Document:

Exhibit 10.2

 

 

December 27, 2021

 

BY U.S. MAIL AND ELECTRONIC MAIL

Mr. Richard T. Allorto, Jr.

Chief Financial Officer

SIC Advisors LLC

100 Park Avenue, 16th Floor

New York, New York 10017

 

		Re:	Termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement (“Advisory
Agreement”) by and

between Sierra Income Corporation (“Sierra”) and SIC Advisors LLC (the “Adviser”)

 

Dear Mr. Allorto:

 

I am writing on behalf of Sierra to notify you
of the decision by the members of the Board of Directors of Sierra who are not “interested persons,” as that term is defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940, of Sierra, to terminate the Advisory Agreement by and between Sierra and the Adviser effective
upon the later of February 25, 2022 or the effective time of the merger of Mercury Acquisition Sub, Inc. (“Acquisition Sub”),
a Maryland corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Barings BDC, Inc. (“BBDC”), a Maryland corporation,
on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among Sierra; BBDC; Acquisition Sub;
and Barings LLC, BBDC’s investment adviser.

 

Please confirm your receipt of this written notice
of termination, which is being provided to the Adviser in accordance with Section 11(b) of the Advisory Agreement, by signing and returning
this letter to my attention at your earliest convenience.

 

Please feel free to contact me at 917.617.5637
or David Mahaffey at 202.775.1207 with any questions. Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

 

	Sincerely,	 
	 	 
	/s/ Stephen R. Byers	 
	Stephen R. Byers	 
	Independent Chairman of Sierra	 

 

Agreed and Accepted on Behalf of SIC Advisors LLC

 

	By:	 	 
	 	 	 
	Signature: 	/s/ Richard T. Allorto, Jr.	 
	Name:	Richard T. Allorto, Jr.	 
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer	 

 

	cc:	Mr. Howard Liao
	 	Mr. Dean Crowe
	 	Mr. David RichardsExhibit 4.1

 

	NUMBER	UNITS
	U-	 

 

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

CUSIP ____________

 

ARIES II ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 

UNITS CONSISTING OF ONE CLASS A ORDINARY SHARE
AND ONE-HALF OF ONE REDEEMABLE WARRANT,

EACH WHOLE WARRANT ENTITLING THE HOLDER TO PURCHASE
ONE CLASS A ORDINARY SHARE

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT                                             is the
owner of               Units of Aries II Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), transferrable
on the books of the Company in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed.

 

Each Unit (“Unit”)
consists of one (1) Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share (“Ordinary Share”), of the Company and
one-half of one redeemable warrant (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase
one Ordinary Share (subject to adjustment) for $11.50 per share (subject to adjustment). Each Warrant will become exercisable on the later
of (i) thirty (30) days after the Company’s completion of a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization
or other similar business combination with one or more businesses (each a “Business Combination”), or (ii) twelve
(12) months from the closing of the Company’s initial public offering, and will expire unless exercised before 5:00 p.m., New York
City Time, on the date that is five (5) years after the date on which they first become exercisable, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation
(the “Expiration Date”). The Ordinary Shares and Warrants comprising the Units represented by this certificate
are not transferable separately prior to           , 2022, unless Oppenheimer & Co. elects to allow separate trading earlier, subject to the
Company’s filing of a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission containing an audited balance sheet
reflecting the Company’s receipt of the gross proceeds of the Company’s initial public offering and issuing a press release
announcing when separate trading will begin. No fractional Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units. The terms of the Warrants
are governed by a Warrant Agreement, dated as of            , 2022 (the “Warrant Agreement”), between the Company and Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant Agent, and are subject to the terms and provisions contained therein, all of which terms
and provisions the holder of this certificate consents to by acceptance hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the office
of the Warrant Agent at 1 State Street, 30th Floor, New York, New York 10004, and are available to any Warrant holder on written request
and without cost.

 

This certificate is not valid unless
countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar of the Company.

 

This certificate shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

Witness the facsimile signature
of a duly authorized signatory of the Company.

 

	 	 
	 	Authorized Signatory

 

	 	 
	 	Transfer Agent

 

     

     

    

 

Aries II Acquisition Corporation

 

The Company will furnish without
charge to each unitholder who so requests, a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional
or other special rights of each class of equity or series thereof of the Company and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions
of such preferences and/or rights.

 

The following abbreviations,
when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations:

 

	TEN COM	— 	as tenants in common	 	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT	— 	___________ Custodian ___________
	 	 	 	 	 	 	      (Cust)                               (Minor)
	TEN ENT	—	as tenants by the entireties	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
	JT TEN	—	as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common	 	 	 	
    _____________________________

    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though
not in the above list.

 

For value received,                                hereby sell, assign and
transfer unto

 

(PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)

 

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING
ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

  

Units represented by the within certificate,
and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

 Attorney to transfer the said Units on the books of
the within named Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated 

 

	 	 	 
	 	Notice: 	The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

	Signature(s) Guaranteed:	 
	 	 
	 	 
	THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED (OR ANY SUCCESSOR RULE)).	 

 

     

     

    

 

As more fully described in,
and subject to the terms and conditions described in, the Company’s final prospectus for its initial public offering dated [•],
2022, the holder(s) of this certificate shall be entitled to receive a pro-rata portion of certain funds held in the trust account established
in connection with the Company’s initial public offering in the event that (i) the Company redeems the Ordinary Shares sold in its
initial public offering and liquidates because it does not consummate an initial Business Combination within the time period set forth
in the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as the same may be amended from time to time, or (ii)
if the holder(s) properly redeem for cash his, her or its respective Ordinary Shares included in the Units represented by this certificate
in connection with (x) a tender offer (or proxy solicitation, solely in the event the Company seeks shareholder approval of the proposed
initial Business Combination) setting forth the details of a proposed initial Business Combination or (y) a shareholder vote to amend
the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s
obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the Ordinary Shares if it does
not consummate an initial Business Combination within the time set forth in the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles
of Association or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination
activity, as the same may be amended from time to time. In no other circumstances shall the holder(s) have any right or interest of any
kind in or to the trust account.Exhibit 4.2

 

	NUMBER	SHARES
	C-	 

 

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

CUSIP ____________

 

ARIES II ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 

CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT                                            is the
owner of                     Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (each, a “Class A Ordinary Share”), of Aries II
Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), transferable on the books of the
Company in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed.

 

This certificate is not valid unless
countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar of the Company.

 

Witness the facsimile signature
of a duly authorized signatory of the Company.

 

	Authorized Signatory 	 	Transfer Agent
	 	 	 
	 	 	 

 

     

     

    

 

Aries II Acquisition Corporation

 

The Company will furnish without
charge to each shareholder who so requests, a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional
or other special rights of each class of equity or series thereof of the Company and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions
of such preferences and/or rights. This certificate and the shares represented thereby are issued and shall be held subject to all the
provisions of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company and all amendments thereto and resolutions
of the Board of Directors providing for the issue of securities (copies of which may be obtained from the secretary of the Company), to
all of which the holder of this certificate by acceptance hereof assents.

 

The following abbreviations,
when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations:

 

	TEN COM	— 	as tenants in common	 	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT	— 	___________ Custodian ___________
	 	 	 	 	 	 	      (Cust)                             (Minor)
	TEN ENT	—	as tenants by the entireties	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
	JT TEN	—	as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common	 	 	 	
    _____________________________

    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though
not in the above list.

 

For value received,                         hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto

 

(PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING
NUMBER(S) OF ASSIGNEE(S))

 

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES),
INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE(S))

 

Class A Ordinary Shares represented by the within certificate, and
do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                                               Attorney to transfer the said Class A Ordinary Shares on the books of the within named Company
with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated 

 

	 	 	 
	 	Notice: 	The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

	Signature(s) Guaranteed:	 
	 	 
	 	 
	THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED (OR ANY SUCCESSOR RULE)). 	 

 

     

     

    

 

As more fully described in,
and subject to the terms and conditions described in, the Company’s final prospectus for its initial public offering dated                             , 2022,
the holder(s) of this certificate shall be entitled to receive a pro-rata portion of certain funds held in the trust account established
in connection with the Company’s initial public offering in the event that (i) the Company redeems the Class A Ordinary Shares sold
in its initial public offering and liquidates because it does not consummate an initial business combination within the time period set
forth in the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as the same may be amended from time to time,
or (ii) if the holder(s) properly redeem for cash his, her or its respective Class A Ordinary Shares represented by this certificate in
connection with (x) a tender offer (or proxy solicitation, solely in the event the Company seeks shareholder approval of the proposed
initial business combination) setting forth the details of a proposed initial business combination or (y) a shareholder vote to amend
the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s
obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the Class A Ordinary Shares if
it does not consummate an initial business combination within the time set forth in the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum
and Articles of Association, as the same may be amended from time to time or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating
to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity. In no other circumstances shall the holder(s) have any right
or interest of any kind in or to the trust account.

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