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 26, 2018

 

 

Taylor Morrison Home Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-35873   83-2026677

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

4900 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 2000

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(480) 840-8100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

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

 

 

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Explanatory Note

Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (formerly known as Taylor Morrison Homes Corporation), a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), is providing the disclosure contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K in connection with the October 26, 2018 closing of the Reorganization (as defined in Item 1.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K), for the purpose of establishing the Company as the successor issuer pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), and to disclose certain other matters. Pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Exchange Act, shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, as the common stock of the successor issuer, are deemed registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

 

Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Adoption of Agreement and Plan of Merger and Consummation of Reorganization

On October 26, 2018, Taylor Morrison Home II Corporation (formerly known as Taylor Morrison Home Corporation), now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“ Old TMHC ” and together with the Company, “ Taylor Morrison ”), implemented an internal holding company reorganization pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”), dated as of October 26, 2018, among Old TMHC, the Company and Second Half 2018 Mergerco Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Merger Sub ”), which resulted in the Company becoming the direct parent company of Old TMHC (the “ Reorganization ”). As part of the Reorganization, the Company assumed the name “Taylor Morrison Home Corporation.”

Pursuant to the Reorganization, Merger Sub, a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and formerly an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Old TMHC, merged with and into Old TMHC, with Old TMHC surviving as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “ Merger ”). Upon the completion of the Merger, (i) each outstanding share of Old TMHC’s Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, was automatically converted in the Merger into one share of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, and (ii) each outstanding share of Old TMHC’s Class B common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, was automatically converted in the Merger into one share of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, in each case, evidencing the same proportional interests in the Company and having the same designation, rights, powers and preferences, and qualifications, limitations and restrictions as a share of the respective class of Old TMHC’s common stock immediately prior to the Merger. As a result, in the Merger, Old TMHC’s stockholders automatically became stockholders of the Company, on a one-for-one basis, with the same number and ownership percentage of shares of the same class as they held in Old TMHC immediately prior to the Reorganization. The Reorganization is intended to be a tax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes for Taylor Morrison stockholders.

The Reorganization was conducted pursuant to Section 251(g) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”), which provides for the formation of a holding company without a vote of the stockholders of the constituent corporation. The conversion of stock occurred automatically without an exchange of stock certificates. In addition, upon consummation of the Reorganization:

 

   

each unexercised and unexpired stock option then outstanding under the equity compensation plan of Old TMHC, whether or not then exercisable, ceased to represent a right to acquire Old TMHC common shares and was converted automatically into a right to acquire the same number of Company common shares, in the corresponding class and on the same terms and conditions, including without limitation, the vesting schedule(without acceleration thereof by virtue of the Reorganization) and the per share exercise price as were applicable under such Old TMHC stock option; and

 

   

each share of restricted stock and each restricted stock unit (including, deferred stock units) of Old TMHC granted under the equity compensation plan ceased to represent or relate to Old TMHC common shares and was converted automatically to represent or relate to Company common shares, in the corresponding class and on the same terms and conditions as were applicable to such Old TMHC restricted stock and restricted stock units, including, without limitation, the vesting schedule or other lapse restrictions (without acceleration thereof by virtue of the Reorganization).

 

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Promptly following the effective time of the Reorganization, Old TMHC assigned to the Company all obligations of Old TMHC under Old TMHC’s equity compensation plan and each stock option agreement, restricted stock award agreement, restricted stock unit award agreement and any similar agreement entered into pursuant to such equity compensation plan (including those previously assumed by Old TMHC under the equity compensation plan). In addition, all obligations of Old TMHC under the non-employee director deferred compensation plan and indemnification agreements with each of its executive officers and directors that are now executive officers and directors of the Company have been assigned to the Company. These indemnification agreements provide, in general, that the Company will indemnify the applicable executive officer and director to the fullest extent permitted by law in connection with their service to the Company or on the Company’s behalf.

Following the consummation of the Reorganization, the Company’s Class A common stock continues to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (the “ NYSE ”) on an uninterrupted basis under the ticker symbol “TMHC”.

As a result of the Reorganization, the Company became the successor issuer to Old TMHC pursuant to 12g-3(a) of the Exchange Act and as a result the Company’s Class A common stock is deemed registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

In connection with the Reorganization and the previously announced Contribution Agreement (the “ Contribution Agreement ”) among the Company, Old TMHC and the holders of Old TMHC’s Class B common stock and paired TMM II Units party thereto (the “ Paired Interest Holders ”), following the consummation of the Reorganization, each Paired Interest Holder contributed its partnership units (“ TMM II Units ”) of TMM Holdings II Limited Partnership, the principal subsidiary of the Company and Old TMHC (“ TMM II ”), and paired shares of the Company’s Class B common stock to the Company in exchange, on a one-for-one basis, for shares of the Company’s Class A common stock (the “ Exchange ”). In the Exchange, 863,434 TMM II Units and Class B Shares were contributed to the Company. As a result of the Exchange, TMM II became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. All of the Class B shares were cancelled following the Exchange. Therefore, the Company has only one class of common stock outstanding.

The foregoing does not purport to be a complete description of the Reorganization and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 1.02

Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

As previously announced, the Contribution Agreement also provided that, upon completion of the Exchange, the Exchange Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2013 (the “ Exchange Agreement ”), among Old TMHC and the Paired Interest Holders party thereto, would terminate. The Exchange Agreement allowed Paired Interest Holders to exchange TMM II Units and paired shares of Old TMHC’s Class B common stock for shares of Old TMHC’s Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. Upon completion of the Exchange, there ceased to be any TMM II Units held by any person other than the Company and its subsidiaries and any outstanding shares of Class B common stock, and TMM II became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Upon the completion of the Exchange, the Exchange Agreement was terminated.

 

Item 3.01

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

Following the consummation of the Reorganization, the Company’s Class A common stock continues to trade on the NYSE on an uninterrupted basis under the ticker symbol “TMHC”.

The information set forth in Item 1.01, Item 5.03 and Item 8.01 under the heading “Successor Issuer,” describing the succession of the Company to Exchange Act Section 12(b) and reporting obligations of Old TMHC, is hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.

 

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In connection with the Reorganization, on October 16, 2018, Old TMHC requested that the NYSE file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) an application on Form 25 to delist the Old TMHC common shares from the NYSE and deregister the Old TMHC common shares under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. Old TMHC intends to file a certificate on Form 15 requesting that the Old TMHC common shares be deregistered under the Exchange Act and that Old TMHC’s reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act be suspended (except to the extent of the succession of the Company to the Exchange Act Section 12(b) registration and reporting obligations of Old TMHC as described under the heading, “Successor Issuer,” under Item 8.01 below).

 

Item 3.03

Material Modification of Rights of Securityholders.

At the effective time of the Merger, each share of each class of Old TMHC common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger automatically converted into an equivalent corresponding share of Company common stock, having the same designations, rights, powers and preferences and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions as the corresponding share of Old TMHC common stock that was converted.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.

 

Item 5.01

Changes in Control of Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 and Item 5.02 is hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 5.01.

 

Item 5.02

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

Appointment of Certain Officers of the Company; Election of New Directors of the Company

The directors of the Company and their committee memberships and titles, which are listed below, are identical to the directors of Old TMHC immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Reorganization.

Directors

 

Name

   Age     

Position

Sheryl D. Palmer

     56     

Chairman of the Board of Directors

James Henry (1),(3)

     71     

Director

Peter Lane (2),(3),(4)

     53     

Director

Anne Mariucci (1),(2),(3)

     61     

Director

David C. Merritt (1),(2)

     64     

Director

Andrea Owen

     53     

Director

Denise F. Warren

     54     

Director

 

(1)

Member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

(2)

Member of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

(3)

Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors.

(4)

Lead Independent Director.

Identical to the composition of the board committees of Old TMHC immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Reorganization, Mr. Lane serves as the chairperson of the Nominating and Governance Committee, Ms. Mariucci serves as the chairperson of the Compensation Committee and Mr. Merritt serves as the chairperson of the Audit Committee.

Biographical information about the Company’s directors, other than Ms. Owen and Ms. Warren, is included in pages 6 through 8 of Old TMHC’s Schedule 14A for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders under “Board Composition” and is incorporated by reference herein. Biographical information about Ms. Owen and Ms. Warren is included in Old TMHC’s Form 8-K Current Report, filed with the Commission on July 19, 2018, under

 

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“Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers” and is incorporated by reference herein. Information regarding the compensation arrangements of the Company’s directors is included in pages 16 through 18 of Old TMHC’s Schedule 14A for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders under “Director Compensation” and is incorporated by reference herein.

The Company’s board of directors has determined that that Mses. Mariucci, Owen and Warren and Messrs. Henry, Lane and Merritt are independent, as that term is defined by the applicable rules and regulations of the NYSE.

The officers of the Company and their positions and titles, which are listed below, are identical to the officers of Old TMHC immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Reorganization.

Named Executive Officers

 

Name

   Age     

Position

Sheryl Palmer

     56     

President and Chief Executive Officer

C. David Cone

     46     

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Darrell C. Sherman

     54     

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Biographical information of the Company’s executive officers is included in page 19 of Old TMHC’s Schedule 14A for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders under “Executive Officers” and is incorporated by reference herein. Information regarding the compensation arrangements of the Company’s named executive officers is included in pages 20 through 46 of Old TMHC’s Schedule 14A for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders under “Compensation Discussion And Analysis” and Old TMHC’s Form 8-K Current Report, filed with the Commission on June 15, 2018, under “Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers” and each is incorporated by reference herein.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of the Company’s Form 8-K Current Report, filed with the Commission on October 16, 2018, under the heading “Contribution Agreement,” describing the Company’s entry into an arrangement with the Paired Interest Holders, including Sheryl Palmer, Peter Lane, C. David Cone and Darrell Sherman, who are members of management and the board of directors of the Company, is hereby incorporated by reference herein. The information set forth in Item 1.01 and Item 3.03 is hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 5.02.

For information regarding disclosure required pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K with respect to our executive officers and directors, see the discussion under the heading “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions” included in pages 55 through 58 of Old TMHC’s Schedule 14A for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Except as disclosed in this Item 5.02, there have been no transactions involving the Company and our executive officers and directors that the Company would be required to disclose pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

Item 5.03

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Upon consummation of the Reorganization, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “ Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ”) and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “ Amended and Restated Bylaws ”) are the same as the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Old TMHC immediately prior to consummation of the Reorganization, respectively, other than changes permitted by Section 251(g) of the DGCL. Immediately following the Merger, the Company’s board of directors adopted (i) a First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Charter Amendment ”) and (ii) an Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “ Bylaws Amendment ”) to change the name of the Company to “Taylor Morrison Home Corporation.”

 

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The Charter Amendment was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on October 26, 2018 and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Charter Amendment are filed as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

The Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company and the Bylaws Amendment are filed as Exhibit 3.3 and Exhibit 3.4, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On October 26, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the Reorganization and the transactions related to the Exchange.

A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Successor Issuer

In connection with the Reorganization and by operation of Rule 12g-3(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, the Company is the successor issuer to Old TMHC and has succeeded to the attributes of Old TMHC as the registrant, including Old TMHC’s Commission file number and CIK number. The Company common shares are deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and the Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and will hereafter file reports and other information with the Commission using Old TMHC’s Commission file number (001-35873). The Company hereby reports this succession in accordance with Rule 12g-3(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act.

Description of Company Capital Stock

The description of the Company’s capital stock provided in Exhibit 99.2, which is incorporated by reference herein, modifies and supersedes any prior description of the Company’s capital stock in any registration statement or report filed with the Commission and will be available for incorporation by reference into certain of the Company’s filings with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, and the rules and forms promulgated thereunder.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger.
  3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.
  3.2    First Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.
  3.3    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
  3.4    Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
  4.1    Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate of Taylor Morrison Home Corporation
99.1    Press release, dated October 26, 2018.
99.2    Description of Capital Stock.
99.3    Pages 6 through 8 from Old TMHC’s Schedule 14A for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2018.
99.4    Pages 16 through 18 from Old TMHC’s Schedule 14A for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2018.

 

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99.5    Page 19 from Old TMHC’s Schedule 14A for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2018.
99.6    Pages 20 through 46 from Old TMHC’s Schedule 14A for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2018.
99.7    Pages 55 through 58 from Old TMHC’s Schedule 14A for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2018.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger.
  3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.
  3.2    First Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.
  3.3    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
  3.4    Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
  4.1    Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate of Taylor Morrison Home Corporation
99.1    Press release, dated October 26, 2018.
99.2    Description of Capital Stock.
99.3    Pages 6 through 8 from Old TMHC’s Schedule 14A for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2018.
99.4    Pages 16 through 18 from Old TMHC’s Schedule 14A for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2018.
99.5    Page 19 from Old TMHC’s Schedule 14A for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2018.
99.6    Pages 20 through 46 from Old TMHC’s Schedule 14A for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2018.
99.7    Pages 55 through 58 from Old TMHC’s Schedule 14A for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2018.

 

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Signature

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.

 

     

Taylor Morrison Home Corporation

 

Date: October 26, 2018     By:  

/s/ Darrell C. Sherman

      Name: Darrell C. Sherman
      Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

 

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Exhibit 2.1

EXECUTION VERSION

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of October 26, 2018, by and among Taylor Morrison Home Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), Taylor Morrison Homes Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“ HoldCo ”), and Second Half 2018 Mergerco Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of HoldCo (“ MergerCo ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company desires to reorganize into a holding company structure through the merger (the “ Merger ”) of MergerCo with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of HoldCo, pursuant to Section 251(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”);

WHEREAS, at the effective time of the Merger (the “ Effective Time ”) , each outstanding share of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company (the “ Company Class  A Common Stock ”) shall be converted into one share of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of HoldCo (the “ HoldCo Class  A Common Stock ”) , and each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company (the “ Company Class  B Common Stock”, and together with the Company Class A Common Stock, the “ Company Common Stock ”) , shall be converted into one share of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of HoldCo (the “ HoldCo Class  B Common Stock”, and together with the HoldCo Class A Common Stock, the “ HoldCo Common Stock ”) ;

WHEREAS, the shares of HoldCo Class A Common Stock shall have the same designations, rights, powers and preferences, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, as the shares of Company Class A Common Stock, and the shares of HoldCo Class B Common Stock shall have the same designations, rights, powers and preferences, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, as the shares of Company Class B Common Stock;

WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation of HoldCo and the Bylaws of HoldCo, each as in effect immediately following the Effective Time, shall contain provisions identical to, respectively, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (the “ Company Charter ”) and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, each as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than as permitted by Section 251(g) of the DGCL;

WHEREAS, at or promptly following the Effective Time, the Company and Holdco will enter into an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will transfer to Holdco, and Holdco will assume, from and after the Effective Time, sponsorship of the Director Compensation Plan, the Equity Plan, the Award Agreements (each as defined below) and all of the Company’s rights and obligations thereunder;

WHEREAS, the directors of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time will remain the directors of HoldCo immediately following the Effective Time;


WHEREAS, at the Effective Time, the Company Charter shall be amended as set forth in this Agreement and as required by Section 251(g) of the DGCL;

WHEREAS, the parties intend that, for United States federal income tax purposes, (i) the Merger will qualify as an exchange described in Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), (ii) the Merger will qualify as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code, and (iii) the stockholders of the Company will not recognize gain or loss in connection with the Merger; and

WHEREAS, the respective boards of directors of each of the Company and HoldCo have approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, and the board of directors of MergerCo has (i) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, (ii) resolved to submit the adoption of this Agreement to MergerCo’s sole stockholder, and (iii) recommended that MergerCo’s sole stockholder vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements contained in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company, HoldCo and MergerCo hereby agree as follows:

Section  1.01 The Merger . In accordance with Section 251(g) of the DGCL and subject to, and upon the terms and conditions of, this Agreement, MergerCo shall be merged with and into the Company, the separate corporate existence of MergerCo shall cease, and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation of the Merger (the “ Surviving Corporation ”) . At the Effective Time, the effects of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement and in Sections 251(g) and 259 of the DGCL.

Section  1.02 Effective Time . As soon as practicable after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and adoption of this Agreement by the sole stockholder of MergerCo, the Company shall file with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a certificate of merger (the “ Certificate of Merger ”), executed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL, and shall make all other filings or recordings required under the DGCL to effectuate the Merger. The Merger shall become effective upon the filing of the Certificate of Merger or at such later date and time as set forth in the Certificate of Merger.

Section  1.03 Surviving Corporation Certificate of Incorporation . The Company Charter shall be amended in the Merger in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and, as so amended, shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended as provided therein and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL.

Section  1.04 Effect on Capital Stock . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Company, HoldCo, MergerCo or any holder of any securities thereof:

(a) Capital Stock of MergerCo . Each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of MergerCo that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation.

 

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(b) Conversion of Outstanding Company Common Stock . Each share of Company Class A Common Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of HoldCo Class A Common Stock, and each share of Company Class B Common Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of HoldCo Class B Common Stock.

(c) Effect on Options and Other Share-Based Awards

(i) Options . At the Effective Time, each unexercised and unexpired option to purchase shares of Company Class A Common Stock (collectively, the “ Options ”) then outstanding under the Company’s 2013 Omnibus Equity Award Plan, as amended and restated, which provides for the purchase, grant or issuance of Company Class A Common Stock (the “ Equity Plan ”) , whether or not then exercisable, shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be assumed by Holdings. Each Option so assumed by Holdings under this Agreement will continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions as set forth in the Equity Plan and any agreements in effect thereunder immediately prior to the Effective Time including, without limitation, the vesting schedule (without acceleration thereof by virtue of the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby) and per share exercise price, except that each Option will be exercisable (or will become exercisable in accordance with its terms) for that number of shares of HoldCo Class A Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Company Class A Common Stock that were subject to such Option immediately prior to the Effective Time.

(ii) Restricted Stock . At the Effective Time, each share of Company Class A Common Stock granted under the Equity Plan then outstanding that remains subject to vesting or other lapse restrictions (collectively, the “ Restricted Stock ”) shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be assumed by Holdings. Each share of Restricted Stock so assumed by Holdings under this Agreement will continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions as set forth in the Equity Plan and any agreements thereunder in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time (including, without limitation, the vesting or other lapse restrictions (without acceleration thereof by virtue of the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby)), except that each share of Restricted Stock will be converted into one share of HoldCo Class A Common Stock, and each such share of Restricted Stock shall otherwise be treated in the same manner as each other share of Company Class A Common Stock hereunder.

 

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(iii) Restricted Stock Units . At the Effective Time, each restricted stock unit granted under the Equity Plan that is then outstanding (collectively, the “ RSUs ,” which for the avoidance of doubt includes RSUs subject to either time-based vesting or performance based vesting conditions and deferred stock units) shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be assumed by Holdings. Each RSU so assumed by Holdings under this Agreement will continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions as set forth in the Equity Plan and any agreements thereunder immediately in effect prior to the Effective Time (including, without limitation, the vesting schedule (without acceleration thereof by virtue of the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby)), except that each RSU will be converted into an RSU subject to that number of shares of HoldCo Class A Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Company Class A Common Stock that were subject to such RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time.

(d) Conversion of Company Common Stock Held in Treasury . Each share of Company Common Stock that is issued but not outstanding and held in the Company’s treasury immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable equivalent share of the same class of HoldCo Common Stock, to be held immediately after completion of the Merger in the treasury of HoldCo.

(e) No Further Ownership Rights of Company Common Stock . Upon conversion thereof in accordance with this Section 1.04 , all shares of Company Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall cease to exist, such conversion to be deemed paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Common Stock, except, in all cases, as set forth in Section 1.06 and Section 251(g) of the DGCL. From and after the Effective Time, there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Common Stock on the transfer books of the Surviving Corporation. If, after the Effective Time, any certificate that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of Company Common Stock (a “ Certificate ”) is presented to the Surviving Corporation or its transfer agent for any reason, such Certificate shall be cancelled and exchanged as provided in Section 1.06.

Section  1.05 Assumption of Certain Company Plans . Holdings and the Company hereby agree that they will, at or promptly following the Effective Time, execute, acknowledge and deliver an assignment and assumption agreement (the “ Assignment and Assumption Agreement ”) pursuant to which, from and after the Effective Time, the Company will assign to Holdings, and Holdings will assume and agree to perform, all obligations of the Company pursuant to (i) the Company’s Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan (the “ Director Compensation Plan ”) , (ii) the Equity Plan, and (iii) each stock option agreement, restricted stock agreement, restricted stock unit agreement and/or any other similar agreement entered into pursuant to the Equity Plan (including those assumed by the Company under the Equity Plan), including, without limitation, each outstanding Option, Restricted Stock or RSU award granted or assumed thereunder (collectively, the “ Award Agreements ”) .

 

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Section  1.06 Stock Certificates . From and after the Effective Time until thereafter surrendered to HoldCo or its transfer agent for transfer or exchange in the ordinary course, each Certificate shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence ownership of and to represent the shares of HoldCo Common Stock into which the shares of Company Common Stock represented by such Certificate immediately prior to the Effective Time have been converted pursuant to this Agreement, and each such Certificate shall be so registered on the books and records of HoldCo and its transfer agent. From and after the Effective Time, upon the surrender to HoldCo or its transfer agent for transfer or exchange in the ordinary course of any Certificate, HoldCo shall issue or cause to be issued a new certificate representing the class and number of shares of HoldCo Common Stock previously represented by such Certificate to the person or persons or entity or entities entitled thereto. If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, then, upon the making of an affidavit of such fact by the person or entity claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and the providing of an indemnity by such person or entity to HoldCo, in form, substance and amount reasonably satisfactory to HoldCo, against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, HoldCo shall issue or cause to be issued to such person or entity, in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, a new certificate representing the class and number of shares of HoldCo Common Stock into which the shares of Company Common Stock represented by such Certificate immediately prior to the Effective Time have been converted pursuant to this Agreement.

Section  1.07 HoldCo Shares . Prior to the Effective Time, the Company and HoldCo shall take any and all actions as are necessary to ensure that each share of capital stock of HoldCo that is owned by the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and cease to be outstanding from and after the Effective Time, and no payment shall be made therefor, and the Company, by execution of this Agreement, agrees to forfeit such shares and relinquish any rights to such shares.

Section  1.08 No Appraisal Rights . In accordance with the DGCL, no appraisal rights shall be available to any holder of shares of Company Common Stock in connection with the Merger.

Section  1.09 Tax Treatment . This Agreement is intended to constitute a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-2(g), and the Merger is intended to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. The Merger is also intended to constitute a transaction as to which the rights of the holders of the Company Common Stock have been previously defined, and in which such holders will exchange such stock for all the HoldCo Common Stock (constituting all the issued and outstanding stock of HoldCo and “control” of HoldCo within the meaning of Section 368(c) of the Code), subject to Section 351(a) and related provisions of the Code. Each party hereto shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Merger to qualify for the foregoing treatment, and will not knowingly take any actions or cause any actions to be taken which could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying for such treatment. Each party hereto shall file all tax returns (including amended returns and claims for refunds) in a manner consistent with such treatment and shall use their reasonable best efforts to sustain such treatment in any subsequent tax audit or dispute.

 

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Section  1.10 Termination . This Agreement may be terminated, and the Merger and the other transactions provided for herein may be abandoned, whether before or after the adoption of this Agreement by the sole stockholder of MergerCo, at any time prior to the Effective Time, by action of the board of directors of the Company. In the event of termination of this Agreement, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, and none of the Company, HoldCo, MergerCo or any of their respective stockholders, directors or officers shall have any liability with respect to such termination or abandonment.

Section  1.11 Amendments . At any time prior to the Effective Time, this Agreement may be supplemented, amended or modified, whether before or after the adoption of this Agreement by the sole stockholder of MergerCo, by the mutual consent of the parties to this Agreement; provided , however , that no amendment shall be effected subsequent to the adoption of this Agreement by the sole stockholder of MergerCo that by law requires further approval or authorization by the sole stockholder of MergerCo or the stockholders of the Company without such further approval or authorization. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by all of the parties hereto.

Section  1.12 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws.

Section  1.13 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement.

Section  1.14 Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all other prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

Section  1.15 Severability . The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and in the event that any provision hereof is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not in any way affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Company, HoldCo and MergerCo have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.

 

TAYLOR MORRISON HOME CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Darrell C. Sherman

Name:   Darrell C. Sherman
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
TAYLOR MORRISON HOMES CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Darrell C. Sherman

Name:   Darrell C. Sherman
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
SECOND HALF 2018 MERGERCO INC.
By:  

/s/ Darrell C. Sherman

Name:   Darrell C. Sherman
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary


Exhibit A

Surviving Company Certificate of Incorporation


THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

of

TAYLOR MORRISON HOME II CORPORATION

1. Name . The name of the corporation is Taylor Morrison Home II Corporation (the “ Corporation ”).

2. Address; Registered Office and Agent . The address of the Corporation’s registered office is 160 Greentree Drive, Suite 101, in the City of Dover, County of Kent, State of Delaware 19904, and the name of its registered agent at such address is National Registered Agents, Inc.

3. Purposes . The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “ DGCL ”).

4. Number of Shares . The total number of shares of capital stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 100 shares of Common Stock with the par value of $0.00001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”).

5. Common Stock . The designation, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the shares of Common Stock are as follows:

5.1 Voting Rights.

Except as may otherwise be provided in this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “ Certificate of Incorporation ” or this “ Certificate ”) or by applicable law, each holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote and shall vote together as a single class on all matters.

5.2 Dividends; Stock Splits or Combinations.

(a) Dividends of cash or property may be declared and paid on the Common Stock out of the assets of the Corporation that are by law available therefor, at the times and in the amounts as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) in its discretion may determine. Except as otherwise permitted by the New TMM LPA, dividends of cash or property may be declared and paid on the Common Stock only if there is a concurrent and proportionate dividend paid to the holders of outstanding New TMM Units.

(b) In no event will any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, combination of stock, reclassification or recapitalization be declared or made on any class of Common Stock (each, a “ Stock Adjustment ”) unless (a) a corresponding Stock Adjustment in the class of Common Stock not so adjusted at the time outstanding is made in the same proportion and the same manner and (b) the Stock Adjustment has been reflected in the same economically equivalent manner on all New TMM Units.


5.3 Liquidation and Other Events.

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, if any, the holders of all outstanding shares of Common Stock will be entitled to receive, pari passu, an amount per share equal to the par value thereof and thereafter the holders of all outstanding shares of Common Stock will be entitled to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock.

6. Board of Directors.

6.1 Number of Directors . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board. The total number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be not less than three nor more than fifteen, with the then-authorized number of directors being fixed from time to time by the Board.

6.2 Term of Office . At each annual meeting of stockholders all of the directors shall be elected for a term of one year, with each director holding office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

6.3 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships . Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the Board resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board. Any director so chosen shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any director then in office.

6.4 Removal of Directors . Unless otherwise provided by this Certificate or applicable law, any director may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, 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 the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

7. Meetings of Stockholders .

7.1 No Action by Written Consent . Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation may be effected only at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.


7.2 Special Meetings of Stockholders . Subject to the requirements of applicable law, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only (i) by or at the direction of the Board pursuant to a written resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies or (ii) by or at the direction of the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. Any business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.

7.3 Election of Directors by Written Ballot . Unless and except to the extent that the By-laws shall so require, the election of the Directors need not be by written ballot.

8. Business Combinations.

8.1 Opt Out of DGCL 203 . The Corporation shall not be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.

8.2 Limitations on Business Combinations . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not engage in any business combination (as defined below), at any point in time at which the Corporation’s Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, with any interested stockholder (as defined below) for a period of three (3) years following the time that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:

(i) prior to such time, the Board approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, or

(ii) upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock (as defined below) of the Corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned by (i) persons who are directors and also officers or (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer, or

(iii) at or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the Board and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

8.3 Definitions . For purposes of this Article 8, references to:

(i) “affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person.


(ii) “associate,” when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means: (i) any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity of which such person is a director, officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock; (ii) any trust or other estate in which such person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (iii) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same residence as such person.

(iii) “business combination,” when used in reference to the Corporation and any interested stockholder of the Corporation, means:

(1) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (a) with the interested stockholder, or (b) with any other corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity if the merger or consolidation is caused by the interested stockholder and as a result of such merger or consolidation paragraph (b) of this Article 8 is not applicable to the surviving entity;

(2) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation, to or with the interested stockholder, whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which assets have an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding stock of the Corporation;

(3) any transaction which results in the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or by any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation of any stock of the Corporation or of such subsidiary to the interested stockholder, except: (a) pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the interested stockholder became such; (b) pursuant to a merger under Section 251(g) of the DGCL; (c) pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which security is distributed, pro rata to all holders of a class or series of stock of the Corporation subsequent to the time the interested stockholder became such; (d) pursuant to an exchange offer by the Corporation to purchase stock made on the same terms to all holders of said stock; or (e) any issuance or transfer of stock by the Corporation; provided , however , that in no case under items (c)-(e) of this subsection (3) shall there be an increase in the interested stockholder’s proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the Corporation or of the voting stock of the Corporation (except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments);


(4) any transaction involving the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series, or securities convertible into the stock of any class or series, of the Corporation or of any such subsidiary which is owned by the interested stockholder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption of any shares of stock not caused, directly or indirectly, by the interested stockholder; or

(5) any receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted in subsections (1)-(4) above) provided by or through the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary.

(iv) “control,” including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” 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 the ownership of voting stock, by contract, or otherwise. A person who is the owner of 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such person holds voting stock, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this Article 8, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such entity.

(v) “interested stockholder” means any person (other than the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) that (i) is the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, or (ii) is an affiliate or associate of the Corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation at any time within the three (3) year period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an interested stockholder, and the affiliates and associates of such person; provided , however , that the term “interested stockholder” shall not include (a) the Investors or sponsor transferees, or (b) any person whose ownership of shares in excess of the 15% limitation set forth herein is the result of any action taken solely by the Corporation; provided that such person specified in this clause (b) shall be an interested stockholder if thereafter such person acquires additional shares of voting stock of the Corporation, except as a result of further corporate action not caused, directly or indirectly, by such person. For the purpose of determining whether a person is an interested stockholder, the voting stock of the Corporation deemed to be outstanding shall include stock deemed to be owned by the person through application of the definition of “owner” below but shall not include any other unissued stock of the Corporation which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.


(vi) “owner,” including the terms “own” and “owned,” when used with respect to any stock, means a person that individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates:

(1) beneficially owns such stock, directly or indirectly; or

(2) has (a) the right to acquire such stock (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided , however , that a person shall not be deemed the owner of stock tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such person or any of such person’s affiliates or associates until such tendered stock is accepted for purchase or exchange; or (b) the right to vote such stock pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided , however , that a person shall not be deemed the owner of any stock because of such person’s right to vote such stock if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such stock arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to ten (10) or more persons; or

(3) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent as described in item (b) of subsection (2) above), or disposing of such stock with any other person that beneficially owns, or whose affiliates or associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, such stock.

(vii) “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity.

(viii) “stock” means, with respect to any corporation, capital stock and, with respect to any other entity, any equity interest.

(ix) “sponsor transferee” means any Person who acquires voting stock of the Corporation from a Principal Stockholder (other than in a public offering) and who is designated in writing by such Principal Stockholder as a “sponsor transferee.” (x) “voting stock” means stock of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

9. Limitation of Liability .

(a) To the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL, as amended from time to time, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.


(b) Any amendment or repeal of Section 9(a) 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 or repeal.

10. Indemnification .

10.1 Right to Indemnification . The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (a “ Covered Person ”) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “ Proceeding ”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity or enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.3, the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person (other than a Proceeding brought by such Covered Person (i) by way of defense or counterclaim, or (ii) to enforce such Covered Person’s rights to indemnification, advancement or contribution under any agreement, certificate of incorporation, bylaws or under statute or other law) unless the commencement of such Proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized by the Board.

10.2 Advancement of Expenses . To the extent not prohibited by applicable law, the Corporation shall advance the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person that is or was a director of the Corporation in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition and the Corporation may advance the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by any other Covered Person; provided , however , that, to the extent required by applicable law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 10 or otherwise; such undertaking shall be unsecured and interest free and shall be accepted without regard to the Covered Person’s ability to repay amounts advanced and without regard to the Covered Person’s entitlement to indemnification.

10.3 Claims . If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article 10 is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person has been received by the Corporation, the Covered Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.

10.4 Nonexclusivity of Rights . The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Article 10 shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of this Certificate, the By-laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.


10.5 Other Sources .

(a) The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity or enterprise shall be reduced by any amount such Covered Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other entity or enterprise.

(b) In all events, (i) the Corporation hereby agrees that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e. its obligation to Indemnitee to provide advancement and/or indemnification to such Covered Person are primary and any obligation of the Principal Stockholders (including any Affiliate thereof other than the Corporation) to provide advancement or indemnification hereunder or under any other indemnification agreement (whether pursuant to contract, by-laws or charter), or any obligation of any insurer of the Principal Stockholders to provide insurance coverage, for the same expenses, liabilities, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such expenses, liabilities, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by such Covered Person are secondary and (ii) if any Principal Stockholder (or any Affiliate thereof, other than the Corporation) pays or causes to be paid, for any reason, any amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder or under any other indemnification agreement (whether pursuant to contract, by-laws or charter) with such Covered Person, then (x) such Principal Stockholder (or such Affiliate, as the case may be), as the case may be, shall be fully subrogated to all rights of such Covered Person with respect to such payment and (y) the Corporation shall fully indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless such Principal Stockholder (or such other Affiliate), as the case may be, for all such payments actually made by such Principal Stockholder (or such other Affiliate).

10.6 Amendment or Repeal . Any amendment or repeal of the foregoing provisions of this Article 10 shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any Covered Person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment or repeal.

10.7 Other Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses . This Article 10 shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by applicable law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

11. Adoption, Amendment or Repeal of By-Laws . In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, the Board is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the By-laws subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto to make, alter, amend or repeal the By-laws; provided , that with respect to the powers of stockholders entitled to vote with respect thereto to make, alter, amend or repeal the By-laws, in addition to any other vote otherwise required by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders to make, alter, amend or repeal the By-laws.


12. Adoption, Amendment and Repeal of Certificate . The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the DGCL, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Certificate, and notwithstanding that a lesser percentage may be permitted from time to time by applicable law, no provision of Sections 7.1 and 7.2 of Article 7 and Articles 8 through 13 may be altered, amended or repealed in any respect, nor may any provision or bylaw inconsistent therewith be adopted, unless in addition to any other vote required by this Certificate or otherwise required by law, such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose.

13. Forum for Adjudication of Disputes . Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) 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, (c) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or (d) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of consent to the provision of this Article 13.

14. Severability . If any provision or provisions of this Certificate shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Certificate 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 Certificate (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Certificate containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.

15. DGCL Section 251(g) . Any act or transaction by or involving the Corporation, other than the election or removal of directors of the Corporation, that requires for its adoption under the DGCL or this Certificate of Incorporation the approval of the stockholders shall, in accordance with Section 251(g) of the DGCL, require, in addition, the approval of the stockholders of Taylor Morrison Homes Corporation, a Delaware corporation (or any successor thereto by merger), by the same vote as is required by the DGCL and/or by the organizational documents of this Certificate of Incorporation.


16. Definitions . As used in this Certificate, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:

(a) “ Affiliate ” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any Person, means the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee, personal representative or executor, by contract, credit arrangement or otherwise.

(b) “ Board ” is defined in Section 5.1(ii)(1).

(c) “ By-laws ” means the By-laws of the Corporation, as such By-laws may be amended from time to time.

(d) “ Certificate ” is defined in the preamble.

(e) “ Disposition Event ” has the meaning attributed to such term in the New TMM LPA.

(f) “ Common Stock ” is defined in Section 4.

(g) “ Corporation ” is defined in the preamble.

(h) “ Covered Person ” is defined in Section 10.1.

(i) “ DGCL ” is defined in the preamble.

(j) “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor law or statute.

(k) “ Exchange Agreement ” has the meaning attributed to such term in the Stockholders Agreement.

(l) “ Investors ” means the Principal Stockholders and the JHI Entities.

(m) “ JHI Entities ” means any investment funds affiliated with JH Investments, Inc. and their respective successors and Affiliates.

(n) “ New TMM ” means TMM Holdings II, Limited Partnership.

(o) “ New TMM LPA ” means the Limited Partnership Agreement of New TMM as in effect from time to time.

(p) “ New TMM Units ” has the meaning attributed to such term in the Stockholders Agreement.


(q) “ Oaktree Entities ” means any investment funds affiliated with Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and their respective successors and Affiliates.

(r) “ Principal Stockholders ” means collectively (i) the Oaktree Entities and (ii) the TPG Entities.

(s) “ Proceeding ” is defined in Section 10.1. (t) “Stockholders Agreement” means the Stockholders Agreement among the Corporation, TPG TMM Holdings II, L.P., Oaktree TMM Holdings II, L.P. and JHI Holding Limited Partnership, as in effect from time to time.

(u) “ TPG Entities ” means any investment funds affiliated with TPG Global, LLC and their respective successors and Affiliates.

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Exhibit 3.1

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

of

TAYLOR MORRISON HOMES CORPORATION

Taylor Morrison Homes Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Delaware, hereby certifies the following. The name of the Corporation is Taylor Morrison Homes Corporation. The Corporation filed its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 31, 2018 under its current name. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “ Certificate of Incorporation ” or this “ Certificate ”) has been duly adopted by this Corporation’s Board of Directors and stockholders in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “ DGCL ”). Unless otherwise defined in any other provision of this Certificate, capitalized terms used in the Certificate shall have the meanings assigned to them in Article 15 of the Certificate. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read in full as follows:

1. Name . The name of the corporation is Taylor Morrison Homes Corporation (the “ Corporation ”).

2. Address; Registered Office and Agent . The address of the Corporation’s registered office is 160 Greentree Drive, Suite 101, in the City of Dover, County of Kent, State of Delaware 19904, and the name of its registered agent at such address is National Registered Agents, Inc.

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

4. Number of Shares . The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is (A): 600,000,000 shares of common stock, divided into 400,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, with the par value of $0.00001 per share (the “ Class  A Common Stock ”) and 200,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, with the par value of $0.00001 per share (the “ Class  B Common Stock ” and together with the Class A Common Stock, the “ Common Stock ”) and (B) 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, with the par value of $0.00001 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”). Subject to the rights of the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, the number of authorized shares of any of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased, in each case by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, and no vote of the holders of any of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock voting separately as a class will be required therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the number of authorized shares of any particular class may not be decreased below the number of shares of such class then outstanding plus, in the case of Class


A Common Stock, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable in connection with (i) the exchange of all outstanding Class B Common Stock and all outstanding New TMM Units pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Exchange Agreement and (ii) the exercise of outstanding options, warrants, exchange rights, conversion rights or similar rights for Class A Common Stock.

5. Classes of Shares . The designation, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the shares of each class of stock are as follows:

5.1 Common Stock .

(i) Voting Rights .

(1) Except as may otherwise be provided in this Certificate of Incorporation or by applicable law, each holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote and shall vote together as a single class on all matters (or, if any holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of Common Stock, as a single class with the holders of Preferred Stock); provided , however , that, to the fullest extent permitted by law and subject to Section 5.1(i)(2), holders of Common Stock, as such, will have no voting power with respect to, and will not be entitled to vote on, any amendment to this Certificate (including any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding class or series of Preferred Stock if the holders of the affected class or series of Preferred Stock are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other classes or series, to vote thereon under this Certificate (including any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or under the DGCL.

(2) The holders of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to vote separately as a class upon any amendment to this Certificate (including by merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar event, it being understood that any such merger, consolidation or other business combination that constitutes a Disposition Event in which holders of Class B Common Stock are required to exchange such Common Stock and New TMM Units pursuant to Section 3.8 of the New TMM LPA in such Disposition Event and receive consideration in such Disposition Event in accordance with the terms of the New TMM LPA as in effect prior to such Disposition Event shall not be deemed an amendment hereof) that would alter or change the powers, preferences, or special rights of the Class B Common Stock so as to affect them adversely.

 

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(ii) Dividends; Stock Splits or Combinations .

(1) 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 senior to or the right to participate with the Class A Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, dividends of cash or property 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 the times and in the amounts as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) in its discretion may determine. Except as otherwise permitted by the New TMM LPA or as otherwise agreed by holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, dividends of cash or property may be declared and paid on the Class A Common Stock only if there is a concurrent and proportionate dividend paid to the holders of outstanding New TMM Units.

(2) Except as provided in Section 5.1(ii)(3) with respect to stock dividends, dividends of cash or property may not be declared or paid on the Class B Common Stock.

(3) In no event will any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, combination of stock, reclassification or recapitalization be declared or made on any class of Common Stock (each, a “ Stock Adjustment ”) unless (a) a corresponding Stock Adjustment in the class of Common Stock not so adjusted (or corresponding voting power adjustment in the case of shares of Class B Common Stock) at the time outstanding is made in the same proportion and the same manner and (b) the Stock Adjustment has been reflected in the same economically equivalent manner on all New TMM Units. Stock dividends with respect to Class A Common Stock may only be paid with Class A Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock. Stock dividends with respect to Class B Common Stock may only be paid with Class B Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock.

(iii) Liquidation and Other Events .

(1) In the case of any consolidation, merger or similar event that constitutes a Disposition Event and in which holders of Class B Common Stock are required to exchange such Common Stock and New TMM Units pursuant to Section 3.8 of the New TMM LPA, the Corporation shall have the right to repurchase each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock upon the consummation of such Disposition Event for an amount per share equal to the par value thereof, and thereafter such holders of Class B Common Stock shall no longer hold such Class B Common Stock and such Class B Common Stock will be transferred to the Corporation and thereupon shall be retired. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 5.1(iii)(1) shall impair the right of a holder of Class B Common Stock and Units to exchange such Class B Common Stock and Units pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Exchange Agreement.

(2) In the case of any consolidation, merger or similar event that shall be subject to Section 3.9 of the New TMM LPA (other than a Disposition Event in which holders of Class B Common Stock are required to exchange such Common Stock and New TMM Units pursuant to Section 3.8 of the New TMM LPA and receive consideration in such Disposition Event in accordance with the terms of the New TMM Units as in effect prior to such

 

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Disposition Event), the Corporation shall make, and shall cause to be made, proper provision to convert all outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock into securities, with substantially the same voting, exchange and economic rights to the Class B Common Stock of the surviving entity (or, as applicable, of any other such entity into which New TMM Units (in combination with shares of Class B Common Stock) are exchangeable following such event).

(3) 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 and of the preferential and other amounts, if any, to which the holders of Preferred Stock are entitled, if any, the holders of all outstanding shares of Common Stock will be entitled to receive, pari passu, an amount per share equal to the par value thereof, and thereafter the holders of all outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock will be entitled to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock. Without limiting the rights of the holders of Class B Common Stock to exchange their shares of Class B Common Stock together with New TMM Units for shares of Class A Common Stock in accordance with the Exchange Agreement (or for the consideration payable in respect of shares of Class A Common Stock in such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up), the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock, as such, will not be entitled to receive, with respect to such shares, any assets of the Corporation in excess of the par value thereof, in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

(iv) Retirement of Class  B Common Stock . In the event that no New TMM Units remain exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock will be transferred to the Corporation and thereupon shall be retired. In the event that any outstanding share of Class B Common Stock shall cease to be held by a holder of New TMM Units, such share shall automatically and without further action on the part of the Corporation or any holder of Class B Common Stock be transferred to the Corporation and thereupon shall be retired and cease to be outstanding and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

(v) Exchange of Class  B Common Stock and New TMM Units . Class B Common Stock may be exchanged from time to time together with a corresponding New TMM Unit for Class A Common Stock in accordance with the Exchange Agreement.

(vi) Taxes . The issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock upon the exercise by the Corporation of its right under Section 2.1 of the Exchange Agreement to exchange shares of Class B Common Stock and New TMM Units will be made without charge to the holders of the shares of Class B Common Stock for any stamp or other similar tax in respect of the issuance, unless any such shares of Class A Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than that of the then record holder of the

 

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shares of Class B Common Stock being exchanged, in which case the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof will pay to the Corporation the amount of any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or will establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Corporation that the tax has been paid or is not payable.

5.2 Preferred Stock . Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series of any number of shares, provided that the aggregate number of shares issued and not retired of any and all such series shall not exceed the total number of shares of Preferred Stock hereinabove authorized, and with such powers, including voting powers, if any, and the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, all as shall hereafter be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the designation and issue of such shares of Preferred Stock from time to time adopted by the Board pursuant to authority so to do which is hereby expressly vested in the Board. The powers, including voting powers, if any, 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. Each series of shares of Preferred Stock: (a) may have such voting rights or powers, full or limited, if any; (b) may be subject to redemption at such time or times and at such prices, if any; (c) may be entitled to receive dividends (which may be cumulative or non-cumulative) at such rate or rates, on such conditions and at such times, and payable in preference to, or in such relation to, the dividends payable on any other class or classes or series of stock, if any; (d) may have such rights upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding up or dissolution of, upon any distribution of the assets of, or in the event of any merger, sale or consolidation of, the Corporation, if any; (e) may be made convertible into or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation (or any other securities of the Corporation or any other person) at such price or prices or at such rates of exchange and with such adjustments, if any; (f) may be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund to be applied to the purchase or redemption of shares of such series in such amount or amounts, if any; (g) may be entitled to the benefit of conditions and restrictions upon the creation of indebtedness of the Corporation or any subsidiary, upon the issue of any additional shares (including additional shares of such series or of any other series) and upon the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions on, and the purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Corporation or any subsidiary of, any outstanding shares of the Corporation, if any; (h) may be subject to restrictions on transfer or registration of transfer, or on the amount of shares that may be owned by any person or group of persons; and (i) may have such other relative, participating, optional or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any; all as shall be stated in said resolution or resolutions of the Board providing for the designation and issue of such shares of Preferred Stock.

6. Board of Directors .

6.1 Number of Directors .

(A) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to Article 5 relating to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors, the total number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be not less than three nor more than fifteen, with the then-authorized number of directors being fixed from time to time by the Board.

 

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(B) During any period when the holders of any series of Preferred Stock have the right to elect additional directors as provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, then upon the commencement, and for the duration, of the period during which such right continues: (i) the then total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by such specified number of additional directors, and the holders of such Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect the additional directors pursuant to the provisions of the Board’s designation for the series of Preferred Stock, and (ii) 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 such provisions, whichever occurs earlier, subject to his or her earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal. Except as otherwise provided by the Board 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 and the total and authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall be reduced accordingly.

6.2 Term of Office .

(A) Subject to the provisions of this Certificate relating to directors elected by the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock, voting as a separate series or with one or more other series of Preferred Stock (the “ Preferred Stock Directors ”), at each annual meeting of stockholders commencing with the annual meeting to be held in 2019, each director (other than any director in office at the 2019 annual meeting who was previously elected to a term as a director of Old TMHC expiring at the 2020 or 2021 annual meeting, which term shall be the term of such director as a director of the Corporation (each such director, for so long as such director is serving the remainder of such term and until such time, if any, as such director has been re-elected to serve for a one-year term, a “ Continuing Classified Director ”)) shall be elected for a term of one year and shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. For the avoidance of doubt, any Continuing Classified Director shall continue to hold office until the end of the term for which such director was elected as a director of Old TMHC and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

(B) Subject to the provisions of this Certificate relating to Preferred Stock Directors, at each annual meeting of stockholders commencing with the annual meeting to be held in 2021 all of the directors shall be elected for a term of one year, with each director holding office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

 

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6.3 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships . Subject to the special rights of the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, and except as otherwise provided by applicable law, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the Board resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board. Any director so chosen (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any director chosen to fill a vacancy resulting from the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal of a Continuing Classified Director) shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any director then in office.

6.4 Removal of Directors .

(A) Subject to the special rights of the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, and unless otherwise provided by this Certificate or applicable law, any director may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, 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 the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, until such time as all directors elected by the stockholders generally are elected for a term of one year, any Continuing Classified Director may be removed only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) in voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. For the avoidance of doubt, an incumbent director shall cease to be a Continuing Classified Director if and from such time as such director is re-elected as a director for a one-year term, and shall thereupon be subject to removal as provided in Section 6.4(A) of this Certificate.

7. Meetings of Stockholders .

7.1 No Action by Written Consent . Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation may be effected only at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.

7.2 Special Meetings of Stockholders . Subject to any special rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, and to the requirements of applicable law, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only (i) by or at the direction of the Board pursuant to a written resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors

 

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which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies or (ii) by or at the direction of the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. Any business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.

7.3 Election of Directors by Written Ballot . Unless and except to the extent that the By-laws shall so require, the election of the Directors need not be by written ballot.

8. Business Combinations.

8.1 Opt Out of DGCL 203 . The Corporation shall not be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.

8.2 Limitations on Business Combinations . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not engage in any business combination (as defined below), at any point in time at which the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, with any interested stockholder (as defined below) for a period of three (3) years following the time that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:

(i) prior to such time, the Board approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, or

(ii) upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock (as defined below) of the Corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned by (i) persons who are directors and also officers or (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer, or

(iii) at or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the Board and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

8.3 Definitions . For purposes of this Article 8, references to:

(i) “affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person.

 

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(ii) “associate,” when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means: (i) any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity of which such person is a director, officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock; (ii) any trust or other estate in which such person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (iii) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same residence as such person.

(iii) “business combination,” when used in reference to the Corporation and any interested stockholder of the Corporation, means:

(1) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (a) with the interested stockholder, or (b) with any other corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity if the merger or consolidation is caused by the interested stockholder and as a result of such merger or consolidation paragraph (b) of this Article 8 is not applicable to the surviving entity;

(2) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation, to or with the interested stockholder, whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which assets have an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding stock of the Corporation;

(3) any transaction which results in the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or by any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation of any stock of the Corporation or of such subsidiary to the interested stockholder, except: (a) pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the interested stockholder became such; (b) pursuant to a merger under Section 251(g) of the DGCL; (c) pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which security is distributed, pro rata to all holders of a class or series of stock of the Corporation subsequent to the time the interested stockholder became such; (d) pursuant to an exchange offer by the Corporation to purchase stock made on the same terms to all holders of said stock; or (e) any issuance or transfer of stock by the Corporation; provided , however , that in no case under items (c)-(e) of this subsection (3) shall there be an increase in the interested stockholder’s proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the Corporation or of the voting stock of the Corporation (except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments);

 

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(4) any transaction involving the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series, or securities convertible into the stock of any class or series, of the Corporation or of any such subsidiary which is owned by the interested stockholder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption of any shares of stock not caused, directly or indirectly, by the interested stockholder; or

(5) any receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted in subsections (1)-(4) above) provided by or through the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary.

(iv) “control,” including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” 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 the ownership of voting stock, by contract, or otherwise. A person who is the owner of 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such person holds voting stock, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this Article 8, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such entity.

(v) “interested stockholder” means any person (other than the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) that (i) is the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, or (ii) is an affiliate or associate of the Corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation or Old TMHC at any time within the three (3) year period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an interested stockholder, and the affiliates and associates of such person; provided , however , that the term “interested stockholder” shall not include (a) the Investors or sponsor transferees, or (b) any person whose ownership of shares in excess of the 15% limitation set forth herein is the result of any action taken solely by the Corporation; provided that such person specified in this clause (b) shall be an interested stockholder if thereafter such person acquires additional shares of voting stock of the Corporation, except as a result of further corporate action not caused, directly or indirectly, by such person. For the purpose of determining whether a person is an interested stockholder, the voting stock of the Corporation deemed to be outstanding shall include stock deemed to be owned by the person through application of the definition of “owner” below but shall not include any other unissued stock of the Corporation which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.

 

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(vi) “owner,” including the terms “own” and “owned,” when used with respect to any stock, means a person that individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates:

(1) beneficially owns such stock, directly or indirectly; or

(2) has (a) the right to acquire such stock (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided , however , that a person shall not be deemed the owner of stock tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such person or any of such person’s affiliates or associates until such tendered stock is accepted for purchase or exchange; or (b) the right to vote such stock pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided , however , that a person shall not be deemed the owner of any stock because of such person’s right to vote such stock if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such stock arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to ten (10) or more persons; or

(3) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent as described in item (b) of subsection (2) above), or disposing of such stock with any other person that beneficially owns, or whose affiliates or associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, such stock.

(vii) “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity.

(viii) “stock” means, with respect to any corporation, capital stock and, with respect to any other entity, any equity interest.

(ix) “sponsor transferee” means any Person who acquires voting stock of the Corporation from a Principal Stockholder (other than in a public offering) and who is designated in writing by such Principal Stockholder as a “sponsor transferee.”

(x) “voting stock” means stock of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

9. Limitation of Liability .

(a) To the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL, as amended from time to time, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.

 

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(b) Any amendment or repeal of Section 9(a) 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 or repeal.

10. Indemnification .

10.1 Right to Indemnification . The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (a “ Covered Person ”) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “ Proceeding ”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity or enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.3, the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person (other than a Proceeding brought by such Covered Person (i) by way of defense or counterclaim, or (ii) to enforce such Covered Person’s rights to indemnification, advancement or contribution under any agreement, certificate of incorporation, bylaws or under statute or other law) unless the commencement of such Proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized by the Board.

10.2 Advancement of Expenses . To the extent not prohibited by applicable law, the Corporation shall advance the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person that is or was a director of the Corporation in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition and the Corporation may advance the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by any other Covered Person; provided , however , that, to the extent required by applicable law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 10 or otherwise; such undertaking shall be unsecured and interest free and shall be accepted without regard to the Covered Person’s ability to repay amounts advanced and without regard to the Covered Person’s entitlement to indemnification.

10.3 Claims . If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article 10 is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person has been received by the Corporation, the Covered Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.

10.4 Nonexclusivity of Rights . The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Article 10 shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of this Certificate, the By-laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

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10.5 Other Sources .

(a) The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity or enterprise shall be reduced by any amount such Covered Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other entity or enterprise.

(b) In all events, (i) the Corporation hereby agrees that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e. its obligation to Indemnitee to provide advancement and/or indemnification to such Covered Person are primary and any obligation of the Principal Stockholders (including any Affiliate thereof other than the Corporation) to provide advancement or indemnification hereunder or under any other indemnification agreement (whether pursuant to contract, by-laws or charter), or any obligation of any insurer of the Principal Stockholders to provide insurance coverage, for the same expenses, liabilities, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such expenses, liabilities, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by such Covered Person are secondary and (ii) if any Principal Stockholder (or any Affiliate thereof, other than the Corporation) pays or causes to be paid, for any reason, any amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder or under any other indemnification agreement (whether pursuant to contract, by-laws or charter) with such Covered Person, then (x) such Principal Stockholder (or such Affiliate, as the case may be), as the case may be, shall be fully subrogated to all rights of such Covered Person with respect to such payment and (y) the Corporation shall fully indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless such Principal Stockholder (or such other Affiliate), as the case may be, for all such payments actually made by such Principal Stockholder (or such other Affiliate).

10.6 Amendment or Repeal . Any amendment or repeal of the foregoing provisions of this Article 10 shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any Covered Person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment or repeal.

10.7 Other Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses . This Article 10 shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by applicable law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

11. Adoption, Amendment or Repeal of By-Laws . In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, the Board is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the By-laws subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto to make, alter, amend or repeal the By-laws; provided , that with respect to the powers of stockholders entitled to vote with respect thereto to make, alter, amend or repeal the By-laws, in addition to any other vote otherwise required by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders to make, alter, amend or repeal the By-laws.

 

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12. Adoption, Amendment and Repeal of Certificate . The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the DGCL, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Certificate, and notwithstanding that a lesser percentage may be permitted from time to time by applicable law, no provision of Sections 7.1 and 7.2 of Article 7, Articles 8 through 13 and, until such time as there are no Continuing Classified Directors serving on the Board, Article 6 may be altered, amended or repealed in any respect, nor may any provision or bylaw inconsistent therewith be adopted, unless in addition to any other vote required by this Certificate or otherwise required by law, such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose.

13. Forum for Adjudication of Disputes . Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) 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, (c) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or (d) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of consent to the provision of this Article 13.

14. Severability . If any provision or provisions of this Certificate shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Certificate 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 Certificate (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Certificate containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.

15. Definitions . As used in this Certificate, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:

(a) “ Affiliate ” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any Person, means the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee, personal representative or executor, by contract, credit arrangement or otherwise.

 

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(b) “ Board ” is defined in Section 5.1(ii)(1).

(c) “ By-laws ” means the By-laws of the Corporation, as such By-laws may be amended from time to time.

(d) “ Certificate ” is defined in the preamble.

(e) “ Disposition Event ” has the meaning attributed to such term in the New TMM LPA.

(f) “ Class  A Common Stock ” is defined in Section 4.

(g) “ Class  B Common Stock ” is defined in Section 4.

(h) “ Common Stock ” is defined in Section 4.

(i) “ Continuing Classified Director ” is defined in Section 6.2.

(j) “ Corporation ” is defined in the preamble.

(k) “ Covered Person ” is defined in Section 10.1.

(l) “ DGCL ” is defined in the preamble.

(m) “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor law or statute.

(n) “ Exchange Agreement ” has the meaning attributed to such term in the Stockholders Agreement.

(o) “ Investors ” means the Principal Stockholders and the JHI Entities.

(p) “ JHI Entities ” means any investment funds affiliated with JH Investments, Inc. and their respective successors and Affiliates.

(q) “ New TMM ” means TMM Holdings II, Limited Partnership.

(r) “ New TMM LPA ” means the Limited Partnership Agreement of New TMM as in effect from time to time.

(s) “ New TMM Units ” has the meaning attributed to such term in the Stockholders Agreement.

 

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(t) “ Oaktree Entities ” means any investment funds affiliated with Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and their respective successors and Affiliates.

(u) “ Old TMHC ” means Taylor Morrison Home Corporation.

(v) “ Preferred Stock ” is defined in Section 4.

(w) “ Preferred Stock Directors ” is defined in Section 6.2.

(x) “ Principal Stockholders ” means collectively (i) the Oaktree Entities and (ii) the TPG Entities.

(y) “ Proceeding ” is defined in Section 10.1.

(z) “ Stockholders Agreement ” means the Stockholders Agreement among Old TMHC, TPG TMM Holdings II, L.P., Oaktree TMM Holdings II, L.P. and JHI Holding Limited Partnership, as in effect from time to time.

(aa) “ TPG Entities ” means any investment funds affiliated with TPG Global, LLC and their respective successors and Affiliates.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Certificate to be executed by the officer below this 25 th day of October, 2018.

 

By:  

/s/ Darrell C. Sherman

Name:   Darrell C. Sherman
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Exhibit 3.2

EXECUTION VERSION

FIRST AMENDMENT

TO THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

TAYLOR MORRISON HOMES CORPORATION

(Pursuant to Section 242 of the

General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)

Taylor Morrison Homes Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ General Corporation Law ”),

DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

1. That the name of this corporation is Taylor Morrison Homes Corporation (the “ Corporation ”), and that the Corporation filed its Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 31, 2018 (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”).

2. That the Certificate of Incorporation was amended and restated by the filing of that certain Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 25, 2018 (the “ Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ”).

3. Article First of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“1. Name . The name of the corporation is Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (the “ Corporation ”).”

*     *     *

4. That this First Amendment of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which amends the provisions of this corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, has been duly adopted in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this First Amendment of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been executed by duly authorized officers of this corporation on this 26 th day of October, 2018.

 

TAYLOR MORRISON HOMES CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Darrell C. Sherman

Name:   Darrell C. Sherman
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Exhibit 3.3

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

of

TAYLOR MORRISON HOMES CORPORATION

(A Delaware Corporation)

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS

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ARTICLE 2 STOCKHOLDERS

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ARTICLE 3 DIRECTORS

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ARTICLE 4 COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD

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ARTICLE 5 OFFICERS

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ARTICLE 6 GENERAL PROVISIONS

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ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

As used in these By-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:

1.1 “ Affiliates ” means, with respect to any person, any other person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such person.

1.2 “ Assistant Secretary ” means an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation.

1.3 “ Assistant Treasurer ” means an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation.

1.4 “ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

1.5 “ By-laws ” means the By-laws of the Corporation, as amended and restated.

1.6 “ Certificate of Incorporation ” means the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated.

1.7 “ Chairman ” means the Chairman of the Board.

1.8 “ Chief Executive Officer ” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.

1.9 “ control ” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) 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 the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

1.10 “ Corporation ” means Taylor Morrison Homes Corporation.

1.11 “ DGCL ” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended.

1.12 “ Directors ” means the directors of the Corporation.

1.13 “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor law or statute.

1.14 “ Investors ” means the Principal Stockholders and the JHI Entities.

1.15 “ JHI Entities ” means any investment funds affiliated with JH Investments, Inc. and their respective successors and Affiliates.


1.16 “ law ” means any U.S. or non-U.S., federal, state or local law (statutory, common or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a governmental authority (including any department, court, agency or official, or non-governmental self-regulatory organization, agency or authority and any political subdivision or instrumentality thereof).

1.17 “ New TMM Units ” means partnership units in New TMM Holdings II Limited Partnership, a Cayman Islands limited partnership.

1.18 “ Nominating Stockholder ” is defined in Section 3.3(B).

1.19 “ Notice of Business ” is defined in Section 2.3(C).

1.20 “ Notice of Nomination ” is defined in Section 3.3(C).

1.21 “ Notice Record Date ” is defined in Section 2.4(A).

1.22 “ Oaktree Entities ” means any investment funds affiliated with Oaktree Capital Management and their respective successors and Affiliates.

1.23 “ Office of the Corporation ” means the executive office of the Corporation, anything in Section 131 of the DGCL to the contrary notwithstanding.

1.24 “ President ” means the President of the Corporation.

1.25 “ Principal Stockholders ” means the Oaktree Entities and the TPG Entities.

1.26 “ Proponent ” is defined in Section 2.3(D)(i).

1.27 “ Public Disclosure ” is defined in Section 2.3(I).

1.28 “ Qualifying Shares ” is defined in Section 3.4.

1.29 “ SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

1.30 “ Secretary ” means the Secretary of the Corporation.

1.31 “ Stockholder Associated Person ” is defined in Section 2.3(J).

1.32 “ Stockholder Business ” is defined in Section 2.3(B).

1.33 “ Stockholder Information ” is defined in Section 2.3(D)(iii).

1.34 “ Stockholder Nominees ” is defined in Section 3.3(B).

1.35 “ Stockholders ” means the stockholders of the Corporation.

1.36 “ Stockholders Agreement ” means the Stockholders Agreement by and among the Corporation and the Stockholders thereto.

 

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1.37 “ TPG Entities ” means any investment funds affiliated with TPG Global, LLC and their respective successors and Affiliates.

1.38 “ Treasurer ” means the Treasurer of the Corporation.

1.39 “ Vice Chairman ” means the Vice Chairman of the Board.

1.40 “ Vice President ” means a Vice President of the Corporation.

1.41 “ Voting Commitment ” is defined in Section 3.4.

1.42 “ Voting Record Date ” is defined in Section 2.4(A).

ARTICLE 2

STOCKHOLDERS

2.1 Place of Meetings . Meetings of Stockholders may be held at such place or solely by means of remote communication or otherwise, as may be designated by the Board from time to time.

2.2 Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Stockholders may be called only in the manner set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. Notice of every special meeting of the Stockholders shall state the purpose or purposes of such meeting. Except as otherwise required by law, the business conducted at a special meeting of Stockholders shall be limited exclusively to the business set forth in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, and the individual or group calling such meeting shall have exclusive authority to determine the business included in such notice.

2.3 Annual Meetings; Stockholder Proposals .

(A) A meeting of Stockholders for the election of Directors and other business shall be held annually at such date and time as may be designated by the Board from time to time.

(B) At an annual meeting of the Stockholders, only business (other than business relating to the nomination or election of Directors, which is governed by Section 3.3) that has been properly brought before the Stockholder meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.3 shall be conducted. To be properly brought before a meeting of Stockholders, such business must be brought before the meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof or (ii) by a Stockholder who (a) was a Stockholder of record of the Corporation when the notice required by this Section 2.3 is delivered to the Secretary and at the time of the meeting, (b) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (c) complies with the notice and other provisions of this Section 2.3. Subject to Section 2.3(K), and except with respect to nominations or elections of Directors, which are governed by Section 3.3, Section 2.3(B)(ii) is the exclusive means by which a Stockholder may bring business before a meeting of Stockholders. Any business brought before a meeting in accordance with Section 2.3(B)(ii) is referred to as “ Stockholder Business .”

 

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(C) Subject to Section 2.3(K), at any annual meeting of Stockholders, all proposals of Stockholder Business must be made by timely written notice given by or on behalf of a Stockholder of record of the Corporation (the “ Notice of Business ”) and must otherwise be a proper matter for Stockholder action. To be timely, the Notice of Business must be delivered personally or mailed to, and received at the Office of the Corporation, addressed to the Secretary, by no earlier than one hundred and twenty (120) days and no later than ninety (90) days before the first anniversary of the date of the prior year’s annual meeting of Stockholders; provided , however , that if (i) the annual meeting of Stockholders is advanced by more than thirty (30) days, or delayed by more than sixty (60) days, from the first anniversary of the prior year’s annual meeting of Stockholders, (ii) no annual meeting was held during the prior year or (iii) in the case of the Corporation’s first annual meeting of Stockholders as a corporation with a class of equity security registered under the Exchange Act, the notice by the Stockholder to be timely must be received (a) no earlier than one hundred and twenty (120) days before such annual meeting and (b) no later than the later of ninety (90) days before such annual meeting and the tenth day after the day on which the notice of such annual meeting was made by mail or Public Disclosure. In no event shall an adjournment, postponement or deferral, or Public Disclosure of an adjournment, postponement or deferral, of a Stockholder meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of the Notice of Business.

(D) The Notice of Business must set forth:

(i) the name and record address of each Stockholder proposing Stockholder Business (the “ Proponent ”), as they appear on the Corporation’s books;

(ii) the name and address of any Stockholder Associated Person;

(iii) as to each Proponent and any Stockholder Associated Person, (a) the class or series and number of shares of stock directly or indirectly held of record and beneficially by the Proponent or Stockholder Associated Person, (b) the date such shares of stock were acquired, (c) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, direct or indirect, with respect to such Stockholder Business between or among the Proponent, any Stockholder Associated Person or any others (including their names) acting in concert with any of the foregoing, (d) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, hedging transactions and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into, directly or indirectly, as of the date of the Proponent’s notice by, or on behalf of, the Proponent or any Stockholder Associated Person, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of the Proponent or any Stockholder Associated Person with respect to shares of stock of the Corporation (a “ Derivative ”), (e) a description in reasonable detail of any proxy (including revocable proxies), contract, arrangement, understanding or other relationship pursuant to which the Proponent or Stockholder Associated Person has a right to vote any shares of stock of the Corporation, (f) any rights to dividends on the stock of the Corporation owned beneficially by the Proponent or Stockholder Associated Person that are

 

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separated or separable from the underlying stock of the Corporation, (g) any proportionate interest in stock of the Corporation or Derivatives held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which the Proponent or Stockholder Associated Person is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (h) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that the Proponent or Stockholder Associated Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of stock of the Corporation or Derivatives thereof, if any, as of the date of such notice. The information specified in Section 2.3(D)(i) to (iii) is referred to herein as “ Stockholder Information ”;

(iv) a representation that each Proponent is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such Stockholder Business,

(v) a brief description of the Stockholder Business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the text of the proposal (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, if such business includes a proposal to amend the By-laws, the language of the proposed amendment) and the reasons for conducting such Stockholder Business at the meeting;

(vi) any material interest of each Proponent and any Stockholder Associated Person in such Stockholder Business;

(vii) a representation as to whether the Proponent intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt such Stockholder Business or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies from the Stockholders in support of such Stockholder Business;

(viii) all other information that would be required to be filed with the SEC if the Proponents or Stockholder Associated Persons were participants in a solicitation subject to Section 14 of the Exchange Act; and

(ix) a representation that the Proponents shall provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation.

(E) The Proponents shall also provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation within ten (10) business days after such request.

(F) In addition, the Proponent shall further update and supplement the information provided to the Corporation in the Notice of Business or upon the Corporation’s request pursuant to Section 2.3(E) as needed, so that such information shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is the later of ten (10) business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Such update and supplement must be delivered personally or mailed to, and received at the Office of the Corporation, addressed to the Secretary, by no later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than seven business (7) days before the date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

 

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(G) The person presiding over the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting, that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.3, and, if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

(H) If the Proponent (or a qualified representative of the Proponent) does not appear at the meeting of Stockholders to present the Stockholder Business such business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.3, 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.

(I) “ Public Disclosure ” of any date or other information means disclosure thereof by a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Services, Associated Press or comparable U.S. national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(J) “ Stockholder Associated Person ” means with respect to any Stockholder, (i) any other beneficial owner of stock of the Corporation that are owned by such Stockholder and (ii) any person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Stockholder or such beneficial owner.

(K) The notice requirements of this Section 2.3 shall be deemed satisfied with respect to Stockholder proposals that have been properly brought under Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act and that are included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting. Further, nothing in this Section 2.3 shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation pursuant to any applicable provision of the Certificate of Incorporation.

2.4 Record Date .

(A) For the purpose of determining the Stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of Stockholders or any adjournment thereof, unless otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, the Board may fix a record date (the “ Notice Record Date ”), which record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date was adopted by the Board and shall not be more than 60 or less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. The Notice Record Date shall also be the record date for determining the Stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board determines, at the

 

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time it fixes such Notice Record Date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination (the “ Voting Record Date ”). For the purposes of determining the Stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, unless otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date was adopted by the Board and shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date on which the record date was fixed by the Board. For the purposes of determining the Stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or take any other lawful action, unless otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date was adopted by the Board and shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such action.

(B) If no such record date is fixed:

(i) The record date for determining Stockholders entitled to notice of and 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;

(ii) The record date for determining Stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting (unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation), when no prior action by the Board is required by applicable law, shall be the first day on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law; and when prior action by the Board is required by applicable law, the record date for determining Stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the date on which the Board takes such prior action; and

(iii) When a determination of Stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Stockholders has been made as provided in this Section 2.4, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, unless the Board fixes a new Voting Record Date for the adjourned meeting, in which case the Board shall also fix such Voting Record Date or a date earlier than such date as the new Notice Record Date for the adjourned meeting.

2.5 Notice of Meetings of Stockholders . Whenever under the provisions of applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, Stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, notice shall be given stating the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communication, if any, by which Stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the Voting Record Date, if such date is different from the Notice Record Date, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by these By-laws or applicable law, notice of any meeting shall be given, not less than ten nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, to each Stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the Notice Record Date. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in

 

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the U.S. mail, with postage prepaid, directed to the Stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. An affidavit of the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or the transfer agent of the Corporation that the notice required by this Section 2.5 has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. If a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, 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. Any business that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called may be transacted at the adjourned meeting. If, however, the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each Stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If, after the adjournment, a new Voting Record Date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board shall fix a new Notice Record Date in accordance with Section 2.4(B)(iii) hereof and shall give notice of such adjourned meeting to each Stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the Notice Record Date.

2.6 Waivers of Notice . Whenever the giving of any notice to Stockholders is required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, a waiver thereof, given by the person entitled to said notice, whether before or after the event as to which such notice is required, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance by a Stockholder at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except when the Stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purposes of, any regular or special meeting of the Stockholders need be specified in any waiver of notice.

2.7 List of Stockholders . The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of Stockholders, a complete, alphabetical list of the Stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, and showing the address of each Stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each Stockholder. Such list may be examined by any Stockholder, at the Stockholder’s expense, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation or on a reasonably accessible electronic network as provided by applicable law. If the meeting is to be held at a place, the list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any Stockholder who is present. If the meeting is held solely by means of remote communication, the list shall also be open for inspection as provided by applicable law. Except as provided by applicable law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the Stockholders entitled to examine the list of Stockholders or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of Stockholders.

2.8 Quorum of Stockholders; Adjournment . Except as otherwise provided by these By-laws, at each meeting of Stockholders, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting of Stockholders, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business at such meeting, except that, where a separate vote by a class or series of classes of shares is required, a quorum shall consist of no less than a majority in voting power of the shares of such classes or series of classes. In the absence of a quorum, the holders of a majority in voting power of the

 

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shares of stock present in person or represented by proxy at any meeting of Stockholders, including an adjourned meeting, may adjourn such meeting to another time and place. Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of Directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

2.9 Voting; Proxies . At any meeting of Stockholders, all matters other than the election of directors, except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-laws or any applicable law, shall be decided by the affirmative vote of a majority in voting power of shares of stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon. At all meetings of Stockholders for the election of Directors, a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect. Each Stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of Stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such Stockholder by proxy but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only so long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A Stockholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary a revocation of the proxy or by delivering a new proxy bearing a later date.

2.10 Voting Procedures and Inspectors at Meetings of Stockholders . The Board, in advance of any meeting of Stockholders, shall appoint one or more inspectors, who may be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The Board may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors shall (A) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, (B) determine the shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (C) count all votes and ballots, (D) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors and (E) certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of their duties. Unless otherwise provided by the Board, the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the Stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be determined by the person presiding at the meeting and shall be announced at the meeting. No ballot, proxies, votes or any revocation thereof or change thereto, shall be accepted by the inspectors after the closing of the polls unless the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware upon application by a Stockholder shall determine otherwise. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of Stockholders, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.

 

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2.11 Conduct of Meetings; Adjournment . The Board may adopt such rules and procedures for the conduct of Stockholder meetings as it deems appropriate. At each meeting of Stockholders, the Chief Executive Officer and/or President or, in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer and/or President, the Chairman or, if there is no Chairman or if there be one and the Chairman is absent, a Vice President and, in case more than one Vice President shall be present, that Vice President designated by the Board (or in the absence of any such designation, the most senior Vice President present), shall preside over the meeting. Except to the extent inconsistent with the rules and procedures as adopted by the Board, the person presiding over the meeting of Stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene, adjourn and reconvene the meeting from time to time, to prescribe such additional rules and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules and procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the person presiding over the meeting, may include, (A) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting, (B) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, (C) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to Stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the person presiding over the meeting shall determine, (D) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof and (E) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The person presiding over any meeting of Stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, may determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of Stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure. The Secretary or, in his or her absence, one of the Assistant Secretaries, shall act as secretary of the meeting. If none of the officers above designated to act as the person presiding over the meeting or as secretary of the meeting shall be present, a person presiding over the meeting or a secretary of the meeting, as the case may be, shall be designated by the Board and, if the Board has not so acted, in the case of the designation of a person to act as secretary of the meeting, designated by the person presiding over the meeting.

2.12 Order of Business . The order of business at all meetings of Stockholders shall be as determined by the person presiding over the meeting.

2.13 Written Consent of Stockholders Without a Meeting . If the Certificate of Incorporation permits action to be taken at any annual or special meeting of Stockholders without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, then a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action to be so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered (by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested) to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of Stockholders are recorded. Every written consent shall bear the date

 

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of signature of each Stockholder who signs the consent, and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this Section 2.13, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation as aforesaid. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall, to the extent required by applicable law, be given to those Stockholders who have not consented in writing, and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation.

ARTICLE 3

DIRECTORS

3.1 General Powers . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board. The Board may adopt such rules and procedures, not inconsistent with the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-laws or applicable law, as it may deem proper for the conduct of its meetings and the management of the Corporation.

3.2 Term of Office . The Board shall consist of one or more members, the number thereof to be determined in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation. Subject to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement (as long as such agreement remains in effect), each Director shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until the Director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal.

3.3 Nominations of Directors .

(A) Subject to Section 3.3(K) and the Stockholders Agreement, and except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders Agreement, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 3.3 are eligible for election as Directors.

(B) Nominations of persons for election to the Board may only be made at a meeting properly called for the election of Directors and only (i) by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof or (ii) by a Stockholder who (a) was a Stockholder of record of the Corporation when the notice required by this Section 3.3 is delivered to the Secretary and at the time of the meeting, (b) is entitled to vote for the election of Directors at the meeting and (c) complies with the notice and other provisions of this Section 3.3. Subject to Section 3.3(K) and the Stockholders Agreement, Section 3.3(B)(ii) is the exclusive means by which a Stockholder may nominate a person for election to the Board. Persons nominated in accordance with Section 3.3(B)(ii) are referred to as “ Stockholder Nominees .” A Stockholder nominating persons for election to the Board is referred to as the “ Nominating Stockholder .”

 

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(C) Subject to Section 3.3(K) and the Stockholders Agreement, all nominations of Stockholder Nominees must be made by timely written notice given by or on behalf of a Stockholder of record of the Corporation (the “ Notice of Nomination ”). To be timely, the Notice of Nomination must be delivered personally or mailed to and received at the Office of the Corporation, addressed to the attention of the Secretary, by the following dates:

(i) in the case of the nomination of a Stockholder Nominee for election to the Board at an annual meeting of Stockholders, no earlier than one hundred and twenty (120) days and no later than ninety (90) days before the first anniversary of the date of the prior year’s annual meeting of Stockholders; provided , however , that if (a) the annual meeting of Stockholders is advanced by more than thirty (30) days, or delayed by more than sixty (60) days, from the first anniversary of the prior year’s annual meeting of Stockholders, (b) no annual meeting was held during the prior year or (c) in the case of the Corporation’s first annual meeting of Stockholders as a corporation with a class of equity security registered under the Exchange Act, the notice by the Stockholder to be timely must be received (1) no earlier than one hundred and twenty (120) days before such annual meeting and (2) no later than the later of ninety (90) days before such annual meeting and the tenth day after the day on which the notice of such annual meeting was made by mail or Public Disclosure and

(ii) in the case of the nomination of a Stockholder Nominee for election to the Board at a special meeting of Stockholders, no earlier than one hundred and twenty (120) days before and no later than the later of ninety (90) days before such special meeting and the tenth day after the day on which the notice of such special meeting was made by mail or Public Disclosure.

(D) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if the number of Directors to be elected to the Board at a meeting of Stockholders is increased and there is no Public Disclosure by the Corporation naming the nominees for the additional directorships at least one hundred (100) days before the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a Notice of Nomination shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships, if it shall be delivered personally and received at the Office of the Corporation, addressed to the attention of the Secretary, no later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such Public Disclosure is first made by the Corporation.

(E) In no event shall an adjournment, postponement or deferral, or Public Disclosure of an adjournment, postponement or deferral, of an annual or special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of the Notice of Nomination.

(F) The Notice of Nomination shall set forth:

(i) the Stockholder Information with respect to each Nominating Stockholder and Stockholder Associated Person;

(ii) a representation that each Stockholder nominating a Stockholder Nominee is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such nomination;

 

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(iii) all information regarding each Stockholder Nominee and Stockholder Associated Person that would be required to be disclosed in a solicitation of proxies subject to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, the written consent of each Stockholder Nominee to being named in a proxy statement as a nominee and to serve if elected and a completed signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 3.4;

(iv) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among a Nominating Stockholder, Stockholder Associated Person or their respective associates, or others acting in concert therewith, including all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the Nominating Stockholder, Stockholder Associated Person or any person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the Stockholder Nominee were a director or executive of such registrant;

(v) a representation as to whether the Nominating Stockholders intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve the nomination or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies from Stockholders in support of such nomination;

(vi) all other information that would be required to be filed with the SEC if the Nominating Stockholders and Stockholder Associated Person were participants in a solicitation subject to Section 14 of the Exchange Act; and

(vii) a representation that the Nominating Stockholders shall provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation.

(G) The Nominating Stockholders shall also provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation within ten (10) business days after such request.

(H) In addition, the Nominating Stockholder shall further update and supplement the information provided to the Corporation in the Notice of Nomination or upon the Corporation’s request pursuant to Section 3.3(G) as needed, so that such information shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Such update and supplement must be delivered personally or mailed to, and received at the Office of the Corporation, addressed to the Secretary, by no later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than seven (7) business days before the date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

(I) The person presiding over the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting, that the nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 3.3, and, if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

 

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(J) If the Stockholder (or a qualified representative of the Stockholder) does not appear at the applicable Stockholder meeting to nominate the Stockholder Nominees, such nomination shall be disregarded and such business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 3.3, 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.

(K) Nothing in this Section 3.3 shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation pursuant to any applicable provision of the Certificate of Incorporation.

3.4 Nominee and Director Qualifications . Unless the Board determines otherwise or the Stockholders Agreement provides otherwise (as long as such agreement is in effect), to be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a Director, a person must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice by the Board) to the Secretary at the Office of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (A) is not and will not become a party to (i) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person will act or vote as a Director on any issue or question (a “ Voting Commitment ”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (ii) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply with such person’s fiduciary duties as a Director under applicable law, (B) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a Director that has not been disclosed therein, (C) beneficially owns, or agrees to purchase within ninety (90) days if elected as a Director, not less than 1000 shares of common stock (either and both of such amounts, the “ Qualifying Shares ”) (subject to adjustment for any stock splits or stock dividends occurring after the date of such representation or agreement), will not dispose of such minimum number of shares so long as such person is a Director and has disclosed therein whether all or any portion of the Qualifying Shares were purchased with any financial assistance provided by any other person and whether any other person has any interest in the Qualifying Shares and (D) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading and other policies and guidelines of the Corporation that are applicable to Directors; provided , however , that unless the Stockholders Agreement provides otherwise (as long as such agreement is in effect), the provisions of this Section 3.4 shall not apply to any Director nominated by a Principal Stockholder pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement.

 

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3.5 Resignation . Any Director may resign at any time by notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at such later time as is therein specified.

3.6 Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such times and at such places as may be determined from time to time by the Board or its Chairman.

3.7 Telephone Meetings . Board or Board committee meetings may be held by means of telephone conference or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation by a Director in a meeting pursuant to this Section 3.7 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

3.8 Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board may be called only on at least twenty-four (24) hours’ notice to each Director given by one of the means specified in Section 3.10 hereof other than by mail (or on at least three (3) days’ notice if given by mail) and only, (i) if prior to the date on which the Principal Stockholders cease collectively to beneficially own (directly or indirectly) more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of the common stock of the Corporation, by or at the direction of a director designated for nomination by the Principal Sponsors, (ii) by or at the direction of two or more directors or (iii) by or at the direction of the Chairman or Vice Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer. Any business transacted at any special meeting of the Stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.

3.9 Adjourned Meetings . A majority of the Directors present at any meeting of the Board, including an adjourned meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn and reconvene such meeting to another time and place. At least twenty-four (24) hours’ notice of any adjourned meeting of the Board shall be given to each Director whether or not present at the time of the adjournment, if such notice shall be given by one of the means specified in Section 3.10 hereof other than by mail, or at least three (3) days’ notice if by mail. Any business may be transacted at an adjourned meeting that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

3.10 Notice Procedure . Subject to Sections 3.8 and 3.11 hereof, whenever notice is required to be given to any Director by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, such notice shall be deemed given effectively if given in person or by telephone, mail addressed to such Director at such Director’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, telecopy or by other means of electronic transmission.

3.11 Waiver of Notice . Whenever the giving of any notice to Directors is required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, a waiver thereof, given by the Director entitled to the notice, whether before or after such notice is required, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance by a Director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except when the Director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special Board or committee meeting need be specified in any waiver of notice.

 

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3.12 Organization . At each meeting of the Board, the Chairman or, in his or her absence, another Director selected by the Board shall preside. The Secretary shall act as secretary at each meeting of the Board. If the Secretary is absent from any meeting of the Board, an Assistant Secretary shall perform the duties of secretary at such meeting; and in the absence from any such meeting of the Secretary and all Assistant Secretaries, the person presiding at the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

3.13 Quorum of Directors . At any meeting of the Board, a majority of the total number of directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for all purposes, provided that so long as the Principal Stockholders collectively beneficially own (directly or indirectly) more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of the common stock of the Corporation, it shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, in addition to a majority of the total number of directors then in office (a) that one director designated for nomination by each of the Principal Stockholders be present (other than attendance for the sole purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened) and (b) for an action of the Board taken at a meeting to be valid, directors that constitute a quorum must be present at the time that the vote on such action is taken. For the avoidance of doubt, so long as the Principal Stockholders collectively beneficially own (directly or indirectly) more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of the common stock of the Corporation, if directors that constitute a quorum are not present at the time that the vote on any action is taken, a quorum shall not be constituted with respect to such action, and any vote taken with respect to such action shall not be a valid action of the Board, notwithstanding that a quorum of the Board may have been present at the commencement of such meeting. If a quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting to another place, if any, date or time, without further notice or waiver thereof.

3.14 Action by Majority Vote . Except as otherwise expressly required by these By-laws or the Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement (as long as such agreement remains in effect), the vote of a majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board.

3.15 Action Without Meeting . Unless otherwise restricted by these By-laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all Directors or members of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.

 

 

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ARTICLE 4

COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD

The provisions of this Article 4 are subject in all respects to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement (so long as such agreement remains in effect). The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. If a member of a committee shall be absent from any meeting, or disqualified from voting thereat, the remaining member or members present at the meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may, by a unanimous vote, appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by applicable law, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board 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 that may require it to the extent so authorized by the Board. Unless the Board provides otherwise, at all meetings of such committee, a majority of the then authorized members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the members of the committee present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings. Unless the Board provides otherwise, each committee designated by the Board may make, alter and repeal rules and procedures for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules and procedures each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board conducts its business pursuant to Article 3.

ARTICLE 5

OFFICERS

5.1 Positions; Election . The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer and any other officers as the Board may elect from time to time, who shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined by the Board from time to time. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

5.2 Term of Office . Each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualifies or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at such later time as is therein specified. The resignation of an officer shall be without prejudice to the contract rights of the Corporation, if any. Any officer may be removed at any time with or without cause by the Board. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation may be filled by the Board. The election or appointment of an officer shall not of itself create contract rights.

5.3 Chairman . The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall exercise such powers and perform such other duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board.

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5.5 Chief Executive Officer . The Chief Executive Officer shall have general supervision over, and direction of, the business and affairs of the Corporation, subject, however, to the control of the Board and of any duly authorized committee of the Board. The Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the Stockholders and at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman (if there be one) is not present. The Chief Executive Officer may sign and execute in the name of the Corporation deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts and other instruments, except in cases in which the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by resolution of the Board or by these By-laws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by applicable law otherwise to be signed or executed and, in general, the Chief Executive Officer shall perform all duties incident to the office of Chief Executive Officer of a corporation and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to the Chief Executive Officer by resolution of the Board.

5.6 President . The President shall have duties incident to the office of President, and any other duties as may from time to time be assigned to the President by the Chief Executive Officer (if the President and Chief Executive Officer are not the same person) or the Board and subject to the control of the Chief Executive Officer (if the President and Chief Executive Officer are not the same person) and the Board in each case. The President may sign and execute in the name of the Corporation deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts and other instruments, except in cases in which the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by these By-laws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by applicable law otherwise to be signed or executed.

5.7 Vice Presidents . Vice Presidents shall have the duties incident to the office of Vice President and any other duties that may from time to time be assigned to the Vice President by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board. Any Vice President may sign and execute in the name of the Corporation deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments, except in cases in which the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by these By-laws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by applicable law otherwise to be signed or executed.

5.8 Secretary . The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board and of the Stockholders, record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Board and of the Stockholders in a book to be kept for that purpose and perform like duties for committees of the Board, when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all special meetings of the Board and of the Stockholders and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Chief Executive Officer, the Board or by the President. The Secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation, and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same on any instrument that may require it, and when so affixed, the seal may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the same by such officer’s signature. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary may also attest all instruments signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President. The Secretary shall have charge of all the books, records and papers of the Corporation relating to its organization and management, see that the reports, statements and other documents required by applicable law are properly kept and filed and, in general, perform all duties incident to the office of secretary of a corporation and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to the Secretary by the Chief Executive Officer, the Board or the President.

 

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5.9 Treasurer . The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of, and be responsible for, all funds, securities and notes of the Corporation, receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the Corporation from any sources whatsoever; deposit all such moneys and valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositaries as may be designated by the Board, against proper vouchers, cause such funds to be disbursed by checks or drafts on the authorized depositaries of the Corporation signed in such manner as shall be determined by the Board and be responsible for the accuracy of the amounts of all moneys so disbursed, regularly enter or cause to be entered in books or other records maintained for the purpose full and adequate account of all moneys received or paid for the account of the Corporation, have the right to require from time to time reports or statements giving such information as the Treasurer may desire with respect to any and all financial transactions of the Corporation from the officers or agents transacting the same, render to the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board, whenever the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board shall require the Treasurer so to do, an account of the financial condition of the Corporation and of all financial transactions of the Corporation, disburse the funds of the Corporation as ordered by the Board and, in general, perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer of a corporation and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to the Treasurer by the Chief Executive Officer, the Board or the President.

5.10 Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers . Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Secretary or by the Treasurer, respectively, or by the Chief Executive Officer, the Board or the President.

ARTICLE 6

GENERAL PROVISIONS

6.1 Certificates Representing Shares . The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates or all of such shares shall be uncertificated shares that may be evidenced by a book-entry system maintained by the registrar of such stock, or a combination of both. If shares are represented by certificates (if any) such certificates shall be in the form approved by the Board. The certificates representing shares of stock of each class shall be signed by, or in the name of, the Corporation by the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer. Any or all such signatures may be facsimiles. Although any officer, transfer agent or registrar whose manual or facsimile signature is affixed to such a certificate ceases to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate has been issued, it may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such officer, transfer agent or registrar were still such at the date of its issue.

6.2 Transfer and Registry Agents . The Corporation may from time to time maintain one or more transfer offices or agents and registry offices or agents at such place or places as may be determined from time to time by the Board.

 

 

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6.3 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock 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 his 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.

6.4 Form of Records . Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account and minute books, may be maintained on any information storage device or method; provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time. The Corporation shall so convert any records so kept upon the request of any person entitled to inspect such records pursuant to applicable law.

6.5 Seal . The corporate seal shall have the name of the Corporation inscribed thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced.

6.6 Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by the Board.

6.7 Amendments . These By-laws may be altered, amended or repealed in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL, subject to the Stockholders Agreement (as long as such agreement is in effect).

6.8 Conflict with Applicable Law or Certificate of Incorporation . These By-laws are adopted subject to any applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation. Whenever these By-laws may conflict with any applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, such conflict shall be resolved in favor of such law or the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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Exhibit 3.4

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

OF

TAYLOR MORRISON HOME CORPORATION

Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, hereby adopts this Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Corporation, as amended (the “ Amended and Restated By-Laws ”), which amends the Amended and Restated By-Laws as described below, and does hereby certify that:

First. The Amended and Restated By-Laws, as amended, are hereby amended as follows:

A. Section 10.1 of the By-Laws shall be replaced in its entirety with the following:

“10.1 “ Corporation ” means Taylor Morrison Home Corporation.”

[ Signature page follows ]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amendment No. 1 to be duly executed in its corporate name as of the 26 th day of October, 2018.

 

TAYLOR MORRISON HOME CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Darrell C. Sherman

Name:   Darrell C. Sherman
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Exhibit 4.1

 

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No Spacing;THIS CERTIFIES THAT is the owner of DATED COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR, FULLY-PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK OF Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”), transferable on the books of the Company in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and the shares represented hereby, are issued and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and the By-Laws, as amended, of the Company (copies of which are on file with the Company and with the Transfer Agent), to all of which each holder, by acceptance hereof, assents. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. Witness the facsimile seal of the Company and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers. 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The IRS requires that we report the cost basis of certain shares acquired after January 1, 2011. If your shares were covered by the legislation and you have sold or transferred the shares and requested a specific cost basis calculation method, we have processed as requested. If you did not specify a cost basis calculation method, we have defaulted to the first in, first out (FIFO) method. Please visit our website or consult your tax advisor if you need additional information about cost basis. If you do not keep in contact with us or do not have any activity in your account for the time periods specified by state law, your property could become subject to state unclaimed property laws and transferred to the appropriate state. THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH SHAREHOLDER WHO SO REQUESTS, A SUMMARY OF THE POWERS, DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND RELATIVE, PARTICIPATING, OPTIONAL OR OTHER SPECIAL RIGHTS OF EACH CLASS OF STOCK OF THE COMPANY AND THE QUALIFICATIONS, LIMITATIONS OR RESTRICTIONS OF SUCH PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS, AND THE VARIATIONS IN RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS DETERMINED FOR EACH SERIES, WHICH ARE FIXED BY THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE COMPANY, AS AMENDED, AND THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY, AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO DETERMINE VARIATIONS FOR FUTURE SERIES. SUCH REQUEST MAY BE MADE TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY OR TO THE TRANSFER AGENT. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY REQUIRE THE OWNER OF A LOST OR DESTROYED STOCK CERTIFICATE, OR HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, TO GIVE THE COMPANY A BOND TO INDEMNIFY IT AND ITS TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS AGAINST ANY CLAIM THAT MAY BE MADE AGAINST THEM ON ACCOUNT OF THE ALLEGED LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF ANY SUCH CERTIFICATE. For value received, hereby sell, assign and transfer unto Shares Attorney Dated: 20 Signature: Signature: Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever. PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE) of the common stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Company with full power of substitution in the premises. . Signature(s) Guaranteed: Medallion Guarantee Stamp THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (Banks, Stockbrokers, Savings and Loan Associations and Credit Unions) WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15. The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian (Cust) (Minor) TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (State) JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship UNIF TRF MIN ACT - Custodian (until age) and not as tenants in common (Cust) under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (Minor) (State) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

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Exhibit 99.1

News Release

CONTACT: Investor Relations

Taylor Morrison Home Corporation

(480) 734-2060

investor@taylormorrison.com

Taylor Morrison Completes Holding Company Reorganization

Transaction Simplifies Capital and Tax Structure and Eliminates Dual Share Class

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 26, 2018 –– Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (NYSE: TMHC), a national homebuilder and developer (“New Taylor Morrison”), today announced the completion of its previously announced holding company reorganization. New Taylor Morrison is now the parent holding company of Taylor Morrison Home II Corporation, formerly known as Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (“Old Taylor Morrison”), and has assumed the name Taylor Morrison Home Corporation. The reorganization is intended to simplify the company’s capital and tax structure and increase its operational flexibility.

In the reorganization, Old Taylor Morrison’s stockholders automatically became stockholders of New Taylor Morrison, on a one-for-one basis, with the same number of shares and same ownership percentage of the same corresponding class of Old Taylor Morrison common stock that they held immediately prior to the holding company reorganization. The ticker symbol of New Taylor Morrison Class A common stock remains “TMHC” and the CUSIP number is the same as the CUSIP number for the Old Taylor Morrison Class A common stock.

In addition, as previously announced, all of the outstanding partnership units of TMM II and corresponding paired shares of Class B common stock of New Taylor Morrison (held by persons other than New Taylor Morrison and its subsidiaries) were exchanged, on a one-for-one basis, for shares of Class A common stock of New Taylor Morrison following the holding company reorganization. As a result, New Taylor Morrison eliminated the minority interest in its principal subsidiary and retired all of its outstanding shares of Class B common stock so there is only one remaining class of common stock outstanding after the transactions.

The holding company reorganization is intended to be a tax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes for Taylor Morrison stockholders.

About Taylor Morrison

Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (NYSE: TMHC) is a leading national homebuilder and developer that has been recognized as the 2016, 2017 and 2018 America’s Most Trusted ® Home Builder by Lifestory Research. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona we operate under two well-established brands, Taylor Morrison and Darling Homes. We serve a wide array of consumer groups from coast to coast, including first-time, move-up, luxury, and 55 plus buyers. In Texas, Darling Homes builds communities with a focus on individuality and custom detail while delivering on the Taylor Morrison standard of excellence.

For more information about Taylor Morrison and Darling Homes please visit www.taylormorrison.com or www.darlinghomes.com .


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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes “forward-looking statements.” These statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results, performance, prospects or opportunities, as well as those of the markets we serve or intend to serve, to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements. You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate to matters of a strictly factual or historical nature and generally discuss or relate to forecasts, estimates or other expectations regarding future events. Generally, the words “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “project,” “may,” “can,” “could,” “might,” “will” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, including statements related to the transactions and the lack of any material operational or financial impact related thereto.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among other things: the impact of future regulatory requirements related to the transactions, stock market and stock analyst reaction to the transactions, and the impact of the transactions on our credit rating, if any. In addition, other such risks and uncertainties may be found in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as such factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the SEC. We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or changes in our expectations, except as required by applicable law.

Exhibit 99.2

DESCRIPTION OF TAYLOR MORRISON’S CAPITAL STOCK

The following is a summary of the material terms of the capital stock of Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (formerly known as Taylor Morrison Homes Corporation), a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”). Because it is only a summary, it may not contain all of the information that may be important to you and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (as amended by the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the “ Existing Charter ”) and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (as amended by the Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws, the “ Existing Bylaws ”). Accordingly, you should read the more detailed provisions of the Existing Charter and the Existing Bylaws.

Capital Stock

The Company’s authorized capital stock consists of 400,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “ Class  A Common Stock ”), 200,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “ Class  B Common Stock ”), and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share. As of October 26, 2018, The Company has approximately 119,168,633 shares of Class A common stock outstanding, no shares of Class B common stock outstanding and no shares of preferred stock outstanding.

Common Stock

Voting . Holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to stockholders for their vote or approval. The holders of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to stockholders for their vote or approval, except with respect to the amendment of certain provisions of the Existing Charter that would alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Class B Common Stock so as to affect them adversely, which amendments must be approved by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the shares affected by the amendment, voting as a separate class, or as otherwise required by applicable law.

Dividends . The holders of Class A Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends when, as, and if declared by the Company’s board of directors out of legally available funds. The holders of Class B Common Stock do not have any right to receive dividends other than dividends consisting of shares of Class B Common Stock paid proportionally with respect to each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock.

Liquidation or Dissolution . Upon the Company’s liquidation or dissolution, the holders of Class A Common Stock are entitled to share ratably in those of the Company’s assets that are legally available for distribution to stockholders after payment of liabilities and subject to the prior rights of any holders of preferred stock then outstanding. Other than their par value, the holders of Class B Common Stock do not have any right to receive a distribution upon a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

Preferred Stock

The Company has been authorized to issue up to 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock. The Company’s board of directors has been authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by Delaware law and the Existing Charter, to determine the terms and conditions of the preferred stock, including whether the shares of preferred stock will be issued in one or more series, the number of shares to be included in each series and the powers, designations, preferences and rights of the shares. The Company’s board of directors is also authorized to designate any qualifications, limitations or restrictions on the shares without any further vote or action by the stockholders. The issuance of preferred stock may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of the Company and may adversely affect the voting and other rights of the holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, which could have an adverse impact on the market price of Class A Common Stock. The Company has no current plan to issue any shares of preferred stock.

 

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Anti-Takeover Effects of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

The Existing Charter and Existing Bylaws contain certain provisions that are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of the board of directors and which may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a future takeover or change in control of the Company unless such takeover or change in control is approved by the Company’s board of directors.

These provisions include:

Term of Directors . Commencing with the 2019 annual meeting, directors (other than any director in office at the 2019 annual meeting who was previously elected to a term expiring at the 2020 or 2021 annual meeting) shall be elected for a term of one year. As a result, the Company’s board of directors will no longer be classified after the 2020 annual meeting. While the board of directors remains classified, it is more difficult for stockholders to change the composition of the Company’s board of directors. Additionally, until the directors previously elected to a term expiring at the 2020 or 2021 annual meeting completes their term, such director may be removed only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) in voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. The Existing Charter also provides that, subject to any rights of holders of preferred stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors will be fixed exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Company’s board of directors.

Action by Written Consent; Special Meetings of Stockholders . The Existing Charter provides that stockholder action can be taken only at an annual or special meeting of stockholders and cannot be taken by written consent in lieu of a meeting. The Existing Charter and the Existing Bylaws also provide that, except as otherwise required by law, special meetings of the stockholders can only be called by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the board of directors, the chief executive officer, or pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the board of directors.

Advance Notice Procedures . The Existing Bylaws establish an advance notice procedure for stockholder proposals to be brought before an annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders, including proposed nominations of persons for election to the board of directors. Stockholders at an annual meeting are only able to consider proposals or nominations specified in the notice of meeting or brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the board of directors or by a stockholder who was a stockholder of record on the record date for the meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has given the Company’s Secretary timely written notice, in proper form, of the stockholder’s intention to bring that business before the meeting. Although the Existing Bylaws do not give the board of directors the power to approve or disapprove stockholder nominations of candidates or proposals regarding other business to be conducted at a special or annual meeting, the Existing Bylaws may have the effect of precluding the conduct of certain business at a meeting if the proper procedures are not followed or may discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect its own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of the Company.

Super-Majority Approval Requirements . The Delaware General Corporation Law generally provides that the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on any matter is required to amend a corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, unless either a corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws require a greater percentage. The Existing Charter and the Existing Bylaws provides that the affirmative vote of holders of at least 75% of the total votes eligible to be cast in the election of directors is required to amend, alter, change or repeal specified provisions, including those relating to actions by written consent of stockholders, calling of special meetings of stockholders, the provisions relating to business combinations, and until such time as all directors who were elected prior to the 2019 annual meeting to a term expiring at the 2020 or 2021 annual meeting have served the remainder of such term or been re-elected to serve one-year terms, provisions relating to the board of directors. This requirement of a super-majority vote to approve amendments to the Existing Charter and the Existing Bylaws could enable a minority of the Company’s stockholders to exercise veto power over any such amendments.

Authorized but Unissued Shares . the Company’s authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock are available for future issuance without stockholder approval. These additional shares may be utilized for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings to raise additional capital, corporate

 

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acquisitions and employee benefit plans. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of a majority of the Company’s common stock by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.

Business Combinations with Interested Stockholders . The Company has elected that the Existing Charter not be subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, an antitakeover law. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination, such as a merger, with a person or group owning 15% or more of the corporation’s voting stock for a period of three years following the date the person became an interested stockholder, unless (with certain exceptions) the business combination or the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder is approved in a prescribed manner. Accordingly, the Company is not subject to any anti-takeover effects of Section 203. Nevertheless, the Existing Charter contains provisions that have the same effect as Section 203, except that they provide that certain former equityholders of Taylor Morrison Home II Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Old TMHC”), and their respective affiliates, including affiliates of TPG Global, LLC, and transferees may not be deemed to be “interested stockholders,” regardless of the percentage of the Company’s voting stock owned by them, and accordingly will not be subject to such restrictions.

Directors’ Liability; Indemnification of Directors and Officers

The Existing Charter limits the liability of the Company’s directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law and provides that the Company will provide them with customary indemnification. Old TMHC is party to customary indemnification agreements with each of the Company’s executive officers and directors that provide them, in general, with customary indemnification in connection with their service to the Company or on the Company’s behalf, and has assigned to the Company all obligations thereunder.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for the Class A Common Stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

Securities Exchange

The Class A Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TMHC.”

 

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Exhibit 99.3

 

  PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS    

 

P roposal 1: Election of Directors

Board Composition

 

Our board of directors is currently divided into three classes with each class composed as follows:

 

 

Class I directors: Sheryl D. Palmer and Peter Lane, whose current terms will expire at our annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2020;

 

 

Class II director: David C. Merritt, whose current term will expire at this Annual Meeting and who has been nominated by our board of directors for election to our board for a term that will expire at our annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2021; and

 

 

Class III directors: James Henry and Anne L. Mariucci, whose current terms will expire at our annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2019.

As discussed in greater detail in the Declassification Proposal, our board of directors has recently approved the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for the phased-in declassification of our board of directors, subject to the approval of the stockholders at this Annual Meeting. If the Declassification Proposal is approved by the requisite vote of our stockholders, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation implementing the phased-in declassification of our board of directors is expected to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and become effective promptly after the Annual Meeting.

Following the effectiveness of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, any person subsequently elected or appointed to our board of directors will serve for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders following his or her election or appointment and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. Accordingly, if the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is approved by our stockholders and becomes effective, the directors elected at our annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2019 (and each annual meeting of stockholders held thereafter) will be elected for a one-year term and will hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. Commencing with our annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2021, the declassification of our board of directors will be complete.

If the Declassification Proposal is approved by the requisite vote of our stockholders and the Amended and Restated Certification of Incorporation becomes effective, all of our directors appointed or elected to serve on our board of directors for a one-year term may be removed with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of our outstanding capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting as a single class. Until the declassification of our board of directors is complete, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any director who was previously elected to serve for a term extending until our annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2020 or 2021, for so long as such director is serving the remainder of such term and until such time, if any, as such director is re-elected to serve for a one-year term (a “Continuing Classified Director”), may be removed only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% in voting power of our outstanding capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

For more information on the current composition of our board of directors, see “Corporate Governance—Information About Our Board of Directors—Process for Identifying and Nominating Directors” and “Corporate Governance—Board Structure and Operations—Composition of Our Board of Directors.”

Upon recommendation of our nominating and corporate governance committee, our board of directors has nominated Mr. Merritt for election as a member of our board of directors. Mr. Merritt currently serves as a director, and, if elected at the Annual Meeting, will serve as a director until our annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2021 and until his successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. Mr. Merritt has consented to being named as a nominee in this Proxy Statement and has agreed to serve if elected. If the nominee becomes unable to serve at the time the election occurs, proxies will be voted for another nominee designated by the board of directors unless the board chooses to reduce the number of directors serving on the board. The board of directors has no reason to believe that the nominee identified in this Proxy Statement will be unable or unwilling to serve as a director if elected.

 

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    PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS  

 

Class II Director for Election to a Three-Year Term Expiring at the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

 

  DAVID C. MERRITT
AGE 63

  

Mr. Merritt has served as a director since June 2013. From March 2009 through December 2013, he was the president of BC Partners, Inc., a financial advisory firm. Mr. Merritt is a director of Charter Communications, Inc., a publicly traded company, and currently serves as Chairman of its audit committee. Mr. Merritt previously served on the board of directors of Calpine Corporation. From 1975 to 1999, Mr. Merritt was an audit and consulting partner of KPMG, serving in a variety of capacities during his years with the firm, including national partner in charge of the media and entertainment practice. Mr. Merritt holds a B.S. degree in Business and Accounting from California State University—Northridge.

 

As a seasoned director and audit committee chair with extensive accounting, financial reporting and audit committee experience, Mr. Merritt brings a strong background in leadership, governance and corporate finance to the Company’s board of directors.

 

 

In the vote on the election of the Class II director nominee, stockholders may:

 

 

vote FOR the nominee; or

 

 

WITHHOLD votes for the nominee.

Unless you elect to vote differently by so indicating on your signed proxy, your shares will be voted FOR the board of directors’ nominee. The one Class II director nominee receiving the greatest number of votes cast at the Annual Meeting, even if less than a majority, will be elected. Proxies marked “withhold” and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of this proposal. If a nominee ceases to be a candidate for election by the time of the Annual Meeting (a contingency that the board does not expect to occur), such proxies may be voted by the proxyholders in accordance with the recommendation of our board of directors.

The Board of Directors Recommends a Vote “FOR” the Above-Named Director Nominee.

Class I Directors Continuing in Office Unit the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

 

  SHERYL D. PALMER
AGE 56

  

Ms. Palmer became our predecessor’s President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of its board of directors in August 2007 after previously serving as Executive Vice President for the West Region of Morrison Homes. She has also served as our Chairman of the Board since May 2017. Her previous experience includes senior leadership roles at Blackhawk Corp. and Pulte Homes/Del Webb Corporation, each homebuilders and developers of retirement communities, where she last held the title of Nevada Area President at Pulte/Del Webb Corporation and Division President at Blackhawk Corp. Ms. Palmer brings over 30 years of cross-functional building experience to her position, including leadership in land acquisition, sales and marketing, development and operations management. In addition to her employment with the Company, Ms. Palmer currently serves as a member of the board of directors and the audit and compensation committees of Interface, Inc., a leading publicly traded global manufacturer of modular carpet, and as a member of the board of directors and executive committee of HomeAid America, a national non-profit that works with the local building industry to build and renovate multi-unit shelters for homeless families.

 

We believe Ms. Palmer’s over 30 years of industry experience make her a valuable member of our board of directors. In addition, as our President and Chief Executive Officer, the directors believe it is appropriate for her to be a member of our board.

 

  PETER LANE
AGE 53

  

Mr. Lane has served as a director since June 2012 and as lead independent director since May 2017. Mr. Lane served as Chief Executive Officer of AXIP Energy Services, LP (formerly known as Valerus Compression Services, “AXIP”), an oilfield services company headquartered in Houston, Texas from 2010 to 2016. Prior to joining AXIP, Mr. Lane was an Operating Partner at TPG Global, LLC (“TPG”) from 2009 to 2011. Before TPG, Mr. Lane spent 12 years at Bain & Company (“Bain”), a global consulting firm, where he led the Dallas and Mexico City offices, as well as its oil and gas practice. He became a Partner at Bain in 2003. Mr. Lane currently serves on the board of directors of AXIP, FleetPride, Inc., Petro Harvester Oil & Gas, LLC. and Goosehead Insurance, Inc. Mr. Lane holds a B.S. in physics from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

 

Mr. Lane brings extensive experience in business operations, finance and corporate governance to our board of directors. For these reasons, we believe he is well qualified to serve on our board of directors.

 

 

 

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  PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS    

 

Class III Directors Continuing in Office Until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

 

  JAMES HENRY
AGE 71

  

Mr. Henry has served as a director since March 2013. Mr. Henry has held various positions at Bank of the West, a financial services company, most recently serving as Vice Chairman and Chief Risk Officer from 2006 until his retirement in 2007. For most of his tenure at Bank of the West, Mr. Henry was responsible for operating and growing the bank’s specialty lending groups. Mr. Henry is a Director of Wedgewood, Inc., a privately held, large real estate foreclosure company, and Chief Enterprises, Inc., a privately held auto and heavy equipment supplier, and is a former director and currently serves on the investment committee of the board of directors of the John Muir Health System, a not-for-profit healthcare provider. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Dayton and an M.B.A. from DePaul University.

 

We believe that Mr. Henry’s long experience in finance, banking and extensive knowledge of lending practices make him well qualified to serve on our board of directors.

 

  ANNE L. MARIUCCI
AGE 60

  

Ms. Mariucci has served as a director since March 2014. Ms. Mariucci has over 30 years of experience in homebuilding and real estate. Prior to 2003, Ms. Mariucci held a number of executive senior management roles with Del Webb Corporation and was responsible for its large-scale community development and homebuilding business. She also served as President of Del Webb Corporation following its merger with Pulte Homes, Inc. She presently serves on the board of Banner Health, a national nonprofit health care provider. She also serves as a director of CoreCivic, Inc., a publicly traded REIT, Southwest Gas Company, a publicly traded utility company, Arizona State University Foundation and the Fresh Start Women’s Foundation. Since 2003, she has been affiliated with the private equity firms Hawkeye Partners, serving as a member of the Board of Advisors, and Glencoe Capital. She is a past director of the Arizona State Retirement System, Action Performance Companies, the Arizona Board of Regents (where she was its past Chairman) and the University of Arizona Health Network, as well as a past Trustee of the Urban Land Institute. Ms. Mariucci received her undergraduate degree in accounting and finance from the University of Arizona and completed the corporate finance program at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

 

Ms. Mariucci brings extensive experience in real estate, homebuilding and corporate governance. For these reasons, we believe she is well qualified to serve on our board of directors.

 

 

 

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Exhibit 99.4

 

  DIRECTOR COMPENSATION    

 

Director Compensation

Annual Compensation

Directors who are our employees are not separately compensated by us for their service on our board of directors. Directors who were employed by our Former Principal Equityholders were not compensated by us for their service on our board of directors. For our other directors, referred to collectively herein as “non-employee directors,” we pay an annual cash retainer for their service on our board. The annual cash retainer is paid to such directors in quarterly installments in arrears. The amount of the annual cash retainer depends on whether the director serves as a member or as chairman on the committees of the board.

For 2017, our non-employee directors were entitled to receive the following compensation:

 

   

An base annual cash retainer of $65,000.

 

   

An additional $50,000 annual cash retainer for the independent chairman of our board of directors.

 

   

An additional $40,000 annual cash retainer for the chairman of the audit committee and an additional $10,000 annual cash retainer for each other member of the audit committee.

 

   

An additional $10,000 annual cash retainer for the chairman of the nominating and corporate governance committee.

 

   

Effective May 2017, our lead independent director (Mr. Lane) was entitled to receive an additional $35,000 annual cash retainer and each member of the compensation committee (other than the chairman) was entitled to receive an additional $10,000 cash retainer.

 

   

In addition to cash retainers, our board of directors and compensation committee have determined that it is important to include an equity component in director compensation, because they believe it is important for our directors who receive compensation from us to build and maintain a long-term ownership position in our business, to further align their financial interests with those of our stockholders and to encourage the creation of long-term value. In furtherance of this objective, each non-employee director receives an annual equity award of restricted stock units (“RSUs”). For 2017, each non-employee director (other than Mr. Eller) received an RSU grant with a grant date fair value of $130,000, consistent with RSU awards granted in 2016. The number of shares subject to the RSU grant is determined by dividing the aggregate grant date fair value by the closing price of our Class A common stock on the grant date. The annual RSU award vests in full on the first anniversary of the grant date, subject to the director’s continued service through such vesting date.

We also reimburse each of our directors for reasonable travel and other related expenses incurred to attend board and committee meetings.

Deferred Compensation Plan

Pursuant to the Taylor Morrison Home Corporation Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Director Plan”), non-employee directors may, for any calendar year, irrevocably elect to defer (i) receipt of shares of our Class A common stock the director would have received upon vesting of RSUs granted as an annual equity award and (ii) receipt of all or a portion of their cash compensation earned for their service on our board of directors, in each case, in the form of unfunded deferred stock units (“DSUs”) under the Taylor Morrison Home Corporation 2013 Omnibus Equity Award Plan (as amended and restated from time to time, the “2013 Omnibus Plan”). The purpose of the Director Plan is to enhance our ability to attract and retain non-employee directors with training, experience and ability who will promote our interests and to directly align the interests of such non-employee directors with the interests of our stockholders. DSUs in respect of deferred equity awards are subject to the same vesting conditions as RSUs granted as annual equity awards and vest in full on the first anniversary of the date the RSUs are granted, subject to the director’s continued service on such vesting date. DSUs in respect of the director’s deferred cash compensation are fully vested as of the grant date and settle in a number of shares of our Class A common stock equal to the amount of cash compensation deferred divided by the closing price of our Class A common stock on the date the cash compensation is deferred. DSUs and dividend equivalents thereon have no voting rights until the Class A common stock underlying such DSUs are delivered and are settled in shares of Class A common stock upon the earlier of a separation from service or a change in control.

 

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    DIRECTOR COMPENSATION  

 

Stock Retention Policy

Our board of directors has adopted a stock retention policy that requires non-employee directors to own shares of our Class A common stock having an aggregate value no less than three times such director’s annual cash retainer. Generally, non-employee directors must achieve the required minimum retention level within three years from the date of their election to our board of directors, however, with respect to our non-employee directors who were serving as of August 27, 2015, such directors will have until August 27, 2018 to achieve the required minimum retention level.

2017 Director Compensation Table

The following table summarizes the compensation earned by, or awarded or paid to, those of our directors who, for the year ended December 31, 2017, were compensated for their service as directors. None of our other directors (i.e., those not in the table) earned, were awarded or were paid any compensation from us for the year ended December 31, 2017, for their service as directors.

 

 Name     

Fees Earned

or Paid in

Cash

($) (1)

       Stock
Awards
($) (2)(3)
      

Total

($)

 

 Timothy R. Eller

       47,917          219,366          267,283  

 James Henry

       105,000          130,000          235,000  

 Peter Lane

       102,083          130,000          232,083  

 Anne L. Mariucci

       75,000          130,000          205,000  

 David C. Merritt

       75,000          130,000          205,000  

 

(1)

All non-employee directors received in 2017 an annual cash retainer of $65,000. Mr. Henry received an additional annual cash retainer of $40,000 for his service as the chairman of our audit committee. Mr. Lane received an additional cash annual retainer of $10,000 for his service as the chairman of our nominating and corporate governance committee and prorated annual retainer fees for serving as our lead independent director and as a member of the compensation committee for part of 2017. Ms. Mariucci and Mr. Merritt each received an additional annual cash retainer of $10,000 for their audit committee service.

Mr. Lane elected to defer all of his cash retainer under the Director Plan for 2017 and received awards of DSUs in March 2017, June 2017, September 2017 and December 2017 covering, in the aggregate, 3,863 shares of our Class A common stock (which number of DSUs represents, in the aggregate, each quarterly cash payment of Mr. Lane’s annual retainer fee divided by the closing price of our Class A common stock reported on the NYSE on the applicable payment date). The value of these DSUs is included in this column. These DSUs are not reflected in a separate column in the table. Mr. Lane will receive one final DSU award at the end of the first quarter of 2018 with respect to his 2017 cash retainer fees.

As chairman of our board of directors for a portion of 2017, Mr. Eller was eligible to receive an additional annual cash retainer of $50,000. Mr. Eller retired as a director effective as of May 31, 2017, the date of our 2017 Annual Meeting. The amount reported in this column for Mr. Eller reflects the prorated cash retainer that he was entitled to receive in respect of his director and chairman service during fiscal 2017.

 

(2)

On May 31, 2017, each of Mr. Henry and Ms. Mariucci received an annual equity grant of 5,591 RSUs, each valued at $23.25 per share, which was the closing sale price of our Class A common stock on the date of grant. The amount in this column reflects the aggregate grant date fair value of the award calculated in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718. Messrs. Lane and Merritt each elected to defer all of his 2017 annual RSU awards under the Director Plan and, instead, each received an annual equity grant of 5,591 DSUs valued at $23.25 per share, which was the closing sale price of our Class A common stock on the date of grant. The amount in this column reflects the aggregate grant date fair value of the RSU award calculated in accordance with FASB ASC 718.

The amount reported for Mr. Eller represents the incremental fair value recognized under FASB ASC Topic 718 in connection with our accelerating the vesting of his remaining New TMM Units (and a corresponding number of shares of our Class B common stock) in connection with his retirement from our board of directors (see also footnote 3(a) below).

 

(3)

As of December 31, 2017, the aggregate number of outstanding options, RSUs, DSUs and New TMM Units (and a corresponding number of shares of our Class B common stock), in each case as described below, subject to awards outstanding held by each of the our non-employee directors were as set forth in the table below. As described below under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Key Elements of Executive Compensation Program—New TMM Units and Holding Vehicle Performance Units,” each New TMM Unit is paired with a share of our Class B common stock. There are no voting rights associated with the New TMM Units, whether vested or unvested, but each share of Class B common stock carries one vote, including both vested and unvested shares of Class B common stock.

 

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  DIRECTOR COMPENSATION    

 

 

 Name     

Options

(#)

      

RSUs

(#)

      

DSUs

(#)

      

New 

TMM Units 

(#) 

        

 Timothy R. Eller (a)

                                  63,695       

 James Henry

       11,364          5,591                         

 Peter Lane (b)

                         24,863          31,848       

 Anne L. Mariucci

       9,960          5,591                         

 David C. Merritt (c)

       12,525                   20,971                

 

  (a)

Prior to our IPO, Mr. Eller held equity in our business that was subject to service-based vesting conditions, under which Mr. Eller vested in 20% of his award on June 29 of each of 2013 through 2017. As part of the reorganization transactions that occurred in connection with our IPO, he received New TMM Units. The New TMM Units figure in the table represents the total number of New TMM Units (and a corresponding number of shares of our Class B common stock) held by Mr. Eller. As of his May 31, 2017 retirement from our board of directors, all of these New TMM Units (and a corresponding number of shares of our Class B common stock) were vested. In connection with his retirement from our board of directors, we accelerated the vesting of his remaining 12,739 New TMM Units (and a corresponding number of shares of our Class B common stock), which were scheduled to vest on June 29, 2017.

 

  (b)

Prior to our IPO, Mr. Lane held equity in our business that was subject to service-based vesting conditions, under which Mr. Lane vested in 20% of his award on June 29 of each of 2013 through 2017. As part of the reorganization transactions that occurred in our IPO, he received New TMM Units. The New TMM Units figure in the table represents the total number of New TMM Units (and a corresponding number of shares of our Class B common stock) held by Mr. Lane. As of December 31, 2017, all of these New TMM Units (and a corresponding number of shares of our Class B common stock) were vested. Of the DSUs reported for Mr. Lane, 5,591 were unvested as of December 31, 2017.

 

  (c)

Of the DSUs reported for Mr. Merritt, 5,591 were unvested as of December 31, 2017.

Looking Ahead—2018 Non-Employee Director Compensation

For 2018, our non-employee directors’ base annual cash retainer and the value of their annual RSU grant remained unchanged, however, we made the following changes with respect to the annual cash fee portion of our non-employee directors’ annual compensation package:

 

   

The annual cash retainer for the chairman of our nominating and corporate governance committee was increased from $10,000 to $20,000, and the other members of our nominating and corporate governance committee will receive an additional $10,000 annual cash retainer.

 

   

The chairman of our compensation committee will receive an additional $30,000 annual cash retainer.

 

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Exhibit 99.5

 

    EXECUTIVE OFFICERS  

 

Executive Officers

The executive officers of the Company as of the date hereof are listed below.

 

 Name    Age   Position

 Sheryl D. Palmer

   56   President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors

 C. David Cone

   46   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 Darrell C. Sherman

   53   Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

 

  SHERYL D. PALMER

  

Ms. Palmer became our predecessor’s President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of its board of directors in August 2007 after previously serving as Executive Vice President for the West Region of Morrison Homes. She has also served as our Chairman of the Board since May 2017. Her previous experience includes senior leadership roles at Blackhawk Corp. and Pulte Homes/Del Webb Corporation, each homebuilders and developers of retirement communities, where she last held the title of Nevada Area President at Pulte/Del Webb Corporation and Division President at Blackhawk Corp. Ms. Palmer brings over 30 years of cross-functional building experience to her position, including leadership in land acquisition, sales and marketing, development and operations management. In addition to her employment with the Company, Ms. Palmer currently serves as a member of the board of directors and the audit and compensation committees of Interface, Inc., a leading publicly traded global manufacturer of modular carpet, and as a member of the board of directors and executive committee of HomeAid America, a national non-profit that works with the local building industry to build and renovate multi-unit shelters for homeless families.

  C. DAVID CONE

  

Mr. Cone is our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and has served as Chief Financial Officer since October 2012. During the nine years prior to joining Taylor Morrison, Mr. Cone held various positions at PetSmart, Inc., a pet supply and service company, serving as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis in 2012, Vice President of Investor Relations and Treasury from 2008 to 2011, and Vice President of Finance from 2007 to 2008. Prior to his tenure at PetSmart, Mr. Cone was employed at AdvancePCS, a prescription benefit plan administrator, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, an accounting firm. Mr. Cone currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Urbi Desarrollos Urbanos S.A.B. de C.V., a Mexican homebuilder focused on first time and move-up buyers in Mexico. Mr. Cone holds a degree in business economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

  DARRELL C. SHERMAN

  

Mr. Sherman is our Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary and has served as chief counsel to the Company since June 2009. Mr. Sherman has over 20 years of experience in the homebuilding industry, having served in senior legal roles at Centex Homes and Pulte Homes/Del Webb Corporation. Prior to joining the homebuilding industry, Mr. Sherman was a finance and real estate lawyer at Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., a law firm headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. He also served as an Administrative Law Judge appointed by Arizona Governor Fife Symington, hearing appeals from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, as an Adjunct Professor at the ASU MBA Program, and as a member of the U.S. Senate Judicial Advisory Committee, recommending the appointment of U.S. District Court judges. He holds a B.A. in Economics with university honors and a J.D., both from Brigham Young University, where he was a member of the BYU Law Review. He is a member of the State Bar of Arizona and the American Bar Association and is admitted to the Arizona and U.S. Supreme Courts.

 

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Exhibit 99.6

 

  COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS    

 

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

This compensation discussion and analysis discusses our executive compensation programs for our named executive officers for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2017, and includes a discussion of our compensation objectives and philosophy and the material elements of compensation earned by, or awarded or paid to, our named executive officers in the year. This section also describes processes we use in reaching compensation decisions and is intended to provide context for understanding the amounts in the tabular disclosure that follows. We have also highlighted our corporate results in 2017 and how these results led to the executive compensation we paid for the year. In addition, we highlight key attributes of our compensation programs for our named executive officers.

We delivered solid results in 2017 as compared to 2016, as evidenced by:

 

 

GAAP home closings gross margin, inclusive of capitalized interest, was 18.6%, an improvement of 40 basis points;

 

 

Net sales orders increased 12% to 8,397;

 

 

Total revenue increased 9% to $3.9 billion;

 

 

Home closings increased 9% to 8,032;

 

 

Sales order backlog increased 12% to 3,496; and

 

 

Sales per outlet were 2.4, a 20% increase.

Consistent with the pay-for-performance and stockholder alignment focuses of our compensation objectives and philosophy, which are discussed in further detail below in this compensation discussion and analysis, our compensation programs for 2017 have the following attributes:

 

 

A balanced mix of short-term cash compensation and long-term equity-based compensation;

 

 

Forfeiture of equity awards upon violation of certain post-employment restrictive covenants;

 

 

Use of multiple performance measures with no guaranteed incentive payouts;

 

 

Limitations on the amount of awards that can be made under our equity incentive plans;

 

 

Consideration of external market data and use of an independent compensation consultant when designing compensation programs;

 

 

An anti-hedging policy applicable to all employees (including our executive officers and directors) that prohibits purchases of our stock on margin, calls or similar options on our stock, or selling our stock short;

 

 

An appropriate level of severance protection to ensure continuity of service;

 

 

No single-trigger change in control features in any of our programs;

 

 

No gross ups for any excise or other penalty taxes related to compensation paid;

 

 

Clawback of certain cash and equity incentive compensation; and

 

 

A modest use of perquisites, which do not make up a material portion of the compensation and benefits provided to our named executive officers.

Prior Year’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders—Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers

At our 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, approximately 98% of the shares voted (including those of our Former Principal Equityholders and our other stockholders) were cast in favor of the 2016 compensation of our named executive officers and our compensation philosophy, policies and practices. We were pleased to receive this strong support and took it into account as part of our annual analysis of the effectiveness of our compensation program for our named executive officers.

We recognize that the business and executive compensation environments continue to evolve, and we are committed to having compensation programs and practices that support our business objectives, promote good corporate governance and align executive pay with our performance. The compensation committee will continue to consider the results from this year’s and future advisory stockholder votes regarding our executive compensation programs. See “Proposal 2: Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers (Say on Pay)” for additional information.

 

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    COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS  

 

Overview of Contents

This compensation discussion and analysis discusses the following:

 

 

Our Named Executive Officers for 2017

 

 

Compensation Objectives and Philosophy

 

 

Establishing and Evaluating Executive Compensation

 

 

Key Elements of Executive Compensation Program

 

 

Other Program Attributes

 

 

Looking Ahead—2018 Compensation

Our Named Executive Officers for 2017

Our named executive officers for 2017 are (1) :

 

President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

  Sheryl D. Palmer

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

  C. David Cone

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  Darrell C. Sherman

 

(1)

Our business is conducted through several operating companies indirectly held by TMHC. Our named executive officers hold officer positions at these operating companies as well as at TMHC. The partnerships through which TMHC owns the operating companies, TMM Holdings II Limited Partnership (“New TMM”) and TMM Holdings Limited Partnership (“TMM”), generally do not have executive officers.

Compensation Objectives and Philosophy

Our compensation program reflects our philosophy to pay all of our executives, including our named executive officers, in ways that support our primary objectives of:

 

 

Encouraging a results-driven culture through a pay-for-performance structure;

 

 

Balancing long-term and short-term compensation and cash and equity-based compensation to ensure our executives are focused on the appropriate short-term financial budget goals and long-term strategic objectives;

 

 

Aligning executives’ interests with stockholder interests in creating long-term value for our stockholders;

 

 

Attracting, retaining and motivating key talent; and

 

 

Aligning total compensation levels with those paid by our direct competitors in the homebuilding sector as well as companies of comparable size and scope in other industries.

Our compensation structure is centered on a pay-for-performance philosophy, and this pay-for-performance focus is designed to align the interests of our executives and our stockholders, motivate our executives to achieve our targeted financial and other performance objectives and reward them for their achievements when those objectives are met. To help achieve these objectives, a significant portion of our executive officers’ compensation is at-risk and provided in the form of variable or performance-based compensation with upside potential for strong performance, as well as downside exposure for underperformance. We believe this is appropriate given our executive officers’ ability to influence our overall performance.

We recognize the need for both short- and long-term incentives to retain talent and encourage both short- and long-term performance. To that end, we seek to provide a balance between short-term and long-term incentives, as well as between cash compensation and equity-based compensation, which encourages a focus on long-term strategic objectives by linking compensation to the satisfaction of our long-term performance goals. Having a long-term compensation component is also consistent with the long-term horizon inherent in the homebuilding industry for the realization of revenue from any specific development project. In light of such objectives, we have determined that a significant portion of total compensation would be delivered in the form of long-term equity-based compensation.

 

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The overall level of total compensation for our executive officers is intended to be reasonable in relation to and competitive with the compensation paid by similarly situated peer leaders in the homebuilding industry, subject to variation for factors such as the individual’s experience, performance, duties, scope of responsibility, prior contributions and future potential contributions to our business. With these principles in mind, we structure our compensation program as a competitive total pay package, which we believe allows us to attract, retain and motivate executives with the skill and knowledge we require and ensure the stability of our management team, which is vital to the success of our business. However, in setting named executive officer compensation levels, we do not have a policy of setting compensation levels within a fixed range of benchmarks of our peer companies.

Establishing and Evaluating Executive Compensation

Role of the Independent Compensation Consultant

The compensation committee has retained Exequity LLP, which provides the compensation committee with market data on executive compensation levels and practices at our selected competitors and also advises on trends and best practices in the areas of executive compensation and governance, assists the compensation committee in its review and evaluation of our compensation policies and practices, reviews our compensation discussion and analysis and also provides independent advice on director compensation. Exequity LLP is a nationally recognized independent provider of executive compensation advisory services. Exequity LLP does not provide other services to us, except at the direction of the compensation committee. We do not have any other relationships with Exequity LLP, and the compensation committee has determined that Exequity LLP is independent and the work it performed in 2017 raised no conflict of interest. The compensation committee has the sole authority to retain or terminate advisors to the compensation committee that assist in the evaluation of the compensation to our named executive officers and directors.

Process—Role of Officers and Compensation Committee

The compensation committee is responsible for all compensation decisions for our executive officers. Our Chief People Officer works with Ms. Palmer and the Chairman of the compensation committee to establish compensation committee meeting agendas and provide various types of information, including interim progress against performance targets, information about other homebuilding companies or other topics requested by the compensation committee to assist the compensation committee in making its decisions.

The compensation committee, after consultation with Ms. Palmer as to executive officers other than herself, reviews and determines base salary, annual cash incentive bonuses and long-term incentive compensation levels for each executive officer. Ms. Palmer recommends to the compensation committee annual cash incentive bonus performance targets for our executive officers (other than herself) and evaluates actual performance relative to those targets. The compensation committee, after taking into account Ms. Palmer’s recommendations, reviews and approves for each executive officer the annual base salary, annual bonus performance targets, the amount of annual bonuses payable to each executive officer based on achievement of annual performance targets and long-term incentive compensation awards. Ms. Palmer’s compensation levels are established by the compensation committee in its sole discretion. Ms. Palmer does not have any role or authority in determining her own compensation.

Process—Factors Considered in Setting Compensation

The compensation committee believes that compensation decisions for our named executive officers are complex and require consideration of many factors, including the overall competitive market environment, industry compensation levels, the officer’s individual performance and the Company’s performance.

Market Data (Competitors and General Industry) . As mentioned above, the compensation committee does not set compensation levels for our named executive officers within a fixed range of benchmarks of our peer companies; however, the compensation committee reviews such peer company information and market data to better assess the range of compensation needed to attract, retain and motivate executive talent in our highly competitive industry. Further, in establishing compensation packages for our named executive officers, the compensation committee reviews and considers the compensation levels of executives at public homebuilding companies as a factor, among other factors, in establishing targeted compensation. This review covers compensation data for a group of our competitors within the homebuilding industry (as available in such companies’ public filings) and the most directly relevant published survey sources available with respect to all direct pay elements, including salary, cash incentives and equity.

 

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In connection with setting compensation, the compensation committee reviews data from the annual proxy statements of publicly traded homebuilders, as well as data from other published compensation survey sources, including FMI and Equilar, for compensation levels and trends as well as data on pay for executives and uses such information to guide its decisions. In 2017 the compensation committee reviewed compensation data at the following 12 publicly traded homebuilding companies (our “peer group”) in connection with setting compensation for Ms. Palmer and Messrs. Cone and Sherman:

 

  PulteGroup Inc.

  

  Toll Brothers, Inc.

    

  Meritage Homes Corporation

  D.R. Horton, Inc.

  

  KB Home

    

  M.D.C. Holdings Inc.

  Lennar Corporation

  

  Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.

    

  Beazer Homes USA Inc.

  NVR, Inc.

  

  CalAtlantic Group, Inc.

    

  M/I Homes, Inc.

In 2018, two of the companies in our peer group, CalAtlantic Group, Inc. and Lennar Corporation, completed a merger with the surviving company being Lennar Corporation. As a result of this merger, our peer group has been reduced from 12 publicly traded homebuilding companies to 11.

Individual Performance . As mentioned above, in addition to considering market data, the compensation committee considers each executive officer’s individual performance in determining executive compensation levels, including the nature and scope of the executive’s responsibilities and the executive’s prior performance and expected future contributions. The compensation committee’s review of individual performance is general and subjective in nature and specific individual performance goals (such as goals tied to an officer’s job function, role or personal performance) are not systematically established or measured.

Company Performance . The compensation committee also considers the Company’s performance, financial plans and budget in setting executive officer compensation levels for any given year taking into account general economic challenges as well as any specific challenges facing our business.

 

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Key Elements of Executive Compensation Program

The primary elements of our compensation structure are base salary, annual cash incentive bonuses, long-term equity-based incentive awards and certain employee benefits and perquisites. A brief description of, objectives of, and any changes in 2017 to each principal element of our executive compensation program for 2017 are summarized in the following table and described in more detail below.

Key Compensation Program Elements — Overview

 

Compensation Element   Brief Description   Objectives   Changes in 2017
Base Salary   Fixed compensation   Provide a competitive, fixed level of cash compensation to attract and retain talented and skilled executives   Base salary increases were effective as of April 2, 2017 and were provided to our named executive officers as follows: Mr. Sherman—approximately 2.4%. There was no change to Ms. Palmer’s or Mr. Cone’s base salaries for 2017.
Annual Cash Incentive
Bonuses
  Variable, performance-based cash compensation earned based on achieving pre-established annual goals  

Motivate executives to achieve or exceed our current-year financial goals and reward them for their achievements

 

Aid in retention of key executives in a highly competitive market for talent

 

There were no changes to the bonus targets as a percentage of base salary for Ms. Palmer or Mr. Cone for 2017. Mr. Sherman’s target bonus percentage was increased from 125% to 145% of his base salary paid in 2017.

 

Performance goals and attainment percentage levels were updated in light of our short-term and long-term strategic objectives as discussed below.

Long-Term Incentives —
Equity Based
  Variable, equity-based compensation to promote achievement of longer-term goals  

Align executives’ interests with those of our stockholders and encourage executive decision-making that maximizes growth and value creation over the long-term

 

Aid in retention of key executives and ensure continuity of management in a highly competitive market for talent

  There was no change in the mix of our annual equity awards granted to our executive officers: 25% are service-based vesting stock options, 25% are service-based vesting RSUs and 50% are performance-based vesting RSUs. Mr. Sherman’s target equity award opportunity was increased from 125% to 150% of his base salary.
Employee Benefits and
Perquisites (discussed
below under “Other
Program Attributes”)
 

Participation in all broad-based employee health and welfare programs and retirement plans

 

Employee benefits vary based on individual elections; auto allowance and certain commuting expense reimbursements are the only perquisites provided to our named executive officers

 

  Aid in retention of key executives in a highly competitive market for talent by providing overall benefits package competitive with industry peers   None.

Base Salary

The base salary component of executive officer compensation is intended to provide a competitive, stable level of minimum compensation to each officer commensurate with the executive’s role, experience and duties. The

 

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compensation committee annually reviews and approves base salaries for our executive officers based on several factors, including the individual’s experience, responsibilities, performance, expected future contribution, our expected financial performance and salaries of similarly situated executives of our public peers in the homebuilding industry and in the general industry.

Based on an evaluation of the foregoing factors, our desire to reward and retain the key executives who we believe are instrumental to our success, and the competitiveness of base salaries against peer and market data, the compensation committee, in consultation with Ms. Palmer (except as to her own compensation), determined that named executive officer base salaries effective as of April 2, 2017, would be as follows:

 

Name    2016 Annual Base
Salary
   2017 Annual Base
Salary
   Percentage Increase

Sheryl D. Palmer

     $ 1,000,000      $ 1,000,000        0.0 %

C. David Cone

     $ 525,000      $ 525,000        0.0 %

Darrell C. Sherman

     $ 425,000      $ 435,000        2.4 %

Mr. Sherman’s salary was increased as part of our annual review and the increase reflects our belief that Mr. Sherman’s long-tenured industry experience and continuing strong performance in driving results merited a salary increase.

Annual Cash Incentive Bonuses

The second component of executive officer compensation is annual cash incentive bonuses based on Company performance. Tying a portion of total compensation to annual Company performance permits us to adjust the performance measures each year to reflect changing objectives and those that may be of special importance for a particular year. Through this program, we seek to provide an appropriate amount of pre-established short-term cash compensation that is at-risk and tied to the achievement of certain short-term performance goals.

Target Amounts . Target annual cash incentive bonus opportunities for 2017 for Ms. Palmer and Mr. Cone remain unchanged from 2016. The compensation committee determined, following a review of peer data, that it was appropriate to increase Mr. Sherman’s target annual cash incentive bonus opportunity from 125% to 145% of his base salary paid in 2017  in order for his annual bonus opportunity to remain competitive with industry standards and in consideration of his overall performance and compensation. For 2017, the target annual cash incentive bonuses set by the compensation committee for each of our named executive officers were as follows:

 

Name   

2017 Target Annual

Bonus as a Percentage

of Base Salary Paid in 2017

Sheryl D. Palmer

       150 %

C. David Cone

       145 %

Darrell C. Sherman

       145 %

The actual 2017 annual cash incentive bonus amounts were calculated based on a combination of objective performance measures and using the following formula:

 

2017 Base Salary Paid   x   Target Bonus Percentage   x  

Actual

Attainment

Percentage

  =  

Bonus

Payout

Our “Actual Attainment Percentage” is an aggregated measure of the attainment of specific financial and operational performance goals for the Company as a whole expressed in the table below as a percentage. These performance goals are based on corporate and business objectives and are not tied to individual performance. To determine the Actual Attainment Percentage, specific criteria and corresponding goals are set for each officer. Each goal (1) has an associated “threshold” and “target” percentage attainment level and includes a “stretch” percentage attainment level, with straight-line interpolation for attainment between levels, and (2) is weighted to reflect the compensation committee’s assessment of the goal’s importance in relation to our overall business objectives. Specifically, the percentage attainment of each goal is applied to the weighting factor (itself a percentage), and these numbers are totaled to set the Actual Attainment Percentage.

 

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Establishing Performance Goals for 2017 Annual Bonus Plan . The compensation committee established bonus plan goals for 2017. The target payout level was designed to be achievable with strong management performance and the stretch level was designed to encourage and reward our named executive officers for outstanding performance.

The approach to goal setting for 2017 bonuses involved a process of reviewing, among other things, our prior year’s financial performance and our short-term and long-term strategic objectives. We also took into account the need for setting goals that are challenging yet reasonably achievable so as to provide a competitive pay package necessary for the retention of our talent.

Achievement of Corporate Performance Goals . The 2017 bonus program performance goals applicable to Ms. Palmer, Mr. Cone and Mr. Sherman were based 100% on total Company performance. The applicable corporate performance goals were as follows:

 

Corporate Performance

  Performance Goals

   Weight   Threshold    Target    Stretch    Actual
Attainment
 

Actual

  Attainment  

Percentage

  Attainment level percentage

           50%          100%          200%           

  Earnings Per Share (“EPS”) (1)

       20 %       $1.80          $2.00          $2.20          $2.02       108.76 %

  Attainment level percentage

           50%          100%          150%           

  EBT Percentage (“EBT”) (2)

       40 %       8.6%          9.1%          9.6%          9.29%       119.01 %

  Attainment level percentage

           50%          100%          150%           

  Return on Net Assets (“RONA”) (3)

       40 %       10.5%          12.5%          14.0%          13.10%       119.95 %

  Total (Actual Attainment Percentage)

       100 %                                                  117.34 %

 

(1)

EPS is as reported in our financial statements, adjusted to remove the effects of costs and charges related to (i) changes in ownership of, or sales of our equity by, our Former Principal Equityholders, (ii) effects of any changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or regulatory rules affecting reported results, including such changes that result in losses of deferred tax assets, and (iii) any other specific, unusual, or nonrecurring events. For fiscal 2017, EPS was adjusted for the impact of 2017 tax reform, the impact of hurricanes Harvey and Irma and the effect of administrative expenses associated with the sale of equity by our Former Principal Equityholders (collectively, the “2017 Adjustments”).

 

(2)

EBT is equal to the quotient of (x) our earnings before taxes in fiscal 2017, divided by (y) our total revenues in fiscal 2017, adjusted to remove the effects of costs and charges related to (i) changes in ownership of, or sales of our equity by, our Former Principal Equityholders, (ii) effects of any changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or regulatory rules affecting reported results, including such changes that result in losses of deferred tax assets, and (iii) any other specific, unusual, or nonrecurring events. For fiscal 2017, EBT was also adjusted for the 2017 Adjustments.

 

(3)

RONA is equal to the quotient of (x) our net income from continuing operations in fiscal 2017, divided by (y) our net average assets in fiscal 2017 (using our net asset balances (i.e., total assets less cash and less total liabilities) at the beginning and end of fiscal 2017), adjusted to remove the effects of costs and charges related to (i) changes in ownership of, or sales of our equity by, our Former Principal Equityholders, (ii) effects of any changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or regulatory rules affecting reported results, including such changes that result in losses of deferred tax assets, and (iii) any other specific, unusual, or nonrecurring events. For fiscal 2017, RONA was also adjusted for the 2017 Adjustments.

We selected each performance goal in order to target performance across multiple levels of our business. EPS and EBT targets encourage our executives to drive earnings and shareholder return, while a RONA target encourages focus on our returns and efficient use of our assets and resources while also driving earnings.

Based on actual achievement, the cash incentive bonuses approved for our named executive officers for 2017 were as follows: Ms. Palmer—$1,760,100, Mr. Cone—$893,251, and Mr. Sherman—$735,542 (each of which are reflected in the Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation column of the Summary Compensation Table, below).

Long-Term Incentives—Equity Based

Philosophy . As mentioned above, we believe that equity awards are an important component of our executive compensation program. Equity compensation aligns our executives’ and stockholders’ interests by linking rewards with achievement of return to our stockholders based on our long-term growth plan. Our equity compensation program is designed to foster a long-term commitment to us by our named executive officers, provide a balance to the short-term cash components of our compensation program and reinforce our pay-for-performance structure.

 

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Overview . Equity-based compensation awards to our named executive officers in 2017 consisted of the following:

 

 

Options to purchase our Class A common stock, upon satisfaction of service-based vesting conditions, granted under the 2013 Omnibus Plan. Options are intended to reward absolute stock appreciation and have no value unless the Company’s stock price increases above the stock price on the grant date;

 

 

Service-vesting RSUs, representing the right to receive, upon satisfaction of service-based vesting conditions, shares of our Class A common stock, granted under the 2013 Omnibus Plan. The ultimate value of RSUs is tied to the future value of the Company’s stock price at future service-vesting dates, providing alignment with stockholder expectations for value creation over time. We also believe that service-vesting RSUs provide a strong retention device for our key leaders; and

 

 

Performance-vesting RSUs, representing the right to receive, upon satisfaction of performance conditions, shares of our Class A common stock, granted under the 2013 Omnibus Plan. These conditional RSUs may only be earned if the Company successfully executes on multi-year performance objectives.

In addition to the foregoing, members of management, including our named executive officers, hold equity-based awards that were granted prior to our IPO and that entitle the holder to distributions and, in specified circumstances, to exchange such equity for shares of our Class A common stock. See “—New TMM Units and Holding Vehicle Performance Units.”

A more detailed discussion of the terms of these interests follows.

Equity Awards

All equity awards issued to our named executive officers since our IPO have been made pursuant to the terms of the 2013 Omnibus Plan. Awards granted under the 2013 Omnibus Plan are subject to the terms and conditions established by the compensation committee in the applicable award agreement and need not be the same for each participant. To date, all stock options granted under the 2013 Omnibus Plan have a term of ten years. Generally, equity awards are granted to our eligible employees, including our named executive officers, in connection with our annual award process. Equity awards are made in accordance with our Policy and Procedures for the Granting of Equity-Based Compensation Awards, which provides, among other things, that annual equity awards to our executive officers and senior corporate management team be made in the first quarter of the year, shortly following the public release of our annual earnings.

2017 Equity Awards

The compensation committee determined that, like 2016, the annual equity grant for 2017 should include a mix of options and RSUs, a portion of which are subject to service-based vesting conditions and a portion of which are subject to performance-based vesting conditions.

In February 2017, the compensation committee approved annual equity awards for our employees, including our named executive officers. Based on recommendations from Exequity LLP, the compensation committee’s independent compensation consultant, reviewing compensation best practices of public companies generally, reviewing compensation practices of our peer group, and consideration of other factors deemed appropriate, the compensation committee decided to grant long-term incentive equity awards for 2017 as follows: 50% of the annual grant was awarded in the form of performance-based vesting RSUs (“Performance RSUs”), half of which vest based on the Company’s relative total shareholder return (“TSR”), and half of which vest based on the Company’s RONA, each as described below; 25% of the annual grant was awarded in the form of service-based vesting RSUs (“Service-based RSUs”); and 25% of the annual grant was awarded in the form of service-based vesting nonqualified stock options. In making its determination, our compensation committee acknowledged that, while the mix of equity awards remains highly performance based, at the same time the mix also provides retention strength.

The Performance RSUs are eligible to vest based on performance over a three-year period, and will be payable (or settled) in shares of our Class A common stock as soon as practicable following the date that the compensation committee determines and certifies the applicable level of performance achieved, subject to continued employment through such certification date. Dividend equivalents accrue on Performance RSUs if extraordinary dividends are declared and paid on our Class A common stock during the performance period, if so determined by the compensation committee, which dividend equivalents vest and are payable only on the number of Performance RSUs actually vested.

 

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Performance RSUs based on a TSR performance goal are eligible to vest based upon our achievement of a TSR that compares favorably against our peer group over a three-year performance period beginning on January 1, 2017 and ending on December 31, 2019, subject to the named executive officer’s continued employment through the date that the compensation committee determines and certifies the applicable level of performance achieved. The levels of relative TSR performance that will result in an award of the “threshold,” “target,” or “maximum” number of shares under these Performance RSUs are as shown in the following table, with linear interpolation used in the event that the actual results do not fall directly on one of the performance levels. If relative TSR performance is below the threshold, no shares will vest. The maximum performance level is limited to 100% of target if the relative TSR for the performance period is negative.

 

Performance Level   

Three-Year Relative TSR

Performance Goals

   Attainment Percentage (1)  

Threshold

   35 th Percentile      50%  

Target

   55 th Percentile      100%  

Maximum

   75 th Percentile      150%  

 

  (1)

Number of shares earned is calculated by multiplying the attainment percentage by the target number of shares subject to award.

The compensation committee selected relative TSR as a performance measure to align the compensation of the executive officers with the interests of our stockholders, to encourage our executives to achieve Company out performance relative to the Company’s peers and to balance the emphasis on Company-focused measures and the absolute stock price performance that correlates to stock option value and value of service-vesting RSUs. The Performance RSUs that vest based on our relative TSR will be payable in shares of our Class A common stock to further align the compensation of the named executive officers with the interests of our stockholders.

Performance RSUs based on a RONA performance goal are eligible to vest based upon our achievement of RONA over a three-year performance period beginning on January 1, 2017 and ending on December 31, 2019, subject to the named executive officer’s continued employment through the date that the compensation committee determines and certifies the applicable level of performance achieved. RONA for this purpose is calculated in the same manner as described above under “Annual Cash Incentive Bonuses–Achievement of Corporate Performance Goals,” based on our net asset balances (i.e., total assets less cash and less total liabilities) at the beginning and end of fiscal 2019 and our fiscal 2019 net income from continuing operations. The levels of RONA performance that will result in an award of the “threshold,” “target,” or “maximum” number of shares under these Performance RSUs are as shown in the following table, with linear interpolation used in the event that the actual results do not fall directly on one of the performance levels. If RONA is below the threshold, no shares will vest.

 

Performance Level    Three-Year RONA
Performance Goal
   Attainment Percentage (1)  

Threshold

   14%      50%  

Target

   16%      100%  

Maximum

   18%      150%  

 

  (1)

Number of shares earned is calculated by multiplying the attainment percentage by the target number of shares subject to award.

The compensation committee selected RONA as a performance measure to encourage focus on our returns and efficient use of our assets and resources while also driving earnings. The Performance RSUs that vest based on our RONA will be payable in shares of our Class A common stock to further align the compensation of the named executive officers with the interests of our stockholders.

The compensation committee selected these two performance measures, relative TSR and RONA, for our 2017 long-term incentive program as it believes they best align with our current stockholder interests of strong returns and increased profitability per share. Additionally, the two metrics are assessed from both relative and absolute measurement approaches, thereby providing an internal and external performance perspective. Finally, the measures assess performance on a cumulative basis over three years, linking compensation opportunity to performance over an extended period.

The Service-based RSUs granted as part of the 2017 long-term incentive compensation program vest over a four-year period, with 33 1/3% of the grant vesting on each of the second, third, and fourth anniversaries of the grant date,

 

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subject to continued employment through the applicable vesting date, and will be payable in shares of our Class A common stock. Dividend equivalents accrue on Service-based RSUs if extraordinary dividends are declared and paid on our Class A common stock during the vesting period, if so determined by the compensation committee, which dividend equivalents vest and are payable only on the number of Service-based RSUs actually vested.

The nonqualified stock options granted as part of the 2017 long-term incentive compensation program vest over a four-year period, with 25% of the grant vesting on each of the first, second, third, and fourth anniversaries of the grant date, subject to continued employment through the applicable vesting date. Stock options are granted at an exercise price equal to the fair market value (the closing price on the NYSE) of our Class A common stock on the grant date.

The table below shows the long-term incentive award opportunities established by the compensation committee relating to the 2017 long-term incentive compensation program. The 2017 target award opportunities under our long-term incentive program did not change compared to 2016 for the named executive officers, other than for Mr. Sherman, whose target award opportunity was increased following a review of peer data by our compensation committee from 125% of base salary to 150% of base salary to remain competitive with industry standards. As with the increase in Mr. Sherman’s base salary and target annual cash incentive bonus opportunity, this increase also recognizes Mr. Sherman’s long-tenured industry experience and continuing strong performance in driving results.

Award Opportunity Under 2017 Long-Term Incentive Program

 

Name

   Base
Salary (1)
    

Target as % of

Base Salary

    

Target Long-Term

Incentive Opportunity

 

Sheryl D. Palmer

   $ 1,000,000        350    $ 3,500,000  

C. David Cone

   $ 525,000        200    $ 1,050,000  

Darrell C. Sherman

   $ 425,000        150    $ 637,500  

 

  (1)

Mr. Sherman’s target long-term incentive opportunity for 2017 was based on his base salary in effect prior to his base salary increase that took effect on April 2, 2017.

For further information on the 2017 long-term incentive awards granted to our named executive officers, see the Grants of Plan-Based Awards table.

Achievement of 2015 Performance RSU Goals

In fiscal 2015, as part of our first annual grant to our named executive officers following our IPO, we granted our named executive officers Performance RSUs, half of which vested based on an EPS goal, and the remaining half of which vested based on a relative TSR goal, each over a three-year performance period commencing on February 9, 2015 and ending on February 9, 2018. The applicable performance levels and payout factors (which, in the case of the EPS-based Performance RSUs, is interpolated on a linear basis for performance between performance levels) with respect to the 2015 Performance RSUs are summarized in the tables below:

 

Performance Level    2015 Performance RSU
EPS Goal
     Payout Factor

Threshold

   $ 6.00      50%

Target

   $ 6.50      75%

Maximum

   $ 7.00      100%

 

Performance Level    2015 Performance RSU
Relative TSR Goal (1)
   Payout Factor

Threshold

   33 rd to 49 th Percentile    50%

Target

   50 th to 62 nd Percentile    100%
   63 rd to 75 th Percentile    125%

Maximum

   Greater than 75 th  Percentile    150%

 

  (1)

The maximum payout factor for the TSR-based Performance RSUs was limited to 100% if TSR for the performance period was negative.

 

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To determine the number of 2015 EPS-based Performance RSUs earned, the target number of RSUs is multiplied by the product of (i) 4/3 and (ii) the payout factor. To determine the number of 2015 TSR-based Performance RSUs earned, the target number of RSUs is multiplied by the payout factor.

In March 2018, our compensation committee certified our EPS and relative TSR for the February 9, 2015 to February 9, 2018, performance period, as follows: (i) our EPS was $5.52, resulting in a payout factor of 0%, and (ii) our relative TSR was in the 46th percentile, resulting in a payout factor of 50%. Based on these results, our named executive officers earned the number of Performance RSUs set forth in the following table:

 

Name    Target 2015
EPS-Based
Performance
RSUs
     EPS
Payout
Factor
   

Earned
EPS-Based
Performance
RSUs

(Target * 4/3
* Payout
Factor)

     Target 2015
TSR-Based
Performance
RSUs
     TSR
Payout
Factor
    Earned
TSR-Based
Performance
RSUs (Target *
Payout  Factor)
 

Sheryl D. Palmer

     31,534        0     0        42,045        50     21,023  

C. David Cone

     6,908        0     0        9,210        50     4,605  

Darrell C. Sherman

     4,975        0     0        6,633        50     3,317  

The 2015 Performance RSUs earned by our named executive officers were settled on March 9, 2018.

New TMM Units and Holding Vehicle Performance Units

Certain of our directors and executive officers hold New TMM Units (and a corresponding number of shares of our Class B common stock) and profits interests in the TPG Holding Vehicle and the Oaktree Holding Vehicle (such profits interests, collectively, the “Holding Vehicle Performance Units”) issued to them in connection with our IPO in 2013.

The New TMM Units were converted from profits interests in TMM granted before the IPO and were subject to service-based vesting conditions based on the original vesting schedule. The profits interests in the TPG Holding Vehicle were converted from profits interests in TMM granted before the IPO and vest based on the return received by such vehicle in respect of the New TMM Units it holds and with the original vesting terms continuing to apply. The profits interests in the Oaktree Holding Vehicle were converted from profits interests in TMM granted before the IPO and vest based on the return received by such vehicle in respect of the New TMM Units it holds and with the original vesting terms continuing to apply.

Both the vested and unvested New TMM Units and Holding Vehicle Performance Units are entitled to receive distributions, if any, from New TMM and/or the TPG and Oaktree Holding Vehicles, as applicable, but distributions (other than tax distributions) in respect of unvested New TMM Units are only delivered to the holder when, as, and if such units ultimately vest. The vesting and other terms applicable to the New TMM Units and Holding Vehicle Performance Units are contained in individual rollover award agreements and subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents.

Individuals who received New TMM Units in connection with our IPO also received a number of shares of our Class B common stock equal to the number of New TMM Units they received. Each share of Class B common stock paired with a New TMM Unit will be vested or unvested to the same extent as the New TMM Unit with which it is paired. There are no voting rights associated with the New TMM Units, whether vested or unvested, but each share of Class B common stock carries one vote, including both vested and unvested shares of Class B common stock. Once vested, holders may exchange their vested New TMM Units and the corresponding number of shares of our Class B common stock for shares of our Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis.

As of December 31, 2017, all of the New TMM Units held by our named executive officers were fully vested. In addition, fifty percent (50%) of our named executive officers’ Holding Vehicle Performance Units vested in November 2017 in connection with our Former Principal Equityholders achieving a cash return on their investments of at least 2.0x. The remaining 50% of our named executive officers’ Holding Vehicle Performance Units vested in January 2018, in connection with our Former Principal Equityholders achieving a cash return on their investments of at least 2.5x. See the “Option Exercises and Stock Vested” table below for further information regarding the New TMM Units and Holding Vehicle Performance Units that vested in fiscal 2017.

 

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Other Program Attributes

Equity Ownership; Anti-Hedging Policy

The compensation committee believes it is important for key members of our senior management team and directors to build and maintain a long-term ownership position in our Company, to further align their financial interests with those of our stockholders and to encourage the creation of long-term value. Our compensation structure for these individuals provides for a significant percentage of compensation to be equity-based, which places a substantial portion of compensation at risk over a long-term period. During 2017, we did not have specific requirements or mandated levels of equity ownership for our executive officers because, in our view, our equity-based compensation programs and previously offered investment opportunities had resulted in management having a desirable level of direct ownership in our business. However, in March 2018 our board of directors adopted stock ownership and retention guidelines applicable to our executive officers. See “Stock Ownership & Retention Requirements—Executive Officers.”

We also have an anti-hedging policy in place that is applicable to all employees (including our executive officers and directors), prohibiting purchases of our stock on margin, calls or similar options on our stock, or selling our stock short. See “Director Compensation—Stock Retention Policy” for additional information relating to our equity ownership policy for non-employee directors.

Clawback Policies

Our equity-based awards provide that all vested equity-based awards will be forfeited by our executives automatically upon a breach by them of any of the post-employment restrictive covenants (e.g. non-competes) to which they are subject. The executive would also be responsible for damages suffered by us in connection with any such breach. We view this recovery of awards feature as a necessary element of our equity-based program as it deters competitive activities that would likely cause significant harm to our business.

In addition, if an equity plan participant receives an amount in excess of what should have been received under the terms of the award due to material noncompliance by the Company with any financial reporting requirement under the U.S. securities laws, any mistake in calculations or other administrative error, then the award will be cancelled with respect to any excess value, and the individual must promptly repay to us any such amount already received.

Under our bonus clawback policy, we may recover all or part of any incentive annual cash bonus compensation awarded or paid to these employees in the event that we determine that our financial results must be restated to correct an accounting error due to material financial restatement, where our board of directors determines that fraud or misconduct led to the need for such restatement and where cash bonuses paid for the years subject to restatement would have been materially lower.

In addition, we reserve the right to adopt any additional clawback policies as may be necessary to protect our compensation policies and objectives and as may be required by law.

Employee Benefits and Perquisites

We provide a number of benefit plans to all eligible employees, including our named executive officers. These benefits include programs such as medical, dental, life insurance, business travel accident insurance, short-and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) defined contribution plan and home purchase rebate program providing employees with a 5.5% rebate on purchases of homes built by us.

Employees who have been with us since on or before December 31, 2010, including certain of our named executive officers, were eligible to accrue pension benefits under a cash balance pension plan, which was frozen to new accruals and participants as of December 31, 2010. Under this plan, prior to 2011, our predecessor contributed a specified percentage of each employee’s salary each quarter (generally based on the participant’s age) to the participant’s account balance, and employees vested in their accounts after five years of service. For further information on pension benefits for our named executive officers, see the “Pension Benefits” table.

Perquisites for our named executive officers are limited to monthly auto allowances and, solely for Ms. Palmer, certain commuting expenses for her travel from her residence in Las Vegas, Nevada to our offices in Scottsdale, Arizona. Auto allowances may be available to our other employees either in an executive role or those employees whose positions require regular driving for business as an essential job function. While perquisites help to provide competitive total

 

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compensation packages to the named executive officers in a cost-efficient manner by providing a benefit with a high perceived value at a relatively low cost, we do not generally view perquisites as a material component of our executive compensation program. In the future, we may provide additional or different perquisites or other personal benefits in limited circumstances, such as where we believe doing so is appropriate to assist an individual in the performance of his or her duties, to make our executive officers more efficient and effective and for recruitment, motivation and/or retention purposes.

Employment Agreements, Severance Protection and Restrictive Covenant Agreements

Each of our named executive officers is party to an employment agreement with us, which specifies the terms of the individual’s employment including certain compensation levels and is intended to assure us of the executive’s continued employment and provide stability in our senior management team.

Each of the employment agreements between us and Messrs. Cone and Sherman provides that their employment under their respective agreements will continue in effect until terminated by us or by the named executive officer. The term of Ms. Palmer’s employment agreement (dated July 13, 2011, as amended from time to time), continued for three years through July 13, 2014, subject to automatic successive one-year extensions thereafter unless either party gives at least 90 days’ prior notice that the term will not be extended and, under the terms of the employment agreement, such term has been automatically extended, most recently as of July 13, 2017.

Ms. Palmer (subject also to the additional considerations described below) and Messrs. Cone and Sherman are each party to a restrictive covenant agreement, which includes an 18-month post-employment non-compete and non-solicit of customers and employees in connection with certain terminations of employment; however, for Messrs. Cone and Sherman, if termination is without cause by us or the executive resigns for good reason, the covenants apply only through the duration of the period in which the executive is receiving severance.

Pursuant to the employment agreements, we provide salary continuation and other benefits in the event of certain terminations of employment. All options and RSUs held by our named executive officers are subject to accelerated vesting upon certain terminations of employment that occur within the 24-month period following a change in control of the Company. These payments and benefits are designed to provide financial security in the event of certain corporate transactions and/or termination of employment, as well as consideration for the executive’s compliance with certain post-employment restrictive covenants. We believe these provisions help retain our executives who are critical to the success and operation of our business while also protecting important business objectives through restrictive covenants. See “Potential Payments upon Termination of Employment or Change in Control” for a discussion of severance and change in control payments payable to our named executive officers pursuant to their employment agreements.

In May 2012, we amended Ms. Palmer’s employment agreement to provide her with an opportunity to receive a special retirement bonus of $1,000,000 if she voluntarily terminates her employment with us after May 15, 2013 and does not resume employment in the homebuilding industry in any capacity for five years. If Ms. Palmer resumes employment in the homebuilding industry within five years of such voluntary termination, she will be required to repay the bonus to us. The purpose of providing this bonus was twofold: to retain Ms. Palmer’s services through at least May 15, 2013 and to incentivize her not to directly compete with us, which could cause significant harm to our business.

Accounting Matters

Each element of the compensation paid to our executives is expensed in our financial statements as required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The financial statement impact of various compensation awards is an important factor that the compensation committee considers in determining the amount, form and design of each pay component for our named executive officers, but it is only one of many factors considered in setting such compensation.

 

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Certain Tax Matters

In general, Section 162(m) of the U.S. tax code denies a publicly held corporation a deduction for U.S. federal income tax purposes for compensation in excess of $1,000,000 per year per person to the executives designated in Section 162(m) of the Code, including, but not limited to, its chief executive officer, chief financial officer, and the next three highly compensated executives of such corporation whose compensation is required to be disclosed in its proxy statement. The exemption from Section 162(m)’s deduction limit for performance-based compensation has been repealed, effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, such that compensation paid to our covered executive officers in excess of $1,000,000 will not be deductible unless it qualifies for transition relief applicable to certain arrangements in place as of November 2, 2017.

Prior to the repeal of Section 162(m)’s performance-based exemption, we generally sought to structure our compensation programs in a manner intended to comply with Section 162(m) (to the extent it applies to us), although our compensation committee reserved the right to make payments that were not deductible if, in its judgment, such payments were appropriate to achieve our compensation objectives.

Going forward, as in previous years, the potential deductibility of compensation is only one of many considerations that our compensation committee will take into account when establishing the compensation paid to our named executive officers, and we believe it is important that our compensation committee retain flexibility and authority to grant or adjust compensation as needed to address particular circumstances, or unexpected, unusual or non-recurring events, or to attract and retain key executive talent, even if this results in the payment of compensation that is not deductible by us (whether by application of Section 162(m), to the extent applicable, or otherwise). Therefore, our compensation committee may make payments of compensation that are not deductible if, in its judgment, such payments are advisable to achieve our compensation objectives.

Looking Ahead—2018 Compensation

In early 2018, our compensation committee took the following actions with respect to 2018 compensation matters:

 

 

Base Salary Increases . The compensation committee approved base salary increases for Messrs. Cone and Sherman, effective as of April 1, 2018, to $550,000 and $475,000, respectively. Ms. Palmer’s base salary for 2018 was unchanged from its level in 2017.

 

 

Annual Cash Incentive Bonuses . The compensation committee approved the performance measures, consisting of an economic profit metric and home building gross margin, and the 2018 target annual bonus opportunities under our annual cash incentive bonus program. The target annual bonus opportunities for both Messrs. Cone and Sherman increased to 150% of base salary, and Ms. Palmer’s target bonus opportunity increased to 200% of base salary.

 

 

Long-Term Incentive Awards . The compensation committee determined that, like 2017, the annual equity grant to our named executive officers for 2018 should include a mix of options, Service-based RSUs and Performance RSUs in the same proportions as granted in 2017. Nonqualified stock options awarded as part of the 2018 long-term incentive program will vest over a four-year period in the same proportions as those granted in 2017, Service-based RSUs will vest in equal annual installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, and Performance RSUs will vest over a cumulative three-year performance period subject to meeting RONA and relative TSR goals. The aggregate target long-term incentive award for each of Ms. Palmer, Mr. Cone and Mr. Sherman was increased to 400% of base salary, 225% of base salary, and 160% of base salary, respectively.

Our compensation committee’s decision to increase Messrs. Cone’s and Sherman’s base salaries and each of our named executive officers’ target annual cash incentive bonus opportunity and target long-term incentive equity award opportunity reflects its consideration of our named executive officers’ overall performance, company-wide performance under their leadership, each named executive officer’s actual compensation and compensation relative to other members of our peer group and its desire to reward and retain key members of our leadership team by maintaining a level of compensation that is competitive.

Stock Ownership & Retention Requirements—Executive Officers

In March 2018, our board of directors adopted stock ownership and retention guidelines that require our executive officers to own shares of our Class A common stock having an aggregate value no less than (i) as to the chief executive officer, six times her annual base salary and (ii) as to our other executive officers, two times their respective

 

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annual base salary. Generally, our executive officers must achieve the required ownership level within four years from the date that he or she first became a executive officer; however, with respect to our executive officers who were serving as of March 2018, such executive officers will have until March 2022 to achieve the required minimum ownership level. Until the minimum ownership level is attained, executive officers must retain at least 50% of his or her equity in the Company (e.g., all forms of equity of TMHC or convertible or exercisable into equity of TMHC, whether vested or unvested, owned or beneficially owned, including stock option and restricted stock units granted under the under the 2013 Omnibus Equity Plan).

Compensation Committee Report

The compensation committee reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis contained in this Proxy Statement with our management. Based on its reviews and discussion with management, the compensation committee recommended to the board of directors, and the board of directors approved, that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement for the Taylor Morrison Home Corporation 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

Anne L. Mariucci (Chairman)

Peter Lane

David C. Merritt

 

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Summary Compensation Table

 

The following table summarizes the compensation earned by, or awarded or paid to, each of our named executive officers for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015.

 

Name and Principal Position    Year   Salary
($)
  Stock
Awards
($) (1)
   Option
Awards
($) (2)
  Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($) (3)
 

Change in
Pension

Value and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($) (4)

  All Other
Compensation
($) (5)
  Total
($)

Sheryl D. Palmer

       2017       1,000,000       2,475,610        874,998       1,760,100       8,558       36,465       6,155,731
President, Chief Executive        2016       1,000,000       2,580,088        875,000       1,462,950       5,323       33,097       5,956,458

Officer and Chairman of the Board

       2015       978,077       2,122,331        787,505       1,179,450       1,389       41,724       5,110,476

C. David Cone

       2017       525,000       742,651        262,500       893,251             18,093       2,441,495
Executive Vice President and Chief        2016       520,673       737,168        250,000       732,929             17,751       2,258,521

Financial Officer

       2015       491,615       464,907        172,505       491,438             35,619       1,656,084

Darrell C. Sherman

       2017       432,500       450,935        159,377       735,542       2,172       17,833       1,798,359
Executive Vice President, Chief        2016       422,827       377,799        128,125       513,205       1,230       17,744       1,460,930
Legal Officer and Secretary        2015       408,356       334,802        124,222       402,979       178       17,791       1,288,328
(1)

The amounts shown in this column are the aggregate grant date fair values, assuming no risk of forfeiture, calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 for Performance RSUs and Service-based RSUs granted during the applicable year. In connection with the stock awards granted in 2017:

 

   

The grant date fair value of the Performance RSUs to be earned based on three-year relative TSR performance was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation fair value on the date of grant. The following amounts represent the grant date fair value of the relative TSR-based RSUs assuming maximum level of performance achievement determined at the time of grant (150% of the target award): Ms. Palmer—$1,088,391, Mr. Cone—$326,503, and Mr. Sherman—$198,252.

 

   

The grant date fair value of the Performance RSUs to be earned based on our RONA performance was calculated using the closing price of our Class A common stock on the date of grant multiplied by the target number of shares underlying the RONA-based PSU. The following amounts represent the grant date fair value of the RONA-based RSUs assuming maximum level of performance achievement determined at the time of grant (150% of the target award): Ms. Palmer—$1,312,512, Mr. Cone—$393,737, and Mr. Sherman—$239,076.

 

   

The grant date fair value of the Service-based RSU awards was calculated using the closing price of our Class A common stock on the date of grant multiplied by the number of shares underlying the Service-based RSU award.

 

(2)

The stock-based compensation amounts shown in this column reflect the aggregate grant date fair value, assuming no risk of forfeiture, of stock option awards calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. We use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of stock options granted, which requires the input of both subjective and objective assumptions. The assumptions used in the valuation of stock-based awards are discussed in Note 15 to our Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.

 

(3)

The amounts reported in this column were earned under our annual cash incentive bonus program for the applicable year, which is described above (see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Key Elements of Executive Compensation Program—Annual Cash Incentive Bonuses”).

 

(4)

These amounts do not represent realized compensation; rather, they represent an actuarial adjustment to the present value of accumulated benefits under our Taylor Morrison Cash Balance Pension Plan from the pension plan measurement date used for financial statement reporting purposes with respect to our audited financial statements for the applicable fiscal year to the pension plan measurement date used for financial statement reporting purposes with respect to our audited financial statements for the applicable fiscal year. See below under the heading “Pension Benefits” for additional details.

 

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(5)

For each of our named executive officers, “All Other Compensation” consists of the payments for 2017 that are shown in the table below:

 

Name    401(k)
Company Match
($)
   Company Paid
Life Insurance
Premiums
($)
   Auto
Allowance
($)
   Commuting
Expenses
($) (a)
   Other
($) (b)
   Total
($)

Sheryl D. Palmer

       9,450        1,176        14,400        11,439               36,465

C. David Cone

       9,450        1,176        7,200               267        18,093

Darrell C. Sherman

       9,457        1,176        7,200                      17,833

 

  (a)

We pay the commuting expense of Ms. Palmer’s flights from her residence in Las Vegas, Nevada to our corporate headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona.

 

  (b)

This amount represents the value of the service award Mr. Cone received in connection with his five year anniversary with Taylor Morrison pursuant to the Taylor Morrison Service Award Program.

 

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Grants of Plan-Based Awards

 

The following table summarizes awards under our annual cash incentive bonus program and awards granted under the 2013 Omnibus Plan as part of our 2017 long-term incentive plan to each of our named executive officers in the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

Name and
Type of Award
  Grant Date  

Estimated Possible

Payouts Under

Non-Equity Incentive

Plan Awards (1)

 

Estimated Possible

Payouts Under

Equity Incentive

Plan Awards (2)

  All
Other
Stock
Awards:
Number
of
Shares
of Stock
or Units
(#)
  All Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options
(#)
  Exercise or
Base Price
of Option
Awards
($/Sh)
  Grant Date
Fair Value
of Stock
and
Option
Awards (3)
($)
  Threshold
($)
  Target
($)
  Maximum
($)
  Threshold
(#)
  Target
(#)
  Maximum
(#)

Sheryl D. Palmer

                                           

2017 Bonus Program

          150,000       1,500,000       2,400,000                            

Options (4)

      02/02/17                                   160,256       18.74       874,998

Service-based RSUs (4)

      02/02/17                               46,692               875,008

Performance RSUs (4)(5)

      02/02/17                   23,346       46,692       70,038                   725,594

Performance RSUs (4)(6)

      02/02/17                   23,346       46,692       70,038                   875,008

C. David Cone

                                           

2017 Bonus Program

          76,125       761,250       1,218,000                            

Options (4)

      02/02/17                                   48,077       18.74       262,500

Service-based RSUs (4)

      02/02/17                               14,007               262,491

Performance RSUs (4)(5)

      02/02/17                   7,004       14,007       21,011                   217,669

Performance RSUs (4)(6)

      02/02/17                   7,004       14,007       21,011                   262,491

Darrell C. Sherman

                                           

2017 Bonus Program

          62,685       626,846       1,002,954                            

Options (4)

      02/02/17                                   29,190       18.74       159,377

Service-based RSUs (4)

      02/02/17                               8,505               159,384

Performance RSUs (4)(5)

      02/02/17                   4,253       8,505       12,758                   132,168

Performance RSUs (4)(6)

      02/02/17                                     4,253       8,505       12,758                                     159,384

 

(1)

Under our annual cash incentive bonus program, each named executive officer is eligible to receive an annual cash incentive bonus for the fiscal year, the amount of which will vary depending on the degree of attainment of certain performance goals, as described in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Key Elements of Executive Compensation Program—Annual Cash Incentive Bonuses.” This column shows the potential amount of the bonus if performance goals were attained at certain threshold, target or stretch (maximum) levels. Note that the “threshold” amount assumes that the only performance goal achieved (at the threshold level) was the goal that accounts for the least weight in our calculation of the Actual Attainment Percentage when achieved at the threshold level.

 

(2)

Amounts reflect the Performance RSUs granted under our 2017 long-term incentive program. Performance RSUs will be eligible to vest at the end of the three-year performance period based upon the Company’s performance against relative TSR goals and RONA goals, subject to the named executive officer’s continued employment through the date after the performance period that the compensation committee determines and certifies the applicable level of performance achieved. The threshold amounts shown reflect the number of shares which will be delivered assuming that threshold attainment is met for the performance goals. The maximum amounts shown reflect the number of shares which will be delivered assuming maximum attainment against performance goals. Please refer to the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Key Elements of Executive Compensation Program—Long-Term Incentives—Equity Based—2017 Equity Awards” for additional information.

 

(3)

Amounts in this column show the grant date fair value of the stock options, Service RSU awards and Performance RSU awards granted to our named executive officers. Please refer to footnotes (1) and (2) under the Summary Compensation Table for additional information.

 

(4)

Amounts represent grants of stock options, Service-based RSUs and Performance RSUs with respect to our annual long-term incentive plan.

 

(5)

Performance RSUs which vest subject to our relative TSR.

 

(6)

Performance RSUs which vest subject to our RONA.

See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Other Program Attributes—Employment Agreements, Severance Protection and Restrictive Covenant Agreements” for additional details regarding the employment agreements with our named executive officers, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Key Elements of Executive Compensation Program—Annual Cash Incentive Bonuses” for additional details regarding the annual cash bonus program for our named executive officers, and see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Key Elements of Executive Compensation Program—Long-Term Incentives—Equity-Based” for a discussion of the material terms of the equity awards reflected in the Summary Compensation Table and the Grants of Plan-Based Awards table.

 

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Outstanding Equity and Equity-Based Awards at Fiscal Year-End

 

The following table provides information concerning the unexercised stock options outstanding and unvested equity and stock awards for each of our named executive officers as of the end of 2017.

 

          Option Awards   Equity or Stock Awards
Name   Grant Date   Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable
(#)
  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Unexercisable
(#) (1)
  Option
Exercise
Price
($)
  Option
Expiration
Date
  Number of
Shares or Units
or Holding
Vehicle
Performance
Units
That Have Not
Vested
(#) (1)
  Market Value
of Shares or
Units or
Holding
Vehicle
Performance
Units
That Have Not
Vested
($) (2)
  Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number of
Unearned
RSUs
(#) (1)
  Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Market
Value of
Unearned
RSUs
($) (2)

Sheryl D. Palmer

                                   

Options

      04/12/2013       150,000       50,000 (4)         22.00       04/12/23                        

Holding Vehicle Performance Units (3)

                                  1,242,857 (5)         2,581,116 (6)              

Options

      02/09/2015         51,099       51,100 (7)         18.73       02/09/25                        

Service-based RSUs

      02/09/2015                                 28,030 (8)         685,894            

Performance RSUs

      02/09/2015                                             73,579 (9)         1,800,478

Options

      02/08/2016         59,768       179,303 (10)         11.30       02/08/26                        

Service-based RSUs

      02/08/2016                                 77,434 (8)         1,894,810            

Performance RSUs

      02/08/2016                                             154,868 (9)         3,789,620

Options

      02/02/2017               160,256 (11)         18.74       02/02/27                        

Service-based RSUs

      02/02/2017                                 46,692 (8)         1,142,553            

Performance RSUs

      02/02/2017                                             93,384 (9)         2,285,106

C. David Cone

                                   

Options

      04/12/2013       131,250       43,750 (4)         22.00       04/12/23                        

Holding Vehicle Performance Units (3)

                                  271,428 (5)         460,741 (6)              

Options

      02/09/2015         11,193       11,194 (7)         18.73       02/09/25                        

Service-based RSUs

      02/09/2015                               6,140 (8)         150,246            

Performance RSUs

      02/09/2015                                           16,118 (9)         394,407

Options

      02/08/2016       17,076       51,230 (10)         11.30       02/08/26                        

Service-based RSUs

      02/08/2016                               22,124 (8)         541,374            

Performance RSUs

      02/08/2016                                           44,248 (9)         1,082,749

Options

      02/02/2017             48,077 (11)         18.74       02/02/27                        

Service-based RSUs

      02/02/2017                               14,007 (8)         342,751            

Performance RSUs

      02/02/2017                                           28,014 (9)         685,503

Darrell C. Sherman

                                   

Options

      04/12/2013       50,625       16,875 (4)         22.00       04/12/23                        

Holding Vehicle Performance Units (3)

                                  325,000 (5)         674,166 (6)              

Options

      02/09/2015       8,060       8,061 (7)         18.73       02/09/25                        

Service-based RSUs

      02/09/2015                               4,421 (8)         108,182            

Performance RSUs

      02/09/2015                                           11,608 (9)         284,048

Options

      02/08/2016       8,751       26,256 (10)         11.30       02/08/26                        

Service-based RSUs

      02/08/2016                               11,338 (8)         277,441            

Performance RSUs

      02/08/2016                                           22,676 (9)         554,882

Options

      02/02/2017             29,190 (11)         18.74       02/02/27                        

Service-based RSUs

      02/02/2017                               8,505 (8)         208,117            

Performance RSUs

      02/02/2017                                           17,010 (9)         416,235

 

(1)

For additional information on vesting upon specified termination events or a change in control, see “—Potential Payments Upon Termination of Employment or Change in Control.”

 

(2)

Calculated using the NYSE closing price of $24.47 per share of our Class A common stock on December 29, 2017, the last trading day of 2017.

 

(3)

Holding Vehicle Performance Units were issued at the time of our IPO as part of the conversion of profits interests in TMM granted before the IPO. See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Key Elements of Executive Compensation Program—New TMM Units and Holding Vehicle Performance Units.”

 

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(4)

The remaining unvested portion of these stock options vest and become exercisable on April 12, 2018, subject to continued employment on the applicable vesting date.

 

(5)

Represents the aggregate number of unvested Holding Vehicle Performance Units held as of December 31, 2017. Holding Vehicle Performance Units will vest based on the cash return received by the Former Principal Equityholders as of the date of determination, subject to and conditioned on the holder’s continuous employment through the applicable vesting date.

 

(6)

The value of the unvested Holding Vehicle Performance Units is calculated assuming a valuation of the Company implied by the NYSE closing price of $24.47 per share of our Class A common stock on December 29, 2017, the last trading day of 2017, and assumes that the Former Principal Equityholders sold their remaining equity interests in the Company at such price without any transaction costs or offering discount.

 

(7)

The remaining unvested portion of these stock options vest and become exercisable ratably in two equal installments on each of February 9, 2018 and 2019, subject to continued employment through the applicable vesting date.

 

(8)

Service-based RSUs vest ratably in three substantially equal installments of 33 1/3% on each of the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date, subject to continued employment through the applicable vesting date.

 

(9)

Performance RSUs vest based on the achievement of performance goals over a three-year performance period, subject to continued employment through the date that the compensation committee determines and certifies the level of performance achieved under the applicable performance measures. Amounts reflect the target number of shares that could vest as of the end of the performance period. See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Key Elements of Executive Compensation Program — Long-Term Incentives—Equity Based” for additional information regarding the performance periods applicable to the respective performance measures.

 

(10)

The remaining unvested portion of these stock options vest and become exercisable ratably in three equal installments of 33 1/3% on each of the second, third, and fourth anniversaries of February 8, 2016, subject to continued employment through the applicable vesting date.

 

(11)

These stock options vest and become exercisable ratably in four equal installments of 25% on each of the first, second, third, and fourth anniversaries of February  2, 2017, subject to continued employment through the applicable vesting date.

Option Exercises and Stock Vested Table

 

The following table provides information concerning the vesting of equity awards during 2017 on an aggregated basis for each of our named executive officers. While our named executive officers vested in New TMM Units during 2017, the value realized on vesting is an approximate value determined as of the date of vesting, however, no amounts were actually realized by our named executive officers on the vesting date. None of the stock options granted to our named executive officers were exercised in 2017.

 

      Service-Based  RSUs (2)    New TMM Units   

Holding Vehicle

Performance Units

 Name   

Number of
Shares
Acquired on
Vesting

(#)

  

Value

Realized on
Vesting

($) (1)

  

Number of
New TMM
Units
Vested

(#)

  Value
Realized
on Vesting
($) (1)
  

Number of
Holding Vehicle
Performance
Units
Vested

(#)

   Value
Realized
on Vesting
($) (6)

Sheryl D. Palmer

       14,015        261,380        11,374 (3)         269,450        1,242,857        2,499,497

C. David Cone

       3,070        57,256        19,241 (4)         439,585        271,429        442,570

Darrell C. Sherman

       2,211        41,235        3,981 (5)         94,310        325,000        652,805

 

(1)

Amounts reported are based on the closing price of our Class A common stock on the NYSE on the vesting date, unless a vesting date falls on a date on which the NYSE markets were not open for trading, in which case, amounts reported are based on the closing price of a share of our Class A common stock for the immediately preceding trading day.

 

(2)

The first installment (33%) of the Service-based RSUs granted on February 9, 2015, vested on February 9, 2017, and the respective value realized on vesting was based on the closing price of our Class A common stock on that date ($18.65). The remaining unvested service-based RSUs granted on February 9, 2015, will vest in two equal installments on each of February 9, 2018, and February 9, 2019, subject to continued employment.

 

(3)

Ms. Palmer’s New TMM Units vested on June 29, 2017. The respective value realized on vesting of these New TMM Units was based on the closing price of our Class A common stock on the NYSE on that date ($23.69).

 

(4)

15,600 of Mr. Cone’s New TMM Units vested on October 15, 2017, and 3,641 of his New TMM Units vested as of December 7, 2017. The respective value realized on vesting of these New TMM Units was based on the closing price of our Class A common stock on the NYSE on October 13, 2017 ($22.64) and December 7, 2017 ($23.73).

 

(5)

Mr. Sherman’s New TMM Units vested on June 29, 2017. The respective value realized on vesting of these New TMM Units was based on the closing price of our Class A common stock on the NYSE on that date ($23.69).

 

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(6)

Fifty percent (50%) of our named executive officers’ Holding Vehicle Performance Units vested on November 13, 2017 in connection with TPG’s and Oaktree’s achievement of a return on their respective equity investments of at least 2.0x. The value of the vested Holding Vehicle Performance Units is equal to the distributions in respect of such Holding Vehicle Performance Units that each named executive officer became entitled to receive on the vesting date (assuming a hypothetical liquidation of the TPG Holding Vehicle and the Oaktree Holding Vehicle in which the Former Principal Equityholders sold their remaining equity interests in the Company without any transaction costs or offering discount on such date at a price of $22.96 per share, the closing stock price on the NYSE of a share of our Class A common stock on that date). Actual distributions from the TPG Holding Vehicle and the Oaktree Holding Vehicle in respect of such vested Holding Vehicle Performance Units in fiscal 2017 were, in the aggregate, $1,278,179 for Ms. Palmer, $169,880 for Mr. Cone, and $333,124 for Mr. Sherman, respectively.

Pension Benefits

 

 

 Name    Plan Name    Number of
Years Credited
Service
(#) (1)
   Present
Value of
Accumulated
Benefit
($)
   Payments
During Last
Fiscal Year
($)

Sheryl D. Palmer

      
Taylor Morrison Cash
Balance Pension Plan

       12.0        103,084 (2)         

Darrell C. Sherman

      
Taylor Morrison Cash
Balance Pension Plan

       9.0        22,274 (2)         

 

(1)

As of December 31, 2017, each participating named executive officer is fully vested in his or her respective retirement plan benefit. Pursuant to the terms of the Taylor Morrison Cash Balance Pension Plan, a year of service is credited once a participant has worked 1,000 hours in that year. Mr. Cone does not participate in the Taylor Morrison Cash Balance Pension Plan as he began employment with us on October 15, 2012, and the plan was frozen as of December 31, 2010.

 

(2)

These amounts represent the actuarial present value of the total retirement benefit that would be payable to each respective named executive officer under the Taylor Morrison Cash Balance Pension Plan as of December 31, 2017. The following key actuarial assumptions and methodologies were used to calculate the present value of accumulated benefits under the Taylor Morrison Cash Balance Pension Plan: a discount rate of 3.42% and Adjusted RP-2014 Mortality Tables with MP-2017 projection scale.

Pension benefits are provided to our named executive officers under the following plan, The Taylor Morrison Cash Balance Pension Plan (the “Pension Plan”). Effective December 31, 2010, the Pension Plan was frozen as to new participants and future accruals. Ms. Palmer and Mr. Sherman were each eligible for early retirement under the Pension Plan for 2017.

 

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The following table is an overview of the current terms and provisions of the frozen Pension Plan.

 

      Pension Plan

Purpose

  

To provide a retirement benefit for eligible employees in recognition of their contributions to the overall success of our business.

Eligibility

  

U.S. salaried and hourly employees, including the named executive officers. The Pension Plan was frozen effective December 31, 2010. Employees hired January 1, 2011, or later are not eligible to participate in the Pension Plan.

Retirement Date & Early Retirement Date

  

Normal Retirement: The first day of the month coinciding with or next following the participant’s 65 th birthday, or if later the participant’s fifth anniversary of joining the Pension Plan.

 

Early Retirement: The first day of the month coinciding with or next following the date that participant attains age 50, and has completed at least five years of service with us.

Pension Formula

  

Normal Retirement: Quarterly credits based on the employee’s age and eligible compensation (including regular compensation for services, commissions, bonuses, leave cash-outs, deferred compensation, but excluding separation payments), with the size of our contributions increasing based on the participant’s age. Our contributions range from 2% to 4% of eligible compensation, plus 1% of eligible compensation over the social security wage base. As of December 31, 2010, the Pension Plan was frozen with regard to pay credits.

 

Early Retirement: Same as normal retirement, however, if the participant elects to receive payments as of the early retirement date, the benefit will be equal to the actuarial equivalent of the normal retirement benefit.

Form of Benefit                                                 

  

Normal Retirement : Paid as a monthly pension commencing on the participant’s retirement date and continuing for the participant’s life, with survivor benefits following the participant’s death continuing to the participant’s spouse during the spouse’s life at a rate equal to 50% of the rate at which such benefits were payable to the participant (i.e., a joint and 50% survivor annuity). A participant who is unmarried at the time benefits become payable under the Pension Plan shall be entitled to a monthly pension continuing for the participant’s life. However, the form of distribution of such benefit shall be determined pursuant to the provisions of the pension plan (i.e., one lump-sum cash payment, monthly pension payable over the life of the participant, etc.).

 

Early Retirement: Same as normal retirement.

Potential Payments Upon Termination of Employment or Change in Control

The following summaries and tables describe and quantify the potential payments and benefits that we would provide to our named executive officers in connection with termination of employment and/or change in control. In determining amounts payable, we have assumed in all cases that the termination of employment and/or change in control occurred on December 31, 2017. The amounts that would actually be paid to our executive officers upon a termination of employment will depend on the circumstances and timing of termination or change in control.

Severance Benefits

Ms.  Palmer . If Ms. Palmer resigns for “good reason” or if we terminate her employment without “cause” (including our election not to renew her employment agreement), Ms. Palmer will be entitled to receive the following payments

 

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and benefits, subject to her execution of a release of claims against us and her continued compliance with her post-employment restrictive covenants:

 

 

cash severance equal to two and a half times her base salary, payable in equal installments over a thirty-month period in accordance with our standard payroll practices;

 

 

a prorated annual bonus for the fiscal year in which her employment terminates, payable in a lump sum and based on actual performance for the year (determined by the board of directors following completion of the performance year and paid at the same time as other executives participating in the applicable plan); and

 

 

the employer’s portion of Ms. Palmer’s COBRA premiums for up to thirty months following her date of termination of employment or such shorter period if she becomes eligible to receive comparable coverage under another employer plan.

Solely in the event that a qualifying termination occurs within the twenty-four month period following a change in control, in addition to the severance payments and benefits described above, Ms. Palmer will be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to two and a half times her target bonus for the then current fiscal year payable in equal installments over a thirty-month period.

In 2012, we also amended Ms. Palmer’s employment agreement to provide her with an opportunity to receive a special retirement bonus in the amount of $1,000,000, if, after May 15, 2013, she voluntarily terminates her employment from the homebuilding industry and does not resume employment in the industry in any capacity for a period of five years following such departure. The special retirement bonus is payable in equal installments over the period that the first $1,000,000 in cash severance would have otherwise been payable if Ms. Palmer resigned for good reason or if we had terminated her employment without cause. In the event that Ms. Palmer resumes employment in the homebuilding industry within such five-year period, she will be required to repay the special retirement bonus to us. The purpose of providing Ms. Palmer this retirement bonus is twofold: retention of her services through at least May 15, 2013, and to deter her from directly competing with us for a period of five years following any such departure which could cause significant harm to our business.

Termination of Ms. Palmer for “cause” generally means (i) a material breach by Ms. Palmer of her employment agreement, any equity agreement or any of our policies (subject to up to a 15-day period to cure such breach or failure if reasonably susceptible to cure); (ii) Ms. Palmer’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, which is injurious to us; or (iii) Ms. Palmer’s commission of a felony or other crime involving dishonesty, fraud, breach of any fiduciary obligation to the board of directors or any equity holder, or unethical business conduct.

Resignation by Ms. Palmer for “good reason” generally means (i) any material diminution in the nature or status of Ms. Palmer’s duties and responsibilities, (ii) any material diminution in Ms. Palmer’s base salary or bonus opportunity, other than a decrease in base salary or bonus opportunity that applies to a similarly situated class of employees, or (iii) a change of Ms. Palmer’s principal place of business to a location more than 50 miles from its then present location; provided, that Ms. Palmer provides us with written notice of any fact or circumstance believed by her to constitute good reason within 90 days of the occurrence of such fact or circumstance, and subject to a 30-day period to cure such fact or circumstance.

“Change in control” has the same meaning contained in the 2013 Omnibus Plan (or any successor plan thereto).

Ms. Palmer is also subject to a restrictive covenants agreement in which she has agreed, among other things, not to compete with us for 18 months following (i) a termination of employment by us (other than for cause) or by Ms. Palmer for good reason, (ii) upon voluntary termination of employment, or (iii) termination by us for cause.

Messrs. Cone and Sherman . The employment of Messrs. Cone and Sherman may be terminated by us or by the executive at any time, with or without cause. Pursuant to each such executive’s employment agreement, the executive is entitled to receive severance benefits upon termination by us without “cause” at any time or upon resignation for “good reason” following a change in control. Upon an eligible termination, the terminated executive will be entitled to continued payment of base salary for 12 months, payable in 26 equal installments in accordance with our standard payroll practices, a prorated annual bonus for the year of termination payable in a lump sum at the same time as annual bonuses are otherwise paid to our other employees, and company-paid COBRA premiums for continued participation in our welfare plans for up to one year or such shorter period if the executive becomes eligible for coverage under another group program. The executive’s entitlement to these severance payments and benefits is generally conditioned on continued compliance with obligations not to solicit our employees, customers or suppliers and execution of a general release of all claims against us.

 

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Resignation for “good reason” includes a “change in control” combined with either: (i) a material and adverse change in the executive’s level, scope of duties and responsibilities or total compensation; or (ii) a relocation of more than 50 miles of the executive’s principal place of employment; provided that, in each case, notice of resignation is delivered to us within 30 days of such occurrence in the case of Mr. Sherman or 20 days in the case of Mr. Cone.

Termination for “cause” generally includes any of the following actions by the executive: (i) conviction, guilty plea, or confession to any felony, act of fraud, theft, or embezzlement; (ii) malfeasance, negligence, or intentional failure to perform duties that is not cured after 5 days of receipt of notice from us; or (iii) failure to comply with our employment policies, a failure to comply with the executive’s agreement, or deviation from any of our employee policies or directives of the board of directors.

“Change in control” for both Mr. Sherman and Mr. Cone has the same meaning contained in the 2013 Omnibus Plan (or any successor plan thereto).

Each of Messrs. Cone and Sherman is also subject to a restrictive covenants agreement in which he has agreed, among other things, not to compete with us for 18 months following (i) a termination of employment by us (other than for cause) or by the executive for good reason, provided that we are paying the executive severance, (ii) upon voluntary termination of employment (other than a resignation for good reason), or (iii) termination by us for cause.

Treatment of Equity Awards upon Termination (Not in Connection with a Change in Control) . Under the terms of our 2013 Omnibus Plan and the award agreements for awards issued thereunder, upon any termination of employment, whether with or without “cause” or “good reason,” or by reason of an employee’s death or disability, unvested options and RSUs (both Service-based RSUs and Performance RSUs) are forfeited for no consideration. Vested options may be exercised for a period of 90 days following a termination without “cause” or for “good reason,” and for a period of one year following a termination by reason of death or disability. If an employee is terminated for cause, all of the employee’s options, whether vested or unvested, expire immediately upon termination. Under the terms of the applicable plan document and award agreements, upon any termination of employment, whether with or without “cause” or “good reason,” or by reason of an employee’s death or disability, unvested New TMM Units and unvested Holding Vehicle Performance Units are forfeited for no consideration, and if terminated for “cause” all such units, whether vested or unvested, are forfeited for no consideration.

Change in Control Benefits

We do not provide our named executive officers with any single-trigger change in control payments or benefits. If a change in control were to have occurred on December 31, 2017, and our named executive officers remained employed by us, there would have been no payments due to our named executive officers under any of our plans. Each named executive officer’s Holding Vehicle Performance Units would only vest (in full or in part) based on the cash return received by the Former Principal Equityholders as of the date of determination, subject to and conditioned on such named executive officer’s continued employment through the applicable vesting date, whether or not in connection with a change in control.

Each named executive officer’s outstanding stock options shall become immediately vested and exercisable and outstanding Service-based RSU awards will become 100% vested in connection with a termination by us without “cause” or by the executive for “good reason” (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, a termination by reason of death or disability) (each as defined in the relevant award agreement) that occurs within 24 months following a “change in control” (as defined in the 2013 Omnibus Plan). For RSU awards subject to a performance condition, the performance period is deemed to end on the date of the change in control and the compensation committee may, in its discretion, determine to what extent any applicable performance goals have been met and/or cause the award to be paid in full or in part.

No named executive officer has any right to receive a “gross up” for any excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, or any other U.S. federal, state, and local income tax.

 

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Calculations of Benefits to Which Executives Would be Entitled

Assuming no change in control had occurred and termination of employment occurred on December 31, 2017, the dollar value of the payments and other benefits to be provided to each of the named executive officers are estimated to be as follows:

Estimated Payments and Benefits upon Termination without Cause Assuming No Change in Control had Occurred

 

 

 Name    Salary
Continuation
   Prorated
Bonus (3)
   Continued
Benefits (4)
   Other
Compensation
   TOTAL

Sheryl D. Palmer (1)

     $ 2,500,000 (2)        $ 1,760,100      $ 41,662             $ 4,301,762

C. David Cone

     $ 525,000 (5)        $ 893,251      $ 25,983             $ 1,444,234

Darrell C. Sherman

     $ 435,000 (5)        $ 735,542      $ 28,057             $ 1,198,599

 

(1)

In the case of Ms. Palmer, these amounts are also payable if she terminates her employment with us for good reason.

 

(2)

If Ms. Palmer’s employment had terminated without cause or she resigned for good reason, her base severance amount is two and a half times her base salary ($1,000,000). In the event Ms. Palmer voluntarily terminates employment in connection with her retirement from the homebuilding industry, in lieu of the salary continuation, prorated bonus and continued benefits payments set forth above, we will pay her a special retirement bonus equal to $1,000,000, which is payable in equal installments as described above.

 

(3)

Pursuant to their respective employment agreements, each of our named executive officers is entitled to a prorated annual bonus for the fiscal year in which employment terminates based on actual performance. For purposes of this table, we have calculated the bonuses assuming that each named executive officer would have received his or her annual bonus based on the actual performance results under our 2017 annual bonus program. We have assumed that the financial targets in the 2017 annual bonus program were able to be determined as of December 31, 2017.

 

(4)

These amounts reflect the estimated COBRA premiums for the executives and their respective eligible dependents enrolled (if any) in any then-existing group health plans for one year (or in the case of Ms. Palmer, 30 months) as required by their respective employment agreements and assumes that the executive does not become eligible for other health coverage.

 

(5)

Pursuant to their respective employment agreements, each of Messrs. Cone and Sherman is entitled to an amount equal to one times his respective base salary.

 

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Assuming a change in control and termination of employment occurred on December 31, 2017, the dollar value of the payments and other benefits to be provided to each of the named executive officers are estimated to be as follows:

Estimated Payments and Benefits upon Termination without Cause or for Good Reason in Connection with a Change in Control

 

 

 Name

   Salary
Continuation
  Prorated
Bonus (1)
   Continued
Benefits (2)
   Other
Compensation
  Equity
Value (3)
   Vesting of
Options &
RSU
Awards (4)
   TOTAL

Sheryl D. Palmer

     $ 2,500,000 (5)       $ 1,760,100      $ 41,662      $ 3,750,000 (6)       $ 2,581,116      $ 15,294,952      $ 25,927,830

C. David Cone

     $ 525,000 (7)       $ 893,251      $ 25,983            $ 460,741      $ 4,319,502      $ 6,224,477

Darrell C. Sherman

     $ 435,000 (7)       $ 735,542      $ 28,057            $ 674,166      $ 2,449,893      $ 4,322,658

 

(1)

Pursuant to their respective employment agreements, each of our named executive officers is entitled to a prorated annual bonus for the fiscal year in which employment terminates based on actual performance. For purposes of this table, we have calculated the bonuses assuming that each named executive officer would have received his or her annual bonus based on the actual performance results under our 2017 annual bonus program. We have assumed that the financial targets in the 2017 annual bonus program were able to be determined as of December 31, 2017.

 

(2)

These amounts reflect the estimated COBRA premiums for the executives and their respective eligible dependents enrolled (if any) in any then-existing group health plans for one year (or in the case of Ms. Palmer, 30 months) as required by their respective employment agreements.

 

(3)

Represents the value of the unvested Holding Vehicle Performance Units calculated using the NYSE closing price of $24.47 per share of our Class A common stock on December 29, 2017, the last business day of 2017. To calculate the values of the Holding Vehicle Performance Units, we have assumed that the Former Principal Equityholders sold their remaining equity interests in us without any transaction costs or offering discount as of December 31, 2017. (No amount is included in this column in respect of accelerated vesting of our named executive officers’ New TMM Units, which were fully vested as of December 31, 2017, or in respect of the Holding Vehicle Performance Units that vested in November 2017. As described above under “—New TMM Units and Holding Vehicle Performance Units,” our named executive officers’ remaining unvested Holding Vehicle Performance Units also became fully vested in January 2018.)

 

(4)

Represents the in-the-money value of unvested stock options and unvested RSUs associated with the acceleration of the vesting of equity awards. In the case of RSUs, the value was based on the NYSE closing price of $24.47 per share of our Class A common stock on December 29, 2017, the last business day of 2017, and, in the case of options, was based on the difference between such closing price and the exercise price of the option. For Performance RSUs, we have assumed that the target performance goal was achieved and certified.

 

(5)

If Ms. Palmer’s employment would have been terminated without cause or she had resigned for good reason within the 24-month period following a change in control, her base severance amount is two and a half times her base salary ($1,000,000). However, in the event Ms. Palmer voluntarily terminates employment in connection with her retirement from the homebuilding industry (whether in connection with a change in control or otherwise), she would not be entitled to the salary continuation, prorated bonus and continued benefits payments as set forth in the chart above and, instead, we will pay her a special retirement bonus equal to $1,000,000 which is payable in equal installments as described above. None of Ms. Palmer’s unvested equity awards by their terms would vest upon her retirement from the homebuilding industry following a change in control.

 

(6)

This amount reflects two and a half times the product of Ms. Palmer’s target annual bonus percentage (150%) multiplied by Ms. Palmer’s base salary ($1,000,000), as payable pursuant to her employment agreement, to the extent she would have been terminated either by us without cause or she had resigned for good reason during the 24-month period following a change in control. This amount would be payable in equal installments over a 30-month period.

 

(7)

Pursuant to their respective employment agreements, Messrs. Cone and Sherman are entitled to an amount equal to one times the named executive officer’s base salary.

CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure

As required by Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K, we are providing the following information about the ratio of the annual total compensation, calculated in accordance with the requirements of Item 402(c)(2)(x) of Regulation S-K (the “Annual Total Compensation”) of our median employee and the Annual Total Compensation of our CEO, Sheryl D. Palmer.

For 2017, our last completed fiscal year:

 

 

The median Annual Total Compensation of all employees of our Company (other than our CEO), was $88,530.

 

 

The Annual Total Compensation of Ms. Palmer was $6,155,731.

 

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Accordingly, the ratio of Ms. Palmer’s Annual Total Compensation to the median employee’s Annual Total Compensation was 69.5 to 1. This ratio is a reasonable estimate calculated in a manner consistent with Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K.

The SEC’s rules for identifying the median compensated employee and calculating the pay ratio based on that employee’s Annual Total Compensation allow companies to adopt a variety of methodologies, to apply certain exclusions, and to make reasonable estimates and assumptions that reflect their employee populations and compensation practices. As a result, the pay ratio reported by other companies may not be comparable to the pay ratio reported above, as other companies have different employee populations and compensation practices and may utilize different methodologies, exclusions, estimates and assumptions in calculating their own pay ratios.

We completed the following steps to identify the median of the annual total compensation of all our employees and to determine the Annual Total Compensation of our median employee and CEO:

 

 

As of December 31, 2017, our employee population consisted of 1,855 employees, including any full-time, part-time, commissions-based, temporary and seasonal employees employed on that date.

 

 

To find the median of the annual total compensation of our employees (other than our CEO), we used wages from our payroll records as reported to the Internal Revenue Service on Form W-2 for calendar year 2017. In making this determination, we did not annualize compensation for full-time and part-time permanent employees who were employed on December 31, 2017, but did not work for us the entire year. No full-time equivalent adjustments were made for part-time employees.

 

 

We identified our median employee using this compensation measure and methodology, which was consistently applied to all our employees included in the calculation.

After identifying the median employee, we added together all of the elements of such employee’s compensation for 2017 in accordance with the requirements of Item 402(c)(2)(x) of Regulation S-K, resulting in annual total compensation of $88,530. With respect to the annual total compensation of our CEO, we used the amount reported in the “Total” column of our 2017 Summary Compensation Table appearing on page 35 of this proxy statement, which is also in accordance with the requirements of Item 402(c)(2)(x).

 

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Exhibit 99.7

 

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Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions

Described below are related person transactions (as defined below) that occurred during 2017, that are continuing or that are currently proposed. The transactions described herein include those involving our Former Principal Equityholders who, as discussed below, have fully sold their equity ownership interest in us.

Reorganization Agreement

In connection with the transactions effecting our pre-IPO reorganization (the “Reorganization Transactions”), we entered into a reorganization agreement with New TMM and other subsidiaries of ours, the Former Principal Equityholders and other existing limited partners of TMM and the TPG and Oaktree Holding Vehicles, which governed the Reorganization Transactions. In addition, under the reorganization agreement, the TPG Holding Vehicle, the Oaktree Holding Vehicle, JHI and certain members of our management and our board of directors subscribed for a number of shares of our Class B common stock equal to the number of New TMM Units they then owned, at a price equal to the par value per share of Class B common stock. As described below, our Former Principal Equityholders sold all of their New TMM Units and a corresponding number of shares of Class B common stock and no longer hold any equity interest in the Company.

For information on beneficial ownership by our significant stockholders, directors and executive officers of our Class A common stock as of the most recent practicable date, see “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners, Directors and Management.”

New TMM Limited Partnership Agreement

In connection with the Reorganization Transactions, Taylor Morrison Home Corporation, the TPG and Oaktree Holding Vehicles, JHI and certain members of our management and our board entered into the limited partnership agreement of New TMM (the “New TMM LPA”). As a result of the Reorganization Transactions and in accordance with the terms of the New TMM LPA, New TMM, through TMM and its subsidiaries, exercises stewardship over the business and affairs of Taylor Morrison Holdings and its subsidiaries and Holdings II and its subsidiaries. New TMM does not conduct any activities other than direct or indirect ownership and stewardship over Taylor Morrison Holdings and Holdings II and their respective subsidiaries.

The holders of New TMM Units, including Taylor Morrison Home Corporation, will generally incur U.S. federal, state and local income taxes on their proportionate share of any net taxable income of New TMM. Net profits and net losses of New TMM are generally allocated to its members pro rata in accordance with the percentages of their respective New TMM Units, though certain non pro rata adjustments may be made to reflect tax depreciation, amortization and other allocations. To the extent permitted under the instruments governing our indebtedness, the New TMM LPA provides for cash distributions to its limited partners if the taxable income of New TMM gives rise to taxable income for its limited partners. In accordance with the New TMM LPA and, assuming New TMM is permitted to do so under the instruments governing our indebtedness, New TMM will make cash distributions to the extent feasible to the holders of the New TMM Units, including Taylor Morrison Home Corporation, for purposes of funding their tax obligations in respect of the income of New TMM that is allocated to them. Generally, these tax distributions are computed based on our estimate of the net taxable income of New TMM allocable to such holder of New TMM Units multiplied by an assumed tax rate equal to the greater of (x) the highest effective marginal combined U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate prescribed for an individual or corporate resident in San Francisco, California and (y) the highest combined provincial and federal income tax rate applicable to an individual or (if higher) a corporation that is a resident of Canada and is subject to tax in the province of Canada that has the highest income tax rate (in each case taking into account the nondeductibility of certain expenses and the character of our income). In addition, to the extent permitted under the instruments governing our indebtedness, New TMM may make distributions to Taylor Morrison Home Corporation without pro rata distributions to other limited partners in order to pay (i) consideration, if any, for redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of equity interests of New TMM to the extent such cash is used to redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire our Class A common stock, (ii) operating, administrative and other similar costs incurred by Taylor Morrison Home Corporation, and (iii) other payments related to (a) legal, tax, accounting and other professional fees and expenses, (b) judgments, settlements, penalties, fines or other costs and expenses in

 

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respect of any claims involving Taylor Morrison Home Corporation and (c) other fees and expenses related to the maintenance of our existence or any securities offering, investment or acquisition transaction authorized by our board of directors.

The New TMM LPA provides that, subject to certain exceptions, any time Taylor Morrison Home Corporation issues a share of our Class A common stock or any other equity security, the net proceeds received by Taylor Morrison Home Corporation with respect to such issuance, if any, will be concurrently invested in New TMM and New TMM will issue to Taylor Morrison Home Corporation one New TMM Unit or other economically equivalent equity interest. Conversely, if at any time, any shares of our Class A common stock are redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired, New TMM will redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire an equal number of New TMM Units held by Taylor Morrison Home Corporation, upon the same terms and for the same price, as the shares of our Class A common stock are redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired.

Under the New TMM LPA, the Partners (as defined in the New TMM LPA) agreed that the Former Principal Equityholders and/or one or more of their respective affiliates were permitted to engage in business activities or invest in or acquire businesses that may compete with our business or do business with any customer of ours.

Under the New TMM LPA, New TMM is required to indemnify all of its Partners, including Taylor Morrison Home Corporation, against any and all losses and expenses related thereto incurred by reason of the fact that such person was a Partner of New TMM. In the event that losses are incurred as a result of a Partner’s fraud or willful misconduct, such Partner is not entitled to indemnification under the New TMM LPA.

New TMM may be dissolved only upon the voluntary agreement of its general partner or as otherwise required by the laws of the Cayman Islands. Upon dissolution, New TMM will be liquidated and the proceeds from any liquidation will be applied and distributed in the following manner: (a) first, to creditors (including to the extent permitted by law, creditors who are Partners) in satisfaction of the liabilities of New TMM, (b) second, to establish cash reserves for contingent or unforeseen liabilities and (c) third, to the Partners in proportion of their interests in New TMM (other than to Partners holding unvested New TMM Units to the extent that their units do not vest as a result of the event causing the dissolution).

Due to the nature of the New TMM LPA, it is not the type of agreement that is typically entered into with, or available to, unaffiliated third parties.

Exchange Agreement

In connection with the closing of the IPO, Taylor Morrison Home Corporation, the TPG and Oaktree Holding Vehicles, JHI and certain members of our management and board of directors and other existing and future holders of our New TMM Units (and corresponding Class B common stock) entered into an exchange agreement under which, from time to time, they (or certain transferees thereof) have the right to exchange their New TMM Units (along with a corresponding number of our Class B common stock) for shares of our Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications.

Stockholders Agreement

In connection with the IPO, we entered into a Stockholders Agreement with our Former Principal Equityholders, which contained provisions related to the composition of our board of directors and its committees and permitted our Former Principal Equityholders to nominate directors based on the level of their equity ownership in us. As our Former Principal Equityholders have sold out of their ownership in us, as described below, the Stockholders Agreement is no longer operative.

Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the IPO, we entered into a registration rights agreement with our Former Principal Equityholders and certain members of our management and our board of directors. The registration rights agreement provided several of our Former Principal Equityholders with certain registration rights in respect of shares of our Class A common stock held by them, subject to certain conditions. We were required to bear the registration expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, associated with any registration of shares pursuant to the agreement. The agreement also includes customary indemnification provisions in favor of our Former Principal

 

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Equityholders and the members of management and the members of our board of directors party to the agreement, any person who is or might be deemed a control person (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) and related parties against certain losses and liabilities (including reasonable costs of investigation and legal expenses) arising out of or based upon any filing or other disclosure made by us under the securities laws relating to any such registration.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

We enter into customary indemnification agreements with our executive officers and directors that provide, in general, that we will provide them with customary indemnification in connection with their service to us or on our behalf.

Joint Ventures

From time to time, we and/or one or more of our subsidiaries entered into land development and/or homebuilding joint ventures with one or more of our Former Principal Equityholders and/or their affiliates. Our joint venture Marblehead Development Partners LLC was formed with affiliates of Oaktree and TPG, our joint venture Tramonto Development Partners, LLC was formed with an affiliate of Oaktree and our joint venture Pacific Point Development Partners LLC formed with affiliates of Oaktree, in each case, as previously disclosed. These joint ventures remained operative during 2017 under the same terms as originally entered into.

The foregoing joint ventures were undertaken in compliance with our Related Person Transaction Policy described below, including review and approval by our audit committee.

Securities Offerings Involving the Former Principal Equityholders

During 2017 and in January 2018, we conducted several registered public offerings of shares of our Class A common stock and used all of the net proceeds from these offerings to purchase New TMM Units and a corresponding number of shares of our Class B common stock from our Former Principal Equityholders at a price per New TMM Unit equal to the same per share price the underwriters paid in the corresponding registered offering. In connection with the offerings completed in 2017, the TPG Holding Vehicle, the Oaktree Holding Vehicle and JHI received proceeds from their sale of New TMM Units and Class B common stock in an aggregate amount of $550.4 million, $550.4 million and $11.1 million, respectively, and, in connection with the offerings completed in 2018, the TPG Holding Vehicle and the Oaktree Holding Vehicle each received proceeds from their sale of New TMM Units and Class B common stock in an aggregate amount of $383.6 million.

TPG Capital BD, LLC, an affiliate of the TPG Holding Vehicle, served as an underwriter in one of the registered offerings completed during 2017 and received fees of approximately $285,000 in connection therewith.

In addition, in January 2018, in a series of privately negotiated transactions conducted concurrently with each of the January 2018 registered public offerings, we purchased New TMM Units and a corresponding number of shares of our Class B common stock directly from the TPG Holding Vehicle and the Oaktree Holding Vehicle at a price per New TMM Unit equal to the same per share price the underwriters paid in the corresponding registered offering. The TPG Holding Vehicle and the Oaktree Holding Vehicle each received proceeds from the Company from their sale of New TMM Units and Class B common stock in an aggregate amount of $100.9 million.

The foregoing transactions were undertaken in compliance with our Related Person Transaction Policy described below, including review and approval by our audit committee.

Other Related Person Transactions

In August 2017, we closed on the purchase of 140 home lots in Tustin, California for a total purchase price of $30.0 million from Intracorp Companies, which is owned and controlled by, a former member of our board of directors, Joe S. Houssian.

In October 2017, we also completed the purchase of 112 acres of land in South Carolina for $10.5 million. The land was purchased from IOTA Doby Bridge, LLC which is managed and partly owned by Gibralter Capital and Asset Management, LLC, a fund managed by one of our Former Principal Equityholders, the Oaktree Holding Vehicle.

 

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The foregoing transactions were undertaken in compliance with our Related Person Transaction Policy described below, including review and approval by our audit committee and were on terms no less favorable than would have been received by an unaffiliated third party.

Related Person Transaction Policy

We have adopted a written Related Person Transaction Policy, which sets forth our policy with respect to the review, approval, ratification and disclosure of all related person transactions by our audit committee. In accordance with our Related Person Transaction Policy, our audit committee has overall responsibility for the implementation and compliance with this policy.

For the purposes of our Related Person Transaction Policy, a “related person transaction” is a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which we were, are or will be a participant and in which any related person (as defined in our Related Person Transaction Policy) had, has or will have a direct or indirect material interest, in excess of $120,000. A “related person transaction” does not include any employment relationship or transaction involving an executive officer and any related compensation resulting solely from that employment relationship which has been reviewed and approved, or recommended to the board of directors for approval, by our board of directors or compensation committee (or group of independent directors performing a similar function).

Our Related Person Transaction Policy requires that notice of a proposed related person transaction be provided to our legal department prior to entering into such transaction. If our legal department determines that such transaction is a related person transaction, the proposed transaction will be submitted to our audit committee for consideration. Under our Related Person Transaction Policy, only our audit committee or audit committee chair will be permitted to approve those related person transactions that are in, or not inconsistent with, our best interests. In the event we become aware of a related person transaction that has not been previously reviewed, approved or ratified under our Related Person Transaction Policy and that is ongoing or is completed, the transaction will be submitted to our audit committee so that it may determine whether to ratify, rescind or terminate the related person transaction.

Our Related Person Transaction Policy also provides that our audit committee or audit committee chair will review certain previously approved or ratified related person transactions that are ongoing to determine whether the related person transaction remains in our best interests and the best interests of our stockholders.

Each of the transactions described herein was made in compliance with our Related Person Transaction Policy, including review and approval by our audit committee.

 

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