or the Company’s satellite and related technologies are unable to meet expected customer expectations and demand, the Company’s business and financial results will be materially and adversely affected.

The Company’s industry is characterized by changing technology and evolving standards, and it may not be successful in identifying, developing and marketing products and services that respond to rapid technological change, evolving technical standards and systems developed by others. The Company’s competitors may develop technology that better meets the needs of its customers. If the Company does not continue to develop, manufacture, and market innovative technologies or applications that meet customers’ requirements, sales may suffer, and the Company may not be able to grow its business. If the Company is unable to achieve sustained growth, it may be unable to execute its business strategy, expand its business or fund other liquidity needs, and its business prospects, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

The Company evaluates its satellites for impairment and tests for recoverability whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable. Certain of the anomalies disclosed below may be considered to represent a significant adverse change in the physical condition of a particular satellite. There can be no assurance as to the actual operational life of a satellite or that the operational life of individual components will be consistent with their design life. A number of factors will impact the useful lives of the Company’s satellites, including, among other things, the quality of their design and construction, the durability of their component parts, and the occurrence of any anomaly or series of anomalies or other risks affecting the satellites during launch and in orbit. The Company currently anticipates the useful life of an operational satellite to be approximately three years. If the Company’s satellites and related equipment have shorter useful lives than it currently anticipates, this may lead to delays in increasing the rate of its commercial payloads and declines in actual or planned revenues, which would have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

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Long-lived assets are tested periodically for impairment or whenever there is an indication that an asset may be impaired. Disruptions to the Company’s business, unexpected significant declines in its operating results, adverse technological events or changes in the regulatory markets in which it operates may result in impairment charges to its tangible and intangible assets. Any future impairment charges could substantially affect the Company’s reported results.

electronic/catch-up

The manufacturing, testing, launching and operation of satellites involves complex processes and technology. The Company’s satellites employ advanced technologies and sensors that are exposed to severe environmental stresses that have affected and could affect the performance of its satellites. Hardware component problems could lead to deterioration in performance or loss of functionality of a satellite. In addition, human operators may execute improper implementation commands that may negatively impact a satellite’s performance. Exposure of the Company’s satellites to an unanticipated catastrophic event, such as a meteor shower or a collision with space debris, could reduce the performance of, or completely destroy, the affected satellite. Even if a satellite is operated properly, minor technical flaws in the satellite’s sensors could significantly degrade its performance, which could materially affect the Company’s ability to collect imagery and market the Company’s products and services successfully.

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The Company cannot provide assurances that its satellites will continue to operate successfully in space throughout their expected operational lives. Even if a satellite is operated properly, technical flaws in that satellite’s sensors or other technical deficiencies or anomalies could significantly hinder its performance, which could materially affect the Company’s ability to collect imagery and market its products and services successfully. While certain software deficiencies may be corrected remotely, most, if not all, of anomalies or debris collision damage cannot be corrected once the satellites are placed in orbit. Further, although the Company has some ability to actively maneuver its satellites to avoid potential collisions with space debris or other spacecraft, this ability is limited by, among other factors, uncertainties and inaccuracies in the projected orbit location of and predicted conjunctions with debris objects tracked and cataloged by the U.S. government. Additionally, some space debris is too small to be tracked and therefore its orbital location is completely unknown; nevertheless, this debris is still large enough to potentially cause severe damage or a failure of the Company’s satellites should a collision occur. Recent years have seen increases in the number of satellites deployed to low earth orbits, and publicly announced plans call for many thousands of additional satellite deployments over the next decade. The proliferation of these low Earth orbit constellations could materially increase the risk of potential collision with space debris or another spacecraft and affect the Company’s ability to effectively access sufficient orbital slots to support the expected growth across its business.

If the Company suffers a partial or total loss of a deployed satellite, it could require a significant amount of time and could incur substantial expense to replace that satellite. The Company may experience other problems with its satellites that may reduce their performance. If a satellite is not fully operational, the Company may lose most or all of the revenue that otherwise would have been derived from that satellite and may not be able to provide adequate services to its customers which may cause it to incur penalties under its contracts or may allow its customers not to pay it for the time that service was impacted. The Company’s inability to repair or replace a defective satellite or correct any other technical problem in a timely manner could result in a significant loss of revenue. If a satellite experiences a significant anomaly such that it becomes impaired or is no longer functional, it could significantly impact the Company’s business, prospects and profitability.

Many satellites have redundant or backup systems and components that operate in the event of an anomaly, operational failure or degradation of primary critical components, but these redundant or backup systems and components are subject to risk of failure similar to those experienced by the primary systems and components. The occurrence of a failure of any of these redundant or backup systems and components could materially impair the useful life, capacity or operational capabilities of the satellite.

Delays in the production of future satellites and the manufacture or procurement of requisite components and launch vehicles, limited availability of appropriate launch windows, possible delays in obtaining regulatory approvals, satellite damage or destruction during launch, launch failures, or incorrect orbital placement could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations. The loss of, or damage to, a satellite due to a launch failure could result in significant delays in anticipated revenue to be generated by that satellite. Any significant delay in the commencement of service of a satellite could delay or potentially permanently reduce the revenue anticipated to be generated by that satellite. In addition, if the loss of a satellite were to occur, the Company may not be able to accommodate affected customers with its other satellites or data from another source until a replacement satellite is available, and it may not have on hand, or be able to obtain in a timely manner, the necessary funds to cover the cost of any necessary satellite replacement. An extended launch delay beyond planned contingency, launch failure, underperformance, delay or perceived delay could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business prospects, financial condition, and results of operations. If delays were to occur and the Company’s remediation measures and process changes were not successful or if it experiences issues with planned manufacturing improvements or design and safety, it could experience issues in scaling up further satellite production. Such delays could cause the Company to fail to reach its goal of expanding and scaling its constellation of satellites. A failure to reach a sufficient number of satellites in the Company’s constellation may impact the revisit rates it is able to offer its customers and limit its product offerings, thereby making it less attractive to existing and potential customers.

 

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Launch vehicles may also under-perform, in which case the satellite may still be placed into service by using its onboard propulsion systems to reach the desired orbital location, resulting in a reduction in its service life. In addition, although the Company intends to purchase launch insurance on all of its launches, if it were not able to obtain launch insurance on commercially reasonable terms and a launch failure were to occur, it would directly suffer the loss of the cost of the satellite and related costs.

The Company endeavors to obtain insurance coverage from established insurance carriers to cover certain risks and liabilities related to its business. However, the amount of insurance coverage that the Company maintains may not be adequate to cover all claims or liabilities. Existing coverage may be canceled while the Company remains exposed to the risk and it is not possible to obtain insurance to protect against all operational risks, natural hazards and liabilities. Although the Company maintains insurance policies that it believes to be adequate, it cannot provide assurance that this insurance will be adequate to protect it from all material judgments and expenses related to potential future claims or that these levels of insurance will be available in the future at economical prices or at all. A successful liability claim could result in substantial cost to the Company. Even if the Company is fully insured as it relates to a claim, the claim could nevertheless diminish the Company’s brand and divert management’s attention and resources, which could have a negative impact on the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations.

pre-launch

in-orbit

The Company does not maintain third-party liability insurance with respect to its satellites. Accordingly, the Company currently has no insurance to cover any third-party damages that may be caused by any of its satellites, including personal and property insurance. If the Company experiences significant uninsured losses, such events could have a material adverse impact on its business, financial condition, and results of operations.

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re-entry.

 

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The price and availability of insurance fluctuate significantly. Insurance market conditions or factors outside the Company’s control at the time it is in the market for the required insurance, such as failure of a satellite using similar components, could cause premiums to be significantly higher than current estimates and could reduce amounts of available coverage. The cost of the Company’s insurance has been increasing and may continue to increase. Higher premiums on insurance policies will reduce the Company’s operating income by the amount of such increased premiums. If the terms of insurance policies become less favorable than those currently available, there may be limits on the amount of coverage that the Company can obtain, or the Company may not be able to obtain insurance at all.

The Company will be required to record orbital locations and operational parameters of its satellites with the International Telecommunication Union and to coordinate with other satellite operators and national administrations the use of these orbital locations and operational parameters in order to avoid interference to or from other satellites. The results of coordination may adversely affect the Company’s use of its satellites using certain orbital locations as well as the type of applications or services that the Company can accommodate. If the Company is unable to coordinate its satellites by specified deadlines, the Company may not be able to use its satellites or certain orbital locations for its proposed service or coverage area or it may lose interference protection for its satellites. The use of the Company’s satellites may also be temporarily or permanently adversely affected if the operation of other satellite networks do not conform to coordination agreements resulting in the acceptable interference levels being exceeded (such as due to operational errors associated with the transmissions to other satellite networks).

The Company is vulnerable to natural disasters and significant disruptions including tsunamis, floods, earthquakes, fires, water shortages, other extreme or unusual weather conditions, epidemics or pandemics, acts of terrorism or disruptive political events where the Company’s facilities or the launch facilities of its transport partners are located, or where its third-party suppliers’ facilities are located, power shortages and blackouts, aging infrastructures and telecommunications failures. Furthermore, climate change has increased, and may continue to increase, the rate, size and scope of these natural disasters. In the event of such a natural disaster or other disruption, the Company could experience disruptions to its operations or the operations of suppliers, subcontractors, distributors or customers, which could affect the Company’s ability to maintain launch schedules or fulfill its customer contracts.

The availability of many of the Company’s geospatial intelligence, imagery and related data analytic products and services depends on the continuing operation of its satellite operations infrastructure, satellite manufacturing operations, information technology and communications systems. Any downtime, damage to or failure of the Company’s systems could result in interruptions in its service, which could reduce its revenues. The Company’s systems are vulnerable to damage or interruption from floods, fires, power loss, aging infrastructure, telecommunications failures, computer viruses, computer denial of service attacks or other attempts to harm the Company’s systems. In the event the Company is unable to collect, process and deliver imagery from its facility, its daily operations and operating results would be materially and adversely affected. In addition, the Company’s ground terminal centers are vulnerable to damage or interruption from human error, intentional bad acts, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, war, terrorist attacks, power losses, hardware failures, systems failures, aging infrastructure, telecommunications failures and similar events.

 

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The occurrence of any of the foregoing could result in lengthy interruptions in the Company’s services and/or damage its reputation, which could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition and results of operations.

The occurrence and impact of these factors is difficult to predict, but one or more of them could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and/or cash flows.

In order for satellites to collect and deliver imagery effectively, the satellite must be able to view the desired area on a certain day at a certain time as it passes overhead. Adverse weather conditions, such as clouds or haze, may prevent satellites from collecting data and imagery or could cause the satellite to experience technical difficulties communicating with the ground terminals or collecting imagery in the same quality or volume that was intended. In addition, space weather, such as solar flares, could take the Company’s satellites out of orbit, disrupt the Company’s ground communication networks and affect the decay rate of its satellites. The occurrence of any of the foregoing could result in interruptions, which could be lengthy, in the Company’s services and/or damage its reputation, which could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, and results of operations.

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Any changes in the export control regulations or U.S. government licensing policy, such as those necessary to implement U.S. government commitments to multilateral control regimes, may restrict the Company’s operations. There is no inherent right to perform an export and given the significant discretion the government has adjudicating such authorizations in furtherance of U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, there can be no assurance the Company will be successful in its current and future efforts to secure and maintain necessary licenses, registrations, or other U.S. government regulatory approvals.

In addition, U.S. export control laws continue to change. For example, the control lists under the ITAR and the EAR are periodically updated to reclassify specific types of export-controlled technology. For example, any changes to the jurisdictional assignment of controlled data or hardware used by the Company could result in the need for different export authorizations, each then subject to a subsequent approval. Similarly, should exceptions or exemptions under the EAR or ITAR, respectively, be changed, the Company’s activities otherwise authorized via these mechanisms may become unavailable and could result in the need for additional export authorizations.

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The raw data collected by the Company’s constellation is collected through a series of ground stations strategically located in several global locations (not within the U.S.). The Company has a mission and operations team, located in Spain and Argentina, that monitors and operates all satellites in the constellation. The majority of the Company’s satellite operations and management sits outside the U.S. As a result of these factors, the Company does not believe it is subject to U.S. regulations issued by the NOAA or the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”), although the Company’s agreement with SpaceX to launch its satellites does indirectly require it to comply with certain FAA licensing requirements. If U.S. regulators disagree with the Company’s determination that it is not subject to U.S. regulation and it is determined by a U.S. regulatory authority that the Company was required to, and did not, comply with U.S. regulations relating to its business and operations, the Company may be subject to penalties or other adverse consequences which could materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

A large part of the Company’s growth strategy includes obtaining U.S. governmental agency customers, particularly in defense and intelligence, as well as U.S. commercial customers. If and when the Company contracts with the U.S. government or, in certain circumstances, retains services from U.S. service providers, the Company must comply with a variety of laws and regulations. A violation of these laws and regulations could result in the imposition of fines and penalties to the Company or its customers or the termination of the Company’s or their contracts with the U.S. government. As a result, there could be a delay in the Company’s receipt of orders from its customers, a termination of such orders, or a termination of any contracts between the Company and the U.S. government.

 

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If the Company were to become a contractor to agencies and departments of the U.S. government, it would likely result in it being routinely subject to investigations and reviews relating to compliance with various laws and regulations, including those associated with organizational conflicts of interest, procurement integrity, bid integrity and claim presentation, among others. These investigations may be conducted without the Company’s knowledge. Adverse findings in these investigations or reviews can lead to criminal, civil or administrative proceedings, and the Company could face civil and criminal penalties and administrative sanctions, including termination of contracts, forfeiture of profits, suspension of payments, fines and suspension or debarment from doing business with U.S. government agencies. In addition, the Company could suffer serious harm to its reputation and competitive position if allegations of impropriety were made against it, whether or not true. If the Company’s reputation or relationship were impaired due to these investigations, or if it could not obtain contracts with the U.S. government and the U.S. government otherwise ceased doing business with it or significantly decreased the amount of business it does with it, its revenues and ability to attract new business could be adversely affected.

 

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In addition, spending authorizations for defense-related and other programs by the U.S. government have fluctuated in the past, and future levels of expenditures and authorizations for these programs may decrease, remain constant or shift to programs in areas where the Company does not expect to provide services. Any contract the Company may enter into with the U.S. government and its agencies will generally be conditioned upon the continuing availability of Congressional appropriations. Congress usually appropriates funds on a fiscal year basis, even though contract performance may extend over many years. In recent years, there has been a pattern of delays in the finalization and approval of the U.S. government budget, which can create uncertainty over the extent of future U.S. government demand for the Company’s services.

The Company’s growth strategy includes seeking U.S. governmental agency customers, particularly in defense and intelligence, though it has not acquired any U.S. governmental agency customers to date. In obtaining certain U.S. governmental agency customers, those contracts may require the Company to maintain national security clearance and mitigation elements under the National Industry Security Program. Obtaining and maintaining national security clearances involves a lengthy process. In anticipation of potential future U.S. government contracts, the Company established a U.S. subsidiary, Satellogic North America, LLC, and has commenced the process of insulating the entity from foreign ownership, control or influence (“FOCI”), including by recruiting directors and employees dedicated to that entity and any U.S. governmental agency projects to be serviced by the entity. Failure to comply with any agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense regarding any appropriate FOCI mitigation arrangement could result in invalidation or termination of applicable facility security clearances, which in turn would mean that Satellogic North America, LLC would not be able to enter into future contracts with the U.S. government requiring facility security clearances, and may result in the loss of the ability of this entity or any other future U.S. subsidiaries to complete then-existing contracts with the U.S. government.

The Company has recently entered into contracts with governmental agencies to provide its products and services. This would subject the Company’s business to laws and regulations applicable to companies doing business with the applicable government. These government contracts customarily contain provisions that give the government substantial rights and remedies, many of which are not typically found in commercial contracts and which are unfavorable to contractors. For instance, most government agencies include provisions that allow the government to unilaterally terminate or modify contracts for convenience, and in such event, the counterparty to the contract may generally recover only its incurred or committed costs and settlement expenses and profit on work completed prior to the termination. If the government terminates a contract for default, the defaulting party may be liable for any extra costs incurred by the government in procuring undelivered items from another source.

Government contracts often also contain provisions and are subject to laws and regulations that provide government customers with additional rights and remedies not typically found in commercial contracts. These rights and remedies allow government customers, among other things, to:

 

 

 

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