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): September 20, 2021
NERDY INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-39595 | 98-1499860 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission
File Number) |
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
101 S. Hanley Rd., Suite 300 St. Louis, MO |
63105 | |||
(address of principal executive offices) | (zip code) |
(314) 412-1227
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | NRDY | The New York Stock Exchange | ||
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share | NRDY WS | The 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
On September 20, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), Nerdy Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp.) (the “Company”), consummated the previously announced business combination (the “Closing”) pursuant to that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2021 (as amended on March 19, 2021, on July 14, 2021, on August 11, 2021 and on August 18, 2021, the “Business Combination Agreement”) by and among the Company, TPG Pace Tech Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TPG Pace Merger Sub”), TCV VIII (A) VT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“TCV Blocker”), LCSOF XI VT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Learn Blocker” and, together with TCV Blocker, the “Blockers”), TPG Pace Blocker Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Blocker Merger Sub I”), TPG Pace Blocker Merger Sub II Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Blocker Merger Sub II” and, together with Blocker Merger Sub I, the “Blocker Merger Subs” and, together with TPG Pace Merger Sub, the “Merger Subs”), Live Learning Technologies LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Nerdy LLC”), and, solely for the purposes described therein, certain entities affiliated with the Blockers (the “Blocker Holders”). The transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement are collectively referred to herein as the “Business Combination.” Unless the context otherwise provides, “TPG Pace” refers to the registrant prior to the Closing, and “we,” “us,” “our,” “Nerdy Inc.,” and the “Company” refer to the registrant and, where appropriate, its subsidiaries following the Closing.
Immediately prior to the Closing, TPG Pace became a Delaware corporation named Nerdy Inc., its outstanding Class A ordinary shares and Class F ordinary shares were converted into corresponding shares of Class A common stock and Class F common stock of Nerdy Inc. and its outstanding private placement warrants and public warrants to purchase Class A ordinary shares were converted into corresponding warrants to purchase Class A Common Stock (the “Domestication”).
Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement and in connection therewith, following the Domestication, TPG Pace Merger Sub merged with and into Nerdy LLC (the “Merger”), with Nerdy LLC surviving such merger, pursuant to which holders of Nerdy LLC common units exchanged their Nerdy LLC common units for an aggregate of $336.8 million of cash consideration, 18,583,264 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock (“Class A Common Stock”) and 392,580 warrants to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock (“Company Warrants”), 76,732,173 limited liability company units in Nerdy LLC (the “OpCo Units”), an equivalent number of shares of the Company’s Class B common stock (“Class B Common Stock”) and 2,051,864 warrants to purchase OpCo Units (“OpCo Warrants”). Of these amounts holders of Nerdy LLC unit appreciation rights exchanged such rights for an aggregate of 6,391,286 corresponding stock appreciation rights in the Company and $5.0 million in cash consideration. Simultaneously with the Merger, through a series of separate merger transactions, the Blockers merged with the Company (the “Blocker Mergers”), with the Company surviving such mergers. Of these amounts issued to holders of equity interests in Nerdy LLC and holders of equity interests in the Blockers, 642,089 shares of Class A Common Stock and 3,357,911 OpCo Units are subject to potential forfeiture if certain trading price thresholds are not achieved, as further described in the section entitled “Business Combination Proposal—The Business Combination Agreement” beginning on page 124 of the Definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus (“Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) filed with the SEC on August 19, 2021, which is incorporated herein by reference.
On the Closing Date, the Company consummated the previously announced issuance and sale of 15,000,000 newly issued shares of Class A Common Stock for aggregate consideration of approximately $150 million in a private placement (the “PIPE Financing”) pursuant to Subscription Agreements, entered into on January 28, 2021 (as further amended, or assigned, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain qualified institutional buyers and accredited investors.
On the Closing Date, the Company consummated the previously announced issuance and sale of 16,116,750 shares of Class A Common Stock and 3,000,000 Company warrants for aggregate consideration of $150 million in a private placement (the “FPA Financing”) pursuant to Forward Purchase Agreements (the “Forward Purchase Agreements”) with certain third parties and certain employees, affiliates and “friends of the firm” of TPG Global, LLC, an affiliate of TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Sponsor, Series LLC (“Sponsor”).
Immediately following the Blocker Mergers, the Company held 90,266,581 OpCo units, representing 54.1% of the total OpCo Units, and 17,281,469 OpCo warrants.
The Business Combination was accomplished through an UpC structure, and the mix of consideration received by the holders of Nerdy LLC common units, preferred units, profit interest units and unit appreciation rights and holders of equity interests in the Blockers (together, the “Legacy Nerdy Holders”) reflects the implementation of such structure.
As of the Closing Date and following the completion of the Business Combination, the PIPE Financing and the FPA Financing, the Company had the following outstanding equity securities:
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90,266,581 shares of Class A Common Stock; |
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76,732,173 shares of Class B Common Stock held by certain of the Legacy Nerdy Holders; |
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17,281,469 warrants, each exercisable to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share; and |
In addition, Nerdy LLC had 2,051,864 warrants outstanding, each exercisable to purchase one OpCo Unit (the exercise of which would also result in the issuance of one corresponding share of Class B Common Stock), at a price of $11.50 per unit.
As of the Closing Date and following the completion of the Business Combination, the PIPE Financing and the FPA Financing, the Legacy Nerdy Holders owned an aggregate of 18,583,264 shares of Class A Common Stock, as well as 76,732,173 shares of Class B Common Stock and an equivalent number of OpCo Units, which, together, are exchangeable on a one-for-one basis for shares of Class A Common Stock or the cash equivalent thereof at the option of Nerdy Inc. If Nerdy Inc. elects that the redeemed Nerdy Common Units will be settled in cash, the cash used to settle the redemption of the Nerdy Common Units must be funded through a private or public offering of Class A Shares no later than five business days after the Redemption Notice Date. Upon the exchange of OpCo Units and Class B Common Stock for shares of Class A Common Stock or the equivalent thereof, all exchanged shares of Class B Common Stock will be cancelled. If each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock and OpCo Unit were exchanged for a share of Class A Common Stock, the Company would have 166,998,755 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding.
Immediately following the completion of the Business Combination, the PIPE Financing and the FPA Financing, the ownership interests of the Company’s stockholders (including ownership interests in OpCo) were as follows:
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TPG Pace’s public stockholders owned 28,683,317 shares of Class A Common Stock, representing an aggregate voting and economic interest of 17.2% in the Company and OpCo; |
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Sponsor, its affiliates and the independent directors of the Company owned 14,552,200 shares of Class A Common Stock, representing an aggregate voting and economic interest of 8.7% in the Company and OpCo; |
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Investors in the PIPE Financing (as defined in Item 3.02 below) owned 15,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, representing an aggregate voting and economic interest of 9.0% in the Company and OpCo; |
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Investors in the FPA Financing (excluding affiliates of Sponsor) owned 13,447,800 shares of Class A Common Stock, representing an aggregate voting and economic interest of 8.0% in the Company and OpCo; and |
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the Legacy Nerdy Holders owned 18,583,264 shares of Class A Common Stock, 76,732,173 shares of Class B Common Stock with the same number of corresponding OpCo Units, collectively representing an aggregate voting and economic interest of 57.1% in the Company and OpCo. |
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
The information set forth in the “Introductory Note” above is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.
Registration Rights Agreement
On the Closing Date, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with certain holders of Class A Common Stock and private placement warrants (the “RRA Holders”), pursuant to which Nerdy Inc. will be obligated, subject to the terms thereof and in the manner contemplated thereby, to register for resale under the Securities Act, all or any portion of the shares of Class A Common Stock and private placement warrants held by the RRA Holders as of the date of the Registration Rights Agreement, and that they may acquire thereafter, including upon the conversion, exchange or redemption of any other security therefor (the “Registrable Securities”). Under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to file a registration statement covering the Registrable Securities held by the RRA Holders within 30 days after the Closing and to provide certain RRA Holders with certain customary demand registration rights. Under the Registration Rights Agreement, the RRA Holders also have “piggyback” registration rights that allow them to include their Registrable Securities in certain registrations initiated by the Company until such RRA Holders hold less than $10 million of Registrable Securities. Subject to customary exceptions, RRA Holders also have the right to request one or more underwritten offerings of Registrable Securities. If the sale of registered securities under a registration statement would require disclosure of certain material information not otherwise required to be
disclosed, the Company may postpone the effectiveness of the applicable registration statement or require the suspension of sales thereunder. The Company may not delay or suspend a registration statement on more than two occasions or for more than 60 consecutive calendar days or more than 90 total calendar days, in each case, during any twelve-month period.
The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OpCo
Following the Closing, the Company will operate its business through OpCo. On the Closing Date, the Company and the other holders of OpCo Units entered into the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OpCo (the “OpCo LLC Agreement”), which sets forth the rights and obligations of the holders of OpCo Units. Under the OpCo LLC Agreement, OpCo will be managed by a five person board of managers, composed of three persons that were designated by the Company and two persons that were designated by holders of a majority of the OpCo Units held by members of OpCo other than the Company. The material terms of the OpCo LLC Agreement are described in the section entitled “Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Business Combination Proposal—Related Agreement— Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OpCo” beginning on page 33 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
The foregoing description of the OpCo LLC Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the OpCo LLC Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Tax Receivable Agreement
On the Closing Date, the Company entered into a tax receivable agreement (the “Tax Receivable Agreement”) with holders of OpCo Units (the “TRA Holders”). The Tax Receivable Agreement generally provides for the payment by the Company to the TRA Holders of 85% of the net cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax that the Company actually realizes in periods after the Business Combination as a result of: (i) certain increases in tax basis that occur as a result of (A) the Business Combination (including as a result of cash received in the Business Combination and debt repayment occurring in connection with the Business Combination) or (B) exercises of the redemption or call rights set forth in the OpCo LLC Agreement; and (ii) imputed interest deemed to be paid by the Company and additional basis arising from any payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement. The Company will retain the benefit of the remaining 15% of these net cash savings. The rights of the TRA Holders (including the right to receive payments) under the Tax Receivable Agreement are transferable by the TRA Holders as long as the transferee of such rights has executed and delivered, or, in connection with such transfer, executes and delivers, a joinder to the Tax Receivable Agreement.
Payments generally will be made under the Tax Receivable Agreement as the Company realizes actual cash tax savings in periods after consummation of the Business Combination from the tax benefits covered by the Tax Receivable Agreement. However, if the Tax Receivable Agreement terminates early (at the Company’s election or due to other circumstances, including the Company’s breach of a material obligation thereunder or upon the election of the TRA Holders in connection with certain changes of control described in the Tax Receivable Agreement), the Company would be required to make an immediate payment to each TRA Holder equal to the present value of the anticipated future payments to be made by it under the Tax Receivable Agreement (based upon certain valuation assumptions and deemed events set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement).
The foregoing description of the Tax Receivable Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Tax Receivable Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Equity Incentive Plan
On the Closing Date, the Nerdy Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Incentive Plan”) became effective. The Equity Incentive Plan was approved by TPG Pace’s stockholders at the special meeting held on September 14, 2021 to approve the Business Combination (the “Special Meeting”). The purpose of the Equity Incentive Plan is to provide a means through which Nerdy Inc. and its affiliates may attract, retain and motivate qualified persons as employees, directors and consultants, thereby enhancing the profitable growth of Nerdy Inc. and its affiliates. In addition, the Equity Incentive Plan is intended to provide a means through which persons upon whom the responsibilities of the successful administration and management of Nerdy Inc. and its affiliates rest, and whose present and potential contributions to Nerdy Inc. and its affiliates are of importance, can acquire and maintain
stock ownership or awards the value of which is tied to the performance of Nerdy Inc., thereby strengthening their concern for Nerdy Inc. and its affiliates. The Equity Incentive Plan provides for the grant of options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock awards, dividend equivalent rights, other stock-based awards, cash awards, or any combination of the foregoing, as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company in its sole discretion. The Company has reserved 27,774,924 shares of Class A Common Stock for issuance under the Equity Incentive Plan, subject to certain adjustments set forth therein.
The foregoing description of the LTIP does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the LTIP, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Indemnity Agreements
On the Closing Date, the Company entered into indemnity agreements with Messrs. Charles Cohn, Erik Blachford, Rob Hutter, Christopher (Woody) Marshall, Greg Mrva, Ian Clarkson, Jason Pello and Chris Swenson and Mses. Catherine Beaudoin, Kathleen Philips and Heidi Robinson, each of whom is a director and/or officer of the Company following the Business Combination. Each indemnity agreement provides that, subject to limited exceptions, and among other things, the Company will indemnify the director or officer to the fullest extent not prohibited by the provisions of the Company’s bylaws and the Delaware General Corporation Law for claims arising in his or her capacity as our director or officer.
The foregoing description of the indemnity agreements is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the forms of indemnity agreement, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 10.7 and 10.8 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
Effective as of the Closing, the parties to that certain Registration Rights Agreement (the “Prior RRA”), dated October 9, 2020, by and among TPG Pace, Sponsor and the other parties named therein, agreed to terminate the Prior RRA and enter into the Registration Rights Agreement.
Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
The information set forth in the “Introductory Note” above is incorporated into this Item 2.01 by reference. On September 14, 2021, the Business Combination was approved by the stockholders of the Company at the Special Meeting. The Business Combination was consummated on the Closing Date.
In connection with the Business Combination, holders of 16,316,683 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of TPG Pace exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at a price of approximately $10.00 per share for an aggregate consideration of approximately $163.2 million (the “Redemption Amount”), which was paid to such holders on the Closing Date. In addition, the 11,250,000 shares of Class F Common Stock of Nerdy Inc. outstanding following the Domestication converted into 11,883,250 shares of Class A Common Stock, pursuant to (i) the conversion adjustment set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation of Nerdy Inc. and (ii) the forfeiture by Sponsor of 3,116,750 shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to a waiver agreement amongst TPG Pace, Sponsor and each other holder of outstanding Class F ordinary shares prior to the Domestication.
At Closing, pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, holders of the equity interests in Nerdy LLC (including the Blockers) received in the aggregate:
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18,583,264 shares of Class A Common Stock; |
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392,580 Company Warrants; |
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76,732,173 shares of Class B Common Stock and an equivalent number of OpCo Units; |
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2,051,864 OpCo Warrants; and |
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$336.8 million in cash. |
The cash component of consideration was funded with the proceeds of the trust account established in connection with the initial public offering of TPG Pace remaining after payment of the Redemption Amount (such remaining proceeds, the “Remaining Trust Proceeds”) and a portion of the proceeds of the PIPE Financing and the FPA Financing (such proceeds, together with the Remaining Trust Proceeds and TPG Pace’s working capital immediately prior to the Business Combination, the “Cash Sources”). The Company used the remainder of the Cash Sources to (i) pay transaction fees and expenses, (ii) repay certain outstanding debt of Nerdy LLC and (iii) the remainder of funds were contributed to the Company’s balance sheet.
FORM 10 INFORMATION
Prior to the Closing, the Company was a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) with no operations, formed as a vehicle to effect a business combination with one or more operating businesses. After the Closing, the Company became a holding company whose only assets consist of equity interests in Nerdy LLC. Accordingly, pursuant to Item 2.01(f) of Form 8-K, the Company is providing below the information that would be included in a Form 10 if it were to file a Form 10. Please note that the information provided below relates to the combined company after the consummation of the Business Combination, unless otherwise specifically indicated or the context otherwise requires.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
Certain statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K, or incorporated herein by reference, may constitute “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the federal securities laws. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future.. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this proxy statement/prospectus may include, for example, statements about:
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the projected financial information, growth rate and market opportunity of Nerdy Inc.; |
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the ability to obtain and/or maintain the listing of the Class A Common Stock and the Company warrants on the NYSE, and the potential liquidity and trading of such securities; |
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the risk that the Business Combination disrupts current plans and operations of the Company as a result of the announcement and consummation of the Business Combination; |
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the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and retain its key employees; |
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costs related to the Business Combination; |
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changes in applicable laws or regulations; |
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our ability to raise financing in the future; |
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our ability to effectively and strategically use the cash received in connection with the Business Combination; |
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our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following the completion of the Business Combination; |
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the period over which the Company anticipates its existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements; |
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regulatory developments in the United States and foreign countries; |
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the impact of laws and regulations; |
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our ability to attract and retain key management personnel; |
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our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements and needs for additional financing; |
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our financial performance; |
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the effect of COVID-19 on the foregoing; and |
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other factors detailed in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 59 of the Proxy Statement, which are incorporated herein by reference. |
Business
Our business is described in the section entitled “Information about Nerdy” beginning on page 282 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Properties
Our corporate headquarters is located in St. Louis, Missouri and consists of approximately 19,280 square feet of office space under a lease with an initial term that expires in August 2023, subject to two, 5 year lease extension options. We believe that our facilities are adequate to meet our needs for the immediate future and that we will be able to secure additional space to accommodate expansion of our operations, as necessary, and if needed.
Risk Factors
The risk factors related to our business and operations are described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 59 in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Financial Information
Selected Historical Financial Information
The selected historical financial and operating information for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 and the years ended December 31, 2020 and for the period from July 11, 2019 (inception) to December 31, 2019, and the selected consolidated balance sheet information as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 and 2019 is set forth in the section entitled “Selected Historical Financial Information of TPG Pace” beginning on page 48 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and that information is incorporated herein by reference. The selected historical financial and operating information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 and the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, and the selected consolidated balance sheet information as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 and 2019 is set forth in the section entitled “Selected Historical Financial Information of Nerdy” beginning on page 50 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Information
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Company as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020 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
Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations of TPG Pace prior to the Business Combination is included in the section entitled “TPG Pace Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” beginning on page 274 in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference. Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations of Nerdy LLC prior to the Business Combination is included in the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Nerdy” beginning on page 307 in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk of TPG Pace prior to the Business Combination are included in the section entitled “TPG Pace Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” beginning on page 280 in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference. Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk of Nerdy LLC prior to the Business Combination are included in the section entitled “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” beginning on page 325 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The following table sets forth information known to the Company regarding ownership of shares of voting securities of the Company, which consists of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, as of September 20, 2021, after giving effect to the Closing, the PIPE Financing and the FPA Financing, by:
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each person who is known by the Company to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s voting securities; |
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each of the Company’s current executive officers and directors; and |
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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 or has the right to acquire such securities within 60 days, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days.
The beneficial ownership of voting securities of the Company is based on (i) 90,266,581 shares of Class A Common Stock and 76,732,173 shares of Class B Common Stock, issued and outstanding as of September 20, 2021, after giving effect to the Closing, the PIPE Financing and the FPA Financing, and (ii) 17,281,469 warrants each exerciseable to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock and 2,051,864 warrants each exerciseable to purchase one OpCo unit (the exercise of which would result in the issuance of one corresponding share of Class B Stock).
Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of voting common stock beneficially owned by them. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each person named in the table below 101 S. Hanley Rd., Suite 300, St. Louis, MO 63105.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owners |
Number of
Shares of Class A Common Stock |
Number of
Shares of Class B Common Stock(1) |
% of Total Voting
Power(2) |
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Directors and Named Executive Officers: |
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Charles Cohn (3) |
— | 42,135,365 | 23.4 | |||||||||
Ian Clarkson |
— | 4,209,423 | 2.3 | |||||||||
Heidi Robinson |
— | 1,102,648 | * | |||||||||
Chris Swenson |
— | 766,495 | * | |||||||||
Jason Pello |
132,569 | — | * | |||||||||
Catherine Beaudoin |
— | 34,206 | * | |||||||||
Erik Blachford |
— | 450,480 | * | |||||||||
Rob Hutter |
— | — | — | |||||||||
Christopher (Woody) Marshall |
— | — | — | |||||||||
Greg Mrva |
120,000 | — | * | |||||||||
Kathleen Philips |
70,000 | — | * | |||||||||
All directors and officers as a group (11 individuals) |
322,569 | 48,698,618 | 26.3 | |||||||||
Five Percent Holders: |
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Entities affiliated with TCV (4) |
4,153,956 | 17,496,469 | 12.0 | |||||||||
TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Sponsor, Series LLC (5) |
16,612,139 | — | 9.2 | |||||||||
Light Street Capital Management, LLC (6) |
10,593,139 | — | 5.9 | |||||||||
Entities affiliated with Learn Capital (7) |
8,329,990 | 1,281,539 | 5.3 |
* |
Less than 1% |
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Each share of common stock entitles the holder thereof to one vote per share. Subject to the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Nerdy LLC, the OpCo Units, together with an equal number of shares of Class B common stock, are exchangeable for either cash or shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis from and after the six-month anniversary of the Closing, subject to earlier termination upon the occurrence of certain events. |
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Represents percentage of voting power of the holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock of the Company voting together as a single class. |
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Consists of common stock held by (i) Charles K. Cohn VT Trust U/A/D May 26, 2017 and (ii) Cohn Investments, LLC,. Mr. Cohn is the beneficial owner of the Charles K. Cohn VT Trust U/A/D May 26, 2017 and the sole managing member of Cohn Investments, LLC. |
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Consists of shares of common stock held by (i) TCV VIII (A) VT, Inc. and (ii) TCV VIII VT Master, L.P. (“TCV Master Fund”). The sole owner of TCV VIII (A) VT, Inc. is TCV VIII (A), L.P. The general partner of TCV Master Fund is TCV VIII VT Master GP, LLC (“Master GP”). Each of TCV VIII (A), L.P. and Master GP may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by TCV VIII (A) VT, Inc. and TCV Master Fund, respectively. Each of TCV VIII (A), L.P. and Master GP disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The address for these entities is 250 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. |
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The managing member of TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Sponsor, Series LLC is TPG Pace Governance, LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company, which is controlled by a committee whose members are David Bonderman, James G. Coulter and Karl Peterson. Messrs. Bonderman, Coulter and Peterson may therefore be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Sponsor, Series LLC. Messrs. Bonderman, Coulter and Peterson disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares held by TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Sponsor, Series LLC except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. The address of each of the entities and individuals in this footnote is 301 Commerce St., Suite 3300, Fort Worth, TX 76102. |
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Consists of shares of common stock held by Light Street Capital Management, LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company (“LSCM”). LSCM serves as the general partner to Light Street Mercury Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited liability company (“Mercury”), and, in such capacity, exercises voting and investment power over Class A ordinary shares held by Mercury. Glen Thomas Kacher is the Chief Investment Officer of LSCM and may be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by LSCM. The mailing address for LSCM is 525 University Avenue, Suite 300, Palo Alto, CA 94301. The record date beneficial ownership information in the table is based solely on the Schedule 13G filed by the holder on October 19, 2020 and a Form 4 filed by the holder on September 22, 2021. |
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Consists of shares of common stock held by (i) Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund X, L.P. (“LC Fund X”), (ii) Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XI, L.P. (“LC Fund XI”), (iii) Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XII, L.P. (“LC Fund XII”), (iv) Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XIII, L.P. (“LC Fund XIII”), (v) Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XIV, L.P. (“LC Fund XIV”), (vi) Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XV, L.P. (“LC Fund XV”) and (vii) Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XVI, L.P. (“LC Fund XVI” and together with, LC Fund X, LC Fund XI, LC Fund XII, LC Fund XIII and LC Fund XIV and LC Fund XV, the “Learn Capital Funds”). The general partners for LC Fund X, LC Fund XI, LC Fund XII, LC Fund XIII, LC Fund XIV, LC Fund XV and LC Fund XVI are Learn Capital Management X, LLC (“Management X”), Learn Capital Management XI, LLC (“Management XI”), Learn Capital Management XII, LLC (“Management XII”), Learn Capital Management XIII, LLC (“Management XIII”), Learn Capital Management XIV, LLC (“Management XIV”), Learn Capital Management XV, LLC (“Management XV”) and Learn Capital Management XVI, LLC (“Management XVI”), respectively. Management X, Management XI, Management XII, Management XIII, Management XIV, Management XV and Management XVI are collectively referred to as the “Management Entities.” Each of the Management Entities may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by the Learn Capital Funds. Each of the Management Entities disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The address for these entities is 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2800, Austin, Texas, 78701. |
Directors and Executive Officers
Effective as of immediately after the Closing, Messrs. Charles Cohn, Erik Blachford, Rob Hutter, Christopher (Woody) Marshall and Greg Mrva and Mses. Catherine Beaudoin and Kathleen Philips were appointed to serve as directors of the Company. Mr. Cohn was appointed as Chairman of the Board. Biographical information for these individuals is set forth in the section titled “Management of Nerdy Inc. Following the Business Combination” beginning on page 331 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
The Board appointed Messrs. Mrva and Marshall and Ms. Philips to serve on the Audit Committee, with Ms. Philips serving as its Chair. The Board appointed Messrs. Blachford and Marshall and Ms. Beaudoin to serve on the Compensation Committee, with Mr. Marshall serving as its Chair. The Board appointed Mr. Blachford and Mses. Beaudoin and Philips to serve on the Nominating and Governance Committee, with Ms. Beaudoin serving as its Chair. Information with respect to the Company’s Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, Nominating and Governance Committee is set forth in the section entitled “Management of Nerdy Inc. Following the Business Combination—Committees of the Board of Directors” beginning on page 334 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and is incorporated herein by reference.
In accordance with the certificate of incorporation of the Company, the Board is divided into three classes, each comprising as nearly as possible one-third of the directors and serving three-year terms with only one class of directors being elected in each year. Messrs. Cohn and Mrva were assigned to Class I, Messrs. Hutter and Marshall were assigned to Class II, and Mr. Blachford and Mses. Beaudoin and Philips were assigned to Class III. Each Class I director will have a term that expires at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2022, each Class II director will have a term that expires at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2023 and each Class III director will have a term that expires at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2024, or in each case until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation, removal or death.
In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, on September 20, 2021, Mr. Cohn was appointed to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ian Clarkson was appointed to serve as the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Jason Pello was appointed to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Heidi Robinson was appointed to serve as the Company’s Chief Product Officer and Mr. Chris Swenson was appointed to serve as the Company’s Chief Legal Officer. Biographical information for these individuals is set forth in the section entitled “Management of Nerdy Inc. Following the Business Combination” beginning on page 331 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and is incorporated by reference herein.
In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, on September 20, 2021, immediately prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, Messrs. Karl Peterson, David Bonderman, Chad Leat and Kneeland Youngblood and Mses. Julie Hong Clayton and Wendi Sturgis ceased to be directors and each executive officer of TPG Pace ceased to be an executive officer.
Executive Compensation
Pre-Closing Compensation of Executive Officers and Directors
The compensation of TPG Pace’s executive officers and directors before the consummation of the Business Combination is set forth in the section entitled “Business of TPG Pace and Certain Information About TPG Pace—Executive Officer and Director Compensation” on page 272 in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and is incorporated herein by reference.
Historical compensation information regarding the named executive officers of Nerdy LLC is set forth in the section entitled “Executive Compensation” beginning on page 326 in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and is incorporated herein by reference.
Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions
Information about the Company’s relationships and related party transactions is set forth in the section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” beginning on page 340 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Legal Proceedings
Information about legal proceedings of the Company is set forth in the section entitled “Information About Nerdy—Legal Proceedings” beginning on page 301 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
TPG Pace’s Class A ordinary shares and public warrants were listed on the NYSE under the symbols “PACE” and “PACE WS,” respectively, and certain of TPG Pace’s Class A ordinary shares and public warrants were quoted as units consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share and one fifth of one warrant, and were listed on the NYSE under the symbol “PACE.U.” The units automatically separated into their component securities upon consummation of the Business Combination and, as a result, no longer trade as an independent security. On September 21, 2021, the Company’s Class A Common Stock and Company warrants began trading on the NYSE under the symbols “NRDY” and “NRDY WS,” respectively.
As of the Closing Date, there were 89 holders of record of Class A Common Stock, 27 holders of Class B Common Stock and 92 holders of record of the Company warrants. The number of holders of record does not include a substantially greater number of “street name” holders or beneficial holders whose shares of common stock and warrants are held of record by banks, brokers and other financial institutions.
TPG Pace had not paid any cash dividends on its Class A ordinary shares as of the Closing Date. The Company currently intends to retain its future earnings, if any, to fund the development and growth of its business and accordingly does not anticipate paying any cash 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, subject to the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors at such time.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under the subheading “Equity Incentive Plan” is incorporated herein by reference.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
The information set forth in Item 3.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Description of the Company’s Securities
A description of the Company’s securities is included in the section entitled “Description of Nerdy Inc. Securities” beginning on page 347 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Information about indemnification of the Company’s directors and officers is set forth in the section entitled “Description of Nerdy Inc. Securities—Limitation on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors” beginning on page 351 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which information is incorporated herein by reference. The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under the subheading “Indemnity Agreements” is incorporated herein by reference.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
The information set forth in Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
On the Closing Date, all of TPG Pace’s outstanding units listed on the NYSE under the symbol “PACE.U” separated into their component securities upon consummation of the Business Combination and, as a result, no longer trade as an independent security.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
On the Closing Date, the Company consummated the PIPE Financing. The offering of the shares of Class A Common Stock issued in the PIPE Financing was not registered under the Securities Act, in reliance upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
On the Closing Date, the Company consummated the FPA Financing. The offering of the shares of Class A Common Stock issued in the FPA Financing was not registered under the Securities Act, in reliance upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
The Company used the proceeds from the PIPE Financing and FPA Financing to fund a portion of the cash consideration required to effect the Business Combination, to pay transaction fees and expenses, repay certain outstanding debt of Nerdy LLC and the remainder of funds were contributed to the Company’s balance sheet.
Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders
On the Closing Date, in connection with the Domestication, the Company filed a notice of de-registration with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies, together with the necessary accompanying documents, and filed a Delaware certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) in the form attached as Annex C to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. On the Closing Date, following the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company adopted bylaws (the “Bylaws”) in the form attached as Annex D to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The material terms of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and the general effect upon the rights of holders of the Company’s capital stock are included under the sections entitled “Charter Proposal” and “Governing Documents Proposals” beginning on page 173 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and are incorporated herein by reference.
The foregoing description of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
On September 20, 2021, following the consummation of the Business Combination, the Audit Committee of the Company approved the engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. PwC served as the independent registered public accounting firm of Live Learning Technologies LLC prior to the Business Combination. Accordingly, KPMG LLP (“KPMG”), TPG Pace’s independent registered public accounting firm prior to the Business Combination, was informed that it was replaced by PwC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
KPMG’s report on TPG Pace’s financial statements as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 and the related statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the period from July 11, 2019 (inception) through December 31, 2019 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles, except for TPG Pace’s restatement of its financial statements as described in the Explanatory Note to TPG Pace’s Form 10-K/A, filed with the SEC on May 14, 2021, which resulted from disclosure controls and procedures that were not effective as of December 31, 2020.
During the period from July 11, 2019 (inception) through December 31, 2020, and the subsequent interim period through September 20, 2021, there were no: (i) disagreements with KPMG on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosures or audited scope or procedures, which disagreements if not resolved to KPMG’s satisfaction would have caused KPMG to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its report or (ii) reportable events as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act, except that KPMG advised TPG Pace of the following material weakness: a deficiency in TPG Pace’s internal control over financial reporting existed relating to the accounting treatment for complex financial instruments, which resulted in errors in its accounting for its warrants, Class A ordinary shares and stock-based compensation as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020. Management of TPG Pace concluded that as of August 11, 2021, the material weakness had successfully been remediated.
During the period from July 11, 2019 (inception) to December 31, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2020, and the subsequent interim period through September 20, 2021, TPG Pace did not consult PwC with respect to either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed; or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on TPG Pace’s financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to TPG Pace by PwC that PwC concluded was an important factor considered by TPG Pace in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial
reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement, as that term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act and the related instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act, or a reportable event, as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act.
The Company has provided KPMG with a copy of the disclosures made by the Company in response to this Item 4.01 and has requested that KPMG furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the statements made by the registrant in response to this Item 304(a) and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. A letter from KPMG is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to this Report.
Item 5.01 Changes in Control of Registrant
The information set forth under “Introductory Note” and Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K 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.
The information set forth under Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under the subheadings “Directors and Officers” and “Executive Compensation” is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
The information set forth in Item 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated in this item 5.03 by reference.
Item 5.06 Change in Shell Company Status
As a result of the Business Combination, the Company ceased being a shell company. The material terms of the Business Combination are described in the sections entitled “Questions and Answers for Shareholders of TPG Pace,” and “Business Combination Proposal” beginning on pages xii and 124, respectively, of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, in the information set forth under “Introductory Note” and in the information set forth under Item 2.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Items 8.01. Other Events
Successor Issuer
As a result of the Business Combination, Nerdy Inc. became the successor issuer to TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp. Pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Exchange Act, Nerdy Inc.’s common stock and warrants are deemed registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.
Repayment of PPP Loan
In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company’s Board approved repayment in full of the principal amount and interest of the Promissory Note from Live Learning Technologies LLC, dated April 16, 2020, which amount totals approximately $8.4 million.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired
The audited consolidated financial statements of Live Learning Technologies LLC d/b/a Nerdy as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 and for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 included beginning on page F-58 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus are incorporated herein by reference.
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Live Learning Technologies LLC d/b/a Nerdy as of June 30, 2021 and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 included beginning on page F-44 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus are incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Company as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020 is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K:
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Certain schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit will be furnished supplementally to the SEC 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.
Nerdy Inc. | ||||||||
September 24, 2021 | By: |
/s/ Jason Pello |
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Name: | Jason Pello | |||||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
NERDY INC.
Nerdy Inc. (the Corporation), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as set forth in Title 8 of the Delaware Code (the DGCL), hereby certifies as follows:
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Nerdy Inc.
SECOND: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 in New Castle County, Delaware. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation may be changed from time to time by the board of directors of the Corporation (the Board) in the manner provided by applicable law.
THIRD: The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL as it currently exists or may hereafter be amended.
FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is 1,171,000,000 shares of stock, classified as (i) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (Preferred Stock), (ii) 1,000,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (Class A Common Stock), (iii) 150,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (Class B Common Stock), and (iv) 20,000,000 shares of Class F common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (Class F Common Stock and, together with Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, the Common Stock).
1. Provisions Relating to Preferred Stock.
(a) Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more classes or series, the shares of each class or series to have such designations and powers, preferences and rights, and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, as are stated and expressed herein and in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such class or series adopted by the Board and included in a certificate or certificates of designation (each, a Preferred Stock Designation) as hereafter prescribed.
(b) Authority is hereby expressly granted to and vested in the Board to authorize the issuance of Preferred Stock from time to time in one or more classes or series, and with respect to each series of Preferred Stock, to fix and state by the resolution or resolutions from time to time adopted by the Board providing for the issuance thereof the designation and the powers, preferences, privileges, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions relating to each series of Preferred Stock, including, but not limited to, the following:
(i) whether or not the class or series is to have voting rights, full, special or limited, or is to be without voting rights, and whether or not such series is to be entitled to vote as a separate class or series either alone or together with the holders of one or more other classes or series of stock;
(ii) the number of shares to constitute the class or series and the designations thereof;
(iii) the powers, preferences, privileges and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, with respect to any class or series;
(iv) whether or not the shares of any class or series shall be redeemable at the option of the Corporation or the holders thereof or upon the happening of any specified event, and, if redeemable, the redemption price or prices (which may be payable in the form of cash, notes, securities or other property), and the time or times at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such shares shall be redeemable and the manner of redemption;
(v) whether or not the shares of any class or series shall be subject to the operation of retirement or sinking funds to be applied to the purchase or redemption of such shares for retirement, and, if such
retirement or sinking fund or funds are to be established, the annual amount thereof, and the terms and provisions relative to the operation thereof;
(vi) the dividend rate, whether dividends are payable in cash, stock of the Corporation or other property, the conditions upon which and the times when such dividends are payable, the preference to or the relation to the payment of dividends payable on any other class or classes or series of stock, whether or not such dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative, and if cumulative, the date or dates from which such dividends shall accumulate;
(vii) the preferences, if any, and the amounts thereof that the holders of any class or series thereof shall be entitled to receive upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation;
(viii) whether or not the shares of any class or series, at the option of the Corporation or the holder thereof or upon the happening of any specified event, shall be convertible into or exchangeable for, the shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes or series, of stock, securities or other property of the Corporation and the conversion price or prices or ratio or ratios or the rate or rates at which such exchange may be made, with such adjustments, if any, as shall be stated and expressed or provided for in such resolution or resolutions; and
(ix) such other powers, privileges, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions with respect to any class or series as may to the Board seem advisable.
(c) The shares of each class or series of Preferred Stock may vary from the shares of any other class or series thereof in any or all of the foregoing respects.
2. Provisions Relating to Common Stock.
(a) Except as may otherwise be provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, each share of Common Stock shall have identical rights and privileges in every respect. Common Stock shall be subject to the express terms of Preferred Stock and any series thereof. Except as may otherwise be provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, in a Preferred Stock Designation or by applicable law, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each such share upon all matters presented to the stockholders, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes, and the holders of Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote at or receive notice of any meeting of stockholders. Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to notice of any stockholders meeting in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation (as in effect at the time in question) and applicable law on all matters put to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation. Except as otherwise required in this Certificate of Incorporation or by applicable law, the holders of Common Stock shall vote together as a single class on all matters (or, if any holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of Common Stock, the holders of Common Stock and the Preferred Stock shall vote together as a single class).
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise required by applicable law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding classes or series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation) or pursuant to the DGCL.
(c) Class F Common Stock
(i) Shares of Class F Common Stock shall be convertible into shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis (the Initial Conversion Ratio) automatically upon the consummation of that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2021 (as it may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Business Combination Agreement), pursuant to which,
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among other things, TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp will acquire Live Learning Technologies LLC, d/b/a Nerdy, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (the Business Combination);
(ii) Notwithstanding the Initial Conversion Ratio, in the case that additional shares of Class A Common Stock, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in the Corporations initial public offering of securities and related to the closing of the Business Combination, all issued and outstanding shares of Class F Common Stock shall automatically convert into shares of Class A Common Stock at the time of the closing of the Corporations Business Combination such that the total number of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all Class F Common Stock in issue will equal, in the aggregate, on an as converted basis, 20 percent of the sum of the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class F Common Stock in issue upon completion of the Corporations initial public offering plus all Class A Common Stock and equity-linked securities issued, or deemed issued in connection with a Business Combination (including the Forward Purchase Shares and Additional Forward Purchase Shares but not the Forward Purchase Warrants and Additional Forward Purchase Warrants), excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a business combination and any private placement warrants issued to the Sponsor or any of its affiliates upon conversion of working capital loans minus the number of Public Shares redeemed by holders of Public Shares in connection with a business combination.
As used herein, the term Forward Purchase Agreements means the agreements that provide for the sale of Class A Common Stock and warrants to other third parties in a private placement that will close substantially concurrently with the closing of any business combination; the term Additional Forward Purchase Shares means any shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreements; the term Additional Forward Purchase Warrants means any warrants to purchase Class A Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreements; the term Forward Purchase Shares means any shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreements; the term Forward Purchase Warrants means any warrants to purchase Class A Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreements; the term Public Shares means shares of Class A Common Stock issued in the Domestication that were previously Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation issued as part of the units issued in the Corporations initial public offering; and the term Sponsor means TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Sponsor, Series LLC, a Delaware series limited liability company, and its successors or assigns.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) the foregoing adjustment to the Initial Conversion Ratio may be waived as to any particular issuance or deemed issuance of additional shares of Class A Common Stock or equity-linked securities by the written consent or agreement of holders of a majority of the shares of Class F Common Stock then outstanding consenting or agreeing separately as a single class in the manner provided in Section 2(d) and (ii) in no event shall the Class F Common Stock convert into Class A Common Stock at a ratio that is less than one-for-one.
The foregoing conversion ratio shall also be adjusted to account for any subdivision (by stock split, subdivision, exchange, stock dividend, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse stock split, exchange, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or similar reclassification or recapitalization of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock into a greater or lesser number of shares occurring after the original filing of this Certificate of Incorporation without a proportionate and corresponding subdivision, combination or similar reclassification or recapitalization of the outstanding shares of Class F Common Stock.
Each share of Class F Common Stock shall convert into its pro rata number of shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to this Section 2(c)(ii). The pro rata share for each holder of Class F Common Stock will be determined as follows: Each share of Class F Common Stock shall convert into such number of shares of Class A Common Stock as is equal to the product of 1 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which all of the issued and outstanding shares of Class F
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Common Stock shall be converted pursuant to this Section 2(c)(ii) and the denominator of which shall be the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Class F Common Stock at the time of conversion.
(d) For so long as any shares of Class F Common Stock shall remain outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the prior vote or written consent of the holders of a majority of the shares of Class F Common Stock then outstanding, voting separately as a single class, amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Certificate, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, if such amendment, alteration or repeal would alter or change the powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other or special rights of the Class F Common Stock. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the holders of Class F Common Stock may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of the outstanding Class F Common Stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of Class F Common Stock were present and voted and 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 minutes of proceedings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporations registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Prompt written notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent of the holders of Class F Common Stock shall, to the extent required by law, be given to those holders of Class F Common Stock who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for notice of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders of Class F Common Stock to take the action were delivered to the Corporation.
(e) Subject to the prior rights and preferences, if any, applicable to shares of Preferred Stock or any class or series thereof, the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to receive ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock held by them such dividends and distributions (payable in cash, stock or otherwise), if any, as may be declared thereon by the Board at any time and from time to time out of any funds of the Corporation legally available therefor. Dividends and other distributions shall not be declared or paid on the Class B Common Stock unless (i) the dividend consists of shares of Class B Common Stock or of rights, options, warrants or other securities convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for shares of Class B Common Stock paid proportionally with respect to each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock and (ii) a dividend consisting of shares of Class A Common Stock or of rights, options, warrants or other securities convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock on equivalent terms is simultaneously paid to the holders of Class A Common Stock. If dividends are declared on the Class A Common Stock or the Class B Common Stock that are payable in shares of Common Stock, or securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, the dividends payable to the holders of Class A Common Stock shall be paid only in shares of Class A Common Stock (or securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock), the dividends payable to the holders of Class B Common Stock shall be paid only in shares of Class B Common Stock (or securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for Class B Common Stock), and such dividends shall be paid in the same number of shares (or fraction thereof) on a per share basis of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, respectively (or securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for the same number of shares (or fraction thereof) on a per share basis of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, respectively).
(f) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, after distribution in full of the preferential amounts, if any, to be distributed to the holders of shares of Preferred Stock or any series thereof, the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock held by them. The holders of shares of Class B Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to receive any assets of the Corporation in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation. A dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Corporation, as such terms are used in this paragraph (d), shall not be deemed to be occasioned by or to include any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other corporation
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or corporations or other entity or a sale, lease, exchange or conveyance of all or a part of the assets of the Corporation.
(g) Shares of Class B Common Stock shall be redeemable for shares of Class A Common Stock on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Live Learning Technologies LLC, dated as of January 28, 2021, as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms (the LLC Agreement). The Corporation will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon redemption of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock for Class A Common Stock pursuant to the LLC Agreement, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock that shall be issuable upon any such redemption pursuant to the LLC Agreement; provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude the Corporation from satisfying its or its affiliates obligations in respect of any such redemption of shares of Class B Common Stock pursuant to the LLC Agreement by delivering (either directly or indirectly through an affiliate) to the holder of shares of Class B Common Stock upon such redemption, in lieu of newly issued shares of Class A Common Stock, cash in the amount permitted by and provided in the LLC Agreement or shares of Class A Common Stock which are held in the treasury of the Corporation. All shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued upon any such redemption shall, upon issuance in accordance with the LLC Agreement, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. All shares of Class B Common Stock redeemed shall be cancelled.
(h) The number of authorized shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or 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 in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of either Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor.
(i) No stockholder shall, by reason of the holding of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, have any preemptive or preferential right to acquire or subscribe for any shares or securities of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, which may at any time be issued, sold or offered for sale by the Corporation, unless specifically provided for in a Preferred Stock Designation.
FIFTH: The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances and the Nomination Agreements (as defined below), the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board. The directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock specified in the related Preferred Stock Designation, shall be divided, with respect to the time for which they severally hold office, into three classes, as nearly equal in number as is reasonably possible, with the initial term of office of the first class to expire at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the Class I Directors), the initial term of office of the second class to expire at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the Class II Directors), and the initial term of office of the third class to expire at the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the Class III Directors), with each director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or, if earlier, such directors death, disability, resignation, disqualification or removal. At each annual meeting of stockholders, directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms then expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of stockholders after their election, with each director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or, if earlier, such directors death, disability, resignation, disqualification or removal. The Board is authorized to assign members of the Board already in office to Class I, Class II or Class III at the time this Certificate of Incorporation becomes effective, subject to the terms of any nomination agreements between the Corporation and any stockholder that may be in effect from time to time (as amended or supplemented in accordance with their terms, the Nomination Agreements). Subject to applicable law, the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock specified in the related Preferred Stock Designation and the Nomination Agreements, any newly created directorship that results from an
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increase in the number of directors or any vacancy on the Board that results from the death, disability, resignation, disqualification or removal of any director or from any other cause shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director and shall not be filled by the stockholders. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office for the remaining term of his or her predecessor, unless otherwise determined by the Board. No decrease in the number of authorized directors constituting the Board shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
Subject to the Nomination Agreements and the rights of the holders of shares of any series of Preferred Stock, if any, to elect additional directors pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation thereunder), any director may only be removed for cause and only upon the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, acting at a meeting of the stockholders in accordance with the DGCL, this Certificate of Incorporation and the bylaws of the Corporation.
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, if any, and to the Nomination Agreements, the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time in the manner provided in the bylaws of the Corporation. Unless and except to the extent that the bylaws of the Corporation so provide, the election of directors need not be by written ballot. There shall be no cumulative voting in the election of directors and directors shall be elected by a plurality vote of the holders of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors.
SIXTH: Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock with respect to such series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be taken at a duly held annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be taken by any consent in writing of such stockholders.
SEVENTH: Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board or the Board. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock and the preceding proviso, the stockholders of the Corporation do not have the power to call a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation.
EIGHTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by law, the Board shall have the power and is expressly authorized to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the bylaws. The affirmative vote of a majority of the Board shall be required to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the bylaws. The bylaws also may be adopted, amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders; provided, however, that in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the bylaws; and provided further, however, that no bylaws hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the Board that would have been valid if such bylaws had not been adopted.
NINTH:
(a) No director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as it now exists. In addition to the circumstances in which a director of the Corporation is not personally liable as set forth in the preceding sentence, a director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the fullest extent permitted by any amendment to the DGCL hereafter enacted that further limits the liability of a director.
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(b) Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article Ninth shall be prospective only and shall not affect any limitation on liability of a director for acts or omissions occurring prior to the date of such amendment, repeal or modification.
(c) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each person who is or was made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a proceeding) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an indemnitee), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee in connection with such proceeding. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, to the extent required by applicable law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article Ninth subsection c, or otherwise. The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred by this Article Ninth subsection c, shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article Ninth subsection c, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to an indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.
The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred on any indemnitee by this Article Ninth shall not be exclusive of any other rights that any indemnitee may have or hereafter acquire under law, this Certificate of Incorporation, the bylaws, an agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
Any repeal or amendment of this Article Ninth by the stockholders of the Corporation or by changes in law, or the adoption of any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article Ninth, shall, unless otherwise required by law, be prospective only (except to the extent such amendment or change in law permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights on a retroactive basis than permitted prior thereto), and shall not in any way diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing at the time of such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision in respect of any proceeding (regardless of when such proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed) arising out of, or related to, any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision.
This Article Ninth shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner authorized or permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than indemnitees.
TENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time and from time to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation), and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force that may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by this Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL; and, except as set forth in Section (c) of Article Ninth, all rights, preferences and privileges of whatever nature herein conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved in this Article Tenth. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law that might
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otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock required by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation or required by the Nomination Agreements, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter, change or repeal, or adopt any provision of this Certificate that relates to, or is the result of, a proposal by a person in its capacity as a stockholder of the Company.
ELEVENTH:
(a) Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article Eleventh, Sponsor-Affiliates shall mean Sponsor, TCV VIII (A), L.P., Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund X, L.P., Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XI, L.P., Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XII, L.P. and Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XVI, L.P., and each of their respective Affiliates.
(b) Certain Activities. In anticipation of the benefits to be derived by the Corporation through its continued contractual, corporate and business relationships with the Sponsor-Affiliates and in anticipation and recognition that (i) certain directors, principals, officers, employees and/or other representatives of the Sponsor-Affiliates may serve as directors or officers of the Corporation, (ii) the Sponsor-Affiliates may now engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, and (iii) members of the Board who are not employees of the Corporation (Non-Employee Directors) and their respective Affiliates may now engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, the provisions of this Article Twelfth are set forth to define the circumstances in which any duties of the Non-Employee Directors and the Sponsor-Affiliates to the Corporation or its stockholders would not be breached even if certain classes or categories of business opportunities are alleged to have been usurped by one or more of the Sponsor-Affiliates, the Non-Employee Directors or their respective Affiliates.
(c) Certain Transactions. None of (i) any Sponsor-Affiliate or (ii) any Non-Employee Director or his or her Affiliates (any such person identified in clause (i) or (ii), an Identified Person) shall be in breach of any duty to the Corporation or its stockholders for directly or indirectly (A) engaging in a corporate opportunity in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which the Corporation or any of the Affiliated persons has a reasonable expectancy interest or property right or (B) otherwise competing with the Corporation. For the avoidance of doubt, subject to the Corporations insider trading policies, to the extent that any purchase, sale or other transaction by any Identified Person involving any securities or indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates (or involving any hedge, swap, derivative or other instrument relating to or in respect of any of the foregoing securities or indebtedness) may be deemed to be a corporate opportunity or to be in competition with the Corporation, the Identified Persons shall be fully protected by the foregoing provisions of this Article Twelfth in pursuing such purchase, sale or other transaction or in taking any other action in respect of or affecting such securities, indebtedness or other instrument. The Corporation hereby renounces any reasonable expectancy interest or property right in any business opportunity that may be a corporate opportunity for both an Identified Person and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, except as provided in Section (d) of this Article Twelfth. In the event that any Identified Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or other business opportunity that may be a corporate opportunity for itself, himself or herself and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, such Identified Person would not be in breach of any applicable duty to the Corporation or its stockholders for failing to communicate or offer such transaction or other business opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no Identified Person can be held personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or creditors for any damages as a result of engaging in any of activities permitted pursuant to this Article Twelfth or which are stated in this Article Twelfth to constitute a breach of its, his or her duties to the Corporation or its stockholders if engaged in by such Identified Person.
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(d) Usurping Certain Corporate Opportunities Are Breaches of Duty to the Corporation or its Stockholders. The Corporation does not renounce its expectancy interest or property right in, and the provisions of Section (c) of this Article Twelfth shall not apply to, any corporate opportunity that is (i) presented to any Non-Employee Director solely in such capacity and with respect to which no Sponsor-Affiliate of such Non-Employee Director independently receives notice or otherwise identifies such corporate opportunity, or (ii) is identified by any Non-Employee Director solely through disclosure by or on behalf of the Corporation.
(e) Exclusion. In addition to and without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Article Twelfth, a corporate opportunity shall not be deemed to be a potential corporate opportunity for the Corporation if the Corporation is not financially capable or contractually permitted or legally able to undertake it, or such opportunity is, from its nature, not in the line of the Corporations business or is of no practical advantage to it or such opportunity is one in which the Corporation has no reasonable expectancy interest or property right.
(f) Powers of the Board. The enumeration and definition of particular powers of the Board included in the foregoing shall in no way be limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other clause of this or any other Article of this Certificate of Incorporation, or construed as or deemed by inference or otherwise in any manner to exclude or limit any powers conferred upon the Board under the DGCL now or hereafter in force.
(g) Amendment of this Article. Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article Twelfth shall be prospective only and shall not affect any limitation on liability of a director for acts or omissions occurring prior to the date of such amendment, repeal or modification.
TWELFTH: Subject to the Nomination Agreements and unless otherwise required by law or this Certificate, each director shall have one vote on all matters presented to the Board for its consideration. If the Board considers any action that results in an equal number of the directors at the meeting voting for and against the action and such action would be effective if taken by a majority vote, then in such case the chairman of the board shall be entitled to cast a tie-breaking vote with respect to such action. With respect to any committees established by the board, subject to the Nomination Agreements and unless otherwise required by law or this Certificate, each director serving on such committee shall have one vote on all matters presented to such committee for its consideration. If such committee considers any action that results in an equal number of the directors at the committee meeting voting for and against the action and such action would be effective if taken by a majority vote, then in such case the chairman of such committee shall be entitled to cast a tie-breaking vote with respect to such action.
THIRTEENTH: 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, and the court will replace such illegal, void or unenforceable provision of this Certificate of Incorporation with a valid and enforceable provision that most accurately reflects the Corporations 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.
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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF
NERDY INC.
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Delaware
ARTICLE I
OFFICES AND RECORDS
Section 1.1. Registered Office. The registered office and agent of Nerdy Inc. (the Corporation) in the State of Delaware shall be fixed in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as it may be amended from time to time, including any preferred stock designation (the Certificate of Incorporation). The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation may be changed from time to time by the board of directors of the Corporation (the Board) in the manner provided by applicable law.
Section 1.2. Other Offices. The Corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board may designate or as the business of the Corporation may from time to time require.
Section 1.3. Books and Records. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may from time to time be designated by the Board.
ARTICLE II
STOCKHOLDERS
Section 2.1. Annual Meeting. If required by applicable law, an annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held at such date, time and place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be fixed by resolution of the Board. Any proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting. The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board.
Section 2.2. Special Meeting. Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation (Preferred Stock), special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board or the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board, with such special meeting to be held at such date, time and place, if any, as may be fixed by such person(s) calling such special meeting. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, the stockholders of the Corporation do not have the power to call a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation. The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of the stockholders previously scheduled by the Board.
Section 2.3. Record Date.
(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board 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, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by applicable law, not be greater than 60 nor fewer than ten days before the date of such meeting. If the Board so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, unless the Board determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if
notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.
(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or 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 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 not be greater than 60 days prior to such action. If no such 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 adopts the resolution relating thereto.
(c) Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, in order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board 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, and which record date shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board. If no record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting is fixed by the Board, (i) when no prior action of the Board is required by applicable law, the record date for such purpose shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law, and (ii) if prior action by the Board is required by applicable law, the record date for such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
Section 2.4. Stockholder List. The Corporation shall prepare, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting of stockholders (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is fewer than ten days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the 10th day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order for each class of stock and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of such 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 days prior to the meeting, either on a reasonably accessible electronic network (provided that the information required to gain access to the list is provided with the notice of the meeting) or during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, the stock list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list required by this section or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders.
Section 2.5. Place of Meeting. If no designation is made as to the place of any meeting of the Corporation, the place of meeting shall be the principal executive offices of the Corporation. The Board, acting in its sole discretion, may establish guidelines and procedures in accordance with applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL) and any other applicable law for the participation by stockholders and proxyholders in a meeting of stockholders by means of remote communications, and may determine that any
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meeting of stockholders will not be held at any place but will be held solely by means of remote communication. Stockholders and proxyholders complying with such procedures and guidelines and otherwise entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be deemed present in person and entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication.
Section 2.6. Notice of Meeting. Written or printed notice, stating the place, if any, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not fewer than ten days nor greater than 60 days before the date of the meeting, in a manner pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. The notice shall specify (a) the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting), (b) the place, if any, date and time of such meeting, (c) the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, (d) in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is called and (e) such other information as may be required by applicable law or as may be deemed appropriate by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation. If the stockholder list referred to in Section 2.4 of these Bylaws is made accessible on an electronic network, the notice of meeting must indicate how the stockholder list can be accessed. If the meeting of stockholders is to be held solely by means of electronic communications, the notice of meeting must provide the information required to access such stockholder list during the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at his/her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. The Corporation may provide stockholders with notice of a meeting by electronic transmission provided such stockholders have consented to receiving electronic notice in accordance with the DGCL. Such further notice shall be given as may be required by applicable law. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the notice of meeting. An affidavit that notice has been given, executed by the Secretary of the Corporation, Assistant Secretary or any transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the notice in the absence of fraud. Notice shall be deemed to have been given to all stockholders who share an address if notice is given in accordance with the householding rules set forth in Rule 14a-3(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) and Section 233 of the DGCL. Meetings may be held without notice if all stockholders entitled to vote are present, or if notice is waived by those not present in accordance with Section 7.4 of these Bylaws.
Section 2.7. Quorum and Adjournment of Meetings.
(a) Except as otherwise provided by applicable law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders, except that when specified business is to be voted on by a class or series of stock voting as a class, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum of such class or series for the transaction of such business. For the avoidance of doubt, abstentions (that are marked as such) and broker non-votes shall be treated as present for purposes of determining the presence or absence of quorum. Only the person presiding over the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time, whether or not there is such a quorum. The stockholders present at a duly called meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
(b) Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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; provided, however, that if the adjournment is for greater than 30 days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting.
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Section 2.8. Proxies. At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote by proxy executed in writing (or in such other manner prescribed by the DGCL) by the stockholder or by his/her duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Any copy, facsimile transmission or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to this section may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile transmission or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission. No proxy may be voted or acted upon after the expiration of three years from the date of such proxy, unless such proxy provides for a longer period. Every proxy is revocable at the pleasure of the stockholder executing it unless the proxy states that it is irrevocable and applicable law makes it irrevocable. A stockholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or by filing another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the Corporation.
Section 2.9. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
(i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders at an annual meeting of stockholders may be made only (A) pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (B) by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof, subject to the obligations of the Corporation set forth in any nomination agreements between the Corporation and any stockholder that may be in effect from time to time (as amended or supplemented in accordance with their terms, the Nomination Agreements) or (C) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (1) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these Bylaws and at the time of the annual meeting, (2) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (3) complies with the notice procedures and other requirements set forth in these Bylaws and applicable law as to such business or nomination. For the avoidance of doubt, Section 2.9(a)(i)(C) of these Bylaws shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, and included in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant thereto) before an annual meeting of the stockholders.
(ii) For any nominations or any other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to Section 2.9(a)(i)(C) of these Bylaws, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation, and in the case of business other than nominations, such business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholders notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation by registered mail at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting (which anniversary, in the case of the first annual meeting of stockholders following the close of the Corporations business combination, shall be deemed to be June 1, 2022); provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is greater than 30 days before or greater than 60 days after such anniversary date, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year (other than with respect to the Corporations first annual meeting of stockholders following the close of the Corporations business combination), notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is fewer than 100 days prior to the date of such annual meeting, the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall any adjournment, postponement or recess of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above. To be in proper form, a
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stockholders notice (whether given pursuant to this Section 2.9(a)(ii) or Section 2.9(b)) to the Secretary of the Corporation must:
(A) set forth, as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined below), (1) the name and address of such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, as they appear on the Corporations books, and of such Stockholder Associated Person, if any, (2) (I) the class or series and number of shares of stock or other securities of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person as of the date of the notice, (II) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of stock of the Corporation or otherwise (a Derivative Instrument), directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation held by such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, in each case, as of the date of the notice, (III) a description of any agreement, proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation or among such stockholder, Stockholder Associated Person and any other person that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 5 or Item 6 of Exchange Act Schedule 13D (regardless of whether the requirement to file a Schedule 13D is applicable), (IV) any short interest in any security of the Corporation (for purposes of these Bylaws a person shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security) by such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, (V) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (VI) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (VII) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of such stockholders or Stockholder Associated Persons immediate family sharing the same household (which information, in each case, shall be supplemented by such stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person not later than 10 calendar days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such information as of the record date), (3) any other information relating to such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (4) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring such nomination or other business before the meeting, and (5) a representation as to whether such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person intends or is part of a group that intends to (I) deliver a proxy statement or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporations outstanding stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or to elect each such nominee or (II) otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination. If requested by the Corporation, the
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information required under clauses (A)(1) and (A)(2) of the preceding sentence of this Section 2.9(a)(ii) shall be supplemented by such stockholder and any such Stockholder Associated Person not later than five days after the record date for notice of the meeting to disclose such information as of such record date;
(B) if the notice relates to any business other than a nomination of a director or directors that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, set forth (1) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment) the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, if any, in such business and (2) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder;
(C) set forth, as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the Board (1) all 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 solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such persons written consent to being named in the Corporations proxy statement as a nominee and to serving a full term as a director if elected), (2) such persons written consent to serving as a director, if elected, for the full term for which such person is standing for election, and (3) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, and each proposed nominee, and his/her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any Stockholder Associated Person on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the registrant for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; and
(D) with respect to each nominee for election or reelection to the Board, include a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 2.9(a)(iv) of these Bylaws and such other information that the Corporation may reasonably request and that is necessary to permit the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such person to serve as a director of the Corporation, including information relevant to a determination whether such person can be considered an independent director.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 2.9(a)(ii) of these Bylaws to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board at least 100 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, a stockholders notice required by these Bylaws shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
(iv) To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the Corporation, a proposed nominee must deliver (in accordance with the method, means and time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under Section 2.9(a)(ii) of these Bylaws and applicable law) to the Secretary at the
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principal executive offices of the Corporation (A) a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire the proposed nominee shall request in writing from the Secretary with at least 7 days prior notice); (B) a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (1) is not and will not become a party to (I) any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether written or oral) 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 in such capacity on any issue or question (a Voting Commitment) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (II) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such persons ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such persons fiduciary duties under applicable law, (2) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether written or oral) 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, (3) in such persons individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable law and all applicable rules of the U.S. exchanges upon which the Common Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) of the Corporation is listed and all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and other guidelines of the Corporation, (4) in such persons individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, intends to serve a full term if elected as a director of the Corporation and (5) will provide facts, statements and other information in all communications with the Corporation and its stockholders that are or will be true and correct in all material respects and do not and will not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (C) a written director agreement (which agreement shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request and shall include, without limitation, such persons agreement to abide by all of the Corporations policies and procedures applicable to directors of the Corporation, including a requirement to preserve and maintain the confidentiality of the Corporations material non-public information).
(v) For purposes of this Section 2.9(a), Stockholder Associated Person of any stockholder shall mean (A) any person acting in concert with such stockholder, (B) any other beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder (other than a stockholder that is a depositary) and (C) if any such stockholder or beneficial owner is an entity, each director, executive, managing member or control person of such entity, where control person includes any person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such stockholder or such beneficial owner.
(b) Special Meetings of Stockholders.
Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to a notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof, subject to the obligations of the Corporation set forth in the Nomination Agreements or (ii) provided that the Board has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who (A) is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these Bylaws and at the time of the special meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (C) complies with the notice procedures and other requirements set forth in these Bylaws. In the event a special meeting of stockholders is called for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporations notice of meeting, if the stockholders notice required by
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Section 2.9(a)(ii) of these Bylaws with respect to any nomination (including the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 2.9(a)(iv) of these Bylaws) shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such special meeting is fewer than 100 days prior to the date of such special meeting, the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment, postponement or recess of a special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
(c) General.
(i) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and the Nomination Agreements shall be eligible to serve as directors, and only such other business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and applicable law. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the person presiding over the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded. For the avoidance of doubt, unless otherwise required by law or otherwise determined by the Chairman of the Board, the Board or the person presiding over the meeting, if the stockholder does not provide the information required under Section 2.9 of these Bylaws to the Corporation within the time frames specified herein, or if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or other business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such other business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.
(ii) For purposes of these Bylaws, public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by Dow Jones News Service, the Associated Press, or any other national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of these Bylaws, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in these Bylaws; provided, however, that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to Sections 2.9(a) or 2.9(b) of these Bylaws or the Nomination Agreements. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights (A) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, (B) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock if and to the extent provided for under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws or (C) set forth in the Nomination Agreements.
(iv) The Corporation may require any proposed stockholder nominee for director to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation. Unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) making a nomination or proposal under this Section 2.9 does not appear at a meeting of stockholders to present such nomination or proposal, the nomination shall be disregarded and the proposed business shall not be transacted, as the case may be,
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notwithstanding that proxies in favor thereof may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.9, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
Section 2.10. Conduct of Business. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the person presiding over any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the presiding person of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (a) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (b) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (c) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the presiding person of the meeting shall determine; (d) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; (e) restrictions on the use of any audio or video recording devices at the meeting; (f) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants; (g) regulations for the opening and closing of the polls for balloting and matters which are to be voted on by ballot (if any); and (h) procedures (if any) requiring attendees to provide the Corporation advance notice of their intent to attend the meeting. The presiding person at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
Section 2.11. Required Vote. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, each holder of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of such stock held of record by such holder that has voting power upon the subject matter in question. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, at any meeting at which directors are to be elected, so long as a quorum is present, the directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes validly cast in such election. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, cumulative voting for the election of directors shall be prohibited. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the rules and regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors and certain non-binding advisory votes described below, the affirmative vote of a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter shall be the act of the stockholders. In non-binding advisory matters with more than two possible vote choices, the matter shall be deemed the recommendation of the stockholders if it has received a plurality of the votes.
Section 2.12. Treasury Stock. The Corporation shall not vote, directly or indirectly, shares of its own stock owned by it or any other entity it controls, and such shares of its own stock will not be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation or such other corporation, to vote stock of the Corporation held in a fiduciary capacity.
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Section 2.13. Inspectors of Elections; Opening and Closing the Polls. At any stockholder meeting, the Board by resolution may, and when required by applicable law, shall, appoint one or more inspectors, which inspector or inspectors may include individuals who serve the Corporation in other capacities, including, without limitation, as officers, employees, agents or representatives, to act at the meetings of stockholders and make a written report thereof. One or more persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate has been appointed to act or is able to act at a meeting of stockholders and the appointment of an inspector is required by applicable law, the person presiding over the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before discharging his/her duties, shall take and sign an oath to faithfully execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his/her ability. The inspectors shall have the duties prescribed by applicable law.
Section 2.14. Stockholder Action by Written Consent. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock with respect to such series of Preferred Stock and except to the extent provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected by a duly called annual or special meeting of such stockholders and may not be effected by written consent of the stockholders.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 3.1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board elected in accordance with these Bylaws. In addition to the powers and authorities by these Bylaws expressly conferred upon them, the Board 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 Bylaws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. The directors shall act only as a Board, and the individual directors shall have no power as such.
Section 3.2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances and the Nomination Agreements, the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board. The election and term of directors shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 3.3. Regular Meetings. Subject to Section 3.5, regular meetings of the Board shall be held on such dates, and at such times and places, as are determined from time to time by resolution of the Board.
Section 3.4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board shall be called at the request of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or a majority of the Board then in office. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board may fix the place, if any, date and time of the meetings. Any business may be conducted at a special meeting of the Board.
Section 3.5. Notice. Notice of any meeting of directors shall be given to each director at his/her business or residence in writing by hand delivery, first-class or overnight mail, courier service or facsimile or electronic transmission or orally by telephone. If mailed by first-class mail, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when deposited in the United States mails so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid, at least five days before such meeting. If by overnight mail or courier service, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when the notice is delivered to the overnight mail or courier service company at least 48 hours before such meeting. If by facsimile or electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when the notice is transmitted at least 48 hours before such meeting. If by telephone or by hand delivery, the notice shall be given at least 48 hours prior to the time set for the meeting and shall be confirmed by facsimile or electronic transmission that is sent promptly thereafter. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board need be specified in the notice of such meeting, except for amendments
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to these Bylaws, as provided under Section 8.1. A meeting may be held at any time without notice if all the directors are present or if those not present waive notice of the meeting in accordance with Section 7.4 of these Bylaws.
Section 3.6. Action by Consent of Board. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, including by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting, and may be stated as such in any document or instrument filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
Section 3.7. Conference Telephone Meetings. Members of the Board or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board or such committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where such person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
Section 3.8. Quorum. Subject to Section 3.9, a whole number of directors equal to at least a majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if at any meeting of the Board there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice unless (a) the date, time and place, if any, of the adjourned meeting are not announced at the time of adjournment, in which case notice conforming to the requirements of Section 3.5 of these Bylaws shall be given to each director, or (b) the meeting is adjourned for more than 24 hours, in which case the notice referred to in clause (a) shall be given to those directors not present at the announcement of the date, time and place of the adjourned meeting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board. The directors present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough directors to leave less than a quorum.
Section 3.9. Vacancies. Subject to applicable law, the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock and the Nomination Agreements, any newly created directorship that results from an increase in the number of directors or any vacancy on the Board that results from the death, disability, resignation, disqualification or removal of any director or from any other cause shall be filled in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 3.10. Removal. Subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any series of Preferred Stock, if any, to elect additional directors pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation thereunder) and any Nomination Agreements, directors may be removed only for cause and only upon the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, acting at a meeting of the stockholders in accordance with the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws.
Section 3.11. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall be chosen from among the directors. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall perform all duties incidental to his/her office that may be required by law and all such other duties as are properly required of him/her by the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall make reports to the Board and the stockholders, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board and of any committee thereof are carried into effect. The Chairman of the Board may also serve as Chief Executive Officer, if so elected by the Board.
Section 3.12. Records. The Board shall cause to be kept a record containing the minutes of the proceedings of the meetings of the Board and of the stockholders, appropriate stock books and registers and such books of records and accounts as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the Corporation.
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Section 3.13. Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board shall have authority to fix the compensation of directors, including fees and reimbursement of expenses. The Corporation will cause each non-employee director serving on the Board to be reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by him/her in connection with such service.
Section 3.14. Regulations. To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws, the Board may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings of the Board and for the management of the affairs and business of the Corporation as the Board may deem appropriate.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
Section 4.1. Designation; Powers. The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, subject to the obligations of the Corporation set forth in the Nomination Agreements. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.
Section 4.2. Procedure; Meetings; Quorum. Any committee designated pursuant to Section 4.1 shall choose its own chairman by a majority vote of the members then in attendance in the event the chairman has not been selected by the Board, shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested, and shall meet at such times and at such place or places as may be provided by the charter of such committee or by resolution of such committee or resolution of the Board. At every meeting of any such committee, the presence of a majority of all the members thereof shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present shall be necessary for the adoption by it of any resolution. The Board shall adopt a charter for each committee for which a charter is required by applicable laws, regulations or stock exchange rules, may adopt a charter for any other committee, and may adopt other rules and regulations for the governance of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws or any such charter, and each committee may adopt its own rules and regulations of governance, to the extent not inconsistent with these Bylaws or any charter or other rules and regulations adopted by the Board.
Section 4.3. Substitution of Members. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not constituting a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of the absent or disqualified member.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 5.1. Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a President, a Treasurer, a Secretary and such other officers as the Board from time to time may deem proper. All officers elected by the Board shall each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the specific provisions of this Article V. Such officers shall also have such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board or by any committee thereof. The Board or any committee thereof may from time to time elect, or Chief Executive Officer may appoint, such other officers (including one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers) and such agents, as may be necessary or desirable for the conduct of the business of the Corporation. Such other officers and agents shall have such duties and shall hold their offices for such terms as shall be provided in these Bylaws or as may be prescribed by the Board or such committee thereof or by the Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be.
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Section 5.2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected or appointed from time to time by the Board. Each officer shall hold office until his/her successor shall have been duly elected or appointed and shall have qualified or until his/her death or until he/she shall resign, but any officer may be removed from office at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board or, except in the case of an officer or agent elected by the Board, by the Chief Executive Officer. Such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights, if any, of the person so removed. No elected officer shall have any contractual rights against the Corporation for compensation by virtue of such election beyond the date of the election of his/her successor, his/her death, his/her resignation or his/her removal, whichever event shall first occur, except as otherwise provided in an employment contract or under an employee deferred compensation plan.
Section 5.3. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall act in a general executive capacity and, subject, to the control of the Board, to have general supervision, direction and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation. If the Chief Executive Officer is also a member of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall, in the absence of or because of the inability to act of the Chairman of the Board, perform all duties of the Chairman of the Board and preside at all meetings of stockholders and of the Board. The Chief Executive Officer shall have the authority to sign, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, checks, orders, contracts, leases, notes, drafts and all other documents and instruments in connection with the business of the Corporation.
Section 5.4. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall act in an executive financial capacity. The Chief Financial Officer shall assist the Chief Executive Officer in the general supervision of the Corporations financial policies and affairs.
Section 5.5. President. The President, if any, shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him/her by the Board.
Section 5.6. Senior Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents. Each Senior Vice President and Vice President, if any, shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him/her by the Board.
Section 5.7. Treasurer. The Treasurer, if any, shall exercise general supervision over the receipt, custody and disbursement of corporate funds. The Treasurer shall cause the funds of the Corporation to be deposited in such banks as may be authorized by the Board, or in such banks as may be designated as depositaries in the manner provided by resolution of the Board. He/she shall have such further powers and duties and shall be subject to such directions as may be granted or imposed upon him/her from time to time by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 5.8. Secretary. The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept in one or more books provided for that purpose, the minutes of all meetings of the Board, the committees of the Board and the stockholders; he/she shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws and as required by applicable law; he/she shall be custodian of the records and the seal of the Corporation and affix and attest the seal to all stock certificates of the Corporation (unless the seal of the Corporation on such certificates shall be a facsimile, as hereinafter provided) and affix and attest the seal to all other documents to be executed on behalf of the Corporation under its seal; and he/she shall see that the books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept and filed are properly kept and filed; and in general, he/she shall perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him/her by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 5.9. Vacancies. A newly created elected office and a vacancy in any elected office because of death, resignation, or removal may be filled by the Board or any committee thereof for the unexpired portion of the term at any meeting of the Board or any committee thereof. Any vacancy in an office appointed by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer because of death, resignation, or removal may be filled by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.
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Section 5.10. Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations. Unless otherwise directed by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of security holders of or with respect to any action of security holders of any other corporation or entity in which the Corporation may hold securities and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers that the Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in such other corporation.
ARTICLE VI
STOCK CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS
Section 6.1. Uncertificated Shares and Transfers. The shares of the Corporation shall be uncertificated, provided that the Corporation shall be permitted to issue such nominal number of certificates to securities depositories and further provided that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the Corporations stock shall be represented by certificates. The shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation, which may be maintained by a third party registrar or transfer agent, by the holder thereof in person or by his/her attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for at least the same number of shares, with an assignment and power of transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Corporation or its agents may reasonably require or upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of uncertificated shares and upon compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form.
Each certificated share of stock shall be signed, countersigned and registered in such manner as the Board may by resolution prescribe, which resolution may permit all or any of the signatures on such certificates to be in facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he/she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 6.2. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. If at any time shares of the Corporations stock are represented by certificates, no certificate for shares or uncertificated shares of stock in the Corporation shall be issued in place of any certificate alleged to have been lost, destroyed or stolen, except on production of such evidence of such loss, destruction or theft and on delivery to the Corporation of a bond of indemnity in such amount, upon such terms and secured by such surety, as the Board or any financial officer may in its or his/her discretion require.
Section 6.3. Ownership of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock of the Corporation as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, 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 provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.
Section 6.4. Regulations Regarding Certificates. If at any time shares of the Corporations stock are represented by certificates, the Board shall have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration or the replacement of such certificates. The Corporation may enter into additional agreements with stockholders to restrict the transfer of stock of the Corporation in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 7.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of January and end on the thirty-first day of December of each year unless otherwise determined by the Board.
Section 7.2. Dividends. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares of stock, which dividends may be paid in either cash, property or shares of stock of the Corporation. A member of the Board, or a member of any committee designated by the Board, shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of its officers or employees, or committees of the Board, or by any other person as to matters the director reasonably believes are within such other persons professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation, as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities or net profits of the Corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.
Section 7.3. Seal. The seal of the Corporation shall be in such form as the Board may adopt.
Section 7.4. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder or director of the Corporation under the provisions of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, including by electronic transmission, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual or special meeting of the stockholders or the Board or committee thereof need be specified in any waiver of notice of such meeting. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
Section 7.5. Resignations. Any director or any officer, whether elected or appointed, may resign at any time by giving written notice, including by electronic transmission, of such resignation to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary, and such resignation shall be deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the date said notice is received by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary, or at such earlier or later time as is specified therein. No formal action shall be required of the Board or the stockholders to make any such resignation effective.
Section 7.6. Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses.
(a) The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a proceeding) by reason of the fact that he/she, or a person for whom he/she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (a Covered Person), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, trustee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, trustee or agent, against all expenses, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Covered Person in connection with such proceeding.
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(b) The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, pay the expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that to the extent required by applicable law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 7.6 or otherwise.
(c) The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses under this Section 7.6 shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to a Covered Person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, trustee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his/her heirs, executors and administrators. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.6, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to a Covered Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Covered Person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.
(d) If a claim for indemnification under this Section 7.6 (following the final disposition of such proceeding) is not paid in full within sixty days after the Corporation has received a claim therefor by the Covered Person, or if a claim for any advancement of expenses under this Section 7.6 is not paid in full within thirty days after the Corporation has received a statement or statements requesting such amounts to be advanced, the Covered Person shall thereupon (but not before) be entitled to file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim. If successful in whole or in part, the Covered Person shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. In any suit brought by the Covered Person to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Section 7.6 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
(e) The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Section 7.6 shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, any agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
(f) This Section 7.6 shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by applicable law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.
(g) Any Covered Person entitled to indemnification and/or advancement of expenses, in each case pursuant to this Section 7.6, may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement and/or insurance provided by one or more persons with whom or which such Covered Person may be associated. The Corporation hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Corporation shall be the indemnitor of first resort with respect to any proceeding, expense, liability or matter that is the subject of this Section 7.6, (ii) the Corporation shall be primarily liable for all such obligations and any indemnification afforded to a Covered Person in respect of a proceeding, expense, liability or matter that is the subject of this Section 7.6, whether created by law, organizational or constituent documents, contract or otherwise, (iii) any obligation of any persons with whom or which a Covered Person may be associated to indemnify such Covered Person and/or advance expenses or liabilities to such Covered Person in respect of any proceeding shall be secondary to the obligations of the Corporation hereunder, (iv) the Corporation shall be required to indemnify each Covered Person and advance expenses to each Covered Person hereunder to the fullest extent provided herein without regard to any rights such Covered Person may have against any other person with whom or which such Covered Person may be associated or insurer of any such person, and (v) the Corporation irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases any other person with whom or which a Covered Person may be associated from any claim of contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect of amounts paid by the Corporation hereunder.
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Section 7.7. Notices. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein or required by applicable law, all notices required to be given to any stockholder, director, officer, employee, trustee or agent shall be in writing and may in every instance be effectively given by hand delivery to the recipient thereof, by depositing such notice in the mails, postage paid, or by sending such notice by commercial courier service, or by facsimile or other electronic transmission, provided that notice to stockholders by electronic transmission shall be given in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL. Any such notice shall be addressed to such stockholder, director, officer, employee, trustee or agent at his/her last known address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively, notice to any stockholder shall be deemed given: (a) if by facsimile, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (b) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (c) if by posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (i) such posting and (ii) the giving of such separate notice; (d) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder; and (e) if by mail, when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholders address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.
Section 7.8. Facsimile and Electronic Signatures. In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile or electronic signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these Bylaws, facsimile or electronic signatures of any officer or officers of the Corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by the Board or a committee thereof.
Section 7.9. Time Periods. In applying any provision of these Bylaws that require that an act be done or not done a specified number of days prior to an event or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days prior to an event, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be excluded, and the day of the event shall be included.
Section 7.10. Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records. Each director, each member of any committee designated by the Board, and each officer of the Corporation shall, in the performance of his/her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporations officers or employees, or committees designated by the Board, or by any other person as to the matters the member reasonably believes are within such other persons professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.
Section 7.11. Severability. Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any provision of these Bylaws will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision or portion of any provision of these Bylaws is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such provision or portion of any provision shall be severable and the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or portion of any provision in such jurisdiction, and these Bylaws will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or portion of any provision had never been contained herein.
Section 7.12. Forum for Adjudication of Disputes. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee, trustee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporations stockholders, (c) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer or other employee of the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, or (d) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer or other employee of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each such case subject to said Court of Chancery having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein. Unless the Corporation consents
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in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the federal district courts of the United States will be the exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the federal securities laws of the United States. 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 Section 7.12.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
Section 8.1. Amendments. The Board shall have the power to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws. The affirmative vote of a majority of the Board shall be required to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws. The Bylaws also may be adopted, amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders; provided, however, that in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders to adopt, amend, alter or repeal these Bylaws.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Nomination Agreement with TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Sponsor, Series LLC, a Delaware series limited liability company (Sponsor) and Charles Cohn (Cohn) remains in effect, the Board shall not approve any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of these Bylaws, or the adoption of any new Bylaw, that would be contrary to or inconsistent with the then applicable terms of such Nomination Agreement without the prior written consent of Sponsor and Cohn.
Date of Adoption: September 20, 2021
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Exhibit 10.1
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is dated as of September 20, 2021 (the Effective Date), by and among TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company, which shall be domesticated as a Delaware corporation prior to the closing of the Transaction (as defined herein) (the Company), and each of the persons listed under the heading Holders on the signature pages attached hereto (the Holders, and each individually, a Holder).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, certain of the Holders previously entered into that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 9, 2020 (the Initial Agreement) with the Company and TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Sponsor, Series LLC, a Delaware series limited liability company;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Initial Agreement, the Company granted certain registration rights with respect to, among other things, certain shares of its Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share;
WHEREAS, the Company, TPG Pace Tech Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, TCV VIII (A) VT, Inc., a Delaware corporation, LCSOF XI VT, Inc., a Delaware corporation, TPG Pace Blocker Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation, TPG Pace Blocker Merger Sub II Inc., a Delaware corporation, Live Learning Technologies LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Nerdy), and the other persons party thereto, entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2021 (the Business Combination Agreement), pursuant to which, through a series of steps, the Company has acquired Nerdy (such transactions, and all other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, together, the Transactions);
WHEREAS, certain Holders may receive shares of Class A Common Stock or certain units of Company Up-C Units and a corresponding number of shares of Class B Common stock (the Earn Out Shares) pursuant to the earn-out provisions in the Business Combination Agreement; and WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, the parties hereto now desire to execute this Agreement, as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, to terminate and replace the Initial Agreement (with respect to the Holders party thereto) upon the closing of the Transactions (the Closing) and to set forth the further rights and obligations created hereby.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, and unless the context requires a different meaning, the following terms have the meanings indicated:
Affiliate shall mean, with respect to any person, any other person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person; provided that the Company and its subsidiaries will not be deemed to be Affiliates of any holder of Registrable Securities. The term control and its derivatives with respect to any person mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
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Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Block Trade has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.
Block Trade Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.
Block Trade Offer Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.
Business Combination Agreement has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Business Day is any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday other than a day on which banks and other financial institutions are authorized or required to be closed for business in the State of New York.
Class A Common Stock means the Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.
Class B Common Stock means the Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.
Closing has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Company Up-C Units means a Unit as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company.
Company has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Company Holders means TPG Sponsor and any Successor Holders.
Demand Registration Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
Demand Registration Statement has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
Demanding Holder or Demanding Holders has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
$ means United States dollars.
Earn Out Shares has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Effective Date has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
FINRA means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Form S-1 means a Registration Statement on Form S-1.
Form S-3 means a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration that may be available at such time.
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Holder or Holders has the meaning set forth in the Preamble and shall include any Successor Holder.
Holder Indemnified Party has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.
Indemnified Party has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.
Indemnifying Party has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.
Individual Holders has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c).
Initial Agreement has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Initiating Holder has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
Learn Holders means Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund X, L.P., Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XI, L.P., Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XII, L.P., Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XVI, L.P., Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XIV, L.P.
Lock-Up Agreement has the meaning set forth in Section 7.5.
Nerdy has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Nerdy Holders means the Learn Holders, the TCV Holder, Cohn Investments, LLC, Charles K. Cohn VT Trust U/A/D May 26, 2017, CKAC, LLC and CKAC II, LLC.
Offer Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
Permitted Transferee of a Holder shall mean any person in which the Holder owns a majority of the equity interests or any other investment entity that is controlled, advised or managed by the same person or persons that control the Holder or is an Affiliate of such person, or any Successor Holder.
Piggyback Registration Statement has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
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 materials incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
Registrable Securities shall mean, with respect to any Holder or Successor Holder, (a)(i) the Shares and Warrants held by such Holder in the Company or any successor to the Company (including Shares and Warrants acquired on or after the Effective Date or issuable upon the exercise, conversion, exchange or redemption of any other security therefor) and (ii) the Shares or Company Up-C Units and a corresponding number of shares of Class B Common Stock issued as Earn Out Shares or issuable upon the conversion of any Earn Out Shares or issuable upon the conversion of any Earn Out Shares and (b) any other equity security of the Company issued or issuable upon the exercise, conversion, exchange or redemption of any of the securities referred to in the foregoing clause (a) by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization or otherwise; provided, however, that, as to any Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (i) such securities shall have been disposed of pursuant to any offering or sale in accordance with a Registration Statement or have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 145 (or any successor provisions) under the Securities Act or in any other transaction in which the purchaser
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does not receive restricted securities (as that term is defined for purposes of Rule 144); (ii) such securities shall have been transferred to a transferee that has not agreed in writing and for the benefit of the Company to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement; (iii) have been repurchased by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company or (iv) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Holder or Successor Holder, such person or entitys Shares, Warrants or Earn Out Shares shall not constitute Registrable Securities if all of such person or entitys Shares, Warrants or Earn Out Shares (together with any Shares, Warrants or Earn Out Shares held by Affiliates of such person or entity) are eligible for immediate sale in a single transaction pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision) with no volume or other restrictions or limitations under Rule 144 (or any such successor provision). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereunder, if a Holder and/or its Affiliates then hold shares of Class B Common Stock, then each share of Class B Common Stock shall be deemed to have a value equal to the value of one share of Class A Common Stock for all purposes under this Agreement, including for purposes of determining satisfaction with the various value thresholds set forth in Section 2 and Section 5 of this Agreement.
Registration Expenses shall mean all expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing and distribution of any Registration Statement and Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto, and any and all expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its registration obligations pursuant to this Agreement, including: (i) all registration, qualification and filing fees; (ii) fees and expenses with respect to filings required to be made with the New York Stock Exchange (or such other securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then listed or quoted) or FINRA; (iii) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws; (iv) reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and reasonable fees and expenses for independent certified public accountants retained by the Company (including the expenses of any comfort letters, costs associated with the delivery by independent certified public accountants of a comfort letter or comfort letters, and expenses of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration); (v) all internal expenses of the Company (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties); (vi) the fees and expenses of any person, including special experts, retained by the Company in connection with the preparation of any Registration Statement; and (vii) the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of one special legal counsel to represent all of the Holders participating in any such registration. For purposes of clarity, Registration Expenses shall not include any fees and disbursements to underwriters not customarily paid by the issuers of securities in an offering, including underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities.
Registration Statement and Prospectus refer, as applicable, to the Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus), the Demand Registration Statement and related prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus) or the Piggyback Registration Statement and related prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus), whichever is utilized by the Company to satisfy the Holders registration rights pursuant to this Agreement, including, in each case, any documents incorporated therein by reference.
Rule 144 has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
S-3 Registration Statement has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).
SEC shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
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Shares means shares of the Class A Common Stock.
Shelf Registration Statement has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).
Successor Distribution shall mean a transfer or distribution of Registrable Securities by TPG Sponsor to its members after the Effective Date.
Successor Holder shall mean any direct or indirect member, limited partner, or equityholder of TPG Sponsor that receives Registrable Securities in a Successor Distribution and becomes a signatory to this Agreement or an amendment thereto.
Suspension Event has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
Takedown Holder has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c).
Takedown Offer Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(d).
Takedown Request Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(d).
TCV Holder means TCV VIII (A), L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership and TCV VIII VT Master LP.
TPG Sponsor means TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Sponsor, Series LLC, a Delaware series limited liability company and any Successor Holder that is an Affiliate of TPG Group Holdings (SBS) Advisors, Inc., provided that any such Successor Holder executes a joinder agreement that provides that such Successor Holder agrees to be fully bound by, and subject to, the terms of this Agreement applicable to TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Sponsor, Series LLC as though an original party hereto, and upon such execution shall be entitled to all rights granted to TPG Sponsor hereunder.
Transaction has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Underwritten Demand Registration has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
Underwritten Shelf Takedown has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c).
Warrants means whole warrants to purchase Shares as contemplated under that certain warrant agreement dated October 9, 2020 by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, with each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50.
SECTION 2. DEMAND REGISTRATION RIGHTS
2.1 Demand Rights.
(a) At any time, and from time to time, after the expiration of any lock-up to which the Registrable Securities are subject, if any Holder (together with its Affiliates) then holds not less than $25.0 million of Registrable Securities, as determined by reference to the volume weighted average price for such Registrable Securities on the New York Stock Exchange (or such other securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then listed or quoted) for the five (5) trading days immediately preceding the applicable determination date, then such Holder (the Demanding Holder), or group of Demanding Holders, as the case may be, may deliver to the Company a written notice (a Demand Registration Notice) informing the Company of its, or their, desire to have some or all of its, or their, Registrable Securities registered for sale. Each Demand Registration Notice shall specify (x) the kind and aggregate
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amount of Registrable Securities to be registered, and (y) the intended method or methods of disposition thereof including pursuant to an underwritten public offering. Upon receipt of the Demand Registration Notice, if the Company has not already caused such Registrable Securities to be registered on a Shelf Registration Statement that the Company then has on file with, and has been declared effective by, the SEC and that remains in effect and not subject to any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC (in which event the Company shall be deemed to have satisfied its registration obligation under this Section 2.1), then the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed with the SEC as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving the Demand Registration Notice, but in no event more than forty five (45) calendar days (or thirty (30) calendar days in the case of an S-3 Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3.1(b)) following receipt of such notice, a registration statement and related prospectus that complies as to form and substance in all material respects with applicable SEC rules providing for the sale by such Demanding Holder, or group of Demanding Holders, and any other Holders that elect to register their Registrable Securities as provided below, of all of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered by such Holders (the Demand Registration Statement), and agrees (subject to Sections 6.1 and 7.2 hereof) to use reasonable best efforts to cause the Demand Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC upon, or as soon as practicable following, the filing thereof. The Company shall give written notice of the proposed filing of the Demand Registration Statement to all Holders holding Registrable Securities as soon as practicable (but in no event less than five (5) calendar days before the anticipated filing date), and such notice shall offer to such Holders the opportunity to participate in such Demand Registration Statement (the Offer Notice) and to register such number of Registrable Securities as each such Holder may request. Holders who wish to include their Registrable Securities in the Demand Registration Statement must notify the Company in writing within three (3) calendar days of receiving the Offer Notice and include in such written notice the information requested by the Company in the Offer Notice. Subject to Section 6.1 hereof, the Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep any Demand Registration Statement continuously effective (including the preparation and filing of any amendments and supplements necessary for that purpose) until the earliest of (i) the Holders cease to hold any Registrable Securities, (ii) the date on which all of the Registrable Securities held by the Holders that are registered for resale under any such Demand Registration Statement may be sold without restriction under Rule 144 (or any successor provision) under the Securities Act (Rule 144) with no volume or other restrictions or limitations that may be applicable to affiliates under Rule 144 and (ii) the date on which the Holders consummate the sale of all of the Registrable Securities registered for resale under any such Demand Registration Statement.
(b) If a Demanding Holder intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by the Demand Registration Notice by means of an underwritten offering with an estimated market value of at least $25.0 million (the Underwritten Demand Registration), it shall so advise the Company as a part of the Demand Registration Notice. All Demanding Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the holders initiating the Demand Registration Statement, and subject to the approval of the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, if the underwriter advises the Company that in the opinion of such underwriter, the distribution of all of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered would materially and adversely affect the distribution of all of the securities to be underwritten, then the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in such registration shall be allocated (A) first, to the Holders electing to register their Registrable Securities, on a pro rata basis based on the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Holder; provided that any such amount thereby allocated to each such Holder that exceeds such Holders request shall be reallocated among the other Holders in like manner, as applicable; and (B) second, to the other persons proposing to register securities in such registration, if any; provided, however, that the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are entirely excluded from such underwriting. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering shall be withdrawn from the registration.
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2.2 The Company shall not be obligated to effect (i) more than one (1) Demand Registration during any six-month period; (ii) any Demand Registration Statement at any time there is an effective Shelf Registration Statement on file with the SEC pursuant to Section 3.1; or (iii) more than seven (7) Underwritten Demand Registrations in respect of all Registrable Securities, each of which will also count as an Underwritten Shelf Takedown under Section 3.1(c). Notwithstanding anything to contrary set forth herein, the Company is not obligated to take any action to effect any Demand Registration Statement upon receipt of a Demand Registration Notice if a Piggyback Registration Statement was declared effective or an Underwritten Shelf Takedown was consummated within the preceding ninety (90) days.
SECTION 3. SHELF REGISTRATION.
3.1 Shelf Registration Statement
(a) The Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to submit to or file with the SEC within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date a registration statement on Form S-1 or such other form of registration statement as is then available to effect a registration under the Securities Act permitting the offer and resale of Registrable Securities from time to time under Rule 415 under the Securities Act (the Shelf Registration Statement) and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable after the filing thereof but no later than the earlier of (a) the 90th calendar day (or 120th calendar day if the SEC notifies the Company that it will review the Registration Statement) following the Closing and (b) the 10th business day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that the Shelf Registration Statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review. A Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall provide for the resale pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Holder pursuant to its review of such Registration Statement under Section 7.1(k) of this Agreement. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect any such Shelf Registration Statement and to keep it continuously effective until such date on which the securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement are no longer Registrable Securities. During the period that the Shelf Registration Statement is effective, the Company shall supplement or make amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement to the extent necessary to ensure that such Shelf Registration Statement is available or, if not available, that another Shelf Registration Statement is available, for the resale of all the Registrable Securities held by the Holders until all such Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities.
(b) With respect to a Demand Registration Notice to be delivered at any time after the first date on which the Company is eligible to file a registration statement filed under the Securities Act on Form S-3 or such similar or successor form as may be appropriate (an S-3 Registration Statement), a Demanding Holder may include in the Demand Registration Notice a request that the Company effect an S-3 Registration Statement. In such event, the Company shall be required to effect an S-3 Registration Statement in accordance with the terms hereof, unless at the time of the request Form S-3 or such similar or successor form is not available to the Company for such offering
(c) At any time and from time to time after the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement or S-3 Registration Statement, any Holder (other than Chad Leat, Wendi Strugis, Kathleen Philips and Kneeland Youngblood (collectively, the Individual Holders) and each of their Permitted Transferees) with Registrable Securities included on such Shelf Registration Statement or S-3 Registration Statement (a Takedown Holder) may request to sell all or any portion of its Registrable Securities included thereon in an underwritten offering that is registered pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement or S-3 Registration Statement (an Underwritten Shelf Takedown); provided that in the case of an Underwritten Shelf Takedown such Takedown Holder(s) will be entitled to make such request only if the total offering price of the Shares to be sold in such offering (before deduction of underwriting
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discounts) is reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, $25.0 million. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall only be obligated to effect (i) one (1) Underwritten Shelf Takedown within any quarterly period; (ii) no more than two (2) Underwritten Shelf Takedowns in respect of all Registrable Securities held by the Company Holders after giving effect to Section 2.1; (iii) no more than seven (7) Underwritten Shelf Takedowns in respect of all Registrable Securities held by the Nerdy Holders after giving effect to Section 2.1; (iv) no more than four (4) Underwritten Shelf Takedowns in respect of all Registrable Securities held by the Learn Holders after giving effect to Section 2.1 and (v) no more than four (4) Underwritten Shelf Takedowns in respect of all Registrable Securities held by the TCV Holders after giving effect to Section 2.1.
(d) Any requests for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall be made by giving written notice to the Company (a Takedown Request Notice). The Takedown Request Notice shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown. Within five (5) calendar days after receipt of any Takedown Request Notice, the Company shall give written notice of the requested Underwritten Shelf Takedown (the Takedown Offer Notice) to all other Holders (other than the Individual Holders and each of their Permitted Transferees) and, subject to the provisions of Section 3.1(e) hereof, shall include in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within three (3) calendar days after sending the Takedown Offer Notice.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.1, if the underwriter advises the Company that in the opinion of such underwriter, the distribution of all of the Registrable Securities requested to be sold in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown would materially and adversely affect the distribution of all of the securities to be underwritten, then (i) the Company shall deliver to the participating Holders a copy of such underwriters opinion, which opinion shall be in writing and shall state the reasons for such opinion, and (ii) the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall be allocated (A) first, to the Holders electing to sell their Registrable Securities, on a pro rata basis based on the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Holder; provided that any such amount thereby allocated to each such Holder that exceeds such Holders request shall be reallocated among the other Holders in like manner, as applicable; and (B) second, to the other persons proposing to sell securities in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, if any; provided, however, that the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall not be reduced unless all other securities are entirely excluded from such Underwritten Shelf Takedown.
3.2 Selection of Underwriter. A Demanding Holder or Takedown Holder shall have the right to select the underwriter or underwriters to administer any underwritten demand registration offering or Underwritten Shelf Takedown under a Demand Registration Statement, including any Shelf Registration Statement or S-3 Registration Statement; provided that such underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company.
3.3 Block Trades. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 3, in the event of a sale of Registrable Securities in an underwritten transaction requiring the involvement of the Company but not involving (i) any roadshow or (ii) a lock-up agreement of more than sixty (60) days to which the Company is a party, and which is commonly known as a block trade (a Block Trade), (1) the Demanding Holder or Takedown Holder, as applicable, shall (i) give at least five Business Days prior notice in writing (the Block Trade Notice) of such transaction to the Company and (ii) identify the potential underwriter(s) in such notice; and (2) the Company shall reasonably cooperate with such requesting Holder or Holders to the extent it is reasonably able to effect such Block Trade. The Company shall give written notice (the Block Trade Offer Notice) of the proposed Block Trade to all Holders holding Registrable Securities as soon as practicable (but in no event more than two (2) Business Days following the Companys receipt of the Block Trade Notice), and such notice shall offer such Holders the
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opportunity to participate in such Block Trade by providing written notice of intent to so participate within two (2) Business Days (or such shorter period as may be reasonably requested) following receipt of the Block Trade Offer Notice. Any Block Trade shall be for at least $25.0 million in expected gross proceeds. The Company shall not be required to effectuate more than two Block Trades in any 90-day period. For the avoidance of doubt, a Block Trade shall not constitute an Underwritten Shelf Takedown. The Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold in any Block Trade shall select the underwriter(s) to administer such Block Trade; provided that such underwriter(s) shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company.
SECTION 4. INCIDENTAL OR PIGGY-BACK REGISTRATION
4.1 Piggy-Back Rights. If the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of its Shares, whether to be sold by the Company or by one or more selling security holders, other than (a) a Demand Registration Statement (in which case the ability of a Holder to participate in such Registration Statement shall be governed by Section 2) or (b) a registration statement (i) on Form S-8 or any successor form to Form S-8 or in connection with any employee or director welfare, benefit or compensation plan, (ii) in connection with an exchange offer or an offering of securities exclusively to existing security holders of the Company or its subsidiaries, (iii) relating to a transaction pursuant to Rule 145 under the Securities Act, (iv) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company or (v) for a dividend reinvestment plan, the Company shall give written notice of the proposed registration to all Holders holding Registrable Securities at least ten (10) calendar days prior to the proposed filing of the Registration Statement. Each Holder holding Registrable Securities shall have the right to request that all or any part of its Registrable Securities be included in the Registration Statement by giving written notice to the Company within five (5) calendar days after receipt of the foregoing notice by the Company. Subject to the provisions of Sections 4.2, 4.3 and 7.2, the Company will include all such Registrable Securities requested to be included by the Holders in the Piggyback Registration Statement. For purposes of this Agreement, any registration statement of the Company in which Registrable Securities are included pursuant to this Section 4 shall be referred to as a Piggyback Registration Statement.
4.2 Withdrawal of Exercise of Rights. Any Holder of Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw all or a portion of its Registrable Securities from a Piggyback Registration Statement 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 such Registrable Securities from such Piggyback Registration Statement prior to (a) in the case of a Piggyback Registration Statement not involving an underwritten offering, the effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement or (b) in the case of a Piggyback Registration Statement involving an underwritten offering, prior to the pricing of such underwritten offering. The Company (whether on its own good faith determination or as a result of a request for withdrawal by any other holder of securities that initiated such registration (an Initiating Holder)) shall determine for any reason not to proceed with the proposed registration and the Company may at its election (or the election of such Initiating Holder(s), as applicable) give written notice of such determination to the Holders and thereupon shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration (but not from its obligation to pay the Registration Expenses incurred in connection therewith).
4.3 Underwritten Offering. If a registration pursuant to this Section 4 involves an underwritten offering and the managing underwriter advises the Company in writing that, in its opinion, the number of securities which the Company and the holders of the Registrable Securities and any other persons intend to include in such registration exceeds the largest number of securities that can be sold in such offering without having an adverse effect on such offering (including the price at which such securities can be sold), then the number of such securities to be included in such registration shall be reduced to such
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extent, and the Company will include in such registration such maximum number of securities as follows: (a) first, all of the securities the Company proposes to sell for its own account, if any; provided that the registration of such securities was initiated by the Company with respect to securities intended to be registered for sale for its own account; (b) second, such number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the Holders which, in the opinion of such managing underwriter can be sold without having the adverse effect described above, which number of Registrable Securities shall be allocated pro rata among such Holders on the basis of the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Holder; provided that any such amount thereby allocated to each such Holder that exceeds such Holders request shall be reallocated among the other Holders in like manner, as applicable; and (c) third, such other securities requested to be included in such registration, which, in the opinion of such managing underwriter can be sold without having the adverse effect described above.
4.4 Selection of Underwriter. Except to the extent Section 3.2 applies, Registrable Securities proposed to be registered and sold under this Section 4 pursuant to an underwritten offering for the account of the Holders holding Registrable Securities shall be sold to prospective underwriters selected by the Company, provided that such underwriter(s) shall be reasonably acceptable to the Holders participating in such offering, and on the terms and subject to the conditions of one or more underwriting agreements negotiated between the Company, the Holders participating in such offering and any other Holders demanding registration and the prospective underwriters.
SECTION 5. LIMITATIONS ON REGISTRATION RIGHTS
5.1 Limitations on Registration Rights. Each Holder, together with all Permitted Transferees of such Holder, shall be entitled, collectively, to continue to exercise the registration rights under Section 3.1(c) and Section 4.1 of this Agreement until such Holder (and its Permitted Transferees) no longer holds Registrable Securities representing at least $10.0 million, as determined by reference to the volume weighted average price for such Registrable Securities on the New York Stock Exchange (or such other securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then listed or quoted) for the five (5) trading days immediately preceding the applicable determination date, and each such exercise of a registration right under this Agreement shall be with respect to a minimum of $10.0 million of the outstanding Registrable Securities of the Company (or all of the Registrable Securities of such Holder or Holders, if less than $10.0 million of the outstanding Registrable Securities of the Company are held by such Holder or Holders), as determined by reference to the volume weighted average price for such Registrable Securities on the New York Stock Exchange (or such other securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then listed or quoted) for the five (5) trading days immediately preceding the applicable determination date.
SECTION 6. SUSPENSION OF OFFERING
6.1 Suspension of Offering. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 or 4, the Company shall be entitled to postpone the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, and from time to time to require Holders not to sell under the Registration Statement or to suspend the effectiveness thereof, if the negotiation or consummation of a transaction by the Company or its subsidiaries is pending or an event has occurred, which negotiation, consummation or event that the Companys board of directors reasonably believes, upon the advice of outside legal counsel, would require additional disclosure by the Company in the Registration Statement of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for keeping confidential and the non- disclosure of which in the Registration Statement would be expected, in the reasonable determination of the Companys board of directors, upon the advice of outside legal counsel, to cause the Registration Statement to fail to comply with applicable disclosure requirements (each such circumstance, a Suspension Event); provided, however, that the Company may not delay or suspend the Registration Statement on more than two occasions or for more than sixty (60) consecutive calendar days, or more than ninety (90) total calendar days, in each case during any 12-month period. Upon receipt of any
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written notice from the Company of the happening of any Suspension Event during the period that the Registration Statement is effective or if as a result of a Suspension Event the Registration Statement or related Prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made (in the case of the Prospectus) not misleading, each Holder agrees that (a) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until the Holder receives copies of a supplemental or amended Prospectus (which the Company agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by the Company that it may resume such offers and sales, and (b) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by the Company in accordance with Section 11.1 unless otherwise required by law or subpoena. If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company or, in each such Holders sole discretion, destroy all copies of the Prospectus covering the Registrable Securities in such Holders possession. In the event it provides written notice of a Suspension Event to the Holders, the Company agrees to concurrently provide a copy of such written notice to ControlRoom@tpg.com.
SECTION 7. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
7.1 Obligations of the Company. When the Company is required to effect the registration of Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall as expeditiously as possible:
(a) use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities by the time the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder may reasonably request in writing, to keep each such registration or qualification effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to be kept effective pursuant to this Agreement, and to do any and all other similar acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the Holders to consummate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by the Holders in each such jurisdiction; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction or to register as a broker or dealer in such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Agreement, (ii) take any action that would cause it to become subject to any taxation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject to such taxation or (iii) take any action that would subject it to the general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements as to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary (i) to keep such Registration Statement effective and (ii) to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, in each case for such time as is contemplated in the applicable provisions above;
(c) promptly furnish, without charge, to the Holders such number of copies of the Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits), and the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus) in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, the documents incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, and such other documents as the Holders may reasonably request to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by the Holders;
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(d) reasonably cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates and/or book entry notations representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates and/or book entry notations shall be free of all restrictive legends indicating that the Registrable Securities are unregistered or unqualified for resale under the Securities Act, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may request in writing. In connection therewith, if required by the Companys transfer agent and upon receipt of a reasonably requested certificates and/or letters of representation from such Holder, the Company will reasonably promptly, after the effective time of a Registration Statement, cause an opinion of its outside legal counsel as to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement to be delivered to and maintained with its transfer agent, together with any other authorizations, certificates and directions required by the transfer agent, which authorize and direct the transfer agent to issue such Registrable Securities without any such legend;
(e) promptly notify the Holders: (i) when the Registration Statement, any pre-effective amendment, the Prospectus or any prospectus supplement related thereto or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed, and, with respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation or threat of any proceedings for that purpose, (iii) of any delisting or pending delisting of the Shares by any national securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then listed or quoted, and (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose;
(f) use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, and, if any such order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement is issued, shall promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment;
(g) until the expiration of the period during which the Company is required to maintain the effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement as set forth in the applicable sections hereof, promptly notify the Holders: (i) of the existence of any fact of which the Company is aware or the happening of any event that has resulted, or could reasonably be expected to result, in (A) the Registration Statement, as is then in effect, containing an untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make any statements therein not misleading or (B) the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement including an untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state a material fact necessary in order to make any statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (ii) of the Companys reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement would be appropriate or that there exist circumstances not yet disclosed to the public which make further sales under such Registration Statement inadvisable pending such disclosure and post-effective amendment;
(h) if any event or occurrence giving rise to an obligation of the Company to notify the Holders pursuant to Section 7.1(f) takes place, subject to Section 6.1, the Company shall prepare and, to the extent the exemption from prospectus delivery requirements in Rule 172 under the Securities Act is not available, furnish to the Holders a reasonable number of copies of a supplement or post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have such supplement or amendment declared effective, if required, as soon as practicable following the filing thereof, so that (i) such Registration Statement shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, such Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
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(i) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed or quoted on the national securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then listed or quoted, if the listing or quotation of such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such national securities exchange or market;
(j) if requested by any Holder participating in an offering of Registrable Securities, as soon as practicable after such request, but in no event later than five (5) calendar days after such request, incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information concerning the Holder or the intended method of distribution as the Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and is reasonably necessary to permit the sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement, including information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other material terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to include in any such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment any requested information that is not required by the rules of the SEC and is unreasonable in scope compared with the Companys most recent prospectus or prospectus supplement used in connection with a primary or secondary offering of equity securities by the Company;
(k) in connection with the preparation and filing of any Registration Statement, the Company will give the Holders offering and selling thereunder and their respective counsels the opportunity to review and provide comments on such Registration Statement prior to the filing of such Registration Statement, and, each Prospectus included therein or filed with the SEC, and each amendment thereof or supplement thereto (other than amendments or supplements that do not make any material change in the information related to the Company) (provided that the Company shall not file any such Registration Statement including Registrable Securities or an amendment thereto or any related prospectus or any supplement thereto to which such Holders or the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object in writing), and give each of them such access to its books and records and such opportunities to discuss the business of the Company and its subsidiaries with its officers, its counsel and the independent public accountants who have certified its financial statements as shall be necessary, in the opinion of the Holders and such underwriters respective counsel, to conduct a reasonable due diligence investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act;
(l) provide a transfer agent and registrar, which may be a single entity, and a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement filed hereunder;
(m) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, the Holders and the managing underwriter or underwriters of the public offering of Registrable Securities, if the offering is to be underwritten, in whole or in part; provided that the Holders may, at their option, require that any or all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of such underwriters under such underwriting agreement be conditions precedent to the obligations of the Holders. The Holders shall not be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreement with the Company or the underwriters other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding the Holders and their intended method of distribution and any other representation or warranty required by law. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to participate in customary roadshow presentations, as the Holders and/or the managing underwriters may reasonably request; provided that the Company shall not be required to participate in any such presentation in connection with an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities with aggregate gross proceeds of less than $50.0 million;
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(n) furnish, at the request of a Holder on the date that any Registrable Securities are to be delivered to the underwriters for sale in connection with a registration pursuant to this Agreement, if such Shares are being sold through underwriters, or, if such Shares are not being sold through underwriters, on the date that the Registration Statement with respect to such Shares becomes effective, (i) an opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters, if any, to such Holder, (ii) a negative assurance letter, dated such date, of the counsel representing the Company, in the form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters, if any, to such Holder, and (iii) a letter dated such date, from the independent certified public accountants of the Company who have certified the Companys financial statements included in such Registration Statement, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to such Holder;
(o) make available to the Holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least 12 months, but not more than 18 months, beginning with the first month of the first fiscal quarter after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, including Rule 158 promulgated thereunder; provided that such requirement will be deemed to be satisfied if the Company timely files complete and accurate information on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K under the Exchange Act and otherwise complies with Rule 158 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto; and
(p) take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite and facilitate disposition by the Holders of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement.
7.2 Obligations of the Holders. In connection with any Registration Statement utilized by the Company to satisfy the provisions of this Agreement, each Holder agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Company in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, and each Holder agrees that such cooperation shall include (a) responding within five (5) Business Days to any written request by the Company to provide or verify information regarding the Holder or the Holders Registrable Securities (including the proposed manner of sale) that may be required to be included in any such Registration Statement pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC, and (b) providing in a timely manner information regarding the proposed distribution by the Holder of the Registrable Securities and such other information as may be requested by the Company from time to time in connection with the preparation of and for inclusion in any Registration Statement and related Prospectus. The Company may exclude from such Registration Statement or sale the Registrable Securities of any such Holder who unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.
7.3 Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No Holder may participate in any underwritten registration, Underwritten Shelf Takedown or Block Trade hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell its Registrable Securities on the basis provided in the applicable underwriting arrangements (which shall include a customary form of underwriting agreement, which shall provide that the representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of the underwriters shall also be made to and for the benefit of the participating Holders) and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents in customary form as reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements; provided, however, that, in the case of each of (a) and (b) above, if the provisions of such underwriting arrangements, or the terms or provisions of such questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements or other documents, are less favorable in any respect to such Holder than to any other person or entity that is party to such underwriting arrangements, then the Company shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the parties to such underwriting arrangements to amend such arrangements so that such Holder receives the benefit of any provisions thereof that are more favorable to any other person or entity that is party thereto. If any Holder does not approve of the terms of such underwriting arrangements, such Holder may elect to withdraw from such offering by providing written notice to the Company and the underwriter.
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7.4 Offers and Sales. All offers and sales by a Holder under any Registration Statement shall be completed within the period during which the Registration Statement is required to remain effective pursuant to the applicable provision above and not the subject of any stop order, injunction or other order of the SEC. Upon expiration of such period, no Holder will offer or sell the Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement. If directed in writing by the Company, each Holder will return or, in each such Holders sole discretion destroy, all undistributed copies of the applicable Prospectus in its possession upon the expiration of such period.
7.5 Lock-up. In connection with any underwritten public offering of securities of the Company, each Holder (other than the Individual Holders and each of their Permitted Transferees and any Holder that no longer holds Registrable Securities representing at least $10.0 million, as determined by reference to the volume weighted average price for such Registrable Securities on the New York Stock Exchange (or such other securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then listed or quoted) for the five trading days immediately preceding the applicable determination date) shall agree (a Lock-Up Agreement) not to effect any sale or distribution, including any sale pursuant to Rule 144, of any Shares, and not to effect any sale or distribution of other securities of the Company or of any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable (directly or indirectly) for any other securities of the Company (in each case, other than as part of such underwritten public offering), in each case, during the seven calendar days prior to, and during such period as the managing underwriter may require (not to exceed ninety (90) calendar days) beginning on the closing date of the sale of such securities pursuant to such an effective registration statement, except as part of such registration; provided that all executive officers and directors of the Company are bound by and have entered into substantially similar Lock-Up Agreements.
SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION; CONTRIBUTION
8.1 Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Holder, such Holders partners, members, managers, officers, directors, trustees, employees, agents, Affiliates, and representatives, and each person, if any, who controls any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (an Holder Indemnified Party), from and against:
(a) any and all loss, liability, claim, damage, judgment and expense whatsoever, as incurred (including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel to such Holders of one law firm (and one firm of local counsel)), arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement pursuant to which the Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and
(b) any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration.
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(c) The Company shall promptly reimburse the Holder Indemnified Party for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred by such Holder Indemnified Party in connection with investigating and defending any such loss, liability, claim, damage, judgment or expense provided, however, that the indemnity provided pursuant to Sections 8.1 through 8.3 does not apply to any Holder with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, judgment or expense to the extent arising out of (i) any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), (ii) such Holders failure to deliver an amended or supplemental Prospectus furnished to such Holder by the Company, if required by law to have been delivered, if such loss, liability, claim, damage, judgment or expense would not have arisen had such delivery occurred, (iii) such Holders violation of the federal securities laws (including Regulation M) or (iv) such Holders failure to sell the Registrable Securities in accordance with the plan of distribution contained in the prospectus.
8.2 Indemnification by Holder. Each Holder severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by law, the Company, and each of its directors and officers (including each director and officer of the Company who signed a Registration Statement), and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against:
(a) any and all loss, liability, claim, damage, judgment and expense whatsoever, as incurred (including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel), arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement pursuant to which the Registrable Securities of such Holder were registered under the Securities Act, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, provided, however, that a Holder shall only be liable under the indemnity provided pursuant to Sections 8.1 through 8.3 with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, judgment or expense to the extent arising out of (i) any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), such Holders failure to deliver an amended or supplemental Prospectus furnished to such Holder by the Company, if required by law to have been delivered, if such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense would not have arisen had such delivery occurred, (iii) such Holders violation of the federal securities laws (including Regulation M) or (iv) such Holders failure to sell the Registrable Securities in accordance with the plan of distribution contained in the prospectus. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 8.1 through 8.3, a Holder and any permitted assignee shall not be required to indemnify the Company, its officers, directors or control persons with respect to any amount in excess of the amount of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by such Holder or such permitted assignee, as the case may be, from sales of the Registrable Securities of such Holder under the Registration Statement that is the subject of the indemnification claim.
8.3 Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. An indemnified party hereunder (the Indemnified Party) shall give reasonably prompt written notice to the indemnifying party (the Indemnifying Party) of any action or proceeding commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify the Indemnifying Party (a) shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under the indemnity provisions of Section 8.1 or 8.2 above, unless and only to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and the lack of notice by the Indemnified Party results in the forfeiture by the Indemnifying Party of substantial rights and defenses, and (b) shall not, in any event, relieve the Indemnifying Party from any obligations to any Indemnified Party other than the indemnification obligation provided under Section 8.1 or 8.2 above. If the Indemnifying Party so elects within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, the Indemnifying Party may assume the defense of such action or proceeding at such Indemnifying Partys own expense with counsel chosen by the Indemnifying Party and
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approved by the Indemnified Party, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party will not settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any such action or proceeding without the written consent of the Indemnified Party unless such settlement, compromise or consent secures the unconditional release of the Indemnified Party; and provided further, that, if the Indemnified Party reasonably determines that a conflict of interest exists where it is advisable for the Indemnified Party to be represented by separate counsel (but no more than one such separate counsel, which counsel is reasonably acceptable to the Indemnifying Party) or that, upon advice of counsel, there may be legal defenses available to the Indemnified Party which are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party, then the Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to assume such defense and the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to separate counsel (but no more than one such separate counsel, which counsel is reasonably acceptable to the Indemnifying Party) at the Indemnifying Partys expense. If the Indemnifying Party is not entitled to assume the defense of such action or proceeding as a result of the second proviso to the preceding sentence, the Indemnifying Partys counsel shall be entitled to conduct the Indemnifying Partys defense and counsel for the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to conduct the defense of the Indemnified Party, it being understood that each such counsel will cooperate with the other to conduct the defense of such action or proceeding as efficiently as possible. If the Indemnifying Party is not so entitled to assume the defense of such action or does not assume such defense, after having received the notice referred to in the first sentence of this Section 8.3, the Indemnifying Party will pay the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the Indemnified Party. In such event, however, the Indemnifying Party will not be liable for any settlement effected without the written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If an Indemnifying Party is entitled to assume, and assumes, the defense of such action or proceeding in accordance with this Section 8.3, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any fees and expenses of counsel for the Indemnified Party incurred thereafter in connection with such action or proceeding.
8.4 Contribution.
(a) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in Sections 8.1 through 8.3 is for any reason held to be unenforceable by the Indemnified Party although applicable in accordance with its terms, the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnity agreement incurred by the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnified Party on the one hand and the Indemnifying Party on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, the Indemnifying Party or the Indemnified Party, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action.
(b) The parties hereto agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8.4, a Holder shall not be required to contribute any amount (together with the amount of any indemnification payments made by such Holder pursuant to Section 8.2) in excess of the amount of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by such Holder from sales of the Registrable Securities of such Holder under the Registration Statement that is the subject of the indemnification claim.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8.4, each person, if any, who controls a Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and any of their partners, members, officers, directors, trustees, employees or representatives, shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed a Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
SECTION 9. EXPENSES
9.1 Expenses. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with each registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2 or 4. Each Holder shall be responsible for the payment of any and all brokerage and sales commissions, fees and disbursements of the Holders counsel that are not Registration Expenses, accountants and other advisors, and any transfer taxes relating to the sale or disposition of the Registrable Securities by such Holder pursuant to any Registration Statement or otherwise.
SECTION 10. RULE 144 REPORTING
10.1 Rule 144 Reporting. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration statement, if the Shares of the Company are registered under the Exchange Act, the Company agrees to: (A) file with the SEC all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements); and (B) furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 and of the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements), or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to a registration statement (at any time after it so qualifies) and (ii) such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC which permits the selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to such form.
SECTION 11. CONFIDENTIALITY
11.1 Confidentiality. To the extent that the information and other material in connection with the registration rights contemplated in this Agreement (in any case, whether furnished before, on or after the date hereof) constitutes or contains confidential business, financial or other information of the Company or the Holders or their respective Affiliates, each party hereto covenants for itself and its directors, officers, employees and shareholders that it shall use due care to prevent its officers, directors, partners, employees, counsel, accountants and other representatives from disclosing such information to persons other than to their respective authorized employees, counsel, accountants, advisers, shareholders, partners, limited partners or members (or proposed shareholders, partners, limited partners or members or advisers of such persons), and other authorized representatives, in each case, so long as such person agrees to keep such information confidential in accordance with the terms hereof; provided, however, that each Holder or the Company may disclose or deliver any information or other material disclosed to or received by it if such Holder or the Company is advised by its counsel that such disclosure or delivery is required by law, regulation or judicial or administrative order or process and in any such instance the Holder or the Company, as the case may be, making such disclosure shall use reasonable efforts to consult with the Company prior to making any such disclosure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Holder
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will be permitted to disclose any information or other material disclosed to or received by it hereunder and not be required to provide the aforementioned notice, if such disclosure is in connection with (i) such Holders reporting obligations pursuant to Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act or (ii) a routine audit by a regulatory or self-regulatory authority that maintains jurisdiction over the Holder; provided, however, that such Holder agrees, in the case of (ii) in the preceding clause, to undertake to file an appropriate request seeking to have any information disclosed in connection with such routine audit treated confidentially. For purposes of this Section 11.1, due care means at least the same level of care that such Holder would use to protect the confidentiality of its own sensitive or proprietary information. This Section 11.1 shall not apply to information that is or becomes publicly available (other than to a person who by breach of this Agreement has caused such information to become publicly available).
SECTION 12. MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 Waivers. No waiver by a party hereto shall be effective unless made in a written instrument duly executed by the party against whom such waiver is sought to be enforced, and only to the extent set forth in such instrument. Neither the waiver by any of the parties hereto of a breach or a default under any of the provisions of this Agreement, nor the failure of any of the parties, on one or more occasions, to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement or to exercise any right or privilege hereunder shall thereafter be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or default of a similar nature, or as a waiver of any such provisions, rights or privileges hereunder.
12.2 Notices. Notices to the Company and to the Holders shall be sent to their respective addresses as set forth on Schedule I attached to this Agreement. The Company or any Holder may require notices to be sent to a different address by giving notice to the other parties in accordance with this Section 12.2. Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given upon receipt if and when delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission (the confirmation being deemed conclusive evidence of such delivery) or by courier service or five (5) calendar days after being sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), to such parties at such address.
12.3 Public Announcements and Other Disclosure. No Holder shall make any press release, public announcement or other disclosure with respect to this Agreement without obtaining the prior written consent of the Company, except as permitted pursuant to Section 11.1 or as may be required by law or by the regulations of any securities exchange or national market system upon which the securities of any such Holder shall be listed or quoted; provided, that in the case of any such disclosure required by law or regulation, the Holder making such disclosure shall use reasonable efforts to consult with the Company prior to making any such disclosure.
12.4 Headings and Interpretation. All section and subsection headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not intended to qualify the meaning, construction or scope of any of the provisions hereof. The Holders hereby disclaim any defense or assertion in any litigation or arbitration that any ambiguity herein should be construed against the draftsman.
12.5 Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement (including all schedules and all agreements entered into pursuant hereto) constitutes the entire and only agreement among the parties hereto concerning the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersedes any prior agreements or understandings concerning the subject matter hereof and thereof. From and after the Closing, the provisions of the Initial Agreement granting registration rights to the Holders party thereto are superseded and replaced in their entirety with this Agreement. Any oral statements or representations or prior written matter with respect thereto not contained herein shall have no force and effect. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no amendment, modification or discharge of this Agreement shall be valid or binding
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unless set forth in writing and duly executed by the Company and each Holder that, at the time of such amendment, modification or discharge, is entitled pursuant to Section 5.1 to exercise registration rights under this Agreement; provided further that no provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified unless any and each Holder adversely affected by such amendment or modification in a manner different than other Holders has expressly consented in writing to such amendment or modification; provided, further, that no provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified if such amendment or modification would adversely affect a Successor Holder in a manner different than the Holders unless such Successor Holder expressly consents in writing to such amendment or modification.
12.6 Assignment; Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the rights granted hereunder may not be assigned by any Holder without the written consent of the Company; provided, however, that the rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement may be assigned by a Holder to a Permitted Transferee of such Holders Registrable Securities; provided that such transferee or assignee agrees in writing to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the transferor shall have delivered to the Company no later than thirty (30) days following the date of the assignment, written notification of such transfer setting forth the name of the transferor, the name and address of the transferee, and the number of Registrable Securities so transferred. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto, their successors, heirs, legatees, devisees, permitted assigns, legal representatives, executors and administrators, except as otherwise provided herein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, prior to the expiration of the applicable lock-up period with respect to the Registrable Securities, no Holder may assign or delegate such Holders 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 or as otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms of the applicable lock-up.
12.7 Saving Clause. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. If the operation of any provision of this Agreement would contravene the provisions of any applicable law, such provision shall be void and ineffectual. In the event that applicable law is subsequently amended or interpreted in such a way to make any provision of this Agreement that was formerly invalid valid, such provision shall be considered to be valid from the effective date of such interpretation or amendment.
12.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, and all so executed shall constitute one agreement, binding on all the parties hereto, even though all parties are not signatory to the original or the same counterpart.
12.9 Representations. Each of the parties hereto, as to itself only, represents that this Agreement has been duly authorized and executed by it and that all necessary corporate actions have been taken by it for this Agreement to be enforceable against it under all applicable laws. Each party hereto, as to itself only, further represents that all persons signing this Agreement on such partys behalf have been duly authorized to do so.
12.10 Governing Law. The parties agree that this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without application of the conflict of laws principles thereof.
12.11 Service of Process and Venue. Each of the parties hereto (a) consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware in the event any dispute arises out of this Agreement, (b) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction
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by motion or other request for leave from any such court, (c) agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement in any court other than any court of the United States located in the State of Delaware and (d) consents to service being made through the notice procedures set forth in Section 12.2 hereof. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail pursuant to Section 12.2 hereof shall be effective service of process for any suit or proceeding in connection with this Agreement.
12.12 Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY PROCEEDING, CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION, OR CAUSE OF ACTION (I) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR (II) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING, CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT THE PARTIES MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 12.12.
12.13 Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof, and that the Holders and the Company shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy at law or equity.
12.14 No Third Party Beneficiaries. It is the explicit intention of the parties hereto that no person or entity other than the parties hereto is or shall be entitled to bring any action to enforce any provision of this Agreement against any of the parties hereto, and the covenants, undertakings and agreements set forth in this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable only by, the parties hereto or their respective successors, heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives and permitted assigns.
12.15 General Interpretive Principles. For purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Agreement include the plural as well as the singular, and the use of any gender or neuter form herein shall be deemed to include the other gender and the neuter form;
(b) references herein to Sections, subsections, paragraphs, and other subdivisions without reference to a document are to designated Sections, paragraphs and other subdivisions of this Agreement;
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(c) a reference to a paragraph without further reference to a Section is a reference to such paragraph as contained in the same Section in which the reference appears, and this rule shall also apply to other subdivisions;
(d) the words herein, hereof, hereunder and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision;
(e) the term include, includes or including shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation; and
(f) the term person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, an association, a joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, governmental or political subdivision or agency, or any other entity of whatever nature.
12.16 Termination. This Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earlier to occur of (a) upon the mutual written agreement of each of the parties hereto to terminate this Agreement or (b) such date as no Registrable Securities remaining outstanding.
12.17 Termination of Initial Agreement. Upon this Agreement coming into effect at the Effective Time (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), the Initial Agreement, shall be amended in full with its terms replaced by the terms hereof pursuant to Section 5.6 of the Initial Agreement, and the parties thereto shall take all necessary actions and cooperate with the Company to ensure that the Initial Agreement is terminated without any further liability.
12.18 No Inconsistent Agreements; Additional Rights. The Company shall not hereafter enter into, and is not currently a party to, any agreement (other than the Initial Agreement, which will be terminated on the Effective Date) with respect to its securities that is inconsistent in any material respect with, or superior to, the registration rights granted to the Holders by this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other rights and remedies the Holders may have in respect of the Company or such other party pursuant to this Agreement, if the Company enters into any other registration rights or similar agreement with respect to any of its securities that contains provisions that violate the preceding sentence, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall immediately be deemed to have been amended without further action by the Company or any of the Holders of Registrable Securities so that such Holders of such Registrable Securities shall each be entitled to the benefit of any such more favorable or less restrictive terms or conditions, as the case may be.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
COMPANY: | ||
TPG PACE TECH OPPORTUNITIES CORP. |
By: |
Name: | Eduardo Tamraz | |
Title: | Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, Secretary |
SCHEDULE I
Exhibit 10.2
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
NERDY LLC
DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS IN NERDY LLC HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE, OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS, AND HAVE BEEN OR ARE BEING ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH LAWS. SUCH INTERESTS MUST BE ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT ONLY AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, SOLD, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED AT ANY TIME EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH (I) THE SECURITIES ACT, ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS; (II) THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT; AND (III) ANY OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREED TO IN WRITING BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE APPLICABLE MEMBER. THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OF RECORD EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH LAWS, THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT, AND ANY OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREED TO IN WRITING BY THE COMPANY AND THE APPLICABLE MEMBER. THEREFORE, PURCHASERS AND OTHER TRANSFEREES OF SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE RISK OF THEIR INVESTMENT OR ACQUISITION FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I DEFINITIONS |
5 | |||||
Section 1.1 |
Definitions | 5 | ||||
Section 1.2 |
Interpretive Provisions | 15 | ||||
Article II ORGANIZATION OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY |
16 | |||||
Section 2.1 |
Formation | 16 | ||||
Section 2.2 |
Filing | 16 | ||||
Section 2.3 |
Name | 16 | ||||
Section 2.4 |
Registered Office; Registered Agent | 16 | ||||
Section 2.5 |
Principal Place of Business | 16 | ||||
Section 2.6 |
Purpose; Powers | 17 | ||||
Section 2.7 |
Term | 17 | ||||
Section 2.8 |
Intent | 17 | ||||
Article III OWNERSHIP AND CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS |
17 | |||||
Section 3.1 |
Authorized Equity Securities; General Provisions With Respect to Equity Securities | 17 | ||||
Section 3.2 |
Voting Rights | 20 | ||||
Section 3.3 |
Capital Contributions; Unit Ownership | 20 | ||||
Section 3.4 |
Capital Accounts | 21 | ||||
Section 3.5 |
Other Matters | 21 | ||||
Section 3.6 |
Redemption of Units | 22 | ||||
Article IV ALLOCATIONS OF PROFITS AND LOSSES |
27 | |||||
Section 4.1 |
Profits and Losses | 27 | ||||
Section 4.2 |
Special Allocations | 27 | ||||
Section 4.3 |
Allocations for Tax Purposes in General | 30 | ||||
Section 4.4 |
Other Allocation Rules | 31 | ||||
Article V DISTRIBUTIONS |
31 | |||||
Section 5.1 |
Distributions | 31 | ||||
Section 5.2 |
Tax-Related Distributions | 32 | ||||
Section 5.3 |
Distribution Upon Withdrawal | 33 | ||||
Article VI MANAGEMENT |
33 | |||||
Section 6.1 |
The Board; Fiduciary Duties | 33 | ||||
Section 6.2 |
Indemnification; Exculpation | 34 | ||||
Section 6.3 |
Maintenance of Insurance or Other Financial Arrangements | 35 |
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Section 6.4 |
Election of Board | 35 | ||||
Section 6.5 |
Resignation or Removal of Managers; Vacancy | 36 | ||||
Section 6.6 |
Reclassification Events of PubCo | 36 | ||||
Section 6.7 |
Certain Costs and Expenses | 36 | ||||
Article VII ROLE OF MEMBERS |
37 | |||||
Section 7.1 |
Rights or Powers | 37 | ||||
Section 7.2 |
Voting | 37 | ||||
Section 7.3 |
Various Capacities | 37 | ||||
Section 7.4 |
Investment Opportunities | 38 | ||||
Article VIII TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS |
38 | |||||
Section 8.1 |
Restrictions on Transfer | 38 | ||||
Section 8.2 |
Transferee Members | 39 | ||||
Section 8.3 |
Legend | 39 | ||||
Article IX ACCOUNTING; CERTAIN TAX MATTERS |
40 | |||||
Section 9.1 |
Books of Account | 40 | ||||
Section 9.2 |
Tax Elections | 40 | ||||
Section 9.3 |
Tax Returns; Information | 41 | ||||
Section 9.4 |
Company Representative | 41 | ||||
Section 9.5 |
Withholding Tax Payments and Obligations | 41 | ||||
Section 9.6 |
Coordination with Business Combination Agreement | 43 | ||||
Article X DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION |
43 | |||||
Section 10.1 |
Liquidating Events | 43 | ||||
Section 10.2 |
Procedure | 43 | ||||
Section 10.3 |
Rights of Members | 44 | ||||
Section 10.4 |
Notices of Dissolution | 44 | ||||
Section 10.5 |
Reasonable Time for Winding Up | 44 | ||||
Section 10.6 |
No Deficit Restoration | 44 | ||||
Article XI GENERAL |
45 | |||||
Section 11.1 |
Amendments; Waivers | 45 | ||||
Section 11.2 |
Further Assurances | 45 | ||||
Section 11.3 |
Successors and Assigns | 45 | ||||
Section 11.4 |
Certain Representations by Members | 46 | ||||
Section 11.5 |
Entire Agreement | 46 |
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Section 11.6 |
Rights of Members Independent | 46 | ||||
Section 11.7 |
Governing Law | 46 | ||||
Section 11.8 |
Jurisdiction and Venue | 46 | ||||
Section 11.9 |
Headings | 47 | ||||
Section 11.10 |
Counterparts | 47 | ||||
Section 11.11 |
Notices | 47 | ||||
Section 11.12 |
Representation By Counsel; Interpretation | 48 | ||||
Section 11.13 |
Severability | 48 | ||||
Section 11.14 |
Expenses | 48 | ||||
Section 11.15 |
Waiver of Jury Trial | 48 | ||||
Section 11.16 |
No Third Party Beneficiaries | 48 | ||||
Section 11.17 |
No Recourse | 48 |
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
NERDY LLC
This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, this Agreement) is entered into as of September 20, 2021, by and among Nerdy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp., a Delaware corporation (PubCo), each of the undersigned parties, and each other Person who is or at any time becomes a Member in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Act. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings set forth in Section 1.1.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company is governed by that certain Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company dated December 31, 2018, as such may have been amended, supplemented or modified from time to time (the Existing LLC Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Persons party to this Agreement, among others, previously entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2021, as amended (the Business Combination Agreement), pursuant to which, such Persons agreed to the transactions contemplated thereby (the Business Combination);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, and as more fully described therein, (a) a merger subsidiary of PubCo will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the Merger (the Merger), (b) immediately thereafter, certain other merger subsidiaries of PubCo will merge with and into to certain blocker corporations of certain existing indirect owners of Equity Interests in the Company, with the blocker corporations surviving, (c) immediately thereafter, each surviving corporation will merge with and into PubCo, with PubCo surviving each such merger, and (d) PubCo will contribute all of the assets then held by it (other than any Equity Interests of the Company) to the Company in exchange for such number of Units and warrants in the Company such that, after giving effect to such contribution, the Merger and the Blocker Mergers, PubCo shall hold (i) a number of Units equal to the number of shares of issued and outstanding immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and (ii) a number of warrants in the Company equal to the number of PubCo Warrants issued and outstanding immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Units owned by each of the Members immediately after the Business Combination are set forth on Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the Members of the Company desire to amend and restate the Existing LLC Agreement and adopt this Agreement, which shall supersede and replace the Existing LLC Agreement in its entirety and become effective at the effective time of the Merger.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement and the Schedules and Exhibits attached to this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:
Act means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. § 18-101, et seq., as amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).
Action means any claim, action, suit, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental Entity.
Adjusted Basis has the meaning given such term in Section 1011 of the Code.
Adjusted Capital Account means, with respect to any Member, (a) the Capital Account balance of such Member, plus (b) such Members share of Member Minimum Gain or Company Minimum Gain (after reduction to reflect the items described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6)).
Adjusted Capital Account Deficit means, with respect to any Member the deficit balance, if any, in such Members Adjusted Capital Account at the end of any Fiscal Year or other taxable period, after crediting such Members Adjusted Capital Account for any amount such Member is obligated to restore under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c). This definition of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For these purposes, control means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided that, for purposes of this Agreement, (a) no Member shall be deemed an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (b) none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed an Affiliate of any Member.
Agreement is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
Assumed Tax Liability means, with respect to any Member for any Fiscal Quarter, an amount, which in the good faith estimation of the Board, equals the product of (a) the amount of taxable income of the Company allocable to such Member in respect of such Fiscal Quarter (which shall include gross or net income allocations of items of Profit or Loss and guaranteed payments for the use of capital), determined (x) without regard to adjustments under Section 732(d), 734(b) and 743(b) of the Code, (y) by including adjustments to taxable income in respect of Section 704(c) of the Code and (z) by reducing such taxable income by net taxable losses of the Company allocated to such Member for taxable periods (or portions thereof) beginning after the date hereof to the extent that such losses are of a character (ordinary or capital) that would permit the losses to be deducted by such Member against the current taxable income of the Company allocable to the Member for such Fiscal Quarter and have not previously been taken into account in determining such Members Assumed Tax Liability, multiplied by (b) the Assumed Tax Rate; provided that, with respect to the PubCo Holdings Group, the Assumed Tax Liability for any Fiscal Quarter shall be an amount sufficient for the PubCo Holdings Group to receive a distribution pursuant to Section 5.2(a) sufficient to enable the PubCo Holdings Group to satisfy any U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. tax obligations owed by the PubCo Holdings Group with respect to such Fiscal Quarter.
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Assumed Tax Rate means the combined maximum U.S. federal, state, and local income tax rate applicable to a taxable individual or corporation, in each case that is a Member, in any jurisdiction in the United States (whichever is higher), including pursuant to Section 1411 of the Code, in each case taking into account all jurisdictions in which the Company is required to file income tax returns and the relevant apportionment information, in effect for the applicable Fiscal Quarter (making an appropriate adjustment for any rate changes that take place during such period and taking into account the character of the income); provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that a single Assumed Tax Rate shall apply to all Members.
beneficially own and beneficial owner shall be as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the rules promulgated under the Exchange Act.
Board is defined in Section 6.1(a).
Business Combination is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
Business Combination Agreement is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
Business Combination Agreement Closing means the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.
Business Combination Agreement Closing Date means the closing date of the Business Combination Agreement Closing.
Business Combination TRA means the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among PubCo and certain current Members of the Company, as the same may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
Business Day means any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks in the city of the Companys principal place of business are generally open for business.
Business Opportunities Exempt Party is defined in Section 7.4.
Call Election Notice is defined in Section 3.6(f)(ii).
Call Right is defined in Section 3.6(f)(i).
Capital Account means, with respect to any Member, the Capital Account maintained for such Member in accordance with Section 3.4.
Capital Contribution means, with respect to any Member, the amount of cash and the initial Gross Asset Value of any property (other than cash) contributed to the Company by such Member. Any reference to the Capital Contribution of a Member will include any Capital Contributions made by a predecessor holder of such Members Units to the extent that such Capital Contribution was made in respect of Units Transferred to such Member.
Cash Election means an election by PubCo (or such designated member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group) to purchase Units for cash pursuant to an exercise of its Call Right set forth in Section 3.6(f).
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Cash Election Amount means with respect to a particular Redemption for which a Cash Election has been made, an amount of cash (in U.S. dollars) equal to the product of (a) the number of Class A Shares that would have been received in such Redemption if a Cash Election had not been made and (b) the price per Class A Share sold in the private sale or Public Offering (reduced in the case of a Public Offering by the amount of any Discount associated with such Class A Share) consummated by PubCo to fund such Cash Election as set forth in Section 3.6(f)(i).
Change of Control Redemption Date is defined in Section 3.6(g).
Class A Shares means, as applicable, (a) the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of PubCo or (b) following any consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event involving PubCo, any shares or other securities of PubCo or any other Person or cash or other property that become payable in consideration for the Class A Shares or into which the Class A Shares is exchanged or converted as a result of such consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event.
Class B Shares means, as applicable, (a) the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of PubCo or (b) following any consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event involving PubCo, any shares or other securities of PubCo or any other Person or cash or other property that become payable in consideration for the Class B Shares or into which the Class B Shares is exchanged or converted as a result of such consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event.
Code means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Cohn Director has the meaning assigned to such term in the Stockholder Agreement.
Commission means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including any governmental body or agency succeeding to the functions thereof.
Company is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
Company Level Taxes means any U.S. federal, state, or local taxes, additions to tax, penalties, and interest payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of any examination of the Companys or any of its Subsidiaries affairs by any U.S. federal, state, or local tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings under the Partnership Tax Audit Rules.
Company Minimum Gain has the meaning of partnership minimum gain set forth in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and 1.704-2(d). It is further understood that Company Minimum Gain shall be determined in a manner consistent with the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2), including the requirement that if the adjusted Gross Asset Value of property subject to one or more Nonrecourse Liabilities differs from its adjusted tax basis, Company Minimum Gain shall be determined with reference to such Gross Asset Value.
Company Representative has the meaning of partnership representative set forth in Section 6223 of the Code and any designated individual, if applicable, as defined in the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder (including, in each case, any similar capacity or role under relevant state or local law), as appointed pursuant to Section 9.4.
Company Warrants means the warrants issued by the Company and exercisable for Units.
Contract means any written agreement, contract, lease, sublease, license, sublicense, obligation, promise or undertaking.
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control (including the terms controlled by and under common control with), with respect to the relationship between or among two or more Persons, means the possession, directly or indirectly or as trustee, personal representative or executor, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee, personal representative or executor, by contract, credit arrangement or otherwise.
Covered Audit Adjustment means an adjustment to any partnership-related item (within the meaning of Section 6241(2)(B) of the Code) to the extent such adjustment results in an imputed underpayment as described in Section 6225(b) of the Code or any analogous provision of state or local Law.
Covered Person is defined in Section 6.2(a).
Debt Securities means any and all debt instruments or debt securities that are not convertible or exchangeable into Equity Securities of any member of the PubCo Holdings Group.
Depreciation means, for each Fiscal Year or other taxable period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such Fiscal Year or other taxable period, except that (a) with respect to any such property the Gross Asset Value of which differs from its Adjusted Basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes and which difference is being eliminated by use of the remedial method pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(d), Depreciation for such Fiscal Year or other taxable period shall be the amount of book basis recovered for such Fiscal Year or other taxable period under the rules prescribed by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(d)(2), and (b) with respect to any other such property the Gross Asset Value of which differs from its Adjusted Basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such Fiscal Year or other taxable period, Depreciation shall be an amount that bears the same ratio to such beginning Gross Asset Value as the U.S. federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such Fiscal Year or other taxable period bears to such beginning Adjusted Basis; provided, however, that if the Adjusted Basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes of an asset at the beginning of such Fiscal Year or other taxable period is zero, Depreciation with respect to such asset shall be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset Value using any reasonable method selected by the Company Representative.
DGCL means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).
Discount means any underwriters discounts or commissions and brokers fees or commissions, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any deferred discounts or commissions and brokers fees or commissions payable in connection with or as a result of any Public Offering.
Effective Date means the date of the closing of the Business Combination.
Equity Securities means (a) with respect to a partnership, limited liability company or similar Person, any and all units, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options or other equivalents of, or other ownership interests in, any such Person as well as debt or equity instruments convertible, exchangeable or exercisable into any such units, interests, rights or other ownership interests and (b) with respect to a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participation or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, including all common stock and preferred stock, or warrants, options or other rights to acquire any of the foregoing, including any debt instrument convertible or exchangeable into any of the foregoing.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Excess Tax Amount is defined in Section 9.5(c).
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Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).
Existing LLC Agreement is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
Fair Market Value means the fair market value of any property as reasonably determined by the Board after taking into account such factors as the Board shall deem appropriate.
Federal Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Fiscal Quarter means each calendar quarter ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, or such other quarterly accounting period as may be established by the Board or as required by the Code.
Fiscal Year means the fiscal year of the Company, which shall end on December 31 of each calendar year unless, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, another fiscal year is required. The Company shall have the same fiscal year for U.S. federal income tax purposes and for accounting purposes.
GAAP means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles at the time.
Good Faith means a Person having acted in good faith and in a manner such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to a criminal proceeding, having had no reasonable cause to believe such Persons conduct was unlawful.
Governmental Entity means any federal, national, supranational, state, provincial, local, foreign or other government, governmental, stock exchange, regulatory or administrative authority, agency or commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body.
Gross Asset Value means, with respect to any asset, the assets Adjusted Basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, except as follows:
(a) the initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Member to the Company shall be the gross Fair Market Value of such asset as of the date of such contribution;
(b) the Gross Asset Values of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross Fair Market Values as of the following times: (i) the acquisition of an interest (or additional interest) in the Company by any new or existing Member in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution to the Company or in exchange for the performance of more than a de minimis amount of services to or for the benefit of the Company; (ii) the distribution by the Company to a Member of more than a de minimis amount of Company assets as consideration for an interest in the Company; (iii) the liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g)(1), (iv) the acquisition of an interest in the Company by any new or existing Member upon the exercise of a Company Warrant or other noncompensatory option in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s); or (v) any other event to the extent determined by the Company Representative to be permitted and necessary or appropriate to properly reflect Gross Asset Values in accordance with the standards set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(q); provided, however, that adjustments pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and (iv) above shall be made only if the Company Representative reasonably determines that such adjustments are necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Members in the Company. If any Company Warrants or other noncompensatory options are outstanding upon the occurrence of an event described in this subsection (b)(i) through (b)(v), the Company shall adjust the Gross Asset Values of its properties to properly reflect any change in the Fair Market Value of such Company Warrants or other noncompensatory options in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)(1) and 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(h)(2);
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(c) the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset distributed to any Member shall be adjusted to equal the gross Fair Market Value of such asset on the date of such distribution;
(d) the Gross Asset Values of Company assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the Adjusted Basis of such assets pursuant to Section 734(b) or Section 743(b) of the Code, but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m) and subsection (f) in the definition of Profits or Losses below or Section 4.2(h); provided, however, that the Gross Asset Value of a Company asset shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subsection to the extent the Company Representative determines that an adjustment pursuant to subsection (b) of this definition is necessary or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this subsection (d); and
(e) if the Gross Asset Value of a Company asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to subsections (a), (b) or (d) of this definition of Gross Asset Value, such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Profits, Losses, and other items allocated pursuant to Article IV.
Indebtedness means (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money (including capitalized lease obligations, sale-leaseback transactions or other similar transactions, however evidenced), (b) any other indebtedness that is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture, draft or similar instrument, (c) notes payable, and (d) lines of credit and any other agreements relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit.
Interest means the entire interest of a Member in the Company, including the Units and Company Warrants and all of such Members rights, powers and privileges under this Agreement and the Act.
Investment Company Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as the same may be amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).
Law means any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, order, requirement or rule of law (including common law) of any Governmental Entity.
Legal Action is defined in Section 11.8.
Liability means any liability or obligation, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated and whether due or to become due, regardless of when asserted.
Liquidating Event is defined in Section 10.1.
Manager is defined in Section 6.1(a).
Member means any Person that executes this Agreement as a Member, and any other Person admitted to the Company as an additional or substituted Member, in each case, that has not made a disposition of such Persons entire Interest.
Member Affiliate is defined in Section 11.17.
Member Minimum Gain has the meaning of partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). It is further understood that the determination of Member Minimum Gain and the net increase or decrease in Member Minimum Gain shall be made in the same manner as required for such determination of Company Minimum Gain under Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(d) and 1.704-2(g)(3).
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Member Nonrecourse Debt has the meaning of partner nonrecourse debt set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
Member Nonrecourse Deductions has the meaning of partner nonrecourse deductions set forth in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(2).
National Securities Exchange means an exchange registered with the Commission under the Exchange Act.
NCO Target Balance means (a) with respect to a Unit received upon the exercise of a Company Warrant, the Per Unit Balance, and (b) with respect to any interest in the Company received upon the exercise of any other noncompensatory option, such other amount determined in the Company Representatives reasonable discretion that reflects the economic intent of such interest in the Company.
Nonrecourse Deductions has the meaning assigned that term in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b).
Nonrecourse Liability is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(3).
Partnership Tax Audit Rules means Sections 6221 through 6241 of the Code, together with any final or temporary Treasury Regulations, Revenue Rulings, and case law interpreting Sections 6221 through 6241 of the Code (and any analogous provision of state or local tax Law).
Person means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, as well as any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a person under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
Per Unit Balance means, as of any relevant date and immediately prior to the exercise of a Company Warrant or other noncompensatory option, the quotient of (a) the Adjusted Capital Account balance of the PubCo Holdings Group, to the extent attributable to the ownership of Units of the PubCo Holdings Group and computed on a hypothetical basis after all allocations have been tentatively made pursuant to Section 4.1 and Section 4.2, based on an interim closing of the books pursuant to Section 706 of the Code as of such date, divided by (b) the total number of Units held by the PubCo Holdings Group on such date.
Plan Asset Regulations means the regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor at Section 2510.3-101 of Part 2510 of Chapter XXV, Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations as the same may be amended from time to time.
Post-Business Combination TRA means any tax receivable agreement (or comparable agreement), other than the Business Combination TRA, entered into by PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which any member of the PubCo Holdings Group is obligated to pay over amounts with respect to tax benefits resulting from any tax attributes to which any member of the PubCo Holdings Group becomes entitled.
Proceeding is defined in Section 6.2(a).
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Profits or Losses means, for each Fiscal Year or other taxable period, an amount equal to the Companys taxable income or loss for such year or period, determined in accordance with Section 703(a) of the Code (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Section 703(a)(1) of the Code shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments (without duplication):
(a) any income or gain of the Company that is exempt from U.S. federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses shall be added to such taxable income or loss;
(b) any expenditures of the Company described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code or treated as Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code expenditures pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses, shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss;
(c) if the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of the definition of Gross Asset Value above, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the Gross Asset Value of the Company asset) or an item of loss (if the adjustment decreases the Gross Asset Value of the Company asset) from the disposition of such asset and shall, except to the extent allocated pursuant to Section 4.2, be taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or Losses;
(d) gain or loss resulting from any disposition of Company assets with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall be computed with reference to the Gross Asset Value of the asset disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such asset differs from its Gross Asset Value;
(e) in lieu of the depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation;
(f) to the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any asset pursuant to Section 734(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining Capital Account balances as a result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a Members interest in the Company, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or an item of loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis) from the disposition of such asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or Losses; and
(g) any items of income, gain, loss or deduction that are specifically allocated pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.2 shall not be taken into account in computing Profits or Losses for any taxable year, but such items available to be specially allocated pursuant to Section 4.2 will be determined by applying rules analogous to those set forth in subsections (a) through (f) above.
Property means all real and personal property owned by the Company from time to time, including both tangible and intangible property.
Private Placement Warrant shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Warrant Agreement.
PubCo is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
PubCo Board means the board of directors of PubCo.
PubCo Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following events or series of events after the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination:
(a) any Person (excluding any Qualifying Owner or any group of Qualifying Owners acting together that would constitute a group for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and excluding a corporation or other entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of PubCo in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the stock of PubCo) is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of PubCo representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of PubCos then outstanding voting securities; or
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(b) the Incumbent Directors cease for any reason, other than by reason of any party to the Stockholder Agreement waiving its rights to a Designated Director (as defined in the Stockholder Agreement) or an amendment to the Stockholder Agreement eliminating or modifying the number of Designated Directors, to constitute a majority of the number of directors of PubCo then serving; for purposes of this clause (b), Incumbent Directors means (x) individuals who, on the Business Combination Agreement Closing Date, constitute the PubCo Board, (y) any individual whose appointment or election by the PubCo Board or nomination for election by PubCos stockholders was made pursuant to the Stockholder Agreement (including any Cohn Director), and (z) any new director whose appointment or election by the PubCo Board or nomination for election by PubCos stockholders was approved or recommended by either (1) a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Incumbent Directors then in office or (2) a majority of the Cohn Directors, in each of clauses (1) and (2), either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of PubCo in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination; or
(c) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of PubCo with any other corporation or other entity, and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, either (x) the PubCo Board immediately prior to the merger or consolidation does not constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the company surviving the merger or, if the surviving company is Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof, or (y) the voting securities of PubCo immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not continue to represent or are not converted into more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof; or
(d) the shareholders of PubCo approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of PubCo or there is consummated an agreement or series of related agreements for the sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by PubCo of all or substantially all of PubCos assets (including a sale of all of the equity interests in the Company held by PubCo), other than such sale or other disposition by PubCo of all or substantially all of PubCos assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of PubCo in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of PubCo immediately prior to such sale.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except with respect to clause (b) and clause (c)(x) above, a PubCo Change of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the shares of PubCo immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns, either directly or through a Subsidiary, all or substantially all of the assets of PubCo immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.
PubCo Holdings Group means PubCo and each Subsidiary of PubCo (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries).
PubCo Shares means all shares of stock in PubCo, including the Class A Shares and the Class B Shares.
Public Offering means an underwritten offering and sale of Equity Securities to the public pursuant to a registration statement, including a bought deal or overnight public offering.
PubCo Warrants means the warrants issued by PubCo and exercisable for Class A Shares.
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Qualifying Owners means each of Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XIV, L.P., Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XV, L.P., Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund X, L.P., Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XI, L.P., Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XII, L.P., Learn Capital Special Opportunities Fund XVI, L.P., TCV VIII VT Master, L.P., Charles K. Cohn and any Person controlled by Charles K. Cohn, Cohn Investments, LLC, Charles K. Cohn VT Trust U/A/D May 26, 2017, CKAC LLC, CKAC II LLC and any affiliated funds or investment vehicles managed by such Qualifying Owners.
Reclassification Event means any of the following: (a) any reclassification or recapitalization of PubCo Shares (other than as a result of a subdivision or combination or any transaction subject to Section 3.1(g)), (b) any merger, consolidation or other combination involving PubCo, or (c) any sale, conveyance, lease, or other disposal of all or substantially all the properties and assets of PubCo to any other Person, in each of clauses (a), (b) or (c), as a result of which holders of PubCo Shares shall be entitled to receive cash, securities or other property for their PubCo Shares.
Redeemed Units is defined in Section 3.6(a)(ii)(A).
Redeeming Member is defined in Section 3.6(a).
Redemption is defined in Section 3.6(a)(i).
Redemption Date means (a) the date that is five (5) Business Days after the Redemption Notice Date, or (b) such later date (i) specified in the Redemption Notice or (ii) on which a contingency described in Section 3.6(a)(ii)(C) that is specified in the Redemption Notice is satisfied.
Redemption Notice is defined in Section 3.6(a)(ii).
Redemption Notice Date is defined in Section 3.6(a)(ii).
Redemption Right is defined in Section 3.6(a)(i).
Regulatory Allocations is defined in Section 4.2(i).
Retraction Notice is defined in Section 3.6(b)(i).
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).
Stockholder Agreement means the Stockholder Agreement, dated January 28, 2021, by and among TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company, TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Sponsor, Series LLC, a Delaware series limited liability company, Cohn (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement), Learn (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement), and TCV (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement).
Subsidiary means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person with respect to which such specified Person (a) has, directly or indirectly, the power, through the ownership of securities or otherwise, to elect a majority of directors or similar managing body or (b) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of such Persons Equity Securities.
Tax Contribution Obligation is defined in Section 9.5(c).
Tax Distribution is defined in Section 5.2(a).
Tax Offset is defined in Section 9.5(c).
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Trading Day means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or such other principal United States securities exchange on which the Class A Shares are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business (unless such trading shall have been suspended for the entire day).
Transfer means, when used as a noun, any voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect (whether through a change of control of the Transferor or any Person that controls the Transferor, the issuance or transfer of Equity Securities of the Transferor, by operation of law or otherwise), transfer, sale, pledge or hypothecation or other disposition and, when used as a verb, voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly (whether through a change of control of the Transferor or any Person that controls the Transferor, the issuance or transfer of Equity Securities of the Transferor or any Person that controls the Transferor, by operation of law or otherwise), to transfer, sell, pledge or hypothecate or otherwise dispose of. The terms Transferee, Transferor, Transferred, and other forms of the word Transfer shall have the correlative meanings.
Transfer Agent is defined in Section 3.6(a)(ii).
Treasury Regulations means pronouncements, as amended from time to time, or their successor pronouncements, which clarify, interpret and apply the provisions of the Code, and which are designated as Treasury Regulations by the United States Department of the Treasury.
Uniform Commercial Code means the Uniform Commercial Code or any successor provision thereof as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of Delaware.
Units means the Units issued or purchased pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement or issued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and shall also include any Equity Security of the Company issued in respect of or in exchange for Units, whether by way of dividend or other distribution, split, recapitalization, merger, rollup transaction, consolidation, conversion or reorganization.
Unvested Units is defined in Section 3.1(b).
Vested Units means any Units that are not Unvested Units.
Warrant Agreement means that certain warrant agreement, dated October 9, 2020, by and between PubCo and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as such agreement may be amended from time to time.
Winding-Up Member is defined in Section 10.2(a).
Section 1.2 Interpretive Provisions. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in Section 1.1 are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms;
(b) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned under GAAP;
(c) all references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein shall mean United States (U.S.) dollars and all payments hereunder shall be made in United States dollars;
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(d) when a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference is to an Article or Section of, or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated;
(e) whenever the words include, includes or including are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation;
(f) or is disjunctive and is not exclusive;
(g) pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms;
(h) references to any Law shall include any successor legislation and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder as in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and references to any Law shall be construed as including all statutory, legal, and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing such Law as amended from time to time;
(i) the words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; and
(j) whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified, and when counting days, the date of commencement will not be included as a full day for purposes of computing any applicable time periods (except as otherwise may be required under any applicable Law). If any action is to be taken or given on or by a particular calendar day, and such calendar day is not a Business Day, then such action may be deferred until the next Business Day.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Section 2.1 Formation. The Company has been formed as a limited liability company subject to the provisions of the Act upon the terms, provisions and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
Section 2.2 Filing. The Companys Certificate of Formation has been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the Act. The Members shall execute such further documents (including amendments to such Certificate of Formation) and take such further action as is appropriate to comply with the requirements of Law for the formation or operation of a limited liability company in Delaware and in all states and counties where the Company may conduct its business.
Section 2.3 Name. The name of the Company is Nerdy LLC and all business of the Company shall be conducted in such name or, in the discretion of the Board, under any other name.
Section 2.4 Registered Office; Registered Agent. The location of the registered office of the Company and the name and address for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware are as set forth in the Companys Certificate of Formation, or such other office, qualified Person or address, as applicable, as the Board may designate from time to time.
Section 2.5 Principal Place of Business. The principal place of business of the Company shall be located in such place as is determined by the Board from time to time.
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Section 2.6 Purpose; Powers. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act. The Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions and engage in any and all activities necessary, appropriate, desirable, advisable, ancillary or incidental to the accomplishment of the foregoing purpose.
Section 2.7 Term. The term of the Company commenced on the date of filing of the Certificate of Formation of the Company with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the Act and shall continue indefinitely. The Company may be dissolved and its affairs wound up only in accordance with Article X.
Section 2.8 Intent. It is the intent of the Members that the Company be operated in a manner consistent with its treatment as a partnership solely for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes. It is also the intent of the Members that the Company not be operated or treated as a partnership for any other purpose, including for purposes of Section 303 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code. Neither the Company nor any Member shall take any action inconsistent with the express intent of the parties hereto as set forth in this Section 2.8.
ARTICLE III
OWNERSHIP AND CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Section 3.1 Authorized Equity Securities; General Provisions With Respect to Equity Securities.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and with the consent of PubCo, the Company shall be authorized to issue from time to time such number of Units, Company Warrants and other Equity Securities as the Board shall determine in accordance with Section 3.3. Each authorized Unit, Company Warrant and other Equity Security may be issued pursuant to such agreements as the Board (with the consent of PubCo) shall approve. The Company may reissue any Units or other Equity Securities that have been repurchased or acquired by the Company.
(b) Except to the extent explicitly provided otherwise herein (including pursuant to Section 3.3), each outstanding Unit shall be identical, subject to any vesting and forfeiture restrictions applicable to any Units as set forth in this Agreement or any other written agreement related to such Units, including the Existing LLC Agreement (any such Units subject to vesting restrictions, Unvested Units).
(c) Initially, none of the Units will be represented by certificates. If the Board determines that it is in the interest of the Company to issue certificates representing the Units, certificates will be issued and the Units will be represented by those certificates, and this Agreement shall be amended as necessary or desirable to reflect the issuance of certificated Units for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code. Nothing contained in this Section 3.1(c) shall be deemed to authorize or permit any Member to Transfer its Units except as otherwise permitted under this Agreement.
(d) The Company Warrants held by the Members other than a member of the PubCo Holdings Group shall be exercisable for Units at the same price and on substantially the same terms as the Private Placement Warrants and shall be subject, mutatis mutandis, to the terms of the Warrant Agreement; provided that that the number of Units to be received and the exercise price of such Company Warrants will be adjusted consistent with the mechanics in the Warrant Agreement and this Agreement without duplication. The Company Warrants are intended to constitute noncompensatory options, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.721-2(f) and 1.761-3(b)(2) and shall not be treated as
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partnership interests pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.761-3(a). The total number of Units and Company Warrants issued and outstanding and held by each Member as of the date hereof is set forth in the books and records of the Company. The Company shall update such books and records from time to time to reflect any Transfers of Interests, the issuance of additional Units, Company Warrants or other Equity Securities and, subject to Section 11.1(a), subdivisions or combinations of Units made in compliance with Section 3.1(g), in each case, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In connection with the receipt of Units upon the exercise of Company Warrants, PubCo shall deliver to the Member exercising such Company Warrants a number of Class B Shares equal to the number of Units received by such Member upon exercise of the Company Warrants.
(e) If, at any time after the final delivery of Class A Shares by PubCo in the Business Combination, PubCo issues a Class A Share or any other Equity Security of PubCo (other than Class B Shares), (i) one or more members of the PubCo Holdings Group shall concurrently contribute to the Company the net proceeds (in cash or other property, as the case may be), if any, received by PubCo for such Class A Share or other Equity Security and (ii) the Company shall concurrently issue to such member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group, in accordance with the contributions made by each such member pursuant to clause (i), one Unit (if PubCo issues a Class A Share), or such other Equity Security of the Company (if PubCo issues Equity Securities other than Class A Shares) corresponding to the Equity Securities issued by PubCo, and with substantially the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation, but taking into account differences resulting from any tax or other liabilities borne by PubCo) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of PubCo to be issued; provided, however, that if PubCo issues any Class A Shares in order to acquire or fund the acquisition from a Member (other than any member of the PubCo Holdings Group) of a number of Units (and Class B Shares) equal to the number of Class A Shares so issued, then the Company shall not issue any new Units in connection therewith and, where such Class A Shares have been issued for cash to fund such an acquisition by any member of the PubCo Holdings Group pursuant to a Cash Election, the PubCo Holdings Group shall not be required to transfer such net proceeds to the Company, and such net proceeds shall instead be transferred by such member of the PubCo Holdings Group to such Member as consideration for such acquisition. For the avoidance of doubt, if PubCo issues any Class A Shares or other Equity Security for cash to be used to fund the acquisition by any member of the PubCo Holdings Group of any Person or the assets of any Person, then the PubCo Holdings Group shall not be required to transfer such cash proceeds to the Company but instead such member of the PubCo Holdings Group shall be required to contribute such Person or the assets and liabilities of such Person to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 3.1(e) shall not apply to the issuance and distribution to holders of PubCo Shares of rights to purchase Equity Securities of PubCo under a poison pill or similar shareholders rights plan (and upon any redemption of Units for Class A Shares, such Class A Shares will be issued together with a corresponding right under such plan), or to the issuance under PubCos employee benefit plans of any warrants, options, or other rights to acquire Equity Securities of PubCo or rights or property that may be converted into or settled in Equity Securities of PubCo (including, for the avoidance of doubt, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units or performance based awards), but shall in each of the foregoing cases apply to the issuance of Equity Securities of PubCo in connection with the exercise or settlement of such rights, warrants, options or other rights or property (including, for the avoidance of doubt, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units or performance based awards). Except pursuant to Section 3.6, (x) the Company may not issue any additional Units to any member of the PubCo Holdings Group unless substantially simultaneously therewith a member of the PubCo Holdings Group issues or sells an equal number of newly issued PubCos Class A Shares to another Person, and (y) the Company may not issue any other Equity Securities of the Company to any member of the PubCo Holdings Group unless substantially simultaneously a member of the PubCo Holdings Group issues or sells, to another Person, an equal number of newly issued shares of a new class or series of Equity Securities of PubCo or such Subsidiary with substantially the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation, but taking into account differences resulting from any tax or other
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liabilities borne by PubCo) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of the Company. If at any time any member of the PubCo Holdings Group issues Debt Securities, such member of the PubCo Holdings Group shall transfer to the Company (in a manner to be determined by PubCo in its reasonable discretion) the proceeds received by such member of the PubCo Holdings Group in exchange for such Debt Securities in a manner that directly or indirectly burdens the Company with the repayment of the Debt Securities. If any PubCo Warrant or other Equity Security outstanding at PubCo is exercised or otherwise converted or exchanged and, as a result, any Class A Shares or other Equity Securities of PubCo are issued, (1) the corresponding Company Warrant or other Equity Security outstanding at the Company shall be similarly exercised or otherwise converted or exchanged, as applicable, and an equivalent number of Units or other Equity Securities of the Company shall be issued to the PubCo Holdings Group as contemplated by the first sentence of this Section 3.1(e), and (2) the PubCo Holdings Group shall concurrently contribute to the Company the net proceeds received by the PubCo Holdings Group from any such exercise.
(f) No member of the PubCo Holdings Group may redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire (other than from another member of the PubCo Holdings Group) (i) any Class A Shares (including upon forfeiture of any unvested Class A Shares) unless substantially simultaneously the Company redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires from the PubCo Holdings Group an equal number of Units for the same price per security or (ii) any other Equity Securities of PubCo, unless substantially simultaneously the Company redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires from the PubCo Holdings Group an equal number of Equity Securities of the Company of a corresponding class or series with substantially the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation, but taking into account differences resulting from any tax or other liabilities borne by PubCo) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of PubCo for the same price per security. The Company may not redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire (x) except pursuant to Section 3.6, any Units from the PubCo Holdings Group unless substantially simultaneously the PubCo Holdings Group redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires an equal number of Class A Shares for the same price per security from holders thereof, or (y) any other Equity Securities of the Company from the PubCo Holdings Group unless substantially simultaneously the PubCo Holdings Group redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires for the same price per security an equal number of Equity Securities of PubCo of a corresponding class or series with substantially the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distribution upon liquidation, but taking into account differences resulting from any tax or other liabilities borne by PubCo) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of PubCo. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any consideration payable by the PubCo Holdings Group in connection with the redemption or repurchase of any Class A Shares or other Equity Securities of PubCo consists (in whole or in part) of Class A Shares or such other Equity Securities (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the cashless exercise of an option or warrant other than those issued under PubCos employee benefit plans), then the redemption or repurchase of the corresponding Units or other Equity Securities of the Company shall be effectuated in an equivalent manner.
(g) The Company shall not in any manner effect any subdivision (by any equity split, equity distribution, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse equity split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of the outstanding Units or other Equity Securities of the Company unless accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination, as applicable, of the outstanding PubCo Shares, with corresponding changes made with respect to any other exchangeable or convertible securities. Unless in connection with any action taken pursuant to Section 3.1(i), PubCo shall not in any manner effect any subdivision (by any equity split, equity distribution, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse equity split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of the outstanding PubCo Shares unless accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination, as applicable, of the outstanding Units, with corresponding changes made with respect to any other exchangeable or convertible securities.
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(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company may redeem Units from the PubCo Holdings Group for cash to fund any acquisition by the PubCo Holdings Group of another Person; provided that promptly after such redemption and acquisition the PubCo Holdings Group contributes or causes to be contributed, directly or indirectly, such Person or the assets and liabilities of such Person to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in exchange for a number of Units equal to the number of Units so redeemed.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (including Section 3.1(e)), if the PubCo Holdings Group acquires or holds any material amount of cash in excess of any monetary obligations it reasonably anticipates, PubCo may, in its sole discretion:
(i) contribute such excess cash amount to the Company in exchange for a number of Units or other Equity Securities of the Company determined in its sole discretion, and distribute to the holders of Class A Shares (if the Company issues Units to PubCo) or such other Equity Security of PubCo (if the Company issues Equity Securities of the Company other than Units) corresponding to the Equity Securities issued by the Company and with substantially the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation, but taking into account differences resulting from any tax or other liabilities borne by PubCo) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of the Company issued, or
(ii) use such excess cash amount in such other manner, and make such other adjustments to or take such other actions with respect to the capitalization of PubCo and the Company and to the one-to-one exchange ratio between Units and Class A Shares, as PubCo and the Board in Good Faith determine to be fair and reasonable to the shareholders of PubCo and to the Members to preserve the intended economic effect of this Section 3.1, Section 3.6 and the other provisions hereof
Section 3.2 Voting Rights. No Member has any voting right except with respect to those matters specifically reserved for a Member vote under the Act and for matters expressly requiring the approval of Members under this Agreement. Except as otherwise required by the Act, each Unit will entitle the holder thereof to one vote on all matters to be voted on by the Members. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the holders of Units having voting rights will vote together as a single class on all matters to be approved by the Members.
Section 3.3 Capital Contributions; Unit Ownership.
(a) Capital Contributions. Except as otherwise set forth in Section 3.1(e) with respect to the obligations of the PubCo Holdings Group, no Member shall be required to make additional Capital Contributions.
(b) Issuance of Additional Units or Interests. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Board (with the consent of PubCo) shall have the right to authorize and cause the Company to issue on such terms (including price) as may be determined by the Board (with the consent of PubCo) (i) subject to the limitations of Section 3.1, additional Units or other Equity Securities in the Company (including creating preferred interests or other classes or series of interests having such rights, preferences and privileges as determined by the Board (with the consent of PubCo), which rights, preferences and privileges may be senior to the Units), and (ii) obligations, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities or interests convertible or exchangeable for Units or other Equity Securities in the Company; provided that, at any time following the date hereof, in each case the Company shall not issue Equity Securities in the Company to any Person unless such Person shall have executed a counterpart to
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this Agreement and all other documents, agreements or instruments deemed necessary or desirable in the sole discretion of the Board. Upon such issuance and execution, such Person shall be admitted as a Member of the Company. In that event, the Board shall update the Companys books and records to reflect such additional issuances. Subject to Section 11.1, PubCo shall have the right to cause the Board, and the Board is hereby authorized, to amend this Agreement to set forth the designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties of such additional Units or other Equity Securities in the Company, or such other amendments that the Board (with the consent of PubCo) determines to be otherwise necessary or appropriate in connection with the creation, authorization or issuance of, any class or series of Units or other Equity Securities in the Company pursuant to this Section 3.3(b); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, PubCo shall have the right to cause the Board to amend this Agreement as set forth in this sentence without the approval of any other Person (including any Member) and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (including Section 11.1) if such amendment is necessary, and then only to the extent necessary, in order to consummate any offering of PubCo Shares or other Equity Securities of PubCo provided that the designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties of any such additional Units or other Equity Securities of the Company as set forth in such amendment are substantially similar to those applicable to such PubCo Shares or other Equity Securities of PubCo.
Section 3.4 Capital Accounts.
(a) (a) A Capital Account shall be maintained for each Member in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) and, to the extent consistent with such regulations, the other provisions of this Agreement. Each Members Capital Account shall be (a) increased by (i) allocations to such Member of Profits pursuant to Section 4.1 and any other items of income or gain allocated to such Member pursuant to Section 4.2, (ii) the amount of cash or the initial Gross Asset Value of any asset (net of any Liabilities assumed by the Company and any Liabilities to which the asset is subject) contributed to the Company by such Member, and (iii) any other increases allowed or required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), and (b) decreased by (i) allocations to such Member of Losses pursuant to Section 4.1 and any other items of deduction or loss allocated to such Member pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.2, (ii) the amount of any cash or the Gross Asset Value of any asset (net of any Liabilities assumed by the Member and any Liabilities to which the asset is subject) distributed to such Member, and (iii) any other decreases allowed or required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). If a Transfer of Units is made in accordance with this Agreement (including a deemed Transfer for U.S. federal income tax purposes as described in Section 3.6(a)(iii)), the Capital Account of the Transferor that is attributable to the Transferred Units shall carry over to the Transferee Member in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(l).
Section 3.5 Other Matters.
(a) No Member shall demand or receive a return on or of its Capital Contributions or withdraw from the Company without the consent of the Board. Under circumstances requiring a return of any Capital Contributions, no Member has the right to receive property other than cash.
(b) No Member shall receive any interest, salary, compensation, draw or reimbursement with respect to its Capital Contributions or its Capital Account, or for services rendered or expenses incurred on behalf of the Company or otherwise in its capacity as a Member, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.7 or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) The Liability of each Member shall be limited as set forth in the Act and other applicable Law and, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or required by Law, no Member (or any of its Affiliates) shall be personally liable, whether to the Company, any of the other Members, the creditors of the Company, or any other third party, for any debt or Liability of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, solely by reason of being a Member of the Company.
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(d) Except as otherwise required by the Act, a Member shall not be required to restore a deficit balance in such Members Capital Account, to lend any funds to the Company or, except as otherwise set forth herein, to make any additional contributions or payments to the Company.
(e) The Company shall not be obligated to repay any Capital Contributions of any Member.
Section 3.6 Redemption of Units.
(a) Redemption Right.
(i) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 3.6, each of the Members (other than the members that are part of the PubCo Holdings Group) (each such Member, a Redeeming Member) shall be entitled to cause the Company to redeem all or a portion of such Members Vested Units (together with the surrender and delivery of the same number of Class B Shares) for an equivalent number of Class A Shares (a Redemption with such right referred to herein as the Redemption Right). Absent the prior written consent of the Board and PubCo, with respect to each Redemption, a Redeeming Member shall be (A) required to redeem at least a number of Units equal to the lesser of 10,000 Units (as adjusted for any Unit splits, combinations, subdivisions, reclassifications or similar actions or events) and all of the Units then held by such Redeeming Member (excluding any Unvested Units) and (B) permitted to effect a Redemption of Units no more frequently than once per month. In its discretion with the consent of PubCo, the Board may adopt a policy to limit monthly exchanges to a particular date or period during each month by providing notice of such limitation to all Members prior to the beginning of the relevant month. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to Section 3.6(j), a Redeeming Member may exercise its Redemption Right (x) with respect to at least 10,000 Units (as adjusted for any Unit splits, combinations, subdivisions, reclassifications or similar actions or events) at any time and (y) with respect to any of the then-held Units of such Member if such Redemption right is exercised in connection with a valid exercise of such Members rights to have the Class A Shares issuable in connection with such Redemption to participate in a Public Offering. Upon the Redemption of all of a Members Units, such Member shall, for the avoidance of doubt, cease to be a Member of the Company.
(ii) In order to exercise the Redemption Right under Section 3.6(a)(i), the Redeeming Member shall provide written notice (the Redemption Notice) to the Company, with a copy to PubCo (the date of delivery of such Redemption Notice, the Redemption Notice Date), stating:
(A) the number of Vested Units the Redeeming Member elects to have the Company redeem (the Redeemed Units);
(B) if the Class A Shares to be received are to be issued other than in the name of the Redeeming Member, the name(s) of the Person(s) in whose name or on whose order the Class A Shares are to be issued;
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(C) whether the exercise of the Redemption Right is to be contingent (including as to timing) upon (x) the closing of a Public Offering of the Class A Shares for which the Units will be redeemed or (y) the closing of an announced merger, consolidation or other transaction or event to which PubCo is a party in which the Class A Shares would be exchanged or converted (or become exchangeable for or convertible into) cash or other property; and
(D) if the Redeeming Member requires the Redemption to take place on a specific Business Day, such Business Day, provided that any such specified Business Day shall not be earlier than the date that would otherwise apply pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Redemption Date.
(E) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Member shall be entitled to deliver a Redemption Notice or exercise its Redemption Rights (or otherwise cause the consummation of a Redemption) prior to the six-month anniversary of the Effective Date.
If the Redeemed Units (or the Class B Shares to be transferred and surrendered) are represented by a certificate or certificates, prior to the Redemption Date, the Redeeming Member shall also present and surrender such certificate or certificates representing such Units (or Class B Shares) during normal business hours at the principal executive offices of the Company, or if any agent for the registration or transfer of Class A Shares is then duly appointed and acting (the Transfer Agent), at the office of the Transfer Agent. If required by the Board, any certificate for Units and any certificate for Class B Shares (in each case, if certificated) surrendered to the Company hereunder shall be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in forms reasonably satisfactory to the Board and the Transfer Agent, duly executed by the Redeeming Member or the Redeeming Members duly authorized representative.
(iii) For U.S. federal income (and applicable state and local) tax purposes, each of the Redeeming Member, the Company, and PubCo (and, to the extent applicable, any other member of the PubCo Holdings Group), agrees to treat each Redemption and, in the event PubCo (or such designated member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group) exercises its Call Right, each transaction between the Redeeming Member and PubCo (or such designated member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group), as a sale of such Redeeming Members Units (together with the same number of Class B Shares) to PubCo (or, if applicable, such designated member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group) for Class A Shares or cash (and any associated payments made pursuant to the Business Combination TRA or any applicable Post-Business Combination TRA), as applicable.
(b) Redemption Mechanics.
(i) Subject to the satisfaction of any contingency described in Section 3.6(a)(ii)(C) that is specified in the relevant Redemption Notice, the Redemption shall be completed on the Redemption Date; provided, that if a valid Cash Election has not been made, the Redeeming Member may, at any time prior to the Redemption Date, revoke its Redemption Notice by giving written notice (the Retraction Notice) to the Company (with a copy to PubCo); provided, however, that in no event may the Redeeming Member deliver more than one Retraction Notice in any calendar quarter. The timely delivery of a Retraction Notice shall terminate all of the Redeeming Members, the Companys and PubCos (and, as applicable, any other member of the PubCo Holdings Groups) rights and obligations arising from the retracted Redemption Notice.
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(ii) Unless the Redeeming Member has timely delivered a Retraction Notice as provided in Section 3.6(b)(i) or PubCo (or such designated member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group) has elected its Call Right pursuant to Section 3.6(f), on the Redemption Date (to be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the Redemption Date) (w) the Redeeming Member shall transfer and surrender the Redeemed Units (and a corresponding number of Class B Shares) to the Company, in each case free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, (x) PubCo (or such other member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group designated by PubCo) shall contribute to the Company the Class A Shares the Redeeming Member is entitled to receive under Section 3.6(a)(i) and, as described in Section 3.1(e), the Company shall issue to PubCo (or such designated member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group) a number of Units as consideration for such contribution, (y) the Company shall (I) cancel the Redeemed Units, (II) transfer to the Redeeming Member the Class A Shares the Redeeming Member is entitled to receive under Section 3.6(a)(i), and (III) if the Redeemed Units are certificated, issue to the Redeeming Member a certificate for a number of Units equal to the difference (if any) between the number of Units evidenced by the certificate surrendered by the Redeeming Member pursuant to clause (ii)(w) of this Section 3.6(b) and the number of Redeemed Units, and (z) PubCo shall cancel the surrendered Class B Shares.
(c) If (i) there is any reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction pursuant to which the Class A Shares are converted or changed into another security, securities or other property (other than as a result of a subdivision or combination or any transaction subject to Section 3.1(g)), or (ii) except in connection with actions taken with respect to the capitalization of PubCo or the Company pursuant to Section 3.1(i), PubCo, by dividend or otherwise, distributes to all holders of the Class A Shares evidences of its Indebtedness or assets, including securities (including Class A Shares and any rights, options or warrants to all holders of the Class A Shares to subscribe for or to purchase or to otherwise acquire Class A Shares, or other securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for Class A Shares) but excluding (A) any cash dividend or distribution, or (B) any such distribution of Indebtedness or assets, in either case (A) or (B) received by PubCo from the Company in respect of the Units, then upon any subsequent Redemption, in addition to the Class A Shares or the Cash Election Amount, as applicable, each Member shall be entitled to receive the amount of such security, securities or other property that such Member would have received if such Redemption had occurred immediately prior to the effective date of such reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization, other similar transaction, dividend or other distribution, taking into account any adjustment as a result of any subdivision (by any split, distribution or dividend, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of such security, securities or other property that occurs after the effective time of such reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, if there is any reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction in which the Class A Shares are converted or changed into another security, securities or other property, or any dividend or distribution (other than an excluded dividend or distribution, as described above), this Section 3.6 shall continue to be applicable, mutatis mutandis, with respect to such security or other property.
(d) PubCo shall at all times keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares, solely for the purpose of issuance upon a Redemption, such number of Class A Shares that shall be issuable upon the Redemption of all outstanding Units (other than those Units held by any member of the PubCo Holdings Group). PubCo covenants that all Class A Shares that shall be issued upon a Redemption shall, upon issuance thereof, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (except as such non-assessability
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may be limited by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Act). In addition, for so long as the Class A Shares are listed on a National Securities Exchange, PubCo shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Class A Shares issued upon a Redemption to be listed on such National Securities Exchange at the time of such issuance.
(e) The issuance of Class A Shares upon a Redemption shall be made without charge to the Redeeming Member for any stamp or other similar tax in respect of such issuance, except that if any such Class A Shares are to be issued in a name other than that of the Redeeming Member, then the Person or Persons in whose name the shares are to be issued shall pay to PubCo (or such designated member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group) the amount of any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in such issuance or shall establish to the satisfaction of PubCo that such tax has been paid or is not payable. Each of the Company and any member of the PubCo Holdings Group shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable upon a Redemption (and the Redeeming Member agrees to indemnify the Company and the PubCo Holdings Group with respect to) such amounts as may be required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under the Code or any provision of applicable Law, and to the extent deduction and withholding is required, such deduction and withholding may be taken in Class A Shares. Prior to making such deduction or withholding, the Company shall give written notice to the Redeeming Member and reasonably cooperate with such Redeeming Member to reduce or avoid any such withholding. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld and paid over to the relevant governmental authority, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Redeeming Member, and, if withholding is taken in Class A Shares, the relevant withholding party shall be treated as having sold such Class A Shares on behalf of such Redeeming Member for an amount of cash equal to the Fair Market Value thereof at the time of such deemed sale and paid such cash proceeds to the appropriate Governmental Entity.
(f) Call Right.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.6, but subject to Section 3.6(g), a Redeeming Member shall be deemed to have offered to sell its Redeemed Units to each member of the PubCo Holdings Group, and PubCo (or such other member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group designated by PubCo) may, in its sole discretion, by means of delivery of a Call Election Notice in accordance with, and subject to the terms of, this Section 3.6(f), elect to purchase directly and acquire such Units (together with the surrender and delivery of the same number of Class B Shares) on the Redemption Date by paying to the Redeeming Member (or, on the Redeeming Members written order, its designee) that number of Class A Shares the Redeeming Member (or its designee) would otherwise receive pursuant to Section 3.6(a)(i) or, at the election of PubCo (or such designated member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group), an amount of cash equal to the Cash Election Amount of such Class A Shares (the Call Right), whereupon PubCo (or such designated member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group) shall acquire the Units offered for redemption by the Redeeming Member (together with the surrender and delivery of the same number of Class B Shares to PubCo for cancellation). PubCo (or such designated member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group) shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as the owner of such Units. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that PubCo makes a valid Cash Election, (i) the Cash Election Amount shall be funded through a private sale or Public Offering by PubCo of Class A Shares on or no later than five (5) Business Days after the relevant Redemption Notice Date and (ii) PubCo shall have no obligation to pay any portion of a Cash Election Amount that exceeds the net proceeds (after deduction of any Discount) from the private sale or Public Offering by PubCo of a number of Class A Shares equal to the number of Redeemed Units to be purchased with such cash.
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(ii) PubCo (or such designated member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group) may, at any time prior to the Redemption Date, in its sole discretion, deliver a written notice (a Call Election Notice) to the Company and the Redeeming Member setting forth its election to exercise its Call Right. A Call Election Notice may be revoked by the applicable member of the PubCo Holdings Group at any time; provided that any such revocation does not prejudice the ability of the parties to consummate a Redemption on the Redemption Date. Except as otherwise provided by this Section 3.6(f), an exercise of the Call Right shall be consummated pursuant to the same timeframe and in the same manner as the relevant Redemption would have been consummated if a member of the PubCo Holdings Group had not delivered a Call Election Notice.
(g) In connection with a PubCo Change of Control, PubCo shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to require each Member (other than members of the PubCo Holdings Group) to exchange some or all of its Company Warrants for equivalent PubCo Warrants and to effect a Redemption of some or all of such Members Units (together with the surrender and delivery of the same number of Class B Shares); provided that a Cash Election shall not be permitted pursuant to such a Redemption under this Section 3.6(g). Any warrant exchange and Redemption pursuant to this Section 3.6(g) shall be effective immediately prior to the consummation of the PubCo Change of Control (and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be effective if such PubCo Change of Control is not consummated) (the Change of Control Redemption Date). From and after the Change of Control Redemption Date, (i) the Company Warrants and the Units and Class B Shares subject to such Redemption shall be deemed to be transferred to PubCo (or such other member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group designated by PubCo) on the Change of Control Redemption Date and (ii) such Member shall cease to have any rights with respect to the Units and Class B Shares subject to such Redemption (other than the right to receive Class A Shares pursuant to such Redemption) and with respect to the Company Warrants. PubCo shall provide written notice of an expected PubCo Change of Control to all Members within the earlier of (x) five (5) Business Days following the execution of the agreement with respect to such PubCo Change of Control and (y) ten (10) Business Days before the proposed date upon which the contemplated PubCo Change of Control is to be effected, indicating in such notice such information as may reasonably describe the PubCo Change of Control transaction, subject to applicable law, including the date of execution of such agreement or such proposed effective date, as applicable, the amount and types of consideration to be paid for Class A Shares in the PubCo Change of Control, any election with respect to types of consideration that a holder of Class A Shares, as applicable, shall be entitled to make in connection with such PubCo Change of Control, the number of Units (and corresponding Class B Shares) held by such Member that PubCo intends to require to be subject to such Redemption and the number of Company Warrants to be exchange for PubCo Warrants. Following delivery of such notice and on or prior to the Change of Control Redemption Date, the Members shall take all actions reasonably requested by PubCo to effect such Redemption and exchange of Company Warrants, including taking any action and delivering any document required pursuant to the remainder of this Section 3.6 to effect a Redemption.
(h) No Redemption shall impair the right of the Redeeming Member to receive any distributions payable on the Redeemed Units pursuant to such Redemption in respect of a record date that occurs prior to the Redemption Date for such Redemption. For the avoidance of doubt, no Redeeming Member, or a Person designated by a Redeeming Member to receive Class A Shares, shall be entitled to receive, with respect to such record date, distributions or dividends both on Redeemed Units by the Company from such Redeeming Member and on Class A Shares received by such Redeeming Member, or other Person so designated, if applicable, in such Redemption.
(i) Any Units acquired by the Company under this Section 3.6 and transferred by the Company to any member of the PubCo Holdings Group shall remain outstanding and shall not be cancelled as a result of their acquisition by the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the applicable member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group shall be automatically admitted as a Member of the Company with respect to any Units or other Equity Securities in the Company it receives under this Agreement (including under this Section 3.6 in connection with any Redemption).
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(j) PubCo may cause the Board to impose additional limitations and restrictions on Redemptions (including limiting Redemptions or creating priority procedures for Redemptions), to the extent PubCo determines, in its sole discretion, such limitations and restrictions to be necessary or appropriate to avoid undue risk that the Company may be classified as a publicly traded partnership within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code. Furthermore, PubCo may cause the Board to require that any Member (or group of Members) redeem all of its (or their) Units pursuant to the Redemption Right to the extent PubCo determines, in its sole discretion, that such Redemption is necessary or appropriate to avoid undue risk that the Company may be classified as a publicly traded partnership within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code. Upon delivery of any notice by the Board to such Member (or group of Members) requiring such Redemption, such Member (or group of Members) shall exchange, subject to exercise by PubCo (or such other member(s) of the PubCo Holdings Group designated by PubCo) of the Call Right pursuant to Section 3.6(f)(i), all of its (or their) Units effective as of the date specified in such notice (and such date shall be deemed to be a Redemption Date for purposes of this Agreement) in accordance with this Section 3.6 and otherwise in accordance with the requirements set forth in such notice.
ARTICLE IV
ALLOCATIONS OF PROFITS AND LOSSES
Section 4.1 Profits and Losses. After giving effect to the allocations under Section 4.2 and subject to Section 4.4, Profits and Losses (and, to the extent determined by the Company Representative to be necessary and appropriate to achieve the resulting Capital Account balances described below, any allocable items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit includable in the computation of Profits and Losses) for each Fiscal Year or other taxable period shall be allocated among the Members during such Fiscal Year or other taxable period in a manner such that, after giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 4.2 and all distributions through the end of such Fiscal Year or other taxable period, the Capital Account balance of each Member, immediately after making such allocation, is, as nearly as possible, equal to (i) the amount such Member would receive pursuant to Section 10.2(b) if all assets of the Company on hand at the end of such Fiscal Year or other taxable period were sold for cash equal to their Gross Asset Values, all liabilities of the Company were satisfied in cash in accordance with their terms (limited with respect to each nonrecourse liability to the Gross Asset Value of the assets securing such liability), and all remaining or resulting cash was distributed, in accordance with Section 10.2(b), to the Members immediately after making such allocation, minus (ii) such Members share of Company Minimum Gain and Member Minimum Gain, computed immediately prior to the hypothetical sale of assets, and the amount any such Member is treated as obligated to contribute to the Company, computed immediately after the hypothetical sale of assets. For purposes of this Article IV, any Unvested Units shall be treated as Vested Units, including, for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining the amount that would be distributed to the Members pursuant to the previous sentence and the hypothetical distribution in accordance with Section 10.2(b).
Section 4.2 Special Allocations. The following allocations shall be made in the following order:
(a) Nonrecourse Deductions for any Fiscal Year or other taxable period shall be specially allocated to the Members on a pro rata basis, in accordance with the number of Units owned by each Member as of the last day of such Fiscal Year or other taxable period. The amount of Nonrecourse Deductions for a Fiscal Year or other taxable period shall equal the excess, if any, of the net increase, if
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any, in the amount of Company Minimum Gain during that Fiscal Year or other taxable period over the aggregate amount of any distributions during that Fiscal Year or other taxable period of proceeds of a Nonrecourse Liability that are allocable to an increase in Company Minimum Gain, determined in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).
(b) Any Member Nonrecourse Deductions for any Fiscal Year or other taxable period shall be specially allocated to the Member who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the Member Nonrecourse Debt to which such Member Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). If more than one Member bears the economic risk of loss for such Member Nonrecourse Debt, the Member Nonrecourse Deductions attributable to such Member Nonrecourse Debt shall be allocated among the Members according to the ratio in which they bear the economic risk of loss. This Section 4.2(b) is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if there is a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain during any Fiscal Year or other taxable period (or if there was a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain for a prior Fiscal Year or other taxable period and the Company did not have sufficient amounts of income and gain during prior periods to allocate among the Members under this Section 4.2(c)), each Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such Fiscal Year or other taxable period in an amount equal to such Members share of the net decrease in Company Minimum Gain during such year (as determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(2)). This Section 4.2(c) is intended to constitute a minimum gain chargeback under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement except Section 4.2(c), if there is a net decrease in Member Minimum Gain during any Fiscal Year or other taxable period (or if there was a net decrease in Member Minimum Gain for a prior Fiscal Year or other taxable period and the Company did not have sufficient amounts of income and gain during prior periods to allocate among the Members under this Section 4.2(d)), each Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain in an amount equal to such Members share of the net decrease in Member Minimum Gain (as determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4)). This Section 4.2(d) is intended to constitute a partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain chargeback under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(e) Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary except Section 4.2(a) and Section 4.2(b), no Losses or other items of loss or expense shall be allocated to any Member to the extent that such allocation would cause such Member to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit (or increase any existing Adjusted Capital Account Deficit) at the end of such Fiscal Year or other taxable period. All Losses and other items of loss and expense in excess of the limitation set forth in this Section 4.2(e) shall be allocated to the Members who do not have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit in proportion to their relative positive Capital Accounts but only to the extent that such Losses and other items of loss and expense do not cause any such Member to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit.
(f) Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary except Section 4.2(c) and Section 4.2(d), if any Member unexpectedly receives any adjustment, allocation or distribution described in paragraph (4), (5) or (6) of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), items of income and gain (consisting of a pro rata portion of each item of income, including gross income, and gain for the Fiscal Year or other taxable period) shall be specially allocated to such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate any Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of that Member as quickly as possible; provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 4.2(f) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Member would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit after all other allocations provided for in this Article IV have been tentatively made as if this Section 4.2(f) were not in this Agreement. This Section 4.2(f) is intended to constitute a qualified income offset under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
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(g) If any Member has a deficit balance in its Capital Account at the end of any Fiscal Year or other taxable period that is in excess of the sum of (i) the amount that such Member is obligated to restore and (ii) the amount that the Member is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentence of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5), that Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible, provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 4.2(g) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Member would have a deficit balance in its Capital Account in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided for in this Article IV have been made as if Section 4.2(f) and this Section 4.2(g) were not in this Agreement.
(h) To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Sections 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as a result of a distribution to any Member in complete liquidation of such Members interest in the Company, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis) and such item of gain or loss shall be allocated to the Members in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) if such section applies or to the Member to whom such distribution was made if Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) applies.
(i) The allocations set forth in Section 4.2(a) through Section 4.2(h) (the Regulatory Allocations) are intended to comply with certain requirements of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IV (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the Regulatory Allocations (and anticipated future Regulatory Allocations) shall be taken into account in allocating other items of income, gain, loss and deduction among the Members so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocation of other items and the Regulatory Allocations to each Member should be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Member if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred. This Section 4.2(i) is intended to minimize to the extent possible and to the extent necessary any economic distortions which may result from application of the Regulatory Allocations and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.
(j) Items of income, gain, loss, expense or credit resulting from a Covered Audit Adjustment shall be allocated to the Members in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Partnership Tax Audit Rules, as reasonably determined by the Company Representative.
(k) Special Allocations with Respect to Company Warrants and Other Noncompensatory Options. Upon an exercise of a Company Warrant or other noncompensatory option to acquire a Unit or other interest in the Company:
(l) An adjustment shall be made to the Gross Asset Value of Company assets in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s)(1) and clause (b) of the definition of Gross Asset Value as of immediately after the exercise of such option.
(i) The Capital Account of the holder to the extent attributable to the Unit (or other interest in the Company) acquired upon the exercise of such option will be credited with the amount paid for the option and the exercise price of the option in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(b) and 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d)(4) and Section 3.4(a)(a)(ii).
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(ii) To the extent that, after crediting such holders Capital Account in accordance with Section 4.2(k)(ii), such holders Capital Account balance, to the extent attributable to such Unit (or other interest in the Company) received upon the exercise of such option, is not equal to the NCO Target Balance, (A) such holder shall be allocated any unrealized income, gain or loss in Company assets (that has not been reflected in the Members Capital Accounts previously) to the extent necessary to cause such holders Capital Account balance, to the extent attributable to such Unit (or other interest in the Company) received upon the exercise of such option, to equal the NCO Target Balance, and (B) thereafter, any remaining amounts of such unrealized income, gain or loss shall be allocated in accordance with the other provisions of Section 4.1 and this Section 4.2, in each case, accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s)(2).
(iii) If, after making the foregoing allocations, such holders Capital Account balance, to the extent attributable to such Unit (or other interest in the Company) received upon the exercise of such option, is still not equal to the NCO Target Balance, the Members Capital Accounts shall be reallocated to the extent necessary to cause such holders Capital Account balance, to the extent attributable to such Unit (or other interest in the Company) received upon the exercise of such option, to equal the NCO Target Balance, in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s)(3).
Section 4.3 Allocations for Tax Purposes in General.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.3, each item of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall be allocated among the Members in the same manner as such item is allocated under Section 4.1 and Section 4.2.
(b) In accordance with Section 704(c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder (including the Treasury Regulations applying the principles of Section 704(c) of the Code to changes in Gross Asset Values), items of income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any Company property having a Gross Asset Value that differs from such propertys adjusted U.S. federal income tax basis shall, solely for U.S. federal income tax purposes, be allocated among the Members to account for any such difference using such reasonable method or methods determined by the Company Representative to be appropriate and in accordance with the applicable Treasury Regulations; provided, that the Company Representative will not use any method other than the traditional method under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(c).
(c) Any (i) recapture of depreciation or any other item of deduction shall be allocated, in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.1245-1(e) and 1.1254-5, to the Members who received the benefit of such deductions to the maximum extent permissible by Law, and (ii) recapture of grants or credits shall be allocated to the Members in accordance with applicable Law.
(d) Tax credits of the Company shall be allocated among the Members as provided in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii) and 1.704-1(b)(4)(viii).
(e) Allocations pursuant to this Section 4.3 are solely for purposes of U.S. federal, state and local taxes and shall not affect or in any way be taken into account in computing any Members Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, other items or distributions pursuant to any provision of this Agreement
(f) If, as a result of an exercise of a noncompensatory option to acquire an interest in the Company (including any Company Warrants), a Capital Account reallocation is required under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s)(3), the Company shall make corrective allocations pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(x).
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Section 4.4 Other Allocation Rules.
(a) The Members are aware of the income tax consequences of the allocations made by this Article IV and the economic impact of the allocations on the amounts receivable by them under this Agreement. The Members hereby agree to be bound by the provisions of this Article IV in reporting their share of Company income and loss for income tax purposes.
(b) The provisions regarding the establishment and maintenance for each Member of a Capital Account as provided by Section 3.4 and the allocations set forth in Section 4.1, Section 4.2, and Section 4.3 are intended to comply with the Treasury Regulations and to reflect the intended economic entitlement of the Members. If the Company Representative determines that the application of the provisions in Section 3.4, Section 4.1, Section 4.2, or Section 4.3 would result in non-compliance with the Treasury Regulations or would be inconsistent with the intended economic entitlement of the Members, the Company Representative is authorized to make any appropriate adjustments to such provisions.
(c) Subject to Section 9.13(a) of the Business Combination Agreement, all items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit allocable to an interest in the Company that is Transferred after the Effective Date shall be allocated between the Transferor and the Transferee in accordance with a method reasonably determined by the Company Representative and permissible under Section 706 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.
(d) The Members proportionate shares of the excess nonrecourse liabilities of the Company, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3), shall be allocated to the Members on a pro rata basis, in accordance with the number of Units owned by each Member unless otherwise determined by the Company Representative.
ARTICLE V
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 5.1 Distributions.
(a) Distributions. To the extent permitted by applicable Law and hereunder, and except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2, distributions to Members may be declared by the Board out of funds legally available therefor in such amounts and on such terms (including the payment dates of such distributions) as the Board shall determine using such record date as the Board may designate; any such distribution shall be made to the Members as of the close of business on such record date on a pro rata basis in accordance with the number of Vested Units owned by each Member as of the close of business on such record date (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, repurchases or redemptions made in accordance with Section 3.1(f), Section 3.6, or payments made in accordance with Section 6.2 or Section 6.7 need not be on a pro rata basis); provided, however, that the Board shall have the obligation to make distributions as set forth in Section 5.2 and Section 10.2(b)(iii). Promptly following the designation of a record date and the declaration of a distribution pursuant to this Section 5.1, the Board shall give notice to each Member of the record date, the amount and the terms of the distribution and the payment date thereof.
(b) Successors. For purposes of determining the amount of distributions, each Member shall be treated as having made the Capital Contributions and as having received the distributions made to or received by its predecessors in respect of any of such Members Units.
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(c) Distributions In-Kind. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any distributions may be made in cash or in kind, or partly in cash and partly in kind, as determined by the Board. In the event of any distribution of (i) property in kind or (ii) both cash and property in kind, each Member shall be distributed its proportionate share of any such cash so distributed and its proportionate share of any such property) so distributed in kind (based on the Fair Market Value of such property). To the extent that the Company distributes property in-kind to the Members, the Company shall be treated as making a distribution equal to the Fair Market Value of such property for purposes of Section 5.1(a) and such property shall be treated as if it were sold for an amount equal to its Fair Market Value. Any resulting gain or loss shall be allocated to the Members Capital Accounts in accordance with Section 4.1 and Section 4.2.
Section 5.2 Tax-Related Distributions.
(a) Tax Distributions. To the extent funds of the Company are legally available for distribution by the Company with respect to each Fiscal Quarter, and subject to any restrictions contained in any credit agreement to which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound, the Company shall distribute to each Member (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in respect of Unvested Units) an amount of cash (each a Tax Distribution) equal to such Members Assumed Tax Liability for such Fiscal Quarter minus all distributions previously made to such Member during such Fiscal Quarter pursuant to Section 5.1. The Company will use reasonable best efforts to make Tax Distributions on a quarterly basis at least five business days prior to the date on which a corporation on a calendar year would be required to make quarterly estimated tax payments. To the extent a holder of Units would receive for any Fiscal Quarter less than its pro rata share (in accordance with the number of Units owned by each Member) of the aggregate Tax Distributions to be paid pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Tax Distributions to such Member shall be increased to ensure that all Tax Distributions to holders of Units are made on a pro rata basis (in accordance with the number of Units owned by each Member). The Board shall be entitled to adjust subsequent Tax Distributions up or down to reflect any variation between its prior estimation of quarterly Tax Distributions and the Tax Distributions that would have been computed under this Section 5.2(a) based on subsequent information. In the event that the funds available for any Tax Distribution to be made hereunder are insufficient to pay the full amount of the Tax Distribution that would otherwise be required under this Section 5.2(a), the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to distribute to the Members the amount of funds that are available on a pro rata basis (according to the amounts that would have been distributed to each Member pursuant to this Section 5.2(a) if available funds existed in a sufficient amount to make such Distribution in full). At any time thereafter when additional funds of the Company are available for distribution, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to immediately distribute such funds to the Members on a pro rata basis (according to the amounts that would have been distributed to each Member pursuant to this Section 5.2(a) if available funds would have existed in a sufficient amount to make such Tax Distribution in full).
(b) Additional Tax Distributions. In the event of any audit by, or similar event with, a taxing authority that affects the calculation of any Members Assumed Tax Liability for any Taxable Year (other than an audit conducted pursuant to the Partnership Tax Audit Rules for which no election is made pursuant to Code Section 6226 (or any similar provision of state or local law)), or in the event the Company files an amended tax return, each Members Assumed Tax Liability with respect to such year shall be recalculated by giving effect to such event (for the avoidance of doubt, taking into account interest and penalties) and the Tax Distributions that would have been owed to such Member for such year pursuant to Section 5.2(a) shall be determined. Any shortfall in the amount of Tax Distributions the Members and former Members received for the relevant taxable years based on such recalculated Assumed Tax Liability promptly shall be distributed to such Members and the successors of such former Members, except, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent distributions were made to such Members and former Members pursuant to Section 5.1 in the relevant taxable years sufficient to cover such shortfall.
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Section 5.3 Distribution Upon Withdrawal. No withdrawing Member shall be entitled to receive any distribution or the value of such Members Interest in the Company as a result of withdrawal from the Company prior to the liquidation of the Company, except as specifically provided in this Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
MANAGEMENT
Section 6.1 The Board; Fiduciary Duties.
(a) The Company shall be managed by a board of managers (the Board). Except as otherwise required by Law or for matters in which vote or approval of any Member is specifically required under this Agreement, (i) the Board shall have full and complete charge of all affairs of the Company, (ii) the management and control of the Companys business activities and operations shall rest exclusively with the Board, and the Board shall make all decisions regarding the business, activities and operations of the Company (including the incurrence of costs and expenses) without the consent of any other Member, and (iii) the Members (in their capacity as such) shall not participate in the control, management, direction or operation of the activities or affairs of the Company and shall have no power to act for or bind the Company.
(b) The size of the Board shall initially be fixed at five (5) Persons (each a Manager and collectively, the Managers). As of the Effective Date, the Managers shall be as follows:
(i) Three (3) Persons shall be individuals designated by PubCo (each a PubCo Manager). The initial PubCo Managers shall be Greg Mrva, Christopher (Woody) Marshall and Rob Hutter.
(ii) Two (2) Persons shall be designated by the Members holding a majority of the then outstanding vested units held by Members other than PubCo Holdings Group (each a Non-PubCo Manager). The initial Non-PubCo Manager shall be Charles Cohn and Christopher Swenson.
From time to time following the date hereof, PubCo shall increase or decrease (i) the size of the Board and/or (ii) the number of PubCo Managers and Non-PubCo Managers on such Board, in order to reflect as closely as reasonably practicable the relative ownership of the Company held by PubCo on the one hand and the Members other than PubCo Holdings Group on the other hand. Following any such adjustment, the Members shall be obligated to remove any Managers and to elect (i) the applicable number of the PubCo Managers as designated by PubCo and (ii) the applicable number of the Non-PubCo Managers as designated by the holders of a majority of the vested Units then outstanding held by Members other than PubCo Holdings Group in accordance with such adjusted Board membership requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, in the event that PubCo holds less than a majority of the outstanding Units of the Company, the Board shall be fixed at five (5) Managers and such Managers shall be designated as follows: (i) two (2) Persons shall be individuals designated by PubCo; (ii) one (1) Person shall be designated by Charles Cohn, so long as an entity controlled by Charles Cohn remains a Member; (iii) one (1) Person shall be designated by TCV VIII, L.P. or its Affiliates, so long as TCV VIII, L.P. remains a Member; and (iv) one (1) Person shall be designated by Davis VT LLC or its Affiliates, so long as Davis VT LLC remains a Member; provided that if any of an entity controlled by Charles Cohn, TCV VIII, L.P. or Davis VT LLC cease to be Members, the Manager designated with respect to clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this sentence, as applicable, shall instead be designated by the Member holding the next greatest number of Units after PubCo and any other Members then holding Manager designation rights.
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(c) A Manager may only be removed from the Board (with or without cause) upon the written consent of PubCo and any vacancy on the Board may be filled by PubCo until the next annual meeting or vote of the Members contemplated by Section 6.4.
(d) In connection with the performance of their duties as members of the Board, the Managers acknowledge that they will owe to the Members the same fiduciary duties as they would owe to the stockholders of a Delaware corporation under the DGCL if they were members of the board of directors of such a corporation and the Members were stockholders of such corporation.
(e) Meetings of the Board may be called by any Manager. Notice of any meeting shall be given pursuant to Section 11.11 below to all Managers not less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the meeting. A majority of Managers then serving on the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by the Board; provided, however, that if there are four (4) or fewer Managers then serving on the Board, all Managers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by the Board. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the approval of a majority of the Managers present at any duly constituted meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present shall be required for the Board to take any action, provided, however, that if there are four (4) or fewer Managers then serving on the Board, approval by all Managers shall be required for the Board to take any action. A notice need not specify the purpose of any meeting. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any Manager who signs a waiver of notice, a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting the lack of notice prior to the commencement of the meeting. All such waivers, consents and approvals shall be filed with the Companys records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. Managers may participate in any meeting of the Managers by means of conference telephones or other means of electronic communication so long as all Managers participating can hear or communicate with one another. A Manager so participating is deemed to be present at the meeting.
(f) Any action that is permitted or required to be taken by the Board may be taken or ratified by written consent setting forth the specific action to be taken, which written consent is signed by all of the Managers then serving on the Board.
Section 6.2 Indemnification; Exculpation.
(a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended (provided, that no such amendment shall limit a Covered Persons rights to indemnification hereunder with respect to any actions or events occurring prior to such amendment), any person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a Proceeding) by reason of the fact that such person (or a person for whom such person is the legal representative or a director, officer or employee) is or was a person entitled to indemnification under the Existing LLC Agreement, or is a Member, or acting as a Manager or Company Representative of the Company or, while being a person entitled to indemnification under the Existing LLC Agreement, a Member, or acting as a Manager or Company Representative of the Company, is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another limited liability company or of a corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (each of the persons referred to above in this Section 6.2(a) being referred to as a Covered Person), whether the basis of such Proceeding is alleged action or failure of action in an official capacity as a member, director, officer, trustee, employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a member, director, officer, trustee, employee or agent, against all costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees), liability and loss incurred or suffered by such Covered Person in connection with such Proceeding, unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect
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of such act or omission, and taking into account the acknowledgements and agreements set forth in this Agreement, such Covered Person breached the terms of this Agreement or any duties owed to the Company or the Members. The Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable Law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended (provided, that no such amendment shall limit a Covered Persons rights to indemnification hereunder with respect to any actions or events occurring prior to such amendment), pay the costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that to the extent required by applicable Law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 6.2(a) or otherwise. The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses under this Section 6.2(a) shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to a Covered Person who has ceased to be a member, director, officer, trustee, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors and administrators. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.2(a), except for Proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Company shall indemnify and advance expenses to a Covered Person in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Covered Person only if such Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board. If this Section 6.2(a) or any portion of this Section 6.2(a) shall be invalidated on any ground by a court of competent jurisdiction the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each Covered Person as to expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal or administrative, including a grand jury proceeding or action or suit brought by or in the right of the Company, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Section 6.2(a) that shall not have been invalidated.
(b) Subject to other applicable provisions of this Section 6.2, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Covered Persons shall not be liable to the Company, any Subsidiary, any director, any Member or any holder of any equity interest in any Subsidiary by virtue of being a Covered Person or for any acts or omissions in their capacity as a Covered Person or otherwise in connection with the Company, this Agreement or the business and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that such losses or liabilities were the result of conduct in which such Covered Person breached the terms of this Agreement or any duties owed to the Company or the Members.
Section 6.3 Maintenance of Insurance or Other Financial Arrangements. In compliance with applicable Law, the Company (with the approval of the Board) may purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of any Person who is or was a Member, employee or agent of the Company, or at the request of the Company is or was serving as a manager, director, officer, employee or agent of another limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, for any Liability asserted against such Person and Liability and expenses incurred by such Person in such Persons capacity as such, or arising out of such Persons status as such, whether or not the Company has the authority to indemnify such Person against such Liability and expenses.
Section 6.4 Election of Board. Following the Effective Time, the Board shall be elected annually by the Members in accordance with this Section 6.4, and the Managers so elected to the Board shall serve as the Managers until a successor has been duly elected to the Board in accordance with this Section 6.4. Not more than one year after the later of (a) the Effective Time and (b) the last meeting of the Members or action by written consent of the Members at which or pursuant to which the Managers were elected in accordance with this Section 6.4, the Board at such time (or the Members if the Board shall fail to take such action) shall either (i) call and hold a meeting of the Members for purposes of electing the Managers or (ii) seek written consents from the requisite Members to elect the Managers pursuant to
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Section 7.2(d). A Person shall be elected as a Manager if the election of such Manager is approved by Members holding a majority of the outstanding Vested Units by vote at a meeting held for such purpose or by action by written consent; provided, however, that if the Person so elected as a Manager was not a Manager immediately prior to such election, such election shall not be effective, and such Person shall not become a Manager, unless and until such Person has executed and delivered to the Company the written agreement of such Person to be bound by the terms of this Agreement applicable to the Managers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Managers serving immediately prior to such election or to the Members holding a majority of the outstanding Vested Units. Each Member hereby irrevocably agrees, in connection with each such meeting of the Members or written consent contemplated by this Section 6.4, to vote for such Managers as follows: (i) with respect to the PubCo Managers (as determined pursuant to Section 6.1(b)), as designated by PubCo and (ii) with respect to the Non-PubCo Managers (as determined pursuant to Section 6.1(b)), the applicable number of the Non-PubCo Managers as designated by the holders of a majority of the vested Units then outstanding held by Members other than PubCo Holdings Group or, in the event that PubCo holds less than a majority of the outstanding Units of the Company, as designated in accordance with Section 6.1(b) and Section 6.4.
Section 6.5 Resignation or Removal of Managers; Vacancy. A Manager may resign as a Manager at any time and may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Members entitled to designate such Managers pursuant to Section 6.1(c).
Section 6.6 Reclassification Events of PubCo. If a Reclassification Event occurs, the Board shall amend this Agreement in compliance with Section 11.1, and enter into supplementary or additional agreements, to ensure that, following the effective date of the Reclassification Event: (i) the Redemption Right of holders of Units set forth in Section 3.6 provide that each Unit (together with the surrender and delivery of one Class B Share) is redeemable for the same amount and same type of property, securities or cash (or combination thereof) that one Class A Share becomes exchangeable for or converted into as a result of the Reclassification Event, and (ii) PubCo or the successor to PubCo, as applicable, is obligated to deliver such property, securities or cash upon such redemption. PubCo shall not consummate or agree to consummate any Reclassification Event unless the successor Person, if any, becomes obligated to comply with the obligations of PubCo (in whatever capacity) under this Agreement.
Section 6.7 Certain Costs and Expenses. The Managers shall not be compensated for their services as Managers of the Company. The Company shall reimburse the Managers for any costs, fees or expenses incurred in connection with serving as a Manager. To the extent that PubCo determines that its expenses are related to the business and affairs of PubCo that are conducted through the Company or its Subsidiaries (including expenses that relate to the business and affairs of the Company or its Subsidiaries and that also relate to other activities of any member of the PubCo Holdings Group), PubCo may cause the Board to cause the Company to pay or bear all expenses of the PubCo Holdings Group, including costs of securities offerings not borne directly by Members, board of directors compensation and meeting costs, costs of periodic reports to stockholders of PubCo, litigation costs and damages arising from litigation, accounting and legal costs, provided that the Company shall not pay or bear any income tax obligations of any member of the PubCo Holdings Group or any obligations of any member of the PubCo Holdings Group pursuant to the Business Combination TRA or any Post-Business Combination TRA.
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ARTICLE VII
ROLE OF MEMBERS
Section 7.1 Rights or Powers.
(a) Other than the Board or as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Members, acting in their capacity as Members, shall not have any right or power to take part in the management or control of the Company or its business and affairs or to act for or bind the Company in any way. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Members have all the rights and powers specifically set forth in this Agreement and, to the extent not inconsistent with this Agreement, in the Act. A Member, any Affiliate thereof or an employee, stockholder, agent, director or officer of a Member or any Affiliate thereof, may also be an employee or be retained as an agent of the Company. The existence of these relationships and acting in such capacities will not result in the Member (other than as a Manager) being deemed to be participating in the control of the business of the Company or otherwise affect the limited liability of the Member. Except as specifically provided herein, a Member (other than as a Manager) shall not, in its capacity as a Member, take part in the operation, management or control of the Companys business, transact any business in the Companys name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Company.
(b) The Company shall promptly (but in any event within three Business Days) notify the Members in writing if, to the Companys knowledge, for any reason, it would be an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act, but for the exceptions provided in Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) thereunder.
Section 7.2 Voting.
(a) Meetings of the Members may be called upon the written request of the Board or Members holding at least 50% of the outstanding Units. Such request shall state the location of the meeting and the nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting. Written notice of any such meeting shall be given to all Members not less than two Business Days and not more than 30 days prior to the date of such meeting. Members may vote in person, by proxy or by telephone at any meeting of the Members and may waive advance notice of such meeting. Whenever the vote or consent of Members is permitted or required under this Agreement, such vote or consent may be given at a meeting of the Members or may be given in accordance with the procedure prescribed in this Section 7.2. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the affirmative vote of the Members holding a majority of the outstanding Units shall constitute the act of the Members.
(b) Each Member may authorize any Person or Persons to act for it by proxy on all matters in which such Member is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by such Member or its attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Member executing it.
(c) Each meeting of Members shall be conducted by the Board or such individual Person as the Board deems appropriate.
(d) Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Members may be taken without a meeting if the requisite Members whose approval is necessary consent thereto in writing (including the election of the Managers pursuant to Section 6.4).
Section 7.3 Various Capacities. The Members acknowledge and agree that the Members or their Affiliates will from time to time act in various capacities, including as a Member and as the Company Representative.
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Section 7.4 Investment Opportunities.
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any analogous doctrine, shall not apply to any Member, any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Company, the Managers or any of their respective Subsidiaries), or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, shareholders, members, and partners (each, a Business Opportunities Exempt Party). The Company renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to any Business Opportunities Exempt Party. No Business Opportunities Exempt Party who acquires knowledge of a potential transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter that may be an opportunity for the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall have any duty to communicate or offer such opportunity to the Company. No amendment or repeal of this Section 7.4 shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any Business Opportunities Exempt Party for or with respect to any opportunities of which any such Business Opportunities Exempt Party becomes aware prior to such amendment or repeal. Any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any Units shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 7.4. Neither the alteration, amendment or repeal of this Section 7.4, nor the adoption of any provision of this Agreement inconsistent with this Section 7.4, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Section 7.4 in respect of any business opportunity first identified or any other matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Section 7.4, would accrue or arise, prior to such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption.
ARTICLE VIII
TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS
Section 8.1 Restrictions on Transfer.
(a) Except as provided in Section 3.6, no Member shall Transfer all or any portion of its Interest without the Boards prior written consent, which consent shall be granted or withheld in the Boards sole discretion (with the consent of PubCo). If all or any portion of a Members Interests are Transferred in violation of this Section 8.1(a), involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, then without limiting any other rights and remedies available to the other parties under this Agreement or otherwise, the Transferee of such Interest (or portion thereof) shall not be admitted to the Company as a Member or be entitled to any rights as a Member hereunder, and the Transferor will continue to be bound by all obligations hereunder, unless and until the Board consents in writing to such Transfer, which consent shall be granted or withheld in the Boards sole discretion (with the consent of PubCo). Any attempted or purported Transfer of all or a portion of a Members Interests in violation of this Section 8.1(a) shall be null and void and of no force or effect whatsoever. For the avoidance of doubt, the restrictions on Transfer contained in this Article VIII shall not apply to the Transfer of any capital stock of PubCo; except that in no circumstance may Class B Shares be Transferred unless a corresponding number of Units are Transferred to the same Person and in no circumstance may Units may be Transferred unless a corresponding number of Class B Shares are also Transferred to the same Person.
(b) In addition to any other restrictions on Transfer herein contained, including the provisions of this Article VIII, in no event may any Transfer or assignment of Interests or Equity Securities in the Company by any Member be made (i) to any Person who lacks the legal right, power or capacity to own Interests or Equity Securities in the Company; (ii) if PubCo (in consultation with the Board) reasonably determines such Transfer (A) would be considered to be effected on or through an established securities market or a secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof, as such terms are used in Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1, (B) would result in the Company having more than one hundred (100) partners, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(1)(ii) (determined taking into account the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(3)), or (C) would cause the Company to be treated as a publicly traded partnership within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or a
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successor provision or otherwise become taxable as a corporation under the Code; (iii) if such Transfer would cause the Company to become, with respect to any employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a party-in-interest (as defined in Section 3 (14) of ERISA) or a disqualified person (as defined in Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code); (iv) if such Transfer would, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, cause any portion of the assets of the Company to constitute assets of any employee benefit plan pursuant to the Plan Asset Regulations or otherwise cause the Company to be subject to regulation under ERISA; (v) if such Transfer requires the registration of such Interests or Equity Securities issued upon any exchange of such Interests or Equity Securities, pursuant to any applicable U.S. federal or state securities Laws; or (vi) if such Transfer subjects the Company to regulation under the Investment Company Act or the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, each as amended (or any succeeding law). Any attempted or purported Transfer of all or a portion of a Members Interests in violation of this Section 8.1(b) shall be null and void and of no force or effect whatsoever.
(c) A Member making a Transfer permitted by this Agreement shall (i) at least five (5) Business Days before such Transfer, deliver to the Company a validly executed IRS Form W-9, or (ii) contemporaneously with the Transfer cause the Transferee to properly withhold and remit to the Internal Revenue Service the amount of tax required to be withheld upon the Transfer by Section 1446(f) of the Code (and provide evidence to the Company of such withholding and remittance promptly thereafter); provided that the Company shall timely provide whatever information is reasonably requested by the Transferor to calculate the tax to be withheld.
Section 8.2 Transferee Members. A Transferee of Interests or Equity Securities in the Company pursuant to this Article VIII shall have the right to become a Member only if (a) the requirements of this Article VIII are met, (b) such Transferee executes an instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Board agreeing to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and assuming all of the Transferors then existing and future Liabilities arising under or relating to this Agreement, (c) such Transferee represents that the Transfer was made in accordance with all applicable securities Laws and such other representations as requested by the Board, (d) the Transferor or Transferee shall have reimbursed the Company for all reasonable expenses (including attorneys fees and expenses) of any Transfer or proposed Transfer of all or a portion of a Members Interest, whether or not consummated, and (e) if such Transferee or his or her spouse is a resident of a community property jurisdiction, then such Transferees spouse shall also execute an instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Board agreeing to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement to the extent of his or her community property or quasi-community property interest, if any, in such Members Interest. Unless agreed to in writing by the Board, the admission of a Member shall not result in the release of the Transferor from any Liability that the Transferor may have to each remaining Member or to the Company under this Agreement or any other Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and such Transferor or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand. Written notice of the admission of a Member shall be sent promptly by the Company to each remaining Member.
Section 8.3 Legend. Each certificate representing a Unit, if any, will be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.
THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SUCH ACT.
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THE TRANSFER AND VOTING OF THESE SECURITIES IS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF NERDY LLC DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2021, AMONG THE MEMBERS LISTED THEREIN, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED AND/OR RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND NO TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES WILL BE VALID OR EFFECTIVE UNTIL SUCH CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN FULFILLED. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ISSUER OF SUCH SECURITIES.
ARTICLE IX
ACCOUNTING; CERTAIN TAX MATTERS
Section 9.1 Books of Account. The Company shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary of the Company to, maintain true books and records of account in which full and correct entries shall be made of all its business transactions pursuant to a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and shall set aside on its books all such proper accruals and reserves as shall be required under GAAP.
Section 9.2 Tax Elections.
(a) The Company and any eligible Subsidiary of the Company (A) shall make an election (or continue a previously made election) pursuant to Section 754 of the Code (and any similar provisions of applicable U.S. state or local law) for the taxable year of the Company that includes the date hereof and shall not thereafter revoke such election and (B) shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that any entity in which the Company holds a direct or indirect interest that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes that does not meet the definition of Subsidiary herein will have in effect an election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code (and any similar provisions of applicable U.S. state or local law). In addition, the Company shall make the following elections on the appropriate forms or tax returns, if permitted under the Code or applicable Law:
(i) to adopt the calendar year as the Companys Fiscal Year;
(ii) to adopt the accrual method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
(iii) to elect to amortize the organizational expenses of the Company as permitted by Section 709(b) of the Code;
(iv) except where the Company Representative elects to apply Section 9.5(e), to make an election under Section 6226(a) of the Code, commonly known as the push out election, or any analogous election under state or local tax law, if applicable; and
(v) except as otherwise provided herein, any other election the Company Representative may in Good Faith deem appropriate.
(b) Upon request of the Company Representative, each Member shall cooperate in Good Faith with the Company in connection with the Companys efforts to make any election pursuant to this Section 9.2.
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Section 9.3 Tax Returns; Information. The Company Representative shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all income and other tax and informational returns of the Company. The Company Representative shall furnish to each Member a copy of each return and statement, together with any schedules (including Internal Revenue Service Schedule K-1) or other information that a Member may require in connection with such Members own tax affairs as soon as practicable. The Company shall also (a) provide each Member with an estimate of its share of the Companys taxable income for each Fiscal Year by December 31 of such Fiscal Year, including an estimate of state and local apportionment information, (b) cause an estimated Internal Revenue Service Schedule K-1 or any successor form to be prepared and delivered to the Members within 60 days after the end of Fiscal Year, including any appropriate state and local apportionment information and (c) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Members a final Internal Revenue Service Schedule K-1, including any appropriate state and local apportionment information, as soon as practicable, but in no event more than seventy-five (75) days after the end of each Fiscal Year. Each Member agrees to (a) take all actions reasonably requested by the Company or the Company Representative to comply with the Partnership Tax Audit Rules and (b) furnish to the Company (i) all reasonably requested certificates or statements relating to the tax matters of the Company (including a validly executed IRS Form W-9, if such Member qualifies to deliver such form), and (ii) all pertinent information in its possession relating to the Companys operations that is reasonably necessary to enable the Companys tax returns to be prepared and timely filed. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no provision of this Agreement shall require, or give any Person the right to require, any Person to file any amended tax return.
Section 9.4 Company Representative. PubCo is specially authorized and appointed to act as the Company Representative and in any similar capacity under state or local Law. The Company Representative shall designate a designated individual in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 301.6223-1(b)(3). Subject to the Business Combination Agreement, the Company and the Members (including any Member designated as the Company Representative prior to the date hereof) shall cooperate fully with each other and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause PubCo (or any other Person subsequently designated) to become the Company Representative with respect to any taxable period of the Company (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any taxable year ending on or before the Effective Date) with respect to which the statute of limitations has not yet expired, including (as applicable) by filing certifications pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 301.6231(a)(7)-1(d). The Company Representative may retain, at the Companys expense, such outside counsel, accountants and other professional consultants as it may reasonably deem necessary in the course of fulfilling its obligations as Company Representative.
Section 9.5 Withholding Tax Payments and Obligations.
(a) Withholding Tax Payments. Upon providing reasonable advance written notice of its intention to withhold and giving a Member a reasonable opportunity to demonstrate that withholding may not be required or, alternatively, that withholding of a lesser tax rate may be permissible, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries may withhold from distributions, allocations or portions thereof if it is required to do so by any applicable rule, regulation or Law, and each Member hereby authorizes the Company and its Subsidiaries to withhold or pay on behalf of or with respect to such Member, any amount of U.S. federal, state or local or non-U.S. taxes that the Company Representative determines, in Good Faith, that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required to withhold or pay with respect to any amount distributable or allocable to such Member pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) Allocation of Tax Payments. To the extent that any tax is paid by (or withheld from amounts payable to) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the Company Representative determines, in Good Faith, that such tax (including any Company Level Tax) specifically relates to one or more particular Members, such tax shall be treated as an amount of tax withheld or paid with respect to such Member pursuant to this Section 9.5. Any determinations made by the Company Representative pursuant to this Section 9.5 shall be binding on the Members.
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(c) Tax Contribution and Indemnity Obligation. Any amounts withheld or paid with respect to a Member pursuant to Section 9.5(a) or Section 9.5(b) (other than the payment of Company Level Taxes) shall be offset against any distributions to which such Member is entitled concurrently with such withholding or payment (a Tax Offset); provided that the amount of any distribution subject to a Tax Offset shall be treated as having been distributed to such Member pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 10.2(b)(iii) at the time such Tax Offset is made. To the extent that (i) the amount of such Tax Offset exceeds the distributions to which such Member is entitled concurrently with such withholding or payment (an Excess Tax Amount), or (ii) there is a payment of Company Level Taxes relating to a Member, the amount of such (A) Excess Tax Amount or (B) Company Level Taxes, as applicable, shall, upon notification to such Member by the Company Representative, give rise to an obligation of such Member to make a capital contribution to the Company (a Tax Contribution Obligation), which Tax Contribution Obligation shall be immediately due and payable. If a Member defaults with respect to its Tax Contribution Obligation, the Company shall be entitled to offset the amount of a Members Tax Contribution Obligation against distributions to which such Member would otherwise be subsequently entitled until the full amount of such Tax Contribution Obligation has been contributed to the Company or has been recovered through offset against distributions and, for the avoidance of doubt, any such offset shall be treated as distributed to such Member pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 10.2(b), as applicable, at the time such offset is made. To the extent that the Company Representative determines it is appropriate for purposes of properly maintaining Capital Accounts, (x) any payment by a Member with respect to such Members Tax Contribution Obligation shall increase such Members Capital Account, but shall not reduce the amount (if any) that a Member is otherwise obligated to contribute to the Company, and (y) any recovery of such Tax Contribution Obligation through an offset against distributions to such Member shall not reduce such Members Capital Account by the amount of such offset. Each Member hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the Company a security interest in such Members Units to secure such Members obligation to pay the Company any amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Section 9.5. Each Member shall take such actions as the Company may reasonably request in order to perfect or enforce the security interest created hereunder. Each Member hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the other Members, the Company Representative and the Board from and against any liability (including any liability for Company Level Taxes) with respect to income attributable to or distributions or other payments to such Member.
(d) Continued Obligations of Former Members. Any Person who ceases to be a Member shall be deemed to be a Member solely for purposes of this Section 9.5, and the obligations of a Member pursuant to this Section 9.5 shall survive until thirty (30) days after the closing of the applicable statute of limitations on assessment with respect to the taxes withheld or paid by the Company or a Subsidiary that relate to the period during which such Person was actually a Member. If the Board determines in its sole discretion that seeking indemnification for Company Level Taxes from a former Member is not practicable, or that seeking such indemnification failed, then, in either case, the Board may (i) recover any liability for Company Level Taxes from the substituted Member that acquired directly or indirectly the applicable interest in the Company from such former Member or (ii) treat such liability for Company Level Taxes as a Company expense.
(e) Board Discretion Regarding Recovery of Taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may choose not to recover an amount of Company Level Taxes or other taxes withheld or paid with respect to a Member under this Section 9.5 to the extent that there are no distributions to which such Member is entitled that may be offset by such amounts if the Board determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such a decision would be in the best interests of the Members (e.g., where the cost of recovering the amount of taxes withheld or paid with respect to such Member is not justified in light of the amount that may be recovered from such Member).
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Section 9.6 Coordination with Business Combination Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the event of any conflict between Section 9.13 of the Business Combination Agreement and this Agreement, Section 9.13 of the Business Combination Agreement shall control. No Pre-Closing Period Tax Proceeding or Straddle Period Tax Proceeding (as those terms are used in the Business Combination Agreement) may be settled, compromised or abandoned without the prior written consent of TCV VIII, L.P. if such settlement, compromise, or abandonment would reasonably be expected to materially, adversely, and disproportionately affect any of TCV VIII (A) VT, L.P., TCV VIII (A) VT, Inc., TCV VIII (A), L.P., TCV VIII, L.P., TCV VIII (B), L.P., or TCV Member Fund, L.P. (or their direct or indirect equityholders) as compared to the impact on the other applicable Company Holders (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement).
ARTICLE X
DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION
Section 10.1 Liquidating Events. The Company shall dissolve and commence winding up and liquidating upon the first to occur of the following (each, a Liquidating Event):
(a) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; and
(b) the determination of the Board (with the consent of PubCo) to dissolve, wind up, and liquidate the Company.
The Members hereby agree that the Company shall not dissolve prior to the occurrence of a Liquidating Event and that no Member shall seek a dissolution of the Company, under Section 18-802 of the Act or otherwise, other than based on the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (b) above. If it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Company has dissolved prior to the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, the Members hereby agree to continue the business of the Company without a winding up or liquidation. In the event of a dissolution pursuant to Section 10.1(b), the relative economic rights of each class of Units immediately prior to such dissolution shall be preserved to the greatest extent practicable with respect to distributions made to Members pursuant to Section 10.2 in connection with such dissolution, taking into consideration tax and other legal constraints that may adversely affect one or more parties to such dissolution and subject to compliance with applicable Laws and regulations, unless, with respect to any class of Units, holders of a majority of the Units of such class consent in writing to a treatment other than as described above.
Section 10.2 Procedure.
(a) In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the Board or such other Person as is designated by the Board (Winding-Up Member) shall commence to wind up the affairs of the Company and, subject to Section 10.3(a), such Winding-Up Member shall have full right and unlimited discretion to determine in Good Faith the time, manner and terms of any sale or sales of the Property or other assets pursuant to such liquidation, having due regard to the activity and condition of the relevant market and general financial and economic conditions. The Members shall continue to share profits, losses and distributions during the period of liquidation in the same manner and proportion as though the Company had not dissolved. The Company shall engage in no further business except as may be necessary, in the reasonable discretion of the Board or the Winding-Up Member, as applicable, to preserve the value of the Companys assets during the period of dissolution and liquidation.
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(b) Following the payment of all expenses of liquidation and the allocation of all Profits and Losses as provided in Article IV, the proceeds of the liquidation and any other funds of the Company shall be distributed in the following order of priority:
(i) first, to the payment and discharge of all of the Companys debts and Liabilities to creditors (whether third parties or Members), in the order of priority as provided by Law, except any obligations to the Members in respect of their Capital Accounts;
(ii) second, to set up such cash reserves which the Board reasonably deems necessary for contingent or unforeseen Liabilities or future payments described in Section 10.2(b)(i) (which reserves when they become unnecessary shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (iii) below); and
(iii) third, the balance to the Members holding Vested Units, pro rata in accordance with the number of Vested Units owned by each Member.
(c) Except as provided in Section 10.3(a), no Member shall have any right to demand or receive property other than cash upon dissolution and termination of the Company.
(d) Upon the completion of the liquidation of the Company and the distribution of all Company funds, the Company shall terminate and the Board or the Winding-Up Member, as the case may be, shall have the authority to execute and record a certificate of cancellation of the Company, as well as any and all other documents required to effectuate the dissolution and termination of the Company.
Section 10.3 Rights of Members.
(a) Each Member irrevocably waives any right that it may have to maintain an action for partition with respect to the property of the Company.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, (i) each Member shall look solely to the assets of the Company for the return of its Capital Contributions and (ii) no Member shall have priority over any other Member as to the return of its Capital Contributions, distributions or allocations.
Section 10.4 Notices of Dissolution. If a Liquidating Event occurs or an event occurs that would, but for the provisions of Section 10.1, result in a dissolution of the Company, the Company shall, within 30 days thereafter, (a) provide written notice thereof to each of the Members and to all other parties with whom the Company regularly conducts business (as determined in the discretion of the Board), and (b) comply, in a timely manner, with all filing and notice requirements under the Act or any other applicable Law.
Section 10.5 Reasonable Time for Winding Up. A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding up of the business and affairs of the Company and the liquidation of its assets in order to minimize any losses that might otherwise result from such winding up.
Section 10.6 No Deficit Restoration. No Member shall be personally liable for a deficit Capital Account balance of that Member, it being expressly understood that the distribution of liquidation proceeds shall be made solely from existing Company assets.
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ARTICLE XI
GENERAL
Section 11.1 Amendments; Waivers.
(a) The terms and provisions of this Agreement may only be waived, modified or amended (including by means of merger, consolidation or other business combination to which the Company is a party) with the prior written approval of (x) PubCo, (y) the Company and (z) the holders of a majority of the outstanding vested Units held by Members other than PubCo Holdings Group; provided that no waiver, modification or amendment shall be effective until at least 5 Business Days after written notice is provided to the Members that the requisite consent has been obtained for such waiver, modification or amendment, and, for the avoidance of doubt, any Member, including any Member not providing written consent, shall have the right to file a Redemption Notice prior to the effectiveness of such waiver, modification or amendment; provided further, that no amendment to this Agreement may:
(i) modify the limited liability of any Member, or increase the liabilities or obligations of any Member, in each case, without the prior written consent of each such affected Member; or
(ii) materially alter or change any rights, preferences or privileges of any Interests in a manner that is different or prejudicial (or would have a different or prejudicial effect) relative to any other Interests, without the approval of a majority in interest of the Members holding the Interests affected in such a different or prejudicial manner
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.1(a), the Board, acting alone, may, and PubCo may cause the Board to, amend this Agreement or update the books and records of the Company (i) to reflect the admission of new Members, Transfers of Interests, the issuance of additional Units or Equity Securities, as provided by the terms of this Agreement, and, subject to Section 11.1(a), subdivisions or combinations of Units made in compliance with Section 3.1(g), (ii) to the minimum extent necessary to comply with or administer in an equitable manner the Partnership Tax Audit Rules in any manner determined by the Board, and (iii) as necessary to avoid the Company being classified as a publicly traded partnership within the meaning of Section 7704(b) of the Code.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.1(a), in connection with any acquisition, merger, business combination or other similar transaction in which Units will be issued as consideration, upon the prior written approval of the holders of at least 50% of the outstanding Vested Units (prior to giving effect to such transaction), the terms and provisions of Section 6.1 of this Agreement (and the related provisions and references) may be amended to modify the governance structure of the Company.
(d) No waiver of any provision or default under, nor consent to any exception to, the terms of this Agreement or any agreement contemplated hereby shall be effective unless in writing and signed by the party to be bound and then only to the specific purpose, extent and instance so provided.
Section 11.2 Further Assurances. Each party hereto agrees that it will from time to time, upon the reasonable request of another party, execute such documents and instruments and take such further action as may be required to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement.
Section 11.3 Successors and Assigns. All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon the parties and their respective successors and assigns, but shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the successors and assigns of any Member only to the extent that they are permitted successors and assigns pursuant to the terms hereof. No party hereto may assign its rights hereunder except as herein expressly permitted.
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Section 11.4 Certain Representations by Members. Each Member (or, if such Member is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Members regarded owner for such purposes), by executing this Agreement and becoming a Member, whether by making a Capital Contribution, by admission in connection with a permitted Transfer, or otherwise, represents and warrants to the Company and PubCo, as of the date of its admission as a Member, that such Member is either (a) not a partnership, grantor trust, or a Subchapter S corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (e.g., an individual or a Subchapter C corporation), or (b) is a partnership, grantor trust, or a Subchapter S corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, but (i) permitting the Company to satisfy the 100-partner limitation set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(1)(ii) is not a principal purpose of any beneficial owner of such Member in investing in the Company through such Member, (ii) such Member was formed for business purposes prior to or in connection with the investment by such Member in the Company or for estate planning purposes, and (iii) no beneficial owner of such Member has a redemption or similar right with respect to such Member that is intended to correlate to such Members right to Redemption pursuant to Section 3.6.
Section 11.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with all Exhibits and Schedules hereto and all other agreements referenced therein and herein, including the Business Combination Agreement, the Business Combination TRA and the Warrant Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the parties and there are no warranties, representations or other agreements between the parties in connection with the subject matter hereof except as specifically set forth herein and therein.
Section 11.6 Rights of Members Independent. The rights available to the Members under this Agreement and at Law shall be deemed to be several and not dependent on each other and each such right accordingly shall be construed as complete in itself and not by reference to any other such right. Any one or more and/or any combination of such rights may be exercised by a Member and/or the Company from time to time and no such exercise shall exhaust the rights or preclude another Member from exercising any one or more of such rights or combination thereof from time to time thereafter or simultaneously.
Section 11.7 Governing Law. This Agreement, the legal relations between the parties and any Action, whether contractual or non-contractual, instituted by any party with respect to matters arising under or growing out of or in connection with or in respect of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and performed in such State and without regard to conflicts of law doctrines, except to the extent that certain matters are preempted by federal Law or are governed as a matter of controlling Law by the Law of the jurisdiction of organization of the respective parties.
Section 11.8 Jurisdiction and Venue. The parties hereto hereby agree and consent to be subject to the jurisdiction of any federal court of the District of Delaware or the Delaware Court of Chancery over any action, suit or proceeding (a Legal Action) arising out of or in connection with this Agreement. The parties hereto irrevocably waive the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any such Legal Action. Each of the parties hereto further irrevocably consents to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such Legal Action by the mailing of copies thereof by registered mail, postage prepaid, to such party at its address set forth in this Agreement, such service of process to be effective upon acknowledgment of receipt of such registered mail. Nothing in this Section 11.8 shall affect the right of any party hereto to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law.
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Section 11.9 Headings. The descriptive headings of the Articles, Sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.
Section 11.10 Counterparts. This Agreement and any amendment hereto or any other agreement (or document) delivered pursuant hereto may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties in separate counterparts. All of such counterparts shall constitute one and the same agreement (or other document) and shall become effective (unless otherwise provided therein) when one or more counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party.
Section 11.11 Notices. Any notice or other communication hereunder must be given in writing and (a) delivered in person, (b) transmitted by facsimile, by telecommunications mechanism or electronically, or (c) mailed by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, receipt requested as follows:
If to the Company or PubCo, addressed to it at:
Nerdy Inc.
101 S. Hanley Rd., Suite 350
St. Louis, MO 63105
Attention: Charles K. Cohn
Email: charles@nerdy.com and charles@varsitytutors.com
With copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Goodwin Procter LLP
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210
Attention: John Mutkoski and Jocelyn Arel
Email: jmutkoski@goodwinlaw.com and jarel@goodwinlaw.com
or to such other address or to such other Person as either party shall have last designated by such notice to the other parties. Each such notice or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by telecommunication or electronically, when transmitted to the applicable number or electronic mail address so specified in (or pursuant to) this Section 11.11 and an appropriate answerback is received or, if transmitted after 4:00 p.m. local time on a Business Day in the jurisdiction to which such notice is sent or at any time on a day that is not a Business Day in the jurisdiction to which such notice is sent, then on the immediately following Business Day, (ii) if given by mail, on the first Business Day in the jurisdiction to which such notice is sent following the date three days after such communication is deposited in the mails with first class postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid or (iii) if given by any other means, on the Business Day when actually received at such address or, if not received on a Business Day, on the Business Day immediately following such actual receipt.
Section 11.12 Representation By Counsel; Interpretation. The parties acknowledge that each party to this Agreement has been represented by counsel in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Accordingly, any rule of Law, or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the party that drafted it has no application and is expressly waived.
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Section 11.13 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by any Governmental Entity, the remaining provisions of this Agreement, to the extent permitted by Law shall remain in full force and effect; provided that the essential terms and conditions of this Agreement for all parties remain valid, binding and enforceable.
Section 11.14 Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each party shall bear its own expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 11.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE MEMBERS, THE MANAGERS AND ANY INDEMNITEES SEEKING REMEDIES HEREUNDER HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED ON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE.
Section 11.16 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as expressly provided in Section 6.2 and Section 10.2(b), nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, any rights or remedies under this Agreement or otherwise create any third party beneficiary hereto.
Section 11.17 No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement (except in the case of the immediately succeeding sentence) or any document, agreement, or instrument delivered contemporaneously herewith, and notwithstanding the fact that any Member may be a partnership or limited liability company, each Member hereto, by its acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement, covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no Persons other than the Members shall have any obligation hereunder and that it has no rights of recovery hereunder against, and no recourse hereunder or under any documents, agreements, or instruments delivered contemporaneously herewith or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith or therewith shall be had against, any former, current or future director, officer, agent, Affiliate, manager, assignee, incorporator, controlling Person, fiduciary, representative or employee of any Member (or any of their successor or permitted assignees), against any former, current, or future general or limited partner, manager, stockholder or member of any Member (or any of their successors or permitted assignees) or any Affiliate thereof or against any former, current or future director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate, manager, assignee, incorporator, controlling Person, fiduciary, representative, general or limited partner, stockholder, manager or member of any of the foregoing, but in each case not including the Members (each, but excluding for the avoidance of doubt, the Members, a Member Affiliate), whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate veil, by or through a claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) by or on behalf of such party against the Member Affiliates, by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable Law, or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on, or otherwise be incurred by any Member Affiliate, as such, for any obligations of the applicable party under this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, under any documents or instruments delivered contemporaneously herewith, in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith or therewith, or for any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Member Affiliate may have obligations under any documents, agreements or instruments delivered contemporaneously herewith or otherwise contemplated by this Agreement if such Member Affiliate is a party to such document, agreement, agreement or instrument. Except to the extent otherwise expressly set forth in, and subject in all cases to the terms and conditions of and limitations herein, this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim or cause of action of any kind based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement, may only be brought against the Persons that are expressly named as parties hereto and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such Member. Each Member Affiliate is expressly intended as a third-party beneficiary of this Section 11.17.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.
COMPANY: | ||
NERDY LLC | ||
By: | ||
Name: | Charles K. Cohn | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF
NERDY LLC
Exhibit A
Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION COPY
TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT
Between
NERDY INC.
and
THE PERSONS NAMED HEREIN
Dated as of September 20, 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1. |
Definitions |
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ARTICLE II |
DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN REALIZED TAX BENEFIT |
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Section 2.1. |
Basis Schedule |
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Section 2.2. |
Tax Benefit Schedule |
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Section 2.3. |
Procedures, Amendments |
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ARTICLE III |
TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS |
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Section 3.1. |
Payments |
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Section 3.2. |
No Duplicative Payments |
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Section 3.3. |
Pro Rata Payments |
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Section 3.4. |
Payment Ordering |
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Section 3.5. |
Excess Payments |
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ARTICLE IV |
TERMINATION |
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Section 4.1. |
Early Termination of Agreement; Breach of Agreement |
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Section 4.2. |
Early Termination Notice |
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Section 4.3. |
Payment upon Early Termination |
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ARTICLE V |
SUBORDINATION AND LATE PAYMENTS |
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Section 5.1. |
Subordination |
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Section 5.2. |
Late Payments by the Corporate Taxpayer |
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ARTICLE VI |
NO DISPUTES; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION |
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Section 6.1. |
Participation in the Corporate Taxpayers and OpCos Tax Matters |
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Section 6.2. |
Consistency |
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Section 6.3. |
Cooperation |
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ARTICLE VII |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 7.1. |
Notices |
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Section 7.2. |
Counterparts |
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Section 7.3. |
Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 7.4. |
Governing Law |
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Section 7.5. |
Severability |
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Section 7.6. |
Successors; Assignment; Amendments; Waivers |
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Section 7.7. |
Titles and Subtitles |
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Section 7.8. |
Resolution of Disputes |
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Section 7.9. |
Reconciliation |
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Section 7.10. |
Withholding |
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Section 7.11. |
Admission of the Corporate Taxpayer into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets |
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Section 7.12. |
Confidentiality |
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Section 7.13. |
Change in Law |
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Section 7.14. |
Electronic Signature |
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Section 7.15. |
Independent Nature of TRA Parties and Interests Parties Rights and Obligations |
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Section 7.16. |
TRA Party Representative |
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Section 7.17. |
LLC Agreement |
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TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT
This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is dated as of September 20, 2021, and is between Nerdy Inc., a Delaware corporation, each of the undersigned parties, and each of the other persons from time to time that becomes a party hereto (each, excluding Nerdy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (OpCo), a TRA Party and together the TRA Parties).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the TRA Parties directly or indirectly hold units (the Units) in OpCo, which is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
WHEREAS, after the BCA Closing (as defined below) the Corporate Taxpayer (as defined below) will be the sole managing member of OpCo, and will hold, directly and/or indirectly, Units;
WHEREAS, the Units held by the TRA Parties may be exchanged for shares of Class A common stock (the Class A Shares) of the Corporate Taxpayer (as defined below), in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the LLC Agreement (as defined below);
WHEREAS, OpCo and each of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries (as defined below) that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes will have in effect an election under Section 754 of the U. S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), for each Taxable Year (as defined below) that includes the BCA Closing Date (as defined below) and for each Taxable Year (as defined below) in which a there is taxable acquisition (including a deemed taxable acquisition under Section 707(a) of the Code) of Units by the Corporate Taxpayer or by OpCo from any of the TRA Parties (an Exchanging Holder) for Class A Shares and/or other consideration or a taxable distribution (or deemed distribution) from OpCo to any of the TRA Parties (each, an Exchange), including pursuant to that certain merger of TPG Pace Tech Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, with and into OpCo, with OpCo surviving the merger, pursuant to the BCA (as defined below), as set forth in Section 9.13 of the BCA (as defined below);
WHEREAS, the income, gain, loss, expense and other Tax items of the Corporate Taxpayer may be affected by the (i) Basis Adjustments and (ii) Imputed Interest (each as defined below) (collectively, the Tax Attributes); and
WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement desire to provide for certain payments and make certain arrangements with respect to the effect of the Tax Attributes on the liability for Taxes (as defined below) of the Corporate Taxpayer.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth in this Article I shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined).
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Actual Tax Liability means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the sum of (i) the actual liability for U.S. federal income Taxes of the Corporate Taxpayer as reported on its IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) for such Taxable Year, and, without duplication, the portion of any liability for U.S. federal income taxes imposed directly on OpCo (and OpCos applicable Subsidiaries) under Section 6225 or any similar provision of the Code that is allocable to the Corporate Taxpayer under Section 704 of the Code (provided, that such amount set forth in clause (i) will be calculated excluding deductions of (and other impacts of) state and local income taxes) and (ii) the product of the amount of the U.S. federal taxable income or gain for such Taxable Year reported on the Corporate Taxpayers IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) (provided, that such amount will be calculated excluding deductions of (and other impacts of) state and local income taxes) and the Assumed Rate.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person.
Agreed Rate means a per annum rate of the lesser of (i) 6.5% and (ii) LIBOR plus 100 basis points.
Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.
Amended Schedule has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b) of this Agreement.
Assumed Rate means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the product of (a) the excess of (i) one hundred percent (100%) over (ii) the highest U.S. federal corporate income tax rate for such Taxable Year (expressed as a percentage) and (b) the sum, with respect to each state and local jurisdiction in which the Corporate Taxpayer files Tax Returns, of the products of (i) the Corporate Taxpayers tax apportionment rate(s) for such jurisdiction for such Taxable Year and (ii) the highest corporate tax rate(s) for such jurisdiction for such Taxable Year.
Attributable means the portion of any Tax Attribute of the Corporate Taxpayer that is Attributable to any present or former holder of Units, other than the Corporate Taxpayer, and shall be determined by reference to the Tax Attributes, under the following principles:
(i) any Basis Adjustments shall be determined separately with respect to each Exchanging Holder, using reasonable methods for tracking such Basis Adjustments, and are Attributable to each Exchanging Holder in an amount equal to the total Basis Adjustments relating to such Units Exchanged by such Exchanging Holder (determined without regard to any dilutive or antidilutive effect of any contribution to or distribution from OpCo after the date of an applicable Exchange, and taking into account (i) Section 704(c) of the Code and (ii) any adjustment under Section 734(b) or Section 743(b) of the Code); and
(ii) any deduction to the Corporate Taxpayer with respect to a Taxable Year in respect of Imputed Interest is Attributable to the Person that is required to include the Imputed Interest in income (without regard to whether such Person is actually subject to Tax thereon).
Basis Adjustment means the adjustment to the Tax basis of a Reference Asset under Sections 732, 734(b)) and/or 1012 of the Code (in situations where, as a result of one or more Exchanges, OpCo becomes an entity that is disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or under Sections 734(b), 743(b) and/or 754 of the Code (in situations where, following an Exchange, OpCo remains in existence as an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) as a result of an Exchange and the payments made pursuant to this Agreement in respect of such Exchange. For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of any Basis Adjustment resulting from an Exchange of one or more Units shall be determined without regard to any Pre-Exchange Transfer of such Units and as if any such Pre-Exchange Transfer had not occurred.
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BCA means the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2021, by and among TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability under company number 353460, TPG Pace Tech Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, TCV VIII (A) VT, Inc., a Delaware corporation, LCSOF XI VT, Inc., a Delaware corporation, TPG Pace Blocker Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation, TPG Pace Blocker Merger Sub II Inc., a Delaware corporation, Live Learning Technologies, LLC, a Missouri limited liability company, and the Blocker Holders (as defined therein), as amended.
BCA Closing means the closing of the transactions contemplated by the BCA.
BCA Closing Date means the closing date of the BCA Closing.
Basis Schedule has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of this Agreement.
Beneficial Owner means, with respect to any security, a Person who directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares: (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security; and/or (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, such security. The term Beneficial Ownership shall have a correlative meaning.
Board means the Board of Directors of the Corporate Taxpayer.
Business Day means each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following events or series of events after the closing of the transactions contemplated by the BCA:
(a) any Person (excluding any Qualifying Owner or any group of Qualifying Owners acting together that would constitute a group for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and excluding a corporation or other entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Corporate Taxpayer in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the stock of the Corporate Taxpayer) is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporate Taxpayer representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Corporate Taxpayers then outstanding voting securities; or
(b) the Incumbent Directors cease for any reason, other than by reason of any party to the Stockholder Agreement waiving its rights to a Designated Director (as defined in the Stockholder Agreement) or an amendment to the Stockholder Agreement eliminating or modifying the number of Designated Directors, to constitute a majority of the number of directors of the Corporate Taxpayer then serving; for purposes of this clause (b), Incumbent Directors means (x) individuals who, on the BCA Closing Date, constitute the Board, (y) any individual whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Corporate Taxpayers stockholders was made pursuant to the Stockholder Agreement (including any Cohn Director), and (z) any new director whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Corporate Taxpayers stockholders was approved or recommended by either (1) a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Incumbent Directors then in office or (2) a majority of the Cohn Directors, in each of clauses (1) and (2), either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Corporate Taxpayer in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination; or
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(c) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Corporate Taxpayer with any other corporation or other entity, and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, either (x) the Board immediately prior to the merger or consolidation does not constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the company surviving the merger or, if the surviving company is Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof, or (y) the voting securities of the Corporate Taxpayer immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not continue to represent or are not converted into more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof; or
(d) the shareholders of the Corporate Taxpayer approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporate Taxpayer or there is consummated an agreement or series of related agreements for the sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by the Corporate Taxpayer of all or substantially all of the Corporate Taxpayers assets (including a sale of all of the equity interests in OpCo held by the Corporate Taxpayer), other than such sale or other disposition by the Corporate Taxpayer of all or substantially all of the Corporate Taxpayers assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Corporate Taxpayer in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Corporate Taxpayer immediately prior to such sale.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except with respect to clause (b) and clause (c)(x) above, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the shares of the Corporate Taxpayer immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns, either directly or through a Subsidiary, all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporate Taxpayer immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.
Change of Control Acceleration Election has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c)(i) of this Agreement.
Class A Shares has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.
Code has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.
Cohn means Cohn Investments, LLC.
Cohn Director has the meaning assigned to such term in the Stockholder Agreement.
Control means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Corporate Taxpayer means Nerdy Inc. and any successor corporation and shall include any company that is a member of any consolidated Tax Return of which Nerdy Inc. is a member. For the avoidance of doubt, this term as used in the definition of Board and Change of Control means only Nerdy Inc. and any successor corporation.
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Corporate Taxpayer Return means the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporate Taxpayer filed with respect to Taxes of any Taxable Year, including any consolidated Tax Return.
Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit for a Taxable Year means the cumulative amount (but not less than zero) of Realized Tax Benefits for all Taxable Years of the Corporate Taxpayer, up to and including such Taxable Year, net of the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Detriments for the same period. The Realized Tax Benefit and Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year shall be determined based on the most recent Tax Benefit Schedules or Amended Schedules, if any, in existence at the time of such determination; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the computation of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit shall be adjusted to reflect any applicable Determination with respect to any Realized Tax Benefits and/or Realized Tax Detriments.
Default Rate means a per annum rate of LIBOR plus 500 basis points.
Determination has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1313(a) of the Code or any other event (including the execution of IRS Form 870- AD), including a settlement with the applicable Taxing Authority, that finally and conclusively establishes the amount of any liability for Tax.
Dispute has the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(a) of this Agreement.
Early Termination Date means the date of an Early Termination Notice for purposes of determining the Early Termination Payment.
Early Termination Effective Date means the date on which an Early Termination Schedule becomes binding pursuant to Section 4.2.
Early Termination Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.
Early Termination Payment has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(b) of this Agreement.
Early Termination Rate means the lesser of (i) 6.5% and (ii) LIBOR plus 150 basis points.
Early Termination Schedule has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.
Exchange has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.
Exchange Act has the meaning assigned to such term in the LLC Agreement.
Exchange Date means the date of any Exchange.
Exchanging Holder has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.
Expert has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9 of this Agreement.
Future TRAs has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 of this Agreement.
Hypothetical Tax Liability means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the liability for Taxes of (i) the Corporate Taxpayer and (ii) without duplication, the portion of any liability for U.S. federal income taxes imposed directly on OpCo (and OpCos applicable subsidiaries) under Section 6225 or any similar provision of the Code that is allocable to the Corporate Taxpayer under Section 704 of the Code, in each case using the same methods, elections, conventions and similar practices used on the relevant Corporate Taxpayer Return, but (a) using the Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis as reflected on the Basis Schedule, including
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amendments thereto, for the Taxable Year and (b) excluding any deduction attributable to Imputed Interest attributable to any payment made under this Agreement for the Taxable Year; provided, that Hypothetical Tax Liability shall be calculated (x) excluding deductions of state and local income taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (y) assuming the liability for state and local Taxes (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, U.S. federal taxes) shall be equal to the product of (i) the amount of the U.S. federal taxable income or gain calculated for purposes of this definition of Hypothetical Tax Liability for such Taxable Year multiplied by (ii) the Assumed Rate. For the avoidance of doubt, Hypothetical Tax Liability shall be determined without taking into account the carryover or carryback of any Tax item (or portions thereof) that is attributable to a Tax Attribute, as applicable.
Imputed Interest in respect of a TRA Party means any interest imputed under Section 1272, 1274, 7872 or 483 or other provision of the Code with respect to the Corporate Taxpayers payment obligations in respect of such TRA Party under this Agreement.
Interest Amount has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.
IRS means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
Joinder has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a) of this Agreement.
LIBOR means, during any period, the rate which appears on the Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or on such other substitute Bloomberg page that displays rates at which U.S. dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market), or the rate which is quoted by another source selected by the Corporate Taxpayer as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying rates at which U.S. dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market (an Alternate Source), at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such period as the London interbank offered rate for U.S. dollars having a borrowing date and a maturity comparable to such period (or if there shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or any substitute page) or any LIBOR Alternate Source, a comparable replacement rate determined by the Corporate Taxpayer at such time, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error); provided, that at no time shall LIBOR be less than 0%. If the Corporate Taxpayer has made the determination (such determination to be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) LIBOR is no longer a widely recognized benchmark rate for newly originated loans in the U.S. loan market in U.S. dollars or (ii) the applicable supervisor or administrator (if any) of LIBOR has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR shall no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans in the U.S. loan market in U.S. dollars, then the Corporate Taxpayer shall (as determined by the Corporate Taxpayer to be consistent with market practice generally), establish a replacement interest rate (the Replacement Rate), in which case, the Replacement Rate shall, subject to the next two sentences, replace LIBOR for all purposes under this Agreement. In connection with the establishment and application of the Replacement Rate, this Agreement shall be amended solely with the consent of the Corporate Taxpayer and OpCo, as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable judgment of the Corporate Taxpayer, to effect the provisions of this section. The Replacement Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that, in each case, to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Corporate Taxpayer, such Replacement Rate shall be applied as otherwise reasonably determined by the Corporate Taxpayer.
LLC Agreement means, with respect to OpCo, the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OpCo, dated on or about the date hereof, as such agreement may be further amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time.
LLC Unit Holder means a holder of Units other than the Corporate Taxpayer.
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Market Value the volume-weighted average share price of the Class A Shares as displayed on the Corporate Taxpayers page on Bloomberg (or any successor service) in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the relevant trading day.
Net Tax Benefit has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.
Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis means, with respect to any Reference Asset, the Tax basis that such asset would have had at such time if no Basis Adjustments had been made.
Objection Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.
OpCo has the meaning set forth in the Preamble of this Agreement.
Person has the meaning assigned to such term in the LLC Agreement.
Pre-Exchange Transfer means any transfer (including upon the death of an LLC Unit Holder) or distribution in respect of one or more Units (i) that occurs prior to an Exchange of such Units, and (ii) to which Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code applies.
Qualifying Owner has the meaning assigned to such term in the LLC Agreement.
Realized Tax Benefit means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax Liability over the Actual Tax Liability of (i) the Corporate Taxpayer and (ii) without duplication, OpCo (and OpCos applicable subsidiaries), but only with respect to Taxes imposed on OpCo (and OpCos applicable subsidiaries) that are allocable to the Corporate Taxpayer under Section 704 of the Code. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Benefit unless and until there has been a Determination with respect to such Actual Tax Liability.
Realized Tax Detriment means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the Actual Tax Liability over the Hypothetical Tax Liability of (i) the Corporate Taxpayer and (ii) without duplication, OpCo (and OpCos applicable subsidiaries), but only with respect to Taxes imposed on OpCo (and OpCos applicable subsidiaries) that are allocable to the Corporate Taxpayer under Section 704 of the Code. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Detriment unless and until there has been a Determination with respect to such Actual Tax Liability.
Reconciliation Dispute has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9 of this Agreement.
Reconciliation Procedures has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.
Reference Asset means an asset that is held by OpCo, or by any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries treated as a partnership or disregarded entity (but only to the extent such indirect Subsidiaries are held through Subsidiaries treated as partnerships or disregarded entities) for purposes of the applicable Tax, at the time of an Exchange. A Reference Asset also includes any asset that is substituted basis property under Section 7701(a)(42) of the Code with respect to a Reference Asset. For the avoidance of doubt, a Reference Asset does not include an asset held directly or indirectly by a Subsidiary treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Schedule means any of the following: (i) a Basis Schedule; (ii) a Tax Benefit Schedule; or (iii) the Early Termination Schedule.
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Senior Obligations has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 of this Agreement.
Stockholder Agreement means the Stockholder Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, by and among TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company, TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Sponsor, Series LLC, a Delaware series limited liability company, Cohn Investments, LLC, Charles K. Cohn VT Trust U/A/D May 26, 2017, Learn (as defined therein), and TCV (as defined therein).
Subsidiary has the meaning assigned to such term in the LLC Agreement.
Subsidiary Stock means stock or other equity interest in a Subsidiary of OpCo that is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Tax Attributes has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.
Tax Benefit Payment has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.
Tax Benefit Schedule has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement.
Tax Return means any return, declaration, report or similar statement filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes (including any attached schedules), including, without limitation, any information return, claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated Tax.
Taxable Year means a taxable year of the Corporate Taxpayer as defined in Section 441(b) of the Code or comparable section of state or local Tax law, as applicable (and, therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, may include a period of less than twelve (12) months for which a Tax Return is made), ending on or after the BCA Closing Date.
Taxes means any and all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign taxes, assessments or similar charges that are based on or measured with respect to net income or profits, and any interest related to such Tax.
Taxing Authority means any domestic, federal, national, state, county or municipal or other local government, any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any quasi-governmental body exercising any taxing authority or any other authority exercising Tax regulatory authority.
TRA Party has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.
TRA Party Representative means Cohn (or any successor, as provided herein).
Treasury Regulations means the final, temporary and proposed regulations under the Code promulgated from time to time (including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) as in effect for the relevant taxable period.
Units has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.
Valuation Assumptions means, as of an Early Termination Date, the assumptions that in each Taxable Year ending on or after such Early Termination Date:
(1) the Corporate Taxpayer will have taxable income sufficient to fully utilize the Tax items arising from the Tax Attributes (other than any items addressed in clause (2) below) during such Taxable Year or future Taxable Years (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest that would result from future payments made under this Agreement that would be paid in accordance with the Valuation Assumptions) in which such deductions would become available,
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(2) any net operating loss carryovers, excess interest deductions, or credit carryovers or carrybacks (or similar items with respect to carryovers or carrybacks) generated by deductions arising from any Tax Attributes or Imputed Interest that are available as of the date of such Early Termination Date will be used by the Corporate Taxpayer on a pro rata basis from the date of such Early Termination Date through the earlier of (x) the scheduled expiration date under applicable Tax law of such items or (y) the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Early Termination Date,
(3) the U.S. federal, state and local income tax rates that will be in effect for each such Taxable Year will be those specified for each such Taxable Year by the Code and other law as in effect on the Early Termination Date,
(4) any non-amortizable Reference Assets (other than any Subsidiary Stock) will be disposed of on the fifteenth (15th) anniversary of the applicable Exchange and any cash equivalents will be disposed of twelve (12) months following the Early Termination Date, unless such date has passed, in which case such assets will be deemed disposed of on the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Early Termination Date; provided, that in the event of a Change of Control which includes taxable sale of such Reference Assets (including the sale of all of the equity interests in an entity classified as a partnership or disregarded entity that directly or indirectly owns such Reference Assets), such non-amortizable Reference Assets shall be deemed disposed of at the time of the Change of Control (if earlier than such fifteenth (15th) anniversary),
(5) any Subsidiary Stock will be disposed of on the fifteenth (15th) anniversary of the Early Termination Date in a fully taxable transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes; provided, that if any Subsidiary Stock is disposed of in a taxable sale in connection with a Change of Control, such Subsidiary Stock shall be deemed to be sold at the time of such Change of Control, and
(6) if, at the Early Termination Date, there are Units that have not been Exchanged, then each such Unit shall be deemed to be transferred pursuant to an Exchange for the Market Value of the Class A Shares that would be transferred if the Exchange occurred on the Early Termination Date.
ARTICLE II
DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN REALIZED TAX BENEFIT
SECTION 2.1. Basis Schedule. Within ninety (90) calendar days after the due date (including extensions) of IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) of the Corporate Taxpayer for each relevant Taxable Year in which an Exchange has been effected by a TRA Party, the Corporate Taxpayer shall deliver to each such TRA Party a schedule (the Basis Schedule) that shows, in reasonable detail necessary to perform the calculations required by this Agreement, in respect of such TRA Party (i) the Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis of the Reference Assets as of each applicable Exchange Date, if any, (ii) the Basis Adjustment with respect to the Reference Assets as a result of the Exchanges effected in such Taxable Year or any prior Taxable Year by such TRA Party, if any (calculated in the aggregate) and (iii) the period (or periods) over which each Basis Adjustment is amortizable and/or depreciable. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with the provision and preparation of the Basis Schedules and Tax Benefit Schedules under this Agreement shall be borne by OpCo.
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SECTION 2.2. Tax Benefit Schedule.
(a) Tax Benefit Schedule. Within ninety (90) calendar days after the due date (including extensions) of IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) of the Corporate Taxpayer for any Taxable Year in which there is a Realized Tax Benefit or a Realized Tax Detriment Attributable to a TRA Party, the Corporate Taxpayer shall provide to such TRA Party a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, the calculation of the Realized Tax Benefit and Tax Benefit Payment, or the Realized Tax Detriment, as applicable, in respect of such TRA Party for such Taxable Year (a Tax Benefit Schedule). Each Tax Benefit Schedule will become final as provided in Section 2.3(a) and may be amended as provided in Section 2.3(b) (subject to the procedures set forth in Section 2.3(b)).
(b) Applicable Principles. Subject to Section 3.3, the Realized Tax Benefit (or the Realized Tax Detriment) for each Taxable Year is intended to measure the decrease (or increase) in the actual liability for Taxes of the Corporate Taxpayer for such Taxable Year attributable to the Tax Attributes, determined using a with and without methodology. Carryovers or carrybacks of any Tax item attributable to any of the Tax Attributes shall be considered to be subject to the rules of the Code and the Treasury Regulations governing the use, limitation and expiration of carryovers or carrybacks of the relevant type. If a carryover or carryback of any Tax item includes a portion that is attributable to any Tax Attribute and another portion that is not, such portions shall be considered to be used in accordance with the with and without methodology. The parties agree that (A) all Tax Benefit Payments (other than the portion of the Tax Benefit Payments treated as Imputed Interest) attributable to the Basis Adjustments will be treated as subsequent upward purchase price adjustments that have the effect of creating additional Basis Adjustments to Reference Assets in the year of payment, (B) as a result, such additional Basis Adjustments will be incorporated into the current year calculation and into future year calculations, as appropriate, and (C) the Actual Tax Liability will take into account the deduction of the portion of the Tax Benefit Payment that must be accounted for as Imputed Interest.
SECTION 2.3. Procedures, Amendments.
(a) Procedure. Every time the Corporate Taxpayer delivers to a TRA Party an applicable Schedule under this Agreement, including any Amended Schedule delivered pursuant to Section 2.3(b), and any Early Termination Schedule or amended Early Termination Schedule, the Corporate Taxpayer shall also (x) deliver to such TRA Party supporting schedules and work papers, as determined by the Corporate Taxpayer or as reasonably requested by such TRA Party, providing reasonable detail regarding data and calculations that were relevant for purposes of preparing the Schedule and (y) allow such TRA Party reasonable access at no cost to the appropriate representatives at the Corporate Taxpayer, as determined by the Corporate Taxpayer or as reasonably requested by such TRA Party, in connection with a review of such Schedule. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Corporate Taxpayer shall ensure that any Tax Benefit Schedule that is delivered to a TRA Party, along with any supporting schedules and work papers, provides a reasonably detailed presentation of the calculation of the Actual Tax Liability and the Hypothetical Tax Liability and identifies any material assumptions or operating procedures or principles that were used for purposes of such calculations. An applicable Schedule or amendment thereto shall become final and binding on all parties thirty (30) calendar days from the date on which all relevant TRA Parties are treated as having received the applicable Schedule or amendment thereto under Section 7.1 unless the TRA Party Representative (i) within thirty (30) calendar days from such date provides the Corporate Taxpayer with written notice of a material objection to such Schedule (Objection Notice) made in good faith or (ii) provides a written waiver of such right of any Objection Notice within the period described in clause (i) above, in which case such Schedule or amendment thereto becomes binding on the date the waiver is received by the Corporate Taxpayer. If the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in the Objection Notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporate Taxpayer of an Objection Notice, the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative shall employ the reconciliation procedures as described in Section 7.9 of this Agreement (the Reconciliation Procedures) in which case such Schedule becomes binding ten (10) calendar days after the conclusion of the Reconciliation Procedures.
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(b) Amended Schedule. The applicable Schedule for any Taxable Year may be amended from time to time by the Corporate Taxpayer (i) in connection with a Determination affecting such Schedule, (ii) to correct material inaccuracies in the Schedule identified as a result of the receipt of additional factual information relating to a Taxable Year (including any subsequent changes in applicable law which are effective with respect to such Taxable Year) after the date the Schedule was provided to a TRA Party, (iii) to comply with an Experts determination under the Reconciliation Procedures, (iv) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit, or the Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to a carryback or carryforward of a loss or other Tax item to such Taxable Year, (v) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or the Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to an amended Tax Return filed for such Taxable Year or (vi) to adjust an applicable TRA Partys Basis Schedule to take into account payments made pursuant to this Agreement (any such Schedule, an Amended Schedule). The Corporate Taxpayer shall provide an Amended Schedule to each applicable TRA Party when the Corporate Taxpayer delivers the Basis Schedule for the following taxable year.
ARTICLE III
TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS
SECTION 3.1. Payments.
(a) Payments. Within five (5) Business Days after a Tax Benefit Schedule delivered to a TRA Party becomes final in accordance with Section 2.3(a) and Section 7.9 (as applicable), the Corporate Taxpayer shall pay such TRA Party for such Taxable Year the Tax Benefit Payment determined pursuant to Section 3.1(b) that is Attributable to such TRA Party. Each such Tax Benefit Payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account previously designated by such TRA Party to the Corporate Taxpayer or as otherwise agreed by the Corporate Taxpayer and such TRA Party. For the avoidance of doubt, (x) no Tax Benefit Payment shall be made in respect of estimated Tax payments, including, without limitation, U.S. federal estimated income Tax payments and (y) the payments provided for pursuant to the above sentence shall be computed separately for each TRA Party. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, unless otherwise specified by a TRA Party in connection with an Exchange, the aggregate Tax Benefit Payments payable under this Agreement in respect of such Exchange (other than amounts accounted for as interest under the Code) shall not exceed 60% of the fair market value of the consideration received on such Exchange.
(b) A Tax Benefit Payment in respect of a TRA Party for a Taxable Year means an amount, not less than zero, equal to the sum of the Net Tax Benefit that is Attributable to such TRA Party and the Interest Amount with respect thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, for tax purposes, the Interest Amount shall not be treated as interest, but instead, shall be treated as additional consideration in the applicable transaction, unless otherwise required by law. Subject to Section 3.3, the Net Tax Benefit for a Taxable Year shall be an amount equal to the excess, if any, of 85% of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit as of the end of such Taxable Year, over the total amount of payments previously made under the first sentence of Section 3.1(a) (excluding payments attributable to Interest Amounts); provided, for the avoidance of doubt (but without prejudice to Section 3.5), that no such recipient shall be required to return any portion of any previously made Tax Benefit Payment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that the determination of the portion of the Tax Benefit Payment to be paid to a TRA Party under this Agreement with respect to state and local taxes shall not require separate with and without calculations in respect of each applicable state and local tax jurisdiction
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but rather will be based on the U.S. federal taxable income or gain for such taxable year reported on the Corporate Taxpayers IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) and the Assumed Rate. The Interest Amount shall equal the interest on the Net Tax Benefit calculated at the Agreed Rate from the due date (without extensions) for filing IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) of the Corporate Taxpayer with respect to Taxes for such Taxable Year until the payment date under Section 3.1(a).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for each Taxable Year ending on or after the date of a Change of Control that occurs after the BCA Closing Date, all Tax Benefit Payments shall be calculated by utilizing Valuation Assumptions (1), (2), (4), and (5), substituting in each case the terms date of a Change of Control for an Early Termination Date.
SECTION 3.2. No Duplicative Payments. It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement will not result in duplicative payment of any amount (including interest) required under this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed in the appropriate manner to ensure such intentions are realized.
SECTION 3.3. Pro Rata Payments. Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.1 to the contrary, to the extent that the aggregate Realized Tax Benefit of the Corporate Taxpayer with respect to the Tax Attributes is limited in a particular Taxable Year because the Corporate Taxpayer does not have sufficient taxable income, the Net Tax Benefit of the Corporate Taxpayer shall be allocated among all parties eligible for Tax Benefit Payments under this Agreement in proportion to the amount of Net Tax Benefit that would have been Attributable to each such party if the Corporate Taxpayer had sufficient taxable income so that there were no such limitation.
SECTION 3.4. Payment Ordering. If for any reason the Corporate Taxpayer does not fully satisfy its payment obligations to make all Tax Benefit Payments due under this Agreement in respect of a particular Taxable Year, then the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Parties agree that (i) Tax Benefit Payments for such Taxable Year shall be allocated to all parties eligible for Tax Benefit Payments under this Agreement in proportion to the amounts of Net Tax Benefit, respectively, that would have been Attributable to each TRA Party if the Corporate Taxpayer had sufficient cash available to make such Tax Benefit Payments (taking into account the operation of Section 3.3) and (ii) no Tax Benefit Payments shall be made in respect of any Taxable Year until all Tax Benefit Payments to all TRA Parties in respect of all prior Taxable Years have been made in full.
SECTION 3.5. Excess Payments. To the extent the Corporate Taxpayer makes a payment to a TRA Party in respect of a particular Taxable Year under Section 3.1(a) of this Agreement (taking into account Section 3.3 and Section 3.4) in an amount in excess of the amount of such payment that should have been made to such TRA Party in respect of such Taxable Year, then (i) such TRA Party shall not receive further payments under Section 3.1(a) until such TRA Party has foregone an amount of payments equal to such excess and (ii) the Corporate Taxpayer will pay the amount of such TRA Partys foregone payments to the other Persons to whom a payment is due under this Agreement in a manner such that each such Person to whom a payment is due under this Agreement, to the maximum extent possible, receives aggregate payments under Section 3.1(a) (taking into account Section 3.3 and Section 3.4) in the amount it would have received if there had been no excess payment to such TRA Party.
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ARTICLE IV
TERMINATION
SECTION 4.1. Early Termination of Agreement; Breach of Agreement.
(a) The Corporate Taxpayer may terminate this Agreement with respect to all amounts payable to the TRA Parties and with respect to all of the Units held by the TRA Parties at any time by paying to each TRA Party the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party; provided, however, that this Agreement shall only terminate upon the payment of the Early Termination Payment to all TRA Parties as set forth in Section 4.3(a), and provided, further, that the Corporate Taxpayer may withdraw any notice to exercise its termination rights under this Section 4.1(a) prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment has been paid. Upon payment of the Early Termination Payment by the Corporate Taxpayer, none of the TRA Parties or the Corporate Taxpayer shall have any further payment obligations under this Agreement, other than for any (a) Tax Benefit Payments due and payable and that remain unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice and (b) Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of the Early Termination Notice (except to the extent that the amounts described in clauses (a) or (b) are included in the Early Termination Payment). If an Exchange occurs after the Corporate Taxpayer makes all of the required Early Termination Payments, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange.
(b) In the event that the Corporate Taxpayer (1) breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make any payment within three (3) months of the date when due, as a result of the failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise or (2) (A) shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (i) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate a bankruptcy or insolvency, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts or (ii) seeking an appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or it shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (B) there shall be commenced against the Corporate Taxpayer any case, proceeding or other action of the nature referred to in clause (A) above that remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of sixty (60) calendar days, all obligations hereunder shall be automatically accelerated and shall be immediately due and payable, and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach and shall include, but not be limited to, without duplication, (1) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of a breach, (2) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of a breach, and (3) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of a breach; provided that procedures similar to the procedures of Section 4.2 shall apply with respect to the determination of the amount payable by the Corporate Taxpayer pursuant to this sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing (other than as set forth in subsection (2) above), in the event that the Corporate Taxpayer breaches this Agreement, each TRA Party shall be entitled to elect to receive the amounts set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (3) above or to seek specific performance of the terms hereof. The parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due shall be deemed to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it will not be considered to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a breach of a material obligation of this Agreement if the Corporate Taxpayer fails to make any Tax Benefit Payment when due to the extent that the Corporate Taxpayer has insufficient funds to make such payment; provided, (i) the Corporate Taxpayer has used commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such funds and (ii) that the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporate Taxpayer does not have sufficient funds to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by any Senior Obligations, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate); provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, the last sentence of this Section 4.1(b) shall not apply to any payments due pursuant to an election by a TRA Party for the acceleration upon a Change of Control contemplated by Section 4.1(c).
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(c) (i) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.1(c)(ii) or Section 4.1(c)(iii), in the event of a Change of Control, (A) each TRA Party shall continue as a TRA Party under this Agreement after such Change of Control and will not be entitled to receive the amounts set forth in the remainder of this Section 4.1(c), and (B) Valuation Assumptions (1), (2), (4), and (5) shall apply.
(ii) Unless the TRA Party Representative makes the election described in Section 4.1(c)(iii), in the event of a Change of Control, each TRA Party shall have the option to elect to cause all obligations hereunder with respect to any Basis Adjustments Attributable to Exchanges occurring prior to or in connection with such Change of Control to be accelerated (the Change of Control Acceleration Election) and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such Change of Control and shall include, without duplication, (1) the Early Termination Payments calculated with respect to such TRA Parties as if the Early Termination Date is the date of such Change of Control, (2) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of such Change of Control, and (3) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of such Change of Control. If a TRA Party makes the election described in the preceding sentence, (i) such TRA Party shall be entitled to receive, without duplication, the amounts set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of the preceding sentence and (ii) any Early Termination Payment described in the preceding sentence shall be calculated utilizing the Valuation Assumptions, substituting therein the phrase date of a Change of Control in each case where the phrase Early Termination Date appears.
(iii) In the event of a Change of Control, the TRA Party Representative shall have the option to elect to cause all TRA Parties to be deemed for purposes of this Agreement to have made the Change of Control Acceleration Election, and in such case Section 4.1(c)(ii) shall apply as though each TRA Party had made the Change of Control Acceleration Election thereunder.
SECTION 4.2. Early Termination Notice. If the Corporate Taxpayer chooses to exercise its right of early termination under Section 4.1 above, the Corporate Taxpayer shall deliver to each TRA Party notice of such intention to exercise such right (Early Termination Notice) and a schedule (the Early Termination Schedule) specifying the Corporate Taxpayers intention to exercise such right and showing in reasonable detail the calculation of the Early Termination Payment(s) due for each TRA Party.
SECTION 4.3. Payment upon Early Termination.
(a) Within three (3) calendar days after an Early Termination Effective Date, the Corporate Taxpayer shall pay to each TRA Party an amount equal to the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party. Such payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account or accounts designated by such TRA Party or as otherwise agreed by the Corporate Taxpayer and such TRA Party or, in the absence of such designation or agreement, by check mailed to the last mailing address provided by such TRA Party to the Corporate Taxpayer.
(b) Early Termination Payment in respect of a TRA Party shall equal the present value, discounted at the Early Termination Rate as of the applicable Early Termination Effective Date, of all Tax Benefit Payments in respect of such TRA Party that would be required to be paid by the Corporate Taxpayer beginning from the Early Termination Date and assuming that the Valuation Assumptions are applied and that each Tax Benefit Payment for the relevant Taxable Year would be due and payable on the due date (without extensions) under applicable law as of the Early Termination Effective Date for filing of IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) of the Corporate Taxpayer.
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ARTICLE V
SUBORDINATION AND LATE PAYMENTS
SECTION 5.1. Subordination. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any Tax Benefit Payment required to be made by the Corporate Taxpayer to the TRA Parties under this Agreement shall rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to any principal, interest or other amounts due and payable in respect of any obligations in respect of secured indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporate Taxpayer and its Subsidiaries (Senior Obligations) and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with all current or future unsecured obligations of the Corporate Taxpayer that are not Senior Obligations. To the extent that any payment under this Agreement is not permitted to be made at the time payment is due as a result of this Section 5.1 and the terms of agreements governing Senior Obligations, such payment obligation nevertheless shall accrue for the benefit of TRA Parties and the Corporate Taxpayer shall make such payments at the first opportunity that such payments are permitted to be made in accordance with the terms of the Senior Obligations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that the Corporate Taxpayer or any of its Affiliates enters into future Tax receivable or other similar agreements (Future TRAs), the Corporate Taxpayer shall ensure that the terms of any such Future TRA shall provide that the Tax Attributes subject to this Agreement are considered senior in priority to any Tax attributes subject to any such Future TRA for purposes of calculating the amount and timing of payments under any such Future TRA.
SECTION 5.2. Late Payments by the Corporate Taxpayer. Subject to the proviso in the last sentence of Section 4.1(b), the amount of all or any portion of any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment not made to the TRA Parties when due under the terms of this Agreement, whether as a result of Section 5.1 or otherwise, shall be payable, together with any interest thereon computed at the Default Rate (or, if so provided in Section 4.1(b), at the Agreed Rate) and commencing from the date on which such Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment was first due and payable to the date of actual payment.
ARTICLE VI
NO DISPUTES; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION
SECTION 6.1. Participation in the Corporate Taxpayers and OpCos Tax Matters. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have full responsibility for, and sole discretion over, all tax matters concerning the Corporate Taxpayer and OpCo, including without limitation the preparation, filing, or amending of any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any audit, contest, or other proceeding pertaining to Taxes; provided, however, that the Corporate Taxpayer shall not settle or fail to contest any issue pertaining to Taxes that is reasonably expected to materially and adversely affect the TRA Parties rights and obligations under this Agreement without the consent of the TRA Party Representative, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Corporate Taxpayer shall notify the TRA Party Representative of, and keep it reasonably informed with respect to, the any tax audit or other tax contest of the Corporate Taxpayer the outcome of which is reasonably expected to reduce or defer the Tax Benefit Payments payable to any TRA Party under this Agreement and the TRA Party Representative, and any affected TRA Party, shall have the right to (i) discuss with the Corporate Taxpayer, and provide input and comment to the Corporate Taxpayer regarding, any portion of any such tax audit or other tax contest and (ii) participate in, at the affected TRA Partys and TRA Party Representatives expense, any such portion of any such tax audit or other tax contest to the extent it relates to issues the resolution of which would reasonably be expected to reduce or defer the Tax Benefit Payments payable to any TRA Party under this Agreement. To the extent there is a conflict between this Agreement and either the BCA or the LLC Agreement relating to tax matters and the Corporate Taxpayer, including preparation, filing or amending of any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to taxes, this Agreement shall control solely with respect to the matters governed by this Agreement.
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SECTION 6.2. Consistency. The Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Parties agree to report and cause to be reported for all purposes, including U.S. federal, state and local tax purposes and financial reporting purposes, all Tax-related items (including, without limitation, the Basis Adjustments and each Tax Benefit Payment), but, for financial reporting purposes, only in respect of items that are not explicitly characterized as deemed or in a similar manner by the terms of this Agreement, in a manner consistent with that contemplated by this Agreement or specified by the Corporate Taxpayer in any Schedule required to be provided by or on behalf of the Corporate Taxpayer under this Agreement unless otherwise required by law. The Corporate Taxpayer shall (and shall cause OpCo and its other Subsidiaries to) use commercially reasonable efforts (for the avoidance of doubt, taking into account the interests and entitlements of all TRA Parties under this Agreement) to defend the Tax treatment contemplated by this Agreement and any Schedule in any audit, contest or similar proceeding with any Taxing Authority.
SECTION 6.3. Cooperation. Each of the TRA Parties shall (a) furnish to the Corporate Taxpayer in a timely manner such information, documents and other materials in its possession as the Corporate Taxpayer may reasonably request for purposes of making any determination or computation necessary or appropriate under this Agreement, preparing any Tax Return or contesting or defending any audit, examination or controversy with any Taxing Authority, (b) make itself available to the Corporate Taxpayer and its representatives to provide explanations of documents and materials and such other information as the Corporate Taxpayer or its representatives may reasonably request in connection with any of the matters described in clause (a) above, and (c) reasonably cooperate in connection with any such matter, and the Corporate Taxpayer shall reimburse each such TRA Party for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred pursuant to this Section 6.3. Upon the request of any TRA Party, the Corporate Taxpayer shall cooperate in taking any action reasonably requested by such TRA Party in connection with its tax or financial reporting and/or the consummation of any assignment or transfer of any of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation, providing any information or executing any documentation.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 7.1. Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given and received (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or by facsimile or email with confirmation of transmission by the transmitting equipment or (b) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice:
If to the Corporate Taxpayer, to:
Nerdy Inc.
101 S. Hanley Rd., Suite 350
St. Louis, MO 63105
Attention: Charles K. Cohn
Email: charles@nerdy.com and charles@varsitytutors.com
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with a copy to:
Goodwin Procter LLP
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210
Attention: John Mutkoski and Jocelyn Arel
Email: jmutkoski@goodwinlaw.com and jarel@goodwinlaw.com
If to the TRA Parties, to the respective addresses, fax numbers and email addresses set forth in the records of OpCo.
Any party may change its address, fax number or email by giving the other party written notice of its new address, fax number or email in the manner set forth above.
SECTION 7.2. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or otherwise (including an electronically executed signature page) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.3. Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.4. Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof that would mandate the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.
SECTION 7.5. Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.
SECTION 7.6. Successors; Assignment; Amendments; Waivers.
(a) Each TRA Party may assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to any Person as long as such transferee has executed and delivered, or, in connection with such transfer, executes and delivers, a joinder to this Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, agreeing to become a TRA Party for all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in such joinder (a Joinder). For avoidance of doubt, this Section 7.6(a) shall apply regardless of whether such TRA Party continues to hold any interest in the Corporate Taxpayer or OpCo. For the avoidance of doubt, if a TRA Party transfers Units in accordance with the terms of the LLC Agreement but does not assign to the transferee of such Units its rights under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Units, such TRA Party shall continue to be entitled to receive the Tax Benefit Payments arising in respect of a subsequent
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Exchange of such Units. Any assignment, or attempted assignment in violation of this Agreement, including any failure of a purported assignee to enter into a Joinder or to provide any forms or other information to the extent required hereunder, shall be null and void, and shall not bind or be recognized by the Corporate Taxpayer or the TRA Parties. The Corporate Taxpayer shall be entitled to treat the record owner of any rights under this Agreement as the absolute owner thereof and shall incur no liability for payments made in good faith to such owner until such time as a written assignment of such rights is permitted pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Section 7.6(a) and has been recorded on the books of the Corporate Taxpayer. In addition, each Person listed on Schedule I attached hereto may, in addition to and in replacement of any power-of-attorney, become a TRA Party at any time after the date hereof and prior to the time of an Exchange by such Person by delivering an executed signature page without the consent of the other parties to this Agreement.
(b) No provision of this Agreement may be amended unless such amendment is approved in writing by each of the Corporate Taxpayer and by the TRA Parties who would be entitled to receive at least 50% of the total amount of the Early Termination Payments payable to all TRA Parties hereunder if the Corporate Taxpayer had exercised its right of early termination on the date of the most recent Exchange prior to such amendment (excluding, for purposes of this sentence, all payments made to any TRA Party pursuant to this Agreement since the date of such most recent Exchange); provided, that no such amendment shall be effective if such amendment will have a disproportionate effect on the payments one or more TRA Parties receive under this Agreement unless such amendment is consented to in writing by such TRA Parties disproportionately affected who would be entitled to receive at least 50% of the total amount of the Early Termination Payments payable to all TRA Parties disproportionately affected hereunder if the Corporate Taxpayer had exercised its right of early termination on the date of the most recent Exchange prior to such amendment (excluding, for purposes of this sentence, all payments made to any TRA Party pursuant to this Agreement since the date of such most recent Exchange). No provision of this Agreement may be waived unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective.
(c) All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Corporate Taxpayer shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporate Taxpayer, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporate Taxpayer would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.
SECTION 7.7. Titles and Subtitles. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.
SECTION 7.8. Resolution of Disputes.
(a) Any and all disputes that are not governed by Section 7.9 and cannot be settled amicably, including any ancillary claims of any party, arising out of, relating to or in connection with the validity, negotiation, execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement (including the validity, scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision) (each a Dispute) shall be finally settled by arbitration conducted by a single arbitrator in accordance with the then-existing Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. If the parties to the Dispute fail to agree on the selection of an arbitrator within thirty (30) calendar days of the receipt of the request for arbitration, the International Chamber of Commerce shall make the appointment. The arbitrator shall be a lawyer admitted to the practice of law in a U.S. state, or a nationally recognized expert in the relevant subject matter, and shall conduct the proceedings in the English language. Performance under this Agreement shall continue
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if reasonably possible during any arbitration proceedings. The arbitrator is not empowered to award damages in excess of compensatory damages, and each party hereby irrevocably waives any right to recover punitive, exemplary or similar damages with respect to any Dispute. The award shall be the sole and exclusive remedy between the parties regarding any claims, counterclaims, issues, or accounting presented to the arbitral tribunal. Judgment upon any award may be entered and enforced in any court having jurisdiction over a party or any of its assets.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a), the Corporate Taxpayer may bring an action or special proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of compelling a party to arbitrate, seeking temporary or preliminary relief in aid of an arbitration hereunder, and/or enforcing an arbitration award and, for the purposes of this paragraph (b), each TRA Party (i) expressly consents to the application of paragraph (c) of this Section 7.8 to any such action or proceeding, (ii) agrees that proof shall not be required that monetary damages for breach of the provisions of this Agreement would be difficult to calculate and that remedies at law would be inadequate, and (iii) irrevocably appoints the Corporate Taxpayer as agent of such TRA Party for service of process in connection with any such action or proceeding and agrees that service of process upon such agent, who shall promptly advise the TRA Party of any such service of process, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the TRA Party in any such action or proceeding.
(c) (i) EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY FEDERAL COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE OR THE DELAWARE COURT OF CHANCERY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 7.8, OR ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING ANCILLARY TO AN ARBITRATION OR CONTEMPLATED ARBITRATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO OR CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT. Such ancillary judicial proceedings include any suit, action or proceeding to compel arbitration, to obtain temporary or preliminary judicial relief in aid of arbitration, or to confirm an arbitration award. The parties acknowledge that the fora designated by this paragraph (c) have a reasonable relation to this Agreement, and to the parties relationship with one another; and (ii) The parties hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they now or hereafter may have to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such ancillary suit, action or proceeding brought in any court referred to in the preceding paragraph of this Section 7.8 and such parties agree not to plead or claim the same.
SECTION 7.9. Reconciliation. In the event that the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative are unable to resolve a disagreement with respect to the matters governed by Sections 2.3 and 4.2 within the relevant period designated in this Agreement (Reconciliation Dispute), the Reconciliation Dispute shall be submitted for determination to a nationally recognized expert (the Expert) in the particular area of disagreement mutually acceptable to both parties. The Expert shall be a partner, principal or equivalent in a nationally recognized accounting or law firm, and unless the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative agree otherwise, the Expert shall not, and the firm that employs the Expert shall not, have any material relationship with the Corporate Taxpayer or the TRA Party Representative or other actual or potential conflict of interest. If the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative are unable to agree on an Expert within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt by the respondent(s) of written notice of a Reconciliation Dispute, then the Expert shall be appointed by the International Chamber of Commerce Centre for Expertise. The Expert shall resolve any matter relating to the TRA Partys Basis Schedule or an amendment thereto or the Early Termination Schedule or an amendment thereto within thirty (30) calendar days and shall resolve any matter relating to a Tax Benefit Schedule or an amendment thereto within fifteen (15) calendar days or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, in each case after the matter has been submitted to the Expert for resolution. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the matter is not resolved before any payment that is the subject of a disagreement would be due (in the absence of such disagreement) or any Tax Return reflecting the subject of a
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disagreement is due, the undisputed amount shall be paid on the date prescribed by this Agreement and such Tax Return may be filed as prepared by the Corporate Taxpayer, subject to adjustment or amendment upon resolution. The costs and expenses relating to the engagement of such Expert or amending any Tax Return shall be borne by the Corporate Taxpayer except as provided in the next sentence. The Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative shall bear their own costs and expenses of such proceeding, unless (i) the Expert adopts the TRA Party Representatives position, in which case the Corporate Taxpayer shall reimburse the TRA Party Representative for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding, or (ii) the Expert adopts the Corporate Taxpayers position, in which case the TRA Party Representative shall reimburse the Corporate Taxpayer for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding. Any dispute as to whether a dispute is a Reconciliation Dispute within the meaning of this Section 7.9 shall be decided by the Expert. The Expert shall finally determine any Reconciliation Dispute and the determinations of the Expert pursuant to this Section 7.9 shall be binding on the Corporate Taxpayer and each of the TRA Parties and may be entered and enforced in any court having jurisdiction.
SECTION 7.10. Withholding. The Corporate Taxpayer shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as the Corporate Taxpayer is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law; provided that, prior to deducting or withholding any such amounts, the Corporate Taxpayer shall notify the applicable TRA Party and shall consult in good faith with such TRA Party regarding the basis for such deduction or withholding. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority by the Corporate Taxpayer, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of whom such withholding was made. To the extent that any payment pursuant to this Agreement is not reduced by such deductions or withholdings, such recipient shall indemnify the Corporate Taxpayer for any amounts imposed by any Taxing Authority together with any costs and expenses related thereto. Each TRA Party shall promptly provide the Corporate Taxpayer, OpCo or other applicable withholding agent with any applicable Tax forms and certifications (including IRS Form W-9 or the applicable version of IRS Form W-8) reasonably requested, in connection with determining whether any such deductions and withholdings are required under the Code or any provision of U.S. state, local or foreign Tax law.
SECTION 7.11. Admission of the Corporate Taxpayer into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets.
(a) If the Corporate Taxpayer is or becomes a member of an affiliated or consolidated group of corporations that files a consolidated income Tax Return pursuant to Sections 1501 et seq. of the Code or any corresponding provisions of state or local law, then: (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall be applied with respect to the group as a whole; and (ii) Tax Benefit Payments, Early Termination Payments and other applicable items hereunder shall be computed with reference to the consolidated taxable income of the group as a whole.
(b) If the Corporate Taxpayer (or any member of a group described in Section 7.11(a)) transfers or is deemed to transfer any Unit or any Reference Asset to a transferee that is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (other than a member of a group described in Section 7.11(a)) in a transaction in which the transferees basis in the property acquired is determined in whole or in part by reference to such transferors basis in such property, then the Corporate Taxpayer shall cause such transferee to assume the obligation to make payments hereunder with respect to the applicable Tax Attributes associated with any Reference Asset or interest therein acquired (directly or indirectly) in such transfer (taking into account any gain recognized in the transaction) in a manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement as the transferee (or one of its Affiliates) actually realizes Tax benefits from the Tax Attributes. If OpCo transfers (or is deemed to transfer for U.S. federal income tax purposes) any Reference Asset to a transferee that is treated as a corporation for U. S. federal income tax purposes (other than a
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member of a group described in Section 7.11(a)) in a transaction in which the transferees basis in the property acquired is determined in whole or in part by reference to such transferors basis in such property, OpCo shall be treated as having disposed of the Reference Asset in a wholly taxable transaction. The consideration deemed to be received by OpCo in a transaction contemplated in the prior sentence shall be equal to the fair market value of the deemed transferred asset, plus (i) the amount of debt to which such asset is subject, in the case of a transfer of an encumbered asset, or (ii) the amount of debt allocated to such asset, in the case of a transfer of a partnership interest. If any member of a group described in Section 7.11(a) that owns any Unit deconsolidates from the group (or the Corporate Taxpayer deconsolidates from the group) for U.S. federal income tax purposes , then the Corporate Taxpayer shall cause such member (or the parent of the consolidated group in a case where the Corporate Taxpayer deconsolidates from the group) to assume the obligation to make payments hereunder with respect to the applicable Tax Attributes associated with any Reference Asset it owns (directly or indirectly) in a manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement as the member (or one of its Affiliates) actually realizes Tax benefits. If a transferee or a member of a group described in Section 7.11(a) assumes an obligation to make payments hereunder pursuant to either of the foregoing sentences, then the initial obligor is relieved of the obligation assumed.
(c) If the Corporate Taxpayer (or any member of a group described in Section 7.11(a)) transfers (or is deemed to transfer for U.S. federal income tax purposes) any Unit in a transaction that is wholly or partially taxable, then for purposes of calculating payments under this Agreement, OpCo shall be treated as having disposed of the portion of any Reference Asset that is indirectly transferred by the Corporate Taxpayer (i.e., taking into account the number of Units transferred) in a wholly or partially taxable transaction in which all income, gain or loss is allocated to the Corporate Taxpayer. The consideration deemed to be received by OpCo shall be equal to the fair market value of the deemed transferred asset, plus (i) the amount of debt to which such asset is subject, in the case of a transfer of an encumbered asset or (ii) the amount of debt allocated to such asset, in the case of a transfer of a partnership interest.
SECTION 7.12. Confidentiality.
(a) Subject to the last sentence of Section 6.3, each TRA Party and each of their assignees acknowledge and agree that the information of the Corporate Taxpayer is confidential and, except in the course of performing any duties as necessary for the Corporate Taxpayer and its Affiliates, as required by law or legal process or to enforce the terms of this Agreement, such person shall keep and retain in the strictest confidence and not disclose to any Person any confidential matters, acquired pursuant to this Agreement, of the Corporate Taxpayer and its Affiliates and successors, concerning OpCo, its members and its Affiliates and successors, learned by the TRA Party heretofore or hereafter. This Section 7.12 shall not apply to (i) any information that has been made publicly available by the Corporate Taxpayer or any of its Affiliates, becomes public knowledge (except as a result of an act of the TRA Party in violation of this Agreement) or is generally known to the business community and (ii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for the TRA Party to prepare and file its Tax Returns, to respond to any inquiries regarding the same from any Taxing Authority or to prosecute or defend any action, proceeding or audit by any Taxing Authority with respect to such returns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each TRA Party and each of their assignees (and each employee, representative or other agent of the TRA Party or its assignees, as applicable) may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the Tax treatment and Tax structure of the Corporate Taxpayer, OpCo and their Affiliates, and any of their transactions, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other Tax analyses) that are provided to the TRA Party relating to such Tax treatment and Tax structure.
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(b) If a TRA Party or an assignee commits a breach, or threatens to commit a breach, of any of the provisions of this Section 7.12, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have the right and remedy to have the provisions of this Section 7.12 specifically enforced by injunctive relief or otherwise by any court of competent jurisdiction without the need to post any bond or other security, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach shall cause irreparable injury to the Corporate Taxpayer or any of its Subsidiaries or the TRA Parties and the accounts and funds managed by the Corporate Taxpayer and that money damages alone shall not provide an adequate remedy to such Persons. Such rights and remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available at law or in equity.
SECTION 7.13. Change in Law. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if, in connection with an actual or proposed change in law, a TRA Party reasonably believes that the existence of this Agreement could cause income (other than income arising from receipt of a payment under this Agreement) recognized by the TRA Party upon any Exchange by such TRA Party to be treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain (or otherwise taxed at ordinary income rates) for U.S. federal income tax purposes or would have other material adverse Tax consequences to such TRA Party, then at the election of such TRA Party and to the extent specified by such TRA Party, this Agreement (i) shall cease to have further effect with respect to such TRA Party, (ii) shall not apply to an Exchange by such TRA Party occurring after a date specified by such TRA Party, or (iii) shall otherwise be amended in a manner determined by such TRA Party, provided that such amendment shall not result in an increase in payments under this Agreement at any time as compared to the amounts and times of payments that would have been due in the absence of such amendment.
SECTION 7.14. Electronic Signature. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery, and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
SECTION 7.15. Independent Nature of TRA Parties and Interests Parties Rights and Obligations. The obligations of each TRA Party hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other TRA Party, and no TRA Party shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other TRA Party hereunder. The decision of each TRA Party to enter into this Agreement has been made by such TRA Party independently of any other TRA Party. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any TRA Party pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the TRA Parties as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the TRA Parties are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby and the Corporate Taxpayer acknowledges that the TRA Parties are not acting in concert or as a group, and the Corporate Taxpayer will not assert any such claim, with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 7.16. TRA Party Representative.
(a) Without further action of any of the Corporate Taxpayer, the TRA Party Representative or any TRA Party, and as partial consideration in respect of the benefits conferred by this Agreement, the TRA Party Representative is hereby irrevocably constituted and appointed as the TRA Party Representative, with full power of substitution, to take any and all actions and make any decisions required or permitted to be taken by the TRA Party Representative under this Agreement.
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(b) If at any time the TRA Party Representative shall incur out of pocket expenses in connection with the exercise of its duties hereunder, upon written notice to the Corporate Taxpayer from the TRA Party Representative of documented costs and expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel and accountants) incurred by the TRA Party Representative in connection with the performance of its rights or obligations under this Agreement and the taking of any and all actions in connection therewith, the Corporate Taxpayer shall reduce the future payments (if any) due to the TRA Parties hereunder pro rata by the amount of such expenses which it shall instead remit directly to the TRA Party Representative. In connection with the performance of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the taking of any and all actions in connection therewith, the TRA Party Representative shall not be required to expend any of its own funds (though, for the avoidance of doubt but without limiting the provisions of this Section 7.16(b), it may do so at any time and from time to time in its sole discretion).
(c) The TRA Party Representative shall not be liable to any TRA Party for any act of the TRA Party Representative arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Agreement, except to the extent any liability, loss, damage, penalty, fine, cost or expense is actually incurred by such TRA Party as a proximate result of the bad faith or willful misconduct of the TRA Party Representative (it being understood that any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of legal counsel shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith judgment). The TRA Party Representative shall not be liable for, and shall be indemnified by the TRA Parties (on a several but not joint basis) for, any liability, loss, damage, penalty or fine incurred by the TRA Party Representative (and any cost or expense incurred by the TRA Party Representative in connection therewith and herewith and not previously reimbursed pursuant to subsection (b) above) arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Agreement, and such liability, loss, damage, penalty, fine, cost or expense shall be treated as an expense subject to reimbursement pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) above, except to the extent that any such liability, loss, damage, penalty, fine, cost or expense is the proximate result of the bad faith or willful misconduct of the TRA Party Representative (it being understood that any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of legal counsel shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith judgment); provided, however, in no event shall any TRA Party be obligated to indemnify the TRA Party Representative hereunder for any liability, loss, damage, penalty, fine, cost or expense to the extent (and only to the extent) that the aggregate amount of all liabilities, losses, damages, penalties, fines, costs and expenses indemnified by such TRA Party, respectively, hereunder is or would be in excess of the aggregate payments under this Agreement actually remitted to such TRA Party.
(d) Subject to Section 7.16(b), a decision, act, consent or instruction of the TRA Party Representative shall constitute a decision of all TRA Parties and shall be final, binding and conclusive upon each TRA Party, and the Corporate Taxpayer may rely upon any decision, act, consent or instruction of the TRA Party Representative as being the decision, act, consent or instruction of each TRA Party. The Corporate Taxpayer is hereby relieved from any liability to any person for any acts done by the Corporate Taxpayer in accordance with any such decision, act, consent or instruction of the TRA Party Representative.
(e) If the TRA Party Representative is unwilling to serve in such capacity, then the person then-serving as TRA Party Representative shall be entitled to appoint its successor which such successor shall be subject to the approval of the TRA Parties who would be entitled to receive at least 50% of the total amount of the Early Termination Payments payable to all TRA Parties hereunder if the Corporate Taxpayer had exercised its right of early termination on the date of the most recent Exchange prior to such amendment (excluding, for purposes of this sentence, all payments made to any TRA Party pursuant to this Agreement since the date of such most recent Exchange);.
SECTION 7.17. LLC Agreement. This Agreement shall be incorporated by reference and treated as part of the LLC Agreement as described in Section 761(c) of the Code and Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(h) and 1.761-1(c) of the Treasury Regulations.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
NERDY LLC | ||
By: |
Name: | Charles K. Cohn |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
TPG PACE TECH OPPORTUNITIES CORP. | ||
By: |
Name: Eduardo Tamraz |
Title: | Executive Vice President of Corporate | |
Development, Secretary |
[Signature Page to the Tax Receivable Agreement]
Schedule I
Exhibit A
Form of Joinder
This JOINDER (this Joinder) to the Tax Receivable Agreement (as defined below), is by and among NERDY Inc., a Delaware corporation (including any successor corporation the Corporate Taxpayer), (Transferor) and (Permitted Transferee).
WHEREAS, on , Permitted Transferee shall acquire percent of the Transferors right to receive payments that may become due and payable under the Tax Receivable Agreement (as defined below) (the Acquired Interests) from Transferor (the Acquisition); and WHEREAS, Transferor, in connection with the Acquisition, has required Permitted Transferee to execute and deliver this Joinder pursuant to Section 7.6(a) of the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2021, between the Corporate Taxpayer, OpCo and the TRA Parties (as defined therein) (the Tax Receivable Agreement).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1.1 Definitions. To the extent capitalized words used in this Joinder are not defined in this Joinder, such words shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement.
Section 1.2 Acquisition. For good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by the Transferor and the Permitted Transferee, the Transferor hereby transfers and assigns absolutely to the Permitted Transferee all of the Acquired Interests.
Section 1.3 Joinder. Permitted Transferee hereby acknowledges and agrees (i) that it has received and read the Tax Receivable Agreement, (ii) that the Permitted Transferee is acquiring the Acquired Interests in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Tax Receivable Agreement and (iii) to become a TRA Party (as defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement) for all purposes of the Tax Receivable Agreement.
Section 1.4 Notice. Any notice, request, consent, claim, demand, approval, waiver or other communication hereunder to Permitted Transferee shall be delivered or sent to Permitted Transferee at the address set forth on the signature page hereto in accordance with Section 7.1 of the Tax Receivable Agreement.
Section 1.5 Governing Law. This Joinder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware.
[Signature Page to the Joinder to the Tax Receivable Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Joinder has been duly executed and delivered by Permitted Transferee as of the date first above written.
NERDY INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | [ ] | |
Title: | [ ] | |
[TRANSFEROR] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | [ ] | |
Title: | [ ] | |
[PERMITTED TRANSFEREE] | ||
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Address for notices: | ||
[Signature Page to the Joinder to the Tax Receivable Agreement]
Exhibit 10.4
NERDY INC.
2021 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
1. Purpose. The purpose of the Nerdy Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan) is to provide a means through which (a) Nerdy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and the Affiliates may attract, retain and motivate qualified persons as employees, directors and consultants, thereby enhancing the profitable growth of the Company and the Affiliates and (b) persons upon whom the responsibilities of the successful administration and management of the Company and the Affiliates rest, and whose present and potential contributions to the Company and the Affiliates are of importance, can acquire and maintain stock ownership or awards the value of which is tied to the performance of the Company, thereby strengthening their concern for the Company and the Affiliates. Accordingly, the Plan provides for the grant of Options, SARs, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Awards, Dividend Equivalents, Other Stock-Based Awards, Cash Awards, Substitute Awards, or any combination of the foregoing, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
2. Definitions. For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:
(a) Affiliate means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, trust or other organization that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company. For purposes of the preceding sentence, control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlled by and under common control with), as used with respect to any entity or organization, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (i) to vote more than 50% of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the controlled entity or organization or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the controlled entity or organization, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
(b) ASC Topic 718 means the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation Stock Compensation, as amended or any successor accounting standard.
(c) Award means any Option, SAR, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Stock Award, Dividend Equivalent, Other Stock-Based Award, Cash Award, or Substitute Award, together with any other right or interest, granted under the Plan.
(d) Award Agreement means any written instrument (including any employment, severance or change in control agreement) that sets forth the terms, conditions, restrictions and/or limitations applicable to an Award, in addition to those set forth under the Plan.
(e) Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(f) Cash Award means an Award denominated in cash granted under Section 6(i).
(g) Change in Control means, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, the occurrence of any of the following events after the Effective Date:
(i) any Person (excluding any Qualifying Owner (as defined in the LLC Agreement) or any group of Qualifying Owners acting together that would constitute a group for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and excluding a corporation or other entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the stock of the Company) is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding voting securities; or
(ii) the Incumbent Directors cease for any reason, other than by reason of any party to the Stockholder Agreement (as defined in the LLC Agreement) waiving its rights to a Designated Director (as defined in the Stockholder Agreement) or an amendment to the Stockholder Agreement eliminating or modifying the number of Designated Directors, to constitute a majority of the number of directors of the Company then serving; for purposes of this clause (ii), Incumbent Directors means (x) individuals who, on the Closing Date, constitute the Board, (y) any individual whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Companys stockholders was made pursuant to the Stockholder Agreement (including any Cohn Director (as defined in the Stockholder Agreement)), and (z) any new director whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Companys stockholders was approved or recommended by either (1) a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Incumbent Directors then in office or (2) a majority of the Cohn Directors, in each of clauses (1) and (2), either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination; or
(iii) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation or other entity, and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, either (x) the Board immediately prior to the merger or consolidation does not constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the company surviving the merger or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof, or (y) the voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not continue to represent or are not converted into more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof; or
(iv) the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated an agreement or series of related agreements for the sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by the Company of all or substantially all of the Companys assets (including a sale of all of the equity interests in the Company held by the Company), other than such sale or other disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Companys assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, except with respect to clause (b) and clause (c)(x) above, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the shares of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns, either directly or through a Subsidiary, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company immediately following such transaction or series of transactions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 2(g), for purposes of an Award that provides for a deferral of compensation under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules, to the extent the impact of a Change in Control on such Award would subject a Participant to additional taxes under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules, a Change in Control described in subsection (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above with respect to such Award will mean both a Change in Control and a change in the ownership of a corporation, change in the effective control of a corporation, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of a corporations assets within the meaning of the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules as applied to the Company.
(h) Change in Control Price means the amount determined in the following clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v), whichever the Committee determines is applicable, as follows: (i) the price per share offered to holders of Stock in any merger or consolidation, (ii) the per share Fair Market Value of the Stock immediately before the Change in Control or other event without regard to assets sold in the Change in Control or other event and assuming the Company has received the consideration paid for the assets in the case of a sale of the assets, (iii) the amount distributed per share of Stock in a dissolution transaction, (iv) the price per share offered to holders of Stock in any tender offer or exchange offer whereby a Change in Control or other event takes place, or (v) if such Change in Control or other event occurs other than pursuant to a transaction described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of this Section 2(h), the value per share of the Stock that may otherwise be obtained with respect to such Awards or to which such Awards track, as determined by the Committee as of the date determined by the Committee to be the date of cancellation and surrender of such Awards. In the event that the consideration offered to stockholders of the Company in any transaction described in this Section 2(h) or in Section 8(e) consists of anything other than cash, the Committee shall determine the fair cash equivalent of the portion of the consideration offered which is other than cash and such determination shall be binding on all affected Participants to the extent applicable to Awards held by such Participants.
(i) Closing Date means the date of the closing of the transactions contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement by and among TPG PG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp., Live Learning Technologies LLC and the other parties thereto, dated as of January 28, 2021.
(j) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, including the guidance and regulations promulgated thereunder and successor provisions, guidance and regulations thereto.
(k) Committee means a committee of two or more directors designated by the Board to administer the Plan; provided, however, that, unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Committee shall consist solely of two or more Qualified Members.
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(l) Dividend Equivalent means a right, granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(g), to receive cash, Stock, other Awards or other property equal in value to dividends paid with respect to a specified number of shares of Stock, or other periodic payments.
(m) Effective Date means the Closing Date.
(n) Eligible Person means any individual who, as of the date of grant of an Award, is an officer or employee of the Company or of any Affiliate, and any other person who provides services to the Company or any Affiliate, including directors of the Company; provided, however, that, any such individual must be an employee of the Company or any of its parents or subsidiaries within the meaning of General Instruction A.1(a) to Form S-8 if such individual is granted an Award that may be settled in Stock. An employee on leave of absence may be an Eligible Person.
(o) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, including the guidance, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and successor provisions, guidance, rules and regulations thereto.
(p) Fair Market Value of a share of Stock means, as of any specified date, (i) if the Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, the closing sales price of the Stock, as reported on the stock exchange composite tape on that date (or if no sales occur on such date, on the last preceding date on which such sales of the Stock are so reported); (ii) if the Stock is not traded on a national securities exchange but is traded over the counter on such date, the average between the reported high and low bid and asked prices of Stock on the most recent date on which Stock was publicly traded on or preceding the specified date; or (iii) in the event Stock is not publicly traded at the time a determination of its value is required to be made under the Plan, the amount determined by the Committee in its discretion in such manner as it deems appropriate, taking into account all factors the Committee deems appropriate, including the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules. Notwithstanding this definition of Fair Market Value, with respect to one or more Award types, or for any other purpose for which the Committee must determine the Fair Market Value under the Plan, the Committee may elect to choose a different measurement date or methodology for determining Fair Market Value so long as the determination is consistent with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules and all other applicable laws and regulations.
(q) ISO means an Option intended to be and designated as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
(r) LLC Agreement means that certain Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Live Learning Technologies, LLC dated as of the Closing Date.
(s) Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules means the limitations and requirements of Section 409A of the Code, as amended from time to time, including the guidance and regulations promulgated thereunder and successor provisions, guidance and regulations thereto.
(t) Nonstatutory Option means an Option that is not an ISO.
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(u) Option means a right, granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(b), to purchase Stock at a specified price during specified time periods, which may either be an ISO or a Nonstatutory Option.
(v) Other Stock-Based Award means an Award granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(h).
(w) Participant means a person who has been granted an Award under the Plan that remains outstanding, including a person who is no longer an Eligible Person.
(x) Person means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, as well as any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a person under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
(y) Qualified Member means a member of the Board who is (i) a non-employee director within the meaning of Rule 16b-3(b)(3), and (ii) independent under the listing standards or rules of the securities exchange upon which the Stock is traded, but only to the extent such independence is required in order to take the action at issue pursuant to such standards or rules.
(z) Restricted Stock means Stock granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(d) that is subject to certain restrictions and to a risk of forfeiture.
(aa) Restricted Stock Unit means a right, granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(e), to receive Stock, cash or a combination thereof at the end of a specified period (which may or may not be coterminous with the vesting schedule of the Award).
(bb) Rule 16b-3 means Rule 16b-3, promulgated by the SEC under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
(cc) SAR means a stock appreciation right granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(c).
(dd) SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(ee) Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, including the guidance, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and successor provisions, guidance, rules and regulations thereto.
(ff) Stock means the Companys Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and such other securities as may be substituted (or re-substituted) for Stock pursuant to Section 8.
(gg) Stock Award means unrestricted shares of Stock granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(f).
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(hh) Subsidiary means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person with respect to which such specified Person (i) has, directly or indirectly, the power, through the ownership of securities or otherwise, to elect a majority of directors or similar managing body or (ii) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of such Persons Equity Securities.
(ii) Substitute Award means an Award granted under Section 6(j).
(jj) UAR Plans means the Varsity Tutors LLC 2016 U.S. Unit Appreciation Rights Plan and the Varsity Tutors LLC 2016 Canadian Unit Appreciation Rights Plan, for the avoidance of doubt, as either may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time and including any successor arrangements.
3. Administration.
(a) Authority of the Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee except to the extent the Board elects to administer the Plan, in which case references herein to the Committee shall be deemed to include references to the Board. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, Rule 16b-3 and other applicable laws, the Committee shall have the authority, in its sole and absolute discretion, to:
(i) designate Eligible Persons as Participants;
(ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to an Eligible Person;
(iii) determine the number of shares of Stock or amount of cash to be covered by Awards;
(iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award, including whether, to what extent and under what circumstances Awards may be vested, settled (including settlement in cash), exercised, cancelled or forfeited (including conditions based on continued employment or service requirements or the achievement of one or more performance goals);
(v) modify, waive or adjust any term or condition of an Award that has been granted, which may include the acceleration of vesting, waiver of forfeiture restrictions, modification of the form of settlement of the Award (for example, from cash to Stock or vice versa), early termination of a performance period, or modification of any other condition or limitation regarding an Award;
(vi) determine the treatment of an Award upon a termination of employment or other service relationship;
(vii) impose a holding period with respect to an Award or the shares of Stock received in connection with an Award;
(viii) interpret and administer the Plan and any Award Agreement or any other instrument relating to an Award made under the Plan;
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(ix) appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan;
(x) correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, in any Award, or in any Award Agreement; and
(xi) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.
The express grant of any specific power to the Committee, and the taking of any action by the Committee, shall not be construed as limiting any power or authority of the Committee. Any action of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Company, Affiliates, stockholders, Participants, beneficiaries, and permitted transferees under Section 7(a) or other persons claiming rights from or through a Participant.
(b) Exercise of Committee Authority. At any time that a member of the Committee is not a Qualified Member, any action of the Committee relating to an Award granted or to be granted to an Eligible Person who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company where such action is not taken by the full Board may be taken either (i) by a subcommittee, designated by the Committee, composed solely of two or more Qualified Members, or (ii) by the Committee but with each such member who is not a Qualified Member abstaining or recusing himself or herself from such action; provided, however, that upon such abstention or recusal, the Committee remains composed solely of two or more Qualified Members. Such action, authorized by such a subcommittee or by the Committee upon the abstention or recusal of such non-Qualified Member(s), shall be the action of the Committee for purposes of the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, the full Board may take any action relating to an Award granted or to be granted to an Eligible Person who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company.
(c) Delegation of Authority. The Committee may delegate any or all of its powers and duties under the Plan to a subcommittee of directors or to any officer of the Company, including the power to perform administrative functions and grant Awards; provided, that such delegation does not (i) violate state or corporate law, or (ii) result in the loss of an exemption under Rule 16b-3(d)(1) for Awards granted to Participants subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company. Upon any such delegation, all references in the Plan to the Committee, other than in Section 8, shall be deemed to include any subcommittee or officer of the Company to whom such powers have been delegated by the Committee. Any such delegation shall not limit the right of such subcommittee members or such an officer to receive Awards; provided, however, that such subcommittee members and any such officer may not grant Awards to himself or herself, a member of the Board, or any executive officer of the Company or an Affiliate, or take any action with respect to any Award previously granted to himself or herself, a member of the Board, or any executive officer of the Company or an Affiliate. The Committee may also appoint agents who are not executive officers of the Company or members of the Board to assist in administering the Plan, provided, however, that such individuals may not be delegated the authority to grant or modify any Awards that will, or may, be settled in Stock.
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(d) Limitation of Liability. The Committee and each member thereof shall be entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to him or her by any officer or employee of the Company or any Affiliate, the Companys legal counsel, independent auditors, consultants or any other agents assisting in the administration of the Plan. Members of the Committee and any officer or employee of the Company or any Affiliate acting at the direction or on behalf of the Committee shall not be personally liable for any action or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be indemnified and held harmless by the Company with respect to any such action or determination.
(e) Participants in Non-U.S. Jurisdictions. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, to comply with applicable laws in countries other than the United States in which the Company or any Affiliate operates or has employees, directors or other service providers from time to time, or to ensure that the Company complies with any applicable requirements of foreign securities exchanges, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to: (i) determine which of the Affiliates shall be covered by the Plan; (ii) determine which Eligible Persons outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan; (iii) modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to Eligible Persons outside the United States to comply with applicable foreign laws or listing requirements of any foreign exchange; (iv) establish sub-plans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures, to the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable (any such sub-plans and/or modifications shall be attached to the Plan as appendices), provided, however, that no such sub-plans and/or modifications shall increase the share limitations contained in Section 4(a); and (v) take any action, before or after an Award is granted, that it deems advisable to comply with any applicable governmental regulatory exemptions or approval or listing requirements of any such foreign securities exchange. For purposes of the Plan, all references to foreign laws, rules, regulations or taxes shall be references to the laws, rules, regulations and taxes of any applicable jurisdiction other than the United States or a political subdivision thereof.
4. Stock Subject to the Plan.
(a) Number of Shares Available for Delivery. Subject to adjustment in a manner consistent with Section 8, (i) 27,774,924 shares of Stock are reserved and available for delivery with respect to Awards, and such total shall be available for the issuance of shares upon the exercise of ISOs; (ii) any shares of Stock issuable in respect of Unit Appreciation Rights (as such term is defined in the applicable UAR Plan) that are outstanding as of the Effective Date, including any substitute or successor awards, granted under the UAR Plans that are forfeited or canceled without payment, such number of shares of Stock determined as of the date of such forfeiture or cancelation, shall be available under the Plan for the issuance of shares with respect to Awards, including for the issuance of shares upon the exercise of ISOs; and (iii) any Unvested Units (as defined in the LLC Agreement) that are outstanding as of the Effective Date, that are forfeited or canceled prior to vesting, an equivalent number of shares of Stock determined as of the date of such forfeiture or cancelation, shall be available under the Plan for the issuance of shares with respect to Awards, including for the issuance of shares upon the exercise of ISOs. For the avoidance of doubt, any shares of Stock that become available for issuance under the Plan pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 4(a) shall not be available for issuance pursuant to the UAR Plans, and any Unit Appreciation Rights that are forfeited or canceled without payment following the Effective Date shall not be available for issuance pursuant to the applicable UAR Plan.
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(b) Application of Limitation to Grants of Awards. Subject to Section 4(c), no Award may be granted if the number of shares of Stock that may be delivered in connection with such Award exceeds the number of shares of Stock remaining available under the Plan minus the number of shares of Stock issuable in settlement of or relating to then-outstanding Awards. The Committee may adopt reasonable counting procedures to ensure appropriate counting, avoid double counting (as, for example, in the case of tandem or Substitute Awards) and make adjustments if the number of shares of Stock actually delivered differs from the number of shares previously counted in connection with an Award.
(c) Availability of Shares Not Delivered under Awards. Shares of Stock subject to an Award under the Plan that expires or is cancelled, forfeited, exchanged, settled in cash or otherwise terminated without the actual delivery of shares (Awards of Restricted Stock shall not be considered delivered shares for this purpose), will again be available for Awards. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the number of shares tendered or withheld in payment of any exercise or purchase price of an Award or taxes relating to an Award, (ii) shares that were subject to an Option or an SAR but were not issued or delivered as a result of the net settlement or net exercise of such Option or SAR and (iii) shares repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of an Options exercise price, will not, in each case, be available for Awards. If an Award may be settled only in cash, such Award need not be counted against any share limit under this Section 4.
(d) Shares Available Following Certain Transactions. Substitute Awards granted in accordance with applicable stock exchange requirements and in substitution or exchange for awards previously granted by a company acquired by the Company or any subsidiary or with which the Company or any subsidiary combines shall not reduce the shares authorized for issuance under the Plan, nor shall shares subject to such Substitute Awards be added to the shares available for issuance under the Plan as provided above (whether or not such Substitute Awards are later cancelled, forfeited or otherwise terminated).
(e) Stock Offered. The shares of Stock to be delivered under the Plan shall be made available from (i) authorized but unissued shares of Stock, (ii) Stock held in the treasury of the Company, or (iii) previously issued shares of Stock reacquired by the Company, including shares purchased on the open market.
5. Eligibility.
(a) Awards may be granted under the Plan only to Eligible Persons.
6. Specific Terms of Awards.
(a) General. Awards may be granted on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 6. Awards granted under the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone, in addition to, or in tandem with any other Award. In addition, the Committee may impose on any Award or the exercise thereof, at the date of grant or thereafter (subject to Section 10), such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine, including subjecting such awards to service- or performance-
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based vesting conditions. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, with respect to any performance-based conditions, (i) the Committee may use one or more business criteria or other measures of performance as it may deem appropriate in establishing any performance goals applicable to an Award, (ii) any such performance goals may relate to the performance of the Participant, the Company (on a consolidated basis), or to specified subsidiaries, business or geographical units or operating areas of the Company, (iii) the performance period or periods over which performance goals will be measured shall be established by the Committee, and (iv) any such performance goals and performance periods may differ among Awards granted to any one Participant or to different Participants. To the extent provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee may exercise its discretion to reduce or increase the amounts payable under any Award.
(b) Options. The Committee is authorized to grant Options, which may be designated as either ISOs or Nonstatutory Options, to Eligible Persons on the following terms and conditions:
(i) Exercise Price. Each Award Agreement evidencing an Option shall state the exercise price per share of Stock (the Exercise Price) established by the Committee; provided, however, that except as provided in Section 6(j) or in Section 8, the Exercise Price of an Option shall not be less than the greater of (A) the par value per share of the Stock or (B) 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of the Stock as of the date of grant of the Option (or in the case of an ISO granted to an individual who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or its parent or any of its subsidiaries, 110% of the Fair Market Value per share of the Stock on the date of grant).
(ii) Time and Method of Exercise; Other Terms. The Committee shall determine the methods by which the Exercise Price may be paid or deemed to be paid, the form of such payment, including cash or cash equivalents, Stock (including previously owned shares or through a cashless exercise, i.e., net settlement, a broker-assisted exercise, or other reduction of the amount of shares otherwise issuable pursuant to the Option), other Awards or awards granted under other plans of the Company or any Affiliate, other property, or any other legal consideration the Committee deems appropriate (including notes or other contractual obligations of Participants to make payment on a deferred basis), the methods by or forms in which Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants, including the delivery of Restricted Stock subject to Section 6(d), and any other terms and conditions of any Option. In the case of an exercise whereby the Exercise Price is paid with Stock, such Stock shall be valued based on the Stocks Fair Market Value as of the date of exercise. No Option may be exercisable for a period of more than ten years following the date of grant of the Option (or in the case of an ISO granted to an individual who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or its parent or any of its subsidiaries, for a period of more than five years following the date of grant of the ISO).
(iii) ISOs. The terms of any ISO granted under the Plan shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code. ISOs may only be granted to Eligible Persons who are employees of the Company or employees of a parent or any subsidiary corporation of the Company. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8, no term of the Plan relating to ISOs (including any SAR in tandem therewith) shall be interpreted, amended or altered, nor shall any discretion or authority granted under the Plan be exercised, so as to disqualify either the Plan or
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any ISO under Section 422 of the Code, unless notice has been provided to the Participant that such change will result in such disqualification. ISOs shall not be granted more than ten years after the earlier of the adoption of the Plan or the approval of the Plan by the Companys stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of shares of Stock subject to an ISO and the aggregate Fair Market Value of shares of stock of any parent or subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of Sections 424(e) and (f) of the Code) subject to any other incentive stock options of the Company or a parent or subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of Sections 424(e) and (f) of the Code) that are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year exceeds $100,000, or such other amount as may be prescribed under Section 422 of the Code, such excess shall be treated as Nonstatutory Options in accordance with the Code. As used in the previous sentence, Fair Market Value shall be determined as of the date the ISO is granted. If a Participant shall make any disposition of shares of Stock issued pursuant to an ISO under the circumstances described in Section 421(b) of the Code (relating to disqualifying dispositions), the Participant shall notify the Company of such disposition within the time provided to do so in the applicable award agreement.
(c) SARs. The Committee is authorized to grant SARs to Eligible Persons on the following terms and conditions:
(i) Right to Payment. An SAR is a right to receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of exercise over (B) the grant price of the SAR as determined by the Committee.
(ii) Grant Price. Each Award Agreement evidencing an SAR shall state the grant price per share of Stock established by the Committee; provided, however, that except as provided in Section 6(j) or in Section 8, the grant price per share of Stock subject to an SAR shall not be less than the greater of (A) the par value per share of the Stock or (B) 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of the Stock as of the date of grant of the SAR.
(iii) Method of Exercise and Settlement; Other Terms. The Committee shall determine the form of consideration payable upon settlement, the method by or forms in which Stock (if any) will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants, and any other terms and conditions of any SAR. SARs may be either free-standing or granted in tandem with other Awards. No SAR may be exercisable for a period of more than ten years following the date of grant of the SAR.
(iv) Rights Related to Options. An SAR granted in connection with an Option shall entitle a Participant, upon exercise, to surrender that Option or any portion thereof, to the extent unexercised, and to receive payment of an amount determined by multiplying (A) the difference obtained by subtracting the Exercise Price with respect to a share of Stock specified in the related Option from the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of the SAR, by (B) the number of shares as to which that SAR has been exercised. The Option shall then cease to be exercisable to the extent surrendered. SARs granted in connection with an Option shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Award Agreement governing the Option, which shall provide that the SAR is exercisable only at such time or times and only to the extent that the related Option is exercisable and shall not be transferable except to the extent that the related Option is transferrable.
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(d) Restricted Stock. The Committee is authorized to grant Restricted Stock to Eligible Persons on the following terms and conditions:
(i) Restrictions. Restricted Stock shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability, risk of forfeiture and other restrictions, if any, as the Committee may impose. Except as provided in Section 7(a)(iii) and Section 7(a)(iv), during the restricted period applicable to the Restricted Stock, the Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, hedged, hypothecated, margined or otherwise encumbered by the Participant.
(ii) Dividends and Splits. As a condition to the grant of an Award of Restricted Stock, the Committee may allow a Participant to elect, or may require, that any cash dividends paid on a share of Restricted Stock be automatically reinvested in additional shares of Restricted Stock, applied to the purchase of additional Awards or deferred without interest to the date of vesting of the associated Award of Restricted Stock. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and specified in the applicable Award Agreement, Stock distributed in connection with a Stock split or Stock dividend, and other property (other than cash) distributed as a dividend, shall be subject to restrictions and a risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the Restricted Stock with respect to which such Stock or other property has been distributed.
(e) Restricted Stock Units. The Committee is authorized to grant Restricted Stock Units to Eligible Persons on the following terms and conditions:
(i) Award and Restrictions. Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to such restrictions (which may include a risk of forfeiture) as the Committee may impose.
(ii) Settlement. Settlement of vested Restricted Stock Units shall occur upon vesting or upon expiration of the deferral period specified for such Restricted Stock Units by the Committee (or, if permitted by the Committee, as elected by the Participant). Restricted Stock Units shall be settled by delivery of (A) a number of shares of Stock equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units for which settlement is due, or (B) cash in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the specified number of shares of Stock equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units for which settlement is due, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee at the date of grant or thereafter.
(f) Stock Awards. The Committee is authorized to grant Stock Awards to Eligible Persons as a bonus, as additional compensation, or in lieu of cash compensation any such Eligible Person is otherwise entitled to receive, in such amounts and subject to such other terms as the Committee in its discretion determines to be appropriate.
(g) Dividend Equivalents. The Committee is authorized to grant Dividend Equivalents to Eligible Persons, entitling any such Eligible Person to receive cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property equal in value to dividends or other distributions paid with respect to a specified number of shares of Stock. Dividend Equivalents may be awarded on a free-standing basis or in connection with another Award (other than an Award of Restricted Stock or a Stock Award). The Committee may provide that Dividend Equivalents that are granted as free-standing awards shall be paid or distributed when accrued or at a later specified date and, if distributed at a later date, may be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Stock, Awards, or other investment
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vehicles or accrued in a bookkeeping account without interest, and subject to such restrictions on transferability and risks of forfeiture, as the Committee may specify. With respect to Dividend Equivalents granted in connection with another Award, absent a contrary provision in the Award Agreement, such Dividend Equivalents shall be subject to the same restrictions and risk of forfeiture as the Award with respect to which the dividends accrue and shall not be paid unless and until such Award has vested and been earned.
(h) Other Stock-Based Awards. The Committee is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to Eligible Persons such other Awards that may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to, Stock, as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan, including convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or exchangeable into Stock, purchase rights for Stock, Awards with value and payment contingent upon performance of the Company or any other factors designated by the Committee, and Awards valued by reference to the book value of Stock or the value of securities of, or the performance of, specified Affiliates. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such Other Stock-Based Awards. Stock delivered pursuant to an Other-Stock Based Award in the nature of a purchase right granted under this Section 6(h) shall be purchased for such consideration, paid for at such times, by such methods, and in such forms, including cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property, as the Committee shall determine.
(i) Cash Awards. The Committee is authorized to grant Cash Awards, on a free-standing basis or as an element of, a supplement to, or in lieu of any other Award under the Plan to Eligible Persons in such amounts and subject to such other terms as the Committee in its discretion determines to be appropriate, including for purposes of any annual or short-term incentive or other bonus program.
(j) Substitute Awards; No Repricing. Awards may be granted in substitution or exchange for any other Award granted under the Plan or under another plan of the Company or an Affiliate or any other right of an Eligible Person to receive payment from the Company or an Affiliate. Awards may also be granted under the Plan in substitution for awards held by individuals who become Eligible Persons as a result of a merger, consolidation or acquisition of another entity or the assets of another entity by or with the Company or an Affiliate. Such Substitute Awards referred to in the immediately preceding sentence that are Options or SARs may have an exercise price that is less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of the substitution if such substitution complies with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules and other applicable laws and exchange rules. Except as provided in this Section 6(j) or in Section 8, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, the terms of outstanding Awards may not be amended to (i) reduce the Exercise Price or grant price of an outstanding Option or SAR, (ii) grant a new Option, SAR or other Award in substitution for, or upon the cancellation of, any previously granted Option or SAR that has the effect of reducing the Exercise Price or grant price thereof, (iii) exchange any Option or SAR for Stock, cash or other consideration when the Exercise Price or grant price per share of Stock under such Option or SAR exceeds the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock or (iv) take any other action that would be considered a repricing of an Option or SAR under the applicable listing standards of the national securities exchange on which the Stock is listed (if any).
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7. Certain Provisions Applicable to Awards.
(a) Limit on Transfer of Awards.
(i) Except as provided in Sections 7(a)(iii) and (iv), each Option and SAR shall be exercisable only by the Participant during the Participants lifetime, or by the person to whom the Participants rights shall pass by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7(a), an ISO shall not be transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
(ii) Except as provided in Sections 7(a)(i), (iii) and (iv), no Award, other than a Stock Award, and no right under any such Award, may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or any Affiliate.
(iii) To the extent specifically provided by the Committee and permitted pursuant to Form S-8 and the instructions thereto, an Award may be transferred by a Participant on such terms and conditions as the Committee may from time to time establish; provided, however, that no Award (other than a Stock Award) may be transferred to a third-party financial institution for value.
(iv) An Award may be transferred pursuant to a domestic relations order entered or approved by a court of competent jurisdiction upon delivery to the Company of a written request for such transfer and a certified copy of such order.
(b) Form and Timing of Payment under Awards; Deferrals. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, payments to be made by the Company or any Affiliates upon the exercise or settlement of an Award may be made in such forms as the Committee shall determine in its discretion, including cash, Stock, other Awards or other property, and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis (which may be required by the Committee or permitted at the election of the Participant on terms and conditions established by the Committee); provided, however, that any such deferred or installment payments will be set forth in the Award Agreement. Payments may include, without limitation, provisions for the payment or crediting of reasonable interest on installment or deferred payments or the grant or crediting of Dividend Equivalents or other amounts in respect of installment or deferred payments denominated in Stock.
(c) Evidencing Stock. The Stock or other securities of the Company delivered pursuant to an Award may be evidenced in any manner deemed appropriate by the Committee in its sole discretion, including in the form of a certificate issued in the name of the Participant or by book entry, electronic or otherwise, and shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the SEC, any stock exchange upon which such Stock or other securities are then listed, and any applicable federal, state or other laws, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be inscribed on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. Further, if certificates representing Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the Participant, the Company may retain physical possession of the certificates and may require that the Participant deliver a stock power to the Company, endorsed in blank, related to the Restricted Stock.
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(d) Consideration for Grants. Awards may be granted for such consideration, including services, as the Committee shall determine, but shall not be granted for less than the minimum lawful consideration.
(e) Additional Agreements. Each Eligible Person to whom an Award is granted under the Plan may be required to agree in writing, as a condition to the grant of such Award or otherwise, to subject an Award that is exercised or settled following such Eligible Persons termination of employment or service to a general release of claims and/or a noncompetition or other restricted covenant agreement in favor of the Company and the Affiliates, with the terms and conditions of such agreement(s) to be determined in good faith by the Committee.
8. Subdivision or Consolidation; Recapitalization; Change in Control; Reorganization.
(a) Existence of Plans and Awards. The existence of the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company, the Board or the stockholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Companys capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of debt or equity securities ahead of or affecting Stock or the rights thereof, the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or any part of its assets or business or any other corporate act or proceeding.
(b) Additional Issuances. Except as expressly provided herein, the issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, including upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, and in any case whether or not for fair value, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of shares of Stock subject to Awards theretofore granted or the purchase price per share of Stock, if applicable.
(c) Subdivision or Consolidation of Shares. The terms of an Award and the share limitations under the Plan shall be subject to adjustment by the Committee from time to time, in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) If at any time, or from time to time, the Company shall subdivide as a whole (by reclassification, by a Stock split, by the issuance of a distribution on Stock payable in Stock, or otherwise) the number of shares of Stock then outstanding into a greater number of shares of Stock, then, as appropriate (A) the maximum number of shares of Stock available for delivery with respect to Awards and applicable limitations with respect to Awards provided in Section 4 and Section 5 (other than cash limits) shall be increased proportionately, and the kind of shares or other securities available for the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted, (B) the number of shares of Stock (or other kind of shares or securities) that may be acquired under any then-outstanding Award shall be increased proportionately, and (C) the price (including the Exercise Price or grant price) for each share of Stock (or other kind of shares or securities) subject to then-outstanding Awards shall be reduced proportionately, without changing the aggregate purchase price or value as to which outstanding Awards remain exercisable or subject to restrictions.
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(ii) If at any time, or from time to time, the Company shall consolidate as a whole (by reclassification, by reverse Stock split, or otherwise) the number of shares of Stock then outstanding into a lesser number of shares of Stock, then, as appropriate (A) the maximum number of shares of Stock available for delivery with respect to Awards and applicable limitations with respect to Awards provided in Section 4 and Section 5 (other than cash limits) shall be decreased proportionately, and the kind of shares or other securities available for the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted, (B) the number of shares of Stock (or other kind of shares or securities) that may be acquired under any then-outstanding Award shall be decreased proportionately, and (C) the price (including the Exercise Price or grant price) for each share of Stock (or other kind of shares or securities) subject to then-outstanding Awards shall be increased proportionately, without changing the aggregate purchase price or value as to which outstanding Awards remain exercisable or subject to restrictions.
(d) Recapitalization. In the event of any change in the capital structure or business of the Company or other corporate transaction or event that would be considered an equity restructuring within the meaning of ASC Topic 718 and, in each case, that would result in an additional compensation expense to the Company pursuant to the provisions of ASC Topic 718, if adjustments to Awards with respect to such event were discretionary or otherwise not required (each such an event, an Adjustment Event), then the Committee shall equitably adjust (i) the aggregate number or kind of shares that thereafter may be delivered under the Plan, (ii) the number or kind of shares or other property (including cash) subject to an Award, (iii) the terms and conditions of Awards, including the purchase price or Exercise Price of Awards and performance goals, as applicable, and (iv) the applicable limitations with respect to Awards provided in Section 4 and Section 5 (other than cash limits) to equitably reflect such Adjustment Event (Equitable Adjustments). In the event of any change in the capital structure or business of the Company or other corporate transaction or event that would not be considered an Adjustment Event, and is not otherwise addressed in this Section 8, the Committee shall have complete discretion to make Equitable Adjustments (if any) in such manner as it deems appropriate with respect to such other event.
(e) Change in Control and Other Events. Except to the extent otherwise specifically provided in an Award Agreement, acceleration of the time of vesting or exercisability of any Award or the lapse of forfeiture restrictions applicable to any Award shall not occur solely upon the occurrence of a Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control or other changes in the Company or the outstanding Stock by reason of a recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange or other relevant change occurring after the date of the grant of any Award, the Committee, acting in its sole discretion without the consent or approval of any holder, may exercise any power enumerated in Section 3 (including the power to accelerate vesting, waive any forfeiture conditions or otherwise modify or adjust any other condition or limitation regarding an Award) and may also effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual holder:
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(i) accelerate the time of exercisability of an Award so that such Award may be exercised in full or in part for a limited period of time on or before a date specified by the Committee, after which specified date all unexercised Awards and all rights of holders thereunder shall terminate;
(ii) redeem in whole or in part outstanding Awards by requiring the mandatory surrender to the Company by selected holders of some or all of the outstanding Awards held by such holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then vested or exercisable) as of a date, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Awards and pay to each holder an amount of cash or other property or consideration per Award (other than a Dividend Equivalent or Cash Award, which the Committee may separately require to be surrendered in exchange for cash or other consideration determined by the Committee in its discretion) equal to the Change in Control Price, less the Exercise Price with respect to an Option and less the grant price with respect to an SAR, as applicable to such Awards; provided, however, that to the extent the Exercise Price of an Option or the grant price of an SAR exceeds the Change in Control Price, such Award may be cancelled for no consideration;
(iii) cancel Awards that remain subject to a restricted period as of the date of a Change in Control or other such event without payment of any consideration to the Participant for such Awards; or
(iv) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Change in Control or other such event (including the substitution, assumption, or continuation of Awards by the successor company or a parent or subsidiary thereof);
provided, however, that so long as the event is not an Adjustment Event, the Committee may determine in its sole discretion that no adjustment is necessary to Awards then outstanding. If an Adjustment Event occurs, this Section 8(e) shall only apply to the extent it is not in conflict with Section 8(d).
9. General Provisions.
(a) Tax Withholding. The Company and any Affiliate are authorized to withhold from any Award granted, or any payment relating to an Award, including from a distribution of Stock, taxes due or potentially payable in connection with any transaction involving an Award, and to take such other action as the Committee may deem advisable to enable the Company, the Affiliates and Participants to satisfy the payment of withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to any Award in such amounts as may be determined by the Committee. The Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, the form of payment acceptable for such tax withholding obligations, including the delivery of cash or cash equivalents, Stock (including through delivery of previously owned shares, net settlement, a broker-assisted sale, or other cashless withholding or reduction of the amount of shares otherwise issuable or delivered pursuant to the Award), other property, or any other legal consideration the Committee deems appropriate. Any determination made by the Committee to allow a Participant who is subject to Rule 16b-3 to pay taxes with shares of Stock through net settlement or previously owned shares shall be approved by either a committee made up of solely two or more Qualified Members or the full Board. If such
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tax withholding amounts are satisfied through net settlement or previously owned shares, the maximum number of shares of Stock that may be so withheld or surrendered shall be the number of shares of Stock that have an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of withholding or surrender equal to the aggregate amount of such tax liabilities determined based on the greatest withholding rates for federal, state, foreign and/or local tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that may be utilized without creating adverse accounting treatment for the Company with respect to such Award, as determined by the Committee.
(b) Limitation on Rights Conferred under Plan. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as (i) giving any Eligible Person or Participant the right to continue as an Eligible Person or Participant or in the employ or service of the Company or any Affiliate, (ii) interfering in any way with the right of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate any Eligible Persons or Participants employment or service relationship at any time, (iii) giving an Eligible Person or Participant any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan or to be treated uniformly with other Participants and/or employees and/or other service providers, or (iv) conferring on a Participant any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company unless and until the Participant is duly issued or transferred shares of Stock in accordance with the terms of an Award.
(c) Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. All questions arising with respect to the provisions of the Plan and Awards shall be determined by application of the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any conflict of law provisions thereof, except to the extent Delaware law is preempted by federal law. The obligation of the Company to sell and deliver Stock hereunder is subject to applicable federal and state laws and to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, or delivery of such Stock. With respect to any claim or dispute related to or arising under the Plan, the Company and each Participant who accepts an Award hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction, forum and venue of the state and federal courts located in St. Louis County, Missouri.
(d) Severability and Reformation. If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable law or, if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect. If any of the terms or provisions of the Plan or any Award Agreement conflict with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 (as those terms or provisions are applied to Eligible Persons who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act) or Section 422 of the Code (with respect to ISOs), then those conflicting terms or provisions shall be deemed inoperative to the extent they so conflict with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 (unless the Board or the Committee, as appropriate, has expressly determined that the Plan or such Award should not comply with Rule 16b-3) or Section 422 of the Code, in each case, only to the extent Rule 16b-3 and such sections of the Code are applicable. With respect to ISOs, if the Plan does not contain any provision required to be included herein under Section 422 of the Code, that provision shall be deemed to be incorporated herein with the same force and effect as if that provision had been set out at length herein; provided, further, that, to the extent any Option that is intended to qualify as an ISO cannot so qualify, that Option (to that extent) shall be deemed a Nonstatutory Option for all purposes of the Plan.
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(e) Unfunded Status of Awards; No Trust or Fund Created. The Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded plan for certain incentive awards. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate and a Participant or any other person. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company or any Affiliate pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any general unsecured creditor of the Company or such Affiliate.
(f) Nonexclusivity of the Plan. Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor its submission to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board or a committee thereof to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable. Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed to prevent the Company or any Affiliate from taking any corporate action which is deemed by the Company or such Affiliate to be appropriate or in its best interest, whether or not such action would have an adverse effect on the Plan or any Award made under the Plan. No employee, beneficiary or other person shall have any claim against the Company or any Affiliate as a result of any such action.
(g) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Stock shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion whether cash, other securities, or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional shares of Stock or whether such fractional shares of Stock or any rights thereto shall be cancelled, terminated, or otherwise eliminated with or without consideration.
(h) Interpretation. Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof. Words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, and, where appropriate, the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of an Award Agreement and the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control. The use herein of the word including following any general statement, term or matter shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as without limitation, but not limited to, or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that could reasonably fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. References herein to any agreement, instrument or other document means such agreement, instrument or other document as amended, supplemented and modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof and not prohibited by the Plan.
(i) Facility of Payment. Any amounts payable hereunder to any individual under legal disability or who, in the judgment of the Committee, is unable to manage properly his financial affairs, may be paid to the legal representative of such individual, or may be applied for the benefit of such individual in any manner that the Committee may select, and the Company shall be relieved of any further liability for payment of such amounts.
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(j) Conditions to Delivery of Stock. Nothing herein or in any Award Agreement shall require the Company to issue any shares with respect to any Award if that issuance would, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, constitute a violation of the Securities Act, any other applicable statute or regulation, or the rules of any applicable securities exchange or securities association, as then in effect. In addition, each Participant who receives an Award under the Plan shall not sell or otherwise dispose of Stock that is acquired upon grant, exercise or vesting of an Award in any manner that would constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws, the Plan or the rules, regulations or other requirements of the SEC or any stock exchange upon which the Stock is then listed. At the time of any exercise of an Option or SAR, or at the time of any grant of any other Award, the Company may, as a condition precedent to the exercise of such Option or SAR or settlement of any other Award, require from the Participant (or in the event of his or her death, his or her legal representatives, heirs, legatees, or distributees) such written representations, if any, concerning the holders intentions with regard to the retention or disposition of the shares of Stock being acquired pursuant to the Award and such written covenants and agreements, if any, as to the manner of disposal of such shares as, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, may be necessary to ensure that any disposition by that holder (or in the event of the holders death, his or her legal representatives, heirs, legatees, or distributees) will not involve a violation of the Securities Act, any other applicable state or federal statute or regulation, or any rule of any applicable securities exchange or securities association, as then in effect. Stock or other securities shall not be delivered pursuant to any Award until payment in full of any amount required to be paid pursuant to the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement (including any Exercise Price, grant price, or tax withholding) is received by the Company.
(k) Section 409A of the Code. It is the general intention, but not the obligation, of the Committee to design Awards to comply with or to be exempt from the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules, and Awards will be operated and construed accordingly. Neither this Section 9(k) nor any other provision of the Plan is or contains a representation to any Participant regarding the tax consequences of the grant, vesting, exercise, settlement, or sale of any Award (or the Stock underlying such Award) granted hereunder, and should not be interpreted as such. In no event shall the Company be liable for all or any portion of any taxes, penalties, interest or other expenses that may be incurred by the Participant on account of non-compliance with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan or an Award Agreement to the contrary, in the event that a specified employee (as defined under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules) becomes entitled to a payment under an Award that would be subject to additional taxes and interest under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules if the Participants receipt of such payment or benefits is not delayed until the earlier of (i) the date of the Participants death, or (ii) the date that is six months after the Participants separation from service, as defined under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules (such date, the Section 409A Payment Date), then such payment or benefit shall not be provided to the Participant until the Section 409A Payment Date. Any amounts subject to the preceding sentence that would otherwise be payable prior to the Section 409A Payment Date will be aggregated and paid in a lump sum without interest on the Section 409A Payment Date. The applicable provisions of the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules are hereby incorporated by reference and shall control over any Plan or Award Agreement provision in conflict therewith.
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(l) Clawback. The Plan and all Awards granted hereunder are subject to any written clawback policies that the Company, with the approval of the Board or an authorized committee thereof, may adopt either prior to or following the Effective Date, including any policy adopted to conform to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and rules promulgated thereunder by the SEC and that the Company determines should apply to Awards. Any such policy may subject a Participants Awards and amounts paid or realized with respect to Awards to reduction, cancelation, forfeiture or recoupment if certain specified events or wrongful conduct occur, including an accounting restatement due to the Companys material noncompliance with financial reporting regulations or other events or wrongful conduct specified in any such clawback policy.
(m) Status under ERISA. The Plan shall not constitute an employee benefit plan for purposes of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
(n) Plan Effective Date and Term. The Plan was adopted by the Board to be effective on the Effective Date. No Awards may be granted under the Plan on and after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date, which is September 20, 2031. However, any Award granted prior to such termination (or any earlier termination pursuant to Section 10), and the authority of the Board or Committee to amend, alter, adjust, suspend, discontinue, or terminate any such Award or to waive any conditions or rights under such Award in accordance with the terms of the Plan, shall extend beyond such termination until the final disposition of such Award.
10. Amendments to the Plan and Awards. The Committee may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate any Award or Award Agreement, the Plan or the Committees authority to grant Awards without the consent of stockholders or Participants, except that any amendment or alteration to the Plan, including any increase in any share limitation, shall be subject to the approval of the Companys stockholders not later than the annual meeting next following such Committee action if such stockholder approval is required by any federal or state law or regulation or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Stock may then be listed or quoted, and the Committee may otherwise, in its discretion, determine to submit other changes to the Plan to stockholders for approval; provided, that, without the consent of an affected Participant, no such Committee action may materially and adversely affect the rights of such Participant under any previously granted and outstanding Award. For purposes of clarity, any adjustments made to Awards pursuant to Section 8 will be deemed not to materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant under any previously granted and outstanding Award and therefore may be made without the consent of affected Participants.
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Exhibit 10.5
U.S. Employee Form
NERDY INC.
2021 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD GRANT NOTICE
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Nerdy Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the Plan), Nerdy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), hereby grants to the individual listed below (you or the Participant) the number of restricted stock units set forth below (this Award) on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Agreement) and the Plan, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
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Subject to the Agreement, the Plan and the other terms and conditions set forth herein, the Restricted Stock Units shall vest so long as you remain continuously employed by the Company or its Affiliate from the Date of Grant through each vesting date. See your Online Equity Management Account for your vesting schedule. |
By accepting this Grant Notice, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Agreement, and this Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice (this Grant Notice). You acknowledge that you have reviewed the Agreement, the Plan, and this Grant Notice in their entirety and fully understand all provisions of the Agreement, the Plan, and this Grant Notice. You hereby agree to accept as binding, conclusive, and final all decisions or interpretations of the Committee regarding any questions or determinations that arise under the Agreement, the Plan, or this Grant Notice. This Grant Notice may be executed in one or more counterparts (including portable document format (.pdf) and facsimile counterparts), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Electronic acceptance of this Grant Notice pursuant to the Companys instructions to the Participant (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.
U.S. Employee Form
EXHIBIT A
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
This Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (together with the Grant Notice to which this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement is attached, this Agreement) is made as of the Date of Grant set forth in the Grant Notice to which this Agreement is attached by and between Nerdy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and (the Participant).
1. The Grant. In consideration of the Participants past and/or continued employment with the Company or its Affiliates and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, effective as of the Date of Grant set forth in the Grant Notice, the Company hereby grants the Participant an award consisting of the number of Restricted Stock Units set forth in the Grant Notice, whereby each Restricted Stock Unit represents the right to receive one share of Stock, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan (the Award). To the extent that any provision of this Agreement conflicts with the expressly applicable terms of the Plan, Participant acknowledges and agrees that those terms of the Plan shall control and, if necessary, the applicable terms of this Agreement shall be deemed amended so as to carry out the purpose and intent of the Plan.
2. Rights as a Stockholder. The Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement do not and shall not entitle Participant to any rights of a holder of Stock prior to the date shares of Stock are issued to Participant in settlement of the Award. Participants rights with respect to the Restricted Stock Units shall remain forfeitable at all times prior to the date on which rights become vested and the restrictions with respect to the Restricted Stock Units lapse in accordance with Sections 5 and 6.
3. Restrictions; Forfeiture. The Restricted Stock Units are restricted in that they may not be sold, transferred, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until these restrictions are removed or expire as contemplated in Section 5 of this Agreement and as described in the Notice of Grant, and Stock is issued to Participant as described in Section 4 of this Agreement. The Restricted Stock Units are also restricted in the sense that they may be forfeited to the Company (the Forfeiture Restrictions).
4. Issuance of Stock. No shares of Stock shall be issued to Participant prior to the date on which the Restricted Stock Units vest and the restrictions, including the Forfeiture Restrictions, with respect to the Restricted Stock Units lapse, in accordance with Sections 5 and 6. After the Restricted Stock Units vest pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall, promptly and within 60 days of such vesting date, cause to be issued Stock registered in Participants name in payment of such vested Restricted Stock Units upon receipt by the Company of any required tax withholding. The Company shall evidence the Stock to be issued in payment of such vested Restricted Stock Units in the manner it deems appropriate. The value of any fractional Restricted Stock Units shall be rounded down at the time Stock is issued to Participant in connection with the Restricted Stock Units. No fractional shares of Stock, nor the cash value of any fractional shares of Stock, will be issuable or payable to Participant pursuant to this Agreement. The value of such shares of Stock shall not bear any interest owing to the passage of time. Any Dividend Equivalents credited to Participants account during the vesting schedule of the related Restricted Stock Units shall become payable to Participant in the form of a lump sum cash payment at the same time as the related Restricted Stock Units are settled in accordance with this Section 4. Neither this Section 4 nor any action taken pursuant to or in accordance with this Section 4 shall be construed to create a trust or a funded or secured obligation of any kind.
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5. Vesting; Expiration of Restrictions and Risk of Forfeiture. The restrictions on the Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement, including the Forfeiture Restrictions, will lapse as set forth in the vesting schedule set forth in the Grant Notice, provided that Participant remains in the employ of the Company or its Subsidiaries until the applicable dates set forth in the vesting schedule. Any shares of Stock underlying the Restricted Stock Units that become vested and nonforfeitable will be issued to Participant in payment of Participants vested Restricted Stock Units as set forth in Section 4.
6. Termination of Employment. If Participants employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is terminated for any reason, then those Restricted Stock Units for which the Forfeiture Restrictions have not lapsed as of the date of termination shall become null and void and those Restricted Stock Units shall be forfeited to the Company. The Restricted Stock Units for which the Forfeiture Restrictions have lapsed as of the date of such termination, including Restricted Stock Units for which the restrictions lapsed in connection with such termination, shall not be forfeited to the Company and shall be settled as set forth in Section 5. For purposes of this Agreement, Participant shall be considered to be employed by the Company or an Affiliate as long as Participant remains an employee of any of the Company, an Affiliate, or a corporation or other entity or a parent or subsidiary of such corporation or other entity assuming or substituting a new award for this Award. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, it is expressly provided that Participant shall be considered to have terminated employment with the Company (a) when Participant ceases to be an employee of any of the Company, an Affiliate, or a corporation or other entity or a parent or subsidiary of such corporation or other entity assuming or substituting a new award for this award or (b) at the time of the termination of the Affiliate status under the Plan of the corporation or other entity that employs Participant.
7. Leave of Absence. ThisAward shall be subject to any Company policy applicable to treatment of equity Awards upon a leave of absence.
8. Tax Withholding. To the extent that the grant or vesting of this Award results in compensation income or wages to Participant for federal, state, local and/or foreign tax purposes, Participant shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the satisfaction of obligations for the payment of withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to this Award. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the Companys (or any Subsidiarys) required tax withholding obligation shall be satisfied in full by an arrangement whereby (i) the Company shall issue to a broker designated by the Company and acting on behalf of the Participant a number of shares of Stock sufficient to satisfy the withholding amount due along with any applicable third-party commission with irrevocable instructions to sell such shares of Stock (Sell-to-Cover) and (ii) the proceeds from such Sell-to-Cover shall be remitted to the Company. In the event the proceeds from the Sell-to-Cover are insufficient to fully satisfy the applicable withholding taxes, the Participant authorizes withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Participant, in the same calendar year, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision through
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the submission of cash, a check or its equivalent for any sums required to satisfy the remaining withholding taxes. Given that Sell-to-Cover is both mandatory and non-discretionary, it is the intent of the parties that this Section comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) under the Exchange Act, and the Agreement will be interpreted to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act. Participant acknowledges that there may be adverse tax consequences upon the grant or vesting of this Award or disposition of the underlying shares and that Participant has been advised, and hereby are advised, to consult a tax advisor. Participant represents that Participant is in no manner relying on the Board, the Committee, the Company or an Affiliate or any of their respective managers, directors, officers, employees or authorized representatives (including, without limitation, attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers, lenders, prospective lenders and financial representatives) for tax advice or an assessment of such tax consequences.
9. Compliance with Applicable Law. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the issuance of Stock will be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of with all applicable requirements of applicable law with respect to such securities and with the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. No Stock will be issued hereunder if such issuance would constitute a violation of any applicable federal, state, or foreign securities laws or other law or regulations or the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. In addition, Stock will not be issued hereunder unless a registration statement under the Securities Act is, at the time of issuance, in effect with respect to the shares issued or in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the shares issued may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. PARTICIPANT IS CAUTIONED THAT ISSUANCE OF STOCK UPON THE VESTING OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY NOT OCCUR UNLESS THE FOREGOING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Companys legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any shares subject to the Award will relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue such shares as to which such requisite authority has not been obtained. As a condition to any issuance hereunder, the Company may require Participant to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect to such compliance as may be requested by the Company. From time to time, the Board and appropriate officers of the Company are authorized to take the actions necessary and appropriate to file required documents with governmental authorities, stock exchanges, and other appropriate Persons to make shares of Stock available for issuance.
10. Legends. If a stock certificate is issued with respect to shares of Stock issued hereunder, such certificate shall bear such legend or legends as the Committee deems appropriate in order to reflect the restrictions set forth in this Agreement and to ensure compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC, any applicable laws or the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange on which the Stock is then listed. If the shares of Stock issued hereunder are held in book-entry form, then such entry will reflect that the shares are subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement.
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11. No Right to Continued Employment, Service or Awards. Nothing in the adoption of the Plan, nor the award of Restricted Stock Units thereunder pursuant to the Grant Notice and this Agreement, shall confer upon the Participant the right to continued employment by, or a continued service relationship with, the Company or any Affiliate, or any other entity, or affect in any way the right of the Company or any such Affiliate, or any other entity to terminate such employment or other service relationship at any time. The grant of this Award is a one-time benefit and does not create any contractual or other right to receive a grant of Awards or benefits in lieu of Awards in the future. Any future Awards will be granted at the sole discretion of the Company.
12. Furnish Information. The Participant agrees to furnish to the Company all information requested by the Company to enable it to comply with any reporting or other requirement imposed upon the Company by or under any applicable statute or regulation.
13. No Liability for Good Faith Determinations. The Company and the members of the Board shall not be liable for any act, omission or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to this Agreement or the Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder.
14. Execution of Receipts and Releases. Any issuance or transfer of shares of Stock or other property to the Participant or the Participants legal representative, heir, legatee or distributee, in accordance with this Agreement shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of such Person hereunder. As a condition precedent to such payment or issuance, the Company may require the Participant or the Participants legal representative, heir, legatee or distributee to execute (and not revoke within any time provided to do so) a release and receipt therefore in such form as it shall determine appropriate.
15. No Guarantee of Interests. The Board, the Committee and the Company do not guarantee the Stock of the Company from loss or depreciation.
16. Company Records. Records of the Company or any Affiliate regarding the Participants service and other matters shall be conclusive for all purposes hereunder, unless determined by the Company to be incorrect.
17. Notices. All notices required or permitted under this Agreement must be in writing and personally delivered or sent by mail and shall be deemed to be delivered on the date on which it is actually received by the person to whom it is properly addressed or if earlier the date it is sent via certified United States mail.
18. Consent to Electronic Delivery; Electronic Signature. In lieu of receiving documents in paper format (including any notices required by Section 17 above), the Participant agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to accept electronic delivery of any documents that the Company may be required to deliver (including, but not limited to, prospectuses, prospectus supplements, grant or award notifications and agreements, account statements, annual and quarterly reports and all other forms of communications) in connection with this and any other Award made or offered by the Company. Electronic delivery may be via a Company electronic mail system or by reference to a location on a Company intranet to which the Participant has access. The Participant hereby consents to any and all procedures the Company has established or may establish for an electronic signature system for delivery and acceptance of any such documents that the Company may be required to deliver, and agrees that his or her electronic signature is the same as, and shall have the same force and effect as, his or her manual signature.
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19. Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement without the Participants consent. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein and in the Plan, this Agreement will be binding upon the Participant and the Participants beneficiaries, executors, administrators and the Person(s) to whom this Award may be transferred by will or the laws of descent or distribution.
20. Severability and Waiver. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, then the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Waiver by any party of any breach of this Agreement or failure to exercise any right hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any other breach or right. The failure of any party to take action by reason of such breach or to exercise any such right shall not deprive the party of the right to take action at any time while or after such breach or condition giving rise to such rights continues.
21. Interpretation. The titles and headings of paragraphs are included for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construction of the provisions hereof. Words used in the masculine shall apply to the feminine where applicable, and wherever the context of this Agreement dictates, the plural shall be read as the singular and the singular as the plural.
22. Governing Law. All questions arising with respect to the provisions of this Agreement shall be determined by application of the laws of Delaware, without giving any effect to any conflict of law provisions thereof, except to the extent Delaware state law is preempted by federal law. The obligation of the Company to sell and deliver Stock hereunder is subject to applicable laws and to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, or delivery of such Stock.
23. Consent to Missouri Jurisdiction and Venue. The Participant hereby consents and agrees that state courts located in St. Louis County, Missouri and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri each shall have personal jurisdiction and proper venue with respect to any dispute between the Participant and the Company arising in connection with the Award or this Agreement. In any dispute with the Company, the Participant will not raise, and the Participant hereby expressly waives, any objection or defense to any such jurisdiction as an inconvenient forum.
24. Company Recoupment of Awards. A Participants rights with respect to this Award shall in all events be subject to (a) any right that the Company may have under any Company clawback or recoupment policy or other agreement or arrangement with a Participant and (b) any right or obligation that the Company may have regarding the clawback of incentive-based compensation under Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder form time to time by the SEC.
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25. Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof, and contains all the covenants, promises, representations, warranties and agreements between the parties with respect to this Award; provided¸ however, that the terms of this Agreement shall not modify and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any employment, consulting and/or severance agreement between the Company (or an Affiliate or other entity) and the Participant in effect as of the date a determination is to be made under this Agreement. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, except as provided therein, all prior understandings and agreements, if any, among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof are hereby null and void and of no further force and effect. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend this Agreement from time to time in any manner that is not inconsistent with the Plan; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Agreement, any such amendment that materially reduces the rights of the Participant shall be effective only if it is in writing and signed by both the Participant and an authorized officer of the Company.
26. Acknowledgements Regarding the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules. This Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner that all provisions relating to the settlement of the Award are exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code as short-term deferrals as described in Section 409A of the Code. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Participant is not relying upon any written or oral statement or representation of any of the Company, any Affiliate or any of their respective employees, directors, managers, officers, attorneys or agents (collectively, the Company Parties) regarding the tax effects associated with the Participants execution of this Agreement and the grant, settlement and vesting of this Award, and (b) in deciding to enter into this Agreement, the Participant is relying on the Participants own judgment and the judgment of the professionals of the Participants choice with whom the Participant has consulted. The Participant hereby releases, acquits and forever discharges the Company Parties from all actions, causes of actions, suits, debts, obligations, liabilities, claims, damages, losses, costs and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, on account of, arising out of, or in any way related to the tax effects associated with the Participants execution of this Agreement and the grant, vesting and settlement of this Award.
27. The Plan. This Agreement is subject to all the terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions contained in the Plan. Capitalized terms that are used but not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the Plan.
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Director and Consultant Form
NERDY INC.
2021 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD GRANT NOTICE
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Nerdy Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the Plan), Nerdy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), hereby grants to the individual listed below (you or the Participant) the number of restricted stock units set forth below (this Award) on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Agreement) and the Plan, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
Participant: | ||
Date of Grant: | ||
Total Number of Restricted Stock Units: | ||
Vesting Schedule: | Subject to the Agreement, the Plan and the other terms and conditions set forth herein, the Restricted Stock Units shall vest so long as you remain continuously in a service relationship with the Company or its Affiliate from the Date of Grant through each vesting date. See your Online Equity Management Account for your vesting schedule. |
By accepting this Grant Notice, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Agreement, and this Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice (this Grant Notice). You acknowledge that you have reviewed the Agreement, the Plan, and this Grant Notice in their entirety and fully understand all provisions of the Agreement, the Plan, and this Grant Notice. You hereby agree to accept as binding, conclusive, and final all decisions or interpretations of the Committee regarding any questions or determinations that arise under the Agreement, the Plan, or this Grant Notice. This Grant Notice may be executed in one or more counterparts (including portable document format (.pdf) and facsimile counterparts), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Electronic acceptance of this Grant Notice pursuant to the Companys instructions to the Participant (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.
Director and Consultant Form
EXHIBIT A
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
This Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (together with the Grant Notice to which this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement is attached, this Agreement) is made as of the Date of Grant set forth in the Grant Notice to which this Agreement is attached by and between Nerdy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and ________________ (the Participant).
1. The Grant. In consideration of the Participants past and/or continued service with the Company or its Affiliates and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, effective as of the Date of Grant set forth in the Grant Notice, the Company hereby grants the Participant an award consisting of the number of Restricted Stock Units set forth in the Grant Notice, whereby each Restricted Stock Unit represents the right to receive one share of Stock, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan (the Award). To the extent that any provision of this Agreement conflicts with the expressly applicable terms of the Plan, Participant acknowledges and agrees that those terms of the Plan shall control and, if necessary, the applicable terms of this Agreement shall be deemed amended so as to carry out the purpose and intent of the Plan.
2. Rights as a Stockholder. The Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement do not and shall not entitle Participant to any rights of a holder of Stock prior to the date shares of Stock are issued to Participant in settlement of the Award. Participants rights with respect to the Restricted Stock Units shall remain forfeitable at all times prior to the date on which rights become vested and the restrictions with respect to the Restricted Stock Units lapse in accordance with Sections 5 and 6.
3. Restrictions; Forfeiture. The Restricted Stock Units are restricted in that they may not be sold, transferred, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until these restrictions are removed or expire as contemplated in Section 5 of this Agreement and as described in the Notice of Grant, and Stock is issued to Participant as described in Section 4 of this Agreement. The Restricted Stock Units are also restricted in the sense that they may be forfeited to the Company (the Forfeiture Restrictions).
4. Issuance of Stock. No shares of Stock shall be issued to Participant prior to the date on which the Restricted Stock Units vest and the restrictions, including the Forfeiture Restrictions, with respect to the Restricted Stock Units lapse, in accordance with Sections 5 and 6. After the Restricted Stock Units vest pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall, promptly and within 60 days of such vesting date, cause to be issued Stock registered in Participants name in payment of such vested Restricted Stock Units upon receipt by the Company of any required tax withholding. The Company shall evidence the Stock to be issued in payment of such vested Restricted Stock Units in the manner it deems appropriate. The value of any fractional Restricted Stock Units shall be rounded down at the time Stock is issued to Participant in connection with the Restricted Stock Units. No fractional shares of Stock, nor the cash value of any fractional shares of Stock, will be issuable or payable to Participant pursuant to this Agreement. The value of such
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shares of Stock shall not bear any interest owing to the passage of time. Any Dividend Equivalents credited to Participants account during the vesting schedule of the related Restricted Stock Units shall become payable to Participant in the form of a lump sum cash payment at the same time as the related Restricted Stock Units are settled in accordance with this Section 4. Neither this Section 4 nor any action taken pursuant to or in accordance with this Section 4 shall be construed to create a trust or a funded or secured obligation of any kind.
5. Vesting; Expiration of Restrictions and Risk of Forfeiture. The restrictions on the Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement, including the Forfeiture Restrictions, will lapse as set forth in the vesting schedule set forth in the Grant Notice, provided that Participant remains in the service of the Company or its Subsidiaries until the applicable dates set forth in the vesting schedule. Any shares of Stock underlying the Restricted Stock Units that become vested and nonforfeitable will be issued to Participant in payment of Participants vested Restricted Stock Units as set forth in Section 4.
6. Termination of Service. If Participants service relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is terminated for any reason, then those Restricted Stock Units for which the Forfeiture Restrictions have not lapsed as of the date of termination shall become null and void and those Restricted Stock Units shall be forfeited to the Company. The Restricted Stock Units for which the Forfeiture Restrictions have lapsed as of the date of such termination, including Restricted Stock Units for which the restrictions lapsed in connection with such termination, shall not be forfeited to the Company and shall be settled as set forth in Section 5. For purposes of this Agreement, Participant shall be considered to be in a service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate as long as Participant provides services as a member of the Board, consultant or independent contractor of the Company, an Affiliate, or a corporation or other entity or a parent or subsidiary of such corporation or other entity assuming or substituting a new award for this Award. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, it is expressly provided that Participant shall be considered to have terminated his or her service with the Company (a) when Participant ceases to be a member of the Board, an independent contractor or consultant of any of the Company, an Affiliate, or a corporation or other entity or a parent or subsidiary of such corporation or other entity assuming or substituting a new award for this award or (b) at the time of the termination of the Affiliate status under the Plan of the corporation or other entity that engages Participant.
7. Leave of Absence. This Award shall be subject to any Company policy applicable to treatment of equity Awards upon a leave of absence.
8. Tax Withholding. To the extent that the grant or vesting of this Award results in compensation income or wages to Participant for federal, state, local and/or foreign tax purposes, Participant shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the satisfaction of obligations for the payment of withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to this Award. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the Companys (or any Subsidiarys) required tax withholding obligation shall be satisfied in full by an arrangement whereby (i) the Company shall issue to a broker designated by the Company and acting on behalf of the Participant a number of
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shares of Stock sufficient to satisfy the withholding amount due along with any applicable third-party commission with irrevocable instructions to sell such shares of Stock (Sale-to-Cover) and (ii) the proceeds from such Sale-to-Cover shall be remitted to the Company. In the event the proceeds from the Sale-to-Cover are insufficient to fully satisfy the applicable withholding taxes, the Participant authorizes withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Participant, in the same calendar year, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision through the submission of cash, a check or its equivalent for any sums required to satisfy the remaining withholding taxes. Given that Sale-to-Cover is both mandatory and non-discretionary, it is the intent of the parties that this Section comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) under the Exchange Act, and the Agreement will be interpreted to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act. Participant acknowledges that there may be adverse tax consequences upon the grant or vesting of this Award or disposition of the underlying shares and that Participant has been advised, and hereby are advised, to consult a tax advisor. Participant represents that Participant is in no manner relying on the Board, the Committee, the Company or an Affiliate or any of their respective managers, directors, officers, employees or authorized representatives (including, without limitation, attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers, lenders, prospective lenders and financial representatives) for tax advice or an assessment of such tax consequences.
9. Compliance with Applicable Law. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the issuance of Stock will be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of with all applicable requirements of applicable law with respect to such securities and with the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. No Stock will be issued hereunder if such issuance would constitute a violation of any applicable federal, state, or foreign securities laws or other law or regulations or the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. In addition, Stock will not be issued hereunder unless a registration statement under the Securities Act is, at the time of issuance, in effect with respect to the shares issued or in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the shares issued may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. PARTICIPANT IS CAUTIONED THAT ISSUANCE OF STOCK UPON THE VESTING OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY NOT OCCUR UNLESS THE FOREGOING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Companys legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any shares subject to the Award will relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue such shares as to which such requisite authority has not been obtained. As a condition to any issuance hereunder, the Company may require Participant to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect to such compliance as may be requested by the Company. From time to time, the Board and appropriate officers of the Company are authorized to take the actions necessary and appropriate to file required documents with governmental authorities, stock exchanges, and other appropriate Persons to make shares of Stock available for issuance.
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10. Legends. If a stock certificate is issued with respect to shares of Stock issued hereunder, such certificate shall bear such legend or legends as the Committee deems appropriate in order to reflect the restrictions set forth in this Agreement and to ensure compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC, any applicable laws or the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange on which the Stock is then listed. If the shares of Stock issued hereunder are held in book-entry form, then such entry will reflect that the shares are subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement.
11. No Right to Continued Service or Awards. Nothing in the adoption of the Plan, nor the award of Restricted Stock Units thereunder pursuant to the Grant Notice and this Agreement, shall confer upon the Participant the right to a continued service relationship with the Company or any Affiliate, or any other entity, or affect in any way the right of the Company or any such Affiliate, or any other entity to terminate such service relationship at any time. The grant of this Award is a one-time benefit and does not create any contractual or other right to receive a grant of Awards or benefits in lieu of Awards in the future. Any future Awards will be granted at the sole discretion of the Company.
12. Furnish Information. The Participant agrees to furnish to the Company all information requested by the Company to enable it to comply with any reporting or other requirement imposed upon the Company by or under any applicable statute or regulation.
13. No Liability for Good Faith Determinations. The Company and the members of the Board shall not be liable for any act, omission or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to this Agreement or the Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder.
14. Execution of Receipts and Releases. Any issuance or transfer of shares of Stock or other property to the Participant or the Participants legal representative, heir, legatee or distributee, in accordance with this Agreement shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of such Person hereunder. As a condition precedent to such payment or issuance, the Company may require the Participant or the Participants legal representative, heir, legatee or distributee to execute (and not revoke within any time provided to do so) a release and receipt therefor in such form as it shall determine appropriate.
15. No Guarantee of Interests. The Board, the Committee and the Company do not guarantee the Stock of the Company from loss or depreciation.
16. Company Records. Records of the Company or any Affiliate regarding the Participants service and other matters shall be conclusive for all purposes hereunder, unless determined by the Company to be incorrect.
17. Notices. All notices required or permitted under this Agreement must be in writing and personally delivered or sent by mail and shall be deemed to be delivered on the date on which it is actually received by the person to whom it is properly addressed or if earlier the date it is sent via certified United States mail.
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18. Consent to Electronic Delivery; Electronic Signature. In lieu of receiving documents in paper format (including any notices required by Section 17 above), the Participant agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to accept electronic delivery of any documents that the Company may be required to deliver (including, but not limited to, prospectuses, prospectus supplements, grant or award notifications and agreements, account statements, annual and quarterly reports and all other forms of communications) in connection with this and any other Award made or offered by the Company. Electronic delivery may be via a Company electronic mail system or by reference to a location on a Company intranet to which the Participant has access. The Participant hereby consents to any and all procedures the Company has established or may establish for an electronic signature system for delivery and acceptance of any such documents that the Company may be required to deliver, and agrees that his or her electronic signature is the same as, and shall have the same force and effect as, his or her manual signature.
19. Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement without the Participants consent. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein and in the Plan, this Agreement will be binding upon the Participant and the Participants beneficiaries, executors, administrators and the Person(s) to whom this Award may be transferred by will or the laws of descent or distribution.
20. Severability and Waiver. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, then the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Waiver by any party of any breach of this Agreement or failure to exercise any right hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any other breach or right. The failure of any party to take action by reason of such breach or to exercise any such right shall not deprive the party of the right to take action at any time while or after such breach or condition giving rise to such rights continues.
21. Interpretation. The titles and headings of paragraphs are included for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construction of the provisions hereof. Words used in the masculine shall apply to the feminine where applicable, and wherever the context of this Agreement dictates, the plural shall be read as the singular and the singular as the plural.
22. Governing Law. All questions arising with respect to the provisions of this Agreement shall be determined by application of the laws of Delaware, without giving any effect to any conflict of law provisions thereof, except to the extent Delaware state law is preempted by federal law. The obligation of the Company to sell and deliver Stock hereunder is subject to applicable laws and to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, or delivery of such Stock.
23. Consent to Missouri Jurisdiction and Venue. The Participant hereby consents and agrees that state courts located in St. Louis County, Missouri and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri each shall have personal jurisdiction and proper venue with respect to any dispute between the Participant and the Company arising in connection with the Award or this Agreement. In any dispute with the Company, the Participant will not raise, and the Participant hereby expressly waives, any objection or defense to any such jurisdiction as an inconvenient forum.
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24. Company Recoupment of Awards. A Participants rights with respect to this Award shall in all events be subject to (a) any right that the Company may have under any Company clawback or recoupment policy or other agreement or arrangement with a Participant and (b) any right or obligation that the Company may have regarding the clawback of incentive-based compensation under Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder form time to time by the SEC.
25. Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof, and contains all the covenants, promises, representations, warranties and agreements between the parties with respect to this Award; provided¸ however, that the terms of this Agreement shall not modify and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any consulting and/or severance agreement between the Company (or an Affiliate or other entity) and the Participant in effect as of the date a determination is to be made under this Agreement. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, except as provided therein, all prior understandings and agreements, if any, among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof are hereby null and void and of no further force and effect. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend this Agreement from time to time in any manner that is not inconsistent with the Plan; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Agreement, any such amendment that materially reduces the rights of the Participant shall be effective only if it is in writing and signed by both the Participant and an authorized officer of the Company.
26. Acknowledgements Regarding the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules. This Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner that all provisions relating to the settlement of the Award are exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code as short-term deferrals as described in Section 409A of the Code. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Participant is not relying upon any written or oral statement or representation of any of the Company, any Affiliate or any of their respective employees, directors, managers, officers, attorneys or agents (collectively, the Company Parties) regarding the tax effects associated with the Participants execution of this Agreement and the grant, settlement and vesting of this Award, and (b) in deciding to enter into this Agreement, the Participant is relying on the Participants own judgment and the judgment of the professionals of the Participants choice with whom the Participant has consulted. The Participant hereby releases, acquits and forever discharges the Company Parties from all actions, causes of actions, suits, debts, obligations, liabilities, claims, damages, losses, costs and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, on account of, arising out of, or in any way related to the tax effects associated with the Participants execution of this Agreement and the grant, vesting and settlement of this Award.
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27. The Plan. This Agreement is subject to all the terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions contained in the Plan. Capitalized terms that are used but not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the Plan.
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Employee Form (Global)
NERDY INC.
2021 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD GRANT NOTICE
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Nerdy Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the Plan), Nerdy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), hereby grants to the individual listed below (you or the Participant) the number of restricted stock units set forth below (this Award) on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A, including any country-specific provisions for your country included in Appendix A thereto (the Agreement) and the Plan, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
Participant: | ||
Date of Grant: | ||
Total Number of Restricted Stock Units: | ||
Vesting Schedule: | Subject to the Agreement, the Plan and the other terms and conditions set forth herein, the Restricted Stock Units shall vest so long as you remain continuously employed by the Company or its Affiliate from the Date of Grant through each vesting date. See your Online Equity Management Account for your vesting schedule. |
By accepting this Grant Notice, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Agreement, and this Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice (this Grant Notice). You acknowledge that you have reviewed the Agreement, the Plan, and this Grant Notice in their entirety and fully understand all provisions of the Agreement, the Plan, and this Grant Notice. You hereby agree to accept as binding, conclusive, and final all decisions or interpretations of the Committee regarding any questions or determinations that arise under the Agreement, the Plan, or this Grant Notice. This Grant Notice may be executed in one or more counterparts (including portable document format (.pdf) and facsimile counterparts), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Electronic acceptance of this Grant Notice pursuant to the Companys instructions to the Participant (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.
Employee Form (Global)
EXHIBIT A
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
This Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (together with the Grant Notice to which this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement is attached, this Agreement) is made as of the Date of Grant set forth in the Grant Notice to which this Agreement is attached by and between Nerdy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and ___________________ (the Participant).
1. The Grant. In consideration of the Participants continued future employment with the Company or its Affiliates and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, effective as of the Date of Grant set forth in the Grant Notice, the Company hereby grants the Participant an award consisting of the number of Restricted Stock Units set forth in the Grant Notice, whereby each Restricted Stock Unit represents the right to receive one share of Stock, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan (the Award). To the extent that any provision of this Agreement conflicts with the expressly applicable terms of the Plan, Participant acknowledges and agrees that those terms of the Plan shall control and, if necessary, the applicable terms of this Agreement shall be deemed amended so as to carry out the purpose and intent of the Plan.
2. Rights as a Stockholder. The Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement do not and shall not entitle Participant to any rights of a holder of Stock prior to the date shares of Stock are issued to Participant in settlement of the Award. Participants rights with respect to the Restricted Stock Units shall remain forfeitable at all times prior to the date on which rights become vested and the restrictions with respect to the Restricted Stock Units lapse in accordance with Sections 5 and 6.
3. Restrictions; Forfeiture. The Restricted Stock Units are restricted in that they may not be sold, transferred, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until these restrictions are removed or expire as contemplated in Section 5 of this Agreement and as described in the Notice of Grant, and Stock is issued to Participant as described in Section 4 of this Agreement. The Restricted Stock Units are also restricted in the sense that they may be forfeited to the Company (the Forfeiture Restrictions).
4. Issuance of Stock. No shares of Stock shall be issued to Participant prior to the date on which the Restricted Stock Units vest and the restrictions, including the Forfeiture Restrictions, with respect to the Restricted Stock Units lapse, in accordance with Sections 5 and 6. After the Restricted Stock Units vest pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall, promptly and within 60 days of such vesting date, cause to be issued Stock registered in Participants name in payment of such vested Restricted Stock Units upon receipt by the Company of any required tax withholding. The Company shall evidence the Stock to be issued in payment of such vested Restricted Stock Units in the manner it deems appropriate. The value of any fractional Restricted Stock Units shall be rounded down at the time Stock is issued to Participant in connection with the Restricted Stock Units. No fractional shares of Stock, nor the cash value of any fractional shares of Stock, will be issuable or payable to Participant pursuant to this Agreement. The value of such shares of Stock shall not bear any interest owing to the passage of time. Any Dividend Equivalents credited to Participants account during the vesting schedule of
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the related Restricted Stock Units shall become payable to Participant in the form of a lump sum cash payment, where permitted by applicable law and in the Companys sole and exclusive discretion, at the same time as the related Restricted Stock Units are settled in accordance with this Section 4. Neither this Section 4 nor any action taken pursuant to or in accordance with this Section 4 shall be construed to create a trust or a funded or secured obligation of any kind.
5. Vesting; Expiration of Restrictions and Risk of Forfeiture. The restrictions on the Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement, including the Forfeiture Restrictions, will lapse as set forth in the vesting schedule set forth in the Grant Notice, provided that Participant remains in the employ of the Company or its Affiliates until the applicable dates set forth in the vesting schedule. Any shares of Stock underlying the Restricted Stock Units that become vested and nonforfeitable will be issued to Participant in payment of Participants vested Restricted Stock Units as set forth in Section 4.
6. Termination of Employment. If Participants employment with the Company or any of its Affiliates is terminated for any reason, then those Restricted Stock Units for which the Forfeiture Restrictions have not lapsed as of the date of termination shall become null and void and those Restricted Stock Units shall be forfeited to the Company. The Restricted Stock Units for which the Forfeiture Restrictions have lapsed as of the date of such termination, including Restricted Stock Units for which the restrictions lapsed in connection with such termination, shall not be forfeited to the Company and shall be settled as set forth in Section 5. For purposes of this Agreement, Participant shall be considered to be employed by the Company or an Affiliate as long as Participant remains an employee of any of the Company, an Affiliate, or a corporation or other entity or a parent or subsidiary of such corporation or other entity assuming or substituting a new award for this Award. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, it is expressly provided that Participant shall be considered to have terminated employment with the Company (a) when Participant ceases to be an employee of any of the Company, an Affiliate, or a corporation or other entity or a parent or subsidiary of such corporation or other entity assuming or substituting a new award for this award or (b) at the time of the termination of the Affiliate status under the Plan of the corporation or other entity that employs Participant.
7. Leave of Absence. This Award shall be subject to any Company policy applicable to treatment of equity Awards upon a leave of absence.
8. Tax Withholding. Participant acknowledges that, regardless of any action taken by the Company or, if different, Participants employer (the Employer), the ultimate liability for all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, payment on account or other tax-related items related to my participation in the Plan and legally applicable to me (Tax-Related Items) is and remains Participants responsibility and may exceed the amount, if any, actually withheld by the Company or the Employer. Participant further acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer (1) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of the Restricted Stock Unit or the underlying shares of Stock, including, but not limited to, the grant, vesting or settlement of the Restricted Stock Unit, the subsequent sale of shares of Stock acquired pursuant to such settlement and the receipt of any dividend and/or any dividend equivalents; and (2) do not commit to and are under no obligation to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Restricted Stock Units to
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reduce or eliminate Participants liability for Tax-Related Items or achieve any particular tax result. Further, if Participant is subject to Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction, Participant acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer (or former Employer, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction.
Prior to any taxable event, Participant shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Company and/or the Employer for the satisfaction of obligations for the payment of Tax-Related Items relating to this Award. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, any required withholding obligation related to Tax-Related Items shall be satisfied in full by an arrangement whereby (i) the Company shall issue to a broker designated by the Company and acting on behalf of the Participant a number of shares of Stock sufficient to satisfy the Tax-Related Items due along with any applicable third-party commission with irrevocable instructions to sell such shares of Stock (Sell-to-Cover) and (ii) the proceeds from such Sell-to-Cover shall be remitted to the Company. In the event the proceeds from the Sell-to-Cover are insufficient to fully satisfy the applicable Tax-Related Items, the Participant authorizes withholding from payroll and any other amounts otherwise payable to the Participant, in the same calendar year, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision through the submission of cash, a check or its equivalent for any sums required to satisfy the remaining withholding taxes. Given that Sell-to-Cover is both mandatory and non-discretionary, it is the intent of the parties that this Section comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) under the Exchange Act, and the Agreement will be interpreted to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act. Participant acknowledges that there may be adverse tax consequences upon the grant or vesting of this Award or disposition of the underlying shares and that Participant has been advised, and hereby is advised, to consult a tax advisor. Participant represents that Participant is in no manner relying on the Board, the Committee, the Company or an Affiliate or any of their respective managers, directors, officers, employees or authorized representatives (including, without limitation, attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers, lenders, prospective lenders and financial representatives) for tax advice or an assessment of such tax consequences.
9. Compliance with Applicable Law. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the issuance of Stock will be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of with all applicable requirements of applicable law with respect to such securities and with the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. No Stock will be issued hereunder if such issuance would constitute a violation of any applicable federal, state, or foreign securities laws or other law or regulations or the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. In addition, Stock will not be issued hereunder unless a registration statement under the Securities Act is, at the time of issuance, in effect with respect to the shares issued or in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the shares issued may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any approval or other clearance from any local, state, federal or foreign governmental agency, which registration, qualification or approval the Company shall, in its absolute discretion, deem necessary or advisable. Participant understands that the Company is under no obligation to register or qualify the shares of Stock with the SEC or any state or foreign securities commission or to seek approval or clearance from any governmental authority for the issuance or sale of the shares of Stock. PARTICIPANT IS CAUTIONED THAT ISSUANCE OF STOCK UPON THE VESTING OF RESTRICTED
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STOCK UNITS GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY NOT OCCUR UNLESS THE FOREGOING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Companys legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any shares subject to the Award will relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue such shares as to which such requisite authority has not been obtained. As a condition to any issuance hereunder, the Company may require Participant to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect to such compliance as may be requested by the Company. From time to time, the Board and appropriate officers of the Company are authorized to take the actions necessary and appropriate to file required documents with governmental authorities, stock exchanges, and other appropriate Persons to make shares of Stock available for issuance.
10. Legends. If a stock certificate is issued with respect to shares of Stock issued hereunder, such certificate shall bear such legend or legends as the Committee deems appropriate in order to reflect the restrictions set forth in this Agreement and to ensure compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC, any applicable laws or the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange on which the Stock is then listed. If the shares of Stock issued hereunder are held in book-entry form, then such entry will reflect that the shares are subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement.
11. No Right to Continued Employment or Service. Nothing in the adoption of the Plan, nor the award of Restricted Stock Units thereunder pursuant to the Grant Notice and this Agreement, shall confer upon the Participant the right to continued employment by, or a continued service relationship with, the Company or any Affiliate, or any other entity, or affect in any way the right of the Company or any such Affiliate, or any other entity to terminate such employment or other service relationship at any time..
12. Nature of Grant. In accepting the grant, Participant acknowledges, understands, and agrees that:
(a) the Plan is established voluntarily by the Company, it is discretionary in nature, and may be amended, suspended, or terminated by the Company at any time, to the extent permitted under the Plan;
(b) the grant of this Award is voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of awards (whether on the same or different terms), or benefits in lieu of awards, even if awards have been granted in the past;
(c) all decisions with respect to future Restricted Stock Units or other grants, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company;
(d) Participant is voluntarily participating in the Plan; this Award and any shares of Stock acquired under the Plan, and the income from and value of same, are not intended to replace any pension rights or compensation;
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(e) this Award and any shares of Stock acquired under the Plan, and the income from and value of same, are not part of normal or expected compensation for any purpose, including, without limitation, calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, dismissal, end-of-service payments, bonuses, holiday pay, long-service awards, pension or retirement or welfare benefits, or similar payments;
(f) unless otherwise agreed with the Company in writing, the Restricted Stock Units and the shares of Stock subject to the Restricted Stock Units, and the income from and value of same, are not granted as consideration for, or in connection with, Participant may provide as a director of a subsidiary of the Company;
(g) no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages shall arise from forfeiture of the Restricted Stock Unit resulting from the termination of Participants employment or service (for any reason whatsoever, whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of employment laws in the jurisdiction where Participant is employed or the terms of Participants employment or service agreement, if any);
(h) for purposes of the Restricted Stock Units, Participants status as an employee will be considered terminated as of the date Participant is no longer actively providing services to the Company or one of its Affiliates (regardless of the reason for such termination and whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of employment laws in the jurisdiction where Participant is employed or the terms of Participants employment or service agreement, if any), and unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or determined by the Company, Participants right to vest in the Restricted Stock Unit under the Plan, if any, will terminate as of such date and will not be extended by any notice period (e.g., Participants period of service would not include any contractual notice period or any period of garden leave or similar period mandated under employment laws in the jurisdiction where Participant is employed or where Participants services are engaged, or the terms of Participants employment or service agreement, if any); the Committee shall have the exclusive discretion to determine when Participant is no longer actively providing services for purposes of Participants Restricted Stock Unit grant (including whether Participant may still be considered to be providing services while on a leave of absence);neither the Company nor any Affiliate shall be liable for any foreign exchange rate fluctuation between Participants local currency and the United States Dollar that may affect the value of Participants Award or of any amounts due to Participant pursuant to the vesting of Participants Award or the subsequent sale of any shares of Stock received; and
(i) unless otherwise provided in the Plan or by the Company in its discretion, the Restricted Stock Unit and the benefits evidenced by this Agreement do not create any entitlement to have the Restricted Stock Unit or any such benefits transferred to, or assumed by, another company nor to be exchanged, cashed out, or substituted for, in connection with any corporate transaction affecting the shares of the Company.
13. No Advice Regarding Grant. The Company is not providing any tax, legal, or financial advice, nor is the Company making any recommendations regarding Participants participation in the Plan, or Participants acquisition or sale of the underlying shares of Stock. Participant should consult with Participants own personal tax, legal, and financial advisors regarding Participants participation in the Plan before taking any action related to the Plan.
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14. Data Privacy. The Company and the Employer hold certain personal information about Participant, which may include, but not be limited to, Participants name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares of stock or directorships held in Company, details of all Restricted Stock Units or any other entitlement to shares of Stock awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested, or outstanding in Participants favor (Data).
Participant hereby explicitly and unambiguously consent to the collection, use, and transfer, in electronic or other form, of Participants Data as described in this Agreement and any other Restricted Stock Unit grant materials by and among, as applicable, the Employer, the Company and its other subsidiaries and Affiliates for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing Participants participation in the Plan
Participant understands that Data will be transferred to an Online Equity Management System as selected by the Company, which is assisting the Company with the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. Participant understands that the recipients of the Data may be located in the United States or elsewhere, and that the recipients country (e.g., the United States) may have different data privacy laws and protections than Participants country. Participant understands that if Participant resides outside the United States, Participant may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of the Data by contacting Participants human resources representative(s) with responsibility for employees in that particular country. Participant authorizes the Company, the Online Equity Management System, and any other possible recipients which may assist the Company (presently or in the future) with implementing, administering, and managing the Plan to receive, possess, use, retain, and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the sole purpose of implementing, administering, and managing Participants participation in the Plan. Participant understands that Data will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer, and manage Participants participation in the Plan. Participant understands that if Participant resides outside the United States, Participant may, at any time, view Data, request information about the storage and processing of Data, require any necessary amendments to Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, by contacting in writing Participants human resources representative(s) with responsibility for employees in that particular country . Further, Participant understands that Participant is providing the consents herein on a purely voluntary basis. If Participant does not consent, or if Participant later seeks to revoke Participants consent, Participants employment status or service with the Employer will not be affected; the only consequence of refusing or withdrawing Participants consent is that the Company would not be able to grant Restricted Stock Units or other equity awards to Participant or administer or maintain such awards. Therefore, Participant understands that refusing or withdrawing Participants consent may affect Participants ability to participate in the Plan. For more information on the consequences of Participants refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent, Participant understands that Participant may contact Participants human resources representative(s) with responsibility for employees in that particular country.
15. Furnish Information. The Participant agrees to furnish to the Company all information requested by the Company to enable it to comply with any reporting or other requirement imposed upon the Company by or under any applicable statute or regulation.
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16. No Liability for Good Faith Determinations. The Company and the members of the Board shall not be liable for any act, omission, or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to this Agreement or the Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder.
17. Execution of Receipts and Releases. Any issuance or transfer of shares of Stock or other property to the Participant or the Participants legal representative, heir, legatee, or distributee, in accordance with this Agreement shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of such Person hereunder. As a condition precedent to such payment or issuance, the Company may require the Participant or the Participants legal representative, heir, legatee, or distributee, as may be determined by the Company in its sole and exclusive discretion, to execute (and not revoke within any time provided to do so) a release and receipt therefor in such form as it shall determine appropriate.
18. No Guarantee of Interests. The Board, the Committee, and the Company do not guarantee the Stock of the Company from loss or depreciation. Furthermore, the Participant acknowledges that the future value of the shares of Stock underlying the Award is unknown, indeterminable, and cannot be predicted with certainty.
19. Company Records. Records of the Company or any Affiliate regarding the Participants service and other matters shall be conclusive for all purposes hereunder, unless determined by the Company to be incorrect.
20. Notices. All notices required or permitted under this Agreement must be in writing and personally delivered or sent by mail and shall be deemed to be delivered on the date on which it is actually received by the person to whom it is properly addressed or if earlier the date it is sent via certified United States mail.
21. Language. Participant acknowledges that Participant is proficient in the English language, or has consulted with an advisor who is proficient in the English language, so as to enable Participant to understand the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan. If Participant has received this Agreement or any other document related to the Plan translated into a language other than English and if the meaning of the translated version is different than the English version, the English version will control.
22. Consent to Electronic Delivery; Electronic Signature. In lieu of receiving documents in paper format (including any notices required by Section 20 above), the Participant agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to accept electronic delivery of any documents that the Company may be required to deliver (including, but not limited to, prospectuses, prospectus supplements, grant or award notifications and agreements, account statements, annual and quarterly reports, and all other forms of communications) in connection with this and any other Award made or offered by the Company. Electronic delivery may be via a Company electronic mail system or by reference to a location on a Company intranet to which the Participant has access. The Participant hereby consents to any and all procedures the Company has established or may establish for an electronic signature system for delivery and acceptance of any such documents that the Company may be required to deliver, and agrees that his or her electronic signature is the same as, and shall have the same force and effect as, his or her manual signature.
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23. Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement without the Participants consent. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein and in the Plan, this Agreement will be binding upon the Participant and the Participants beneficiaries, executors, administrators, and the Person(s) to whom this Award may be transferred by will or the laws of descent or distribution.
24. Severability and Waiver. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, then the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Waiver by any party of any breach of this Agreement or failure to exercise any right hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any other breach or right. The failure of any party to take action by reason of such breach or to exercise any such right shall not deprive the party of the right to take action at any time while or after such breach or condition giving rise to such rights continues.
25. Interpretation. The titles and headings of paragraphs are included for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construction of the provisions hereof. Words used in the masculine shall apply to the feminine where applicable, and wherever the context of this Agreement dictates, the plural shall be read as the singular and the singular as the plural.
26. Governing Law. All questions arising with respect to the provisions of this Agreement shall be determined by application of the laws of Delaware, without giving any effect to any conflict of law provisions thereof, except to the extent Delaware state law is preempted by federal law. The obligation of the Company to sell and deliver Stock hereunder is subject to applicable laws and to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, or delivery of such Stock.
27. Consent to Missouri Jurisdiction and Venue. The Participant hereby consents and agrees that state courts located in St. Louis County, Missouri and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri each shall have personal jurisdiction and proper venue with respect to any dispute between the Participant and the Company arising in connection with the Award or this Agreement. In any dispute with the Company, the Participant will not raise, and the Participant hereby expressly waives, any objection or defense to any such jurisdiction as an inconvenient forum.
28. Company Recoupment of Awards. A Participants rights with respect to this Award shall in all events be subject to (a) any right that the Company may have under any Company clawback or recoupment policy or other agreement or arrangement with a Participant and (b) any right or obligation that the Company may have regarding the clawback of incentive-based compensation under Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder form time to time by the SEC.
29. Appendix. Notwithstanding any provisions in this Agreement, the Restricted Stock Unit grant shall be subject to any additional terms and conditions set forth in any Appendix to this Agreement for Participants country. Moreover, if Participant relocates to one of the countries included in the Appendix, the additional terms and conditions for such country will apply to Participant, to the extent the Company determines that the application of such terms and conditions is necessary or advisable for legal or administrative reasons. The Appendix constitutes part of this Agreement.
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30. Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof, and contains all the covenants, promises, representations, warranties and agreements between the parties with respect to this Award; provided¸ however, that the terms of this Agreement shall not modify and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any employment, consulting and/or severance agreement between the Company (or an Affiliate or other entity) and the Participant in effect as of the date a determination is to be made under this Agreement. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, except as provided therein, all prior understandings and agreements, if any, among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof are hereby null and void and of no further force and effect. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend this Agreement from time to time in any manner that is not inconsistent with the Plan; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Agreement, any such amendment that materially reduces the rights of the Participant shall be effective only if it is in writing and signed by both the Participant and an authorized officer of the Company.
31. Acknowledgements Regarding the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules. This Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner that all provisions relating to the settlement of the Award are exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code as short-term deferrals as described in Section 409A of the Code. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Participant is not relying upon any written or oral statement or representation of any of the Company, any Affiliate or any of their respective employees, directors, managers, officers, attorneys or agents (collectively, the Company Parties) regarding the tax effects associated with the Participants execution of this Agreement and the grant, settlement and vesting of this Award, and (b) in deciding to enter into this Agreement, the Participant is relying on the Participants own judgment and the judgment of the professionals of the Participants choice with whom the Participant has consulted. The Participant hereby releases, acquits and forever discharges the Company Parties from all actions, causes of actions, suits, debts, obligations, liabilities, claims, damages, losses, costs and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, on account of, arising out of, or in any way related to the tax effects associated with the Participants execution of this Agreement and the grant, vesting and settlement of this Award.
32. Insider Trading/Market Abuse. Participant acknowledges that, depending on Participants or Participants brokers country or where the Company shares are listed, Participant may be subject to insider trading restrictions and/or market abuse laws which may affect Participants ability to accept, acquire, sell, or otherwise dispose of Company shares, rights to shares (e.g., Restricted Stock Units), or rights linked to the value of shares (e.g., phantom awards, futures) during such times Participant is considered to have inside information regarding the Company as defined in the laws or regulations in the applicable jurisdictions). Local insider trading laws and regulations may prohibit the cancellation or amendment of orders Participant placed before Participant possessed inside information. Furthermore, Participant could be prohibited from (i) disclosing the inside information to any third party and (ii) tipping third parties or causing them otherwise to buy or sell securities. Keep in mind third parties include fellow employees and service providers. Any restrictions under these laws or regulations are separate from and in addition to any restrictions that may be imposed under any applicable insider trading policy of the Company. Participant is responsible for complying with any restrictions and should speak to Participants personal advisor on this matter.
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33. Exchange Control, Foreign Asset/Account and/or Tax Reporting. Depending upon the country to which laws Participant is subject, Participant may have certain foreign asset/account and/or tax reporting requirements that may affect Participants ability to acquire or hold shares of Stock under the Plan or cash received from participating in the Plan (including from any dividends or dividend equivalents or sale proceeds arising from the sale of shares of Stock) in a brokerage or bank account outside Participants country of residence. Participants country may require that Participant report such accounts, assets or transactions to the applicable authorities in Participants country. Participant also may be required to repatriate cash received from participating in the Plan to Participants country within a certain period of time after receipt. Participant is responsible for knowledge of and compliance with any such regulations and should speak with Participants personal tax, legal, and financial advisors regarding same.
34. The Plan. This Agreement is subject to all the terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions contained in the Plan. Capitalized terms that are used but not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the Plan.
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APPENDIX A
TO THE NERDY INC.
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Appendix have the meanings set forth in the Plan, the Grant Notice, and/or the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.
Terms and Conditions
This Appendix includes additional terms and conditions that govern the Restricted Stock Unit Award granted to Participant under the Plan if Participant is an employee that works or resides outside the U.S. and/or in one of the countries listed below. If Participant is a citizen or resident of a country other than the one in which Participant is currently working and/or residing, transfers employment and/or residency to another country after the date of grant, are a consultant, changes employment status to a consultant position, or is considered a resident of another country for local law purposes, the Company shall, in its discretion, determine the extent to which the special terms and conditions contained herein shall be applicable to Participant. References to Participants Employer shall include any entity that engages Participants services.
Notifications
This Appendix also includes information regarding exchange controls and certain other issues of which Participant should be aware with respect to Participants participation in the Plan. The information is provided solely for Participants convenience and is based on the securities, exchange control and other laws in effect in the respective countries as of August 2021. Such laws are often complex and change frequently. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that Participant not rely on the information noted herein as the only source of information relating to the consequences of Participants participation in the Plan because the information may be out of date by the time Participant vests in the Restricted Stock Unit or sell any shares of Stock acquired upon settlement of the vested Restricted Stock Units.
In addition, the information contained in this Appendix is general in nature and may not apply to Participants particular situation, and the Company is not in a position to assure Participant of any particular result. Accordingly, Participant should seek appropriate professional advice as to how the applicable laws in Participants country may apply to Participants situation.
Finally, if Participant is a citizen or resident of a country other than the one in which Participant is currently residing and/or working, transfer to another country after the date of grant, or are considered a resident of another country for local law purposes, the notifications contained herein may not be applicable to Participant in the same manner.
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CANADA
Terms and Conditions
Award Payable Only in Shares of Stock. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3 of the Plan, the Restricted Stock Units shall be paid in shares of Stock only and do not provide Participant with any right to receive a cash payment. This provision is without prejudice to the application of Section 9 of the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.
Termination of Employment or Service Relationship. The following provisions replace Section 12(j) of the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement:
For purposes of the Award, Participants employment or service relationship will be considered terminated as of the date that is the earliest of (i) the date on which Participants employment or service relationship is terminated, (ii) the date on which Participant receives notice of termination, or (iii) the date on which Participant is no longer actively providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary (regardless of the reason for such termination and whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of labor laws in the jurisdiction where Participant is providing services or the terms of Participants employment or service agreement, if any), and Participants right to vest in the Restricted Stock Units will terminate as of such date and will not be extended by any notice period or period of pay in lieu of such notice required under applicable employment laws in the jurisdiction where Participant is providing services (including, but not limited to statutory law, regulatory law and/or common law) or the terms of Participants employment or service agreement, if any. The Board shall have the exclusive discretion to determine when Participant is no longer actively providing services for purposes of the Award (including whether Participant may still be considered to be providing services while on a leave of absence).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if applicable employment standards legislation explicitly requires continued entitlement to vesting during a statutory notice period, Participants right to vest in the Restricted Stock Units under the Plan, if any, will terminate effective as of the last day of Participants minimum statutory notice period, but Participant will not earn or be entitled to pro-rated vesting if the vesting date falls after the end of Participants statutory notice period, nor will Participant be entitled to any compensation for lost vesting.
The following provisions apply if Participant resides in Quebec:
Language. The parties acknowledge that it is their express wish that the Agreement, as well as all documents, notices and legal proceedings entered into, given or instituted pursuant hereto or relating directly or indirectly hereto, be drawn up in English.
Les parties reconnaissent avoir exigé la rédaction en anglais de cette convention, ainsi que de tous documents, avis et procédures judiciaires, exécutés, donnés ou intentés en vertu de, ou liés directement ou indirectement à, la présente convention.
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Data Privacy. Participant hereby authorizes the Company and the Companys representatives to discuss with and obtain all relevant information or Data from all personnel, professional or non-professional, involved in the administration and operation of the Plan. Participant further authorizes the Company and any Affiliate and the Board to disclose and discuss the Plan with their advisors and to record all relevant information and keep such information in Participants human resources file.
Notifications
Securities Law Information. Participant is permitted to sell shares of Stock acquired under the Plan through the designated broker appointed under the Plan, if any, provided the resale of shares of Stock acquired under the Plan takes place outside Canada through the facilities of a stock exchange on which the Stock is listed.
INDIA
Notifications
Exchange Control Information. Participant must repatriate any proceeds from the sale of shares of Stock acquired under the Plan or any dividends paid on such shares of Stock to India within such period of time as will be required under applicable regulations. Participant should obtain a foreign inward remittance certificate (FIRC) from the bank where Participant deposits the foreign currency and maintain the FIRC as evidence of the repatriation of funds in the event the Reserve Bank of India, the Company, or the Employer requests proof of repatriation.
UNITED KINGDOM
Terms and Conditions
Award Payable Only in Shares of Stock. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3 of the Plan, the Restricted Stock Units shall be paid in shares of Stock only and do not provide Participant with any right to receive a cash payment. This provision is without prejudice to the application of Section 9 of the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.
Tax Obligations. The following provision supplements Section 8 of the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement:
Without limitation to Section 8, Participant hereby agrees that Participant is liable for any Tax-Related Items related to Participants participation in the Plan and hereby covenants to pay such Tax-Related Items, as and when requested by the Company or the Employer or by Her Majestys Revenue & Customs (HMRC) (or any other tax authority or any other relevant authority). Participant also hereby agrees to indemnify and keep indemnified the Company and (if different) the Employer against any Tax-Related Items that they are required to pay or withhold or have paid or will pay to HMRC (or any other tax authority or any other relevant authority) on Participants behalf.
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Joint Election for Transfer of Liability for Employer National Insurance Contributions. If Participant is an employee and tax resident in the United Kingdom, the grant of the Restricted Stock Units is conditional upon Participants agreement to accept liability for any secondary Class 1 national insurance contributions which may be payable by the Employer in connection with any event giving rise to tax liability in relation to the Restricted Stock Units (Employer NICs). The Employer NICs may be collected by the Company or the Employer using any of the methods described in Section 8 of the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. Without prejudice to the foregoing, Participant agrees to execute a joint election with the Company or the Employer (a Joint Election), the form of such Joint Election being formally approved by HMRC, and any other consent or elections required to accomplish the transfer of the Employer NICs to Participant. Participant further agrees to execute such other elections as may be required by any successor to the Company and/or the Employer for the purpose of continuing the effectiveness of any Joint Election.
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Nerdy Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan
Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
(UK Employees)
Important Note on the Joint Election for Transfer of Liability of Employer National
Insurance Contributions to the Employee
As a condition of the vesting of, or the receipt of any benefit pursuant to, your restricted stock units (RSUs) granted under the Nerdy Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan), you are required to enter into a joint election to transfer to you any liability for employer National Insurance contributions (the Employer NICs) that may arise in connection with the RSUs and in connection with future RSUs, if any, that may be granted to you under the Plan (the NIC Joint Election).
By entering into the Joint Election:
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you agree that any liability for Employer NICs that may arise in connection with or pursuant to the vesting of the RSUs and the acquisition of shares of Class A common stock of Nerdy Inc. (the Company) or other taxable events in connection with the RSUs will be transferred to you; and |
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you authorize the Company and/or your employer to recover an amount sufficient to cover this liability by any method set forth in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and/or the NIC Joint Election. |
To enter into the NIC Joint Election, please indicate your agreement where indicated on the acceptance screen. Please note that your acceptance indicates your agreement to be bound by all of the terms of the NIC Joint Election.
Please note that even if you have indicated your acceptance of this NIC Joint Election electronically, you may still be required to sign a paper copy of this NIC Joint Election (or a substantially similar form) if the Company determines such is necessary to give effect to the NIC Joint Election.
Please read the terms of the NIC Joint Election carefully before entering into the NIC Joint Election (by executing the related Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice in hard copy or by electronically accepting such Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice or by signing or electronically accepting this NIC Joint Election). You should print and keep a copy of this NIC Joint Election for your records.
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Nerdy Inc.
2021 Equity Incentive Plan
Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
Election to Transfer the Employers Liability for National Insurance Liability to the Employee
(UK Employees)
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Parties |
This Election is between:
(A) The individual who has gained authorized access to this Election (the Employee), who is employed by one of the employing companies listed in the attached schedule (the Employer) and who is eligible to receive restricted stock units (RSUs) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Nerdy Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, (the Plan), and
(B) Nerdy Inc., with its registered office in the state of Missouri at 101 S. Hanley Rd., St. Louis, Missouri, 63105, USA (the Company), which may grant RSUs under the Plan and is entering into this Election on behalf of the Employer.
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Purpose of Election |
2.1 This Election relates to all RSUs granted to Employee under the Plan up to the termination date of the Plan.
2.2 In this Election the following words and phrases have the following meanings:
Taxable Event means any event giving rise to Relevant Employment Income.
ITEPA means the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.
Relevant Employment Income from RSUs on which Employers National Insurance Contributions becomes due is defined as:
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an amount that counts as employment income of the earner under section 426 ITEPA (restricted securities: charge on certain post-acquisition events); |
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an amount that counts as employment income of the earner under section 438 of ITEPA (convertible securities: charge on certain post-acquisition events); or |
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any gain that is treated as remuneration derived from the earners employment by virtue of section 4(4)(a) SSCBA, including without limitation: |
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the acquisition of securities pursuant to the RSUs (within the meaning of section 477(3)(a) of ITEPA); |
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the assignment (if applicable) or release of the RSUs in return for consideration (within the meaning of section 477(3)(b) of ITEPA); |
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the receipt of a benefit in connection with the RSUs, other than a benefit within (i) or (ii) above (within the meaning of section 477(3)(c) of ITEPA). |
SSCBA means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.
2.3 This Election relates to the Employers secondary Class 1 National Insurance Contributions (the Employers Liability) which may arise in respect of Relevant Employment Income in respect of the RSUs pursuant to section 4(4)(a) and/or paragraph 3B(1A) of Schedule 1 of the SSCBA.
2.4 This Election does not apply in relation to any liability, or any part of any liability, arising as a result of regulations being given retrospective effect by virtue of section 4B(2) of either the SSCBA or the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.
2.5 This Election does not apply to the extent that it relates to relevant employment income which is employment income of the earner by virtue of Chapter 3A of Part VII of ITEPA (employment income: securities with artificially depressed market value).
2.6 Any reference to the Company and/or the Employer shall include that entitys successors in title and assigns as permitted in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. This Election will have effect in respect of the RSUs and any awards which replace or replaced the RSUs following their grant in circumstances where section 483 of ITEPA applies.
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Election |
The Employee and the Company jointly elect that the entire liability of the Employer to pay the Employers Liability that arises on any Relevant Employment Income is hereby transferred to the Employee. The Employee understands that by accepting the RSU (by signing the related Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice (the Grant Notice) in hard copy or by electronically accepting such Grant Notice), he or she will become personally liable for the Employers Liability covered by this Election. This Election is made in accordance with paragraph 3B(1) of Schedule 1 to SSCBA.
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4. |
Payment of the Employers Liability |
4.1 The Employee hereby authorizes the Company and/or the Employer to collect the Employers Liability in respect of any Relevant Employment Income from the Employee at any time after the Taxable Event:
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by deduction from salary or any other payment payable to the Employee at any time on or after the date of the Taxable Event; and/or |
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directly from the Employee by payment in cash or cleared funds; and/or |
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by arranging, on behalf of the Employee, for the sale of some of the securities which the Employee is entitled to receive in respect of the RSUs; and/or |
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where the proceeds of the gain are to be paid through a third party, by that party withholding an amount from the payment or selling some of the securities which the Employee is entitled to receive in respect of the RSUs; and/or |
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by any other means specified in the applicable restricted stock unit agreement. |
4.2 The Company hereby reserves for itself and the Employer the right to withhold the transfer of any securities in respect of the RSUs to the Employee until full payment of the Employers Liability is received.
4.3 The Company agrees to procure the remittance by the Employer of the Employers Liability to HM Revenue and Customs on behalf of the Employee within 14 days after the end of the UK tax month during which the Taxable Event occurs (or within 17 days after the end of the UK tax month during which the Taxable Event occurs, if payments are made electronically).
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Duration of Election |
5.1 The Employee and the Company agree to be bound by the terms of this Election regardless of whether the Employee is transferred abroad or is not employed by the Employer on the date on which the Employers Liability becomes due.
5.2 This Election will continue in effect until the earliest of the following:
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the Employee and the Company agree in writing that it should cease to have effect; |
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on the date the Company serves written notice on the Employee terminating its effect; |
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on the date HM Revenue and Customs withdraws approval of this Election; or |
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after due payment of the Employers Liability in respect of the entirety of the RSUs to which this Election relates or could relate, such that the Election ceases to have effect in accordance with its terms. |
5.3 This Election will continue in full force regardless of whether the Employee ceases to be an employee of the Employer.
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Acceptance by the Employee
The Employee acknowledges that, by accepting the RSUs (by electronically accepting the Grant Notice) or by electronically accepting this Election, the Employee agrees to be bound by the terms of this Election.
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Acceptance by the Company
The Company acknowledges that, by arranging for the signature of an authorized representative to appear on this Election, the Company agrees to be bound by the terms of this Election.
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By: Christopher C. Swenson |
Chief Legal Officer |
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Schedule of Employer Companies
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U.S. Employee Form
NERDY INC.
2021 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
STOCK OPTION GRANT NOTICE
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Nerdy Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the Plan), Nerdy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), hereby grants to the individual listed below (you or the Participant) the right and option to purchase all or any part of the number of shares of Stock set forth below (this Option) on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Stock Option Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Agreement) and the Plan, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
Type of Option: | Nonstatutory Stock Option | |||
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Date of Grant: | ||||
Total Number of Shares Subject to this Option: | ||||
Exercise Price: | $______ per share |
Expiration Date: |
Vesting Schedule: | Subject to the Agreement, the Plan, and the other terms and conditions set forth herein, this Option shall vest and become exercisable in accordance with the following schedule, so long as you remain continuously employed by the Company or its Affiliate from the Date of Grant through each vesting date. See your Online Equity Management Account for your vesting schedule. |
By accepting this Grant Notice, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Agreement, and this Stock Option Grant Notice (this Grant Notice). You acknowledge that you have reviewed the Agreement, the Plan, and this Grant Notice in their entirety and fully understand all provisions of the Agreement, the Plan, and this Grant Notice. You hereby agree to accept as binding, conclusive, and final all decisions or interpretations of the Committee regarding any questions or determinations that arise under the Agreement, the Plan, or this Grant Notice. This Grant Notice may be executed in one or more counterparts (including portable document format (.pdf) and facsimile counterparts), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Electronic acceptance of this Grant Notice pursuant to the Companys instructions to the Participant (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.
U.S. Employee Form
EXHIBIT A
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
This Stock Option Agreement (together with the Grant Notice to which this Stock Option Agreement is attached, this Agreement) is made as of the Date of Grant set forth in the Grant Notice to which this Agreement is attached by and between Nerdy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and the individual listed in the Notice (the Participant).
1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not specifically defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Plan or the Grant Notice. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
(a) Cause shall have the meaning set forth in the applicable Participants employment agreement with the Company or its Affiliate, or, if the Participant does not have such an employment agreement or it does not define Cause, a termination for Cause shall mean a termination of a Participants employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any of the following reasons: (i) the willful misconduct or negligence of such Participant with respect to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its customers, vendors or employees, or the repeated failure of such Participant to abide by directives provided in good faith to such Participant by the Board or the board of directors of the applicable Subsidiary or any supervisor of such Participant; (ii) any breach by such Participant of (A) Participants fiduciary duties to the Company or the applicable Subsidiary or (B) any material term of such Participants employment agreement (or any agreement referenced therein or other written agreement between Participant or the Company, including any noncompetition, nonsolicitation, inventions, proprietary rights, and confidentiality agreement); (iii) any indictment, commission, conviction, or plea of guilty or no contest (also known as nolo contendre) of or by (as applicable) such Participant for any felony or other crime of dishonesty or moral turpitude or of any other act or omission involving dishonesty or fraud with respect to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its customers, vendors, or employees; (iv) such Participants failure to abide by the policies or procedures of the Company and any applicable Subsidiary (including, but not limited to, nondiscrimination and sexual harassment policies) as approved by the Board from time to time; (v) conduct which could reasonably be expected to bring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries into substantial public disgrace or disrepute or (vi) illegal possession or use of any controlled substance.
(b) Disability means that the Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment. The determination of whether an individual has a Disability shall be determined under procedures established by the Committee. The Committee may rely on any determination that a Participant is disabled for purposes of benefits under any long-term disability plan maintained by the Company or any Affiliate in which a Participant participates.
2. Award. In consideration of the Participants past and/or continued employment with the Company or its Affiliates and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, effective as of the Date of Grant set forth in the Grant Notice (the Date of Grant), the Company hereby irrevocably grants to the Participant the right and option (Option) to purchase all or any part of an aggregate of the number of shares of
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Stock set forth in the Grant Notice on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, which Plan is incorporated herein by reference as a part of this Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall control and, if necessary, the applicable terms of this Agreement shall be deemed amended so as to carry out the purpose and intent of the Plan.
3. Exercise Price. The exercise price of each share of Stock subject to this Option shall be the exercise price set forth in the Grant Notice (the Exercise Price), which has been determined to be not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock at the Date of Grant. For all purposes of this Agreement, the Fair Market Value of Stock shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
4. Exercise of Option.
(a) Subject to the earlier expiration of this Option as provided herein, this Option may be exercised, by (i) providing electronic notice through the equity management system to the Company in the form prescribed by the Committee from time to time at any time and from time to time after the Date of Grant, which notice shall be delivered to the Company in the form, and in the manner, designated by the Committee from time to time, and (ii) paying the Aggregate Exercise Price (and payment of all applicable taxes) in full in a manner permitted by Section 4(d); provided, however, that this Option shall not be exercisable for more than the aggregate number of shares of Stock subject to this Option with respect to which this Option has become vested and exercisable pursuant to the vesting schedule set forth in the Grant Notice or as provided in this Section 4.
(b) This Option may be exercised only while the Participant remains an employee of the Company or an Affiliate and will terminate and cease to be exercisable upon a termination of the Participants employment with the Company or an Affiliate, except that:
(i) Termination for Cause. Upon a termination of the Participants employment with the Company or an Affiliate (A) by the Company or an Affiliate for Cause or (B) that is a voluntary resignation by the Participant after the occurrence of an event that would be grounds for a termination of the Participants employment with the Company or an Affiliate by the Company or an Affiliate for Cause, then this Option shall immediately terminate and cease to be exercisable as of the date of such termination.
(ii) Other Termination. Upon a termination of the Participants employment with the Company or an Affiliate by the Participant for any reason other than a termination described in Section 4(b)(i) above, then the portion of this Option that is vested and exercisable may be exercised by the Participant (or the Participants estate or the person who acquires this Option by will or the laws of descent and distribution or otherwise by reason of the death of the Participant) at any time during the period ending on the earlier to occur of (A) the date that is one year following the date of such termination or (B) the Expiration Date set forth in the Grant Notice (the Expiration Date).
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(iii) Extension of Exercisability. If the exercise of this Option within the applicable time periods set forth above is prevented by the provisions of Section 9, this Option will remain exercisable until 30 days after the date the Participant is notified by the Company that this Option is exercisable, but in any event no later than the Expiration Date. If a sale of shares acquired upon the exercise of this Option would subject the Participant to suit under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, then this Option will remain exercisable until the earliest to occur of (A) the 10th day following the date on which a sale of such shares by the Participant would no longer be subject to such suit, (B) the 190th day after the date of the Participants termination of employment, or (C) the Expiration Date set forth in the Grant Notice. The Company makes no representation as to the tax consequences of any such delayed exercise. The Participant should consult with the Participants own tax advisor as to the tax consequences of any such delayed exercise.
(c) This Option shall not be exercisable in any event after the Expiration Date set forth in the Grant Notice.
(d) The Aggregate Exercise Price (and payment of all applicable taxes) for the shares of Stock as to which this Option is exercised shall be paid in full at the time of exercise (i) in cash, by personal, certified, or official bank check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds through such procedures (including electronic procedures) as the Company determines, (ii) by consideration received by the Company pursuant to a broker-assisted or other form of cashless exercise program implemented by the Company in connection with the Plan, or (iii) any combination of the foregoing. No fraction of a share of Stock shall be issued by the Company upon exercise of an Option or accepted by the Company in payment of the exercise price thereof; rather, the Participant shall provide a cash payment for such amount as is necessary to effect the issuance and acceptance of only whole shares of Stock.
5. Employment Relationship. For purposes of this Agreement, Participant shall be considered to be employed by the Company or an Affiliate as long as Participant remains an employee of any of the Company, an Affiliate, or a corporation or other entity or a parent or subsidiary of such corporation or other entity assuming or substituting a new option for this Option. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, it is expressly provided that Participant shall be considered to have terminated employment with the Company (a) when Participant ceases to be an employee of any of the Company, an Affiliate, or a corporation or other entity or a parent or subsidiary of such corporation, or other entity assuming or substituting a new option for this Option or (b) at the time of the termination of the Affiliate status under the Plan of the corporation or other entity that employs Participant.
6. Leave of Absence. This Option shall be subject to any Company policy applicable to treatment of equity awards upon a leave of absence.
7. Non-Transferability. Except as otherwise set forth in the Plan, this Option shall not be transferable by the Participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and this Option shall be exercisable, during the Participants lifetime, only by the Participant. Any attempted transfer of this Option shall be null and void and of no effect, except to the extent that such transfer is permitted by the preceding sentence.
8. Tax Withholding. To the extent that the receipt, vesting, or exercise of this Option results in compensation income or wages to the Participant for federal, state, local, and/or foreign tax purposes, the Participant shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the satisfaction of obligations for the payment of withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to this
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Option, which arrangements include the delivery of cash or cash equivalents, Stock (including previously owned Stock, a broker-assisted sale, or other cashless withholding or reduction of the amount of shares otherwise issuable or delivered pursuant to this Option), other property, or any other legal consideration the Committee deems appropriate. The Committee is hereby authorized to cause any tax withholding obligation of the Company or any applicable Affiliate to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by the Company withholding from shares of Stock to be issued pursuant to this Award a number of shares that would satisfy the withholding amount due. The Committee may also require any tax withholding obligation of the Company or any applicable Affiliate to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by an arrangement whereby a certain number of shares of Stock issued pursuant to this Award are immediately sold and proceeds from such sale are remitted to the Company or any applicable Affiliate in an amount that would satisfy the withholding amount due. If any tax obligations are satisfied through net share withholding or the surrender of previously owned Stock, the maximum number of shares of Stock that may be so withheld (or surrendered) shall be the number of shares of Stock that have an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of withholding or surrender equal to the aggregate amount of such tax liabilities determined based on the greatest withholding rates for federal, state, local, and/or foreign tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that may be utilized without creating adverse accounting treatment for the Company with respect to this Option, as determined by the Committee. Any fraction of a share of Stock required to satisfy such tax obligations shall be disregarded and the amount due shall be paid instead in cash to the Participant. The Participant acknowledges that there may be adverse tax consequences upon the receipt, vesting, or exercise of this Option or disposition of the underlying shares and that the Participant has been advised, and hereby is advised, to consult a tax advisor. The Participant represents that the Participant is in no manner relying on the Board, the Committee, the Company, or an Affiliate or any of their respective managers, directors, officers, employees, or authorized representatives (including, without limitation, attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers, lenders, prospective lenders, and financial representatives) for tax advice or an assessment of such tax consequences.
9. Compliance with Applicable Law. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the grant of this Option and the issuance of Stock hereunder will be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of applicable law with respect to such securities and with the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. This Option may not be exercised if the issuance of shares of Stock upon exercise would constitute a violation of any applicable law or regulation or the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. In addition, this Option may not be exercised unless (a) a registration statement under the Securities Act is at the time of exercise of this Option in effect with respect to the shares issuable upon exercise of this Option or (b) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the shares issuable upon exercise of this Option may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. THE PARTICIPANT IS CAUTIONED THAT THIS OPTION MAY NOT BE EXERCISED UNLESS THE FOREGOING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED. ACCORDINGLY, THE PARTICIPANT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THIS OPTION WHEN DESIRED EVEN THOUGH THIS OPTION IS VESTED. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Companys legal counsel to be necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of any shares subject to this Option will relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such shares as to which such requisite authority has not been obtained. As a condition to the exercise of this Option, the Company may require the Participant to satisfy any requirements that may be necessary or appropriate to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect to such compliance as may be requested by the Company.
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10. Legends. If a stock certificate is issued with respect to shares of Stock issued hereunder, such certificate shall bear such legend or legends as the Committee deems appropriate in order to reflect the restrictions set forth in this Agreement and to ensure compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC, any applicable laws or the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange on which the Stock is then listed. If the shares of Stock issued hereunder are held in book-entry form, then such entry will reflect that the shares are subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement.
11. Rights as a Stockholder. The Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any shares of Stock that may become deliverable hereunder unless and until the Participant has become the holder of record of such shares of Stock, and no adjustments shall be made for dividends in cash or other property, distributions, or other rights in respect of any such shares of Stock, except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Plan or this Agreement.
12. No Right to Continued Employment, Service, or Awards. Nothing in the adoption of the Plan, nor the award of this Option thereunder pursuant to the Grant Notice and this Agreement, shall confer upon the Participant the right to continued employment by, or a continued service relationship with, the Company or any Affiliate, or any other entity, or affect in any way the right of the Company or any such Affiliate, or any other entity to terminate such employment or other service relationship at any time. The grant of this Option is a one-time benefit and does not create any contractual or other right to receive a grant of Awards or benefits in lieu of Awards in the future. Any future Awards will be granted at the sole discretion of the Company.
13. Furnish Information. The Participant agrees to furnish to the Company all information requested by the Company to enable it to comply with any reporting or other requirement imposed upon the Company by or under any applicable statute or regulation.
14. No Liability for Good Faith Determinations. The Company and the members of the Board shall not be liable for any act, omission or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to this Agreement or the Option granted hereunder.
15. Execution of Receipts and Releases. Any issuance or transfer of shares of Stock or other property to the Participant or the Participants legal representative, heir, legatee, or distributee, in accordance with this Agreement shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of such Person hereunder. As a condition precedent to such payment or issuance, the Company may require the Participant or the Participants legal representative, heir, legatee, or distributee to execute (and not revoke within any time provided to do so) a release and receipt therefor in such form as it shall determine appropriate.
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16. No Guarantee of Interests. The Board, the Committee, and the Company do not guarantee the Stock of the Company from loss or depreciation.
17. Company Records. Records of the Company or any Affiliate regarding the Participants service and other matters shall be conclusive for all purposes hereunder, unless determined by the Company to be incorrect.
18. Notices. All notices required or permitted under this Agreement must be in writing and personally delivered or sent by mail and shall be deemed to be delivered on the date on which it is actually received by the person to whom it is properly addressed or if earlier the date it is sent via certified United States mail.
19. Consent to Electronic Delivery; Electronic Signature. In lieu of receiving documents in paper format (including any notices required by Section 18 above), the Participant agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to accept electronic delivery of any documents that the Company may be required to deliver (including, but not limited to, prospectuses, prospectus supplements, grant or award notifications and agreements, account statements, annual and quarterly reports, and all other forms of communications) in connection with this and any other Award made or offered by the Company. Electronic delivery may be via a Company electronic mail system or by reference to a location on a Company intranet to which the Participant has access. The Participant hereby consents to any and all procedures the Company has established or may establish for an electronic signature system for delivery and acceptance of any such documents that the Company may be required to deliver, and agrees that Participants electronic signature is the same as, and shall have the same force and effect as, Participants manual signature.
20. Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement without the Participants consent. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein and in the Plan, this Agreement will be binding upon the Participant and the Participants beneficiaries, executors, administrators, and the Person(s) to whom this Option may be transferred by will or the laws of descent or distribution.
21. Severability and Waiver. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, then the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Waiver by any party of any breach of this Agreement or failure to exercise any right hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any other breach or right. The failure of any party to take action by reason of such breach or to exercise any such right shall not deprive the party of the right to take action at any time while or after such breach or condition giving rise to such rights continues.
22. Interpretation. The titles and headings of paragraphs are included for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construction of the provisions hereof. Words used in the masculine shall apply to the feminine where applicable, and wherever the context of this Agreement dictates, the plural shall be read as the singular and the singular as the plural.
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23. Governing Law. All questions arising with respect to the provisions of this Agreement shall be determined by application of the laws of Delaware, without giving any effect to any conflict of law provisions thereof, except to the extent Delaware state law is preempted by federal law. The obligation of the Company to sell and deliver Stock hereunder is subject to applicable laws and to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, or delivery of such Stock.
24. Consent to Missouri Jurisdiction and Venue. The Participant hereby consents and agrees that state courts located in St. Louis County, Missouri and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri each shall have personal jurisdiction and proper venue with respect to any dispute between the Participant and the Company arising in connection with the Award or this Agreement. In any dispute with the Company, the Participant will not raise, and the Participant hereby expressly waives, any objection or defense to any such jurisdiction as an inconvenient forum.
25. Company Recoupment of Awards. A Participants rights with respect to this Option shall in all events be subject to (a) any right that the Company may have under any Company clawback or recoupment policy or other agreement or arrangement with a Participant and (b) any right or obligation that the Company may have regarding the clawback of incentive-based compensation under Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder form time to time by the SEC.
26. Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof, and contains all the covenants, promises, representations, warranties, and agreements between the parties with respect to this Option; provided¸ however, that the terms of this Agreement shall not modify and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any employment, consulting and/or severance agreement between the Company (or an Affiliate or other entity) and the Participant in effect as of the date a determination is to be made under this Agreement. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, except as provided therein, all prior understandings and agreements, if any, among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof are hereby null and void and of no further force and effect. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend this Agreement from time to time in any manner that is not inconsistent with the Plan; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Agreement, any such amendment that materially reduces the rights of the Participant shall be effective only if it is in writing and signed by both the Participant and an authorized officer of the Company.
27. Acknowledgements Regarding the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules. The Participant understands that if the Exercise Price of the Stock under this Option is less than the Fair Market Value of such Stock on the date of grant of this Option, then the Participant may incur adverse tax consequences under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Participant is not relying upon any determination by the Company, any Affiliate, or any of their respective employees, directors, managers, officers, attorneys, or agents (collectively, the Company Parties) of the fair market value of the Stock on the date of grant of this Option, (b) the Participant is not relying upon any written or oral statement or representation of any of the Company Parties regarding the tax effects associated with the Participants execution of this Agreement and the Participants receipt, holding, and exercise of
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this Option, and (c) in deciding to enter into this Agreement, the Participant is relying on the Participants own judgment and the judgment of the professionals of the Participants choice with whom the Participant has consulted. The Participant hereby releases, acquits, and forever discharges the Company Parties from all actions, causes of actions, suits, debts, obligations, liabilities, claims, damages, losses, costs, and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, on account of, arising out of, or in any way related to the tax effects associated with the Participants execution of this Agreement and his receipt, holding and exercise of this Option.
28. The Plan. This Agreement is subject to all the terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions contained in the Plan.
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Director and Consultant Form
NERDY INC.
2021 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
STOCK OPTION GRANT NOTICE
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Nerdy Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the Plan), Nerdy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), hereby grants to the individual listed below (you or the Participant) the right and option to purchase all or any part of the number of shares of Stock set forth below (this Option) on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Stock Option Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Agreement) and the Plan, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
Type of Option: | Nonstatutory Stock Option | |||
Participant: | ||||
Date of Grant: | ||||
Total Number of Shares Subject to this Option: | ||||
Exercise Price: | $______ per share |
Expiration Date: |
Vesting Schedule: | Subject to the Agreement, the Plan, and the other terms and conditions set forth herein, this Option shall vest and become exercisable in accordance with the following schedule, so long as you remain in a continuous service relationship with the Company or its Affiliate from the Date of Grant through each vesting date. See your Online Equity Management Account for your vesting schedule. |
By accepting this Grant Notice, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Agreement, and this Stock Option Grant Notice (this Grant Notice). You acknowledge that you have reviewed the Agreement, the Plan, and this Grant Notice in their entirety and fully understand all provisions of the Agreement, the Plan, and this Grant Notice. You hereby agree to accept as binding, conclusive, and final all decisions or interpretations of the Committee regarding any questions or determinations that arise under the Agreement, the Plan, or this Grant Notice. This Grant Notice may be executed in one or more counterparts (including portable document format (.pdf) and facsimile counterparts), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Electronic acceptance of this Grant Notice pursuant to the Companys instructions to the Participant (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.
Director and Consultant Form
EXHIBIT A
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
This Stock Option Agreement (together with the Grant Notice to which this Stock Option Agreement is attached, this Agreement) is made as of the Date of Grant set forth in the Grant Notice to which this Agreement is attached by and between Nerdy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and (the Participant).
1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not specifically defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Plan or the Grant Notice. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
(a) Cause shall have the meaning set forth in the applicable Participants service or consulting agreement with the Company or its Affiliate, or, if the Participant does not have such an agreement or it does not define Cause, a termination for Cause shall mean a termination of a Participants service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any of the following reasons: (i) the willful misconduct or negligence of such Participant with respect to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its customers, vendors or employees, or the repeated failure of such Participant to abide by directives provided in good faith to such Participant by the Board or the board of directors of the applicable Subsidiary or any supervisor of such Participant; (ii) any breach by such Participant of (A) Participants fiduciary duties to the Company or the applicable Subsidiary or (B) any material term of such Participants service or consulting agreement (or any agreement referenced therein or other written agreement between Participant or the Company, including any noncompetition, nonsolicitation, inventions, proprietary rights, and confidentiality agreement); (iii) any indictment, commission, conviction, or plea of guilty or no contest (also known as nolo contendre) of or by (as applicable) such Participant for any felony or other crime of dishonesty or moral turpitude or of any other act or omission involving dishonesty or fraud with respect to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its customers, vendors, or employees; (iv) such Participants failure to abide by the policies or procedures of the Company and any applicable Subsidiary (including, but not limited to, nondiscrimination and sexual harassment policies) as approved by the Board from time to time; (v) conduct which could reasonably be expected to bring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries into substantial public disgrace or disrepute or (vi) illegal possession or use of any controlled substance.
(b) Disability means that the Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment. The determination of whether an individual has a Disability shall be determined under procedures established by the Committee. The Committee may rely on any determination that a Participant is disabled for purposes of benefits under any long-term disability plan maintained by the Company or any Affiliate in which a Participant participates.
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2. Award. In consideration of the Participants past and/or continued service with the Company or its Affiliates and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, effective as of the Date of Grant set forth in the Grant Notice (the Date of Grant), the Company hereby irrevocably grants to the Participant the right and option (Option) to purchase all or any part of an aggregate of the number of shares of Stock set forth in the Grant Notice on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, which Plan is incorporated herein by reference as a part of this Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall control and, if necessary, the applicable terms of this Agreement shall be deemed amended so as to carry out the purpose and intent of the Plan.
3. Exercise Price. The exercise price of each share of Stock subject to this Option shall be the exercise price set forth in the Grant Notice (the Exercise Price), which has been determined to be not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock at the Date of Grant. For all purposes of this Agreement, the Fair Market Value of Stock shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
4. Exercise of Option.
(a) Subject to the earlier expiration of this Option as provided herein, this Option may be exercised, by (i) providing electronic notice through the equity management system in the form prescribed by the Committee from time to time at any time and from time to time after the Date of Grant, which notice shall be delivered to the Company in the form, and in the manner, designated by the Committee from time to time, and (ii) paying the Aggregate Exercise Price (and payment of all applicable taxes) in full in a manner permitted by Section 4(d); provided, however, that this Option shall not be exercisable for more than the aggregate number of shares of Stock subject to this Option with respect to which this Option has become vested and exercisable pursuant to the vesting schedule set forth in the Grant Notice or as provided in this Section 4.
(b) This Option may be exercised only while the Participant remains in a service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate and will terminate and cease to be exercisable upon a termination of the Participants service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate, except that:
(i) Termination for Cause. Upon a termination of the Participants service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate (A) by the Company or an Affiliate for Cause or (B) that is a voluntary resignation by the Participant after the occurrence of an event that would be grounds for a termination of the Participants service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate by the Company or an Affiliate for Cause, then this Option shall immediately terminate and cease to be exercisable as of the date of such termination.
(ii) Other Termination. Upon a termination of the Participants service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate by the Participant for any reason other than a termination described in Section 4(b)(i) above, then the portion of this Option that is vested and exercisable may be exercised by the Participant (or the Participants estate or the person who acquires this Option by will or the laws of descent and distribution or otherwise by reason of the death of the Participant) at any time during the period ending on the earlier to occur of (A) the date that is one year following the date of such termination or (B) the Expiration Date set forth in the Grant Notice (the Expiration Date).
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(iii) Extension of Exercisability. If the exercise of this Option within the applicable time periods set forth above is prevented by the provisions of Section 9, this Option will remain exercisable until 30 days after the date the Participant is notified by the Company that this Option is exercisable, but in any event no later than the Expiration Date. If a sale of shares acquired upon the exercise of this Option would subject the Participant to suit under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, then this Option will remain exercisable until the earliest to occur of (A) the 10th day following the date on which a sale of such shares by the Participant would no longer be subject to such suit, (B) the 190th day after the date of the Participants termination of service, or (C) the Expiration Date set forth in the Grant Notice. The Company makes no representation as to the tax consequences of any such delayed exercise. The Participant should consult with the Participants own tax advisor as to the tax consequences of any such delayed exercise.
(c) This Option shall not be exercisable in any event after the Expiration Date set forth in the Grant Notice.
(d) The Aggregate Exercise Price (and payment of all applicable taxes) for the shares of Stock as to which this Option is exercised shall be paid in full at the time of exercise (i) in cash, by personal, certified, or official bank check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, (ii) by consideration received by the Company pursuant to a broker-assisted or other form of cashless exercise program implemented by the Company in connection with the Plan, or (iii) any combination of the foregoing. No fraction of a share of Stock shall be issued by the Company upon exercise of an Option or accepted by the Company in payment of the exercise price thereof; rather, the Participant shall provide a cash payment for such amount as is necessary to effect the issuance and acceptance of only whole shares of Stock.
5. Service Relationship. For purposes of this Agreement, Participant shall be considered to be in a service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate as long as Participant provides services as a member of the Board, consultant or independent contractor of the Company, an Affiliate, or a corporation or other entity or a parent or subsidiary of such corporation or other entity assuming or substituting a new award for this Award. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, it is expressly provided that Participant shall be considered to have terminated his or her service with the Company (a) when Participant ceases to be a member of the Board, an independent contractor or consultant of any of the Company, an Affiliate, or a corporation or other entity or a parent or subsidiary of such corporation or other entity assuming or substituting a new award for this award or (b) at the time of the termination of the Affiliate status under the Plan of the corporation or other entity that engages Participant.
6. Leave of Absence. This Award shall be subject to any Company policy applicable to treatment of equity Awards upon a leave of absence
7. Non-Transferability. Except as otherwise set forth in the Plan, this Option shall not be transferable by the Participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and this Option shall be exercisable, during the Participants lifetime, only by the Participant. Any attempted transfer of this Option shall be null and void and of no effect, except to the extent that such transfer is permitted by the preceding sentence.
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8. Tax Withholding. To the extent that the receipt, vesting, or exercise of this Option results in compensation income or wages to the Participant for federal, state, local, and/or foreign tax purposes, the Participant shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the satisfaction of obligations for the payment of withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to this Option, which arrangements include the delivery of cash or cash equivalents, Stock (including previously owned Stock, a broker-assisted sale, or other cashless withholding or reduction of the amount of shares otherwise issuable or delivered pursuant to this Option), other property, or any other legal consideration the Committee deems appropriate. The Committee is hereby authorized to cause any tax withholding obligation of the Company or any applicable Affiliate to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by the Company withholding from shares of Stock to be issued pursuant to this Award a number of shares that would satisfy the withholding amount due. The Committee may also require any tax withholding obligation of the Company or any applicable Affiliate to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by an arrangement whereby a certain number of shares of Stock issued pursuant to this Award are immediately sold and proceeds from such sale are remitted to the Company or any applicable Affiliate in an amount that would satisfy the withholding amount due. If any tax obligations are satisfied through net share withholding or the surrender of previously owned Stock, the maximum number of shares of Stock that may be so withheld (or surrendered) shall be the number of shares of Stock that have an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of withholding or surrender equal to the aggregate amount of such tax liabilities determined based on the greatest withholding rates for federal, state, local, and/or foreign tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that may be utilized without creating adverse accounting treatment for the Company with respect to this Option, as determined by the Committee. Any fraction of a share of Stock required to satisfy such tax obligations shall be disregarded and the amount due shall be paid instead in cash to the Participant. The Participant acknowledges that there may be adverse tax consequences upon the receipt, vesting, or exercise of this Option or disposition of the underlying shares and that the Participant has been advised, and hereby is advised, to consult a tax advisor. The Participant represents that the Participant is in no manner relying on the Board, the Committee, the Company, or an Affiliate or any of their respective managers, directors, officers, employees, or authorized representatives (including, without limitation, attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers, lenders, prospective lenders, and financial representatives) for tax advice or an assessment of such tax consequences.
9. Compliance with Applicable Law. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the grant of this Option and the issuance of Stock hereunder will be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of applicable law with respect to such securities and with the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. This Option may not be exercised if the issuance of shares of Stock upon exercise would constitute a violation of any applicable law or regulation or the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. In addition, this Option may not be exercised unless (a) a registration statement under the Securities Act is at the time of exercise of this Option in effect with respect to the shares issuable upon exercise of this Option or (b) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the shares issuable upon exercise of this Option may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. THE PARTICIPANT IS CAUTIONED THAT THIS OPTION MAY NOT BE EXERCISED UNLESS THE FOREGOING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED. ACCORDINGLY, THE PARTICIPANT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THIS OPTION
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WHEN DESIRED EVEN THOUGH THIS OPTION IS VESTED. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Companys legal counsel to be necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of any shares subject to this Option will relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such shares as to which such requisite authority has not been obtained. As a condition to the exercise of this Option, the Company may require the Participant to satisfy any requirements that may be necessary or appropriate to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect to such compliance as may be requested by the Company.
10. Legends. If a stock certificate is issued with respect to shares of Stock issued hereunder, such certificate shall bear such legend or legends as the Committee deems appropriate in order to reflect the restrictions set forth in this Agreement and to ensure compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC, any applicable laws or the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange on which the Stock is then listed. If the shares of Stock issued hereunder are held in book-entry form, then such entry will reflect that the shares are subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement.
11. Rights as a Stockholder. The Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any shares of Stock that may become deliverable hereunder unless and until the Participant has become the holder of record of such shares of Stock, and no adjustments shall be made for dividends in cash or other property, distributions, or other rights in respect of any such shares of Stock, except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Plan or this Agreement.
12. No Right to Continued Service, or Awards. Nothing in the adoption of the Plan, nor the award of this Option thereunder pursuant to the Grant Notice and this Agreement, shall confer upon the Participant the right to a continued service relationship with the Company or any Affiliate, or any other entity, or affect in any way the right of the Company or any such Affiliate, or any other entity to terminate such service relationship at any time. The grant of this Option is a one-time benefit and does not create any contractual or other right to receive a grant of Awards or benefits in lieu of Awards in the future. Any future Awards will be granted at the sole discretion of the Company.
13. Furnish Information. The Participant agrees to furnish to the Company all information requested by the Company to enable it to comply with any reporting or other requirement imposed upon the Company by or under any applicable statute or regulation.
14. No Liability for Good Faith Determinations. The Company and the members of the Board shall not be liable for any act, omission or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to this Agreement or the Option granted hereunder.
15. Execution of Receipts and Releases. Any issuance or transfer of shares of Stock or other property to the Participant or the Participants legal representative, heir, legatee, or distributee, in accordance with this Agreement shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of such Person hereunder. As a condition precedent to such payment or issuance, the Company may require the Participant or the Participants legal representative, heir, legatee, or distributee to execute (and not revoke within any time provided to do so) a release and receipt therefor in such form as it shall determine appropriate.
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16. No Guarantee of Interests. The Board, the Committee, and the Company do not guarantee the Stock of the Company from loss or depreciation.
17. Company Records. Records of the Company or any Affiliate regarding the Participants service and other matters shall be conclusive for all purposes hereunder, unless determined by the Company to be incorrect.
18. Notices. All notices required or permitted under this Agreement must be in writing and personally delivered or sent by mail and shall be deemed to be delivered on the date on which it is actually received by the person to whom it is properly addressed or if earlier the date it is sent via certified United States mail.
19. Consent to Electronic Delivery; Electronic Signature. In lieu of receiving documents in paper format (including any notices required by Section 18 above), the Participant agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to accept electronic delivery of any documents that the Company may be required to deliver (including, but not limited to, prospectuses, prospectus supplements, grant or award notifications and agreements, account statements, annual and quarterly reports, and all other forms of communications) in connection with this and any other Award made or offered by the Company. Electronic delivery may be via a Company electronic mail system or by reference to a location on a Company intranet to which the Participant has access. The Participant hereby consents to any and all procedures the Company has established or may establish for an electronic signature system for delivery and acceptance of any such documents that the Company may be required to deliver, and agrees that Participants electronic signature is the same as, and shall have the same force and effect as, Participants manual signature.
20. Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement without the Participants consent. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein and in the Plan, this Agreement will be binding upon the Participant and the Participants beneficiaries, executors, administrators, and the Person(s) to whom this Option may be transferred by will or the laws of descent or distribution.
21. Severability and Waiver. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, then the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Waiver by any party of any breach of this Agreement or failure to exercise any right hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any other breach or right. The failure of any party to take action by reason of such breach or to exercise any such right shall not deprive the party of the right to take action at any time while or after such breach or condition giving rise to such rights continues.
22. Interpretation. The titles and headings of paragraphs are included for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construction of the provisions hereof. Words used in the masculine shall apply to the feminine where applicable, and wherever the context of this Agreement dictates, the plural shall be read as the singular and the singular as the plural.
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23. Governing Law. All questions arising with respect to the provisions of this Agreement shall be determined by application of the laws of Delaware, without giving any effect to any conflict of law provisions thereof, except to the extent Delaware state law is preempted by federal law. The obligation of the Company to sell and deliver Stock hereunder is subject to applicable laws and to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, or delivery of such Stock.
24. Consent to Missouri Jurisdiction and Venue. The Participant hereby consents and agrees that state courts located in St. Louis County, Missouri and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri each shall have personal jurisdiction and proper venue with respect to any dispute between the Participant and the Company arising in connection with the Award or this Agreement. In any dispute with the Company, the Participant will not raise, and the Participant hereby expressly waives, any objection or defense to any such jurisdiction as an inconvenient forum.
25. Company Recoupment of Awards. A Participants rights with respect to this Option shall in all events be subject to (a) any right that the Company may have under any Company clawback or recoupment policy or other agreement or arrangement with a Participant and (b) any right or obligation that the Company may have regarding the clawback of incentive-based compensation under Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder form time to time by the SEC.
26. Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof, and contains all the covenants, promises, representations, warranties, and agreements between the parties with respect to this Option; provided¸ however, that the terms of this Agreement shall not modify and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any consulting and/or severance agreement between the Company (or an Affiliate or other entity) and the Participant in effect as of the date a determination is to be made under this Agreement. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, except as provided therein, all prior understandings and agreements, if any, among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof are hereby null and void and of no further force and effect. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend this Agreement from time to time in any manner that is not inconsistent with the Plan; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Agreement, any such amendment that materially reduces the rights of the Participant shall be effective only if it is in writing and signed by both the Participant and an authorized officer of the Company.
27. Acknowledgements Regarding the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules. The Participant understands that if the Exercise Price of the Stock under this Option is less than the Fair Market Value of such Stock on the date of grant of this Option, then the Participant may incur adverse tax consequences under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Participant is not relying upon any determination by the Company, any Affiliate, or any of their respective employees, directors, managers, officers, attorneys, or agents (collectively, the Company Parties) of the fair market value of the Stock on
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the date of grant of this Option, (b) the Participant is not relying upon any written or oral statement or representation of any of the Company Parties regarding the tax effects associated with the Participants execution of this Agreement and the Participants receipt, holding, and exercise of this Option, and (c) in deciding to enter into this Agreement, the Participant is relying on the Participants own judgment and the judgment of the professionals of the Participants choice with whom the Participant has consulted. The Participant hereby releases, acquits, and forever discharges the Company Parties from all actions, causes of actions, suits, debts, obligations, liabilities, claims, damages, losses, costs, and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, on account of, arising out of, or in any way related to the tax effects associated with the Participants execution of this Agreement and his receipt, holding and exercise of this Option.
28. The Plan. This Agreement is subject to all the terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions contained in the Plan.
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Exhibit 10.6
NERDY INC.
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION POLICY
The purpose of this Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy (the Policy) of Nerdy Inc. (the Company), is to provide a total compensation package that enables the Company to attract and retain, on a long-term basis, high-caliber directors who are not employees or officers of the Company or its subsidiaries (Outside Directors). This Policy will become effective as of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement among Live Learning Technologies, LLC, TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp. and the other parties thereto (the Effective Date). In furtherance of the purpose stated above, all Outside Directors shall be paid compensation for services provided to the Company as set forth below:
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Cash Retainers |
(a) Annual Retainer for Board Membership: $35,000 for general availability and participation in meetings and conference calls of our Board of Directors. No additional compensation for attending individual Board meetings.
(b) Additional Annual Retainers for Committee Membership:
Audit Committee Chairperson: $20,000
Audit Committee member: $8,000
Compensation Committee Chairperson: $12,000
Compensation Committee member: $5,000
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chairperson: $7,500
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee member: $4,000
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Equity Retainers |
All grants of equity retainer awards to Outside Directors pursuant to this Policy will be automatic and nondiscretionary (except as to whether such equity award is in the form of stock options or a restricted stock unit grant) and will be made in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) Initial Grant. Following the Effective Date, each new Outside Director will receive an initial, one-time equity grant under the 2021 Nerdy Inc. Equity Incentive Plan, with a Value of $300,000 vesting in three (3) equal installments on the first, second, and third anniversary of the grant date; provided, however, that all vesting ceases if the director resigns from our Board of Directors or otherwise ceases to serve as a director, unless the Board of Directors determines that the circumstances warrant continuation of vesting.
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(b) Annual Grant. On the date of the Companys annual meeting of stockholders, depending on the timing of Initial Grant or as otherwise agreed by the Board of Directors, each Outside Director who will continue as a member of the Board of Directors following such annual meeting of stockholders will receive an equity grant on the date of such Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the Annual Grant). The Value of the Annual Grant will be $150,000 and will vest in full on the earlier of (i) the one-year anniversary of the grant date or (ii) the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders; provided, however, that all vesting ceases if the director resigns from our Board of Directors or otherwise ceases to serve as a director, unless the Board of Directors determines that the circumstances warrant continuation of vesting.
(c) Equity Award Pricing. All Equity Awards will be priced on the effective date of grant in the manner described below.
Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units
If the grant of restricted stock or restricted stock units is denominated in dollars, the number of shares of restricted stock or restricted stock units that are granted will be calculated by dividing the dollar value of the approved award by the average closing price on the NYSE (or such other market on which the Companys Class A Common Stock is then principally listed) of one share of the Companys Class A Common Stock for the 20 trailing trading days ending on the grant date, rounded up to the nearest whole share.
Stock Options
The exercise price of all stock options will be equal to (or, if specified in the approval of the stock option award, greater than) the closing market price on the NYSE (or such other market on which the Companys Class A Common Stock is then principally listed) of a share of the Companys Class A Common Stock on the effective date of grant or if no closing price is reported for such date, the closing price on the last date preceding such date for which a closing price is reported. If the amount of the award is to be determined by reference to a fair value calculated under ASC Topic 718, then the number of shares to be subject to such stock option shall be determined based on such fair value, the exercise price determined in accordance with the preceding sentence and the approved valuation assumptions, subject to any other limits on the number of shares that may be subject to such stock option.
(d) Value. For purposes of this Policy, Value means with respect to (i) any award of stock options the grant date fair value of the option (i.e., Black-Scholes Value) determined in accordance with the reasonable assumptions and methodologies employed by the Company for calculating the fair value of options under ASC 718; and (ii) any award of restricted stock and restricted stock units the product of (A) the average closing market price on The New York Stock Exchange (or such other market on which the Companys Class A Common Stock is then principally listed) of one share of the Companys Class A Common Stock for the 20 trailing trading days ending on the grant date, or if no closing price is reported for such date, the average closing price for the 20 trailing trading days ending on the next immediately preceding date for which a closing price is reported, and (B) the aggregate number of shares pursuant to such award.
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(e) Revisions. Subject to approval from the Board of Directors, the Compensation Committee may change and otherwise revise the terms of awards to be granted under this Policy, including, without limitation, the number of shares subject thereto, for awards of the same or different type granted on or after the date the Compensation Committee determines to make any such change or revision.
(f) Change in Control Acceleration. In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in the Companys Equity Incentive Plan), the equity retainer awards granted to Outside Directors pursuant to this Policy shall become 100% vested and exercisable.
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Expenses |
The Company will reimburse all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Outside Directors in attending meetings of the Board of Directors or any Committee thereof.
Date Approved: September 20, 2021
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Exhibit 10.7
NERDY INC.
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement (Agreement) is made as of September 20, 2021 by and between Nerdy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and ____________ (Indemnitee).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company desires to attract and retain the services of highly qualified individuals, such as Indemnitee, to serve the Company;
WHEREAS, in order to induce Indemnitee to provide or continue to provide services to the Company, the Company wishes to provide for the indemnification of, and advancement of expenses to, Indemnitee to the maximum extent permitted by law;
WHEREAS, the Bylaws (the Bylaws) of the Company require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company, and Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL);
WHEREAS, the Bylaws and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and members of the board of directors, officers and other persons with respect to indemnification;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board) has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining highly qualified persons such as Indemnitee is detrimental to the best interests of the Companys stockholders;
WHEREAS, it is reasonable and prudent for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, regardless of any amendment or revocation of the Charter or the Bylaws, so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so indemnified;
WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the indemnification provided in the Charter, the Bylaws and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder; and
[WHEREAS, Indemnitee has certain rights to indemnification and/or insurance provided by [Name of Fund/Sponsor] which Indemnitee and [Name of Fund/Sponsor] intend to be secondary to the primary obligation of the Company to indemnify Indemnitee as provided in this Agreement, with the Companys acknowledgment and agreement to the foregoing being a material condition to Indemnitees willingness to serve or continue to serve on the Board.]1
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:
Section 1. Services to the Company. Indemnitee agrees to serve as a director of the Company. Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by law), in which event the Company shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue Indemnitee in such position. This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise) and Indemnitee.
Section 2. Definitions.
As used in this Agreement:
(a) Affiliate and Associate shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as in effect on the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that no Person who is a director or officer of the Company shall be deemed an Affiliate or an Associate of any other director or officer of the Company solely as a result of his or her position as director or officer of the Company.
(b) A Person shall be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, and shall be deemed to Beneficially Own and have Beneficial Ownership of, any securities:
(i) which such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, Beneficially Owns (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Rules under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date of this Agreement);
(ii) which such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has: (A) the legal, equitable or contractual right or obligation to acquire (whether directly or indirectly and whether exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time, compliance with regulatory requirements, satisfaction of one or more conditions (whether or not within the control of such Person) or otherwise) upon the exercise of any conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; (B) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing); or (C) the right to dispose of pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) (other than customary arrangements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities);
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(iii) which are Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof) with which such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any securities of the Company; or
(iv) that are the subject of a derivative transaction entered into by such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates, including, for these purposes, any derivative security acquired by such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates that gives such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates the economic equivalent of ownership of an amount of securities due to the fact that the value of the derivative security is explicitly determined by reference to the price or value of such securities, or that provides such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates an opportunity, directly or indirectly, to profit or to share in any profit derived from any change in the value of such securities, in any case without regard to whether (A) such derivative security conveys any voting rights in such securities to such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates; (B) the derivative security is required to be, or capable of being, settled through delivery of such securities; or (C) such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates may have entered into other transactions that hedge the economic effect of such derivative security;
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person engaged in business as an underwriter of securities shall be deemed the Beneficial Owner of any securities acquired through such Persons participation as an underwriter in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting.
(c) A Change in Control shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:
(i) Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined above), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding securities unless the change in relative Beneficial Ownership of the Companys securities by any Person results solely from a reduction in the aggregate number of outstanding shares of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, provided that a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred if subsequent to such reduction such Person becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of any additional securities of the Company conferring upon such Person any additional voting power;
(ii) Change in Board of Directors. During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Sections 2(a)(i), 2(a)(iii) or 2(c)(iv)) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Companys 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 period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board;
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(iii) Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving or successor entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the surviving or successor entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and with the power to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such surviving or successor entity;
(iv) Liquidation. The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale, lease, exchange or other transfer by the Company, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Companys assets; and
(v) Other Events. There occurs any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or a response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement.
(d) Corporate Status describes the status of a person as a current or former director of the Company or current or former director, manager, partner, officer, employee, agent or trustee of any other Enterprise which such person is or was serving at the request of the Company.
(e) Enforcement Expenses shall include all reasonable attorneys fees, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other out-of-pocket disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with an action to enforce indemnification or advancement rights, or an appeal from such action. Enforcement Expenses, however, shall not include fees, salaries, wages or benefits owed to Indemnitee.
(f) Enterprise shall mean any corporation (other than the Company), partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, limited liability company, or other legal entity of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, manager, partner, officer, employee, agent or trustee.
(g) Expenses shall include all reasonable attorneys fees, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other out-of-pocket disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding or an appeal resulting from a Proceeding. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee, the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee or fees, salaries, wages or benefits owed to Indemnitee.
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(h) Independent Counsel means a law firm, or a partner (or, if applicable, member or shareholder) of such a law firm, that is experienced in matters of Delaware corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five (5) years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any Enterprise or Indemnitee in any matter material to any such party; or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Independent Counsel shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitees rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.
(i) Person shall mean (i) an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a business trust, a government or political subdivision, any unincorporated organization, or any other association or entity including any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereof or thereto, and (ii) a group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(j) The term Proceeding shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory or investigative nature, and whether formal or informal, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, manager, partner, officer, employee, agent or trustee of any Enterprise or by reason of any action taken by Indemnitee or of any action taken on his or her part while acting as a director of the Company or while serving at the request of the Company as a director, manager, partner, officer, employee, agent or trustee of any Enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement or advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement; provided, however, that the term Proceeding shall not include any action, suit or arbitration, or part thereof, initiated by Indemnitee to enforce Indemnitees rights under this Agreement as provided for in Section 12(a) of this Agreement.
Section 3. Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the extent set forth in this Section 3 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
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Section 4. Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the extent set forth in this Section 4 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 4, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. No indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Section 4 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery (the Delaware Court) shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses as the Delaware Court shall deem proper.
Section 5. Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement and except as provided in Section 7, to the extent that Indemnitee is a party to or a participant in any Proceeding and is successful in such Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. For purposes of this Section and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.
Section 6. Reimbursement for Expenses of a Witness or in Response to a Subpoena. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, (i) is a witness in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party and is not threatened to be made a party or (ii) receives a subpoena with respect to any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party and is not threatened to be made a party, the Company shall reimburse Indemnitee for all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in connection therewith.
Section 7. Exclusions. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement:
(a) to indemnify for amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (or for which advancement is provided hereunder) if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such amounts under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise[; provided that the foregoing shall not [i] apply to any personal or umbrella liability insurance maintained by Indemnitee , [or [ii] affect the rights of Indemnitee or the Fund Indemnitors as set forth in Section 13(c)];
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(b) to indemnify for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law, or from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of such securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX);
(c) to indemnify with respect to any Proceeding, or part thereof, brought by Indemnitee against the Company, any legal entity which it controls, any director or officer thereof or any third party, unless (i) the Board has consented to the initiation of such Proceeding or part thereof and (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law; provided, however, that this Section 7(d) shall not apply to (A) counterclaims or affirmative defenses asserted by Indemnitee in an action brought against Indemnitee or (B) any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advancement from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors and officers liability insurance policies maintained by the Company in the suit for which indemnification or advancement is being sought as described in Section 12; or
(d) to provide any indemnification or advancement of expenses that is prohibited by applicable law (as such law exists at the time payment would otherwise be required pursuant to this Agreement).
Section 8. Advancement of Expenses. Subject to Section 9(b), the Company shall advance, the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding, and such advancement shall be made within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advances (including any invoices received by Indemnitee, which such invoices may be redacted as necessary to avoid the waiver of any privilege accorded by applicable law) from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall be unsecured and interest free. Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitees (i) ability to repay the expenses, (ii) ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement, and (iii) entitlement to and availability of insurance coverage, including advancement, payment or reimbursement of defense costs, expenses or covered loss under the provisions of any applicable insurance policy (including, without limitation, whether such advancement, payment or reimbursement is withheld, conditioned or delayed by the insurer(s)). Indemnitee shall qualify for advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement which shall constitute an undertaking providing that Indemnitee undertakes to the fullest extent required by law to repay the advance if and to the extent that it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment, not subject to appeal, that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. No other form of undertaking shall be required. The right to advances under this paragraph shall in all events continue until final disposition of any Proceeding, including any appeal therein. Nothing in this Section 8 shall limit Indemnitees right to advancement pursuant to Section 12(e) of this Agreement.
Section 9. Procedure for Notification and Defense of Claim.
(a) To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request therefor specifying the basis for the claim, the amounts for which Indemnitee is seeking payment under this Agreement, and all documentation related thereto as reasonably requested by the Company.
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(b) In the event that the Company shall be obligated hereunder to provide indemnification for or make any advancement of Expenses with respect to any Proceeding, the Company shall be entitled to assume the defense of such Proceeding, or any claim, issue or matter therein, with counsel approved by Indemnitee (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of the Companys election to do so. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any fees or expenses of separate counsel subsequently employed by or on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to the same Proceeding; provided that (i) Indemnitee shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding at Indemnitees expense and (ii) if (A) the employment of separate counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized by the Company, (B) Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between the Company and Indemnitee in the conduct of such defense, (C) the Company shall not continue to retain such counsel to defend such Proceeding, or (D) a Change in Control shall have occurred, then the fees and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee with respect to his or her separate counsel shall be Expenses hereunder.
(c) In the event that the Company does not assume the defense in a Proceeding pursuant to paragraph (b) above, then the Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense.
(d) The Company shall not be liable to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any Proceeding effected without its prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the fact that an insurer under an applicable insurance policy delays or is unwilling to consent to such settlement or is or may be in breach of its obligations under such policy, or the fact that directors and officers liability insurance is otherwise unavailable or not maintained by the Company, may not be taken into account by the Company in determining whether to provide its consent. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Indemnitee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), enter into any settlement which (i) includes an admission of fault of Indemnitee, any non-monetary remedy imposed on Indemnitee or any monetary damages for which Indemnitee is not wholly and actually indemnified hereunder or (ii) with respect to any Proceeding with respect to which Indemnitee may be or is made a party or may be otherwise entitled to seek indemnification hereunder, does not include the full release of Indemnitee from all liability in respect of such Proceeding.
Section 10. Procedure Upon Application for Indemnification.
(a) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 9(a), a determination, if such determination is required by applicable law, with respect to Indemnitees entitlement to indemnification hereunder shall be made in the specific case by one of the following methods: (x) if a Change in Control shall have occurred, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board; or (y) if a Change in Control shall not have occurred:
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(i) by a majority vote of the disinterested directors, even though less than a quorum; (ii) by a committee of disinterested directors designated by a majority vote of the disinterested directors, even though less than a quorum; or (iii) if there are no disinterested directors or if the disinterested directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board. For purposes hereof, disinterested directors are those members of the Board who are not parties to the action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought. In the case that such determination is made by Independent Counsel, a copy of Independent Counsels written opinion shall be delivered to Indemnitee and, if it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within thirty (30) days after such determination. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the Independent Counsel or the Company, as applicable, in making such determination with respect to Indemnitees entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such counsel or the Company, upon reasonable advance request, any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. The Company shall likewise cooperate with Indemnitee and Independent Counsel, if applicable, in making such determination with respect to Indemnitees entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such counsel and Indemnitee, upon reasonable advance request, any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to the Company and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any out-of-pocket costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the Independent Counsel or the Company shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitees entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.
(b) If the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 10(a), the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board if a Change in Control shall not have occurred or, if a Change in Control shall have occurred, by Indemnitee. Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after written notice of such selection, deliver to the Company or Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of Independent Counsel as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or the Delaware Court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days after the later of (i) submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 9(a), and (ii) the final disposition of the Proceeding, including any appeal therein, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected without objection, either Indemnitee or the Company may petition the Delaware Court for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by Indemnitee or the Company to the selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the court or by such other person as the court shall designate. The person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 10(a) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).
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(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the determination of entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement shall be made without regard to the Indemnitees entitlement to and availability of insurance coverage, including advancement, payment or reimbursement of defense costs, expenses or covered loss under the provisions of any applicable insurance policy (including, without limitation, whether such advancement, payment or reimbursement is withheld, conditioned or delayed by the insurer(s)).
Section 11. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.
(a) To the extent permitted by applicable law, in making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, it shall be presumed that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 9(a) of this Agreement, and the Company shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence to overcome that presumption in connection with the making of any determination contrary to that presumption.
(b) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of guilty, nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
(c) Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitees actions based on the records or books of account of the Company or any other Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the directors, officers, agents or employees of the Company or any other Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Company or any other Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Company or any other Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Company or any other Enterprise. The provisions of this Section 11(c) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement. In addition, the knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, manager, partner, officer, employee, agent or trustee of the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, or any Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement. Whether or not the foregoing provisions of this Section 11(c) are satisfied, it shall in any event be presumed that Indemnitee has at all times acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.
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Section 12. Remedies of Indemnitee.
(a) Subject to Section 12(f), in the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 8 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 10(a) of this Agreement within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification for which a determination is to be made other than by Independent Counsel, (iv) payment of indemnification or reimbursement of expenses is not made pursuant to Section 5 or 6 or the last sentence of Section 10(a) of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor (including any invoices received by Indemnitee, which such invoices may be redacted as necessary to avoid the waiver of any privilege accorded by applicable law) or (v) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement is not made within thirty (30) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by the Delaware Court of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his or her option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication or an award in arbitration within 180 days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 12(a); provided, however, that the foregoing time limitation shall not apply in respect of a proceeding brought by Indemnitee to enforce his or her rights under Section 5 of this Agreement. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitees right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.
(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 10(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12, the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement, as the case may be.
(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 10(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitees statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.
(d) The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.
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(e) The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law against any and all Enforcement Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor) advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, such Enforcement Expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advancement from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors and officers liability insurance policies maintained by the Company in the suit for which indemnification or advancement is being sought. Such written request for advancement shall include invoices received by Indemnitee in connection with such Enforcement Expenses but, in the case of invoices in connection with legal services, any references to legal work performed or to expenditures made that would cause Indemnitee to waive any privilege accorded by applicable law need not be included with the invoice.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding, including any appeal therein.
Section 13. Non-exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; [Primacy of Indemnification;] Subrogation.
(a) The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Charter, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his or her Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement than would be afforded currently under the Charter, Bylaws and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.
(b) To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, managers, partners, officers, employees, agents or trustees of the Company or of any other Enterprise, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such director, manager, partner, officer, employee, agent or trustee under such policy or policies. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of such claim to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies. Upon request of the Indemnitee, Company shall also promptly provide to Indemnitee: (i) copies of all of the Companys potentially applicable directors and officers liability insurance policies, (ii) copies of such notices delivered to the applicable insurers, and (iii) copies of all subsequent communications and correspondence between the Company and such insurers regarding the Proceeding, in each case substantially concurrently with the delivery or receipt thereof by the Company.
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(c) [The Company hereby acknowledges that Indemnitee has certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by [Name of Fund/Sponsor] and certain of [its][their] affiliates (collectively, the Fund Indemnitors). The Company hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Fund Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by Indemnitee are secondary), (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Agreement and the Charter and/or Bylaws (or any other agreement between the Company and Indemnitee), without regard to any rights Indemnitee may have against the Fund Indemnitors, and (iii) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Fund Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Fund Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Fund Indemnitors on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Fund Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee against the Company. The Company and Indemnitee agree that the Fund Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 13(c).]2
(d) [Except as provided in paragraph (c) above,] [I/i]n the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee [(other than against the Fund Indemnitors)], who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.
(e) [Except as provided in paragraph (c) above,] [T/t]he Companys obligation to provide indemnification or advancement hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, manager, partner, officer, employee, agent or trustee of any other Enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement from such other Enterprise.
Section 14. Duration of Agreement. This Agreement shall continue until and terminate upon the later of: (a) ten (10) years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a director of the Company or (b) one (1) year after the final termination of any Proceeding, including any appeal, then pending in respect of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement hereunder and of any proceeding commenced by Indemnitee
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This provision is intended to be used for directors appointed by investment funds to address the Levy decision. In the absence of a provision such as the above, it is possible that the Levy case would be broadly construed to obligate a fund providing indemnification to contribute its share of any payments made by any other party providing similar indemnification to its director designees. |
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pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement relating thereto. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and his or her heirs, executors and administrators. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.
Section 15. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.
Section 16. Enforcement.
(a) The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve or continue to serve as a director of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director of the Company.
(b) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Charter, the Bylaws and applicable law, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.
Section 17. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment, or waiver of any provision, of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties thereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee prior to such supplement, modification or amendment.
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Section 18. Notice by Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Company in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification, reimbursement or advancement as provided hereunder. The failure of Indemnitee to so notify the Company or any delay in notification shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise, unless, and then only to the extent that, the Company did not otherwise learn of the Proceeding and such delay is materially prejudicial to the Companys ability to defend such Proceeding or matter; and, provided, further, that notice will be deemed to have been given without any action on the part of Indemnitee in the event the Company is a party to the same Proceeding.
Section 19. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (i) delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, (ii) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed, (iii) mailed by reputable overnight courier and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed or (iv) sent by facsimile transmission, with receipt of oral confirmation that such transmission has been received:
(a) If to Indemnitee, at such address as Indemnitee shall provide to the Company.
(b) If to the Company to:
Nerdy Inc.
101 South Hanley Road
St. Louis, MO
63105
or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Company.
Section 20. Contribution. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any Proceeding in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee in connection with the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving rise to such Proceeding; and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transactions.
Section 21. Internal Revenue Code Section 409A. The Company intends for this Agreement to comply with the Indemnification exception under Section 1.409A-1(b)(10) of the regulations promulgated under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), which provides that indemnification of, or the purchase of an insurance policy providing for payments of, all or part of the expenses incurred or damages paid or payable by Indemnitee with
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respect to a bona fide claim against Indemnitee or the Company do not provide for a deferral of compensation, subject to Section 409A of the Code, where such claim is based on actions or failures to act by Indemnitee in his or her capacity as a service provider of the Company. The parties intend that this Agreement be interpreted and construed with such intent.
Section 22. Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement, the Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Delaware Court, and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) consent to service of process at the address set forth in Section 19 of this Agreement with the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware, (iv) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (v) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.
Section 23. Headings. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.
Section 24. Identical Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.
Section 25. Monetary Damages Insufficient/Specific Enforcement. The Company and Indemnitee agree that a monetary remedy for breach of this Agreement may be inadequate, impracticable and difficult of proof, and further agree that such breach may cause Indemnitee irreparable harm. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that Indemnitee may enforce this Agreement by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance hereof, without any necessity of showing actual damage or irreparable harm (having agreed that actual and irreparable harm will result in not forcing the Company to specifically perform its obligations pursuant to this Agreement) and that by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance, Indemnitee shall not be precluded from seeking or obtaining any other relief to which he may be entitled. The Company and Indemnitee further agree that Indemnitee shall be entitled to such specific performance and injunctive relief, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions, without the necessity of posting bonds or other undertaking in connection therewith. The Company acknowledges that in the absence of a waiver, a bond or undertaking may be required of Indemnitee by the Court, and the Company hereby waives any such requirement of a bond or undertaking.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the day and year first above written.
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Exhibit 10.8
NERDY INC.
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement (Agreement) is made as of September 20, 2021 by and between Nerdy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and ____________ (Indemnitee).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company desires to attract and retain the services of highly qualified individuals, such as Indemnitee, to serve the Company;
WHEREAS, in order to induce Indemnitee to provide or continue to provide services to the Company, the Company wishes to provide for the indemnification of, and advancement of expenses to, Indemnitee to the maximum extent permitted by law;
WHEREAS, the Bylaws (the Bylaws) of the Company require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company, and Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL);
WHEREAS, the Bylaws and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and members of the board of directors, officers and other persons with respect to indemnification;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board) has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining highly qualified persons such as Indemnitee is detrimental to the best interests of the Companys stockholders;
WHEREAS, it is reasonable and prudent for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, regardless of any amendment or revocation of the Charter or the Bylaws, so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so indemnified; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the indemnification provided in the Charter, the Bylaws and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:
Section 1. Services to the Company. Indemnitee agrees to serve as [a director and] an officer of the Company. Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from [any] such position (subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by law), in which event the Company shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue Indemnitee in such position. This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise) and Indemnitee.
Section 2. Definitions.
As used in this Agreement:
(a) Affiliate and Associate shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as in effect on the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that no Person who is a director or officer of the Company shall be deemed an Affiliate or an Associate of any other director or officer of the Company solely as a result of his or her position as director or officer of the Company.
(b) A Person shall be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, and shall be deemed to Beneficially Own and have Beneficial Ownership of, any securities:
(i) which such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, Beneficially Owns (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Rules under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date of this Agreement);
(ii) which such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has: (A) the legal, equitable or contractual right or obligation to acquire (whether directly or indirectly and whether exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time, compliance with regulatory requirements, satisfaction of one or more conditions (whether or not within the control of such Person) or otherwise) upon the exercise of any conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; (B) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing); or (C) the right to dispose of pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) (other than customary arrangements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities);
(iii) which are Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof) with which such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any securities of the Company; or
(iv) that are the subject of a derivative transaction entered into by such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates, including, for these purposes, any derivative security acquired by such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates that gives such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates the economic equivalent of ownership of an amount of securities due to the fact that the value of the derivative security is explicitly determined by reference to the price or value of such securities, or that provides such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates an opportunity, directly or indirectly, to profit or to share in any profit derived from any change in the value of such securities, in any case without
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regard to whether (A) such derivative security conveys any voting rights in such securities to such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates; (B) the derivative security is required to be, or capable of being, settled through delivery of such securities; or (C) such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates may have entered into other transactions that hedge the economic effect of such derivative security;
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person engaged in business as an underwriter of securities shall be deemed the Beneficial Owner of any securities acquired through such Persons participation as an underwriter in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting.
(c) A Change in Control shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:
(i) Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined above), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding securities unless the change in relative Beneficial Ownership of the Companys securities by any Person results solely from a reduction in the aggregate number of outstanding shares of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, provided that a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred if subsequent to such reduction such Person becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of any additional securities of the Company conferring upon such Person any additional voting power;
(ii) Change in Board of Directors. During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than a director designated by a Person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Sections 2(a)(i), 2(a)(iii) or 2(c)(iv)) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Companys 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 period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board;
(iii) Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving or successor entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the surviving or successor entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and with the power to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such surviving or successor entity;
(iv) Liquidation. The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale, lease, exchange or other transfer by the Company, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Companys assets; and
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(v) Other Events. There occurs any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or a response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement.
(d) Corporate Status describes the status of a person as a current or former director or officer of the Company or current or former director, manager, partner, officer, employee, agent or trustee of any other Enterprise which such person is or was serving at the request of the Company.
(e) Enforcement Expenses shall include all reasonable attorneys fees, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other out-of-pocket disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with an action to enforce indemnification or advancement rights, or an appeal from such action. Enforcement Expenses, however, shall not include fees, salaries, wages or benefits owed to Indemnitee.
(f) Enterprise shall mean any corporation (other than the Company), partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, limited liability company, or other legal entity of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, manager, partner, officer, employee, agent or trustee.
(g) Expenses shall include all reasonable attorneys fees, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other out-of-pocket disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding or an appeal resulting from a Proceeding. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee, the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee or fees, salaries, wages or benefits owed to Indemnitee.
(h) Independent Counsel means a law firm, or a partner (or, if applicable, member or shareholder) of such a law firm, that is experienced in matters of Delaware corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five (5) years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any Enterprise or Indemnitee in any matter material to any such party; or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Independent Counsel shall not include any Person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitees rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.
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(i) Person shall mean (i) an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a business trust, a government or political subdivision, any unincorporated organization, or any other association or entity including any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereof or thereto, and (ii) a group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(j) The term Proceeding shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory or investigative nature, and whether formal or informal, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was an officer of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, manager, partner, officer, employee, agent or trustee of any Enterprise or by reason of any action taken by Indemnitee or of any action taken on his or her part while acting as an officer of the Company or while serving at the request of the Company as a director, manager, partner, officer, employee, agent or trustee of any Enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement or advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement; provided, however, that the term Proceeding shall not include any action, suit or arbitration, or part thereof, initiated by Indemnitee to enforce Indemnitees rights under this Agreement as provided for in Section 12(a) of this Agreement.
Section 3. Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the extent set forth in this Section 3 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
Section 4. Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the extent set forth in this Section 4 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 4, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. No indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Section 4 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery (the Delaware Court) shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses as the Delaware Court shall deem proper.
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Section 5. Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement and except as provided in Section 7, to the extent that Indemnitee is a party to or a participant in any Proceeding and is successful in such Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. For purposes of this Section and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.
Section 6. Reimbursement for Expenses of a Witness or in Response to a Subpoena. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, (i) is a witness in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party and is not threatened to be made a party or (ii) receives a subpoena with respect to any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party and is not threatened to be made a party, the Company shall reimburse Indemnitee for all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in connection therewith.
Section 7. Exclusions. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement:
(a) to indemnify for amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (or for which advancement is provided hereunder) if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such amounts under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise; provided that the foregoing shall not i apply to any personal or umbrella liability insurance maintained by Indemnitee, or (ii) affect the rights of Indemnitee or the Fund Indemnitors as set forth in Section 13(c);
(b) to indemnify for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law, or from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of such securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX);
(c) to indemnify for any reimbursement of, or payment to, the Company by Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of SOX or any formal policy of the Company adopted by the Board (or a committee thereof), or any other remuneration paid to Indemnitee if it shall be determined by a final judgment or other final adjudication that such remuneration was in violation of law;
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(d) to indemnify with respect to any Proceeding, or part thereof, brought by Indemnitee against the Company, any legal entity which it controls, any director or officer thereof or any third party, unless (i) the Board has consented to the initiation of such Proceeding or part thereof and (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law; provided, however, that this Section 7(d) shall not apply to (A) counterclaims or affirmative defenses asserted by Indemnitee in an action brought against Indemnitee or (B) any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advancement from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors and officers liability insurance policies maintained by the Company in the suit for which indemnification or advancement is being sought as described in Section 12; or
(e) to provide any indemnification or advancement of expenses that is prohibited by applicable law (as such law exists at the time payment would otherwise be required pursuant to this Agreement).
Section 8. Advancement of Expenses. Subject to Section 9(b), the Company shall advance the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding, and such advancement shall be made within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advances (including any invoices received by Indemnitee, which such invoices may be redacted as necessary to avoid the waiver of any privilege accorded by applicable law) from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall be unsecured and interest free. Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitees (i) ability to repay the expenses, (ii) ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement, and (iii) entitlement to and availability of insurance coverage, including advancement, payment or reimbursement of defense costs, expenses or covered loss under the provisions of any applicable insurance policy (including, without limitation, whether such advancement, payment or reimbursement is withheld, conditioned or delayed by the insurer(s)). Indemnitee shall qualify for advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement which shall constitute an undertaking providing that Indemnitee undertakes to the fullest extent required by law to repay the advance if and to the extent that it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment, not subject to appeal, that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. No other form of undertaking shall be required. The right to advances under this paragraph shall in all events continue until final disposition of any Proceeding, including any appeal therein. Nothing in this Section 8 shall limit Indemnitees right to advancement pursuant to Section 12(e) of this Agreement.
Section 9. Procedure for Notification and Defense of Claim.
(a) To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request therefor specifying the basis for the claim, the amounts for which Indemnitee is seeking payment under this Agreement, and all documentation related thereto as reasonably requested by the Company.
(b) In the event that the Company shall be obligated hereunder to provide indemnification for or make any advancement of Expenses with respect to any Proceeding, the Company shall be entitled to assume the defense of such Proceeding, or any claim, issue or matter therein, with counsel approved by Indemnitee (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of the Companys election to do so. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the retention
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of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any fees or expenses of separate counsel subsequently employed by or on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to the same Proceeding; provided that (i) Indemnitee shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding at Indemnitees expense and (ii) if (A) the employment of separate counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized by the Company, (B) Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between the Company and Indemnitee in the conduct of such defense, (C) the Company shall not continue to retain such counsel to defend such Proceeding, or (D) a Change in Control shall have occurred, then the fees and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee with respect to his or her separate counsel shall be Expenses hereunder.
(c) In the event that the Company does not assume the defense in a Proceeding pursuant to paragraph (b) above, then the Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense.
(d) The Company shall not be liable to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any Proceeding effected without its prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the fact that an insurer under an applicable insurance policy delays or is unwilling to consent to such settlement or is or may be in breach of its obligations under such policy, or the fact that directors and officers liability insurance is otherwise unavailable or not maintained by the Company, may not be taken into account by the Company in determining whether to provide its consent. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Indemnitee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), enter into any settlement which (i) includes an admission of fault of Indemnitee, any non-monetary remedy imposed on Indemnitee or any monetary damages for which Indemnitee is not wholly and actually indemnified hereunder or (ii) with respect to any Proceeding with respect to which Indemnitee may be or is made a party or may be otherwise entitled to seek indemnification hereunder, does not include the full release of Indemnitee from all liability in respect of such Proceeding.
Section 10. Procedure Upon Application for Indemnification.
(a) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 9(a), a determination, if such determination is required by applicable law, with respect to Indemnitees entitlement to indemnification hereunder shall be made in the specific case by one of the following methods: (x) if a Change in Control shall have occurred and indemnification is being requested by Indemnitee hereunder in his or her capacity as a director of the Company, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board; or (y) in any other case, (i) by a majority vote of the disinterested directors, even though less than a quorum; (ii) by a committee of disinterested directors designated by a majority vote of the disinterested directors, even though less than a quorum; or (iii) if there are no disinterested directors or if the disinterested directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board. For purposes hereof, disinterested directors are those members of the Board who are not parties to the action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought. In the case that such determination is made by Independent Counsel, a copy of Independent Counsels written opinion shall be delivered to Indemnitee and, if it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification,
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payment to Indemnitee shall be made within thirty (30) days after such determination. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the Independent Counsel or the Company, as applicable, in making such determination with respect to Indemnitees entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such counsel or the Company, upon reasonable advance request, any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. The Company shall likewise cooperate with Indemnitee and Independent Counsel, if applicable, in making such determination with respect to Indemnitees entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such counsel and Indemnitee, upon reasonable advance request, any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to the Company and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any out-of-pocket costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the Independent Counsel or the Company shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitees entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.
(b) If the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 10(a), the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board; provided that, if a Change in Control shall have occurred and indemnification is being requested by Indemnitee hereunder in his or her capacity as a director of the Company, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee. Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after written notice of such selection, deliver to the Company or Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of Independent Counsel as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the Person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or the Delaware Court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days after the later of (i) submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 9(a), and (ii) the final disposition of the Proceeding, including any appeal therein, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected without objection, either Indemnitee or the Company may petition the Delaware Court for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by Indemnitee or the Company to the selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a Person selected by the court or by such other Person as the court shall designate. The Person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the Person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 10(a) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the determination of entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement shall be made without regard to the Indemnitees entitlement to and availability of insurance coverage, including advancement, payment or reimbursement of defense costs, expenses or covered loss under the provisions of any applicable insurance policy (including, without limitation, whether such advancement, payment or reimbursement is withheld, conditioned or delayed by the insurer(s)).
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Section 11. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.
(a) To the extent permitted by applicable law, in making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, it shall be presumed that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 9(a) of this Agreement, and the Company shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence to overcome that presumption in connection with the making of any determination contrary to that presumption.
(b) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of guilty, nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
(c) Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitees actions based on the records or books of account of the Company or any other Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the directors, officers, agents or employees of the Company or any other Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Company or any other Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Company or any other Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Company or any other Enterprise. The provisions of this Section 11(c) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement. In addition, the knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, manager, partner, officer, employee, agent or trustee of the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, or any Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement. Whether or not the foregoing provisions of this Section 11(c) are satisfied, it shall in any event be presumed that Indemnitee has at all times acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.
Section 12. Remedies of Indemnitee.
(a) Subject to Section 12(f), in the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 8 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made
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pursuant to Section 10(a) of this Agreement within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification for which a determination is to be made other than by Independent Counsel, (iv) payment of indemnification or reimbursement of expenses is not made pursuant to Section 5 or 6 or the last sentence of Section 10(a) of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor (including any invoices received by Indemnitee, which such invoices may be redacted as necessary to avoid the waiver of any privilege accorded by applicable law) or (v) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement is not made within thirty (30) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by the Delaware Court of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his or her option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication or an award in arbitration within 180 days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 12(a); provided, however, that the foregoing time limitation shall not apply in respect of a proceeding brought by Indemnitee to enforce his or her rights under Section 5 of this Agreement. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitees right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.
(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 10(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12, the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement, as the case may be.
(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 10(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitees statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.
(d) The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.
(e) The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law against any and all Enforcement Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor) advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, such Enforcement Expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advancement from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors and officers liability insurance policies maintained by the Company in the suit for which indemnification or advancement is being sought. Such written request for advancement shall include invoices
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received by Indemnitee in connection with such Enforcement Expenses but, in the case of invoices in connection with legal services, any references to legal work performed or to expenditures made that would cause Indemnitee to waive any privilege accorded by applicable law need not be included with the invoice.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding, including any appeal therein.
Section 13. Non-exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Subrogation.
(a) The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Charter, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his or her Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement than would be afforded currently under the Charter, Bylaws and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.
(b) To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, managers, partners, officers, employees, agents or trustees of the Company or of any other Enterprise, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such director, manager, partner, officer, employee, agent or trustee under such policy or policies. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of such claim to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies. Upon request of Indemnitee, the Company shall also promptly provide to Indemnitee: (i) copies of all of the Companys potentially applicable directors and officers liability insurance policies, (ii) copies of such notices delivered to the applicable insurers, and (iii) copies of all subsequent communications and correspondence between the Company and such insurers regarding the Proceeding, in each case substantially concurrently with the delivery or receipt thereof by the Company.
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(c) In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.
(d) The Companys obligation to provide indemnification or advancement hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, manager, partner, officer, employee, agent or trustee of any other Enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement from such other Enterprise.
Section 14. Duration of Agreement. This Agreement shall continue until and terminate upon the later of: (a) ten (10) years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as an officer of the Company or (b) one (1) year after the final termination of any Proceeding, including any appeal, then pending in respect of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement hereunder and of any proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement relating thereto. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and his or her heirs, executors and administrators. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.
Section 15. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.
Section 16. Enforcement.
(a) The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve or continue to serve as an officer of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as an officer of the Company.
(b) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Charter, the Bylaws and applicable law, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.
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Section 17. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment, or waiver of any provision, of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties thereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee prior to such supplement, modification or amendment.
Section 18. Notice by Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Company in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification, reimbursement or advancement as provided hereunder. The failure of Indemnitee to so notify the Company or any delay in notification shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise, unless, and then only to the extent that, the Company did not otherwise learn of the Proceeding and such delay is materially prejudicial to the Companys ability to defend such Proceeding or matter; and, provided, further, that notice will be deemed to have been given without any action on the part of Indemnitee in the event the Company is a party to the same Proceeding.
Section 19. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (i) delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, (ii) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed, (iii) mailed by reputable overnight courier and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed or (iv) sent by facsimile transmission, with receipt of oral confirmation that such transmission has been received:
(a) If to Indemnitee, at such address as Indemnitee shall provide to the Company.
(b) If to the Company to:
Nerdy Inc.
101 South Hanley Road
St. Louis, MO
63105
or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Company.
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Section 20. Contribution. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any Proceeding in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee in connection with the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving rise to such Proceeding; and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transactions.
Section 21. Internal Revenue Code Section 409A. The Company intends for this Agreement to comply with the Indemnification exception under Section 1.409A-1(b)(10) of the regulations promulgated under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), which provides that indemnification of, or the purchase of an insurance policy providing for payments of, all or part of the expenses incurred or damages paid or payable by Indemnitee with respect to a bona fide claim against Indemnitee or the Company do not provide for a deferral of compensation, subject to Section 409A of the Code, where such claim is based on actions or failures to act by Indemnitee in his or her capacity as a service provider of the Company. The parties intend that this Agreement be interpreted and construed with such intent.
Section 22. Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement, the Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Delaware Court, and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) consent to service of process at the address set forth in Section 19 of this Agreement with the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware, (iv) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (v) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.
Section 23. Headings. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.
Section 24. Identical Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.
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Section 25. Monetary Damages Insufficient/Specific Enforcement. The Company and Indemnitee agree that a monetary remedy for breach of this Agreement may be inadequate, impracticable and difficult of proof, and further agree that such breach may cause Indemnitee irreparable harm. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that Indemnitee may enforce this Agreement by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance hereof, without any necessity of showing actual damage or irreparable harm (having agreed that actual and irreparable harm will result in not forcing the Company to specifically perform its obligations pursuant to this Agreement) and that by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance, Indemnitee shall not be precluded from seeking or obtaining any other relief to which he may be entitled. The Company and Indemnitee further agree that Indemnitee shall be entitled to such specific performance and injunctive relief, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions, without the necessity of posting bonds or other undertaking in connection therewith. The Company acknowledges that in the absence of a waiver, a bond or undertaking may be required of Indemnitee by the Court, and the Company hereby waives any such requirement of a bond or undertaking.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the day and year first above written.
NERDY INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
[Name of Indemnitee] |
Exhibit 16.1
September 24, 2021
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We were previously principal accountants for Nerdy Inc. (the Company) (formally known as TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp.) and, under the date of February 16, 2021, except as to Notes 3 and 10, which was under the date of May 14, 2021, we reported on the financial statements of TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp. as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and for the year ended December 31, 2020, and for the period July 11, 2019 (inception) to December 31, 2019. On September 20, 2021, we were notified that the auditor-client relationship with KPMG LLP will cease. We have read the Companys statements included under Item 4.01 of its Form 8-K dated September 24, 2021, and we agree with such statements, except that we are not in a position to agree or disagree with the Companys statement in the third paragraph of this Item that management has concluded that as of August 11, 2021, the material weakness had successfully been remediated, and any of the Companys statements in the fourth paragraph of this Item.
Very truly yours,
/s/ KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP
Exhibit 99.1
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Introduction
Nerdy Inc. is providing the following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information to aid you in your analysis of the financial aspects of the Transaction as described in the Business Combination Agreement entered into between TPG Pace and Nerdy and in the Companys Definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus (Proxy Statement/Prospectus) filed with the SEC on August 19, 2021. The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X as amended by the final rule, Release No. 33-10786Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses.
The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet of Nerdy Inc. as of June 30, 2021 and the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations of Nerdy Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the six months ended June 30, 2021 present the combination of the financial information of TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp. (TPG Pace) and Live Learning Technologies LLC d/b/a Nerdy, a Missouri limited liability company (Nerdy) after giving effect to the Transaction, the PIPE Financing, the Forward Purchase Agreements, and related adjustments described in the accompanying notes. TPG Pace and Nerdy are collectively referred to herein as the Companies, and the Companies, subsequent to the Transaction, the PIPE Financing, and the Forward Purchase Agreements, are referred to herein as Nerdy Inc. See the accompanying notes to the Unaudited Condensed Combined Pro Forma Financial Information for a discussion of assumptions made.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the six months ended June 30, 2021 give pro forma effect to the Transaction, the PIPE Financing, the Forward Purchase Agreements, and related adjustments described in the accompanying notes (the Pro Forma Transactions) as if they had occurred on January 1, 2020. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2021, gives pro forma effect to the Transaction, the PIPE Financing, the Forward Purchase Agreements, and related adjustments described in the accompanying notes as if they were completed on June 30, 2021.
The historical financial information of Nerdy was derived from the Live Learning Technologies LLC d/b/a Nerdy December 31, 2020 Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and June 30, 2021 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, which are included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The historical financial information of TPG Pace was derived from the TPG Pace December 31, 2020 Audited Financial Statements, as amended and restated, and June 30, 2021 Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements, which are included in the Companys Proxy Statement/Prospectus. This information should be read together with the accompanying notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements, the Live Learning Technologies LLC d/b/a Nerdy Audited December 31, 2020 Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes, the Live Learning Technologies LLC d/b/a Nerdy Unaudited June 30, 2021 Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes, the TPG Pace Audited December 31, 2020 Financial Statements and accompanying notes, the TPG Pace Unaudited June 30, 2021 Condensed Financial Statements and accompanying notes, the sections titled Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Nerdy and TPG Paces Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Selected Historical Financial Information of TPG Pace and Selected Historical Financial Information of Nerdy and other financial information included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
Description of the Transaction
On January 28, 2021, TPG Pace entered into the Business Combination Agreement with Nerdy. TPG Pace will change its jurisdiction of registration by deregistering as a Cayman Islands exempted company and continuing and domesticating as a corporation registered under the laws of the State of Delaware (the Domestication), upon which TPG Pace will change its name to Nerdy Inc. Immediately after the Domestication, (i) Nerdy will cause each outstanding class of preferred units and the Nerdy profit units (whether vested or unvested) to be automatically converted into Nerdy common units (Nerdy Common Units) (subject to substantially the same terms and conditions, including applicable vesting requirements) (the Nerdy Recapitalization) and (ii) TCV Blocker will consummate certain restructuring transactions such that, following such transactions, TCV Blocker will directly own common units in Nerdy, Inc.
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On September 20, 2021, TPG Pace Merger Sub merged with and into Nerdy, with Nerdy surviving the Merger, and Blocker Merger Sub I merged with and into TCV Blocker, with TCV Blocker surviving such merger, and Blocker Merger Sub II merged with and into Learn Blocker, with Learn Blocker surviving such merger, and immediately following the Merger and Reverse Blocker Mergers, each surviving Blocker merged with and into Nerdy Inc., with Nerdy Inc. surviving each Direct Blocker Merger. The aggregate consideration paid to the holders of Nerdy equity (including the owners of the Blockers with respect to their indirect interest in Nerdy equity and the holders of Nerdy unit appreciation rights and profit units to the extent entitled to consideration, as described below) is based on an enterprise value of $1,250,000 thousand (subject to certain debt related adjustments) and consisted of (i) an amount of cash equal to the excess of the amount of available cash over $250,000 thousand (but not to exceed $388,200 thousand), plus (ii) equity consideration valued at $10.00 per share/unit in respect of the remaining portion of Nerdys enterprise value after deducting the cash consideration in clause (i), plus (iii) certain Nerdy warrants, plus (iv) the Nerdy Earnout Consideration, if payable. In addition, immediately after the completion of the Transaction, certain investors have agreed to subscribe for and purchase 15,000,000 shares of Class A common stock for an aggregate of $150,000 thousand in the PIPE Financing. In addition, pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreements certain investors have purchased 15,000,000 Class A Shares at a price of $10.00 per share, plus an aggregate of 3,000,000 warrants to purchase one Class A share at $11.50 per share, at an aggregate transaction price of approximately $150,000 thousand. With respect to certain of the additional forward purchases, TPG Pace issued an additional 1,116,750 shares of Class A Common stock, of which 66,950 Class A Shares was issued to affiliates of TPG Global, including 500 Class A Shares issued to an officer of TPG Pace, for no additional cash consideration, lowering for certain additional forward purchasers, including the affiliates of TPG Global referenced above, the effective purchase price per Class A Share and one-fifth warrant to approximately $9.09 per share, compared to the $10.00 per share public offering price in the TPG Pace IPO.
In connection with the Transaction, certain of Nerdys equity holders received 4,000,000 earnout shares and 2,444,444 warrants (the Nerdy Earnout Consideration) contingent upon achieving certain market share price milestones within a period of 60 months post Transaction. These earnout shares will be forfeited if the set milestones are not reached. The Nerdy Earnout Consideration will be deemed to have been earned in the event of a change of control if the change of control occurs within a period of 60 months post Transaction. The Nerdy Earnout Consideration shares include voting rights and are eligible to receive nonforfeitable dividends to the extent dividends are declared but does not contractually obligate the holders of such shares to participate in losses.
In connection with the Transaction, certain of TPG Paces equity holders received 4,000,000 earnout shares and 4,888,889 warrants (the Sponsor Earnout Consideration) contingent upon achieving certain market share price milestones within a period of 60 months post Transaction. These earnout shares will be forfeited if the set milestones are not reached. The Sponsor Earnout Consideration will be deemed to have been earned in the event of a change of control if the change of control occurs within a period of 60 months post Transaction. The Sponsor Earnout Consideration shares include voting rights and are eligible to receive nonforfeitable dividends to the extent dividends are declared but does not contractually obligate the holders of such shares to participate in losses.
The following summarizes the pro forma number of Class A and Class B Common Stock outstanding following the consummation of the Transaction, the PIPE Financing and the Forward Purchase Agreements, discussed further in the sections below, based on the exercise price of all vested existing equity of Nerdy at the consummation of the Transaction excluding the potential dilutive effect of the exercise or vesting of warrants, stock-based compensation, Nerdy Earnout Consideration, and Sponsor Earnout Consideration:
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In connection with the Transaction, Nerdy Inc. entered into the Tax Receivable Agreement. The Tax Receivable Agreement generally provides for the payment by Nerdy Inc. to certain holders of Nerdy Common Units (or their permitted assignees) (TRA Holders) of 85% of the net cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax that Nerdy Inc. actually realizes (or is deemed to realize in certain circumstances) in periods after the Transaction as a result of: (i) certain increases in tax basis that occur as a result of (A) the Transaction (including as a result of cash received in the Transaction and debt repayment occurring in connection with the Transaction) or (B) exercises of the redemption or call rights set forth in the OpCo LLC Agreement; and (ii) imputed interest deemed to be paid by Nerdy Inc. as a result of, and additional basis arising from, any payments Nerdy Inc. makes under the Tax Receivable Agreement. Nerdy Inc. will retain the benefit of the remaining 15% of these net cash savings. If Nerdy Inc. elects to terminate the Tax Receivable Agreement early, Nerdy Inc. would be required to make an immediate payment equal to the present value of the anticipated future payments to be made by it to the TRA Holders under the Tax Receivable Agreement (based upon certain valuation assumptions and deemed events set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement). If a change of control occurs (as defined under the Tax Receivable Agreement, which includes certain mergers, asset sales and other forms of business combinations and certain changes to the composition of the Nerdy Inc. board), the Tax Receivable Agreement will remain in effect with respect to each TRA Holder (provided that certain valuation assumptions, including that there will be sufficient income to utilize all tax attributes covered by the Tax Receivable Agreement, will be utilized to determine the payments to be made under the Tax Receivable Agreement), unless such TRA Holder elects (or the representative of the TRA Holders causes all of the TRA Holders to elect) to receive its early termination payment in connection with the change of control transaction.
Anticipated Accounting treatment
The Transaction will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). Under this method of accounting, TPG Pace will be treated as the acquired company for financial reporting purposes. This determination was primarily based on Existing Nerdy Holders expecting to comprise a majority of the voting power of the combined company, Nerdys operations prior to the acquisition comprising the only ongoing operations of Nerdy Inc., and Nerdys senior management comprising a majority of the senior management of Nerdy Inc. Following the Transaction, Nerdy LLC will be governed by a Board of Managers consisting of five Managers with three Managers designated by Nerdy Inc. and two Managers that were designated by the members holding a majority of the then outstanding vested units held by members other than Nerdy Inc. Under this method of accounting, the ongoing financial statements of the registrant will reflect the net assets of Nerdy and TPG Pace at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recognized.
The Company is currently evaluating the appropriate accounting treatment related to the noncontrolling interest associated with the outstanding Nerdy LLC units held by certain Existing Nerdy Holders. For purposes of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information, the noncontrolling interest has been classified as a component of permanent equity. However, it is possible upon completion of the evaluation the noncontrolling interest could be considered redeemable noncontrolling interest and would be required to be: (a) classified as a component of temporary or mezzanine equity separate from permanent equity and (b) subsequently measured at redemption value if it is greater than the carrying amount determined based on ASC 810 (which is the initial carrying value adjusted for allocations of profits and loss and contributions/distributions) with any adjustments recorded as an adjustment to additional paid-in-capital.
The Company is currently evaluating the accounting treatment related to certain warrants upon the close of the Transaction. For purposes of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information, all warrants are classified as derivative liability instruments. However, the evaluation and finalization of accounting conclusions regarding the classification are ongoing and subject to change.
For purposes of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information, all earnouts are classified as derivative liability instruments. Upon the close of the Transaction, certain earnouts were provided to employees of the Company. The Company is currently evaluating whether any of these earnouts represents compensation expense pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 718, Compensation Stock Compensation (ASC 718).
Basis of Pro Forma Presentation
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements have been presented for illustrative purposes only and do not necessarily reflect what Nerdy Inc.s financial condition or results of operations would have been had the Transaction, the PIPE Financing, and the Forward Purchase Agreements occurred on the dates indicated. Further, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information also may not be useful in predicting the future financial condition and results of operations of Nerdy Inc. The actual financial position and results of operations may differ significantly from the pro forma amounts reflected herein due to a variety of factors. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information also does not give effect to the potential impact of any anticipated synergies, operating efficiencies or cost savings that may result from the Pro Forma Transactions. The unaudited pro forma adjustments represent managements estimates based on information available as of the date of these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements and are subject to change as additional information becomes available and analyses are performed. However, management believes that the assumptions provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects of the Pro Forma Transactions as contemplated and that the pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions and are properly applied in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.
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Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet
June 30, 2021
(amounts in thousands)
TPG Pace Tech
Opportunities Corp. (Historical) |
Nerdy
(Historical) |
Reclassification
Adjustments |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustments |
Notes |
Pro Forma
Combined |
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Assets |
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Current assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 1,122 | $ | 14,718 | $ | | $ | 286,846 | (A | ) | $ | 160,436 | ||||||||||||
150,000 | (B | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
150,000 | (C | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(336,846 | ) | (D | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
(10,039 | ) | (E | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
(5,389 | ) | (F | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
(33,197 | ) | (G | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
(41,342 | ) | (H | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
(2,000 | ) | (R | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
(8,395 | ) | (T | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
(2,042 | ) | (U | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
(3,000 | ) | (V | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Accounts receivable, net |
| 1,442 | | | 1,442 | |||||||||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses |
241 | 1,032 | | 3,000 | (V | ) | 4,273 | |||||||||||||||||
Other current assets |
| 1,224 | | | 1,224 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Total current assets |
1,363 | 18,416 | | 147,596 | 167,375 | |||||||||||||||||||
Fixed assets, net |
| 9,864 | | | 9,864 | |||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill |
| 5,717 | | | 5,717 | |||||||||||||||||||
Intangible assets, net |
| 8,035 | | | 8,035 | |||||||||||||||||||
Other assets |
| 1,154 | | | 1,154 | |||||||||||||||||||
Deferred issuance costs |
| 2,278 | | (2,278 | ) | (S | ) | | ||||||||||||||||
Deferred tax assets |
| | | | (I | ) | | |||||||||||||||||
Investments held in Trust Account |
450,020 | | | (450,020 | ) | (A | ) | | ||||||||||||||||
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Total assets |
451,383 | 45,464 | | (304,702 | ) | 192,145 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Liabilities redeemable preferred units, and members Equity |
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Current liabilities |
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Accounts payable |
$ | | $ | 5,243 | $ | | $ | (598 | ) | (F | ) | $ | 4,645 | |||||||||||
Other current liabilities |
| 6,127 | 4,717 | (4,791 | ) | (F | ) | 6,053 | ||||||||||||||||
Promissory note |
| | | | ||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred revenue |
| 17,695 | | 17,695 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accrued professional fees and other expenses |
4,717 | | (4,717 | ) | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Note payable to Sponsor |
2,000 | | | (2,000 | ) | (R | ) | | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative liabilities |
34,773 | | | (940 | ) | (Q | ) | 33,833 | ||||||||||||||||
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Total current liabilities |
41,490 | 29,065 | | (8,329 | ) | 62,226 | ||||||||||||||||||
Other liabilities |
| 1,452 | | 1,452 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Long-term debt, net |
| 39,620 | | (39,620 | ) | (H | ) | | ||||||||||||||||
Tax receivable agreement liability |
| | | | (J | ) | | |||||||||||||||||
Deferred underwriting commissions |
15,750 | | | (15,750 | ) | (E | ) | | ||||||||||||||||
Earnout liability |
| | | 60,022 | (K | ) | 60,022 | |||||||||||||||||
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Total liabilities |
57,240 | 70,137 | | (3,677 | ) | 123,700 |
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Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet
June 30, 2021
(amounts in thousands)
TPG Pace Tech
Opportunities Corp. (Historical) |
Nerdy
(Historical) |
Reclassification
Adjustments |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustments |
Notes |
Pro Forma
Combined |
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Commitments and Contingencies |
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Redeemable shares |
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TPG Pace Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption - 45,000,000 as of June 30, 2021, at a redemption value of $10.00 per share |
450,020 | | (450,020 | ) | (L) | | ||||||||||||||||||
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Total redeemable shares |
450,020 | | | (450,020 | ) | | ||||||||||||||||||
Redeemable preferred units |
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Nerdy Class B Redeemable Preferred Units, no par value - 40,499,299 units authorized, issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2021 |
| 259,638 | (259,638 | ) | (D) | | ||||||||||||||||||
Nerdy Class C Redeemable Preferred Units, no par value - 18,586,623 units authorized, issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2021 |
| 119,158 | (119,158 | ) | (D) | | ||||||||||||||||||
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Total redeemable preferred units |
| 378,796 | | (378,796 | ) | 0 | | |||||||||||||||||
Stockholders equity |
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Nerdy Class A Preferred Units, no par value - 7,906,980 units authorized, issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2021 |
| 3,309 | (3,309 | ) | (D) | | ||||||||||||||||||
Nerdy Class A-1 Preferred Units, no par value - 7,822,681 units authorized, issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2021 |
| 3,398 | (3,398 | ) | (D) | | ||||||||||||||||||
Nerdy Common units, $0.000001 par value - 85,564,605 units authorized, issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2021 |
| 86 | (86 | ) | (D) | | ||||||||||||||||||
Nerdy Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value - 200,000,000 shares authorized; 2,046,599 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2021 |
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TPG Pace Class F ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value - 20,000,000 shares authorized, 11,250,000 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2021 |
1 | | (1 | ) | (O) | | ||||||||||||||||||
Noncontrolling interest |
| | 31,585 | (M) | 31,585 | |||||||||||||||||||
Class A common shares |
1 | (B) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | (C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | (D) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | (O) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B common shares |
7 | (D) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
| 7,837 | (163,174 | ) | (A) | 496,308 | ||||||||||||||||||
149,999 | (B) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
149,999 | (C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
(336,846 | ) | (D) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5,711 | (E) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
(29,386 | ) | (G) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
450,020 | (L) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
385,589 | (D) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
(9 | ) | (D) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(31,425 | ) | (M) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(55,878 | ) | (N) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
25,231 | (P) |
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Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet
June 30, 2021
(amounts in thousands)
TPG Pace Tech
Opportunities Corp. (Historical) |
Nerdy
(Historical) |
Reclassification
Adjustments |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustments |
Notes |
Pro Forma
Combined |
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(60,022 | ) | (K) | ||||||||||||||||||||
940 | (Q) | |||||||||||||||||||||
(2,278 | ) | (S) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated deficit |
(55,878 | ) | (418,445 | ) | (3,811 | ) | (G) | (459,646 | ) | |||||||||||||
(1,722 | ) | (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||
55,878 | (N) | |||||||||||||||||||||
(25,231 | ) | (P) | ||||||||||||||||||||
(8,395 | ) | (T) | ||||||||||||||||||||
(2,042 | ) | (U) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
| 346 | (160 | ) | (M) | 186 | ||||||||||||||||
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Total members equity |
(55,877 | ) | (403,469 | ) | | 527,791 | 68,445 | |||||||||||||||
Total liabilities, redeemable shares, redeemable preferred units, and members equity |
$ | 451,383 | $ | 45,464 | $ | (304,702 | ) | $ | 192,145 | |||||||||||||
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Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined
Statement of Operations for the Six Months Ended
June 30, 2021
(amounts in thousands, except per share and per share amounts)
TPG Pace Tech
Opportunities Corp. (Historical) |
Nerdy
(Historical) |
Reclassification
Adjustments |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustments |
Notes |
Pro Forma
Combined |
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Revenue |
$ | | $ | 67,351 | $ | | $ | | $ | 67,351 | ||||||||||||||
Cost of revenue |
| 22,705 | | | 22,705 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Gross Profit |
| 44,646 | | | 44,646 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sales and marketing expenses |
| 28,747 | | 28,747 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Professional fees and other expenses |
5,632 | | (5,632 | ) | | |||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses |
| 27,772 | 5,632 | 12,906 | (W | ) | 49,320 | |||||||||||||||||
3,010 | (X | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in fair value of derivatives |
(24,763 | ) | | | 17,030 | (Y | ) | (7,733 | ) | |||||||||||||||
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Operating income (loss) |
19,131 | (11,873 | ) | | (32,946 | ) | (25,688 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Interest expense (income) |
(14 | ) | 2,502 | | (2,502 | ) | (Z | ) | | |||||||||||||||
14 | (AA | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other expense (income), net |
82 | | 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Gain on extinguishment of debt |
| (8,395 | ) | | 8,395 | (BB | ) | | ||||||||||||||||
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Income (loss) before income taxes |
19,145 | (6,062 | ) | | (38,853 | ) | (25,770 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Income tax benefit |
| | | | (CC | ) | | |||||||||||||||||
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Net income (loss) |
19,145 | (6,062 | ) | | (38,853 | ) | (25,770 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest |
| | | (11,890 | ) | (DD | ) | (11,890 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Net loss attributable to Nerdy, Inc. |
$ | 19,145 | $ | (6,062 | ) | $ | | $ | (26,963 | ) | $ | (13,880 | ) | |||||||||||
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Net loss per ordinary share |
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Class A ordinary shares - basic and diluted |
$ | 0.34 | (EE | ) | $ | (0.16 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Class F ordinary shares - basic and diluted |
$ | 0.34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding |
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Class A ordinary shares - basic and diluted |
45,000,000 | 85,624,492 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Class F ordinary shares - basic and diluted |
11,250,000 |
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Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined
Statement of Operations for the Year Ended
December 31, 2020
(amounts in thousands, except per share and per share amounts)
TPG Pace Tech
Opportunities Corp. (Historical) |
Nerdy
(Historical) |
Reclassification
Adjustments |
Transaction
Accounting Adjustments |
Notes |
Pro Forma
Combined |
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Revenue |
$ | | $ | 103,968 | $ | | $ | | $ | 103,968 | ||||||||||||||
Cost of revenue |
| 34,834 | | | 34,834 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Gross Profit |
| 69,134 | | | 69,134 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sales and marketing expenses |
| 43,838 | | 43,838 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Professional fees and other expenses |
1,396 | | (1,396 | ) | | |||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses |
| 43,231 | 1,396 | 38,482 | (FF) | 95,940 | ||||||||||||||||||
6,020 | (GG) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3,000 | (HH) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3,811 | (II) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in fair value of derivatives |
31,927 | | | (17,970 | ) | (JJ) | 13,957 | |||||||||||||||||
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Operating loss |
(33,323 | ) | (17,935 | ) | | (33,343 | ) | (84,601 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Interest expense (income) |
(6 | ) | 4,904 | | (4,904 | ) | (KK) | (6 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| | | 1,947 | (LL) | 1,947 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (MM) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other expense (income), net |
| 1,824 | | 2,042 | (NN) | 3,866 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Loss before income taxes |
(33,317 | ) | (24,663 | ) | | (32,434 | ) | (90,414 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Income tax benefit |
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Net loss attributable to Nerdy, Inc. |
$ | (33,317 | ) | $ | (24,663 | ) | $ | | $ | 9,290 | $ | (48,690 | ) | |||||||||||
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Class A ordinary shares - basic and diluted |
$ | (2.58 | ) | (QQ) | $ | (0.57 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Class F ordinary shares - basic and diluted |
$ | (0.37 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Class A ordinary shares - basic and diluted |
10,327,869 | 85,624,492 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Class F ordinary shares - basic and diluted |
18,050,376 |
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1Basis of Presentation
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been adjusted to include Transaction Accounting Adjustments (discussed within the notes below) which reflect the application of the accounting required by GAAP. The Transaction Accounting Adjustments for the Transaction consist of those necessary to account for the Transaction. The pro forma adjustments are prepared to illustrate the estimated effect of the Transaction, the PIPE Financing, the Forward Purchase Agreements, and certain other adjustments.
The Transaction will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization because Nerdy has been determined to be the accounting acquirer under Financial Accounting Standards Boards Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805, Business Combinations (ASC 805). The determination is primarily based on the evaluation of the following facts and circumstances:
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Following the Transaction, Nerdy LLC will be governed by a Board of Managers consisting of five Managers with two managers being designated by the members holding a majority of the then outstanding vested units held by members other than Nerdy Inc.; |
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The pre-combination equity holders of Nerdy will hold the majority of, among others, voting rights in Nerdy Inc.; |
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The pre-combination equity holders of Nerdy will have the right to appoint the majority of the directors on the Nerdy Inc. Board; |
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Senior management of Nerdy will comprise the senior management of Nerdy Inc.; |
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Operations of Nerdy will comprise the ongoing operations of Nerdy Inc; and |
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Nerdy is significantly larger than TPG Pace in terms of revenue, total assets (excluding cash) and employees. |
Under the reverse recapitalization model, the Transaction will be treated as Nerdy issuing equity for the net assets of TPG Pace, with no goodwill or intangible assets recorded.
Note 2Reclassifications
Certain reclassification adjustments have been made to conform TPG Paces financial statement presentation to that of Nerdys as noted below:
a. |
TPG Paces Accrued professional fees and other expenses was reclassified to Other current liabilities on the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2021. The reclassification has no impact on Total current liabilities. |
b. |
TPG Paces Professional fees and other expenses were reclassified to General and administrative expenses on the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the six months ended June 30, 2021. The reclassification had no impact on Operating loss. |
Note 3Transaction Accounting Adjustments
Adjustments to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2021
The pro forma adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2021 are as follows:
(A) |
Represents the release of the restricted investments and cash held in the TPG Pace trust account upon consummation of the Transaction at closing. Upon closing $450,020 thousand of cash held in the TPG Pace trust account was released less redemption payments of $163,174 thousand which were made to TPG Pace shareholders who redeemed 16,316,683 shares. Accordingly, Cash and cash equivalents increased $286,846 thousand with a decrease to Investments held in Trust Account of $450,020 thousand and Additional paid-in capital of $163,174 thousand. |
(B) |
Represents the gross proceeds from the issuance, in the PIPE Financing to certain investors of 15,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock with a par value of $0.01 per share at a price of $10.00 per share. Accordingly, Cash and cash equivalents increased by $150,000 thousand, with a |
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corresponding increase in Class A Common Stock of $1 thousand and $149,999 thousand to Additional paid-in capital. Transaction costs incurred related to the PIPE financing are discussed in tick mark (G) below. |
(C) |
Represents the issuance in the Forward Purchase Agreements to certain investors of 16,116,750 shares of Class A Common Stock with a par value of $0.01 at a blended price of $9.31 per share. Accordingly, Cash and cash equivalents increased by $150,000 thousand, with a corresponding increase in Class A Common Stock of $1 thousand and $149,999 thousand to Additional paid-in capital. Transaction costs incurred related to the Forward Purchase Agreements are discussed in tick mark (H), below. In conjunction with the Forward Purchase Arrangements Nerdy Inc. will issue 3,000,000 warrants to purchase Class A common Stock, which are included within the Companys derivative liabilities. |
(D) |
Represents an exchange of equity interests in Nerdy, including all issued and outstanding Class B Redeemable Preferred Units, Class C Redeemable Preferred Units, Class A Preferred Units, Class A-1 Preferred Units, and Common Units. In exchange for their equity interests in Nerdy, investors will receive 18,583,264 Class A Shares with a par value of $0.01 per share (including 642,089 earnout shares, if payable) and 76,732,173 Class B Shares with a par value of $0.01 per share (including 3,357,911 earnout shares, if payable), including shares issued to settle the Companies vested PIUs and UARs, as well as the cash consideration payable to Nerdy shareholders of $336,846 thousand. |
(amounts in thousands) | ||||
Retirement of Nerdy LLC ownership interests |
$ | (259,638 | ) | |
Nerdy Class B Redeemable Preferred Units |
(119,158 | ) | ||
Nerdy Class C Redeemable Preferred Units |
(3,309 | ) | ||
Nerdy Class A Preferred Units |
(3,398 | ) | ||
Nerdy Class A-1 Preferred Units |
(86 | ) | ||
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Nerdy Class A Ordinary Shares |
$ | (385,589 | ) | |
Cash consideration to Nerdy LLC shareholders |
$ | 336,846 |
(E) |
Nerdy Inc. Underwriting fees are due based on the number of shares of Nerdy Inc. Class A Common Stock issued to the current holders of TPG Pace Class A Common Stock. As 16,316,683 shares were redeemed and will not be issued, only $10,039 thousand of the deferred underwriting fee will be paid. Accordingly, deferred underwriting compensation will decrease by $15,750 thousand with a corresponding decrease in cash of $10,039 thousand and an increase of $5,711 of Additional paid-in capital. |
(F) |
Represents payment of TPG Paces and Nerdys accrued transaction expenses of $4,791 thousand and $598 thousand, respectively. Accordingly, Cash and cash equivalents decreased $5,389 thousand, Accounts payable decreased $598 thousand and Other current liabilities decreased by $4,791 thousand. These accrued transaction expenses are for advisory, legal, and accounting costs. |
(G) |
Reflects the payment of $33,197 thousand of transaction costs at close in connection with the Transaction. Of total transaction fees, $16,335 thousand relates to advisory, legal and other fees, $18,969 thousand relates to capital market advisory expenses, $4,500 thousand relates to PIPE fees and $5,500 thousand relates to Forward Purchase Agreement fees. Of these transaction fees $31,664 thousand are expected to be recorded within Additional paid-in capital (including $2,278 thousand of deferred issuance costs discussed in tickmark (S) for a net adjustment of $29,386 thousand) and the remaining $13,640 thousand are expected to be recorded in Accumulated Deficit (including $9,829 thousand of costs previously expensed for a net adjustment of $3,811 thousand). |
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(H) |
Reflects cash payments to extinguish Nerdys existing Loan and Security Agreement in the amount of approximately $41,342 thousand (inclusive of approximately $1,722 thousand of debt extinguishment costs). Accordingly, Cash and cash equivalents decreased by $41,342 thousand with a corresponding decrease in long-term debt of $39,620 thousand and an increase in interest expense of $1,722 thousand which is reflected on the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet as a decrease in Accumulated Deficit. |
(amounts in thousands) | ||||
Repayment of Loan and Security Agreement |
$ | (39,000 | ) | |
Payment of accrued paid-in-kind interest |
(392 | ) | ||
Payment of accrued end of term charge |
(548 | ) | ||
Write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs |
320 | |||
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Pro forma decrease in long-term debt |
$ | (39,620 | ) | |
Payment of end of term charge |
$ | (622 | ) | |
Payment of early repayment penalty |
(780 | ) | ||
Write-off of Unamortized debt issuance costs |
(320 | ) | ||
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Pro forma debt extinguishment expense |
$ | (1,722 | ) | |
Pro forma decrease in cash to extinguish LSA |
$ | (41,342 | ) |
(I) |
Represents adjustments to reflect applicable deferred tax assets. The Companies deferred tax assets are not more likely than not expected to be realized in accordance with ASC 740 - Income Taxes. As such, the Company has reduced the full carrying amount of the deferred tax assets with a valuation allowance. The deferred taxes are primarily related to (1) the tax basis step up in Nerdy, Inc.s investment in Nerdy, and (2) the Combined Companies net loss tax effected at a constant federal income tax rate of 21.0% and a state tax rate of 4.4%; and (3) a valuation allowance of $64,153 thousand. |
(J) |
Upon the completion of the Transaction, Nerdy, Inc. will be a party to a tax receivable agreement. Under the terms of that agreement, Nerdy Inc. generally will be required to pay to certain parties to the agreement 85% of the tax savings that Nerdy, Inc. is deemed to realize in certain circumstances as a result of certain tax attributes that exist following the Transaction and that are created thereafter, including as a result of payments made under the Tax Receivable Agreement. |
The Company does not expect to record net deferred tax assets related to the tax basis adjustments associated with the exchange of Class B Units in Nerdy LLC as those deferred tax assets are not more likely than not expected to be realized in accordance with ASC 740 - Income Taxes. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded a liability related to the tax receivable agreement as of June 30, 2021, as the liability is not considered to be probable in accordance with ASC 450 - Contingencies.
As noted above, $336,846 thousand of cash will be paid to historical owners of Nerdy, which results in a gross potential tax receivable agreement liability of $99,951 thousand assuming: (1) a share price equal to $10.00 per share, (2) a constant federal income tax rate of 21.0% and a state tax rate of 4.4%, (net of the federal benefit), (3) no material changes in tax law, (4) the ability to utilize tax attributes and (5) future tax receivable agreement payments. Nerdy Inc. anticipates that it will account for the income tax effects resulting from future taxable exchanges of Nerdy Common Units by historical owners of Nerdy for Nerdy Inc. Class A shares or the cash equivalent thereof by recognizing an increase in deferred tax assets, based on enacted tax rates at the date of each exchange. Further, Nerdy, Inc. will evaluate the likelihood that the benefit represented by the deferred tax asset will be realized. To the extent that it is more likely than not that the tax benefit will not be realized, Nerdy, Inc. will reduce the carrying amount of the deferred tax asset with a valuation allowance. Due to the uncertainty as to the amount and timing of future exchanges of Nerdy Common Units by historical owners of Nerdy, and as to the price
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per share of Class A shares at the time of any such exchanges, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not assume future exchanges to have occurred. Therefore, no increases in tax basis in Nerdy Inc.s assets or other tax benefits that may be realized as a result of any such future exchanges have been reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information. As no tax benefits arising from the results of future exchanges have been included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements, the related tax receivable agreement liability is also excluded. However, if all of the Nerdy Common Units were exchanged (in each case, together with a corresponding number of shares of Nerdy Inc. Class B Common Stock), immediately following the completion of this offering, we would recognize an incremental deferred tax asset of approximately $370,440 thousand and a non-current liability of approximately $314,874 thousand based on our estimate of the aggregate amount that we will pay under the tax receivable agreement as a result of such future exchanges, assuming: (i) a price of $10.00 per share; (ii) a constant corporate tax rate of 25.4%; (iii) that we will have sufficient taxable income to fully utilize the tax benefits; and (iv) no material changes in tax law. Assuming no change in the other assumptions, a $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed price per share would increase (decrease) the incremental deferred tax asset and non-current liability that we would recognize if all of Nerdy Common Units were exchanged, immediately following the completion of this offering by approximately $34,368 thousand and $29,213 thousand, respectively.
(K) |
Reflects the recording of the liability for contingent earnout share consideration due to Nerdys equity holders and TPG Paces equity holders. These shares are outstanding and participate in any Company dividends, however, earnout shares do not contractually obligate the holders of such shares to participate in losses. These shares are contingently issued to Nerdy and TPG Pace equity holders and will be forfeited if set market share price milestones are not met within a period of 60 months following the Transaction. The Nerdy Earnout Consideration will be deemed to have been earned in the event of a change of control if the change of control occurs within a period of 60 months post Transaction. Due to conditions surrounding the change in control of the earnout agreement, earnout consideration is recorded as a noncurrent liability at the fair market value of the earnout shares of $60,022 thousand with a corresponding decrease to Additional paid-in capital. |
(L) |
Reflects the reclassification of Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption to permanent equity. Accordingly, this adjustment reflects a decrease in TPG Pace Class A ordinary shares of $450,020 thousand with a corresponding increase to Additional paid-in capital. |
(M) |
Based on redemptions of 16,316,683 Class A common shares, a 53.9% controlling interest and a 46.1% noncontrolling interests were calculated. Following the Closing of the Transaction, Class A shareholders own direct controlling interests in the combined results of Nerdy and Nerdy Inc. while the Nerdy unitholders own an economic interest in Nerdy shown as noncontrolling interest in the financial statements of Nerdy Inc. The indirect economic interests are held by the Nerdy unitholders in the form of Nerdy Common Units that can be redeemed for Class A shares or cash in an amount equal to the fair market value of Class A shares at the option of Nerdy Inc. Exchanges of indirect economic interests for cash are required to be funded by the sale of Class A shares within 5 business days of the Redemption Notice Date. If Nerdy Inc. elects that the redeemed Nerdy Common Units will be settled in cash, the cash used to settle the redemption of the Nerdy Common Units must be funded through a private or public offering of Class A Shares no later than five business days after the Redemption Notice Date. |
The noncontrolling interest will decrease as Class B shares and Nerdy Common Units are exchanged for Class A shares in Nerdy Inc. The calculation of noncontrolling interest is based on the net assets of Nerdy LLC following the completion of the Transaction. Both the Nerdy Earnout Consideration Shares and the Sponsor Earnout Consideration shares will be excluded from the calculation of the Companies noncontrolling interest until such time they become vested.
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Accordingly, noncontrolling interest increased by $31,585 thousand with a corresponding decrease in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) and additional paid in capital (APIC) of $160 thousand and $31,425 thousand, respectively.
(N) |
Reflects the elimination of TPG Paces historical Accumulated deficit of $55,878 thousand. |
(O) |
Represents the conversion of TPG Pace Class F shares with a par value of $0.01 per share to Nerdy Inc. Class A Shares with a par value of $0.01 per share. |
(P) |
Represents expense related to Unit Appreciation Rights (UARs) held by Nerdy employees which will be converted into Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) in conjunction with the Transaction. In connection with the transaction, Nerdy will modify these awards to allow for vesting upon the completion of the Transaction subject to the existing service conditions being achieved and as a result the compensation cost will be measured based on the modification date fair value. The $25,231 thousand adjustment is calculated as only the amount of compensation expense for awards that had their service condition achieved as of June 30, 2021, the assumed date of the Transaction for purposes of the pro forma balance sheet. The adjustment does not include any amounts related to unvested awards as of June 30, 2021 since the compensation expense related to unvested awards measured at the Type III modification date is required to be recognized prospectively from the date of the Transaction to the service completion dates. |
Accordingly, Additional paid-in capital increases by $25,231 thousand with a corresponding increase of $25,231 thousand in Accumulated Deficit.
(Q) |
Represents the reclassification of the Forward Purchase Agreement (FPA) liability to equity. TPG Pace entered into Forward Purchase Agreements with certain investors at the time of its initial public offering that provided (i) Class A shares of Nerdy Inc. at a price of $10.00 per share for 15,000,000 shares and (ii) 3,000,000 warrants to purchase ordinary shares under similar terms as the Companys private warrants. In conjunction with the consummation of the Transaction, the investors that entered into the Companys FPA will receive their shares of Class A stock and will retain their warrants. The proceeds from the FPA shares are recorded in tickmark (C). The liability for the FPA shares of $940 thousand will be reclassified to Additional paid-in capital. |
(R) |
Represents the repayment of a note payable which is due on the date of the Transaction. Accordingly, a decrease to Note payable to Sponsor and Cash decreased by $2,000 thousand. |
(S) |
Represents deferred expenses related to the Companys S-4 being netted against proceeds from the Transaction. Accordingly, Deferred issuance costs and Additional paid-in capital decreased by $2,278 thousand. |
(T) |
Reflects the repayment of the Companys PPP Loan for $8,293 thousand in principal and accrued interest of $102 thousand. As the Company had previously received forgiveness of the PPP Loan and recognized the forgiveness, the repayment of the PPP Loan is recognized as a decrease Cash and cash equivalents and an increase in Accumulated Deficit. |
(U) |
The Company entered into certain arrangements with lenders which obligated the Company to pay a success fee upon the occurrence of certain liquidity events. Following the completion of the Transaction, the Company will pay success fees of $2,042 thousand. Accordingly, Cash and cash equivalents decreased and Accumulated Deficit increased by $2,042 thousand. |
(V) |
Represents payment of D&O insurance of $3,000 thousand which is recorded as a prepaid expense to be amortized over the term of the agreement. |
Adjustments to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021
(W) |
Represents stock-based compensation expense associated with the historical UAR plan of Nerdy in the amount of $12,906 thousand, which is related to both vested and unvested awards. These awards become exercisable (to the extent previously vested) upon the completion of the Transaction and related modification and will require the recognition of compensation cost as the related performance condition is achieved. |
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(X) |
Represents the Companys estimate of stock-based compensation expense associated with the Companys Founders Award in the amount of $3,010 thousand. Upon the Completion of the Transaction, the Company approved the issuance of the Founders Award, which consists of market-based restricted stock units which can be earned over seven years. The valuation of the Founders Award and the derived service period is currently under evaluation. For the purposes of the pro forma financial statements, the Company has assumed a seven-year service period. |
(Y) |
Represents the mark-to-market activity on the FPA derivative liability for the six months ended June 30, 2021. Upon the consummation of the Transaction, the FPA liability is reclassified to equity as described in tickmark (Q), above. Accordingly, the change in the fair value of derivative liabilities related to the Forward Purchase Agreement will be decreased by $17,030 thousand. |
(Z) |
Represents the estimated changes in Nerdys historical interest expense following the extinguishment of Nerdys Loan and Security Agreement in connection with the Transaction. Accordingly, Interest expense (including the amortization of debt issuance costs) decreased $2,460 thousand. Additionally, as the PPP Loan was repaid in connection with the Transaction, interest expense decreased $42 thousand. |
(AA) |
Reflects the elimination of investment income on the trust account. |
(BB) |
Represents the repayment of the Companys PPP Loan for $8,293 thousand in principal and accrued interest of $102 thousand. As the Company had previously received forgiveness of the PPP loan and recognized the forgiveness as a gain on debt extinguishment, the repayment of the PPP Loan is recognized as a Loss on debt extinguishment. |
(CC) |
TPG Pace is a Cayman Islands exempted company and has received an exemption from the Cayman Islands government that exempts TPG Pace from taxes levied on profits, income, expenses, gains and losses. Immediately prior to the Transaction, TPG Pace will change its jurisdiction of registration by deregistering as a Cayman Islands exempted company and continuing and domesticating as a corporation registered under the laws of the State of Delaware. Nerdy is a limited liability company and is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal and most applicable state and local income tax purposes. As a result, it is not liable for U.S. federal or state and local income taxes in most jurisdictions in which Nerdy LLC operates, and the income, expenses, gains and losses are reported on the returns of its members. It is subject to local income tax in certain jurisdictions in which it is not treated like a partnership, where it pays income taxes. Following the Transaction, Nerdy Inc. will be subject to U.S. federal income taxes, in addition to state and local taxes with respect to its allocable share of any taxable income from Nerdy. |
As Nerdy has concluded that it is not more likely than not that any deferred tax assets will be realized in future periods, no income tax benefit is recognized.
(DD) |
The net loss of Nerdy Inc. was reduced by the noncontrolling interest ownership of 46.1% |
(amounts in thousands) | ||||
Pro forma loss before taxes |
$ | (25,770 | ) | |
Noncontrolling interest percentage |
46.1 | % | ||
Noncontrolling interest pro forma adjustment |
(11,890 | ) | ||
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Net loss attributable to Nerdy, Inc. |
$ | (13,880 | ) |
(EE) |
Represents the net loss per issued share calculated using Nerdy Inc. shares of Class A Common Stock issued in connection with the Business Combination, assuming that the shares were outstanding since January 1, 2020. As the Pro Forma Transactions are being reflected as if they had occurred at the beginning of the periods presented, the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for net loss per share assumes that the shares issuable related to the Pro Forma Transactions have been outstanding for the entire period presented. |
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As the Company was in a net loss, giving effect to unvested share-based compensation or outstanding warrants was not considered in the calculation of diluted net loss per share, since the inclusion of such warrants and unvested share-based compensation would be anti-dilutive.
(amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts) | ||||
Pro forma net loss attributable to Nerdy Inc. |
$ | (13,880 | ) | |
Weighted average Common Stock outstanding, basic and diluted |
85,624,492 | |||
Net loss per share of Common Stock, basic and diluted |
$ | (0.16 | ) | |
TPG Pace Public Shareholders |
28,683,317 | |||
Nerdy Shareholders |
17,941,175 | |||
Sponsor and its affiliates |
10,552,200 | |||
PIPE Shareholders |
15,000,000 | |||
Forward purchase agreement investors |
13,447,800 | |||
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Pro forma shares outstanding, basic and diluted |
85,624,492 |
Adjustments to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2020
The pro forma adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 are as follows:
(FF) |
Represents stock-based compensation expense associated with the historical UAR plan of Nerdy in the amount of $38,482 thousand. which is related to both vested and unvested awards. These awards become exercisable (to the extent previously vested) upon the completion of the Transaction and related modification and will require the recognition of compensation cost as the related performance condition is achieved. Of the $38,482 thousand, $19,962 thousand of stock- based compensation expense is associated with the vested portion of these awards becoming exercisable in conjunction with the Transaction. The additional $18,520 thousand of stock-based compensation expense is related to unvested awards and the portion of requisite service rendered during the year ended December 31, 2020. The actual compensation expense that will be recorded at the time of the completion of the transaction will be based on the amount of awards vested at that date. |
(GG) |
Represents the Companys estimate of stock-based compensation expense associated with the Companys Founders Award in the amount of $6,020 thousand. Upon the Completion of the Transaction, the Company approved the issuance of the Founders Award, which consists of market-based restricted stock units which can be earned over seven years. The valuation of the Founders Award and the derived service period is currently under evaluation. For the purposes of the pro forma financial statements, the Company has assumed a seven-year service period. |
(HH) |
Represents D&O expense of $3,000 thousand. |
(II) |
Represents expenses incurred in conjunction with the close of the Transaction of $3,811 thousand. |
(JJ) |
Represents the mark-to-market activity on the Forward Purchase Arrangement derivative liability for the year December 31, 2020. Upon the consummation of the Transaction, the derivative liability related to the FPA shares will be reclassified to equity; the FPA warrants will retain their liability classification until exercised. Accordingly, the Change in the fair value of derivatives related to the Forward Purchase Arrangement is decreased by $17,970 thousand. |
(KK) |
Represents the estimated changes in Nerdys historical interest expense following the extinguishment of Nerdys Loan and Security Agreement and the repayment of the PPP Loan in connection with the Transaction. Accordingly, Interest expense (including the amortization of debt issuance costs) decreased $4,904 thousand. |
(LL) |
Represents the debt extinguishment expense of $1,947 thousand associated with the payoff of the Loan and Security Agreement. |
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(MM) |
Reflects the elimination of investment income on the trust account. |
(NN) |
The Company entered into certain arrangements with lenders which obligated the Company to pay a success fee upon the occurrence of certain liquidity events. Following the completion of the Transaction, the Company will pay success fees of $2,042 thousand. Accordingly, Other expense will be increased by $2,042 thousand. |
(OO) |
TPG Pace is a Cayman Islands exempted company and has received an exemption from the Cayman Islands government that exempts TPG Pace from taxes levied on profits, income, expenses, gains and losses. Immediately prior to the Transaction, TPG Pace will change its jurisdiction of registration by deregistering as a Cayman Islands exempted company and continuing and domesticating as a corporation registered under the laws of the State of Delaware. Nerdy is a limited liability company and is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal and most applicable state and local income tax purposes. As a result, it is not liable for U.S. federal or state and local income taxes in most jurisdictions in which Nerdy LLC operates, and the income, expenses, gains and losses are reported on the returns of its members. It is subject to local income tax in certain jurisdictions in which it is not treated like a partnership, where it pays income taxes. Following the Transaction, Nerdy Inc. will be subject to U.S. federal income taxes, in addition to state and local taxes with respect to its allocable share of any taxable income from Nerdy. |
As Nerdy has concluded that it is not more likely than not that any deferred tax assets will be realized in future periods, no income tax benefit is recognized.
(PP) |
The net loss of Nerdy Inc. was reduced by the noncontrolling interest ownership of 46.1% |
(amounts in thousands) | ||||
Pro forma loss before taxes |
$ | (90,414 | ) | |
Noncontrolling interest percentage |
46.1 | % | ||
Noncontrolling interest pro forma adjustment |
(41,724 | ) | ||
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Net loss attributable to Nerdy, Inc. |
$ | (48,690 | ) |
(QQ) |
Represents the net loss per issued share calculated using Nerdy Inc. shares of Class A Common Stock issued in connection with the Business Combination, assuming that the shares were outstanding since January 1, 2020. As the Pro Forma Transactions are being reflected as if they had occurred at the beginning of the periods presented, the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for net loss per share assumes that the shares issuable related to the Pro Forma Transactions have been outstanding for the entire period presented. |
As the Company was in a net loss, giving effect to unvested share-based compensation or outstanding warrants was not considered in the calculation of diluted net loss per share, since the inclusion of such warrants and unvested share-based compensation would be anti-dilutive.
(amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts) | ||||
Pro forma net loss attributable to Nerdy Inc. |
$ | (48,690 | ) | |
Weighted average Common Stock outstanding, basic and diluted |
85,624,492 | |||
Net loss per share of Common Stock, basic and diluted |
$ | (0.57 | ) | |
TPG Pace Public Shareholders |
28,683,317 | |||
Nerdy Shareholders |
17,941,175 | |||
Sponsor and its affiliates |
10,552,200 | |||
PIPE Shareholders |
15,000,000 | |||
Forward purchase agreement investors |
13,447,800 | |||
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Pro forma shares outstanding, basic and diluted |
85,624,492 |
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