BigBear.ai and GigCapital4 Enter Into $75 Million Backstop Agreement With AE Industrial Partners to Support the Continued Growth of the Business

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Nov 30, 2021

BigBear.ai (“the Company"), a leading provider of artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud-based big data analytics, and cyber engineering solutions, and GigCapital4, Inc. (“GigCapital4”; Nasdaq: GIGGU, GIG, GIGGW), a Private-to-Public Equity (PPE)TM entity also known as special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”), today announced that GigCapital4 has entered into a $75 million backstop agreement (7.5 million shares at $10 per share) with AE Industrial Partners to support their previously announced business combination. The backstop agreement provides that an affiliate of AE Industrial Partners will purchase up to 7.5 million shares of GigCapital stock, with the actual amount dependent upon the amount of cash available at the closing of the business combination of the Company and GigCapital4 after any redemptions, the repayment of existing Company debt, transaction expenses and the cash portion of the merger consideration being paid in the business combination.