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 25, 2019

 

 

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-38202   98-1366046

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

166 North Roadrunner Parkway, Suite 1C

Las Cruces, New Mexico

  88011
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(575) 522-3102

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp.

120 Hawthorne Avenue

Palo Alto, California 94301

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

 

 

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

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Units, each consisting of one share of common stock, $0.0001 par value, and one-third of one Warrant to purchase one share of common stock   SPCE.U   New York Stock Exchange
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share   SPCE   New York Stock Exchange
Warrants to purchase common stock   SPCE WS   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☒

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

 

 

 


INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Domestication and Merger Transactions

As previously announced, Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. (“SCH”), a Cayman Islands exempted company, previously entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 29, 2019, as amended on October 2, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among SCH, Vieco USA, Inc. (“Vieco US”), Vieco 10 Limited (“V10”), Foundation Sub 1, Inc., a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SCH (“Merger Sub A”), Foundation Sub 2, Inc., a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SCH (“Merger Sub B”), Foundation Sub LLC, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SCH (“Merger Sub LLC” and collectively with Merger Sub A and Merger Sub B, the “Merger Subs”), TSC Vehicle Holdings, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of V10 (“Company A”), Virgin Galactic Vehicle Holdings, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of V10 (“Company B”), and Virgin Galactic Holdings, LLC (“VGH, LLC”), a direct wholly owned subsidiary of V10 (“Company LLC” and collectively with Company A and Company B, the “VG Companies”)

On October 25, 2019, as contemplated by the Merger Agreement and described in the section titled “Domestication Proposal” beginning on page 137 of the final prospectus and definitive proxy statement, dated October 9, 2019 (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), SCH filed a notice of deregistration with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies, together with the necessary accompanying documents, and filed a certificate of incorporation and a certificate of corporate domestication with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, under which SCH was domesticated and continues as a Delaware corporation, changing its name to “Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.” (the “Domestication”).

On October 25, 2019, as contemplated by the Merger Agreement and described in the section titled “BCA Proposal” beginning on page 88 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (“VGH”) consummated the merger transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, whereby all outstanding shares of common stock or limited liability company interests, as applicable, of each of the VG Companies were cancelled in exchange for the right to receive 130,000,000 shares of VGH common stock (at a deemed value of $10.00 per share) for an aggregate merger consideration of $1.3 billion (the “Aggregate Merger Consideration”) and (ii)(x) Merger Sub A merged with and into Company A, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub A ceasing and Company A being the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of VGH, (y) Merger Sub B, merged with and into Company B, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub B ceasing and Company B being the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of VGH and (z) Merger Sub LLC merged with and into Company LLC, the separate company existence of Merger Sub LLC ceasing and Company LLC being the surviving company and a wholly owned subsidiary of VGH (collectively referred to as the “Mergers” and together with the Domestication, the “Transactions”). As contemplated by the Merger Agreement and described in the section titled “Repurchase Proposal beginning on page 164 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Vieco US elected for VGH to repurchase 5,209,562 shares of VGH’s common stock from Vieco US at a purchase price of $10.00 per share (the “Repurchase”).

In connection with the consummation of the Transactions, each issued and outstanding Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of SCH was converted, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of VGH. Each of issued and outstanding Class B ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of SCH was converted, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of common stock of VGH; provided, however, that with respect to the Class B ordinary shares of SCH held by SCH Sponsor Corp., SCH Sponsor Corp. instead received upon the conversion of the SCH Class B ordinary shares held by it 15,750,000 shares of common stock of VGH. Each issued and outstanding warrant of SCH (the “SCH warrants”) converted into a warrant to acquire one share of common stock of VGH (the “VGH warrants”), pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, dated September 13, 2017, between SCH and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”), as warrant agent. Each issued and outstanding unit of SCH, which consisted of one Class A ordinary share and one-third of one SCH warrant, converted into a unit of VGH (the “VGH units”), with each VGH unit representing one share of VGH common stock and one-third of one VGH warrant.

The foregoing description of the Transactions does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Merger Agreement and amendment thereto, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 2.1 and 2.1(a), respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Purchase Agreement

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement entered into on July 9, 2019, as supplemented by the Assignment, Consent and Waiver Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2019, by and among Chamath Palihapitiya, Vieco US, SCH and V10


(the “Purchase Agreement”), Chamath Palihapitiya, the chief executive officer of SCH, purchased (concurrently with the consummation of the Mergers) 10,000,000 shares of common stock of VGH from Vieco US at a price of $10.00 per share in cash.

Immediately after giving effect to the Transactions, the Repurchase, the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the issuances of shares of common stock by the Company to an affiliate of The Boeing Company (“Boeing”) as described in Item 3.02 in this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”), there were 195,587,552 shares of VGH common stock and 30,999,997 VGH warrants outstanding. Upon the consummation of the Transactions, SCH’s ordinary shares, warrants and units ceased trading, and VGH’s common stock, warrants and units are expected to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbols “SPCE,” “SPCE WS” and “SPCE.U,” respectively. Immediately after giving effect to the Transactions, the Repurchase, the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the issuances of shares of common stock by the Company to Boeing, Vieco US owned approximately 58.7% of VGH’s outstanding shares of common stock, the former public shareholders of SCH owned approximately 27.2% of VGH’s outstanding shares of common stock and SCH Sponsor Corp. and related parties (including Chamath Palihapitiya) owned approximately 13.2% of VGH’s outstanding shares of common stock.

Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Current Report on this Report to “we,” “us,” “our” and the “Company” refer to VGH and its subsidiaries.

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Stockholders’ Agreement

On October 25, 2019, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions and as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Company, SCH Sponsor Corp., Chamath Palihapitiya and Vieco US entered into the Stockholders’ Agreement (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”). The material terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement are described in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 106 titled “BCA Proposal—Related Agreements—Stockholders’ Agreement.” Such description is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Stockholders’ Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 10.9 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement

On October 25, 2019, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions and as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Company, Vieco US, SCH Sponsor Corp. and Chamath Palihapitiya entered into the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). The material terms of the Registration Rights Agreement are described in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 110 titled “BCA Proposal—Related Agreements—Transfer Restrictions and Registration Rights.” Such description is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 10.10 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Amended TMLA

On October 25, 2019, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, and as contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the Deed of Novation dated July 9, 2019, as amended on October 2, 2019, the amended trademark license agreement (the “Amended TMLA”) between the Company and Virgin Enterprises Limited became effective, pursuant to which the Company was granted certain exclusive and non-exclusive rights to use the “Virgin Galactic” name and brand and the Virgin signature logo. The material terms of the Amended TMLA are described in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 111 titled “BCA Proposal—Related Agreements—Trademark License Agreement.” Such description is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Deed of Novation and Deed of Amendment, which are included as Exhibits 10.11 and 10.11(a) to this Report, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Transition Services Agreements

On October 25, 2019, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions and as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (i) two of the Company’s subsidiaries, TSC, LLC and Virgin Galactic, LLC, entered into a transition services agreement (the “U.S. Transition Services Agreement”) with Galactic Ventures LLC and Virgin Orbit and (ii) one of the Company’s subsidiaries, Virgin Galactic Limited, entered into a transition services agreement (the “U.K. Transition Services Agreement”) with Virgin Management Limited, in each case pursuant to which the parties established a service schedule to control the provision of services among the parties.

The material terms of the U.S. Transition Services Agreement and the U.K. Transition Services Agreement are described in the sections of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 112 titled “BCA Proposal—Related


Agreements—U.S. Transition Services Agreement” and “BCA Proposal—Related Agreements—U.K. Transition Services Agreement.” Such descriptions are qualified in their entirety by the text of the agreements, which are included as Exhibits 10.12 and 10.13 to this Report, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

The disclosure set forth in the “Introductory Note” above is incorporated into this Item 2.01 by reference.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Report, or some of the information incorporated herein by reference, contains statements that are forward-looking and as such are not historical facts. This includes, without limitation, statements regarding the financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations. These statements constitute projections, forecasts and forward-looking statements, and are not guarantees of performance. Such statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. When used in this proxy statement, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “strive,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. When the Company discusses its strategies or plans, it is making projections, forecasts or forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on the beliefs of, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to, the Company’s management.

Forward-looking statements in this Report and in any document incorporated by reference in this Report may include, for example, statements about:

 

   

the Company’s ability to achieve or maintain profitability;

 

   

the Company’s ability to effectively market and sell human spaceflights;

 

   

the development of the markets for commercial human spaceflight and commercial research and development payloads;

 

   

any delay in completing the Company’s flight test program and final development of its spaceflight system;

 

   

the Company’s ability to operate its spaceflight system after commercial launch;

 

   

the safety of the Company’s spaceflight systems;

 

   

the Company’s ability to convert its backlog or inbound inquiries into revenue;

 

   

test flights have not yet been completed at the Company’s anticipated full passenger capacity;

 

   

delay in developing or the manufacture of spaceflight systems;

 

   

the Company’s expected capital requirements and the availability of additional financing;

 

   

the Company’s ability to attract or retain highly qualified personnel, including in accounting and finance roles;

 

   

extensive and evolving government regulation that impact the way the Company operates;

 

   

risks associated with international expansion;

 

   

the Company’s ability to continue to use, maintain, enforce, protect and defend its owned and licensed intellectual property, including the Virgin brand and other intellectual property licensed to it under the Amended TMLA;

 

   

the Company’s projected financial information, anticipated growth rate, and market opportunity;

 

   

the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s common stock, warrants and units on the NYSE; and

 

   

other factors detailed under the section titled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 35 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and incorporated herein by reference.


The forward-looking statements contained in this Report and in any document incorporated by reference are based on current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Company. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting the Company will be those that the Company has anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond the Company’s control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 35, which is incorporated herein by reference. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

Business

The Company’s business is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Information About the VG Companies” beginning on page 202, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Risk Factors

The risks associated with the Company’s business are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 35 and are incorporated herein by reference.

Financial Information

The combined financial statements of Virgin Galactic, LLC, The Spaceship Company, LLC, Virgin Galactic (UK) Limited and their respective subsidiaries (collectively, the “Virgin Galactic Business”) as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-29 and are incorporated herein by reference.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of SCH and the Virgin Galactic Business as of June 30, 2019 and for the year ended December 31, 2018 and the six months ended June 30, 2019 is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Reference is made to the disclosure contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 223 in the section titled “The VG Companies’ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Reference is made to the disclosure contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 236 in the section titled “The VG Companies’ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

Properties

The Company’s facilities are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Information About the VG Companies—Facilities” on page 221 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following table sets forth beneficial ownership of the Company’s common stock following the consummation of the Transactions, the Repurchase, the transactions contemplated by Purchase Agreement and the issuance of shares of common stock by the Company to Boeing by:

 

   

each person who is known to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock;

 

   

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

 

   

all current executive officers and directors of the Company as a group.


Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days.

Unless otherwise indicated, the Company believes that all persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to the voting securities beneficially owned by them.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)

   Number of Shares      % of Ownership  

5% Holders

     

Vieco US(2)

     114,790,438        58.7

SCH Sponsor Corp.(3)

     23,750,000        11.7

Directors and Named Executive Officers

     

Chamath Palihapitiya(3)(4)

     33,750,000        16.6

Wanda Austin

     —          —    

Adam Bain(5)

     1,200,000        *  

Craig Kreeger

     —          —    

Evan Lovell

     —          —    

George Mattson

     —          —    

James Ryans(5)

     100,000        *  

George Whitesides

     —          —    

Mike Moses

     —          —    

Enrico Palermo

     —          —    

All directors and executive officers as a group (11 individuals)

     35,050,000        17.1

 

*

Less than one percent

(1)

Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of those listed in the table above is 166 North Roadrunner Parkway, Suite 1C, Las Cruces, NM 88011.

(2)

Vieco US is a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of V10. V10 is a company limited by shares under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. Virgin Investments Limited holds an approximate 80.7% ownership interest in V10, and Aabar Space Inc. holds an approximate 19.3% ownership interest in V10. Virgin Investments Limited is wholly owned by Virgin Group Investments LLC, whose sole managing member is Corvina Holdings Limited, which is wholly owned by Virgin Group Holdings Limited (“Virgin Group Holdings”). Virgin Group Holdings is owned by Sir Richard Branson, and he has the ability to appoint and remove the management of Virgin Group Holdings and, as such, may indirectly control the decisions of Virgin Group Holdings regarding the voting and disposition of securities held by Virgin Group Holdings. Therefore, Sir Richard Branson may be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of the shares held by Virgin Group Holdings. The address of Vieco US is 65 Bleeker Street, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10012. The address of V10, Virgin Group Holdings Limited, Virgin Investments Limited and Corvina Holdings Limited is Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110, British Virgin Islands. The address of Sir Richard Branson is Headland House, Moskito Island, VG 1150, British Virgin Islands.

(3)

Includes up to 8,000,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants issued to SCH Sponsor Corp. in a private placement concurrent with SCH’s initial public offering, which become exercisable 30 days after the consummation of the Transactions. Chamath Palihapitiya and Ian Osborne may be deemed to beneficially own securities held by SCH Sponsor Corp. by virtue of their shared control over SCH Sponsor Corp. The address of SCH Sponsor Corp. is 317 University Avenue, Suite 200, Palo Alto, California 94301.

(4)

As of the consummation of the Transactions, Chamath Palihapitiya has pledged, hypothecated or granted security interests in all of the shares of the Company’s common stock held by him (but not those shares held by SCH Sponsor Corp.) pursuant to a margin loan agreement with customary default provisions. In the event of a default under the margin loan agreement, the secured parties may foreclose upon any and all shares of common stock pledged to them and may seek recourse against the borrower.

(5)

Consists of shares of VGH common stock underlying the restricted stock unit awards (the “Director RSU Awards”) that vested upon the consummation of the Transactions but will not settle into shares of common stock of the Company until a date, selected by the Company, that occurs between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020.

Directors and Executive Officers

The Company’s directors and executive officers after the consummation of the Transactions are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Director Election Proposal” beginning on page 154 and “Management of VGH, Inc. Following the Business Combination” beginning on page 238 and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Executive Compensation

The executive compensation of the Company’s executive officers is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Executive Compensation” beginning on page 245 and that information is incorporated herein by reference.


Director Compensation

The compensation of the Company’s directors is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Executive Compensation—Director Compensation” beginning on page 252 and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

The certain relationships and related party transactions of the Company are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions” beginning on page 262 and are incorporated herein by reference.

Legal Proceedings

Reference is made to the disclosure regarding legal proceedings in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “Information About the VG Companies—Legal Proceedings” beginning on page 222, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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

Shares of the Company’s common stock, the Company’s warrants and the Company’s units are expected to begin trading on the NYSE under the symbol “SPCE,” “SPCE WS” and “SPCE.U,” respectively, on October 28, 2019, subject to ongoing review of the Company’s satisfaction of all listing criteria post-business combination, in lieu of the ordinary shares, warrants and units of SCH. The Company has not paid any cash dividends on its shares of common stock to date. It is the present intention of the Company’s board of directors to retain all earnings, if any, for use in the Company’s business operations and, accordingly, the Company’s board does not anticipate declaring any dividends in the foreseeable future. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon the Company’s revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition. The payment of any cash dividends subsequent to the Transactions will be within the discretion of the Company’s board of directors. Further, the ability of the Company to declare dividends may be limited by the terms of financing or other agreements entered into by it or its subsidiaries from time to time.

Information respecting SCH’s Class A ordinary shares, warrants and units and related stockholder matters are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Market Price and Dividend Information” on page 34 and such information is incorporated herein by reference.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth below under Item 3.02 of this Report concerning the issuance and sale by the Company of certain unregistered securities, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Description of Registrant’s Securities

The description of the Company’s securities is contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Description of VGH, Inc. Securities” beginning on page 272 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

The Company has entered or will enter into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. Each indemnification agreement provides for indemnification and advancement by the Company of certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits or proceedings arising from service to the Company or, at its request, service to other entities, as officers or directors to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. The foregoing description of the indemnification agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the indemnification agreements, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Further information about the indemnification of the Company’s directors and officers is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Description of VGH, Inc. Securities—Limitation on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors” beginning on page 276 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, upon the consummation of the Transactions, Vieco US received, as consideration for its share capital in the VG Companies, shares of the Company’s common stock as described in the disclosure set forth under the Introductory Note and Item 2.01 above.


Pursuant to the previously announced subscription agreement between SCH and Boeing, immediately following the consummation of the Transactions, Boeing purchased 1,924,402 newly issued shares of the Company’s common stock for aggregate consideration of $20.0 million.

The Company issued the foregoing shares of common stock in transactions not involving an underwriter and not requiring registration under Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance on the exemption afforded by Section 4(a)(2) thereof.

Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

The disclosure set forth under the Introductory Note and in Item 2.01 of this Report is incorporated herein by reference.

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

Executive Officers and Directors

Upon the consummation of the Transactions, and in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, each executive officer of SCH ceased serving in such capacities, and Ian Osborne, Jacqueline D. Reses and Andrea Wong ceased serving on SCH’s board of directors.

Chamath Palihapitiya, Wanda Austin, Adam Bain, Craig Kreeger, Evan Lovell, George Mattson, James Ryans and George Whitesides were appointed as directors of the Company, to serve until the end of their respective terms and until their successors are elected and qualified. Wanda Austin, James Ryans and Craig Kreeger were appointed to serve on the Company’s audit committee with James Ryans serving as the chair and qualifying as an audit committee financial expert, as such term is defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K.

George Whitesides was appointed as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President and Jon Campagna was appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

Reference is also made to the disclosure described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Director Election Proposal” beginning on page 154 and “Management of VGH, Inc. Following the Business Combination beginning on page 238 for biographical information about each of the directors and officers following the Transactions, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Compensatory Arrangements for Directors

In connection with the consummation of the Transactions, each of Adam Bain, James Ryans, Jacqueline D. Reses and Andrea Wong received Director RSU Awards relating to an aggregate of 1,500,000 underlying shares of common stock, as


follows: 1,200,000 restricted stock units to Adam Bain and 100,000 restricted stock units to each of James Ryans, Jacqueline D. Reses and Andrea Wong. The Director RSU Awards vested upon the consummation of the Transactions but will not settle into shares of common stock until a date, selected by the Company, between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020.

In connection with the consummation of the Transactions, the Company’s board of directors also approved a compensation program for the Company’s non-employee directors who are determined not to be affiliated with Virgin Group and/or SCH (the “Director Compensation Program”). The material terms of the Director Compensation Program are described in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 252 titled “Executive Compensation—Director Compensation.” Such description is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Director Compensation Program, which is included as Exhibit 10.3 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Compensatory Arrangements for Executive Officers

In connection with the consummation of the Transactions, on October 25, 2019, each of the Company’s executive officers entered into new employment agreements with the Company. The material terms of the agreements for Messrs. Whitesides, Moses, Palermo and Campagna are as follows:

George Whitesides

Pursuant to his employment agreement, Mr. Whitesides serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and reports directly to the Company’s board of directors. Mr. Whitesides’ service pursuant to the employment agreement will continue until terminated in accordance with its terms. Under the employment agreement, Mr. Whitesides is entitled to receive an initial annual base salary of $450,000, subject to increase at the discretion of the Company’s board of directors or a subcommittee thereof and is eligible to receive an annual performance bonus targeted at 50% of Mr. Whitesides’ then-current annual base salary. The actual amount of any such bonus will be determined by reference to the attainment of applicable Company and/or individual performance objectives, as determined by the Company’s board of directors or a subcommittee thereof. Mr. Whitesides is also eligible to earn a one-time cash bonus equal to $500,000, to be paid on the first anniversary of the achievement of a commercial launch, subject to his employment through the payment date. Pursuant to the employment agreement, Mr. Whitesides is also eligible to participate in customary health, welfare and fringe benefit plans, provided by the Company to its employees. In addition, Mr. Whitesides is entitled to join a spaceflight in connection with the performance of his duties, and his wife is entitled to join a spaceflight.

Pursuant to the employment agreement, Mr. Whitesides will receive stock options to purchase an aggregate of 1,283,361 shares of the Company’s common stock and a restricted stock unit award covering an aggregate of 194,844 shares of the Company’s common stock. The restricted stock units were granted in connection with the closing of the Transactions, effective as of the date of the filing of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the 2019 Plan, and half of the stock options were granted in connection with the closing of the Transactions and half will be granted on the first anniversary of the closing of the Transactions, subject to his continued employment through the applicable grant date. Awards granted in connection with the closing of the Transactions will vest as to 25% of the shares subject to the award on the one year anniversary of the closing of the Transactions and as to the remaining 75% in substantially equal monthly installments over the following 36 months, subject to continued service through the applicable vesting date. Awards granted on the first anniversary of the closing of the Transactions will vest along the same schedule, except the vesting dates will be keyed off of the grant date (rather than the closing date of the Transactions).

If Mr. Whitesides’ employment is terminated by the Company without “cause,” or by Mr. Whitesides for “good reason” (each, as defined in the employment agreement, and referred to herein as a “qualifying termination”), subject to his execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims in favor of the Company and continued compliance with customary confidentiality and non-solicitation requirements, then, in addition to any accrued amounts, Mr. Whitesides will be entitled to receive the following severance payments and benefits: (i) an amount equal to the sum of (a) Mr. Whitesides’ annual base salary then in effect and (b) his target annual bonus amount; and (ii) continued healthcare coverage for 12 months after the termination date.

However, if either such termination of employment occurs on or within 24 months following a “change in control” (as defined in the 2019 Plan), subject to his execution and non-revocation a general release of claims in favor of the Company and continued compliance with restrictive covenants, then, in addition to any accrued amounts, Mr. Whitesides instead will be entitled to receive the following severance payments and benefits: (i) an


amount equal to one and one-half times the sum of (a) Mr. Whitesides’ annual base salary then in effect and (b) his target annual bonus amount, (ii) continued healthcare coverage for 18 months after the termination date, and (iii) full accelerated vesting of all outstanding and unvested time-based vesting awards.

The employment agreement contains customary confidentiality and non-solicitation provisions, and also includes a “best pay” provision under Section 280G of the Code, pursuant to which any “parachute payments” that become payable to Mr. Whitesides will either be paid in full or reduced so that such payments are not subject to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, whichever results in the better after-tax treatment to Mr. Whitesides.

Michael Moses, Enrico Palermo, Jon Campagna

The employment agreements for Messrs. Moses, Palermo and Campagna contain the same terms and conditions as Mr. Whitesides’ agreement, except:

 

   

Positions. Messrs. Campagna, Palermo and Moses will serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, President of The Spaceship Company, LLC and President of Virgin Galactic, LLC, respectively. Each will report to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

 

   

Salary. Each will have an annual base salary of $350,000.

 

   

Equity Awards. The following table shows the aggregate number of shares subject to the Company equity awards that will be or have been granted to each executive:

 

Executive

   Stock Options
(Aggregate Number of
Shares)
   Restricted Stock Units
Michael Moses    916,686    139,175
Enrico Palermo    916,686    139,175
Jon Campagna    611,124    92,783

 

   

Car Allowance. Mr. Palermo is entitled to an annual vehicle allowance of $3,600.

 

   

Severance. If the executive experiences a qualifying termination of employment, his severance will be: (i) an amount equal to 50% of the sum of (a) his annual base salary then in effect and (b) his target annual bonus amount; (ii) with respect to Mr. Palermo, payment or reimbursement for the cost of his relocation to the United Kingdom; and (iii) continued healthcare coverage for six months after the termination date. However, if such termination of employment occurs on or within 24 months following a “change in control” (as defined in the 2019 Plan), subject to his execution and non-revocation a general release of claims in favor of the Company and continued compliance with restrictive covenants, then, in addition to any accrued amounts, the executive instead will be entitled to receive the following severance payments and benefits: (i) an amount equal to the sum of (a) his annual base salary then in effect and (b) his target annual bonus amount; (ii) with respect to Mr. Palermo, payment or reimbursement for the cost of his relocation to the United Kingdom; (iii) continued healthcare coverage for 12 months after the termination date; and (iv) full accelerated vesting of all outstanding and unvested time-based vesting awards.

 

   

Other. Messrs. Moses, Palermo and Campagna are not eligible to receive a bonus in connection with a commercial launch, and none is entitled to join a spaceflight in connection with their duties.

The descriptions of the employment agreements of the Company’s executive officers are qualified in their entirety by the full text of such agreements, which are included as Exhibits 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7 and are incorporated herein by reference.


2019 Plan

In connection with the closing of the Transactions, the Company adopted the 2019 Incentive Award Plan (the “2019 Plan”) under which the Company may grant cash and equity incentive awards to eligible service providers in order to attract, motivate and retain the talent for which the Company competes.

Employees, consultants and directors of the Company, and employees and consultants of its subsidiaries, are eligible to receive awards under the 2019 Plan. The 2019 Plan is administered by the Company’s board of directors, which may delegate its duties and responsibilities to one or more committees of the Company’s directors and/or officers (referred to collectively as the “plan administrator”), subject to the limitations imposed under the 2019 Plan, Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, stock exchange rules and other applicable laws. The plan administrator has the authority to take all actions and make all determinations under the 2019 Plan, to interpret the 2019 Plan and award agreements and to adopt, amend and repeal rules for the administration of the 2019 Plan as it deems advisable. The plan administrator also has the authority to determine which eligible service providers receive awards, grant awards and set the terms and conditions of all awards under the 2019 Plan, including any vesting and vesting acceleration provisions, subject to the conditions and limitations in the 2019 Plan.

An aggregate of 21,208,755 shares of common stock are available for issuance under the 2019 Plan and the maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of incentive stock options granted under the 2019 Plan, is 21,205,644.

The foregoing description of the 2019 Plan contained in this Item 5.02 does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to such 2019 Plan, a copy of which is included herewith as Exhibit 10.2.

Item 5.06. Change in Shell Company Status.

As a result of the Transactions, SCH ceased being a shell company. Reference is made to the disclosure in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “BCA Proposal” beginning on page 88 and “Domestication Proposal” beginning on page 137, which are incorporated herein by reference. Further, the information set forth in the Introductory Note and under Item 2.01 to this Report is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.

The combined financial statements of the Virgin Galactic Business as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-29 and are incorporated herein by reference.

(b) Pro forma financial information.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of SCH and the Virgin Galactic Business as of June 30, 2019 and for the year ended December 31, 2018 and the six months ended June 30, 2019 is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.


(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
    No.    

 

Description

    2.1+   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 9, 2019, by and among SCH, Vieco 10 Limited, Foundation Sub 1, Inc., Foundation Sub 2, Inc., Foundation Sub LLC, TSC Vehicle Holdings, Inc., Virgin Galactic Vehicle Holdings, Inc. and Virgin Galactic Holdings, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 11, 2019)
    2.1(a)+   Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 2, 2019, by and among SCH, Foundation Sub 1, Inc., Foundation Sub 2, Inc., Foundation Sub LLC, Vieco 10 Limited, Vieco USA, Inc., TSC Vehicle Holdings, Inc., Virgin Galactic Vehicle Holdings, Inc. and Virgin Galactic Holdings, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1(a) to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-233098) filed October 3, 2019)
    3.1   Certificate of Incorporation of Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.
    3.2   By-Laws of Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.
    4.1   Specimen Unit Certificate of Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-233098) filed October 3, 2019)
    4.2   Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.
    4.3   Warrant Agreement, dated September 13, 2017, between Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 18, 2017)
  10.1   Form of Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.46 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-233098) filed October 3, 2019)
  10.2   2019 Incentive Award Plan
  10.2(a)   Form of Director Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-233098) filed August 7, 2019)
  10.2(b)   Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 2019 Incentive Award Plan
  10.2(c)   Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 2019 Incentive Award Plan
  10.3   Non-Employee Director Compensation Program (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.47 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-233098) filed October 3, 2019)
  10.4*   Employment Agreement, dated October 25, 2019, between Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Virgin Galactic Holdings, LLC and George Whitesides
  10.5*   Employment Agreement, dated October 25, 2019, between Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Virgin Galactic, LLC and Michael Moses
  10.6*   Employment Agreement, dated October 25, 2019, between Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., The Spaceship Company, LLC and Enrico Palermo
  10.7*   Employment Agreement, dated October 25, 2019, between Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Virgin Galactic Holdings, LLC and Jon Campagna
  10.8   Purchase Agreement, dated July  9, 2019, by and among Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp., Chamath Palihapitiya and Vieco USA, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-233098) filed August 7, 2019)
  10.8(a)   Assignment, Consent and Waiver Agreement, dated October  2, 2019, by and among Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp., Chamath Palihapitiya, Vieco 10 Limited and Vieco USA, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-233098) filed October 3, 2019)


  10.9   Stockholders’ Agreement, dated October 25, 2019, by and among Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., SCH Sponsor Corp., Chamath Palihapitiya and Vieco USA, Inc.
  10.10   Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 25, 2019, by and among Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Vieco USA, Inc., SCH Sponsor Corp. and Chamath Palihapitiya.
  10.11†   Deed of Novation, Amendment and Restatement, dated July 9, 2019, by and among Virgin Enterprises Limited, Virgin Galactic, LLC and Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-233098) filed August 7, 2019)
  10.11(a) †   Deed of Amendment, dated as of October 2, 2019, by and among Virgin Enterprises Limited, Virgin Galactic, LLC and Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21(a) to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-233098) filed October 3, 2019)
  10.12†   U.S. Transition Services Agreement, dated October 25, 2019, by and among TSC LLC, Virgin Galactic, LLC, Galactic Ventures LLC and Virgin Orbit. LLC
  10.13†   U.K. Transition Services Agreement, dated October 25, 2019, by and between Virgin Galactic Limited and Virgin Management Limited
  10.14†   Spacecraft Technology License Agreement, dated September  24, 2004, by and between Mojave Aerospace Ventures, LLC and Virgin Galactic, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-233098) filed August 7, 2019)
  10.14(a) †   Amendment No. 1 to the Spacecraft Technology License Agreement, dated July  27, 2009, by and between Mojave Aerospace Ventures, LLC and Virgin Galactic, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-233098) filed August 7, 2019)
  10.15   Facilities Lease, dated December  31, 2008, by and between Virgin Galactic, LLC and New Mexico Spaceport Authority (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-233098) filed August 7, 2019)
  10.15(a)   First Amendment to the Facilities Lease, dated as of 2009, by and between Virgin Galactic, LLC and New Mexico Spaceport Authority (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-233098) filed August 7, 2019)
  10.16   Building 79A Lease Agreement, dated January  1, 2018, by and between Mojave Air and Space Port and TSC, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No.  333-233098) filed September 13, 2019)
  10.17   Land Lease Agreement, dated October  1, 2010, by and between East Kern Airport District and TSC, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No.  333-233098) filed September 13, 2019)
  10.17(a)   Amendment No. 1 to the Land Lease Agreement, dated October  1, 2013, by and between Mojave Air and Space Sport and TSC, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No.  333-233098) filed September 13, 2019)
  10.18   Site 14 Lease Agreement, dated February  18, 2015, by and between Mojave Air and Space Sport and TSC, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No.  333-233098) filed September 13, 2019)
  10.19   First Amendment to the Site 14 Lease Agreement, dated July  1, 2017, by and between Mojave Air and Space Sport and TSC, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.36 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No.  333-233098) filed September 13, 2019)
  10.20   Building 79B Lease Agreement, dated as of March  1, 2013, by and between Mojave Air and Space Port and TSC, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.37 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No.  333-233098) filed October 3, 2019)


  10.20(a)   First Amendment to Building 79B Lease, dated as of June  2, 2014, by and between Mojave Air and Space Port and TSC, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.38 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No.  333-233098) filed October 3, 2019)
  21.1   List of Subsidiaries
  99.1   Unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. as of June 30, 2019 and for the year ended December 31, 2018 and the six months ended June  30, 2019

 

Certain portions of this exhibit (indicated by “[***]”) have been omitted pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item (601)(b)(10).

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Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the SEC upon request.

*

An attachment to this exhibit has been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K because the information contained therein is not material and is not otherwise publicly disclosed. VGH will furnish supplementally a copy of the attachment to the SEC or its staff upon request.


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.

 

    Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.
Date: October 28, 2019     By:  

/s/ George Whitesides                    

    Name:   George Whitesides
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS, INC.

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

SECOND: The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as set forth in Title 8 of the Delaware Code (the “GCL”).

FOURTH: The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 710,000,000 of which 700,000,000 shares shall be Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and 10,000,000 shares shall be Preferred Stock par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). The designations and the powers, privileges and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof in respect of each class of capital stock of the Corporation are as follows:

(1)    Preferred Stock. Subject to the Stockholders’ Agreement (as defined below), the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) is expressly granted authority to issue shares of the Preferred Stock, in one or more series, and to fix for each such series such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including without limitation thereof, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board providing for the issue of such series all to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by the GCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of any series of Preferred Stock may provide that such series shall be superior or rank equally or be junior to any other series of Preferred Stock to the extent permitted by law. The number of authorized shares of the Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the GCL.

(2)    Common Stock.

(A)    General. The voting, dividend, liquidation, conversion and stock split rights of the holders of the Common Stock are subject to and qualified by the rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock of any series as may be designated by the Board upon any issuance of the Preferred Stock of any series.

(B)    Voting. Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held by such holder. Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to notice of any stockholders’ meeting in accordance with the By-laws of the Corporation (as in effect at the time in question) (the “By-laws”) and applicable law on all matters put to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.

(C)    The number of authorized shares of Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the GCL.

 

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(D)    Dividends. Subject to the rights of any holders of any shares of Preferred Stock which may from time to time come into existence and be outstanding, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to the payment of dividends when and as declared by the Board in accordance with applicable law and to receive other distributions from the Corporation. Any dividends declared by the Board to the holders of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be paid to the holders thereof pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of Common Stock held by each such holder as of the record date of such dividend.

(E)    Liquidation. Subject to the rights of any holders of any shares of Preferred Stock which may from time to time come into existence and be outstanding, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the funds and assets of the Corporation that may be legally distributed to the Corporation’s stockholders shall be distributed among the holders of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of Common Stock held by each such holder.

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the Sole Incorporator is as follows:

 

Name

  

Address

George Whitesides

   166 North Roadrunner Parkway, Suite 1C, Lac Cruces, NM 88011

SIXTH: The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:

(1)    The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board.

(2)    The Board is expressly empowered to adopt, amend or repeal, in whole or in part, the By-Laws of the Corporation (the “By-Laws”) in any manner not inconsistent with law, the By-Laws, this Certificate of Incorporation and that certain Stockholders’ Agreement of the Corporation as in effect from time to time, by and among the Corporation, the VG Holder, the SCH Holder and the CP Holder (each as defined in such Stockholders’ Agreement), dated as of October 25, 2019 (such agreement, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Stockholders’ Agreement”).

(3)    The number of directors of the Corporation shall be, as from time to time fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the By-Laws. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-Laws so provide.

(4)    No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the GCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Any repeal or modification of this Article SIXTH by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

(5)    In addition to the powers and authority herein or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the GCL, this Certificate of Incorporation, the Stockholders’ Agreement and any By-Laws adopted by the stockholders; provided, however, that no By-Laws hereafter adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation shall invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such By-Laws had not been adopted.

(6)    Unless otherwise required by law, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation, for any purpose or purposes, may be called by either (a) the Chairman of the Board, if there be one, (b) by the Board in the manner provided in the By-Laws or (c) so long as the Corporation qualifies as a “controlled company” under Section 303A of the NYSE Listed Company Manual (a “Controlled Company”), by the Secretary of

 

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the Corporation upon the request, in writing, of any holder of record of at least 25% of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation; provided, that the Board approves such holder’s request for a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation (it being understood that such request in writing shall not be effective until such approval by the Board of Directors is obtained).

(7)    Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation may be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders. Subject to the Stockholders’ Agreement, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of stockholders may, except as otherwise required by law or this Certificate of Incorporation and so long as the Corporation qualifies as a Controlled Company, be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon.

(8)    So long as the Corporation does not qualify as a Controlled Company, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders, and the ability of the stockholders of the Corporation to consent in writing to the taking of any action is hereby specifically denied.

(9)    The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by applicable law, as now or hereafter in effect, and such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives; provided, however, that, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article SIXTH shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition upon receipt by the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer receiving advancement to repay the amount advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under this Article SIXTH. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article SIXTH to directors and officers of the Corporation. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article SIXTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under this Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws, any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Any repeal or modification of this Article SIXTH by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation (collectively, the “Covered Persons”) existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

(10)    The Corporation hereby acknowledges that certain Covered Persons may have rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses (directly or through insurance obtained by any such entity) provided by one or more third parties (collectively, the “Other Indemnitors”), and which may include third parties for whom such Covered Person serves as a manager, member, officer, employee or agent. The Corporation hereby agrees and acknowledges that notwithstanding any such rights that a Covered Person may have with respect to any Other Indemnitor(s), (i) the Corporation is the indemnitor of first resort with respect to all Covered Persons and all obligations to indemnify and provide advancement of expenses to Covered Persons, (ii) the Corporation shall be required to indemnify and advance the full amount of expenses incurred by the Covered Persons, to the fullest extent required by law, the terms of this Certificate of Incorporation, the By-laws, any agreement to which the Corporation is a party, any vote of the stockholders or the Board, or otherwise, without regard to any rights the Covered Persons may have against the Other Indemnitors and (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Corporation irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Other Indemnitors from any and all claims for contribution, subrogation or any

 

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other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Corporation further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Other Indemnitors with respect to any claim for which the Covered Persons have sought indemnification from the Corporation shall affect the foregoing and the Other Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of any such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Covered Persons against the Corporation. These rights shall be a contract right, and the Other Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of the terms of this paragraph. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the obligations of the Corporation under this paragraph 10 shall only apply to Covered Persons in their capacity as Covered Persons.

SEVENTH: Meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the By-Laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the GCL) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board or in the By-Laws.

EIGHTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders of the Corporation herein are granted subject to this reservation.

NINTH: If any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation becomes or is declared on any ground by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, portions of such provision, or such provision in its entirety, to the extent necessary, shall be severed from this Certificate of Incorporation with a valid and enforceable provision that most accurately reflects the Corporation’s intent, in order to achieve, to the maximum extent possible, the same economic, business and other purposes of the illegal, void or unenforceable provision. The balance of this Certificate of Incorporation shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

TENTH: The provisions of this Article TENTH are set forth to define, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the duties of Exempted Persons (as defined below) to the Corporation with respect to certain classes or categories of business opportunities. “Exempted Persons” means (i) the VG Holder and its affiliates, successors, directly or indirectly managed funds or vehicles, partners, principals, directors, officers, members, managers and employees, including any of the foregoing who serve as directors of the Corporation and (ii) the CP Holder and its affiliates, successors, directly or indirectly managed funds or vehicles, partners, principals, directors, officers, members, managers and employees, including any of the foregoing who serve as directors of the Corporation; provided, that Exempted Persons shall not include the Corporation, any of its subsidiaries or their respective officers or employees.

(1)    To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Exempted Persons shall not have any fiduciary duty to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation and its subsidiaries in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to the Exempted Persons, even if the opportunity is one that the Corporation or its subsidiaries might reasonably be deemed to have pursued or had the ability or desire to pursue if granted the opportunity to do so, and each such Exempted Person shall have no duty to communicate or offer such business opportunity to the Corporation and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be liable to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, as a director or officer or otherwise, by reason of the fact that such Exempted Person pursues or acquires such business opportunity, directs such business opportunity to another person or fails to present such business opportunity, or information regarding such business opportunity, to the Corporation or its subsidiaries; provided, that the foregoing waiver of corporate opportunities by the Corporation contained in this sentence shall not apply to any such corporate opportunity that is expressly offered to a director of the Corporation in his or her capacity as such (which such opportunity the Corporation does not renounce an interest or expectancy in).

 

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(2)    In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article TENTH, a corporate opportunity shall not be deemed to belong to the Corporation if it is a business opportunity that (x) the Corporation is not financially or legally able or contractually permitted to undertake or (y) is, from its nature, not in the line of the Corporation’s business , is of no practical advantage to it or that is one in which the Corporation has no reasonable interest or expectancy.

(3)    To the fullest extent permitted by law, no amendment or repeal of this Article TENTH in accordance with the provisions hereof shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any Exempted Person for or with respect to any activities or opportunities of which such Exempted Person becomes aware prior to such amendment or repeal. This Article TENTH shall not limit or eliminate any protections or defenses otherwise available to, or any rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses of, any director or officer of the Corporation under this Certificate of Incorporation, the By-laws, any agreement between the Corporation and such officer or director, or any applicable law.

(4)    Any person or entity purchasing, holding or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article TENTH.

ELEVENTH: The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the GCL.

TWELFTH: For as long as the Stockholders’ Agreement remains in effect, in the event of any conflict between the terms and provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation and those contained in the Stockholders’ Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Stockholders’ Agreement shall govern and control, except as provided otherwise by mandatory provisions of the GCL.

THIRTEENTH:

(1)    Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum (an “Alternative Forum Consent”), the Court of Chancery (the “Chancery Court”) of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director, officer, stockholder, employee or agent of the Corporation arising out of or related to any provision of the GCL or this Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director, officer, stockholder, employee or agent of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine; except for, as to each of (i) through (iv) above, any claim as to which the Court of Chancery determines that there is an indispensable party not subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery (and the indispensable party does not consent to the personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery within ten days following such determination), which is vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or forum other than the Court of Chancery, or for which the Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 13.1 will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction.

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

 

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THIRTEENTH. The existence of any prior Alternative Forum Consent shall not act as a waiver of the Corporation’s ongoing consent right as set forth above in this Article THIRTEENTH with respect to any current or future actions or claims.

I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the Sole Incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the GCL, do make this Certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand this      day of                     , 2019.

 

/s/ George Whitesides

George Whitesides

Sole Incorporator

 

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Exhibit 3.2

 

BY-LAWS

OF

VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS, INC.

A Delaware Corporation

Effective October 25, 2019


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I OFFICES

     1  

Section 1.1

  Registered Office      1  

Section 1.2

  Other Offices      1  

ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

     1  

Section 2.1

  Place of Meetings      1  

Section 2.2

  Annual Meetings      1  

Section 2.3

  Special Meetings      1  

Section 2.4

  Nature of Business at Meetings of Stockholders      1  

Section 2.5

  Nomination of Directors      3  

Section 2.6

  Notice      5  

Section 2.7

  Adjournments      5  

Section 2.8

  Quorum      5  

Section 2.9

  Voting      5  

Section 2.10

  Proxies      6  

Section 2.11

  List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote      6  

Section 2.12

  Record Date      6  

Section 2.13

  Stock Ledger      7  

Section 2.14

  Conduct of Meetings      7  

Section 2.15

  Inspectors of Election      7  

Section 2.16

  Action Without Meeting      7  

ARTICLE III DIRECTORS

     8  

Section 3.1

  Number and Election of Directors      8  

Section 3.2

  Vacancies      8  

Section 3.3

  Duties and Powers      9  

Section 3.4

  Meetings      9  

Section 3.5

  Organization      9  

Section 3.6

  Resignations and Removals of Directors      9  

Section 3.7

  Quorum; Required Vote      9  

Section 3.8

  Actions of the Board by Written Consent      10  

Section 3.9

  Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone      10  

Section 3.10

  Committees      10  

Section 3.11

  Compensation      10  

Section 3.12

  Interested Directors      11  

ARTICLE IV OFFICERS

     11  

Section 4.1

  General      11  

Section 4.2

  Election      11  

Section 4.3

  Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation      11  

Section 4.4

  Chairperson of the Board of Directors      11  

Section 4.5

  President      12  

Section 4.6

  Vice Presidents      12  

Section 4.7

  Secretary      12  

Section 4.8

  Treasurer      12  

Section 4.9

  Assistant Secretaries      13  

Section 4.10

  Assistant Treasurers      13  

Section 4.11

  Other Officers      13  

 

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ARTICLE V STOCK

     13  

Section 5.1

  Shares of Stock      13  

Section 5.2

  Signatures      13  

Section 5.3

  Lost Certificates      13  

Section 5.4

  Transfers      13  

Section 5.5

  Dividend Record Date      14  

Section 5.6

  Record Owners      14  

Section 5.7

  Transfer and Registry Agents      14  

ARTICLE VI NOTICES

     14  

Section 6.1

  Notices      14  

Section 6.2

  Waivers of Notice      14  

ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS

     15  

Section 7.1

  Dividends      15  

Section 7.2

  Disbursements      15  

Section 7.3

  Fiscal Year      15  

Section 7.4

  Corporate Seal      15  

ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION

     15  

Section 8.1

  Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in the Right of the Corporation      15  

Section 8.2

  Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation      15  

Section 8.3

  Authorization of Indemnification      16  

Section 8.4

  Good Faith Defined      16  

Section 8.5

  Indemnification by a Court      16  

Section 8.6

  Expenses Payable in Advance      16  

Section 8.7

  Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses      17  

Section 8.8

  Insurance      17  

Section 8.9

  Certain Definitions      17  

Section 8.10

  Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses      17  

Section 8.11

  Limitation on Indemnification      17  

Section 8.12

  Indemnification of Employees and Agents      18  

Section 8.13

  Primacy of Indemnification      18  

ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS

     18  

Section 9.1

  Amendments      18  

Section 9.2

  Entire Board of Directors      18  

 

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BY-LAWS

OF

VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS, INC.

(hereinafter called the “Corporation”)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.1    Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be as set forth in the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated from time to time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”).

Section 1.2    Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.1    Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.

Section 2.2    Annual Meetings. The Annual Meeting of Stockholders for the election of directors shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. Any other proper business may be transacted at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Section 2.3    Special Meetings. Unless otherwise required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, Special Meetings of Stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called by either (i) the Chairperson, if there be one, (ii) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors, or (iii) so long as the Corporation qualifies as a “controlled company” under Section 303A of the NYSE Listed Company Manual (a “Controlled Company”), by the Secretary of the Corporation upon the request, in writing, of any holder of record of at least 25% of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation; provided that the Board of Directors approves such holder’s request for a Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Corporation. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. At a Special Meeting of Stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto).

Section 2.4    Nature of Business at Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business (other than nominations for election to the Board of Directors, which must comply with the provisions of Section 2.5) may be transacted at an Annual Meeting of Stockholders as is either (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (ii) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (iii) so long as the Corporation qualifies as a Controlled Company, specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of any holder of record of at least 25% of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation, or (iv) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation (x) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.4 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such Annual Meeting and (y) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.4.

(a)    In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation.

 

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(b)    To be timely, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or be mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one-hundred twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting of Stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the Annual Meeting is called for a date that is not within twenty-five (25) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the Annual Meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the Annual Meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an Annual Meeting, or the public announcement of such an adjournment or postponement, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(c)    To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth the following information: (i) as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the Annual Meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the Annual Meeting and the proposed text of any proposal regarding such business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, if such business includes a proposal to amend these bylaws, the text of the proposed amendment), and the reasons for conducting such business at the Annual Meeting, and (ii) as to the stockholder giving notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is being made, (A) the name and address of such person, (B) (1) the class or series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such person and any affiliates or associates of such person, (2) the name of each nominee holder of shares of all stock of the Corporation owned beneficially but not of record by such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, and the number of such shares of stock of the Corporation held by each such nominee holder, (3) whether and the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation and (4) whether and the extent to which any other transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock of the Corporation) has been made by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, the effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss to, or to manage risk or benefit of stock price changes for, such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, or to increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation; (C) a description of all agreements, arrangements, or understandings (whether written or oral) between or among such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with or relating to (1) the Corporation or (2) the proposal, including any material interest in, or anticipated benefit from the proposal to such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, (D) a representation that the stockholder giving notice intends to appear in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting to bring such business before the meeting; and (E) any other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies by such person with respect to the proposed business to be brought by such person before the Annual Meeting pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(d)    A stockholder providing notice of business proposed to be brought before an Annual Meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be true and correct as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of the Annual Meeting and such update and supplement shall be delivered to or be mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of the Annual Meeting.

(e)    No business shall be conducted at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders except business brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.4 or Section 2.5;

 

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provided, however, that, once business has been properly brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any such business. If the chairperson of an Annual Meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chairperson shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted.

(f)    Nothing contained in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision of law).

Section 2.5    Nomination of Directors. Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures of this Section 2.5 shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation, except (x) as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation to nominate and elect a specified number of directors in certain circumstances or (y) as provided in that certain Stockholders’ Agreement of the Corporation as in effect from time to time, by and among the Corporation, the VG Holder, the SCH Holder and the CP Holder (each as defined in such Stockholders’ Agreement), dated as of October 25, 2019 (such agreement, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Stockholders’ Agreement”).

(a)    Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at any Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or at any Special Meeting of Stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation (x) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.5 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such Annual Meeting or Special Meeting and (y) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.5.

(b)    In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation.

(c)    To be timely, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or be mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) in the case of an Annual Meeting, not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one-hundred twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting of Stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the Annual Meeting is called for a date that is not within twenty-five (25) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the Annual Meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the Annual Meeting was made, whichever first occurs; and (ii) in the case of a Special Meeting of Stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the Special Meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the Special Meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an Annual Meeting or a Special Meeting called for the purpose of electing directors, or the public announcement of such an adjournment or postponement, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(d)    To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth the following information: (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (C) (1) the class or series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such person and any affiliates or associates of such person, (2) the name of each nominee holder of shares of all stock of the Corporation owned beneficially but not of record by such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, and the number of such shares of stock of the Corporation held by each such nominee holder, (3) whether and the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant,

 

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short interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation and (4) whether and the extent to which any other transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock of the Corporation) has been made by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, the effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss to, or to manage risk or benefit of stock price changes for, such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, or to increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation, (D) such person’s written representation and agreement that such person (1) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question, (2) 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 of the Corporation that has not been disclosed to the Corporation in such representation and agreement and (3) in such person’s individual capacity, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with, all applicable publicly disclosed confidentiality, corporate governance, conflict of interest, Regulation FD, code of conduct and ethics, and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation and (E) all information relating to such nominee for nomination that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14(a) under the Exchange Act (including such nominee’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice, and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made, (A) the name and record address of the stockholder giving the notice and the name and principal place of business of such beneficial owner; (B) (1) the class or series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such person and any affiliates or associates of such person, (2) the name of each nominee holder of shares of the Corporation owned beneficially but not of record by such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, and the number of shares of stock of the Corporation held by each such nominee holder, (3) whether and the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation and (4) whether and the extent to which any other transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock of the Corporation) has been made by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, the effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss to, or to manage risk or benefit of stock price changes for, such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, or to increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation; (C) a description of (1) all agreements, arrangements, or understandings (whether written or oral) between such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, and any proposed nominee, or any affiliates or associates of such proposed nominee, (2) all agreements, arrangements, or understandings (whether written or oral) between such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are being made by such person, or otherwise relating to the Corporation or their ownership of capital stock of the Corporation, and (3) any material interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, in such nomination, including any anticipated benefit therefrom to such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person; (D) a representation that the stockholder giving notice intends to appear in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice; and (E) any other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by (X) a completed written questionnaire (in a form provided by the Corporation) with respect to the background, qualifications, stock ownership and independence of such proposed nominee, and such additional information with respect to such proposed nominee as would be required to be provided by the Company pursuant to Schedule 14A if such proposed nominee were a participant in the

 

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solicitation of proxies by the Company in connection with such annual or special meeting and (Y) a written representation and agreement (in form provided by the Corporation) that such nominee (i) if elected as director of the Corporation, intends to serve the entire term until the next meeting at which such nominee would face re-election and (ii) consents to being named as a nominee in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-4(d) under the Exchange Act and any associated proxy card of the Corporation and agrees to serve if elected as a director.

(e)    A stockholder providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be true and correct as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to or be mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of such Annual Meeting or Special Meeting.

(f)    Except as otherwise provided in the Stockholders’ Agreement, no person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.5. If the Chairperson of the meeting determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the Chairperson shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded.

Section 2.6    Notice. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a Special Meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise required by law, written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting.

Section 2.7    Adjournments. Any meeting of the stockholders may be adjourned from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting in accordance with the requirements of Section 6 hereof shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.

Section 2.8    Quorum. Unless otherwise required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the Corporation’s capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business. A quorum, once established, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, in the manner provided in Section 7 hereof, until a quorum shall be present or represented.

Section 2.9    Voting. Unless otherwise required (x) by applicable law, rule or regulation (including the rules of any stock exchange on which the Corporation’s shares are listed and traded), (y) by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws or (z) pursuant to the Stockholders’ Agreement, any question brought before any meeting of the stockholders, other than the election of directors, shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the total number of votes of the Corporation’s capital stock represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on such question, voting as a single class. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to Section 2.12, each stockholder represented at a meeting of the stockholders shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for each share of the capital stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder. Such votes may be

 

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cast in person or by proxy as provided in Section 2.10. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at a meeting of the stockholders, in such officer’s discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.

Section 2.10    Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of the stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted upon after three years from its date, unless such proxy provides for a longer period.

(a) Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy, the following shall constitute a valid means by which a stockholder may grant such authority:

(i)    A stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the stockholder or such stockholder’s authorized officer, director, employee or agent signing such writing or causing such person’s signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means, including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.

(ii)    A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram or cablegram to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such telegram or cablegram, provided that any such telegram or cablegram must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the telegram or cablegram was authorized by the stockholder. If it is determined that such telegrams or cablegrams are valid, the inspectors or, if there are no inspectors, such other persons making that determination shall specify the information on which they relied.

(b)    Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing, telegram or cablegram authorizing another person or persons to act as proxy for a stockholder may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing, telegram or cablegram for any and all purposes for which the original writing, telegram or cablegram could be used; provided, however, that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing, telegram or cablegram.

Section 2.11    List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer of the Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting (i) either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. 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.

Section 2.12    Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of the stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of

 

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record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Section 2.13    Stock Ledger. The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by Section 2.11 or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders.

Section 2.14    Conduct of Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of any meeting of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairperson of any meeting of the stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairperson, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting (including whether to adjourn such meeting). Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairperson of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) the determination of when the polls shall open and close for any given matter to be voted on at the meeting; (iii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iv) 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 chairperson of the meeting shall determine; (v) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (vi) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.

Section 2.15    Inspectors of Election. In advance of any meeting of the stockholders, the Board of Directors, by resolution, the Chairperson or the President shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. One or more other persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of the stockholders, the chairperson of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, inspectors may be officers, employees or agents of the Corporation. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of inspector, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability. The inspector shall have the duties prescribed by law and shall take charge of the polls and, when the vote is completed, shall make a certificate of the result of the vote taken and of such other facts as may be required by applicable law.

Section 2.16    Action Without Meeting.

(a)    So long as the Corporation qualifies as a Controlled Company, unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required by statute to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, or any action that may be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, or by electronic transmission setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than a majority of all shares entitled to vote thereon.

(b)    Every written consent or electronic transmission shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent, and no written consent or electronic transmission shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within 60 days of the earliest dated consent delivered to the Corporation in the manner herein required, written consents or electronic transmissions signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action are delivered 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. Delivery made to a Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.

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transmission 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 stockholders to take action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in Section 228(c) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). If the action to which the stockholders consent is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under any section of the DGCL if such action had been voted on by stockholders at a meeting thereof, then the certificate filed under such section shall state, in lieu of any statement required by such section concerning any vote of stockholders, that written consent has been given in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.

(d)    An electronic mail, facsimile or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of this Section 2.16, provided that any such electronic mail, facsimile or other electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the Corporation can determine (i) that the electronic mail, facsimile or other electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxyholder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder and (ii) the date on which such stockholder or proxyholder or authorized person or persons transmitted such electronic mail, facsimile or electronic transmission. The date on which such electronic mail, facsimile or electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on which such consent was signed. No consent given by electronic mail, facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered until such consent is reproduced in paper form and until such paper form shall be delivered 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. Delivery made to a Corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations on delivery, consents given by electronic mail, facsimile or other electronic transmission may be otherwise delivered to the principal place of business of the Corporation or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded if, to the extent and in the manner provided by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 3.1    Number and Election of Directors. Subject to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, the Board of Directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members, the exact number of which shall initially be eight (8) and thereafter fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. Subject to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement and except as provided in Section 3.2, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at each Annual Meeting of Stockholders and each director so elected shall hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders.

Section 3.2    Vacancies. Unless otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation and except as otherwise provided in the Stockholders’ Agreement, vacancies on the Board of Directors or any committee thereof arising through death, resignation, removal, an increase in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors or such committee or otherwise may be filled only by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. The directors so chosen shall, in the case of the Board of Directors, hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal and, in the case of any committee of the Board of Directors, shall hold office until their successors are duly appointed by the Board of Directors or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

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Section 3.3    Duties and Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

Section 3.4    Meetings. The Board of Directors and any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be held without notice at such time and at such place as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors or such committee, respectively. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairperson, if there be one, or by any two (2) or more directors. Special meetings of any committee of the Board of Directors may be called by the chairperson of such committee, if there be one, or any director serving on such committee. Notice thereof stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each director (or, in the case of a committee, to each member of such committee) either by mail not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the date of the meeting, by telephone or telegram on twenty-four (24) hours’ notice, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.

Section 3.5    Organization. At each meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors or the chairperson of such committee, as the case may be, or, in his or her absence or if there be none, a director chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall act as chairperson. Except as provided below, the Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at each meeting of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof. In case the Secretary shall be absent from any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof, 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 the Assistant Secretaries, the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the members of each committee of the Board of Directors may appoint any person to act as secretary of any meeting of such committee and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation may, but need not if such committee so elects, serve in such capacity.

Section 3.6    Resignations and Removals of Directors.

(a)    Any director of the Corporation may resign from the Board of Directors or any committee thereof at any time, by giving notice in writing to the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, if there be one, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation and, in the case of a committee, to the chairperson of such committee, if there be one. Such resignation shall take effect at the time therein specified or, if no time is specified, immediately; and, unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

(b)    Except as provided in the Stockholders’ Agreement or otherwise required by applicable law, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority in voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors.

(c)    Except as otherwise provided in the Stockholders’ Agreement, any director serving on a committee of the Board of Directors may be removed from such committee at any time by the Board of Directors.

Section 3.7    Quorum; Required Vote. Except as otherwise (x) required by applicable law, rule or regulation (including the rules of any stock exchange on which the Corporation’s shares are listed and traded), (y) required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws or (z) provided in the Stockholders’ Agreement, at all meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, a majority of the entire Board of Directors or a majority of the directors constituting such committee, as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum for the

 

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transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors or committee members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, as applicable. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Section 3.8    Actions of the Board by Written Consent. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all the members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee.

Section 3.9    Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 9 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 3.10    Committees. Subject to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement:

(a)    The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. Each member of a committee must meet the requirements for membership, if any, imposed by applicable law and the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the securities of the Corporation are listed or quoted for trading;

(b)    The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of any such committee. Subject also to the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the securities of the Corporation are listed or quoted for trading, in the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another qualified member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member.

(c)    Any committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in the resolution establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board of Directors when required.

(d)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (a)-(c) of this Section 3.10, the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing any committee of the Board of Directors and/or the charter of any such committee may establish requirements or procedures relating to the governance and/or operation of such committee that are different from, or in addition to, those set forth in these By-Laws and, to the extent that there is any inconsistency between these By-Laws and any such resolution or charter, the terms of such resolution or charter shall be controlling.

Section 3.11    Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary for service as director, payable in cash or securities. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for service as committee members.

 

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Section 3.12    Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because any such director’s or officer’s vote is counted for such purpose if: (i) the material facts as to the director’s or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to the director’s or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section 4.1    General. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, also may choose one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other officers. The Chairperson of the Board of Directors shall be chosen in accordance with the Stockholders’ Agreement. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws. The officers of the Corporation need not be stockholders of the Corporation nor, except in the case of the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, need such officers be directors of the Corporation.

Section 4.2    Election. Subject to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, the Board of Directors, at its first meeting held after each Annual Meeting of Stockholders, shall elect the officers of the Corporation who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; and each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified, or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.3    Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation. Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the President or any Vice President or any other officer authorized to do so by the Board of Directors and any such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

Section 4.4    Chairperson of the Board of Directors. The Chairperson of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. Except where by law the signature of the President is required, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors shall possess the same power as the President to sign all contracts, certificates and other instruments of the Corporation which may be authorized by the Board of Directors. The Chairperson of the Board of Directors shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned by these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 4.5    President. The President shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and, if there be one, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, have general supervision of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The President shall execute all bonds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except that the other officers of the Corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized by these By-Laws, the Board of Directors or the President. In the absence or disability of the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, or if there be none, the President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, provided the President is also a director, the Board of Directors. If there be no Chairperson of the Board of Directors, or if the Board of Directors shall otherwise designate, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The President shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned to such officer by these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.6    Vice Presidents. At the request of the President or in the President’s absence or in the event of the President’s inability or refusal to act (and if there be no Chairperson of the Board of Directors), the Vice President, or the Vice Presidents if there are more than one (in the order designated by the Board of Directors), shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. Each Vice President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors from time to time may prescribe. If there be no Chairperson of the Board of Directors and no Vice President, the Board of Directors shall designate the officer of the Corporation who, in the absence of the President or in the event of the inability or refusal of the President to act, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.

Section 4.7    Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; the Secretary shall also perform like duties for committees of the Board of Directors when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors or the President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall be. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then either the Board of Directors or the President may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest to the affixing by such officer’s signature. The Secretary shall see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.

Section 4.8    Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of the Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer’s possession or under the Treasurer’s control belonging to the Corporation.

 

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Section 4.9    Assistant Secretaries. Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Secretary, and in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Secretary.

Section 4.10    Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Treasurers, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Treasurer, and in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, an Assistant Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of Assistant Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Assistant Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Assistant Treasurer’s possession or under the Assistant Treasurer’s control belonging to the Corporation.

Section 4.11    Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board of Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.

ARTICLE V

STOCK

Section 5.1    Shares of Stock. Except as otherwise provided in a resolution approved by the Board of Directors, all shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated shares.

Section 5.2    Signatures. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

Section 5.3    Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or uncertificated shares be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issuance of a new certificate or uncertificated shares, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

Section 5.4    Transfers. Except as otherwise provided in that certain Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, by and among the Company, the VG Holder, the SCH Holder and the CP Holder, dated as of October 25, 2019 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Registration Rights Agreement”), stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by applicable law and in these By-Laws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation, and in the case of certificated shares of stock, only by the person named in the certificate or by such person’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate therefor, properly endorsed for transfer and payment of all necessary transfer

 

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taxes; or, in the case of uncertificated shares of stock, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of the shares or by such person’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon payment of all necessary transfer taxes and compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form; provided, however, that such surrender and endorsement, compliance or payment of taxes shall not be required in any case in which the officers of the Corporation shall determine to waive such requirement. With respect to certificated shares of stock, every certificate exchanged, returned or surrendered to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation, by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or the transfer agent thereof. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred.

Section 5.5    Dividend Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

Section 5.6    Record Owners. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise required by law.

Section 5.7    Transfer and Registry Agents. The Corporation may from time to time maintain one or more transfer offices or agencies and registry offices or agencies at such place or places as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VI

NOTICES

Section 6.1    Notices. Whenever written notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, such notice may be given by mail, addressed to such director, member of a committee or stockholder, at such person’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Written notice may also be given personally or by telegram, telex or cable.

Section 6.2    Waivers of Notice. Whenever any notice is required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance of a person at a meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where the person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any Annual or Special Meeting of Stockholders or any regular or special meeting of the directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws.

 

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ARTICLE VII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 7.1    Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the requirements of the DGCL and the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors (or any action by written consent in lieu thereof in accordance with Section 3.8 hereof), and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporation’s capital stock. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for purchasing any of the shares of capital stock, warrants, rights, options, bonds, debentures, notes, scrip or other securities or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for any proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.

Section 7.2    Disbursements. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

Section 7.3    Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 7.4    Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 8.1    Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 8.3, the Corporation shall indemnify any 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 (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful.

Section 8.2    Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 8.3, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a

 

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director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

Section 8.3    Authorization of Indemnification. Any indemnification under this Article VIII (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2, as the case may be. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iv) by the stockholders. Such determination shall be made, with respect to former directors and officers, by any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the Corporation. To the extent, however, that a present or former director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.

Section 8.4    Good Faith Defined. For purposes of any determination under Section 8.3, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful, if such person’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the Corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or another enterprise. The provisions of this Section 4 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 8.1 or 8.2, as the case may be.

Section 8.5    Indemnification by a Court. Notwithstanding any contrary determination in the specific case under Section 8.3, and notwithstanding the absence of any determination thereunder, any director or officer may apply to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or any other court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible under Section 8.1 or 8.2. The basis of such indemnification by a court shall be a determination by such court that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2, as the case may be. Neither a contrary determination in the specific case under Section 8.3 nor the absence of any determination thereunder shall be a defense to such application or create a presumption that the director or officer seeking indemnification has not met any applicable standard of conduct. Notice of any application for indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 shall be given to the Corporation promptly upon the filing of such application. If successful, in whole or in part, the director or officer seeking indemnification shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such application.

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the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VIII. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Corporation deems appropriate.

Section 8.7    Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the Corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in Section 8.1 or 8.2 shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Article VIII shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not specified in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the DGCL, or otherwise.

Section 8.8    Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article VIII.

Section 8.9    Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to “the Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors or officers, so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. The term “another enterprise” as used in this Article VIII shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Article VIII.

Section 8.10    Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

Section 8.11    Limitation on Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article VIII to the contrary, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification (which shall be governed by Section 8.5), the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) or advance expenses in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

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Section 8.12    Indemnification of Employees and Agents. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article VIII to directors and officers of the Corporation.

Section 8.13    Primacy of Indemnification. Notwithstanding that a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation (collectively, the “Covered Persons”) may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by other persons (collectively, the “Other Indemnitors”), with respect to the rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance set forth herein, the Corporation: (i) shall be the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to Covered Persons are primary and any obligation of the Other Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by Covered Persons are secondary); and (ii) shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by Covered Persons and shall be liable for the full amount of all liabilities, without regard to any rights Covered Persons may have against any of the Other Indemnitors. No advancement or payment by the Other Indemnitors on behalf of Covered Persons with respect to any claim for which Covered Persons have sought indemnification from the Corporation shall affect the immediately preceding sentence, and the Other Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of Covered Persons against the Corporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the obligations of the Corporation under this Section 8.13 shall only apply to Covered Persons in their capacity as Covered Persons.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

Section 9.1    Amendments. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation, the Stockholders’ Agreement and the DGCL.

Section 9.2    Entire Board of Directors. As used in this Article IX and in these By-Laws generally, the term “entire Board of Directors” means the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

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Adopted as of October 25, 2019                                                                                                                       

Last Amended as of:                                                                                                                                                                                                       

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

LOGO

Exhibit 4.2
SEE REVERSE FOR IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER INFORMATION
VG VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS, INC.
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
COMMON STOCK
CUSIP 92766K 10 6
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
SPECIMEN
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE OF $0.0001 PER SHARE OF
VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS, INC. transferable on the books of the Company in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed.
This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar. Witness the seal of the Company and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.
0000001 PRESIDENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
THIS CERTIFIES THAT IS THE POWER OF COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY (New York, N.Y.) TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR BY AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE


VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS, INC.

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

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

 

TEN COM     as tenants in common          UNIF GIFT MIN ACT–                              Custodian                      
TEN ENT     as tenants by the entireties            (Cust)                               (Minor)
IT TEN     as joint tenants with right of      under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants                                           Act                                         
    in common                          (State)
TTEE     trustee under Agreement dated                          

 

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

 

For value received,                           hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 

            

         

 

    

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE.

 

 

    

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Shares of the common stock represented by this certificate and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ,

attorney, to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

DATED                                                                 

 

 

 

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

 

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED:

 

 

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 SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING SUCH SECURITIES, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT THESE SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTIO FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER, IF AVAILABLE, OR (E) IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS OTHERWISE EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND IN EACH CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITHAPPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND THE APPLICABLE LAWS OFANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

Exhibit 10.2

 

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.

2019 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN

ARTICLE I.

PURPOSE

The Plan’s purpose is to enhance the Company’s ability to attract, retain and motivate persons who make (or are expected to make) important contributions to the Company by providing these individuals with equity ownership opportunities and/or equity-linked compensatory opportunities. Capitalized terms used in the Plan are defined in Article XI.

ARTICLE II.

ELIGIBILITY

Service Providers are eligible to be granted Awards under the Plan, subject to the limitations described herein.

ARTICLE III.

ADMINISTRATION AND DELEGATION

3.1    Administration. The Plan is administered by the Administrator. The Administrator has authority to determine which Service Providers receive Awards, grant Awards and set Award terms and conditions, subject to the conditions and limitations in the Plan. The Administrator also has the authority to take all actions and make all determinations under the Plan, to interpret the Plan and Award Agreements and to adopt, amend and repeal Plan administrative rules, guidelines and practices as it deems advisable. The Administrator may correct defects and ambiguities, supply omissions and reconcile inconsistencies in the Plan or any Award Agreement as it deems necessary or appropriate to administer the Plan and any Awards. The Administrator’s determinations under the Plan are in its sole discretion and will be final and binding on all persons having or claiming any interest in the Plan or any Award.

3.2    Appointment of Committees. To the extent Applicable Laws permit, the Board or the Administrator may delegate any or all of its powers under the Plan to one or more Committees or committees of officers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, that, any such officer delegation shall exclude the power to grant Awards to non-employee Directors or Section 16 Persons. The Board or the Administrator, as applicable, may rescind any such delegation, abolish any such committee or Committee and/or re-vest in itself any previously delegated authority at any time.

ARTICLE IV.

STOCK AVAILABLE FOR AWARDS

4.1    Number of Shares. Subject to adjustment under Article VIII and the terms of this Article IV, the maximum number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to Awards under the Plan shall be equal to the Overall Share Limit. Shares issued under the Plan may consist of authorized but unissued Shares, Shares purchased on the open market or treasury Shares.

 

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4.2    Share Recycling. If all or any part of an Award expires, lapses or is terminated, exchanged for or settled in cash, surrendered, repurchased, canceled without having been fully exercised or forfeited, in any case, in a manner that results in the Company acquiring Shares covered by the Award at a price not greater than the price (as adjusted to reflect any Equity Restructuring) paid by the Participant for such Shares or not issuing any Shares covered by the Award, the unused Shares covered by the Award will, as applicable, become or again be available for Award grants under the Plan. The payment of Dividend Equivalents in cash in conjunction with any outstanding Awards shall not count against the Overall Share Limit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the following Shares shall not be added to the Shares authorized for grant under Section 4.1 and shall not be available for future grants of Awards: (i) Shares subject to a Stock Appreciation Right that are not issued in connection with the stock settlement of the Stock Appreciation Right on exercise thereof; (ii) Shares purchased on the open market with the cash proceeds from the exercise of Options; and (iii) Shares delivered (either by actual delivery or attestation) to the Company by a Participant to satisfy the applicable exercise or purchase price of an Award and/or to satisfy any applicable tax withholding obligation with respect to an Award (including Shares retained by the Company from the Award being exercised or purchased and/or creating the tax obligation).

4.3    Incentive Stock Option Limitations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no more than 21,205,644 Shares may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options.

4.4    Substitute Awards. In connection with an entity’s merger or consolidation with the Company or the Company’s acquisition of an entity’s property or stock, the Administrator may grant Awards in substitution for any options or other stock or stock-based awards granted before such merger or consolidation by such entity or its affiliate. Substitute Awards may be granted on such terms as the Administrator deems appropriate, notwithstanding limitations on Awards in the Plan. Substitute Awards will not count against the Overall Share Limit (nor shall Shares subject to a Substitute Award be added to the Shares available for Awards under the Plan as provided above), except that Shares acquired by exercise of substitute Incentive Stock Options will count against the maximum number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options under the Plan. Additionally, in the event that a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines has shares available under a pre-existing plan approved by stockholders and not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such pre-existing plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the consideration payable to the holders of common stock of the entities party to such acquisition or combination) may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the Shares authorized for grant under the Plan (and Shares subject to such Awards shall not be added to the Shares available for Awards under the Plan as provided above); provided that Awards using such available shares shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of the pre-existing plan, absent the acquisition or combination, and shall only be made to individuals who were not Employees, Consultants or Directors prior to such acquisition or combination.

4.5    Non-Employee Director Compensation. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan, the Administrator may establish compensation for non-employee Directors from time to time, subject to the limitations in the Plan. The sum of any cash compensation, or other compensation, and the value (determined as of the grant date in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, or any successor thereto) of Awards granted to a non-employee Director as compensation for services as a non-employee Director during any fiscal year of the Company may not exceed $750,000 (the “Director Limit”).

ARTICLE V.

STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

5.1    General. The Administrator may grant Options or Stock Appreciation Rights to Service Providers subject to the limitations in the Plan, including any limitations in the Plan that apply to Incentive Stock Options.

 

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A Stock Appreciation Right will entitle the Participant (or other person entitled to exercise the Stock Appreciation Right) to receive from the Company upon exercise of the exercisable portion of the Stock Appreciation Right an amount determined by multiplying the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of exercise over the exercise price per Share of the Stock Appreciation Right by the number of Shares with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised, subject to any limitations of the Plan or that the Administrator may impose and payable in cash, Shares valued at Fair Market Value or a combination of the two as the Administrator may determine or provide in the Award Agreement.

5.2    Exercise Price. The Administrator will establish each Option’s and Stock Appreciation Right’s exercise price and specify the exercise price in the Award Agreement. The exercise price will not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value on the grant date of the Option (subject to Section 5.6) or Stock Appreciation Right.    Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right that is a Substitute Award, the exercise price per share of the Shares subject to such Option or Stock Appreciation Right, as applicable, may be less than the Fair Market Value per share on the date of grant; provided that the exercise price of any Substitute Award shall be determined in accordance with the applicable requirements of Sections 424 and 409A of the Code.

5.3    Duration. Each Option or Stock Appreciation Right will be exercisable at such times and as specified in the Award Agreement, provided that, subject to Section 5.6, the term of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right will not exceed ten years. Notwithstanding the foregoing and unless determined otherwise by the Company, in the event that on the last business day of the term of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right (other than an Incentive Stock Option) (i) the exercise of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right is prohibited by Applicable Law, as determined by the Company, or (ii) Shares may not be purchased or sold by the applicable Participant due to any Company insider trading policy (including blackout periods) or a “lock-up” agreement undertaken in connection with an issuance of securities by the Company, the term of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be extended until the date that is 30 days after the end of the legal prohibition, black-out period or lock-up agreement, as determined by the Company; provided, however, in no event shall the extension last beyond the ten year term of the applicable Option or Stock Appreciation Right. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent permitted under Applicable Laws, if the Participant, prior to the end of the term of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, violates the non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality or other similar restrictive covenant provisions of any employment contract, confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the right of the Participant and the Participant’s transferees to exercise any Option or Stock Appreciation Right issued to the Participant shall terminate immediately upon such violation, unless the Company otherwise determines.

5.4    Exercise. Options and Stock Appreciation Rights may be exercised by delivering to the Company a written notice of exercise, in a form the Administrator approves (which may be electronic), signed by the person authorized to exercise the Option or Stock Appreciation Right, together with, as applicable, payment in full (i) as specified in Section 5.5 for the number of Shares for which the Award is exercised and (ii) as specified in Section 9.5 for any applicable taxes. Unless the Administrator otherwise determines, an Option or Stock Appreciation Right may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.

5.5    Payment Upon Exercise. Subject to Section 10.8, any Company insider trading policy (including blackout periods) and Applicable Laws, the exercise price of an Option must be paid by:

(a)    cash, wire transfer of immediately available funds or by check payable to the order of the Company, provided that the Company may limit the use of one of the foregoing payment forms if one or more of the payment forms below is permitted;

(b)    if there is a public market for Shares at the time of exercise, unless the Company otherwise determines, (A) delivery (including electronically or telephonically to the extent permitted by the Company) of an irrevocable and unconditional undertaking by a broker acceptable to the Company to deliver promptly to the

 

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Company sufficient funds to pay the exercise price, or (B) the Participant’s delivery to the Company of a copy of irrevocable and unconditional instructions to a broker acceptable to the Company to deliver promptly to the Company cash or a check sufficient to pay the exercise price; provided that such amount is paid to the Company at such time as may be required by the Administrator;

(c)    to the extent permitted by the Administrator, delivery (either by actual delivery or attestation) of Shares owned by the Participant valued at their Fair Market Value;

(d)    to the extent permitted by the Administrator, surrendering Shares then issuable upon the Option’s exercise valued at their Fair Market Value on the exercise date;

(e)    to the extent permitted by the Administrator, delivery of a promissory note or any other property that the Administrator determines is good and valuable consideration; or

(f)    to the extent permitted by the Company, any combination of the above payment forms approved by the Administrator.

5.6    Additional Terms of Incentive Stock Options. The Administrator may grant Incentive Stock Options only to employees of the Company, any of its present or future parent or subsidiary corporations, as defined in Sections 424(e) or (f) of the Code, respectively, and any other entities the employees of which are eligible to receive Incentive Stock Options under the Code. If an Incentive Stock Option is granted to a Greater Than 10% Stockholder, the exercise price will not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value on the Option’s grant date, and the term of the Option will not exceed five years. All Incentive Stock Options will be subject to and construed consistently with Section 422 of the Code. By accepting an Incentive Stock Option, the Participant agrees to give prompt notice to the Company of dispositions or other transfers (other than in connection with a Change in Control) of Shares acquired under the Option made within (i) two years from the grant date of the Option or (ii) one year after the transfer of such Shares to the Participant, specifying the date of the disposition or other transfer and the amount the Participant realized, in cash, other property, assumption of indebtedness or other consideration, in such disposition or other transfer. Neither the Company nor the Administrator will be liable to a Participant, or any other party, if an Incentive Stock Option fails or ceases to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code. Any Incentive Stock Option or portion thereof that fails to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code for any reason, including becoming exercisable with respect to Shares having a fair market value exceeding the $100,000 limitation under Treasury Regulation Section 1.422-4, will be a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

ARTICLE VI.

RESTRICTED STOCK; RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

6.1    General. The Administrator may grant Restricted Stock, or the right to purchase Restricted Stock, to any Service Provider, subject to the Company’s right to repurchase all or part of such Shares at their issue price or other stated or formula price from the Participant (or to require forfeiture of such Shares) if conditions the Administrator specifies in the Award Agreement are not satisfied before the end of the applicable restriction period or periods that the Administrator establishes for such Award. In addition, the Administrator may grant to Service Providers Restricted Stock Units, which may be subject to vesting and forfeiture conditions during the applicable restriction period or periods, as set forth in an Award Agreement.

6.2    Restricted Stock.

(a)    Dividends. Participants holding Shares of Restricted Stock will be entitled to all ordinary cash dividends paid with respect to such Shares, unless the Administrator provides otherwise in the Award Agreement. In addition, unless the Administrator provides otherwise, if any dividends or distributions are paid in

 

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Shares, or consist of a dividend or distribution to holders of Common Stock of property other than an ordinary cash dividend, the Shares or other property will be subject to the same restrictions on transferability and forfeitability as the Shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any award of Restricted Stock, dividends which are paid to holders of Common Stock prior to vesting shall only be paid out to the Participant holding such Restricted Stock to the extent that the vesting conditions are subsequently satisfied. All such dividend payments will be made no later than March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the right to the dividend payment becomes nonforfeitable.

(b)    Stock Certificates. The Company may require that the Participant deposit in escrow with the Company (or its designee) any stock certificates issued in respect of Shares of Restricted Stock, together with a stock power endorsed in blank.

6.3    Restricted Stock Units.

(a)    Settlement. The Administrator may provide that settlement of Restricted Stock Units will occur upon or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Restricted Stock Units vest or will instead be deferred, on a mandatory basis or at the Participant’s election, in a manner intended to comply with Section 409A.

(b)    Stockholder Rights. A Participant will have no rights of a stockholder with respect to Shares subject to any Restricted Stock Unit unless and until the Shares are delivered in settlement of the Restricted Stock Unit.

ARTICLE VII.

OTHER STOCK OR CASH BASED AWARDS; DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS

7.1    Other Stock or Cash Based Awards. Other Stock or Cash Based Awards may be granted to Participants, including Awards entitling Participants to receive Shares to be delivered in the future and including annual or other periodic or long-term cash bonus awards (whether based on specified Performance Criteria or otherwise), in each case subject to any conditions and limitations in the Plan. Such Other Stock or Cash Based Awards will also be available as a payment form in the settlement of other Awards, as standalone payments and as payment in lieu of compensation to which a Participant is otherwise entitled. Other Stock or Cash Based Awards may be paid in Shares, cash or other property, as the Administrator determines.

7.2    Dividend Equivalents. A grant of Restricted Stock Units or Other Stock or Cash Based Award may provide a Participant with the right to receive Dividend Equivalents, and no Dividend Equivalents shall be payable with respect to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights. Dividend Equivalents may be paid currently or credited to an account for the Participant, settled in cash or Shares and subject to the same restrictions on transferability and forfeitability as the Award with to which the Dividend Equivalents are paid and subject to other terms and conditions as set forth in the Award Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dividend Equivalents with respect to an Award shall only paid out to the Participant to the extent that the vesting conditions are subsequently satisfied. All such Dividend Equivalent payments will be made no later than March 15 of the calendar year following calendar year in which the right to the Dividend Equivalent payment becomes nonforfeitable, unless determined otherwise by the Administrator or unless deferred in a manner intended to comply with Section 409A.

ARTICLE VIII.

ADJUSTMENTS FOR CHANGES IN COMMON STOCK

AND CERTAIN OTHER EVENTS

8.1    Equity Restructuring. In connection with any Equity Restructuring, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article VIII, the Administrator will equitably adjust each outstanding Award as it deems

 

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appropriate to reflect the Equity Restructuring, which may include adjusting the number and type of securities subject to each outstanding Award and/or the Award’s exercise price or grant price (if applicable), granting new Awards to Participants, and making a cash payment to Participants. The adjustments provided under this Section 8.1 will be nondiscretionary and final and binding on the affected Participant and the Company; provided that the Administrator will determine whether an adjustment is equitable.

8.2    Corporate Transactions. In the event of any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Common Stock, other securities, or other property), reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, amalgamation, repurchase, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, or sale, transfer, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or sale or exchange of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, Change in Control, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or other securities of the Company, other similar corporate transaction or event, other unusual or nonrecurring transaction or event affecting the Company or its financial statements or any change in any Applicable Laws or accounting principles, the Administrator, on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, either by the terms of the Award or by action taken prior to the occurrence of such transaction or event (except that action to give effect to a change in Applicable Law or accounting principles may be made within a reasonable period of time after such change), is hereby authorized to take any one or more of the following actions whenever the Administrator determines that such action is appropriate in order to (x) prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended by the Company to be made available under the Plan or with respect to any Award granted or issued under the Plan, (y) to facilitate such transaction or event or (z) give effect to such changes in Applicable Laws or accounting principles:

(a)    To provide for the cancellation of any such Award in exchange for either an amount of cash or other property with a value equal to the amount that could have been obtained upon the exercise or settlement of the vested portion of such Award or realization of the Participant’s rights under the vested portion of such Award, as applicable; provided that, if the amount that could have been obtained upon the exercise or settlement of the vested portion of such Award or realization of the Participant’s rights, in any case, is equal to or less than zero, then the Award may be terminated without payment;

(b)    To provide that such Award shall vest and, to the extent applicable, be exercisable as to all Shares covered thereby, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or the provisions of such Award;

(c)    To provide that such Award be assumed by the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, or shall be substituted for by awards covering the stock of the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares and/or applicable exercise or purchase price, in all cases, as determined by the Administrator;

(d)    To make adjustments in the number and type of Shares (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards and/or with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan (including, but not limited to, adjustments of the limitations in Article IV on the maximum number and kind of shares which may be issued) and/or in the terms and conditions of (including the grant or exercise price or applicable performance goals), and the criteria included in, outstanding Awards;

(e)    To replace such Award with other rights or property selected by the Administrator; and/or

(f)    To provide that the Award will terminate and cannot vest, be exercised or become payable after the applicable event.

8.3    Effect of Non-Assumption in a Change in Control. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.2, if a Change in Control occurs and a Participant’s Awards are not continued, converted, assumed, or replaced with a substantially similar award by (a) the Company, or (b) a successor entity or its parent or subsidiary (an “Assumption”), and provided that the Participant has not had a Termination of Service, then, immediately prior

 

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to the Change in Control, such Awards shall become fully vested, exercisable and/or payable, as applicable, and all forfeiture, repurchase and other restrictions on such Awards shall lapse, in which case, such Awards shall be canceled upon the consummation of the Change in Control in exchange for the right to receive the Change in Control consideration payable to other holders of Common Stock (i) which may be on such terms and conditions as apply generally to holders of Common Stock under the Change in Control documents (including, without limitation, any escrow, earn-out or other deferred consideration provisions) or such other terms and conditions as the Administrator may provide, and (ii) determined by reference to the number of Shares subject to such Awards and net of any applicable exercise price; provided that to the extent that any Awards constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” that may not be paid upon the Change in Control under Section 409A without the imposition of taxes thereon under Section 409A, the timing of such payments shall be governed by the applicable Award Agreement (subject to any deferred consideration provisions applicable under the Change in Control documents); and provided, further, that if the amount to which the Participant would be entitled upon the settlement or exercise of such Award at the time of the Change in Control is equal to or less than zero, then such Award may be terminated without payment. The Administrator shall determine whether an Assumption of an Award has occurred in connection with a Change in Control.

8.4    Administrative Stand Still. In the event of any pending stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation or other distribution (other than normal cash dividends) of Company assets to stockholders, or any other extraordinary transaction or change affecting the Shares or the share price of Common Stock, including any Equity Restructuring or any securities offering or other similar transaction, for administrative convenience, the Administrator may refuse to permit the exercise of any Award for up to 60 days before or after such transaction.

8.5    General. Except as expressly provided in the Plan or the Administrator’s action under the Plan, no Participant will have any rights due to any subdivision or consolidation of Shares of any class, dividend payment, increase or decrease in the number of Shares of any class or dissolution, liquidation, merger, or consolidation of the Company or other corporation. Except as expressly provided with respect to an Equity Restructuring under Section 8.1 or the Administrator’s action under the Plan, no issuance by the Company of Shares of any class, or securities convertible into Shares of any class, will affect, and no adjustment will be made regarding, the number of Shares subject to an Award or the Award’s grant or exercise price. The existence of the Plan, any Award Agreements and the Awards granted hereunder will not affect or restrict in any way the Company’s right or power to make or authorize (i) any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s capital structure or its business, (ii) any merger, consolidation dissolution or liquidation of the Company or sale of Company assets or (iii) any sale or issuance of securities, including securities with rights superior to those of the Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Shares. The Administrator may treat Participants and Awards (or portions thereof) differently under this Article VIII.

ARTICLE IX.

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AWARDS

9.1    Transferability. Except as the Administrator may determine or provide in an Award Agreement or otherwise for Awards other than Incentive Stock Options, Awards may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered, either voluntarily or by operation of law, except for certain beneficiary designations, by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or, subject to the Administrator’s consent, pursuant to a domestic relations order, and, during the life of the Participant, will be exercisable only by the Participant. Any permitted transfer of an Award hereunder shall be without consideration, except as required by Applicable Law. References to a Participant, to the extent relevant in the context, will include references to a Participant’s authorized transferee that the Administrator specifically approves.

9.2    Documentation. Each Award will be evidenced in an Award Agreement, which may be written or electronic, as the Administrator determines. The Award Agreement will contain the terms and conditions applicable to an Award. Each Award may contain terms and conditions in addition to those set forth in the Plan.

 

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9.3    Discretion. Except as the Plan otherwise provides, each Award may be made alone or in addition or in relation to any other Award. The terms of each Award to a Participant need not be identical, and the Administrator need not treat Participants or Awards (or portions thereof) uniformly.

9.4    Termination of Status. The Administrator will determine how an authorized leave of absence or any other change or purported change in a Participant’s Service Provider status affects an Award and the extent to which, and the period during which the Participant, the Participant’s legal representative, conservator, guardian or Designated Beneficiary may exercise rights under the Award, if applicable.

9.5    Withholding. Each Participant must pay the Company, or make provision satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of, any taxes required by Applicable Law to be withheld in connection with such Participant’s Awards by the date of the event creating the tax liability. The Company may deduct an amount sufficient to satisfy such tax obligations based on the applicable statutory withholding rates (or such other rate as may be determined by the Company after considering any accounting consequences or costs) from any payment of any kind otherwise due to a Participant. In the absence of a contrary determination by the Company (or, with respect to withholding pursuant to clause (ii) below with respect to Awards held by individuals subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, a contrary determination by the Administrator), all tax withholding obligations will be calculated based on the maximum applicable statutory withholding rates. Subject to Section 10.8 and any Company insider trading policy (including blackout periods), Participants may satisfy such tax obligations (i) in cash, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, by check made payable to the order of the Company, provided that the Company may limit the use of the foregoing payment forms if one or more of the payment forms below is permitted, (ii) to the extent permitted by the Administrator, in whole or in part by delivery of Shares, including Shares delivered by attestation and Shares retained from the Award creating the tax obligation, valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of delivery, (iii) if there is a public market for Shares at the time the tax obligations are satisfied, unless the Company otherwise determines, (A) delivery (including electronically or telephonically to the extent permitted by the Company) of an irrevocable and unconditional undertaking by a broker acceptable to the Company to deliver promptly to the Company sufficient funds to satisfy the tax obligations, or (B) delivery by the Participant to the Company of a copy of irrevocable and unconditional instructions to a broker acceptable to the Company to deliver promptly to the Company cash or a check sufficient to satisfy the tax withholding; provided that such amount is paid to the Company at such time as may be required by the Administrator, or (iv) to the extent permitted by the Company, any combination of the foregoing payment forms approved by the Administrator. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the number of Shares which may be so delivered or retained pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be limited to the number of Shares which have a Fair Market Value on the date of delivery or retention no greater than the aggregate amount of such liabilities based on the maximum individual statutory tax rate in the applicable jurisdiction at the time of such withholding (or such other rate as may be required to avoid the liability classification of the applicable award under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America); provided, however, to the extent such Shares were acquired by Participant from the Company as compensation, the Shares must have been held for the minimum period required by applicable accounting rules to avoid a charge to the Company’s earnings for financial reporting purposes; provided, further, that, any such Shares delivered or retained shall be rounded up to the nearest whole Share to the extent rounding up to the nearest whole Share does not result in the liability classification of the applicable Award under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. If any tax withholding obligation will be satisfied under clause (ii) above by the Company’s retention of Shares from the Award creating the tax obligation and there is a public market for Shares at the time the tax obligation is satisfied, the Company may elect to instruct any brokerage firm determined acceptable to the Company for such purpose to sell on the applicable Participant’s behalf some or all of the Shares retained and to remit the proceeds of the sale to the Company or its designee, and each Participant’s acceptance of an Award under the Plan will constitute the Participant’s authorization to the Company and instruction and authorization to such brokerage firm to complete the transactions described in this sentence.

 

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9.6    Amendment of Award. The Administrator may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award, including by substituting another Award of the same or a different type, changing the exercise or settlement date, and converting an Incentive Stock Option to a Non-Qualified Stock Option. The Participant’s consent to such action will be required unless (i) the action, taking into account any related action, does not materially and adversely affect the Participant’s rights under the Award, or (ii) the change is permitted under Article VIII or pursuant to Section 10.6.

9.7    Conditions on Delivery of Stock. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any Shares under the Plan or remove restrictions from Shares previously delivered under the Plan until (i) all Award conditions have been met or removed to the Company’s satisfaction, (ii) as determined by the Company, all other legal matters regarding the issuance and delivery of such Shares have been satisfied, including any applicable securities laws and stock exchange or stock market rules and regulations, and (iii) the Participant has executed and delivered to the Company such representations or agreements as the Administrator deems necessary or appropriate to satisfy any Applicable Laws. The Company’s inability to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which the Administrator determines is necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any securities, will relieve the Company of any liability for failing to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority has not been obtained.

9.8    Acceleration. The Administrator may at any time provide that any Award will become immediately vested and fully or partially exercisable, free of some or all restrictions or conditions, or otherwise fully or partially realizable.

9.9    Cash Settlement. Without limiting the generality of any other provision of the Plan, the Administrator may provide, in an Award Agreement or subsequent to the grant of an Award, in its discretion, that any Award may be settled in cash, Shares or a combination thereof.

9.10    Broker-Assisted Sales 9.11 . In the event of a broker-assisted sale of Shares in connection with the payment of amounts owed by a Participant under or with respect to the Plan or Awards, including amounts to be paid under the final sentence of Section 9.5: (i) any Shares to be sold through the broker-assisted sale will be sold on the day the payment first becomes due, or as soon thereafter as practicable; (ii) such Shares may be sold as part of a block trade with other Participants in the Plan in which all participants receive an average price; (iii) the applicable Participant will be responsible for all broker’s fees and other costs of sale, and by accepting an Award, each Participant agrees to indemnify and hold the Company harmless from any losses, costs, damages, or expenses relating to any such sale; (iv) to the extent the Company or its designee receives proceeds of such sale that exceed the amount owed, the Company will pay such excess in cash to the applicable Participant as soon as reasonably practicable; (v) the Company and its designees are under no obligation to arrange for such sale at any particular price; and (vi) in the event the proceeds of such sale are insufficient to satisfy the Participant’s applicable obligation, the Participant may be required to pay immediately upon demand to the Company or its designee an amount in cash sufficient to satisfy any remaining portion of the Participant’s obligation.

ARTICLE X.

MISCELLANEOUS

10.1    No Right to Employment or Other Status. No person will have any claim or right to be granted an Award, and the grant of an Award will not be construed as giving a Participant the right to continued employment or any other relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The Company and its Subsidiaries expressly reserves the right at any time to dismiss or otherwise terminate its relationship with a Participant free from any liability or claim under the Plan or any Award, except as expressly provided in an Award Agreement or in the Plan.

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Award until becoming the record holder of such Shares. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, unless the Administrator otherwise determines or Applicable Laws require, the Company will not be required to deliver to any Participant certificates evidencing Shares issued in connection with any Award and instead such Shares may be recorded in the books of the Company (or, as applicable, its transfer agent or stock plan administrator). The Company may place legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan that the Administrator deems necessary or appropriate to comply with Applicable Laws.

10.3    Effective Date and Term of Plan. Unless earlier terminated by the Board, the Plan will become effective on the date the Board adopts the Plan (the “Effective Date”) and will remain in effect until the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, an Incentive Stock Option may not be granted under the Plan after 10 years from the earlier of (i) the date the Board adopted the Plan or (ii) the date the Company’s stockholders approved the Plan, but Awards previously granted may extend beyond that date in accordance with the Plan. If the Plan is not approved by the Company’s stockholders, the Plan will not become effective and no Awards will be granted under the Plan.

10.4    Amendment of Plan. The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time; provided that no amendment, other than an increase to the Overall Share Limit, may materially and adversely affect any Award outstanding at the time of such amendment without the affected Participant’s consent. No Awards may be granted under the Plan during any suspension period or after the Plan’s termination. Awards outstanding at the time of any Plan suspension or termination will continue to be governed by the Plan and the Award Agreement, as in effect before such suspension or termination. The Board will obtain stockholder approval of any Plan amendment to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Laws, or any amendment to increase the Director Limit.

10.5    Provisions for Foreign Participants. The Administrator may modify Awards granted to Participants who are foreign nationals or employed outside the United States or establish subplans or procedures under the Plan to address differences in laws, rules, regulations or customs of such foreign jurisdictions with respect to tax, securities, currency, employee benefit or other matters.

10.6    Section 409A.

(a)    General. The Company intends that all Awards be structured to comply with, or be exempt from, Section 409A, such that no adverse tax consequences, interest, or penalties under Section 409A apply. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or any Award Agreement to the contrary, the Administrator may, without a Participant’s consent, amend this Plan or Awards, adopt policies and procedures, or take any other actions (including amendments, policies, procedures and retroactive actions) as are necessary or appropriate to preserve the intended tax treatment of Awards, including any such actions intended to (A) exempt this Plan or any Award from Section 409A, or (B) comply with Section 409A, including regulations, guidance, compliance programs and other interpretative authority that may be issued after an Award’s grant date. The Company makes no representations or warranties as to an Award’s tax treatment under Section 409A or otherwise. The Company will have no obligation under this Section 10.6 or otherwise to avoid the taxes, penalties or interest under Section 409A with respect to any Award and will have no liability to any Participant or any other person if any Award, compensation or other benefits under the Plan are determined to constitute noncompliant “nonqualified deferred compensation” subject to taxes, penalties or interest under Section 409A.

(b)    Separation from Service. If an Award constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” under Section 409A, any payment or settlement of such Award upon a termination of a Participant’s Service Provider relationship will, to the extent necessary to avoid taxes under Section 409A, be made only upon the Participant’s “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A), whether such “separation from service” occurs upon or after the termination of the Participant’s Service Provider relationship. For purposes of this Plan or any Award Agreement relating to any such payments or benefits, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms means a “separation from service.”

 

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(c)    Payments to Specified Employees. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Plan or any Award Agreement, any payment(s) of “nonqualified deferred compensation” required to be made under an Award to a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A and as the Administrator determines) due to his or her “separation from service” will, to the extent necessary to avoid taxes under Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, be delayed for the six-month period immediately following such “separation from service” (or, if earlier, until the specified employee’s death) and will instead be paid (as set forth in the Award Agreement) on the day immediately following such six-month period or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter (without interest). Any payments of “nonqualified deferred compensation” under such Award payable more than six months following the Participant’s “separation from service” will be paid at the time or times the payments are otherwise scheduled to be made.

10.7    Limitations on Liability. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, no individual acting as a director, officer, other employee or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary will be liable to any Participant, former Participant, spouse, beneficiary, or any other person for any claim, loss, liability, or expense incurred in connection with the Plan or any Award, and such individual will not be personally liable with respect to the Plan because of any contract or other instrument executed in his or her capacity as an Administrator, director, officer, other employee or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each director, officer, other employee and agent of the Company or any Subsidiary that has been or will be granted or delegated any duty or power relating to the Plan’s administration or interpretation, against any cost or expense (including attorneys’ fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the Administrator’s approval) arising from any act or omission concerning this Plan unless arising from such person’s own fraud or bad faith.

10.8    Lock-Up Period. The Company may, at the request of any underwriter representative or otherwise, in connection with registering the offering of any Company securities under the Securities Act, prohibit Participants from, directly or indirectly, selling or otherwise transferring any Shares or other Company securities during a period of up to 180 days following the effective date of a Company registration statement filed under the Securities Act, or such longer period as determined by the underwriter.

10.9    Data Privacy. As a condition for receiving any Award, each Participant explicitly and unambiguously consents to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of personal data as described in this section by and among the Company and its Subsidiaries and affiliates exclusively for implementing, administering and managing the Participant’s participation in the Plan. The Company and its Subsidiaries and affiliates may hold certain personal information about a Participant, including the Participant’s name, address and telephone number; birthdate; social security, insurance number or other identification number; salary; nationality; job title(s); any Shares held in the Company or its Subsidiaries and affiliates; and Award details, to implement, manage and administer the Plan and Awards (the “Data”). The Company and its Subsidiaries and affiliates may transfer the Data amongst themselves as necessary to implement, administer and manage a Participant’s participation in the Plan, and the Company and its Subsidiaries and affiliates may transfer the Data to third parties assisting the Company with Plan implementation, administration and management. These recipients may be located in the Participant’s country, or elsewhere, and the Participant’s country may have different data privacy laws and protections than the recipients’ country. By accepting an Award, each Participant authorizes such recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, to implement, administer and manage the Participant’s participation in the Plan, including any required Data transfer to a broker or other third party with whom the Company or the Participant may elect to deposit any Shares. The Data related to a Participant will be held only as long as necessary to implement, administer, and manage the Participant’s participation in the Plan. A Participant may, at any time, view the Data that the Company holds regarding such Participant, request additional information about the storage and processing of the Data regarding such Participant, recommend any necessary corrections to the Data regarding the Participant or refuse or withdraw the consents in this Section 10.9 in writing, without cost, by contacting the local human resources representative. If the Participant refuses or withdraws the consents in this Section 10.9, the Company may cancel Participant’s ability to participate in the Plan and, in the Administrator’s discretion, the Participant may forfeit any outstanding

 

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Awards. For more information on the consequences of refusing or withdrawing consent, Participants may contact their local human resources representative.

10.10    Severability. If any portion of the Plan or any action taken under it is held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity will not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan will be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provisions had been excluded, and the illegal or invalid action will be null and void.

10.11    Governing Documents. If any contradiction occurs between the Plan and any Award Agreement or other written agreement between a Participant and the Company (or any Subsidiary) that the Administrator has approved, the Plan will govern, unless it is expressly specified in such Award Agreement or other written document that a specific provision of the Plan will not apply.

10.12    Governing Law. The Plan and all Awards will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, disregarding any state’s choice-of-law principles requiring the application of a jurisdiction’s laws other than the State of Delaware.

10.13    Claw-back Provisions. All Awards (including, without limitation, any proceeds, gains or other economic benefit actually or constructively received by Participant upon any receipt or exercise of any Award or upon the receipt or resale of any Shares underlying the Award) shall be subject to the provisions of any claw-back policy implemented by the Company, including, without limitation, any claw-back policy adopted to comply with Applicable Laws (including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder) as and to the extent set forth in such claw-back policy or the Award Agreement.

10.14    Titles and Headings. The titles and headings in the Plan are for convenience of reference only and, if any conflict, the Plan’s text, rather than such titles or headings, will control.

10.15    Conformity to Securities Laws. Participant acknowledges that the Plan is intended to conform to the extent necessary with Applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Plan and all Awards will be administered only in conformance with Applicable Laws. To the extent Applicable Laws permit, the Plan and all Award Agreements will be deemed amended as necessary to conform to Applicable Laws.

10.16    Relationship to Other Benefits. No payment under the Plan will be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, savings, profit sharing, group insurance, welfare or other benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary except as expressly provided in writing in such other plan or an agreement thereunder.

ARTICLE XI.

DEFINITIONS

As used in the Plan, the following words and phrases will have the following meanings:

11.1    “Administrator” means the Board or a Committee to the extent that the Board’s powers or authority under the Plan have been delegated to such Committee.

11.2    “Applicable Laws” means the requirements relating to the administration of equity incentive plans under U.S. federal and state securities, tax and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, the applicable rules of any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable laws and rules of any foreign country or other jurisdiction where Awards are granted.

11.3    “Award” means, individually or collectively, a grant under the Plan of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Dividend Equivalents, or Other Stock or Cash Based Awards.

 

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11.4    “Award Agreement” means a written agreement evidencing an Award, which may be electronic, that contains such terms and conditions as the Administrator determines, consistent with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

11.5    “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

11.6    “Change in Control” means and includes each of the following:

(a)    A transaction or series of transactions (other than an offering of Common Stock to the general public through a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or a transaction or series of transactions that meets the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (c) below) whereby any “person” or related “group” of “persons” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (other than the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, VG Holder (as defined in the Stockholders’ Agreement), an employee benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or a “person” that, prior to such transaction, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company) directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Company’s securities outstanding immediately after such acquisition; or

(b)    During any period of two consecutive years, individuals who, at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board together with any new Director(s) (other than a Director designated by a person who shall have entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in subsections (a) or (c)) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Directors then still in office who either were Directors at the beginning of the two-year period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof; or

(c)    The consummation by the Company (whether directly involving the Company or indirectly involving the Company through one or more intermediaries) of (x) a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or business combination or (y) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets in any single transaction or series of related transactions or (z) the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity, in each case other than a transaction:

(i)    which results in the Company’s voting securities outstanding immediately before the transaction continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the Company or the person that, as a result of the transaction, controls, directly or indirectly, the Company or owns, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or otherwise succeeds to the business of the Company (the Company or such person, the “Successor Entity”)) directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity’s outstanding voting securities immediately after the transaction, and

(ii)    after which no person or group beneficially owns voting securities representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity; provided, however, that no person or group shall be treated for purposes of this clause (ii) as beneficially owning 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity solely as a result of the voting power held in the Company prior to the consummation of the transaction.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Change in Control constitutes a payment event with respect to any Award (or portion of any Award) that provides for the deferral of compensation that is subject to Section 409A, to the extent required to avoid the imposition of additional taxes under Section 409A, the transaction or event described in subsection (a), (b) or (c) with respect to such Award (or portion thereof) shall only constitute a Change in Control for purposes of the payment timing of such Award if such transaction also constitutes a “change in control event,” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

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The Administrator shall have full and final authority, which shall be exercised in its discretion, to determine conclusively whether a Change in Control has occurred pursuant to the above definition, the date of the occurrence of such Change in Control and any incidental matters relating thereto; provided that any exercise of authority in conjunction with a determination of whether a Change in Control is a “change in control event” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) shall be consistent with such regulation.

11.7    “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations issued thereunder.

11.8    “Committee” means one or more committees or subcommittees of the Board, which may include one or more Company directors or executive officers, to the extent Applicable Laws permit. To the extent required to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3, it is intended that each member of the Committee will be, at the time the Committee takes any action with respect to an Award that is subject to Rule 16b-3, a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3; however, a Committee member’s failure to qualify as a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 will not invalidate any Award granted by the Committee that is otherwise validly granted under the Plan.

11.9    “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

11.10    “Company” means Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor.

11.11    “Consultant” means any person, including any adviser, engaged by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to render services to such entity.

11.12    “Designated Beneficiary” means the beneficiary or beneficiaries the Participant designates, in a manner the Administrator determines, to receive amounts due or exercise the Participant’s rights if the Participant dies or becomes incapacitated. Without a Participant’s effective designation, “Designated Beneficiary” will mean the Participant’s estate.

11.13    “Director” means a Board member.

11.14    “Dividend Equivalents” means a right granted to a Participant under the Plan to receive the equivalent value (in cash or Shares) of dividends paid on Shares.

11.15    “Employee” means any employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

11.16    “Equity Restructuring” means, as determined by the Administrator, a non-reciprocal transaction between the Company and its stockholders, such as a stock dividend, stock split, spin-off or recapitalization through a large, nonrecurring cash dividend, or other large, nonrecurring cash dividend, that affects the Shares (or other securities of the Company) or the share price of Common Stock (or other securities of the Company) and causes a change in the per share value of the Common Stock underlying outstanding Awards.

11.17    “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

11.18    “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of a share of Common Stock determined as follows: (a) if the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange, its Fair Market Value will be the closing sales price for such Common Stock as quoted on such exchange for such date, or if no sale occurred on such date, the last day preceding such date during which a sale occurred, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or another source the Administrator deems reliable; (b) if the Common Stock is not traded on a stock exchange but is quoted on a national market or other quotation system, the closing sales price on such date, or if no sales occurred on such date, then on the last date preceding such date during which a sale occurred, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or another source the Administrator deems reliable; or (c) without an established market for the Common Stock, the Administrator will determine the Fair Market Value in its discretion.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Award granted on the pricing date of the Company’s initial public offering, the Fair Market Value shall mean the initial public offering price of a Share as set forth in the Company’s final prospectus relating to its initial public offering filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

11.19    “Greater Than 10% Stockholder” means an individual then owning (within the meaning of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or its parent or subsidiary corporation, as defined in Section 424(e) and (f) of the Code, respectively.

11.20    “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code.

11.21    “Non-Qualified Stock Option” means an Option, or portion thereof, not intended or not qualifying as an Incentive Stock Option.

11.22    “Option” means an option to purchase Shares, which will either be an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

11.23    “Other Stock or Cash Based Awards” means cash awards, awards of Shares, and other awards valued wholly or partially by referring to, or are otherwise based on, Shares or other property awarded to a Participant under Article VII.

11.24    “Overall Share Limit” means 21,208,755 Shares.

11.25    “Participant” means a Service Provider who has been granted an Award.

11.26    “Performance Criteria” mean the criteria (and adjustments) that the Administrator may select for an Award to establish performance goals for a performance period, which may include the following: net earnings or losses (either before or after one or more of interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and non-cash equity-based compensation expense); gross or net sales or revenue or sales or revenue growth; net income (either before or after taxes) or adjusted net income; profits (including but not limited to gross profits, net profits, profit growth, net operation profit or economic profit), profit return ratios or operating margin; budget or operating earnings (either before or after taxes or before or after allocation of corporate overhead and bonus); cash flow (including operating cash flow and free cash flow or cash flow return on capital); return on assets; return on capital or invested capital; cost of capital; return on stockholders’ equity; total stockholder return; return on sales; costs, reductions in costs and cost control measures; expenses; working capital; earnings or loss per share; adjusted earnings or loss per share; price per share or dividends per share (or appreciation in or maintenance of such price or dividends); regulatory achievements or compliance; implementation, completion or attainment of objectives relating to research, development, regulatory, commercial, or strategic milestones or developments; market share; economic value or economic value added models; division, group or corporate financial goals; customer satisfaction/growth; customer service; employee satisfaction; recruitment and maintenance of personnel; human resources management; supervision of litigation and other legal matters; strategic partnerships and transactions; financial ratios (including those measuring liquidity, activity, profitability or leverage); debt levels or reductions; sales-related goals; financing and other capital raising transactions; cash on hand; acquisition activity; investment sourcing activity; and marketing initiatives, any of which may be measured in absolute terms or as compared to any incremental increase or decrease. Such performance goals also may be based solely by reference to the Company’s performance or the performance of a Subsidiary, division, business

 

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segment or business unit of the Company or a Subsidiary, or based upon performance relative to performance of other companies or upon comparisons of any of the indicators of performance relative to performance of other companies.

11.27    “Plan” means this 2019 Incentive Award Plan.

11.28    “Restricted Stock” means Shares awarded to a Participant under Article VI subject to certain vesting conditions and other restrictions.

11.29    “Restricted Stock Unit” means an unfunded, unsecured right to receive, on the applicable settlement date, one Share or an amount in cash or other consideration determined by the Administrator to be of equal value as of such settlement date awarded to a Participant under Article VI subject to certain vesting conditions and other restrictions.

11.30    “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

11.31    “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and all regulations, guidance, compliance programs and other interpretative authority thereunder.

11.32    “Section 16 Persons” means those officers, directors or other persons who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

11.33    “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

11.34    “Service Provider” means an Employee, Consultant or Director.

11.35    “Shares” means shares of Common Stock.

11.36    “Stock Appreciation Right” means a stock appreciation right granted under Article V.

11.37    “Stockholders’ Agreement” means that certain Stockholders’ Agreement by and between the Company, Vieco USA, Inc. and SCH Sponsor Corp., dated as of October 25, 2019.

11.38    “Subsidiary” means any entity (other than the Company), whether domestic or foreign, in an unbroken chain of entities beginning with the Company if each of the entities other than the last entity in the unbroken chain beneficially owns, at the time of the determination, securities or interests representing at least 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of securities or interests in one of the other entities in such chain.

11.39    “Substitute Awards” means Awards granted or Shares issued by the Company in assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted, or the right or obligation to make future awards, in each case by a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines.

11.40    “Termination of Service” means the date the Participant ceases to be a Service Provider.

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Exhibit 10.2(b)

 

VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS, INC.

2019 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT NOTICE

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), has granted to the participant listed below (“Participant”) the Restricted Stock Units (the “RSUs”) described in this Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice (this “Grant Notice”), subject to the terms and conditions of the Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”) and the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Agreement”), both of which are incorporated into this Grant Notice by reference. Capitalized terms not specifically defined in this Grant Notice or the Agreement have the meanings given to them in the Plan.

 

Participant:   
Grant Date:   
Number of RSUs:   
Vesting Commencement Date:   
Vesting Schedule:    [To be specified]

By accepting (whether in writing, electronically or otherwise) the RSUs, Participant agrees to be bound by the terms of this Grant Notice, the Plan and the Agreement. Participant has reviewed the Plan, this Grant Notice and the Agreement in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Grant Notice and fully understands all provisions of the Plan, this Grant Notice and the Agreement. Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator upon any questions arising under the Plan, this Grant Notice or the Agreement.

 

VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS, INC.                  PARTICIPANT
By:  

 

   

 

Name:  

 

    [Participant Name]
Title:  

 

   


Exhibit A

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT

Capitalized terms not specifically defined in this Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (this “Agreement”) have the meanings specified in the Grant Notice or, if not defined in the Grant Notice, in the Plan.

ARTICLE I.

GENERAL

1.1    Award of RSUs. The Company has granted the RSUs to Participant effective as of the Grant Date set forth in the Grant Notice (the “Grant Date”). Each RSU represents the right to receive one Share as set forth in this Agreement. Participant will have no right to the distribution of any Shares until the time (if ever) the RSUs have vested.

1.2    Incorporation of Terms of Plan. The RSUs are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any inconsistency between the Plan and this Agreement, the terms of the Plan will control.

1.3    Unsecured Promise. The RSUs will at all times prior to settlement represent an unsecured Company obligation payable only from the Company’s general assets.

ARTICLE II.

VESTING; FORFEITURE AND SETTLEMENT

2.1    Vesting; Forfeiture.

(a)    The RSUs will vest according to the vesting schedule in the Grant Notice except that any fraction of an RSU that would otherwise be vested will be accumulated and will vest only when a whole RSU has accumulated. In addition, any RSUs that remain outstanding shall fully vest on an accelerated basis upon Participant’s Termination of Service (i) by the Company (or a Subsidiary) without Cause on or within 24 months following the date of a Change in Control. The accelerated vesting in this Section 2.1 is subject to Participant’s timely execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims. In the event of Participant’s Termination of Service for any reason, all unvested RSUs will immediately and automatically be cancelled and forfeited (after taking into consideration any accelerated vesting which may occur in connection with such Termination of Service), except as otherwise determined by the Administrator or provided in a binding written agreement between Participant and the Company.

(b)    As used in this Agreement, “Cause” means (i) if Participant is a party to a written employment or consulting agreement with the Company or a Subsidiary in which the term “cause” is defined (a “Relevant Agreement”), “Cause” as defined in the Relevant Agreement, and (ii) if no Relevant Agreement exists, (A) the Administrator’s determination that Participant failed to substantially perform Participant’s duties (other than a failure resulting from Participant’s disability); (B) the Administrator’s determination that Participant failed to carry out, or comply with any lawful and reasonable directive of the Board or Participant’s immediate supervisor; (C) Participant’s conviction, plea of nolo contendere, or imposition of unadjudicated probation for any felony or indictable offense or crime involving moral turpitude; (D) Participant’s unlawful use (including being under the influence) or possession of illegal drugs on the premises of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or while performing Participant’s duties and responsibilities for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (E) Participant’s commission of an act of fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation, misconduct, or breach of fiduciary duty against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (F) Participant’s material breach of any material obligation under any applicable policy of the Company or its affiliates (including any code of conduct or harassment policies).

 

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2.2    Settlement.

(a)    The RSUs will be paid in Shares as soon as administratively practicable after the vesting of the applicable RSU, but in no event later than the March 15 of the year following the year in which the RSU’s vesting date occurs.

(b)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may delay any payment under this Agreement that the Company reasonably determines would violate Applicable Law until the earliest date the Company reasonably determines the making of the payment will not cause such a violation (in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(7)(ii)); provided the Company reasonably believes the delay will not result in the imposition of excise taxes under Section 409A.

ARTICLE III.

TAXATION AND TAX WITHHOLDING

3.1    Representation. Participant represents to the Company that Participant has reviewed with Participant’s own tax advisors the tax consequences of this Award and the transactions contemplated by the Grant Notice and this Agreement. Participant is relying solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents.

3.2    Tax Withholding.

(a)    Unless the Administrator otherwise determines, the Company shall withhold, or cause to be withheld, Shares otherwise vesting or issuable under this Award (including the RSUs) in satisfaction of any applicable withholding tax obligations. The number of Shares which may be so withheld or surrendered shall be limited to the number of Shares which have a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding no greater than the aggregate amount of such liabilities based on the maximum individual statutory withholding rates in Participant’s applicable jurisdictions for federal, state, local and foreign income tax and payroll tax purposes that are applicable to such taxable income.

(b)    Participant acknowledges that Participant is ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes owed in connection with the RSUs, regardless of any action the Company or any Subsidiary takes with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the RSUs. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary makes any representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the awarding, vesting or payment of the RSUs or the subsequent sale of Shares. The Company and its Subsidiaries do not commit and are under no obligation to structure the RSUs to reduce or eliminate Participant’s tax liability.

ARTICLE IV.

OTHER PROVISIONS

4.1    Adjustments. Participant acknowledges that the RSUs, and the Shares subject to the RSUs are subject to adjustment, modification and termination in certain events as provided in this Agreement and the Plan.

4.2    Notices. Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the Company must be in writing and addressed to the Company in care of the Company’s Secretary at the Company’s principal office or the Secretary’s then-current email address or facsimile number. Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to Participant must be in writing and addressed to Participant (or, if Participant is then deceased, to the Designated Beneficiary) at Participant’s last known mailing address, email address or facsimile number in the Company’s personnel files. By a notice given pursuant to this Section, either party

 

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may designate a different address for notices to be given to that party. Any notice will be deemed duly given when actually received, when sent by email, when sent by certified mail (return receipt requested) and deposited with postage prepaid in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service, when delivered by a nationally recognized express shipping company or upon receipt of a facsimile transmission confirmation.

4.3    Titles. Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.

4.4    Conformity to Securities Laws. Participant acknowledges that the Plan, the Grant Notice and this Agreement are intended to conform to the extent necessary with all Applicable Laws and, to the extent Applicable Laws permit, will be deemed amended as necessary to conform to Applicable Laws.

4.5    Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement to single or multiple assignees, and this Agreement will inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Agreement or the Plan, this Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, legatees, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto.

4.6    Limitations Applicable to Section 16 Persons. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, if Participant is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Plan, the Grant Notice, this Agreement and the RSUs will be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3) that are requirements for the application of such exemptive rule. To the extent Applicable Laws permit, this Agreement will be deemed amended as necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive rule.

4.7    Entire Agreement. The Plan, the Grant Notice and this Agreement (including any exhibit hereto) constitute the entire agreement of the parties and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Participant with respect to the subject matter hereof.

4.8    Agreement Severable. In the event that any provision of the Grant Notice or this Agreement is held illegal or invalid, the provision will be severable from, and the illegality or invalidity of the provision will not be construed to have any effect on, the remaining provisions of the Grant Notice or this Agreement.

4.9    Limitation on Participant’s Rights. Participation in the Plan confers no rights or interests other than as herein provided. This Agreement creates only a contractual obligation on the part of the Company as to amounts payable and may not be construed as creating a trust. Neither the Plan nor any underlying program, in and of itself, has any assets. Participant will have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to amounts credited and benefits payable, if any, with respect to the RSUs, and rights no greater than the right to receive cash or the Shares as a general unsecured creditor with respect to the RSUs, as and when settled pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

4.10    Not a Contract of Employment. Nothing in the Plan, the Grant Notice or this Agreement confers upon Participant any right to continue in the employ or service of the Company or any Subsidiary or interferes with or restricts in any way the rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which rights are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge or terminate the services of Participant at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in a written agreement between the Company or a Subsidiary and Participant.

 

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4.11    Counterparts. The Grant Notice may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by way of any electronic signature, subject to Applicable Law, each of which will be deemed an original and all of which together will constitute one instrument.

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Exhibit 10.2(c)

 

VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS, INC.

2019 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN

STOCK OPTION GRANT NOTICE

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) has granted to the participant listed below (“Participant”) the stock option (the “Option”) described in this Stock Option Grant Notice (the “Grant Notice”), subject to the terms and conditions of the Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”) and the Stock Option Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Agreement”), both of which are incorporated into this Grant Notice by reference. Capitalized terms not specifically defined in this Grant Notice or the Agreement have the meanings given to them in the Plan.

 

Participant:   
Grant Date:   
Exercise Price per Share:    [Can be no less than 100% of the FMV on the Grant Date]
Shares Subject to the Option:   
Final Expiration Date:    [Can be no later than 10th anniversary of Grant Date]
Vesting Commencement Date:   
Vesting Schedule:    [To be specified]
Type of Option    [Incentive Stock Option]/[Non-Qualified Stock Option]

By accepting (whether in writing, electronically or otherwise) the Option, Participant agrees to be bound by the terms of this Grant Notice, the Plan and the Agreement[, and further agrees that, as of the Grant Date, all options previously granted to Participant pursuant to the Vieco 10 Limited 2014 Share Option Plan covering common shares in Vieco 10 Limited were canceled, and Participant has no further right, title or interest in or to any such option awards]. Participant has reviewed the Plan, this Grant Notice and the Agreement in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Grant Notice and fully understands all provisions of the Plan, this Grant Notice and the Agreement. Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator upon any questions arising under the Plan, this Grant Notice or the Agreement.

 

VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS, INC.              PARTICIPANT
By:  

 

   

 

Name:  

 

    [Participant Name]
Title:  

 

   


Exhibit A

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

Capitalized terms not specifically defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified in the Grant Notice or, if not defined in the Grant Notice, in the Plan.

ARTICLE I.

GENERAL

1.1    Grant of Option. The Company has granted to Participant the Option effective as of the grant date set forth in the Grant Notice (the “Grant Date”).

1.2    Incorporation of Terms of Plan. The Option is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any inconsistency between the Plan and this Agreement, the terms of the Plan will control.

ARTICLE II.

PERIOD OF EXERCISABILITY

2.1    Commencement of Exercisability.

(a)    The Option will vest and become exercisable according to the vesting schedule in the Grant Notice (the “Vesting Schedule”) except that any fraction of a Share as to which the Option would be vested or exercisable will be accumulated and will vest and become exercisable only when a whole Share has accumulated.

(b)    In addition, the then-unvested portion of the Option shall fully vest and become exercisable on an accelerated basis upon Participant’s Termination of Service (i) by the Company (or a Subsidiary) without Cause on or within 24 months following the date of a Change in Control. The accelerated vesting in this Section 2.1(b)(i) is subject to Participant’s timely execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims.

(c)    The Option will immediately expire and be forfeited as to any portion that is not vested and exercisable as of Participant’s Termination of Service for any reason (after taking into consideration any accelerated vesting and exercisability which may occur in connection with such Termination of Service) except as otherwise determined by the Administrator or provided in a binding written agreement between Participant and the Company.

2.2    Duration of Exercisability. The Vesting Schedule is cumulative. Any portion of the Option which vests and becomes exercisable will remain vested and exercisable until the Option expires. The Option will be forfeited immediately upon its expiration.

2.3    Expiration of Option. The Option may not be exercised to any extent by anyone after, and will expire on, the first of the following to occur:

(a)    The final expiration date in the Grant Notice;

(b)    Except as the Administrator may otherwise approve, the expiration of three months from the date of Participant’s Termination of Service, unless Participant’s Termination of Service is for Cause (as defined below) or by reason of Participant’s death, disability or Retirement;

 

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(c)    Except as the Administrator may otherwise approve, the expiration of one year from the date of Participant’s Termination of Service by reason of Participant’s death, disability or Retirement; and

(d)    Except as the Administrator may otherwise approve, Participant’s Termination of Service for Cause.

As used in this Agreement, “Cause” means (i) if Participant is a party to a written employment or consulting agreement with the Company or a Subsidiary in which the term “cause” is defined (a “Relevant Agreement”), “Cause” as defined in the Relevant Agreement, and (ii) if no Relevant Agreement exists, (A) the Administrator’s determination that Participant failed to substantially perform Participant’s duties (other than a failure resulting from Participant’s disability); (B) the Administrator’s determination that Participant failed to carry out, or comply with any lawful and reasonable directive of the Board or Participant’s immediate supervisor; (C) Participant’s conviction, plea of nolo contendere, or imposition of unadjudicated probation for any felony or indictable offense or crime involving moral turpitude; (D) Participant’s unlawful use (including being under the influence) or possession of illegal drugs on the premises of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or while performing Participant’s duties and responsibilities for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (E) Participant’s commission of an act of fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation, misconduct, or breach of fiduciary duty against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (F) Participant’s material breach of any material obligation under any applicable policy of the Company or its affiliates (including any code of conduct or harassment policies).

As used in this Agreement, “Retirement” shall mean a Termination of Service due to retirement (as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion) if such Termination of Service occurs (i) on or after the completion by Participant of ten years of employment with the Company and/or its Subsidiaries and (ii) when Participant’s age equals or exceeds 50 (in each case measured in years, rounded down to the nearest whole number).

ARTICLE III.

EXERCISE OF OPTION

3.1    Person Eligible to Exercise. During Participant’s lifetime, only Participant may exercise the Option. After Participant’s death, any exercisable portion of the Option may, prior to the time the Option expires, be exercised by Participant’s Designated Beneficiary as provided in the Plan.

3.2    Partial Exercise. Any exercisable portion of the Option or the entire Option, if then wholly exercisable, may be exercised, in whole or in part, according to the procedures in the Plan at any time prior to the time the Option or portion thereof expires, except that the Option may only be exercised for whole Shares.

3.3    Tax Withholding.

(a)    Unless the Administrator otherwise determines, the Company shall withhold, or cause to be withheld, Shares otherwise vesting or issuable under this Option in satisfaction of any applicable withholding tax obligations. The number of Shares which may be so withheld or surrendered shall be limited to the number of Shares which have a fair market value on the date of withholding no greater than the aggregate amount of such liabilities based on the maximum individual statutory withholding rates in Participant’s applicable jurisdictions for federal, state, local and foreign income tax and payroll tax purposes that are applicable to such taxable income.

 

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(b)    Participant acknowledges that Participant is ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes owed in connection with the Option, regardless of any action the Company or any Subsidiary takes with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the Option. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary makes any representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the awarding, vesting or exercise of the Option or the subsequent sale of Shares. The Company and the Subsidiaries do not commit and are under no obligation to structure the Option to reduce or eliminate Participant’s tax liability.

ARTICLE IV.

OTHER PROVISIONS

4.1    Adjustments. Participant acknowledges that the Option is subject to adjustment, modification and termination in certain events as provided in this Agreement and the Plan.

4.2    Notices. Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the Company must be in writing and addressed to the Company in care of the Company’s Secretary at the Company’s principal office or the Secretary’s then-current email address or facsimile number. Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to Participant must be in writing and addressed to Participant (or, if Participant is then deceased, to the Designated Beneficiary) at Participant’s last known mailing address, email address or facsimile number in the Company’s personnel files. By a notice given pursuant to this Section, either party may designate a different address for notices to be given to that party. Any notice will be deemed duly given when actually received, when sent by email, when sent by certified mail (return receipt requested) and deposited with postage prepaid in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service, when delivered by a nationally recognized express shipping company or upon receipt of a facsimile transmission confirmation.

4.3    Titles. Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.

4.4    Conformity to Securities Laws. Participant acknowledges that the Plan, the Grant Notice and this Agreement are intended to conform to the extent necessary with all Applicable Laws and, to the extent Applicable Laws permit, will be deemed amended as necessary to conform to Applicable Laws.

4.5    Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement to single or multiple assignees, and this Agreement will inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Agreement or the Plan, this Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, legatees, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto.

4.6    Limitations Applicable to Section 16 Persons. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, if Participant is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Plan, the Grant Notice, this Agreement and the Option will be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3) that are requirements for the application of such exemptive rule. To the extent Applicable Laws permit, this Agreement will be deemed amended as necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive rule.

4.7    Entire Agreement. The Plan, the Grant Notice and this Agreement (including any exhibit hereto) constitute the entire agreement of the parties and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Participant with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

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4.8    Agreement Severable. In the event that any provision of the Grant Notice or this Agreement is held illegal or invalid, the provision will be severable from, and the illegality or invalidity of the provision will not be construed to have any effect on, the remaining provisions of the Grant Notice or this Agreement.

4.9    Limitation on Participant’s Rights. Participation in the Plan confers no rights or interests other than as herein provided. This Agreement creates only a contractual obligation on the part of the Company as to amounts payable and may not be construed as creating a trust. Neither the Plan nor any underlying program, in and of itself, has any assets. Participant will have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to amounts credited and benefits payable, if any, with respect to the Option, and rights no greater than the right to receive the Shares as a general unsecured creditor with respect to the Option, as and when exercised pursuant to the terms hereof.

4.10    Not a Contract of Employment. Nothing in the Plan, the Grant Notice or this Agreement confers upon Participant any right to continue in the employ or service of the Company or any Subsidiary or interferes with or restricts in any way the rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which rights are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge or terminate the services of Participant at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in a written agreement between the Company or a Subsidiary and Participant.

4.11    Counterparts. The Grant Notice may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by way of any electronic signature, subject to Applicable Law, each of which will be deemed an original and all of which together will constitute one instrument.

4.12    Incentive Stock Options. If the Option is designated as an Incentive Stock Option:

(a)    Participant acknowledges that to the extent the aggregate fair market value of shares (determined as of the time the option with respect to the shares is granted) with respect to which stock options intended to qualify as “incentive stock options” under Section 422 of the Code, including the Option, are exercisable for the first time by Participant during any calendar year exceeds $100,000 or if for any other reason such stock options do not qualify or cease to qualify for treatment as “incentive stock options” under Section 422 of the Code, such stock options (including the Option) will be treated as non-qualified stock options. Participant further acknowledges that the rule set forth in the preceding sentence will be applied by taking the Option and other stock options into account in the order in which they were granted, as determined under Section 422(d) of the Code. Participant also acknowledges that if the Option is exercised more than three months after Participant’s Termination of Service, other than by reason of death or disability, the Option will be taxed as a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

(b)    Participant will give prompt written notice to the Company of any disposition or other transfer of any Shares acquired under this Agreement if such disposition or other transfer is made (a) within two years from the Grant Date or (b) within one year after the transfer of such Shares to Participant. Such notice will specify the date of such disposition or other transfer and the amount realized, in cash, other property, assumption of indebtedness or other consideration, by Participant in such disposition or other transfer.

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Exhibit 10.4

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 25, 2019, is entered into by and between Virgin Galactic Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“OpCo”), Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (“PubCo”) and George Whitesides (the “Executive”).

WHEREAS, OpCo and PubCo (collectively, the “Company”) desire to employ the Executive and the Company and the Executive desire to enter into an agreement embodying the terms of such employment, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

1.    Employment Period. Effective as of the closing of the Business Combination (the “Effective Date”), the Executive’s employment hereunder shall be for a term (the “Employment Period”) commencing on the Effective Date and continuing indefinitely until terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the Executive’s employment hereunder is terminable at will by the Company or by the Executive at any time (for any reason or for no reason), subject to the provisions of Section 4 hereof.

2.    Terms of Employment.

(a)    Position and Duties.

(i)    Role and Responsibilities. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and shall perform such employment duties as are usual and customary for such position. The Executive shall report directly to the Board. At the Company’s request, the Executive shall serve the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates in other capacities in addition to the foregoing, consistent with the Executive’s position hereunder. In the event that the Executive, during the Employment Period, serves in any one or more of such additional capacities, the Executive’s compensation shall not be increased beyond that specified in Section 2(b) hereof. In addition, in the event the Executive’s service in one or more of such additional capacities is terminated, the Executive’s compensation, as specified in Section 2(b) hereof, shall not be diminished or reduced in any manner as a result of such termination provided that the Executive otherwise remains employed under the terms of this Agreement. The parties acknowledge and agree that the Executive shall join a spaceflight (which may include a test spaceflight) in connection with the performance of his duties hereunder; in addition, the Executive’s spouse shall be entitled to join a spaceflight (which may include a test spaceflight).

(ii)    Exclusivity. During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of leave to which the Executive may be entitled, the Executive agrees to devote his full business time and attention to the business and affairs of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the Employment Period, it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the Executive to: (A) serve on boards, committees or similar bodies of charitable or nonprofit organizations, (B) fulfill limited teaching, speaking and writing engagements, and (C) manage his personal investments, in each case, so long as such activities do not individually or in the aggregate materially interfere or conflict with the performance of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, that with respect to the activities in subclauses (A) and/or (B), the Executive receives prior written approval from the Board.


(iii)    Principal Location. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall perform the services required by this Agreement at the Company’s offices located in Los Angeles, California (the “Principal Location”), provided, however, that the parties acknowledge and agree that the Executive may be required to travel with relative frequency to Mojave, California and Las Cruces, New Mexico as well as other locations as may be necessary to fulfill the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder.

(b)    Compensation, Benefits, Etc.

(i)    Base Salary. Effective as of the Effective Date and during the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive a base salary (the “Base Salary”) of $450,000 per annum. The Base Salary shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices for executive salaries generally, but no less often than monthly and shall be pro-rated for partial years of employment. The Base Salary may be increased in the discretion of the Board or such subcommittee, but not reduced, and the term “Base Salary” as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to the Base Salary as so increased.

(iii)    Annual Cash Bonus. For each calendar year ending during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to earn a cash performance bonus (an “Annual Bonus”) under the Company’s bonus plan or program applicable to senior executives targeted at 50% of Executive’s Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”). The actual amount of any Annual Bonus shall be determined by the Board (or a subcommittee thereof) in its discretion, based on the achievement of individual and/or Company performance goals as determined by the Board (or a subcommittee thereof). The payment of any Annual Bonus, to the extent any Annual Bonus becomes payable, will be made on the date on which annual bonuses are paid generally to the Company’s senior executives, but in no event later than March 15th of the calendar year following the calendar year in which such Annual Bonus was earned, subject to the Executive’s continued employment through the payment date.

(v)    Equity Awards.

(A)    PubCo shall grant to the Executive two nonqualified options to purchase an aggregate of 1,283,361 shares of PubCo common stock (each, a “Stock Option”). Each Stock Option shall cover an equal number of shares of PubCo common stock, and the first Stock Option shall be granted on the Effective Date (the “Initial Option”) and the second Stock Option shall be granted on the first anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Anniversary Option”), subject to the Executive’s continued employment with the Company through the applicable grant date. Each Stock Option shall have an exercise price per share equal to the Fair Market Value (as defined in PubCo’s 2019 Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”) on the applicable grant date and shall have an outside expiration date of ten years from the grant date. In addition, PubCo shall grant to the Executive a restricted stock unit award covering 194,844 shares of PubCo common stock (the “RSU Award”). The RSU Award shall be granted upon effectiveness of the Form S-8 with respect to PubCo’s common stock issuable under the Plan, subject to the Executive’s continued employment through the grant date.

 

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(B)    Subject to the Executive’s continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting date, each of the Initial Option and the RSU Award shall vest and (as applicable) become exercisable (x) with respect to 25% of the underlying shares on the first anniversary of the Effective Date, and (y) as to the remaining 75% of the underlying shares, in substantially equal installments on each of the 36 monthly anniversaries thereafter. In addition, the RSU Award shall vest on an applicable vesting date only if the Fair Market Value per share is greater than $10 (and any restricted stock units that otherwise would vest on such vesting date shall be forfeited and canceled without consideration therefor).

(C)    Subject to the Executive’s continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting date, the Anniversary Option shall vest and become exercisable (x) with respect to 25% of the underlying shares on the first anniversary of the grant date, and (y) as to the remaining 75% of the underlying shares, in substantially equal installments on each of the 36 monthly anniversaries thereafter.

(D)    The terms and conditions of the Stock Options and the RSU Award will be set forth in separate award agreements in forms prescribed by PubCo, to be entered into by PubCo and the Executive (the “Award Agreements”). Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the Stock Options and the RSU Award shall be governed in all respects by the terms of and conditions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

(vi)    Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Executive (and the Executive’s spouse and/or eligible dependents to the extent provided in the applicable plans and programs) shall be eligible to participate in and be covered under the health and welfare benefit plans and programs maintained by the Company for the benefit of its employees from time to time, pursuant to the terms of such plans and programs including any medical, life, hospitalization, dental, disability, accidental death and dismemberment and travel accident insurance plans and programs on the same terms and conditions as those applicable to similarly situated senior executives. In addition, during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in any retirement, savings and other employee benefit plans and programs maintained from time to time by the Company for the benefit of its senior executive officers. Nothing contained in this Section 2(b)(vi) shall create or be deemed to create any obligation on the part of the Company to adopt or maintain any health, welfare, retirement or other benefit plan or program at any time or to create any limitation on the Company’s ability to modify or terminate any such plan or program.

(vii)    Expenses. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable business expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with the performance of his duties under this Agreement in accordance with the policies, practices and procedures of the Company provided to employees of the Company.

(viii)    Fringe Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to receive such fringe benefits and perquisites as are provided by the Company to its employees from time to time, in accordance with the policies, practices and procedures of the Company, and shall receive such additional fringe benefits and perquisites as the Company may, in its discretion, from time-to-time provide.

(ix)    Vacation. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the plans, policies, programs and practices of the Company applicable to its employees, but in no event shall the Executive accrue less than 200 hours of vacation per calendar year (pro-rated for any partial year of service); provided, however,

 

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that the Executive shall not accrue any vacation time in excess of 350 hours (the “Accrual Limit”), and shall cease accruing vacation time if the Executive’s accrued vacation reaches the Accrual Limit until such time as the Executive’s accrued vacation time drops below the Accrual Limit.

(x)    Milestone Bonus. In addition, the Executive shall receive a lump sum cash payment equal to $500,000, payable on the first anniversary of a Commercial Launch, subject to his continued employment through such first anniversary date. For purposes of this Agreement, “Commercial Launch” means the first powered flight of Spaceship Unity that (i) attains an altitude of at least 50 miles with four fare-paying passengers on board and (ii) safely returns to base with all major systems functioning nominally throughout the flight.

3.    Termination of Employment.

(a)    Death or Disability. The Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s death during the Employment Period. Either the Company or the Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment in the event of the Executive’s Disability during the Employment Period.

(b)    Termination by the Company. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for Cause or without Cause.

(c)    Termination by the Executive. The Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Executive for any or no reason, including with Good Reason or by the Executive without Good Reason.

(d)    Notice of Termination. Any termination of employment (other than due to the Executive’s death), shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination to the other parties hereto given in accordance with Section 11(b) hereof. The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company, respectively, hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.

(e)    Termination of Offices and Directorships; Return of Property. Upon termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, unless otherwise specified in a written agreement between the Executive and the Company, the Executive shall be deemed to have resigned from all offices, directorships, and other employment positions if any, then held with the Company, and shall take all actions reasonably requested by the Company to effectuate the foregoing. In addition, upon the termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, the Executive agrees to return to the Company all documents of the Company and its affiliates (and all copies thereof) and all other Company or Company affiliate property that the Executive has in his possession, custody or control. Such property includes, without limitation: (i) any materials of any kind that the Executive knows contain or embody any proprietary or confidential information of the Company or an affiliate of the Company (and all reproductions thereof), (ii) computers (including, but not limited to, laptop computers, desktop computers and similar devices) and other portable electronic devices (including, but not limited to, tablet computers), cellular phones/smartphones, credit cards, phone cards, entry cards, identification badges and keys, and (iii) any correspondence, drawings, manuals, letters, notes, notebooks, reports, programs, plans, proposals, financial documents, or any other documents concerning the customers, business plans, marketing strategies, products and/or processes of the Company or any of its affiliates and any information received from the Company or any of its affiliates regarding third parties.

 

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4.    Obligations of the Company upon Termination.

(a)    Accrued Obligations. In the event that the Executive’s employment under this Agreement terminates during the Employment Period for any reason, the Company will pay or provide to the Executive: (i) any earned but unpaid Base Salary, (ii) reimbursement of any business expenses incurred by the Executive prior to the Date of Termination that are reimbursable in accordance with Section 2(b)(vii) hereof and (iii) any vested amounts due to the Executive under any plan, program or policy of the Company (together, the “Accrued Obligations”). The Accrued Obligations described in clauses (i) – (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be paid within 30 days after the Date of Termination (or such earlier date as may be required by applicable law) and the Accrued Obligations described in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the governing plan or program.

(b)    Qualifying Termination. Subject to Sections 4(c), 4(e) and 11(d), and the Executive’s continued compliance with the provisions of Section 7 hereof, if the Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated during the Employment Period due to a Qualifying Termination, then in addition to the Accrued Obligations:

(i)    Cash Severance. The Company shall pay the Executive an amount equal to 1.0 (the “Severance Multiplier”) multiplied by the sum of (i) the Base Salary and (ii) the Target Bonus (the “Severance”); provided, however, that in the event the Qualifying Termination occurs on or within 24 months following a Change in Control, then the Severance shall be an amount equal to the sum of (i) 1.5 times the Base Salary and (ii) the Target Bonus. The Severance shall be paid in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices over the 12-month period following the Executive’s Termination Date, but shall commence on the first payroll date following the effective date of the Release (as defined below), and amounts otherwise payable prior to such first payroll date shall be paid on such date without interest thereon; provided, however that if the Termination Date occurs on or within 24-months following a Change in Control that constitutes a “change in control event” for purposes of Section 409A (as defined below), the Severance shall be paid in a single lump sum cash payment within 30 days following the Date of Termination.

(ii)     COBRA. Subject to the Executive’s valid election to continue healthcare coverage under Section 4980B of the Code, the Company shall continue to provide, during the COBRA Period, the Executive and the Executive’s eligible dependents with coverage under its group health plans at the same levels and the same cost to the Executive as would have applied if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated based on the Executive’s elections in effect on the Date of Termination, provided, however, that (A) if any plan pursuant to which such benefits are provided is not, or ceases prior to the expiration of the period of continuation coverage to be, exempt from the application of Section 409A under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(a)(5), or (B) the Company is otherwise unable to continue to cover the Executive under its group health plans without incurring penalties (including without limitation, pursuant to Section 2716 of the Public Health Service Act or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), then, in either case, an amount equal to each remaining Company subsidy shall thereafter be paid to the Executive in substantially equal monthly installments over the continuation coverage period (or the remaining portion thereof). For purposes of this Agreement, “COBRA Period” shall mean the period beginning on the Date of Termination and ending on the 12-month anniversary thereof; provided, however, that in the event the Qualifying Termination occurs on or within 24 months following a Change in Control, then the COBRA Period instead shall end on the 18-month anniversary thereof.

 

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(iii)     Equity Acceleration. In addition, in the event that the Qualifying Termination occurs on or within 24 months following a Change in Control, then all outstanding PubCo equity awards that vest based solely on the passage of time that are held by the Executive on the Date of Termination immediately shall become fully vested and, to the extent applicable, exercisable.

(c)    Release. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall be a condition to the Executive’s right to receive the amounts provided for in Section 4(b) hereof that the Executive execute and deliver to the Company an effective release of claims in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Release”) within 21 days (or, to the extent required by law, 45 days) following the Date of Termination and that the Executive not revoke such Release during any applicable revocation period. For the avoidance of doubt, all equity awards eligible for accelerated vesting pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof shall remain outstanding and eligible to vest following the Date of Termination and shall actually vest and become exercisable (if applicable) and non-forfeitable upon the effectiveness of the Release.

(d)    Other Terminations. If the Executive’s employment is terminated for any reason not described in Section 4(b) hereof, the Company will pay the Executive only the Accrued Obligations.

(e)    Six-Month Delay. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no compensation or benefits, including without limitation any severance payments or benefits payable under this Section 4, shall be paid to the Executive during the six-month period following the Executive’s Separation from Service if the Company determines that paying such amounts at the time or times indicated in this Agreement would be a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code. If the payment of any such amounts is delayed as a result of the previous sentence, then on the first day of the seventh month following the date of Separation from Service (or such earlier date upon which such amount can be paid under Section 409A without resulting in a prohibited distribution, including as a result of the Executive’s death), the Company shall pay the Executive a lump-sum amount equal to the cumulative amount that would have otherwise been payable to the Executive during such period.

(f)    Exclusive Benefits. Except as expressly provided in this Section 4 and subject to Section 5 hereof, the Executive shall not be entitled to any additional payments or benefits upon or in connection with the Executive’s termination of employment.

5.    Non-Exclusivity of Rights. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of or any contract or agreement with the Company at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement except as explicitly modified by this Agreement.

6.    Excess Parachute Payments; Limitation on Payments.

(a)    Best Pay Cap. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that any payment or benefit received or to be received by the Executive (including any payment or benefit received in connection with a termination of the Executive’s employment, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement) (all such payments and benefits, including the payments and benefits under Section 4 hereof, being hereinafter referred to as the “Total Payments”) would be subject (in whole or part), to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then, after taking into account any reduction in the Total Payments provided by reason of Section 280G of the Code in such other plan, arrangement or agreement, the cash severance payments under this Agreement shall first be reduced, and the noncash severance payments hereunder shall thereafter be reduced, to the extent necessary so that no portion of the Total Payments is subject to the Excise Tax but only if (i) the net amount of such Total Payments, as so reduced (and after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such reduced Total Payments and after taking into account the phase out of itemized deductions and personal exemptions attributable to such reduced Total Payments) is greater than or equal to (ii) the net amount of such Total Payments without such reduction (but after subtracting

 

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the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such Total Payments and the amount of Excise Tax to which the Executive would be subject in respect of such unreduced Total Payments and after taking into account the phase out of itemized deductions and personal exemptions attributable to such unreduced Total Payments).

(b)    Certain Exclusions. For purposes of determining whether and the extent to which the Total Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax, (i) no portion of the Total Payments the receipt or enjoyment of which the Executive shall have waived at such time and in such manner as not to constitute a “payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b) of the Code shall be taken into account; (ii) no portion of the Total Payments shall be taken into account which, in the written opinion of an independent, nationally recognized accounting firm (the “Independent Advisors”) selected by the Company, does not constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code (including by reason of Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the Code) and, in calculating the Excise Tax, no portion of such Total Payments shall be taken into account which, in the opinion of Independent Advisors, constitutes reasonable compensation for services actually rendered, within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code, in excess of the “base amount” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) allocable to such reasonable compensation; and (iii) the value of any non-cash benefit or any deferred payment or benefit included in the Total Payments shall be determined by the Independent Advisors in accordance with the principles of Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code.

7.    Restrictive Covenants.

(a)    The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, which shall have been obtained by the Executive in connection with the Executive’s employment by the Company and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data, to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it; provided, however, that if the Executive receives actual notice that the Executive is or may be required by law or legal process to communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data, the Executive shall promptly so notify the Company.

(b)    While employed by the Company, the Executive shall not be engaged in any other business activity that would be competitive with the business of the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates. In addition, while employed by the Company and, for a period of 12 months after the Date of Termination, the Executive shall not directly or indirectly solicit, induce, or encourage any employee or consultant of the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates to terminate their employment or other relationship with the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates or to cease to render services to the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates and the Executive shall not initiate discussion with any such person for any such purpose or authorize or knowingly cooperate with the taking of any such actions by any other individual or entity except, in each case, to the extent the foregoing occurs as a result of general advertisements or other solicitations not specifically targeted to such employees and consultants. During his employment with the Company and thereafter, the Executive shall not use any trade secret of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates to solicit, induce, or encourage any customer, client, vendor, or other party doing business with any member of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates to terminate its relationship therewith or transfer its business from any member of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates and the Executive shall not initiate discussion with any such person for any such purpose or authorize or knowingly cooperate with the taking of any such actions by any other individual or entity.

 

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(c)    Subject to Section 7(f), during the Executive’s service with the Company and thereafter, excepting any litigation between the parties, (i) the Executive agrees not to publish or disseminate, directly or indirectly, any statements, whether written or oral, that are or could be harmful to or reflect negatively on any of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or that are otherwise disparaging of any policies, procedures, practices, decision-making, conduct, professionalism or compliance with standards of the Company, its affiliates or any of their past or present officers, directors, employees, advisors or agents, and (ii) the Company agrees to instruct its directors and executive officers not to publish or disseminate, directly or indirectly, any statements, whether written or oral, that are or could be harmful to or reflect negatively on the Executive’s personal or business reputation or business.

(d)    In recognition of the fact that irreparable injury will result to the Company in the event of a breach by the Executive of his obligations under Sections 7(a)-(c) hereof, that monetary damages for such breach would not be readily calculable, and that the Company would not have an adequate remedy at law therefor, the Executive acknowledges, consents and agrees that in the event of such breach, or the threat thereof, the Company shall be entitled, in addition to any other legal remedies and damages available, to specific performance thereof and to temporary and permanent injunctive relief (without the necessity of posting a bond) to restrain the violation or threatened violation of such obligations by the Executive.

(e)    The parties acknowledge and agree that the Executive shall be bound by the covenants set forth on Exhibit B hereto and that the covenants set forth on Exhibit B shall be additional to, and not in limitation of, the covenants contained in this Section 7.

(f)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Confidentiality Agreement to the contrary, nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit either party (or either party’s attorney(s)) from (i) filing a charge with, reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to, participating in any investigation by, or cooperating with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice or any other securities regulatory agency, self-regulatory authority or federal, state or local regulatory authority (collectively, “Government Agencies”), or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of applicable law or regulation, (ii) communicating directly with, cooperating with, or providing information (including trade secrets) in confidence to any Government Agencies for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or from providing such information to such party’s attorney(s) or in a sealed complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other governmental proceeding, and/or (iii) receiving an award for information provided to any Government Agency. Pursuant to 18 USC Section 1833(b), the Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made: (x) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (y) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Further, nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall preclude either party from providing truthful testimony in response to a valid subpoena, court order, regulatory request or other judicial, administrative or legal process or otherwise as required by law. If the Executive is required to provide testimony, then unless otherwise directed or requested by a Government Agency or law enforcement, the Executive shall notify the Company as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving any such request of the anticipated testimony.

 

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8.    Representations. The Executive hereby represents and warrants to the Company that (a) the Executive is entering into this Agreement voluntarily and that the performance of the Executive’s obligations hereunder will not violate any agreement between the Executive and any other person, firm, organization or other entity, and (b) the Executive is not bound by the terms of any agreement with any previous employer or other party to refrain from competing, directly or indirectly, with the business of such previous employer or other party that would be violated by the Executive’s entering into this Agreement and/or providing services to the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

9.    Successors.

(a)    This Agreement is personal to the Executive and, without the prior written consent of the Company, shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s legal representatives.

(b)    This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon OpCo, PubCo and their respective successors and assigns.

10.    Certain Definitions.

(a)    “Board” means the Board of Directors of PubCo.

(b)    “Business Combination” means the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 9, 2019 as amended October 2, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Vieco 10 Limited, a company limited by shares under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, Foundation Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings, Corp., a Cayman Island exempted Company (“SCH”) Foundation Sub 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SCH, Foundation Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SCH, TSC Vehicle Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Vieco 10 Limited, Virgin Galactic Vehicle Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Vieco 10 Limited, and VGH, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Vieco 10 Limited.

(c)    “Cause” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

(i)    the Executive’s willful failure to substantially perform his duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness or any such actual or anticipated failure after his issuance of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason), including the Executive’s failure to follow any lawful directive from the Board within the reasonable scope of the Executive’s duties and the Executive’s failure to correct the same (if capable of correction, as determined by the Board), within 30 days after a written notice is delivered to the Executive, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that the Executive has not performed his duties;

(ii)    the Executive’s commission of, indictment for or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony crime (excluding vehicular crimes) or a crime of moral turpitude;

 

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(iii)    the Executive’s material breach of any material obligation under any written agreement with the Company or its affiliates or under any applicable policy of the Company or its affiliates (including any code of conduct or harassment policies), and the Executive’s failure to correct the same (if capable of correction, as determined by the Board), within 30 days after a written notice is delivered to the Executive, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that the Executive has materially breached such agreement;

(iv)    any act of fraud, embezzlement, theft or misappropriation from the Company or its affiliates by the Executive;

(v)    the Executive’s willful misconduct or gross negligence with respect to any material aspect of the Company’s business or a material breach by the Executive of his fiduciary duty to the Company or its affiliates, which willful misconduct, gross negligence or material breach has a material and demonstrable adverse effect on the Company or its affiliates;

(vi)    the Executive’s commission of an act of material dishonesty resulting in material reputational, economic or financial injury to the Company or its affiliates.

(d)    “Change in Control” has the meaning set forth in the Plan.

(e)    “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the regulations thereunder.

(f)    “Date of Termination” means the date on which the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates.

(g)    “Disability” means that the Executive has become entitled to receive benefits under an applicable Company long-term disability plan or, if no such plan covers the Executive, as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Board.

(h)    “Good Reason” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events without the Executive’s prior written consent, unless the Company fully corrects the circumstances constituting Good Reason (provided such circumstances are capable of correction) as provided below:

(i)     a material diminution in the Executive’s Base Salary or Target Bonus;

(ii)     a change in the geographic location of the Principal Location by more than 35 miles from its existing location;

(iii)     a material diminution in the Executive’s title, authority or duties, as contemplated by this Agreement, excluding for this purpose any isolated, insubstantial or inadvertent actions not taken in bad faith and which are remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive, but including PubCo’s failure to cause the Executive to be nominated to stand for election to the Board at any meeting of stockholders of PubCo during which any such election is held and the Executive’s term as a director will expire if he is not reelected; provided, however that PubCo shall not be required to cause such nomination if any of the events constituting Cause have occurred and not been cured;

(iv)     the Company’s material breach of this Agreement.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive will not be deemed to have resigned for Good Reason unless (1) the Executive provides the Company with written notice setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed by the Executive to constitute Good Reason within 30 days after the date of the occurrence of any event that the Executive knows or should reasonably have known to constitute Good Reason, (2) the Company fails to cure such acts or omissions within 30 days following its receipt of such notice, and (3) the effective date of the Executive’s termination for Good Reason occurs no later than 60 days after the expiration of the Company’s cure period.

(i)    “Notice of Termination” means a written notice which (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the Date of Termination is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date (which date shall be not more than 30 days after the giving of such notice unless as otherwise provided upon a termination for Good Reason).

(j)     “Qualifying Termination” means a termination of the Executive’s employment (i) by the Company without Cause (other than by reason of the Executive’s death or Disability), or (ii) by the Executive for Good Reason.

(k)    “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder.

(l)    “Separation from Service” means a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A).

11.    Miscellaneous.

(a)    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect.

(b)    Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

If to the Executive: at the Executive’s most recent address on the records of the Company.

If to the Company:

Virgin Galactic Holdings, LLC

166 North Roadrunner Parkway, Suite 1C,

Las Cruces, NM 8801

Attention: General Counsel

or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.

(c)    Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Company determines, in its good faith judgment, that any transfer or deemed transfer of funds hereunder is likely to be construed as a personal loan prohibited by Section 13(k) of the Securities

 

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Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”), then such transfer or deemed transfer shall not be made to the extent necessary or appropriate so as not to violate the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(d)    Section 409A of the Code.

(i)    To the extent applicable, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Company determines that any compensation or benefits payable under this Agreement may be subject to Section 409A, the Company shall work in good faith with the Executive to adopt such amendments to this Agreement or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, that the Company determines are necessary or appropriate to avoid the imposition of taxes under Section 409A, including without limitation, actions intended to (i) exempt the compensation and benefits payable under this Agreement from Section 409A, and/or (ii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A; provided, however, that this Section 11(d) shall not create an obligation on the part of the Company to adopt any such amendment, policy or procedure or take any such other action, nor shall the Company have any liability for failing to do so.

(ii)    Any right to a series of installment payments pursuant to this Agreement is to be treated as a right to a series of separate payments. To the extent permitted under Section 409A, any separate payment or benefit under this Agreement or otherwise shall not be deemed “nonqualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A to the extent provided in the exceptions in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4), Section 1.409A-1(b)(9) or any other applicable exception or provision of Section 409A. Any payments subject to Section 409A that are subject to execution of a waiver and release which may be executed and/or revoked in a calendar year following the calendar year in which the payment event (such as termination of employment) occurs shall commence payment only in the calendar year in which the consideration period or, if applicable, release revocation period ends, as necessary to comply with Section 409A. All payments of nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A to be made upon a termination of employment under this Agreement may only be made upon the Executive’s Separation from Service.

(iii)    To the extent that any payments or reimbursements provided to the Executive under this Agreement are deemed to constitute compensation to the Executive to which Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) would apply, such amounts shall be paid or reimbursed reasonably promptly, but not later than December 31 of the year following the year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of any such payments eligible for reimbursement in one year shall not affect the payments or expenses that are eligible for payment or reimbursement in any other taxable year, and the Executive’s right to such payments or reimbursement of any such expenses shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for any other benefit.

(e)    Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

(f)    Withholding. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

(g)    No Waiver. The Executive’s or the Company’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or the failure to assert any right the Executive or the Company may have hereunder, including, without limitation, the right of the Executive to terminate employment for Good Reason pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement.

 

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(h)    Entire Agreement. As of the Effective Date, this Agreement (including the Award Agreements and the Confidentiality Agreement), together with that certain participation letter agreement pursuant to the Virgin Galactic/TSC Cash Incentive Plan, constitutes the final, complete and exclusive agreement between the Executive and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and replaces and supersedes any and all other agreements, offers or promises, whether oral or written, by any member of the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates, or representative thereof (including that certain Employment Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2010, by and between the Executive and Virgin Galactic, LLC). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) this Agreement and the obligations and commitments hereunder shall neither commence nor be of any force or effect prior to the Effective Date and unless and until the Business Combination is fully consummated in conformity with the terms of the Merger Agreement and (ii) in the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, the Business Combination is not consummated for any reason, or the Executive’s employment with Virgin Galactic, LLC terminates for any reason prior to the closing of the Business Combination this Agreement will automatically terminate and be void ab initio.

(i)    Arbitration.

(i)     Any controversy or dispute that establishes a legal or equitable cause of action (“Arbitration Claim”) between any two or more Persons Subject to Arbitration (as defined below), including any controversy or dispute, whether based on contract, common law, or federal, state or local statute or regulation, arising out of, or relating to the Executive’s service or the termination thereof, shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration as the sole and exclusive remedy for such controversy or dispute in accordance with the rules of JAMS pursuant to its Employment Arbitration Rules and Procedures, which are available at http://www.jamsadr.com/rules-employment-arbitration/, and the Company will provide a copy upon the Executive’s request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall not require any Person Subject to Arbitration to arbitrate pursuant to this Agreement any claims: (A) under a Company benefit plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended; or (B) as to which applicable law not preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act prohibits resolution by binding arbitration. Either party may seek provisional non-monetary remedies in a court of competent jurisdiction to the extent that such remedies are not available or not available in a timely fashion through arbitration. It is the parties’ intent that issues of arbitrability of any dispute shall be decided by the arbitrator.

(ii)     “Persons Subject to Arbitration” means, individually and collectively, (A) the Executive, (B) any person in privity with or claiming through, on behalf of or in the right of the Executive, (C) the Company, (D) any past, present or future affiliate, employee, officer, director or agent of the Company, and/or (E) any person or entity alleged to be acting in concert with or to be jointly liable with any of the foregoing.

(iii)     The arbitration shall take place before a single neutral arbitrator at the JAMS office in Los Angeles, California. Such arbitrator shall be provided through JAMS by mutual agreement of the parties to the arbitration; provided that, absent such agreement, the arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the rules of JAMS then in effect. The arbitrator shall permit reasonable discovery. The award or decision of the arbitrator shall be rendered in writing; shall be final and binding on the parties; and may be enforced by judgment or order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(iv)     In the event of arbitration relating to this Agreement, the non-prevailing party shall reimburse the prevailing party for all costs incurred by the prevailing party in connection with such arbitration (including reasonable legal fees in connection with such arbitration, including any litigation or appeal therefrom).

 

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(v)     THE EXECUTIVE AND THE COMPANY UNDERSTAND THAT BY AGREEING TO ARBITRATE ANY ARBITRATION CLAIM, THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE ANY ARBITRATION CLAIM DECIDED BY A JURY OR A COURT, BUT SHALL INSTEAD HAVE ANY ARBITRATION CLAIM DECIDED THROUGH ARBITRATION.

(vi)     THE EXECUTIVE AND THE COMPANY WAIVE ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR OTHER RIGHT TO BRING CLAIMS COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT OTHER THAN IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES. EXCEPT AS MAY BE PROHIBITED BY LAW, THIS WAIVER INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO ASSERT CLAIMS AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

(vii)     This Section 11(i) shall be interpreted to conform to any applicable law concerning the terms and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate service disputes. To the extent any terms or conditions of this Section 11(i) would preclude its enforcement, such terms shall be severed or interpreted in a manner to allow for the enforcement of this Section 11(i). To the extent applicable law imposes additional requirements to allow enforcement of this Section 11(i), this Agreement shall be interpreted to include such terms or conditions.

(j)    Attorney Expenses. The Company shall pay or reimburse the Executive for his pro-rata portion of legal fees and expenses incurred by George Whitesides, Jon Campagna, Enrico Palermo and Michael Moses as a group, in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and advice received in respect of executive compensation matters relating to the Business Combination, not to exceed $25,000 in the aggregate for all such legal fees incurred by such group. The Company shall pay (or shall cause to be paid) such legal fees and expenses within 30 days after the Company’s receipt of applicable invoices and such invoices shall be provided to the Company within 45 days after the Effective Date.

(k)    Amendment; Survival. No amendment or other modification of this Agreement shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by the parties hereto. The respective rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall survive the Executive’s termination of employment and the termination of this Agreement to the extent necessary for the intended preservation of such rights and obligations.

(l)    Counterparts. This Agreement and any agreement referenced herein may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set the Executive’s hand and, pursuant to the authorization from the Board, each of OpCo and PubCo has caused these presents to be executed in its name on its behalf, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

“OPCO”
By:  

/s/ Jon Campagna

  Name: Jon Campagna
  Title: Vice President
“PUBCO”
By:  

/s/ Jon Campagna

  Name: Jon Campagna
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
“EXECUTIVE”
 

/s/ George Whitesides

  George Whitesides

 

S-1


EXHIBIT A

GENERAL RELEASE


EXHIBIT B

RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

Exhibit 10.5

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 25, 2019, is entered into by and between Virgin Galactic, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“OpCo”), Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (“PubCo”) and Michael Moses (the “Executive”).

WHEREAS, OpCo and PubCo (collectively, the “Company”) desire to employ the Executive and the Company and the Executive desire to enter into an agreement embodying the terms of such employment, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

1.    Employment Period. Effective as of the closing of the Business Combination (the “Effective Date”), the Executive’s employment hereunder shall be for a term (the “Employment Period”) commencing on the Effective Date and continuing indefinitely until terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the Executive’s employment hereunder is terminable at will by the Company or by the Executive at any time (for any reason or for no reason), subject to the provisions of Section 4 hereof.

2.    Terms of Employment.

(a)    Position and Duties.

(i)    Role and Responsibilities. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall serve as President of OpCo, and shall perform such employment duties as are usual and customary for such position. The Executive shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “CEO”). At the Company’s request, the Executive shall serve the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates in other capacities in addition to the foregoing, consistent with the Executive’s position hereunder. In the event that the Executive, during the Employment Period, serves in any one or more of such additional capacities, the Executive’s compensation shall not be increased beyond that specified in Section 2(b) hereof. In addition, in the event the Executive’s service in one or more of such additional capacities is terminated, the Executive’s compensation, as specified in Section 2(b) hereof, shall not be diminished or reduced in any manner as a result of such termination provided that the Executive otherwise remains employed under the terms of this Agreement.

(ii)    Exclusivity. During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of leave to which the Executive may be entitled, the Executive agrees to devote his full business time and attention to the business and affairs of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the Employment Period, it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the Executive to: (A) serve on boards, committees or similar bodies of charitable or nonprofit organizations, (B) fulfill limited teaching, speaking and writing engagements, and (C) manage his personal investments, in each case, so long as such activities do not individually or in the aggregate materially interfere or conflict with the performance of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, that with respect to the activities in subclauses (A) and/or (B), the Executive receives prior written approval from the Board.

(iii)    Principal Location. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall perform the services required by this Agreement at the Company’s offices located in Las Cruces, New Mexico (the “Principal Location”), provided, however, that the parties acknowledge and agree that the Executive may be required to travel with relative frequency to Mojave and Los Angeles, California as well as other locations as may be necessary to fulfill the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder.


(b)    Compensation, Benefits, Etc.

(i)    Base Salary. Effective as of the Effective Date and during the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive a base salary (the “Base Salary”) of $350,000 per annum. The Base Salary shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices for executive salaries generally, but no less often than monthly and shall be pro-rated for partial years of employment. The Base Salary may be increased in the discretion of the Board or such subcommittee, but not reduced, and the term “Base Salary” as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to the Base Salary as so increased.

(iii)    Annual Cash Bonus. For each calendar year ending during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to earn a cash performance bonus (an “Annual Bonus”) under the Company’s bonus plan or program applicable to senior executives targeted at 50% of Executive’s Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”). The actual amount of any Annual Bonus shall be determined by the Board (or a subcommittee thereof) in its discretion, based on the achievement of individual and/or Company performance goals as determined by the Board (or a subcommittee thereof). The payment of any Annual Bonus, to the extent any Annual Bonus becomes payable, will be made on the date on which annual bonuses are paid generally to the Company’s senior executives, but in no event later than March 15th of the calendar year following the calendar year in which such Annual Bonus was earned, subject to the Executive’s continued employment through the payment date.

(v)    Equity Awards.

(A)    PubCo shall grant to the Executive two nonqualified options to purchase an aggregate of 916,686 shares of PubCo common stock (each, a “Stock Option”). Each Stock Option shall cover an equal number of shares of PubCo common stock, and the first Stock Option shall be granted on the Effective Date (the “Initial Option”) and the second Stock Option shall be granted on the first anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Anniversary Option”), subject to the Executive’s continued employment with the Company through the applicable grant date. Each Stock Option shall have an exercise price per share equal to the Fair Market Value (as defined in PubCo’s 2019 Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”) on the applicable grant date and shall have an outside expiration date of ten years from the grant date. In addition, PubCo shall grant to the Executive a restricted stock unit award covering 139,175 shares of PubCo common stock (the “RSU Award”). The RSU Award shall be granted upon effectiveness of the Form S-8 with respect to PubCo’s common stock issuable under the Plan, subject to the Executive’s continued employment through the grant date.

(B)    Subject to the Executive’s continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting date, each of the Initial Option and the RSU Award shall vest and (as applicable) become exercisable (x) with respect to 25% of the underlying shares on the first anniversary of the Effective Date, and (y) as to the remaining 75% of the underlying shares, in

 

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substantially equal installments on each of the 36 monthly anniversaries thereafter. In addition, the RSU Award shall vest on an applicable vesting date only if the Fair Market Value per share is greater than $10 (and any restricted stock units that otherwise would vest on such vesting date shall be forfeited and canceled without consideration therefor).

(C)    Subject to the Executive’s continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting date, the Anniversary Option shall vest and become exercisable (x) with respect to 25% of the underlying shares on the first anniversary of the grant date, and (y) as to the remaining 75% of the underlying shares, in substantially equal installments on each of the 36 monthly anniversaries thereafter.

(D)    The terms and conditions of the Stock Options and the RSU Award will be set forth in separate award agreements in forms prescribed by PubCo, to be entered into by PubCo and the Executive (the “Award Agreements”). Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the Stock Options and the RSU Award shall be governed in all respects by the terms of and conditions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

(vi)    Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Executive (and the Executive’s spouse and/or eligible dependents to the extent provided in the applicable plans and programs) shall be eligible to participate in and be covered under the health and welfare benefit plans and programs maintained by the Company for the benefit of its employees from time to time, pursuant to the terms of such plans and programs including any medical, life, hospitalization, dental, disability, accidental death and dismemberment and travel accident insurance plans and programs on the same terms and conditions as those applicable to similarly situated senior executives. In addition, during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in any retirement, savings and other employee benefit plans and programs maintained from time to time by the Company for the benefit of its senior executive officers. Nothing contained in this Section 2(b)(vi) shall create or be deemed to create any obligation on the part of the Company to adopt or maintain any health, welfare, retirement or other benefit plan or program at any time or to create any limitation on the Company’s ability to modify or terminate any such plan or program.

(vii)    Expenses. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable business expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with the performance of his duties under this Agreement in accordance with the policies, practices and procedures of the Company provided to employees of the Company.

(viii)    Fringe Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to receive such fringe benefits and perquisites as are provided by the Company to its employees from time to time, in accordance with the policies, practices and procedures of the Company, and shall receive such additional fringe benefits and perquisites as the Company may, in its discretion, from time-to-time provide.

(ix)    Vacation. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the plans, policies, programs and practices of the Company applicable to its employees, but in no event shall the Executive accrue less than 160 hours of vacation per calendar year (pro-rated for any partial year of service); provided, however, that the Executive shall not accrue any vacation time in excess of 280 hours (the “Accrual Limit”), and shall cease accruing vacation time if the Executive’s accrued vacation reaches the Accrual Limit until such time as the Executive’s accrued vacation time drops below the Accrual Limit.

 

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3.    Termination of Employment.

(a)    Death or Disability. The Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s death during the Employment Period. Either the Company or the Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment in the event of the Executive’s Disability during the Employment Period.

(b)    Termination by the Company. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for Cause or without Cause.

(c)    Termination by the Executive. The Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Executive for any or no reason, including with Good Reason or by the Executive without Good Reason.

(d)    Notice of Termination. Any termination of employment (other than due to the Executive’s death), shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination to the other parties hereto given in accordance with Section 11(b) hereof. The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company, respectively, hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.

(e)    Termination of Offices and Directorships; Return of Property. Upon termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, unless otherwise specified in a written agreement between the Executive and the Company, the Executive shall be deemed to have resigned from all offices, directorships, and other employment positions if any, then held with the Company, and shall take all actions reasonably requested by the Company to effectuate the foregoing. In addition, upon the termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, the Executive agrees to return to the Company all documents of the Company and its affiliates (and all copies thereof) and all other Company or Company affiliate property that the Executive has in his possession, custody or control. Such property includes, without limitation: (i) any materials of any kind that the Executive knows contain or embody any proprietary or confidential information of the Company or an affiliate of the Company (and all reproductions thereof), (ii) computers (including, but not limited to, laptop computers, desktop computers and similar devices) and other portable electronic devices (including, but not limited to, tablet computers), cellular phones/smartphones, credit cards, phone cards, entry cards, identification badges and keys, and (iii) any correspondence, drawings, manuals, letters, notes, notebooks, reports, programs, plans, proposals, financial documents, or any other documents concerning the customers, business plans, marketing strategies, products and/or processes of the Company or any of its affiliates and any information received from the Company or any of its affiliates regarding third parties.

4.    Obligations of the Company upon Termination.

(a)    Accrued Obligations. In the event that the Executive’s employment under this Agreement terminates during the Employment Period for any reason, the Company will pay or provide to the Executive: (i) any earned but unpaid Base Salary, (ii) reimbursement of any business expenses incurred by the Executive prior to the Date of Termination that are reimbursable in accordance with Section 2(b)(vii) hereof and (iii) any vested amounts due to the Executive under any plan, program or policy of the Company (together, the “Accrued Obligations”). The Accrued Obligations described in clauses (i) – (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be paid within 30 days after the Date of Termination (or such earlier date as may be required by applicable law) and the Accrued Obligations described in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the governing plan or program.

 

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(b)    Qualifying Termination. Subject to Sections 4(c), 4(e) and 11(d), and the Executive’s continued compliance with the provisions of Section 7 hereof, if the Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated during the Employment Period due to a Qualifying Termination, then in addition to the Accrued Obligations:

(i)    Cash Severance. The Company shall pay the Executive an amount equal to 0.5 (the “Severance Multiplier”) multiplied by the sum of (i) the Base Salary and (ii) the Target Bonus (the “Severance”); provided, however, that in the event the Qualifying Termination occurs on or within 24 months following a Change in Control, then the Severance Multiplier instead shall be 1.0. The Severance shall be paid in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices over the six-month period following the Executive’s Termination Date, but shall commence on the first payroll date following the effective date of the Release (as defined below), and amounts otherwise payable prior to such first payroll date shall be paid on such date without interest thereon; provided, however that if the Termination Date occurs on or within 24-months following a Change in Control that constitutes a “change in control event” for purposes of Section 409A (as defined below), the Severance shall be paid in a single lump sum cash payment within 30 days following the Date of Termination.

(ii)     COBRA. Subject to the Executive’s valid election to continue healthcare coverage under Section 4980B of the Code, the Company shall continue to provide, during the COBRA Period, the Executive and the Executive’s eligible dependents with coverage under its group health plans at the same levels and the same cost to the Executive as would have applied if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated based on the Executive’s elections in effect on the Date of Termination, provided, however, that (A) if any plan pursuant to which such benefits are provided is not, or ceases prior to the expiration of the period of continuation coverage to be, exempt from the application of Section 409A under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(a)(5), or (B) the Company is otherwise unable to continue to cover the Executive under its group health plans without incurring penalties (including without limitation, pursuant to Section 2716 of the Public Health Service Act or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), then, in either case, an amount equal to each remaining Company subsidy shall thereafter be paid to the Executive in substantially equal monthly installments over the continuation coverage period (or the remaining portion thereof). For purposes of this Agreement, “COBRA Period” shall mean the period beginning on the Date of Termination and ending on the six-month anniversary thereof; provided, however, that in the event the Qualifying Termination occurs on or within 24 months following a Change in Control, then the COBRA Period instead shall end on the 12-month anniversary thereof.

(iii)    Equity Acceleration. In addition, in the event that the Qualifying Termination occurs on or within 24 months following a Change in Control, then all outstanding PubCo equity awards that vest based solely on the passage of time that are held by the Executive on the Date of Termination immediately shall become fully vested and, to the extent applicable, exercisable.

(c)    Release. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall be a condition to the Executive’s right to receive the amounts provided for in Section 4(b) hereof that the Executive execute and deliver to the Company an effective release of claims in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Release”) within 21 days (or, to the extent required by law, 45 days) following the Date of Termination and that the Executive not revoke such Release during any applicable revocation period. For the avoidance of doubt, all equity awards eligible for accelerated vesting pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof shall remain outstanding and eligible to vest following the Date of Termination and shall actually vest and become exercisable (if applicable) and non-forfeitable upon the effectiveness of the Release.

 

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(d)    Other Terminations. If the Executive’s employment is terminated for any reason not described in Section 4(b) hereof, the Company will pay the Executive only the Accrued Obligations.

(e)     Six-Month Delay. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no compensation or benefits, including without limitation any severance payments or benefits payable under this Section 4, shall be paid to the Executive during the six-month period following the Executive’s Separation from Service if the Company determines that paying such amounts at the time or times indicated in this Agreement would be a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code. If the payment of any such amounts is delayed as a result of the previous sentence, then on the first day of the seventh month following the date of Separation from Service (or such earlier date upon which such amount can be paid under Section 409A without resulting in a prohibited distribution, including as a result of the Executive’s death), the Company shall pay the Executive a lump-sum amount equal to the cumulative amount that would have otherwise been payable to the Executive during such period.

(f)    Exclusive Benefits. Except as expressly provided in this Section 4 and subject to Section 5 hereof, the Executive shall not be entitled to any additional payments or benefits upon or in connection with the Executive’s termination of employment.

5.    Non-Exclusivity of Rights. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of or any contract or agreement with the Company at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement except as explicitly modified by this Agreement.

6.    Excess Parachute Payments; Limitation on Payments.

(a)    Best Pay Cap. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that any payment or benefit received or to be received by the Executive (including any payment or benefit received in connection with a termination of the Executive’s employment, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement) (all such payments and benefits, including the payments and benefits under Section 4 hereof, being hereinafter referred to as the “Total Payments”) would be subject (in whole or part), to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then, after taking into account any reduction in the Total Payments provided by reason of Section 280G of the Code in such other plan, arrangement or agreement, the cash severance payments under this Agreement shall first be reduced, and the noncash severance payments hereunder shall thereafter be reduced, to the extent necessary so that no portion of the Total Payments is subject to the Excise Tax but only if (i) the net amount of such Total Payments, as so reduced (and after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such reduced Total Payments and after taking into account the phase out of itemized deductions and personal exemptions attributable to such reduced Total Payments) is greater than or equal to (ii) the net amount of such Total Payments without such reduction (but after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such Total Payments and the amount of Excise Tax to which the Executive would be subject in respect of such unreduced Total Payments and after taking into account the phase out of itemized deductions and personal exemptions attributable to such unreduced Total Payments).

(b)    Certain Exclusions. For purposes of determining whether and the extent to which the Total Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax, (i) no portion of the Total Payments the receipt or enjoyment of which the Executive shall have waived at such time and in such manner as not to constitute a “payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b) of the Code shall be taken into account;

 

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(ii) no portion of the Total Payments shall be taken into account which, in the written opinion of an independent, nationally recognized accounting firm (the “Independent Advisors”) selected by the Company, does not constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code (including by reason of Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the Code) and, in calculating the Excise Tax, no portion of such Total Payments shall be taken into account which, in the opinion of Independent Advisors, constitutes reasonable compensation for services actually rendered, within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code, in excess of the “base amount” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) allocable to such reasonable compensation; and (iii) the value of any non-cash benefit or any deferred payment or benefit included in the Total Payments shall be determined by the Independent Advisors in accordance with the principles of Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code.

7.    Restrictive Covenants.

(a)    The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, which shall have been obtained by the Executive in connection with the Executive’s employment by the Company and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data, to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it; provided, however, that if the Executive receives actual notice that the Executive is or may be required by law or legal process to communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data, the Executive shall promptly so notify the Company.

(b)    While employed by the Company, the Executive shall not be engaged in any other business activity that would be competitive with the business of the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates. In addition, while employed by the Company and, for a period of 12 months after the Date of Termination, the Executive shall not directly or indirectly solicit, induce, or encourage any employee or consultant of the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates to terminate their employment or other relationship with the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates or to cease to render services to the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates and the Executive shall not initiate discussion with any such person for any such purpose or authorize or knowingly cooperate with the taking of any such actions by any other individual or entity except, in each case, to the extent the foregoing occurs as a result of general advertisements or other solicitations not specifically targeted to such employees and consultants. During his employment with the Company and thereafter, the Executive shall not use any trade secret of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates to solicit, induce, or encourage any customer, client, vendor, or other party doing business with any member of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates to terminate its relationship therewith or transfer its business from any member of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates and the Executive shall not initiate discussion with any such person for any such purpose or authorize or knowingly cooperate with the taking of any such actions by any other individual or entity.

(c)    Subject to Section 7(f), during the Executive’s service with the Company and thereafter, excepting any litigation between the parties, (i) the Executive agrees not to publish or disseminate, directly or indirectly, any statements, whether written or oral, that are or could be harmful to or reflect negatively on any of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or that are otherwise disparaging of any policies, procedures, practices, decision-making, conduct, professionalism or compliance with standards of the Company, its affiliates or any of their past or present officers, directors, employees, advisors or agents, and (ii) the Company agrees to instruct its directors and executive officers not to publish or disseminate, directly or indirectly, any statements, whether written or oral, that are or could be harmful to or reflect negatively on the Executive’s personal or business reputation or business.

 

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(d)    In recognition of the fact that irreparable injury will result to the Company in the event of a breach by the Executive of his obligations under Sections 7(a)-(c) hereof, that monetary damages for such breach would not be readily calculable, and that the Company would not have an adequate remedy at law therefor, the Executive acknowledges, consents and agrees that in the event of such breach, or the threat thereof, the Company shall be entitled, in addition to any other legal remedies and damages available, to specific performance thereof and to temporary and permanent injunctive relief (without the necessity of posting a bond) to restrain the violation or threatened violation of such obligations by the Executive.

(e)    The parties acknowledge and agree that OpCo and the Executive previously entered into an Employment, Confidential Information and Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement, and that such agreement shall be additional to, and not in limitation of, the covenants contained in this Section 7.

(f)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Confidentiality Agreement to the contrary, nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit either party (or either party’s attorney(s)) from (i) filing a charge with, reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to, participating in any investigation by, or cooperating with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice or any other securities regulatory agency, self-regulatory authority or federal, state or local regulatory authority (collectively, “Government Agencies”), or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of applicable law or regulation, (ii) communicating directly with, cooperating with, or providing information (including trade secrets) in confidence to any Government Agencies for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or from providing such information to such party’s attorney(s) or in a sealed complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other governmental proceeding, and/or (iii) receiving an award for information provided to any Government Agency. Pursuant to 18 USC Section 1833(b), the Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made: (x) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (y) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Further, nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall preclude either party from providing truthful testimony in response to a valid subpoena, court order, regulatory request or other judicial, administrative or legal process or otherwise as required by law. If the Executive is required to provide testimony, then unless otherwise directed or requested by a Government Agency or law enforcement, the Executive shall notify the Company as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving any such request of the anticipated testimony.

8.    Representations. The Executive hereby represents and warrants to the Company that (a) the Executive is entering into this Agreement voluntarily and that the performance of the Executive’s obligations hereunder will not violate any agreement between the Executive and any other person, firm, organization or other entity, and (b) the Executive is not bound by the terms of any agreement with any previous employer or other party to refrain from competing, directly or indirectly, with the business of such previous employer or other party that would be violated by the Executive’s entering into this Agreement and/or providing services to the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

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9.    Successors.

(a)    This Agreement is personal to the Executive and, without the prior written consent of the Company, shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s legal representatives.

(b)    This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon OpCo, PubCo and their respective successors and assigns.

10.    Certain Definitions.

(a)    “Board” means the Board of Directors of PubCo.

(b)    “Business Combination” means the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 9, 2019 as amended October 2, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Vieco 10 Limited, a company limited by shares under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, Foundation Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings, Corp., a Cayman Island exempted Company (“SCH”) Foundation Sub 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SCH, Foundation Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SCH, TSC Vehicle Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Vieco 10 Limited, Virgin Galactic Vehicle Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Vieco 10 Limited, and VGH, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Vieco 10 Limited.

(c)    “Cause” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

(i)    the Executive’s willful failure to substantially perform his duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness or any such actual or anticipated failure after his issuance of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason), including the Executive’s failure to follow any lawful directive from the CEO within the reasonable scope of the Executive’s duties and the Executive’s failure to correct the same (if capable of correction, as determined by the CEO), within 30 days after a written notice is delivered to the Executive, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the CEO believes that the Executive has not performed his duties;

(ii)    the Executive’s commission of, indictment for or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony crime (excluding vehicular crimes) or a crime of moral turpitude;

(iii)    the Executive’s material breach of any material obligation under any written agreement with the Company or its affiliates or under any applicable policy of the Company or its affiliates (including any code of conduct or harassment policies), and the Executive’s failure to correct the same (if capable of correction, as determined by the CEO), within 30 days after a written notice is delivered to the Executive, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the CEO believes that the Executive has materially breached such agreement;

(iv)    any act of fraud, embezzlement, theft or misappropriation from the Company or its affiliates by the Executive;

 

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(v)    the Executive’s willful misconduct or gross negligence with respect to any material aspect of the Company’s business or a material breach by the Executive of his fiduciary duty to the Company or its affiliates, which willful misconduct, gross negligence or material breach has a material and demonstrable adverse effect on the Company or its affiliates;

(vi)    the Executive’s commission of an act of material dishonesty resulting in material reputational, economic or financial injury to the Company or its affiliates.

(d)    “Change in Control” has the meaning set forth in the Plan.

(e)    “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the regulations thereunder.

(f)    “Date of Termination” means the date on which the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates.

(g)    “Disability” means that the Executive has become entitled to receive benefits under an applicable Company long-term disability plan or, if no such plan covers the Executive, as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Board.

(h)    “Good Reason” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events without the Executive’s prior written consent, unless the Company fully corrects the circumstances constituting Good Reason (provided such circumstances are capable of correction) as provided below:

(i)     a material diminution in the Executive’s Base Salary or Target Bonus;

(ii)     a change in the geographic location of the Principal Location by more than 35 miles from its existing location;

(iii)     a material diminution in the Executive’s title, authority or duties, as contemplated by this Agreement, excluding for this purpose any isolated, insubstantial or inadvertent actions not taken in bad faith and which are remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive;

(iv)     the Company’s material breach of this Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive will not be deemed to have resigned for Good Reason unless (1) the Executive provides the Company with written notice setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed by the Executive to constitute Good Reason within 30 days after the date of the occurrence of any event that the Executive knows or should reasonably have known to constitute Good Reason, (2) the Company fails to cure such acts or omissions within 30 days following its receipt of such notice, and (3) the effective date of the Executive’s termination for Good Reason occurs no later than 60 days after the expiration of the Company’s cure period.

(i)    “Notice of Termination” means a written notice which (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the Date of Termination is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date (which date shall be not more than 30 days after the giving of such notice unless as otherwise provided upon a termination for Good Reason).

 

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(j)    “Qualifying Termination” means a termination of the Executive’s employment (i) by the Company without Cause (other than by reason of the Executive’s death or Disability), or (ii) by the Executive for Good Reason.

(k)     “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder.

(l)    “Separation from Service” means a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A).

11.    Miscellaneous.

(a)    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect.

(b)    Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

If to the Executive: at the Executive’s most recent address on the records of the Company.

If to the Company:

Virgin Galactic Holdings, LLC

166 North Roadrunner Parkway, Suite 1C,

Las Cruces, NM 8801

Attention: General Counsel

or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.

(c)    Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Company determines, in its good faith judgment, that any transfer or deemed transfer of funds hereunder is likely to be construed as a personal loan prohibited by Section 13(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”), then such transfer or deemed transfer shall not be made to the extent necessary or appropriate so as not to violate the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(d)    Section 409A of the Code.

(i)     To the extent applicable, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Company determines that any compensation or benefits payable under this Agreement may be subject to Section 409A, the Company shall work in good faith with the Executive to adopt such amendments to this Agreement or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, that the Company determines are necessary or appropriate to avoid the imposition of taxes under Section 409A, including without limitation, actions intended to (i) exempt the compensation and benefits payable under this Agreement from Section 409A, and/or (ii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A; provided, however, that this Section 11(d) shall not create an obligation on the part of the Company to adopt any such amendment, policy or procedure or take any such other action, nor shall the Company have any liability for failing to do so.

 

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(ii)    Any right to a series of installment payments pursuant to this Agreement is to be treated as a right to a series of separate payments. To the extent permitted under Section 409A, any separate payment or benefit under this Agreement or otherwise shall not be deemed “nonqualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A to the extent provided in the exceptions in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4), Section 1.409A-1(b)(9) or any other applicable exception or provision of Section 409A. Any payments subject to Section 409A that are subject to execution of a waiver and release which may be executed and/or revoked in a calendar year following the calendar year in which the payment event (such as termination of employment) occurs shall commence payment only in the calendar year in which the consideration period or, if applicable, release revocation period ends, as necessary to comply with Section 409A. All payments of nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A to be made upon a termination of employment under this Agreement may only be made upon the Executive’s Separation from Service.

(iii)     To the extent that any payments or reimbursements provided to the Executive under this Agreement are deemed to constitute compensation to the Executive to which Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) would apply, such amounts shall be paid or reimbursed reasonably promptly, but not later than December 31 of the year following the year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of any such payments eligible for reimbursement in one year shall not affect the payments or expenses that are eligible for payment or reimbursement in any other taxable year, and the Executive’s right to such payments or reimbursement of any such expenses shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for any other benefit.

(e)    Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

(f)    Withholding. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

(g)    No Waiver. The Executive’s or the Company’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or the failure to assert any right the Executive or the Company may have hereunder, including, without limitation, the right of the Executive to terminate employment for Good Reason pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement.

(h)    Entire Agreement. As of the Effective Date, this Agreement (including the Award Agreements and the Confidentiality Agreement), together with that certain participation letter agreement pursuant to the Virgin Galactic/TSC Cash Incentive Plan, constitutes the final, complete and exclusive agreement between the Executive and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and replaces and supersedes any and all other agreements, offers or promises, whether oral or written, by any member of the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates, or representative thereof (including that certain (i) Offer Letter, dated as of September 20, 2011 and amended as of July 20, 2015, December 1, 2016 and March 19, 2018, by and between the Executive and OpCo, and (ii) that certain Relocation Letter, dated as of May 17, 2019, by and between the Executive and OpCo). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) this Agreement and the obligations and commitments hereunder shall neither commence nor be of any force or effect prior to the Effective Date and unless and until the Business Combination is fully consummated in conformity with the terms of the Merger Agreement and (ii) in the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, the Business Combination is not consummated for any reason, or the Executive’s employment with OpCo terminates for any reason prior to the closing of the Business Combination this Agreement will automatically terminate and be void ab initio.

 

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(i)    Arbitration.

(i)     Any controversy or dispute that establishes a legal or equitable cause of action (“Arbitration Claim”) between any two or more Persons Subject to Arbitration (as defined below), including any controversy or dispute, whether based on contract, common law, or federal, state or local statute or regulation, arising out of, or relating to the Executive’s service or the termination thereof, shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration as the sole and exclusive remedy for such controversy or dispute in accordance with the rules of JAMS pursuant to its Employment Arbitration Rules and Procedures, which are available at http://www.jamsadr.com/rules-employment-arbitration/, and the Company will provide a copy upon the Executive’s request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall not require any Person Subject to Arbitration to arbitrate pursuant to this Agreement any claims: (A) under a Company benefit plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended; or (B) as to which applicable law not preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act prohibits resolution by binding arbitration. Either party may seek provisional non-monetary remedies in a court of competent jurisdiction to the extent that such remedies are not available or not available in a timely fashion through arbitration. It is the parties’ intent that issues of arbitrability of any dispute shall be decided by the arbitrator.

(ii)     “Persons Subject to Arbitration” means, individually and collectively, (A) the Executive, (B) any person in privity with or claiming through, on behalf of or in the right of the Executive, (C) the Company, (D) any past, present or future affiliate, employee, officer, director or agent of the Company, and/or (E) any person or entity alleged to be acting in concert with or to be jointly liable with any of the foregoing.

(iii)     The arbitration shall take place before a single neutral arbitrator at the JAMS office in Los Angeles, California. Such arbitrator shall be provided through JAMS by mutual agreement of the parties to the arbitration; provided that, absent such agreement, the arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the rules of JAMS then in effect. The arbitrator shall permit reasonable discovery. The award or decision of the arbitrator shall be rendered in writing; shall be final and binding on the parties; and may be enforced by judgment or order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(iv)     In the event of arbitration relating to this Agreement, the non-prevailing party shall reimburse the prevailing party for all costs incurred by the prevailing party in connection with such arbitration (including reasonable legal fees in connection with such arbitration, including any litigation or appeal therefrom).

(v)     THE EXECUTIVE AND THE COMPANY UNDERSTAND THAT BY AGREEING TO ARBITRATE ANY ARBITRATION CLAIM, THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE ANY ARBITRATION CLAIM DECIDED BY A JURY OR A COURT, BUT SHALL INSTEAD HAVE ANY ARBITRATION CLAIM DECIDED THROUGH ARBITRATION.

(vi)     THE EXECUTIVE AND THE COMPANY WAIVE ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR OTHER RIGHT TO BRING CLAIMS COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT OTHER THAN IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES. EXCEPT AS MAY BE PROHIBITED BY LAW, THIS WAIVER INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO ASSERT CLAIMS AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

 

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(vii)     This Section 11(i) shall be interpreted to conform to any applicable law concerning the terms and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate service disputes. To the extent any terms or conditions of this Section 11(i) would preclude its enforcement, such terms shall be severed or interpreted in a manner to allow for the enforcement of this Section 11(i). To the extent applicable law imposes additional requirements to allow enforcement of this Section 11(i), this Agreement shall be interpreted to include such terms or conditions.

(j)    Attorney Expenses. The Company shall pay or reimburse the Executive for his pro-rata portion of legal fees and expenses incurred by George Whitesides, Jon Campagna, Enrico Palermo and Michael Moses as a group, in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and advice received in respect of executive compensation matters relating to the Business Combination, not to exceed $25,000 in the aggregate for all such legal fees incurred by such group. The Company shall pay (or shall cause to be paid) such legal fees and expenses within 30 days after the Company’s receipt of applicable invoices and such invoices shall be provided to the Company within 45 days after the Effective Date.

(k)    Amendment; Survival. No amendment or other modification of this Agreement shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by the parties hereto. The respective rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall survive the Executive’s termination of employment and the termination of this Agreement to the extent necessary for the intended preservation of such rights and obligations.

(l)    Counterparts. This Agreement and any agreement referenced herein may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set the Executive’s hand and, pursuant to the authorization from the Board, each of OpCo and PubCo has caused these presents to be executed in its name on its behalf, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

“OPCO”
By:  

/s/ George Whitesides

  Name: George Whitesides
  Title: Authorized Signatory
“PUBCO”
By:  

/s/ George Whitesides

  Name: George Whitesides
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
“EXECUTIVE”

        /s/ Michael Moses

  Michael Moses

 

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EXHIBIT A

GENERAL RELEASE

Exhibit 10.6

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 25, 2019, is entered into by and between The Spaceship Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“OpCo”), Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (“PubCo”) and Enrico Palermo (the “Executive”).

WHEREAS, OpCo and PubCo (collectively, the “Company”) desire to employ the Executive and the Company and the Executive desire to enter into an agreement embodying the terms of such employment, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

1.    Employment Period. Effective as of the closing of the Business Combination (the “Effective Date”), the Executive’s employment hereunder shall be for a term (the “Employment Period”) commencing on the Effective Date and continuing indefinitely until terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the Executive’s employment hereunder is terminable at will by the Company or by the Executive at any time (for any reason or for no reason), subject to the provisions of Section 4 hereof.

2.    Terms of Employment.

(a)    Position and Duties.

(i)    Role and Responsibilities. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall serve as President of OpCo, and shall perform such employment duties as are usual and customary for such position. The Executive shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “CEO”). At the Company’s request, the Executive shall serve the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates in other capacities in addition to the foregoing, consistent with the Executive’s position hereunder. In the event that the Executive, during the Employment Period, serves in any one or more of such additional capacities, the Executive’s compensation shall not be increased beyond that specified in Section 2(b) hereof. In addition, in the event the Executive’s service in one or more of such additional capacities is terminated, the Executive’s compensation, as specified in Section 2(b) hereof, shall not be diminished or reduced in any manner as a result of such termination provided that the Executive otherwise remains employed under the terms of this Agreement.

(ii)    Exclusivity. During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of leave to which the Executive may be entitled, the Executive agrees to devote his full business time and attention to the business and affairs of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the Employment Period, it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the Executive to: (A) serve on boards, committees or similar bodies of charitable or nonprofit organizations, (B) fulfill limited teaching, speaking and writing engagements, and (C) manage his personal investments, in each case, so long as such activities do not individually or in the aggregate materially interfere or conflict with the performance of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, that with respect to the activities in subclauses (A) and/or (B), the Executive receives prior written approval from the Board.

(iii)    Principal Location. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall perform the services required by this Agreement at the Company’s offices located in Mojave, California (the “Principal Location”), provided, however, that the parties acknowledge and agree that the Executive may be required to travel with relative frequency to Los Angeles, California and Las Cruces, New Mexico as well as other locations as may be necessary to fulfill the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder.


(b)    Compensation, Benefits, Etc.

(i)    Base Salary. Effective as of the Effective Date and during the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive a base salary (the “Base Salary”) of $350,000 per annum. The Base Salary shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices for executive salaries generally, but no less often than monthly and shall be pro-rated for partial years of employment. The Base Salary may be increased in the discretion of the Board or such subcommittee, but not reduced, and the term “Base Salary” as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to the Base Salary as so increased.

(iii)    Annual Cash Bonus. For each calendar year ending during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to earn a cash performance bonus (an “Annual Bonus”) under the Company’s bonus plan or program applicable to senior executives targeted at 50% of Executive’s Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”). The actual amount of any Annual Bonus shall be determined by the Board (or a subcommittee thereof) in its discretion, based on the achievement of individual and/or Company performance goals as determined by the Board (or a subcommittee thereof). The payment of any Annual Bonus, to the extent any Annual Bonus becomes payable, will be made on the date on which annual bonuses are paid generally to the Company’s senior executives, but in no event later than March 15th of the calendar year following the calendar year in which such Annual Bonus was earned, subject to the Executive’s continued employment through the payment date.

(v)    Equity Awards.

(A)    PubCo shall grant to the Executive two nonqualified options to purchase an aggregate of 916,686 shares of PubCo common stock (each, a “Stock Option”). Each Stock Option shall cover an equal number of shares of PubCo common stock, and the first Stock Option shall be granted on the Effective Date (the “Initial Option”) and the second Stock Option shall be granted on the first anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Anniversary Option”), subject to the Executive’s continued employment with the Company through the applicable grant date. Each Stock Option shall have an exercise price per share equal to the Fair Market Value (as defined in PubCo’s 2019 Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”) on the applicable grant date and shall have an outside expiration date of ten years from the grant date. In addition, PubCo shall grant to the Executive a restricted stock unit award covering 139,175 shares of PubCo common stock (the “RSU Award”). The RSU Award shall be granted upon effectiveness of the Form S-8 with respect to PubCo’s common stock issuable under the Plan, subject to the Executive’s continued employment through the grant date.

(B)    Subject to the Executive’s continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting date, each of the Initial Option and the RSU Award shall vest and (as applicable) become exercisable (x) with respect to 25% of the underlying shares on the first anniversary of the Effective Date, and (y) as to the remaining 75% of the underlying shares, in

 

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substantially equal installments on each of the 36 monthly anniversaries thereafter. In addition, the RSU Award shall vest on an applicable vesting date only if the Fair Market Value per share is greater than $10 (and any restricted stock units that otherwise would vest on such vesting date shall be forfeited and canceled without consideration therefor).

(C)    Subject to the Executive’s continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting date, the Anniversary Option shall vest and become exercisable (x) with respect to 25% of the underlying shares on the first anniversary of the grant date, and (y) as to the remaining 75% of the underlying shares, in substantially equal installments on each of the 36 monthly anniversaries thereafter.

(D)    The terms and conditions of the Stock Options and the RSU Award will be set forth in separate award agreements in forms prescribed by PubCo, to be entered into by PubCo and the Executive (the “Award Agreements”). Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the Stock Options and the RSU Award shall be governed in all respects by the terms of and conditions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

(vi)    Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Executive (and the Executive’s spouse and/or eligible dependents to the extent provided in the applicable plans and programs) shall be eligible to participate in and be covered under the health and welfare benefit plans and programs maintained by the Company for the benefit of its employees from time to time, pursuant to the terms of such plans and programs including any medical, life, hospitalization, dental, disability, accidental death and dismemberment and travel accident insurance plans and programs on the same terms and conditions as those applicable to similarly situated senior executives. In addition, during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in any retirement, savings and other employee benefit plans and programs maintained from time to time by the Company for the benefit of its senior executive officers. Nothing contained in this Section 2(b)(vi) shall create or be deemed to create any obligation on the part of the Company to adopt or maintain any health, welfare, retirement or other benefit plan or program at any time or to create any limitation on the Company’s ability to modify or terminate any such plan or program.

(vii)    Expenses. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable business expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with the performance of his duties under this Agreement in accordance with the policies, practices and procedures of the Company provided to employees of the Company.

(viii)    Fringe Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to receive such fringe benefits and perquisites as are provided by the Company to its employees from time to time, in accordance with the policies, practices and procedures of the Company, and shall receive such additional fringe benefits and perquisites as the Company may, in its discretion, from time-to-time provide.

(ix)    Vacation. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the plans, policies, programs and practices of the Company applicable to its employees, but in no event shall the Executive accrue less than 160 hours of vacation per calendar year (pro-rated for any partial year of service); provided, however, that the Executive shall not accrue any vacation time in excess of 280 hours (the “Accrual Limit”), and shall cease accruing vacation time if the Executive’s accrued vacation reaches the Accrual Limit until such time as the Executive’s accrued vacation time drops below the Accrual Limit.

 

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(x)    Vehicle Allowance. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive an annual vehicle allowance in an amount equal to $3,600 (the “Vehicle Allowance”). The Vehicle Allowance shall be payable in substantially equal monthly installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices.

3.    Termination of Employment.

(a)    Death or Disability. The Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s death during the Employment Period. Either the Company or the Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment in the event of the Executive’s Disability during the Employment Period.

(b)    Termination by the Company. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for Cause or without Cause.

(c)    Termination by the Executive. The Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Executive for any or no reason, including with Good Reason or by the Executive without Good Reason.

(d)    Notice of Termination. Any termination of employment (other than due to the Executive’s death), shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination to the other parties hereto given in accordance with Section 11(b) hereof. The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company, respectively, hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.

(e)    Termination of Offices and Directorships; Return of Property. Upon termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, unless otherwise specified in a written agreement between the Executive and the Company, the Executive shall be deemed to have resigned from all offices, directorships, and other employment positions if any, then held with the Company, and shall take all actions reasonably requested by the Company to effectuate the foregoing. In addition, upon the termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, the Executive agrees to return to the Company all documents of the Company and its affiliates (and all copies thereof) and all other Company or Company affiliate property that the Executive has in his possession, custody or control. Such property includes, without limitation: (i) any materials of any kind that the Executive knows contain or embody any proprietary or confidential information of the Company or an affiliate of the Company (and all reproductions thereof), (ii) computers (including, but not limited to, laptop computers, desktop computers and similar devices) and other portable electronic devices (including, but not limited to, tablet computers), cellular phones/smartphones, credit cards, phone cards, entry cards, identification badges and keys, and (iii) any correspondence, drawings, manuals, letters, notes, notebooks, reports, programs, plans, proposals, financial documents, or any other documents concerning the customers, business plans, marketing strategies, products and/or processes of the Company or any of its affiliates and any information received from the Company or any of its affiliates regarding third parties.

4.    Obligations of the Company upon Termination.

(a)    Accrued Obligations. In the event that the Executive’s employment under this Agreement terminates during the Employment Period for any reason, the Company will pay or provide to the Executive: (i) any earned but unpaid Base Salary, (ii) reimbursement of any business expenses incurred by the Executive prior to the Date of Termination that are reimbursable in accordance with Section 2(b)(vii) hereof and (iii) any vested amounts due to the Executive under any plan, program or

 

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policy of the Company (together, the “Accrued Obligations”). The Accrued Obligations described in clauses (i) – (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be paid within 30 days after the Date of Termination (or such earlier date as may be required by applicable law) and the Accrued Obligations described in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the governing plan or program.

(b)    Qualifying Termination. Subject to Sections 4(c), 4(e) and 11(d), and the Executive’s continued compliance with the provisions of Section 7 hereof, if the Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated during the Employment Period due to a Qualifying Termination, then in addition to the Accrued Obligations:

(i)    Cash Severance. The Company shall pay the Executive an amount equal to 0.5 (the “Severance Multiplier”) multiplied by the sum of (i) the Base Salary and (ii) the Target Bonus (the “Severance”); provided, however, that in the event the Qualifying Termination occurs on or within 24 months following a Change in Control, then the Severance Multiplier instead shall be 1.0. The Severance shall be paid in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices over the six-month period following the Executive’s Termination Date, but shall commence on the first payroll date following the effective date of the Release (as defined below), and amounts otherwise payable prior to such first payroll date shall be paid on such date without interest thereon; provided, however that if the Termination Date occurs on or within 24-months following a Change in Control that constitutes a “change in control event” for purposes of Section 409A (as defined below), the Severance shall be paid in a single lump sum cash payment within 30 days following the Date of Termination.

(ii)     COBRA. Subject to the Executive’s valid election to continue healthcare coverage under Section 4980B of the Code, the Company shall continue to provide, during the COBRA Period, the Executive and the Executive’s eligible dependents with coverage under its group health plans at the same levels and the same cost to the Executive as would have applied if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated based on the Executive’s elections in effect on the Date of Termination, provided, however, that (A) if any plan pursuant to which such benefits are provided is not, or ceases prior to the expiration of the period of continuation coverage to be, exempt from the application of Section 409A under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(a)(5), or (B) the Company is otherwise unable to continue to cover the Executive under its group health plans without incurring penalties (including without limitation, pursuant to Section 2716 of the Public Health Service Act or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), then, in either case, an amount equal to each remaining Company subsidy shall thereafter be paid to the Executive in substantially equal monthly installments over the continuation coverage period (or the remaining portion thereof). For purposes of this Agreement, “COBRA Period” shall mean the period beginning on the Date of Termination and ending on the six-month anniversary thereof; provided, however, that in the event the Qualifying Termination occurs on or within 24 months following a Change in Control, then the COBRA Period instead shall end on the 12-month anniversary thereof.

(iii)     Repatriation. The Company shall pay the costs for the Executive to be relocated to the UK or pay the equivalent costs of relocating the Executive to the UK if the Executive chooses to move elsewhere.

(iv)     Equity Acceleration. In addition, in the event that the Qualifying Termination occurs on or within 24 months following a Change in Control, then all outstanding PubCo equity awards that vest based solely on the passage of time that are held by the Executive on the Date of Termination immediately shall become fully vested and, to the extent applicable, exercisable.

 

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(c)    Release. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall be a condition to the Executive’s right to receive the amounts provided for in Section 4(b) hereof that the Executive execute and deliver to the Company an effective release of claims in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Release”) within 21 days (or, to the extent required by law, 45 days) following the Date of Termination and that the Executive not revoke such Release during any applicable revocation period. For the avoidance of doubt, all equity awards eligible for accelerated vesting pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof shall remain outstanding and eligible to vest following the Date of Termination and shall actually vest and become exercisable (if applicable) and non-forfeitable upon the effectiveness of the Release.

(d)    Other Terminations. If the Executive’s employment is terminated for any reason not described in Section 4(b) hereof, the Company will pay the Executive only the Accrued Obligations.

(e)     Six-Month Delay. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no compensation or benefits, including without limitation any severance payments or benefits payable under this Section 4, shall be paid to the Executive during the six-month period following the Executive’s Separation from Service if the Company determines that paying such amounts at the time or times indicated in this Agreement would be a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code. If the payment of any such amounts is delayed as a result of the previous sentence, then on the first day of the seventh month following the date of Separation from Service (or such earlier date upon which such amount can be paid under Section 409A without resulting in a prohibited distribution, including as a result of the Executive’s death), the Company shall pay the Executive a lump-sum amount equal to the cumulative amount that would have otherwise been payable to the Executive during such period.

(f)    Exclusive Benefits. Except as expressly provided in this Section 4 and subject to Section 5 hereof, the Executive shall not be entitled to any additional payments or benefits upon or in connection with the Executive’s termination of employment.

5.    Non-Exclusivity of Rights. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of or any contract or agreement with the Company at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement except as explicitly modified by this Agreement.

6.    Excess Parachute Payments; Limitation on Payments.

(a)    Best Pay Cap. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that any payment or benefit received or to be received by the Executive (including any payment or benefit received in connection with a termination of the Executive’s employment, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement) (all such payments and benefits, including the payments and benefits under Section 4 hereof, being hereinafter referred to as the “Total Payments”) would be subject (in whole or part), to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then, after taking into account any reduction in the Total Payments provided by reason of Section 280G of the Code in such other plan, arrangement or agreement, the cash severance payments under this Agreement shall first be reduced, and the noncash severance payments hereunder shall thereafter be reduced, to the extent necessary so that no portion of the Total Payments is subject to the Excise Tax but only if (i) the net amount of such Total Payments, as so reduced (and after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such reduced Total Payments and after taking into account the phase out of itemized deductions and personal exemptions attributable to such reduced Total Payments) is greater than or equal to (ii) the net amount of such Total Payments without such

 

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reduction (but after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such Total Payments and the amount of Excise Tax to which the Executive would be subject in respect of such unreduced Total Payments and after taking into account the phase out of itemized deductions and personal exemptions attributable to such unreduced Total Payments).

(b)    Certain Exclusions. For purposes of determining whether and the extent to which the Total Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax, (i) no portion of the Total Payments the receipt or enjoyment of which the Executive shall have waived at such time and in such manner as not to constitute a “payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b) of the Code shall be taken into account; (ii) no portion of the Total Payments shall be taken into account which, in the written opinion of an independent, nationally recognized accounting firm (the “Independent Advisors”) selected by the Company, does not constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code (including by reason of Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the Code) and, in calculating the Excise Tax, no portion of such Total Payments shall be taken into account which, in the opinion of Independent Advisors, constitutes reasonable compensation for services actually rendered, within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code, in excess of the “base amount” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) allocable to such reasonable compensation; and (iii) the value of any non-cash benefit or any deferred payment or benefit included in the Total Payments shall be determined by the Independent Advisors in accordance with the principles of Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code.

7.    Restrictive Covenants.

(a)    The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, which shall have been obtained by the Executive in connection with the Executive’s employment by the Company and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data, to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it; provided, however, that if the Executive receives actual notice that the Executive is or may be required by law or legal process to communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data, the Executive shall promptly so notify the Company.

(b)    While employed by the Company, the Executive shall not be engaged in any other business activity that would be competitive with the business of the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates. In addition, while employed by the Company and, for a period of 12 months after the Date of Termination, the Executive shall not directly or indirectly solicit, induce, or encourage any employee or consultant of the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates to terminate their employment or other relationship with the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates or to cease to render services to the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates and the Executive shall not initiate discussion with any such person for any such purpose or authorize or knowingly cooperate with the taking of any such actions by any other individual or entity except, in each case, to the extent the foregoing occurs as a result of general advertisements or other solicitations not specifically targeted to such employees and consultants. During his employment with the Company and thereafter, the Executive shall not use any trade secret of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates to solicit, induce, or encourage any customer, client, vendor, or other party doing business with any member of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates to terminate its relationship therewith or transfer its business from any member of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates and the Executive shall not initiate discussion with any such person for any such purpose or authorize or knowingly cooperate with the taking of any such actions by any other individual or entity.

 

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(c)    Subject to Section 7(f), during the Executive’s service with the Company and thereafter, excepting any litigation between the parties, (i) the Executive agrees not to publish or disseminate, directly or indirectly, any statements, whether written or oral, that are or could be harmful to or reflect negatively on any of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or that are otherwise disparaging of any policies, procedures, practices, decision-making, conduct, professionalism or compliance with standards of the Company, its affiliates or any of their past or present officers, directors, employees, advisors or agents, and (ii) the Company agrees to instruct its directors and executive officers not to publish or disseminate, directly or indirectly, any statements, whether written or oral, that are or could be harmful to or reflect negatively on the Executive’s personal or business reputation or business.

(d)    In recognition of the fact that irreparable injury will result to the Company in the event of a breach by the Executive of his obligations under Sections 7(a)-(c) hereof, that monetary damages for such breach would not be readily calculable, and that the Company would not have an adequate remedy at law therefor, the Executive acknowledges, consents and agrees that in the event of such breach, or the threat thereof, the Company shall be entitled, in addition to any other legal remedies and damages available, to specific performance thereof and to temporary and permanent injunctive relief (without the necessity of posting a bond) to restrain the violation or threatened violation of such obligations by the Executive.

(e)    The parties acknowledge and agree that OpCo and the Executive previously entered into an Employment, Confidential Information and Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement, and that such agreement shall be additional to, and not in limitation of, the covenants contained in this Section 7.

(f)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Confidentiality Agreement to the contrary, nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit either party (or either party’s attorney(s)) from (i) filing a charge with, reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to, participating in any investigation by, or cooperating with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice or any other securities regulatory agency, self-regulatory authority or federal, state or local regulatory authority (collectively, “Government Agencies”), or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of applicable law or regulation, (ii) communicating directly with, cooperating with, or providing information (including trade secrets) in confidence to any Government Agencies for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or from providing such information to such party’s attorney(s) or in a sealed complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other governmental proceeding, and/or (iii) receiving an award for information provided to any Government Agency. Pursuant to 18 USC Section 1833(b), the Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made: (x) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (y) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Further, nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall preclude either party from providing truthful testimony in response to a valid subpoena, court order, regulatory request or other judicial, administrative or legal process or otherwise as required by law. If the Executive is required to provide testimony, then unless otherwise directed or requested by a Government Agency or law enforcement, the Executive shall notify the Company as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving any such request of the anticipated testimony.

8.    Representations. The Executive hereby represents and warrants to the Company that (a) the Executive is entering into this Agreement voluntarily and that the performance of the

 

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Executive’s obligations hereunder will not violate any agreement between the Executive and any other person, firm, organization or other entity, and (b) the Executive is not bound by the terms of any agreement with any previous employer or other party to refrain from competing, directly or indirectly, with the business of such previous employer or other party that would be violated by the Executive’s entering into this Agreement and/or providing services to the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

9.    Successors.

(a)    This Agreement is personal to the Executive and, without the prior written consent of the Company, shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s legal representatives.

(b)    This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon OpCo, PubCo and their respective successors and assigns.

10.    Certain Definitions.

(a)    “Board” means the Board of Directors of PubCo.

(b)    “Business Combination” means the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 9, 2019 as amended October 2, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Vieco 10 Limited, a company limited by shares under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, Foundation Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings, Corp., a Cayman Island exempted Company (“SCH”) Foundation Sub 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SCH, Foundation Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SCH, TSC Vehicle Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Vieco 10 Limited, Virgin Galactic Vehicle Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Vieco 10 Limited, and VGH, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Vieco 10 Limited.

(c)    “Cause” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

(i)    the Executive’s willful failure to substantially perform his duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness or any such actual or anticipated failure after his issuance of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason), including the Executive’s failure to follow any lawful directive from the CEO within the reasonable scope of the Executive’s duties and the Executive’s failure to correct the same (if capable of correction, as determined by the CEO), within 30 days after a written notice is delivered to the Executive, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the CEO believes that the Executive has not performed his duties;

(ii)    the Executive’s commission of, indictment for or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony crime (excluding vehicular crimes) or a crime of moral turpitude;

(iii)    the Executive’s material breach of any material obligation under any written agreement with the Company or its affiliates or under any applicable policy of the Company or its affiliates (including any code of conduct or harassment policies), and the

 

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Executive’s failure to correct the same (if capable of correction, as determined by the CEO), within 30 days after a written notice is delivered to the Executive, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the CEO believes that the Executive has materially breached such agreement;

(iv)    any act of fraud, embezzlement, theft or misappropriation from the Company or its affiliates by the Executive;

(v)    the Executive’s willful misconduct or gross negligence with respect to any material aspect of the Company’s business or a material breach by the Executive of his fiduciary duty to the Company or its affiliates, which willful misconduct, gross negligence or material breach has a material and demonstrable adverse effect on the Company or its affiliates;

(vi)    the Executive’s commission of an act of material dishonesty resulting in material reputational, economic or financial injury to the Company or its affiliates.

(d)    “Change in Control” has the meaning set forth in the Plan.

(e)    “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the regulations thereunder.

(f)    “Date of Termination” means the date on which the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates.

(g)    “Disability” means that the Executive has become entitled to receive benefits under an applicable Company long-term disability plan or, if no such plan covers the Executive, as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Board.

(h)    “Good Reason” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events without the Executive’s prior written consent, unless the Company fully corrects the circumstances constituting Good Reason (provided such circumstances are capable of correction) as provided below:

(i)     a material diminution in the Executive’s Base Salary or Target Bonus;

(ii)     a change in the geographic location of the Principal Location by more than 35 miles from its existing location;

(iii)     a material diminution in the Executive’s title, authority or duties, as contemplated by this Agreement, excluding for this purpose any isolated, insubstantial or inadvertent actions not taken in bad faith and which are remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive;

(iv)     the Company’s material breach of this Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive will not be deemed to have resigned for Good Reason unless (1) the Executive provides the Company with written notice setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed by the Executive to constitute Good Reason within 30 days after the date of the occurrence of any event that the Executive knows or should reasonably have known to constitute Good Reason, (2) the Company fails to cure such acts or omissions within 30 days following its receipt of such notice, and (3) the effective date of the Executive’s termination for Good Reason occurs no later than 60 days after the expiration of the Company’s cure period.

 

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(i)    “Notice of Termination” means a written notice which (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the Date of Termination is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date (which date shall be not more than 30 days after the giving of such notice unless as otherwise provided upon a termination for Good Reason).

(j)    “Qualifying Termination” means a termination of the Executive’s employment (i) by the Company without Cause (other than by reason of the Executive’s death or Disability), or (ii) by the Executive for Good Reason.

(k)     “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder.

(l)    “Separation from Service” means a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A).

11.    Miscellaneous.

(a)    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect.

(b)    Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

If to the Executive: at the Executive’s most recent address on the records of the Company.

If to the Company:

Virgin Galactic Holdings, LLC

166 North Roadrunner Parkway, Suite 1C,

Las Cruces, NM 8801

Attention: General Counsel

or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.

(c)    Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Company determines, in its good faith judgment, that any transfer or deemed transfer of funds hereunder is likely to be construed as a personal loan prohibited by Section 13(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”), then such transfer or deemed transfer shall not be made to the extent necessary or appropriate so as not to violate the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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(d)    Section 409A of the Code.

(i)     To the extent applicable, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Company determines that any compensation or benefits payable under this Agreement may be subject to Section 409A, the Company shall work in good faith with the Executive to adopt such amendments to this Agreement or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, that the Company determines are necessary or appropriate to avoid the imposition of taxes under Section 409A, including without limitation, actions intended to (i) exempt the compensation and benefits payable under this Agreement from Section 409A, and/or (ii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A; provided, however, that this Section 11(d) shall not create an obligation on the part of the Company to adopt any such amendment, policy or procedure or take any such other action, nor shall the Company have any liability for failing to do so.

(ii)    Any right to a series of installment payments pursuant to this Agreement is to be treated as a right to a series of separate payments. To the extent permitted under Section 409A, any separate payment or benefit under this Agreement or otherwise shall not be deemed “nonqualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A to the extent provided in the exceptions in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4), Section 1.409A-1(b)(9) or any other applicable exception or provision of Section 409A. Any payments subject to Section 409A that are subject to execution of a waiver and release which may be executed and/or revoked in a calendar year following the calendar year in which the payment event (such as termination of employment) occurs shall commence payment only in the calendar year in which the consideration period or, if applicable, release revocation period ends, as necessary to comply with Section 409A. All payments of nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A to be made upon a termination of employment under this Agreement may only be made upon the Executive’s Separation from Service.

(iii)     To the extent that any payments or reimbursements provided to the Executive under this Agreement are deemed to constitute compensation to the Executive to which Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) would apply, such amounts shall be paid or reimbursed reasonably promptly, but not later than December 31 of the year following the year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of any such payments eligible for reimbursement in one year shall not affect the payments or expenses that are eligible for payment or reimbursement in any other taxable year, and the Executive’s right to such payments or reimbursement of any such expenses shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for any other benefit.

(e)    Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

(f)    Withholding. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

(g)    No Waiver. The Executive’s or the Company’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or the failure to assert any right the Executive or the Company may have hereunder, including, without limitation, the right of the Executive to terminate employment for Good Reason pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement.

(h)    Entire Agreement. As of the Effective Date, this Agreement (including the Award Agreements and the Confidentiality Agreement), together with that certain participation letter agreement pursuant to the Virgin Galactic/TSC Cash Incentive Plan, constitutes the final, complete and

 

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exclusive agreement between the Executive and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and replaces and supersedes any and all other agreements, offers or promises, whether oral or written, by any member of the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates, or representative thereof (including that certain Offer Letter, dated as of December 1, 2015, by and between the Executive and OpCo, as amended March 15, 2018). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) this Agreement and the obligations and commitments hereunder shall neither commence nor be of any force or effect prior to the Effective Date and unless and until the Business Combination is fully consummated in conformity with the terms of the Merger Agreement and (ii) in the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, the Business Combination is not consummated for any reason, or the Executive’s employment with OpCo terminates for any reason prior to the closing of the Business Combination this Agreement will automatically terminate and be void ab initio.

(i)    Arbitration.

(i)     Any controversy or dispute that establishes a legal or equitable cause of action (“Arbitration Claim”) between any two or more Persons Subject to Arbitration (as defined below), including any controversy or dispute, whether based on contract, common law, or federal, state or local statute or regulation, arising out of, or relating to the Executive’s service or the termination thereof, shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration as the sole and exclusive remedy for such controversy or dispute in accordance with the rules of JAMS pursuant to its Employment Arbitration Rules and Procedures, which are available at http://www.jamsadr.com/rules-employment-arbitration/, and the Company will provide a copy upon the Executive’s request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall not require any Person Subject to Arbitration to arbitrate pursuant to this Agreement any claims: (A) under a Company benefit plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended; or (B) as to which applicable law not preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act prohibits resolution by binding arbitration. Either party may seek provisional non-monetary remedies in a court of competent jurisdiction to the extent that such remedies are not available or not available in a timely fashion through arbitration. It is the parties’ intent that issues of arbitrability of any dispute shall be decided by the arbitrator.

(ii)     “Persons Subject to Arbitration” means, individually and collectively, (A) the Executive, (B) any person in privity with or claiming through, on behalf of or in the right of the Executive, (C) the Company, (D) any past, present or future affiliate, employee, officer, director or agent of the Company, and/or (E) any person or entity alleged to be acting in concert with or to be jointly liable with any of the foregoing.

(iii)     The arbitration shall take place before a single neutral arbitrator at the JAMS office in Los Angeles, California. Such arbitrator shall be provided through JAMS by mutual agreement of the parties to the arbitration; provided that, absent such agreement, the arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the rules of JAMS then in effect. The arbitrator shall permit reasonable discovery. The award or decision of the arbitrator shall be rendered in writing; shall be final and binding on the parties; and may be enforced by judgment or order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(iv)     In the event of arbitration relating to this Agreement, the non-prevailing party shall reimburse the prevailing party for all costs incurred by the prevailing party in connection with such arbitration (including reasonable legal fees in connection with such arbitration, including any litigation or appeal therefrom).

 

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(v)     THE EXECUTIVE AND THE COMPANY UNDERSTAND THAT BY AGREEING TO ARBITRATE ANY ARBITRATION CLAIM, THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE ANY ARBITRATION CLAIM DECIDED BY A JURY OR A COURT, BUT SHALL INSTEAD HAVE ANY ARBITRATION CLAIM DECIDED THROUGH ARBITRATION.

(vi)     THE EXECUTIVE AND THE COMPANY WAIVE ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR OTHER RIGHT TO BRING CLAIMS COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT OTHER THAN IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES. EXCEPT AS MAY BE PROHIBITED BY LAW, THIS WAIVER INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO ASSERT CLAIMS AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

(vii)     This Section 11(i) shall be interpreted to conform to any applicable law concerning the terms and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate service disputes. To the extent any terms or conditions of this Section 11(i) would preclude its enforcement, such terms shall be severed or interpreted in a manner to allow for the enforcement of this Section 11(i). To the extent applicable law imposes additional requirements to allow enforcement of this Section 11(i), this Agreement shall be interpreted to include such terms or conditions.

(j)    Attorney Expenses. The Company shall pay or reimburse the Executive for his pro-rata portion of legal fees and expenses incurred by George Whitesides, Jon Campagna, Enrico Palermo and Michael Moses as a group, in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and advice received in respect of executive compensation matters relating to the Business Combination, not to exceed $25,000 in the aggregate for all such legal fees incurred by such group. The Company shall pay (or shall cause to be paid) such legal fees and expenses within 30 days after the Company’s receipt of applicable invoices and such invoices shall be provided to the Company within 45 days after the Effective Date.

(k)    Amendment; Survival. No amendment or other modification of this Agreement shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by the parties hereto. The respective rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall survive the Executive’s termination of employment and the termination of this Agreement to the extent necessary for the intended preservation of such rights and obligations.

(l)    Counterparts. This Agreement and any agreement referenced herein may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set the Executive’s hand and, pursuant to the authorization from the Board, each of OpCo and PubCo has caused these presents to be executed in its name on its behalf, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

“OPCO”
By:  

/s/ George Whitesides

  Name: George Whitesides
  Title: Authorized Signatory
“PUBCO”
By:  

/s/ George Whitesides

  Name: George Whitesides
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
“EXECUTIVE”

        /s/ Enrico Palermo

  Enrico Palermo

 

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EXHIBIT A

GENERAL RELEASE

Exhibit 10.7

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 25, 2019, is entered into by and between Virgin Galactic Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“OpCo”), Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (“PubCo”) and Jon Campagna (the “Executive”).

WHEREAS, OpCo and PubCo (collectively, the “Company”) desire to employ the Executive and the Company and the Executive desire to enter into an agreement embodying the terms of such employment, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

1.    Employment Period. Effective as of the closing of the Business Combination (the “Effective Date”), the Executive’s employment hereunder shall be for a term (the “Employment Period”) commencing on the Effective Date and continuing indefinitely until terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the Executive’s employment hereunder is terminable at will by the Company or by the Executive at any time (for any reason or for no reason), subject to the provisions of Section 4 hereof.

2.    Terms of Employment.

(a)    Position and Duties.

(i)    Role and Responsibilities. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and shall perform such employment duties as are usual and customary for such position. The Executive shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “CEO”). At the Company’s request, the Executive shall serve the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates in other capacities in addition to the foregoing, consistent with the Executive’s position hereunder. In the event that the Executive, during the Employment Period, serves in any one or more of such additional capacities, the Executive’s compensation shall not be increased beyond that specified in Section 2(b) hereof. In addition, in the event the Executive’s service in one or more of such additional capacities is terminated, the Executive’s compensation, as specified in Section 2(b) hereof, shall not be diminished or reduced in any manner as a result of such termination provided that the Executive otherwise remains employed under the terms of this Agreement.

(ii)    Exclusivity. During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of leave to which the Executive may be entitled, the Executive agrees to devote his full business time and attention to the business and affairs of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the Employment Period, it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the Executive to: (A) serve on boards, committees or similar bodies of charitable or nonprofit organizations, (B) fulfill limited teaching, speaking and writing engagements, and (C) manage his personal investments, in each case, so long as such activities do not individually or in the aggregate materially interfere or conflict with the performance of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, that with respect to the activities in subclauses (A) and/or (B), the Executive receives prior written approval from the Board.

(iii)    Principal Location. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall perform the services required by this Agreement at the Company’s offices located in Los Angeles, California (the “Principal Location”), provided, however, that the parties acknowledge and agree that the Executive may be required to travel with relative frequency to Mojave, California and Las Cruces, New Mexico as well as other locations as may be necessary to fulfill the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder.


(b)    Compensation, Benefits, Etc.

(i)    Base Salary. Effective as of the Effective Date and during the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive a base salary (the “Base Salary”) of $350,000 per annum. The Base Salary shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices for executive salaries generally, but no less often than monthly and shall be pro-rated for partial years of employment. The Base Salary may be increased in the discretion of the Board or such subcommittee, but not reduced, and the term “Base Salary” as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to the Base Salary as so increased.

(iii)    Annual Cash Bonus. For each calendar year ending during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to earn a cash performance bonus (an “Annual Bonus”) under the Company’s bonus plan or program applicable to senior executives targeted at 50% of Executive’s Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”). The actual amount of any Annual Bonus shall be determined by the Board (or a subcommittee thereof) in its discretion, based on the achievement of individual and/or Company performance goals as determined by the Board (or a subcommittee thereof). The payment of any Annual Bonus, to the extent any Annual Bonus becomes payable, will be made on the date on which annual bonuses are paid generally to the Company’s senior executives, but in no event later than March 15th of the calendar year following the calendar year in which such Annual Bonus was earned, subject to the Executive’s continued employment through the payment date.

(v)    Equity Awards.

(A)    PubCo shall grant to the Executive two nonqualified options to purchase an aggregate of 611,124 shares of PubCo common stock (each, a “Stock Option”). Each Stock Option shall cover an equal number of shares of PubCo common stock, and the first Stock Option shall be granted on the Effective Date (the “Initial Option”) and the second Stock Option shall be granted on the first anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Anniversary Option”), subject to the Executive’s continued employment with the Company through the applicable grant date. Each Stock Option shall have an exercise price per share equal to the Fair Market Value (as defined in PubCo’s 2019 Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”) on the applicable grant date and shall have an outside expiration date of ten years from the grant date. In addition, PubCo shall grant to the Executive a restricted stock unit award covering 92,783 shares of PubCo common stock (the “RSU Award”). The RSU Award shall be granted upon effectiveness of the Form S-8 with respect to PubCo’s common stock issuable under the Plan, subject to the Executive’s continued employment through the grant date.

(B)    Subject to the Executive’s continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting date, each of the Initial Option and the RSU Award shall vest and (as applicable) become exercisable (x) with respect to 25% of the underlying shares on the first anniversary of the Effective Date, and (y) as to the remaining 75% of the underlying shares, in substantially equal installments on each of the 36 monthly anniversaries thereafter. In addition,

 

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the RSU Award shall vest on an applicable vesting date only if the Fair Market Value per share is greater than $10 (and any restricted stock units that otherwise would vest on such vesting date shall be forfeited and canceled without consideration therefor).

(C)    Subject to the Executive’s continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting date, the Anniversary Option shall vest and become exercisable (x) with respect to 25% of the underlying shares on the first anniversary of the grant date, and (y) as to the remaining 75% of the underlying shares, in substantially equal installments on each of the 36 monthly anniversaries thereafter.

(D)    The terms and conditions of the Stock Options and the RSU Award will be set forth in separate award agreements in forms prescribed by PubCo, to be entered into by PubCo and the Executive (the “Award Agreements”). Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the Stock Options and the RSU Award shall be governed in all respects by the terms of and conditions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

(vi)    Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Executive (and the Executive’s spouse and/or eligible dependents to the extent provided in the applicable plans and programs) shall be eligible to participate in and be covered under the health and welfare benefit plans and programs maintained by the Company for the benefit of its employees from time to time, pursuant to the terms of such plans and programs including any medical, life, hospitalization, dental, disability, accidental death and dismemberment and travel accident insurance plans and programs on the same terms and conditions as those applicable to similarly situated senior executives. In addition, during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in any retirement, savings and other employee benefit plans and programs maintained from time to time by the Company for the benefit of its senior executive officers. Nothing contained in this Section 2(b)(vi) shall create or be deemed to create any obligation on the part of the Company to adopt or maintain any health, welfare, retirement or other benefit plan or program at any time or to create any limitation on the Company’s ability to modify or terminate any such plan or program.

(vii)    Expenses. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable business expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with the performance of his duties under this Agreement in accordance with the policies, practices and procedures of the Company provided to employees of the Company.

(viii)    Fringe Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to receive such fringe benefits and perquisites as are provided by the Company to its employees from time to time, in accordance with the policies, practices and procedures of the Company, and shall receive such additional fringe benefits and perquisites as the Company may, in its discretion, from time-to-time provide.

(ix)    Vacation. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the plans, policies, programs and practices of the Company applicable to its employees, but in no event shall the Executive accrue less than 160 hours of vacation per calendar year (pro-rated for any partial year of service); provided, however, that the Executive shall not accrue any vacation time in excess of 280 hours (the “Accrual Limit”), and shall cease accruing vacation time if the Executive’s accrued vacation reaches the Accrual Limit until such time as the Executive’s accrued vacation time drops below the Accrual Limit.

 

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3.    Termination of Employment.

(a)    Death or Disability. The Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s death during the Employment Period. Either the Company or the Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment in the event of the Executive’s Disability during the Employment Period.

(b)    Termination by the Company. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for Cause or without Cause.

(c)    Termination by the Executive. The Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Executive for any or no reason, including with Good Reason or by the Executive without Good Reason.

(d)    Notice of Termination. Any termination of employment (other than due to the Executive’s death), shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination to the other parties hereto given in accordance with Section 11(b) hereof. The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company, respectively, hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.

(e)    Termination of Offices and Directorships; Return of Property. Upon termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, unless otherwise specified in a written agreement between the Executive and the Company, the Executive shall be deemed to have resigned from all offices, directorships, and other employment positions if any, then held with the Company, and shall take all actions reasonably requested by the Company to effectuate the foregoing. In addition, upon the termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, the Executive agrees to return to the Company all documents of the Company and its affiliates (and all copies thereof) and all other Company or Company affiliate property that the Executive has in his possession, custody or control. Such property includes, without limitation: (i) any materials of any kind that the Executive knows contain or embody any proprietary or confidential information of the Company or an affiliate of the Company (and all reproductions thereof), (ii) computers (including, but not limited to, laptop computers, desktop computers and similar devices) and other portable electronic devices (including, but not limited to, tablet computers), cellular phones/smartphones, credit cards, phone cards, entry cards, identification badges and keys, and (iii) any correspondence, drawings, manuals, letters, notes, notebooks, reports, programs, plans, proposals, financial documents, or any other documents concerning the customers, business plans, marketing strategies, products and/or processes of the Company or any of its affiliates and any information received from the Company or any of its affiliates regarding third parties.

4.    Obligations of the Company upon Termination.

(a)    Accrued Obligations. In the event that the Executive’s employment under this Agreement terminates during the Employment Period for any reason, the Company will pay or provide to the Executive: (i) any earned but unpaid Base Salary, (ii) reimbursement of any business expenses incurred by the Executive prior to the Date of Termination that are reimbursable in accordance with Section 2(b)(vii) hereof and (iii) any vested amounts due to the Executive under any plan, program or policy of the Company (together, the “Accrued Obligations”). The Accrued Obligations described in clauses (i) – (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be paid within 30 days after the Date of Termination (or such earlier date as may be required by applicable law) and the Accrued Obligations described in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the governing plan or program.

 

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(b)    Qualifying Termination. Subject to Sections 4(c), 4(e) and 11(d), and the Executive’s continued compliance with the provisions of Section 7 hereof, if the Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated during the Employment Period due to a Qualifying Termination, then in addition to the Accrued Obligations:

(i)    Cash Severance. The Company shall pay the Executive an amount equal to 0.5 (the “Severance Multiplier”) multiplied by the sum of (i) the Base Salary and (ii) the Target Bonus (the “Severance”); provided, however, that in the event the Qualifying Termination occurs on or within 24 months following a Change in Control, then the Severance Multiplier instead shall be 1.0. The Severance shall be paid in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices over the six-month period following the Executive’s Termination Date, but shall commence on the first payroll date following the effective date of the Release (as defined below), and amounts otherwise payable prior to such first payroll date shall be paid on such date without interest thereon; provided, however that if the Termination Date occurs on or within 24-months following a Change in Control that constitutes a “change in control event” for purposes of Section 409A (as defined below), the Severance shall be paid in a single lump sum cash payment within 30 days following the Date of Termination.

(ii)     COBRA. Subject to the Executive’s valid election to continue healthcare coverage under Section 4980B of the Code, the Company shall continue to provide, during the COBRA Period, the Executive and the Executive’s eligible dependents with coverage under its group health plans at the same levels and the same cost to the Executive as would have applied if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated based on the Executive’s elections in effect on the Date of Termination, provided, however, that (A) if any plan pursuant to which such benefits are provided is not, or ceases prior to the expiration of the period of continuation coverage to be, exempt from the application of Section 409A under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(a)(5), or (B) the Company is otherwise unable to continue to cover the Executive under its group health plans without incurring penalties (including without limitation, pursuant to Section 2716 of the Public Health Service Act or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), then, in either case, an amount equal to each remaining Company subsidy shall thereafter be paid to the Executive in substantially equal monthly installments over the continuation coverage period (or the remaining portion thereof). For purposes of this Agreement, “COBRA Period” shall mean the period beginning on the Date of Termination and ending on the six-month anniversary thereof; provided, however, that in the event the Qualifying Termination occurs on or within 24 months following a Change in Control, then the COBRA Period instead shall end on the 12-month anniversary thereof.

(iii)     Equity Acceleration. In addition, in the event that the Qualifying Termination occurs on or within 24 months following a Change in Control, then all outstanding PubCo equity awards that vest based solely on the passage of time that are held by the Executive on the Date of Termination immediately shall become fully vested and, to the extent applicable, exercisable.

(c)    Release. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall be a condition to the Executive’s right to receive the amounts provided for in Section 4(b) hereof that the Executive execute and deliver to the Company an effective release of claims in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Release”) within 21 days (or, to the extent required by law, 45 days) following the Date of Termination and that the Executive not revoke such Release during any applicable revocation period. For the avoidance of doubt, all equity awards eligible for accelerated vesting pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof shall remain outstanding and eligible to vest following the Date of Termination and shall actually vest and become exercisable (if applicable) and non-forfeitable upon the effectiveness of the Release.

 

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(d)    Other Terminations. If the Executive’s employment is terminated for any reason not described in Section 4(b) hereof, the Company will pay the Executive only the Accrued Obligations.

(e)     Six-Month Delay. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no compensation or benefits, including without limitation any severance payments or benefits payable under this Section 4, shall be paid to the Executive during the six-month period following the Executive’s Separation from Service if the Company determines that paying such amounts at the time or times indicated in this Agreement would be a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code. If the payment of any such amounts is delayed as a result of the previous sentence, then on the first day of the seventh month following the date of Separation from Service (or such earlier date upon which such amount can be paid under Section 409A without resulting in a prohibited distribution, including as a result of the Executive’s death), the Company shall pay the Executive a lump-sum amount equal to the cumulative amount that would have otherwise been payable to the Executive during such period.

(f)    Exclusive Benefits. Except as expressly provided in this Section 4 and subject to Section 5 hereof, the Executive shall not be entitled to any additional payments or benefits upon or in connection with the Executive’s termination of employment.

5.    Non-Exclusivity of Rights. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of or any contract or agreement with the Company at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement except as explicitly modified by this Agreement.

6.    Excess Parachute Payments; Limitation on Payments.

(a)    Best Pay Cap. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that any payment or benefit received or to be received by the Executive (including any payment or benefit received in connection with a termination of the Executive’s employment, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement) (all such payments and benefits, including the payments and benefits under Section 4 hereof, being hereinafter referred to as the “Total Payments”) would be subject (in whole or part), to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then, after taking into account any reduction in the Total Payments provided by reason of Section 280G of the Code in such other plan, arrangement or agreement, the cash severance payments under this Agreement shall first be reduced, and the noncash severance payments hereunder shall thereafter be reduced, to the extent necessary so that no portion of the Total Payments is subject to the Excise Tax but only if (i) the net amount of such Total Payments, as so reduced (and after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such reduced Total Payments and after taking into account the phase out of itemized deductions and personal exemptions attributable to such reduced Total Payments) is greater than or equal to (ii) the net amount of such Total Payments without such reduction (but after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such Total Payments and the amount of Excise Tax to which the Executive would be subject in respect of such unreduced Total Payments and after taking into account the phase out of itemized deductions and personal exemptions attributable to such unreduced Total Payments).

(b)    Certain Exclusions. For purposes of determining whether and the extent to which the Total Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax, (i) no portion of the Total Payments the receipt or enjoyment of which the Executive shall have waived at such time and in such manner as not to constitute a “payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b) of the Code shall be taken into account;

 

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(ii) no portion of the Total Payments shall be taken into account which, in the written opinion of an independent, nationally recognized accounting firm (the “Independent Advisors”) selected by the Company, does not constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code (including by reason of Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the Code) and, in calculating the Excise Tax, no portion of such Total Payments shall be taken into account which, in the opinion of Independent Advisors, constitutes reasonable compensation for services actually rendered, within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code, in excess of the “base amount” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) allocable to such reasonable compensation; and (iii) the value of any non-cash benefit or any deferred payment or benefit included in the Total Payments shall be determined by the Independent Advisors in accordance with the principles of Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code.

7.    Restrictive Covenants.

(a)    The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, which shall have been obtained by the Executive in connection with the Executive’s employment by the Company and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data, to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it; provided, however, that if the Executive receives actual notice that the Executive is or may be required by law or legal process to communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data, the Executive shall promptly so notify the Company.

(b)    While employed by the Company, the Executive shall not be engaged in any other business activity that would be competitive with the business of the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates. In addition, while employed by the Company and, for a period of 12 months after the Date of Termination, the Executive shall not directly or indirectly solicit, induce, or encourage any employee or consultant of the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates to terminate their employment or other relationship with the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates or to cease to render services to the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates and the Executive shall not initiate discussion with any such person for any such purpose or authorize or knowingly cooperate with the taking of any such actions by any other individual or entity except, in each case, to the extent the foregoing occurs as a result of general advertisements or other solicitations not specifically targeted to such employees and consultants. During his employment with the Company and thereafter, the Executive shall not use any trade secret of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates to solicit, induce, or encourage any customer, client, vendor, or other party doing business with any member of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates to terminate its relationship therewith or transfer its business from any member of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates and the Executive shall not initiate discussion with any such person for any such purpose or authorize or knowingly cooperate with the taking of any such actions by any other individual or entity.

(c)    Subject to Section 7(f), during the Executive’s service with the Company and thereafter, excepting any litigation between the parties, (i) the Executive agrees not to publish or disseminate, directly or indirectly, any statements, whether written or oral, that are or could be harmful to or reflect negatively on any of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or that are otherwise disparaging of any policies, procedures, practices, decision-making, conduct, professionalism or compliance with standards of the Company, its affiliates or any of their past or present officers, directors, employees, advisors or agents, and (ii) the Company agrees to instruct its directors and executive officers not to publish or disseminate, directly or indirectly, any statements, whether written or oral, that are or could be harmful to or reflect negatively on the Executive’s personal or business reputation or business.

 

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(d)    In recognition of the fact that irreparable injury will result to the Company in the event of a breach by the Executive of his obligations under Sections 7(a)-(c) hereof, that monetary damages for such breach would not be readily calculable, and that the Company would not have an adequate remedy at law therefor, the Executive acknowledges, consents and agrees that in the event of such breach, or the threat thereof, the Company shall be entitled, in addition to any other legal remedies and damages available, to specific performance thereof and to temporary and permanent injunctive relief (without the necessity of posting a bond) to restrain the violation or threatened violation of such obligations by the Executive.

(e)    The parties acknowledge and agree that Virgin Galactic, LLC and the Executive previously entered into an Employment, Confidential Information and Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement, and that such agreement shall be additional to, and not in limitation of, the covenants contained in this Section 7.

(f)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Confidentiality Agreement to the contrary, nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit either party (or either party’s attorney(s)) from (i) filing a charge with, reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to, participating in any investigation by, or cooperating with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice or any other securities regulatory agency, self-regulatory authority or federal, state or local regulatory authority (collectively, “Government Agencies”), or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of applicable law or regulation, (ii) communicating directly with, cooperating with, or providing information (including trade secrets) in confidence to any Government Agencies for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or from providing such information to such party’s attorney(s) or in a sealed complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other governmental proceeding, and/or (iii) receiving an award for information provided to any Government Agency. Pursuant to 18 USC Section 1833(b), the Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made: (x) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (y) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Further, nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall preclude either party from providing truthful testimony in response to a valid subpoena, court order, regulatory request or other judicial, administrative or legal process or otherwise as required by law. If the Executive is required to provide testimony, then unless otherwise directed or requested by a Government Agency or law enforcement, the Executive shall notify the Company as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving any such request of the anticipated testimony.

8.    Representations. The Executive hereby represents and warrants to the Company that (a) the Executive is entering into this Agreement voluntarily and that the performance of the Executive’s obligations hereunder will not violate any agreement between the Executive and any other person, firm, organization or other entity, and (b) the Executive is not bound by the terms of any agreement with any previous employer or other party to refrain from competing, directly or indirectly, with the business of such previous employer or other party that would be violated by the Executive’s entering into this Agreement and/or providing services to the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

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9.    Successors.

(a)    This Agreement is personal to the Executive and, without the prior written consent of the Company, shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s legal representatives.

(b)    This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon OpCo, PubCo and their respective successors and assigns.

10.    Certain Definitions.

(a)    “Board” means the Board of Directors of PubCo.

(b)    “Business Combination” means the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 9, 2019 as amended October 2, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Vieco 10 Limited, a company limited by shares under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, Foundation Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings, Corp., a Cayman Island exempted Company (“SCH”) Foundation Sub 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SCH, Foundation Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SCH, TSC Vehicle Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Vieco 10 Limited, Virgin Galactic Vehicle Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Vieco 10 Limited, and VGH, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Vieco 10 Limited.

(c)    “Cause” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

(i)    the Executive’s willful failure to substantially perform his duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness or any such actual or anticipated failure after his issuance of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason), including the Executive’s failure to follow any lawful directive from the CEO within the reasonable scope of the Executive’s duties and the Executive’s failure to correct the same (if capable of correction, as determined by the CEO), within 30 days after a written notice is delivered to the Executive, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the CEO believes that the Executive has not performed his duties;

(ii)    the Executive’s commission of, indictment for or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony crime (excluding vehicular crimes) or a crime of moral turpitude;

(iii)    the Executive’s material breach of any material obligation under any written agreement with the Company or its affiliates or under any applicable policy of the Company or its affiliates (including any code of conduct or harassment policies), and the Executive’s failure to correct the same (if capable of correction, as determined by the CEO), within 30 days after a written notice is delivered to the Executive, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the CEO believes that the Executive has materially breached such agreement;

(iv)    any act of fraud, embezzlement, theft or misappropriation from the Company or its affiliates by the Executive;

 

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(v)    the Executive’s willful misconduct or gross negligence with respect to any material aspect of the Company’s business or a material breach by the Executive of his fiduciary duty to the Company or its affiliates, which willful misconduct, gross negligence or material breach has a material and demonstrable adverse effect on the Company or its affiliates;

(vi)    the Executive’s commission of an act of material dishonesty resulting in material reputational, economic or financial injury to the Company or its affiliates.

(d)    “Change in Control” has the meaning set forth in the Plan.

(e)    “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the regulations thereunder.

(f)    “Date of Termination” means the date on which the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates.

(g)    “Disability” means that the Executive has become entitled to receive benefits under an applicable Company long-term disability plan or, if no such plan covers the Executive, as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Board.

(h)    “Good Reason” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events without the Executive’s prior written consent, unless the Company fully corrects the circumstances constituting Good Reason (provided such circumstances are capable of correction) as provided below:

(i)     a material diminution in the Executive’s Base Salary or Target Bonus;

(ii)     a change in the geographic location of the Principal Location by more than 35 miles from its existing location;

(iii)     a material diminution in the Executive’s title, authority or duties, as contemplated by this Agreement, excluding for this purpose any isolated, insubstantial or inadvertent actions not taken in bad faith and which are remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive;

(iv)     the Company’s material breach of this Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive will not be deemed to have resigned for Good Reason unless (1) the Executive provides the Company with written notice setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed by the Executive to constitute Good Reason within 30 days after the date of the occurrence of any event that the Executive knows or should reasonably have known to constitute Good Reason, (2) the Company fails to cure such acts or omissions within 30 days following its receipt of such notice, and (3) the effective date of the Executive’s termination for Good Reason occurs no later than 60 days after the expiration of the Company’s cure period.

(i)    “Notice of Termination” means a written notice which (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the Date of Termination is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date (which date shall be not more than 30 days after the giving of such notice unless as otherwise provided upon a termination for Good Reason).

 

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(j)    “Qualifying Termination” means a termination of the Executive’s employment (i) by the Company without Cause (other than by reason of the Executive’s death or Disability), or (ii) by the Executive for Good Reason.

(k)     “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder.

(l)    “Separation from Service” means a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A).

11.    Miscellaneous.

(a)    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect.

(b)    Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

If to the Executive: at the Executive’s most recent address on the records of the Company.

If to the Company:

Virgin Galactic Holdings, LLC

166 North Roadrunner Parkway, Suite 1C,

Las Cruces, NM 8801

Attention: General Counsel

or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.

(c)    Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Company determines, in its good faith judgment, that any transfer or deemed transfer of funds hereunder is likely to be construed as a personal loan prohibited by Section 13(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”), then such transfer or deemed transfer shall not be made to the extent necessary or appropriate so as not to violate the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(d)    Section 409A of the Code.

(i)     To the extent applicable, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Company determines that any compensation or benefits payable under this Agreement may be subject to Section 409A, the Company shall work in good faith with the Executive to adopt such amendments to this Agreement or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, that the Company determines are necessary or appropriate to avoid the imposition of taxes under Section 409A, including without limitation, actions intended to (i) exempt the compensation and benefits payable under this Agreement from Section 409A, and/or (ii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A; provided, however, that this Section 11(d) shall not create an obligation on the part of the Company to adopt any such amendment, policy or procedure or take any such other action, nor shall the Company have any liability for failing to do so.

 

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(ii)    Any right to a series of installment payments pursuant to this Agreement is to be treated as a right to a series of separate payments. To the extent permitted under Section 409A, any separate payment or benefit under this Agreement or otherwise shall not be deemed “nonqualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A to the extent provided in the exceptions in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4), Section 1.409A-1(b)(9) or any other applicable exception or provision of Section 409A. Any payments subject to Section 409A that are subject to execution of a waiver and release which may be executed and/or revoked in a calendar year following the calendar year in which the payment event (such as termination of employment) occurs shall commence payment only in the calendar year in which the consideration period or, if applicable, release revocation period ends, as necessary to comply with Section 409A. All payments of nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A to be made upon a termination of employment under this Agreement may only be made upon the Executive’s Separation from Service.

(iii)     To the extent that any payments or reimbursements provided to the Executive under this Agreement are deemed to constitute compensation to the Executive to which Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) would apply, such amounts shall be paid or reimbursed reasonably promptly, but not later than December 31 of the year following the year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of any such payments eligible for reimbursement in one year shall not affect the payments or expenses that are eligible for payment or reimbursement in any other taxable year, and the Executive’s right to such payments or reimbursement of any such expenses shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for any other benefit.

(e)    Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

(f)    Withholding. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

(g)    No Waiver. The Executive’s or the Company’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or the failure to assert any right the Executive or the Company may have hereunder, including, without limitation, the right of the Executive to terminate employment for Good Reason pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement.

(h)    Entire Agreement. As of the Effective Date, this Agreement (including the Award Agreements and the Confidentiality Agreement), together with that certain participation letter agreement pursuant to the Virgin Galactic/TSC Cash Incentive Plan, constitutes the final, complete and exclusive agreement between the Executive and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and replaces and supersedes any and all other agreements, offers or promises, whether oral or written, by any member of the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates, or representative thereof (including that certain Offer Letter, dated as of September 12, 2015 and amended as of July 10, 2016, April 23, 2018). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) this Agreement and the obligations and commitments hereunder shall neither commence nor be of any force or effect prior to the Effective Date and unless and until the Business Combination is fully consummated in conformity with the terms of the Merger Agreement and (ii) in the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, the Business Combination is not consummated for any reason, or the Executive’s employment with Virgin Galactic, LLC terminates for any reason prior to the closing of the Business Combination this Agreement will automatically terminate and be void ab initio.

 

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(i)    Arbitration.

(i)     Any controversy or dispute that establishes a legal or equitable cause of action (“Arbitration Claim”) between any two or more Persons Subject to Arbitration (as defined below), including any controversy or dispute, whether based on contract, common law, or federal, state or local statute or regulation, arising out of, or relating to the Executive’s service or the termination thereof, shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration as the sole and exclusive remedy for such controversy or dispute in accordance with the rules of JAMS pursuant to its Employment Arbitration Rules and Procedures, which are available at http://www.jamsadr.com/rules-employment-arbitration/, and the Company will provide a copy upon the Executive’s request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall not require any Person Subject to Arbitration to arbitrate pursuant to this Agreement any claims: (A) under a Company benefit plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended; or (B) as to which applicable law not preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act prohibits resolution by binding arbitration. Either party may seek provisional non-monetary remedies in a court of competent jurisdiction to the extent that such remedies are not available or not available in a timely fashion through arbitration. It is the parties’ intent that issues of arbitrability of any dispute shall be decided by the arbitrator.

(ii)     “Persons Subject to Arbitration” means, individually and collectively, (A) the Executive, (B) any person in privity with or claiming through, on behalf of or in the right of the Executive, (C) the Company, (D) any past, present or future affiliate, employee, officer, director or agent of the Company, and/or (E) any person or entity alleged to be acting in concert with or to be jointly liable with any of the foregoing.

(iii)     The arbitration shall take place before a single neutral arbitrator at the JAMS office in Los Angeles, California. Such arbitrator shall be provided through JAMS by mutual agreement of the parties to the arbitration; provided that, absent such agreement, the arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the rules of JAMS then in effect. The arbitrator shall permit reasonable discovery. The award or decision of the arbitrator shall be rendered in writing; shall be final and binding on the parties; and may be enforced by judgment or order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(iv)     In the event of arbitration relating to this Agreement, the non-prevailing party shall reimburse the prevailing party for all costs incurred by the prevailing party in connection with such arbitration (including reasonable legal fees in connection with such arbitration, including any litigation or appeal therefrom).

(v)     THE EXECUTIVE AND THE COMPANY UNDERSTAND THAT BY AGREEING TO ARBITRATE ANY ARBITRATION CLAIM, THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE ANY ARBITRATION CLAIM DECIDED BY A JURY OR A COURT, BUT SHALL INSTEAD HAVE ANY ARBITRATION CLAIM DECIDED THROUGH ARBITRATION.

(vi)     THE EXECUTIVE AND THE COMPANY WAIVE ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR OTHER RIGHT TO BRING CLAIMS COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT OTHER THAN IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES. EXCEPT AS MAY BE PROHIBITED BY LAW, THIS WAIVER INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO ASSERT CLAIMS AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

 

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(vii)     This Section 11(i) shall be interpreted to conform to any applicable law concerning the terms and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate service disputes. To the extent any terms or conditions of this Section 11(i) would preclude its enforcement, such terms shall be severed or interpreted in a manner to allow for the enforcement of this Section 11(i). To the extent applicable law imposes additional requirements to allow enforcement of this Section 11(i), this Agreement shall be interpreted to include such terms or conditions.

(j)    Attorney Expenses. The Company shall pay or reimburse the Executive for his pro-rata portion of legal fees and expenses incurred by George Whitesides, Jon Campagna, Enrico Palermo and Michael Moses as a group, in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and advice received in respect of executive compensation matters relating to the Business Combination, not to exceed $25,000 in the aggregate for all such legal fees incurred by such group. The Company shall pay (or shall cause to be paid) such legal fees and expenses within 30 days after the Company’s receipt of applicable invoices and such invoices shall be provided to the Company within 45 days after the Effective Date.

(k)    Amendment; Survival. No amendment or other modification of this Agreement shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by the parties hereto. The respective rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall survive the Executive’s termination of employment and the termination of this Agreement to the extent necessary for the intended preservation of such rights and obligations.

(l)    Counterparts. This Agreement and any agreement referenced herein may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set the Executive’s hand and, pursuant to the authorization from the Board, each of OpCo and PubCo has caused these presents to be executed in its name on its behalf, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

“OPCO”
By:  

/s/ George Whitesides

  Name: George Whitesides
  Title: President
“PUBCO”
By:  

/s/ George Whitesides

  Name: George Whitesides
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
“EXECUTIVE”

          /s/ Jon Campagna

          Jon Campagna

 

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EXHIBIT A

GENERAL RELEASE

Exhibit 10.9

STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT

This Stockholders’ Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of October 25, 2019, by and among Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) (f/k/a Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares prior to its domestication as a Delaware corporation), Vieco USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “VG Holder”), SCH Sponsor Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “SCH Holder”), and Chamath Palihapitiya (“CP Holder” and, together with the VG Holder, the SCH Holder and any individual or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 15, the “Voting Parties” and each a “Voting Party”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company, Foundation Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub A”), Foundation Sub 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub B”), Foundation Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Merger Sub LLC” and, together with Merger Sub A and Merger Sub B, the “Merger Subs” and each, a “Merger Sub”), Vieco 10 Limited, a company limited by shares under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“Vieco 10”), the VG Holder, TSC Vehicle Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“TSCV”), Virgin Galactic Vehicle Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“VGVH”), and VGH, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“VGH” and, together with TSCV and VGVH, the “VG Companies”), have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 9, 2019 as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 2, 2019 (as amended or modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other transactions, (i) Merger Sub A is to merge with and into TSCV, with TSCV continuing on as the surviving entity, (ii) Merger Sub B is to merge with and into VGVH, with VGVH continuing on as the surviving entity and (iii) Merger Sub LLC is to merge with and into VGH, with VGH continuing on as the surviving entity, in each case, on the terms and conditions set forth therein;

WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, the Company and the Voting Parties are party to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended, supplemented, restated and/or modified from time to time, the “Registration Rights Agreement”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, the Voting Parties have agreed to execute and deliver this Agreement;

WHEREAS, as of immediately following the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) each of the Voting Parties Beneficially Owns (as defined below) the respective number of shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), set forth on Annex A hereto;

WHEREAS, the Voting Parties in the aggregate Beneficially Own (as defined below) shares of Common Stock representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting power of the Company;

WHEREAS, the number of shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by each Voting Party may change from time to time, in accordance with the terms of (x) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as it may be amended, supplemented and/or restated from time to time (the “Charter”), (y) the by-laws of the Company and (z) the Registration Rights Agreement, which changes shall be reported by each Voting Party in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”);

 

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WHEREAS, each of the Voting Parties believes that it is in their respective best interests to qualify the Company as a “controlled company” under the listing standards of NYSE; and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to maintain a group and to enter into this Agreement to provide for voting agreements pursuant to which all of the Voting Parties’ shares of Common Stock will be voted together with respect to elections of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”).

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the promises and covenants contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

1.    Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated when used in this Agreement with initial capital letters:

Affiliate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.

CP Shares” shall have the meaning given in the Purchase Agreement.

Interested Stockholder” means VG Holder or any Affiliate of VG Holder.

Lock-Up Period” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Necessary Action” means, with respect to any party and a specified result, all actions (to the extent such actions are not prohibited by applicable law, within such party’s control and do not directly conflict with any rights expressly granted to such party in this Agreement, the Merger Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Charter or the by-laws of the Company) reasonably necessary and desirable within his, her or its control to cause such result, including, without limitation (i) calling special meetings of the Board and the stockholders of the Company, (ii) voting or providing a proxy with respect to the Voting Shares beneficially owned by such party, (iii) causing the adoption of stockholders’ resolutions and amendments to the Charter or by-laws of the Company, including executing written consents in lieu of meetings, (iv) executing agreements and instruments, (v) causing members of the Board (to the extent such members were elected, nominated or designated by the party obligated to undertake such action) to act (subject to any applicable fiduciary duties) in a certain manner or causing them to be removed in the event they do not act in such a manner and (vi) making, or causing to be made, with governmental, administrative or regulatory authorities, all filings, registrations or similar actions that are required to achieve such a result.

Permitted Transferees” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Related Transaction” means (i) any and all transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, dated July 9, 2019, among the Company, VG Holder and Chamath Palihapitiya (the “Purchase Agreement”) and (ii) the “Repurchase” (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

Sunset Date” means the earlier to occur of (i) the date CP Holder is no longer entitled to designate two (2) CP Designees pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) the date VG Holder is no longer entitled to designate two (2) or more VG Designees pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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2.    Agreement to Vote. During the term of this Agreement, each Voting Party shall vote or cause to be voted all securities of the Company that may be voted in the election of the Company’s directors registered in the name of, or beneficially owned (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, including by the exercise or conversion of any security exercisable or convertible for shares of Common Stock, but excluding shares of stock underlying unexercised options or warrants) (“Beneficially Owned” or “Beneficial Ownership”) by such Voting Party, including any and all securities of the Company acquired and held in such capacity subsequent to the date hereof (hereinafter referred to as the “Voting Shares”), in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, voting or causing to be voted all Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by such Voting Party so that the Board is comprised of the Persons designated pursuant to Subsection 3(a)(i) and Subsection 3(a)(ii). Except as explicitly provided in this Agreement, each Voting Party is free to vote or cause to be voted all Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by such Voting Party. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that Subsection 3(a)(i) shall not limit the number of directors of the Company that may be designated or elected by VG Holder, whether pursuant to the TMLA or otherwise.

3.    Board of Directors.

a.    Board Representation. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, from the date of this Agreement, the Company and each Voting Party shall take all Necessary Action to cause, effective immediately following the Effective Time, the Board to be comprised of eight (8) directors:

i.    three of whom (the “VG Designees” and each a “VG Designee”) have been initially designated as set forth on Exhibit 3(a) hereto and shall thereafter be designated by the VG Holder; provided that only for so long as VG Holder Beneficially Owns a number of Voting Shares representing at least the percentage set forth below of the number of Voting Shares currently owned by VG Holder relative to the number of Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by VG Holder immediately following the Effective Time and after taking into account the consummation of any Related Transaction, the Company shall, and the Voting Parties shall take all Necessary Action to, include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election as directors at each applicable annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company, including at every adjournment or postponement thereof, at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by VG Holder that, if elected, will result in VG Holder having designated the number of directors serving on the Board that is shown below:

 

Percentage

   Number of Directors  

50% or greater

     3  

25% or greater, up to but not including 50%

     2  

10% or greater, up to but not including 25%

     1  

Less than 10%

     0  

 

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ii.    two of whom (the “CP Designees” and each a “CP Designee”) have been initially designated as set forth on Exhibit 3(a) hereto and shall thereafter be designated by the CP Holder; provided that for so long as CP Holder has the right to designate two CP Designees, one of the CP Designees must qualify as an “independent director” under stock exchange regulations applicable to the Company; provided, further, that only for so long as the CP and the SCH Holder Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, a number of Voting Shares representing at least the percentage set forth below of the number of Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by the CP Holder and the SCH Holder, in the aggregate, immediately following the Effective Time and after taking into account the consummation of any Acquiror Share Redemptions and after excluding the CP Shares, the Company shall, and the Voting Parties shall take all Necessary Action to, include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election as directors at each applicable annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company, including at every adjournment or postponement thereof, at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by CP Holder that, if elected, will result in CP Holder having designated the number of directors serving on the Board that is shown below:

 

Percentage

   Number of Directors  

90% or greater

     2  

50% or greater, up to but not including 90%

     1  

Less than 50%

     0  

iii.    two of whom (the “Other Designees”, together with the VG Designees and the CP Designees, the “Designees”) have been initially designated as set forth on Exhibit 3(a) hereto and shall thereafter be designated as determined by the Board; provided, that each of the two Other Designees must qualify in the determination of the Board as an “independent director” under stock exchange regulations applicable to the Company and one of the two Other Designees must qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K; provided, further, that (x) each Voting Party shall be obligated to vote or caused to be voted any Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by such Voting Party in favor of the election of the Other Designees for the duration of the Lock-Up Period, and (y) except as set forth in the preceding clause (x) no Voting Party shall be obligated to vote or cause to be voted any Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by such Voting Party in favor of the election of any Other Designee and each Voting Party may vote or cause to be voted any Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by such Voting Party with respect to any Other Designee in their sole discretion.

iv.    one of whom (the “CEO Director”) shall be the individual serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and who is initially set forth on Exhibit 3(a) hereto.

b.    Decrease in Designees.

i.    Upon any decrease in the number of directors that the VG Holder or the CP Holder is entitled to designate for nomination to the Board, the VG Holder or the CP Holder, as applicable shall take all Necessary Action to cause the appropriate number of Designees to offer to tender their resignation, effective as of the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company. Any Designee resigning pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall be permitted to continue serving as a director until the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company.

ii.    If as a result of the provisions of Section 3(a)(i) or (ii) there are seats on the Board for which none of VG Holder or the CP Holder have the right to designate a director, the selection of such director shall be conducted in accordance with applicable law and with the Charter, by-laws of the Company, and the other corporate governance documents of the Company.

c.    Resignation; Removal; Vacancies.

i.    Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Board.

 

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ii.    (A) VG Holder shall have the exclusive right to remove one or more of the VG Designees from the Board, and the Company and the Voting Parties shall take all Necessary Action to cause the removal of any such VG Designee(s) at the written request of VG Holder and (B) VG Holder shall have the exclusive right, in accordance with Subsection 3(a)(i), to designate directors for election to the Board to fill vacancies created by reason of death, removal or resignation of VG Designees, and the Company and the Voting Parties shall take all Necessary Action to cause any such vacancies to be filled by replacement VG Designees as promptly as reasonably practicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Subsection 3(c)(ii), VG Holder shall not have the right to designate a replacement VG Designee, and the Company and the Voting Parties shall not be required to take any action to cause any vacancy to be filled by any such VG Designee, to the extent that election or appointment of such VG Designee to the Board would result in a number of directors designated by VG Holder in excess of the number of directors that VG Holder is then entitled to designate for membership on the Board pursuant to this Agreement.

iii.    (A) The CP Holder shall have the exclusive right to remove one or more of the CP Designees from the Board, and the Company and the Voting Parties shall take all Necessary Action to cause the removal of any such CP Designee(s) at the written request of the CP Holder and (B) the CP Holder shall have the exclusive right, in accordance with Subsection 3(a)(ii), to designate directors for election to the Board to fill vacancies created by reason of death, removal or resignation of CP Designees, and the Company and the Voting Parties shall take all Necessary Action to cause any such vacancies to be filled by replacement CP Designees as promptly as reasonably practicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Subsection 3(c)(iii), the CP Holder shall not have the right to designate a replacement CP Designee, and the Company and the Voting Parties shall not be required to take any action to cause any vacancy to be filled by any such CP Designee, to the extent that election or appointment of such CP Designee to the Board would result in a number of directors designated by CP Holder in excess of the number of directors that CP Holder is then entitled to designate for membership on the Board pursuant to this Agreement.

iv.    (A) Until the earlier of the Sunset Date and the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, VG Holder shall take no action to cause the removal of one or more of the Other Designees and (B) until the Sunset Date, VG Holder must consult and discuss with the other directors of the Company before undertaking any action to cause the removal of one or more of the Other Designees.

v.    If at any time a Person serving as the CEO Director ceases to be the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, the Company and each Voting Party shall take all Necessary Action to cause the removal of such Person as the CEO Director and, at such time as a succeeding Chief Executive Officer is appointed by the Board, the appointment or election of such Person as the CEO Director.

d.    Committees.

i.    In accordance with the Charter, by-laws, and other corporate governance documents of the Company, the Board may from time to time by vote or resolution establish and maintain one or more committees of the Board, each committee to consist of one or more Designees. Subject to applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and applicable listing requirements, VG Holder and the CP Holder shall each, severally, have the right to have one VG Designee and CP Designee, respectively, appointed to serve on each committee of the Board for so long as the VG Holder or the CP Holder, as applicable, has the right to designate at least two directors for election to the Board. The Voting Parties and the Company shall take all Necessary Action to cause the initial composition of certain committees of the Board to be agreed between VG Holder, CP Holder and the Company. The Board may dissolve any committee or remove any member of a committee at any time, provided that, (x) for so long as VG Holder has the right to designate at least two directors for election to the Board, following any such removal, VG Holder shall have the right to maintain at least one VG Designee serving on such committee and (y) for so long as CP Holder has the right to designate at least two directors for election to the Board, following any such removal, CP Holder shall have the right to maintain at least one CP Designee serving on such committee.

 

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ii.    Subject to applicable laws and stock exchange regulations and applicable listing requirements, each of the VG Holder and the CP Holder shall also have the right to appoint one observer (a “Board Observer”) to attend any meeting of the Board for so long as the VG Holder or the CP Holder, as applicable, has the right to designate at least one director for nomination under this Agreement. Any meeting of the Board may exclude a Board Observer from access to any meeting materials or information or meeting or portion thereof or written consent if the Board determines, in good faith, that (i) such exclusion is reasonably necessary to protect highly confidential proprietary information of the Company or confidential proprietary information of third parties that the Company is required to hold in confidence or (ii) such access would reasonably be expected to result in a conflict of interest with the Company; provided, that such exclusion shall be limited to the portion of the meeting materials or information or meeting or written consent that is the basis for such exclusion and shall not extend to any portion of the meeting materials or information or meeting or written consent that does not involve or pertain to such exclusion.

e.    Chairperson. For so long as CP Holder is entitled to designate at least one director for election to the Board in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Voting Parties and the Company shall take all Necessary Action to cause the initial Chairperson of the Board to be Chamath Palihapitiya. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, at such time as VG Holder identifies and nominates a permanent Chairperson, who is reasonably acceptable to CP Holder and whom the Board determines qualifies as an “independent director” under stock exchange regulations applicable to the Company (the “New Designee”), (i) Chamath Palihapitiya shall resign from the role of Chairperson, (ii) one Other Designee shall resign from the Board, with the identity of such resigning Other Designee being determined by the Board (provided that Chamath Palihapitiya shall remain on the Board), and (iii) the New Designee shall become the Chairperson and replace the resigning Other Designee. The Company and the Voting Parties shall take all Necessary Action to cause the actions set forth in the preceding sentence.

f.    Voting. Each of the Company and the Voting Parties agree not to take, directly or indirectly, any actions (including removing directors in a manner inconsistent with this Agreement) that would frustrate, obstruct or otherwise affect the provisions of this Agreement and the intention of the parties hereto with respect to the composition of the Board as herein stated. Each Voting Party, to the extent not prohibited by the Charter, shall vote all Voting Shares held by such Voting Party in such manner as may be necessary to elect and/or maintain in office as members of the Board those individuals designated in accordance with this Section 3 and to otherwise effect the intent of the provisions of this Agreement.

4.    Required Approvals.

a.    From the date of this Agreement for so long as VG Holder is entitled to designate at least one director to the Board pursuant to Subsection 3(a)(i), in addition to any vote or consent of the Board or the stockholders of the Company required by applicable law, the Charter or by-laws of the Company, the Board may not approve, or cause the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to approve, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries may take, any action set forth on Exhibit 4(a) (whether directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, recapitalization, consolidation or otherwise), other than as explicitly contemplated by this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, without the prior written consent of VG Holder.

b.    From the date of this Agreement for so long as VG Holder is entitled to designate at least two directors to the Board pursuant to Subsection 3(a)(i), in addition to any vote or consent of the Board or the stockholders of the Company required by applicable law, the Charter or by-laws of the Company, the Board may not approve, or cause the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to approve, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries may take, any action set forth on Exhibit 4(b) (whether directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, recapitalization, consolidation or otherwise), other than as explicitly contemplated by this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, without the prior written consent of VG Holder.

c.    Until the Sunset Date, except as set forth on Exhibit 4(c), in addition to any vote or consent of the Board or the stockholders of the Company required by applicable law, the Charter or by-laws of the Company,

 

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the Board may not approve, or cause the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to approve any transaction (excluding transactions involving consideration less than $120,000) between an Interested Stockholder, on the one hand, and the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, on the other, without the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the directors of the Company that are not VG Designees.

d.    Until the Sunset Date, the VG Holder will first consult and discuss with the Board before (i) adopting, amending or repealing, in whole or in part, the Charter or by-laws of the Company and (ii) taking any action by written consent as a stockholder of the Company.

5.    Controlled Company.

a.    The Voting Parties agree and acknowledge that:

i.    by virtue of this Agreement, from and after the date hereof, they are acting as a “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act for the purpose of causing the Company to continue to qualify as a “controlled company” under Section 303A of the NYSE Listed Company Manual; and

ii.    by virtue of the combined voting power of the Voting Parties of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the shares of capital stock of the Company outstanding as of the date hereof, the Company will, as of the date hereof, qualify as a “controlled company” within the meaning of Section 303A of the NYSE Listed Company Manual.

b.    From and after the date hereof, the Company agrees and acknowledges that, unless otherwise agreed by VG Holder, it shall elect, to the extent permitted under the NYSE Listed Company Manual, to be treated as a “controlled company” within the meaning of Section 303A of the NYSE Listed Company Manual.

6.    Representations and Warranties of each Voting Party. Each Voting Party on its own behalf hereby represents and warrants to the Company and the other Voting Party, severally and not jointly, with respect to such Voting Party and such Voting Party’s ownership of his, her or its Voting Shares set forth on Annex A, as of the date of this Agreement, as follows:

a.    Organization; Authority. If Voting Party is a legal entity, Voting Party (i) is duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and (ii) has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. If Voting Party is a natural person, Voting Party has the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement and perform his or her obligations hereunder. If Voting Party is a legal entity, this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Voting Party. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Voting Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

b.    No Consent. Except as provided in this Agreement, no consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person on the part of Voting Party is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, except where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or to make such designations, declarations or filings would not materially interfere with a Voting Party’s ability to perform his, her or its obligations pursuant to this Agreement. If Voting Party is a natural person, no consent of such Voting Party’s spouse is necessary under any “community property” or other laws for the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the performance of Voting Party’s obligations hereunder. If Voting Party is a trust, no consent of any beneficiary is required for the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

c.    No Conflicts; Litigation. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance with the terms hereof, will (A) if such

 

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Voting Party is a legal entity, conflict with or violate any provision of the organizational documents of Voting Party, or (B) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under any provision of, any trust agreement, loan or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease or other agreement, instrument, permit, concession, franchise, license, judgment, order, notice, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to Voting Party or to Voting Party’s property or assets, except, in the case of clause (B), that would not reasonably be expected to impair, individually or in the aggregate, Voting Party’s ability to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of a Voting Party, threatened, against such Voting Party or any of Voting Party’s Affiliates or any of their respective assets or properties that would materially interfere with such Voting Party’s ability to perform his, her or its obligations pursuant to this Agreement or that would reasonably be expected to prevent, enjoin, alter or delay any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

d.    Ownership of Shares. Voting Party Beneficially Owns his, her or its Voting Shares free and clear of all Encumbrances. Except pursuant to this Agreement, the Merger Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, there are no options, warrants or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character to which Voting Party is a party relating to the pledge, acquisition, disposition, Transfer or voting of Voting Shares and there are no voting trusts or voting agreements with respect to the Voting Shares. Voting Party does not Beneficially Own (i) any shares of capital stock of the Company other than the Voting Shares set forth on Annex A and (ii) any options, warrants or other rights to acquire any additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any security exercisable for or convertible into shares of capital stock of the Company, other than as set forth on Annex A (collectively, “Options”).

7.    Covenants of the Company.

a.    The Company shall: (i) take any and all action reasonably necessary to effect the provisions of this Agreement and the intention of the parties with respect to the terms of this Agreement; (ii) not take any action that would reasonably be expected to adversely frustrate, obstruct or otherwise affect the rights of the VG Holder under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the VG Holder; and (iii) not take any action that would reasonably be expected to adversely frustrate, obstruct or otherwise affect the rights of the CP Holder under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the CP Holder.

b.    The Company shall (i) purchase and maintain in effect at all times directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in an amount and pursuant to terms determined by the Board to be reasonable and customary, (ii) for long as any director nominated pursuant to this Agreement serves as a director on the Board, maintain such coverage with respect to such director, and (iii) cause the Charter and by-laws of the Company (each as may be further amended, modified and/or supplemented) to at all times provide for the indemnification, exculpation and advancement of expenses of all directors of the Company to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law; provided, that upon removal or resignation of any director for any reason, the Company shall take all actions reasonable necessary to extend such directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for a period of not less than six (6) years from any such event in respect of any act or omission occurring at or prior to such event.

c.    The Company shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the directors in connection with the performance of his or her duties as a director/observer and in connection with his or her attendance at any meeting of the Board. The Company shall enter into customary indemnification agreements with each director and officer of the Company from time to time.

8.    No Other Voting Trusts or Other Arrangement. Each Voting Party shall not, and shall not permit any entity under Voting Party’s control to (i) deposit any Voting Shares or any interest in any Voting Shares in a voting trust, voting agreement or similar agreement, (ii) grant any proxies, consent or power of attorney or other authorization or consent with respect to any of the Voting Shares or (iii) subject any of the Voting Shares to any arrangement with respect to the voting of the Voting Shares, in each case, that conflicts with or prevents the implementation of this Agreement.

 

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9.    Additional Shares. Each Voting Party agrees that all securities of the Company that may vote in the election of the Company’s directors that such Voting Party purchases, acquires the right to vote or otherwise acquires Beneficial Ownership of (including by the exercise or conversion of any security exercisable or convertible for shares of Common Stock) after the execution of this Agreement shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement and shall constitute Voting Shares for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the CP Shares shall not be included as Voting Shares for purposes of Section 3(a)(ii).

10.    No Agreement as Director or Officer. Voting Party is signing this Agreement solely in his, her or its capacity as a stockholder of the Company. No Voting Party makes any agreement or understanding in this Agreement in such Voting Party’s capacity as a director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (if Voting Party holds such office). Nothing in this Agreement will limit or affect any actions or omissions taken by a Voting Party in his, her or its capacity as a director or officer of the Company, and no actions or omissions taken in such Voting Party’s capacity as a director or officer shall be deemed a breach of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement will be construed to prohibit, limit or restrict a Voting Party from exercising his or her fiduciary duties as an officer or director to the Company or its stockholders.

11.    Specific Enforcement. It is agreed and understood that monetary damages would not adequately compensate an injured party for the breach of this Agreement by any party hereto and, accordingly, that this Agreement shall be specifically enforceable, in addition to any other remedy to which such injured party is entitled at law or in equity, and that any breach of this Agreement shall be the proper subject of a temporary or permanent injunction or restraining order. Further, each party hereto waives any claim or defense that there is an adequate remedy at law for such breach or threatened breach or an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity and agrees that a party’s rights would be materially and adversely affected if the obligations of the other parties under this Agreement were not carried out in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Each party further agrees that no party shall be required to obtain, furnish or post any bond or similar instrument in connection with or as a condition to obtain any remedy referred to in this Section 11, and each party irrevocably waives any right it may have to require the obtaining, furnishing or posting of any such bond or similar instrument.

12.    Termination. Following the Closing, (a) Sections 2, 3, 4, and 7 of this Agreement shall terminate automatically (without any action by any party hereto) on the first date on which no Voting Party has the right to designate a director to the Board under this Agreement; provided, that the provisions in Section 7(b) shall survive such termination; (b) Section 5 of this Agreement shall terminate automatically (without any action by any party hereto) on the first date on which the combined voting power of the Voting Parties no longer exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the Company then outstanding and (c) the remainder of this Agreement shall terminate automatically (without any action by any party hereto) as to each Voting Party when such Voting Party ceases to Beneficially Own any Voting Shares.

13.    Amendments and Waivers. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed by the Company, the VG Holder and the CP Holder. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

14.    Stock Splits, Stock Dividends, etc. In the event of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization or the like, any securities issued with respect to Voting Shares held by Voting Parties shall become Voting Shares for purposes of this Agreement. During the term of this Agreement, all dividends and distributions payable in cash with respect to the Voting Shares shall be paid, as applicable, to each of the undersigned Voting Parties and all dividends and distributions payable in Common Stock or other equity or securities convertible into equity with respect to the Voting Shares shall be paid, as applicable, to each of the

 

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undersigned Voting Parties, but all dividends and distributions payable in Common Stock or other equity or securities convertible into equity shall become Voting Shares for purposes of this Agreement.

15.    Assignment.

a.    Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, duties, interests or obligations of the Company hereunder shall be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part.

b.    Prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, no Voting Party may assign or delegate such Voting Party’s rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, except in connection with a transfer of Voting Shares by such Voting Party to a Permitted Transferee in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement and this Section 15; provided, that, with respect to VG Holder and CP Holder, the rights hereunder that are personal to VG Holder and CP Holder, as applicable, may not be assigned or delegated in whole or in part, except that (i) VG Holder and CP Holder shall be permitted to transfer rights hereunder as VG Holder and CP Holder to one or more Affiliates or any direct or indirect partners, members or equity holders of VG Holder and CP Holder, respectively, (each, a “Transferee”) and (ii) VG Holder and CP Holder shall be permitted to designate any Transferee as “VG Holder” or “CP Holder”, as applicable, for purposes of this Agreement as if such Transferee were an initial signatory hereto (provided, for purposes of this clause (ii), that any such designated Transferee of the CP Holder is controlled by Chamath Palihapitiya).

c.    This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall, subject to Section 15(b), inure to the benefit of, shall be enforceable by and shall be binding upon the respective assigns and successors in interest of the Voting Parties, including with respect to any of such Voting Party’s Voting Shares that are transferred to a Permitted Transferee in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.

d.    No assignment in accordance with this Section 15 by any party hereto (including pursuant to a transfer of any Voting Party’s Voting Shares) of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company or any other party hereto unless and until each of the other parties hereto shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section 22 and (ii) the executed written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to each of the other parties hereto, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement) as fully as if it were an initial signatory hereto. Each Voting Party shall not permit the transfer of any such Voting Party’s Voting Shares to a Permitted Transferee unless and until the person to whom such securities are to be transferred has executed a written agreement as provided in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence.

e.    Any transfer or assignment made other than as provided in this Section 15 shall be null and void.

f.    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of determining the number of shares of capital stock of the Company held by VG Holder, on the one hand, and SCH Holder and CP Holder, on the other hand, respectively, the aggregate number of shares so held by VG Holder and SCH Holder and CP Holder, respectively, shall include any shares of capital stock of the Company transferred or assigned to a Permitted Transferee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 15; provided, that any such Permitted Transferee has executed a written agreement agreeing to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by Section 15(d) above, including agreeing to vote or cause to be voted the Voting Shares Beneficially Owned by such Permitted Transferee as required of a Voting Party hereunder.

16.    Other Rights. Except as provided by this Agreement, each Voting Party shall retain the full rights of a holder of shares of capital stock of the Company with respect to the Voting Shares, including the right to vote the Voting Shares subject to this Agreement.

17.    Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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18.    Governing Law. This Agreement, the rights and duties of the parties hereto, any disputes (whether in contract, tort or statute), and the legal relations between the parties arising hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without reference to its conflicts of laws provisions.

19.    Jurisdiction. Any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement shall be brought against any of the parties in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware or any Delaware state court located in Wilmington, Delaware, and each of the parties hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such court (and of the appropriate appellate courts) in any such suit, action or proceeding and waives any objection to venue laid therein. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court.

20.    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

21.    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

22.    Notices. Any notices provided pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and given by (i) deposit in the United States mail, addressed to the party to be notified, postage prepaid and registered or certified with return receipt requested, (ii) delivery in person or by courier service providing evidence of delivery, or (iii) transmission by electronic mail. Notices provided pursuant to this Agreement shall be provided, (x) if to the Company, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, (y) if to any other party hereto, to the address or email address, as applicable, of such party set forth on Annex A hereto, or (z) to any other address or email address, as a party designates in writing to the other parties in accordance with this Section 22.

23.    Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties, and supersedes any prior agreement or understanding among the parties, with regard to the subject matter hereof, and no party shall be liable or bound to any other party in any manner by any warranties, representations or covenants except as specifically set forth herein.

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

 

THE COMPANY:

VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

/s/ George Whitesides

Name:   George Whitesides
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Stockholders’ Agreement]

 

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VG HOLDER
VIECO USA, INC.
By:  

/s/ Evan Lovell

Name:   Evan Lovell
Title:   President

[Signature Page to Stockholders’ Agreement]

 

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SCH HOLDER
SCH SPONSOR CORP.
By:  

/s/ Chamath Palihapitiya

Name:   Chamath Palihapitiya
Title:   Chairman and CEO

 

CP HOLDER
CP HOLDER
By:  

/s/ Chamath Palihapitiya

Name:   Chamath Palihapitiya
Title:   Chairman and CEO

[Signature Page to Stockholders’ Agreement]

 

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Annex A

Voting Shares

 

Holder

  

Address

   Shares
of
Common
Stock
   Warrants    Options    Other Equity
Securities/Rights
to Acquire Equity
Securities
Vieco USA, Inc.   

Vieco USA, Inc.

c/o Vieco 10 Limited

Craigmuir Chambers

PO Box 71

Road Town

Tortola

British Virgin Islands

Email:vghl@harneys.com

 

with copies to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Virgin Management USA, Inc.

65 Bleecker Street, 6th Floor

New York, NY 10012

Attention: James Cahillane, General Counsel

Email: James.Cahillane@virgin.com

 

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attention: Josh Dubofsky

                 Justin G. Hamill

                 Charles K. Ruck

Email:  josh.dubofsky@lw.com

             justin.hamill@lw.com

             charles.ruck@lw.com

           
SCH Sponsor Corp.               

Chamath Palihapitiya

              

 

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Exhibit 3(a)

Initial Designees

 

1.

VG Designees shall initially be Craig Kreeger, Evan Lovell and George Mattson.

 

2.

CP Designees shall initially be Chamath Palihapitiya and Adam Bain. Mr. Palihapitiya shall also initially serve as the Chairperson.

 

3.

Other Designees shall initially be Wanda Austin and James Ryans.

 

4.

CEO Director shall initially be George Whitesides.

 

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Exhibit 4(a)

List of Matters for Required Approvals

 

1.

Sale or any merger, consolidation, purchase of an equity interest, tender offer, exchange offer, other secondary acquisition, business combination or similar transaction to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (in one transaction or a series of related transactions);

 

2.

Amendment, modification or waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, any provision of the Charter or by-laws of the Company or any organizational or governing document of any of the Subsidiaries of the Company;

 

3.

Liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or causing any voluntary bankruptcy or related actions with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or

 

4.

Issuance or sale of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or securities convertible into or exercisable for any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of 5% of the then-issued and outstanding shares of capital of the Company, other than issuances of shares of capital stock upon the exercise of options to purchase shares of capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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Exhibit 4(b)

List of Matters for Required Approvals

 

1.

Sale or any merger, consolidation, purchase of an equity interest, tender offer, exchange offer, other secondary acquisition, business combination or similar transaction to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (in one transaction or a series of related transactions), having a fair market value of $10,000,000 or more;

 

2.

Non-ordinary course sale, exchange, transfer, lease, disposition, surrender or abandonment of any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (in one transaction or a series of related transactions), including any equity interest in any Subsidiary of the Company, having a fair market value of $10,000,000 or more;

 

3.

Acquisition of the business or assets (to the extent such acquisition of assets is non-ordinary course) of any other entity (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) having a fair market value of $10,000,000 or more;

 

4.

Acquisition of an equity interest in any other entity, by merger, purchase of equity interests or otherwise (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) having a fair market value of $10,000,000 or more, other than the incorporation, formation, establishment or similar by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of a new wholly owned Subsidiary thereof;

 

5.

Engagement by the Company or its Subsidiaries (but not the Board of Directors or any committee thereof) of any professional advisers, including, without limitation, investment bankers and financial advisers, for any matters set forth in this Exhibit 4(b);

 

6.

Approval of any non-ordinary course investment (including capital contribution) or expenditure or execution of any agreement reasonably likely to result in costs and expenses (in one transaction or contract or a series of related transactions or contracts) having a fair market value of $10,000,000 or more (other than any investment or expenditure expressly contemplated by the annual operating budget of the Company then in effect);

 

7.

Increase or decrease the size of the Board;

 

8.

Issuance or sale of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or securities convertible into or exercisable for any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than issuances of shares of capital stock upon the exercise of options to purchase shares of capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with their respective terms;

 

9.

(A) making of any dividends or other distributions to the stockholders of the Company or (B) other than (i) redemptions made pursuant to any Acquiror Share Redemptions or (ii) any redemptions, repurchases, acquisitions or similar transactions of equity securities in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the cessation of employment or service of a Person at a price no less than the then-current fair market value thereof and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the underlying applicable purchase, grant, award or other documentation approved by the Board, any redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of (x) shares of capital stock of the Company by the Company or (y) any shares of capital stock or other equity securities in any Subsidiary of the Company by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof (other than acquisitions or equity securities of a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company by the Company or another direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company);

 

10.

(A) incurrence of indebtedness or guarantee of indebtedness of any third party other than the incurrence of indebtedness (i) pursuant to ordinary course trade payables or (ii) in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 in aggregate principal amount in a single transaction or $100,000,000 in aggregate consolidated indebtedness for the Company, (B) amendment of the material terms of any indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (C) refinance of indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

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11.

Amendment, modification or waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, any provision of the Charter or by-laws of the Company or any organizational or governing document of any of the Subsidiaries of the Company;

 

12.

Liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or causing any voluntary bankruptcy or related actions with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

13.

Entry into of a “related party transaction” under Item 404 of Regulation S-K; or

 

14.

Authorization or approval, or entrance into any agreement to do any of the foregoing.

 

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Exhibit 4(c)

Interested Stockholder Transactions

Any transactions contemplated or permitted by the following:

 

1.

Registration Rights Agreement (as defined in the Merger Agreement)

 

2.

Transition Services Agreements (as defined in the Merger Agreement)

 

3.

TMLA (as defined in the Merger Agreement)

 

4.

Richard Branson and up to three (3) other individuals of his choice shall be permitted as passengers on the Company’s first commercial space flight, in each case, without any obligation to purchase tickets or otherwise pay for such flight.

 

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Exhibit 10.10

AMENDED AND RESTATED

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement), dated as of October 25, 2019, is made and entered into by and among Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) (formerly known as Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares prior to its domestication as a Delaware corporation), SCH Sponsor Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Sponsor”), Vieco USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “VG Stockholder”), and Chamath Palihapitiya (“CP Stockholder” and, together with the Sponsor, the VG Stockholder and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.2 or Section 6.10 of this Agreement, a “Holder” and collectively the “Holders”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Sponsor are party to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2017 (the “Original RRA”);

WHEREAS, the Company has entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 9, 2019, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 2, 2019 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, the VG Stockholder and the other parties thereto;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the VG Stockholder will receive shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Holders desire to amend and restate the Original RRA in its entirety and enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which the Company shall grant the Holders certain registration rights with respect to certain securities of the Company, as set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1    Definitions. The terms defined in this Article I shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:

Additional Holder” shall have the meaning given in Section 6.10.

Additional Holder Common Stock” shall have the meaning given in Section 6.10.

Adverse Disclosure” shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, after consultation with counsel to the Company, (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, (ii) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, declared effective or used, as the case may be, and (iii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public.

 

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Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

Block Trade” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.4.1.

Closing” shall have the meaning given in the Merger Agreement.

Closing Date” shall have the meaning given in the Merger Agreement.

Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Common Stock” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Company” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto and includes the Company’s successors by recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization or similar transaction.

Competing Registration Rights” shall have the meaning given in Section 6.7.

CP Shares” shall have the meaning given in the Purchase Agreement, dated July 9, 2019, among the Company, Chamath Palihapitiya and the VG Stockholder.

CP Stockholder” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

Demanding Holder” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.4.

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

Form S-1 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.1.

Form S-3 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.1.

Holder Information” shall have the meaning given in Section 4.1.2.

Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto, for so long as such person or entity holds any Registrable Securities.

Joinder” shall have the meaning given in Section 6.10.

Lock-up” shall have the meaning given in Section 5.1.

Lock-up Period” shall mean the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is two years after the Closing Date.

Lock-up Shares” shall mean (a) with respect to the Sponsor and its Permitted Transferees, the shares of Common Stock held by the Sponsor immediately following the Closing and (b) with respect to the VG Stockholder and its Permitted Transferees, the shares of Common Stock received by the VG Stockholder pursuant to the Merger Agreement; provided that the Lock-up Shares shall not include the CP Shares.

Maximum Number of Securities” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.5.

Merger Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Minimum Takedown Threshold” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.4.

 

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Misstatement” shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or necessary to make the statements in a Registration Statement or Prospectus (in the case of a Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

Original RRA” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Permitted Transferees” shall mean any person or entity to whom a Holder of Registrable Securities is permitted to transfer such Registrable Securities prior to the expiration of the Lock-up Period pursuant to Section 5.2.

Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2.1.

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

Registrable Security” shall mean (a) any outstanding shares of Common Stock or any other equity security (including warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock and shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of any other equity security) of the Company held by a Holder immediately following the Closing (including any securities distributable pursuant to the Merger Agreement), (b) any outstanding shares of Common Stock or any other equity security (including warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock and shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of any other equity security) of the Company acquired by a Holder following the date hereof to the extent that such securities are “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) or are otherwise held by an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company, (c) any Additional Holder Common Stock, and (d) any other equity security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries issued or issuable with respect to any securities referenced in clause (a), (b) or (c) above by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization or similar transaction; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Security, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of: (A) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement by the applicable Holder; (B) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for such securities not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (C) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; (D) such securities may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 or any successor rule promulgated under the Securities Act (but with no volume or other restrictions or limitations including as to manner or timing of sale); and (E) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction.

Registration” shall mean a registration, including any related Shelf Takedown, effected by preparing and filing a registration statement, prospectus or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.

Registration Expenses” shall mean the expenses of a Registration, including, without limitation, the following:

(A)    all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.) and any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed;

(B)    fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of outside counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);

 

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(C)    printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;

(D)    reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

(E)    reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration; and

(F)    reasonable fees and expenses of one (1) legal counsel selected by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders in an Underwritten Offering.

Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement that covers Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

Requesting Holders” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.5.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

Shelf” shall mean the Form S-1 Shelf, the Form S-3 Shelf or any Subsequent Shelf Registration, as the case may be.

Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration of securities pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Commission in accordance with and pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect).

Shelf Takedown shall mean an Underwritten Shelf Takedown or any proposed transfer or sale using a Registration Statement, including a Piggyback Registration.

Sponsor shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

Subsequent Shelf Registration” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.2.

Transfer” shall mean the (a) sale of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to, any security, (b) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (c) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or (b).

Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.

Underwritten Shelf Takedown” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.4.

VG Stockholder” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

Withdrawal Notice” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.6.

 

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ARTICLE II

REGISTRATIONS AND OFFERINGS

2.1    Shelf Registration.

2.1.1    Filing. The Company shall file and cause to be effective within 180 days of the Closing Date, a Registration Statement for a Shelf Registration on Form S-3 (the “Form S-3 Shelf”) or, if the Company is ineligible to use a Form S-3 Shelf, a Registration Statement for a Shelf Registration on Form S-1 (the “Form S-1 Shelf”), in each case, covering the resale of all the Registrable Securities (determined as of two business days prior to such filing) on a delayed or continuous basis. Such Shelf shall provide for the resale of the Registrable Securities included therein pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Holder named therein. The Company shall maintain a Shelf in accordance with the terms hereof, and shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements as may be necessary to keep a Shelf continuously effective, available for use and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. In the event the Company files a Form S-1 Shelf, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to convert the Form S-1 Shelf (and any Subsequent Shelf Registration) to a Form S-3 Shelf as soon as practicable after the Company is eligible to use Form S-3.

2.1.2    Subsequent Shelf Registration. If any Shelf ceases to be effective under the Securities Act for any reason at any time while Registrable Securities are still outstanding, the Company shall, subject to Section 3.4, use its commercially reasonable efforts to as promptly as is reasonably practicable cause such Shelf to again become effective under the Securities Act (including obtaining the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf), and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as promptly as is reasonably practicable amend such Shelf in a manner reasonably expected to result in the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf or file an additional registration statement as a Shelf Registration (a “Subsequent Shelf Registration”) registering the resale of all Registrable Securities (determined as of two business days prior to such filing), and pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Holder named therein. If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause such Subsequent Shelf Registration to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable after the filing thereof (it being agreed that the Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) if the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) at the most recent applicable eligibility determination date) and (ii) keep such Subsequent Shelf Registration continuously effective, available for use and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. Any such Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be on Form S-3 to the extent that the Company is eligible to use such form. Otherwise, such Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be on another appropriate form.

2.1.3    Additional Registerable Securities. In the event that any Holder holds Registrable Securities that are not registered for resale on a delayed or continuous basis, the Company, upon request of the VG Stockholder, on the one hand, or the Sponsor or the CP Stockholder, on the other hand, shall promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the resale of such Registrable Securities to be covered by either, at the Company’s option, the Shelf (including by means of a post-effective amendment) or a Subsequent Shelf Registration and cause the same to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing and such Shelf or Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be subject to the terms hereof; provided, however, that the Company shall only be required to cause such Registrable Securities to be so covered twice per calendar year for each of the VG Stockholder, on the one hand, and the Sponsor and the CP Stockholder, on the other hand.

2.1.4    Requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns. At any time and from time to time when an effective Shelf is on file with the Commission, the Sponsor, the CP Stockholder or the VG Stockholder (any of the Sponsor, the CP Stockholder or the VG Stockholder being in such case, a “Demanding Holder”) may request

 

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to sell all or any portion of its Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering that is registered pursuant to the Shelf (each, an “Underwritten Shelf Takedown”); provided that the Company shall only be obligated to effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if such offering shall include Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by the Demanding Holder with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, $100 million (the “Minimum Takedown Threshold”). All requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns shall be made by giving written notice to the Company, which shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown. Subject to Section 2.4.4, the Company shall have the right to select the Underwriters for such offering (which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks), subject to the initial Demanding Holder’s prior approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Sponsor and the CP Stockholder, on the one hand, and the VG Stockholder, on the other hand, may each demand not more than two (2) Underwritten Shelf Takedowns pursuant to this Section 2.1.4 in any twelve (12) month period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company may effect any Underwritten Offering pursuant to any then effective Registration Statement, including a Form S-3, that is then available for such offering.

2.1.5    Reduction of Underwritten Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, in good faith, advises the Company, the Demanding Holders and the Holders requesting piggy back rights pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Underwritten Shelf Takedown (the “Requesting Holders”) (if any) in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) desire to sell, taken together with all other shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell and all other shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, that have been requested to be sold in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by any other stockholders, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, before including any shares of Common Stock or other equity securities proposed to be sold by Company or by other holders of Common Stock or other equity securities, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder and Requesting Holder (if any) has requested be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and Requesting Holders have requested be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

2.1.6    Withdrawal. Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating an Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall have the right to withdraw from such Underwritten Shelf Takedown for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification (a “Withdrawal Notice”) to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Shelf Takedown; provided that the Sponsor, the CP Stockholder or the VG Stockholder may elect to have the Company continue an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if the Minimum Takedown Threshold would still be satisfied by the Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown by the Sponsor, the CP Stockholder, the VG Stockholder or any of their respective Permitted Transferees, as applicable. If withdrawn, a demand for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall constitute a demand for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown for purposes of Section 2.1.4, unless either (i) the Demanding Holder has not previously withdrawn any Underwritten Shelf Takedown or (ii) the Holder reimburses the Company for all Registration Expenses with respect to such Underwritten Shelf Takedown; provided that, if the Sponsor, the CP Stockholder or the VG Stockholder elects to continue an Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence, such Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall instead count as an Underwritten Shelf Takedown demanded by the Sponsor, the CP Stockholder or the VG Stockholder, as applicable, for purposes of Section 2.1.4. Following the receipt of any Withdrawal Notice, the Company shall promptly forward such Withdrawal Notice to any other Holders that

 

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had elected to participate in such Shelf Takedown. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Shelf Takedown prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.1.6, other than if a Demanding Holder elects to pay such Registration Expenses pursuant to clause (ii) of the second sentence of this Section 2.1.6.

2.2    Piggyback Registration.

2.2.1    Piggyback Rights. Subject to Section 2.4.3, if the Company or any Holder proposes to conduct a registered offering of, or if the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Registration of, equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities, for its own account or for the account of stockholders of the Company (or by the Company and by the stockholders of the Company including, without limitation, an Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof), other than a Registration Statement (or any registered offering with respect thereto) (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company or (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed offering to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but not less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement or, in the case of an Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration, the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such offering, which notice shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, in such offering, and (B) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to include in such registered offering such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice (such registered offering, a “Piggyback Registration”). Subject to Section 2.2.2, the Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and, if applicable, shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of such Piggyback Registration to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this Section 2.2.1 to be included therein on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such registered offering and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The inclusion of any Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Piggyback Registration shall be subject to such Holder agreement to enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering.

2.2.2    Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Offering that is to be a Piggyback Registration, in good faith, advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (i) the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, (ii) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof, and (iii) the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:

(a)    If the Registration or registered offering is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering (A) first, the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their

 

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Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.2.1, pro rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Offering and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Holders have requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;

(b)    If the Registration or registered offering is pursuant to a request by persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering (A) first, the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.2.1, pro rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Offering and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Holders have requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and

(c)    If the Registration or registered offering is pursuant to a request by Holder(s) of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof, then the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering securities pursuant to Section 2.1.5.

2.2.3    Piggyback Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities (other than a Demanding Holder, whose right to withdrawal from an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, and related obligations, shall be governed by Section 2.1.6) shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw from such Piggyback Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Piggyback Registration or, in the case of a Piggyback Registration pursuant to a Shelf Registration, the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement with respect to such Piggyback Registration used for marketing such transaction. The Company (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a request for withdrawal by persons pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in connection with a Piggyback Registration (which, in no circumstance, shall include the Shelf) at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement (other than Section 2.1.6), the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.2.3.

2.2.4    Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, subject to Section 2.1.6, any Piggyback Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof shall not be counted as a demand for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown under Section 2.1.4 hereof.

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equity securities of the Company (other than those included in such offering pursuant to this Agreement), without the prior written consent of the Company, during the 90-day period beginning on the date of pricing of such offering, except in the event the Underwriters managing the offering otherwise agree by written consent. Each Holder agrees to execute a customary lock-up agreement in favor of the Underwriters to such effect (in each case on substantially the same terms and conditions as all such Holders).

2.4    Block Trades.

2.4.1    Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time when an effective Shelf is on file with the Commission, if a Demanding Holder wishes to engage in an underwritten registered offering not involving a “roadshow,” an offer commonly known as a “block trade” (a “Block Trade”), with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, either (x) $100 million or (y) all remaining Registrable Securities held by the Demanding Holder, then notwithstanding the time periods provided for in Section 2.1.4, such Demanding Holder only need to notify the Company of the Block Trade at least five (5) business days prior to the day such offering is to commence and the Company shall as expeditiously as possible use its commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate such Block Trade; provided that the Demanding Holders representing a majority of the Registrable Securities wishing to engage in the Block Trade shall use commercially reasonable efforts to work with the Company and any Underwriters prior to making such request in order to facilitate preparation of the registration statement, prospectus and other offering documentation related to the Block Trade.

2.4.2    Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used in connection with a Block Trade, a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating such Block Trade shall have the right to submit a Withdrawal Notice to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Block Trade. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a block trade prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.4.2.

2.4.3    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Section 2.2 hereof shall not apply to a Block Trade initiated by a Demanding Holder pursuant to this Agreement.

2.4.4    The Demanding Holder in a Block Trade shall have the right to select the Underwriters for such Block Trade (which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks).

ARTICLE III

COMPANY PROCEDURES

3.1    General Procedures. In connection with any Shelf and/or Shelf Takedown, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible:

3.1.1    prepare and file with the Commission as soon as practicable a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities;

3.1.2    prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be reasonably requested by any Holder that holds at least five (5) percent of the Registrable Securities registered on such Registration Statement or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

 

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

3.1.4    prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request (or provide evidence satisfactory to such Holders that the Registrable Securities are exempt from such registration or qualification) and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;

3.1.5    cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each national securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

3.1.6    provide a transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

3.1.7    advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued;

3.1.8    at least five (5) days prior to the filing of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus (or such shorter period of time as may be necessary in order to comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, as applicable), furnish a copy thereof to each seller of such Registrable Securities or its counsel (excluding any exhibits thereto and any filing made under the Exchange Act that is to be incorporated by reference therein);

3.1.9    notify the Holders at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section 3.4 hereof;

3.1.10    permit a representative of the Holders, the Underwriters, if any, and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriter to participate, at each such person’s own expense, in the preparation of the Registration Statement, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with the Registration; provided, however, that such representatives or Underwriters agree to confidentiality arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Company, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information;

 

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3.1.11    obtain a “cold comfort” letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Offering, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders;

3.1.12    on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, obtain an opinion, dated such date, of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the Holders, the placement agent or sales agent, if any, and the Underwriters, if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the Holders, placement agent, sales agent, or Underwriter may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions and negative assurance letters, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders;

3.1.13    in the event of any Underwritten Offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter of such offering;

3.1.14    make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor rule then in effect);

3.1.15    with respect to an Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.1.4, use its reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter in such Underwritten Offering; and

3.1.16    otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holders, in connection with such Registration.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to provide any documents or information to an Underwriter if such Underwriter has not then been named with respect to the applicable Underwritten Offering.

3.2    Registration Expenses. The Registration Expenses of all Registrations shall be borne by the Company. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters’ commissions and discounts, brokerage fees, Underwriter marketing costs and, other than as set forth in the definition of “Registration Expenses,” all reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders.

3.3    Requirements for Participation in Registration Statement Underwritten Offerings. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any Holder does not provide the Company with its requested Holder Information, the Company may exclude such Holder’s Registrable Securities from the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus if the Company determines, based on the advice of counsel, that such information is necessary to effect the registration and such Holder continues thereafter to withhold such information. No person may participate in any Underwritten Offering for equity securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration initiated by the Company hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. The exclusion of a Holder’s Registrable Securities as a result of this Section 3.3 shall not affect the registration of the other Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration.

3.4    Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure; Restrictions on Registration Rights.

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until it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement (it being understood that the Company hereby covenants to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as soon as practicable after the time of such notice), or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed.

3.4.2    Subject to Section 3.4.4, if the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of any Registration at any time would (a) require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, (b) require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Company’s control, or (c) in the good faith judgment of the majority of the Board such Registration, be seriously detrimental to the Company and the majority of the Board concludes as a result that it is essential to defer such filing, initial effectiveness or continued use at such time, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement for the shortest period of time determined in good faith by the Company to be necessary for such purpose. In the event the Company exercises its rights under this Section 3.4.2, the Holders agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to any Registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities.

3.4.3    Subject to Section 3.4.4, (a) during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date one hundred and twenty (120) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated Registration and provided that the Company continues to actively employ, in good faith, all reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the applicable Shelf Registration Statement, or (b) if, pursuant to Section 2.1.4, Holders have requested an Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the Company and Holders are unable to obtain the commitment of underwriters to firmly underwrite such offering, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay any other registered offering pursuant to Section 2.1.4 or 2.4.

3.4.4    The right to delay or suspend any filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3.4.2 or a registered offering pursuant to Section 3.4.3 shall be exercised by the Company, in the aggregate, not more than three (3) times in any twelve-month period, and any such delay or suspension shall last for no more than sixty (60) days.

3.5    Reporting Obligations. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, covenants to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish the Holders with true and complete copies of all such filings; provided that any documents publicly filed or furnished with the Commission pursuant to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System shall be deemed to have been furnished or delivered to the Holders pursuant to this Section 3.5. The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell shares of Common Stock held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect). Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

ARTICLE IV

INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

4.1    Indemnification.

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Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses (including without limitation reasonable outside attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. The Company shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to the indemnification of the Holder.

4.1.2    In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (the “Holder Information”) and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, its directors, officers and agents and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses (including without limitation reasonable outside attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers, directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.

4.1.3    Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

4.1.4    The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities. The Company and each Holder of Registrable Securities participating in an offering also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution to such party in the event the Company’s or such Holder’s indemnification is unavailable for any reason.

 

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4.1.5    If the indemnification provided under Section 4.1 hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder under this Section 4.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 4.1.5. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 4.1.5 from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

ARTICLE V

LOCK-UP

5.1    Lock-up. Subject to Sections 5.2 and 5.3, each Holder agrees that it, he or she shall not Transfer any Lock-up Shares until the end of the Lock-up Period (the “Lock-up”).

5.2    Permitted Transferees. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 5.1, any Holder or its Permitted Transferees may Transfer the Lock-up Shares during the Lock-up Period (a) to (i) the Company’s officers or directors, (ii) any affiliates or family members of the Company’s officers or directors, (iii) any direct or indirect partners, members or equity holders of the Sponsor or any related investment funds or vehicles controlled or managed by such persons or their respective affiliates, or (iv) any direct or indirect partners, members or equity holders of VG Stockholder, any affiliates of VG Stockholder or any related investment funds or vehicles controlled or managed by such persons or their respective affiliates; (b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of the individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family or an affiliate of such person, or to a charitable organization; (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (e) by virtue of the Sponsor’s memorandum and articles of association, as amended, upon dissolution of the Sponsor; (f) in connection with any bona fide mortgage, encumbrance or pledge to a financial institution in connection with any bona fide loan or debt transaction or enforcement thereunder; (g) to the Company; or (h) in connection with a liquidation, merger, stock exchange, reorganization, tender offer approved by the Board or a duly authorized committee thereof or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares Common Stock for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the Closing Date; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (a) through (e) these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement with the Company agreeing to be bound by the transfer restrictions in this Article V.

5.3    Permitted Transfers. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 5.1, in addition to any Transfer permitted pursuant to Sections 5.2, the VG Stockholder or its Permitted Transferees may Transfer Lock-up Shares during the Lock-up Period in an aggregate amount representing 50% of the shares of Common Stock

 

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received by the VG Stockholder pursuant to the Merger Agreement after giving effect to the Related Transactions (as defined in the Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, the Sponsor, the CP Stockholder and the VG Stockholder).

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

6.1    Notices. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be in writing and given by (i) deposit in the United States mail, addressed to the party to be notified, postage prepaid and registered or certified with return receipt requested, (ii) delivery in person or by courier service providing evidence of delivery, or (iii) transmission by hand delivery, electronic mail or facsimile. Each notice or communication that is mailed, delivered, or transmitted in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given, served, sent, and received, in the case of mailed notices, on the third business day following the date on which it is mailed and, in the case of notices delivered by courier service, hand delivery, electronic mail or facsimile, at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the delivery receipt or the affidavit of messenger) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed, if to the Company, to: 16555 Spaceship Landing Way, Mojave, CA 93501, and, if to any Holder, at such Holder’s address or facsimile number as set forth in the Company’s books and records. Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto, and such change of address shall become effective thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice as provided in this Section 6.1.

6.2    Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries.

6.2.1    This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part.

6.2.2    Prior to the expiration of the Lock-up Period to the extent applicable to such Holder, no Holder may assign or delegate such Holder’s rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, except in connection with a transfer of Registrable Securities by such Holder to a Permitted Transferee; provided, that, with respect to the VG Stockholder, the CP Stockholder and the Sponsor, the rights hereunder that are personal to the VG Stockholder, the CP Stockholder and the Sponsor, as applicable, may not be assigned or delegated in whole or in part, except that (x) the VG Stockholder shall be permitted to transfer its rights hereunder as the VG Stockholder to one or more affiliates or any direct or indirect partners, members or equity holders of the VG Stockholder (it being understood that no such transfer shall reduce any rights of the VG Stockholder or such transferees), (y) the CP Stockholder shall be permitted to transfer its rights hereunder as the CP Stockholder to one or more entities owned solely by Chamath Palihapitiya and/or his immediately family members and (z) the Sponsor shall be permitted to transfer its rights hereunder as the Sponsor to one or more affiliates or any direct or indirect partners, members or equity holders of the Sponsor (it being understood that no such transfer shall reduce any rights of the Sponsor or such transferees).

6.2.3    This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and its successors and the permitted assigns of the Holders, which shall include Permitted Transferees.

6.2.4    This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and Section 6.2 hereof.

6.2.5    No assignment by any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section 6.1 hereof and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement). Any transfer or assignment made other than as provided in this Section 6.2 shall be null and void.

 

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6.3    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including facsimile or PDF counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same instrument, but only one of which need be produced.

6.4    Governing Law; Venue. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PLACE WHERE THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED BY ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT (1) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS APPLIED TO AGREEMENTS AMONG NEW YORK RESIDENTS ENTERED INTO AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN NEW YORK AND (2) THE VENUE FOR ANY ACTION TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT IN NEW YORK COUNTY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK

6.5    TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND, THEREFORE, EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT TO ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

6.6    Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of (a) the Company and (b) the Holders of a majority of the total Registrable Securities, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof shall also require the written consent of the Sponsor so long as the Sponsor and its affiliates hold, in the aggregate, at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company; provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof shall also require the written consent of the CP Stockholder so long as the CP Stockholder and its affiliates hold, in the aggregate, at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company; provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof shall also require the written consent of the VG Stockholder so long as the VG Stockholder and its affiliates hold, in the aggregate, at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company; and provided, further, that any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of the shares of capital stock of the Company, in a manner that is materially different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Holder so affected. No course of dealing between any Holder or the Company and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or the Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.

6.7    Other Registration Rights. The Company represents and warrants that no person, other than a Holder of Registrable Securities, has any right to require the Company to register any securities of the Company for sale or to include such securities of the Company in any Registration Statement filed by the Company for the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of any other person. For so long as (a) the Sponsor and its affiliates hold, in the aggregate, at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company, the Company hereby agrees and covenants that it will not grant rights to register any Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) pursuant to the Securities Act that are more favorable, pari passu or senior to those granted to the Holders hereunder (such rights “Competing Registration Rights”) without the prior written consent of the Sponsor, (b) the CP Stockholder and its affiliates hold, in the aggregate, at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company, the Company hereby agrees and covenants that it will not grant Competing Registration Rights without the prior written consent of the CP Stockholder, and

 

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(c) the VG Stockholder and its affiliates hold, in the aggregate, at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company, the Company hereby agrees and covenants that it will not grant Competing Registration Rights without the prior written consent of the VG Stockholder. Further, the Company represents and warrants that this Agreement supersedes any other registration rights agreement or agreement with similar terms and conditions and in the event of a conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

6.8    Term. This Agreement shall terminate with respect to any Holder on the date that such Holder no longer holds any Registrable Securities. The provisions of Section 3.5 and Article IV shall survive any termination.

6.9    Holder Information. Each Holder agrees, if requested in writing, to represent to the Company the total number of Registrable Securities held by such Holder in order for the Company to make determinations hereunder.

6.10    Additional Holders; Joinder. In addition to Persons who may become Holders pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof, subject to the prior written consent of each of the Sponsor, VG Stockholder and the CP Stockholder (in each case, so long as such Person and its affiliates hold, in the aggregate, at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company), the Company may make any Person who acquires Common Stock or rights to acquire Common Stock after the date hereof a party to this Agreement (each such Person, an “Additional Holder”) by obtaining an executed joinder to this Agreement from such Additional Holder in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (a “Joinder”). Such Joinder shall specify the rights and obligations of the applicable Additional Holder under this Agreement. Upon the execution and delivery and subject to the terms of a Joinder by such Additional Holder, the Common Stock of the Company then owned, or underlying any rights then owned, by such Additional Holder (the “Additional Holder Common Stock”) shall be Registrable Securities to the extent provided herein and therein and such Additional Holder shall be a Holder under this Agreement with respect to such Additional Holder Common Stock.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.

a Delaware corporation

By:  

/s/ George Whitesides

 

Name: George Whitesides

Title: Chief Executive Officer

VG STOCKHOLDER:

Vieco USA, Inc.

a Delaware corporation

By:  

/s/ Evan Lovell

 

Name: Evan Lovell

Title: President

HOLDERS:

SCH Sponsor Corp.

a Cayman Islands exempted company

By:  

/s/ Chamath Palihapitiya

 

Name: Chamath Palihapitiya

Title: Chairman and CEO

CP Stockholder

By:  

/s/ Chamath Palihapitiya

 

Name: Chamath Palihapitiya

Title: Chairman and CEO

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement]

 

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Exhibit A

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT JOINDER

The undersigned is executing and delivering this joinder (this “Joinder”) pursuant to the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of [    ], 2019 (as the same may hereafter be amended, the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the other Persons named as parties therein. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder to the Company, and upon acceptance hereof by the Company upon the execution of a counterpart hereof, the undersigned hereby agrees to become a party to, to be bound by, and to comply with the Registration Rights Agreement as a Holder of Registrable Securities in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the Registration Rights Agreement, and the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock shall be included as Registrable Securities under the Registration Rights Agreement to the extent provided therein; provided however, that the undersigned and its permitted assigns (if any) shall not have any rights as a Holder, and the undersigned’s (and its transferees’) shares of Common Stock shall not be included as Registrable Securities, for purposes of the Excluded Sections.

For purposes of this Joinder, “Excluded Sections” shall mean [                    ].

Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Joinder as of the             day of             , 20    .

 

 

Signature of Stockholder

 

Print Name of Stockholder
Its:  
Address:  

 

 

 

 

Agreed and Accepted as of

            , 20    

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.
By:  

 

Name:  
Its:  

 

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[***] Certain information in this document has been excluded pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item (601)(b)(10). Such excluded information is not material and would likely cause competitive harm to the registrant if publicly disclosed.

Exhibit 10.12

TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT

This TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of October 25, 2019 (the “Effective Date”) by and among TSC, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TSC”), Virgin Galactic, LLC a Delaware limited liability company (“VG”), Galactic Ventures LLC (“GV”) and Virgin Orbit, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“VO”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended from time to time) dated July 9, 2019, as amended on October 2, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. (which was renamed “Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.” prior to the consummation of the Mergers (as defined below)) (“Company”), Foundation Sub 1, Inc. (“Merger Sub A”), Foundation Sub 2, Inc. (“Merger Sub B”), Foundation Sub LLC, (“Merger Sub LLC”, and together with Merger Sub A and Merger Sub B, the “Merger Subs”), TSC Vehicle Holdings, Inc. (“TSCV”), Virgin Galactic Vehicle Holdings, Inc. (“VGVH”), VGH, LLC (“VGH”), Vieco 10 Limited (“V10”) and Vieco USA, Inc. (“VUSA”), the parties thereto have agreed, among other things, and in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, that, (i) Merger Sub A is to merge with and into TSCV, with TSCV continuing on as the surviving entity, (ii) Merger Sub B is to merge with and into VGVH, with VGVH continuing on as the surviving entity and (iii) Merger Sub LLC is to merge with and into VGH, with VGH continuing on as the surviving entity (collectively, the “Mergers”);

WHEREAS, prior to the Mergers, VO historically provided certain Services (as defined below) for VG and TSC, VG and TSC historically performed certain Services for VO and GV historically performed certain Services for VG and TSC as part of the same consolidated corporate group;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Mergers, VG and TSC are wholly-owned Subsidiaries of VG and are no longer members of the same consolidated corporate group with VO and GV;

WHEREAS, in order for the parties to continue to operate their respective businesses on and after the Closing, the parties have agreed to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which a party (the “Service Provider” as indicated on a Service Schedule) shall provide certain Services to another party (the “Recipient” as indicated on a Service Schedule) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, it is agreed by and among the parties as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS. The defined terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1 or as defined elsewhere in the Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement.

1.1Additional Services” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

 

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1.2Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person, whether through one or more intermediaries or otherwise. The term “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 securities, by contract or otherwise.

1.3Closing” means the consummation of the Merger Agreement as described therein.

1.4Confidential Information” means any and all technical and non-technical information that VG or TSC provides or makes available to VO or that VO provides or makes available to VG or TSC, whether in written, oral, graphic or electronic form, that is marked or otherwise identified at the time of disclosure as confidential or proprietary, or that would reasonably be deemed in the context of its disclosure to be confidential or proprietary, including, the pricing and other terms and conditions on which Services are provided hereunder, trade secrets, know-how, designs, schematics, bills of material, customer lists, vendor lists, employee and contractor information, techniques, processes, software, technical documentation, specifications, plans or any other information relating to any research project, work in process, future development, technology and product roadmaps, scientific, engineering, manufacturing, marketing or business plan or financial or personnel matter relating to the Disclosing Party, its present or future products, services, sales, suppliers, customers, employees, investors or business.

1.5Disclosing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

1.6Disputed Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.

1.7Facilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

1.8Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

1.9Force Majeure Event” means acts of God, fire, explosion, flood, earthquake, natural disaster, pandemic, epidemic, acts of war, terrorism, nuclear disasters, riots, embargoes, civil disorder, or any other similar event, to the extent that each such event is beyond the reasonable control of the party claiming relief under Section 13.12.

1.10GDPR” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.5.

1.11Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, provincial, municipal, local or foreign government, governmental authority, regulatory or administrative agency, governmental commission, department, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, court or tribunal.

1.12Governmental Order” means any order, judgment, injunction, decree, writ, stipulation, determination or award, in each case, entered by or with any Governmental Authority.

1.13GV Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.

1.14Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.

1.15Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.

 

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1.16Intellectual Property Rights” means any rights in or the following: (a) patents, patent applications, invention disclosures, and all related continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, reissues, re-examinations, substitutions, and extensions thereof; (b) registered and unregistered trademarks, logos, service marks, trade dress and trade names, pending applications therefor, internet domain names, together with the goodwill of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses symbolized by or associated with any of the foregoing; (c) registered and unregistered copyrights, and applications for registration of copyright, including such corresponding rights in software and other works of authorship; and (d) trade secrets, know-how, processes, and other confidential information or proprietary rights.

1.17Law” means any statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation or Governmental Order, in each case, of any Governmental Authority.

1.18Losses” means losses, costs, judgments, awards, settlements, liabilities, damages and other penalties (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs).

1.19Managers” means, collectively, the TSC Manager, the VG Manager and/or the VO Manager, as applicable.

1.20Omitted Services” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

1.21Pass-Through Expenses” means the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by a Service Provider in the provision of Services to the Recipient, which shall be chargeable to the Recipient (provided that the Service Provider may not incur such expenses without the Recipient’s prior consent if they are not specified in a Service Schedule), but not including, unless specified in a Service Schedule, any overhead costs, profits or other mark-ups.

1.22Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, Governmental Authority or instrumentality or other entity of any kind.

1.23Receiving Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

1.24Recipient” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals as a receiver of Services.

1.25Service” means a set of tasks that a Service Provider will perform for the Recipient as further specified in a Service Schedule, including any Additional Services agreed upon by the parties pursuant to Section 2.3.

1.26Service Personnel” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.

1.27Service Provider” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals as a provider of Services.

1.28Service Schedule” means the written statements attached hereto as Schedule A, specifying the Services to be performed by a party, the term of such Service (the “Service Period”), any applicable deliverables, any applicable Fees, any Pass-Through Expenses, any designated Service Personnel and any other mutually-agreed terms applicable to the specified Service.

 

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1.29Subcontractor” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.

1.30Subsidiary” means, with respect to a Person, a corporation or other entity of which more than 50% of the voting power of the equity securities or equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.

1.31Systems” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9.

1.32Third Party Claim” means any actions, suits, claims, proceedings or demands brought by any third party.

1.33TSC Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.

1.34VG Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

1.35VO Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.

2. SERVICES.

2.1 Services. During the Term, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and in consideration of the Recipient’s payment of fees in accordance with Section 5, the Service Provider shall provide the Recipient the Services specified in the applicable Service Schedule during the applicable Service Period. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Service Schedule, the Services shall be provided in a manner generally consistent with the manner, and with the same standard of care as, such Services were provided by the Service Provider during the twelve (12) months preceding the date of this Agreement. To the extent any of the provisions of a Service Schedule conflict with a provision of this Agreement, the provision of the Service Schedule shall prevail to the extent of such conflict. The Recipient acknowledges that the Service Provider may be providing similar services or services that involve the same resources as those used to provide the Services hereunder, to its internal organizations, its Affiliates, and third parties.

2.2 Omitted Services. If, within ninety (90) days following the Effective Date (or, for services that would not ordinarily occur within such period, on or before the date that is six (6) months from the Effective Date), a Recipient becomes aware of any service that has been provided to it in the ordinary course at any time during the twelve (12) month period prior to the Closing that is not reflected on Schedule A and was not terminated prior to the Effective Date by mutual agreement of the applicable parties (each such service, an “Omitted Service”), then the Recipient may notify the applicable Service Provider that such Omitted Service should be added to the applicable Service Schedule, the Omitted Service will become a “Service” under this Agreement, and the applicable Service Provider will resume provision of the same as soon as reasonably practicable. All costs of any Omitted Services shall be calculated and the relevant charges shall be paid by the Recipient in accordance with Section 5.1 on the same basis as the Fees.

2.3 Additional Services. From time to time after the Closing, the parties may identify additional services, which, upon mutual agreement, may be provided to a Recipient in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (the “Additional Services”). The applicable parties will execute and deliver an additional Service Schedule for each agreed-upon Additional Service setting forth a description of the Additional Service, the time period during which the Additional Service will be provided, the charge, if any, for the Additional Service and any other terms applicable thereto.

 

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2.4 Modification of Services.

(a) The parties acknowledge that the scope or characteristics of the Services may change during the Term. Without limiting a party’s rights under Section 11 and subject to Sections 2.3(b), and 2.3(c), no modification will be implemented in the absence of written agreement between the affected parties to adopt a change by creating an amendment to the applicable Service Schedule.

(b) If a Service Provider reasonably believes that there will be a material change in the nature, performance or cost of a Service as specified in a Service Schedule: (i) as a result of any change in Law; (ii) because of an action by a third party upon whom the Service Provider depends for the performance of the Service; (iii) because the Service Personnel specifically listed in the applicable Service Schedule will be unable or unavailable to perform the Service as a result of their obligation to perform duties for the Service Provider or their termination or resignation from the Service Provider; (iv) because a software, technology or Intellectual Property Rights license is expiring or additional licenses are required; or (v) because of the Service Provider’s evolving business needs, the Service Provider shall promptly notify the Recipient in writing, describing the proposed modification, including any changes in the fees, delivery schedule or other material terms of such Service. The written notice shall also include a written proposal with suggested mitigations for the impact on the Recipient. The applicable Managers shall thereafter promptly negotiate in good faith any required changes to the applicable Service Schedule to account for such change (using reasonable efforts to minimize the effect of the change on the Service, including on the nature, performance and cost of the affected Service) and execute and deliver an amended Service Schedule. If the applicable Managers cannot agree to an amendment thereto, the dispute shall be escalated in accordance with Section 12. The Service Provider may terminate the applicable Service Schedule if the dispute cannot be resolved after good faith negotiation in accordance with Section 12.

(c) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the Service Provider may suspend the performance of a Service upon notice to the Recipient to the extent that the Service Provider has determined, in its reasonable judgment, that the continued performance of such Services would require the Service Provider to violate applicable Law, provided, that, Service Provider shall only suspend the portion of such Services as is necessary to comply with applicable Law and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate the impact of such suspension on the Recipient in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 2.4(b).

2.5 Expenses. Except as set forth in a Service Schedule or otherwise provided in this Agreement, each party will bear its own expenses in connection with its obligations under this Agreement.

2.6 Subcontractors. The Services may be provided in whole or in part by Affiliates of the Service Provider or by third party subcontractors (each, a “Subcontractor”) selected by the Service Provider or its Affiliates, provided that (a) in the event such Subcontractor is inconsistent with past practices or such Subcontractor is not already engaged with respect to such Service as of the date hereof, the applicable Service Provider shall obtain the prior written consent of the

 

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Recipient to hire such Subcontractor, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, (b) the Service Provider shall remain responsible to Recipient for the performance of the Services by any third-party service provider, Subcontractor or by any of its Affiliates and (c) any such Subcontractors shall be under a contractual obligation with the Service Provider (under terms and conditions at least as restrictive as those in this Agreement) to (i) hold any Confidential Information received from the Recipient in confidence and to not disclose such Confidential Information to third parties, and (ii) to use and protect data of, or received from, the Recipient to the extent required by this Agreement.

2.7 Nature of Services. Each Recipient acknowledges and agrees that the Services are intended only to be transitional in nature, and that all Services shall be furnished by the Service Provider only during the applicable Service Period. Each Recipient agrees that following the end of the applicable Service Period, unless extended in accordance with the terms of the applicable Service Schedule, the Service Provider shall have no ongoing responsibility to perform any of the Services for the Recipient.

2.8 Parties Obligations. Each party, and its Affiliates if applicable, agree to co-operate with the other parties and their Affiliates, including by delivering to the other parties such information, materials, and assistance as are reasonably required or requested by such parties in connection with the performance and receipt of the Services and within such reasonable time limits as the requesting party shall from time to time prescribe. Each party, its Affiliates, and any Subcontractors shall be able to rely upon the actions of or written notice, information or materials supplied by the other parties’ Managers (in accordance with Section 3 herein), without further inquiry as to whether such Manager had authority to take any such action or make any such notice or provide such information or materials.

2.9 Access to Systems. If a Service Provider is given access, whether on site or through remote Facilities, to the Recipient’s computer systems, electronic data storage systems, or software (collectively, the “Systems”) in connection with the Services, the Service Provider shall comply with the applicable system security policies, information technology procedures, and user terms and requirements of the Recipient. The Service Provider shall access and use only those Systems for which the Recipient has granted access and shall use such Systems solely for the purpose of providing the applicable Services. The Service Provider shall not and shall cause each of its Affiliates and Subcontractors not to (a) break, bypass or circumvent, or attempt to break, bypass or circumvent, any security system of the Recipient or obtain access to any program or data other than that to which access has been specifically granted by the Recipient, or (b) knowingly or by reason of its gross negligence, introduce any computer virus or other malicious code into the information technology systems, software or hardware of the Recipient.

2.10 Access to Facilities. If a Recipient or Service Provider is given access to the facilities or equipment (collectively, the “Facilities”) of a Service Provider or a Recipient, as applicable, in connection with the receipt or provision of Services, they shall comply with the applicable Facility policies, operating instructions, and other procedures (including all procedures and instructions related to safety, security and access) as provided by the owner or operator of the Facilities. A Service Provider may only access and use the Facilities of a Recipient for purposes of providing the applicable Services. A Recipient may only access and use the Facilities of a Service Provider for purposes of receiving the applicable Services.

 

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2.11 Third Party Consents. The parties shall use reasonable efforts to obtain any consent from a third party that is necessary in order for the Service Providers to provide any affected aspects of the Services. If any such consent is not obtained, the applicable Service Provider shall use reasonable efforts to obtain a mutually agreed reasonable alternative arrangement to provide the relevant aspect of the Services sufficient for the purposes of the applicable Recipient. Any costs and expenses payable to third parties in connection with the procurement of any consents pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall borne by the applicable Recipient. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a conflict between Section 2.4 and this Section 2.11, the terms and provisions of Section 2.4 shall prevail.

3. MANAGEMENT.

3.1 VG Manager. VG will appoint a VG employee (the “VG Manager”) who shall (a) have overall, day-to-day responsibility during the applicable Service Period for managing and coordinating the delivery of the Services; (b) subject to the supervision of VG management, be authorized to act for and on behalf of VG with respect to all matters relating to such Service; and (c) be the primary contact with the VO Manager and the GV Manager, as applicable. The VG Manager or the VG Manager’s designees will coordinate and consult with the VO Manager and the GV Manager, as applicable. VG may, at its discretion, and upon written notice to VO or GV, as applicable, designate other or additional individuals to serve in these capacities during the applicable Service Period. Each VG Manager will be set forth in the applicable Service Schedule.

3.2 VO Manager. VO will appoint an employee (the “VO Manager”) who shall (a) have overall, day-to-day responsibility during the applicable Service Period for managing and coordinating the receipt of the Services; (b) subject to the supervision of VO management, be authorized to act for and on behalf of VO with respect to all matters relating to this Agreement; and (c) be the primary contact with the VG Manager and the TSC Manager. The VO Manager or the VO Manager’s designees will coordinate and consult with the VG Manager and the TSC Manager. VO may, at its discretion, and upon written notice to VG and TSC, designate other or additional individuals to serve in these capacities during the applicable Service Period. Each VO Manager will be set forth in the applicable Service Schedule.

3.3 TSC Manager. TSC will appoint an employee (the “TSC Manager”) who shall (a) have overall, day-to-day responsibility during the Term for managing and coordinating the receipt of the Services; (b) subject to the supervision of TSC management, be authorized to act for and on behalf of TSC with respect to all matters relating to this Agreement; and (c) be the primary contact with the VO Manager and the GV Manager, as applicable. The TSC Manager or the TSC Manager’s designees will coordinate and consult with the VO Manager and the GV Manager, as applicable. TSC may, at its discretion, and upon written notice to VO or GV, as applicable, designate other or additional individuals to serve in these capacities during the Service Period. Each TSC Manager will be set forth in the applicable Service Schedule.

3.4 GV Manager. GV will appoint an employee (the “GV Manager”) who shall (a) have overall, day-to-day responsibility during the Term for managing and coordinating the receipt of the Services; (b) subject to the supervision of GV management, be authorized to act for and on behalf of GV with respect to all matters relating to this Agreement; and (c) be the primary contact with the VG Manager and the TSC Manager. The GV Manager or the GV Manager’s designees will coordinate and consult with the VG Manager and the TSC Manager. GV may, at its discretion, and upon written notice to VG and TSC, designate other or additional individuals to serve in these capacities during the Service Period. Each GV Manager will be set forth in the applicable Service Schedule.

 

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4. PERSONNEL.

4.1 Personnel. The Service Provider will assign sufficient resources and such Service Provider’s (or its Affiliates’) employees and agents as are reasonably required to provide each of the Services in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 2.1, including any personnel specified in the applicable section of the applicable Service Schedule (the “Service Personnel”), provided, however, that a Service Provider of the Services described in Schedule A-1 and Schedule A-6 shall not be obligated to replace the Service Personnel performing such Services in the event that such Service Personnel cease to be employed by the Service Provider. In such event, the applicable Service Provider shall provide the applicable Recipient with prompt notice after becoming aware of such future cessation of employment and shall have no obligation to replace such Service Personnel to provide such Services.

4.2 Responsibility for Service Personnel. All Service Personnel will be deemed to be employees or representatives solely of the Service Provider (or its Affiliates or Subcontractors, as applicable) for purposes of all compensation and employee benefits and not to be employees or representatives of the Recipient. Service Personnel will be under the direction, control, and supervision of the Service Provider, and the Service Provider will have the sole right to exercise all authority with respect to the employment, termination, assignment, and compensation of such Service Personnel. The Service Provider (or its Affiliates or Subcontractors, as applicable) will be solely responsible for payment of (a) all income, disability, withholding, and other employment taxes and (b) all medical benefit premiums, vacation pay, sick pay, or other fringe benefits for any employees, agents, or contractors of the Service Provider who perform the Services, unless otherwise set forth in a Service Schedule.

5. FEES AND PAYMENT.

5.1 Fees. In consideration of Service Provider providing the Services, the Recipient shall pay the Service Provider the fees specified in the applicable Service Schedule (the “Fees”). All Fees will be stated and payable in U.S. Dollars and invoiced in accordance with Section 5.4.

5.2 Disputed Amounts. The Recipient will provide the Service Provider with notice of any good faith dispute regarding the Fees, which shall include the disputed amount (the “Disputed Amount”), and work in good faith to resolve any such disputes in an expeditious manner; in the meantime, the Recipient will pay the undisputed portion of any invoice hereunder and the Service Provider will continue performance of the Services. If the parties are unable to resolve any Disputed Amounts under this Section 5.2 within thirty (30) calendar days after notice to the Service Provider of the dispute, each party is free to seek relief as set forth in Section 12 of this Agreement.

5.3 Expenses. The Recipient shall be responsible for Pass-Through Expenses incurred by the Service Provider and invoiced to the Recipient in accordance with Section 5.4.

 

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5.4 Payment; Invoices. Within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter, the Service Provider will submit one (1) invoice to the Recipient for any amounts payable by the Recipient under all applicable Service Schedules for the previous quarter; specifying, where applicable, the actual hours of the Services provided by relevant Service Personnel and itemizing the Fees and Pass-Through Expenses payable and to which Service each is applicable. To the extent that the Fees set forth in a Service Schedule are specified as being payable on an hourly basis, the Recipient shall only be obligated to pay for the actual hours of Services provided by the relevant Service Personnel during such calendar quarter. Subject to a party’s dispute right pursuant to Section 5.2, the Recipient will pay all amounts due pursuant to this Agreement within sixty (60) days after the receipt of the applicable invoice from Service Provider. Late payments will be subject to accrual of interest at one and one half percent (1.5%) per month or the highest rate permitted by applicable Law.

5.5 Taxes.

(a) All Fees paid by the Recipient to the Service Provider under this Agreement shall be exclusive of sales, use, value-added, goods and services, services, excise, consumption, transfer or similar taxes arising from the payment of such Fees to the Service Provider under this Agreement (“Covered Taxes”) required to be collected pursuant to applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, Covered Taxes shall not include any taxes measured by or imposed on gross or net income, or franchise taxes or other similar taxes, of the Recipient or its Affiliates or any Subcontractor.

(b) If any Covered Tax is assessed on the payment or receipt of the Fees paid under this Agreement pursuant to applicable Law, the Recipient shall, without duplication, pay directly, reimburse or indemnify the Service Provider for such Covered Tax.

(c) The Service Provider and the Recipient shall use reasonable best efforts, and shall cooperate with each other in good faith, to secure (and to enable the Recipient to claim) any exemption from, or otherwise to minimize, any Covered Taxes or to claim a tax refund therefor or tax credit in respect thereof, including by providing and making available to each other any resale certificate, information regarding out-of-state use of materials, services or sale, and other exemption certificates or information reasonably requested by the other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 5.5, the Recipient shall not be responsible for any Covered Taxes to the extent that such Covered Taxes would not have been imposed if (i) the Service Provider was eligible to claim an exemption from or reduction of such Covered Taxes, (ii) the Recipient used commercially reasonable efforts to notify the Service Provider of such eligibility, and (iii) the Service Provider failed to timely claim such exemption or reduction. If the Service Provider (or any of its Affiliates) receives a tax refund or tax credit with respect to any Covered Taxes paid or borne by the Recipient under this Agreement, the Service Provider shall promptly pay the amount of such tax refund or tax credit (net of reasonable costs and expenses incurred in obtaining such tax refund or tax credit) to the Recipient.

5.6 Records. The Service Provider shall maintain true and correct records of all receipts, invoices, reports and such other documents relating to the Services hereunder in accordance with its standard accounting practices and procedures, consistently applied. Except as otherwise set forth in a Service Schedule, the Service Provider shall retain such accounting records and make them available to the Recipient’s authorized representatives and auditors for a period of not less than one (1) year from the closing of each calendar year; provided, however, that the Service Provider may, at its option, transfer such accounting records to the Recipient upon termination of an applicable Service under this Agreement.

 

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5.7 Audit. The Recipient and/or its authorized representative may, no more than once per year during the Term and for one (1) year thereafter, and upon reasonable notice and during the Service Provider’s normal business hours, inspect and audit the books and records of Service Provider that are necessary for, and for the sole purpose of, evaluating Service Provider’s compliance with this Agreement or as is otherwise necessary to enable the Recipient and its Affiliates to discharge its obligations under applicable Law. The Service Provider shall, to the extent required by applicable Law, comply with any request of any Governmental Authority that regulates the Recipient to inspect and audit the books of the Service Provider. The Recipient shall be responsible for all actual, reasonable and documented Service Provider costs to provide access to the auditors pursuant to this Section 5.7.

6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

6.1 Limited License. Except as specifically set forth in a Service Schedule, no licenses are granted in this Agreement by any party under or to the Intellectual Property Rights of such party, except that, solely to the extent required for the provision or receipt of the Services in accordance with this Agreement, each party (the “Licensor”), for itself and on behalf of its Affiliates, hereby grants to the other party (the “Licensee”) (and the Licensee’s Affiliates) a non-exclusive, non-transferable (except as provided in Section 13.1), non-sublicenseable (except to third parties as required for the provision or receipt of Services, but not for their own independent use), royalty-free (and subject to export compliance regulations) worldwide license to use such Intellectual Property Rights of the Licensor in connection with this Agreement, but only to the extent and for the duration necessary for the Licensee to receive the applicable Service under the applicable Service Schedule. Upon the expiration of the applicable Service Schedule, or the earlier termination of such Service, in accordance with this Agreement, the license to the relevant Intellectual Property Rights used in connection with such Service will terminate and all licenses granted hereunder shall terminate immediately upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof. Upon the expiration or termination of the applicable Service Schedule (or a Service), the Licensee and the Licensee’s Affiliates shall cease use of the Licensor’s Intellectual Property Rights (or the Intellectual Property Rights related to such Service) pursuant to this Section 6.1 and shall return or destroy at the Licensor’s request all information or embodiments of such Intellectual Property Rights provided in connection with this Agreement. The foregoing license is subject to any licenses granted by others with respect to Intellectual Property Rights not owned by the parties or their respective Affiliates. If the Service Schedule specifies that the Service Provider will develop any technology or Intellectual Property Rights for Recipient, the Service Schedule will also specify which party will own the resulting work product and the Intellectual Property Rights therein.

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Provider agrees to logically separate such data from that of the Recipient and provide reasonable assistance necessary to avoid material delay in extraction of the Recipient’s data from the Service Provider’s information technology systems to enable separation or migration and use commercially reasonable efforts to accommodate applicable extraction timetables. The Recipient shall reimburse the Service Provider for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by such Service Provider in connection with such assistance.

7. CONFIDENTIALITY.

7.1 Obligations. TSC and VG on the one hand (individually or together as a “Receiving Party” or a “Disclosing Party”), and VO and GV on the other hand (individually or together as a “Receiving Party” or a “Disclosing Party”) will maintain in confidence all Confidential Information disclosed to it as a Disclosing Party. Each Receiving Party agrees not to use, disclose, or grant use of such Confidential Information except as expressly authorized by this Agreement. To the extent that disclosure is authorized by this Agreement, each Receiving Party agrees to disclose the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party only to its employees, agents, or Subcontractors who need to know such Confidential Information for the purposes of this Agreement and agrees to obtain prior agreement from its employees, agents, or Subcontractors to whom disclosure is to be made to hold in confidence and not make use of such Confidential Information for any purpose other than those permitted by this Agreement. Each Receiving Party agrees to use at least the same standard of care as it uses to protect its own most Confidential Information to ensure that such employees, agents, or Subcontractors do not disclose or make any unauthorized use, and there is otherwise no unauthorized disclosure or use, of such Confidential Information, but in no event less than reasonable care. The Receiving Party will promptly notify the Disclosing Party upon discovery of any unauthorized use or disclosure of the Confidential Information.

7.2 Exceptions. The obligations of confidentiality contained in this Section 7 will not apply to the extent that it can be established by the Receiving Party that such Confidential Information: (a) was already known to the Receiving Party, other than under an obligation of confidentiality, at the time of disclosure by the Disclosing Party; (b) was generally available to the public or otherwise part of the public domain at the time of its disclosure to the Receiving Party; (c) became generally available to the public or otherwise part of the public domain after its disclosure and other than through any act or omission of the Receiving Party in breach of this Agreement; (d) was disclosed to the Receiving Party, other than under an obligation of confidentiality, by a third party who had no obligation to the Disclosing Party not to disclose such information to others; or (e) was developed independently by the Receiving Party without any use of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information.

7.3 Government Obligations. A Receiving Party will not be considered to have breached its obligations under this Section 7 for disclosing Confidential Information of a Disclosing Party to the extent required to satisfy any legal requirement of a Governmental Authority, provided that promptly upon receiving any such request, and to the extent that it may legally do so, such party: (a) advises the Disclosing Party prior to making such disclosure in order that the Disclosing Party may object to such disclosure, take action to ensure confidential treatment of the Confidential Information, or take such other action as it considers appropriate to protect the Confidential Information; and (b) uses reasonable efforts to not disclose Confidential Information that is not required to satisfy such legal requirement.

 

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7.4 Duration. The obligations under this Section 7 shall apply with respect to any Confidential Information for a period of ten (10) years from the effective date of termination or expiration of this Agreement, unless, (a) with respect to any particular Confidential Information, the Disclosing Party in good faith notifies the Receiving Party that a longer period shall apply, in which case the obligations under this Section 7 with respect to such Confidential Information shall apply for such longer period, or (b) such Confidential Information includes trade secrets of a party in which case such trade secrets shall remain confidential for so long as such information remains a trade secret under applicable Law.

7.5 Data Protection. If the Recipient requests, or the nature of the Service requires, that the Service Provider must Process Personal Data (as such terms are defined in the Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (“GDPR”)) in the course of performing its obligations under this Agreement, the Recipient and Service Provider shall first ensure that they have taken all necessary steps to comply with the GDPR, including without limitation, by promptly entering into a GDPR-compliant Data Processing Addendum with the Recipient acting as a Controller and the Service Provider acting as a Processor with respect to the Processing of such Personal Data (as such terms are defined in the GDPR).

8. LIMITED WARRANTIES; WARRANTY DISCLAIMER.

8.1 Limited Warranties. Each of the parties hereby represents and warrants to the other that it is duly authorized and empowered to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and that such action does not conflict with or violate any provision of Law, regulation, policy, contract, deed of trust, or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound and that this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of it enforceable in accordance with its terms. The Service Provider represents and warrants that the Services shall be performed in good faith, in accordance with applicable Law.

8.2 Compliance with Laws. In performing its duties under this Agreement, each of the parties shall at all times comply with all applicable international, federal, state, and local Laws and shall not engage in any illegal or unethical practices, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (or any applicable foreign equivalents) and any anti-boycott Laws, as amended, and any implementing regulations.

8.3 Disclaimer of Warranties. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE APPLICABLE SERVICE PROVIDER IS NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING THE SPECIFIED SERVICES AS THE SERVICES TO THIRD PARTIES AND IS ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AS AN ACCOMMODATION TO THE APPLICABLE RECIPIENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE MERGER AGREEMENT. THEREFORE, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT OR A SERVICE SCHEDULE, THE SERVICE PROVIDER MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, OR GUARANTEES RELATING TO THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED HEREUNDER OR THE QUALITY OR RESULTS OF THE SERVICES. ALL SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING,

 

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THE SERVICE PROVIDER HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO MODIFY, LIMIT OR EXPAND ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANT IN THE MERGER AGREEMENT.

9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH OTHERWISE IN A SERVICE SCHEDULE, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AND EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO BREACHES OF CONFIDENTIALITY, THE INFRINGEMENT OF A PARTY’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, A PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 10, OR LIABILITY RESULTING FROM A PARTY’S WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR FRAUD, (A) IN NO EVENT WILL A PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY HEREUNDER FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND (B) IN NO EVENT SHALL A PARTY’S CUMULATIVE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT EXCEED [***]. Each of the parties agrees that in the absence of the aforementioned limitations of liability, the terms of this Agreement would be substantially different.

10. INDEMNIFICATION.

10.1 Indemnity. Except to the extent otherwise set forth in a Service Schedule, each Service Provider (the “Indemnifying Party”) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of the other parties and each of its and their respective employees, agents, stockholders, members, partners, officers and directors (each an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any Losses arising out of any Third Party Claims arising out of or resulting from [***].

10.2 Procedure. An Indemnified Party shall give the Indemnifying Party prompt written notice of any Third Party Claim for which indemnification is sought; provided that an Indemnified Party’s failure to promptly notify the Indemnifying Party will not affect the obligation to provide indemnification, except to the extent that the delay materially prejudices the Indemnifying Party’s ability or right to defend the Third Party Claim. The Indemnifying Party will defend any Third Party Claim with counsel of its own choosing (that is reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party) and settle such Third Party Claim as it deems appropriate; provided that the Indemnifying Party will not enter into any settlement that could adversely affect the Indemnified Party’s rights without such party’s prior written consent.

11. TERM AND TERMINATION.

11.1 Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and, unless extended by written agreement among the parties or terminated earlier pursuant to Sections 11.3 - 11.5, the Agreement shall continue until the termination or expiration of all Services described in a Service Schedule (the “Term”).

 

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11.2 Service Period. The Service Period for each Service shall be as specified in the applicable Service Schedule.

11.3 Termination for Convenience.

(a) Except as otherwise set forth in the applicable Service Schedule, the Recipient may terminate a specific Service prior to the end of the applicable Service Period by providing the Service Provider with no less than ninety (90) days written notice unless a different period is set forth in the applicable Service Schedule.

(b) Except as otherwise set forth in the applicable Service Schedule, the Service Provider may terminate any Service upon ninety (90) days written notice unless a different period is set forth in the applicable Service Schedule if, after working with the Recipient and using reasonable efforts to implement a reasonable alternative arrangement to provide the relevant Services, (a) the applicable Service Personnel set forth in the applicable Service Schedule (or their replacement or equivalent) are no longer employed or retained by the Service Provider to provide services for its own benefit, or (b) the Service Provider no longer retains the equipment, Facilities or other necessary resources to provide such Service. To the extent that two (2) parties are required to act as a Service Provider, both Service Providers must terminate the applicable Service Schedule at the same time.

11.4 Termination for Cause.

(a) A Service Schedule may be terminated (i) by a non-breaching Recipient if a Service Provider breaches any material provision of such Service Schedule and (ii) by a non-breaching Service Provider if a Recipient breaches any material provision of such Service Schedule, and, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), the breaching party (x) fails to cure such breach within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from the non-breaching party, describing such breach, and (y) has not demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of the non-breaching party that it is using ongoing good faith efforts to remedy the breach.

(b) This Agreement may be terminated (i) by a non-breaching Recipient if a Service Provider breaches any material provision of an applicable Service Schedule and (ii) by a non-breaching Service Provider if a Recipient breaches any material provision of the applicable Service Schedule, and, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), such breach (A) is a result of the breaching Recipient’s or Service Provider’s (or its or their personnel’s), gross negligence or willful misconduct, or (B) pertains to the obligations of the breaching party under Sections 7 or 8.2 of this Agreement, and in each case the breaching party (x) fails to cure such breach within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from the non-breaching party describing such breach and (y) has not demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of the non-breaching party that it is using ongoing good faith efforts to remedy the breach.

 

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(c) For the avoidance of doubt, however, in the event one party terminates a Service Schedule pursuant to Section 11.4(a) or the Agreement pursuant to Section 11.4(b), and the other two parties desire to continue to operate under the applicable Services Schedule or this Agreement, then subject to the written confirmation of the two remaining parties that they will continue the Service Schedule or this Agreement, the affected Service Schedule or this Agreement shall terminate as to the terminating party only and the affected Service Schedule or this Agreement will remain in effect as to the continuing parties mutatis mutandis.

(d) Except as provided in Section 11.4(c), to the extent that two (2) parties are required to act as a Service Provider, the termination by one Service Provider will result in the termination of the applicable Service Schedule.

11.5 Other Rights of Termination. VO or GV on the one hand and TSC and VG on the other hand, may immediately terminate this Agreement if: (a) VO or GV on the one hand or TSC or VG on the other hand, as applicable, is not able to pay its debts in the ordinary course of business, or shall admit in writing to its inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or any proceeding having sufficient legal and factual grounds shall be instituted by or against such party seeking to adjudicate it bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under any Law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property and such proceeding shall not be stayed or dismissed within sixty (60) days from the date of institution thereof, or (b) VO or GV on the one hand and TSC or VG on the other hand shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth in clause (a) above.

11.6 Effect of Termination. If a Service Schedule or this Agreement is terminated, the applicable Service Provider shall have no further obligation to continue offering the applicable Service(s) and VG and TSC on the one hand, and VO and GV on the other hand shall, return any Confidential Information of the other in its or their possession or control received in the performance of the applicable Service(s) hereunder.

11.7 Survival. Sections 1 (Definitions), 5.6 (Records), 7 (Confidentiality), 8 (Limited Warranties; Warranty Disclaimer), 9 (Limitation of Liability), 10 (Indemnification), 12 (Dispute Resolution), and 13 (Miscellaneous) of this Agreement, and this Section 11.7 (Survival) shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement. In the event of termination, any amount outstanding and payable by a Recipient as of the date of the termination shall remain payable by the Recipient and due immediately upon termination.

12. DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

Without limiting the rights of a party under Section 13.11, if a party determines that another party has failed to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the VO Manager, VG Manager, GV Manager or TSC Manager, as applicable, will notify the other Managers of the deficiency in writing. Upon receipt of written notice, the applicable Managers will promptly consider a corrective action plan in person or by telephone or written correspondence and will attempt in good faith to agree to a mutually acceptable corrective action plan. If the applicable Managers cannot agree upon a corrective action plan within fifteen (15) days of the original notice date (unless a longer time period is agreed in writing by the applicable parties), then they will immediately escalate to appropriate senior executives in their respective organizations as necessary to resolve the dispute. If the senior executives are unable to resolve the dispute within thirty (30) days after the dispute is brought up to them (unless a longer period is agreed in writing by the applicable parties), a party shall have the right to institute proceedings in accordance with Section 13.10.

 

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13. MISCELLANEOUS.

13.1 Assignment. No party hereto shall assign this Agreement or any part hereof without the prior written consent of the other parties and any such transfer without prior written consent shall be void. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a party may assign this Agreement and its rights and obligations hereunder without the other parties’ consent to a successor in interest to such party, whether by operation of law or otherwise, upon any reorganization, merger, acquisition, change of control, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of such party.

13.2 Relationship of the Parties. For purposes of this Agreement, the parties shall at all times be deemed to be independent contractors. It is agreed and understood that none of the parties hereto is the agent, representative or partner of any of the other parties and none of the parties hereto has any authority or power to bind or contract in the name of or to create any liability against any of the other parties in any way or for any purpose pursuant to this Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to give any of the parties hereto the power to direct and control the day-to-day activities of the other, constitute the parties as partners, joint venturers, principal and agent, employer and employee, co-owners, or otherwise as participants in a joint undertaking, or allow any of the parties to create or assume any obligation on behalf of any of the other parties for any purpose whatsoever.

13.3 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any third party other than the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and no other third party shall be a third-party beneficiary under this Agreement or any of the provisions hereof.

13.4 Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement, including this Section 13.4, may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified only by a written instrument executed by duly authorized officers of the parties. No waiver by any party of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and executed by duly authorized officers of the party so waiving. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including any actions or statement by the Managers or their designees, any investigation by or on behalf of any party or a failure or delay by any party in exercising any power, right or privilege under this Agreement, shall be deemed to constitute an amendment or a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any representations, warranties, covenants, or agreements contained herein. The waiver any of the parties hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach.

 

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13.5 Notices. All notices and other communications among the parties shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered in person, (b) when delivered after posting in the United States mail having been sent registered or certified mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (c) when delivered by FedEx or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service, or (d) when delivered by email (in each case in this clause (d), solely if receipt is confirmed and, in the case of email, but excluding any automated reply, such as an out-of-office notification), addressed as follows:

 

If to TSC, to:    If to VG, to:
TSC, LLC    Virgin Galactic, LLC
16555 Spaceship Landing Way    16555 Spaceship Landing Way
Mojave, CA 93501    Mojave, CA 93501
Attn: [***]    Attn: [***]
[***]    [***]
  
If to VO, to:    If to GV, to:
Virgin Orbit, LLC    Galactic Ventures LLC
Conant    16555 Spaceship Landing Way
Long Beach, CA    Mojave, CA 93501
Attn: [***]    Attn: [***]
[***]   

or to such other address or addresses as the parties may from time to time designate in writing. Copies delivered solely to outside counsel shall not constitute notice.

13.6 Headings; Construction. The headings to the clauses, sub-clauses and parts of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The terms “this Agreement,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and any similar expressions refer to this Agreement and not to any particular Section or other portion hereof. The parties hereto agree that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party will not be applied in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the words “include” and “including,” and variations thereof, will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

13.7 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The parties further agree that if any provision contained herein is, to any extent, held invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the Laws governing this Agreement, they shall take any actions necessary to render the remaining provisions of this Agreement valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by Law and, to the extent necessary, shall amend or otherwise modify this Agreement to replace any provision contained herein that is held invalid or unenforceable with a valid and enforceable provision giving effect to the intent of the parties.

13.8 Export Control Regulations. The rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall be subject in all respects to United States Laws as shall from time to time govern the license and delivery of technology abroad, including the United States Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Transaction Control Regulations and Export Control Regulations, as amended, and any successor legislation issued by any United States government agency or department including, but not limited to, the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Treasury, International Trade Administration, or Office of Export Licensing.

 

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13.9 Headings; Counterparts. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered a part of or affect the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

13.10 Governing Law; Jurisdiction.

(a) Unless otherwise specifically provided for in a Service Schedule, this Agreement, and all claims or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of Laws of another jurisdiction.

(b) Any proceeding or action based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby must be brought in the courts of the State of Delaware, or, if it has or can acquire jurisdiction, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and each of the parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in any such proceeding or action, waives any objection it may now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction, venue or to convenience of forum, agrees that all claims in respect of the proceeding or action shall be heard and determined only in any such court, and agrees not to bring any proceeding or action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any other court. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the right of any party to serve process in any manner permitted by Law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any other party in any other jurisdiction, in each case, to enforce judgments obtained in any action, suit or proceeding brought pursuant to this Section 13.10.

(c) Each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that any controversy which may arise under this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is likely to involve complicated and difficult issues, and therefore each such party hereby irrevocably, unconditionally and voluntarily waives any right such party may have to a trial by jury in respect of any action, suit or proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

13.11 Specific Performance. The parties acknowledge that the rights of each party to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are unique and recognize and affirm that in the event of a breach of this Agreement by any of the parties, money damages may be inadequate and the non-breaching party may have no adequate remedy at law. Accordingly, the parties agree that such non-breaching party shall have the right, in addition to any other rights and remedies existing in its favor at Law or in equity (subject to the other provisions of this Agreement), to seek to enforce its rights and another party’s obligations hereunder not only by an action or actions for damages (subject to Section 9) but also by an action or actions for specific performance, injunctive or other equitable relief (without posting of bond or other security), including any order, injunction or decree sought by any party to cause another party to perform its agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement.

 

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13.12 Force Majeure. No party will be liable to any other party for any delay or nonperformance of its obligations under this Agreement arising from any Force Majeure Event, provided that the affected party (a) promptly notifies the other party in writing as soon as reasonably practicable of the cause of the delay or non-performance and the likely duration of the delay or nonperformance, (b) uses commercially reasonable efforts to limit the effect of that delay or non-performance on the other party and (c) resumes the performance of its obligations as soon as reasonably practicable after the removal of the cause. The applicable Service Period for any Service suspended under this Section 13.12 shall be automatically extended for a period of time equal to the time lost by reason of the suspension.

13.13 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including the Exhibits hereto, constitutes the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall supersede all prior written and oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements and understandings with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date first written above.

 

VIRGIN ORBIT, LLC      TSC, LLC
BY:  

/s/ Dan Hart

     BY:  

/s/ George Whitesides

NAME:  

Dan Hart

     NAME:  

George Whitesides

TITLE:  

Authorized Signatory

     TITLE:  

Authorized Signatory

VIRGIN GALACTIC, LLC      GALACTIC VENTURES LLC
BY:  

/s/ George Whitesides

     BY:  

/s/ Evan Lovell

NAME:  

George Whitesides

     NAME:  

Evan Lovell

TITLE:  

Authorized Signatory

     TITLE:  

Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Transition Services Agreement]


SCHEDULE A

SERVICE SCHEDULES

 

Schedule A-1    Propulsion Engineering and Tank Design Support Services
Schedule A-2    Tank Manufacturing Services
Schedule A-3    [***] Office Space Access and Usage Services
Schedule A-4    [***] Office Space, Logistics and Welding Services
Schedule A-5    Business Development and Regulatory Affairs Services
Schedule A-6    Pilot Utilization Services
Schedule A-7    Finance and Accounting Services
Schedule A-8    IT Services
Schedule A-9    Insurance Advisory Services

 

Schedule A

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SCHEDULE A-1

Propulsion Engineering and Tank Design Support Services

 

Service Provider:    VO
Recipient:    TSC
Service Period:    12 months from the Effective Date with the option of the Recipients to extend upon mutual agreement with VO and on 60 days written notice prior to the expiration of the initial 12-month period. The termination for convenience rights of the Service Provider in Section 11.3(b) of the Agreement shall not apply during the initial 12-month period, provided, however, that if the Service Personnel ceases to be employed by the Service Provider, Service Provider shall provide Recipient with prompt notice after becoming aware of such future cessation of employment and shall have no obligation to replace such Service Personnel to provide services under this Schedule A-1.
Service Personnel:    [***]
Project Managers:   

VO Manager: [***]

 

TSC Manager: [***]

Service Location:    [***]
Fees & Expenses:   

Fees will be paid on an hourly basis for Services performed during the prior calendar quarter by the Service Personnel calculated as follows:

 

[***]

 

All out of pocket expenses, including any reasonable travel and lodging expenses for visits to TSC Facilities upon request, shall be subject to prior approval by the applicable Manager for the Recipient and treated as a Pass-Through Expense.

Dependencies on Recipient or on Third Parties:    N/A
Description of Services:    Service Personnel shall provide consulting services with respect to propulsion engineering and tank design as reasonably requested by TSC. VO shall ensure that the Service Personnel is made available, to the extent reasonable requested by TSC, for a minimum of [***] annually up to a maximum of [***].    

 

Schedule A-1

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Additional Terms:   

1.  Coordination. The Managers shall coordinate with respect to scheduling of the performance of the Services by the Service Personnel to ensure that the Service Personnel is able to fulfill his responsibilities for each party in a timely manner.

 

2.  Intellectual Property Rights. Any Intellectual Property Rights conceived by Service Personnel in the performance of the Services under this Service Schedule (each, a “Deliverable”) shall be exclusively owned by the applicable Recipient, and VO hereby grants, conveys, transfers, and assigns to the Recipient all rights, title, and interest (including all Intellectual Property Rights) in and to such Deliverable. The Service Personnel shall not incorporate any Intellectual Property Rights of a third party or of VO in any such Deliverables.

 

3.  Insurance. During the Service Period the Recipient shall maintain adequate aviation liability insurance covering the professional activities of the Service Personnel contemplated by this Service Schedule. Recipient shall, subject to underwriter approval, name Service Provider as an additional insured on all such insurance policies of Recipient to the fullest extent provided for in the policies but no less than the minimum amount required by the relevant Governmental Authority, if applicable. The Recipient acknowledges and agrees that the Service Personnel shall not otherwise be subject to the Service Provider’s insurance coverage while providing the Services for the Recipient. Promptly following the Effective Date, Service Provider shall provide Recipient with a certificate of insurance showing Recipient as an additional insured on the policies set forth above.

 

4.  Indemnity. The Recipient agrees to defend the Service Provider against any Third Party Claims and to indemnify and hold the Service Provider harmless from and against any Losses from such Third Party Claims, in each case, arising out of or relating to [***].

 

Schedule A-1

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SCHEDULE A-2

Tank Manufacturing Services

 

Service Provider:    VO
Recipient:    TSC
Service Period:   

12 months from the Effective Date with the option of the Recipient to extend upon mutual agreement with VO upon 60 days written notice prior to the expiration of the initial 12-month period.

 

The termination for convenience rights of the Service Provider set forth in Section 11.3(b) of the Agreement shall not apply during the initial 12-month period.

Service Personnel:    N/A
Project Managers:   

VO Manager: [***]

 

TSC Manager: [***]

Service Location:    [***]
Fees & Expenses:   

Access to Tank Manufacturing Facilities:

 

Fees will be charged on a time and materials basis as described below.

 

•  Small Tank Winding Equipment Fees: [***]

 

•  Large Tank Winding Equipment Fees: [***]

 

Technician Support:

 

•  The Fees for the Technician Support will be paid by Recipient on an hourly basis for Services performed during the prior calendar quarter by the Service Personnel calculated as follows:

[***]

Dependencies on Recipient or on Third Parties:    N/A
Description of Services:   

Subject to the reasonable availability of the tank manufacturing Facilities based on Service Provider’s use of such Facilities on its own behalf, the following terms shall apply:

 

Service Provider shall provide access for TSC personnel to the tank manufacturing Facilities and materials located at the Service Location, including necessary attendant amenities, commensurate with such space and amenities provided to such TSC employees at the Service

 

Schedule A-2

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Location during the six months prior to the Effective Date. Technician support will be provided for winding and monitoring the autoclave during the curing process.

 

Facilities and materials requirements are estimated as follows:

 

•  Small Tank Winding Services: [***]

•  Large Tank Winding Services: [***]

 

•  [***]

 

Additional Terms:   

1.  Cooperation. The Managers shall coordinate with respect to scheduling of the performance of the Services by the Service Personnel to ensure that the Service Personnel are able to fulfill their responsibilities for each party in a timely manner.

 

2.  Insurance. During the Service Period the Recipient shall maintain adequate aviation liability insurance covering the tanks manufactured hereunder for both the current test flight programs and future commercial flight programs. Subject to underwriter approval, Recipient shall name Service Provider as an additional insured with respect to all such insurance policies of Recipient to the fullest extent provided for in the policies but no less than the minimum amount required by the relevant Governmental Authority, if applicable. The Recipient acknowledges and agrees that the Service Personnel shall not otherwise be subject to the Service Provider’s insurance coverage while providing the Services for the Recipient. Promptly following the Effective Date, Service Provider shall provide Recipient with a certificate of insurance showing Recipient as an additional insured on the policies set forth above.

 

3.  Indemnity. The Recipient agrees to defend the Service Provider against any Third Party Claims and to indemnify and hold the Service Provider harmless from and against any Losses from such Third Party Claims, in each case, arising out of or relating to [***].

 

Schedule A-2

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SCHEDULE A-3

[***] Office Space Access and Usage Services

 

Service Provider:    VO
Recipient:    TSC
Service Period:    12 months from the Effective Date with the option of the Recipient to renew for subsequent additional 12-month periods upon 60 days written notice prior to the expiration of the then-current period.
Service Personnel:    N/A
Project Managers:   

VO Manager: [***]

 

TSC Manager: [***]

Service Location:    [***]
Fees & Expenses:   

The Fees payable by the Recipient for the Services during a calendar quarter shall be equal to [***].

 

The agreed percentage of space at the Service Location utilized by TSC employees for calendar year 2019 shall be [***]. The estimated quarterly cost for TSC for 2019 is approximately [***]. Expenses are currently negligible.

Dependencies on Recipient or on Third Parties:    Recipient must provide an estimate of space required for any subsequent 12-month period no less than 60 days prior to the expiration of the then-current period if Recipient wishes to renew the Service for an additional period.
Description of Services:   

VO shall provide office and/or hangar space, including necessary attendant amenities (such as internet access) for approximately [***] VG and TSC employees at the Service Location commensurate with such space and amenities provided to such VG and/or TSC employees at the Service Location during the 6 months prior to the Effective Date.

 

VO shall ensure appropriate badge access to the Service Location for the VG and TSC employees or their replacements upon reasonable request. Access shall be subject to reasonable access partitions.

Additional Terms:    N/A

 

Schedule A-3

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SCHEDULE A-4

[***] Office Space, Logistics and Welding

 

Service Provider:    TSC
Recipient:    VO
Service Period:    One year from the Effective Date with the option of the Recipient to renew for subsequent additional one-year periods upon 60 days written notice prior to the expiration of the then-current period.
Service Personnel:   

TSC logistics personnel

TSC welding personnel

Project Managers:   

VO Manager: [***]

 

TSC Managers:

•  Logistics: [***]

 

•  Welding: [***]

Service Location:    [***]
Fees & Expenses:   

Office Space

 

•  The Fees payable by the Recipient for the Office Space (described below) during a calendar quarter shall be equal to [***].

 

•  The agreed percentage of space at the Service Location utilized by VO employees for calendar year 2019 shall be [***]. The estimated quarterly cost for VO for 2019 is approximately [***].

 

Logistics Services

 

•  The Fees payable by the Recipient for the Logistics Services during a calendar quarter shall be [***]

 

Welding Services

 

•  The Fees for the Welding Services will be paid by Recipient on an hourly basis for Services performed during the prior calendar quarter by the Service Personnel calculated as follows:

 

[***]

Dependencies on Recipient or on Third Parties:    N/A

 

Schedule A-4

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Description of Services:   

Office Space

 

•  TSC shall provide office space, including necessary attendant amenities (such as internet access) for VO employees at the Service Location commensurate with such space and amenities provided to such VO employees at the Service Location during the six months prior to the Effective Date including:

 

•  [***]

 

•  TSC shall ensure appropriate badge access to the Service Location for the VO employees or their replacements upon reasonable request. Access shall be subject to reasonable access partitions and VO personnel shall only have access to [***].

 

Logistics Services

 

•  Service Provider shall provide logistics services including, but not limited to, storing materials, inbound or outbound mail processing, scheduling couriers, receiving inspection, shipping to test site, inventory and CDL driver and tractor support as requested by Recipient.

 

Welding Services

 

•  Service Personnel perform occasional quick weld-prep items for Recipient upon reasonable request subject to scheduling availability.

Additional Terms:    N/A

 

Schedule A-4

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SCHEDULE A-5

Business Development and Regulatory Affairs Services

 

Service Provider:    VO
Recipient:    VG & TSC
Service Period:    12 months from the Effective Date with the option of the Recipient to renew for subsequent additional one-year periods upon 60 days written notice prior to the expiration of the then-current period.
Service Personnel:   

[***]

[***]

[***]

Project Managers:   

VO Manager: [***]

 

VG Manager: [***]

 

TSC Manager: [***]

Service Location:    [***]
Fees & Expenses:   

The Fees payable by the Recipients for the Services during a calendar quarter shall be equal to: [***].

 

All out of pocket expenses shall be subject to prior approval by the applicable Manager for the Recipient and treated as a Pass-Through Expense.

Dependencies on Recipient or on Third Parties:    N/A
Description of Services:    Service Personnel shall strategically support and oppose interests related to commercial launch vehicles and the US launch market and perform governmental business development and administrative services.
Additional Terms:    The Managers shall coordinate with respect to scheduling of the performance of the Services by the Service Personnel to ensure that the Service Personnel are able to fulfill their responsibilities for each party in a timely manner.

 

Schedule A-5

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SCHEDULE A-6

Pilot Utilization Services

 

Service Provider:    VG
Recipient:    VO
Service Period:    12 months from the Effective Date with the option of the Recipient to extend upon mutual agreement with VG and on 60 days written notice prior to the expiration of the initial 12-month period. The termination for convenience rights of the Service Provider in Section 11.3(b) of the Agreement shall not apply during the initial 12-month period, provided, however, that if the Service Personnel ceases to be employed by the Service Provider, Service Provider shall provide Recipient with prompt notice after becoming aware of such future cessation of employment and shall have no obligation to replace such Service Personnel to provide services under this Schedule A-6.
Service Personnel:   

[***]

[***]

Project Managers:   

VO Manager: [***]

 

VG Manager: [***]

Service Location:    [***]
[***]
[***]
[***]
Fees & Expenses:   

The Fees for the Pilot Services described below will be paid by Recipient on an hourly basis for Services performed during the prior calendar quarter by the Service Personnel calculated as follows:

 

[***]

 

All out of pocket expenses including any reasonable travel and lodging expenses for visits to any of the Service Locations upon request, shall be subject to prior approval by the applicable Manager for the Recipient and treated as a Pass-Through Expense.

Dependencies on Recipient or on Third Parties:    Recipients shall provide appropriate work space, equipment, and consents for Service Personnel at the applicable Service Location, as needed to perform the Services under this Service Schedule and shall be responsible for obtaining any necessary clearances or approvals in order for the Service Personnel to perform the Services for Recipient hereunder.

 

Schedule A-6

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Description of Services:   

Subject to the reasonable availability of the Service Personnel based on the Service Personnel’s obligation to perform duties on behalf of the Service Provider, Service Personnel shall be available for testing and operating Recipient’s [***] aircraft including [***].

 

Service Personnel must possess (i) an FAA Medical Certificate (Class 2) that is active and in good standing, (ii) an FAA Airplane Transport Pilot (ATP) License, with a [***] type rating that is active and in good standing for the duration of all Services, and (iii) the technical skills, qualifications and ability required to perform all Services, in each case for the duration of Service Period.

 

Upon reasonable request by the Recipient, the Service Personnel shall provide weekly or monthly status reporting for completed tasks or results of test flights in a format requested by the Recipient.

 

While performing the Services, the Service Personnel shall not operate under Service Provider’s supervision, direction or control. To that end, the Recipient shall provide all applicable instructions and technical direction necessary to execute the Services under this Services Schedule, including points of origin, destination, and any flight path or other relevant information as applicable to ensure the successful performance of the Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing arrangement, the parties agree that the Service Personnel shall remain employees of Service Provider and independent contractors with respect to Recipient, and Recipient shall have no right or authority to terminate any Service Personnel’s employment with the Service Provider during the Service Period.

Additional Terms:   

1.  Coordination. The Managers shall coordinate with respect to scheduling of the performance of the Services by the Service Personnel to ensure that the Service Personnel are able to fulfill their responsibilities for each party in a timely manner.

2.  Insurance. During the Service Period the Recipient shall maintain adequate aviation liability insurance covering the professional activities of the Service Personnel contemplated by this Service Schedule. Recipient shall, subject to underwriter approval, name Service Provider as an additional insured on all such insurance policies of Recipient to the fullest extent provided for in the policies but no less than the minimum amount required by the relevant Governmental Authority, if applicable. The Recipient acknowledges and agrees that the Service Personnel shall not otherwise be subject to the Service

 

Schedule A-6

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Provider’s insurance coverage while providing the Services for the Recipient. Promptly following the Effective Date, Service Provider shall provide Recipient with a certificate of insurance showing Recipient as an additional insured on the policies set forth above.

 

3.  Indemnity. The Recipient agrees to defend the Service Provider against any Third Party Claims and to indemnify and hold the Service Provider harmless from and against any Losses from such Third Party Claims, in each case, arising out of or relating to [***].

 

4.  Claims Release. VG shall execute and deliver (i) any Informed Consents required in order to comply with 14 CFR §460.9, and (ii) any Reciprocal Waiver of claims required in order to comply with 14 CFR §440.17. Additionally, VO shall obtain such Informed Consent and Reciprocal Waiver from any crew and its customers and such Informed Consents and/or Reciprocal Waivers, as applicable, shall cover all contractors (including Virgin Galactic, LLC).

 

Schedule A-6

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SCHEDULE A-7

Finance and Accounting Services

 

Service Provider:    VG
Recipient:    VO
Service Period:    Effective Date through December 31, 2019.
Service Personnel:   

[***]

[***]

[***]

Project Managers:   

VO Manager: [***]

 

VG Manager: [***]

Service Location:    [***]
[***]
Fees & Expenses:   

The Fees for the Finance and Accounting Services (described below) will be paid by Recipient as follows:

 

•  VG Accounting Staff: Fees will be paid [***].

 

•  Third Party Audit Fees: Passed through without markup as a Pass-Through Expense.

 

•  Third Party Tax Professional Fees: Passed through without markup as a Pass-Through Expense.

 

All out of pocket expenses shall be subject to prior approval by the applicable Manager for the Recipient and treated as a Pass-Through Expense.

Dependencies on Recipient or on Third Parties:    Services dependent on external consultants including [***].
Description of Services:   

Service Provider shall provide Services related finance and accounting for the Recipient including:

 

•  Accounting at the VUSA or GV level

 

•  Consolidation, including monthly US GAAP and IFRS reporting

 

•  External reporting

 

•  Corporate tax provision

 

•  Other tax support

 

•  Audit Fees

 

•  Annual US GAAP financial statements, consolidated VUSA and/or stand-alone VO Holdings, Inc.    

  

•  Contract for income tax compliance, strategy and other tax support services from third parties.

Additional Terms:    N/A

 

Schedule A-7

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SCHEDULE A-8

IT Services

(i) IT Services Provided by TSC

 

Service Provider:    TSC
Recipient:    VO
Service Period:   

The Service Period for each of the IT Services described below shall be as follows:

•  Services 1 – 5, the Effective Date through October 26, 2019

•  Service 6, the Effective Date through November 9, 2019

•  Service 7, the Effective Date through January 26, 2020

•  Service 8, the Effective Date until such time as Recipient replaces the Service or the Service is no longer required by Recipient

Service Personnel:    [***]
Project Managers:   

VO Manager: [***]

 

TSC Manager: [***]

Service Location:    [***]
Fees & Expenses:   

The Fees for Services 1 – 7 described below shall be equal to the fees charged by TSC to VO prior to the Effective Date.

The Fees for Service 8 shall be equal to [***]

Dependencies on Recipient or on Third Parties:   

Third party software licenses

Access to third party systems

Description of Services:   

1. Email

•  [***]

2. Spam Filter

•  [***]

3. Network

•  [***]

4. Data

•  [***]

5. Domain

•  [***]

6. Active Directory

•  [***]

7. SharePoint

•  [***]

8. Fiber network [***]

Additional Terms:    With respect to Service 6, all data and related information pertaining to Service Provider stored on the TSC Active Directory shall be considered the Confidential Information of Service Provider. Upon the expiration of the Service Period for Service 6, Recipient shall permanently delete all data of Service Provider from the TSC Active Directory copy and promptly provide evidence of such deletion reasonably acceptable to Service Provider.

 

Schedule A-8

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(ii) IT Services Provided by GV

 

Service Provider:    GV
Recipient:    VG & TSC
Service Period:    12 months from the Effective Date with the option of the Recipient to extend the Service Period for so long as the third party agreements listed below remains in effect.
Service Personnel:    N/A
Project Managers:   

GV Manager: [***]

 

VG Manager: [***]

 

TSC Manager: [***]

Service Location:    N/A
Fees & Expenses:    The Fees for the Services described below shall be passed through at cost without markup.
Dependencies on Recipient or on Third Parties:    Consent from [***], [***], and [***].
Description of Services:   

Service Provider shall continue to provide the licenses and services under the following third party agreements in substantially the same manner as provided prior to the Effective Date:

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

Once each such agreement has been assigned or the Recipient no longer requires the licenses and services under such agreement, Service Provider shall no longer have the obligation to provide Services under such agreement.

Additional Terms:    N/A

 

Schedule A-8

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SCHEDULE A-9

Insurance Advisory Services

 

Service Provider:    VG
Recipient:    VO
Service Period:    12 months from the Effective Date with the option of the Recipient to renew for subsequent additional 12-month periods upon 60 days written notice prior to the expiration of the then-current period.
Service Personnel:    [***]
Project Managers:   

VO Manager: [***]

 

VG Manager: [***]

Service Location:   

[***]

 

[***]

Fees & Expenses:   

The Fees payable by the Recipients for the Services during a calendar quarter shall be equal to: [***].

 

All out of pocket expenses shall be subject to prior approval by the applicable Manager for the Recipient and treated as a Pass-Through Expense.

Dependencies on Recipient or on Third Parties:    N/A
Description of Services:    Liaise with insurance brokers with respect to pricing and coverage for insurance policies; provide consulting services for insurance-related questions and concerns, and support renewal and additions of insurance policies.
Additional Terms:    N/A

 

Schedule A-9

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SCHEDULE A-10

Procurement Services

 

Service Provider:    VG
Recipient    TSC, VO
Service Period:    12 months from the Effective Date with the option of the Recipients to extend for so long as the third party agreement listed below remains in effect.
Service Personnel:    N/A
Project Managers:   

VG Manager: [***]

 

TSC Manager: [***]

 

VO Manager: [***]

Service Location    N/A
Fees & Expenses    The Fees for the Services described below shall be passed through at cost without markup.
Dependencies on Recipient or on Third Parties:    N/A
Description of Services:   

Service Provider shall continue to provide the opportunity for the Recipients to purchase products and services under the following third party agreement in substantially the same manner as provided prior to the Effective Date:

[***]

Additional Terms    N/A

 

Schedule A-10

1

[***] Certain information in this document has been excluded pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item (601)(b)(10). Such excluded information is not material and would likely cause competitive harm to the registrant if publicly disclosed.

Exhibit 10.13

TRANSITIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT

Between

Virgin Management Limited (“VML”)

The Battleship Building

179 Harrow Road

London

W2 6NB

United Kingdom;

and

Virgin Galactic Limited (“VGL”)

The Battleship Building

179 Harrow Road

London

W2 6NB

United Kingdom

Dated 25 October 2019

This agreement (“Agreement”) sets out the terms on which VML will allow VGL to access services that VML receives from certain third parties and the respective obligations of VML and VGL.

 

1

Services

 

1.1

For the duration of the Term and subject to clause 1.2, VML shall use best endeavours to allow VGL to access certain services that are provided by third party providers to VGL (“Third Party Providers”) as set out in Appendix 1 (Services) and based on the then-current applicable policies and agreements with any such Third Party Providers as used by VML and its Group (“Services”), in accordance with the terms and conditions set out herein.

 

1.2

Subject to clause 1.3, VML shall only be obliged to provide access to or procure the performance of any Service to the extent that VML is:

 

  1.2.1

receiving such Service from the relevant Third Party Provider itself;

 

  1.2.2

permitted by the terms of its agreement with the Third Party Provider to allow VGL to receive the Service; and

 

  1.2.3

not prevented by the Third Party Provider from providing VGL access to the Service.

 

1.3

In the event that (i) a Third Party Provider notifies VML of an intention to stop providing a Service to VML for any reason; or (ii) VML’s agreement with the relevant Third Party Provider is due for renewal during the Term, VML shall use commercially reasonable endeavours to:

 

  1.3.1

subject to VGL’s compliance with clause 6.3 below, ensure that VGL is able to access the successor Service, or a similar service provided by a third party, which is adopted by VML for its own staff, for the Term; and

 

  1.3.2

in the event that despite VML’s compliance with clause 1.3.1 above, continued access to a Service for VGL cannot be procured by VML, provide VGL with reasonable prior written notice of (i) cessation of provision of any Service by a Third Party Provider to VML, or (ii) the expiry or upcoming renewal of VML’s agreement with the relevant Third Party Provider, as appropriate.

 

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1.4

VML may from time to time change the Services where required in order to comply with applicable legal or regulatory requirements or where a Third Party Provider changes the Services at its own discretion. VML will notify VGL of such changes as soon as reasonably practicable and this Agreement (including Appendix 1 (Services)) shall be deemed to be amended accordingly as of the date of such notification (or such later date as set out in the notification).

 

2

VGL’s Obligations

 

2.1

VGL shall cooperate with VML and provide to VML (and its employees, agents, Third Party Providers and sub-contractors) in a timely fashion, such information and assistance (including access to people and facilities) as VML shall reasonably require to enable VML to allow VGL to access and receive the Services.

 

2.2

Subject to clauses 5.1 and 5.2, VML shall have no liability for any failure or delay in providing access to the Services in accordance with this Agreement to the extent that VML considers that any failure or delay by VGL in meeting its obligations, responsibilities or dependencies under this Agreement will, or is likely to, have an adverse impact on the ability of VML to provide VGL with access to the affected Services. VML shall promptly notify VGL in writing of any such failure or delay as soon as reasonably practicable upon becoming aware.

 

2.3

In respect of each failure or delay notified to VGL pursuant to clause 2.2, VML shall use all reasonable endeavours to continue providing access to the affected Services in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Where such failure or delay has necessarily precluded VML from providing VGL with access to the affected Services, then VML shall:

 

  2.3.1

be relieved from its obligation to provide access to or procure the performance of the affected Services;

 

  2.3.2

be entitled to recover the reasonable additional costs and expenses it has incurred as a result of such failure or delay; and

 

  2.3.3

not be in breach of this Agreement to the extent that its failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement arises as a result of such failure or delay by VGL.

 

3

Fees and Expenses

 

3.1

In consideration of VML providing access to the Services, VGL shall:

 

  3.1.1

where the Service is specified as a “Reimbursable Service” in Appendix 1 (Services), reimburse VML in full for all charges that VML incurs in providing VGL with access to the Services (whether based on actual usage by VGL or as a pro-rata amount of VML’s usage), on a pass through basis; or

 

  3.1.2

where the Service is specified as a “Directly Billed Service” in Appendix 1 (Services), pay the relevant Third Party Provider directly in accordance with the terms of any invoice issued by a Third Party Provider to VGL,

(together, the “Fees”).

 

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3.2

VGL shall pay the Fees set out in each invoice:

 

  3.2.1

where the invoice is issued by VML, within 30 days of receipt, in cleared funds to the bank account nominated in writing by VML; or

 

  3.2.2

where the invoice is issued by a Third Party Provider, in accordance with the terms of such invoice.

 

3.3

Unless otherwise specified, the Fees exclude VAT. VGL shall, on receipt of a valid VAT invoice from VML, pay to VML such additional amounts in respect of VAT as are chargeable on a supply of the Services.

 

3.4

If VGL fails to pay any amount due to VML by the due date for payment, then (without prejudice to VML’s other rights and remedies) VGL shall pay interest on any outstanding amount at the rate of 4 per cent per annum above the base rate of Lloyds TSB Bank plc from the due date for payment until payment is made in full (whether before or after judgment). Any failure by VGL to pay any amount due directly to a Third Party Provider in respect of a Service shall be governed by the terms of the relevant Third Party Provider invoice.

 

3.5

All amounts payable to VML under this Agreement shall, if they have not become due earlier and save as set out otherwise herein, become due immediately on termination of this Agreement.

 

4

Intellectual Property

Nothing in this Agreement shall transfer ownership of any Intellectual Property Rights belonging to a party (or any third parties) prior to the date of this Agreement, or any Intellectual Property Rights in any items which are independently developed otherwise than under this Agreement.

 

5

Limitation of Liability

 

5.1

Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or exclude the liability of VML for:

 

  5.1.1

death or personal injury resulting from negligence;

 

  5.1.2

fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or

 

  5.1.3

any other liability which cannot be excluded by applicable law.

 

5.2

Subject to clause 5.1, VML shall have no liability whatsoever under this Agreement for any special, indirect or consequential loss (whether arising in tort, contract, misrepresentation or otherwise).

 

5.3

Subject to clauses 5.1, 5.2 and 5.4, VML’s total liability to VGL arising under or in connection with this Agreement or the provision of access to the Services, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, shall be limited to:

 

  5.3.1

[***]

 

  5.3.2

[***]

 

5.4

The parties acknowledge and agree that, without prejudice to clause 5.3:

 

  5.4.1

VML is not providing any Services or advice directly to VGL under this Agreement, and is instead using best endeavours to provide VGL with access to the Services that it receives from Third Party Providers in accordance with clause 1;

 

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  5.4.2

as part of or in order to provide access to or procure the performance of the Services, VML shall procure certain products and/or services from Third Party Providers (“Third Party Products and Services’’); and

 

  5.4.3

without prejudice to clauses 5.1 and 11, VML shall have no liability (whether in tort, contract, misrepresentation or otherwise) in connection with the Third Party Products and Services.

 

5.5

VML does not warrant that VGL’s access to the Services will be uninterrupted or error-free or give any warranty or comfort as to the Services that VGL receives from the Third Party Providers. All conditions, warranties or other terms which might have effect between the parties or be implied or incorporated into this Agreement, whether by statute, common law or otherwise, are hereby excluded, including the implied conditions, warranties or other terms as to satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose or the use of reasonable skill and care.

 

6

Termination

 

6.1

VML shall provide access to the Services from the Effective Date until the date of termination of those Services or this Agreement (as applicable) in accordance with this clause 6 (the “Term”).

 

6.2

Access to the Services and this Agreement may be terminated as follows:

 

  6.2.1

This Agreement shall automatically terminate when VML is no longer providing VGL with access to any of the Services, provided that:

 

  (i)

VML will not provide access to any Services other than the “Registered office” Service for longer than 12 months following the Effective Date; and

 

  (ii)

VML will only provide access to the “Registered office” Service for as long as the Licence to Occupy between the parties dated 21 February 2017 (as amended) is in force.

 

  6.2.2

Either party may terminate this Agreement immediately on written notice, in the event that:

 

  (i)

the other party is in material breach of this Agreement and either that breach is incapable of remedy or the other party has failed to remedy the breach within 30 days of receipt of written notice requiring it to remedy the breach; or

 

  (ii)

the other party suffers an Insolvency Event.

 

6.3

Without prejudice to the other terms of this Agreement, VGL shall use its best endeavours to put in place, as soon as possible following the Effective Date, arrangements with third parties for the receipt of alternative services to replace the Services other than the “Registered office” Service (in their entirety).

 

6.4

On termination of this Agreement, the following clauses shall survive and continue in full force and effect: clauses 3 (Fees and Expenses), 4 (Intellectual Property), 5 (Limitation of Liability), 6 (Termination), 7 (Consequences of Termination), 8 (Indemnity), 10 (Confidentiality), 11 (Data Protection) and 16 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction).

 

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7

Consequences of Termination

 

7.1

Any termination or expiry of this Agreement shall not affect any accrued rights or liabilities of either party or the coming into force or continuance of any provision of this Agreement which is expressly or by implication intended to come into force or continue on or after termination.

 

7.2

On termination of this Agreement, each party shall promptly:

 

  7.2.1

return to the other party all equipment, materials and property belonging to the other party that the other party had supplied to it or a member of its Group in connection with the supply of the Services and all documents and materials (and any copies) containing the other party’s Confidential Information;

 

  7.2.2

erase all the other party’s Confidential Information from its computer systems (to the extent possible); and

 

  7.2.3

on request, certify in writing to the other party that it has complied with the requirements of this clause 7.2.

 

7.3

Upon termination or expiry of this Agreement in whole or as to any relevant Service(s), VML shall provide reasonable assistance to VGL to enable VGL to transition from the relevant Service(s) to the replacement services.

 

8

Indemnity

VGL shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless VML and its Group, and VML’s (and all members of VML’s Group’s) trustees, beneficiaries, directors, officers, employees and agents (and the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing) and any of their directors, officers, employees, independent contractors and agents (collectively, “Indemnified Persons”) from [***].

 

9

Force Majeure

 

9.1

Neither party shall be in breach of this Agreement or liable for any failure or delay in performing any obligations under this Agreement arising from or attributable to any Force Majeure Event.

 

9.2

If a Force Majeure Event occurs, the date(s) for performance of the affected obligation(s) shall be postponed for so long as is made necessary by the Force Majeure Event, provided that if the Force Majeure Event continues for a period in excess of sixty (60) days, either party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement immediately on written notice to the other party.

 

10

Confidentiality

 

10.1

Each party (the “Recipient’’) shall not at any time disclose to any person any confidential information disclosed to it by the other party (the “Disclosing Party”) in connection with this Agreement concerning the business or affairs of the Disclosing Party or any member of its Group, including information relating to the Disclosing Party’s operations, processes, plans, product information, know-how, designs, trade secrets, software, market opportunities and customers, (“Confidential Information”) except as permitted by clause 10.2.

 

10.2

A Recipient may disclose the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information:

 

  10.2.1

to its employees, officers or agents (“Representatives”) who need to know such information for the purposes of carrying out the Recipient’s obligations under this Agreement, provided that the Recipient requires that its Representatives agree to comply with confidentiality obligations equivalent to those contained in this clause 10;

 

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  10.2.2

where such information is publicly available at the time of its disclosure or becomes publicly available (other than as a result of disclosure by the Recipient or any of Its Representatives);

 

  10.2.3

where such information was lawfully in the possession of the Recipient (as can be demonstrated by its written records or other reasonable evidence) from a source other than the Disclosing Party or its Representatives, which source is not bound by any duty of confidentiality owed (directly or indirectly) to the Disclosing Party in relation to such information; and

 

  10.2.4

if and to the extent required by law or any applicable security exchange, supervisory regulatory or governmental authority to which the relevant party is subject or submits, wherever situated, whether or not the requirement for disclosure has the force of law.

 

10.3

Each party agrees to accord at least the same standard of care to the other party’s Confidential Information and to follow practices and procedures at least as stringent as those used to protect its own Confidential Information.

 

11

Data Protection

 

11.1

The provisions attached as Appendix 2 hereto shall govern the Processing of the Personal Data (as such terms are defined in the GDPR) of the other party in connection with the provision of access to Services hereunder.

 

11.2

VGL shall use its best endeavours to minimize the amount of Personal Data that it provides to VML under this Agreement and shall only provide Personal Data directly to VML to the extent required by VML and/or the relevant Third Party Provider(s) for VGL to receive the benefit of access to the Services.

 

12

Notices

 

12.1

All notices under this Agreement shall be in writing, sent by email or by prepaid first-class registered or recorded delivery post or (if being served by post outside the country from which it is sent) by recorded delivery airmail to the party being served at the address as the parties may elect (by notification to the other party) from time to time.

 

12.2

Any notice shall be deemed to have been served (i) if sent by post, at 9 00 a.m on the second Business Day after posting (ii) if sent by airmail, at 9 00 a m. on the fifth Business Day after posting or (iii) if sent by email, at the time of transmission or (if such time is not between 9.00 and 5.00pm on any Business Day) at 9.00 am. on the next Business Day. All times in this clause 12 refer to local time in the place of deemed receipt. To prove delivery, it is sufficient to prove that the notice was transmitted by email to the email address of the party (provided a clear transmission report has been received) or, in the case of post, that the envelope containing the notice was properly addressed and posted.

 

13

Compliance and Audit

 

13.1

Each Party shall comply with its obligations under applicable law and regulation in relation to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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13.2

VML shall provide to VGL, upon request by VGL of at least five (5) Business Days’ notice, such documentation as VGL reasonably requires for the purpose of verifying that the Fees are accurate.

 

14

Definitions and Interpretation

 

14.1

The following terms shall have the following meanings in this Agreement:

‘‘Business Day’’ means a day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) when banks in London are open for business;

“Claims” means claims, demands, suits, criminal or civil actions or similar proceedings that might be alleged by a third party, including any Third Party Provider, against any Indemnified Person, and all liabilities, damages, fines, penalties, costs or expenses (including reasonably incurred lawyers’ fees and expenses and other costs for defence, settlement and appeal) that any Indemnified Person might incur or become responsible for;

Confidential Information”, “Disclosing Party” and “Recipient” have the meaning given in clause 10.1;

Directly Billed Service” has the meaning given in clause 3.1.2;

“Effective Date” means October 25, 2019;

Fees” has the meaning given in clause 3.1;

“Force Majeure Event” means any act, event, omission or accidents beyond the reasonable control of a party including: acts of God, including fire, earthquake, flood, windstorm or other natural disaster, war, threat of or preparation for war, armed conflict, imposition of sanctions, embargo, breaking off of diplomatic relations or similar actions; terrorist attack, civil war, civil commotion; or riots, sabotage; nuclear, chemical or biological contamination or sonic boom; compliance with any taw; fire. explosion or accidental damage; loss at sea; adverse weather conditions; collapse of building structures, failure of plant machinery, machinery, computers or vehicles; labour disputes, including strikes, industrial action or lockouts; interruption or failure of utility services, including electric power, gas or water;

GDPR” means Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data;

“Group” means in relation to a party its subsidiaries and holding companies and the subsidiaries of such holding companies (as such terms are defined in section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006);

Indemnified Persons” has the meaning given in clause 8;

Intellectual Property Rights” means any and all rights (including moral rights) available under patent, copyright, trade mark, service mark, trade name, product configuration, industrial design, rights in software, business names and domain names, database rights, or trade secret law or any other statutory provision or common law doctrine with respect to designs, formulas, algorithms, procedures, methods, techniques, ideas, know-how, programs, subroutines, tools, inventions, creations, improvements, works of authorship, other similar materials, and all recordings, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses, other writings, and any other embodiment of the foregoing, in any form, which may subsist in any part of the world, in each case whether registered or unregistered;

 

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Insolvency Event” means, in relation to a party:

 

  (i)

such party suspends or threatens to suspend payment of its debts or is (or is deemed to be) insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they fall due for payment or admits inability to pay its debts;

 

  (ii)

such party enters into any composition or arrangement with its creditors;

 

  (iii)

an order is made or resolution is passed, or any analogous proceedings are taken for the winding-up, administration or dissolution (other than for the purposes of a solvent amalgamation or reconstruction) of such party;

 

  (iv)

any liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or similar officer is appointed over or in respect of such party or any part of its business or assets;

 

  (v)

a creditor or encumbrancer of such party attaches or takes possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other such process is levied or enforced on or sued against, the whole or any part of its assets and such attachment or process is not discharged within 14 days;

 

  (vi)

any event occurs or proceeding is taken with respect to such party in any jurisdiction to which it is subject that has an effect equivalent or similar to any of the events mentioned in paragraphs (i) to (v) (inclusive) above; or

 

  (vii)

such party ceases or threatens to cease to carry on all or substantially the whole of its business;

Reimbursable Service” has the meaning given in clause 3.1.1;

Representatives” has the meaning given in clause 10.2;

Services” has the meaning given in clause 1.1;

Term” has the meaning given in clause 6.1;

Third Party Provider” has the meaning given in clause 1.1;

Third Party Products and Services” has the meaning given in clause 5.4.2;

 

14.2

Clause, schedule and paragraph headings shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

 

14.3

The Appendices form part of this Agreement for all purposes.

 

14.4

A person includes a natural person, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate legal personality).

 

14.5

Words in the singular include the plural and vice versa.

 

14.6

A reference to writing or written includes email.

 

14.7

The words include(s), including or in particular in this Agreement are deemed to have the words “without limitation’ following them.

 

14.8

Any obligation in this Agreement on a person not to do something includes an obligation not to agree or allow that thing to be done.

 

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14.9

A reference to a statute or statutory provision is to such statute or provision as amended or re-enacted from time to time whether before or after the date of this Agreement and, in the case of a statute, includes any subordinate legislation made under that statute whether before or after the date of this Agreement; and

 

14.10

unless otherwise defined, terms used in their relevant business context shall be interpreted in accordance with their generally understood meaning in that industry or business context.

 

15

Miscellaneous

 

15.1

Each party warrants that it has the corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder.

 

15.2

Save as set out herein, all warranties and other terms implied by law are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from this Agreement.

 

15.3

This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to its subject matter and supersedes all prior written or oral understandings agreements and deeds relating to it. Except as set out otherwise herein, this Agreement may not be modified or amended except in writing executed by both parties.

 

15.4

To the extent that there is any conflict between the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and the terms and conditions of any other agreement entered into between the parties with respect to the provision of access to the Services described hereunder, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

15.5

Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a partnership between the parties, nor shall either party constitute or become the agent of the other party for any purpose.

 

15.6

If any provision of this Agreement (or part of a provision) is found by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal, the other provisions shall remain in force. If any invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision would be valid, enforceable or legal if some part of it were deleted, the provision shall apply with the minimum modification necessary to make it legal, valid and enforceable.

 

15.7

Any waiver of any right under this Agreement is only effective if it is in writing. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy under this Agreement shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of any such right or remedy or other rights or remedies.

 

15.8

Neither party may assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other, save that either party may assign or transfer its rights and obligations under this Agreement to another member of its Group. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this clause 15.8 shall restrict VML from procuring services from (or sub-contracting services to) Third Party Providers or other third parties for the purposes of providing access to the Services.

 

15.9

Each party shall (at its own expense) promptly execute and deliver all such documents and do all such things (or procure the same) as are required to give full effect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by it.

 

15.10

Each party shall pay its own costs in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and performance of this Agreement and all documents ancillary to it.

 

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15.11

No term of this Agreement shall be enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not a party to this Agreement but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available other than under that Act.

 

15.12

This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

16

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute or claim relating to any non-contractual obligations arising out or in connection with this Agreement).

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the duly authorised representatives of the parties.

 

/s/ Ian Woods

 

Authorised signatory

for and on behalf of

Virgin Management Limited

/s/ George Whitesides

 

Authorised signatory

for and on behalf of

Virgin Galactic Limited

 

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APPENDIX 1 (SERVICES)

 

Name

  

Third Party
Provider

  

Description of Service

  

Charging

mechanism

Employee benefits
Pension    [***]    Provision to employees of pension product.    Directly Billed Service Paid directly to Third Party Provider based on VGL employee usage.
Dental Insurance    [***]    Provision to employees of dental insurance.    Directly Billed Service Paid directly to Third Party Provider based on VGL employee usage.
Private Healthcare Scheme    [***]    Provision to employees of private healthcare scheme.    Reimbursable Service Costs of the scheme recharged by VML at start of each calendar year. Claims made under scheme recharged based on VGL employee usage initially and then at calendar year end, all claims are pooled across participating companies in the scheme on a pro rata basis.
Income Protection Insurance    [***]    Provision to employees of income protection insurance.    Reimbursable Service Recharged by VML based on number of VGL users at start of calendar year.
Health Assessment    [***]    Provision to employees of a health assessment.    Directly Billed Service Paid directly to Third Party Provider based on VGL employee usage.
Critical Illness Insurance    [***]    Provision to employees of a critical illness product.    Directly Billed Service Paid directly to Third Party Provider based on VGL employee usage.
Life Assurance    [***]    Provision to employees of a life assurance product.    Directly Billed Service Paid directly to Third Party Provider based on VGL employee usage.

 

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Cycle to Work    [***]    Acquiring bicycle through payroll with incentive.    Directly Billed Service Paid directly to Third Party Provider based on VGL employee usage.
Free Flights    [***]    2 free flights per calendar year for employees with 2 calendar years’ service.    Reimbursable Service Recharged by VML based on VGL employee usage.
Pension Advice    [***]    Provision to employers of advice on pension matters, including auto-enrolment    Reimbursable Service Pro rata allocation of fees based on VGL’s number of employees vs total group users.
Holiday Tool    [***]    Usage of online platform to manage employee holiday records.    Reimbursable Service Pro rata allocation of fees based on VGL’s number of employees vs total group users.
Tonic Platform    [***]    Usage of online platform to manage employee benefits selection.    Reimbursable Service Pro rata allocation of fees based on VGL’s number of employees vs total group users.
Financial Education Platform    [***]    Use of online platform by employees to educate themselves on financial matters.    Reimbursable Service Pro rata allocation of fees based on VGL’s number of employees vs total group users.
Workplace Health Platform    [***]    Use of online platform by employees to monitor and reward their health.    Reimbursable Service Pro rata allocation of fees based on VGL’s number of employees vs total group users.
Mobile phone
Mobile phones    [***]    Mobile phones, other equipment and services (including SIM cards and network coverage).   

Directly Billed Service

Paid directly to Third Party Provider based on VGL employees’ usage.

Other
Registered office    N/A    Use of Battleship office as registered office address for service of official documents, for as long as the Licence to Occupy between the parties dated 21 February 2017 (as amended) is in place.    Reimbursable Service £250 per annum

 

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APPENDIX 2 (DATA PROCESSING)

 

1.

DEFINITIONS

The following terms have the following meanings when used in this Appendix 2:

 

  1.1

“Controller”, “Processor” and “Data Subject” have the meaning given to them under the GDPR.

 

  1.2

Data Protection Laws” means the following legislations to the extent applicable from time to time: (a) the GDPR and any national law supplementing the GDPR (such as, in the UK, the Data Protection Act 2018), and (b) any other data protection or privacy laws, regulations, or regulatory requirements applicable to the Processing of Personal Data (as amended and/or replaced from time to time);

 

  1.3

Personal Data”, “Personal Data Breach”, “Processing” (and its cognates) and “Supervisory Authority” have the meaning set out in the GDPR.

 

2.

ROLES OF THE PARTIES

 

  2.1

VML shall provide access to or procure the performance of the Services in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

  2.2

In relation to the Processing of Personal Data as more particularly described below (the “Agreement Personal Data”), the parties acknowledge that VGL shall be the Controller and VML shall be the Processor under this Agreement. The particulars of the Processing are as follow:

 

  (a)

Subject Matter of the Processing: VML has agreed to provide under this Agreement access to the Services, possibly involving the Processing of Personal Data.

 

  (b)

Nature and purpose of the Processing: To provide access to or procure the performance of the Services described in this Agreement.

 

  (c)

Types of Personal Data Processed: VML will Process the following types of Personal Data during the course of the provision of access to the Services: (i) biographical data (including title, first name, last name and other identification numbers) and (ii) contact data (including email addresses, billing and postal addresses and telephone numbers). The Processing of special categories of Personal Data may also be involved.

 

  (d)

Categories of Data Subjects: The employees of VGL.

 

  (e)

Duration of the Processing: For the duration of the Term.

 

3.

OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES

 

  3.1

VML shall comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Laws in respect of the provision of access to or procurement of the performance of the Services and otherwise in connection with this Agreement.

 

  3.2

Without prejudice to clause 3.2, VML shall:

 

  (a)

only Process the Agreement Personal Data on the documented instructions and directions of VGL (which shall include without limitation the terms of this Agreement) and only to the extent reasonably necessary for the purpose of providing access to or procuring the performance of the Services and not Process the Agreement Personal Data for any other purpose or in any other manner unless VML is required to Process such Agreement Personal Data otherwise under applicable Data Protection Laws. Where such a requirement is placed on VML it shall provide prior notice to VGL unless prohibited by applicable law;

 

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  (b)

Process the Agreement Personal Data in accordance with the specified duration, purpose, type of Personal Data and categories of Data Subjects as set out in clause 2.2 above;

 

  (c)

inform VGL if, in its reasonable opinion, any instruction or direction from VGL would be in breach of Data Protection Laws;

 

  (d)

ensure that any employee, director, agent, contractor or affiliate of VML or any third party with access to Agreement Personal Data only access such Agreement Personal Data in connection with the provision of access to or procurement of performance of the Services or where permitted by applicable law. VML shall further ensure that all persons authorised by it to Process the Agreement Personal Data (i) have undergone training about Data Protection Laws and (ii) are subject to a duty of confidence;

 

  (e)

implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the Agreement Personal Data against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access.

 

  (f)

promptly notify VGL if it receives a request from a Data Subject attempting to exercise their rights under Data Protection Laws. VML shall act in accordance with VGL’s reasonable instructions when dealing with any such request;

 

  (g)

co-operate and provide reasonable assistance to VGL to respond to (i) requests from any Data Subject exercising their rights under Data Protection Laws and (ii) any enquiry made, or investigation or assessment of Processing initiated by any Supervisory Authority; and

 

  (h)

assist VGL with the conduct of privacy impact assessments and in relation to the security of the Processing where and as required under Data Protection Laws.

 

  3.3

At the request of VGL, VML shall provide all information necessary to demonstrate evidence of its compliance with this Agreement and the Data Protection Laws and allow for and contribute to audits, including without limitation inspections, conducted by VGL or another auditor nominated by VGL to verify VML’s compliance with Data Protection Laws. Upon request, VML shall submit to VGL its record of Processing activities carried out on behalf of VGL in accordance with Article 30.2 of the GDPR.

 

  3.4

VML shall notify VGL promptly of becoming aware of, or reasonably suspecting there has been a Personal Data Breach affecting the Agreement Personal Data. As part of that notification, VML shall provide:

 

  (a)

a description of the nature of the Personal Data Breach, including without limitation the volume and type of the Agreement Personal Data affected and the categories and approximate number of individuals concerned;

 

  (b)

the name and contact details of VML contact from whom more information can be obtained;

 

  (c)

the likely consequences of the Personal Data Breach; and

 

  (d)

a description of the measures taken or proposed to be taken to address the Personal Data Breach including, where appropriate, measures to mitigate its possible adverse effects.

 

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VML shall co-operate with any investigation regarding the Personal Data Breach and take without undue delay all necessary measures to limit further unauthorised disclosure of or unauthorised Processing of the Agreement Personal Data in connection with the Personal Data Breach.

 

  3.5

On termination or expiry of the Agreement or any part of it and at the option of VGL, VML shall promptly return (in the format requested by VGL) or delete the Agreement Personal Data Processed in relation to the Services and certify in writing that it has done so.

 

  3.6

VML shall not transfer the Agreement Personal Data without (i) obtaining the VGL’s prior written consent and (ii) taking such measures as VGL may reasonably request to ensure that such transfer complies with Data Protection Laws, which includes, at the VGL’s request, entering into (or procuring that such other persons as VGL may reasonably specify enter into) a valid data transfer mechanism under Data Protection Laws.

 

  3.7

During the Term, VML shall not engage any sub-Processors to Process the Agreement Personal Data that are not listed in Appendix 1 as at the Effective Date without VGL’s prior written consent. VGL otherwise consents to VML’s engagement of the Third Party Providers specified in Appendix 1 who may Process any Agreement Personal Data as sub-Processors under this Agreement. VML shall ensure that it has a written contract with any authorised sub-Processor that contains terms for the protection of the Agreement Personal Data which are no less protective than the terms set out in this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, if VML engages a sub-Processor, where that sub-Processor fails to fulfil its obligations under Data Protection Laws, VML remains liable to VGL for the performance of the sub-Processor’s obligations under Data Protection Laws.

 

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Exhibit 21.1

 

Legal Name

    

Jurisdiction of Incorporation

TSC LLC      Delaware
TSC Vehicle Holdings Inc.      Delaware
Virgin Galactic Holdings LLC      Delaware
Virgin Galactic Limited      England and Wales
Virgin Galactic, LLC      Delaware
Virgin Galactic Vehicle Holdings, Inc.      Delaware

Exhibit 99.1

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Exhibit 99.1 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Current Report on Form 8-K to which this Exhibit 99.1 is attached.

Introduction

We are providing the following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information to aid you in your analysis of the financial aspects of the Transactions. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2019 combines the unaudited condensed balance sheet of SCH as of June 30, 2019 with the unaudited condensed combined balance sheet of the VG Companies as of June 30, 2019, giving effect to the Transactions as if they had been consummated on that date.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2019 combines the unaudited condensed statement of operations of SCH for the six months ended June 30, 2019 with the unaudited condensed combined statement of operations of the VG Companies for the six months ended June 30, 2019. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 combines the audited statement of operations of SCH for the year ended December 31, 2018 with the audited combined statement of operations of the VG Companies for the year ended December 31, 2018.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information was derived from and should be read in conjunction with the following historical financial statements and the accompanying notes:

 

   

The historical unaudited condensed financial statements of SCH as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and the historical audited financial statements of SCH as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018, which are included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-1; and

 

   

The historical unaudited condensed combined financial statements of the VG Companies as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and the historical audited combined financial statements of the VG Companies as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018, which are included beginning on page F-29 in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and incorporated by reference into the Report.

The foregoing historical financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information should also be read together with “SCH’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “The VG Companies’ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and other financial information included elsewhere in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

Description of the Transactions

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the VG Companies merged with and into the Merger Subs in exchange for an aggregate merger consideration payable by SCH to Vieco US. The VG Companies survived the Mergers as direct wholly owned subsidiaries of SCH and SCH was immediately renamed “Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.” The aggregate merger consideration payable by SCH to Vieco US under the Merger Agreement was 130,000,000 shares of VGH common stock at a deemed value of $10.00 per share for an aggregate merger consideration of $1.3 billion.

Accounting for the Transactions

The Transactions will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with GAAP. Under this method of accounting, SCH has been treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. This determination was primarily based on current shareholders of the VG Companies having a relativemajority of the voting power of the combined entity, the operations of the VG Companies prior to the acquisition comprising the only ongoing operations of the combined entity, and senior management of the VG Companies comprising the majority of the senior management of the combined entity. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the financial statements of the combined entity will represent a continuation of the financial statements of the VG Companies with the acquisition being treated as the equivalent of the VG Companies issuing stock for the net assets of SCH, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of SCH will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded.


Other Events in connection with the Transactions

 

   

On July 9, 2019, Virgien Enterprises Limited (“VEL”), VGH, LLC and SCH agreed that the trademark license agreement with VEL would, effective on the consummation of the Transactions, be amended and restated and novated to the Company, permitting the Company to use the “Virgin Galactic” name and brand and the Virgin signature logo. Pursuant to the terms of the Amended TMLA, the Company will be obligated to pay VEL quarterly royalties equal to the greater of (a) a low single-digit percentage of its gross sales and (b) prior to the first spaceflight for paying customers, a mid-five figure amount in dollars. After commercial launch, the Company will be obligated to pay increased royalties; see the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 218 titled “Information about the VG Companies—Intellectual Property—Virgin Trademark License Agreement” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the section titled “Amended TMLA” in Item 1.01 in this Report.

 

   

The second qualifying milestone under the VG Companies’ multiyear cash incentive plan (the “Cash Incentive Plan”) was amended upon the consummation of the Transactions such that the participants who remained continuously employed through the consummation of the Transactions are entitled to receive 100% of the bonus that such participant would have otherwise received upon the achievement of the original second qualifying milestone; see the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 249 titled “Executive Compensation—Executive Compensation Arrangements—Existing Agreements—Cash Incentive Plan” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

 

   

Each of Mr. Bain, Dr. Ryans and Mses. Reses and Wong were granted Director RSU Awards relating to an aggregate of 1,500,000 underlying shares of common stock. The Director RSU Awards were vested at grant upon the consummation of the Transactions but will not settle into shares of common stock until a date, selected by the Company, between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020; see the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 252 titled “Executive Compensation—Director Compensation” and “Compensatory Arrangements for Directors” in Item 5.02 of this Report.

 

   

The Company approved and implemented a compensation program for the Company’s non-employee directors (the “Director Compensation Program”) that consists of annual retainer fees and long-term equity awards for the Company’s non-employee directors who are determined to not be affiliated with Virgin Galactic and/or SCH. The initial eligible directors will be Drs. Austin and Ryans and Messrs. Kreeger and Mattson. Under the Director Compensation Program, each initial eligible director will receive an annual retainer $125,000 as cash compensation and will receive a restricted stock unit (“RSU”) award covering shares of the Company’s common stock with an aggregate value of $300,000, which will vest as to one-third of the shares subject to the award on each anniversary of the consummation of the Transactions, subject to continued service; see the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 252 titled “Executive Compensation—Director Compensation” and “Compensatory Arrangements for Directors” in Item 5.02 of this Report.

 

   

The Company entered into new employment agreements with its executive officers. The terms of these new employment agreements include salary compensation and equity incentive awards covering shares of the Company’s common stock; see “Compensatory Arrangements for Executive Officers” in Item 5.02 of this Report.

 

   

The Company adopted the 2019 Incentive Award Plan (the “2019 Plan”) in connection with the closing of the Transactions under which the Company may grant cash and equity incentive awards covering shares of its common stock to employees, consultants and directors of the Company, and employees and consultants of its subsidiaries; see “2019 Plan” in Item 5.02 of this Report.

 

   

Pursuant to the previously announced subscription agreement, Boeing purchased 1,924,402 newly issued shares of the Company’s common stock in exchange for for aggregate consideration of $20.0 million; see the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 13 titled “Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus—Related Agreements—Boeing Subscription Agreement” and “Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities” in Item 3.02 of this Report.

Basis of Pro Forma Presentation

The historical financial information has been adjusted to give pro forma effect to events that are (i) related and/or directly attributable to the Transactions, (ii) factually supportable, and (iii) with respect to the pro forma statement of operations, are expected to have a continuing impact on the results of the combined entity. The adjustments in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information have been identified and presented to provide relevant information necessary for an accurate understanding of the combined entity upon consummation of the Transactions.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is for illustrative purposes only. The financial results may have been different had the companies always been combined. You should not rely on the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information as being indicative of the historical results that would have been achieved had the companies always been


combined or the future results that the combined entity will experience. SCH and the VG Companies have not had any historical relationship prior to the transactions. Accordingly, no pro forma adjustments were required to eliminate activities between the companies.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared assuming the following:

 

   

The total redemption of 15,877,288 Class A public shares of SCH at an assumed redemption price approximating $10.33 per share based on the trust account figures as of June 30, 2019, of which 3,771,178 shares were redeemed on September 9, 2019 and 12,106,110 shares were redeemed on October 23, 2019.

 

   

The election by Vieco US for the Company to repurchase an assumed 4,857,643 shares of VGH common stock held by Vieco US at a price of $10.00 per share in cash. The assumed Repurchase is derived from the remaining $48.6 million cash available as of June 30, 2019 for the Repurchase in excess of the $500.0 million balance required to be held by VGH in cash and cash equivalents subsequent to the Repurchase.

 

   

The election by Vieco US for Mr. Palihapitiya to purchase 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock held by Vieco US at a price of $10.00 per share in cash as contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (the “Secondary Purchase”). The Secondary Purchase has no impact to the cash and cash equivalents balance or total shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as presented in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

After giving effect to the redemption of the Class A public shares, the Repurchase (using the assumed terms described above), and the Secondary Purchase, Vieco US would hold an assumed 115,142,357 shares of VGH common stock immediately after the Closing, which approximates a 58.8% ownership level.

 

Shareholder

   No. of Shares      % Ownership  

Vieco US(1)

     115,142,357        58.8

SCH’s public shareholders

     53,122,712        27.1

SCH Sponsor Corp. & related parties (including Mr. Palihapitiya)(2)

     25,750,000        13.1

Boeing

     1,924,402        1.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total(2)(3)

     195,939,471        100.0
  

 

 

    

 

(1)

The actual number of VGH shares repurchased by the Company from Vieco US in the Repurchase was 5,209,562 shares at a price of $10.00 per share, and the actual number of VGH shares held by Vieco US following the Repurchase was 114,790,438 shares.

(2)

Outstanding shares of VGH common stock held by SCH Sponsor Corp. excludes the 1,500,000 shares of the Company common stock underlying the Director RSU Awards that were granted in connection with the Transactions. The Director RSU Awards vested at the closing of the Transactions but will not settle into shares of common stock until a date, selected by VGH, that occurs between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020.

(3)

The actual number of shares of VGH common stock outstanding after giving effect to the redemption of the Class A public shares, the Repurchase (on the terms described above in footnote 1) and the Secondary Purchase was 195,587,552 shares.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet and statement of operations are based on the assumption that there are no adjustments for the outstanding public or private placement warrants issued by SCH as such securities are not exercisable until 30 days after the closing of the Transactions.

If the actual facts are different than these assumptions, then the amounts and shares outstanding in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information will be different.


Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet

As of June 30, 2019

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

e    (a)
SCH
     (b)
The
VG Companies
     Pro Forma
Adjustments
           Pro Forma
Combined
 

Assets

             

Current Assets:

             

Cash and cash equivalents

     274        85,324        712,535       c     
           (163,958     d     
           (48,576     e     
           (37,168     f     
           (21,875     g     
           (9,946     h     
           20,000       i        536,610  

Accounts receivable

     —          571        —            571  

Inventories

     —          27,508        —            27,508  

Prepayments and other current assets

     80        3,518        —            3,598  

Due from related party, net

     —          8,922        —            8,922  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total current assets

     354        125,843        451,012          577,209  

Property, plant, and equipment, net

     —          40,456        —            40,456  

Marketable securities held in trust account

     712,535        —          (712,535     c        —    

Other noncurrent assets

     —          3,705        (1,217     f        2,488  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 712,889      $ 170,004      $ (262,740      $ 620,153  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

             

Current liabilities

             

Current portion of capital lease obligation

     —          8        —            8  

Accounts payable

     2,467        9,003        —            11,470  

Accrued liabilities

     —          15,951        (1,217     f        14,734  

Customer deposits

     —          81,078        —            81,078  

Advances from related party

     759        —          —            759  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     3,226        106,040        (1,217        108,049  

Deferred rent

     —          7,912        —            7,912  

Deferred underwriting fees

     24,150        —          (24,150     g        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 27,376      $ 113,952      $ (25,367      $ 115,961  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Commitments

             

Class A ordinary shares

     680,513        —          (163,958     d     
           (516,555     j        —    

Stockholders’ Equity

             

Common stock

     —          —          (0     e     
           0       i     
           5       j     
           2       k     
           13       l        20  

Class A ordinary shares

     0        —          (0     k        —    

Class B ordinary shares

     2        —          (2     k        —    

Additional paid-in-capital

     —          —          (48,576     e     
           (37,168     f     
           2,275       g     
           20,000       i     
           516,550       j     
           0       k     
           55,991       m     
           4,998       n     
           (13     l     
           17,685       o        531,742  

Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit)

     4,998        —          (4,998     n        —    
           (17,685     o     
           (9,946     h        (27,631

Net parent investment

     —          55,991        (55,991     m        —    

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     —          61        —            61  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

   $ 5,000      $ 56,052      $ 443,140        $ 504,192  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 712,889      $ 170,004      $ (262,740      $ 620,153  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 


Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2019

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

     (a)
SCH
    (b)
The VG
Companies
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
           Pro Forma
Combined
       

Revenue

   $  —       $ 2,420     $  —          $ 2,420    

Cost of revenue

     —         1,284       —            1,284    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

Gross profit

     —         1,136       —            1,136    

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

     —         26,905       40       c       
         450       d       
         3,941       e        31,336    

Research and development expenses

     —         61,591       2,494       e        64,085    

Operating costs

     2,797       —         —            2,797    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

Operating loss

     (2,797     (87,360     (6,925        (97,082  

Interest income

     8,554       750       (8,554     f        750    

Interest expense

     —         2       —            2    

Other income

     —         37       —            37    

Unrealized loss on marketable securities

     270       —         (270     g        —      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

Loss before income taxes

     5,487       (86,575     (15,209        (96,297  

Income tax expense

     —         86       —            86    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

Net income (loss)

   $ 5,487     $ (86,661   $ (15,209      $ (96,383  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

Earnings (loss) per share

             

Basic and diluted

   $ (0.12          $ (0.49     h  
  

 

 

          

 

 

   

Weighted average shares outstanding

             

Basic and diluted

     20,111,365         177,959,189       i        198,070,554       i  
  

 

 

          

 

 

   


Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

     (a)
SCH
    (b)
The VG
Companies
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
           Pro Forma
Combined
       

Revenue

   $  —       $ 2,849     $  —          $ 2,849    

Cost of revenue

     —         1,201       —            1,201    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

Gross profit

     —         1,648       —            1,648    

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

     —         50,902       80       c       
         900       d       
         7,883       e        59,765    

Research and development expenses

     —         117,932       4,988       e        122,920    

Operating costs

     1,344       —         —            1,344    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

Operating loss

     (1,344     (167,186     (13,851        (182,381  

Interest income

     12,580       633       (12,580     f        633    

Interest expense

     —         10       —            10    

Other income

     —         28,571       —            28,571    

Unrealized loss on marketable securities

     271       —         (271     g        —      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

Loss before income taxes

     10,965       (137,992     (26,160        (153,187  

Income tax expense

     —         147       —            147    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

Net income (loss)

   $ 10,965     $ (138,139   $ (26,160      $ (153,334  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

Earnings (loss) per share

             

Basic and diluted

   $ (0.04          $ (0.78     h  
  

 

 

          

 

 

   

Weighted average shares outstanding

             

Basic and diluted

     20,080,848         177,358,623       i        197,439,471       i  
  

 

 

          

 

 

   


NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

1. Basis of Presentation

The pro forma adjustments have been prepared as if the Transactions had been consummated on June 30, 2019 in the case of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet and on January 1, 2018, the beginning of the earliest period presented in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information have been prepared assuming the following methods of accounting in accordance with GAAP.

The Transactions will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with GAAP. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the financial statements of the combined entity will represent a continuation of the financial statements of the VG Companies with the acquisition being treated as the equivalent of the VG Companies issuing stock for the net assets of SCH, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of SCH will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded.

The pro forma adjustments represent management’s estimates based on information available as of the date of this Report and are subject to change as additional information becomes available and additional analyses are performed. Management considers this basis of presentation to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Equity awards granted under the 2019 Plan to executive officers and employees in connection with the closing of the Transactions were 5,912,609 nonqualified stock options and 1,795,209 RSUs. The nonqualified stock options are subject to service-based vesting conditions that is met over a four year graded vesting period. The RSU awards are subject to service-based and share price-based vesting conditions. The service-based condition for 50% of the RSUs granted is met over a four year graded-vesting period; the remaining 50% of the RSUs granted is met over a five year graded-vesting period. The share price-based vesting condition for each RSU granted is based on a $10.00 share price hurdle to be met at each service vesting date. The grant date fair values of the equity awards were determined based on the fair value of VGH’s underlying common stock of $11.79 per share as of the date of the closing of the Transactions using preliminary valuation techniques with the most reliable information available as of the date of this Report. The grant date fair values of the equity awards are subject to change as additional information becomes available and additional analyses are performed.

One-time direct and incremental transaction costs anticipated to be incurred prior to, or concurrent with, the Closing are reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as a direct reduction to the combined entity’s additional paid-in capital (“APIC”) and are assumed to be cash settled.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information do not reflect the income tax effects of the pro forma adjustments as based on the statutory rate in effect for the historical periods presented. Management believes this unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information to not be meaningful given the combined entity incurred significant losses during the historical periods presented due to having not yet launched its commercial human spaceflight service.

2. Adjustments and Assumptions to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2019

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2019 reflects the following adjustments:

 

  (a)

Represents the SCH historical unaudited condensed balance sheet as of June 30, 2019.

 

  (b)

Represents the VG Companies historical unaudited condensed combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2019. Historical financial information of the VG Companies does not include share capital as it has been prepared on a combined basis of presentation. Please refer to Note 1 in the combined financial statements of the VG Companies included elsewhere in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-29 and incorporated by reference into the Report.

 

  (c)

Represents the reclassification of the marketable securities held in SCH’s trust account to cash and cash equivalents to liquidate these investments and make the funds available for general use by the Company.

 

  (d)

Represents the cash disbursed from the trust account to holders of redeemable SCH Class A public shares for the 15,877,288 Class A public shares of SCH at an assumed redemption price approximating $10.33 per share based on the trust account figures as of June 30, 2019.


  (e)

Represents the assumed repurchase and retirement by the Company of 4,857,643 of its outstanding shares of common stock held by Vieco US for $48.6 million in connection with the Transactions.

 

  (f)

Represents a cash disbursement by the Company to settle the direct and incremental transaction costs of $37.2 million anticipated to be incurred by SCH, V10, and the VG Companies prior to, or concurrent with, the closing of the Transactions. As of June 30, 2019, the VG Companies have deferred direct and incremental transaction costs incurred of $1.2 million.

 

  (g)

Represents a cash disbursement by the Company to settle the outstanding underwriting fees incurred by SCH in connection with the SCH initial public offering that were deferred until the closing of the Transactions. The final amount owed subsequent to all redemptions was $21.9 million.

 

  (h)

Represents a cash disbursement by the VG Companies to settle amounts owed to participants of the amended Cash Incentive Plan upon the achievement of the second qualifying milestone in connection with the closing of the Transactions.

 

  (i)

Represents the $20.0 million cash investment by Boeing in exchange for the issuance of 1,924,402 newly issued shares of common stock immediately following the consummation of the Transactions.

 

  (j)

Represents the redeemable Class A public shares of SCH that were not redeemed and thus converted into shares of the Company’s common stock upon the Domestication.

 

  (k)

Represents the automatic conversion on a one-for-one basis of the outstanding non-redeemable Class A public shares of SCH and the outstanding non-redeemable Class B ordinary shares of SCH into shares of common stock of the Company upon the Domestication, excluding the 1,500,000 shares of the VGH common stock underlying the Director RSU Awards that were granted and vested in connection with the closing of the Transactions.

 

  (l)

Represents the issuance by the Company of 130,000,000 new shares of its common stock in connection with the reverse recapitalization.

 

  (m)

Represents the elimination of the VG Companies’ net parent investment with a corresponding adjustment to APIC for the Company in connection with the reverse recapitalization.

 

  (n)

Represents the elimination of SCH’s retained earnings with a corresponding adjustment to APIC for the Company in connection with the reverse recapitalization.

 

  (o)

Represents the stock based compensation of approximately $17.7 million associated with 1,500,000 Director RSU Awards that were granted and vested in connection with the Transactions based on the fair value of the underlying common stock of the Company of $11.79 per share as of the date of the closing of the Transactions. There has been no tax withholding liability presented on the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as the associated vested and unsettled Director RSU Awards were granted to non-employee directors.


3. Adjustments and Assumptions to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2019

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2019 reflects the following adjustments:

 

  (a)

Represents the SCH historical unaudited condensed statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2019.

 

  (b)

Represents the VG Companies historical unaudited condensed combined statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2019. Historical financial information of the VG Companies does not include earnings per share as it has been prepared on a combined basis of presentation. Please refer to Note 1 in the combined financial statements of the VG Companies beginning on page F-29 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and incorporated by reference into this Report.

 

  (c)

Represents the net increase in trademark license royalty expense under the Amended TMLA.

 

  (d)

Represents the compensation for the initial eligible directors under the Director Compensation Program, which consists of $0.3 million for the retainer fees and $0.2 million for the stock-based compensation expenses associated with the grant of 101,780 RSUs at the closing of the Transactions.

 

  (e)

Represents the estimated change in aggregate compensation for the Company’s executive officers and employees, which consists of $0.1 million in salary compensation and $6.3 million for the stock-based compensation expenses associated with the grant of 5,912,609 options and 1,795,209 RSUs at the closing of the Transactions.

 

  (f)

Represents the elimination of the interest income earned on marketable securities held in SCH’s trust account.

 

  (g)

Represents the elimination of the unrealized loss on marketable securities held in SCH’s trust account.

 

  (h)

Represents the basic and diluted loss per share as a result of the pro forma adjustments for the six months ended June 30, 2019.

 

  (i)

Represents the basic and diluted weighted average shares of common stock outstanding as a result of the pro forma adjustments. Refer to the table below for the reconciliation of the pro forma adjustments for the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding.

 

     Pro Forma
Combined
       

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

    

Numerator

    

Net loss

   $ (96,383  
  

 

 

   

Denominator

    

Vieco US

     115,142,357    

SCH’s public shareholders

     53,122,712    

SCH Sponsor Corp. & related parties (including Mr. Palihapitiya)

     25,750,000    

Boeing

     1,924,402    

RSU awards—vested and unsettled

     2,131,083    
  

 

 

   

Basic and diluted weighted average shares of common stock outstanding

     198,070,554       i  
  

 

 

   

Loss per share

    

Basic and diluted

   $ (0.49     h  
  

 

 

   


4. Adjustments and Assumptions to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2018

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 reflects the following adjustments:

 

  (a)

Represents the SCH historical audited statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

  (b)

Represents the VG Companies historical audited combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018. Historical financial information of the VG Companies does not include earnings per share as it has been prepared on a combined basis of presentation. Please refer to Note 1 in the combined financial statements of the VG Companies beginning on page F-29 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and incorporated by reference into this Report.

 

  (c)

Represents the net increase in trademark license royalty expense under the Amended TMLA.

 

  (d)

Represents the compensation for the initial eligible directors under the Director Compensation Program, which consists of $0.5 million for the retainer fees and $0.4 million for the stock-based compensation expenses associated with the grant of 101,780 RSUs at the closing of the Transactions.

 

  (e)

Represents the estimated change in aggregate compensation for the Company’s executive officers and employees, which consists of $0.3 million in cash compensation and $12.6 million for the stock-based compensation expenses associated with the grant of 5,912,609 options and 1,795,209 RSUs at the closing of the Transactions.

 

  (f)

Represents the elimination of the interest income earned on marketable securities held in SCH’s trust account.

 

  (g)

Represents the elimination of the unrealized loss on marketable securities held in SCH’s trust account.

 

  (h)

Represents the basic and diluted loss per share as a result of the pro forma adjustments for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

  (i)

Represents the basic and diluted weighted average shares of common stock outstanding as a result of the pro forma adjustments. Refer to the table below for the reconciliation of the pro forma adjustments for the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding.

 

     Pro Forma
Combined
        

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

     

Numerator

     

Net loss

   $ (153,334   
  

 

 

    

Denominator

     

Vieco US

     115,142,357     

SCH’s public shareholders

     53,122,712     

SCH Sponsor Corp. & related parties (including Mr. Palihapitiya)

     25,750,000     

Boeing

     1,924,402     

RSU awards—vested and unsettled

     1,500,000     
  

 

 

    

Basic and diluted weighted average shares of common stock outstanding

     197,439,471        i  
  

 

 

    

Loss per share

     

Basic and diluted

   $ (0.78      h