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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 22, 2021

 

 

 

REDBOX ENTERTAINMENT INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
001-39741
(Commission
File Number)
85-2157010
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

1 Tower Lane, Suite 800

Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
(Address of principal executive offices)

60181
(Zip Code)

 

(212) 616-7700
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
 

Seaport Global Acquisition Corp.

360 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor

New York, NY 10017

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation to the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

 ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading
Symbol(s)
  Name of each exchange on
which registered
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   RDBX   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants to purchase Class A common stock   RDBXW   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Introductory Note

 

As disclosed under the section entitled “Proposal No. 1—The Business Combination Proposal” in the definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 29, 2021 by Seaport Global Acquisition Corp. (“Seaport” or "SGAC"), now known as Redbox Entertainment Inc., Seaport entered into a business combination Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2021 (as amended, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among Seaport, Seaport Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Seaport (“Merger Sub”), Redwood Holdco, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Parent”), and Redwood Intermediate, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Redbox”). Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, Seaport acquired certain equity interests of Redbox from Parent, its sole member, by way of Merger Sub merging with and into Redbox, and Redbox becoming a direct subsidiary of Seaport as a result thereof (the “Business Combination”).

 

On October 20, 2021, Seaport held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”), at which the Seaport stockholders considered and adopted, among other matters, a proposal to approve the Business Combination, including (a) adopting the Business Combination Agreement and (b) approving the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and related agreements described in the Proxy Statement.

 

Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, on October 22, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), the Business Combination was consummated (the “Closing”).

 

Unless the context otherwise requires, “we,” “us,” “our,” “and the “Company” refer to Redbox Entertainment Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries. All references herein to the “Board” refer to the board of directors of the Company.

 

Terms used but not defined herein, or for which definitions are not otherwise incorporated by reference herein, shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Certain Defined Terms” beginning on page i thereof, and such definitions are incorporated herein by reference.

 

  Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Stockholders Agreement

 

On the Closing Date, the Company entered into a stockholders agreement (the “Stockholders Agreement”) with Parent and certain other parties (collectively, the “Stockholder Parties”). Pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement, the Stockholder Parties will have the right to designate nominees for election to the Company’s board of directors following the Closing. The number of nominees that the Stockholder Parties will be entitled to nominate pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement is dependent on the Stockholder Parties’ beneficial ownership of Company Shares (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement).

 

The Stockholders Agreement provides that: (i) for so long as the share of the economic interest of Parent together with its successor or any permitted transferee under the Stockholders Agreement (the “Principal Stockholders”) in the aggregate issued and outstanding shares of Class A common stock, and any securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A common stock, at any time (the “Percentage Interest”) is at least 35%, the Principal Stockholders will have the right to nominate four directors to the Board (at least one of whom will be independent); (ii) for so long as the Percentage Interest of the Principal Stockholders is less than 35% but at least 25%, the Principal Stockholders will have the right to nominate three directors to the Board (at least one of whom will be independent); (iii) for so long as the Percentage Interest of the Principal Stockholders is less than 25% but at least 15%, the Principal Stockholders will have the right to nominate two directors to the Board (at least one of whom will be independent); and (iv) for so long as the Percentage Interest of the Principal Stockholders is less than 15% but at least 5%, the Principal Stockholders will have the right to nominate one director to the Board. Initially, the Principal Stockholder has nominated Kimberly Kelleher, Reed Rayman, David B. Sambur and Lee J. Solomon to serve on the Board.

 

 

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For so long as Seaport Global SPAC, LLC (the “Sponsor”), together with its successors or any permitted transferee under the Stockholders Agreement (the “Sponsor Stockholder”) beneficially owns, in the aggregate, a number of shares of Class A common stock, and any securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A common stock, held by the Sponsor Stockholder immediately following the Closing (the “Initial Sponsor Shares”) equal to or greater than (i) 75% of the total number of Initial Sponsor Shares, the Sponsor Stockholder will have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate two directors for election to the Board (at least one of which will be independent) and (ii) 50% of the total number of Initial Sponsor Shares, the Sponsor Stockholder will have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate one director for election to the Board. Initially, the Sponsor Stockholder has nominated Jay Burnham and Charles Yamarone to serve on the Board.

 

For so long as HPS Investment Partners, LLC’s (the “HPS Stockholder”) Percentage Interest is at least 50% of the Percentage Interest of the HPS Stockholder as of immediately following the Closing, the HPS Stockholder will have the right, but not the obligation, to (i) nominate one director for election to the Board and (ii) designate one non-voting observer to the Board who is reasonably satisfactory to SGAC. Initially, the HPS Stockholder has nominated Vikas M. Keswani to serve on the Board.

 

The foregoing description of the Stockholders Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Stockholders Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

On the Closing Date, the Company, the Sponsor, Parent and certain owners of equity interests in Parent (together with the Sponsor, Parent and any person or entity who becomes a party to the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below), the “Investors”) entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company is required to prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed with the Commission as soon as practicable after the Closing, but in any event no later than thirty calendar days after the Closing, a Registration Statement (as defined therein) for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis registering the resale from time to time by the Investors all of the Registrable Securities (as defined therein) then held by such Investors that are not covered by an effective registration statement on the Filing Date (as defined therein) (a “Resale Shelf Registration Statement”).

 

In particular, the Registration Rights Agreement provides for the following:

 

  · Demand registration rights. At any time and from time to time after the expiration of the period ending on the earlier of (a) six months after the Closing or (b) if the closing price of the Company’s Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any twenty trading days within and 30-trading day period following the Closing (the “Registration Rights Agreement Lock-Up Period”), the Company will be required, upon the written demand of one or more Investor(s) who hold Registrable Securities with an aggregate estimated market value of at least $75 million, to file a registration statement of all or any portion of their Registrable Securities, including, under certain circumstances, the offering of such Registrable Securities in the form of an underwritten offering. The Company is not obligated to effect (i) more than one demand registration during any six-month period; provided that a registration will not be counted for such purposes unless a Form S-1, or any similar long form registration, or Form S-3 has become effective; or (ii) any demand registration if there is an effective Resale Shelf Registration Statement on file with the Commission.

 

  · Shelf registration rights. No later than thirty calendar days following the Closing, the Company will file a Resale Shelf Registration Statement registering all of the Registrable Securities held by the Investors that are not covered by an effective registration statement. The Company will use reasonable best efforts to cause the Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as possible after filing.

 

 

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  · Piggy-back registration rights. At any time after the Closing, if the Company proposes to file a registration statement with respect to an offering of its equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities, or the equity securities of stockholders of the Company, under the Securities Act, subject to certain exceptions, the Company will notify the Investors of such offering and offer the Investors the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities that such Investor may request in writing within five days following receipt of notice from the Company.

 

  · Expenses and indemnification. All fees, costs and expenses of underwritten registrations will be borne by the Company and underwriting discounts and selling commissions attributable to the Registrable Securities (as defined therein) being sold by the holders thereof will be borne by such holders. The Registration Rights Agreement will contain customary cross-indemnification provisions, under which the Company is obligated to indemnify holders of Registrable Securities (as defined therein) in the event of material misstatements or omissions in the applicable registration statement attributable to the Company, and holders of registrable securities are obligated to indemnify the Company for material misstatements or omissions attributable to them.

 

  · Registrable securities. Securities of the Company will cease to be Registrable Securities (as defined therein) when (i) a registration statement with respect to the sale of such securities has become effective under the Securities Act and such securities have been sold, transferred, disposed or exchanged of in accordance with such registration statement, (ii) such securities have been otherwise transferred, new certificates or book-entry positions for them not bearing a legend restricting further transfer have been delivered by the Company and subsequent public distribution of them does not require registration under the Securities Act, (iii) such securities have ceased to be outstanding, (iv) such securities may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 or any successor rule promulgated under the Securities Act (but with no volume or other restrictions or limitations including as to manner or timing of sale), or (v) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction.

 

  · Lock-up. During the Registration Rights Lock-Up Period, the Investors each agree not to transfer certain securities subject to certain customary exceptions.

 

The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement

 

On the Closing Date, the limited liability company agreement of Redbox was amended and restated in its entirety to include the terms set forth below (the “Redbox LLCA”).

 

Each Redbox Common Unit has identical economic rights and is entitled to share in the profits and losses of Redbox and to receive distributions as and if declared by the Managing Member (as defined below). Redbox Common Units have no voting rights.

 

Effective upon completion of the Closing, the Company was admitted as the sole Managing Member of Redbox (the Company in such capacity, the “Managing Member”). The Managing Member has the sole authority to manage the business, property and affairs of Redbox in accordance with the Redbox LLCA and applicable law. The Managing Member cannot be removed or replaced except by the incumbent Managing Member. The Managing Member is not entitled to any compensation for services rendered to Redbox in its capacity as Managing Member.

 

The Managing Member may, subject to (i) any restrictions contained in the financing agreements to which Redbox or any of its subsidiaries is a party, (ii) having available cash (after setting aside appropriate reserves) and (iii) any mutually agreed upon other restrictions set forth in the Redbox LLCA, make distributions to the members at any time and from time to time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no distribution (including Tax Distributions (as defined below)) or other payment in respect of membership interests shall be required to be made to any member if, and to the extent that, such distribution (including Tax Distributions) or other payment in respect of membership interests would not be permitted under the DLLCA or other applicable law. All distributions, including Tax Distributions, will be made to holders of Redbox Common Units on a pro rata basis based on the number Redbox Common Units held by each holder. Upon the liquidation or winding up of Redbox, all net proceeds thereof will be distributed to the holders of Redbox Common Units on a pro rata basis based on the number Redbox Common Units held by each holder.

 

 

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Redbox shall make distributions among the holders of Redbox Common Units on a pro rata basis in an amount that in the Managing Member’s discretion allows every holder of Redbox Common Units to satisfy its tax liability with respect to its Redbox Common Units (“Tax Distributions”). The amount of any Tax Distributions shall be determined assuming that each holder is a corporation, and each holder’s only income is from Redbox based on projections of the taxable income of Redbox for the applicable tax period multiplied by the highest marginal federal, state and local tax rate for a corporation that is resident in the United States applicable to each item of income. Such amount shall be the same for all holders. If the aggregate amount of Tax Distributions paid for any fiscal year is less than the amount that would be calculated as of the end of such fiscal year based upon Redbox’s actual income for such fiscal year, additional Tax Distributions in the amount of such shortfall shall be paid as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of such fiscal year.

 

The Redbox LLCA contains restrictions on transfers of membership interests and requires the prior consent of the Managing Member for such transfers, except, in each case, for (i) certain transfers to permitted transferees under certain conditions (including transfers to affiliates), (ii) transfers of Redbox Common Units by Parent to its direct and indirect equity holders, whether as a distribution, a liquidating distribution or otherwise, and (iii) Sales (as defined below) of Redbox Common Units for cash (to the extent permitted by the governing documents of Redbox or its applicable subsidiary) or Class A common stock in accordance with the Sale provisions below.

 

The Redbox LLCA provides for, among other things, the ability for each holder of Redbox Common Units, following the expiration of any applicable lock-up period, to sell (each, a “Sale”) all or any portion of its Redbox Common Units, together with the cancellation of an equal number of shares of Class B common stock, in exchange for cash or a number of shares of Class A common stock equal to the product of (a) the number of Redbox Common Units to be sold multiplied by (b) an exchange rate which will initially be one to one but which will be subject to adjustment as set forth in the Redbox LLCA.

 

The Redbox LLCA includes reasonable procedures for the implementation of Sales, including, without limitation, procedures for the giving of notice of an election of exchange. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A common stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon a Sale, such number of shares of Class A common stock as shall be deliverable upon any such Sale; provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude the Company or Redbox from satisfying its obligations in respect of the Sale of Redbox Common Units by delivery of shares of Class A common stock which are held in the treasury of the Company or are held by Redbox or any of their subsidiaries, by delivery of purchased shares of Class A common stock (which may or may not be held in the treasury of the Company or held by any subsidiary thereof). The Company and Redbox shall covenant that all Class A common stock issued upon a Sale will, upon issuance, have been duly authorized and validly issued and be fully paid and non-assessable.

 

The Company and Redbox shall covenant and agree that, to the extent that a registration statement under the Securities Act is effective and available for shares of Class A common stock to be delivered with respect to any Sale, shares that have been registered under the Securities Act shall be delivered in respect of any Sale. If any Sale in accordance with the Redbox LLCA is to be effected at a time when any required registration has not become effective or otherwise is unavailable, upon the request and with the reasonable cooperation of the member requesting such Sale, the Company and Redbox shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly facilitate such Sale pursuant to any reasonably available exemption from such registration requirements. the Company and Redbox shall use commercially reasonable efforts to list Class A common stock required to be delivered upon Sale prior to such delivery upon each national securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system upon which the outstanding shares of Class A common stock may be listed or traded at the time of such delivery.

 

 

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Redbox shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon: (a) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of Redbox under Section 18-802 of the Delaware Act; (b) any event which makes it unlawful for the business of Redbox to be carried on by the members; (c) at any time that there are no members, unless Redbox is continued in accordance with the Delaware Act; or (d) the determination of the Managing Member in its sole discretion; provided that in the event of a dissolution pursuant to this clause (d), the relative economic rights of each class of units immediately prior to such dissolution shall be preserved to the greatest extent practicable with respect to distributions made to members in connection with the winding up of Redbox, taking into consideration tax and other legal constraints that may adversely affect one or more parties hereto and subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations, unless, and to the extent that, with respect to any class of units, holders of not less than 90% of the units of such class consent in writing to a treatment other than as described above; provided, that if the dissolution of Redbox pursuant to and in accordance with clauses (b) or (d) in this provision would have a material adverse effect on any member, the dissolution of Redbox shall require the prior written consent of such member, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

Redbox shall pay, or cause to be paid, all costs, fees, operating expenses and other expenses of the Managing Member and/or Redbox (including the costs, fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants or other professionals) incurred in pursuing and conducting, or otherwise related to, the activities of Redbox. Redbox shall also bear and/or reimburse the Managing Member for (i) any costs, fees or expenses incurred by the Managing Member in connection with serving as the Managing Member, (ii) operating, administrative and other similar costs, to the extent the proceeds are used or will be used by the Managing Member to pay expenses described in this clause (ii), and payments pursuant to any legal, tax, accounting and other professional fees and expenses (but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any tax liabilities of the Managing Member), (iii) any judgments, settlements, penalties, fines or other costs and expenses in respect of any claims against, or any litigation or proceedings involving, the Managing Member, (iv) fees and expenses (other than any underwriters’ discounts and commissions that are economically recovered by the Managing Member as a result of acquiring Redbox Common Units at a discount) related to any securities offering, investment or acquisition transaction (whether or not successful) authorized by the Managing Member, (v) other fees and expenses in connection with the maintenance of the existence of the Managing Member, and (vi) all other expenses allocable to Redbox or otherwise incurred by the Managing Member, in each case incurred by the Managing Member in connection with operating Redbox’s business. For the avoidance of doubt, such distributions or reimbursements may not be used to pay or facilitate dividends or distributions on the securities of the Company and must be used solely for one of the express purposes set forth under clauses (i) through (vi) of the immediately preceding sentence. Also for the avoidance of doubt, Redbox shall not pay or bear any income tax obligations of the Company or the Managing Member or any obligations of the Company or the Managing Member under the Tax Receivable Agreement. The Managing Member and certain related persons will also be entitled to customary indemnification rights (including advancement of expenses).

 

The foregoing description of the Redbox LLCA does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Redbox LLCA, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Tax Receivable Agreement

 

On the Closing Date, the Company entered into a tax receivable agreement (the “Tax Receivable Agreement”) with the Sponsor and Parent. Under the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement, the Company generally will be required to pay to Parent, and to each other person from time to time that Parent assigns rights under the Tax Receivable Agreement to, 85% of the tax savings, if any, that the Company realizes (using an assumed combined state and local income tax rate) in certain circumstances as a result of basis in certain assets existing at the time of the Business Combination and tax attributes that benefit the Company as a result of an Exchange, including as a result of payments made under the Tax Receivable Agreement. The term of the Tax Receivable Agreement will expire upon the earlier to occur of the complete utilization of the tax benefits or the Company exercising its right to terminate the Tax Receivable Agreement for an amount representing the net present value of future payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement or certain other acceleration events occur. The Company has estimated the tax receivable liability of $16.6 million assuming (1) a share price equal to $10.00 per share, (2) a constant federal income tax rate of 21.0% and a state tax rate of 4.2% (net of any federal benefit), (3) no material changes in tax law, (4) the ability to utilize tax basis and attributes and (5) future tax receivable agreement payments. These amounts are estimates and have been prepared for informational purposes only. However, due to the uncertainty of various factors, including: (1) a constant federal income tax rate of 21.0% and a state tax rate of 4.2% (net of any federal benefit), (2) no material changes in tax law, (3) the ability to utilize tax basis and attributes and (4) whether and when Parent engages in Exchanges and the share price at such times, the likely tax savings we will realize and the resulting amounts we are likely to pay pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement are uncertain. If Parent were to engage in an Exchange of all of its Redbox equity interests at Closing, the net present value of the liability the Company would recognize is approximately $164.9 million.

 

 

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The foregoing description of the Tax Receivable Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Tax Receivable Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

  Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

As described above, on October 20, 2021, Seaport held the Special Meeting, at which the Seaport stockholders considered and adopted, among other matters, a proposal to approve the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination. On October 22, 2021, the parties consummated the Business Combination.

 

Holders of 12,346,223 shares of Seaport’s Class A common stock sold in its initial public offering (the “public shares”) properly exercised their right to have such shares redeemed for a full pro rata portion of the trust account holding the proceeds from Seaport’s initial public offering, calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, or approximately $10.10 per share and $124.7 million in the aggregate.

 

FORM 10 INFORMATION

 

Item 2.01(f) of Form 8-K states that if the registrant was a shell company, as Seaport was immediately before the Business Combination, then the registrant must disclose the information that would be required if the registrant were filing a general form for registration of securities on Form 10. Accordingly, the Company is providing the information that would be included in a Form 10 if the Company were to file a Form 10. Please note that the information provided below relates to the Company as the combined company after the consummation of the Business Combination, unless otherwise specifically indicated or the context otherwise requires.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Certain statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K and in any document incorporated by reference herein may constitute “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company’s or its management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “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 Current Report on Form 8-K and in any document incorporated by reference herein may include, for example, statements about:

 

  · the benefits of the Business Combination;

 

  · expansion plans and opportunities;

 

  · the Company’s public securities’ potential liquidity and trading;

 

 

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  · the lack of a market for the Company’s securities; and

 

  · the Company’s financial performance following the Business Combination.

 

The forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K and in the documents incorporated by reference herein are based on the Company’s current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Company. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond the Company’s control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to:

 

  · the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s Class A common stock and public warrants on Nasdaq;

 

  · the Company’s ability to raise financing in the future;

 

  · the Company’s success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors;

 

  · changes adversely affecting the business in which the Company is engaged;

 

  · the risks associated with cyclical demand for the Company’s services and vulnerability to industry downturns and regional or national downturns;

 

  · ​fluctuations in the Company’s revenue and operating results;

 

  · ​unfavorable conditions or further disruptions in the capital and credit markets and the Company’s ability to obtain additional capital on commercially reasonable terms;

 

  · ​the Company’s ability to generate cash, service indebtedness and incur additional indebtedness;

 

  · the impact of the Company’s indebtedness and debt agreements on its operations;

 

  · ​competition from existing and new competitors;

 

  · ​the Company’s ability to integrate any businesses it acquires;

 

  · ​ the Company’s dependence on third-party contractors to provide various services;

 

  · ​intellectual property, information technology and privacy requirements that may subject the Company to unanticipated liabilities; and

 

  · ​general economic or political conditions.

 

Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

 

 

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Business

 

The business of the Company is described in the Proxy Statement in the section titled “Information About Redbox” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Risk Factors

 

The risk factors related to the Company’s business and operations are set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section titled “Risk Factors” and that information is incorporated herein by reference. A summary of the risks associated with the Company’s business are also described in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Summary of the Proxy Statement—Risk Factors” and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Financial Information

 

The financial information of the Company is described in the Proxy Statement in the sections entitled “Selected Historical Financial Information of Redbox” and “Redbox Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The financial information of Seaport is described in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “SGAC’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth in Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the financial information of the Company and Seaport, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Properties

 

The properties of the Company are described in the Proxy Statement in the section titled “Information About Redbox—Properties”, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

 

The following table sets forth information known to the Company regarding the beneficial ownership of the Company’s common stock immediately following the consummation of the Business Combination by:

 

  · each person who is the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Company’s common stock;

 

  · each of the Company’s named executive officers and directors; and

 

  · all of the Company’s executive officers and directors as a group.

 

Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days. Unless otherwise indicated, the Company believes that each person named in the table below has sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock beneficially owned by them.

 

The beneficial ownership of Company common stock is based on 12,618,516 shares of Class A common stock and 32,770,000 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding immediately following the consummation of the Business Combination.

 

 

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    Common Stock Beneficially Owned     Percent of Total  
    Class A     Class B     Voting Power(2)  
Name of Beneficial Owner(1)                        
Named Executive Officers and Directors                        
Galen C. Smith                  
Jason K. Kwong                  
Michael D. Chamberlain                  
Jay Burnham                  
Vikas M. Keswani                  
Reed Rayman                  
Michael Redd                  
David B. Sambur                  
Lee J. Solomon                  
Charles Yamarone                  
All Executive Officers and Directors as a Group (15 Individuals)                  
Five Percent Holders:                        
Redwood HoldCo LP(3)           32,770,000       72.2 %
Seaport Global SPAC, LLC and affiliates(4)     3,833,251             8.5 %

 

 

  (1) Unless otherwise noted, the address of each holder is c/o Redbox Entertainment Inc., 1 Tower Lane, Suite 800, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181.

 

  (2) Represents percentage of voting power of the holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock of the Company voting together as a single class.

 

  (3) Shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, held by Redwood Holdco, LP (“Parent”). This number correlates to 32,770,000 common units of Redwood Intermediate, LLC (“Redbox”) held by Parent, which represents 32,770,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, that may be issuable upon the exchange of 32,770,000 common units of Redbox following applicable lock-up periods. Each share of Class B common stock has one vote. Concurrently with an exchange of Redbox common units for shares of Class A common stock by Parent, Parent will be required to surrender to the Company a number of shares of Class B common stock equal to the number of Redbox common units exchanged, and such shares will be converted into shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. The general partner of Parent is Redwood GP, LLC (Redwood GP). New Outerwall, Inc. is the sole limited partner of Parent and the sole member of Parent GP. New Outerwall is an indirect majority owned subsidiary of AP VIII Aspen Holdings, L.P. (“Aspen Holdings”). The general partner of Aspen holdings is AP VII Aspen Holdings GP, LLC (“Aspen GP”) and Apollo Management VIII, L.P. (“Management VIII”) is the sole member of Aspen GP. AIF VIII LLC (AIF VIII) serves as the general partner of Management VIII. Apollo Management, L.P. serves as the sole member and manager of AIF VIII and Apollo Management GP, LLC serves as the general partner of Apollo Management. Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. (“Management Holdings”) serves as the sole member and manager of Apollo Management GP. Apollo Management Holdings GP, LLC (“Management Holdings GP”) serves as the general partner of Management Holdings. New Outerwall, Aspen Holdings, Aspen GP, Management VIII, AIF VIII, Apollo Management, Apollo Management GP, Management Holdings, and Management Holdings GP, and Messrs. Joshua Harris, Marc Rowan, Scott Kleinman and James Zelter, the managers, as well as executive officers, of Management Holdings GP, each disclaim beneficial ownership of all the shares of Class B common stock, and the above description shall not be construed as an admission that any such person or entity is the beneficial owner of any such securities for purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

 

  (4) Seaport Global Asset Management, LLC is the managing member of Seaport Global SPAC, LLC (the “Sponsor”) and Stephen Smith, Seaport’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer prior to the Business Combination, is the Chief Executive Officer of Seaport Global Asset Management, LLC. By virtue of these relationships, Mr. Smith may be deemed to have or share beneficial ownership of the securities held of record by the Sponsor. Mr. Smith disclaims any such beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest.

 

Directors and Executive Officers

 

The Company’s directors and executive officers, composition of the committees of the Board and information with respect to the independence of the Board after the consummation of the Business Combination are described in the Proxy Statement in the section titled “Management of SGAC Following the Business Combination” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

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Executive Compensation

 

Executive Compensation

 

A description of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section titled “Executive Compensation,” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Director Compensation

 

A description of the compensation of the Company’s directors is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section titled “Executive Compensation,” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

 

None of our executive officers currently serves, and in the past year none have served, as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving on our board of directors.

 

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

 

Certain relationships and related person transactions of the Company are described in the Proxy Statement in the Section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions” and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

A description of the Company’s independent directors is described in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Management of SGAC Following the Business Combination—Director Independence” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

Reference is made to the disclosure regarding legal proceedings in the sections of the Proxy Statement titled “Other Information Related to SGAC—Legal Proceedings” and “Information About Redbox—Legal Proceedings” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Stock and Related Stockholder Matters

 

Market Information, Holders of Record and Dividends

 

On the business day following the Closing Date, the Company’s Class A common stock and warrants began trading on Nasdaq under the symbols “RDBX” and “RDBXW.” Seaport’s public units automatically separated into their component securities upon consummation of the Business Combination and, as a result, no longer trade as a separate security and were delisted from Nasdaq.

 

As of the Closing, the Company had 12,618,516 shares of Class A common stock outstanding held of record by two holders, 32,770,000 shares of Class B common stock outstanding held of record by one holder and no shares of preferred stock outstanding. Such amounts do not include DTC participants or beneficial owners holding shares through nominee names.

 

The Company has not paid any cash dividends on shares of its Class A common stock to date. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition. The payment of any dividends will be within the discretion of the Board.

 

 

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Information about the ticker symbol, number of stockholders and dividends for Seaport’s securities is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section titled “Ticker Symbols and Dividend Information” and such information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

 

Reference is made to the disclosure described in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Proposal No. 6—The Incentive Plan Proposal,” which is incorporated herein by reference. As described below, the 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan and the material terms thereunder, including the authorization of the initial share reserve thereunder, were approved by Seaport’s stockholders at the Special Meeting.

 

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth below under Item 3.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K regarding the issuance and sale by the Company of certain unregistered securities, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Description of Registrant’s Securities to Be Registered

 

The description of the Company’s securities is contained in the Proxy Statement in the section titled “Description of Securities” and that information is incorporated herein by reference. As described below, the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation was approved by Seaport’s stockholders at the Special Meeting and became effective as of the Closing.

 

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Information about the indemnification of the Company’s directors and officers is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section titled “Management of SGAC Following the Business Combination—Limitation on Liability and Indemnification Matters” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

The information set forth in Item 9.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

 

None.

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

Business Combination Consideration

 

In connection with the Business Combination, the Company issued 32,770,000 shares of Class B common stock to Parent, which have no economic value, but entitle Parent to one vote per issued share and will be issued on a one-for-one basis for each common unit representing limited liability company interests of Redbox retained by Parent following the Business Combination.

 

Private Placement

 

Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, Seaport entered into subscription agreements with certain investors (the “PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which the PIPE Investors agreed to subscribe for and purchase, and Seaport agreed to issue and sell to the PIPE Investors, immediately prior to the Closing, an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of Class A common stock for a purchase price of $10.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $50 million.

 

 

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The shares issued to the PIPE Investors were issued pursuant to and in accordance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act, under Section 4(a)(2) and/or Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Backstop Agreements

 

In connection with the Business Combination, on October 12, 2021, Seaport entered into backstop subscription agreements (the “Backstop Agreements”) with certain subscribers (the “Backstop Subscribers”), including affiliates of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. and Seaport Global SPAC, LLC, pursuant to which the Backstop Subscribers agreed, subject to certain conditions in the Backstop Agreements, to subscribe for and purchase up to an aggregate of 3,564,356 shares of Seaport’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, in the event that more than 10,810,644 public shares of Seaport Class A common stock are submitted for redemption in connection with the Business Combination, for a purchase price of $10.10 per share.

 

In accordance with the Backstop Agreements, on October 20, 2021, the Backstop Subscribers funded the approximately $20.2 million aggregate purchase price. Immediately prior to the Closing on October 22, 2021, Seaport issued an aggregate of 1,995,989 shares of Class A common stock to the Backstop Subscribers pursuant to the Backstop Agreements.

 

The shares issued to the Backstop Subscribers were issued pursuant to and in accordance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act, under Section 4(a)(2) and/or Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The information set forth in Item 5.03 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

 

Reference is made to the disclosure in the Proxy Statement in the section titled “The Business Combination Agreement,” which is incorporated herein by reference. Further reference is made to the information contained in Item 2.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Effective as of the Closing, the following people were appointed as directors of the Company:

 

Class I directors: Vikas M. Keswani, Michael Redd and David B. Sambur;

 

Class II directors: Jay Burnham, Galen C. Smith and Lee J. Solomon; and

 

Class III directors: Charles Yamarone, Reed Rayman and Kimberly Kelleher.

 

Effective as of the Closing, the executive officers of the Company are:

 

Galen C. Smith, Chief Executive Officer;

 

Kavita Suthar, Chief Financial & Principal Accounting Officer;

 

​Jason K. Kwong, ​Chief Strategy and Digital Officer;

 

Michael D. Chamberlain, Chief Operating Officer;

 

Stephen Lavin, Chief Technology Officer;

 

Michael F. Feldner, Chief Marketing Officer ​; and

 

 

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Frederick W. Stein, Chief Legal Officer.

 

Reference is made to the disclosure described in the Proxy Statement in the section titled “Management of SGAC Following the Business Combination” for biographical information about each of the directors and officers following the Business Combination, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03. Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws.

 

On October 22, 2021, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company amended and restated its certificate of incorporation, effective as of the Closing (as amended, the “A&R Charter”), and amended and restated its bylaws (as amended, the “A&R Bylaws”) effective as of the Closing.

 

Copies of the A&R Charter and the A&R Bylaws are attached as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

The material terms of each of the A&R Charter and the A&R Bylaws and the general effect upon the rights of holders of the Company’s capital stock are included in the Proxy Statement under the sections titled “Proposal No. 2—The Charter Amendment Proposal,” “Proposal No. 3—The Advisory Charter Proposals,” and “Description of Securities,” which are incorporated herein by reference.

  

Item 5.06. Change in Shell Company Status.

 

As a result of the Business Combination, which fulfilled the definition of an “initial business combination” as required by Seaport’s organizational documents, the Company ceased to be a shell company upon the closing of the Business Combination. The material terms of the Business Combination are described in the section titled “Proposal No. 1—The Business Combination Proposal” of the Proxy Statement, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On October 22, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Business Combination. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a)                Financial statements of businesses acquired.

 

The audited consolidated financial statements of Redbox for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 were filed as part of the Proxy Statement and are incorporated herein by reference. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Redbox for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 were filed as part of the Proxy Statement and are incorporated herein by reference.

(b)                Pro forma financial information.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

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(c)                 Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number
Description
2.1† Business Combination Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2021, by and among Seaport Global Acquisition Corp., Seaport Merger Sub LLC, Redwood Holdco, LP, and Redwood Intermediate, LLC (incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Proxy Statement).
3.1* Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Redbox Entertainment Inc.
3.2* Amended and Restated Bylaws of Redbox Entertainment Inc.
10.1* Stockholders Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2021, by and among Redbox Entertainment Inc., Redwood Holdco, LP and the other parties thereto
10.2* Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2021, by and among Redbox Entertainment Inc., Seaport Global SPAC, LLC, Redwood Holdco, LP and the other parties thereto
10.3* Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Redwood Intermediate, LLC
10.4* Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2021, by and between Redbox Entertainment Inc. and Redwood Holdco, LP
10.5+* Seaport Global Acquisition Corp. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan
10.6* Form of Indemnification Agreement.
21.1* List of Subsidiaries
99.1* Press Release
99.2* Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and for the twelve months ended December 31, 2020.

* Filed herewith

 

† Certain of the exhibits and schedules to this agreement have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(a)(5). The Company agrees to furnish a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules to the SEC upon its request.

 

+ Indicates a management or compensatory plan.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  REDBOX ENTERTAINMENT INC.
   
  By: /s/ Kavita Suthar
  Name: Kavita Suthar
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: October 28, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

SEAPORT GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP.

 

October 22, 2021

 

Seaport Global Acquisition Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:

 

1. The name of the Corporation is “Seaport Global Acquisition Corp.”. The original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 24, 2020 (the “Original Certificate”). The Corporation amended and restated the Original Certificate, which was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 30, 2020 (the “First Amended and Restated Certificate”).

 

2. This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “Restated Certificate”) which both restates and amends the provisions of the First Amended and Restated Certificate, has been duly adopted in accordance with Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “DGCL”).

 

3. This Restated Certificate shall become effective on the date of filing with Secretary of State of Delaware.

 

4. The First Amended and Restated Certificate is hereby restated and amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

NAME

 

The name of the corporation is Redbox Entertainment Inc. (the “Corporation”).

 

ARTICLE II

PURPOSE

 

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL.

 

ARTICLE III

REGISTERED AGENT

 

The company's registered office in the State of Delaware is 16192 Coastal Highway, in the city of Lewes, County of Sussex, State of Delaware 19958. The Registered Agent in charge thereof is Harvard Business Services, Inc.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

CAPITALIZATION

 

Section 4.1 Authorized Capital Stock. The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock, each with a par value of $0.0001 per share, which the Corporation is authorized to issue is 601,000,000 shares, consisting of

 

(a)        500,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Class A Common Stock”);

 

(b)        100,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock (the “Class B Common Stock,” and together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”); and

 

(c)        1,000,000 shares of preferred stock (the “Preferred Stock”).

 

The Preferred Stock and the Common Stock shall have the designations, rights, powers and preferences and the qualifications, restrictions and limitations thereof, if any, set forth below

 

Section 4.2 Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) is authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by law, to provide, by resolution or resolutions for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, and with respect to each series, to establish the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the voting powers (if any), designations, powers, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, of the shares of each such series, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof. The powers (including voting powers), preferences, and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each series of Preferred Stock and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the approval of the Board of Directors and by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in an election of directors, without the separate vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock as a class, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.

 

Section 4.3 Common Stock.

 

(a) Voting. Except as otherwise required by the DGCL or this Restated Certificate:

 

(i)       Each holder of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Class A Common Stock held of record by such holder.

 

(ii)       Each holder of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Class B Common Stock held of record by such holder.

 

(iii)       Except as otherwise required in this Restated Certificate or by applicable law, the holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall vote together as a single class on all matters on which stockholders are generally entitled to vote (and, if any holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of Common Stock, as a single class with such holders of Preferred Stock).

 

 

 

 

(iv)       The holders of shares of Common Stock shall not have cumulative voting rights.

 

(v)       The holders of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to vote separately as a class upon any amendment to this Restated Certificate (including by merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar event or otherwise) that would alter or change the powers, preferences, or special rights of a class of stock so as to affect them adversely. The number of authorized shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in an election of directors, without a separate vote of the holders of the Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.

 

(b) Dividends. Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Class A Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends in cash, stock or property of the Corporation, such dividends may be declared and paid on the Class A Common Stock out of the assets of the Corporation that are by law available therefor at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall determine. Dividends shall not be declared or paid on the Class B Common Stock.

 

(c) Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up of the Corporation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation as required by law and of the preferential and other amounts, if any, to which the holders of Preferred Stock shall be entitled, the holders of all outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by each such stockholder. The holders of shares of Class B Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to receive any assets of the Corporation in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

 

(d) Reclassification. Neither the Class A Common Stock nor the Class B Common Stock may be subdivided, split, consolidated, reclassified, or otherwise changed unless contemporaneously therewith the other class of Common Stock and the common units (the “LLC Units”) of Redwood Intermediate, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Intermediate”) are subdivided, consolidated, reclassified, or otherwise changed in the same proportion and in the same manner.

 

(e) Restriction on Issuance of Class B Common Stock. No shares of Class B Common Stock may be issued by the Corporation except to a holder of LLC Units, such that after such issuance the holder of shares of Class B Common Stock holds an identical number of LLC Units and shares of Class B Common Stock.

 

 

 

 

(f) Restriction on Transfer of Class B Common Stock. A holder of Class B Common Stock may transfer or assign shares of Class B Common Stock (or any legal or beneficial interest in such shares) (directly or indirectly, including by operation of law) only to a Permitted Transferee (as defined in the LLC Agreement) of such holder, and only if such holder also simultaneously transfers an equal number of such holder’s LLC Units to such Permitted Transferee in compliance with the LLC Agreement. Any purported transfer of shares of Class B Common Stock to any Person other than a Permitted Transferee, or not accompanied by a simultaneous transfer of such holder’s LLC Units to such Permitted Transferee shall be null and void ab initio and shall not be recognized or given effect by the Corporation, the Corporation’s transfer agent or the Secretary of the Corporation. For purposes of this Restated Certificate, “LLC Agreement” means that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Intermediate, dated on or about the date hereof, as it may be amended and/or restated from time to time.

 

(g) No Preemptive or Subscription Rights. No holder of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to preemptive or subscription rights.

 

Section 4.3 Certain Provisions Related to Sale Rights.

 

(a) Reservation of Shares of Class A Common Stock for Sales. The Corporation will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, for the purposes of effecting any exchanges pursuant to the applicable provisions of Article XII of the LLC Agreement, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that are issuable in connection with the redemption or exchange of all outstanding LLC Units as a result of any Sale (as defined in the LLC Agreement) pursuant to the applicable provisions of Article XII of the LLC Agreement (including for this purpose any LLC Units issuable upon the exercise of any options, warrants or similar rights to acquire LLC Units), as applicable (without regard to any restrictions on Sale contained therein). All the shares of Class A Common Stock that are issued upon any such Sale of such LLC Units will, upon issuance, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(b) Retirement of Class B Common Stock. In the event that (a) a share of Class A Common Stock is issued as a result of any Sale of an LLC Unit held by a Unitholder pursuant to the applicable provisions of Article XII of the LLC Agreement or (b) a Redemption by Cash Payment is effected with respect to any LLC Unit held by a Unitholder pursuant to the applicable provisions of Article XII of the LLC Agreement, a share of Class B Common Stock held by such Unitholder chosen by the Corporation in its sole discretion will automatically and without further action on the part of the Corporation or the holder thereof be transferred to the Corporation for no consideration and thereupon shall automatically be retired and cease to exist, and such share thereafter may not be reissued by the Corporation.

 

Section 4.4 Rights and Options. The Corporation has the authority to create and issue rights, warrants and options entitling the holders thereof to acquire from the Corporation any shares of its capital stock of any class or classes, with such rights, warrants and options to be evidenced by or in instrument(s) approved by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is empowered to set the exercise price, duration, times for exercise and other terms and conditions of such rights, warrants or options; provided, however, that the consideration to be received for any shares of capital stock issuable upon exercise thereof may not be less than the par value thereof.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 5.1 Board Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon the Board of Directors by statute, this Restated Certificate or the By-Laws of the Corporation (“By-Laws”), the Board of Directors is hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the DGCL, this Restated Certificate, and any By-Laws adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation; provided, however, that no By-Laws hereafter adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation shall invalidate any prior act of the Board of Directors that would have been valid if such By-Laws had not been adopted.

 

Section 5.2 Number of Directors. Subject to any rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances or otherwise, the number of directors of the Corporation which shall constitute the Board of Directors shall initially be 9 and, thereafter, shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 5.3 Classes of Directors. The directors of the Corporation, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, hereby designated Class I, Class II and Class III.

 

Section 5.4 Election and Term of Office. The directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares cast; provided that, whenever the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation are entitled to elect one or more directors pursuant to the provisions of this Restated Certificate (including, but not limited to, any duly authorized certificate of designation), such directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by such holders. The term of office of the initial Class I directors shall expire at the first annual meeting of stockholders following the date hereof, the term of office of the initial Class II directors shall expire at the second succeeding annual meeting of stockholders following the date hereof and the term of office of the initial Class III directors shall expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of the stockholders following the date hereof. Subject to the Stockholders Agreement, for the purposes hereof, the Board of Directors may assign directors already in office to Class I, Class II and Class III. At each annual meeting of stockholders after the date hereof, directors elected to replace those of a class whose terms expire at such annual meeting shall be elected to hold office until the third succeeding annual meeting after their election and until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified. Each director shall hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders for the year in which such director’s term expires and a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. Unless and except to the extent that the By-Laws shall so require, the election of directors need not be by written ballot. The holders of shares of Common Stock shall not have cumulative voting rights with regard to election of directors.

 

 

 

 

Section 5.3 Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Subject to (i) that certain Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2021 (such agreement, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Stockholders’ Agreement”), by and among the Corporation, Redwood Holdco, LP, a Delaware limited liability partnership, and the other parties thereto, and (ii) the special rights of the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, retirement, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by the stockholders, and except as otherwise provided by law, be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and shall not be filled by the stockholders. Subject to the Stockholders’ Agreement, any director appointed in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of the vacancy to which the director shall have been appointed and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, disqualification, retirement or removal.

 

Section 5.4 Removal. Subject to (i) the Stockholders’ Agreement and (ii) the special rights of the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds (66 and 2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of voting stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at an election of directors.

 

Section 5.5 Preferred Stock Directors. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article V, whenever the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately or together by series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorship shall be subject to the rights of such series of Preferred Stock. During any period when the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or together with one or more series, have the right to elect additional directors, then upon commencement and for the duration of the period during which such right continues: (a) the total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by such specified number of directors, and the holders of such Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect the additional directors so provided for or fixed pursuant to said provisions, and (b) each such additional director shall serve until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s right to hold such office terminates pursuant to said provisions, whichever occurs earlier, subject to his or her earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions establishing such series, whenever the holders of any series of Preferred Stock having such right to elect additional directors are divested of such right pursuant to the provisions of such stock, the terms of office of all such additional directors elected by the holders of such stock, or elected to fill any vacancies resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of such additional directors, shall forthwith terminate (in which case each such director thereupon shall cease to be qualified as, and shall cease to be, a director) and the total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be reduced accordingly.

 

 

 

 

Section 5.6 Advance Notice. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws.

 

ARTICLE VI

BYLAWS

 

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by law, the Board of Directors shall have the power and is expressly authorized to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the By-Laws. The affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors shall be required to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the By-Laws. The By-Laws also may be adopted, amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders; provided, however, that in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by law or by this Restated Certificate (including, but not limited to, any duly authorized certificate of designation), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the By-Laws; and provided further, however, that no By-Laws hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the Board of Directors that would have been valid if such By-Laws had not been adopted.

 

ARTICLE VII

SPECIAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS; ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT

 

Section 7.1 Special Meetings. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of the Preferred Stock, and to the requirements of applicable law, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, or the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors, and the ability of the stockholders of the Corporation to call a special meeting is hereby specifically denied. Except as provided in the foregoing sentence, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may not be called by another person or persons.

 

Section 7.2 Advance Notice. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the By-Laws.

 

Section 7.3 Action by Written Consent. Except as may be otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to this Restated Certificate relating to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected by a duly called annual or special meeting of such stockholders and may not be effected by written consent of the stockholders.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

LIMITED LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 8.1 Limitation of Director Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended unless they violated their duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, acted in bad faith, knowingly or intentionally violated the law, authorized unlawful payments of dividends, unlawful stock purchases or unlawful redemptions, or derived improper personal benefit from their actions as directors. Any amendment, modification or repeal of the foregoing sentence shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, modification or repeal.

 

Section 8.2 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses.

 

(a)        Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative is or was, at any time during which this Restated Certificate is in effect (whether or not such person continues to serve in such capacity at the time any indemnification or payment of expenses pursuant hereto is sought or at the time any proceeding relating thereto exists or is brought), a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was at any such time serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by the Corporation (hereinafter, an “Indemnitee”), whether the basis of such Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent, shall be (and shall be deemed to have a contractual right to be) indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation (and any successor of the Corporation by merger or otherwise) to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended or modified from time to time (but, in the case of any such amendment or modification, only to the extent that such amendment or modification permits the Corporation to provide greater indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment or modification), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that except as provided in Section 8.2(d), the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized in the first instance by the Board of Directors.

 

 

 

 

(b)       The right to indemnification conferred upon Indemnitees in this Section 8.2 shall include the right, without the need for any action by the Board of Directors, to be paid by the Corporation (and any successor of the Corporation by merger or otherwise) the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition, such advances to be paid by the Corporation within twenty (20) days after the receipt by the Corporation of a statement or statements from the claimant requesting such advance or advances from time to time; provided, however, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter, the “Undertaking”) by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right of appeal (a “Final Disposition”) that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 8.2 or otherwise.

 

(c)        The rights conferred upon Indemnitees in this Section 8.2 shall be contract rights between the Corporation and each Indemnitee to whom such rights are extended that vest at the commencement of such person’s service to or at the request of the Corporation and all such rights shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation or ceased to serve at the Corporation’s request as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, as described herein, and shall inure to the benefit of the Indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. The Corporation hereby acknowledges that certain Indemnitees may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance (other than directors’ and officers’ liability insurance or similar insurance obtained or maintained by or on behalf of the Corporation, its affiliates or any of the foregoing’s respective subsidiaries) from persons or entities other than the Corporation (collectively, the “Other Indemnitors”). The Corporation hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort of the Indemnitees (i.e., its obligations to an Indemnitee hereunder are primary and any obligation of the Other Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by such Indemnitee are secondary), (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by an Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms hereof, without regard to any rights an Indemnitee may have against the Other Indemnitors, and (iii) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Other Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Other Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Corporation further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Other Indemnitors on behalf of an Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which such Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Corporation hereunder shall affect the foregoing and the Other Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such Indemnitee against the Corporation. For the avoidance of doubt, no person or entity providing directors’ or officers’ liability insurance or similar insurance obtained or maintained by or on behalf of the Corporation, any of its affiliates or any of the foregoing’s respective subsidiaries, including any person or entity providing such insurance obtained or maintained as contemplated by Section 8.2(h), shall be an Other Indemnitor.

 

 

 

 

(d)        To obtain indemnification under this Section 8.2, a claimant shall submit to the Corporation a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to the claimant and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent the claimant is entitled to indemnification. Upon written request by a claimant for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 8.2(d), a determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to the claimant’s entitlement thereto shall be made as follows: (i) if requested by the claimant, by Independent Counsel (as hereinafter defined), or (ii) if no request is made by the claimant for a determination by Independent Counsel, (a) by the a majority vote of Disinterested Directors (as hereinafter defined), even though less than a quorum, (b) if there are no such Disinterested Directors, or if a majority of the Disinterested Directors so directs, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to the claimant, or (c) if a majority of Disinterested Directors so directs, by a majority of the stockholders of the Corporation. In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board of Directors. If it is so determined that the claimant is entitled to indemnification, payment to the claimant shall be made within ten (10) days after such determination.

 

(e)        If a claim under Section 8.2(a) is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim pursuant to Section 8.2(d) has been received by the Corporation, or if a claim under Section 8.2(b) is not paid in full by the Corporation within twenty (20) days after a written claim therefor has been made, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. It shall be a defense to any such action that (x) in the case of a claim for indemnification, the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the DGCL for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed or (y) in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, that the claimant is not entitled to the requested advancement of expenses, but (except where the required Undertaking, if any, has not been tendered to the Corporation) the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, Disinterested Directors, Independent Counsel or stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, Disinterested Directors, Independent Counsel or stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

 

(f)         If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 8.2(d) that the claimant is entitled to indemnification, the Corporation shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to Section 8.2(e). The Corporation shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to Section 8.2(e) that the procedures and presumptions of this Section 8.2 are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in such proceeding that the Corporation is bound by all the provisions of this Section 8.2.

 

 

 

 

(g)        The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a Proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Section 8.2: (i) shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of this Restated Certificate, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested Directors or otherwise and (ii) cannot be terminated by the Corporation, the Board of Directors or the stockholders of the Corporation with respect to any act or omission that is the subject of the Proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought prior to the date of such termination. Any amendment, modification, alteration or repeal of this Section 8.2 (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) that in any way diminishes, limits, restricts, adversely affects or eliminates any right of an Indemnitee or his or her successors to indemnification, advancement of expenses or otherwise shall be prospective only and shall not, without the written consent of the Indemnitee, in any way diminish, limit, restrict, adversely affect or eliminate any such right with respect to any actual or alleged state of facts, occurrence, action or omission then or previously existing, or any action, suit or proceeding previously or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part upon any such actual or alleged state of facts, occurrence, action or omission.

 

(h)        The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.

 

(i)         The Board of Directors may grant rights to indemnification, and rights to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in connection with any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition, to any current or former employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Section 8.2 with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of current or former directors and officers of the Corporation.

 

(j)         If any provision or provisions of this Section 8.2 shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Section 8.2 (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Section 8.2 containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Section 8.2 (including, without limitation, each such portion of any Section of this Section 8.2 containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

 

 

 

(k)        For purposes of this Section 8.2: “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Corporation who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by the claimant; and “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, a member of a law firm, or an independent practitioner, that is experienced in matters of corporate law and shall include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would not have a conflict of interest in representing either the Corporation or the claimant in an action to determine the claimant’s rights under this Section 8.2. Any reference to an officer of the Corporation in this Section 8.2 shall be deemed to refer exclusively to the officers appointed as such pursuant to the Bylaws by the Board of Directors or by an officer to whom the Board of Directors has delegated the power to appoint officers, and any reference to an officer of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be deemed to refer exclusively to an officer appointed by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of such other entity pursuant to the certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or equivalent organizational documents) of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. The fact that any person who is or was an employee of the Corporation or an employee of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise has been given or has used the title of “vice president” or any other title that could be construed to suggest or imply that such person is or may be an officer of the Corporation or of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall not result in such person being constituted as, or being deemed to be, an officer of the Corporation or of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for purposes of this Section 8.2.

 

(l)         Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given to the Corporation under this Section 8.2 shall be in writing and either delivered in person or sent by telecopy, fax, email, overnight mail or courier service, or certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the Secretary of the Corporation and shall be effective only upon receipt by the Secretary.

 

ARTICLE IX

CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY

 

(a)        In recognition and anticipation that (i) certain directors, officers, principals, partners, members, managers, employees, agents and/or other representatives of Apollo and its Affiliates may serve as directors, officers or agents of the Corporation and its Affiliates, and (ii) Apollo and its Affiliates may now engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation and Affiliates, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation and its Affiliates, directly or indirectly, may engage, the provisions of this Article IX are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation and its Affiliates with respect to certain classes or categories of business opportunities as they may involve Apollo and its Affiliates and any person or entity who, while a stockholder, director, officer or agent of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, is a director, officer, principal, partner, member, manager, employee, agent and/or other representative of Apollo and its Affiliates (each, an “Identified Person”), on the one hand, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its Affiliates and its and their respective stockholders, directors, officers, and agents in connection therewith, on the other. To the fullest extent permitted by law (including, without limitation, the DGCL), and notwithstanding any other duty (contractual, fiduciary or otherwise, whether at law or in equity), each Identified Person (i) shall have the right to, and shall have no duty (contractual, fiduciary or otherwise, whether at law or in equity) not to, directly or indirectly engage in and possess interests in other business ventures of every type and description, including those engaged in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Corporation or any of its Affiliates or deemed to be competing with the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, on its own account, or in partnership with, or as a direct or indirect equity holder, controlling person, stockholder, director, officer, employee, agent, Affiliate (including any portfolio company), member, financing source, investor, director or indirect manager, general or limited partner or assignee of any other person or entity with no obligation to offer to the Corporation or its subsidiaries or other Affiliates the right to participate therein and (ii) shall have the right to invest in, or provide services to, any person that is engaged in the same or similar business activities as the Corporation or its Affiliates or directly or indirectly competes with the Corporation or any of its Affiliates.

 

 

 

 

(b)       In the event that any Identified Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may be an investment, corporate or business opportunity or prospective economic or competitive advantage in which the Corporation or its Affiliates could have an interest or expectancy (contractual, equitable or otherwise) (a “Competitive Opportunity”) or otherwise is then exploiting any Competitive Opportunity, to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL and notwithstanding any other duty existing at law or in equity, the Corporation and its Affiliates will have no interest in, and no expectation (contractual, equitable or otherwise) that such Competitive Opportunity be offered to it. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any such interest or expectation (contractual, equitable or otherwise) is hereby renounced so that such Identified Person shall (i) have no duty to communicate or present such Competitive Opportunity to the Corporation or its Affiliates, (ii) have the right to either hold any such Competitive Opportunity for such Identified Person’s own account and benefit or the account of the former, current or future direct or indirect equity holders, controlling persons, stockholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates, members, financing sources, investors, direct or indirect managers, general or limited partners or assignees of any Identified Person or to direct, recommend, assign or otherwise transfer such Competitive Opportunity to persons or entities other than the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, Affiliates or direct or indirect equity holders and (iii) notwithstanding any provision in this Restated Certificate to the contrary, not be obligated or liable to the Corporation, any stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation or any other person or entity by reason of the fact that such Identified Person, directly or indirectly, took any of the actions noted in the immediately preceding clause (ii), pursued or acquired such Competitive Opportunity for itself or any other person or entity or failed to communicate or present such Competitive Opportunity to the Corporation or its Affiliates.

 

(c)        Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation or any other interest in the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article IX.

 

(d)        In the event of a conflict or other inconsistency between this Article IX and any other Article or provision of this Restated Certificate, this Article IX shall prevail under all circumstances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, under no circumstances shall the provisions of this Article IX (other than this Section 9(d)) apply to (or result in or be deemed to result in a limitation or elimination of any duty (contractual, fiduciary or otherwise, whether at law or in equity)) owed by any employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, irrespective of whether such employee otherwise would be an Identified Person, and any Competitive Opportunity waived or renounced by any person or entity pursuant to such other provisions of this Article IX shall be expressly reserved and maintained by such person or entity, as applicable (and shall not be waived or renounced) as to any such employee.

 

 

 

 

(e)        For the avoidance of doubt, subject to Section 9(d), this Article IX is intended to constitute, with respect to the Identified Persons, a disclaimer and renunciation, to the fullest extent permitted under Section 122(17) of the DGCL, of any right of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates with respect to the matters set forth in this Article IX, and this Article IX shall be construed to effect such disclaimer and renunciation to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL.

 

(f)        Solely for purposes of this Article IX, (i) “Affiliate” shall mean (a) with respect to Apollo, any person or entity that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by Apollo, controls Apollo, or is under common control with Apollo, but excluding (x) the Corporation, and (y) any entity that is controlled by the Corporation (including its direct and indirect subsidiaries), and (b) in respect of the Corporation, any person or entity that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Corporation; and (ii) “Apollo” shall mean AP Management IX, L.P.

 

 

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENT

 

The Corporation reserves the right at any time and from time to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Restated Certificate, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force that may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by this Restated Certificate and the DGCL; and, except as set forth in Article VIII, all rights, preferences and privileges of whatever nature herein conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons by and pursuant to this Restated Certificate in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved in this Article X. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of Section 4.3(a), Article V, Article VI, Article VII, Article VIII, Article IX, this Article X or Article XI of this Restated Certificate may be altered, amended or repealed in any respect, nor may any provision of this Restated Certificate or the By-Laws inconsistent therewith be adopted, unless in addition to any other vote required by this Restated Certificate or otherwise required by law, such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption is approved by the affirmative vote of holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2∕3%) of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, voting together as a single class.

 

ARTICLE XI

EXCLUSIVE FORUM FOR CERTAIN LAWSUITS; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION

 

Section 11.1 Forum. Subject to the last sentence in this Section 11.1, and unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable law, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for any stockholder (including a beneficial owner) to bring (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation, its directors, officers or employees arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or this Restated Certificate or the By-Laws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation, its directors, officers or employees governed by the internal affairs doctrine and, if brought outside of Delaware, the stockholder bringing the suit will be deemed to have consented to service of process on such stockholder’s counsel except any action (A) as to which the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware determines that there is an indispensable party not subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery (and the indispensable party does not consent to the personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery within ten days following such determination), (B) which is vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or forum other than the Court of Chancery, or (C) for which the Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the provisions of this Section 11.1 will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction and (ii) unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

 

 

 

Section 11.2 Consent to Jurisdiction. If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of Section 11.1 immediately above is filed in a court other than a court located within the State of Delaware (a “Foreign Action”) in the name of any stockholder, such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to (i) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce Section 11.1 immediately above (an “FSC Enforcement Action”) and (ii) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such FSC Enforcement Action by service upon such stockholder’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such stockholder.

 

Section 11.3 Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Article XI shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any person or entity or circumstance for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Article XI (including, without limitation, each portion of any sentence of this Article XI containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) and the application of such provision to other persons or entities and circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 11.4 Deemed Notice. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in any security of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to this Article XI.

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be duly executed and acknowledged in its name and on its behalf by an authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

 

 

  By: /s/ Stephen C. Smith
    Name:   Stephen C. Smith
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

REDBOX ENTERTAINMENT INC.

(the “Corporation”)

* * * * *

 

ARTICLE I.
OFFICES

 

Section 1.01            Registered Office and Agent. The address of the registered office of the Corporation is 16192 Coastal Highway, in the city of Lewes, County of Sussex, State of Delaware 19958. The name of its registered agent at such address is Harvard Business Services, Inc..

 

Section 1.02            Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

Section 1.03            Books. The books of the Corporation may be kept within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

 

ARTICLE II.
Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01            Time and Place of Meetings. All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, on such date and at such time as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors (or the chairman of the Board of Directors in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors). The Board may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as authorized by Section 211(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “DGCL”). In the absence of any such designation or determination, stockholders’ meetings shall be held at the Corporation’s principal executive office

 

Section 2.02            Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of directors and to transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03            Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.04            Notice of Meetings and Adjourned Meetings; Waivers of Notice. (a) Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended from time to time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) or these Bylaws, such notice shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. The Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting to another time or place (whether or not a quorum is present), and notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time, place, if any, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, are announced at the meeting at which such adjournment is made. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

 

 

 

(b)             A written waiver of any such notice signed by the person entitled thereto, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.05            Quorum. Unless otherwise provided under the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws and subject to the DGCL, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding securities of the Corporation generally entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of the meeting or a majority in voting interest of the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy may adjourn the meeting, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

 

Section 2.06            Voting. (a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and subject to the DGCL, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each outstanding share of capital stock of the Corporation held by such stockholder. Any share of capital stock of the Corporation held by the Corporation shall have no voting rights. Except as otherwise required by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast at the meeting on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Abstentions and broker non-votes shall not be counted as votes cast. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast in respect of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.

 

(b)             Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to a corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, appointed by an instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by his attorney thereunto authorized, or by proxy sent by cable, telegram or by any means of electronic communication permitted by law, which results in a writing from such stockholder or by his attorney, and delivered to the secretary of the meeting. No proxy shall be voted after three (3) years from its date, unless said proxy provides for a longer period.

 

Section 2.07            No Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be taken only upon the vote of stockholders at an annual or special meeting duly noticed and called in accordance with the DGCL, as amended from time to time, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws, and may not be taken by written consent of stockholders without a meeting.

 

 

 

 

Section 2.08            Organization. At each meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the Board of Directors, if one shall have been elected, or in the chairman’s absence or if one shall not have been elected, the director designated by the vote of the majority of the directors present at such meeting, shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary (or in the Secretary’s absence or inability to act, the person whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint secretary of the meeting) shall act as secretary of the meeting and keep the minutes thereof.

 

Section 2.09            Order of Business. The order of business at all meetings of stockholders shall be as determined by the chairman of the meeting.

 

Section 2.10            Nomination of Directors and Proposal of Other Business.

 

(a)                Annual Meetings of Stockholders. (i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors or the proposal of other business to be transacted by the stockholders at an annual meeting of stockholders may be made only (A) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (B) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, (C) with respect to Redwood Parent, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Seaport Global SPAC, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Stockholders Agreement by and among the Corporation and the stockholders party thereto, dated as of October 21, 2021 (the “Stockholders Agreement”) or (D) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in paragraph (ii) of this ‎Section 2.10(a) and at the time of the annual meeting, who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the procedures set forth in this ‎Section 2.10(a), and, except as otherwise required by law, any failure to comply with these procedures shall result in the nullification of such nomination or proposal. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.10 to the contrary, the advance notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.10 shall not apply with respect to the nomination of any director pursuant to and in accordance with the Stockholders Agreement (such a director, a “Designated Director”), and the nomination of a Designated Director shall instead by governed by the procedures set forth in the Stockholders Agreement.

 

(ii)                   For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting of stockholders by a stockholder pursuant to clause (D) of paragraph ‎(i) of this ‎Section 2.10(a), the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and any such proposed business (other than the nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors) must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders (which date shall, for purposes of the Corporation’s annual meeting of stockholders in the year of the closing of the merger contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2021, by and among the Corporation, Seaport Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Redwood Intermediate, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Redwood Parent, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, be deemed to have occurred on June 1, 2021 of such year); provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 days prior to such anniversary date or delayed more than 70 days after such anniversary date then to be timely such notice must be so delivered, or mailed and received, not later than the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or, if later, the 10th day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was first made. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of any meeting, or any announcement thereof, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. The number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the annual meeting (or in the case of a stockholder giving the notice on behalf of a beneficial owner, the number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the annual meeting on behalf of such beneficial owner) shall not exceed the number of directors to be elected as such annual meeting.

 

 

 

 

(iii)                   A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth (A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director: (1) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended (together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder), the “Exchange Act”) including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected; and (2) a reasonably detailed description of any compensatory, payment or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding that such person has with any other person or entity other than the Corporation including the amount of any payment or payments received or receivable thereunder, in each case in connection with candidacy or service as a director of the Corporation (a “Third-Party Compensation Arrangement”), (B) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the text of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made and (C) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made:

 

(1)                the name and address of such stockholder (as they appear on the Corporation’s books) and any such beneficial owner;

 

(2)                for each class or series, the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are held of record or are beneficially owned by such stockholder and by any such beneficial owner;

 

(3)                a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between or among such stockholder and any such beneficial owner, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such nomination or other business;

 

(4)                a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including, regardless of the form of settlement, any derivative, long or short positions, profit interests, forwards, futures, swaps, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding that has been made, the effect or intent of which is to create or mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or any such beneficial owner or any such nominee with respect to the Corporation’s securities;

 

 

 

 

(5)                a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring such nomination or other business before the meeting;

 

(6)                a representation as to whether such stockholder or any such beneficial owner intends or is part of a group that intends to (i) deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or to elect each such nominee and/or (ii) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination;

 

(7)                any other information relating to such stockholder, beneficial owner, if any, or director nominee or proposed business that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies in support of such nominee or proposal pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act; and

 

(8)                such other information relating to any proposed item of business as the Corporation may reasonably require to determine whether such proposed item of business is a proper matter for stockholder action.

 

If requested by the Corporation, the information required under clauses ‎2.10(a)(iii)(C)(2), ‎(3) and ‎(4) of the preceding sentence of this ‎Section 2.10 shall be supplemented by such stockholder and any such beneficial owner not later than 10 days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such information as of the record date.

 

(b)             Special Meetings of Stockholders. If the election of directors is included as business to be brought before a special meeting in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, then nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors at a special meeting of stockholders may be made by any stockholder who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this ‎Section 2.10(b) and at the time of the special meeting, who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the procedures set forth in this ‎Section 2.10(b); provided, however that the number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the special meeting (or in the case of a stockholder giving the notice on behalf of a beneficial owner, the number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the special meeting on behalf of such beneficial owner) shall not exceed the number of directors to be elected as such special meeting. For nominations to be properly brought by a stockholder before a special meeting of stockholders pursuant to this ‎Section 2.10(b), the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (A) not earlier than 150 days prior to the date of the special meeting nor (B) later than the later of 120 days prior to the date of the special meeting and the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the special meeting was first made. A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall comply with the notice requirements of ‎Section 2.10(a)(iii).

 

(c)             General. (i) To be eligible to be a nominee for election as a director, the proposed nominee must provide to the Secretary of the Corporation in accordance with the applicable time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under ‎Section 2.10(a)(ii) or ‎Section 2.10(b): (1) a completed D&O questionnaire (in the form provided by the Secretary of the Corporation at the request of the nominating stockholder) containing information regarding the nominee’s background and qualifications and such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation or to serve as an independent director of the Corporation, (2) a written representation that, unless previously disclosed to the Corporation, the nominee is not and will not become a party to any voting agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity as to how such nominee, if elected as a director, will vote on any issue or that could interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director, with his/her fiduciary duties under applicable law, (3) a written representation and agreement that, unless previously disclosed to the Corporation pursuant to ‎Section 2.10(a)(iii)(A)(2), the nominee is not and will not become a party to any Third-Party Compensation Arrangement and (4) a written representation that, if elected as a director, such nominee would be in compliance and will continue to comply with the Corporation’s corporate governance guidelines as disclosed on the Corporation’s website, as amended from time to time. At the request of the Board of Directors, any person nominated by the Board of Directors for election as a director shall furnish to the Secretary of the Corporation the information that is required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice of nomination that pertains to the nominee.

 

 

 

 

(ii)                   No person shall be eligible to be nominated by a stockholder to serve as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this ‎Section 2.10. No business proposed by a stockholder shall be conducted at a stockholder meeting except in accordance with this ‎Section 2.10.

 

(iii)                   The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws or that business was not properly brought before the meeting, and if he/she should so determine, he/she shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded or such business shall not be transacted, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this ‎Section 2.10, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or other proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded or such proposed business shall not be transacted, as the case may be, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation and counted for purposes of determining a quorum. For purposes of this ‎Section 2.10, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

 

(iv)                   Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this ‎Section 2.10, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to the matters set forth in this ‎Section 2.10; provided, however, that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this ‎Section 2.10, and compliance with paragraphs ‎(a)(i)(C) and ‎(b) of this ‎Section 2.10 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than as provided in ‎Section 2.10(c)(v)).

 

(v)                   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the notice requirements set forth herein with respect to the proposal of any business pursuant to this ‎Section 2.10 shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder if such stockholder has submitted a proposal to the Corporation in compliance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, and such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for the meeting of stockholders.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III.

Directors

 

Section 3.01            General Powers. Except as otherwise provided in the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3.02            Number, Election and Term of Office. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation and the Stockholders Agreement, the number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time solely by resolution adopted by the Board. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and the Stockholders Agreement, each director shall serve for a term expiring on the date of the first annual meeting of stockholders next following the annual meeting at which such director was elected. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each director shall hold office until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

Section 3.03            Quorum and Manner of Acting. Unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws require a greater number, a majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors and, except as otherwise expressly required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place (whether or not a quorum is present), notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat shall adjourn the meeting, from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

Section 3.04            Time and Place of Meetings. The Board of Directors shall hold its meetings at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors (or the chairman of the Board of Directors in the absence of a determination by the Board of Directors).

 

Section 3.05            Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of organization, the election of officers and the transaction of other business, as soon as practicable after each annual meeting of stockholders, on the same day and at the same place where such annual meeting shall be held. Notice of such meeting need not be given. In the event such annual meeting is not so held, the annual meeting of the Board of Directors may be held at such place either within or without the State of Delaware, on such date and at such time as shall be specified in a notice thereof given as hereinafter provided in ‎Section 3.07 herein or in a waiver of notice thereof signed by any director who chooses to waive the requirement of notice.

 

Section 3.06            Regular Meetings. After the place and time of regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall have been determined and notice thereof shall have been once given to each member of the Board of Directors, regular meetings may be held without further notice being given.

 

Section 3.07            Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the chairman of the Board of Directors or the President and shall be called by the chairman of the Board of Directors, President or the Secretary, on the written request of three directors. Notice of special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least 24 hours before the date of the meeting in such manner as is determined by the Board of Directors.

 

 

 

 

Section 3.08            Committees. Subject to the Stockholders Agreement, the Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (a) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to the stockholders for approval or (b) adopting, amending or repealing any Bylaw of the Corporation. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, the Stockholders Agreement, these Bylaws or the resolution of the Board designating the committee, any committee may create one or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the committee, and may delegate to any such subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the committee.

 

Section 3.09            Action by Consent. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and any consent may be documented, signed and delivered in any manner permitted by Section 116 of the DGCL. After an action is taken, the consent or consents relating thereto shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee in the same paper or electronic form as the minutes are maintained.

 

Section 3.10            Remote Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or such committee, as the case may be, by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

Section 3.11            Resignation. Any director may resign from the Board of Directors at any time by giving notice to the Board of Directors and the Secretary of the Corporation. Any such notice must be in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors and the Secretary of the Corporation. The resignation of any director shall take effect upon receipt of notice thereof or at such later time as shall be specified in such notice; and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

Section 3.12            Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or the Stockholders Agreement, vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal or otherwise and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall, except as otherwise required by law, be filled solely by a majority of the directors then in office (although less than a quorum) or by the sole remaining director, and each director so elected shall hold office for a term expiring on the date of the next following the annual meeting. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in accordance with the DGCL. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or the Stockholders Agreement, when one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have the power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as provided in the filling of the other vacancies.

 

 

 

 

Section 3.13            Removal. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or the Stockholders Agreement, no director may be removed from office other than by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote on the election of such director, voting together as a single class.

 

Section 3.14            Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have authority to fix the compensation of directors, including fees and reimbursement of expenses.

 

Section 3.15            Chairman of the Board of Directors. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08 herein, the chairman of the Board of Directors shall have the power to preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and duties as provided herein and as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. The chairman of the Board may or may not be an officer of the Corporation.

 

Section 3.16            Lead Independent Director. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, elect a lead independent director from among its members that are Independent Directors (as defined below) (such director, the “Lead Independent Director”). The Lead Independent Director shall preside at all meetings at which the chairman of the Board of Directors is not present and shall exercise such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board or as prescribed by these Bylaws. For purposes of these Bylaws, “Independent Director” has the meaning ascribed to such term under the rules of the exchange upon which the Corporation’s Common Stock is primarily traded.

 

ARTICLE IV.
Officers

 

Section 4.01            Principal Officers. The principal officers of the Corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Treasurer and a Secretary who shall have the duty, among other things, to record the proceedings of the meetings of stockholders and directors in a book kept for that purpose. The Corporation may also have such other principal officers, including one or more Controllers, as the Board of Directors may in its discretion appoint. One person may hold the offices and perform the duties of any two or more of said offices.

 

Section 4.02            Appointment, Term of Office and Remuneration. The principal officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the Board of Directors or in the manner determined by the Board of Directors. Each such officer shall hold office until his or her successor is appointed, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. The remuneration of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in any office shall be filled in such manner as the Board of Directors shall determine.

 

Section 4.03            Delegation of Authority. In addition to the principal officers enumerated in ‎Section 4.01 herein, the Corporation may have one or more Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Controllers and such other subordinate officers, agents and employees as the Board of Directors may deem necessary, each of whom shall hold office for such period as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. The Board of Directors may delegate to any principal officer the power to appoint and to remove any such subordinate officers, agents or employees. The Board may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer of the Corporation to any other officers or agents of the Corporation, notwithstanding any provision hereof.

 

 

 

 

Section 4.04            Removal. Except as otherwise permitted with respect to subordinate officers, any officer may be removed, with or without cause, at any time, by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.05            Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice to the Board of Directors and the Secretary of the Corporation. Any such notice must be in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors and the Secretary of the Corporation. The resignation of any officer shall take effect upon receipt of notice thereof or at such later time as shall be specified in such notice; and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

Section 4.06            Powers and Duties. The officers of the Corporation shall have such powers and perform such duties incident to each of their respective offices and such other duties as may from time to time be conferred upon or assigned to them by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE V.
CAPITAL STOCK

 

Section 5.01            Certificates For Stock; Uncertificated Shares. The shares of the Corporation shall be uncertificated, provided that the Board by resolution may provide that some or all of the shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates. Certificates for the shares of stock, if any, shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock represented by a certificate shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, any two officers authorized to sign stock certificates representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. The chairman or vice chairman of the Board, the president, vice president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the secretary or any assistant secretary of the Corporation shall be specifically authorized to sign stock certificates. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. A Corporation shall not have power to issue a certificate in bearer form.

 

Section 5.02            Lost Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

 

Section 5.03            Shares Without Certificates. The Corporation may adopt a system of issuance, recordation and transfer of its shares of stock by electronic or other means not involving the issuance of certificates, provided the use of such system by the Corporation is permitted in accordance with applicable law.

 

Section 5.04            Transfer Of Shares. Shares of the stock of the Corporation may be transferred on the record of stockholders of the Corporation by the holder thereof or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney upon surrender of a certificate therefor properly endorsed or upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of uncertificated shares or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney and upon compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form, unless waived by the Corporation.

 

 

 

 

Section 5.05            Authority for Additional Rules Regarding Transfer. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificated or uncertificated shares of the stock of the Corporation, as well as for the issuance of new certificates in lieu of those which may be lost or destroyed, and may require of any stockholder requesting replacement of lost or destroyed certificates, bond in such amount and in such form as they may deem expedient to indemnify the Corporation, and/or the transfer agents, and/or the registrars of its stock against any claims arising in connection therewith.

 

ARTICLE VI.
General Provisions

 

Section 6.01            Fixing the Record Date. (a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing such record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may in its discretion or as required by law fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall fix the same date or an earlier date as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting.

 

(b)                In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

Section 6.02            Dividends. Subject to limitations contained in the DGCL and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of capital stock of the Corporation, which dividends may be paid either in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock of the Corporation.

 

Section 6.03            Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on January 1 and end on December 31 of each year.

 

 

 

 

Section 6.04            Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or otherwise reproduced.

 

Section 6.05            Voting of Stock Owned by the Corporation. The Board of Directors may authorize any person, on behalf of the Corporation, to attend, vote at and grant proxies to be used at any meeting of stockholders of any corporation (except this Corporation) in which the Corporation may hold stock.

 

Section 6.06            Amendments. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, repeal, alter, amend and rescind, in whole or in part, these Bylaws without the assent or vote of the stockholders in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware or the Certificate of Incorporation. The stockholders may make, repeal, alter, amend or rescind, in whole or in part, these Bylaws; provided, however, that, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of capital stock of the Corporation or any particular class or series thereof required by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at an election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required in order for the stockholders of the Corporation to alter, amend or repeal, in whole or in part, any provision of these Bylaws or to adopt any provision inconsistent therewith.

 

Section 6.07            Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, then such provision shall nonetheless be enforced to the maximum extent possible consistent with such holding and the remaining provisions of these Bylaws (including without limitation, all portions of any section of these Bylaws containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation, that are not themselves invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation) shall remain in full force and effect.

 

ARTICLE VII.
Notices

 

Section 7.01            Form and Delivery. Except as otherwise specifically required in these Bylaws or by applicable law, all notices required to be given pursuant to these Bylaws may in every instance in connection with any delivery to a member of the Board of Directors, be effectively given by hand delivery (including use of a delivery service), by depositing such notice in the mail, postage prepaid, or by sending such notice by overnight express courier, facsimile, electronic mail or other form of electronic transmission. Whenever, by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, such notice may be given in writing directed to such stockholder’s mailing address or by electronic transmission directed to such stockholder’s electronic mail address, as applicable, as it appears on the records of the Corporation or by such other form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder. A notice to a stockholder shall be deemed given as follows: (a) if mailed, when the notice is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, (b) if delivered by courier service, the earlier of when the notice is received or left at such stockholder’s address, (c) if given by electronic mail, when directed to such stockholder’s electronic mail address unless the stockholder has notified the corporation in writing or by electronic transmission of an objection to receiving notice by electronic mail or such notice is prohibited by Section 232(e) of the DGCL, and (d) if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given, (i) if by facsimile transmission, when directed to a number at which such stockholder has consented to receive notice, (ii) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specified posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice, and (iii) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to such stockholder. A stockholder may revoke such stockholder’s consent to receiving notice by means of electronic transmission by giving written notice or by electronic transmission of such revocation to the Corporation. A notice may not be given by an electronic transmission from and after the time that (x) the Corporation is unable to deliver by such electronic transmission two consecutive notices and (y) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, the inadvertent failure to discover such inability shall not invalidate any meeting or other action. Any notice given by electronic mail must include a prominent legend that the communication is an important notice regarding the Corporation.

 

 

 

 

Section 7.02            Affidavit of Giving Notice. An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given in writing or by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

 

Section 7.03            Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver of notice, signed by the person entitled to notice, or waiver by electronic transmission by such person, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any waiver of notice.

 

ARTICLE VIII.
INTERESTED DIRECTORS

 

Section 8.01            Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its members of the Board or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are members of the board of directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board or committee thereof that authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if: (a) the material facts as to his, her or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board or the committee, and the Board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; (b) the material facts as to his, her or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (c) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board, a committee thereof, or the stockholders.

 

Section 8.02            Quorum. Interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes a contract or transaction described in Section 8.01.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

 

STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

 

THIS STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of the 22nd day of October, 2021, by and among Seaport Global Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Seaport”), Redwood Holdco, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Seller”), and each of the Persons listed on Schedule A hereto and any additional Person that becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.18 hereof.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Seaport is party to that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2021 (as it may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among Seaport, Seller, Redwood Intermediate, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Redwood”) and Seaport Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which (and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein), among other things, (i) the Merger Sub will merge with and into Redwood (the “Merger”), with Redwood surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary (the “Surviving Company”) of Seaport, by virtue of the Merger, former stockholders of Seaport and former unitholders of Redwood will receive newly issued shares of Acquiror Common Stock and (ii) following the consummation of the Merger, Seaport will be renamed “Redbox Automated Retail” (Seaport following the consummation of the Merger, the “Company.”) (Terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Business Combination Agreement);

 

WHEREAS, as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the “Closing”), the Seller Stockholder (as defined below) and the Sponsor Stockholder (as defined below) will become a stockholder of the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition to the Closing that the parties hereto enter into this Agreement, to be effective upon the Closing.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and the mutual agreements and understandings set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                  Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:

 

1.1              Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, (a) any Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person or (b) in the event that the specified Person is a natural Person, a member of the immediate family of such Person; provided, that (i) the Company and each of its subsidiaries shall be deemed not to be Affiliates of any Investor Stockholder and (ii) “portfolio companies” (as such term is customarily used among institutional investors) in which any Investor Stockholder or any of its Affiliates has an investment (whether as debt or equity) shall not be deemed an Affiliate of such Investor Stockholder. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

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1.2              Apollo Funds” shall mean Apollo Investment Fund VIII, L.P., Apollo Overseas Partners (Delaware 892) VIII, L.P., Apollo Overseas Partners (Delaware) VIII, L.P. and Apollo Overseas Partners VIII, L.P.

 

1.3              Bylaws” shall mean the Bylaws of the Company as in effect on the Closing and thereafter from time to time amended in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and pursuant to applicable law.

 

1.4              Certificate of Incorporation” shall mean the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company as in effect on the Closing and thereafter from time to time amended in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and pursuant to applicable law.

 

1.5              Company Confidential Information” means any confidential and proprietary information, documents and materials of the Company and its Subsidiaries and all of the foregoing’s respective employees, officers, directors, managers, consultants, representatives, analyses, models, securities positions, purchases, sales, investments, activities, business, affairs or other transactions or matters, in each case that are provided by or on behalf of the Company.

 

1.6              Company Shares” shall mean the Acquiror Common Stock and any securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for (in each case, directly or indirectly), Acquiror Common Stock, including options and warrants.

 

1.7              Director” shall mean a member of the Company Board.

 

1.8              Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

1.9              “Fall Away Event” shall mean the date on which the Percentage Interest of the HPS Stockholder falls below fifty percent (50%) of the Percentage Interest of the HPS Stockholder as of immediately following the Closing.

 

1.10          HPS Director” shall mean an individual elected as a Director to the Company Board that has been nominated or appointed by the HPS Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement.

 

1.11          HPS Stockholder” shall mean HPS Investment Partners, LLC together with its successors and any Permitted Transferee thereof.

 

1.12          Initial Sponsor Shares” shall mean the aggregate number of Company Shares beneficially owned by the Sponsor Stockholder immediately following the Closing.

 

1.13          Investor Director” shall mean any of the Seller Directors, the Sponsor Directors and the HPS Director.

 

1.14          Investor Stockholder” shall mean any of the Seller Stockholder, the Sponsor Stockholder and the HPS Stockholder

 

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1.15          Necessary Action” shall mean, with respect to a specified result, all actions (to the extent such actions are permitted by Law and do not conflict with the terms of this Agreement) necessary to cause such result, including (i) voting or providing a written consent or proxy with respect to the Company Shares, (ii) causing the adoption of stockholders’ resolutions and amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation, (iii) executing agreements and instruments, (iv) causing the members of the Company Board to take such actions (to the extent allowed by Delaware law) and/or (v) making, or causing to be made, with governmental, administrative or regulatory authorities, all filings, registrations, publications or similar actions that are required to achieve such result. 

 

1.16          Percentage Interest” shall mean, with respect to any Investor Stockholder at any time, the percentage reflecting the share of such Investor Stockholder’s economic interest in the aggregate issued and outstanding Company Shares.

 

1.17          Permitted Transferee” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) any Affiliate, direct or indirect limited partner, direct or indirect member or direct or indirect stockholder of such Person, (ii) with respect to any Person that is an investment fund, vehicle or similar entity, (x) any other investment fund, vehicle or similar entity of which such Person or an Affiliate, advisor or manager of such Person serves as the general partner, manager or advisor and (y) any direct or indirect limited partner or investor in such investment fund, vehicle or similar entity or any direct or indirect limited partner or investor in any other investment fund, vehicle or similar entity of which such Person or an Affiliate, advisor or manager of such Person serves as the general partner, manager or advisor (provided, however, that in no event shall any “portfolio companies” (as such term is customarily used in the private equity industry) of any Investor Stockholder or any entity that is controlled by a “portfolio company” of an Investor Stockholder constitute a Permitted Transferee) and (iii) in the case of any Person who is an individual, (x) any successor by death or (y) any trust, partnership, limited liability company or similar entity solely for the benefit of such individual or such individual’s spouse or lineal descendants, provided that such individual acts as trustee, general partner or managing member and retains the sole power to direct the voting and disposition of the transferred Company Shares; provided, however, that “Permitted Transferee” with respect to the HPS Stockholder shall have the meaning ascribed to the term “HPS Permitted Transferee” in that certain Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2021, by and among Outerwall Holdings, LLC, Sponsor and each of the Holders that are parties thereto.

 

1.18          Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association or other entity.

 

1.19          Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

1.20          Seller Director” shall mean an individual elected to the Company Board that has been nominated or appointed by the Seller Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement.

 

1.21          Seller Stockholder” shall mean the Seller together with its successors and any Permitted Transferee that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 7.18.

 

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1.22          Sponsor Director” shall mean an individual elected to the Company Board that has been nominated or appointed by the Sponsor Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement.

 

1.23          Sponsor Stockholder” shall mean Seaport Global SPAC, LLC together with its successors and any Permitted Transferee that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 7.18.

 

2.                  Company Board.

 

2.1              Each Director of the Company shall serve for the time periods set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws. Without limiting the Seller Stockholder’s or the Sponsor Stockholder’s rights pursuant to this Section 2, the Company Board may increase or decrease its size in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. The Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and the organizational documents of the Company’s Subsidiaries, as they may be amended from time to time subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, shall not at any time be inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement.

 

2.2              Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, from and after the Closing:

 

(a)               for so long as the Percentage Interest of the Seller Stockholder is (i) at least thirty five percent (35%), the Seller Stockholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate for election to the Company Board four (4) Directors (at least one of which shall be Independent); (ii) at least twenty-five percent (25%), the Seller Stockholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate for election to the Company Board three (3) Directors (at least one of which shall be Independent); (iii) at least fifteen percent (15%), the Seller Stockholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate for election to the Company Board two (2) Directors (at least one of which shall be Independent); and (iv) at least five percent (5%), the Seller Stockholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate for election to the Company Board one (1) Director (any such nominee pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), a “Seller Nominee” and any Seller Nominee that is elected as a Director, a “Seller Director”). No delay by the Seller Stockholder in nominating its Seller Nominee pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) shall impair its right to subsequently nominate its Seller Nominees pursuant to this Section 2.2(a). In the event that the Seller Stockholder has nominated less than the total number of nominees the Seller Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate pursuant to this Section 2.2(a), the Seller Stockholder shall have the right, at any time, to nominate such additional nominees to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company and the Directors shall take all Necessary Action, to enable the Seller Stockholder to nominate and effect the election or appointment of such additional individuals;

 

(b)               for so long as the Sponsor Stockholder beneficially owns, in the aggregate, a number of Company Shares equal to or greater than (i) seventy five percent (75%) of the total number of Initial Sponsor Shares, the Sponsor Stockholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate for election to the Company Board two (2) Directors (at least one of which shall be Independent) and (ii) fifty percent (50%) of the total number of Initial Sponsor Shares, the Sponsor Stockholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate for election to the Company Board one (1) Director (any such nominee pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), a “Sponsor Nominee.”) In the event that the Sponsor Stockholder has nominated less than the total number of nominees the Sponsor Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate pursuant to this Section 2.2(b), the Sponsor Stockholder shall have the right, at any time, to nominate such additional nominees to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company and the Directors shall take all Necessary Action to enable the Sponsor Stockholder to nominate and effect the election or appointment of such additional individuals; and

 

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(c)               (i) for so long as the Percentage Interest of the HPS Stockholder is at least fifty percent (50%) of the Percentage Interest of the HPS Stockholder as of immediately following the Closing, the HPS Stockholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate for election to the Company Board one (1) Director (any such nominee a “HPS Director Nominee”), and (ii) until the occurrence of the later of (A) the Termination Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement, dated October 20, 2017, by and among Redwood Intermediate LLC, Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, HPS Investment Partners, LLC, in its capacity as Administrative Agent, and each of the Lenders party thereto, as amended) and (B) following the Fall Away Event, the date on which the Percentage Interest of the HPS Stockholder falls below twenty five percent (25%) of the Percentage Interest of the HPS Stockholder as of immediately following the Closing, the HPS Stockholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to designate one (1) non-voting observer to the Company Board who is reasonably satisfactory to the Company (any such designee, a “HPS Board Observer”). The HPS Board Observer shall be invited to attend all meetings of the Company Board and any committee of the Company Board. The Company shall provide to the HPS Board Observer copies of all documents, including notices, board books, minutes, resolutions, consents and other materials, pertaining to any meeting of the Company Board or, as the case may be, committee of the Company Board that are provided to members of the Company Board or such committee and shall provide such materials at substantially the same time as they are provided to members of the Company Board. The Company reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude such HPS Board Observer from any meeting or portion thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting would adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a conflict of interest. The HPS Board Observer shall not have the right to vote on any matter and the attendance of the HPS Board Observer shall not be required for purposes of taking any action at any meeting of the Company Board or for determining the existence of a quorum. Additionally, at its option, the HPS Stockholder shall have the right to direct that the HPS Director Nominee be appointed as a director or manager, or equivalent, at any subsidiary of the Company, that has a board of directors or board of managers. No delay by the HPS Stockholder in nominating its HPS Director Nominee or designating its HPS Board Observer pursuant to this Section 2.2(c) shall impair its right to subsequently nominate its HPS Director Nominee or designate its HPS Board Observer pursuant to this Section 2.2(c). In the event that the HPS Stockholder has nominated or designated, as applicable, less than the total number of nominees or designees, as applicable, the HPS Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate or designate, as applicable, pursuant to this Section 2.2(c), the HPS Stockholder shall have the right, at any time, to nominate or designate, as applicable, such additional nominees or designees, as applicable, to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company and the Directors shall take all Necessary Action, to enable the HPS Stockholder to nominate and effect the election, designation or appointment of such additional individuals.

 

2.3              Chairman. The chairman of the Board (the “Chairman”) shall preside over all meetings of the Board. For long as the Seller Stockholder has the right to nominate for election to the Company Board at least two (2) Directors in accordance with Section 2.2(a), the Seller Stockholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to determine the Director who shall serve as the Chairman.

 

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2.4              Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Company Board shall designate a nominating and corporate governance committee (the “Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee”) to, among other things and subject to applicable provisions of law, (a) identify individuals qualified to become Directors, consistent with criteria approved by the Company Board, (b) recommend to the Company Board for approval Director nominees, consistent with the Company’s Director qualifications criteria and any other obligations under the Company’s contractual arrangements (including, but not limited to, this Agreement), (c) develop and recommend to the Company Board for approval corporate governance guidelines applicable to the Company and (d) oversee the evaluation of the Company Board. Subject to applicable law and any other law, rule or regulation applicable to the Company (including the rules and regulations of any securities exchange on the which the Company Shares are listed), the majority of the members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall consist of Seller Directors for so long as the Seller Stockholder has the right to nominate for election to the Company Board at least one Director in accordance with Section 2.2(a).

 

2.5              Removal; Resignation. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, an Investor Director may be removed from the Company Board only upon the written request of the Investor Stockholder entitled to nominate such individual pursuant to Section 2.2. Any Investor Director may resign at any time upon notice to the Company. If any Investor Stockholder that is entitled to nominate an Investor Director hereunder notifies the Company that such Investor Stockholder desires to remove such Investor Director previously nominated by such Investor Stockholder, with or without cause, then such Director shall be removed from the Company Board and the parties shall take all Necessary Action to cause such removal of such Director, including voting all Company Shares in favor of, or executing a written consent authorizing, such removal.

 

2.6              Vacancies. In the event that a vacancy is created on the Company Board at any time by the death, disability, retirement, resignation or removal of any Investor Director, each party shall take all Necessary Action as will result in the election or appointment as an Investor Director of an individual designated to fill such vacancy and serve as an Investor Director by the applicable Investor Stockholder, that had, pursuant to Section 2.2, designated the Investor Director whose death, disability, retirement, resignation or removal resulted in such vacancy on the Company Board. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the director position for such Investor Director shall not be filled pending such designation and appointment, unless the applicable Investor Stockholder fails to designate such Nominee for more than fifteen (15) days, after which the Company may appoint a successor Director until the applicable Investor Stockholder makes such designation.

 

2.7              Expenses; Indemnification; Insurance.

 

(a)               The Company shall cause the Investor Directors to be reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their attendance at meetings of the Company Board and any committees thereof, including travel, lodging and meal expenses.

 

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(b)               For so long as an Investor Director is serving as a Director, (i) the Company shall provide such director with the same expense reimbursement, benefits, indemnity, exculpation and other arrangements provided to the other Directors and (ii) the Company shall not amend, alter or repeal any right to indemnification or exculpation covering or benefiting such Investor Director as and to the extent consistent with applicable Law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and any indemnification agreements with directors (whether such right is contained in such organizational documents or another document) (except to the extent such amendment or alteration permits the Company to provide broader indemnification or exculpation rights on a retroactive basis than permitted prior thereto).

 

(c)               The Company shall (i) purchase directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in an amount determined by the Company Board to be reasonable and customary and (ii) for so long as Investor Director serves as a Director, maintain such coverage with respect to such Investor Directors; provided that upon removal or resignation of such Investor Director for any reason, the Company shall take all actions reasonably necessary to extend such directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for a period of not less than six (6) years from any such event in respect of any act or omission occurring at or prior to such event.

 

2.8            Further Actions.

 

(a)               The Company hereby agrees to take all Necessary Action to (i) call, or cause the Company Board to call, a meeting of stockholders of the Company as may be necessary to cause the election as Directors of those individuals so designated in accordance with the provisions of this Article 2 and (ii) include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Company Board for election at any meeting of stockholders (and in any election by written consent) called for the purpose of electing directors the persons nominated pursuant to this Section 2 and to nominate and recommend each such individual to be elected as a Director as provided herein, and to use the same efforts to cause the election of such Nominees as it uses to cause other nominees recommended by the Company Board to be elected, including soliciting proxies or consents in favor thereof.

 

(b)               Each Investor Stockholder hereby agrees to take all Necessary Action to, and to vote all Company Shares owned or held of record by such Investor Stockholder at any such meeting of stockholders of the Company, or take all actions by written consent in lieu of any such meeting as may be necessary, to cause the Company to elect as Directors those individuals included in the slate of nominees proposed by the Company Board to the Company’s stockholders for each election of Directors, including the Nominees designated in accordance with this Article 2, and to otherwise effect the intent of the provisions of this Article 2.

 

2.9              Restrictions on Other Agreements. No Investor Stockholder shall grant any proxy or enter into or agree to be bound by any voting trust with respect to the Company Shares nor shall any Investor Stockholder enter into any other agreements or arrangements of any kind with any Person with respect to the Company Shares on terms which conflict with the provisions of this Agreement (whether or not such proxy, voting trust, agreements or arrangements are with other Stockholders that are not parties to this Agreement or otherwise).

 

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3.                [Intentionally Omitted].

 

4.                Certain Other Agreements.

 

4.1              Books and Records; Access. The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books, records and accounts, in which full and correct entries shall be made of all financial transactions and the assets and business of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, subject to Section 4.3 hereof. For each of the Seller Stockholder and the Sponsor Stockholder, (a) in the case of the Seller Stockholder, for so long as the Seller Stockholder has the right to nominate a Seller Nominee, and (b) in the case of the Sponsor Stockholder, for so long as the Sponsor Stockholder has the right to nominate a Sponsor Nominee, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, (A) permit the Seller Stockholder or the Sponsor Stockholder, as applicable, and, in each case, its respective designated representatives, at reasonable times and upon reasonable prior notice to the Company, to inspect, review and/or make copies and extracts from the books and records of the Company or any of such Subsidiaries and to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of the Company or any of such Subsidiaries with the officers of the Company or any such Subsidiary and (B) upon the written request of the Seller Stockholder or the Sponsor Stockholder, provide the Seller Stockholder or the Sponsor Stockholder, as applicable, in addition to other information that might be reasonably requested by the Seller Stockholder or the Sponsor Stockholder, as applicable, from time to time, (i) direct access to the Company’s auditors and officers, (ii) quarter-end reports to be provided within 45 days after the end of each quarter, (iii) copies of all materials provided to the Company Board (or committee of the Company Board) at the same time as provided to the Directors (or members of a committee of the Company Board), (iv) access to appropriate officers and Directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such times as may be requested by the Seller Stockholder or the Sponsor Stockholder, as applicable, as the case may be, for consultation with the Seller Stockholder or the Sponsor Stockholder, as applicable, with respect to matters relating to the business and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (v) information in advance with respect to any significant corporate actions, including, without limitation, extraordinary dividends, stock redemptions or repurchases, mergers, acquisitions or dispositions of assets, issuances of significant amounts of debt or equity and material amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or the organizational documents of any of its Subsidiaries, and to provide the Seller Stockholder or the Sponsor Stockholder, as applicable, with the right to consult with the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to such actions, (vi) flash data to be provided within ten days after the end of each quarter and (vii) to the extent otherwise prepared by the Company, operating and capital expenditure budgets and periodic information packages relating to the operations and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries (all such information so furnished pursuant to this Section 4.1, the “Information”); provided, that each of the Seller Stockholder and the Sponsor Stockholder may waive, in their sole discretion, in whole or in part, any right to receive all or any portion of the Information contemplated by this Section 4.1 at any time. The Company agrees to consider, in good faith, the recommendations of the Seller Stockholder or the Sponsor Stockholder in connection with the matters on which the Company is consulted as described above. Subject to Section 4.2, any Affiliate of the Seller Stockholder or the Sponsor Stockholder (and any party receiving Information from the Seller Stockholder or the Sponsor Stockholder) who shall receive Information shall maintain the confidentiality of such Information in accordance with Section 4.3, and the Company shall not be required to disclose any privileged Information of the Company so long as the Company has used its commercially reasonable efforts to enter into an arrangement pursuant to which it may provide such information to the Seller Stockholder and the Sponsor Stockholder without the loss of any such privilege.

 

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4.2              Sharing of Information. Individuals associated with each of the Seller Stockholder and the Sponsor Stockholder may from time to time serve on the Company Board or the equivalent governing body of the Company’s Subsidiaries. The Company, on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries, recognizes that such individuals (a) will from time to time receive non-public information concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries and (b) may (subject to the obligation to maintain the confidentiality of such information in accordance with Section 4.3) share such information with other individuals associated with the Seller Stockholder and the Sponsor Stockholder, as applicable. Such sharing will be for the dual purpose of facilitating support to such individuals in their capacity as Directors (or members of the governing body of any Subsidiary) and enabling the Seller Stockholder and the Sponsor Stockholder, as applicable, as equityholders, to better evaluate the Company’s performance and prospects. The Company, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, hereby irrevocably consents to such sharing.

 

4.3              Confidential Information.

 

(a)               Confidentiality Obligation. Each of the Seller Stockholder and the Sponsor Stockholder agrees that all Company Confidential Information is proprietary and confidential to the Company. The (x) Sponsor Stockholder (on behalf of itself, its Affiliates and its Representatives) agrees that it will not, during or after the term of this Agreement, whether through an Affiliate, Representative or otherwise, use Company Confidential Information or disclose Company Confidential Information to any Person for any reason or purpose whatsoever and (y) the Seller Stockholder (on behalf of itself, its Affiliates and its Representatives) (the Sponsor Stockholder in clause (x) and the Seller Stockholder in clause (y), the “Receiving Party”) agrees that it will not, during or after the term of this Agreement, whether through an Affiliate, Representative or otherwise, use Company Confidential Information or disclose Company Confidential Information to any Person for any reason or purpose whatsoever, except, in the case of each of clauses (x) and (y):

 

(i) to authorized representatives and employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries and as otherwise is proper in the course of performing the Receiving Party’s obligations hereunder or under any other agreement between such Receiving Party and the Company or its Subsidiaries, or as a member of the board of directors of any of the foregoing for the purpose of discharging such member’s fiduciary or other duties to the Company or its Subsidiaries, provided such member acts in good faith and in a manner such member reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Company or its Subsidiaries;

 

(ii) as part of such Receiving Party’s bona fide reporting or review procedures, or in connection with such Receiving Party’s or its Affiliates’ bona fide fund raising or marketing (subject to the recipients thereof being bound by substantially similar confidentiality obligations and use restrictions as set forth herein);

 

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(iii) in accordance with Section 4.2;

 

(iv) to such Receiving Party’s (or any of its Affiliates’) general partners, partners, managing directors, managers, officers, directors, employees, principals, Representatives, agents, auditors, attorneys or other advisors on a “need to know” basis; provided, that the Receiving Party shall notify such Persons of the confidential nature of such Company Confidential Information and its obligations hereunder and instruct such Persons to abide by the confidentiality and use restrictions set forth herein applicable to such Persons (unless such Persons are otherwise already bound by a duty of confidentiality to such Receiving Party),

 

(v) to any bona fide prospective purchaser of the Receiving Party or assets of the Receiving Party or its Affiliates or the Company Shares held by such Investor Stockholder, or bona fide prospective merger partner of such Receiving Party or its Affiliates; provided, that such bona fide prospective purchaser or bona fide prospective merger partner agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 4.3;

 

(vi) in connection with the performance of any party’s obligations under this Agreement; or

 

(vii) as is required to be disclosed by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, administrative body or governmental body, or by subpoena, summons or legal process, or by law, rule or regulation (including as part of any governmental or regulatory investigation or review, or to comply with SEC rules or regulations); provided, that the Receiving Party required to make such disclosure shall, to the extent legally permissible, provide to the Company and the Seller Stockholder prompt written notice of any such requirement and shall cooperate with the Company and the Seller Stockholder in seeking a protective order or other appropriate remedy, to the extent applicable.

 

(b)               Compliance of and Liability for Affiliates and Representatives. Each of the Seller Stockholder and the Sponsor Stockholder shall cause their respective Affiliates to abide by and comply with the provisions of this Section 4.3. The Sponsor Stockholder shall with respect to the Company Confidential Information, be liable to the Company for any and all breaches of the confidentiality and use restrictions set forth herein by the Sponsor Stockholder, its Affiliates and its and their Representatives, for any and all breaches of the confidentiality and use restrictions set forth herein by the Sponsor Stockholder, its Affiliates and its and their Representatives. The Seller Stockholder shall, with respect to the Company Confidential Information, be liable to the Company for any and all breaches of the confidentiality and use restrictions set forth herein by the Seller Stockholder, its Affiliates, and its and their Representatives. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or otherwise, any liability for breach of this Section 4.3 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and shall continue in effect forthwith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person (including any investment fund managed by the Receiving Party or its Affiliates or any portfolio company of any such investment fund) shall be deemed to be a Representative of the Receiving Party for purposes of this Section 4.3 or have any obligation hereunder unless such Person actually receives Company Confidential Information, from, or on behalf of, the Receiving Party. Further, no Affiliate or portfolio company of the Receiving Party shall be deemed to be a Representative hereunder for purposes of this Section 4.3 solely due to the fact that one of the Receiving Party’s employees who has received or had access to Company Confidential, serves as an officer or member of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of such Affiliate or portfolio company; provided, that such employee does not provide Company Confidential Information, to the other directors, officers or employees of such Affiliate or portfolio company.

 

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(c)               For purposes of this Section 4.3, “Company Confidential Information” shall not include, with respect to any Person, information: (A) which such Person (or its Affiliates) can demonstrate was already in the possession of such Person (or its Affiliates) prior to its receipt from the Company or any Subsidiary thereof lawfully and from a source not subject to any confidentiality obligation to such Person, the Company, the Seller Stockholder, their respective Affiliates or the foregoing’s respective Representatives, (B) which such Person (or its Affiliates) can demonstrate was learned from sources other than the Company, the Seller Stockholder, their respective Affiliates or the foregoing’s respective Representatives and, that to the knowledge of such Person (or its Affiliates), is not bound by any duty of confidentiality to any Person in respect of such information, after such information was disclosed by the Company or its Subsidiaries, (C) which is or becomes generally available to the public or the participants in the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries participate, other than as a result of a disclosure by such Person, any of its Affiliates or any of its or its Affiliates’ respective Representatives in violation hereof or (D) which is independently developed by such Person or its Affiliates without use, reliance upon or reference to Company Confidential Information.

 

5.                  Consent to Certain Actions.

 

5.1              Subject to the provisions of Section 5.2, and in addition to any other consent or approval that may be required under the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Outerwall Holdings, LLC, dated as of February 22, 2021 (as amended) and the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Redwood Holdco GP, LLC, dated as of February 22, 2021 (as amended), without the prior written approval of Seller Stockholder, the Company shall not, and shall (to the extent applicable) cause each of its Subsidiaries not to:

 

(a)               amend, modify or repeal (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of its Subsidiaries in a manner that disproportionately adversely affects Seller Stockholder relative to other Investor Stockholders;

 

(b)               issue additional equity interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than (A) any award under any stockholder-approved equity compensation plan, (B) any award under an equity compensation plan approved by a majority of the Seller Nominees, or (C) any intra-company issuance among the Company and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries;

 

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(c)               make any payment or declaration of any dividend or other distribution on any shares of Company Shares or entering into any recapitalization transaction, the primary purpose of which is to pay a dividend;

 

(d)               merge or consolidate with or into any other entity, or transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise) all or substantially all of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets, taken as a whole, to another entity, or enter into or agree to undertake any transaction that would constitute a “Change of Control” (or similar term) as defined in the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ principal credit facilities or note indentures (other than, in each case, transactions among the Company and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries);

 

(e)               other than in the ordinary course of business with vendors, customers and suppliers, enter into or effect any (A) acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the equity interests or assets of any Person, or the acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of any business, properties, assets, or Persons, in one transaction or a series of related transactions or (B) disposition of assets of the Company or any Subsidiary or the shares or other equity interests of any Subsidiary, in each case where the amount of consideration for any such acquisition or disposition exceeds $10,000,000.00 in any single transaction, or an aggregate amount of $20,000,000.00 in any series of transactions during a calendar year;

 

(f)                undertake any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company;

 

(g)               incur financial indebtedness, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, aggregating to more than $10,000,000.00, except for borrowings under a revolving credit facility that has previously been approved or is in existence (with no increase in maximum availability) on the date hereof or otherwise approved by the Seller Stockholder;

 

(h)               terminate the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer or the Chief Strategy Officer of the Company or designate any new Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer or Chief Strategy Officer of the Company;

 

(i)                 effect any material change in the nature of the business of the Company or any Subsidiary, taken as a whole; or

 

(j)                 change the size of the Company Board.

5.2              The approval rights set forth in Section 5.1 shall terminate at such time as Seller Stockholder no longer beneficially owns, in the aggregate, at least thirty three percent (33%) of the outstanding Company Shares.

 

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6.                  Notices. In the event a notice or other document is required to be sent hereunder to the Company, to the Seller Stockholder or to the Sponsor Stockholder, such notice or other document shall be given in writing, shall be either personally delivered to the Company, to the Seller Stockholder or to the Sponsor Stockholder, as applicable, or delivered by an established delivery service by which receipts are given or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or sent by electronic mail, addressed to the party entitled to receive such notice or other document pursuant to the contact information for each party set forth on Annex I hereto. All notices, other communications or documents shall be deemed to have been duly given: (i) at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; (ii) when sent, if by electronic mail (except if any error or “bounce back” electronic mail message is received by the sender and, in such case, upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice or document is being sent); (iii) five (5) Business Days after having been deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed by first class mail; and (iv) on the first Business Day with respect to which a reputable air courier guarantees delivery; provided, however, that notices of a change of address shall be effective only upon receipt. Without limiting the foregoing, each of the Company, the Seller Stockholder and the Sponsor Stockholder agrees to receive notice under the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws or under the DGCL, or under the organizational documents and applicable entity law of any Subsidiary of the Company, by electronic transmission at the e-mail address on file with the Company, and the Sponsor Stockholder covenants and agrees to keep a current e-mail address on file with the Company for such purpose.

 

7.                  Miscellaneous.

 

7.1              GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICTING PROVISION OR RULE THAT WOULD CAUSE THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE TO BE APPLIED. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WILL CONTROL THE INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AGREEMENT EVEN IF, UNDER SUCH JURISDICTION’S CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW ANALYSIS, THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF SOME OTHER JURISDICTION WOULD ORDINARILY APPLY.

 

7.2              Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company, each of the parties hereto, and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

 

7.3              Amendment. This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented, and any provision hereof may be waived, from time to time by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Seller Stockholder; provided, however, that any such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver shall require the consent of the Sponsor Stockholder if such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver (a) would adversely affect the Sponsor Stockholder in any respect or (b) would disproportionately benefit any other Investor Stockholder or confer any benefit on any other Investor Stockholder to which the Sponsor Stockholder would not be entitled; provided, further that, any amendment, modification, supplementation or waiver of Section 2 shall require the consent of the HPS Stockholder if such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver would adversely affect the HPS Stockholder in any respect. Upon obtaining any such consent and without any further action or execution by the Sponsor Stockholder or the HPS Stockholder, (x) any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of this Agreement may be implemented and reflected in writing executed solely by the Company and the Seller Stockholder and (y) each other party to this Agreement shall be deemed a party to and bound by such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver.

 

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7.4              Termination. Unless earlier terminated by the mutual agreement of all the parties hereto, this Agreement shall terminate with respect to each of the Seller Stockholder and the Sponsor Stockholder, as applicable, upon such time it ceases to own any Company Shares. Except as otherwise provided herein, if the Seller Stockholder or the Sponsor Stockholder Disposes of all of its Company Shares, the Seller Stockholder and the Sponsor Stockholder, as applicable, shall cease to be a party to this Agreement and shall have no further rights or obligations hereunder.

 

7.5              Specific Performance. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that a remedy at law for any breach or attempted breach of this Agreement will be inadequate, agrees that each other party to this Agreement shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief in case of any such breach or attempted breach and further agrees to waive (to the extent legally permissible) any legal conditions required to be met for the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief (including posting any bond in order to obtain equitable relief). Each party to this Agreement further agrees not to raise as a defense or objection to the request or granting of such relief that any breach of this Agreement is or would be compensable by an award of money damages or that there is an adequate remedy at law.

 

7.6              Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one party, but all such counterparts taken together will constitute one and the same agreement. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile or .pdf signature which shall constitute an original for all purposes.

 

7.7              Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable Law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or any other jurisdiction, and such invalid, illegal or otherwise unenforceable provisions shall be null and void as to such jurisdiction. It is the intent of the parties, however, that any invalid, illegal or otherwise unenforceable provisions be automatically replaced by other provisions which are as similar as possible in terms to such invalid, illegal or otherwise unenforceable provisions but are valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.

 

7.8              Further Assurances. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each party hereto shall do and perform or cause to be done and performed all such further acts and things and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and other documents as any other party hereto reasonably may request in order to carry out the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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7.9              Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably (i) consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery or, in the event (but only in the event) that the Delaware Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such legal action or proceeding, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware or, in the event (but only in the event) that such United States District Court for the District of Delaware also does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such legal action or proceeding, any Delaware state court sitting in New Castle County, in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this Agreement or the actions of the parties hereof, (ii) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court and (iii) agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement in any court other than the courts of the State of Delaware, as described above. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to the addresses set forth in Annex I shall be effective service of process for any suit or proceeding in connection with this Agreement. Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts for any reason other than the failure to serve process in accordance with this Section 7.9, that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise), and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, that the suit, action or proceeding in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper, or that this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts and further irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the benefit of any defense that would hinder, fetter or delay the levy, execution or collection of any amount to which a party hereto is entitled pursuant to the final judgment of any court having jurisdiction. Each party hereto expressly acknowledges that the foregoing waiver is intended to be irrevocable under the Laws of the State of Delaware and of the United States of America; provided, that each such party’s consent to jurisdiction and service contained in this Section 7.9 is solely for the purpose referred to in this Section 7.9 and shall not be deemed to be a general submission to said courts or in the State of Delaware other than for such purpose.

 

7.10          Waiver. No course of dealing between or among the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Seller Stockholder and the Sponsor Stockholder (or any of them) or any delay in exercising any rights hereunder will operate as a waiver of any rights of any party to this Agreement. The failure of any party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement will in no way be construed as a waiver of such provisions and will not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

7.11          WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT OR REMEDIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENTS ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN.

 

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7.12          Entire Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided, this Agreement sets forth the entire agreement of the parties hereto as to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all previous and contemporaneous agreements among all or some of the parties hereto, whether written, oral or otherwise, as to such subject matter. Unless otherwise provided herein, any consent required by any party hereto may be withheld by such party in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

7.13          No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, none of the provisions in this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any Person other than the parties to this Agreement, their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns and, with respect to Section 7.15 only, Related Parties. The covenants and agreements contained herein shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the respective parties hereto.

 

7.14          Changes in Company Shares. If, and as often as, there are any changes in the Company Shares by way of a dividend, distribution, stock split or combination, reclassification, recapitalization, exchange or readjustment, whether in a merger, consolidation, conversion or similar transaction, or by any other means, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the provisions of this Agreement, as may be required, so that the rights, privileges, duties and obligations hereunder shall continue with respect to Company Shares as so changed.

 

7.15          No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement or otherwise, and notwithstanding the fact that certain Investor Stockholders may be partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations or other entities, each party hereto covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no recourse under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered by any Person pursuant hereto or otherwise shall be had against any of the Seller Stockholder’s, Apollo Funds’, the Sponsor Stockholder’s or any of the foregoing’s respective Affiliates’ former, current or future direct or indirect equity holders, controlling Persons, stockholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates, members, financing sources, managers, general or limited partners or assignees (each, a “Related Party” and, collectively, the “Related Parties”), in each case other than (subject, for the avoidance of doubt, to the provisions of this Agreement) each party hereto or any of its respective assignees under this Agreement, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any applicable Law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any of the Related Parties, as such, for any obligation or liability of any party hereto or any of its respective assignees under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered by any Person pursuant hereto for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or liabilities or their creation; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 7.15 shall relieve or otherwise limit the liability of any party hereto or any of its respective assignees for any breach or violation of its obligations under such agreements, documents or instruments.

 

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7.16          Issuance of Additional Units. If additional Company Shares are issued to the Sponsor Stockholder or the Seller Stockholder at any time during the term of this Agreement, either directly or upon the exercise or exchange of securities or loans of the Company (or its Subsidiary, as applicable) exercisable for or exchangeable into Company Shares, such additional Company Shares, as a condition to their issuance, shall become subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

 

7.17          Aggregation of Company Shares. All Company Shares beneficially owned by (a) the Seller Stockholder, its Affiliates and their respective Permitted Transferees shall be aggregated together and (b) the Sponsor Stockholder, its Affiliates and their respective Permitted Transferees shall be aggregated together, in each case for purposes of determining the rights or obligations of the Seller Stockholder or the Sponsor Stockholder, respectively, or the application of any restrictions to the Seller Stockholder or the Sponsor Stockholder, respectively, under this Agreement in each instance in which such right, obligation or restriction is determined in respect of or with reference to any Percentage Interest or beneficial ownership of Company Shares, including in connection with any right pursuant to Section 2.2. All rights held by the Seller Stockholder, its Affiliates or their respective Permitted Transferees under this Agreement shall be exercised solely by the Apollo Funds. All rights held by the Sponsor Stockholder, its Affiliates or their respective Permitted Transferees under this Agreement shall be exercised solely by the Sponsor Stockholder.

 

7.18          Assignment.

 

(a)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Seller Stockholder may assign its rights or obligations, in whole or in part, under this Agreement to its Affiliates or any of the Apollo Funds or its Affiliates. In the event that an Affiliate of the Seller Stockholder or any of the Apollo Funds becomes an owner of Company Shares, such Person shall, as a condition to acquiring such Company Shares, become party to this Agreement and Schedule A to this Agreement shall be amended and restated to provide that such Person or a designee of such Person shall have the same rights and obligations of the Seller Stockholder hereunder to the extent of such Person’s ownership of Company Shares.

 

(b)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Sponsor Stockholder may assign, in connection with a transfer or otherwise permitted hereby, (x) any of its rights or obligations to any Permitted Transferee or (y) any of its rights (other than the rights set forth in Section 2) to any transferee of Company Shares to whom the Sponsor Stockholder Disposes of at least fifty percent (50%) of Company Shares that it holds as of the date of this Agreement (subject to Section 7.15). For the avoidance of doubt, except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Sponsor Stockholder shall be prohibited from assigning to any Person any right contained in this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Stockholders Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  SEAPORT GLOBAL SPAC, LLC
   
  By: /s/ Stephen C. Smith
  Name: Stephen C. Smith
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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  REDWOOD HOLDCO, LP
   
  By: /s/ Kavita Suthar
  Name: Kavita Suthar
  Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

 

[Signatures continued on following page.] 

 

Signature Page To Stockholders Agreement

 

 

 

 

  HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
   
  By: /s/ Vikas Keswani
  Name: Vikas Keswani
  Title: Managing Director

 

Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A
Investor Stockholders

 

SELLER STOCKHOLDER:

Redwood Holdco, LP

 

SPONSOR STOCKHOLDER:

Seaport Global SPAC, LLC

 

HPS STOCKHOLDER:

 

HPS Investment Partners, LLC

 

 

 

 

ANNEX I

 

ADDRESSES FOR NOTICE

 

[See attached]

 

 

 

 

Seaport Global SPAC, LLC

 

360 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor

New York, NY 10017

Attention: Stephen C. Smith, Managing Member

E-mail: SSmith@seaportglobal.com

 

Redwood Holdco, LP

 

One Tower Lane, Suite 800

Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181

Attention: Fred Stein, Chief Legal Officer

E-mail: fstein@redbox.com

 

HPS Investment Partners, LLC

 

40 West 57th Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Vikas Keswani

E-mail: vikas.keswani@hpspartners.com

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of October 22, 2021, by and among Redbox Entertainment Inc. (f/k/a Seaport Global Acquisition Corp.), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the parties listed as Investors on Schedule I hereto (each, an “Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company and Seaport Global SPAC, LLC (the “Sponsor”) are party to that certain Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of November 27, 2020 (the “Existing Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company, Seaport Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Redwood Holdco, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Parent”), and Redwood Intermediate, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, have entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2021 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the Investors have agreed to enter into this Agreement pursuant to which, among other things, the Investors will be granted certain registration rights with respect to their Registrable Securities on the terms and subject to the conditions herein; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties to the Existing Agreement have agreed to amend and restate the Existing Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. DEFINITIONS.

 

1.1 Definitions. Terms used but not defined herein shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Business Combination Agreement. The following capitalized terms used herein have the following meanings:

 

Addendum Agreement” is defined in Section 6.2.

 

Adverse Disclosure” means public disclosure of material non-public information that, in the good faith judgment of the Company Board: (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus filed with the Commission by the Company so that such Registration Statement or Prospectus does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading; (ii) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Registration Statement; and (iii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not disclosing publicly.

 

 

 

 

Agreement” means this Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Block Trade” means any non-marketed underwritten offering taking the form of a block trade to a financial institution, “qualified institutional buyer” or “institutional accredited investor,” bought deal, over-night deal or similar transaction that does not include the filing of a Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus with the Commission, “road show” presentations to potential investors requiring substantial marketing effort from management, the issuance of a “comfort letter” by the Company’s auditors or the issuance of legal opinions by the Company’s legal counsel (other than those delivered to the Company’s transfer agent with respect to the removal of any legend).

 

Business Combination Agreement” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.

 

Class A Common Stock” means the Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

Class B Common Stock” means the Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other Federal agency then administering the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

 

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

 

Company” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Company Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

Demand Registration” is defined in Section 2.2.1.

 

Demanding Holder” is defined in Section 2.2.1.

 

Effectiveness Period” is defined in Section 3.1.3.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

Filing Date” is defined in Section 2.1.1.

 

Form S-1” means a Registration Statement on Form S-1.

 

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Form S-3” means a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration that may be available at such time.

 

Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 4.3.

 

Indemnifying Party” is defined in Section 4.3.

 

Investor” and “Investors” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Investor Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 4.1.

 

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to an offer of the Registrable Securities.

 

Lock-Up Period” means the period ending on the earlier of (a) six (6) months after the Closing Date, (b) the date after the Closing Date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A common stock in the Company for cash, securities or other property, or (C) if the closing price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within and 30-trading day period following the Closing Date.

 

Maximum Number of Shares” is defined in Section 2.1.5.

 

New Registration Statement” is defined in Section 2.1.4.

 

Notices” is defined in Section 6.5.

 

Piggy-Back Registration” is defined in Section 2.3.1.

 

Prospectus” means (i) the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, all amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective amendments and supplements, and all other material incorporated by reference in such prospectus, and (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

 

Register,” “Registered” and “Registration” mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.

 

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Registrable Securities” means (i) all outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Acquiror Warrants held by an Investor immediately following the Closing, (ii) all shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of any option, warrant or convertible security held directly or indirectly by an Investor immediately following the Closing, including, without limitation, all shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exchange or conversion of any Company Common Units or Class B Common Stock or exercise of the Acquiror Warrants, (iii) all shares of Class A Common Stock (including, without limitation, the shares of Class A Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any option, warrant or convertible security, including, without limitation, all shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exchange or conversion of any Company Common Units or Class B Common Stock or exercise of the Acquiror Warrants) of the Company otherwise acquired or owned by an Investor following the date hereof to the extent that such securities are “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) or are otherwise held by an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company and (iv) all shares of Class A Common Stock issued to any Investor with respect to such securities referred to in clauses (i) – (iii) by way of any stock split, stock dividend or other distribution, recapitalization, stock exchange, stock reconstruction, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, contractual control arrangement or similar event. As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (a) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (b) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates or book-entry positions for them not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent public distribution of them shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (c) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; (d) such securities may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 or any successor rule promulgated under the Securities Act (but with no volume or other restrictions or limitations including as to manner or timing of sale); or (e) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction.

 

Registration Statement” means a registration statement filed by the Company with the Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder for a public offering and sale of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8, or their successors, or any registration statement covering only securities proposed to be issued in exchange for securities or assets of another entity).

 

Requesting Holder” is defined in Section 2.1.5(a).

 

Resale Shelf Registration Statement” is defined in Section 2.1.1.

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated by the Commission).

 

SEC Guidance” means any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff.

 

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Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

Selling Holders” is defined in Section 2.1.5(a)(ii).

 

Subsequent Shelf Registration” is defined in Section 2.1.3.

 

Suspension Event” is defined in Section 3.1.1.

 

Underwriter” means a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an underwritten offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

 

Underwritten Demand Registration” shall mean an underwritten public offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration, as amended or supplemented.

 

Underwritten Takedown” shall mean an underwritten public offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented.

 

1.2 Construction; Interpretation. The term “this Agreement” means this Agreement together with Schedule I and Exhibit A hereto, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated in accordance with the terms hereof. The headings set forth in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. No party, nor its respective counsel, shall be deemed the drafter of this Agreement for purposes of construing the provisions hereof, and all provisions of this Agreement shall be construed according to their fair meaning and not strictly for or against any party. Unless otherwise indicated to the contrary herein by the context or use thereof: (a) the words, “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole, including Schedule I and Exhibit A hereto, and not to any particular section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or clause set forth in this Agreement; (b) masculine gender shall also include the feminine and neutral genders, and vice versa; (c) words importing the singular shall also include the plural, and vice versa; (d) the words “include,” “includes” or “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (e) references to “$” or “dollar” or “US$” shall be references to United States dollars; (f) the word “or” is disjunctive but not necessarily exclusive; (g) the words “writing”, “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form; (h) the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if” and (i) all references to Sections, Schedules or Exhibits are to Sections, Schedules or Exhibits of this Agreement. If any action under this Agreement is required to be done or taken on a day that is not a Business Day, then such action shall be required to be done or taken not on such day but on the first succeeding Business Day thereafter.

 

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2. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.

 

2.1 Resale Shelf Registration Rights.

 

2.1.1 Registration Statement Covering Resale of Registrable Securities. The Company shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed with the Commission as soon as practicable after the Closing Date, but in any event no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the Closing Date (the “Filing Date”), a Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis registering the resale from time to time by the Investors of all of the Registrable Securities then held by such Investors that are not covered by an effective registration statement on the Filing Date (the “Resale Shelf Registration Statement”). The Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 or another appropriate form permitting Registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by such Investors, or, if the Company is ineligible to use Form S-3, on Form S-1. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as possible after filing, and once effective, to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act at all times until the expiration of the Effectiveness Period. In the event the Company files the Resale Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-1, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to convert the Resale Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-1 to a Resale Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 as soon as practicable after the Company is eligible to use Form S-3.

 

2.1.2 Notification and Distribution of Materials. The Company shall notify the Investors in writing of the effectiveness of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and shall furnish to them, without charge, such number of copies of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement (including any amendments, supplements and exhibits), the Prospectus contained therein (including each preliminary Prospectus and all related amendments and supplements) and any documents incorporated by reference in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or such other documents as the Investors may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of the Registrable Securities in the manner described in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement.

 

2.1.3 Amendments and Supplements; Subsequent Shelf Registration. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.1.1 above, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly prepare and file with the Commission from time to time such amendments and supplements to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all the Registrable Securities during the Effectiveness Period, or to file an additional Registration Statement as a shelf registration (a “Subsequent Shelf Registration”) registering the resale of all outstanding Registrable Securities from time to time, and pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Investor. If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause such Subsequent Shelf Registration to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable after the filing thereof and (ii) keep such Subsequent Shelf Registration continuously effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all the Registrable Securities at all times during the Effectiveness Period. Any such Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be on Form S-3 to the extent that the Company is eligible to use such form. Otherwise, such Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be on another appropriate form, which may include Form S-1.

 

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2.1.4 Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in this Section 2.1, in the event the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly (i) inform each of the Investors and use its reasonable best efforts to file amendments to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement as required by the Commission and/or (ii) withdraw the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and use its reasonable best efforts to file a new registration statement (a “New Registration Statement”), in either case covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-3 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering, which may include Form S-1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation of the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering, unless otherwise directed in writing by a holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by the Investors unless the Commission directs, comments or requests that certain Investors must be reduced first based on the number of Registrable Securities held by such Investors. In the event the Company amends the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, under clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by the Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, as amended, or the New Registration Statement.

 

2.1.5 Notice of Certain Events. The Company shall promptly notify the Investors in writing of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to, or additional information in connection with, the Resale Shelf Registration Statement required to be prepared and filed hereunder (or Prospectus relating thereto). The Company shall promptly notify each Investor in writing of the filing of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or any Prospectus, amendment or supplement related thereto or any post-effective amendment to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment.

 

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(a) If the Company shall receive a request from one or more Investor(s) holding Registrable Securities with an estimated market value of at least $50 million (the requesting Investor(s) shall be referred to herein as the “Requesting Holder(s)”) that the Company effect the Underwritten Takedown of all or any portion of the Requesting Holder’s Registrable Securities, and specifying the intended method of disposition thereof, then the Company shall promptly give notice of such requested Underwritten Takedown at least three (3) Business Days prior to the anticipated filing date of the Prospectus relating to such Underwritten Takedown to the other Investors and thereupon shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect, as expeditiously as possible, the offering in such Underwritten Takedown of:

 

(i)                 subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 2.1.5(d), all Registrable Securities for which the Requesting Holder has requested such offering under Section 2.1.5(a), and

 

(ii)              subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 2.1.5(d), all other Registrable Securities that any Investors (all such Investors, together with the Requesting Holder, the “Selling Holders”) have requested the Company to offer by request received by the Company within two (2) Business Days after such Investors receive the Company’s notice of the Underwritten Takedown, all to the extent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof as aforesaid) of the Registrable Securities so to be offered.

 

(b) Promptly after the expiration of the period referred to in Section 2.1.5(a)(ii), the Company will notify all Selling Holders of the identities of the other Selling Holders and the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included therein.

 

(c) The Company shall only be required to effectuate one Underwritten Takedown within any six-month period.

 

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(d) If the managing Underwriter in an Underwritten Takedown advises the Company and the Requesting Holder that the dollar amount or number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Underwritten Takedown exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of shares that can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of shares, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Shares”), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Takedown the Registrable Securities of the Selling Holders (pro rata in accordance with the number of Registrable Securities that each such Selling Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Takedown, regardless of the number of Registrable Securities held by each such Selling Holder) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.

 

2.1.6 Selection of Underwriters. The Requesting Holder shall have the right to select an Underwriter or Underwriters in connection with such Underwritten Takedown, which Underwriter or Underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In connection with an Underwritten Takedown, the Company shall enter into customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Takedown, including, if necessary, the engagement of a “qualified independent underwriter” in connection with the qualification of the underwriting arrangements with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. The right of any Investor to include its Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Takedown shall be conditioned upon such Investor’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Investor’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Investors proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Requesting Holder, and subject to the reasonable approval of the Company.

 

2.1.7 Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall not be counted as Demand Registrations effected pursuant to Section 2.2.

 

2.1.8 Withdrawal. A Selling Holder shall have the right to withdraw all or any portion of its Registrable Securities included in an Underwritten Takedown pursuant to this Section 2.1 for any reason or no reason whatsoever upon written notice to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters of its intention to withdraw from such Underwritten Takedown prior to the public announcement of such Underwritten Takedown. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the registration expenses incurred in connection with an Underwritten Takedown prior to a withdrawal under this Section 2.1.8. If all Registrable Securities are withdrawn from an Underwritten Takedown pursuant to this Section 2.1.8, such withdrawn Underwritten Takedown shall not be counted as an Underwritten Takedown effected pursuant to Section 2.1.5(c).

 

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2.1.9 Block Trade. If the Company shall receive a request from one or more Investor(s) holding Registrable Securities with an estimated aggregate market value of at least $10 million that the Company effect the sale of all or any portion of the Registrable Securities held by such Investors in a Block Trade, then the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible, effectuate the offering in such Block Trade of the Registrable Securities for which such requesting Investor has requested such offering under this Section 2.1.9. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a Block Trade shall not be counted as an Underwritten Takedown effected pursuant to Section 2.1.5(c).

 

2.2 Demand Registration.

 

2.2.1 Request for Registration. At any time and from time to time after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, one or more Investor(s) who hold Registrable Securities with an aggregate estimated market value of at least $75 million may make a written demand for Registration under the Securities Act of all or any portion of their Registrable Securities on Form S-1 or any similar long-form Registration or, if then available, on Form S-3. Each registration requested pursuant to this Section 2.2.1 is referred to herein as a “Demand Registration”. Any demand for a Demand Registration shall specify the number and type of shares of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The Company will, within ten (10) calendar days of the Company’s receipt of the Demand Registration, notify all Investors that are holders of Registrable Securities of the demand, and each such Investor who wishes to include all or a portion of such Investor’s Registrable Securities in the Demand Registration (each such Investor including shares of Registrable Securities in such registration, a “Demanding Holder”) shall so notify the Company within five (5) calendar days after the receipt by the Investor of the notice from the Company. Upon any such request, the Demanding Holders shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in the Demand Registration, subject to Section 2.2.4 and the provisos set forth in Section 3.1.1. The Company shall not be obligated to effect: (a) more than one (1) Demand Registration during any six-month period; provided, that a Registration shall not be counted for such purposes unless a Form S-1 or any similar long-form Registration or, if then available, Form S-3 has become effective; or (b) any Demand Registration at any time if there is an effective Resale Shelf Registration Statement covering all Registrable Securities on file with the Commission pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

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2.2.2 Effective Registration. A Registration will not count as a Demand Registration until the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand Registration has been declared effective by the Commission and the Company has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto; provided, however, that if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration is interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission or any other governmental agency or court, the Registration Statement with respect to such Demand Registration will be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until, (i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders thereafter elect to continue the offering; provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated to file a second Registration Statement until a Registration Statement that has been filed is counted as a Demand Registration or is terminated.

 

2.2.3 Underwritten Offering. If the Demand Registration has an estimated market value of at least $50 million and the Demanding Holders so elect and such Demanding Holders so advise the Company as part of their written demand for a Demand Registration, the offering of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of an underwritten offering. In such event, the right of any Investor to include its Registrable Securities in such Demand Registration shall be conditioned upon such Investor’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Investor’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Demanding Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Demanding Holders initiating the Demand Registration, and subject to the reasonable approval of the Company.

 

2.2.4 Reduction of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a Demand Registration that is to be an underwritten offering, in good faith, advises the Company and the Demanding Holders that the dollar amount or number of shares of Registrable Securities which the Demanding Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other Class A Common Stock or other securities which the Company desires to sell and the Class A Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by other stockholders of the Company who desire to sell, exceeds Maximum Number of Shares, then the Company shall include in such Demand Registration: (i) first, the Registrable Securities as to which Demand Registration has been requested by the Demanding Holders (pro rata in accordance with the number of Registrable Securities that each such Demanding Holder has requested be included in such Demand Registration, regardless of the number of Registrable Securities held by each such Demanding Holder) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Class A Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Class A Common Stock or other securities of the Company for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such person, as to which “piggy-back” registration has been requested by the holders thereof, pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities that each such person has requested be included in such Demand Registration, regardless of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities of the Company held by each such person, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.

 

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2.2.5 Withdrawal. A Demanding Holder shall have the right to withdraw all or any portion of its Registrable Securities included in an underwritten offering pursuant to this Section 2.2 for any reason or no reason whatsoever upon written notice to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters of its intention to withdraw from such underwritten offering prior to the public announcement of such underwritten offering. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the registration expenses incurred in connection with an underwritten offering prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.2.5.

 

2.3 Piggy-Back Registration.

 

2.3.1 Piggy-Back Rights. If at any time on or after the date of this Agreement, the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities, by the Company for its own account or for stockholders of the Company for their account (or by the Company and by stockholders of the Company including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.1), other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing stockholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company, (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan or (v) filed in connection with issuance of securities in a merger or acquisition transaction, then the Company shall (x) give written notice of such proposed filing to the Investors as soon as practicable but in no event less than ten (10) calendar days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement, which notice shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, of the offering, and (y) offer to the Investors in such notice the opportunity to register the sale of such number of shares of Registrable Securities as such Investors may request in writing within five (5) calendar days following receipt of such notice (a “Piggy-Back Registration”); provided that the rights provided under this Section 2.3.1 shall not be available to any Investor at such time as (a) there is an effective Resale Shelf Registration Statement available for the resale of all Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1, (b) such Registration is solely to be used for the offering of securities by the Company for its own account and (c) no other stockholder of the Company is entitled to participate in such Registration. The Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggy-Back Registration and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested to be included in a Piggy-Back Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through a Piggy-Back Registration that involves an Underwriter or Underwriters shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such Piggy-Back Registration.

 

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2.3.2 Reduction of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a Piggy-Back Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises, in good faith, the Company and the holders of Registrable Securities participating in such Piggy-Back Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of Class A Common Stock which the Company desires to sell, taken together with Class A Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has been demanded pursuant to written contractual arrangements with persons other than the Investors hereunder and the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested under this Section 2.3, exceeds the Maximum Number of Shares, then the Company shall include in any such Piggy-Back Registration:

 

(a) If the registration is undertaken for the Company’s account: (i) first, the Class A Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Registrable Securities, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the terms hereof, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares, pro rata in accordance with the number of Registrable Securities that each such Investor has requested be included in such Piggy-Back Registration, regardless of the number of Registrable Securities held by each such Investor; and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Class A Common Stock or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and

 

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(b) If the registration is a “demand” registration undertaken at the demand of persons other than the Investors, (i) first, the Class A Common Stock or other securities for the account of the demanding persons that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Registrable Securities, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to the terms hereof, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares, pro rata in accordance with the number of Registrable Securities that each such Investor has requested be included in such Piggy-Back Registration, regardless of the number of Registrable Securities held by each such Investor; (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Class A Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (iv) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Class A Common Stock or other securities for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.

 

2.3.3 Withdrawal. Any holder of Registrable Securities may elect to withdraw such holder’s request for inclusion of Registrable Securities in any Piggy-Back Registration for any or no reason by giving written notice to the Company of such request to withdraw prior to the earlier of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the public announcement of such offering. The Company (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a withdrawal by persons making a demand pursuant to written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding any such withdrawal, the Company shall pay all expenses incurred by the holders of Registrable Securities in connection with such Piggy-Back Registration as provided in Section 3.3.

 

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3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES.

 

3.1 Filings; Information. Whenever the Company is required to effect the Registration of any Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect the Registration and sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof (and including all manners of distribution in such Registration Statement as the Investors may reasonably request and as permitted by law, including distribution of Registrable Securities to an Investor’s members, security holders or partners) as expeditiously as practicable, and in connection with any such request:

 

3.1.1 Filing Registration Statement. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to, as expeditiously as possible after receipt of a request for a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.2, prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities on any form for which the Company then qualifies or which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate and which form shall be available for the sale of all Registrable Securities to be registered thereunder in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and use its reasonable best efforts to keep it effective for the Effectiveness Period. If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of any Registration Statement (including a Resale Shelf Registration Statement or Demand Registration Statement) at any time would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Investors, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement (a “Suspension Event”); provided, however, that the Company shall not be permitted to exercise a Suspension Event for more than a total of ninety (90) consecutive calendar days or more than one hundred twenty (120) total calendar days, in any three hundred sixty-five (365)-day period; and provided further that the Company shall not register any securities for its own account or that of any other stockholder during any such Suspension Event, other than pursuant to a registration relating to the sale or grant of securities to employees or directors of the Company or a subsidiary pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase, equity incentive or similar plan or a registration in which the only Class A Common Stock being registered is Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered. In the case of a Suspension Event, the Investors agree to suspend use of the applicable Prospectus in connection with any sale or purchase, or offer to sell or purchase, Registrable Securities, upon receipt of the notice referred to above. The Company shall immediately notify the Investors in writing upon the termination of any Suspension Event, amend or supplement the Prospectus, if necessary, so it does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and furnish to the Investors such numbers of copies of the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented as the Investors may reasonably request. The Company shall, if necessary, supplement or amend the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or Demand Registration Statement, if required by the registration form used by the Company for the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or Demand Registration or by the instructions applicable to such registration form or by the Securities Act or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder or as may reasonably be requested by the Investors holding a majority of Registrable Securities that are included in such Resale Shelf Registration Statement or Demand Registration Statement.

 

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3.1.2 Copies. The Company shall, prior to filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration, and such holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus), and such other documents as the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration or legal counsel for any such holders may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such holders.

 

3.1.3 Amendments and Supplements. Until the date as of which all of the Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to a Registration Statement (but in no event prior to the applicable period referred to in Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission)), the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to such Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act (the “Effectiveness Period”).

 

3.1.4 Notification. After the filing of a Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly, and in no event more than three (3) Business Days after such filing, notify the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement of such filing, and shall further notify such holders promptly and confirm such advice in writing in all events within three (3) Business Days of the occurrence of any of the following: (i) when such Registration Statement becomes effective; (ii) when any post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement becomes effective; (iii) the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order (and the Company shall take all actions required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered); and (iv) any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or any Prospectus relating thereto or for additional information or of the occurrence of an event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to such Prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the securities covered by such Registration Statement, such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and promptly make available to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement any such supplement or amendment; except that before filing with the Commission a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, including documents incorporated by reference, the Company shall furnish to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement and to the legal counsel for any such holders, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed sufficiently in advance of filing to provide such holders and legal counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review such documents and comment thereon.

 

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3.1.5 Securities Laws Compliance. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may reasonably request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this paragraph or subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction.

 

3.1.6 Agreements for Disposition. The Company shall enter into and perform its obligations under customary agreements (including, if applicable, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities. The representations, warranties and covenants of the Company in any underwriting agreement which are made to or for the benefit of any Underwriters, to the extent applicable, shall also be made to and for the benefit of the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement, and the representations, warranties and covenants of the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement in any underwriting agreement which are made to or for the benefit of any Underwriters, to the extent applicable, shall also be made to and for the benefit of the Company.

 

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3.1.7 Comfort Letter. The Company shall obtain a “cold comfort” letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an underwritten offering, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating holders.

 

3.1.8 Opinions. On the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to any Registration, the Company shall obtain an opinion, dated such date, of one (1) counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the holders, the placement agent or sales agent, if any, and the Underwriters, if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the holders, placement agent, sales agent, or Underwriter may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the participating holders.

 

3.1.9 Cooperation. The principal executive officer of the Company, the principal financial officer of the Company, the principal accounting officer of the Company and all other officers and members of the management of the Company shall, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Investors, in any offering of Registrable Securities hereunder, which cooperation shall include, without limitation, the preparation of the Registration Statement with respect to such offering and all other offering materials and related documents, and participation in meetings with Underwriters, attorneys, accountants and potential investors. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall permit a representative of the Investors (such representative to be selected by a majority of the participating Investors), the Underwriters, if any, and any attorney or accountant retained by such Investors or Underwriter to participate, at each such person’s own expense, in the preparation of the Registration Statement. If an underwritten offering involves Registrable Securities with a total offering price (including piggyback securities and before deducting underwriting discounts) to exceed $50 million, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter in the underwritten offering.

 

3.1.10 Records. Upon execution of confidentiality agreements, the Company shall make available for inspection by the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other professional retained by any holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement or any Underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, as shall be necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information requested by any of them in connection with such Registration Statement.

 

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3.1.11 Earnings Statement. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the Securities Act, and make available to its stockholders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor rule then in effect).

 

3.1.12 Listing. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement to be listed on such exchanges or otherwise designated for trading in the same manner as similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or designated.

 

3.1.13 The Company shall otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Investors, in connection with such Registration.

 

3.2 Obligation to Suspend Distribution. Upon receipt of any written notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3.1.4(iv), or, upon any suspension by the Company, pursuant to a written insider trading compliance program adopted by the Company Board, of the ability of all “insiders” covered by such program to transact in the Company’s securities because of the existence of material non-public information, each holder of Registrable Securities included in any Registration shall immediately discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until such holder receives the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3.1.4(iv) or the restriction on the ability of “insiders” to transact in the Company’s securities is removed, as applicable, and, if so directed by the Company, each such holder will deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such holder’s possession, of the most recent Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice.

 

3.3 Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all costs and expenses incurred in connection with any Resale Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.1, any Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.2, any Underwritten Takedown pursuant to Section 2.1.5(a)(i) or Section 2.2.1 and any Piggy-Back Registration pursuant to Section 2.3, and all expenses incurred in performing or complying with its other obligations under this Agreement, whether or not the Registration Statement becomes effective or the Underwritten Takedown is consummated, as applicable, including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees; (ii) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or “blue sky” laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities); (iii) printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses; (iv) the Company’s internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees); (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities as required by Section 3.1.12; (vi) Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fees; (vii) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and fees and expenses for independent certified public accountants retained by the Company; (viii) the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company specifically in connection with such Registration and (ix) the reasonable fees and expenses of one (1) legal counsel selected by the holders of a majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities included in such Registration. The Company shall have no obligation to pay any underwriting discounts or selling commissions attributable to the Registrable Securities being sold by the holders thereof, which underwriting discounts or selling commissions shall be borne by such holders.

 

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3.4 Information. The Investors shall promptly provide such information as may reasonably be requested by the Company, or the managing Underwriter, if any, in connection with the preparation of any Registration Statement, including amendments and supplements thereto, in order to effect the Registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act and in connection with the Company’s obligation to comply with Federal and applicable state securities laws. The Investors shall keep all information and notices received hereunder confidential.

 

4. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.

 

4.1 Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Investor, and each of their respective officers, employees, affiliates, directors, partners, members, attorneys and agents, and each person, if any, who controls an Investor (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) (each, an “Investor Indemnified Party”), from and against any expenses, losses, judgments, claims, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement (or allegedly untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any Prospectus (including any preliminary Prospectus, final Prospectus or summary Prospectus) contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, or arising out of or based upon any omission (or alleged omission) to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration; and the Company shall promptly reimburse the Investor Indemnified Party for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred by such Investor Indemnified Party in connection with investigating and defending any such expense, loss, judgment, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement (or allegedly untrue statement) of material fact or omission (or alleged omission) to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading made in such Registration Statement, Prospectus (including any preliminary Prospectus, final Prospectus, or summary Prospectus), or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company, in writing, by such selling holder expressly for use therein. The Company shall indemnify any broker-dealers or underwriters acting on an Investor’s behalf and the Underwriters, their respective officers, directors and each person who controls such broker-dealers, underwriters or Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing sentence with respect to the indemnification of the Investors.

 

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4.2 Indemnification by Holders of Registrable Securities. Each selling holder of Registrable Securities will, in the event that any Registration is being effected under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement of any Registrable Securities held by such selling holder, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, each of its directors and officers, and each other selling holder and each other person, if any, who controls another selling holder within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, judgments, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, insofar as such losses, claims, judgments, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any Prospectus (including any preliminary Prospectus, final Prospectus or summary Prospectus) contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, or arise out of or are based upon any omission or the alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such selling holder expressly for use therein, and shall reimburse the Company, its directors and officers, and each other selling holder or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with investigation or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. Each selling holder’s indemnification obligations hereunder shall be several and not joint and shall be limited to the amount of any net proceeds actually received by such selling holder. The selling holders shall indemnify any broker-dealers or underwriters acting on an Investor’s behalf and the Underwriters, their respective officers, directors and each person who controls such broker-dealers, underwriters or Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to the indemnification of the Company.

 

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4.3 Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Promptly after receipt by any person of any notice of any loss, claim, damage or liability or any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Sections 4.1 or 4.2, such person (the “Indemnified Party”) shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any other person for indemnification hereunder, notify such other person (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing of the loss, claim, judgment, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the failure by the Indemnified Party to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability which the Indemnifying Party may have to such Indemnified Party hereunder, except and solely to the extent the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure. If the Indemnified Party is seeking indemnification with respect to any claim or action brought against the Indemnified Party, then the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in such claim or action, and, unless in the Indemnified Party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such Indemnified Party and Indemnifying Party may exist with respect to such claim, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with all other Indemnifying Parties, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. After notice from the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party of its election to assume control of the defense of such claim or action, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that in any action in which both the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party are named as defendants, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (but no more than one such separate counsel (plus local counsel, to the extent reasonably necessary), which counsel is reasonably acceptable to the Indemnifying Party) to represent the Indemnified Party and its controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Indemnified Party against the Indemnifying Party, with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by such Indemnifying Party if, based upon the written opinion of counsel of such Indemnified Party, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, consent to entry of judgment or effect any settlement of any claim or pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which the Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such judgment or settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such claim or proceeding.

 

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4.4 Contribution.

 

4.4.1 If the indemnification provided for in the foregoing Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless any Indemnified Party in respect of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to herein, then each such Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnified Parties and the Indemnifying Parties in connection with the actions or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of any Indemnified Party and any Indemnifying Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnified Party or such Indemnifying Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

4.4.2 The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.4.2 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding Section 4.4.1.

 

4.4.3 The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.4, no holder of Registrable Securities shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the dollar amount of the net proceeds (after payment of any underwriting fees, discounts, commissions or taxes) actually received by such holder from the sale of Registrable Securities which gave rise to such contribution obligation. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

5. UNDERWRITING AND DISTRIBUTION.

 

5.1 Rule 144. As long as any Investor shall beneficially own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, covenants to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish such Investors with true and complete copies of all such filings. The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any such Investor may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Investor to sell Registrable Securities held by such holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144, including providing any legal opinions. Upon the request of any Investor, the Company shall deliver to such holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

 

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6. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

6.1 Other Registration Rights and Arrangements. The Company represents and warrants that, except pursuant to each Subscription Agreement, no person, other than the Investors, has any right to require the Company to register any of the Company’s share capital for sale or to include the Company’s share capital in any registration filed by the Company for the sale of shares for its own account or for the account of any other person. The Company shall not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted to the Investors in this Agreement and in the event of any conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

6.2 Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Investors hereunder may be freely assigned or delegated by such Investor in conjunction with and to the extent of any permitted transfer of Registrable Securities by any such Investor. This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and the Investors and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement is not intended to confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not party hereto other than as expressly set forth in Section 4 and this Section 6.2. The rights of an Investor under this Agreement may be transferred by such Investor to a transferee who acquires or holds Registrable Securities; provided, however, that such transferee has executed and delivered to the Company a properly completed agreement to be bound by the terms of this Agreement substantially in form attached hereto as Exhibit A (an “Addendum Agreement”), and the transferor shall have delivered to the Company no later than thirty (30) days following the date of the transfer, written notification of such transfer setting forth the name of the transferor, the name and address of the transferee, and the number of Registrable Securities so transferred. The execution of an Addendum Agreement shall constitute a permitted amendment of this Agreement.

 

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6.3 Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of the Company and Investors holding at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities (calculated after giving effect to the issuance of any Registrable Securities upon the conversion, exercise or exchange of any other securities) at the time in question, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Investor or group of Investors, solely in his, her or its capacity as a holder of the shares of capital stock of the Company, in a manner that is materially different from the other Investors (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Investor or Investors so affected. In addition, each party hereto may waive any right hereunder (solely as applicable to such party) by an instrument in writing signed by such party. No course of dealing between any holder or the Company and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of an Investor or the Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Investor or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.

 

6.4 Term. This Agreement shall terminate, with respect to any Registrable Securities, upon the date as of which all of the Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to a Registration Statement (but in no event prior to the applicable period referred to in Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission)); provided, however, that, in each case, the provisions of Section 4 and Section 5 shall survive such termination.

 

6.5 Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals or other communications (collectively, “Notices”) required or permitted to be given hereunder or which are given with respect to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be personally served, delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or transmitted by facsimile or email, addressed as set forth below, or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice. Notice shall be deemed given (i) on the date of service or transmission if personally served or transmitted by telegram, telex or facsimile or email; provided, that if such service or transmission is not on a Business Day or is after normal business hours, then such notice shall be deemed given on the next Business Day (ii) one Business Day after being deposited with a reputable courier service with an order for next-day delivery, to the parties as follows:

 

If to the Company:

 

Redbox Entertainment Inc.

c/o Apollo Management VIII L.P.

9 W 57th Street, 43rd Floor

New York, New York 10019

Attn:      Lee Solomon, Partner
               John Suydam, Chief Legal Officer

 

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Email:       lsolomon@apollo.com

                  jsuydam@apollo.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019
Attn:          Taurie Zeitzer

                    Justin Rosenberg

Email:          tzeitzer@paulweiss.com

                     jrosenberg@paulweiss.com

 

If to an Investor, to the address set forth under such Investor’s signature to this Agreement or to such Investor’s address as found in the Company’s books and records; or to such other address as the party to whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above.

 

6.6 Severability. This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible that is valid and enforceable.

 

6.7 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

 

6.8 Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY PROCEEDING, CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION, OR CAUSE OF ACTION (I) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR (II) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING, CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT THE PARTIES MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 6.8.

 

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6.9 Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (or, if the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction, any state or federal court within State of New York, New York County), for the purposes of any Proceeding, claim, demand, action or cause of action (a) arising under this Agreement or (b) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the parties in respect of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, and irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such Proceeding in any such court, and further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such Proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Proceeding claim, demand, action or cause of action against such party (i) arising under this Agreement or (ii) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties in respect of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, (A) any claim that such party is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts as described in this Section 6.9 for any reason, (B) that such party or such party’s property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (C) that (x) the Proceeding, claim, demand, action or cause of action in any such court is brought against such party in an inconvenient forum, (y) the venue of such Proceeding, claim, demand, action or cause of action against such party is improper or (z) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced against such party in or by such courts. Each party agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail to such party’s respective address set forth in Section 6.5 shall be effective service of process for any such Proceeding, claim, demand, action or cause of action.

 

6.10 Remedies. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all remedies provided herein will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such party, and the exercise by a party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that the parties do not perform their respective obligations under the provisions of this Agreement (including failing to take such actions as are required of them hereunder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise breach such provisions. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in each case, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages and this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each of the parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief when expressly available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement on the basis that the other parties have an adequate remedy at law or an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity.

 

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6.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

6.12 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including all agreements entered into pursuant hereto and all certificates and instruments delivered pursuant hereto and thereto) constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, understandings, negotiations and discussions between the parties, whether oral or written.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first written above.

 

  REDBOX ENTERTAINMENT INC.
     
By: /s/ Kavita Suthar
    Name: Kavita Suthar
Title:   Chief Financial & Accounting Officer

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first written above.

 

  REDWOOD HOLDCO, LP
     
By: /s/ Kavita Suthar
    Name: Kavita Suthar
Title:   Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first written above.

 

  SEAPORT GLOBAL SPAC, LLC
     
By: /s/ Stephen C. Smith
    Name: Stephen C. Smith
Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Addendum Agreement

 

This Addendum Agreement (“Addendum Agreement”) is executed on __________, 20__, by the undersigned (the “New Holder”) pursuant to the terms of that certain Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 22, 2021 (the “Agreement”), by and among the Company and the other parties identified therein, as such Agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Addendum Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement. By the execution of this Addendum Agreement, the New Holder agrees as follows:

 

1. Acknowledgment. New Holder acknowledges that New Holder is acquiring Registrable Securities as a transferee of such Registrable Securities from a party in such party’s capacity as a holder of Registrable Securities under the Agreement, and after such transfer, New Holder shall be considered an “Investor” and a holder of Registrable Securities for all purposes under the Agreement.

 

2. Agreement. New Holder hereby (a) agrees that the Registrable Securities shall be bound by and subject to the terms of the Agreement and (b) adopts the Agreement with the same force and effect as if the New Holder were originally a party thereto.

 

3. Notice. Any notice required or permitted by the Agreement shall be given to New Holder at the address or facsimile number listed below New Holder’s signature below.

 

NEW HOLDER:

 

Print Name:      
 
By:      
 
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
 
[                          ]
 
By:      

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

Seaport Global SPAC, LLC

 

Redwood Holdco, LP

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

REDWOOD INTERMEDIATE, LLC

 

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of October 22, 2021

 

THE UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH UNITS MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF AT ANY TIME WITHOUT EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM, AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE OTHER SUBSTANTIAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN.

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

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Article I DEFINITIONS 6
1.1 Certain Definitions 6
1.2 Interpretive Provisions 16
Article II ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS 17
2.1 Formation of Company 17
2.2 Limited Liability Company Agreement 17
2.3 Name 17
2.4 Purpose 18
2.5 Principal Office; Registered Office 18
2.6 Term 18
2.7 No State-Law Partnership 18
2.8 Tax Treatment 18
2.9 Prior Agreements 18
Article III CAPITALIZATION; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS 18
3.1 Capitalization 18
3.2 New PubCo Issuances 20
3.3 PubCo Debt Issuance 21
3.4 New Company Issuances 21
3.5 Repurchases and Redemptions 22
3.6 Equity Subdivisions and Combinations 23
3.7 General Authority 23
3.8 Capital Accounts 24
3.9 Negative Capital Accounts 24
3.10 No Withdrawal 24
3.11 Loans From Members 24
3.12 Shares Governed by Article 8 24
Article IV DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS 25
4.1 Distributions 25
4.2 Allocations of Net Profit and Net Loss 26
4.3 Special Allocations 26
4.4 Tax Allocations 28

 

 

 

 

4.5 Withholding Taxes 28
4.6 Allocations Upon Final Liquidation 30
Article V MANAGEMENT 30
5.1 Authority of Managing Member 30
5.2 Actions of the Managing Member 31
5.3 Compensation; Expenses 31
5.4 Delegation of Authority 32
5.5 Limitation of Liability 33
5.6 Resignation or Termination of Managing Member 34
Article VI RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS 35
6.1 Limitation of Liability 35
6.2 Lack of Authority 35
6.3 No Right of Partition 36
6.4 Indemnification 36
6.5 Members Right to Act 37
6.6 Investment Opportunities 39
Article VII BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS 39
7.1 Records and Accounting 39
7.2 Fiscal Year 39
7.3 Reports 40
7.4 Transmission of Communications 40
7.5 Confidentiality 40
Article VIII TAX MATTERS 41
8.1 Preparation of Tax Returns 41
8.2 Tax Elections 41
8.3 Tax Controversies 41
Article IX RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF UNITS 42
9.1 Transfers of Units 42
9.2 Restricted Units Legend 44
9.3 Assignee’s Rights 45
9.4 Assignor’s Rights and Obligations 46
9.5 Encumbrances 46
9.6 Further Restrictions 46
9.7 Counterparts; Joinder 47

 

 

 

 

9.8 Ineffective Transfer 48
Article X ADMISSION OF MEMBERS 48
10.1 Substituted Members 48
10.2 Additional Members 48
10.3 Substitute Managing Member 48
Article XI WITHDRAWAL AND RESIGNATION OF MEMBERS 48
Article XII EXCHANGE RIGHTS 49
12.1 Exchange Procedures 49
12.2 Exchange Payment 50
12.3 Certain Expenses 51
12.4 Exchange Taxes 51
12.5 Limitations on Exchanges 51
12.6 Adjustments 52
12.7 Class A Common Stock to be Issued 53
12.8 Distribution Rights 53
12.9 Tax Treatment; Tax Withholding 53
Article XIII DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION 54
13.1 Dissolution 54
13.2 Winding Up and Termination 55
13.3 Deferment; Distribution in Kind 56
13.4 Cancellation of Certificate 56
13.5 Reasonable Time for Winding Up 56
13.6 Return of Capital 57
Article XIV VALUATION 57
14.1 Value 57
14.2 Determination and Dispute 57
Article XV GENERAL PROVISIONS 57
15.1 Power of Attorney 57
15.2 Amendments 58
15.3 Title to Company Assets 59
15.4 Addresses and Notices 60
15.5 Binding Effect 61
15.6 Creditors 61
15.7 Waiver 61

 

 

 

 

15.8 Counterparts 61
15.9 Applicable Law; Waiver of Jury Trial 61
15.10 Severability 62
15.11 Further Action 62
15.12 Delivery by Facsimile 62
15.13 Offset 62
15.14 Entire Agreement 62
15.15 Remedies 63
15.16 Descriptive Headings; Interpretation 63

 

EXHIBIT AND SCHEDULES

 

Exhibit A Form of Election of Exchange A-1

 

 

 

 

REDWOOD INTERMEDIATE, LLC

 

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
AGREEMENT

 

This Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2021 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Redwood Intermediate, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), PubCo (as defined below), as Managing Member and on its behalf, and the Members. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Article I.

 

WHEREAS, Redwood Holdco, L.P., a Delaware limited liability company and the initial sole member of the Company (the “Holding Company”), entered into the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of September 29, 2020;

 

WHEREAS, the Holding Company, as the sole Member of the Company, entered into the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Prior Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Holding Company and the Company entered into the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2021 (the “BCA”), with PubCo and Seaport Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, pursuant to which Seaport Merger Sub, LLC will merge with and into the Company with the Company surviving the merger (the “Merger”) and the Company will issue Class A Common Units to PubCo and the Holding Company;

 

WHEREAS, the Holding Company, as the sole Member of the Company, has agreed to admit PubCo to the Company as Managing Member, and PubCo, by its execution and delivery of this Agreement, is hereby admitted to the Company as Managing Member, and in such capacity shall have the rights and obligations as provided in this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company, PubCo and the Members desire to amend and restate the Prior Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein effective as of immediately before the Effective Time, at which time the Prior Agreement will be superseded entirely by this Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree to amend and restate the Prior Agreement to read in its entirety as follows:

 

 

 

 

Article I
DEFINITIONS

 

1.1           Certain Definitions. The following definitions shall be applied to the terms used in this Agreement for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary.

 

Additional Member” means a Person admitted to the Company as a Member pursuant to Section 10.2.

 

“Adjusted Capital Account Balance” means, with respect to each Member, the balance in such Member’s Capital Account adjusted (i) by taking into account the adjustments, allocations and distributions described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6); and (ii) by adding to such balance such Member’s share of Company Minimum Gain and Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5), and any amounts such Member is obligated to contribute or deemed obligated to contribute pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or by applicable law. The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account Balance is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

Admission Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.

 

Affiliate” of any Person means any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Person in question, where “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, its capacity as a sole or managing member or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement, no Member shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any other Member solely by reason of being a Member.

 

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

 

Assignee” means a Person to whom any Units have been Transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement but who has not become a Member pursuant to Article X.

 

Assumed Tax Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(d)(iii).

 

Available Gains” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(c)(ii).

 

Base Rate” means, on any date, a variable rate per annum equal to the rate of interest most recently published by The Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” at large U.S. money center banks.

 

BCA” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

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Board” means the board of directors of PubCo, as constituted at any given time.

 

Book Value” means, with respect to any property of the Company, the Company’s adjusted basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as adjusted from time to time to reflect the adjustments required or permitted by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d)-(g).

 

Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks located in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

 

Business Opportunities Exempt Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6.

 

Capital Account” means the capital account maintained for a Member pursuant to Section 3.8.

 

Capital Contribution” means any cash, cash equivalents, promissory obligations or the Fair Market Value of other property which a Member contributes to the Company pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

Capital Stock” shall mean any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) including, without limitation, partnership or membership interests (including any components thereof such as capital accounts, priority returns or the like) in a limited partnership or limited liability company and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

 

Cash Exchange Class A 5-Day VWAP” means the arithmetic average of the VWAP for each of the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Exchange Date.

 

Cash Exchange Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(b).

 

Cash Exchange Payment” means with respect to a particular Exchange for which PubCo has elected to make a Cash Exchange Payment in accordance with Section 12.1(b):

 

(i)             if the shares of Class A Common Stock are then traded on a National Securities Exchange or automated or electronic quotation system, an amount of cash equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that would have been received by the Exchanging Member in the Exchange for that portion of the Class A Common Units subject to the Exchange set forth in the Cash Exchange Notice if PubCo had paid the Stock Exchange Payment with respect to such number of Class A Common Units, and (y) the Cash Exchange Class A 5-Day VWAP; or

 

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(ii)            if the shares of Class A Common Stock are not then traded on a National Securities Exchange or automated or electronic quotation system, as applicable, an amount of cash equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that would have been received by the Exchanging Member in the Exchange for that portion of the Class A Common Units subject to the Exchange set forth in the Cash Exchange Notice if PubCo had paid the Stock Exchange Payment with respect to such number of Class A Common Units, for which PubCo has elected to make a Cash Exchange Payment and (y) the value of one (1) share of Class A Common Stock that would be obtained in an arms-length transaction between an informed and willing buyer and an informed and willing seller, neither of whom is under any compulsion to buy or sell, respectively, and without regard to the particular circumstances of the buyer or seller, as determined in good faith by a majority of the Disinterested Members of the Board.

 

Certificate” means the Company’s certificate of formation as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, as amended or amended and restated from time to time.

 

Class A Common Stock” means, as applicable, (a) the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of PubCo or (b) following any consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event involving PubCo, any shares or other securities of PubCo or any other Person that become payable in consideration for the Class A Common Stock or into which the Class A Common Stock is exchanged or converted as a result of such consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event.

 

Class A Common Units” means the common limited liability company membership interests described in Section 3.1(a)(i) and having the rights and preferences specified herein.

 

Class A Common Unit Capital Account Amount” means, from time to time, the Capital Account a Member would have if such Member held a single Class A Common Unit.

 

Class A Percentage Interest” means, with respect to any Member, the quotient obtained by dividing the aggregate number of Class A Common Units then owned by such Member by the aggregate number of Class A Common Units then owned by all Members.

 

Class B Common Stock” means, as applicable, (a) the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of PubCo or (b) following any consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event involving PubCo, any shares or other securities of PubCo or any other Person that become payable in consideration for the Class B Common Stock or into which the Class B Common Stock is exchanged or converted as a result of such consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event.

 

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

 

Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Company Minimum Gain” has the meaning ascribed to the term “partnership minimum gain” set forth in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and 1.704-2(d).

 

Convertible Securities” means any securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Units, other than Options.

 

Delaware Act” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. § 18-101, et seq., as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to the Delaware Act.

 

Designated Individual” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.

 

Disinterested Members of the Board” means, as of any applicable time, those members of the Board who (a) are not Exchanging Member Related Parties, and (b) were not nominated for election to the Board by any Exchanging Member Related Parties pursuant to the provisions of any stockholder, voting or similar agreement relating to the election of members of the Board to which PubCo is a party (including, without limitation, the Stockholders Agreement).

 

Disputing Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.2.

 

Distribution” means each distribution made by the Company to a Member, whether in cash, property or securities of the Company and whether by liquidating distribution or otherwise; provided that none of the following shall be a Distribution: (a) any redemption or repurchase by the Company of any securities, or (b) any recapitalization or exchange of securities of the Company, or any subdivision (by Unit split or otherwise) or any combination (by reverse Unit split or otherwise) of any outstanding Units.

 

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

 

Economic Capital Account Balance” with respect to a Member means an amount equal to its Capital Account balance, plus the amount of its share of any Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain or Company Minimum Gain.

 

Effective Time” means the effective time of the Merger under the BCA.

 

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

Encumbrance” means any mortgage, hypothecation, claim, lien, encumbrance, conditional sales or other title retention agreement, right of first refusal, preemptive right, pledge, option, charge, security interest or other similar interest, easement, judgment or imperfection of title of any nature whatsoever.

 

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Equity Securities” means (i) Units or other equity interests in the Company (including other classes or groups thereof having such relative rights, powers and duties as may from time to time be established by the Managing Member, including rights, powers and/or duties senior to existing classes and groups of Units and other equity interests in the Company) or equity interests in any other specified Person, (ii) Convertible Securities or other obligations, evidences of indebtedness or other securities or interests convertible or exchangeable into other equity interests in the Company or any other specified Person and (iii) Options or warrants, or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire other equity interests in the Company or any other specified Person.

 

Event of Withdrawal” means the death, retirement, resignation, expulsion, bankruptcy or dissolution of a Member or the occurrence of any other event that terminates the continued membership of a Member in the Company.

 

Exchange” means the redemption by the Company of Class A Common Units held by a Member (together with the surrender and cancellation of the same number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock held by such Member) for either (a) a Stock Exchange Payment or (b) if approved by a majority of the Disinterested Members of the Board, a Cash Exchange Payment, in each case in accordance with Article XII.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations. Any reference herein to a specific section, rule or regulation of the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any corresponding provisions of future law.

 

Exchange Date” means the date that is five (5) Business Days after the Exchange Notice Date is given; provided, however, that to the extent an Exchange is made in connection with an Exchanging Member’s proper exercise of its rights to participate in a Piggy-Back Registration pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Exchange Date shall be the date on which the offering with respect to such Piggy-Back Registration is completed.

 

Exchange Notice” means a written election of Exchange in the form of Exhibit A, duly executed by an Exchanging Member.

 

Exchange Notice Date” means, with respect to any Exchange Notice, the date such Exchange Notice is given to the Company in accordance with Section 12.1.

 

Exchanging Member” means any Member holding Class A Common Units (other than PubCo and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries) whose Class A Common Units are subject to an Exchange.

 

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Exchanging Member Related Parties” means any owners, investors, equityholders, stockholders, members, partners, directors, managers, officers, or employees of an Exchanging Member or any of its Affiliates (including its respective investors and equityholders and any associated Persons or investment funds or any of their respective portfolio companies or investments), in each case, excluding any Persons who are owners, investors, equityholders, officers or employees solely of PubCo or its wholly-owned Subsidiaries.

 

Exchanged Units” means, with respect to any Exchange, the Class A Common Units being exchanged pursuant to a relevant Exchange Notice.

 

Exchange Rate” means, at any time, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock for which one Class A Common Unit is entitled to be Exchanged at such time pursuant to this Agreement. On the date of this Agreement, the Exchange Rate shall be one for one, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 12.6.

 

Exempt Pledge” means a pledge by a Member of Class A Common Units held by such Member as collateral to secure obligations (or as a grant or maintenance of a bona fide lien, security interest, pledge or other similar encumbrance) pursuant to borrowing, lending, financing or other arrangements between one or more third parties (or their Affiliates or designees) (“Lenders”) and such Member and/or its Affiliates.

 

Exempt Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(b).

 

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or equity interest, its fair market value determined according to Article XIV.

 

Fiscal Year” means the Company’s annual accounting period established pursuant to Section 7.2.

 

Fund Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(e).

 

Fund Indemnitors” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(e).

 

Governmental Entity” means the United States of America or any other nation, any state or other political subdivision thereof, or any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of government.

 

Holding Company” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

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Imputed Underpayment Amount” means (a) any “imputed underpayment” within the meaning of Section 6225 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign tax law) paid (or payable) by the Company as a result of any adjustment by the IRS with respect to any Company item of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit of the Company (including, without limitation, any “partnership-related item” within the meaning of Section 6241(2) of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign tax law)), including any interest, penalties or additions to tax with respect to any such adjustment, (b) any amount not described in clause (a) (including any interest, penalties or additions to tax with respect to such amounts) paid (or payable) by the Company as a result of the application of Sections 6221-6241 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign tax law), and/or (c) any amount paid (or payable) by any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes in which the Company holds (or has held) a direct or indirect interest other than through entities treated as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes if the Company bears the economic burden of such amounts, whether by law or agreement, as a result of the application of Sections 6221-6241 of the Code (including for the avoidance of doubt Section 6226(b) of the Code or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign tax law), including any interest, penalties or additions to tax with respect to such amounts.

 

Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(a).

 

Liquidity Event” means, whether occurring through one transaction or a series of related transactions, any liquidation, dissolution or winding up, voluntary or involuntary, of the Company.

 

Lock-Up Agreement” means, as applicable, (a) the Parent Lock-Up Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2021, by and among PubCo and the Holding Company and (b) the Sponsor Lock-Up Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2021, by and among PubCo and Seaport Global SPAC, LLC, in each case as may be amended from time to time.

 

Managing Member” means (i) immediately before the Effective Time, the Holding Company, (ii) from and after the Effective Time, PubCo, whereupon the Holding Company shall cease to be the Managing Member, or (iii) any successor Managing Member admitted to the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in its capacity as the managing member of the Company.

 

Member” means each of the Persons from time to time admitted to the Company as a member of the Company and listed as a Member in the books and records of the Company, each in its capacity as a member of the Company other than PubCo.

 

“Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain” has the meaning ascribed to the term “partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain” in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).

 

“Member Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning ascribed to the term “partner nonrecourse deductions” set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).

 

Merger” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

National Securities Exchange” means a securities exchange registered with the Commission under Section 6 of the Exchange Act.

 

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Net Loss” means, with respect to a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of Losses for such Taxable Year over Profits for such Taxable Year (excluding Losses and Profits specially allocated pursuant to this Agreement).

 

Net Profit” means, with respect to a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of Profits for such Taxable Year over Losses for such Taxable Year (excluding Profits and Losses specially allocated pursuant to this Agreement).

 

“Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1). The amount of Nonrecourse Deductions of the Company for a Fiscal Year equals the net increase, if any, in the amount of Company Minimum Gain of the Company during that fiscal year, determined according to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(c).

 

Options” means any right, option or warrant to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any Units.

 

Participate” (and the correlative terms “Participating” and “Participation”) includes any direct or indirect ownership interest in any enterprise or participation in the management of such enterprise, whether as an officer, director, employee, partner, sole proprietor, agent, representative, independent contractor, consultant, executive, franchisor, franchisee, creditor, owner or otherwise.

 

Partnership Representative” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.

 

Permitted Hedging Transactions” means convertible securities, derivative securities, options or contracts or instruments used by the Holding Company (together with its successors and any Permitted Transferee thereof) to manage, hedge, transfer or dispose the Holding Company’s (or any of its successors’ or any Permitted Transferee thereof’s) ownership of any Capital Stock of PubCo that the Holding Company (together with its successors and any Permitted Transferee thereof) holds of record and/or beneficially.

 

Permitted Transferee” means any transferee in an Exempt Transfer.

 

Person” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, association or other entity.

 

Prior Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Profits” or “Losses” means items of Company income and gain or loss and deduction, other than items allocated pursuant to Section 4.3, for an applicable tax accounting period determined for purposes of maintaining the Capital Account of each Member under Section 3.2 and in accordance with Section 704(b) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

PubCo” means Redbox Entertainment Inc. (f/k/a Seaport Global Acquisition Corp.), a Delaware corporation, and its successors.

 

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PubCo Warrants” has the meaning given to “Acquiror Warrants” in the BCA.

 

Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of or about the date hereof, by and among PubCo and the parties listed as Investors on Schedule I thereto, as may be amended from time to time.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations. Any reference herein to a specific section, rule or regulation of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any corresponding provisions of future law.

 

Securities and Exchange Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including any governmental body or agency succeeding to the functions thereof.

 

Similar Law” means any law or regulation that could cause the underlying assets of the Company to be treated as assets of the Member by virtue of its limited liability company interest in the Company and thereby subject the Company and the Managing Member (or other persons responsible for the investment and operation of the Company’s assets) to laws or regulations that are similar to the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions contained in Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

Stock Exchange Payment” means, with respect to any Exchange of Class A Common Units for which a Stock Exchange Payment is elected by the Managing Member, a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the number of Class A Common Units so exchanged multiplied by the Exchange Rate.

 

Stockholders Agreement” means the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of or about the date hereof, by and among PubCo, the Holding Company, the parties listed as on Schedule A thereto and each additional Person that becomes a party thereto in accordance with Section 7.18 thereof, as may be amended from time to time.

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of partnership or other similar ownership interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation) if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control any managing director or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity. For purposes hereof, references to a “Subsidiary” of the Company shall be given effect only at such times that the Company has one or more Subsidiaries, and, unless otherwise indicated, the term “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

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Substituted Member” means a Person that is admitted as a Member to the Company pursuant to Section 10.1.

 

Tax Distributions” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(d)(i).

 

Tax Estimate” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(d)(i).

 

Tax Receivable Agreement” mean the Tax Receivable Agreement dated as of or about the date hereof among the Company, the Holding Company and PubCo, as amended from time to time.

 

Taxable Year” means the Company’s accounting period for federal income tax purposes determined pursuant to Section 8.2.

 

Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(a).

 

Transferor’s Owner” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(d)(i).

 

Treasury Regulations” means the income tax regulations promulgated under the Code, as amended.

 

Unit” means, collectively, the Class A Common Units and such other units of the Company as may be authorized, designated or issued, as determined by the Managing Member from time to time after the date hereof.

 

VWAP” means the daily per share volume-weighted average price of the Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market or such other principal United States securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is listed, quoted or admitted to trading, as displayed under the heading Bloomberg VWAP on the Bloomberg page designated for the Class A Common Stock (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the open of trading on such Trading Day until the close of trading on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, (a) the per share volume-weighted average price of a share of Class A Common Stock on such Trading Day (determined without regard to afterhours trading or any other trading outside the regular trading session or trading hours), or (b) if such determination is not feasible, the market price per share of Class A Common Stock, in either case as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained in good faith for this purpose by PubCo).

 

Withholding Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5.

 

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1.2           Interpretive Provisions. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)               The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.

 

(b)               A reference to the masculine gender shall be deemed to be a reference to the feminine gender and vice versa.

 

(c)               The words “or,” “either,” and “any” are not exclusive.

 

(d)               A reference to a Person includes its permitted successors and permitted assigns.

 

(e)               The words “include,” “includes” and “including” are not limiting and shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”.

 

(f)                The headings of particular provisions of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and will not be construed as a part of this Agreement or serve as a limitation or expansion on the scope of any term or provision of this Agreement.

 

(g)               A reference in a document to an Article, Section, Exhibit, Schedule, Annex or Appendix is to the Article, Section, Exhibit, Schedule, Annex or Appendix of such document unless otherwise indicated. Exhibits, Schedules, Annexes or Appendices to any document shall be deemed incorporated by reference in such document.

 

(h)               References to any document, instrument or agreement (i) shall include all exhibits, schedules and other attachments thereto, (ii) shall include all documents, instruments or agreements issued or executed in replacement thereof, and (iii) shall mean such document, instrument or agreement, or replacement or predecessor thereto, as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time and in effect at any given time.

 

(i)                 The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any document shall refer to such document as a whole and not to any particular provision of such document.

 

(j)                 This Agreement is the result of negotiations among, and has been reviewed by, the Members with the advice of counsel to the extent deemed necessary by any Member. Accordingly, this Agreement shall be deemed to be the product of all of the Members, and no ambiguity shall be construed in favor of or against any Member.

 

(k)               All accounting terms not specifically defined in this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, consistently applied.

 

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(l)                 All references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth in this Agreement shall mean United States (U.S.) dollars and all payments under this Agreement shall be made in United States dollars.

 

(m)              The term “day” shall mean calendar day.

 

(n)               Whenever an event or action is to be performed by a particular date or a period ends on a particular date, and the date in questions falls on a day which is not a business day, the event or action shall be performed, or the period shall end, on the next succeeding business day.

 

(o)               All references in this Agreement to any law shall be to such law as amended, supplemented, modified and replaced from time to time, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Article II
ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

 

2.1           Formation of Company. The Company was formed on August 8, 2016 pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Act.

 

2.2           Limited Liability Company Agreement. The Members hereby execute this Agreement for the purpose of establishing the affairs of the Company and the conduct of its business in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware Act. This Agreement amends and restates the Prior Agreement in its entirety and shall constitute the “limited liability company agreement” (as that term is defined in the Delaware Act) of the Company effective as of the Effective Time. The Members hereby agree that during the term of the Company set forth in Section 2.6 the rights and obligations of the Members with respect to the Company will be determined in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Delaware Act. On any matter upon which this Agreement is silent, the Delaware Act shall control. No provision of this Agreement shall be in violation of the Delaware Act and to the extent any provision of this Agreement is in violation of the Delaware Act, such provision shall be void and of no effect to the extent of such violation without affecting the validity of the other provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that where the Delaware Act provides that a provision of the Delaware Act shall apply “unless otherwise provided in a limited liability company agreement” or words of similar effect, the provisions of this Agreement shall in each instance control.

 

2.3           Name. The name of the Company shall be “Redwood Intermediate, LLC”. The Managing Member in its sole discretion may change the name of the Company at any time and from time to time in accordance with the Delaware Act. Notification of any such change shall be given to all of the Members. The Company’s business may be conducted under its name and/or any other name or names deemed advisable by the Managing Member.

 

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2.4           Purpose. The Company shall have authority to engage in any lawful business, purpose or activity permitted by the Delaware Act. The Company shall possess and may exercise all of the powers and privileges granted by the Act or by any other law or by this Agreement, together with any powers incidental thereto, and may take any other action not prohibited under the Act or other applicable law, including such powers or privileges as are necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business, purposes or activities of the Company.

 

2.5           Principal Office; Registered Office. The principal office of the Company shall be at 1 Tower Lane, Suite 800, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181, or such other place as the Managing Member may from time to time designate. The Company may maintain offices at such other place or places as the Managing Member deems advisable. Notification of any such change shall be given to all of the Members. The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be 251 Little Falls Drive, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808, and the registered agent for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware at such registered office shall be Corporation Service Company.

 

2.6           Term. The term of the Company commenced upon the filing of the Certificate in accordance with the Delaware Act and shall continue in existence until dissolution thereof in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII. The existence of the Company as a separate legal entity shall continue until cancellation of the Certificate as provided in the Delaware Act.

 

2.7           No State-Law Partnership. The Members intend that the Company not be a partnership (including, without limitation, a limited partnership) or joint venture, and that no Member be a partner or joint venturer of any other Member by virtue of this Agreement, for any purposes other than as set forth in Section 2.8, and neither this Agreement nor any other document entered into by the Company or any Member relating to the subject matter hereof shall be construed to suggest otherwise.

 

2.8           Tax Treatment. The Members intend that the Company shall be treated as a partnership for federal and applicable state or local income tax purposes, and that each Member and the Company shall file all tax returns and shall otherwise take all tax and financial reporting positions in a manner consistent with and actions necessary to obtain such treatment.

 

2.9            Prior Agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, all prior limited liability company agreements amongst the Company and its members, including all amendments thereto, shall govern and control for all periods prior to the date hereof.

 

Article III
CAPITALIZATION; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

3.1           Capitalization.

 

(a)               Each Member shall hold Units, and the relative rights, privileges, preferences and obligations with respect to each Member’s Units shall be determined under this Agreement and the Delaware Act based upon the number and the class of Units held by such Member. The number and the class of Units held by each Member shall be set forth in the books and records of the Company. The Company shall maintain a schedule (as updated and amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and current as of the date set forth therein), which shall include: (i) the name and address of each Member; (ii) the aggregate number of and type of Units issued and outstanding held by each Member; and (iii) each Member’s Capital Contributions following the Effective Time. The class of Units as of the Effective Time is as follows:

 

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(i)                 Class A Common Units. The Class A Common Units shall have all the rights, privileges and obligations as are specifically provided for in this Agreement for Class A Common Units, and as may otherwise be generally applicable to all classes of Units, unless such application is specifically limited to one or more other classes of Units.

 

The Members shall have no right to vote on any matter, except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, or as may be required under the Delaware Act. Any such vote shall be at a meeting of the Members entitled to vote or in writing as provided herein.

 

(b)               Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Managing Member in its sole discretion may establish and issue, from time to time in accordance with such procedures as the Managing Member shall determine from time to time, additional Units, in one or more classes or series of Units, or other Company securities, at such price, and with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties (which may be senior to existing Units, classes and series of Units or other Company securities), as shall be determined by the Managing Member without the approval of any Member or any other Person who may acquire an interest in any of the Units, including (i) the right of such Units to share in Profits and Losses or items thereof; (ii) the right of such Units to share in Company distributions; (iii) the rights of such Units upon dissolution and winding up of the Company; (iv) whether, and the terms and conditions upon which, the Company may or shall be required to redeem such Units (including sinking fund provisions); (v) whether such Units are issued with the privilege of conversion or exchange and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; (vi) the terms and conditions upon which such Units will be issued, evidenced by certificates and assigned or transferred; (vii) the method for determining the Class A Percentage Interest as to such Units; (viii) the terms and conditions of the issuance of such Units (including, without limitation, the amount and form of consideration, if any, to be received by the Company in respect thereof, the Managing Member being expressly authorized, in its sole discretion, to cause the Company to issue such Units for less than fair market value); and (ix) the right, if any, of the holder of such Units to vote on Company matters, including matters relating to the relative designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties of such Units. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Managing Member in its sole discretion, without the approval of any Member or any other Person, is authorized (i) to issue Units or other Company securities of any newly established class or any existing class to Members or other Persons who may acquire an interest in the Company; (ii) to amend this Agreement to reflect the creation of any such new class, the issuance of Units or other Company securities of such class, and the admission of any Person as a Member which has received Units or other Company securities; and (iii) to effect the combination, subdivision and/or reclassification of outstanding Units as may be necessary or appropriate to give economic effect to equity investments in the Company by the Managing Member that are not accompanied by the issuance by the Company to the Managing Member of additional Units and to update the books and records of the Company accordingly. All Units of a particular class shall have identical rights in all respects as all other Units of such class, except in each case as otherwise specified in this Agreement. The Company shall not, and the Managing Member shall not cause the Company to, issue any Units if such issuance would (i) result in the Company having more than 100 partners, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) (determined taking into account the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(3)) or (ii) pose a material risk that the Company would be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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(c)               All Units issued hereunder shall be uncertificated unless otherwise determined by the Managing Member.

 

(d)               Each Member who is issued Units by the Company pursuant to the authority of the Managing Member pursuant to Section 5.1 shall make the Capital Contributions to the Company determined by the Managing Member pursuant to the authority of the Managing Member pursuant to Section 5.1 in exchange for such Units.

 

(e)               Each Member, to the extent having the right to consent thereto, by executing this Agreement, hereby confirms, ratifies and approves the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other agreements and transactions referred to herein.

 

3.2           New PubCo Issuances.

 

(a)               Subject to Article XII and Section 3.2(b), if, at any time after the Effective Time, PubCo issues shares of its Class A Common Stock or any other Equity Security of PubCo (other than shares of Class B Common Stock), (x) the Company shall concurrently issue to PubCo an equal number of Class A Common Units (if PubCo issues shares of Class A Common Stock), or an equal number of such other Equity Security of the Company corresponding to the Equity Securities issued by PubCo (if PubCo issues Equity Securities of PubCo other than Class A Common Stock), and with the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of PubCo so issued and (y) PubCo shall concurrently contribute to the Company the net proceeds or other property received by PubCo, if any, for such shares of Class A Common Stock or other Equity Security.

 

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(b)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 3.2(a) or Section 3.2(c), this Section 3.2 shall not apply to (x) the issuance and distribution to holders of shares of PubCo Class A Common Stock of rights to purchase Equity Securities of PubCo under a “poison pill” or similar shareholder rights plan (and upon exchange of Class A Common Units for Class A Common Stock, such Class A Common Stock will be issued together with corresponding rights under such plan) or (y) the issuance under PubCo’s employee benefit plans of any warrants, options, stock appreciation right, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance based award or other rights to acquire Equity Securities of PubCo or rights or property that may be converted into or settled in Equity Securities of PubCo, but shall in each of the foregoing cases apply to the issuance of Equity Securities of PubCo in connection with the exercise or settlement of such warrants, options, stock appreciation right, restricted stock units, performance based awards or the vesting of restricted stock (including as set forth in clause (c) below, as applicable).

 

(c)               In the event any outstanding Equity Security of PubCo is exercised or otherwise converted and, as a result, any shares of Class A Common Stock or other Equity Securities of PubCo are issued (including as a result of the exercise of PubCo Warrants), (x) the corresponding Equity Security outstanding at the Company, if any, shall be similarly exercised or otherwise converted, if applicable, (y) an equivalent number of Class A Common Units or equivalent Equity Securities of the Company shall be issued to PubCo as required by the first sentence of Section 3.2(a), and (z) PubCo shall concurrently contribute to the Company the net proceeds received by PubCo from any such exercise or conversion.

 

3.3           PubCo Debt Issuance. If at any time PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) issues Debt Securities, PubCo or such Subsidiary shall transfer to the Company the net proceeds received by PubCo or such Subsidiary, as applicable, in exchange for such Debt Securities in a manner that directly or indirectly burdens the Company with the repayment of the Debt Securities.

 

3.4           New Company Issuances. Except pursuant to Article XII, (a) the Company may not issue any additional Units to PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) unless (i) substantially simultaneously therewith PubCo or such Subsidiary issues or transfers an equal number of newly-issued shares of Class A Common Stock (or relevant Equity Security of such Subsidiary) to another Person or Persons, and (ii) such issuance is in accordance with Section 3.2, and (b) the Company may not issue any other Equity Securities of the Company to PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) unless (i) substantially simultaneously therewith PubCo or such Subsidiary issues or transfers, to another Person, an equal number of newly-issued shares of Equity Securities of PubCo or such Subsidiary with substantially the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of the Company, and (ii) such issuance is in accordance with Section 3.2.

 

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3.5           Repurchases and Redemptions.

 

(a)               PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) may redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire (A) shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to a Board approved repurchase plan or program (or otherwise in connection with a transaction approved by the Board), provided that substantially simultaneously therewith the Company redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires from PubCo or such Subsidiary an equal number of Class A Common Units for the same price per security, if any, or (B) any other Equity Securities of PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) pursuant to a Board approved repurchase plan or program (or otherwise in connection with a transaction approved by the Board), provided that substantially simultaneously therewith, the Company redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires from PubCo or such Subsidiary an equal number of the corresponding class or series of Equity Securities of the Company with the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of PubCo or such Subsidiary for the same price per security, if any.

 

(b)               The Company may not redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire (x) any Class A Common Units from PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) unless substantially simultaneously therewith, PubCo or such Subsidiary redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires pursuant to a Board approved repurchase plan or program (or otherwise in connection with a transaction approved by the Board) an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock for the same price per security from holders thereof or (y) any other Equity Securities of the Company from PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) unless substantially simultaneously therewith, PubCo or such Subsidiary redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires pursuant to a Board approved repurchase plan or program (or otherwise in connection with a transaction approved by the Board) for the same price per security an equal number of Equity Securities of PubCo (or such Subsidiary) of a corresponding class or series with substantially the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of PubCo or such Subsidiary.

 

(c)               Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 3.5, to the extent that any consideration payable by PubCo in connection with the redemption, repurchase or acquisition of any shares of Class A Common Stock or other Equity Securities of PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) consists (in whole or in part) of shares of Class A Common Stock or such other Equity Securities (including in connection with the cashless exercise of an option or warrant (or other convertible right or security)) other than under PubCo’s employee benefit plans for which there are no corresponding Class A Common Units or other Equity Securities of the Company, the redemption, repurchase or acquisition of the corresponding Class A Common Units or other Equity Securities of the Company shall be effectuated in an equivalent manner; provided that clause (c) shall not apply to a redemption, repurchase or acquisition to the extent paid in connection with a contribution to the Company of cash previously received as a distribution from the Company.

 

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3.6           Equity Subdivisions and Combinations.

 

(a)               The Company shall not in any manner effect any subdivision (by any equity split, equity distribution, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse equity split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of the outstanding Units unless accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination, as applicable, of the outstanding Class A Common Stock or other related class or series of Equity Security of PubCo, with corresponding changes made with respect to any other exchangeable or convertible Equity Securities of the Company and PubCo.

 

(b)               Except in accordance with Section 12.6, PubCo shall not in any manner effect any subdivision (by any equity split, equity distribution, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse equity split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of the outstanding Class A Common Stock or any other class or series of Equity Security of PubCo, unless accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination, as applicable, of the outstanding Units or other related class or series of Equity Security of the Company, with corresponding changes made with respect to any applicable exchangeable or convertible Equity Securities of the Company and PubCo.

 

3.7           General Authority. For the avoidance of doubt, but subject to Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6, the Company and PubCo (including in its capacity as the Managing Member of the Company) shall be permitted to undertake all actions, including an issuance, redemption, reclassification, distribution, division or recapitalization, with respect to the Units to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between (i) the number of Class A Common Units owned by PubCo, directly or indirectly, and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, and (ii) the number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock held by any Person (other than PubCo) and the number of Class A Common Units held by such Person disregarding, for purposes of maintaining the one-to-one ratios in clause (i), (A) options, rights or securities of PubCo issued under any plan involving the issuance of any Equity Securities of PubCo that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock, (B) treasury stock, or (C) preferred stock or other debt or equity securities (including warrants, options or rights) issued by PubCo that are convertible or into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock (but in each case prior to such conversion or exchange).

 

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3.8           Capital Accounts.

 

(a)               A separate capital account (each, a “Capital Account”) shall be established for each Member and shall be maintained in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) and this Section 3.8 shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Treasury Regulations. In accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), the Company may adjust the Capital Accounts of its Members to reflect revaluations (including any unrealized income, gain or loss) of the Company’s property (including intangible assets such as goodwill), whenever it issues additional interests in the Company (including any interests issued with a zero initial Capital Account), or whenever the adjustments would otherwise be permitted under such Treasury Regulations. In the event that the Capital Accounts of the Members are so adjusted, (i) the Capital Accounts of the Members shall be adjusted in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g) for allocations of depreciation, depletion, amortization and gain or loss, as computed for book purposes, with respect to such property and (ii) the Members’ distributive shares of depreciation, depletion, amortization and gain or loss, as computed for tax purposes, with respect to such property shall be determined so as to take account of the variation between the adjusted tax basis and Book Value of such property in the same manner as under Section 704(c) of the Code. In the event that Section 704(c) of the Code applies to property of the Company, the Capital Accounts of the Members shall be adjusted in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g) for allocations of depreciation, depletion, amortization, and gain and loss, as computed for book purposes with respect to such property. The Capital Accounts shall be increased (decreased) by the amount of Profits (Losses) allocated to the respective Members in accordance with this Agreement and applicable Treasury Regulations, and shall be maintained for the sole purpose of allocating Profits and Losses among the Members and have no effect on the amount of any distributions to any Members in liquidation or otherwise. In connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Capital Accounts of the Members shall be adjusted in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and determined as of the date hereof and the Capital Account of each Member shall be reflected in the books and records of the Company.

 

3.9            Negative Capital Accounts. No Member shall be required to pay to any other Member or the Company any deficit or negative balance which may exist from time to time in such Member’s Capital Account (including upon and after dissolution of the Company).

 

3.10          No Withdrawal. No Person shall be entitled to withdraw any part of such Person’s Capital Contribution or Capital Account or to receive any Distribution from the Company, except as expressly provided herein.

 

3.11          Loans From Members. Loans by Members to the Company shall not be considered Capital Contributions. If any Member shall advance funds to the Company in excess of the amounts required hereunder to be contributed by such Member to the capital of the Company, the making of such advances shall not result in any increase in the amount of the Capital Account of such Member. The amount of any such advances shall be a debt of the Company to such Member and shall be payable or collectible in accordance with the terms and conditions upon which such advances are made.

 

3.12          Shares Governed by Article 8. The Company hereby irrevocably elects that all Units in the Company shall be securities governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Delaware and each other applicable jurisdiction. Should the Company issue certificates to a Member evidencing the Units held by such Member in the Company, each such certificate shall bear the following legend, among others determined by the Board: “This certificate evidences an interest in Redwood Intermediate LLC and shall be a security governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Delaware and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, each other applicable jurisdiction.”

 

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Article IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS

 

4.1            Distributions.

 

(a)               Distributions Generally. The Managing Member may, subject to (i) any restrictions contained in the financing agreements to which the Company or any its Subsidiaries is a party, (ii) having available cash, and (iii) any other restrictions set forth in this Agreement, make Distributions at any time and from time to time. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no Distribution, Tax Distribution or other payment in respect of Units shall be required to be made to any Member if, and to the extent that, such Distribution, Tax Distribution or other payment in respect of Units would not be permitted under the Delaware Act or other applicable law.

 

(b)               Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 4.1(d) with respect to Tax Distributions, all Distributions by the Company other than those made in connection with a Liquidity Event pursuant to Section 4.1(c), shall be made or allocated to holders of Class A Common Units pro rata based on the number of Class A Common Units held by each such holder and the total number of outstanding Class A Common Units.

 

(c)               Distributions in Connection with a Liquidity Event. Subject to Section 4.1(d) with respect to Tax Distributions, all Distributions by the Company, and all proceeds (whether received by the Company or directly by the Members) in connection with any Liquidity Event, shall be made or allocated among the holders of Class A Common Units pro rata based on the number of Class A Common Units held by each such holder and the total number of outstanding Class A Common Units.

 

(d)               Tax Distributions.

 

(i)                 At least two Business Days prior to the date on which any U.S. federal corporate estimated tax payments are due the Company shall make distributions to each Member of the Company on a pro rata basis based on the number of Class A Common Units held by each Member in an amount that in the Managing Member’s reasonable discretion allows every Member to satisfy its tax liability with respect to its Class A Common Units (“Tax Distributions”). The amount of any Tax Distributions shall be determined assuming that each Member is a corporation, and each Member’s only income is from the Company, which amount of income shall be calculated based on the projections believed by the Managing Member in good faith to be reasonable projections of the taxable income of the Company for the applicable tax period (a “Tax Estimate”) multiplied by the highest marginal federal, state and local tax rate for a corporation that is resident in the United States applicable to ordinary income, qualified dividend income or capital gains, as appropriate, taking into account the holding period of the assets disposed of and the year in which the taxable net income is recognized by the Company, and taking into account the deductibility of state and local income taxes as applicable at the time for U.S. federal income tax purposes and any limitations thereon including pursuant to Section 68 of the Code or Section 164 of the Code (the "Assumed Tax Rate"). The Assumed Tax Rate shall be the same for all Members.

 

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(ii)                 If the aggregate amount of Tax Distributions paid for any Fiscal Year is less than the amount that would be calculated as of the end of such Fiscal Year based upon the Company’s actual income for such Fiscal Year, additional Tax Distributions in the amount of such shortfall shall be paid as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of such Fiscal Year.

 

(e)               Each Distribution pursuant to Section 4.1(b) and (c) and each Distribution pursuant to Section 4.1(d) shall be made to the Persons shown on the Company’s books and records as Members as of the date of such Distribution; provided, however, that any transferor and transferee of Units may mutually agree as to which of them should receive payment of any Distribution under Section 4.1(d).

 

(f)                For purposes of this Section 4.1, any non-cash Company assets distributed in kind to any Members shall be valued at their Fair Market Value in accordance with Article XIV.

 

4.2            Allocations of Net Profit and Net Loss. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, including Section 4.3, Net Profits and Net Losses (and, to the extent necessary, individual items of income, gain or loss or deduction of the Company) shall be allocated among the Capital Accounts of the Members pro rata in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Managing Member may adjust the allocations to the Members pursuant to this Article in its discretion so as to conform as nearly as practicable with the related distributions and expected distributions pursuant to this Agreement, and the Managing Member may take into account whatever facts and circumstances the Managing Member reasonably determines are relevant in exercising such discretion (including unrealized gains or losses or expected accruals of preferred return).

 

4.3           Special Allocations. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Article IV:

 

(a)               Minimum Gain Chargeback. If there is a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain or Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain (determined in accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(d) and 1.704- 2(i)) during any Company taxable year, the Members shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to their respective shares of such net decrease during such year, determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5). The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f). This Section 4.3(a) is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirements in such Treasury Regulations Sections and shall be interpreted consistently therewith; including that no chargeback shall be required to the extent of the exceptions provided in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f) and 1.704-2(i)(4).

 

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(b)               Qualified Income Offset. If any Member unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations, or distributions described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), items of Company income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate the deficit balance in such Member’s Adjusted Capital Account Balance created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as promptly as possible; provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 4.3(b) shall be made only to the extent that a Member would have a deficit Adjusted Capital Account Balance in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided for in this Article IV have been tentatively made as if this Section 4.3(b) were not in this Agreement. This Section 4.3(b) is intended to comply with the “qualified income offset” requirement of the Code and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

(c)               Gross Income Allocation. If any Member has a deficit Capital Account at the end of any taxable year which is in excess of the sum of (i) the amount such Member is obligated to restore, if any, pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, and (ii) the amount such Member is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentences of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5), each such Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible; provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 4.3(c) shall be made only if and to the extent that a Member would have a deficit Capital Account in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided for in this Article IV have been tentatively made as if Section 4.3(b) and this Section 4.3(c) were not in this Agreement.

 

(d)               Nonrecourse Deductions. Nonrecourse Deductions shall be allocated to the Members holding Class A Common Units in accordance with their respective Class A Percentage Interest.

 

(e)               Member Nonrecourse Deductions. Member Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable period shall be allocated to the Member who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the liability to which such Member Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(j).

 

(f)                Ameliorative Allocations. Any special allocations of income or gain pursuant to Sections 4.4(a) or 4.4(e) hereof shall be taken into account in computing subsequent allocations pursuant to Section 4.2 and this Section 4.3(f), so that the net amount of any items so allocated and all other items allocated to each Member shall, to the extent possible, be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each Member if such allocations pursuant to Sections 4.3(b) or 4.3(e) had not occurred.

 

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4.4           Tax Allocations.

 

(a)               Except as provided in Sections 4.4(b), (c) and (d), Net Profits and Net Losses (and, to the extent necessary, items of income, gains, losses, deductions and credits) of the Company will be allocated, for federal, state and local income tax purposes, among the holders of Units in accordance with the allocation of such income, gains, losses, deductions and credits among the holders of Units for book purposes.

 

(b)               The Company shall elect to use the “traditional method with curative allocations” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(c) with respect to any assets deemed contributed to the Company by Seller in connection with the transactions contemplated by the BCA.

 

(c)               If the Book Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to Section 3.2, subsequent allocations of items of taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such asset for federal income tax purposes and its Book Value in the same manner as under Section 704(c) of the Code.

 

(d)               Allocations of tax credits, tax credit recapture, and any items related thereto shall be allocated to the holders of Units according to their interests in such items as determined by the Managing Member taking into account the principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii).

 

(e)               Allocations pursuant to this Section 4.4 are solely for purposes of federal, state and local taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any holder’s Capital Account or share of book income, gain, loss or deduction, Distributions or other Company items pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.

 

4.5           Withholding Taxes.

 

(a)               The Company shall withhold taxes from distributions to, and allocations among, the Members to the extent required by law. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.5, any amount so withheld by the Company with regard to a Member shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as an amount actually distributed to such Member pursuant to Section 4.1(b) or Section 4.1(c), as appropriate (a “Withholding Payment”). An amount shall be considered withheld by the Company if, and at the time, remitted to a Governmental Entity without regard to whether such remittance occurs at the same time as the distribution or allocation to which it relates; provided, however, that an amount actually withheld from a specific distribution or designated by the Managing Member as withheld from a specific allocation shall be treated as if distributed at the time such distribution or allocation occurs.

 

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(b)               Each Member hereby agrees to indemnify the Company and the other Members for any liability they may incur for failure to properly withhold taxes in respect of such Member. Moreover, each Member hereby agrees that neither the Company nor any other Member shall be liable to such Member for any excess taxes withheld in respect of such Member’s Interest and that, in the event of over-withholding, a Member’s sole recourse shall be to apply for a refund from the appropriate governmental authority.

 

(c)               If it is anticipated that at the due date of the Company’s withholding obligation the Member’s share of cash distributions or other amounts due is less than the amount of the Withholding Payment, the Member with respect to which the withholding obligation applies shall pay to the Company the amount of such shortfall within thirty (30) days after notice by the Company. If a Member fails to make the required payment when due hereunder, and the Company nevertheless pays the withholding, in addition to the Company’s remedies for breach of this Agreement, the amount paid shall be deemed a recourse loan from the Company to such Member bearing interest at an interest rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus 2.0%, and the Company shall apply all distributions or payments that would otherwise be made to such Member toward payment of the loan and interest, which payments or distributions shall be applied first to interest and then to principal until the loan is repaid in full. In the event that the distributions or proceeds to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company are reduced on account of taxes withheld at the source or any taxes are otherwise required to be paid by the Company and such taxes are imposed on or with respect to one or more, but not all of the Members in the Company, or all of the Members in the Company at different tax rates, the amount of the reduction shall be borne by the relevant Members and treated as if it were paid by the Company as a Withholding Payment with respect to such Members pursuant to Section 4.5(a). Taxes imposed on the Company where the rate of tax varies depending on characteristics of the Members shall be treated as taxes imposed on or with respect to the Members for purposes of Section 4.5(a). In addition, if the Company is obligated to pay any taxes (including penalties, interest and any addition to tax) to any Governmental Entity that is specifically attributable to a Member or a former Member, including, without limitation, on account of Sections 864 or 1446 of the Code, then (x) such Member or former Member shall indemnify the Company in full for the entire amount paid or payable, (y) the Managing Member may offset future distributions from such Member or former Member pursuant to Section 4.1 to which such Person is otherwise entitled under this Agreement against such Member or former Member’s obligation to indemnify the Company under this Section 4.5(c) and (z) such amounts shall be treated as a Withholding Payment pursuant to Section 4.5(a) with respect to such Member or former Member; provided, however that such Member or former Member shall, prior to each Exchange Date, pay to the Company in cash any amount subject to this Section 4.5(c) that would be outstanding as of such Exchange Date.

 

(d)               If the Company incurs an Imputed Underpayment Amount, the Managing Member shall determine in its reasonable discretion the portion of such Imputed Underpayment Amount attributable to each Member or former Member and such attributable amount shall be treated as a Withholding Payment pursuant to Section 4.5(a). The portion of the Imputed Underpayment Amount that the Managing Member attributes to a former Member of the Company shall be treated as a Withholding Payment with respect to both such former Member and such former Member’s transferee(s) or assignee(s), as applicable, and the Managing Member may in its discretion exercise the Company’s rights pursuant to this Section 4.5 in respect of either or both of the former Member and its transferee or assignee; provided, however that such Member or former Member shall, prior to each Exchange Date, pay to the Company in cash any Imputed Underpayment Amount attributable to such Member or former Member that would be outstanding as of such Exchange Date.

 

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(e)               A Member’s obligations under this Section 4.5 shall survive the dissolution and winding up of the Company and any transfer, assignment or liquidation of such Member’s interest in the Company.

 

4.6           Allocations Upon Final Liquidation. With respect to the fiscal year in which the final liquidation of the Company occurs in accordance with Section 13.2 of the Agreement, and notwithstanding any other provision of Sections 4.2, 4.3 or 4.4 hereof, items of Company income, gain, loss and deduction shall be specially allocated to the Members in such amounts and priorities as are necessary so that the positive capital accounts of the Members shall, as closely as possible, equal the amounts that will be distributed to the Members pursuant to Section 13.2.

 

Article V
MANAGEMENT

 

5.1           Authority of Managing Member. Except for situations in which the approval of one or more of the Members is specifically required by the express terms of this Agreement, and subject to the provisions of this Article V, (i) all management powers over the business and affairs of the Company shall be exclusively vested in the Managing Member, (ii) the Managing Member shall conduct, direct and exercise full control over all activities of the Company, and (iii) the Managing Member shall have the sole power to bind or take any action on behalf of the Company, or to exercise any rights and powers (including, without limitation, the rights and powers to take certain actions, give or withhold certain consents or approvals, or make certain determinations, opinions, judgments or other decisions) granted to the Company under this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or other document to which the Company is a party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to any situations in which the approval of the Members is specifically required by this Agreement, (x) the Managing Member shall have discretion in determining whether to issue Equity Securities of the Company, the number of Equity Securities of the Company to be issued at any particular time, the purchase price for any Equity Securities of the Company issued, and all other terms and conditions governing the issuance of Equity Securities of the Company and (y) the Managing Member may enter into, approve, and consummate any Liquidity Event or other extraordinary or business combination or divestiture transaction, and execute and deliver on behalf of the Company or the Members any agreement, document and instrument in connection therewith (including amendments, if any, to this Agreement or adoptions of new constituent documents) without the approval or consent of any Member. The Managing Member shall operate the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance in all material respects with an annual budget, business plan and financial forecasts for the Company and its Subsidiaries for each fiscal year. The Managing Member shall be the “manager” of the Company for the purposes of the Delaware Act. The Managing Member is hereby designated as authorized person, within the meaning of the Delaware Act, to execute, deliver and file the certificate of formation of the Company and all other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) required or permitted by the Delaware Act to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Managing Member is hereby authorized to execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in a jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, without the consent of any Member or other Person being required, the Company is hereby authorized to execute, deliver and perform, and the Managing Member or any officer on behalf of the Company, is hereby authorized to execute and deliver (a) the Tax Receivable Agreement; and (b) any amendment and any agreement, document or other instrument contemplated thereby or related thereto. The Managing Member or any officer is hereby authorized to enter into the documents described in the preceding sentence on behalf of the Company, but such authorization shall not be deemed a restriction on the power of the Managing Member or any officer to enter into other documents on behalf of the Company. Nothing set forth in this Agreement shall reduce or restrict the rights of any Person set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions thereof. Further notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, and subject to any matter required to be approved by a majority of the Disinterested Members of the Board, from and after the Effective Time, if any action or determination that is permitted to be taken or made by the Managing Member pursuant to this Agreement is an action or determination that would require the approval of the board of directors of a Delaware corporation if the Company were such a corporation, then such action or determination shall be taken or made by the Managing Member only with the approval of the Board.

 

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5.2            Actions of the Managing Member. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, any decision, action, approval or consent required or permitted to be taken by the Managing Member may be taken by the Managing Member through any Person or Persons to whom authority and duties have been delegated pursuant to Section 5.4(a). The Managing Member shall not cease to be the Managing Member of the Company as a result of the delegation of any duties hereunder. No officer or agent of the Company, in its capacity as such, shall be considered the Managing Member of the Company by agreement, as a result of the performance of its duties hereunder or otherwise.

 

5.3           Compensation; Expenses.

 

(a)               The Managing Member shall not be entitled to any compensation for services rendered to the Company in its capacity as Managing Member. The Managing Member’s interest in its capacity as such shall be a non-economic interest in the Company, which does not entitle the Managing Member, solely in its capacity as such, to any Units, distributions or Tax Distributions.

 

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(b)               The Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, all costs, fees, operating expenses and other expenses of the Company (including the costs, fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants or other professionals) incurred in pursuing and conducting, or otherwise related to, the activities of the Company. The Company shall also, in the sole discretion of the Managing Member, bear and/or reimburse PubCo or the Managing Member for (i) any costs, fees or expenses incurred by the Managing Member in connection with serving as the Managing Member, (ii) operating, administrative and other similar costs incurred by PubCo or the Managing Member in connection with operating the Company’s business, to the extent the proceeds are used or will be used by PubCo or the Managing Member to pay expenses described in this clause (ii), and payments of any legal, tax, accounting and other professional fees and expenses (but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any tax liabilities of PubCo or the Managing Member), (iii) any judgments, settlements, penalties, fines or other costs and expenses in respect of any claims against, or any litigation or proceedings involving, PubCo or the Managing Member in connection with, arising out of or relating to operating the Company’s business, (iv) fees and expenses (other than any underwriters’ discounts and commissions that are economically recovered by the Managing Member as a result of acquiring Class A Common Units with the net proceeds of the transactions in which any such underwriters’ discounts and commissions were incurred) related to any securities offering, investment or acquisition transaction (whether or not successful) authorized by PubCo or the Managing Member in connection with, arising out of or relating to operating the Company’s business, (v) other fees and expenses in connection with the maintenance of the existence of the Managing Member, and (vi) all other expenses allocable to the Company or otherwise incurred by PubCo or the Managing Member in connection with operating the Company’s business; provided, however, that amounts so borne or reimbursed by the Company not be used to pay or facilitate dividends or distributions on the securities of PubCo and must be used solely for one of the express purposes set forth under clauses (i) through (vi) of this sentence; and further provided, however, that the Company shall not pay, bear or reimburse any income tax obligations of PubCo or the Managing Member or any obligations of PubCo or the Managing Member under the Tax Receivable Agreement except as provided therein. To the extent practicable, expenses incurred by PubCo or the Managing Member on behalf of or for the benefit of the Company shall be billed directly to and paid by the Company and, if and to the extent any reimbursements to PubCo or the Managing Member or any of their Affiliates by the Company pursuant to this Section 5.3(b) constitute gross income to such Person (as opposed to the repayment of advances made by such Person on behalf of the Company), such amounts shall be treated as “guaranteed payments” within the meaning of Section 707(c) of the Code and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Members’ Capital Account. Reimbursements pursuant to this Section 5.3(b) shall be in addition to any reimbursement to PubCo or the Managing Member as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 6.4.

 

5.4           Delegation of Authority.

 

(a)               The Managing Member may, from time to time, delegate to one or more Persons, including any officer or director of the Company or PubCo (or to the Compensation Committee of the Board or its designees), or to any other Person, such authority and duties as the Managing Member may deem advisable; provided that any such Person shall exercise such authority subject to the same duties and obligations to which the Managing Member would have otherwise been subject pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

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(b)               The Managing Member may assign titles (including, without limitation, executive chairman, non-executive chairman, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, president, vice president, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer or assistant treasurer) and delegate certain authority and duties to such Persons. Any number of titles may be held by the same officer of the Company or other individual. The salaries or other compensation, if any, of the officers and agents of the Company shall be fixed from time to time by the Managing Member. Any delegation pursuant to this Section 5.4 may be revoked at any time by the Managing Member.

 

5.5           Limitation of Liability.

 

(a)               Except as otherwise provided herein, in an agreement entered into by such Person and the Company or by applicable law, none of the Managing Member or any manager, officer, director, principal, member, employee, agent or Affiliate of the Managing Member shall be liable to the Company or to any Member for any act or omission performed or omitted by the Managing Member in its capacity as the Managing Member pursuant to authority granted to such Person by this Agreement; provided that, except as otherwise provided herein, such limitation of liability shall not apply to the extent the act or omission was attributable to such Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or knowing violation of law, for any present or future breaches of any representations, warranties or covenants by such Person or its Affiliates contained herein with respect to any rights of the Company under any other agreements between the Managing Member and the Company. The Managing Member may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its agents, and none of the Managing Member or any manager, officer, director, principal, member, employee, agent or Affiliate of the Managing Member shall be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent appointed by the Managing Member (so long as such agent was selected in good faith and with reasonable care). The Managing Member shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts, including financial advisors, and any act of or failure to act by the Managing Member in good faith reliance on such advice shall in no event subject the Managing Member to liability to the Company or any Member.

 

(b)               Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.1:

 

(i)                 in connection with the performance of its duties as the Managing Member of the Company, the Managing Member (solely in its capacity as such) will owe to the other Members the same fiduciary duties as it would owe to the stockholders of a Delaware corporation if it were a member of the board of directors of such a corporation and the other Members were stockholders of such corporation;

 

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(ii)                 to the extent that, at Law or in equity, any Subsidiary of the Company or any manager, director (or equivalent), officer, employee or agent of any Subsidiary of the Company has duties (including fiduciary duties) to the Company, to a Member (other than the Managing Member) or to any Person who acquires Units, all such duties (including fiduciary duties) are hereby limited solely to those expressly set forth in this Agreement (if any), to the fullest extent permitted by Law; and

 

(iii)                the limitation of duties (including fiduciary duties) to the Company, each Member (other than the Managing Member) and any Person who acquires Units set forth in this Section 5.5(b) is approved by the Company, each Member (other than the Managing Member) and any Person who acquires Units.

 

(c)               Except as provided in this Agreement or in the Delaware Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company and the Managing Member shall not be obligated personally for any such debts, obligations or liabilities solely by reason of acting as the Managing Member of the Company. The Managing Member shall not be personally liable for the Company’s obligations, liabilities and losses. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the failure of the Company to observe any formalities or requirements relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its business and affairs under this Agreement or the Delaware Act shall not be grounds for imposing personal liability on the Managing Member for liabilities of the Company.

 

5.6            Resignation or Termination of Managing Member. PubCo shall not, by any means, resign as, cease to be or be removed or replaced as Managing Member except in compliance with this Section 5.6. No termination or replacement of PubCo as Managing Member shall be effective unless proper provision is made, in compliance with this Agreement, so that the obligations of PubCo, its successor by merger (if applicable) and any new Managing Member and the rights of all Members under this Agreement and applicable Law remain in full force and effect. No appointment of a Person other than PubCo (or its successor by merger, as applicable) as Managing Member shall be effective unless (a) the new Managing Member executes a joinder to this Agreement and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions in this Agreement, and (b) PubCo (or its successor by merger, as applicable) and the new Managing Member (as applicable) provide all other Members with contractual rights, directly enforceable by such other Members against PubCo (or its successor by merger, as applicable) and the new Managing Member (as applicable), to cause (i) PubCo to comply with all PubCo’s obligations under this Agreement (including its obligations under Article XII) other than those that must necessarily be taken solely in its capacity as Managing Member and (ii) the new Managing Member to comply with all the Managing Member’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

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Article VI
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS

 

6.1           Limitation of Liability.

 

(a)               Except as provided in this Agreement or in the Delaware Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company and no Member shall be obligated personally for any such debts, obligations or liabilities solely by reason of being a member of the Company. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Delaware Act, a Member’s liability (in its capacity as such) for Company obligations, liabilities and Losses shall be limited to the Company’s assets; provided that a Member shall be required to return to the Company any Distribution made to it after the execution of this Agreement in clear and manifest accounting or similar error. The immediately preceding sentence shall constitute a compromise to which all Members have consented within the meaning of the Delaware Act.

 

(b)               Except as provided in this Agreement or in the Delaware Act, this Agreement is not intended to, and does not, create or impose any duty (including any fiduciary duty) on any of the Members (other than the Managing Member) hereto or on their respective Affiliates. Further, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any duty otherwise existing at law or in equity, the parties hereto agree that no Member (other than the Managing Member) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have duties (including fiduciary duties) to any other Member or to the Company, and in doing so, recognize, acknowledge and agree that their duties and obligations to one another and to the Company are only as expressly set forth in this Agreement; provided, however, that each Member and the Managing Member shall have the duty to act in accordance with the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

 

(c)               To the extent that, at law or in equity, any Member (other than the Managing Member) has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, to another Member or to another Person who is a party to or is otherwise bound by this Agreement, the Members (other than the Managing Member) acting under this Agreement will not be liable to the Company, to any such other Member or to any such other Person who is a party to or is otherwise bound by this Agreement, for their good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or eliminate the duties and liabilities relating thereto of any Member (other than the Managing Member) otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Members to replace to that extent such other duties and liabilities of the Members relating thereto (including without limitation, the Managing Member).

 

6.2           Lack of Authority. No Member (other than the Managing Member) in its capacity as such (other than in its capacity as a Person delegated authority pursuant to Section 5.4) has the authority or power to act for or on behalf of the Company, to do any act that would be binding on the Company or to make any expenditures on behalf of the Company. The Members hereby consent to the exercise by the Managing Member of the powers conferred on it by law and this Agreement.

 

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6.3           No Right of Partition. No Member shall have the right to seek or obtain partition by court decree or operation of law of any Company property, or the right to own or use particular or individual assets of the Company.

 

6.4           Indemnification.

 

(a)               Subject to Section 4.5, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Person (each an “Indemnified Person”) to the fullest extent permitted under the Delaware Act, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, substituted or replaced (but, in the case of any such amendment, substitution or replacement only to the extent that such amendment, substitution or replacement permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than the Company is providing immediately prior to such amendment, substitution or replacement), against all expenses, liabilities and losses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties, as reasonably required) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Person (or one or more of such Person’s Affiliates) by reason of the fact that such Person is or was a Member (or Affiliate of a Member) or is or was serving as the Managing Member, any additional or substitute Managing Member, officer, Partnership Representative, employee or other agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a manager, officer, director, principal, member, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise (including any manager, officer, director, principal, member, employee or agent of the Managing Member or any additional or substitute Managing Member); provided that (unless the Managing Member otherwise consents) no Indemnified Person shall be indemnified for any expenses, liabilities and losses suffered that are attributable to such Indemnified Person’s or its Affiliates’ gross negligence, willful misconduct or knowing violation of law. Expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by any such Indemnified Person in defending a proceeding related to any such indemnifiable matter shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding, including any appeal therefrom, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person to repay such amounts if it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

 

(b)               The right to indemnification and the advancement of expenses conferred in this Section 6.4 shall not be exclusive of any other right which any Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, agreement, by-law, determination of the Managing Member or otherwise.

 

(c)               The Company will maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, at its expense, for the benefit of the Managing Member, the officers of the Company and any other Persons to whom the Managing Member has delegated its authority pursuant to Section 5.4.

 

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(d)               Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (including in this Section 6.4), any indemnity by the Company relating to the matters covered in this Section 6.4 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only and no Member (unless such Member otherwise agrees in writing or is found in a final decision by a court of competent jurisdiction to have personal liability on account thereof) shall have personal liability on account thereof or shall be required to make additional capital contributions or otherwise provide funding to help satisfy such indemnity of the Company.

 

(e)               The Company hereby acknowledges that certain of its Members (the “Fund Indemnitees”) may have rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance in connection with their involvement with the Company provided by other Persons (collectively, the “Fund Indemnitors”). The Company hereby agrees that, with respect to matters for which a Fund Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance pursuant to this Section 6.4, the Company (i) is and shall be the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to the Fund Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Fund Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by the Fund Indemnitees are secondary), and (ii) irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Fund Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Fund Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Fund Indemnitors on behalf of the Fund Indemnitees with respect to any claim for which the Fund Indemnitees have sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Fund Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Fund Indemnitees against the Company.

 

(f)                If this Section 6.4 or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person pursuant to this Section 6.4 to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Section 6.4 that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

 

6.5            Members Right to Act. For matters that require the approval of the Members generally (rather than the approval of the Managing Member on behalf of the Members or the approval of a particular group of Members), the Members shall act through meetings and written consents as described in paragraphs (a) and (b) below:

 

(a)               Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement or as required by the Delaware Act, acts by the Members holding a majority of the Units voting together as a single class shall be the act of the Members. Any Member entitled to vote at a meeting of Members or to express consent or dissent to Company action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for it by proxy. A telegram, email or similar transmission by the Member, or a photographic, photostatic, facsimile or similar reproduction of a writing executed by the Member shall (if stated thereon) be treated as a proxy executed in writing for purposes of this Section 6.5(a). No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after eleven months from the date thereof, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be revocable unless the proxy form conspicuously states that the proxy is irrevocable and that the proxy is coupled with an interest. Should a proxy designate two or more Persons to act as proxies, unless that instrument shall provide to the contrary, a majority of such Persons present at any meeting at which their powers thereunder are to be exercised shall have and may exercise all the powers of voting or giving consents thereby conferred, or, if only one be present, then such powers may be exercised by that one; or, if an even number attend and a majority do not agree on any particular issue, the Company shall not be required to recognize such proxy with respect to such issue if such proxy does not specify how the votes that are the subject of such proxy are to be voted with respect to such issue.

 

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(b)               The actions by the Members permitted hereunder may be taken at a meeting called by the Managing Member or by Members holding a majority of the Units on at least twenty-four hours’ prior written notice to the other Members entitled to vote, which notice shall state the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is being called. The actions taken by the Members entitled to vote or consent at any meeting (as opposed to by written consent), however called and noticed, shall be as valid as though taken at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if (but not until), either before, at or after the meeting, the Members entitled to vote or consent as to whom it was improperly held signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to the holding of such meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. The actions by the Members entitled to vote or consent may be taken by vote of the Members entitled to vote or consent at a meeting or by written consent (without a meeting, without notice and without a vote) so long as such consent is signed by the Members having not less than the minimum number of Units that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Members entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the action so taken without a meeting shall be given to those Members entitled to vote or consent who have not consented in writing. Any action taken pursuant to such written consent of the Members shall have the same force and effect as if taken by the Members at a meeting thereof.

 

(c)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Section 18-210 of the Delaware Act shall not apply or be incorporated into this Agreement.

 

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6.6           Investment Opportunities. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any analogous doctrine, shall not apply to (a) any Member (other than Members who are directors, managers, officers or employees of the Company, PubCo or any of their respective Subsidiaries, in which case solely acting in their capacity as such), (b) any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Company, the Managing Member or any of their respective Subsidiaries), (c) each Person that was a Member immediately before the Effective Time or any of its respective Affiliates (including its respective investors and equityholders and any associated Persons or investment funds or any of their respective portfolio companies or investments) or (d) any of the respective officers, managers, directors, agents, shareholders, members, and partners of any of the foregoing (each, a “Business Opportunities Exempt Party”). The Company and each of the Members, on its own behalf and on behalf of their respective Affiliates and equityholders, hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to Participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to any Business Opportunities Exempt Party and irrevocably waives any right to require any Business Opportunity Exempt Party to act in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 6.6. No Business Opportunities Exempt Party who acquires knowledge of a potential transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter that may be an opportunity for PubCo, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates or equityholders shall have any duty to communicate or offer such opportunity to the Company and none of PubCo, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates or equityholders will acquire or be entitled to any interest or Participation in any such transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter or opportunity as a result of Participation therein by a Business Opportunity Exempt Party. This Section 6.6 shall not apply to, and no interest or expectancy of the Company is renounced with respect to, any opportunity offered to any director of PubCo if such opportunity is expressly offered or presented to, or acquired or developed by, such Person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company. No amendment or repeal of this Section 6.6 shall apply to or have any effect on the Liability or alleged Liability of any Business Opportunities Exempt Party for or with respect to any opportunities of which any such Business Opportunities Exempt Party becomes aware prior to such amendment or repeal. Any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any Units shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 6.6. Neither the amendment or repeal of this Section 6.6, nor the adoption of any provision of this Agreement inconsistent with this Section 6.6, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Section 6.6 in respect of any business opportunity first identified or any other matter occurring, or any cause of Action that, but for this Section 6.6, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption. No action or inaction taken by any Business Opportunities Exempt Party in a manner consistent with this Section 6.6 shall be deemed to be a violation of any fiduciary or other duty owed to any Person.

 

Article VII
BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS

 

7.1           Records and Accounting. The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, appropriate books and records with respect to the Company’s business, including all books and records necessary to provide any information, lists and copies of documents required to be provided pursuant to Section 7.3 or pursuant to applicable laws. All matters concerning (i) the determination of the relative amount of allocations and distributions among the Members pursuant to Article III and Article IV and (ii) accounting procedures and determinations, and other determinations not specifically and expressly provided for by the terms of this Agreement, shall be determined by the Managing Member, whose determination shall be final and conclusive as to all of the Members absent manifest clerical error.

 

7.2           Fiscal Year. The Fiscal Year of the Company shall be its Taxable Year.

 

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7.3           Reports. The Company shall furnish each Member with tax information (including an Internal Revenue Service Schedule K-1) necessary to prepare its or their federal, state and, if applicable, local income tax return on or before March 1 of each calendar year or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter. If the Company cannot provide a Schedule K-1 by March 1, it shall provide tax estimates or a draft Schedule K-1 and/or the associated state-equivalent returns, as applicable, on an estimated basis by such date and, in all events, shall furnish final tax information by June 1. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish to the Members all other necessary or otherwise reasonably requested tax information as quickly as reasonably possible following the close of the Company’s fiscal year (or at such other times as reasonably requested by a Member). At least two Business Days prior to the date on which any U.S. federal corporate estimated tax payments are due the Company shall provide a Tax Estimate for the applicable tax period to each Member.

 

7.4           Transmission of Communications. Each Person that owns or controls Units on behalf of, or for the benefit of, another Person or Persons shall be responsible for conveying any report, notice or other communication received from the Company to such other Person or Persons.

 

7.5           Confidentiality.

 

(a)               The Managing Member may keep confidential from the Members, for such period of time as the Managing Member determines in its sole discretion, (i) any information that the Managing Member reasonably believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or (ii) other information the disclosure of which the Managing Member believes is not in the best interests of the Company, could damage the Company or its business or that the Company is required by law or by agreement with any third party to keep confidential, including without limitation, information as to the Units held by any other Member. With respect to any schedules, annexes or exhibits to this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Member (other than the Managing Member) shall only be entitled to receive and review any such schedules, annexes and exhibits relating to such Member and shall not be entitled to receive or review any schedules, annexes or exhibits relating to any other Member (other than the Managing Member).

 

(b)               Each Member agrees, for so long as such Member owns any Units and for a period of two (2) years following the date upon which such Member ceases to own any Units, to keep confidential, any non-public information provided to such Member by the Company; provided, however, that nothing herein will limit the disclosure of any information (i) to the extent required by law, statute, rule, regulation, judicial process, subpoena or court order or required by any governmental agency or other regulatory authority; (ii) that is in the public domain or becomes generally available to the public, in each case, other than as a result of the disclosure by the parties in violation of this Agreement; or (iii) to a Member’s advisors, representatives and Affiliates; provided that such advisors, representatives and Affiliates shall have been advised of this agreement and shall have expressly agreed to be bound by the confidentiality provisions hereof, or shall otherwise be bound by comparable obligations of confidentiality, and the applicable Member shall be responsible for any breach of or failure to comply with this agreement by any of its Affiliates and such Member agrees, at its sole expense, to take reasonable measures (including but not limited to court proceedings) to restrain its advisors, representatives and Affiliates from prohibited or unauthorized disclosure or use of any confidential information.

 

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Article VIII
TAX MATTERS

 

8.1           Preparation of Tax Returns. The Company shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all tax returns required to be filed by the Company. The Managing Member shall, consistent with the other sections of this Agreement, the BCA and the Tax Receivable Agreement, determine the accounting methods and conventions under the tax laws of the United States, the several states and other relevant jurisdictions as to the treatment of items of income, gain, deduction, loss and credit or any other method or procedure related to the preparation of such tax returns.

 

8.2           Tax Elections. The Taxable Year of the Company shall be the calendar year unless otherwise required by the Code or applicable tax laws. The Managing Member shall cause the Company to have in effect (and to cause each direct or indirect subsidiary that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) an election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code, to adjust the tax basis of Company properties, for the taxable year that includes the Effective Time and for each taxable year in which an Exchange occurs. The Managing Member shall determine whether to make or revoke any other available election or decision relating to tax matters pursuant to the Code (or other applicable tax law), including for the avoidance of doubt the election to make (or not make) a “push out” election under Section 6226 of the Code. Each Member will upon request supply any information necessary to give proper effect to any such election.

 

8.3           Tax Controversies. The Managing Member shall be the “partnership representative” of the Company (the “Partnership Representative”) for purposes of Section 6223 of the Code. The Partnership Representative may be removed, and a new Partnership Representative appointed, by the Managing Member in accordance with the Code and the Treasury Regulations. The Partnership Representative shall be permitted to appoint any “designated individual” (or similar person) (a “Designated Individual”) permitted under Treasury Regulations Section 301.6223-1 or any successor regulations or similar provisions of tax law. If the Partnership Representative appoints a Designated Individual pursuant to Section 6223 of the Code and Treasury Regulations thereunder (or similar provisions of state, local or other tax laws), such Designated Individual shall be subject to this Agreement in the same manner as the Partnership Representative (and references to the Partnership Representative shall include any such Designated Individual unless the context otherwise requires or shall mean solely the Designated Individual as needed to comply with applicable law). The Partnership Representative shall have the power to manage and represent the Company in any administrative proceeding of the IRS, and shall be indemnified by the Company for all costs and expenses relating to serving in its capacity as the Partnership Representative. Each Member hereby agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts: (a) to take such actions as may be required to effect the Managing Member’s designation as the Partnership Representative and (b) to cooperate to provide any information or take such other actions as may be reasonably requested by the Partnership Representative in order to determine whether any Imputed Underpayment Amount may be modified pursuant to Section 6225(c) of the Code. A Member’s obligation to comply with this Section shall survive the transfer, assignment or liquidation of such Member’s Interest in the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Partnership Representative shall be subject to the control of the Managing Member pursuant to Section 8.2 and shall not settle or otherwise compromise any issue in any such examination, audit or other proceeding without first obtaining approval of the Managing Member.

 

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Article IX
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF UNITS

 

9.1           Transfers of Units.

 

(a)               Except as otherwise agreed to in writing between the Managing Member and the applicable Member and reflected in the books and records of the Company or as otherwise provided in this Article IX, no holder of Units may sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, distribute, contribute or otherwise dispose of (whether directly or indirectly (including, for the avoidance of doubt, by Transfer or issuance of any Capital Stock of any Member that is not a natural person), whether with or without consideration and whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law) any interest (legal or beneficial) in any Units (a “Transfer”), except Exchanges pursuant to and in accordance with Article XII, (ii) Transfers that are Permitted Hedging Transactions or (iii) Transfers pursuant to and in accordance with Section 9.1(b).

 

(b)               The restrictions contained in Section 9.1(a) shall not apply, subject to Section 9.6, to any Transfer of Units by (i) any Member to its Affiliates, (ii) with respect to the Holding Company or any of its Affiliates (including their successors and Permitted Transferees thereof) that is an investment fund, vehicle or similar entity, (x) any other investment fund, vehicle or similar entity of which such Person or an affiliate, advisor or manager of such Person serves as the general partner, manager or advisor and (y) any direct or indirect limited partner or investor in such investment fund, vehicle or similar entity or any direct or indirect limited partner or investor in any other investment fund, vehicle or similar entity of which the Holding Company or such Affiliate thereof (including their successors and Permitted Transferees thereof, as applicable) or an affiliate, advisor or manager of the Holding Company or such Affiliate thereof (including their successors and Permitted Transferees thereof, as applicable) serves as the general partner, manager or advisor (provided, however, that in no event shall any “portfolio companies” (as such term is customarily used in the private equity industry) of the Holding Company or any of its Affiliates (including their successors and Permitted Transferees thereof) or any entity that is controlled by a “portfolio company” of the Holding Company or any of its Affiliates (including their successors and Permitted Transferees thereof) constitute a Permitted Transferee) or (iii) by the Holding Company to its direct or indirect members, shareholders, partners or other equity holders, whether as a distribution, a liquidating distribution or otherwise (each of clauses (i)-(ii), an “Exempt Transfer”); provided that (x) the restrictions contained in this Article IX other than the restrictions contained in Section 9.1(a) shall apply to an Exempt Transfer and (y) the restrictions contained in this Agreement will continue to apply to the Units after any Exempt Transfer and each transferee of Units shall agree in writing, prior to and as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of such Exempt Transfer, to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement, without modification or condition, subject only to the consummation of such Exempt Transfer. Upon the Exempt Transfer of Units, the transferor will deliver written notice to the Company, which notice will disclose in reasonable detail the identity of such transferee(s) and shall include original counterparts of this Agreement in a form acceptable to the Managing Member. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no party hereto shall avoid the provisions of this Agreement by making one or more Exempt Transfers to one or more transferees and then disposing of all or any portion of such party’s interest in such transferee if such disposition would result in such transferee ceasing to be a Permitted Transferee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.1(a), any Member shall be permitted to make an Exempt Pledge.

 

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(c)               Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, as a condition to any Transfer:

 

(i)                 if the transferor of Units who proposes to transfer such Units (or if such transferor is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the first direct or indirect beneficial owner of such transferor that is not a disregarded entity (the “Transferor’s Owner”)) is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, then such transferor (or Transferor’s Owner, if applicable) shall complete and provide to both of the transferee and the Company, a duly executed affidavit in the form provided to such transferor by the Company, certifying, under penalty of perjury, that the transferor (or Transferor’s Owner, if applicable) is not a foreign person, nonresident alien, foreign corporation, foreign partnership, foreign trust, or foreign estate (as such terms are defined under the Code and applicable United States Treasury Regulations) and the transferor’s (or Transferor’s Owner’s, if applicable) United States taxpayer identification number, or

 

(ii)                 if the transferor of Units who proposes to transfer such Units (or if such transferor is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Transferor’s Owner) is not a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, then such transferor and transferee shall jointly provide to the Company written proof reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Member that any applicable withholding tax that may be imposed on such transfer (including pursuant to Sections 864 and 1446 of the Code) and any related tax returns or forms that are required to be filed, have been, or will be, timely paid and filed, as applicable.

 

(d)               Notwithstanding anything otherwise to the contrary in this Section 9.1, each Member may Transfer Units in Exchanges pursuant to, and in accordance with, this Agreement.

 

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(e)               Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, it shall be a condition precedent to any Transfer of any Unit that, concurrently with such Transfer such transferring Member shall also Transfer to the transferee an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock.

 

9.2           Restricted Units Legend.

 

(a)               The Units have not been registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, in addition to the other restrictions on Transfer contained in this Agreement, cannot be sold unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is then available. To the extent such Units have been certificated, each certificate evidencing Units and each certificate issued in exchange for or upon the Transfer of any Units (if such securities remain Units as defined herein after such Transfer) shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE ASSIGNED EXCEPT (1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SECURITIES WHICH IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (2) PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES AND (3) IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES AND BLUE SKY LAWS.

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SPECIFIED IN THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF THE ISSUER OF SUCH SECURITIES, AS SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE AMENDED, MODIFIED OR RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND THE ISSUER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE THE TRANSFER OF SUCH SECURITIES UNTIL SUCH TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN FULFILLED. A COPY OF SUCH SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT SHALL BE FURNISHED BY THE ISSUER TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE.

 

The Company will imprint such legend on certificates (if any) evidencing Units. The legend set forth above will be removed from the certificates (if any) evidencing any units which cease to be Units in accordance with the definition thereof.

 

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(b)               In connection with the Transfer of any Units, the holder thereof shall deliver written notice to the Company describing in reasonable detail the Transfer or proposed Transfer, which shall, if so requested by the Managing Member, be accompanied by (i) an opinion of counsel which (to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction) is knowledgeable in securities law matters to the effect that such Transfer of Units may be effected without registration of such Units under the Securities Act or (ii) such other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Member to the effect that such Transfer of Units may be effected without registration of such Units under the Securities Act. In addition, if the holder of the Units delivers to the Company an opinion of such counsel that no subsequent Transfer of such Units shall require registration under the Securities Act, the Company shall promptly upon such contemplated Transfer deliver new certificates for such securities (if then certificated) which do not bear the Securities Act legend set forth in Section 9.2(a). If the Company is not required to deliver new certificates for such Units not bearing such legend, the holder thereof shall not effect any Transfer of the same until the prospective transferee has confirmed to the Company in writing its agreement to be bound by the conditions contained in this Agreement.

 

(c)               Upon the request of any Member, the Company will promptly supply to such Member or its prospective transferees all information regarding the Company required to be delivered in connection with a Transfer pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(d)               If any Units become eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities and Exchange Commission or no longer constitute “restricted securities” (as defined under Rule 144(a) of the Securities and Exchange Commission), the Company shall, upon the request of the holder of such Units, remove the Securities Act legend set forth in Section 9.2(a) above from the certificates (if any) for such securities.

 

9.3           Assignee’s Rights.

 

(a)               Subject to Section 9.6(b), a Transfer of Units in a manner in accordance with this Agreement shall be effective as of the date of assignment and compliance with the conditions to such Transfer and such Transfer shall be shown on the books and records of the Company. Income, loss and other Company items shall be allocated between the transferor and the Assignee according to Section 706 of the Code as determined by the Managing Member. Distributions made before the effective date of such Transfer shall be paid to the transferor, and Distributions made after such date shall be paid to the Assignee.

 

(b)               Unless and until an Assignee becomes a Member pursuant to Article X, the Assignee shall not be entitled to any of the rights granted to a Member hereunder or under applicable law, other than the rights granted specifically to Assignees pursuant to this Agreement; provided that without relieving the transferring Member from any such limitations or obligations as more fully described in Section 9.4, such Assignee shall be bound by any limitations and obligations of a Member contained herein that a Member would be bound on account of such Units (including the obligation to make Capital Contributions on account of such Units).

 

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9.4           Assignor’s Rights and Obligations. Any Member who shall Transfer any Units in a manner in accordance with this Agreement shall cease to be a Member with respect to such Units or such other interest and shall no longer have any rights or privileges, or, except as set forth in this Section 9.4, duties, liabilities or obligations, of a Member with respect to such Units or such other interest (it being understood, however, that the applicable provisions of Sections 5.5, 6.4 and 6.6 shall continue to inure to such Person’s benefit), except that unless and until the Assignee is admitted as a substituted Member in accordance with the provisions of Article X (the “Admission Date”), (i) such assigning Member shall retain all of the duties, liabilities and obligations of a Member with respect to such Units or other interest, including, without limitation, the obligation (together with its Assignee pursuant to Section 9.3(b)) to make and return Capital Contributions on account of such Units or other interest pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and (ii) the Managing Member may reinstate all or any portion of the rights and privileges of such Member with respect to such Units or other interest for any period of time prior to the Admission Date. Nothing contained herein shall relieve any Member who Transfers any Units or other interest in the Company from any liability of such Member to the Company with respect to such Units that may exist on the Admission Date or that is otherwise specified in the Delaware Act and incorporated into this Agreement or for any liability to the Company or any other Person for any materially false statement made by such Member (in its capacity as such) or for any present or future breaches of any representations, warranties or covenants by such Member (in its capacity as such) contained herein or in the other agreements with the Company.

 

9.5           Encumbrances. No Member or Assignee may create an Encumbrance with respect to all or any portion of its Units (or any beneficial interest therein) other than Encumbrances that run in favor of the Member unless the Managing Member consents in writing thereto, which consent may be given or withheld, or made subject to such conditions as are determined by the Managing Member, in the Managing Member’s sole discretion. Consent of the Managing Member shall be withheld until the holder of the Encumbrance acknowledges the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Any purported Encumbrance that is not in accordance with this Agreement shall be, to the fullest extent permitted by law, null and void.

 

9.6           Further Restrictions.

 

(a)               Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement, in no event may any Transfer (including an Exempt Transfer and, for purposes of clauses (ii), (iii) and (v) only, an Exempt Pledge) of a Unit be made by any Member or Assignee if the Managing Member determines in good faith that:

 

(i)                 such Transfer is made to any Person who lacks the legal right, power or capacity to own such Unit;

 

(ii)                such Transfer would require the registration of such transferred Unit or of any class of Unit pursuant to any applicable U.S. federal or state securities laws;

 

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(iii)               such Transfer would cause (A) all or any portion of the assets of the Company to (1) constitute “plan assets” (under ERISA, the Code or any applicable Similar Law) of any existing or contemplated Member, or (2) be subject to the provisions of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any applicable Similar Law, or (B) the Managing Member to become a fiduciary with respect to any existing or contemplated Member, pursuant to ERISA, any applicable Similar Law, or otherwise;

 

(iv)               to the extent requested by the Managing Member, the Company does not receive such Assignee’s consent to be bound by this Agreement as an Assignee in a form satisfactory to the Managing Member;

 

(v)               such Transfer would (A) result in the Company having more than 100 partners, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) (determined taking into account the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(3)) or (B) pose a material risk that the Company would be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(b)               In addition, notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement, to the extent the Managing Member shall determine in good faith that additional restrictions on Transfers are necessary so that the Company is not treated as a “publicly traded partnership” under Section 7704 of the Code, the Managing Member may impose such additional restrictions on Transfers as the Managing Member has determined in good faith to be so necessary.

 

(c)               Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement, in no event may any Transfer of a Unit be made by any Member unless such Member or the prospective transferee(s) of such Units shall have reimbursed the Company for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred and paid by the Company in connection with implementing such Transfer or proposed Transfer, whether or not consummated (other than Exchanges pursuant to Article XII or any Transfer to the Company).

 

9.7           Counterparts; Joinder. Prior to Transferring any Units (other than Exchanges pursuant to Article XII or any Transfer to the Company) and as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of such Transfer, the transferring holder of Units will cause the prospective transferee(s) of such Units to execute and deliver to the Company counterparts of this Agreement and any other agreements relating to such Units, or executed joinders to such agreements, in each case, in a form acceptable to the Managing Member. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any Person who acquires in any manner whatsoever any Units, irrespective of whether such Person has accepted and adopted in writing the terms and conditions of this Agreement, shall be deemed by the acceptance of the benefits of the acquisition thereof to have agreed to be subject to and bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement to which any predecessor in such Units was subject or by which such predecessor was bound.

 

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9.8          Ineffective Transfer. Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Units in violation of any provision of this Agreement shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be null and void ab initio, and the Company will not record such Transfer on its books or treat any purported transferee of such Units as the owner of such securities for any purpose.

 

Article X
ADMISSION OF MEMBERS

 

10.1          Substituted Members. Subject to the provisions of Article IX hereof, in connection with the permitted Transfer of any Units of a Member, the transferee shall become a Substituted Member on the effective date of such Transfer, which effective date shall not be earlier than the date of compliance with the conditions to such Transfer, and such admission shall be shown on the books and records of the Company.

 

10.2          Additional Members. Subject to the provisions of Article IX hereof, a Person may be admitted to the Company as an Additional Member only upon furnishing to the Company (a) counterparts of this Agreement or an executed joinder to this Agreement in a form acceptable to the Managing Member and (b) such other documents or instruments as may be necessary or appropriate to effect such Person’s admission as a Member (including entering into such documents as the Managing Member may deem appropriate). Such admission shall become effective on the date on which the Managing Member determines that such conditions have been satisfied and when any such admission is shown on the books and records of the Company.

 

10.3          Substitute Managing Member. No Person may be admitted to the Company as substitute Managing Member without the prior written consent of the incumbent Managing Member, which consent may be given or withheld, or made subject to such conditions as are determined by the incumbent Managing Member, in each case in the sole discretion of the incumbent Managing Member. The Managing Member will not be entitled to resign as Managing Member of the Company unless another Managing Member shall have been admitted hereunder (and not have previously been removed or resigned). Any substitute Managing Member admitted as the Managing Member of the Company pursuant to this Section 10.3 is hereby authorized to, and shall, continue the Company without dissolution.

 

Article XI
WITHDRAWAL AND RESIGNATION OF MEMBERS

 

No Member shall have the power or right to withdraw or otherwise resign as a Member from the Company prior to the dissolution and winding up of the Company pursuant to Article XIII without the prior written consent of the Managing Member, except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement. Any Member, however, that attempts to withdraw or otherwise resign as a Member from the Company without the prior written consent of the Managing Member upon or following the dissolution and winding up of the Company pursuant to Article XIII but prior to such Member receiving the full amount of distributions from the Company to which such Member is entitled pursuant to Article XIII shall be liable to the Company for all damages (including all lost profits and special, indirect and consequential damages) directly or indirectly caused by the withdrawal or resignation of such Member, and such Member shall be entitled to receive the Fair Market Value of such Member’s equity interest in the Company as of the date of its resignation (or, if less, the amount that such Member would have received on account of such equity interest had such Member not resigned or otherwise withdrew from the Company), as conclusively determined by the Managing Member, on the sixth month anniversary date (or such earlier date determined by the Managing Member) following the completion of the distribution of Company assets as provided in Article XIII to all other Members. Upon a Transfer of all of a Member’s Units in a Transfer permitted by this Agreement, subject to the provisions of Section 9.4, such Member shall cease to be a Member.

 

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Article XII
EXCHANGE RIGHTS

 

12.1          Exchange Procedures.

 

(a)               Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article XII, after the expiration or termination of the Lock-Up Period applicable to such Exchanging Member (as defined in the applicable Lock-Up Agreement), each Exchanging Member (collectively with such Exchanging Member’s Affiliates and Permitted Transferees) shall be entitled to cause the Company to effect an Exchange by delivering an Exchange Notice to the Company, with a copy to PubCo. Each Exchange Notice shall be in the form set forth on Exhibit A and shall include all information required to be included therein. In the event that an Exchange is being exercised in order to participate in a Piggy-Back Registration (as such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Exchange Notice Date shall be prior to the expiration of the time period in which a holder of securities is required to notify PubCo that it wishes to participate in such Piggy-Back Registration in accordance with Section 2.3 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(b)               Within three (3) Business Days of the giving of an Exchange Notice, the Managing Member, as Managing Member of the Company, may elect (if approved by a majority of the Disinterested Members of the Board) to settle all or a portion of the Exchange in cash in an amount equal to the Cash Exchange Payment (in lieu of shares of Class A Common Stock), exercisable by giving written notice of such election to the Exchanging Member within such three (3) Business Day period (such notice, the “Cash Exchange Notice”). The Cash Exchange Notice shall set forth the portion of the Class A Common Units subject to the Exchange that will be exchanged for cash in lieu of shares of Class A Common Stock. To the extent such Exchange relates to the exercise of the Exchanging Member’s registration rights under Section 2 of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Managing Member and the Company will cooperate in good faith with such Exchanging Member to exercise such Exchange in a manner which preserves such Exchanging Member’s rights thereunder. At any time following the giving of a Cash Exchange Notice and prior to the Exchange Date, the Managing Member may elect (if approved by a majority of the Disinterested Members of the Board and exercisable by giving written notice of such election to the Exchanging Member) to revoke the Cash Exchange Notice with respect to all or any portion of the Exchanged Units and make the Stock Exchange Payment with respect to any such Exchanged Units on the Exchange Date.

 

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(c)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a Member may withdraw or amend an Exchange Notice, in whole or in part, prior to the effectiveness of the Exchange, at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Exchange Date (or any such later time as may be required by Applicable Law) by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to PubCo and the Company specifying (1) the number of withdrawn Class A Common Units plus shares of Class B Common Stock, (2) if any, the number of Exchanged Interests as to which the Exchange Notice remains in effect and (3) if the Member so determines, a new Exchange Date or any other new or revised information permitted in the Exchange Notice.

 

(d)               PubCo and the Company may adopt reasonable procedures for the implementation of the Exchange provisions set forth in this Article XII, provided that none of such procedures shall be adopted with a principal purpose of restricting or otherwise impairing in any material respect the Members’ rights to consummate Exchanges.

 

(e)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent a Member surrenders for exchange a fraction of a Class A Common Unit, the Company may in its sole discretion deliver to such holder a cash amount equal to the market value of such fraction (as determined by the Managing Member in its sole discretion) in lieu of delivering a fraction of a share of Class A Common Stock.

 

12.2          Exchange Payment. The Exchange shall be consummated on the Exchange Date. On the Exchange Date (to be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the Exchange Date):

 

(i)                 PubCo shall contribute to the Company for delivery to the Exchanging Member (A) the Stock Exchange Payment with respect to any Exchanged Units not subject to a Cash Exchange Notice and (B) the Cash Exchange Payment with respect to any Exchanged Units subject to a Cash Exchange Notice and, for the avoidance of doubt, PubCo shall be obligated to make the contributions described in this Section 12.2(i) regardless of whether the Company has sufficient assets to effect the Exchange without such contributions);

 

(ii)                the Exchanging Member shall transfer and surrender the Exchanged Units to the Company (including any certificates that represent the Exchanged Units), free and clear of all Encumbrances, together with any instruments of transfer reasonably required by the Managing Member (or a duly appointed transfer agent), duly executed by the Exchanging Member or the Exchanging Member’s duly authorized representative;

 

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(iii)               the Company shall issue to PubCo a number of Class A Common Units equal to, and PubCo shall automatically be admitted as a Member of the Company in respect of, the number of Class A Common Units surrendered pursuant to clause (ii);

 

(iv)               solely to the extent necessary in connection with an Exchange, PubCo shall undertake all actions, including an issuance, reclassification, distribution, division or recapitalization, with respect to the Class A Common Stock to maintain a one-to-one ratio between the number of Class A Common Units owned by PubCo, directly or indirectly, and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, taking into account the issuance in clause (iii), any Stock Exchange Payment, and any other action taken in connection with this Article XII;

 

(v)                the Company shall (A) cancel the redeemed Class A Common Units which were Exchanged Units held by the Exchanging Member and (B) transfer to the Exchanging Member, the Cash Exchange Payment and/or the Stock Exchange Payment, as applicable; and

 

(vi)               PubCo shall cancel the surrendered shares of Class B Common Stock.

 

Upon the Exchange of all of a Member’s Units, such Member shall cease to be a Member of the Company.

 

12.3          Certain Expenses. The Company shall bear all expenses in connection with the consummation of any Exchange, whether or not any such Exchange is ultimately consummated; provided, however, that if any shares of Class A Common Stock are to be delivered in a name other than that of the Exchanging Member that requested the Exchange (or the DTC or its nominee for the account of a participant of the DTC that will hold the shares for the account of such Exchanging Member), then such Exchanging Member and/or the person in whose name such shares are to be delivered shall pay to the Company or PubCo, as applicable, the amount of any transfer taxes, stamp taxes or duties, or other similar taxes in connection with, or arising by reason of, such Exchange or shall establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

 

12.4          Exchange Taxes. The issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock upon an Exchange shall be made without charge to the Exchanging Member for any stamp or other similar tax in respect of such issuance.

 

12.5          Limitations on Exchanges. For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Member shall not be entitled to effect an Exchange to the extent PubCo or the Company determines on advice of counsel that such Exchange (i) would be prohibited by law or regulation (including, without limitation, the unavailability of any requisite registration statement filed under the Securities Act or any exemption from the registration requirements thereunder) or (ii) would not be permitted under any other agreements with PubCo or its subsidiaries to which such Member may be party (including, without limitation, this Agreement) or any written policies of PubCo related to unlawful or inappropriate trading applicable to its directors, officers or other personnel.

 

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12.6          Adjustments.

 

(a)               The Exchange Rate shall be adjusted accordingly if there is: (i) any subdivision (by any unit split, unit distribution, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse unit split, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) of the applicable Units that is not accompanied by a substantively identical subdivision or combination of the Class A Common Stock; or (ii) any subdivision (by any stock split, stock dividend or distribution, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse stock split, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) of the Class A Common Stock that is not accompanied by a substantively identical subdivision or combination of shares of Class B Common Stock or the applicable Units, in each case, to the extent necessary to maintain the economic equivalency in the value surrendered for exchange and the value received, as determined by PubCo in its sole discretion; provided, however, that no adjustment to the Exchange Rate will be made solely as a result of a stock dividend by PubCo that is effected to maintain the relationship between the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class A Common Units. If there is any reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction in which the Class A Common Stock is converted or changed into another security, securities or other property, then upon any subsequent Exchange, an Exchanging Member shall be entitled to receive the amount of such security, securities or other property that such Exchanging Member would have received if such Exchange had occurred immediately prior to the effective date of such reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction, taking into account any adjustment as a result of any subdivision (by any split, distribution or dividend, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of such security, securities or other property that occurs after the effective time of such reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction. These adjustments shall apply to, mutatis mutandis, and all references to “Units” will be deemed to include, any security, securities or other property of PubCo or the Company which may be issued in respect of, in exchange for or in substitution of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class A Common Units, as applicable, by reason of stock or unit split, reverse stock or unit split, stock or unit dividend or distribution, combination, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization, merger, exchange (other than an Exchange) or other transaction.

 

(b)               This Agreement shall apply to the Units held by the Members and their Permitted Transferees as of the date hereof, as well as any Units hereafter acquired by a Member and his or her or its Permitted Transferees.

 

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12.7          Class A Common Stock to be Issued.

 

(a)               PubCo shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Class A Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon an Exchange, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock as shall be deliverable upon any such Exchange; provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude PubCo or the Company from satisfying its obligations in respect of the Exchange of the Units by delivery of shares of Class A Common Stock which are held in the treasury of PubCo or are held by the Company or any of their subsidiaries or by delivery of purchased shares of Class A Common Stock (which may or may not be held in the treasury of PubCo or held by any subsidiary thereof). PubCo and the Company covenant that all shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon an Exchange will, upon issuance, have been duly authorized and validly issued and will be fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(b)               PubCo and the Company covenant and agree that, to the extent that a registration statement under the Securities Act is effective and available for shares of Class A Common Stock to be delivered with respect to any Exchange, shares that have been registered under the Securities Act shall be delivered in respect of such Exchange. In the event that any Exchange in accordance with this Agreement is to be effected at a time when any required registration has not become effective or otherwise is unavailable, upon the request and with the reasonable cooperation of the Member requesting such Exchange, PubCo and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly facilitate such Exchange pursuant to any reasonably available exemption from such registration requirements. PubCo and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to list the shares of Class A Common Stock required to be delivered upon Exchange prior to such delivery upon each National Securities Exchange or inter-dealer quotation system upon which the outstanding Class A Common Stock may be listed or traded at the time of such delivery.

 

12.8          Distribution Rights. No Exchange shall impair the right of the Exchanging Member to receive any distributions payable on the Class A Common Units redeemed pursuant to such Exchange in respect of a record date that occurs prior to the Exchange Date for such Exchange. No Exchanging Member, or a Person designated by an Exchanging Member to receive shares of Class A Common Stock, shall be entitled to receive, with respect to such record date, distributions or dividends both on Class A Common Units redeemed by the Company from such Exchanging Member and on shares of Class A Common Stock received by such Exchanging Member, or other Person so designated, if applicable, in such Exchange.

 

12.9          Tax Treatment; Tax Withholding.

 

(a)               As required by the Code and the Treasury Regulations, the parties shall report any Exchange in which the cash, shares of Class A Common Stock or both provided as consideration are contributed to the Company by PubCo in connection with such Exchange as a taxable sale of Class A Common Units by an Exchanging Member to PubCo, resulting in a basis step-up to PubCo under Section 743 of the Code, and no party shall take a contrary position on any income tax return, amendment thereof or communication with a taxing authority unless an alternate position is permitted under the Code and Treasury Regulations and PubCo consents in writing.

 

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(b)               Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement (and without limiting Section 4.5 or Section 9.1(c)), PubCo, the Company and their agents and affiliates shall have the right to deduct and withhold taxes (including shares of Class A Common Stock with a fair market value determined in the sole discretion of PubCo equal to the amount of such taxes) from any payments to be made pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement if, in their reasonable opinion, such withholding is required by law, and shall be provided with any necessary tax forms, including Form W-9 or the appropriate series of Form W-8, as applicable, and any similar information; provided that PubCo may, in its sole discretion, allow an Exchanging Member to pay such taxes owed on the Exchange of Units and shares of Class B Common Stock for shares of Class A Common Stock in cash in lieu of PubCo withholding or deducting such taxes. To the extent that any of the aforementioned amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been delivered and paid to the recipient of the payments in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.

 

(c)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each of PubCo and the Company may, in its discretion, require that an exchanging Member deliver to PubCo or the Company, as the case may be, a certification of non-foreign status in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(b) and 1.1446(f)-2(b)(2) prior to an Exchange. In the event PubCo or the Company has required delivery of such certification but an exchanging Holder does not provide such certification, PubCo or the Company, as the case may be, shall nevertheless deliver or cause to be delivered to the exchanging Holder the Class A Common Stock, as applicable, or payment of cash in accordance with Section 12.2, but subject to withholding as provided in Section 12.9(b).

 

Article XIII
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

 

13.1          Dissolution. The Company shall not be dissolved by the admission of Additional Members or Substituted Members or the attempted withdrawal or resignation of a Member. The Company shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon:

 

(a)               the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 18-802 of the Delaware Act;

 

(b)               at any time there are no Members, unless the Company is continued in accordance with the Delaware Act;

 

(c)               the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;

 

(d)               the determination of the Managing Member to dissolve the Company; or

 

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(e)               any event which makes it unlawful for the business of the Company to be carried on by the members.

 

The Members hereby agree that the Company shall not dissolve prior to the occurrence of one of the events specified in the first sentence of this Section 13.1. In the event of a dissolution pursuant to Section 13.1(d), the relative economic rights of each class of Units immediately prior to such dissolution shall be preserved to the greatest extent practicable with respect to distributions made to Members pursuant to Section 13.2 in connection with such dissolution, taking into consideration tax and other legal constraints that may adversely affect one or more Members and subject to compliance with applicable Laws, unless, with respect to any class of Units, holders of at least ninety percent (90%) of the Units of such class not held by the Managing Member consent in writing to a treatment other than as described above. Further, if a dissolution pursuant to Section 13.1(d) or Section 13.1(e) would have a material adverse effect on any Member, the dissolution of the Company shall require the prior consent of such Member, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.

 

Except as otherwise set forth in this Article XIII, the Company is intended to have perpetual existence. An Event of Withdrawal shall not, in and of itself, cause a dissolution of the Company and the Company shall continue in existence subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

13.2          Winding Up and Termination. On dissolution of the Company, the Managing Member shall act as liquidating trustee or may appoint one or more Persons as liquidating trustee. The liquidating trustee shall proceed diligently to wind up the affairs of the Company and make final distributions as provided herein and in the Delaware Act. The costs of winding up shall be borne as a Company expense. Until final distribution, the liquidating trustee shall continue to operate the Company properties with all of the power and authority of the Managing Member. The steps to be accomplished by the liquidating trustee are as follows:

 

(a)               as promptly as possible after dissolution and again after completion of the winding up, the liquidating trustee shall cause a proper accounting to be made by a recognized firm of certified public accountants of the Company’s assets, liabilities and operations through the last day of the calendar month in which the dissolution occurs or the completion of the winding up is completed, as applicable;

 

(b)               the liquidating trustee shall pay, satisfy or discharge from Company funds all of the debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company (including, without limitation, all expenses incurred of winding up) or otherwise make adequate provision for payment and discharge thereof (including, without limitation, the establishment of a cash fund for contingent, conditional or unmatured liabilities in such amount and for such term as the liquidating trustee may reasonably determine); and

 

(c)               all remaining assets of the Company shall be distributed to the Members in accordance with Section 4.1(c) by the end of the Taxable Year of the Company during which the winding up of the Company occurs (or, if later, by ninety (90) days after the date of the winding up).

 

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The distribution of cash and/or property to Members in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.2 and Section 13.3 constitutes a complete return to the Members of their Capital Contributions and a complete distribution to the Members of their interest in the Company and all the Company’s property and constitutes a compromise to which all Members have consented within the meaning of the Delaware Act. To the extent that a Member returns funds to the Company, it has no claim against any other Member for those funds.

 

13.3          Deferment; Distribution in Kind. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.2, but subject to the order of priorities set forth therein, if upon dissolution of the Company the liquidating trustee determines that an immediate sale of part or all of the Company’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss (or would otherwise not be beneficial) to the Members, the liquidating trustee may, in their sole discretion, defer for a reasonable time the winding up of any assets except those necessary to satisfy Company liabilities (other than loans to the Company by Members) and reserves. Subject to the order of priorities set forth in Section 13.2, the liquidating trustee may, in their sole discretion, distribute to the Members, in lieu of cash, either (i) all or any portion of such remaining Company assets in-kind in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.2(c), (ii) as tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.2(c), undivided interests in all or any portion of such Company assets or (iii) a combination of the foregoing. Any such distributions in kind shall be subject to (x) such conditions relating to the disposition and management of such assets as the liquidating trustee deem reasonable and equitable and (y) the terms and conditions of any agreements governing such assets (or the operation thereof or the holders thereof) at such time. Any Company assets distributed in kind will first be written up or down to their Fair Market Value, thus creating Profit or Loss (if any), which shall be allocated in accordance with Section 4.2. The liquidating trustee shall determine the Fair Market Value of any property distributed in accordance with the valuation procedures set forth in Article XIV.

 

13.4          Cancellation of Certificate. On completion of the winding up of the Company’s affairs and distribution of Company assets as provided herein, the Company is terminated (and the Company shall not be terminated prior to such time), and the Managing Member (or such other Person or Persons as the Delaware Act may require or permit) shall file a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of Delaware, cancel any other filings made pursuant to this Agreement that are or should be canceled and take such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Company. The Company shall be deemed to continue in existence for all purposes of this Agreement until it is terminated pursuant to this Section 13.4.

 

13.5          Reasonable Time for Winding Up. A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding up of the business and affairs of the Company and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Sections 13.2 and 13.3 in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding up.

 

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13.6         Return of Capital. The liquidating trustee shall not be personally liable for the return of Capital Contributions or any portion thereof to the Members (it being understood that any such return shall be made solely from Company assets).

 

Article XIV
VALUATION

 

14.1          Value. “Fair Market Value” of any asset, property or equity interest means the amount which a seller of such asset, property or equity interest would receive in a sale of such asset, property or equity interest in an arms-length transaction with an unaffiliated third party consummated on a date determined by the Managing Member (which may be the date on which the event occurred which necessitated the determination of the Fair Market Value) (and after giving effect to any transfer taxes payable in connection with such sale). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in making the determination of Fair Market Value as described in Section 14.2, the Managing Member, the Disputing Member and any investment banking firm (as described below) shall not give effect or take into account any “minority discount” or “liquidity discount” (or any similar discount arising out of the fact that the Units are restricted or are not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, publicly traded or listed on a securities exchange), but shall value the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses in their entirety on an enterprise basis using any variety of industry recognized valuation techniques commonly used to value businesses.

 

14.2          Determination and Dispute. Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Managing Member (or, if pursuant to Section 13.3, the liquidating trustee) in its good faith judgment in such manner as it deems reasonable and using all factors, information and data deemed to be pertinent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the request of any Member that holds at least 1 million Class A Common Units (a “Disputing Member”), the Managing Member will retain an investment banking firm of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to such Disputing Member to determine the Fair Market Value of such Units, assets or consideration.

 

Article XV
GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

15.1          Power of Attorney.

 

(a)               Each holder of Units hereby constitutes and appoints the Managing Member and the liquidating trustee, with full power of substitution, as his, her or its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in his, her or its name, place and stead, to:

 

(i)                 execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices (A) this Agreement, all certificates and other instruments and all amendments thereof which the Managing Member deems appropriate or necessary to form, qualify, or continue the qualification of, the Company as a limited liability company in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the Company may conduct business or own property; (B) all instruments which the Managing Member deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement in accordance with its terms; (C) all conveyances and other instruments or documents which the Managing Member deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and winding up of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including a certificate of cancellation; and (D) all instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal or substitution of any Member pursuant to Article X or Article XI; and

 

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(ii)                 sign, execute, swear to and acknowledge all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the reasonable judgment of the Managing Member, to evidence, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action which is made or given by such holder of Units hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement and/or appropriate or necessary (and not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement), in the reasonable judgment of the Managing Member, to effectuate the terms of this Agreement.

 

(b)               For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing power of attorney does not include the power or authority to vote any Units held by any Member on any matter on which the Members have a right to vote, either at a meeting or by any written consent, either as contemplated by Section 6.5 or otherwise under this Agreement.

 

(c)               The foregoing power of attorney is irrevocable and coupled with an interest, and shall survive the death, disability, incapacity, dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or termination of any holder of Units and the Transfer of all or any portion of his, her or its Units and shall extend to such holder’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives.

 

15.2          Amendments.

 

(a)               The Managing Member (pursuant to its power of attorney from the holders of Units as provided in Section 15.1 or otherwise), without the consent of any holder of Units, may amend any provision of this Agreement, and execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record whatever documents may be required in connection therewith, to reflect:

 

(i)                 a change in the name of the Company or the location of the principal place of business of the Company;

 

(ii)                admission, substitution, removal or withdrawal of Members or Assignees in accordance with this Agreement;

 

(iii)               a change that does not adversely affect any holder of Units in any material respect in its capacity as an owner of Units and is necessary or desirable to satisfy any requirements, conditions or guidelines contained in any opinion, directive, order, ruling or regulation of any United States federal or state agency or judicial authority or contained in any United States federal or state statute; or

 

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(iv)               as contemplated by Section 3.1(c).

 

(b)               Except as provided in Section 15.2(a), this Agreement may not be amended or modified except with the consent of the Managing Member and, so long as the holders of the Class A Common Units other than the Managing Member have an ownership percentage of at least 10% of the total issued and outstanding Class A Common Units, the consent or approval of the holders of at least ninety percent (90%) of the Class A Common Units not held by the Managing Member consent in writing to a treatment other than as described above. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, (i) no consent or approval shall be required for the Company to admit a Permitted Transferee as a Member following an Exempt Transfer completed in compliance with this Agreement, and (ii) if the holders of the Class A Common Units other than the Managing Member have an ownership percentage of less than 10% of the total issued and outstanding Class A Common Units, the holders of at least ninety percent (90%) of the Class A Common Units not held by the Managing Member must also consent to or approve any amendments or modifications to Article IV, Section 9.1, Article XII, Section 13.2, this Section 15.2 or related definitions or any other amendments or modifications that affect the rights granted to the such holders in such sections in any material respect, including, without limitation, changes to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon an Exchange, either through an amendment to the definition of “Exchange Rate” or otherwise, or that otherwise increases the obligations or decreases the benefits to the applicable holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment which would materially and adversely affect the rights or duties of a Member on a discriminatory and non-pro rata basis shall require the consent of such Member, other than those actions set forth in Section 15.2(a) above. In addition, the amendment of any specific approval, consent, voting right, or transfer rights of a specified Member shall require the approval of such Member, provided that such Member holds the number of Units, as applicable, required to exercise such rights. Any amendment or modification effected in accordance with this Section 15.2(b) shall be effective, in accordance with its terms, with respect to the rights and obligations of and binding upon all Members. For the avoidance of doubt, without any action or requirement of consent by any Member, the Company shall update the books and records of the Company to remove a Member’s name therefrom once such Member no longer holds any Equity Securities of the Company, following which such Person shall cease to be a “Member” or have any rights or obligations under this Agreement.

 

15.3          Title to Company Assets. The Company assets shall be deemed to be owned by the Company as an entity, and no holder of Units, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Company assets or any portion thereof. The Managing Member hereby declares and warrants that any Company assets for which legal title is held in its name or the name of any nominee shall be held in trust by the Managing Member or such nominee for the use and benefit of the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. All Company assets shall be recorded as the property of the Company on its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Company assets is held.

 

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15.4          Addresses and Notices. Any notice provided for in this Agreement will be in writing and will be either personally delivered, or received by certified mail, return receipt requested, sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) or facsimile to the Company at the address set forth below and to any other recipient and to any holder of Units at such address as indicated by the Company’s records, or at such address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder when delivered personally or sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is received), three days after deposit in the U.S. mail and one day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier service. The Company’s address is:

 

To the Company:

 

Redwood Intermediate, LLC

c/o Redbox Entertainment Inc.

1 Tower Lane

Suite 800

Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181

Attention: Fred Stein, Chief Legal Officer

Email: AskLegal@redbox.com

 

in each case, with a copy (which shall not constitute written notice) to:

 

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019

Attention:   Taurie Zeitzer

                    Justin Rosenberg

Email:         tzeitzer@paulweiss.com
                    jrosenberg@paulweiss.com

 

To the Managing Member:

 

Redbox Entertainment Inc.

1 Tower Lane

Suite 800

Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181

Attention: Fred Stein, Chief Legal Officer

Email: AskLegal@redbox.com

 

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in each case, with a copy (which shall not constitute written notice) to:

 

Seaport Global Acquisition Corp.

360 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor

New York, NY 10017
Attn:          Stephen C. Smith, Chief Executive Officer

Email:       SSmith@seaportglobal.com

 

and

 

Paul Hastings LLP

4747 Executive Drive

12th Floor

San Diego, CA 92121
Attn:          Carl Sanchez
                  Frank Lopez
Email:       carlsanchez@paulhastings.com
                  franklopez@paulhastings.com

 

15.5          Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

15.6          Creditors. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditors of the Company or any of its Affiliates, and no creditor who makes a loan to the Company or any of its Affiliates may have or acquire (except pursuant to the terms of a separate agreement executed by the Company in favor of such creditor) at any time as a result of making the loan any direct or indirect interest in Company Profits, Losses, Distributions, capital or property other than as a secured creditor.

 

15.7          Waiver. No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

 

15.8          Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which will be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement binding on all the parties hereto.

 

15.9          Applicable Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. Any dispute relating hereto shall be heard in the state or federal courts of Delaware, and the parties agree to exclusive jurisdiction and venue therein and waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection based on venue or forum non conveniens with respect to any action instituted therein. The parties hereto hereby consent to service being made through the notice procedures set forth in Section 15.4 and irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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15.10       Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or the effectiveness or validity of any provision in any other jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

 

15.11        Further Action. The parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

 

15.12        Delivery by Facsimile. This Agreement and any signed agreement or instrument entered into in connection with this Agreement or contemplated hereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile machine or electronic transmission (i.e., in portable document format), shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine or electronic transmission to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine or electronic transmission as a defense to the formation of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.

 

15.13        Offset. Whenever the Company is to pay any sum to any holder of Units or any Affiliate or related person thereof, any undisputed amounts that such holder of Units or such Affiliate or related person owes to the Company (such lack of dispute to be evidenced by written confirmation of such by such holder of Units or related person thereof) may be deducted from that sum before payment.

 

15.14        Entire Agreement. This Agreement, those documents expressly referred to herein (including the BCA, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement, the Lock-Up Agreements and the Tax Receivable Agreement), embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral (including the Prior Agreement), which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.

 

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15.15      Remedies. Each holder of Units shall have all rights and remedies set forth in this Agreement and all rights and remedies which such Person has been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such Person has under any law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement or any other agreements contemplated hereby shall be entitled to seek to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law.

 

15.16       Descriptive Headings; Interpretation. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive part of this Agreement. Whenever required by the context, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. The use of the word “including” in this Agreement shall be by way of example rather than by limitation. Reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, and if applicable hereof. Wherever required by the context, references to a Fiscal Year shall refer to a portion thereof. The use of the words “or,” “either” and “any” shall not be exclusive. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, to the fullest extent permitted by law, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. Wherever a conflict exists between this Agreement and any other agreement, this Agreement shall control but solely to the extent of such conflict.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

  REDWOOD INTERMEDIATE, LLC

 

  By: /s/ Kavita Suthar

Name: Kavita Suthar
    Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

 

  REDWOOD HOLDCO, L.P., as Managing Member immediately prior to the consummation of the Effective Time and on its behalf

 

  By: /s/ Kavita Suthar

Name: Kavita Suthar
    Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

 

  REDBOX ENTERTAINMENT INC., as Managing Member immediately after the Effective Time and on its behalf

 

  By: /s/ Kavita Suthar

Name: Kavita Suthar
    Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

  SOLE MEMBER:
   
  REDWOOD HOLDCO, L.P.

 

  By: /s/ Kavita Suthar

Name: Kavita Suthar
    Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

 

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ANNEX A

 

Member Name   Address   Amount of Units  
Redwood Holdco, LP   One Manhattanville Road, Suite 201 Purchase, New York 10577 United States of America     32,770,000  
Redbox Entertainment Inc.   One Tower Lane, Suite 800 Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 United States of America     12,618,516  
Total         45,388,516 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF
ELECTION OF EXCHANGE

 

Redwood Intermediate] LLC

c/o Redbox Entertainment Inc.

1 Tower Lane

Suite 800

Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181

Attention: Fred Stein, Chief Legal Officer

Email: AskLegal@redbox.com

 

Reference is hereby made to the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2021 (as amended from time to time, the “Agreement”), among Redwood Intermediate, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and Redbox Entertainment Inc. (f/k/a Seaport Global Acquisition Corp.), a Delaware corporation and the Managing Member of the Company (“PubCo”), and the Members from time to time party thereto (each, a “Holder”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

 

The undersigned Holder hereby transfers to PubCo the number of Class A Common Units plus shares of Class B Common Stock set forth below (together, the “Exchanged Interests”) in Exchange for shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued in its name as set forth below, as set forth in the Agreement.

 

Legal Name of Holder:

 

Address:

 

Number of Exchanged Interests to be Exchanged:

 

Brokerage Account Details:

 

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that (i) the undersigned has full legal capacity to execute and deliver this Election of Exchange and to perform the undersigned’s obligations hereunder; (ii) this Election of Exchange has been duly executed and delivered by the undersigned and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the undersigned enforceable against it in accordance with the terms thereof or hereof, as the case may be, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and the availability of equitable remedies; (iii) the Exchanged Interests subject to this Election of Exchange are being transferred to PubCo (or the Company, if applicable) free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, equities or claim; and (iv) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of any third party or with any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the undersigned or the Exchanged Interests subject to this Election of Exchange is required to be obtained by the undersigned for the transfer of such Exchanged Interests to PubCo.

 

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The undersigned hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints any officer of PubCo or of the Company as the attorney of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution in the premises, to do any and all things and to take any and all actions that may be necessary to transfer to PubCo (or the Company, if applicable) the Exchanged Interests subject to this Election of Exchange and to deliver to the undersigned the shares of Class A Common Stock to be delivered in exchange therefor.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Election of Exchange to be executed and delivered by the undersigned or by its duly authorized attorney.

 

  Name:
   
  Dated:

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

between

Redwood Holdco, LP

and

Seaport Global Acquisition Corp.

and

Redwood Intermediate, LLC

Dated as of October 22, 2021

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 2
Section 1.1. Definitions 2
ARTICLE II DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN REALIZED TAX BENEFIT 9
Section 2.1. Basis Schedule 9
Section 2.2. Tax Benefit Schedule 9
Section 2.3. Procedures, Amendments 10
ARTICLE III TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS 11
Section 3.2. No Duplicative Payments 12
ARTICLE IV TERMINATION 12
Section 4.1. Early Termination of Agreement; Breach of Agreement 12
Section 4.2. Early Termination Notice 13
Section 4.3. Payment upon Early Termination 13
ARTICLE V SUBORDINATION AND LATE PAYMENTS 14
Section 5.1. Subordination 14
Section 5.2. Late Payments by the Corporate Taxpayer 14
ARTICLE VI NO DISPUTES; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION 15
Section 6.1. Participation in the Corporate Taxpayer’s and OpCo’s Tax Matters 15
Section 6.2. Consistency 15
Section 6.3. Cooperation 15
ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS 16
Section 7.1. Notices 16
Section 7.2. Counterparts 16
Section 7.3. Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries 16
Section 7.4. Governing Law 17
Section 7.5. Severability 17
Section 7.6. Successors; Assignment; Amendments; Waivers 17
Section 7.7. Titles and Subtitles 18
Section 7.8. Resolution of Disputes 18
Section 7.9. Reconciliation 19
Section 7.10. Withholding 19
Section 7.11. Admission of the Corporate Taxpayer into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets 20
Section 7.12. Confidentiality 21
Section 7.13. Change in Law 21

 

 

 

 

TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

 

This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is dated as of October 22, 2021, and is between Redwood Holdco, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “TRA Holder”), Seaport Global Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Acquiror”) and Redwood Intermediate, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“OpCo”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the TRA Holder directly or indirectly hold limited liability company interests in OpCo (the “Units”), which is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income Tax (as defined below) purposes;

 

WHEREAS, after the Acquisition (as defined below), Acquiror will be the managing member of OpCo, and holds and will hold, directly and/or indirectly, Units;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Acquisition, Acquiror will (directly or indirectly) acquire Acquired Units (as defined below) for a contribution of cash to OpCo not treated as part of a disguised sale under Section 707(a) of the Code (the “Acquisition Exchange”);

 

WHEREAS, the Units held by the TRA Holder may be exchanged for Class A Shares, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the OpCo Agreement (as defined below) and/or for other cash or other property;

 

WHEREAS, OpCo and each of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries (as defined below) treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income Tax purposes will have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code, for each Taxable Year (as defined below) that includes the Acquisition Date and for each Taxable Year in which a taxable acquisition (including a deemed taxable acquisition under Section 707(a) of the Code) or non-taxable acquisition of Units by the Corporate Taxpayer from the TRA Holder (an “Exchanging Holder”) for Class A Shares and/or other consideration (to the extent permitted by the governing documents of OpCo or its applicable subsidiary) or redemption by OpCo, in each case, in connection with the Acquisition or after the Acquisition Date (any such acquisition, including any deemed taxable acquisition under Section 707(a) of the Code, or redemption, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Acquisition Exchange, an “Exchange”) occurs;

 

WHEREAS, as a result of an Exchange, the Corporate Taxpayer will be entitled to use the Basis Adjustments (as defined below) relating to such Units exchanged in the Exchange;

 

WHEREAS, the income, gain, loss, expense and other Tax items of the Corporate Taxpayer may be affected by the (i) Basis Adjustments, (ii) the Existing Tax Basis and (iii) Imputed Interest (as defined below) (collectively, the “Tax Attributes”); and

 

WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement desire to provide for certain payments and make certain arrangements with respect to the effect of the Tax Attributes on the liability for Taxes of the Corporate Taxpayer.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1.          Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth in this Article I shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined).

 

Acquired Units” means the Units acquired by the Acquiror pursuant to the Acquisition (excluding any Units acquired in an Exchange).

 

Acquisition” means the Merger and the contribution of Aggregate Cash Proceeds (as such terms are defined in the Business Combination Agreement), taken as a whole.

 

Acquisition Date” means the Closing Date, as such term is defined in the Business Combination Agreement.

 

Acquisition Exchange” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.

 

Acquiror” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

 

Actual Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the sum of (i) the sum of (A) the liability for U.S. federal income Taxes of the Corporate Taxpayer (determined without regard to deductions for state and local taxes which are addressed in clause (ii)) and (B) without duplication, the portion of any liability for U.S. federal income Taxes imposed directly on OpCo (and OpCo’s applicable subsidiaries) under Section 6225 or any similar provision of the Code that is allocable to the Corporate Taxpayer under Section 704 of the Code, in each case using the same methods, elections, conventions and similar practices used on the relevant IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) and (ii) the product of the amount of the U.S. federal taxable income for such taxable year reported on the Corporate Taxpayer’s IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) and the Blended Rate.

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person.

 

Agreed Rate” means a per annum rate of SOFR plus 100 basis points.

 

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

 

Amended Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b) of this Agreement.

 

Basis Adjustment” means the adjustment to the tax basis of a Reference Asset under Sections 732, 734(b), 743(b), 754, 755 and 1012 (in situations where, as a result of one or more Exchanges, OpCo becomes an entity that is disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of the Code and analogous sections of U.S. state and local Tax laws, as a result of an Exchange and the payments made pursuant to this Agreement in respect of such Exchange. For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of any Basis Adjustment resulting from an Exchange of one or more Units shall be determined without regard to any Pre-Exchange Transfer of such Units (or any predecessor of such Units) and as if any such Pre-Exchange Transfer had not occurred. The amount of any Basis Adjustment shall be determined using the Market Value at the time of the Exchange.

 

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Basis Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of this Agreement.

 

Beneficial Owner” means, with respect to any security, a Person who directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares: (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security; and/or (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, such security. The terms “Beneficially Own” and “Beneficial Ownership” shall have correlative meanings.

 

Blended Rate” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the sum of the apportionment-weighted effective rates of Tax (for the avoidance of doubt, taking into account any U.S. federal benefit of the state tax deduction) imposed on the aggregate net income of the Corporate Taxpayer or OpCo, as applicable, in each state or local jurisdiction in which the Corporate Taxpayer or OpCo, as applicable, files Tax Returns for such Taxable Year, with the maximum effective rate in any state or local jurisdiction being equal to the product of (i) the apportionment factor on the income or franchise Corporate Taxpayer Return in such jurisdiction for such Taxable Year and (ii) the maximum applicable corporate Tax rate in effect in such jurisdiction in such Taxable Year. As an illustration of the calculation of the Blended Rate for a Taxable Year, if the Corporate Taxpayer solely files Tax Returns in State 1 and State 2 in a Taxable Year, the maximum applicable corporate Tax rates in effect in such states in such Taxable Year are 6.5% and 5.5%, respectively, and the apportionment factors for such states in such Taxable Year are 55% and 45% respectively, then the Blended Rate for such Taxable Year is equal to 6.05% (i.e., 6.5% multiplied by 55% plus 5.5% multiplied by 45%).

 

Board” means the Board of Directors of Acquiror.

 

Business Combination Agreement” means that certain Business Combination Agreement dated as of May 16, 2021 entered into by and among, Acquiror, Seaport Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and OpCo.

 

Business Day” means each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.

 

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(i)                 a merger, reorganization, consolidation or similar form of business transaction involving Acquiror unless, immediately following such transaction, more than 50% of the voting power of the then outstanding voting stock or other equities of Acquiror resulting from consummation of such transaction is held by the TRA Holder or its Affiliates (determined immediately prior to such transaction and related transactions),

 

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(ii)              a transaction in which the Acquiror, directly or indirectly, sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to another Person other than an Affiliate,

 

(iii)            a transaction in which there is an acquisition of control of the Acquiror by a Person or group of Persons (other than the TRA Holder and its Affiliates), or

 

(iv)             a transaction in which individuals who constitute the board as of the date of the Acquisition (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the Closing Date, whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of Acquiror in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of Acquiror as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any Person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director or the liquidation or dissolution of the corporation.

 

Class A Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.

 

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

 

Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Corporate Taxpayer” means Acquiror and any company that is a member of any consolidated Tax Return of which Acquiror (or a successor thereto) is a member, where appropriate.

 

Corporate Taxpayer Return” means the U.S. federal and/or state and/or local Tax Return, as applicable, of the Corporate Taxpayer filed with respect to Taxes of any Taxable Year.

 

Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit” for a Taxable Year means the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Benefits for all Taxable Years of the Corporate Taxpayer, up to and including such Taxable Year, net of the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Detriment for the same period. The Realized Tax Benefit and Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year shall be determined based on the most recent Tax Benefit Schedules or Amended Schedules, if any, in existence at the time of such calculation; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the computation of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit shall be adjusted to reflect any applicable Determination with respect to any Realized Tax Benefits and/or Realized Tax Detriments.

 

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Default Rate” means a per annum rate of SOFR plus 500 basis points.

 

Determination” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1313(a) of the Code or similar provision of state, foreign or local Tax law, as applicable, or any other event (including the execution of IRS Form 870-AD) that finally and conclusively establishes the amount of any liability for Tax.

 

Dispute” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(a) of this Agreement.

 

Early Termination Date” means the date of an Early Termination Notice for purposes of determining the Early Termination Payment.

 

Early Termination Effective Date” means the date on which an Early Termination Schedule becomes binding pursuant to Section 4.2.

 

Early Termination Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.

 

Early Termination Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(b) of this Agreement.

 

Early Termination Rate” means SOFR plus 100 basis points.

 

Early Termination Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.

 

Exchange” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.

 

Exchange Date” means the date of any Exchange.

 

Exchanging Holder” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.

 

Existing Tax Basis” means the TRA Holder’s share of OpCo’s existing tax basis in the Reference Assets as of the date of this Agreement that is amortizable under Section 197 of the Code or that is otherwise amortizable or depreciable for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

Expert” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9 of this Agreement.

 

Future TRAs” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 of this Agreement.

 

Hypothetical Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the sum of (i) the sum of (A) the liability for U.S. federal income Taxes of the Corporate Taxpayer (determined without regard to deductions for state and local taxes which are addressed in clause (ii)) and (B) without duplication, the portion of any liability for U.S. federal income Taxes imposed directly on OpCo (and OpCo’s applicable subsidiaries) under Section 6225 or any similar provision of the Code that is allocable to the Corporate Taxpayer under Section 704 of the Code, in each case using the same methods, elections, conventions and similar practices used on the relevant IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) and (ii) the product of the U.S. federal taxable income for such taxable year reported on the Corporate Taxpayer’s IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) and the Blended Rate, but, in the determination of the liability in clauses (i) and (ii), above, (a) using the Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis as reflected on the Basis Schedule including amendments thereto for the Taxable Year, and (b) excluding any deduction attributable to Imputed Interest attributable to any payment made under this Agreement for the Taxable Year. For the avoidance of doubt, Hypothetical Tax Liability shall be determined without taking into account the carryover or carryback of any Tax item (or portions thereof) that is attributable to a Tax Attribute as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, the basis of the Reference Assets in the aggregate for purposes of determining the Hypothetical Tax Liability can never be less than zero.

 

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Imputed Interest” means any interest imputed under Sections 1272, 1274 or 483 or other provision of the Code and any similar provision of state and local Tax law with respect to the Corporate Taxpayer’s payment obligations under this Agreement.

 

Interest Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.

 

IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

 

Incumbent Directors” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Change of Control.

 

Market Value” shall mean the closing price of the Class A Shares on the applicable Exchange Date on the national securities exchange or interdealer quotation system on which such Class A Shares are then traded or listed, as reported by the Wall Street Journal; provided, that if the closing price is not reported by the Wall Street Journal for the applicable Exchange Date, then the Market Value shall mean the closing price of the Class A Shares on the Business Day immediately preceding such Exchange Date on the national securities exchange or interdealer quotation system on which such Class A Shares are then traded or listed, as reported by the Wall Street Journal; provided, further, that if the Class A Shares are not then listed on a national securities exchange or interdealer quotation system, “Market Value” shall mean the cash consideration paid for Class A Shares, or the fair market value of the other property delivered for Class A Shares, as determined by the Board in good faith. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the above sentence, to the extent property is exchanged for cash in a transaction, the Market Value shall be determined by reference to the amount of cash transferred in such transaction.

 

Material Objection Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.

 

Net Tax Benefit” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.

 

Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis” means, with respect to any Reference Asset at the time of an Exchange, the tax basis that such asset would have had at such time if no Basis Adjustments had been made and that the Existing Tax Basis were zero.

 

Objection Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.

 

OpCo” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

 

OpCo Agreement” means, with respect to OpCo, the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OpCo, dated on or about the date hereof, as such agreement may be further amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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Payment Date” means any date on which a payment is required to be made pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Person” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity.

 

Pre-Exchange Transfer” means any transfer or distribution in respect of one or more Units (or any predecessor to such Units) (i) that occurs prior to an Exchange of such Units, and (ii) to which Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code applies.

 

Realized Tax Benefit” means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax Liability over the Actual Tax Liability. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Benefit unless and until there has been a Determination.

 

Realized Tax Detriment” means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the Actual Tax Liability over the Hypothetical Tax Liability. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Detriment unless and until there has been a Determination.

 

Reconciliation Dispute” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9 of this Agreement.

 

Reconciliation Procedures” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.

 

Reference Asset” means an asset that is held by OpCo, or by any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries treated as a partnership or disregarded entity (but only if such indirect Subsidiaries are held only through Subsidiaries treated as partnerships or disregarded entities) for purposes of the applicable Tax, at the time of the Acquisition or an Exchange, as applicable; provided, that a Reference Asset shall include any asset that is “substituted basis property” under Section 7701(a)(42) of the Code with respect to a Reference Asset.

 

Schedule” means any of the following: (i) a Basis Schedule; (ii) a Tax Benefit Schedule; or (iii) the Early Termination Schedule.

 

Senior Obligations” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 of this Agreement.

 

SOFR” shall mean, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.

 

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SOFR Administrator” shall mean the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

 

SOFR Administrator’s Website” shall mean the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.

 

Subsidiaries” means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, any other Person as to which such Person, owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls more than 50% of the voting power or other similar interests or the sole general partner interest or managing member or similar interest of such Person.

 

Tax Attributes” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.

 

Tax Benefit Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.

 

Tax Benefit Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement.

 

Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report or similar statement filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes (including any attached schedules), including, without limitation, any information return, claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated Tax.

 

Taxable Year” means a taxable year of the Corporate Taxpayer as defined in Section 441(b) of the Code or comparable section of state or local Tax law, as applicable (and, therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, may include a period of less than twelve (12) months for which a Tax Return is made), ending on or after the Acquisition Date.

 

Taxes” means any and all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign taxes, assessments or similar charges that are based on or measured with respect to net income or profits, and any interest related to such Tax.

 

Taxing Authority” means any domestic, federal, national, state, county or municipal or other local government, any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any quasi-governmental body exercising any taxing authority or any other authority exercising Tax regulatory authority.

 

TRA Holder” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

 

Treasury Regulations” means the final, temporary and proposed regulations under the Code promulgated from time to time (including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) as in effect for the relevant taxable period.

 

Units” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.

 

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Valuation Assumptions” shall mean, as of an Early Termination Date, the assumptions that in each Taxable Year ending on or after such Early Termination Date, (1) the Corporate Taxpayer will have taxable income sufficient to fully utilize the Tax items arising from the Tax Attributes during such Taxable Year or future Taxable Years (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest that would result from future payments made under this Agreement that would be paid in accordance with the Valuation Assumptions) in which such deductions would become available, (2) all losses and credits will be fully utilized in the earliest Taxable Year permitted by applicable law, (3) all non-amortizable assets will be disposed of on the fifteenth (15th) anniversary of the date of this agreement; provided, that in the event of a Change of Control, such non-amortizable assets shall be deemed disposed of at the time of sale (if applicable) of the relevant asset in the Change of Control (if earlier than such fifteenth (15th) anniversary), (4) the U.S. federal income tax rates and state and local income tax that will be in effect for each such Taxable Year will be those specified by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and other law as in effect on the Early Termination Date, (5) any payment obligations pursuant to this Agreement will be satisfied on the date that any Tax Return to which such payment obligation relates is required to be filed excluding any extensions and (6) if, at the Early Termination Date, there are Units that have not been Exchanged, then each such Unit, shall be deemed Exchanged for the Market Value of the Class A Shares and the amount of cash that would be transferred if the Exchange occurred on the Early Termination Date.

 

ARTICLE II

DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN REALIZED TAX BENEFIT

 

Section 2.1.          Basis Schedule. Within one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days of the earlier of (i) the filing of the U.S. federal income tax return of the Corporation for any federal Taxable Year ending after the Calculation Date or (ii) the due date (taking into account extensions) of such tax return for each relevant Taxable Year, the Corporate Taxpayer shall deliver to the TRA Holder a schedule (the “Basis Schedule”) that shows, in reasonable detail necessary to perform the calculations required by this Agreement, (i) the unamortized and/or undepreciated amount of the Existing Tax Basis, if any, (ii) the Basis Adjustment with respect to the Reference Assets as a result of the Exchanges effected in such Taxable Year or any prior Taxable Year, if any, calculated in the aggregate, (iii) the Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis of the Reference Assets as of each applicable Exchange Date, if any, and (iv) the period (or periods), if any, over which the Reference Assets are amortizable, depreciable or otherwise recoverable. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with the provision and preparation of the Basis Schedules and Tax Benefit Schedules in compliance with this Agreement shall be borne by OpCo.

 

Section 2.2.          Tax Benefit Schedule.

 

(a)          Tax Benefit Schedule. Within one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days of the earlier of (i) the filing of the U.S. federal income tax return of the Corporation for any federal Taxable Year ending after the Calculation Date or (ii) the due date (taking into account extensions) of such tax return for any such federal Taxable Year for any Taxable Year in which there is a Realized Tax Benefit or a Realized Tax Detriment, the Corporate Taxpayer shall provide to the TRA Holder a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, the calculation of the Realized Tax Benefit and Tax Benefit Payment or the Realized Tax Detriment, as applicable, in respect of such TRA Party for such Taxable Year (a “Tax Benefit Schedule”). Each Tax Benefit Schedule will become final as provided in Section 2.3(a) and may be amended as provided in Section 2.3(b) (subject to the procedures set forth in Section 2.3(b)).

 

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(b)         Applicable Principles. For purposes of calculating the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for any period, carryovers of any Tax item attributable to the Basis Adjustments, Existing Tax Basis or Imputed Interest shall be considered to be subject to the rules of the Code and the Treasury Regulations, as applicable, governing the use, limitation and expiration of carryovers of the relevant type. If a carryover of any Tax item includes a portion that is attributable to the Basis Adjustments, Existing Tax Basis and/or Imputed Interest and another portion that is not, such respective portions shall be considered to be used in accordance with the “with and without” methodology, consistent with the methodology of calculating a Realized Tax Detriment or Realized Tax Benefit.

 

Section 2.3.          Procedures, Amendments.

 

(a)          Procedure. Every time the Corporate Taxpayer delivers a Schedule to the TRA Holder under this Agreement, including any Amended Schedule, the Corporate Taxpayer shall also (x) deliver to the TRA Holder supporting schedules and work papers, as determined by the Corporate Taxpayer or as reasonably requested by the TRA Holder, providing reasonable detail regarding data and calculations that were relevant for purposes of preparing such Schedule and (y) allow the TRA Holder reasonable access at no cost to the appropriate representatives at the Corporate Taxpayer, as determined by the Corporate Taxpayer or as reasonably requested by the TRA Holder, in connection with a review of such Schedule. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Corporate Taxpayer shall ensure that any Tax Benefit Schedule that is delivered to the TRA Holder, along with any supporting schedules and work papers, provides a reasonably detailed presentation of the calculation of the Actual Tax Liability and the Hypothetical Tax Liability and identifies any material assumptions or operating procedures or principles that were used for purposes of such calculations. An applicable Schedule or amendment thereto shall become final and binding on all parties thirty (30) calendar days from the date on which the TRA Holder is treated as having received the applicable Schedule or amendment thereto under Section 7.1 unless the TRA Holder (i) within thirty (30) calendar days from such date provides the Corporate Taxpayer with written notice of a material objection to such Schedule (“Objection Notice”) made in good faith or (ii) provides a written waiver of such right of any Objection Notice within the period described in clause (i) above, in which case such Schedule or amendment thereto becomes binding on the date the waiver is received by the Corporate Taxpayer. If the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Holder, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in the Objection Notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporate Taxpayer of an Objection Notice, the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Holder shall employ the reconciliation procedures as described in Section 7.9 of this Agreement (the “Reconciliation Procedures”).

 

(b)         Amended Schedule. The applicable Schedule for any Taxable Year may be amended from time to time by the Corporate Taxpayer (i) in connection with a Determination affecting such Schedule, (ii) to correct inaccuracies in the Schedule identified as a result of the receipt of additional factual information relating to a Taxable Year after the date the Schedule was provided to a TRA Party, (iii) to comply with an Expert’s determination under the Reconciliation Procedures, (iv) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit, or the Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to a carryback or carryforward of a loss or other Tax item to such Taxable Year, (v) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or the Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to an amended Tax Return filed for such Taxable Year or (vi) to adjust the TRA Holder’s Basis Schedule to take into account payments made pursuant to this Agreement (any such Schedule, an “Amended Schedule”). The Corporate Taxpayer shall provide an Amended Schedule to each TRA Party and to the TRA Party Representative within ninety (90) calendar days of the occurrence of an event referenced in clauses (i) through (vi) of the preceding sentence.

 

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ARTICLE III

TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS

 

Section 3.1.          Payments.

 

(a)         Payments. Within five (5) business days after the Tax Benefit Schedule is delivered to the TRA Holder becomes final in accordance with Section 2.3(a) and Section 7.9, if applicable, the Corporate Taxpayer shall pay the TRA Holder for such Taxable Year the Tax Benefit Payment determined pursuant to Section 3.1(b). Each such Tax Benefit Payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account previously designated by the TRA Holder to the Corporate Taxpayer or as otherwise agreed by the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Holder. For the avoidance of doubt, (x) no Tax Benefit Payment shall be made in respect of estimated Tax payments, including, without limitation, U.S. federal estimated income Tax payments and (y) the payments provided for pursuant to the above sentence shall be computed separately for each TRA Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, with respect to each Exchange by or with respect to any TRA Party, if such TRA Party notifies the Corporate Taxpayer in writing of a stated maximum selling price (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 15A.453-1(c)(2)), then the amount of the consideration received in connection with such Exchange and the aggregate Tax Benefit Payments to such TRA Party in respect of such Exchange (other than amounts accounted for as interest under the Code) shall not exceed such stated maximum selling price.

 

(b)         A “Tax Benefit Payment” in respect of a TRA Party for a Taxable Year means an amount, not less than zero, equal to the Net Tax Benefit and the Interest Amount with respect thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, for Tax purposes, a portion of the Interest Amount shall be treated as interest pursuant to Section 483 of the Code and a portion of the Interest Amount shall be treated as additional consideration in the applicable transaction, unless otherwise required by law. Subject to Section 3.3, the “Net Tax Benefit” for a Taxable Year shall be an amount equal to the excess, if any, of 85% of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit as of the end of such Taxable Year, over the total amount of payments previously made under the first sentence of Section 3.1(a) (excluding payments attributable to Interest Amounts); provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that no such recipient shall be required to return any portion of any previously made Tax Benefit Payment. The “Interest Amount” shall equal the interest on the Net Tax Benefit calculated at the Agreed Rate from the due date (without extensions) for filing IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) of the Corporate Taxpayer with respect to Taxes for such Taxable Year until the payment date under Section 3.1(a).

 

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Section 3.2.          No Duplicative Payments. It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement will not result in duplicative payment of any amount (including interest) required under this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed in the appropriate manner to ensure such intentions are realized.

 

ARTICLE IV

TERMINATION

 

Section 4.1.          Early Termination of Agreement; Breach of Agreement.

 

(a)         The Corporate Taxpayer may terminate this Agreement with respect to all amounts payable to the TRA Holder and with respect to all of the Units held by the TRA Holder at any time by paying to the TRA Holder the Early Termination Payment. Upon payment of the Early Termination Payment in respect of each TRA Party by the Corporate Taxpayer the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no further payment obligations under this Agreement, other than for any (a) Tax Benefit Payments due and payable and that remain unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice and (b) Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of the Early Termination Notice (except to the extent that the amount described in clause (b) is included in the Early Termination Payment). If an Exchange occurs after the Corporate Taxpayer makes all of the required Early Termination Payments, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange.

 

(b)         In the event that the Corporate Taxpayer (1) breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make any payment when due, failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, unless otherwise waived or directed in writing by the TRA Holder, all obligations hereunder shall be automatically accelerated and shall be immediately due and payable, and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach and shall include, but not be limited to, (x) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of a breach, (y) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of a breach, and (z) any Tax Benefit Payment for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of a breach (except to the extent that the amount described in clauses (y) and (z) are included in the Early Termination Payment); provided, that procedures similar to the procedures of Section 4.2 shall apply with respect to the determination of the amount payable by the Corporate Taxpayer pursuant to this sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Corporate Taxpayer breaches this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the TRA Party shall be entitled to elect to receive the amounts set forth in clauses (x), (y) and (z) above or to seek specific performance of the terms hereof. The parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due shall be deemed to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it will not be considered to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a breach of a material obligation of this Agreement if the Corporate Taxpayer fails to make any Tax Benefit Payment when due to the extent that the Corporate Taxpayer has insufficient funds to make such payment; provided, that the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporate Taxpayer does not have sufficient funds to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by any Senior Obligations, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate).

 

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(c)         In the event of a Change of Control, unless otherwise waived in writing by the TRA Holder, all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such Change of Control and utilizing the Valuation Assumptions by substituting in each case the terms “the closing date of a Change of Control” in each place where the phrase “Early Termination Date” appears. Such obligations shall include (1) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if the Early Termination Date is the date of such Change of Control, (2) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of such Change of Control, and (3) any Tax Benefit Payment due for any Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the date of such Change of Control (except to the extent any amounts described in clause (2) or (3) are included in the Early Termination Payment). For the avoidance of doubt, Sections 4.2 and 4.3 shall apply to a Change of Control, mutatis mutandis.

 

Section 4.2.          Early Termination Notice. If the Corporate Taxpayer chooses to exercise its right of early termination under Section 4.1(a) above, the Corporate Taxpayer shall deliver to the TRA Holder notice of such intention to exercise such right (“Early Termination Notice”) and a schedule (the “Early Termination Schedule”) specifying the Corporate Taxpayer’s intention to exercise such right under either clause (i) or (ii) thereof and showing in reasonable detail the calculation of the Early Termination Payment(s) due. The Early Termination Schedule shall become final and binding on all parties thirty (30) calendar days from the first date on which the TRA Holder is treated as having received such Schedule or amendment thereto under Section 7.1 unless the TRA Holder (i) within thirty (30) calendar days after such date provides the Corporate Taxpayer with notice of a material objection to such Schedule made in good faith (“Material Objection Notice”) or (ii) provides a written waiver of such right of a Material Objection Notice within the period described in clause (i) above, in which case such Schedule becomes binding on the date the waiver is received by the Corporate Taxpayer. If the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Holder, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in such notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporate Taxpayer of the Material Objection Notice, the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative shall employ the Reconciliation Procedures in which case such Schedule becomes binding ten (10) calendar days after the conclusion of the Reconciliation Procedures.

 

Section 4.3.          Payment upon Early Termination.

 

(a)         Within three (3) calendar days after an Early Termination Effective Date, the Corporate Taxpayer shall pay to the TRA Holder an amount equal to the Early Termination Payment. Such payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account or accounts designated by the TRA Holder or as otherwise agreed by the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA holder.

 

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(b)               Early Termination Payment” in respect of a TRA Party shall equal the present value, discounted at the Early Termination Rate as of the applicable Early Termination Effective Date, of all Tax Benefit Payments in respect of such TRA Party that would be required to be paid by the Corporate Taxpayer beginning from the Early Termination Date and assuming that the Valuation Assumptions in respect of such TRA Party are applied.

 

ARTICLE V

SUBORDINATION AND LATE PAYMENTS

 

Section 5.1.          Subordination. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any Tax Benefit Payment required to be made by the Corporate Taxpayer to the TRA Holder under this Agreement shall rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to any principal, interest or other amounts due and payable in respect of any obligations in respect of indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporate Taxpayer and its Subsidiaries (“Senior Obligations”) and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with all current or future unsecured obligations of the Corporate Taxpayer that are not Senior Obligations. To the extent that any payment under this Agreement is not permitted to be made at the time payment is due as a result of this Section 5.1 and the terms of agreements governing Senior Obligations, such payment obligation nevertheless shall accrue for the benefit of the TRA Holder and the Corporate Taxpayer shall make such payments at the first opportunity that such payments are permitted to be made in accordance with the terms of the Senior Obligations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that the Corporate Taxpayer or any of its Affiliates enters into future Tax receivable or other similar agreements (“Future TRAs”), the Corporate Taxpayer shall ensure that the terms of any such Future TRA shall provide that the Tax Attributes subject to this Agreement are considered senior in priority to any Tax attributes subject to any such Future TRA for purposes of calculating the amount and timing of payments under any such Future TRA. The Corporate Taxpayer shall use commercially reasonable efforts not to enter into any agreement if a principal purpose of such agreement is to restrict in any material respect the amounts payable hereunder. To the extent the Corporate Taxpayer incurs, creates, assumes or permits to exist any indebtedness after the date hereof, the Corporate Taxpayer shall make commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that such indebtedness permits any amounts payable hereunder to be paid. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in the previous sentence shall prevent Corporate Taxpayer from deferring payments pursuant to this Section 5.1.

 

Section 5.2.          Late Payments by the Corporate Taxpayer. Subject to the proviso in the last sentence of Section 4.1(b), the amount of all or any portion of any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment not made to the TRA Parties when due under the terms of this Agreement, whether as a result of Section 5.1 or otherwise, shall be payable together with any interest thereon, computed at the Default Rate and commencing from the date on which such Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment was first due and payable to the date of actual payment.

 

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ARTICLE VI


NO DISPUTES; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION

 

Section 6.1.          Participation in the Corporate Taxpayer’s and OpCo’s Tax Matters. Except as otherwise provided herein, and except as provided in the OpCo Agreement, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have full responsibility for, and sole discretion over, all Tax matters concerning the Corporate Taxpayer and OpCo, including without limitation the preparation, filing or amending of any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to Taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporate Taxpayer shall notify the TRA Holder of, and keep the TRA Holder reasonably informed with respect to, the portion of any audit of the Corporate Taxpayer and OpCo by a Taxing Authority the outcome of which is reasonably expected to materially affect the rights and obligations of the TRA Holder under this Agreement, and shall provide to the TRA Holder reasonable opportunity to provide information and other input to the Corporate Taxpayer, OpCo and their respective advisors concerning the conduct of any such portion of such audit; provided, however, that the Corporate Taxpayer and OpCo shall not be required to take any action that is inconsistent with any provision of the OpCo Agreement; provided, further, that the Corporate Taxpayer shall not settle or fail to contest any issue pertaining to Taxes or Tax matters where such settlement or failure to contest would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect TRA Holder’s rights and obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the TRA Holder, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed.

 

Section 6.2.          Consistency. The Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Holder agree to report and cause to be reported for all purposes, including U.S. federal, state and local Tax purposes and financial reporting purposes, all Tax-related items (including, without limitation, the Basis Adjustments and each Tax Benefit Payment) in a manner consistent with that contemplated by this Agreement or specified by the Corporate Taxpayer in any Schedule required to be provided by or on behalf of the Corporate Taxpayer under this Agreement unless otherwise required by law. Any dispute concerning such advice shall be subject to the terms of Section 7.9. Any payment under this agreement made with respect to the Existing Tax Basis will be treated as a guaranteed payment (within the meaning of Section 707(c) of the Code).

 

Section 6.3.          Cooperation. The TRA Holder shall (a) furnish to the Corporate Taxpayer in a timely manner such information, documents and other materials as the Corporate Taxpayer may reasonably request for purposes of making any determination or computation necessary or appropriate under this Agreement, preparing any Tax Return or contesting or defending any audit, examination or controversy with any Taxing Authority, (b) make itself available to the Corporate Taxpayer and its representatives to provide explanations of documents and materials and such other information as the Corporate Taxpayer or its representatives may reasonably request in connection with any of the matters described in clause (a) above, and (c) reasonably cooperate in connection with any such matter, and the Corporate Taxpayer shall reimburse the TRA Holder for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred pursuant to this Section 6.3. Upon the request of the TRA Holder, the Corporate Taxpayer shall cooperate in taking any action reasonably requested by the TRA Holder in connection with its tax or financial reporting and/or the consummation of any assignment or transfer of any of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation, providing any information or executing any documentation. The Corporate Taxpayer shall not, without the prior written consent of the TRA Holder, take any action that has the primary purpose of circumventing the achievement or attainment of any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment under this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 7.1.          Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given and received (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or by facsimile or email with confirmation of transmission by the transmitting equipment or (b) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice:

 

If to the Corporate Taxpayer, to:

 

Redbox Entertainment Inc. (f/k/a Seaport Global Acquisition Corp.)

One Tower Lane, Suite 800

Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Attention:       Fred Stein, Chief Legal Officer
Email:               fstein@redbox.com

 

If to the TRA Holder to:

 

Redwood Holdco, LP

One Tower Lane, Suite 800

Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Attention:       Fred Stein, Chief Legal Officer
Email:               fstein@redbox.com

 

 

Any party may change its address, fax number or email by giving the other party written notice of its new address, fax number or email in the manner set forth above.

 

Section 7.2.          Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including counterparts transmitted electronically in portable document format (pdf)), all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement. Electronic signatures shall be a valid method of executing this Agreement.

 

Section 7.3.          Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

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Section 7.4.          Governing Law. The laws of the State of Delaware shall govern (a) all proceedings, claims or matters related to or arising from this Agreement (including any tort or non-contractual claims) and (b) any questions concerning the construction, interpretation, validity and enforceability of this Agreement, and the performance of the obligations imposed by this Agreement, in each case without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

 

Section 7.5.          Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

Section 7.6.          Successors; Assignment; Amendments; Waivers.

 

(a)               The TRA Holder may assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to any Person as long as such transferee has executed and delivered, or, in connection with such transfer, executes and delivers, a joinder to this Agreement, substantially in form of Exhibit A hereto, agreeing to become subject to the terms of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in such joinder.

 

(b)               No provision of this Agreement may be amended unless such amendment is approved in writing by each of (i) the executive committee of the Board or, if such executive committee does not exist, the Board and (ii) the TRA Holder. No provision of this Agreement may be waived unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective.

 

(c)               All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. If more than one Person holds rights under this agreement pursuant to an assignment described under Section 7.6(a), all uses of the term TRA Holder under this agreement shall apply to each such Person mutatis mutandis. The Corporate Taxpayer shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporate Taxpayer, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporate Taxpayer would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

 

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Section 7.7.          Titles and Subtitles. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

 

Section 7.8.          Resolution of Disputes.

 

(a)          Any and all disputes which are not governed by Section 7.9 and cannot be settled amicably, including any ancillary claims of any party, arising out of, relating to or in connection with the validity, negotiation, execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement (including the validity, scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision) (each a “Dispute”) shall be finally settled by arbitration conducted by a single arbitrator in New York, NY in accordance with the then-existing Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. If the parties to the Dispute fail to agree on the selection of an arbitrator within thirty (30) calendar days of the receipt of the request for arbitration, the International Chamber of Commerce shall make the appointment. The arbitrator shall be a lawyer admitted to the practice of law in a U.S. state, or a nationally recognized expert in the relevant subject matter and shall conduct the proceedings in the English language. Performance under this Agreement shall continue if reasonably possible during any arbitration proceedings.

 

(b)         Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a), the Corporate Taxpayer may bring an action or special proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of compelling a party to arbitrate, seeking temporary or preliminary relief in aid of an arbitration hereunder, and/or enforcing an arbitration award and, for the purposes of this paragraph (b), the TRA Holder (i) expressly consents to the application of paragraph (c) of this Section 7.8 to any such action or proceeding, (ii) agrees that proof shall not be required that monetary damages for breach of the provisions of this Agreement would be difficult to calculate and that remedies at law would be inadequate, and (iii) irrevocably appoints the Corporate Taxpayer as agent for service of process in connection with any such action or proceeding and agrees that service of process upon such agent, who shall promptly advise the TRA Holder of any such service of process, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the TRA Holder in any such action or proceeding.

 

(c)         (i) EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY FEDERAL COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE OR THE DELAWARE COURT OF CHANCERY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 7.8, OR ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING ANCILLARY TO AN ARBITRATION OR CONTEMPLATED ARBITRATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO OR CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT. Such ancillary judicial proceedings include any suit, action or proceeding to compel arbitration, to obtain temporary or preliminary judicial relief in aid of arbitration, or to confirm an arbitration award. The parties acknowledge that the fora designated by this paragraph (c) have a reasonable relation to this Agreement, and to the parties’ relationship with one another; and (ii) The parties hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they now or hereafter may have to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such ancillary suit, action or proceeding brought in any court referred to in the preceding paragraph of this Section 7.8 and such parties agree not to plead or claim the same.

 

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Section 7.9.          Reconciliation. In the event that the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Holder are unable to resolve a disagreement with respect to the matters governed by Sections 2.3, 4.2 and 6.2 within the relevant period designated in this Agreement (“Reconciliation Dispute”), the Reconciliation Dispute shall be submitted for determination to a nationally recognized expert (the “Expert”) in the particular area of disagreement mutually acceptable to both parties. The Expert shall be a partner or principal in a nationally recognized accounting or law firm, and unless the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Holder agree otherwise, the Expert shall not, and the firm that employs the Expert shall not, have any material relationship with the Corporate Taxpayer or the TRA Holder or other actual or potential conflict of interest. If the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Holder are unable to agree on an Expert within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt by the respondent(s) of written notice of a Reconciliation Dispute, then the Expert shall be appointed by the International Chamber of Commerce Centre for Expertise. The Expert shall resolve any matter relating to the TRA Holder’s Basis Schedule or an amendment thereto or the Early Termination Schedule or an amendment thereto within thirty (30) calendar days and shall resolve any matter relating to a Tax Benefit Schedule or an amendment thereto within fifteen (15) calendar days or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, in each case after the matter has been submitted to the Expert for resolution. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the matter is not resolved before any payment that is the subject of a disagreement would be due (in the absence of such disagreement) or any Tax Return reflecting the subject of a disagreement is due, the undisputed amount shall be paid on the date prescribed by this Agreement and such Tax Return may be filed as prepared by the Corporate Taxpayer, subject to adjustment or amendment upon resolution. The costs and expenses relating to the engagement of such Expert or amending any Tax Return shall be borne by the Corporate Taxpayer except as provided in the next sentence. The Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Holder shall bear their own costs and expenses of such proceeding, unless (i) the Expert adopts the TRA Holder’s position, in which case the Corporate Taxpayer shall reimburse the TRA Holder for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding, or (ii) the Expert adopts the Corporate Taxpayer’s position, in which case the TRA Holder shall reimburse the Corporate Taxpayer for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding. Any dispute as to whether a dispute is a Reconciliation Dispute within the meaning of this Section 7.9 shall be decided by the Expert. The Expert shall finally determine any Reconciliation Dispute and the determinations of the Expert pursuant to this Section 7.9 shall be binding on the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Holder and may be entered and enforced in any court having jurisdiction.

 

Section 7.10.      Withholding. The Corporate Taxpayer shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as the Corporate Taxpayer is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority by the Corporate Taxpayer, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of whom such withholding was made. To the extent that any payment pursuant to this Agreement is not reduced by such deductions or withholdings, such recipient shall indemnify the applicable withholding agent for any amounts imposed by any Taxing Authority together with any costs and expenses related thereto. The TRA Holder shall promptly provide the Corporate Taxpayer, OpCo or other applicable withholding agent with any applicable Tax forms and certifications (including IRS Form W-9 or the applicable version of IRS Form W-8) reasonably requested, in connection with determining whether any such deductions and withholdings are required under the Code or any provision of U.S. state, local or foreign Tax law.

 

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Section 7.11.      Admission of the Corporate Taxpayer into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets.

 

(a)         If the Corporate Taxpayer is or becomes a member of an affiliated or consolidated group of corporations that files a consolidated income Tax Return pursuant to Sections 1501 et seq. of the Code or any corresponding provisions of state or local law, then: (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall be applied with respect to the group as a whole; and (ii) Tax Benefit Payments, Early Termination Payments and other applicable items hereunder shall be computed with reference to the consolidated taxable income of the group as a whole (including, for the avoidance of doubt, by treating any direct or indirect transfer of one or more Reference Assets to a corporation with which the Corporate Taxpayer files a consolidated Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code as an Exchange which gives rise to a Basis Adjustment).

 

(b)         If the Corporate Taxpayer (or any member of a group described in Section 7.11(a)) transfers one or more Reference Assets to a Person treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (with which, in the case of Acquiror, Acquiror does not file a consolidated Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code), such transferor, for purposes of calculating the amount of any Tax Benefits Payment due hereunder, shall be treated as having disposed of such asset in a fully taxable transaction on the date of such transfer. The consideration deemed to be received by the Corporate Taxpayer, shall be equal to the fair market value of the transferred asset plus the amount of debt to which such asset is subject, in the case of a transfer of an encumbered asset. For purposes of this Section 7.1(b), a transfer of a partnership interest shall be treated as a transfer of the transferring partner’s applicable share of each of the assets and liabilities of that partnership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, if the Corporate Taxpayer or any member of a group described in Section 7.1(a) transfers its assets pursuant to a transaction that qualifies as a “reorganization” (within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code) in which such entity does not survive or pursuant to any other transaction to which Section 381(a) of the Code applies (other than any such reorganization or any such other transaction, in each case, pursuant to which such entity transfers assets to a corporation with which the Corporate Taxpayer or any member of the group described in Section 7.1(a) (other than any such member being transferred in such reorganization or other transaction) does not file a consolidated Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code), the transfer will not cause such entity to be treated as having transferred any assets to a corporation (or a Person classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) pursuant to this Section 7.1(b).

 

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Section 7.12.        Confidentiality.

 

(a)          Subject to the last sentence of Section 6.3, the TRA Holder and each of its assignees acknowledge and agree that the information of the Corporate Taxpayer is confidential and, except in the course of performing any duties as necessary for the Corporate Taxpayer and its Affiliates, as required by law or legal process or to enforce the terms of this Agreement, such person shall keep and retain in the strictest confidence and not disclose to any Person any confidential matters, acquired pursuant to this Agreement, of the Corporate Taxpayer and its Affiliates and successors, concerning OpCo and its Affiliates and successors or the members, learned by the TRA Holder heretofore or hereafter. This Section 7.12 shall not apply to (i) any information that has been made publicly available by the Corporate Taxpayer or any of its Affiliates, becomes public knowledge (except as a result of an act of the TRA Holder in violation of this Agreement) or is generally known to the business community and (ii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for the TRA Holder to prepare and file its Tax Returns, to respond to any inquiries regarding the same from any Taxing Authority or to prosecute or defend any action, proceeding or audit by any Taxing Authority with respect to such returns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the TRA Holder and each of its assignees (and each employee, representative or other agent of the TRA Holder or its assignees, as applicable) may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the Tax treatment and Tax structure of the Corporate Taxpayer, OpCo and their Affiliates, and any of their transactions, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other Tax analyses) that are provided to the TRA Holder relating to such Tax treatment and Tax structure.

 

(b)         If the TRA Holder or an assignee commits a breach, or threatens to commit a breach, of any of the provisions of this Section 7.12, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have the right and remedy to have the provisions of this Section 7.12 specifically enforced by injunctive relief or otherwise by any court of competent jurisdiction without the need to post any bond or other security, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach shall cause irreparable injury to the Corporate Taxpayer or any of its Subsidiaries and the accounts and funds managed by the Corporate Taxpayer and that money damages alone shall not provide an adequate remedy to such Persons. Such rights and remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available at law or in equity.

 

Section 7.13.      Change in Law. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if, in connection with an actual or proposed change in law, the TRA Holder reasonably believes that the existence of this Agreement could cause (i) the recognition of taxable income to the TRA Holder prior to an Exchange or (ii) income (other than income arising from receipt of a payment under this Agreement) recognized by the TRA Holder upon any Exchange by the TRA Holder to be treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain (or otherwise taxed at ordinary income rates) for U.S. federal income Tax purposes or would have other material adverse consequences to the TRA Holder, then at the election of the TRA Holder and to the extent specified by the TRA Holder, this Agreement (i) shall cease to have further effect with respect to the TRA Holder, (ii) shall not apply to an Exchange by the TRA Holder Party occurring after a date specified by the TRA Holder, or (iii) shall otherwise be amended in a manner determined by the TRA Holder, provided, that such amendment shall not result in an increase in payments under this Agreement at any time as compared to the amounts and times of payments that would have been due in the absence of such amendment.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror and the TRA Holder have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  Acquiror:
     
  SEAPORT GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP.
   
  By: /s/ Stephen C. Smith
  Name: Stephen C. Smith
Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

  TRA Holder:
     
  REDWOOD HOLDCO, LP
   
  By: /s/ Kavita Suthar
  Name: Kavita Suthar
Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

 

 

 

 

  OpCo:
     
  REDWOOD INTERMEDIATE, LLC
   
  By: /s/ Kavita Suthar
  Name: Kavita Suthar
Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

Form of Joinder

 

This JOINDER (this “Joinder”) to the Tax Receivable Agreement (as defined below), is by and among Seaport Global Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (including any successor corporation, “Acquiror”), ______________________ (“Transferor”) and ______________________ (“Permitted Transferee”).

 

WHEREAS, on ______________________, Permitted Transferee shall acquire ______________________ percent of the Transferor’s right to receive payments that may become due and payable under the Tax Receivable Agreement (as defined below) (the “Acquired Interests”) from Transferor (the “Acquisition”); and WHEREAS, Transferor, in connection with the Acquisition, has required Permitted Transferee to execute and deliver this Joinder pursuant to Section 7.6(a) of the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2021, between Acquiror, OpCo and the TRA Holder (as defined therein) (the “Tax Receivable Agreement”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.1          Definitions. To the extent capitalized words used in this Joinder are not defined in this Joinder, such words shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement.

 

Section 1.2          Acquisition. For good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by the Transferor and the Permitted Transferee, the Transferor hereby transfers and assigns absolutely to the Permitted Transferee all of the Acquired Interests.

 

Section 1.3          Joinder. Permitted Transferee hereby acknowledges and agrees (i) that it has received and read the Tax Receivable Agreement, (ii) that the Permitted Transferee is acquiring the Acquired Interests in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Tax Receivable Agreement and [(iii) to become the “TRA Holder” (as defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement) for all purposes of the Tax Receivable Agreement.]1

 

Section 1.4           Notice. Any notice, request, consent, claim, demand, approval, waiver or other communication hereunder to Permitted Transferee shall be delivered or sent to Permitted Transferee at the address set forth on the signature page hereto in accordance with Section 7.1 of the Tax Receivable Agreement.

 

Section 1.5          Governing Law. This Joinder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

 

 

1 Note to Draft: To be included if the TRA Holder is transferring all of its interests.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Joinder has been duly executed and delivered by Permitted Transferee as of the date first above written.

 

  SEAPORT GLOBAL ACQUISTION CORP.
     
  By:  
 
Name:
Title:
     
     
  [TRANSFEROR]
     
  By:  
 
Name:
Title:
     
     
  [PERMITTED TRANSFEREE]
     
  By:  
 
Name:
Title:
     
  Address for notices:

 

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Exhibit 10.5

 

SEAPORT GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP.
2021 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Adopted by the Board of Directors: October 22, 2021
Approved by the Shareholders:
October 22, 2021

 

1.                  Purpose. The purpose of the Seaport Global Acquisition Corp. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”) is to (i) attract and retain individuals to serve as employees, consultants or Directors (collectively, the “Service Providers”) of Seaport Global Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (together with its Subsidiaries, whether existing or thereafter acquired or formed, and any and all successor entities, the “Company”) and its Affiliates by providing them the opportunity to acquire an equity interest in the Company or other incentive compensation and (ii) align the interests of the Service Providers with those of the Company’s stockholders.

 

2.                  Effective Date; Duration. The Plan shall be effective as of the date of its adoption by the Board, subject to the approval of the plan by the shareholders of the Company in accordance with the requirements of the laws of the State of Delaware. The expiration date of the Plan, on and after which date no Awards may be granted under the Plan, shall be the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date; provided, however, that such expiration shall not affect Awards then outstanding, and the terms and conditions of the Plan shall continue to apply to such Awards.

 

3.                  Definitions. The following definitions shall apply throughout the Plan:

 

(a)               $” shall refer to the United States dollars.

 

(b)               10% Stockholder” means a Person who, as of a relevant date, owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules applicable under Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company.

 

(c)               Affiliate” means (i) any person or entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company and/or (ii) to the extent provided by the Committee, any person or entity in which the Company has a significant interest. The term “control,” as applied to any person or entity, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person or entity, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

(d)               Award” means, individually or collectively, any Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Other Stock-Based Award, or Other Cash-Based Award granted under the Plan.

 

(e)               Award Agreement” means any agreement, contract or other instrument or document evidencing any Award granted under the Plan (including, in each case, in electronic form), which may, but need not, be executed or acknowledged by a Participant (as determined by the Committee).

 

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(f)                Award Transfer Program” means any program approved by the Committee which would permit Participants the opportunity to transfer any outstanding Awards to a financial institution or other person or entity selected by the Committee.

 

(g)               Beneficial Ownership” has the meaning set forth-in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under Section 13 of the Exchange Act.

 

(h)               Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(i)                 Cause” means, unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise, (A) the Participant’s conviction of, or entry of a plea of no contest to a felony (or the equivalent of a felony in a jurisdiction other than the United States), (B) the Participant’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, or a willful failure to perform his or her duties (other than due to physical illness or incapacity), (C) the Participant’s material breach of a material provision of any employment agreement, consulting agreement, directorship agreement or similar services agreement or offer letter or any written agreement between the Participant and the Company or any of its Affiliates, or any non-competition, non-disclosure or non-solicitation agreement with the Company or any of its Affiliates, (D) the Participant’s material violation of any material written policies adopted by the Company or any of its Affiliates governing the conduct of persons performing services on behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (E) the Participant’s fraud or misappropriation, embezzlement or material misuse of funds or property belonging to the Company or any of its Affiliates, or (F) willful or reckless misconduct in respect of the Participant’s obligations to the Company or its Affiliates or other acts of misconduct by the Participant occurring during the course of the Participant’s employment or service that in either case results in or could reasonably be expected to result in material damage to the property, business or reputation of the Company or its Affiliates. Whether Cause exists shall be determined by the Committee in good faith in its sole discretion upon, or within 60 days following, termination of the Participant’s employment or service based on information available to the Committee through such 60-day period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cause shall not exist unless the Participant has first received a written notice from the Company which sets forth the circumstances giving rise to Cause and the Participant shall have a period of 30 days to cure (if capable of cure).

 

(j)                 Change in Control” means, unless the applicable Award Agreement or the Committee provides otherwise, the first to occur of any of the following events:

 

(i)                 the acquisition by any Person or related “group” (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and Section 14(d) of the Exchange Act) of Persons, or Persons acting jointly or in concert, of Beneficial Ownership (including control or direction) of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote in the election of Directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”), but excluding any acquisition by the Company or any of its Affiliates or by any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its Affiliates;

 

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(ii)              a change in the composition of the Board such that members of the Board during any consecutive 24-month period (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease to constitute a majority of the Board. Any person becoming a Director through election or nomination for election approved by a valid vote of the Incumbent Directors shall be deemed an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual becoming a Director as a result of an actual or threatened election contest, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-12 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board, shall be deemed an Incumbent Director;

 

(iii)              the approval by the stockholders of the Company of a plan of complete dissolution or liquidation of the Company; and

 

(iv)             the consummation of a reorganization, recapitalization, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving the Company (a “Business Combination”), or sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company to an entity that is not an Affiliate of the Company (a “Sale”), unless immediately following such Business Combination or Sale: (A) more than 50% of the total voting power of the entity resulting from such Business Combination or the entity that acquired all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company in such Sale (in either case, the “Surviving Company”), or the ultimate parent entity that has Beneficial Ownership of sufficient voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Surviving Company (the “Parent Company”), is represented by the Outstanding Company Voting Securities that were outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination or Sale (or, if applicable, is represented by Shares into which the Outstanding Company Voting Securities were converted pursuant to such Business Combination or Sale), and such voting power among the holders thereof is in substantially the same proportion as the voting power of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities among the holders thereof immediately prior to the Business Combination or Sale and (B) no Person (other than any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Surviving Company or the Parent Company) is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to elect members of the board of directors (or the analogous governing body) of the Parent Company (or, if there is no Parent Company, the Surviving Company).

 

(k)               Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto. References to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successors thereto.

 

(l)                 Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or subcommittee thereof or, if no such committee or subcommittee thereof exists, or if the Board otherwise takes action hereunder on behalf of the Committee, the Board.

 

(m)               Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock of the Company, par value of $0.0001 per share.

 

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(n)               Company” has the meaning set forth in Section 1 of the Plan and, to the extent determined appropriate by the Board, in its sole discretion, any Affiliate or successor thereto.

 

(o)               Deferred Award” means an Award granted pursuant to Section 13 of the Plan.

 

(p)               Director” means any member of the Company’s Board.

 

(q)               Disability” means, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, cause for termination of a Participant’s employment or service due to a determination that a Participant is disabled in accordance with a long-term disability insurance program maintained by the Company or a determination by the U.S. Social Security Administration that the Participant is totally disabled.

 

(r)                Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.

 

(s)                Eligible Director” means a Director who satisfies the conditions set forth in Section 4(a) of the Plan.

 

(t)                 Eligible Person” means any (i) individual classified as employed by the Company or an Affiliate, (ii) Director or officer of the Company or an Affiliate, (iii) consultant or advisor to the Company or an Affiliate, or (iv) prospective employee, Director, officer, consultant or advisor who has accepted an offer of employment or service and would satisfy the provisions of clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above once such individual begins employment with or providing services to the Company or an Affiliate.

 

(u)               Employment Agreement” means any employment, severance, consulting or similar agreement (including any offer letter) between the Company or any Subsidiary and a Participant.

 

(v)               Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto. References to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successors thereto.

 

(w)              Fair Market Value” means, (i) with respect to a Share of Common Stock on a given date, (x) if the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, the closing sales price of a Share reported on such exchange on such date, or if there is no such sale on that date, then on the last preceding date on which such a sale was reported, or (y) if the Common Stock is not listed on any national securities exchange, the amount determined by the Committee in good faith to be the fair market value of the Common Stock, or (ii) with respect to any other property on any given date, the amount determined by the Committee in good faith to be the fair market value of such other property as of such date.

 

(x)                Grant Date” shall mean the later of (i) the date designated as the “Grant Date” within an Award Agreement and (ii) the date on which the Committee determines the key terms of an Award, provided that as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter the Company both notifies the Eligible Person of the Award and issues an Award Agreement to the Eligible Person.

 

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(y)                Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that is designated by the Committee as an incentive stock option as described in Section 422 of the Code and otherwise meets the requirements set forth in the Plan.

 

(z)                Intrinsic Value” with respect to an Option or SAR means (i) the excess, if any, of the price or implied price per Share in a Change in Control or other event over (ii) the exercise or hurdle price of such Award multiplied by (iii) the number of Shares covered by such Award.

 

(aa)              Immediate Family Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 15(b)(ii) of the Plan.

 

(bb)             Indemnifiable Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(e) of the Plan.

 

(cc)              NASDAQ” means the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

 

(dd)             Nonqualified Stock Option” means an Option that is not designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option.

 

(ee)              Option” means an Award granted under Section 7 of the Plan.

 

(ff)               Option Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(c) of the Plan.

 

(gg)             Other Cash-Based Award” means an Award granted under Section 10 of the Plan that is denominated and/or payable in cash, including cash awarded as a bonus or upon the attainment of specific performance criteria or as otherwise permitted by the Plan or as contemplated by the Committee.

 

(hh)              Other Stock-Based Award” means an Award granted under Section 10 of the Plan.

 

(ii)                Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a) of the Plan.

 

(jj)                Performance Conditions” means specific levels of performance of the Company (and/or one or more Affiliates, divisions or operational and/or business units, product lines, brands, business segments, administrative departments, units, or any combination of the foregoing), which may be determined in accordance with GAAP or on a non-GAAP basis. The Performance Conditions may include a threshold level of performance below which no payment shall be made (or no vesting shall occur), levels of performance at which specified payments shall be made (or specified vesting shall occur), and a maximum level of performance above which no additional payment shall be made (or at which full vesting shall occur). The Committee shall have the authority to make equitable adjustments to the Performance Conditions as may be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion.

 

(kk)              Permitted Transferee” has the meaning set forth in Section 15(b)(ii)(E) of the Plan.

 

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(ll)                Person” has the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i) the Company, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Common Stock of the Company.

 

(mm)            Released Unit” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(e)(ii) of the Plan.

 

(nn)              Restricted Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(a) of the Plan.

 

(oo)             Restricted Stock” means an Award of Common Stock, subject to certain specified restrictions, granted under Section 9 of the Plan.

 

(pp)             Restricted Stock Unit” means an Award of an unfunded and unsecured promise to deliver Shares, cash, other securities or other property, subject to certain specified restrictions, granted under Section 9 of the Plan.

 

(qq)             SAR Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(c) of the Plan.

 

(rr)               Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or other interpretive guidance.

 

(ss)              Share” means a share of Common Stock.

 

(tt)               Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means an Award granted under Section 8 of the Plan.

 

(uu)             Subsidiary” means (i) any entity that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Company, (ii) any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, has a significant equity interest, in each case as determined by the Committee and (iii) any other company which the Committee determines should be treated as a “Subsidiary.”

 

(vv)             Substitute Awards” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(g) of the Plan.

 

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4.                  Administration.

 

(a)               The Committee shall administer the Plan, and shall have the sole and plenary authority to (i) designate Participants, (ii) determine the type, size, and terms and conditions of Awards (including Substitute Awards) to be granted and to grant such Awards, (iii) determine the method by which an Award may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, suspended, or repurchased by the Company, (iv) implement an Award Transfer Program, (v) determine the circumstances under which the delivery of cash, property or other amounts payable with respect to an Award may be deferred, either automatically or at the Participant’s or Committee’s election, (vi) interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency in, correct any defect in and supply any omission in the Plan and any Award granted under the Plan, (vii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive any rules and regulations and appoint such agents as the Committee shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan, (viii) accelerate or modify the vesting, delivery or exercisability of, or payment for or lapse of restrictions on, or waive any condition in respect of, Awards, and (ix) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan or to comply with any applicable law. To the extent determined by the Board and/or required to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (if applicable and if the Board is not acting as the Committee under the Plan), or any exception or exemption under applicable securities laws or the applicable rules of the NASDAQ or any other securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation service on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted, as applicable, it is intended that each member of the Committee shall, at the time such member takes any action with respect to an Award under the Plan, be (1) a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and/or (2) an “independent director” under the rules of the NASDAQ or any other securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation service on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted, or a person meeting any similar requirement under any successor rule or regulation (“Eligible Director”). However, the fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as an Eligible Director shall not invalidate any Award granted or action taken by the Committee that is otherwise validly granted or taken under the Plan.

 

(b)               The Committee may delegate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any person(s) selected by it, except for grants of Awards to persons who are members of the Board or are otherwise subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. To the extent permitted by applicable law, including under Section 157(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company the authority to grant Options, SARs, RSUs or other Awards in the form of rights to Shares, except that such delegation shall not be applicable to any Award for a Person then covered by Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the Committee may delegate to one or more committees or the Board (which may consist of solely one Director) the authority to grant all types of awards, in accordance with applicable law. Any such delegation may be revoked by the Committee at any time.

 

(c)               As further set forth in Section 15(f) of the Plan, the Committee shall have the authority to amend the Plan and Awards to the extent necessary to permit participation in the Plan by Eligible Persons who are located outside of the United States or are subject to laws outside the United States on terms and conditions comparable to those afforded to Eligible Persons located within the United States; provided, however, that no such action shall be taken without stockholder approval if such approval is required by applicable securities laws or regulation or listing guidelines or rules of NASDAQ or any other securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation service on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted.

 

(d)               Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions regarding the Plan or any Award or any documents evidencing Awards granted pursuant to the Plan shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all persons and entities, including, without limitation, the Company, any Affiliate, any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, and any stockholder of the Company.

 

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(e)               No member of the Board or the Committee, nor any employee or agent of the Company (each such person, an “Indemnifiable Person”), shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder (unless constituting fraud or a willful criminal act or willful criminal omission). Each Indemnifiable Person shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Indemnifiable Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such Indemnifiable Person may be involved as a party, witness or otherwise by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken or determination made under the Plan or any Award Agreement and against and from any and all amounts paid by such Indemnifiable Person with the Company’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld), in settlement thereof, or paid by such Indemnifiable Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Indemnifiable Person, and the Company shall advance to such Indemnifiable Person any such expenses promptly upon written request (which request shall include an undertaking by the Indemnifiable Person to repay the amount of such advance if it shall ultimately be determined as provided below that the Indemnifiable Person is not entitled to be indemnified); provided, that the Company shall have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding, and once the Company gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of recognized standing of the Company’s choice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to an Indemnifiable Person to the extent that a final judgment or other final adjudication (in either case not subject to further appeal) binding upon such Indemnifiable Person determines that the acts or omissions or determinations of such Indemnifiable Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Indemnifiable Person’s fraud or willful criminal act or willful criminal omission or that such right of indemnification is otherwise prohibited by law or by the Company’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of or otherwise supersede any other rights of indemnification to which such Indemnifiable Persons may be entitled under the Company’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws, as a matter of law, individual indemnification agreement or contract or otherwise, or any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such Indemnifiable Persons or hold them harmless.

 

(f)                The Board may at any time and from time to time grant Awards and administer the Plan with respect to such Awards. In any such case, the Board shall have all the authority granted to the Committee under the Plan.

 

(g)               Claims Limitation Period. Any Participant who believes he or she is being denied any benefit or right under this Plan or under any Award or Award Agreement may file a written claim with the Committee. Any claim must be delivered to the Committee within six (6) months of the specific event giving rise to the claim. Untimely claims generally will not be processed and shall be deemed denied. The Committee, or its designee, generally will notify the Participant of its decision in writing as soon as administratively practicable. Claims shall be deemed denied if the Committee does not respond in writing within one-hundred eighty (180) days of the date the written claim is delivered to the Committee. The Committee’s decision (or deemed decision) is final and conclusive and binding on all Persons. No lawsuit or arbitration relating to this Plan may be filed or commenced before a written claim is filed with the Committee and is denied or deemed denied, and any lawsuit must be filed within one (1) year of such denial or deemed denial or be forever barred.

 

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5.                  Grant of Awards; Available for Awards; Limitations.

 

(a)               Awards. The Committee may grant Awards to one or more Eligible Persons. All Awards granted under the Plan shall vest and, if applicable, become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates or upon such event or events as determined by the Committee and as set forth in an Award Agreement.

 

(b)               Available Shares. Subject to Section 11 of the Plan and subsection (e) below, the maximum number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan shall not exceed 3,404,138.67 (the “Share Pool”) on a fully diluted basis.

 

(c)               Incentive Stock Options Limit. The maximum number of Shares that may be delivered pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan shall not exceed 3,404,138.67.

 

(d)               Share Counting. The Share Pool shall be reduced by the number of Shares delivered for each Award granted under the Plan that is valued by reference to a Share of Common Stock; provided, that Awards that are valued by reference to Shares but are required to or may be paid in cash pursuant to their terms shall not reduce the Share Pool. If and to the extent that Awards terminate, expire, or are cash-settled, canceled, forfeited, exchanged, or surrendered without having been exercised, vested, or settled, the Shares subject to such Awards shall again be available for Awards under the Share Pool. In addition, any (i) Shares tendered by Participants, or withheld by the Company, as full or partial payment to the Company upon the exercise of Stock Options granted under the Plan; (ii) Shares reserved for issuance upon the grant of Stock Appreciation Rights, to the extent that the number of reserved Shares exceeds the number of Shares actually issued upon the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Rights; and (iii) Shares withheld by, or otherwise remitted to, the Company to satisfy a Participant’s tax withholding obligations upon the exercise of Options or SARs granted under the Plan, or upon the lapse of restrictions on, or settlement of, an Award, shall again be available for Awards under the Share Pool.

 

(e)               Source of Shares. Shares delivered by the Company in settlement of Awards may be authorized and unissued Shares, Shares held in the treasury of the Company, Shares purchased on the open market or by private purchase, or a combination of the foregoing.

 

(f)                Substitute Awards. The Committee may grant Awards in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by the Company or any Affiliate or an entity directly or indirectly acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (“Substitute Awards”), and such Substitute Awards shall not be counted against the aggregate number of Shares available for Awards (i.e., Substitute Awards will not be counted against the Share Pool); provided, that Substitute Awards issued or intended as “incentive stock options” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code shall be counted against the aggregate number of Incentive Stock Options available under the Plan.

 

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(g)               Inducement Grants. Shares subject to Awards that qualify as inducement grants under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635 or its successor shall not be counted against the Share Reserve.

 

6.                  Eligibility.

 

(a)               Participation shall be for Eligible Persons who have been selected by the Committee or its delegate to receive grants under the Plan (each such Eligible Person, a “Participant”).

 

(b)               Holders of options and other types of awards granted by a company acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines are eligible for grants of Substitute Awards under the Plan to the extent permitted under applicable regulations of any stock exchange on which the Company is listed.

 

7.                  Options.

 

(a)               Generally. Each Option shall be subject to the conditions set forth in the Plan and in the applicable Award Agreement. All Options granted under the Plan shall be Nonqualified Stock Options unless the Award Agreement expressly states otherwise. Incentive Stock Options shall be granted only subject to and in compliance with Section 422 of the Code, and only to Eligible Persons who are classified as employees of the Company and its Affiliates and who are eligible to receive an Incentive Stock Option under the Code. If for any reason an Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option (or any portion thereof) shall not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, then, to the extent of such nonqualification, such Option or portion thereof shall be regarded as a Nonqualified Stock Option properly granted under the Plan.

 

(b)               Exercise Price. The exercise price per Share of Common Stock for each Option (that is not a Substitute Award), which is the purchase price per Share underlying the Option, shall be determined by the Committee, and unless otherwise determined by the Committee, or for Substitute Awards, shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such Share, determined as of the date of grant, or if the Person to whom an Incentive Stock Option is granted is a 10% Stockholder on the date of grant, the exercise price shall be not less than 110% of the Fair Market Value on the date the Incentive Stock Option is granted.

 

(c)               Vesting, Exercise and Expiration. The Committee shall determine the manner and timing of vesting, exercise and expiration of Options. The period between the date of grant and the scheduled expiration date of the Option (“Option Period”) shall not exceed ten years, unless the Option Period (other than in the case of an Incentive Stock Option) would expire at a time when trading in the Shares is prohibited by the Company’s insider-trading policy or a Company-imposed “blackout period,” in which case, unless otherwise provided by the Committee, the Option Period may be extended automatically until the 30th day following the expiration of such prohibition (so long as such extension shall not violate Section 409A of the Code) or the Committee may provide for the automatic exercise of such Option prior to the expiration of the Option Period. The Committee may accelerate the vesting and/or exercisability of any Option, which acceleration shall not affect any other terms and conditions of such Option.

 

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(d)               Method of Exercise and Form of Payment. No Shares shall be delivered pursuant to any exercise of an Option until the Participant has paid the exercise price to the Company in full, and an amount equal to any applicable U.S. federal, state and local income and employment taxes and non-U.S. income and employment taxes, social contributions and any other tax-related items required to be withheld. Options may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company or its designee (including a third-party administrator) in accordance with the terms of the Option and the Award Agreement accompanied by payment of the exercise price and such applicable taxes. The exercise price and delivery of all applicable required withholding taxes shall be payable (i) in cash or by check, cash equivalent and/or, if permitted by the Award Agreement and/or Committee, Shares valued at the Fair Market Value at the time the Option is exercised or any combination of the foregoing; provided, that such Shares are not subject to any pledge or other security interest; or (ii) by such other method as elected by the Participant and that the Committee may permit, in its sole discretion, including without limitation: (A) in the form of other property having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the exercise price and all applicable required withholding taxes; (B) if permitted by the Award Agreement and/or Committee and applicable law, if there is a public market for the Shares at such time, by means of a broker-assisted “cashless exercise” pursuant to which the Company or its designee (including third-party administrators) is delivered a copy of irrevocable instructions to a stockbroker to sell the Shares otherwise deliverable upon the exercise of the Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the exercise price and all applicable required withholding taxes against delivery of the Shares to settle the applicable trade; or (C) if permitted by the Award Agreement and/or Committee by means of a “net exercise” procedure effected by withholding the minimum number of Shares otherwise deliverable in respect of an Option that are needed to pay for the exercise price and all applicable required withholding taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined by the Committee or as set forth in an Award Agreement, if on the last day of the Option Period, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock exceeds the exercise price, the Participant has not exercised the Option, and the Option has not previously expired, such Option shall be deemed exercised by the Participant on such last day by means of a “net exercise” procedure described above. In all events of cashless or net exercise, any fractional Shares shall be settled in cash.

 

(e)               Compliance with Laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Participant be permitted to exercise an Option in a manner that the Committee determines would violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or any other applicable law or the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation service on which the Common Stock of the Company is listed or quoted.

 

(f)                Non-Exempt Employees. An Option granted to an Employee who is non-exempt for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, will not be first exercisable for any Shares until at least six (6) months after the Grant Date of the Option (although the Award may vest prior to such date). Notwithstanding the foregoing, consistent with the provisions of the Worker Economic Opportunity Act, the vested portion of any Options may be exercised earlier than six (6) months after the Grant Date: (A) if the non-exempt Employee dies or suffers a Disability; (B) in connection with a corporate transaction in which the Option is not assumed, continued, or substituted; (C) on a Change in Control; or (D) on the Participant’s retirement (as may be defined in the Participant’s Award Agreement or other agreement with the Company, or, if no such definition, in accordance with the Company’s then current employment policies and guidelines). The foregoing provision is intended to operate so that any income derived by a non-exempt Employee in connection with the exercise or vesting of an Option will be exempt from his or her regular rate of pay.

 

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8.                  Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs).

 

(a)               Generally. Each SAR shall be subject to the conditions set forth in the Plan and the Award Agreement.

 

(b)               Exercise Price. The exercise or hurdle price per Share of Common Stock for each SAR shall be determined by the Committee and, unless otherwise determined by the Committee or for Substitute Awards, shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such Share, determined as of the date of grant.

 

(c)               Vesting and Expiration. SARs shall vest and become exercisable and shall expire in such manner and on such date or dates determined by the Committee and shall expire after such period, not to exceed ten years, as may be determined by the Committee (the “SAR Period”); provided, however, that notwithstanding any vesting or exercisability dates set by the Committee, the Committee may accelerate the vesting and/or exercisability of any SAR, which acceleration shall not affect the terms and conditions of such SAR other than with respect to vesting and/or exercisability. If the SAR Period would expire at a time when trading in the Shares is prohibited by the Company’s insider trading policy or a Company-imposed “blackout period,” unless otherwise provided by the Committee, the SAR Period may be extended automatically until the 30th day following the expiration of such prohibition (so long as such extension shall not violate Section 409A of the Code).

 

(d)               Method of Exercise. No Shares shall be delivered pursuant to any exercise of a SAR until the Participant has paid to the Company in full, and an amount equal to any applicable U.S. federal, state and local income and employment taxes and non-U.S. income and employment taxes, social contributions and any other tax-related items required to be withheld. SARs may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company or its designee (including a third-party administrator) in accordance with the terms of the Award, specifying the number of SARs to be exercised and the date on which such SARs were awarded. The delivery of all applicable required withholding taxes shall be payable (i) in cash or by check, cash equivalent and/or, if permitted by the Award Agreement and/or Committee, Shares valued at the Fair Market Value at the time the SAR is exercised or any combination of the foregoing; provided, that such Shares are not subject to any pledge or other security interest; or (ii) by such other method as elected by the Participant and that the Committee may permit, in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined by the Committee or as set forth in an Award Agreement, if on the last day of the SAR Period, the Fair Market Value exceeds the exercise price, the Participant has not exercised the SAR, and the SAR has previously expired, such SAR shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Participant on such last day and the Company shall make the appropriate payment therefor.

 

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(e)               Payment. Upon the exercise of a SAR, the Company shall pay to the holder thereof an amount equal to the number of Shares subject to the SAR that are being exercised multiplied by the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of one Share of Common Stock on the exercise date over the exercise price, less an amount equal to any applicable U.S. federal, state and local income and employment taxes and non-U.S. income and employment taxes, social contributions and any other tax-related items required to be withheld. The Company shall pay such amount in cash, in Shares valued at Fair Market Value as determined on the date of exercise, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee. Any fractional Shares shall be settled in cash.

 

(f)                The rules of Section 7(e) and 7(f) shall apply to SARs as if the Award were an Option.

 

9.                  Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units.

 

(a)               Generally. Each Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Award shall be subject to the conditions set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement. The Committee shall establish restrictions applicable to Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units, including the period over which the restrictions shall apply (the “Restricted Period”), and the time or times at which Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall become vested (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may include service- and/or performance-based vesting conditions). The Committee may accelerate the vesting and/or the lapse of any or all of the restrictions on Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units which acceleration shall not affect any other terms and conditions of such Awards. No Share of Common Stock shall be issued at the time an Award of Restricted Stock Units is made, and the Company will not be required to set aside a fund for the payment of any such Award.

 

(b)               Director Retainer Fees. To the extent permitted by the Board and subject to such rules, approvals, and conditions as the Committee may impose from time to time, an Eligible Person who is a non-employee or unaffiliated Director may elect to receive all or a portion of such Eligible Person’s cash director fees and other cash director compensation payable for director services provided to the Company by such Eligible Person in any fiscal year, in whole or in part, in the form of Restricted Stock Units or Shares, which shall not count against the Share Pool.

 

(c)               Stock Certificates; Escrow or Similar Arrangement. Upon the grant of Restricted Stock, the Committee shall cause Share(s) of Common Stock to be registered in the name of the Participant, which may be evidenced in any manner the Committee may deem appropriate, including in book-entry form subject to the Company’s directions or the issuance of a stock certificate registered in the name of the Participant. In such event, the Committee may provide that such certificates shall be held by the Company or in escrow rather than delivered to the Participant pending vesting and release of restrictions, in which case the Committee may require the Participant to execute and deliver to the Company or its designee (including third-party administrators) (i) an escrow agreement satisfactory to the Committee, if applicable, and (ii) the appropriate stock power (endorsed in blank) with respect to the Restricted Stock. Subject to the restrictions set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant generally shall have the rights and privileges of a stockholder with respect to Awards of Restricted Stock, including the right to vote such Shares of Restricted Stock and the right to receive dividends. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee or in an Award Agreement, an RSU shall not convey to the Participant the rights and privileges of a stockholder with respect to the Share subject to the RSU, such as the right to vote or the right to receive dividends, unless and until a Share is issued to the Participant to settle the RSU.

 

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(d)               Restrictions; Forfeiture. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units awarded to the Participant shall be subject to forfeiture until the expiration of the Restricted Period and the attainment of any other vesting criteria established by the Committee, and shall be subject to the restrictions on transferability set forth in the Award Agreement. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, in the event of any forfeiture, all rights of the Participant to such Restricted Stock (or as a stockholder with respect thereto), and to such Restricted Stock Units, as applicable, shall terminate without further action or obligation on the part of the Company. The Committee shall have the authority to remove any or all of the restrictions on the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units whenever it may determine that, by reason of changes in applicable laws or other changes in circumstances arising after the date of grant of the Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award, such action is appropriate.

 

(e)               Delivery of Restricted Stock and Settlement of Restricted Stock Units.

 

(i)                 Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any Shares of Restricted Stock and the attainment of any other vesting criteria, the restrictions set forth in the applicable Award Agreement shall be of no further force or effect, except as set forth in the Award Agreement. If an escrow arrangement is used, upon such expiration the Company shall deliver to the Participant or such Participant’s beneficiary or Permitted Transferee (via book-entry notation or, if applicable, in stock certificate form) the Shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (rounded down to the nearest full Share).

 

(ii)              Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement, upon the expiration of the Restricted Period and the attainment of any other vesting criteria established by the Committee, with respect to any outstanding Restricted Stock Units, the Company shall deliver to the Participant, or such Participant’s beneficiary (via book-entry notation or, if applicable, in stock certificate form), one Share of Common Stock (or other securities or other property, as applicable) for each such outstanding Restricted Stock Unit that has not then been forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired and any other such vesting criteria are attained (“Released Unit”); provided, however, that the Committee may elect to (A) pay cash or part cash and part Common Stock in lieu of delivering only Shares in respect of such Released Units or (B) defer the delivery of Common Stock (or cash or part Common Stock and part cash, as the case may be) beyond the expiration of the Restricted Period if such extension would not cause adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code. If a cash payment is made in lieu of delivering Shares, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock as of the date on which the Shares would have otherwise been delivered to the Participant in respect of such Restricted Stock Units.

 

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(f)                Legends on Restricted Stock. Each certificate representing Shares of Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan, if any, shall bear as appropriate a legend substantially in the form of the following in addition to any other information the Company deems appropriate until the lapse of all restrictions with respect to such Common Stock:

 

TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY IS RESTRICTED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE SEAPORT GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP. 2021 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN AND A RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF ______, BETWEEN SEAPORT GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP. AND __________. A COPY OF SUCH PLAN AND AWARD AGREEMENT IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF SEAPORT GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP.

 

10.              Other Stock-Based Awards and Other Cash-Based Awards. The Committee may issue unrestricted Common Stock, rights to receive future grants of Awards, or other Awards denominated in Common Stock (including performance shares or performance units), or Awards that provide for cash payments based in whole or in part on the value or future value of Shares (“Other Stock-Based Awards”) and Other Cash-Based Awards under the Plan to Eligible Persons, alone or in tandem with other Awards, in such amounts as the Committee shall from time to time determine. Each Other Stock-Based Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which may include conditions including, without limitation, the payment by the Participant of the Fair Market Value of such Shares on the date of grant. Each Other Cash-Based Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced in such form as the Committee may determine from time to time.

 

11.              Changes in Capital Structure and Similar Events. In the event of (a) any dividend (other than regular cash dividends) or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to acquire Shares or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event (including, without limitation, a Change in Control) that affects the Shares, or (b) unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, a Change in Control) affecting the Company, any Affiliate, or the financial statements of the Company or any Affiliate, or changes in applicable rules, rulings, regulations or other requirements of any governmental body or securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation service, accounting principles or law, such that in any case an adjustment is determined by the Committee to be necessary or appropriate, then the Committee shall (other than with respect to Other Cash-Based Awards), to the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code, make any such adjustments in such manner as it may deem equitable, including without limitation any or all of the following:

 

(i)                 adjusting any or all of (A) the number of Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) that may be delivered in respect of Awards or with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan (including, without limitation, adjusting any or all of the limitations under Section 5 of the Plan) and (B) the terms of any outstanding Award, including, without limitation, (1) the number of Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) subject to outstanding Awards or to which outstanding Awards relate, (2) the exercise price with respect to any Award and/or (3) any applicable performance measures (including, without limitation, Performance Conditions and performance periods);

 

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(ii)              providing for a substitution or assumption of Awards (or awards of an acquiring company), accelerating the delivery, vesting and/or exercisability of, lapse of restrictions and/or other conditions on, or termination of, Awards or providing for a period of time (which shall not be required to be more than ten (10) days) for Participants to exercise outstanding Awards prior to the occurrence of such event (and any such Award not so exercised shall terminate or become no longer exercisable upon the occurrence of such event); and

 

(iii)            cancelling any one or more outstanding Awards (or awards of an acquiring company) and causing to be paid to the holders thereof, in cash, Shares, other securities or other property, or any combination thereof, the value of such Awards, if any, as determined by the Committee (which if applicable may be based upon the price per Share of Common Stock received or to be received by other stockholders of the Company in such event), including without limitation, in the case of an outstanding Option or SAR, a cash payment in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value (as of a date specified by the Committee) of the Shares subject to such Option or SAR over the aggregate exercise price of such Option or SAR, respectively (it being understood that, in such event, any Option or SAR having a per-Share exercise price equal to, or in excess of, the Fair Market Value (as of the date specified by the Committee) of a Share of Common Stock subject thereto may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor);

 

provided, however, that the Committee shall make an equitable or proportionate adjustment to outstanding Awards to reflect any “equity restructuring” (within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (or any successor pronouncement thereto)). Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, any adjustment in Incentive Stock Options under this Section 11 (other than any cancellation of Incentive Stock Options) shall be made only to the extent not constituting a “modification” within the meaning of Section 424(h)(3) of the Code, and any adjustments under this Section 11 shall be made in a manner that does not adversely affect the exemption provided pursuant to Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. Any such adjustment shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes. In anticipation of the occurrence of any event listed in the first sentence of this Section 11, for reasons of administrative convenience, the Committee in its sole discretion may refuse to permit the exercise of any Award or as it otherwise may determine during a period of up to 30 days prior to, and/or up to 30 days after, the anticipated occurrence of any such event.

 

12.              Effect of Termination of Service or a Change in Control on Awards.

 

(a)               Termination. To the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may provide, by rule or regulation or in any applicable Award Agreement, or may determine in any individual case, the circumstances in which, and to the extent to which, an Award may be exercised, settled, vested, paid or forfeited in the event of the Participant’s termination of service prior to the end of a performance period or vesting, exercise or settlement of such Award.

 

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(b)               Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control, notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may provide for: (i) continuation or assumption of such outstanding Awards under the Plan by the Company (if it is the surviving corporation) or by the surviving corporation or its parent; (ii) substitution by the surviving corporation or its parent of awards with substantially the same terms and value for such outstanding Awards (in the case of an Option or SAR, the Intrinsic Value at grant of such Substitute Award shall equal the Intrinsic Value of the Award); (iii) acceleration of the vesting (including the lapse of any restrictions, with any performance criteria or other performance conditions deemed met at target) or right to exercise such outstanding Awards immediately prior to or as of the date of the Change in Control, and the expiration of such outstanding Awards to the extent not timely exercised by the date of the Change in Control or other date thereafter designated by the Committee; or (iv) in the case of an Option or SAR, cancelation in consideration of a payment in cash or other consideration to the Participant who holds such Award in an amount equal to the Intrinsic Value of such Award (which may be equal to but not less than zero), which, if in excess of zero, shall be payable upon the effective date of such Change in Control. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a Change in Control, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, terminate any Option or SARs for which the exercise or hurdle price is equal to or exceeds the per Share value of the consideration to be paid in the Change in Control transaction without payment of consideration therefor.

 

13.              Deferred Awards. The Committee is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to Participants Deferred Awards, which may be a right to receive Shares or cash under the Plan (either independently or as an element of or supplement to any other Award under the Plan), including, as may be required by any applicable law or regulations or determined by the Committee, in lieu of any annual bonus, commission or retainer that may be payable to a Participant under any applicable, bonus, commission or retainer plan or arrangement. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such Deferred Awards, including, without limitation, the method of converting the amount of annual bonus into a Deferred Award, if applicable, and the form, vesting, settlement, forfeiture and cancellation provisions or any other criteria, if any, applicable to such Deferred Awards. Shares underlying a Share-denominated Deferred Award, which is subject to a vesting schedule or other conditions or criteria, including forfeiture or cancellation provisions, set by the Committee shall not be issued until or following the date that those conditions and criteria have been satisfied. Deferred Awards shall be subject to such restrictions as the Committee may impose (including any limitation on the right to vote a Share underlying a Deferred Award or the right to receive any dividend, dividend equivalent or other right), which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times, in such installments or otherwise, as the Committee may deem appropriate. The Committee may determine the form or forms (including cash, Shares, other Awards, other property or any combination thereof) in which payment of the amount owing upon settlement of any Deferred Award may be made.

 

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14.              Amendments and Termination.

 

(a)               Amendment and Termination of the Plan. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided, that no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made without stockholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with any tax or regulatory requirement applicable to the Plan (including, without limitation, as necessary to comply with any applicable rules or requirements of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation service on which the Shares may be listed or quoted, for changes in GAAP to new accounting standards); provided, further, that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant, holder or beneficiary, unless the Committee determines that such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination is either required or advisable in order for the Company, the Plan or the Award to satisfy any applicable law or regulation or to avoid adverse tax consequences under Section 409A.

 

(b)               Amendment of Award Agreements. The Committee may, to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of any applicable Award Agreement or the Plan, waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any Award theretofore granted or the associated Award Agreement, prospectively or retroactively (including after the Participant’s termination of employment or service with the Company); provided, that any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant with respect to any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant unless the Committee determines that such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination is either required or advisable in order for the Company, the Plan or the Award to satisfy any applicable law or regulation or to avoid adverse tax consequences under Section 409A; provided, further, that the Committee may, without stockholder approval, (i) reduce the exercise price of any Option or SAR, (ii) cancel any outstanding Option or SAR and replace it with a new Option or SAR (with a lower exercise price) or other Award or cash, (iii) take any other action that is considered a “repricing” for purposes of the stockholder approval rules of the applicable securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation service on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted, and/or (iv) cancel any outstanding Option or SAR that has a per-Share exercise price (as applicable) at or above the Fair Market Value of a Share of Common Stock on the date of cancellation, and pay any consideration to the holder thereof, whether in cash, securities, or other property, or any combination thereof.

 

(c)               Company Cancellation Right. Subject to applicable law, if the Fair Market Value for Shares subject to any Option is more than 33% below the Option’s exercise price for more than ninety (90) consecutive business days, the Committee unilaterally may declare the Option terminated, effective on the date the Committee provides written notice to the Option holder. The Committee may take such action with respect to any or all Options granted under the Plan and with respect to any individual Option holder or class(es) of Option holders.

 

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15.              General.

 

(a)               Award Agreements; Other Agreements. Each Award (other than an Other Cash-Based Award) under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall be delivered to the Participant and shall specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Plan and any Award Agreement or employment, change-in-control, severance or other agreement in effect with the Participant, the terms of the Plan shall control.

 

(b)               Nontransferability.

 

(i)                 Each Award shall be exercisable only by the Participant during the Participant’s lifetime, or, if permissible under applicable law or the Plan, by the Participant’s legal guardian or representative or beneficiary or Permitted Transferee. No Award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by the Participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or as set forth below in clause (ii), and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or an Affiliate; provided, that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.

 

(ii)              Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may permit Awards (other than Incentive Stock Options) to be transferred by the Participant, without consideration, subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt, to (A) any person who is a “family member” of the Participant, as such term is used in the instructions to Form S-8 under the Securities Act or any successor form of registration statements promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively, the “Immediate Family Members”); (B) a trust solely for the benefit of the Participant or the Participant’s Immediate Family Members; (C) a partnership or limited liability company whose only partners or stockholders are the Participant and the Participant’s Immediate Family Members; (D) a bank or third party pursuant to an Award Transfer Program; or (E) any other transferee as may be approved either (1) by the Board or the Committee, or (2) as provided in the applicable Award Agreement; (each transferee described in clause (A), (B), (C) or (D) above is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Transferee”); provided, that the Participant gives the Committee or its delegate advance written notice describing the terms and conditions of the proposed transfer and the Committee or its delegate notifies the Participant in writing that such a transfer would comply with the requirements of the Plan.

 

(iii)            The terms of any Award transferred in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph shall apply to the Permitted Transferee, and any reference in the Plan, or in any applicable Award Agreement, to the Participant shall be deemed to refer to the Permitted Transferee, except that, as otherwise provided by the Committee, (A) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to transfer any Award, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution; (B) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to exercise any transferred Option unless there shall be in effect a registration statement on an appropriate form covering the Shares to be acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Option if the Committee determines, consistent with any applicable Award Agreement, that such a registration statement is necessary or appropriate; (C) the Committee or the Company shall not be required to provide any notice to a Permitted Transferee, whether or not such notice is or would otherwise have been required to be given to the Participant under the Plan or otherwise; (D) the consequences of the termination of the Participant’s employment by, or services to, the Company or an Affiliate under the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement shall continue to be applied with respect to the transferred Award, including, without limitation, that an Option shall be exercisable by the Permitted Transferee only to the extent, and for the periods, specified in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement; and (E) any non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disparagement, non-disclosure, or other restrictive covenants contained in any Award Agreement or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or any Affiliate shall continue to apply to the Participant.

 

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(c)               Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. The Committee may specify in the applicable Award Agreement that any or all dividends, dividend equivalents or other distributions, as applicable, paid on Awards prior to vesting or settlement, as applicable, be paid either in cash or in additional Shares and either on a current or deferred basis and that such dividends, dividend equivalents or other distributions may be reinvested in additional Shares, which may be subject to the same restrictions as the underlying Awards.

 

(d)               Tax Withholding.

 

(i)                 The Participant shall be required to pay to the Company or any Affiliate, and the Company or any Affiliate shall have the right (but not the obligation) and is hereby authorized to withhold, from any cash, Shares, other securities or other property deliverable under any Award or from any compensation or other amounts owing to the Participant, the amount (in cash, Common Stock, other securities or other property) of any required withholding taxes (up to the maximum permissible withholding amounts) in respect of an Award, its exercise, or any payment or transfer under an Award or under the Plan and to take such other action that the Committee or the Company deem necessary to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such withholding taxes.

 

(ii)              Without limiting the generality of paragraph (i) above, the Committee may permit the Participant to satisfy, in whole or in part, the foregoing withholding liability by (A) payment in cash, (B) the delivery of Shares (which Shares are not subject to any pledge or other security interest) owned by the Participant having a Fair Market Value on such date equal to such withholding liability or (C) having the Company withhold from the number of Shares otherwise issuable or deliverable pursuant to the exercise or settlement of the Award a number of Shares with a Fair Market Value on such date equal to such withholding liability. In addition, subject to any requirements of applicable law, the Participant may also satisfy the tax withholding obligations by other methods, including selling Shares that would otherwise be available for delivery, provided, that the Board or the Committee has specifically approved such payment method in advance.

 

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(e)               No Claim to Awards; No Rights to Continued Employment, Directorship or Engagement. No employee, Director of the Company, consultant providing service to the Company or an Affiliate, or other person, shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan or, having been selected for the grant of an Award, to be selected for a grant of any other Award. There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant and may be made selectively among Participants, whether or not such Participants are similarly situated. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any Participant any right to be retained in the employ or service of the Company or an Affiliate, or to continue in the employ or the service of the Company or an Affiliate, nor shall it be construed as giving any Participant who is a Director any rights to continued service on the Board.

 

(f)                International Participants. With respect to Participants who reside or work outside of the United States or are subject to non-U.S. legal restrictions or regulations, the Committee may amend the terms of the Plan or appendices thereto, or outstanding Awards, with respect to such Participants, in order to conform such terms with or accommodate the requirements of local laws, procedures or practices or to obtain more favorable tax or other treatment for the Participant, the Company or its Affiliates. Without limiting the generality of this subsection, the Committee is specifically authorized to adopt rules, procedures and sub-plans with provisions that limit or modify rights on death, disability, retirement or other terminations of employment, available methods of exercise or settlement of an Award, payment of income, social insurance contributions or payroll taxes, withholding procedures and handling of any stock certificates or other indicia of ownership that vary with local requirements. The Committee may also adopt rules, procedures or sub-plans applicable to particular Affiliates or locations.

 

(g)               Beneficiary Designation. The Participant’s beneficiary shall be the Participant’s spouse (or domestic partner if such status is recognized by the Company and in such jurisdiction), or if the Participant is otherwise unmarried at the time of death, the Participant’s estate, except to the extent that a different beneficiary is designated in accordance with procedures that may be established by the Committee from time to time for such purpose. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under such Committee-established procedures and/or applicable law who is living (or in existence) at the time of death of a Participant residing or working outside the United States, any required distribution under the Plan shall be made to the executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant, or to such other individual as may be prescribed by applicable law.

 

(h)               Termination of Employment or Service. The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine the effect of all matters and questions related to the termination of employment of or service of a Participant. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, or any employment, consulting, change-in-control, severance or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, unless determined otherwise by the Committee: (i) neither a temporary absence from employment or service due to illness, vacation or leave of absence (including, without limitation, a call to active duty for military service through a Reserve or National Guard unit) nor a transfer from employment or service with the Company to employment or service with an Affiliate (or vice versa) shall be considered a termination of employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate; and (ii) if the Participant’s employment with the Company or its Affiliates terminates, but such Participant continues to provide services with the Company or its Affiliates in a non-employee capacity (including as a non-employee Director) (or vice versa), such change in status shall not be considered a termination of employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate for purposes of the Plan.

 

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(i)                 No Rights as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement, no person shall be entitled to the privileges of ownership in respect of Shares that are subject to Awards hereunder until such Shares have been issued or delivered to that person.

 

(j)                 Government and Other Regulations.

 

(i)                 Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to authorize the Committee or Board or any members thereof to take any action contrary to applicable law or regulation, or rules of the NASDAQ or any other securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation service on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted.

 

(ii)              The obligation of the Company to settle Awards in Common Stock or other consideration shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by governmental agencies as may be required. Notwithstanding any terms or conditions of any Award to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to offer to sell or to sell, and shall be prohibited from offering to sell or selling, any Shares pursuant to an Award unless such Shares have been properly registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission or unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the Company, that such Shares may be offered or sold without such registration pursuant to and in compliance with the terms of an available exemption. The Company shall be under no obligation to register for sale under the Securities Act any of the Shares to be offered or sold under the Plan. The Committee shall have the authority to provide that all Shares or other securities of the Company or any Affiliate delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan, the applicable Award Agreement, U.S. federal securities laws, or the rules, regulations and other requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation service upon which such Shares or other securities of the Company are then listed or quoted and any other applicable federal, state, local or non-U.S. laws, rules, regulations and other requirements, and, without limiting the generality of Section 9 of the Plan, the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates of Common Stock or other securities of the Company or any Affiliate delivered under the Plan to make appropriate reference to such restrictions or may cause such Common Stock or other securities of the Company or any Affiliate delivered under the Plan in book-entry form to be held subject to the Company’s instructions or subject to appropriate stop-transfer orders. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee reserves the right to add any additional terms or provisions to any Award granted under the Plan that it in its sole discretion deems necessary or advisable in order that such Award complies with the legal requirements of any governmental entity to whose jurisdiction the Award is subject.

 

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(iii)            The Committee may cancel an Award or any portion thereof if it determines that legal or contractual restrictions and/or blockage and/or other market considerations would make the Company’s acquisition of Shares from the public markets, the Company’s issuance of Common Stock to the Participant, the Participant’s acquisition of Common Stock from the Company and/or the Participant’s sale of Common Stock to the public markets illegal, impracticable or inadvisable. If the Committee determines to cancel all or any portion of an Award in accordance with the foregoing, unless prevented by applicable laws, the Company shall pay to the Participant an amount equal to the excess of (A) the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to such Award or portion thereof canceled (determined as of the applicable exercise date, or the date that the Shares would have been vested or delivered, as applicable), over (B) the aggregate exercise price (in the case of an Option or SAR, respectively) or any amount payable as a condition of delivery of Shares (in the case of any other Award). Such amount shall be delivered to the Participant as soon as practicable following the cancellation of such Award or portion thereof.

 

(k)               Payments to Persons Other Than Participants. If the Committee shall find that any person to whom any amount is payable under the Plan is unable to care for such person’s affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment due to such person or such person’s estate (unless a prior claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative or a beneficiary designation form has been filed with the Company) may, if the Committee so directs the Company, be paid to such person’s spouse, child, or relative, or an institution maintaining or having custody of such person, or any other person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such person otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Company therefor.

 

(l)                 Nonexclusivity of the Plan. Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options or awards otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.

 

(m)             No Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate, on the one hand, and the Participant or other person or entity, on the other hand. No provision of the Plan or any Award shall require the Company, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under the Plan, to purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or other entity to which contributions are made or to otherwise segregate any assets, nor shall the Company maintain separate bank accounts, books, records or other evidence of the existence of a segregated or separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes. Participants shall have no rights under the Plan other than as unsecured general creditors of the Company.

 

(n)               Reliance on Reports. Each member of the Committee and each member of the Board (and each such member’s respective designees) shall be fully justified in acting or failing to act, as the case may be, and shall not be liable for having so acted or failed to act in good faith, in reliance upon any report made by the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company and its Affiliates and/or any other information furnished in connection with the Plan by any agent of the Company or the Committee or the Board, other than such member or designee.

 

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(o)               Relationship to Other Benefits. No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit sharing, group insurance or other benefit plan of the Company except as otherwise specifically provided in such other plan.

 

(p)               Governing Law. The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws thereof, or principles of conflicts of laws of any other jurisdiction that could cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

 

(q)               Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award or Award Agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any person or entity or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be construed or deemed stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or entity or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

 

(r)                Obligations Binding on Successors. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to all or substantially all of the assets and business of the Company.

 

(s)                Section 409A of the Code.

 

(i)                 It is intended that the Plan comply with Section 409A of the Code, and all provisions of the Plan shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code. Each Participant is solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on or in respect of such Participant in connection with the Plan or any other plan maintained by the Company, including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code, and neither the Company nor any Affiliate shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold such Participant or any beneficiary harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties. With respect to any Award that is considered “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code, references in the Plan to “termination of employment” (and substantially similar phrases) shall mean “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, each of the payments that may be made in respect of any Award granted under the Plan is designated as a separate payment.

 

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(ii)              Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, if the Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, no payments or deliveries in respect of any Awards that are “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be made to such Participant prior to the date that is six months after the date of such Participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code or, if earlier, the Participant’s date of death. All such delayed payments or deliveries will be paid or delivered (without interest) in a single lump sum on the earliest date permitted under Section 409A of the Code that is also a business day.

 

(iii)            In the event that the timing of payments in respect of any Award that would otherwise be considered “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code would be accelerated upon the occurrence of (A) a Change in Control, no such acceleration shall be permitted unless the event giving rise to the Change in Control satisfies the definition of a change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation pursuant to Section 409A of the Code and any Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder or (B) a Disability, no such acceleration shall be permitted unless the Disability also satisfies the definition of “disability” pursuant to Section 409A of the Code and any Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(t)                 Clawback/Forfeiture. Unless otherwise specifically provided in an Award Agreement, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Committee may in its sole and absolute discretion, without obtaining the approval or consent of the Company’s stockholders or of any Participant, require that any Participant reimburse the Company for all or any portion of any Awards granted under this Plan (“Reimbursement”), if and to the extent—

 

(i)                 the granting, vesting, or payment of an Award was predicated upon the achievement of certain financial results that were subsequently the subject of a material financial restatement;

 

(ii)              in the Committee’s view the Participant either benefited from a calculation that later proves to be materially inaccurate, or engaged in fraud or misconduct that caused or partially caused the need for a material financial restatement by the Company or any Affiliate; or

 

(iii)            a lower granting, vesting, or payment of an Award would have occurred based on the conduct described in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii).

 

In each instance, the Committee may, to the extent practicable and allowable or required under applicable laws, require Reimbursement relating to any such Award granted to a Participant; provided that the Committee will not seek Reimbursement relating to any such Awards that were paid or vested more than three (3) years prior to the first date of the applicable restatement period. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, all Awards shall be subject to Reimbursement to the extent required by Applicable Law, including but not limited to Section 10D of the Exchange Act.

 

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In addition, the Committee shall have full authority to implement any policies and procedures necessary to comply with Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any rules promulgated thereunder and any other regulatory regimes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Committee may, to the extent permitted by applicable law and stock exchange rules or by any applicable Company policy or arrangement, and shall, to the extent required, cancel or require reimbursement of any Awards granted to the Participant or any Shares issued or cash received upon vesting, exercise or settlement of any such Awards or sale of Shares underlying such Awards. By accepting an Award, the Participant agrees that the Participant is subject to any clawback policies of the Company in effect from time to time.

 

(u)               No Representations or Covenants With Respect to Tax Qualification. Although the Company may endeavor to (i) qualify an Award for favorable U.S. or non-U.S. tax treatment or (ii) avoid adverse tax treatment, the Company makes no representation to that effect and expressly disavows any covenant to maintain favorable or avoid unfavorable tax treatment. The Company shall be unconstrained in its corporate activities without regard to the potential negative tax impact on holders of Awards under the Plan.

 

(v)               No Interference. The existence of the Plan, any Award Agreement, and the Awards granted hereunder shall not affect or restrict in any way the right or power of the Company, the Board, the Committee, or the stockholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization, or other change in the Company’s capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of stock or of options, warrants, or rights to purchase stock or of bonds, debentures, or preferred or prior preference stocks whose rights are superior to or affect the Common Stock or the rights thereof or that are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any Affiliate, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of their assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

 

(w)             Expenses; Titles and Headings. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company and its Affiliates. The titles and headings of the sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings shall control.

 

(x)               Whistleblower Acknowledgments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, nothing in this Plan or any Award Agreement will (i) prohibit a Participant from making reports of possible violations of federal law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity in accordance with the provisions of and rules promulgated under Section 21F of the Exchange Act or Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or of any other whistleblower protection provisions of federal law or regulation, or (ii) require prior approval by the Company or any of its Affiliates of any reporting described in clause (i).

 

(y)               Lock-Up Agreements. The Committee may require a Participant receiving Shares pursuant to the Plan, as a condition precedent to receipt of such Shares, to enter into a shareholder agreement or “lock-up” agreement in such form as the Committee shall determine is necessary or desirable to further the Company’s interests.

 

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(z)               Restrictive Covenants. The Committee may impose restrictions on any Award with respect to non-competition, confidentiality and other restrictive covenants as it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion.

 

(aa)            (n)     Data Privacy. As a condition of receipt of any Award, each Participant explicitly and unambiguously consents to the collection, use, and transfer, in electronic or other form, of personal data as described in this section by and among, as applicable, the Company and its Affiliates for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering, and managing this Plan and Awards and the Participant’s participation in this Plan. In furtherance of such implementation, administration, and management, the Company and its Affiliates may hold certain personal information about a Participant with respect to one or more Awards under the Plan, including, but not limited to, the Participant’s name, home address, telephone number, date of birth, social security or insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title(s), information regarding any securities of the Company or any of its Affiliates, and details of all Awards (the “Data”). In addition to transferring the Data amongst themselves as necessary for the purpose of implementation, administration, and management of this Plan and Awards and the Participant’s participation in this Plan, the Company and its Affiliates each may transfer the Data to any third parties assisting the Company in the implementation, administration, and management of this Plan and Awards and the Participant’s participation in this Plan. Recipients of the Data may be located in the Participant’s country or elsewhere, and the Participant’s country and any given recipient’s country may have different data privacy laws and protections. By accepting an Award, each Participant authorizes such recipients to receive, possess, use, retain, and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of assisting the Company in the implementation, administration, and management of this Plan and Awards and the Participant’s participation in this Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required to a broker or other third party with whom the Company or the Participant may elect to deposit any Shares. A Participant may, at any time, view the Data held by the Company with respect to such Participant, request additional information about the storage and processing of the Data with respect to such Participant, recommend any necessary corrections to the Data with respect to the Participant, or refuse or withdraw the consents herein in writing, in any case without cost, by contacting such Participant’s local human resources representative. The Company may cancel the Participant’s eligibility to participate in this Plan, and in the Committee’s discretion, the Participant may forfeit any outstanding Awards if the Participant refuses or withdraws the consents described herein. For more information on the consequences of refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent, Participants may contact their local human resources representative.

 

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Exhibit 10.6

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
by and between
REDBOX ENTERTAINMENT INC.

 

and

 

 

as Indemnitee

 

 

 

     
  Dated as of October 22, 2021  
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

 

ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS 2
ARTICLE 2 INDEMNITY IN THIRD-PARTY PROCEEDINGS 7
ARTICLE 3 INDEMNITY IN PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY 7
ARTICLE 4 INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A PARTY WHO IS WHOLLY OR PARTLY SUCCESSFUL 2
ARTICLE 5 INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A WITNESS 2
ARTICLE 6 ADDITIONAL INDEMNIFICATION, HOLD HARMLESS AND EXONERATION RIGHTS 2
ARTICLE 7 CONTRIBUTION IN THE EVENT OF JOINT LIABILITY 1
ARTICLE 8 EXCLUSIONS 1
ARTICLE 9 ADVANCES OF EXPENSES; SELECTION OF LAW FIRM 2
ARTICLE 10 PROCEDURE FOR NOTIFICATION; DEFENSE OF CLAIM; SETTLEMENT 3
ARTICLE 11 PROCEDURE UPON APPLICATION FOR INDEMNIFICATION 3
ARTICLE 12 PRESUMPTIONS AND EFFECT OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS 3
ARTICLE 13 REMEDIES OF INDEMNITEE 3
ARTICLE 14 SECURITY 2
ARTICLE 15 NON-EXCLUSIVITY; SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS; INSURANCE; PRIMACY OF INDEMNIFICATION; SUBROGATION 2
ARTICLE 16 ENFORCEMENT AND BINDING EFFECT 3
ARTICLE 17 MISCELLANEOUS 2

 

 

 

 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

Indemnification Agreement, dated effective as of October 22, 2021 (this “Agreement”), by and between Redbox Entertainment Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and ____________ (“Indemnitee”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in Article 1.

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to attract and retain the services of highly qualified individuals, such as Indemnitee, to serve the Company;

 

WHEREAS, in order to induce Indemnitee to provide or continue to provide services to the Company, the Company wishes to provide for the indemnification of, and advancement of expenses to, Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law;

 

WHEREAS, the Company and Indemnitee further recognize the substantial increase in corporate litigation in general, subjecting directors, officers, employees, agents and fiduciaries to expensive litigation risks at the same time as the availability and scope of coverage of liability insurance provide increasing challenges for the Company;

 

WHEREAS, the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) requires indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company, and Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”);

 

WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts providing for indemnification may be entered into between the Company and members of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”), executive officers and other key employees of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Certificate of Incorporation and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder (regardless of, among other things, any amendment to or revocation of governing documents or any change in the composition of the Board or any Corporate Transaction); and

 

WHEREAS, Indemnitee will serve or continue to serve as a director, officer or key employee of the Company for so long as Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed or until Indemnitee tenders his or her resignation or is otherwise terminated by the Company.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

 

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ARTICLE 1



DEFINITIONS
 

 

As used in this Agreement:

 

1.1.            Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (as in effect on the date hereof).

 

1.2.            Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

1.3.            Beneficial Owner” and “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act (as in effect on the date hereof).

 

1.4.            Board” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

1.5.            Bylaws” shall mean the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time).

 

1.6.            Certificate of Incorporation” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

1.7.            Change in Control” shall mean, and shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:

 

(a)                          Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Any Person other than a Permitted Holder is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, unless (i) the change in the relative Beneficial Ownership of the Company’s securities by any Person results solely from a reduction in the aggregate number of outstanding shares of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or (ii) such acquisition was approved in advance by the Continuing Directors and such acquisition would not constitute a Change in Control under part (c) of this definition;

 

(b)                          Change in Board of Directors. Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board, and any new director whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who were directors on the date hereof or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended by the directors referred to in this clause (b) (collectively, the “Continuing Directors”), cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board;

 

 

 

 

(c)                          Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company (in each case, a “Corporate Transaction”), unless following such Corporate Transaction: (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the Beneficial Owners of Voting Securities of the Company immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Securities of the Company or other Person resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including, without limitation, a corporation or other Person that as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more Subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Voting Securities immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction; (ii) no Person (excluding any corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction or the Permitted Holders) is the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Securities of the Company or other Person resulting from such Corporate Transaction, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to such Corporate Transaction; and (iii) at least a majority of the board of directors of the Company or other Person resulting from such Corporate Transaction were Continuing Directors at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Corporate Transaction; or

 

(d)                          Other Events. The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or the consummation of an agreement or series of related agreements for the sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than such sale or other disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to a Person, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the Voting Securities of which are Beneficially Owned by (i) the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such sale or (ii) the Permitted Holders.

 

1.8.            Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include, in addition to the resulting corporation or other entity, any constituent corporation (including, without limitation, any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger that, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, manager, managing member, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation or other entity as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

 

1.9.            Continuing Directors” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(b).

 

1.10.        Corporate Status” shall describe the status as such of a person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, general partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of the Company or of any other Enterprise which such person is or was serving at the request of the Company.

 

 

 

 

1.11.        Corporate Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(c).

 

1.12.        Delaware Court” shall mean the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

 

1.13.        DGCL” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

1.14.        Disinterested Director” shall mean a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.

 

1.15.        Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other corporation, constituent corporation (including, without limitation, any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger to which the Company (or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries) is a party, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, general partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent.

 

1.16.        Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

1.17.        Expenses” shall include all reasonable and documented costs, expenses and fees, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness or deponent in, settling or negotiating for the settlement of, responding to or objecting to a request to provide discovery in, or otherwise participating in, any Proceeding. Expenses also shall include expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including, without limitation, the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersede as bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments, fines or penalties against Indemnitee.

 

1.18.        Indemnification Arrangements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.2.

 

1.19.        Indemnitee” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

 

 

 

1.20.        Indemnitee-Related Entities” shall mean any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Company, any other Enterprise controlled by the Company or the insurer under and pursuant to an insurance policy of the Company or any such controlled Enterprise) from whom an Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Company or any other Enterprise controlled by the Company may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation.

 

1.21.        Independent Counsel” shall mean a law firm, or a person admitted to practice law in any state of the United States or the District of Columbia who is a member of a law firm, that is of outstanding reputation, experienced in matters of corporation law and neither is as of the date of selection of such firm, nor has been during the period of three years immediately preceding the date of selection of such firm, retained to represent: (a) the Company or Indemnitee in any material matter (other than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements); or (b) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto. For purposes of this definition, a “material matter” shall mean any matter for which billings exceeded or are expected to exceed $100,000.

 

1.22.        Permitted Holder” shall mean Redwood Holdco, LP, New Outerwall, Inc., Aspen Parent, Inc., Outerwall Holdings LLC, Aspen Parent Holdings, LLC, AP VIII Aspen Holdings, L.P., Apollo Investment Fund VIII, L.P., Apollo Overseas Partners (Delaware 892) VIII, L.P., Apollo Overseas Partners (Delaware) VIII, L.P., Apollo Overseas Partners VIII, L.P., Apollo Advisors VIII, L.P. and their respective Affiliates and Related Parties.

 

1.23.        Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (as in effect on the date hereof); provided, however, that the term “Person” shall exclude: (a) the Company; (b) any Subsidiaries of the Company; and (c) any employee benefit plan of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or of a Subsidiary of the Company or of a corporation or other entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

 

 

 

 

1.24.        Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened, pending or completed proceeding, including, without limitation, any and all appeals, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil (including, without limitation, intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal, administrative or investigative nature, whether formal or informal, in which Indemnitee was, is, will or might be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer or key employee of the Company, by reason of any action taken by or omission by Indemnitee, or of any action or omission on Indemnitee’s part while acting as a director or officer or key employee of the Company, or by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise; in each case whether or not acting or serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement or advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement or Section 145 of the DGCL; including any proceeding pending on or before the date of this Agreement but excluding any proceeding initiated by Indemnitee to enforce Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement or Section 145 of the DGCL.

 

1.25.        Related Party” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (a) any controlling stockholder, controlling member, general partner, Subsidiary, spouse or immediate family member (in the case of an individual) of such Person, (b) any estate, trust, corporation, partnership or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners or owners of which consist solely of one or more Permitted Holders and/or such other Persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (a), or (c) any executor, administrator, trustee, manager, director or other similar fiduciary of any Person referred to in the immediately preceding clause (b), acting solely in such capacity.

 

1.26.        Section 409A” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 17.2.

 

1.27.        Subsidiary” with respect to any Person, shall mean any corporation or other entity of which a majority of the voting power of the voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by that Person.

 

1.28.        Voting Securities” shall mean any securities of the Company (or a surviving entity as described in the definition of a “Change in Control”) that vote generally in the election of directors (or similar body).

 

1.29.        References to “fines” shall include any excise tax or penalty assessed on Indemnitee with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to “other enterprise” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include, without limitation, any service as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

1.30.        The phrase “to the fullest extent not prohibited by (and not merely to the extent affirmatively permitted by) applicable law” shall include, but not be limited to: (a) to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the provision of the DGCL that authorizes or contemplates additional indemnification by agreement, or the corresponding provision of any amendment to or replacement of the DGCL and (b) to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by any amendments to or replacements of the DGCL adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which a corporation may indemnify its officers and directors.

 

ARTICLE 2

INDEMNITY IN THIRD-PARTY PROCEEDINGS

 

Subject to Article 8, the Company shall indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Article 2 if Indemnitee is, was or is threatened to be made a party to or a participant (as a witness or otherwise) in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Subject to Article 8, to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and, subject to Section 10.3, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such conduct was unlawful. No indemnification for Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement shall be made under this Article 2 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged (and not subject to further appeal) by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the Company, except to the extent that the Delaware Court or any court in which the Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification.

 

ARTICLE 3

INDEMNITY IN PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY

 

Subject to Article 8, the Company shall indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Article 3 if Indemnitee is, was or is threatened to be made a party to or a participant (as a witness or otherwise) in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Subject to Article 8, to the fullest extent not prohibited by (and not merely to the extent affirmatively permitted by) applicable law, Indemnitee shall be indemnified, held harmless and exonerated against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. No indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Article 3 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged (and not subject to further appeal) by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the Company, except to the extent that the Delaware Court or any court in which the Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4

INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A PARTY WHO IS WHOLLY OR PARTLY SUCCESSFUL

 

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is a party to (or a participant in) and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, in whole or in part, the Company shall indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, if Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, then the Company shall indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with each resolved claim, issue or matter, whether or not Indemnitee was wholly or partly successful; provided that Indemnitee shall only be entitled to indemnification for Expenses with respect to unsuccessful claims under this Article 4 to the extent Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such conduct was unlawful. For purposes of this Article 4 and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, or by settlement, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

 

ARTICLE 5

INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A WITNESS

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a witness or deponent in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, Indemnitee shall be indemnified, held harmless and exonerated against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6


ADDITIONAL INDEMNIFICATION, HOLD HARMLESS AND EXONERATION RIGHTS

 

In addition to and notwithstanding any limitations in Articles 2, 3 or 4, but subject to Article 8, the Company shall indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee to the fullest extent not prohibited by (and not merely to the extent affirmatively permitted by) law if Indemnitee is, was or is threatened to be made a party to or a participant in, any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and, subject to Section 10.3, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with the Proceeding. No indemnity shall be available under this Article 6 on account of Indemnitee’s conduct that constitutes a breach of Indemnitee’s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders or is an act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law.

 

ARTICLE 7

CONTRIBUTION IN THE EVENT OF JOINT LIABILITY

 

7.1.            To the fullest extent not prohibited by (and not merely to the extent affirmatively permitted by) law, if the indemnification rights provided for in this Agreement are unavailable to Indemnitee in whole or in part for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any Proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment, and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have at any time against Indemnitee.

 

7.2.            The Company shall not enter into any settlement of any Proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such Proceeding) unless such settlement provides for a full and final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee.

 

7.3.            The Company hereby agrees to fully indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee from any claims for contribution which may be brought by officers, directors or employees of the Company (other than Indemnitee) who may be jointly liable with Indemnitee.

 

ARTICLE 8

EXCLUSIONS

 

8.1.            Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity, contribution or advancement of Expenses in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee:

 

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(a)                         except as provided in Section 15.4, for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy of the Company or its Subsidiaries or other indemnity provision of the Company or its Subsidiaries, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy, contract, agreement, other indemnity provision or otherwise; or

 

(b)                        for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act (or any similar successor statute) or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; or

 

(c)                         in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated or brought voluntarily by Indemnitee, including, without limitation, any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, managers, managing members, employees or other indemnitees, other than a Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee to enforce its rights under this Agreement, unless (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) or (ii) the Company provides the indemnification payment, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law; or

 

(d)                        for the payment of amounts required to be reimbursed to the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, or any similar successor statute; or

 

(e)                         for any payment to Indemnitee that is determined to be unlawful by a final judgment or other adjudication of a court or arbitration, arbitral or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as to which there is no further right or option of appeal or the time within which an appeal must be filed has expired without such filing and under the procedures and subject to the presumptions of this Agreement; or

 

(f)                          in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee to enforce its rights under this Agreement if a court or arbitration, arbitral or administrative body of competent jurisdiction determines by final judicial decision that each of the material assertions made by Indemnitee in such Proceeding was not made in good faith or was frivolous.

 

The exclusions in this Article 8 shall not apply to counterclaims or affirmative defenses asserted by Indemnitee in an action brought against Indemnitee.

 

ARTICLE 9

ADVANCES OF EXPENSES; SELECTION OF LAW FIRM

 

9.1.            Subject to Article 8, the Company shall, unless prohibited by applicable law, advance the Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding within ten business days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advances, together with a reasonably detailed written explanation of the basis therefor and an itemization of legal fees and disbursements in reasonable detail, from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall be unsecured and interest free. Indemnitee shall qualify for advances, to the fullest extent permitted by this Agreement, solely upon the execution and delivery to the Company of an undertaking providing that Indemnitee undertakes to repay the advance to the extent that it is ultimately determined, by final judicial decision of a court or arbitration, arbitral or administrative body of competent jurisdiction from which there is no further right to appeal, that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company under the provisions of this Agreement or pursuant to applicable law. This Section 9.1 shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which an indemnification payment is excluded pursuant to Article 8.

 

 

 

 

9.2.            If the Company shall be obligated under Section 9.1 hereof to pay the Expenses of any Proceeding against Indemnitee, then the Company shall be entitled to assume the defense of such Proceeding upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so. If the Company elects to assume the defense of such Proceeding, then unless the plaintiff or plaintiffs in such Proceeding include one or more Persons holding, together with his, her or its Affiliates, in the aggregate, a majority of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, the Company shall assume such defense using a single law firm (in addition to local counsel) selected by the Company representing Indemnitee and other present and former directors or officers of the Company. The retention of such law firm by the Company shall be subject to prior written approval by Indemnitee, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. If the Company elects to assume the defense of such Proceeding and the plaintiff or plaintiffs in such Proceeding include one or more Persons holding, together with his, her or its Affiliates, in the aggregate, a majority of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, then the Company shall assume such defense using a single law firm (in addition to local counsel) selected by Indemnitee and any other present or former directors or officers of the Company who are parties to such Proceeding. After (x) in the case of retention of any such law firm selected by the Company, delivery of the required notice to Indemnitee, approval of such law firm by Indemnitee and the retention of such law firm by the Company, or (y) in the case of retention of any such law firm selected by Indemnitee, the completion of such retention, the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any Expenses of any other law firm incurred by Indemnitee after the date that such first law firm is retained by the Company with respect to the same Proceeding; provided, that in the case of retention of any such law firm selected by the Company (a) Indemnitee shall have the right to retain a separate law firm in any such Proceeding at Indemnitee’s sole expense; and (b) if (i) the retention of a law firm by Indemnitee has been previously authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that (1) there may be a conflict of interest between either (x) the Company and Indemnitee or (y) Indemnitee and another present or former director or officer of the Company also represented by such law firm in the conduct of any such defense, or (2) there may be defenses available to Indemnitee that are incompatible or inconsistent with those available to the Company or another present or former director represented by such law firm in the conduct of such defense, or (iii) the Company shall not, in fact, have retained a law firm to prosecute the defense of such Proceeding within thirty days, then the reasonable Expenses of a single law firm retained by Indemnitee shall be at the expense of the Company. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Section 9.2, the Company will not be entitled without the written consent of the Indemnitee to assume the defense of any Proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10

PROCEDURE FOR NOTIFICATION; DEFENSE OF CLAIM; SETTLEMENT

 

10.1.        Indemnitee shall, as a condition precedent to Indemnitee’s right to be indemnified under this Agreement, give the Company notice in writing promptly of any claim made against Indemnitee for which indemnification will or could be sought under this Agreement; provided, however, that a delay in giving such notice shall not deprive Indemnitee of any right to be indemnified under this Agreement unless, and then only to the extent that, such delay is actually and materially prejudicial to the defense of such claim. The omission or delay to notify the Company will not relieve the Company from any liability for indemnification which it may have to Indemnitee otherwise than under this Agreement. The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.

 

10.2.        The Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense.

 

10.3.        The Company shall have no obligation to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any claim effected without the Company’s prior written consent, provided the Company has not breached its obligations hereunder. The Company shall not settle any claim, including, without limitation, any claim in which it takes the position that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification in connection with such settlement, nor shall the Company settle any claim which would impose any fine or obligation on Indemnitee or attribute to Indemnitee any admission of liability, without Indemnitee’s prior written consent. Neither the Company nor Indemnitee shall unreasonably withhold, delay or condition their consent to any proposed settlement.

 

ARTICLE 11

PROCEDURE UPON APPLICATION FOR INDEMNIFICATION

 

11.1.        Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of Section 10.1, a determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case: (a) by a majority of the Company’s stockholders, (b) if a Change in Control shall have occurred, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; or (c) if a Change in Control shall not have occurred, (i) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors (provided there is a minimum of three Disinterested Directors), even though less than a quorum of the Board, (ii) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors (provided there is a minimum of three Disinterested Directors), even though less than a quorum of the Board, or (iii) if there are less than three Disinterested Directors or, if such Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee, and, if it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within ten business days after such determination and any future amounts due to Indemnitee shall be paid in accordance with this Agreement. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the Persons making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including, without limitation, providing to such Persons upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination, provided, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall require Indemnitee to waive any privilege Indemnitee may have. Any costs or Expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the Persons making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification), and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.

 

 

 

 

11.2.        If the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 11.1 hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 11.2. If a Change in Control shall not have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board, and the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising Indemnitee of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change in Control shall have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board, in which event the preceding sentence shall apply), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within thirty days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Article 1 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court or arbitration, arbitral or administrative body has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within thirty days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 10.1 hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may seek arbitration for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the arbitrator or by such other person as the arbitrator shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 11.1 hereof. Such arbitration referred to in the previous sentence shall be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and Article 13 hereof shall apply in respect of such arbitration and the Company and Indemnitee. Upon the due commencement of any arbitration pursuant to Section 13.1 of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 12

PRESUMPTIONS AND EFFECT OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS

 

12.1.        In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the Person making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 10.1 of this Agreement. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence. Neither the failure of the Company (including by its Board, its Independent Counsel and/or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification or advancement of expenses is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company (including by its Board, its Independent Counsel and/or its stockholders) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

 

12.2.        If the Person empowered or selected under Article 11 of this Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within sixty days after receipt by the Company of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent (a) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (b) a final judicial determination that any or all such indemnification is expressly prohibited under applicable law; provided, however, that such sixty-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty days, if the Person making the determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating thereto, provided further that, if final selection of Independent Counsel has not occurred within thirty days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, such sixty-day period may be after the final selection of Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 11.2.

 

 

 

 

12.3.        The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement (with or without court approval), conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.

 

12.4.        For purposes of any determination of good faith pursuant to this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if, among other things, Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the directors or officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise, its board of directors, any committee of the board of directors or any director, or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise, its board of directors, any committee of the board of directors or any director, by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Enterprise, its board of directors, any committee of the board of directors or any director. The provisions of this Section 12.4 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which Indemnitee may be deemed or found to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement. In any event, it shall be presumed that Indemnitee has at all times acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.

 

12.5.        The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any other director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement.

 

12.6.        The Company acknowledges that a settlement or other disposition short of final judgment may be successful if it permits a party to avoid expense, delay, distraction, disruption and uncertainty. In the event that any action, claim or proceeding to which Indemnitee is a party is resolved in any manner other than by adverse judgment against Indemnitee (including, without limitation, settlement of such action, claim or proceeding with or without payment of money or other consideration) it shall be presumed that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in such action, suit or proceeding. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 13

REMEDIES OF INDEMNITEE

 

13.1.        In the event that (a) a determination is made pursuant to Article 11 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (b) advancement of Expenses, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, is not timely made pursuant to Article 9 of this Agreement, (c) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 11.1 of this Agreement within thirty days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification and of reasonable documentation and information which Indemnitee may be called upon to provide pursuant to Section 11.1, (d) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Articles 4, 5, 6 or the last sentence of Section 11.1 of this Agreement within ten business days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, (e) a contribution payment is not made in a timely manner pursuant to Article 7 of this Agreement, (f) payment of indemnification pursuant to Article 3 or 6 of this Agreement is not made within thirty days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or (g) the Company or any representative thereof takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or Proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Except as set forth herein, the provisions of Delaware law (without regard to its conflict of laws rules) shall apply to any such arbitration. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such award in arbitration. The award rendered by such arbitration will be final and binding upon the parties hereto, and final judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

 

13.2.        In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 11.1 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any arbitration commenced pursuant to this Article 13 shall be conducted in all respects as an arbitration on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any arbitration commenced pursuant to this Article 13, Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to receive advances of Expenses under this Agreement and the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be, and the Company may not refer to or introduce into evidence any determination pursuant to Section 11.1 of this Agreement adverse to Indemnitee for any purpose. If Indemnitee commences an arbitration pursuant to this Article 13, Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any advances pursuant to Article 9 until a final determination is made with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification (as to which all rights of appeal shall have been exhausted or lapsed).

 

 

 

 

13.3.        If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 11.1 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any arbitration commenced pursuant to this Article 13, absent (a) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification or (b) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.

 

13.4.        The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any arbitration commenced pursuant to this Article 13 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.

 

13.5.        The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law against all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten business days after the Company’s receipt of such written request) pay to Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, such Expenses which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any arbitration brought by Indemnitee (a) to enforce his or her rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement or any other indemnification, advancement or contribution agreement or provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, or the Bylaws now or hereafter in effect; or (b) for recovery or advances under any insurance policy maintained by any person for the benefit of Indemnitee, regardless of the outcome and whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement, contribution or insurance recovery, as the case may be (unless such arbitration was not brought by Indemnitee in good faith).

 

13.6.        Interest shall be paid by the Company to Indemnitee at the legal rate under Delaware law for amounts which the Company indemnifies, or is obliged to indemnify, for the period commencing with the date on which Indemnitee requests indemnification, contribution, reimbursement or advancement of any Expenses and ending with the date on which such payment is made to Indemnitee by the Company.

 

ARTICLE 14

SECURITY

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent requested by Indemnitee and approved by the Board, the Company may, as permitted by applicable securities laws, at any time and from time to time provide security to Indemnitee for the Company’s obligations hereunder through an irrevocable bank line of credit, funded trust or other collateral. Any such security, once provided to Indemnitee, may not be revoked or released without the prior written consent of Indemnitee.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 15

NON-EXCLUSIVITY; SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS; INSURANCE; PRIMACY OF INDEMNIFICATION; SUBROGATION

 

15.1.        The rights of Indemnitee as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise. To the extent that a change in applicable law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.

 

15.2.        The DGCL and the Certificate of Incorporation permit the Company to purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection or make other arrangements, including, but not limited to, providing a trust fund, letter of credit or surety bond (“Indemnification Arrangements”) on behalf of Indemnitee against any liability asserted against Indemnitee or incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee or in such capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify Indemnitee against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement or under the DGCL, as it may then be in effect. The purchase, establishment and maintenance of any such Indemnification Arrangement shall not in any way limit or affect the rights and obligations of the Company or of Indemnitee under this Agreement except as expressly provided herein, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Indemnitee shall not in any way limit or affect the rights and obligations of the Company or the other party or parties thereto under any such Indemnification Arrangement.

 

15.3.        To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, trustees, partners, managers, managing members, fiduciaries, employees or agents of the Company or of any other Enterprise which such person serves at the request of the Company, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such director, officer, trustee, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent under such policy or policies. If, at the time the Company receives notice from any source of a Proceeding as to which Indemnitee is a party or a participant (as a witness or otherwise), the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies and Indemnitee shall promptly cooperate with any request by the Company or insurers in connection with such action.

 

 

 

 

15.4.        The Company hereby acknowledges that Indemnitee has certain rights to indemnification, advancement of Expenses and/or insurance provided by the Indemnitee-Related Entities. The Company hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Indemnitee-Related Entities to advance Expenses or to provide indemnification for the same Expenses or liabilities incurred by Indemnitee are secondary), (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent not prohibited by (and not merely to the extent affirmatively permitted by) applicable law and as required by the terms of this Agreement and the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws (or any other agreement between the Company and Indemnitee), without regard to any rights Indemnitee may have against the Indemnitee-Related Entities and (iii) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Indemnitee-Related Entities from any and all claims against the Indemnitee-Related Entities for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Indemnitee-Related Entities on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Company shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of Indemnitee or the obligations of the Company hereunder. Under no circumstance shall the Company be entitled to any right of subrogation or contribution by the Indemnitee-Related Entities. In the event that any of the Indemnitee-Related Entities shall make any advancement or payment on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Company, the Indemnitee-Related Entity making such payment shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee against the Company, and Indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and take all action reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including, without limitation, execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Indemnitee-Related Entities to bring suit to enforce such rights. The Company and Indemnitee agree that the Indemnitee-Related Entities are express third party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 15.4, entitled to enforce this Section 15.4 as though each of the Indemnitee-Related Entities were a party to this Agreement.

 

15.5.        Except as provided in Section 15.4, in the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee (other than against the Indemnitee-Related Entities), who shall execute all papers reasonably required and take all action reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including, without limitation, execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

 

 

 

15.6.        Except as provided in Section 15.4, the Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (or for which advancement is provided hereunder) if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

 

15.7.        Except as provided in Section 15.4, the Company’s obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification payments or advancement of Expenses from such Enterprise. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, (a) Indemnitee shall have no obligation to reduce, offset, allocate, pursue or apportion any indemnification advancement, contribution or insurance coverage among multiple parties possessing such duties to Indemnitee prior to the Company’s satisfaction and performance of all its obligations under this Agreement, and (b) the Company shall perform fully its obligations under this Agreement without regard to whether Indemnitee holds, may pursue or has pursued any indemnification, advancement, contribution or insurance coverage rights against any person or entity other than the Company.

 

ARTICLE 16

ENFORCEMENT AND BINDING EFFECT

 

16.1.        The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve or continue to serve as a director, officer or key employee of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving or continuing to serve as a director, officer or key employee of the Company.

 

16.2.        This Agreement shall be effective as of the date set forth on the first page and may apply to acts or omissions of Indemnitee which occurred prior to such date if Indemnitee was an officer, director, employee or other agent of the Company, or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, at the time such act or omission occurred.

 

 

 

 

16.3.        The Company and Indemnitee agree herein that a monetary remedy for breach of this Agreement, at some later date, may be inadequate, impracticable and difficult to prove, and further agree that such breach may cause Indemnitee irreparable harm. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that Indemnitee may enforce this Agreement by seeking, among other things, injunctive relief and/or specific performance hereof, without any necessity of showing actual damage or irreparable harm and that by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance, Indemnitee shall not be precluded from seeking or obtaining any other relief to which he may be entitled. The Company and Indemnitee further agree that Indemnitee shall be entitled to such specific performance and injunctive relief, including, without limitation, temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions, without the necessity of posting bonds or other undertaking in connection therewith. The Company acknowledges that in the absence of a waiver, a bond or undertaking may be required of Indemnitee by the Court, and the Company hereby waives any such requirement of such a bond or undertaking.

 

ARTICLE 17

MISCELLANEOUS

 

17.1.        Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s assigns, heirs, executors and administrators. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

 

17.2.        Section 409A. It is intended that any indemnification payment or advancement of Expenses made hereunder shall be exempt from Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the guidance issued thereunder (“Section 409A”) pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(10). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any indemnification payment or advancement of Expenses made hereunder shall be determined to be “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A, then (i) the amount of the indemnification payment or advancement of Expenses during one taxable year shall not affect the amount of the indemnification payments or advancement of Expenses during any other taxable year, (ii) the indemnification payments or advancement of Expenses must be made on or before the last day of the Indemnitee’s taxable year following the year in which the expense was incurred and (iii) the right to indemnification payments or advancement of Expenses hereunder is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

 

 

 

 

17.3.        Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is determined by a court to require the Company to do or to fail to do an act which is in violation of applicable law, such provision (including, without limitation, any provision within a single Article, Section, paragraph or sentence) shall be limited or modified in its application to the minimum extent necessary to avoid a violation of law, and, as so limited or modified, such provision and the balance of this Agreement shall be enforceable in accordance with their terms to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

17.4.        Entire Agreement. Without limiting any of the rights of Indemnitee under the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

17.5.        Modification, Waiver and Termination. No supplement, modification, termination, cancellation or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by each of the parties hereto. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in Indemnitee’s Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

 

17.6.        Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) if delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed or (b) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed:

 

(i)       If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide in writing to the Company.

 

(ii)       If to the Company, to:

 

Redbox Entertainment Inc.
One Tower Lane, Suite 800

Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Attn:      Fred Stein, Chief Legal Officer

Email:     fstein@redbox.com

 

or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee in writing by the Company.

 

 

 

 

17.7.        Applicable Law. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. If, notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a court of competent jurisdiction shall make a final determination that the provisions of the law of any state other than Delaware govern indemnification by the Company of Indemnitee, then the indemnification provided under this Agreement shall in all instances be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted under such law, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary.

 

17.8.        Identical Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.

 

17.9.        Headings. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.

 

17.10.    Representation by Counsel. Each of the parties has been represented by and has had an opportunity to consult legal counsel in connection with the negotiation and execution of this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement shall be construed against or interpreted to the disadvantage of any party by any court or arbitrator or any governmental authority by reason of such party having drafted or being deemed to have drafted such provision.

 

17.11.    Period of Limitations. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be asserted by or in the right of the Company, the Indemnitee, or Indemnitee’s spouse, heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives against the Company, Indemnitee, or Indemnitee’s spouse, heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives after the expiration of two years from the date of accrual of such cause of action, and any claim or cause of action of the Company, the Indemnitee, or Indemnitee’s spouse, heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives, shall be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of a legal action within such two-year period; provided, however, that if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of action, such shorter period shall govern.

 

17.12.    Additional Acts. If for the validation of any of the provisions in this Agreement any act, resolution, approval or other procedure is required, the Company undertakes to cause such act, resolution, approval or other procedure to be affected or adopted in a manner that will enable the Company to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the day and year first above written.

 

  COMPANY:
     
  REDBOX ENTERTAINMENT INC.
     
  By:     
  Name: Kavita Suthar
    Title: Chief Financial & Principal Accounting Officer

 

[Signature Page to Indemnification Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  INDEMNITEE:
     
  [_____________]
     
  By:     
  Name:
     
  Address:

 

[Signature Page to Indemnification Agreement]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 21.1

 

SUBSIDIARIES OF REDBOX ENTERTAINMENT INC.

 

Name   Jurisdiction of Incorporation
   
Redbox Automated Retail, LLC   Delaware
   
Redbox Incentives LLC   Delaware
   
Redbox Holdings, LLC   Delaware
   
Redbox Entertainment, LLC   Delaware
     
Redwood Intermediate, LLC   Delaware

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

REDBOX COMPLETES BUSINESS COMBINATION WITH SEAPORT GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP.

 

Accelerates Redbox’s digital transformation

 

Positions Redbox to simplify the streaming experience with an affordable, multi-product entertainment ecosystem

 

Redbox common stock expected to begin trading on NASDAQ under ticker symbol RDBX on October 25, 2021

 

NEW YORK AND OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL, October 22, 2021 – Redbox (NASDAQ: RDBX), America's destination for affordable new-release movies and entertainment, announced today that it has completed its previously announced business combination with Seaport Global Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: SGAM) ("Seaport Global Acquisition"), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. As a result of the merger, the entity will be known as “Redbox Entertainment Inc.” Redbox’s common stock and warrants are expected to begin trading on NASDAQ on Monday, October 25, 2021, under the ticker symbols “RDBX and “RDBXW,” respectively.

 

“Today marks the beginning of Redbox’s next chapter,” said Galen Smith, CEO of Redbox. “Since revolutionizing the way Americans rent movies nearly two decades ago, Redbox has continuously evolved and expanded our reach – all while offering our millions of loyal customers exceptional value in home entertainment. Today, we are building on our legacy and reaffirming our commitment to delivering a wide range of choice and convenience for consumers, as well as value for our Redbox stakeholders.”

 

Smith continued, “As a public company, we plan to continue our strong momentum and accelerate our digital transformation. Through this transaction, and the incremental capital it provides, Redbox is equipped to advance our goal of creating a one stop experience that spans multiple entertainment mediums and simplifies the streaming experience. We are eager to capture the significant and growing opportunities ahead, take our business to the next level and achieve profitable growth for Redbox shareholders.”

 

Redbox Continues to Generate Strong Momentum

 

In recent months, Redbox has:

 

· Entered into a multiyear distribution agreement with Lionsgate, under which Lionsgate will distribute Redbox Entertainment™ titles across home entertainment windows in addition to subscription video on demand (SVOD) licensing for select titles under the Redbox Entertainment brand.

 

· Expanded the distribution footprint for its streaming app to the PlayStation 5 console, allowing consumers to stream thousands of Ad Supported Video on Demand (AVOD) movies and TV shows, as well as over one hundred Free Ad Supported TV (FAST) channels.

 

 

 

 

· Signed a promotional agreement with Roku® to further attract multi-platform users to the Redbox streaming app. Through mid-2022, consumers will receive a $5 streaming code on Roku players sold exclusively at Walmart.

 

· Announced it will add over 20 Free Ad Supported Television (FAST) channels to its streaming service including live local news, Spanish language, and kids programming, bringing the total number of channels available to over 100.

 

· Signed a distribution agreement with Vewd – one of the world’s largest providers of OTT and hybrid TV solutions – to pre-load the Redbox streaming app on new and existing Vewd powered TVs and set-top boxes in the US.

 

Transaction Overview

 

The business combination was unanimously approved by the parties’ Boards of Directors, and approved by Seaport Global Acquisition’s stockholders at a special meeting on October 20, 2021.

 

The transaction, combined with a fully committed PIPE of $50 million led by Ophir Asset Management and backstop agreements with certain funds announced on October 11, 2021, will provide Redbox with approximately $88 million in cash. Redbox intends to use the funds from the transaction to pay down existing debt, pay transaction costs and fees, fund future growth investments, and for general corporate purposes.

 

The final number of shares redeemed totaled 12,346,223. As a result, Redbox will have approximately 45.4 million shares outstanding, of which approximately 2.0 million shares will be immediately tradeable. The shares that will be purchased as part of the backstop agreements, along with the PIPE, will be registered for resale separately in the future.

 

Advisors

 

B. Riley Securities acted as capital markets advisor to Seaport Global Acquisition and lead placement agent on the PIPE. BTIG, LLC acted as lead financial advisor and capital markets advisor to Redbox. Moelis & Company LLC also served as a financial advisor to Redbox. Apollo Global Securities and BTIG, LLC also served as placement agents on the PIPE. Wedbush Securities and Canaccord Genuity LLC acted as capital market advisors.

 

Paul Hastings LLP acted as legal advisor to Seaport Global Acquisition. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP acted as legal advisor to Redbox. Kirkland & Ellis LLP acted as legal advisor to the placement agents.

 

About Redbox

 

Redbox (NASDAQ: RDBX) is a leading entertainment company that gives consumers access to a large variety of content across digital and physical media. The company operates a rapidly growing digital streaming service that provides both ad supported (AVOD) and paid movies from Hollywood studios and hundreds of content partners, as well as over 100 channels of free ad supported streaming television (FAST). The Redbox app is available on major entertainment platforms that include Roku devices, connected TVs, gaming platforms, the web as well iOS and Android devices. Redbox also operates its popular kiosks across the US at thousands of retail locations – giving consumers affordable access to the latest in entertainment. The company produces, acquires, and distributes movies through its Redbox Entertainment label, providing rights to talent-led films that are distributed across Redbox’s digital and physical services as well as through third-party digital services. Headquartered just outside of Chicago, Redbox has offices in Los Angeles and Seattle. For more information visit www.redbox.com.

 

 

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This communication includes certain statements that are not historical facts but are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally are, but not necessarily, accompanied by words such as "believe," "may," "will," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "expect," "should," "would," "plan," "predict," "potential," "seem," "seek," "future," "outlook," and similar words or expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. All statements, other than statements of present or historical fact included in this communication, regarding the business combination between Redbox and Seaport Global Acquisition, the benefits of the transaction and Redbox's future financial performance and condition, as well as Redbox's strategy (including acceleration of digital services and provision of a simplified streaming experience and more affordable entertainment ecosystem), future operations and condition, Redbox’s NASDAQ exchange trading, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this communication, and on the current expectations of the management of Redbox and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of Redbox. Potential risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and legal conditions; failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the business combination, including Redbox management’s plans for accelerating digital and expanding and simplifying Redbox’s streaming and other digital services; the overall level of consumer demand for Redbox's products, including kiosk rental and digital usage; general economic conditions and other factors affecting consumer confidence, preferences, and behavior; disruption and volatility in the global currency, capital, and credit markets, as well as NASDAQ’s decisions relating to Redbox and its securities, including their trading; the financial strength of Redbox's customers; Redbox's ability to implement its business and growth strategy, including providing an affordable, multi-product entertainment ecosystem; changes in governmental regulation, Redbox's exposure to litigation claims and other loss contingencies; disruptions and other impacts to Redbox's business, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and government actions; Redbox's ability to retain and expand customer relationships; competitive pressures from many sources, including those using other distribution channels, having more experience, larger or more appealing inventory, better financing, and better relationships with those in the physical and streaming movie and television industries; developments in the home video distribution market as newer technologies and distribution channels compete for market share, and Redbox experiences a secular decline in the physical rental market; the impact of decreased quantity and quality of movie content availability for physical and digital distribution due to changes in quantity of new releases by studios, movie content failing to appeal to consumers' tastes, increased focus on digital sales and rentals, and other general industry-related factors; the termination, non-renewal or renegotiation on materially adverse terms of Redbox's contracts or relationships with one or more of its significant retailers or studios; Redbox's inability to obtain licenses to digital movie or television content for home entertainment viewing; Redbox's reliance upon a number of partners to make its digital service available on their devices; unforeseen costs and potential liability in connection with content Redbox acquires, produces, licenses and/or distributes through its service; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Redbox's business, results of operations and financial condition, its suppliers and customers and on the global economy; the impact that global climate change trends may have on Redbox and its suppliers and customers; Redbox's ability to protect patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights; any breaches of, or interruptions in, information systems; fluctuations in the price, availability and quality of electricity and other raw materials and contracted products as well as foreign currency fluctuations; changes in tax laws and liabilities, tariffs, legal, regulatory, political and economic risks. More information on potential factors that could affect Redbox's financial results is included from time to time in Redbox’s (and previously Seaport Global Acquisition's) public reports filed with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K as well as the preliminary and the definitive proxy statements filed with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the meeting of stockholders that approved the business combination. If any of these risks materialize or Redbox's assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that Redbox presently does not know, or that Redbox currently believes are immaterial, that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect Redbox's expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this communication. Redbox anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause their assessments to change. However, while Redbox may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, Redbox specifically disclaims any obligation to do so, except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Redbox's assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this communication. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.

 

Contacts

Media

Peter Binazeski

Peter.binazeski@redbox.com

 

Investors

Scott Bisang / Katelyn Villany

Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher

sbisang@joelefrank.com, kvillany@joelefrank.com

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.2

 

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Introduction

 

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is provided to assist you in your analysis of the financial aspects of the business combination as described in the Business Combination Agreement entered into between SGAC and Redbox and in the definitive proxy statement dated September 29, 2021. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X and should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2021 combines the unaudited condensed balance sheet of SGAC as of June 30, 2021 with the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet of Redbox as of June 30, 2021, giving effect to the business combination and related adjustments as if they had been consummated on that date. In connection with the business combination, Merger Sub will merge with and into Redbox with Redbox surviving the merger and becoming a direct subsidiary of SGAC.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2021 combines the unaudited condensed statement of operations of SGAC for the six months June 30, 2021 with the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations of Redbox for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and gives effect to the business combination as if it had occurred on January 1, 2020.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 combines the audited statement of operations of SGAC for the year ended December 31, 2020 with the audited consolidated statement of operations of Redbox for the year ended December 31, 2020 and gives effect to the business combination as if it had occurred on January 1, 2020.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information was derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, the historical audited financial statements of SGAC and Redbox as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the historical unaudited financial statements of SGAC and Redbox as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2021, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

Description of the Business Combination

 

On May 16, 2021, SGAC and Merger Sub entered into the Business Combination Agreement with Parent and Redbox. SGAC will acquire certain equity interests of Redbox from Parent, its sole member, by way of Merger Sub merging with and into Redbox, and Redbox becoming a direct subsidiary of SGAC as a result thereof. The business combination will be effectuated through the following principal steps:

 

(i) Merger Sub will merge with and into Redbox, and Redbox will continue as the surviving company in the Merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of SGAC;
     
(ii) Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements and concurrent with the business combination, SGAC will issue and sell to PIPE Investors 5,000,000 shares of Class A common stock for a purchase price of $10.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $50 million.
     
(iii) Parent will receive a combination of certain newly issued Redbox Common Units and newly issued shares of Class B common stock, which will have no economic value, but will entitle the Parent to one vote per issued share and will be issued on a one-for-one basis for each Redbox Common Unit retained by the Parent following the business combination; and
     
(iv) SGAC will acquire certain newly issued Redbox Common Units in exchange for a cash contribution, which proceeds will be used to reduce existing indebtedness and fund Redbox’s balance sheet for general corporate purposes. Parent will have the right to exchange its retained Redbox Common Units, together with the cancellation of an equal number of shares of Class B common stock, for cash or Class A common stock of SGAC.
     

Proceeds from the business combination, namely cash and marketable securities held in the Trust Account, will be used for:

 

Acquiring certain equity interests of Redbox from Parent;

 

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Payment of the $5.0 million deferred underwriting fee associated with SGAC’s initial public offering;
     
Reduction of long-term debt of Redbox;
     
Payment of all transaction costs of SGAC and Redbox; and
     
Adding cash to the balance sheet to utilize for future growth investments.
     

Following the Closing, the combined company will be organized in an “Up-C” structure in which the business of Redbox will be held by Redbox and its subsidiaries, and SGAC’s only direct assets will consist of Redbox Common Units. SGAC will change its name to Redbox Entertainment Inc.

 

In connection with the business combination, Parent and Redbox will enter into the Tax Receivable Agreement with the Sponsor and SGAC. Under the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement, SGAC generally will be required to pay to Parent 85% of the tax savings, if any, that SGAC is deemed to realize in certain circumstances as a result of certain tax attributes that exist following the business combination and that are created thereafter, including as a result of payments made under the Tax Receivable Agreement. The term of the Tax Receivable Agreement will continue until all such tax benefits have been utilized or expired unless SGAC exercises its right to terminate the Tax Receivable Agreement for an amount representing the present value of anticipated future tax benefits under the Tax Receivable Agreement or certain other acceleration events occur. SGAC has estimated the tax receivable liability of $16.6 million assuming (1) a share price equal to $10.00 per share, (2) a constant federal income tax rate of 21.0% and a state tax rate of 4.2% (net of any federal benefit), (3) no material changes in tax law, (4) the ability to utilize tax attributes and (5) future tax receivable agreement payments. These amounts are estimates and have been prepared for informational purposes only. However, due to the uncertainty of various factors, including: (1) a constant federal income tax rate of 21.0% and a state tax rate of 4.2% (net of any federal benefit), (2) no material changes in tax law and (3) the ability to utilize tax attributes, the likely tax savings we will realize and the resulting amounts we are likely to pay pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement are uncertain. If Parent were to exchange its Redbox equity interests for Class A common stock at Closing, the net present value of the liability SGAC would recognize is approximately $164.9 million.

 

The Company has not recorded the TRA liability of $16.6 million or related deferred tax asset as of the business combination date as the liability is not deemed probable. The amounts payable under the Tax Receivable Agreement will vary depending upon a number of factors, including the amount, character, and timing of the taxable income of the Company in the future. If the valuation allowance recorded against the deferred tax assets applicable to the tax attributes referenced above is released in a future period, the Tax Receivable Agreement liability may be considered probable at that time and recorded within earnings.

 

The following summarizes the pro forma number of Class A and Class B common stock outstanding and pro forma ownership Redbox Entertainment Inc. upon Closing of the business combination after giving effect for actual redemptions, discussed further in the sections below:

 

      Pro Forma Combined  
Shareholder     No. of Shares       %Ownership(1)  
Redbox Rollover Shares(1)     32,770,000       72.2 %
SGAC’s Public Stockholders     2,028,777        4.5 %
Backstop Shares(2)     1,995,989       4.4 %
PIPE Investors     5,000,000       11.0 %
Initial Stockholders     3,593,750       7.9 %
Total     45,388,516       100.0 %

 

 

   
(1) Redbox Rollover Shares include all common shares outstanding, including vested and unvested shares.
   
(2) Shares include shares issued in accordance with Backstop Agreement.

 

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Anticipated Accounting treatment

 

The business combination will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with GAAP. Under this method of accounting, SGAC has been treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. This determination was primarily based on the existing controlling equity holder of Redbox having 76.1% of the voting power of the combined company and the operations of Redbox and its subsidiaries constituting the only ongoing operations of the combined company. Under this method of accounting, the ongoing financial statements of the registrant will reflect the net assets of Redbox and SGAC at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recognized.

 

Basis of Pro Forma Presentation

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been adjusted to give effect to transaction accounting adjustments related to the business combination linking the effects of the business combination to the historical financial information.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the operating results and financial condition that would have been achieved had the business combination occurred on the dates indicated. Further, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not purport to project the future operating results or financial position of Redbox following the completion of the business combination. The unaudited pro forma adjustments represent management’s estimates based on information available as of the date of these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements and are subject to change as additional information becomes available and analyses performed.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information contained herein reflects the SGAC shareholder approval of the business combination on October 20, 2021. SGAC’s public shareholders had the right to elect to redeem their public shares for cash. As a result, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information reflects the actual redemption of these shares. In conjunction with the shareholder vote on the business combination, holders of 12,346,223 SGAC public shares elected to redeem their shares for cash in the Trust Account. Accordingly, 12,346,223 shares of SGAC Class A Common Stock were redeemed for an aggregate payment of $124.7 million, based on an estimated per share redemption price of approximately $10.10 per share.

  

In addition, a Backstop Agreement has been executed such that an additional 1,995,989 shares of SGAC Class A common stock were purchased by the Backstop Parties (related parties of the Company including Apollo Global Management, Inc. and SGAC) to cover redemptions by public stockholders to the extent redemptions exceed 10,810,644 public shares. The number of shares purchased in pursuant to the Backstop Agreement equals the number of public shares redeemed in excess of 10,810,644 shares, up to an aggregate of 3,564,356 shares, in accordance with the agreement. The Backstop Agreement ensures that total cash proceeds available as of closing exceeds the minimum cash condition under the Business Combination Agreement. The amount of cash available is sufficient to satisfy the minimum cash requirement of $86.0 million per the Business Combination Agreement after giving effect for actual redemptions, which includes the $50.0 million provided by the PIPE investment.

 

Redbox is considered the “accounting acquirer” after giving effect for actual redemptions, so the business combination is reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information as a reverse recapitalization whereby Redbox issues equity in exchange for the net assets of SGAC.

 

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PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED BALANCE SHEET
AS OF JUNE 30, 2021
(UNAUDITED)

 

(in thousands)   Seaport
Global
Acquisition
Corp.
(Historical)
    Redwood
Intermediate
LLC
(Historical)
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
      Combined
Pro Forma
 
Assets                                  
Current Assets:                                  
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash    $ 277     $  10,352     $  26,929   (A)    $ 37,558  
Accounts receivable, net of allowances           12,124                 12,124  
Due from related party           83                 83  
Content library           24,611                 24,611  
Income tax receivable           17,138       (11,257 ) (N)     5,881  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     214       6,496       (200)    (R)     6,510  
Total current assets     491       70,804       15,472         86,767  
Cash and securities held in Trust Account     145,216             (145,216 ) (B)      
Property and equipment, net           50,395                 50,395  
Goodwill           147,523                 147,523  
Intangible assets, net           159,921                 159,921  
Other long-term assets     33       1,211                 1,244  
Total assets     145,740       429,854       (129,744 )       445,850  
Liabilities and Equity                                  
Current Liabilities:                                  
Trade payables           22,835                 22,835  
Due to related parties, net           357                 357  
Accrued and other current liabilities     312       57,838       7,020   (P)     57,528  
                      (5,542)   (Q)        
                      (2,100 ) (S)        
Total current liabilities     312       81,030       (622 )       80,720  
Long-term debt, net             350,804       (50,000 ) (D)     300,804  
Other long-term liabilities             15,941       (1,642 ) (N)     14,299  
Warrant liability     15,122                     15,122  
Deferred underwriting fee payable     5,031             (5,031 ) (E)      
Tax receivables liability                     (N)      
Deferred income taxes, net           26,104       (22,134 ) (N)     3,970  
Total liabilities     20,465       473,879       (79,429 )       414,915  
Commitments and Contingencies                                  
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption     120,275             (120,275 ) (I)      
Stockholders’ Equity                                  
Common stock     1       3       4   (J)     8  
Additional paid-in capital     3,822       239,578       46,979   (M)     290,379  
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)     1,177       (283,606 )     (1,177 ) (O)     (282,984 )
                    (7,020 ) (P)        
                    5,542   (Q)        
                      2,100   (S)        
Non-controlling interest                   23,532   (L)     23,532  
Total Equity     5,000       (44,025 )     69,960         30,935  
Total liabilities, Commitments, and Stockholders’ Equity   $  145,740     $  429,854     $  (129,744 )     $  445,850  

 

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PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2021
(UNAUDITED)

 

(in thousands, except share and per share data)   Seaport Global
Acquisition Corp.
(Historical)
    Redwood
Intermediate LLC
(Historical)
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
        Combined
Pro Forma
 
Net revenue   $     $  146,120     $            $  146,120  
Operating expenses:                                    
Product cost           56,922                   56,922  
Direct operating           64,513                   64,513  
Marketing           6,841                   6,841  
General and administrative     916       30,508           (AA)     29,324  
                      (2,100 )   (HH)        
Depreciation and amortization           54,464                   54,464  
Total operating expenses     916       213,248       (2,100 )         212,064  
Operating loss     (916 )     (67,128 )     2,100           (65,944 )
Other expense, net:                                    
Interest income from securities held in trust account     22             (22 )   (BB)      
Transaction costs allocable to warrant liability                              
Compensation expense — private placement warrants                              
Change in fair value of warrant liability     2,201                         2,201  
Other expense, net           (15,765 )     2,543     (CC)     (13,222 )
Total other income (expense), net     2,223       (15,765 )     2,521           (11,021 )
Loss before income taxes     1,307       (82,893 )     4,621           (76,965 )
Income tax expense (benefit)           (20,913 )     16,292     (DD)     (4,621 )
Net income (loss)   $ 1,307     $  (61,980 )   $  (11,671 )       $  (72,344 )
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest                     (55,032 )   (EE)     (55,032 )
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling interest   $  1,307     $  (61,980 )             $  (17,312 )
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted     5,933,681       30,644,909                   45,388,516  
Basic and diluted loss per share     0.22       (2.02 )                 (1.59 )
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted, attributable to controlling interest                           (GG)     10,862,028  
Basic and diluted loss per share, attributable to controlling interest                                 (1.59 )

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PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020
(UNAUDITED)

 

(in thousands, except share and per share data)   Seaport Global
Acquisition Corp.
(Historical)
(As Restated)
    Redwood
Intermediate LLC
(Historical)
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
        Combined
Pro Forma
 
Net revenue    $     $  546,191     $            $  546,191  
Operating expenses:                                    
Product cost           220,999                   220,999  
Direct operating           167,090                   167,090  
Marketing           21,214                   21,214  
General and administrative      192       62,235       7,020     (AA), (FF)     69,447  
Depreciation and amortization           136,838                   136,838  
Total operating expenses     192       608,376       7,020           615,588  
Operating loss     (192 )     (62,185 )     (7,020 )         (69,397 )
Other expense, net:                                    
Interest income from securities held in trust account     7             (7 )   (BB)      
Transaction costs allocable to warrant liability     (861 )                       (861 )
Compensation expense − private placement warrants     (2,298 )                       (2,298 )
Change in fair value of warrant liability     5,441                         5,441  
Other expense, net           (32,522 )     4,847     (CC)     (27,675 )
Total other income (expense), net     2,289       (32,522 )     4,840           (25,393 )
Income (loss) before income taxes     2,097       (94,707 )     (2,180)           (94,790 )
Income tax expense (benefit)           (25,204 )     19,450     (DD)     (5,754 )
Net income (loss)    $ 2,097     $  (69,503 )   $  (21,630 )       $  (89,036 )
Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest                 (67,729 )   (EE)     (67,729 )
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling interest    $ 2,097     $ (69,503 )               $  (21,307 )
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted     4,158,672       27,906,742                   45,388,516  
Basic and diluted loss per share     0.50       (2.49 )                 (1.96 )
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted, attributable to controlling interest                           (GG)     10,862,028  
Basic and diluted loss per share, attributable to controlling interest                                 (1.96 )

  

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 1 — Basis of Presentation

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been adjusted to give effect to transaction accounting adjustments related to the business combination linking the effects of the business combination to the historical financial information.

 

The Transaction will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805, Business Combinations. Redbox has been determined to be the accounting acquirer as Redbox’s sole owner before the business combination will retain a controlling financial interest after the business combination. Under the reverse recapitalization model, the business combination will be treated as Redbox issuing equity for the net assets of SGAC, with no goodwill or intangible assets recorded.

 

The pro forma adjustments have been prepared as if the business combination had been consummated on June 30, 2021, in the case of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet, and on January 1, 2020, the beginning of the earliest period presented, in the case of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations.

 

Note 2 — Transaction Accounting Adjustments

 

Adjustments to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2021

 

The pro forma adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2021 are as follows:

 

  (A) Represents pro forma adjustments to the cash balance to reflect the following:

 

      June 30, 2021  
Cash and investments held in trust account (B)   $ 145,216  
Payment of estimated transaction fees (C)     (8,692)  
Prepayment of outstanding facility loans (D)     (50,000)  
Payment of deferred underwriting fees (E)     (5,031 )
Proceeds from PIPE investment (F)     50,000  
Actual redemptions of SGAC public shares (G)     (124,724)  
Proceeds from issuance of Backstop Agreements shares (G)     20,160  
Total (A)   $ 26,929  

 

(B) Reflects the reclassification of $145.2 million of cash and investments held in the Trust Account that becomes available following the business combination, prior to the effect of actual redemptions.

 

(C) Represents estimated transaction costs incurred by Redbox of approximately $8.7 million for advisory, banking, printing, legal, and accounting fees that are capitalized as a part of the business combination. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet reflects these costs as a reduction of cash of $8.7 million with a corresponding decrease in additional paid-in capital. These costs are not included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations as they are nonrecurring.

 

(D) Reflects the repayment of Redbox debt which consists of outstanding Credit Facility Loans, in accordance with amount stipulated in the Business Combination Agreement. After giving effect for actual redemptions, the Company prepaid $50.0 million of outstanding facility loans, which consists of an approximate $15.0 million revolver repayment and a $35.0 million term loan paydown.

 

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(E) Represents underwriting expenses that were paid upon completion of the business combination in the amount of $5.0 million.

 

(F) SGAC entered into subscription agreements with certain investors (collectively, the “PIPE” Investors). Pursuant to the agreements, the PIPE investors have collectively subscribed to purchase shares of Class A common stock for an aggregate amount of $50,000,000, which represents 5,000,000 shares of SGAC Class A common stock.

 

(G) Reflects actual redemptions based on minimum cash required to be maintained by SGAC as a condition in the Business Combination Agreement, net of par value of common stock. Actual redemptions resulted in approximately $124.7 million in initial share redemption cash payments, from the redemption of 12,346,223 SGAC public shares. Actual redemptions were $90.7 million, which is the sum of $20.5 million from the public shares, $50.0 million from the PIPE investment, and $20.2 million from shares issued under the Backstop Agreement. Under the Backstop Agreement, 1,995,989 shares of SGAC Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, were issued for cash proceeds of $20.2 million. Concurrently, a $50.0 million debt paydown was made resulting in approximately $46.3 million cash available prior to transaction fees.

 

(H) Reflects the exchange of 32,770,000 shares of Redbox LLC interests for Class A common stock of SGAC.

 

(I) Reflects actual redemptions, in which 12,346,223 shares of SGAC Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption were redeemed for an aggregate payment of $124.7 million, based on an estimated redemption price of $10.10 and $0.0001 par value. The remaining shares not redeemed were transferred to permanent equity.

 

(J) Represents pro forma adjustments to SGAC and Redwood Intermediate, LLC common stock to reflect the following:

 

          June 30, 2021  
Issuance of SGAC Class A common stock pursuant to PIPE investment     (F)     $ 1  
Actual redemption of SGAC public shares     (G)       (1 )
Issuance of Backstop Agreement Shares     (G)       -  
Recapitalization of Redbox LLC interests to Class A commonstock of SGAC     (H)       3  
Reclassification of SGAC Class A common stock subject to redemption     (I)       1  
Total     (J)     $ 4  

  

(K) Reflects the reclassification of 3,593,750 shares of Class B common stock. The shares of Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of the business combination on a one-for-one basis.

 

(L) Represents the allocation of net assets to the non-controlling interests, which are primarily due to the retained interests of the sellers. Adjustments result in total non-controlling interest of the Sellers of 76.1%. The non-controlling interest percentage was calculated using Redbox rollover shares and certain Backstop Agreement shares purchased by related parties of the Company, after giving affect for actual redemptions.

 

(M) Represents pro forma adjustments to additional paid-in capital to reflect the following:

 

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            June 30, 2021  
Payment of estimated transaction fees for Redbox     (C)     $ (8,692 )
Reclassification of previously paid estimated transaction fees     (R)       (200)  
Proceeds from PIPE investment     (F)       50,000  
Actual redemption of SGAC public shares      (G)       (124,723)  
Issuance of Backstop Agreement shares     (G)       20,159  
Recapitalization of Redbox LLC interests to Class A common stock of SGAC     (H)       (3 )
Reclassification of SGAC Class A common stock subject to redemption     (I)       120,275  
Reclassification of SGAC Class B common stock     (K)        
Non-controlling interest     (L)       (23,532)  
Reclassification of SGAC’s historical retained earnings     (O)       1,177  
Deferred tax asset and TRA liability       (N)       12,518  
Total     (M)     $ 46,979  

 

(N) Represents adjustment of $(11.3) million to reflect elimination of prepaid U.S. federal and state income taxes of Redwood Intermediate, LLC. Redbox is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes and receives an allocation of income taxes using the separate return method as it is a member of a consolidated c-corporation return filing group. $5.9 million remains in the income tax receivable account as it was received prior to the consummation of the transaction and retained by Redbox. Upon completion of the business combination, Redbox will be taxable as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. It will not be subject to U.S. federal or state income taxes and the prior consolidated tax return parent will retain the prepaid income taxes and deferred taxes previously allocated to Redbox.

 

Represents adjustment to the liability for unrecognized tax benefits allocable to SGAC of $(1.6) million after giving effect for actual redemptions.

 

Represents elimination of the deferred tax liability previously allocated to Redbox upon completion of the business combination as it will no longer be subject to U.S. federal and state income taxes as well as establishment of a deferred tax liability of SGAC primarily related to the difference between the financial statement and tax basis in Redbox partnership. The $(22.1) million adjustment to the deferred tax liability is assuming: (1) the GAAP balance sheet as of June 30, 2021 as adjusted for pro forma entries described herein, (2) estimated tax basis as of June 30, 2021, (3) a $33.2 million valuation allowance on outside basis differences in SGAC’s investment in the Redbox partnership established in connection with the business combination, (4) a constant federal income tax rate of 21% and a state tax rate of 4.2% (net of any federal benefit), and (5) no material changes in tax law. The recorded valuation allowance relates to a portion of SGAC’s tax basis in excess of GAAP basis in its Redbox partnership for which SGAC believes it is not more likely than not that it will realize the tax benefit in the future.

 

In connection with the business combination, Parent and Redbox will enter into a tax receivable agreement (the “Tax Receivable Agreement”) with the Seaport Global SPAC, LLC (“Sponsor”) and SGAC. Under the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement, SGAC generally will be required to pay to Parent 85% of the tax savings, if any, that SGAC realizes as a result of basis in certain assets existing at the time of the business combination and tax attributes that benefit SGAC as a result of their right to exchange its retained Redbox Common Units.

 

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The Company has not recorded the liability or related deferred tax assets as of the business combination date as the liability is not deemed probable. The amounts payable under the Tax Receivable Agreement will vary depending upon a number of factors, including the amount, character, and timing of the taxable income of the Company in the future. If the valuation allowance recorded against the deferred tax assets applicable to the tax attributes referenced above is released in a future period, the Tax Receivable Agreement liability may be considered probable at that time and recorded within earnings.

 

Future exchanges by Parent of units of Redwood Intermediate, LLC will give rise to an adjustment to Redbox’s tax basis in the direct and indirect assets of Redwood Intermediate, LLC pursuant to Section 743(b) of the Code for which the majority of such tax basis will be amortizable over 15 years. The amortization of Redbox’s tax basis will result in a tax benefit for SGAC in which 85% of the tax benefit will be required to be paid to Parent and give rise to a liability under the Tax Receivable Agreement.

 

The Tax Receivable Agreement is accounted for as a contingent liability with amounts accrued when deemed probable and estimable. As the business combination will be accounted for as reverse recapitalization, the initial recognition of the Tax Receivable Agreement liability at the completion of the business combination, net of deferred tax asset recognized, will be treated as a capital transaction, with a corresponding adjustment to additional paid-in capital, based on the estimate of the aggregate amount that SGAC will pay under the Tax Receivable Agreement. A deferred tax asset is recorded to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the deductible temporary difference can be utilized. All of the effects of changes in any of the estimates after the date of the purchase will be included in SGAC’s net income. Similarly, the effect of subsequent changes in the enacted tax rates will be included in SGAC’s net income. Future increases of the Tax Receivable Agreement liability as a result of additional exchanges of Redwood Intermediate, LLC units for SGAC’s Class A common stock, net of related deferred taxes, will be recognized as capital transactions, with an adjustment to additional paid-in capital, at the time of such exchanges.

 

For more information on the Tax Receivable Agreement, please see the section entitled “Proposal No. 1 — The Business Combination Proposal — Related Agreements — Tax Receivable Agreement.”

 

(O) Reflects reclassification of SGAC’s historical retained earnings.

 

(P) Reflects the payment of management fees related to a long-term cash incentive plan, which are not direct incremental costs in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) Topic 5A — “Expenses of Offering”. Represents $7.0 million of management fees that are not capitalized as a part of the business combination. These costs were classified as an expense and included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations, with a corresponding adjustment to accrued and other current liabilities.

 

(Q) Reflects the repayment of Redbox debt which consists of outstanding Credit Facility Loans, in accordance with amount stipulated in the Business Combination Agreement, as of January 1, 2020. Total represents reclassification of accrued interest payable, deferred financing fees and taxes payable associated with the repayment. After giving effect for actual redemptions, the pro forma adjustment includes a $7.3 million reduction to accrued interest payable and deferred financing fees, $1.8 million increase to taxes payable and corresponding $5.5 million increase in retained earnings. Assumptions include total debt repayment of $50.0 million after giving effect to actual redemptions, and the reversal of outstanding accrued interest and deferred financing fees at repayment.
     
  (R) Represents estimated transactions costs incurred by Redbox of approximately $200,000 for advisory, banking, printing, legal, and accounting fees that are capitalized as a part of the business combination. The fees were previously paid prior to June 30, 2021. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet reflects these costs as a reduction to deferred transaction costs with a corresponding decrease in additional paid-in capital. These costs are not included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations as they are nonrecurring.
     
  (S) Reflects the reclassification of costs incurred by Redbox of approximately $2.1 million for advisory, banking, printing, legal, and accounting fees that are capitalized as a part of the business combination. The fees were previously classified as a general and administrative expense and included in the the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the period ended June 30, 2021. These costs were removed as an expense in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations, with a corresponding adjustment to accrued and other current liabilities.

 

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Adjustments to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 and the Year Ended December 31, 2020

 

The pro forma adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(AA) $192 for the year ended December 31, 2020 and $916 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 represent historical expenses related to SGAC’s general administrative services pursuant to the Administrative Support Agreement, which will terminate upon consummation of the business combination. These are nonrecurring expenses that will not recur subsequent to the consummation of the business combination.

 

(BB) Represents pro forma adjustment to eliminate investment income related to the investment held in the Trust Account.

 

(CC) Represents pro forma adjustment to eliminate historical expenses regarding Redbox debt, including interest expense, amortization of deferred financing fees, and write-off of unamortized deferred financing fees. For the six months ended June 30, 2021, the pro forma adjustment includes the elimination of $2.4 million of interest expense and $171,000 of debt financing fees. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the pro forma adjustment includes the elimination of $4.3 million of interest expense and $568,000 of debt financing fees. Assumptions include total debt repayment of $50.0 million , the reversal of all expenses incurred associated with debt payments made during the periods presented and an annual interest rate of 9.25% incurred on debt payments for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 8.25% for the year ended December 31, 2020.

 

(DD) Adjustment to eliminate the historical tax expense (benefit) of Redbox and SGAC and to record the tax provisions of the combined entities on a pro forma basis using a pro forma effective tax rate of 6.0% for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The effective tax rate varies from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the effect of non-controlling interest, state income taxes, permanent differences, tax credits generated and the impact of valuation allowance recorded.

 

    Pro Forma Combined  
    Tax Effect     %  
Tax at statutory rate   $ (16,163 )     21.0 %
State income taxes     (3,163 )     4.1 %
Effect of noncontrolling interest     15,022       (19.5 )%
Change in warrant liability     (534 )     0.7 %
Other     (205 )     0.3 %
Change in valuation allowance     422       (0.5 )%
    $ (4,621 )     6.1 %

 

Adjustment to eliminate the historical tax expense (benefit) of Redbox and SGAC and to record the tax provisions of the combined entities on a pro forma basis using a pro forma effective tax rate of 6.1% for the year ended December 31, 2020 The effective tax rate varies from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the effect of non-controlling interest, state income taxes, permanent differences, tax credits generated and the impact of valuation allowance recorded.

 

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    Pro Forma Combined  
    Tax Effect     %  
Tax at statutory rate   $ (19,906 )     21.0 %
State income taxes     (3,934 )     4.1 %
Effect of noncontrolling interest     18,595       (19.6 )%
Change in warrant liability     (576 )     0.6 %
Other     (557 )     0.6 %
Change in valuation allowance     624       (0.7 )%
    $ (5,754 )     6.1 %

 

However, the effective tax rate of the combined company could be different depending on post- Business Combination activities.

 

(EE) The pro forma net loss was reduced by the non-controlling interest after giving effect for actual redemptions of 76.1% (calculated using Redbox rollover shares and certain Backstop Agreement shares purchased by related parties of the Company):

 

    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2021
    Year Ended
December 31, 2020
 
(amounts in thousands)   Pro Forma
Combined
    Pro Forma
Combined
 
Pro forma net loss     $(72,344)       $(89,036)  
Non-controlling interest percentage     76.1%       76.1%  
Non-controlling interest pro forma adjustment     (55,032)       (67,729)  
Net loss attributable to controlling interest     $(17,312)       $(21,307)  

 

(FF) Reflects the payment of management fees related to a long-term cash incentive plan, which are not direct incremental costs in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) Topic 5A — “Expenses of Offering”. Represents $7.0 million of management fees that are not capitalized as a part of the business combination. These costs were classified as an expense and included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations.

 

(GG) Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted, attributable to controlling interests used in the calculation were the total pro forma 2,028,777 SGAC public stockholders shares, 1,995,989 backstop shares, 5,000,000 PIPE investor shares, and 3,593,750 initial stockholders shares after giving effect for actual redemptions.
     
  (HH) Reflects the reclassification of costs incurred by Redbox of approximately $2.1 million for advisory, banking, printing, legal, and accounting fees that are capitalized as a part of the business combination. The fees were previously classified as a general and administrative expense and included in the the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the period ended June 30, 2021. These costs were removed as an expense in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations, with a corresponding adjustment to accrued and other current liabilities.

 

Loss per Share

 

Represents the net loss per share calculated using the historical weighted average shares outstanding, and the issuance of additional shares in connection with the business combination, assuming the shares were outstanding since January 1, 2020. As the business combination is being reflected as if it had occurred at the beginning of the periods presented, the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net loss per share assumes that the shares issuable relating to the business combination have been outstanding for the entire periods presented. When giving effect for actual redemption, this calculation is adjusted to eliminate such shares for the entire periods.

 

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The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information for the year ended December 31, 2020:

 

    Year Ended
December 31, 2020
 
    Pro Forma
Combined
 
Pro forma net loss (in thousands)   $ (89,036 )
Basic weighted average shares outstanding     45,388,516  
Net loss per share, basic and diluted   $ (1.96 )

  

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information for the period ended June 30, 2021:

 

    Period Ended
June 30, 2021
 
    Pro Forma
Combined
 
Pro forma net loss (in thousands)   $ (72,344 )
Basic weighted average shares outstanding     45,388,516  
Net loss per share, basic and diluted   $ (1.59 )

 

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