EX-3.1 2 tm2231530d1_ex3-1.htm EXHIBIT 3.1

Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

 

OF AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

pWP FORWARD ACQUISITION CORP. I

 

PWP FORWARD ACQUISITION CORP. I, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:

 

1.            The name of the Corporation is “PWP Forward Acquisition Corp. I”. The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 9, 2020. An Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 9, 2021 (the “Amended and Restated Certificate”).

 

2.            This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “Amendment”) has been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and approved by the Corporation’s stockholders in accordance with the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate and Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

3.            This Amendment further amends the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate.

 

4.            The Amended and Restated Certificate is hereby amended by deleting Article IX, Section 9.1(b) in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

 

(b)            Immediately after the Offering, a certain amount of the net offering proceeds received by the Corporation in the Offering (including the proceeds of any exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) and certain other amounts specified in the Corporation’s registration statement on Form S-1, as initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 22, 2021, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), shall be deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), established for the benefit of the Public Stockholders (as defined below) pursuant to a trust agreement described in the Registration Statement. Except for the withdrawal of interest to pay taxes, none of the funds held in the Trust Account (including the interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account) will be released from the Trust Account until the earliest of (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of 100% of the Offering Shares (as defined below) if the Corporation is unable to complete its initial Business Combination by November 29, 2022 and (iii) the redemption of Offering Shares in connection with a vote seeking to amend any provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Corporation’s obligation to allow redemptions in connection with the Corporation’s initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Offering Shares if the Corporation has not consummated an initial Business Combination by November 29, 2022 or (B) relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity (as described in Section 9.7). Holders of shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock included as part of the units sold in the Offering (the “Offering Shares”) (whether such Offering Shares were purchased in the Offering or in the secondary market following the Offering and whether or not such holders are PWP Forward Sponsor I LLC (the “Sponsor”) or officers or directors of the Corporation, or affiliates of any of the foregoing) are referred to herein as “Public Stockholders.”

 

 

 

 

5.            The Amended and Restated Certificate is hereby amended by deleting Article IX, Section 9.2(a) in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

 

(a)            Prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, the Corporation shall provide all holders of Offering Shares with the opportunity to have their Offering Shares redeemed (which redemption may be in the form of a repurchase by the Corporation) upon the consummation of the initial Business Combination pursuant to, and subject to the limitations of, Sections 9.2(b) and 9.2(c) (such rights of such holders to have their Offering Shares redeemed pursuant to such Sections, the “Redemption Rights”) hereof for cash equal to the applicable redemption price per share determined in accordance with Section 9.2(b) hereof (the “Redemption Price”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate, there shall be no Redemption Rights or liquidating distributions with respect to any warrant issued pursuant to the Offering.

 

6.            The Amended and Restated Certificate is hereby amended by deleting Article IX, Section 9.2(d) in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

 

(d)            In the event that the Corporation has not consummated an initial Business Combination by November 29, 2022, the Corporation shall (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the Offering Shares in consideration of a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (net of taxes payable, and less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses), by (B) the total number of then outstanding Offering Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish rights of the Public Stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining stockholders and the Board in accordance with applicable law, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Corporation’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law.

 

7.            The Amended and Restated Certificate is hereby amended by deleting Article IX, Section 9.2(e) in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

 

(e)            If the Corporation offers to redeem the Offering Shares in conjunction with a stockholder vote on an initial Business Combination, the Corporation shall consummate the proposed initial Business Combination only if such initial Business Combination is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of the Common Stock that are voted at a stockholder meeting held to consider such initial Business Combination.

 

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8.            The Amended and Restated Certificate is hereby amended by deleting Article IX, Section 9.2(f) in its entirety.

 

9.            The Amended and Restated Certificate is hereby amended by deleting the first sentence of Article IX, Section 9.7 in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

 

If, in accordance with Section 9.1(a), any amendment is made to this Amended and Restated Certificate that would modify the substance or timing of the Corporation’s obligation to allow redemptions in connection with the Corporation’s initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Offering Shares if the Corporation has not consummated an initial Business Combination by November 29, 2022, or with respect to any other provision herein relating to stockholder’s rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity, the Public Stockholders shall be provided with the opportunity to redeem their Offering Shares upon the approval of any such amendment, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding Offering Shares.

 

10.            The Amended and Restated Certificate is hereby amended by deleting the second sentence of Article IX, Section 9.7 in its entirety.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amendment on this 28th day of November, 2022.

 

  PWP FORWARD ACQUISITION CORP. I
   
  By: /s/ Stacia Schlosser Ryan
  Name: Stacia Schlosser Ryan
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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