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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 9, 2021

 

 

Altus Power, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-39798   85-3448396

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2200 Atlantic Street, 6th Floor
Stamford, CT 06902
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 698-0090

 

 

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

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   AMPS   New York Stock Exchange LLC
Warrants to purchase one share of common stock, each at an exercise price of $11.00   AMPS WS   New York Stock Exchange LLC

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

Business Combination

On December 9, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CBAH” and after the Business Combination defined and described herein, “New Altus”), consummated the previously announced business combination (the “Closing”) pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2021 (as amended, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among CBAH, CBAH Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of CBAH (“First Merger Sub”), CBAH Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of CBAH (“Second Merger Sub”), Altus Power America Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), APAM Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“APAM”), and Altus Power, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Altus”). Pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, First Merger Sub merged with and into Altus with Altus continuing as the surviving corporation (the “First Merger”), and immediately thereafter Altus merged with and into Second Merger Sub, with Second Merger Sub continuing as the surviving entity and as a wholly owned subsidiary of New Altus (the “Second Merger” and together with the First Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Business Combination”). In connection with the Closing, CBAH changed its name to “Altus Power, Inc.”

As used in this Current Report on Form 8-K, unless otherwise stated or the context clearly indicates otherwise, the terms “Registrant,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to CBAH prior to the Closing Date and to New Altus and its subsidiaries, at and after the Closing Date and giving effect to the consummation of the Business Combination. The term “Altus” refers to Altus Power, Inc. and its subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date and without giving effect to the Closing.

In accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, (i) immediately prior to the consummation of the First Merger (the “First Effective Time”), each outstanding share of Altus preferred stock that was outstanding was redeemed in full for cash, and (ii) each outstanding share of Altus common stock, including shares that were subject to vesting conditions (the “Altus Restricted Shares”) that was outstanding as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time (other than treasury stock and any dissenting shares) was cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive a number of shares of CBAH Class A common stock calculated pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement (the “Share Consideration”). The Share Consideration issued in respect of Altus Restricted Shares is subject to the same vesting restrictions as in effect immediately prior to the First Effective Time.

The foregoing description of the Business Combination does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Business Combination Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

PIPE

On July 12, 2021, CBAH entered into subscription agreements (“PIPE Subscription Agreements”) with each of the investors named therein (the “PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which the PIPE Investors agreed to purchase, and CBAH agreed to sell to the PIPE Investors, an aggregate of 42,500,000 shares of CBAH Class A common stock (inclusive of 15,000,000 shares of CBAH Class A common stock purchased by CBRE Acquisition Sponsor, LLC (the “Sponsor”) in connection with the full exercise of the Sponsor’s commitment under its PIPE Subscription Agreement to purchase additional shares in connection with redemptions by public holders of shares of the CBAH Class A common stock) at a purchase price of $10.00 per share for gross proceeds to CBAH of $425,000,000 in a private placement (the “PIPE Investment”). The PIPE Investment was consummated substantially concurrently with the Business Combination on December 9, 2021.

The foregoing description of the PIPE Subscription Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of the PIPE Subscription Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.6 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Immediately after giving effect to the PIPE Investment and the Business Combination, there were 153,648,830 shares of New Altus Class A common stock, 1,408,750 shares of New Altus Class B common stock and warrants to purchase 19,429,167 shares of New Altus Class A common stock outstanding.

 

Item 2.01

Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On December 6, 2021, CBAH held a special meeting at which the CBAH stockholders considered and adopted, among other matters, the Business Combination Agreement (the “Special Meeting”). On December 9, 2021, the parties to the Business Combination Agreement consummated the Business Combination. Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the aggregate consideration paid to the Altus stockholders was 89,999,976 shares of New Altus Class A common stock at the reference price of $10.00 per share. The aggregate value of the consideration paid to Altus stockholders in the Business Combination was approximately $900 million.

Prior to the Closing of the Business Combination, holders of 19,101,146 shares of CBAH Class A common stock purchased in CBAH’s initial public offering exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at a price of approximately $10.00 per share, or $191,022,688.79 in the aggregate.

Upon Closing, CBAH Class A common stock and warrants ceased trading and New Altus Class A common stock and warrants began trading on New York Stock Exchange LLC (“NYSE”). CBAH’s public units automatically separated into their component securities upon consummation of the Business Combination and, as a result, no longer trade as a separate security.

As of the Closing Date, the directors and executive officers and affiliated entities of New Altus beneficially owned approximately 71.5% of the outstanding shares of New Altus Class A common stock (including shares that may be issued upon exercise of our outstanding warrants), and the former securityholders of CBAH beneficially owned approximately 14.5% of the outstanding shares of New Altus Class A common stock (without giving effect to any shares purchased by such persons in the PIPE Investment and excluding shares that may be issued upon exercise of our outstanding warrants).

FORM 10 INFORMATION

Immediately prior to the Closing, CBAH was a shell company, other than a business combination related shell company, as those terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act. Pursuant to Item 2.01(f) of Form 8-K, New Altus, as successor registrant to CBAH, is providing the information below that would be included in a Form 10 if New Altus were to file a Form 10.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K and the information incorporated herein by reference include statements that express New Altus’s management’s opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or projections regarding future events or future results and therefore are, or may be deemed to be, “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “continue,” “expect,” “estimate,” “may,” “plan,” “outlook,” “future” and “project” and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These statements, which involve risks and uncertainties, relate to analyses and other information that are based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable and may also relate to New Altus’s future prospects, developments and business strategies. These statements are based on New Altus’s management’s current expectations and beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions concerning future events.

Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside CBAH’s or Altus’s control that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors include, but are not limited to:

 

   

the ability to maintain listing on the NYSE following the Business Combination;

 

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the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Transactions, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of New Altus to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers, business partners, suppliers and agents and retain its management and key employees;

 

   

costs related to the Transactions;

 

   

changes in applicable laws or regulations;

 

   

the possibility that New Altus may be adversely affected by other economic, business, regulatory and/or competitive factors;

 

   

the impact of COVID-19 on New Altus’s business;

 

   

the failure to realize anticipated pro forma results and underlying assumptions; and

 

   

those other factors described under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed by CBAH in connection with the Business Combination (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”).

New risks and uncertainties arise from time to time, and it is impossible for us to predict these events or how they may affect us. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made, and New Altus undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, changes in expectations, future events or otherwise.

Business and Properties

The business and properties of CBAH and the Company prior to the Business Combination are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections entitled “Information About CBAH” and “Information About Altus” beginning on page 232 and 287 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, respectively, which are incorporated herein by reference.

Risk Factors

The risk factors related to the Company’s business and operations and the Business Combination are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 53 and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

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

Reference is made to the disclosure contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Altus’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “CBAH Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” beginning on pages 262 and 228, respectively, and that information is incorporated herein by reference. This report does not reflect events occurring after the August 11, 2021, the initial filing date with the SEC of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-258700). We have revised “Altus’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” to reflect the third quarter financials of Altus and CBAH and developments since the filing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and such revised section is filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the Form 8-K, dated November 15, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference. Further reference is made to the disclosure in CBAH’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on November 12, 2021, in the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” beginning on page 19 to reflect the third quarter financials of Altus and CBAH and developments since the filing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Reference is made to the disclosure contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Altus’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” and “CBAH’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial

 

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Condition and Results of Operations – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” on pages 286 and 231, respectively, and that information is incorporated herein by reference. This report does not reflect events occurring after August 11, 2021, the initial filing date with the SEC of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-258700). We have revised “Altus’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” to reflect the third quarter financials of Altus and CBAH and developments since the filing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and such revised section is filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the Form 8-K, dated November 15, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference. Further reference is made to the disclosure in CBAH’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on November 12, 2021, in the section entitled “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” on page 22 to reflect the third quarter financials of Altus and CBAH and developments since the filing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Construction to Term Loan Facility Amendment

Reference is made to the disclosure contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Altus’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Debt – Construction to Term Loan Facility” on page 277, and that information is incorporated by reference. On December 6, 2021, APA Construction Finance, LLC (“APACF”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Altus, APACF entered into an amendment to the credit agreement with Fifth Third Bank, National Association and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch to fund the development and construction of future solar facilities (the “Construction Loan to Term Loan Facility”) to, among other things, amend the definition of “Change of Control” to clarify that the Business Combination will not result in a Change of Control under the Construction Loan to Term Loan Facility (the “Amendment to the Construction to Term Loan Facility”).

The foregoing description of the Amendment to the Construction to Term Loan Facility does not propose to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the conditions of Amendment to the Construction to Term Loan Facility, which is filed as Exhibit 10.22.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following table sets forth information known to New Altus regarding the beneficial ownership of the New Altus Class A common stock as of the Closing Date by:

 

   

each person known to the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of outstanding Company common stock;

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

The beneficial ownership of Company stock is based on 155,057,580 shares of New Altus Class A common stock issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date.

Unless otherwise indicated, the Company believes that each person named in the table below has sole voting and investment power with respect to all of New Altus Class A common stock beneficially owned by them. Further, unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the executive officers and directors of New Altus is c/o Altus Power, Inc., 2200 Atlantic Street, 6th Floor, Stamford, Connecticut 06902.

 

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Name and Address of

Beneficial Owner

   Shares of
Class A
Common
Stock
     %     Shares of
Class B
Common
Stock
     %  
Five Percent Holders:           

CBRE Acquisition Sponsor, LLC (1)

     31,237,749        19.2%       1,267,875        90.0%  

GSO Altus Holdings LP. (2)

     28,825,125        18.8%       —          —    

Gregg J. Felton (3)

     23,866,091        15.5%       —          —    

Lars R. Norell (4)

     28,911,268        18.8%       —          —    
Directors and Executive Officers Post-Business Combination           

Gregg J. Felton (3)

     23,866,091        15.5%       —          —    

Lars R. Norell (4)

     28,911,268        18.8%       —          —    

Anthony P. Savino (5)

     4,800,188        3.1%       —          —    

Dustin L. Weber (6)

     1,779,038        1.2%       —          —    

Christine R. Detrick

     100,000        *       —          —    

Richard N. Peretz

     20,000        *       —          —    

Sharon R. Daley

     —          —         —          —    

William F. Concannon (7)

     118,417        *       14,087.5        1.0%  

Sarah E. Coyne (8)

     4,018,417        2.6%       14,087.5        1.0%  

Robert M. Horn

     —          —         —          —    

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

     63,613,419        41.4%       28,175        2.0%  

 

*

less than 1%

 

(1)

Includes 9,237,749 shares of New Altus Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of private placement warrants that will become exercisable on the 30th day following the Closing Date. The sole member of CBRE Acquisition Sponsor, LLC is CBRE Services, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBRE Group, Inc. (“CBRE”). CBRE is a publicly traded company. The business address of each of the entities described in this footnote is 2100 McKinney Avenue Suite 1250, Dallas, Texas 75201.

 

(2)

Blackstone directly holds the reported shares of common stock. GSO Altus Holdings Associates LLC is the general partner of Blackstone. GSO Holdings I L.L.C. is the managing member of GSO Altus Holdings Associates LLC. Blackstone Holdings II L.P. is the managing member of GSO Holdings I L.L.C. with respect to securities beneficially owned by Blackstone. Blackstone Holdings I/II GP L.L.C. is the general partner of Blackstone Holdings II L.P. Blackstone Inc. is the sole member of Blackstone Holdings I/II GP L.L.C. Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. is the sole holder of the Class C common stock of Blackstone Inc. Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. is wholly-owned by Blackstone’s senior managing directors and controlled by its founder, Stephen A. Schwarzman. Each of the foregoing entities and individuals disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held directly by Blackstone (other than Blackstone to the extent of their direct holdings). The business address of Blackstone is c/o Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP, 345 Park Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, New York 10154.

 

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(3)

Consists of shares of New Altus Class A common stock held through vehicles or trusts, including: (i) 13,024,603 shares held by Felton Asset Management LLC, for which Mr. Felton is the managing member and (ii) an aggregate of 10,741,488 shares held across two irrevocable trusts for the benefit of Mr. Felton’s children.

 

(4)

Consists of shares of New Altus Class A common stock held through vehicles or trusts, including: (i) 21,674,907 shares held by Start Capital LLC, for which Mr. Norell is the managing member, (ii) 2,854,545 shares held by Start Capital Trust, for the benefit of Mr. Norell’s children and (iii) an aggregate of 4,281,816 shares held across three irrevocable trusts for the benefit of Mr. Norell’s children.

 

(5)

Includes an aggregate of 1,134,255 shares of New Altus Class A common stock held across three irrevocable trusts for the benefit of Mr. Savino’s children. A portion of Mr. Savino’s shares are restricted and subject to forfeiture.

 

(6)

A portion of Mr. Weber’s shares are restricted and subject to forfeiture.

 

(7)

Includes 18,417 shares of New Altus Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of private placement warrants that will become exercisable on the 30th day following the Closing Date. Consists of securities held by a family-owned limited liability company. The business address of Mr. Concannon is 2100 McKinney Avenue Suite 1250, Dallas, Texas 75201.

 

(8)

Consists of shares of New Altus Class A common stock held by ValueAct Capital Master Fund, L.P. Ms. Coyne disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares for purposes of Section 16 under the Exchange Act. Includes 18,417 shares of New Altus Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of private placement warrants that will become exercisable on the 30th day following the Closing Date.

Directors and Executive Officers

The Company’s directors and executive officers immediately after Closing are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Management After the Business Combination” beginning on page 251 and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Director Independence

Information with respect to the independence of the Company’s directors is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Management After the Business Combination—Director Independence” beginning on page 252 and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Committees of the Board

Information with respect to the composition of the committees of our Board of Directors (the “Board”) immediately after the Closing is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Management After the Business Combination—Board Committees” on page 253 and that information is incorporated herein by reference, subject to the revisions outlined in Item 5.02 herein.

Executive Compensation

A description of the compensation of the named executive officers of Altus before the consummation of the Business Combination and the executive officers of New Altus after the consummation of the Business Combination is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Executive Compensation of CBAH Following the Business Combination—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table” beginning on page 256 and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

At the Special Meeting, the CBAH stockholders approved the Altus Power, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”). A description of the material terms of the Incentive Plan is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus section titled “The Incentive Plan Proposal” beginning on page 189, which is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the full text of the Incentive Plan is filed as Annex E to Altus’ Proxy Statement/Prospectus on Form 424B3, which is incorporated herein by reference. Following the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company expects that the Board or the Compensation Committee will make grants of awards under the Incentive Plan to eligible participants.

 

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At the Special Meeting, the CBAH stockholders approved the Altus Power, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). A description of the ESPP is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus section titled “The ESPP Proposal” beginning on page 195, which is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the full text of the ESPP is filed as Annex F to Altus’ Proxy Statement/Prospectus on Form 424B3, which is incorporated herein by reference. Following the consummation of the Business Combination, employees who are eligible to participate in the ESPP may elect to participate in the ESPP in accordance with, and subject to, its terms and conditions.

Director Compensation

A description of the compensation of the directors of Altus before the consummation of the Business Combination is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Executive Compensation of CBAH Following the Business Combination” beginning on page 255 and that information is incorporated herein by reference. A description of the compensation of the directors of New Altus following the consummation of the Business Combination is set forth in Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions

Certain relationships and related party transactions of the Company are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” beginning on page 328 and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, New Altus and its subsidiaries may become involved in additional legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. New Altus and its subsidiaries have been and continue to be involved in legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business, the outcome of which, if determined adversely to New Altus or any of its subsidiaries, would not individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on New Altus’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

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

New Altus Class A common stock and warrants began trading on NYSE under the symbols “AMPS” and “AMPS WS”, on December 10, 2021. CBAH’s public units automatically separated into their component securities upon consummation of the Business Combination and, as a result, no longer trade as a separate security and were delisted from NYSE. As of immediately after the Closing Date, there were approximately 79 registered holders of shares of New Altus Class A common stock.

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

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

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

Description of Registrant’s Securities to Be Registered

The description of the Company’s securities is contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Description of CBAH’s Securities” beginning on page 298 and that information is incorporated herein by reference, except that the second and fifth bullet points under the heading “Description of CBAH’s Securities—Alignment Shares Conversion,” beginning on page 301, are amended and restated, as follows:

 

   

“if the Total Return exceeds the price threshold but does not exceed an amount equal to 130% of the price threshold, then subject to the Conversion Cap (as defined below) the number of conversion shares for such measurement period will be equal to 20% of the difference between (a) the Total Return and (b) the price threshold, multiplied by (I) 63,648,854 (the “Applicable Closing Share Count”) divided by (II) the Total Return; and”

 

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“Notwithstanding anything in this section, (i) the aggregate number of conversion shares shall be limited by a conversion cap equal to 14,596,637 (the “Conversion Cap”), and all remaining shares of Class B common stock that cannot be converted into shares of Class A common stock as a result of the Conversion Cap being met shall collectively convert into one (1) Conversion Share (the “Remainder Conversion”).”

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

New Altus has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers as of the Closing Date. Each indemnification agreement provides for indemnification and advancements by New Altus of certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits or proceedings arising from his or her service to New Altus or, at our request, service to other entities, as officers or directors to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

The foregoing description of the indemnification agreements does not propose to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the conditions of the indemnification agreements, a form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.12.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

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

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

The information set forth below under Item 4.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02

Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

The disclosure set forth in the “Introductory Note” and in Item 2.03 above is incorporated herein by reference. The securities issued in connection with the PIPE Investment and the settlement of the Second Amended and Restated Promissory Note were not registered under the Securities Act in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

Item 3.03

Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, CBAH changed its name to Altus Power, Inc. and filed its amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and amended and restated its bylaws (the “Bylaws”). Reference is made to the disclosure described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “The Charter Proposal,” “Description of CBAH’s Securities,” and “Comparison of Corporate Governance and Stockholder Rights” beginning on pages 183, 298 and 318, respectively, which are incorporated herein by reference, except that the second and fifth bullet points under the heading “Description of CBAH’s Securities—Alignment Shares Conversion,” beginning on page 301, are amended and restated, as follows:

 

   

“if the Total Return exceeds the price threshold but does not exceed an amount equal to 130% of the price threshold, then subject to the Conversion Cap (as defined below) the number of conversion shares for such measurement period will be equal to 20% of the difference between (a) the Total Return and (b) the price threshold, multiplied by (I) 63,648,854 (the “Applicable Closing Share Count”) divided by (II) the Total Return; and”

 

   

“Notwithstanding anything in this section, (i) the aggregate number of conversion shares shall be limited by a conversion cap equal to 14,596,637 (the “Conversion Cap”), and all remaining shares of Class B common stock that cannot be converted into shares of Class A common stock as a result of the Conversion Cap being met shall collectively convert into one (1) Conversion Share (the “Remainder Conversion”).”

 

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Copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws are included as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 4.01

Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

On December 9, 2021, the Board approved the engagement of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021, subject to Deloitte’s client acceptance process and execution of an engagement letter. Deloitte served as independent registered public accounting firm of Altus prior to the Business Combination. Accordingly, also on December 9, 2021, the Company dismissed KPMG LLP (“KPMG”), as CBAH’s independent registered public accounting firm. This decision was ratified by the Company’s board of directors.

The report of KPMG on CBAH’s financial statements as of December 31, 2020 and for the period from October 13, 2020 (inception), to December 31, 2020, did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainties, audit scope or accounting principles.

During CBAH’s most recent period ended December 31, 2020, and the subsequent interim period through December 9, 2021, there were no disagreements between CBAH and KPMG on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements, if not resolved to their satisfaction, would have caused them to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with their report.

During CBAH’s most recent period ended December 31, 2020, and the subsequent interim period through December 9, 2021, there were no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), except that for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, based upon an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of CBAH concluded that its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were not effective as a result of the adjustment of its financial statements as of and for such period for the accounting for certain complex financial instruments, including the redeemable warrants. Based on the foregoing, it was determined that CBAH had a material weakness as of March 31, 2021 relating to its internal controls over financial reporting. As of June 30, 2021, based on an assessment performed by CBAH management, it was determined that the material weakness identified in CBAH’s internal control over financial reporting had been remediated.

During CBAH’s most recent fiscal period ended December 31, 2020, and the subsequent interim period through December 9, 2021, CBAH and Altus did not consult with Deloitte regarding 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 the financial statements of CBAH or Altus, and no written report or oral advice was provided that Deloitte concluded was an important factor considered by us 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 defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act) or a “reportable event” (as 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 foregoing disclosures 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 Company set forth above. A copy of KPMG’s letter dated December 13, 2021 is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 5.01

Change in Control of Registrant.

Reference is made to the disclosure in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “The Business Combination Proposal” beginning on page 182, which is incorporated herein by reference. Further reference is made to the information contained above in the Introductory Note and Item 2.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 5.02

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

Executive Officers and Directors

Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, and in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, each executive officer of CBAH ceased serving in such capacity and each member of CBAH’s board of directors ceased serving as a director. However, each of William F. Concanon and Sarah E. Coyne were appointed to serve on the board of directors of New Altus, along with Gregg J. Felton, Lars R. Norell, Christine R. Detrick, Richard N. Peretz, Sharon R. Daley and Robert M. Horn, with Ms. Detrick appointed Chair. The directors were divided among the following classes:

 

   

the Class I directors will be Mses. Coyne and Daley, and Mr. Peretz and their terms will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2022;

 

   

the Class II directors will be Ms. Detrick and Mr. Horn, and their terms will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2023; and

 

   

the Class III directors will be Messrs. Felton and Norell, and their term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2024.

In addition, Mr. Concannon will serve as the Class B Director for as long as there are Class B shares. The holders of the Class B common stock, acting by unanimous written consent, elected Mr. Concannon to serve as the Class B Director on the Closing Date.

Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company established an audit committee, a compensation committee, and a nominating and corporate governance committee. Mses. Coyne and Daley and Mr. Peretz were appointed to serve on the Company’s audit committee, with Mr. Peretz serving as the chair and qualifying as an audit committee financial expert, as such term is defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K. Messrs. Peretz and Horn and Ms. Daley were appointed to serve on the Company’s compensation committee, with Ms. Daley serving as the chair. Mses. Coyne and Detrick and Mr. Peretz were appointed to serve on the Company’s nominating and corporate governance committee, with Ms. Detrick serving as the chair.

Additionally, upon the consummation of the Business Combination, Messrs. Felton and Norell were appointed Co-Chief Executive Officers; Dustin Weber was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer; and Anthony Savino was appointed as Chief Construction Officer.

A description of the compensation of and employment agreements entered into with the named executive officers of Altus before the consummation of the Business Combination and the executive officers of New Altus after the consummation of the Business Combination is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Executive Compensation of CBAH Following the Business Combination—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table” and “—2021 Compensation Decisions,” beginning on pages 258 and 259, respectively and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

The foregoing description of the employment agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the employment agreements, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 10.14, 10.17 and 10.18 and incorporated herein by reference.

Reference is made to the disclosure described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Management After the Business Combination” beginning on page 251 for biographical information about the directors and officers following the Transactions, which is incorporated herein by reference, except as amended and supplemented as follows: under the heading “Management After the Business Combination—Information about the Anticipated Directors Upon the Closing of the Business Combination—Richard N. Peretz,” beginning on page 252, is amended and restated to read:

Richard N. Peretz. Mr. Peretz is a nominee for our board of directors. From 2015 until he retired in February 2020, Mr. Peretz was the Chief Financial Officer of United Parcel Service (“UPS”). Prior to that, Mr. Peretz

 

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served in multiple roles at UPS for over 30 years, including as Controller and Treasurer, along with leading the mergers and acquisitions group from 2007 to 2015. Mr. Peretz also serves on the board of directors of Electric Last Mile, an electric vehicle company, and Tribe Capital Growth Corp. I. and serves as chair of the audit committee for both companies. He also serves on the board of directors for Semper Paratus Acquisition Corp. Mr. Peretz earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio and his Masters in Business Administration from Emory University.”

The information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is supplemented by the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on December 7, 2021 and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Compensatory Arrangements for Directors

Following the Business Combination, pursuant to offer letters with certain of New Altus’s non-employee directors (the “Director Offer Letters”), each of Christine Detrick, Richard Peretz, William Concannon, Sharon Daley and Sarah Coyne will receive compensation as set forth on the following table: (a) an annual retainer, payable in equal quarterly installments, (b) a one-time grant of restricted stock units with respect to shares of New Altus’s Class A common stock, to vest upon equal annual installments on each of the first two anniversaries of the vesting commencement date and (c) an annual grant of restricted stock units with respect to shares of New Altus’s Class A common stock, to vest in full on the first anniversary of the vesting commencement date.

 

Director    Annual
Cash
Retainer
     One-Time Grant of
Restricted Stock
Units(2)
     Annual Grant of
Restricted Stock
Units(3)
 

Christine Detrick

   $ 68,000        10,000        17,000  

Richard Peretz

   $ 76,000        10,000        7,500  

William Concannon

   $ 30,000        10,000        10,500  

Sharon Daley

   $ 70,000        10,000        7,500  

Sarah Coyne(1)

   $ 60,000        10,000        7,500  

 

(1)

Ms. Coyne has assigned her compensation to ValueAct Management, L.P.

(2)

Each Restricted Stock Unit (“RSU”) represents the right to receive one share of New Altus Class A common stock. These RSUs will vest in equal installments on each of the first two anniversaries following the Closing Date, subject to each holder’s continued service to New Altus through each such date. The RSUs will not be issuable until New Altus’s filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8, which will be filed at least 60 days after the Closing Date.

(3)

Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of common stock. These RSUs will vest in full on the first anniversary of the Closing Date, subject to each holder’s continued service to New Altus through such date. Any further grants in subsequent years will be made with respect to shares of New Altus’s Class A common stock on terms and conditions comparable to similarly situated directors, at the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board. The RSUs will not be issuable until New Altus’s filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8, which will be filed at least 60 days after the Closing Date.

The foregoing description of the Director Offer Letters does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of the Director Offer Letters, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.21 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Mr. Horn will not be paid compensation or granted equity awards for his service on the board of directors. The directors will be reimbursed for reasonable travel and related expenses associated with attendance at board or committee meetings.

 

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2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan

Effective as of December 9, 2021, the CBAH board of directors adopted, and the CBAH stockholders approved, the Incentive Plan. The Incentive Plan provides for the granting of restricted or unrestricted common stock, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, and other stock-based and cash-based awards to our employees, directors, consultants and advisors. For further information regarding the Incentive Plan, see “The Incentive Plan Proposal” beginning on page 189 in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Incentive Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Incentive Plan, a copy of which are attached as Exhibit 10.9 and incorporated herein by reference.

Equity

The boards of directors of APAM and Holdings have issued to certain employees, including our named executive officers, restricted units of APAM (“APAM Restricted Units”) and Holdings (“APAH Restricted Units”), respectively, that were intended to qualify as “profits interests” (collectively, the “Restricted Units”). In connection with the Business Combination, vested Restricted Units were ultimately exchanged for unrestricted shares of Altus Common Stock, and unvested Restricted Units were exchanged for restricted shares of Altus Common Stock, in each case, subject to the same vesting restrictions as in effect immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger as the Restricted Units exchanged therefor.

2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Effective as of December 9, 2021, the CBAH board of directors adopted, and the CBAH stockholders approved, the ESPP. The ESPP provides eligible employees of the Company with an opportunity to purchase the Company’s common stock. For more information regarding the ESPP, see “The ESPP Proposal” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 195, which is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the ESPP does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the ESPP, a copy of which are attached as Exhibit 10.11 and incorporated herein by reference.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

The disclosure set forth in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under the section titled “Indemnification of Directors and Officers” is incorporated in this Item 5.02 by reference.

 

Item 5.03

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

The disclosure 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 to be a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). The material terms of the Business Combination are described in the section titled “The Business Combination Proposal” beginning on page 182 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and are incorporated herein by reference. Further, the information set forth in “Introductory Note” and under Item 2.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.

The financial statements of CBAH as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, the related notes and report of independent public accounting firm thereto are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-3 and are incorporated herein by reference. The financial statements of Altus as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2020, and the related notes thereto are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-45 and are incorporated herein by reference. The combined financial statements of VH II Holdco I, LLC, VH II Holdco II, LLC, Virgo DW MM Holdco, LLC, Virgo Charlestown MA MM Holdco, LLC, Virgo Charlestown NY MM Holdco, LLC, Virgo Skipjack MM Holdco, LLC and Virgo Mangata

 

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MM Holdco, LLC (the “Solar Project Companies”) as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2020, and the related notes thereto are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-111 and are incorporated herein by reference. The audited financial statements of TGCOP Holdco, LLC for the year ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes thereto are set forth in Exhibt 99.1 of CBAH’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on November 10, 2021 and are incorporated herein by reference.

The unaudited financial statements for CBAH as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 are set forth in CBAH’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on November 12, 2021, beginning on page 2 and are incorporated herein by reference. The unaudited financial statements of Altus as of the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 are set forth in Exhibit 99.1 of CBAH’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on November 15, 2021 and are incorporated herein by reference.

(b) Pro forma financial information.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of New Altus for the year ended December 31, 2020 is included in the Registration Statement in the section titled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information” beginning on page 208 of the Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of New Altus as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 is set forth in Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated by reference herein.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  2.1+    Business Combination Agreement, dated July 12, 2021, by and among CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc., CBAH Merger Sub I, Inc., CBAH Merger Sub II, LLC, Altus Power America Holdings, LLC, APAM Holdings LLC and Altus Power, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of CBAH’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on July 13, 2021).
  3.1*    Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Altus Power, Inc.
  3.2*    Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Altus Power, Inc.
  4.1    Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of CBAH.’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (Reg. No. 333-249958), filed with the SEC on November 20, 2020).
  4.2    Specimen Warrant Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of CBAH’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (Reg. No. 333-249958), filed with the SEC on November 20, 2020).
  4.3    Warrant Agreement, dated December 10, 2020, by and between CBAH and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of CBAH’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on December 15, 2020).
10.1    Sponsor Support Agreement, dated July 12, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of CBAH’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on July 13, 2021).
10.2    Support Agreement, dated July 12, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of CBAH’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on July 13, 2021).
10.3    Commercial Collaboration Agreement, dated July 12, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of CBAH’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on July 13, 2021).
10.4    Management Equity Incentive Letter, dated July 12, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of CBAH’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on July 13, 2021).

 

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Exhibit
No.

 

Description

10.5   Class B Letter Agreement, dated July 12, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of CBAH’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on July 13, 2021).
10.6   Form of PIPE Subscription Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of CBAH’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on July 13, 2021).
10.7   Investor Rights Agreement, dated July 12, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of CBAH’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on July 13, 2021).
10.8   Second Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated as of February 16, 2021, by and between CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and CBRE Acquisition Sponsor, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of CBAH’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2021).
10.9   ValueAct Letter Agreement, dated July 12, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of CBAH’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on July 13, 2021).
10.10*#   Altus Power, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
10.11*#   Altus Power, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
10.12*#   Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement.
10.13   Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated August 25, 2021, by and among ÚPA Finance, LLC, as the borrower, APA Finance Holdings, LLC, as the Equity Holder (as defined therein), BISF Agent LLC, as administrative agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, Paying Agent and Document Custodian (each as defined therein) and each lender from time to time party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of CBAH’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (Reg. No. 333-258700), filed with the SEC on September 23, 2021).
10.14   Employment Agreement, dated February 15, 2017, by and between Altus Power America Management, LLC and Dustin Weber (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of CBAH’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (Reg. No. 333-258700), filed with the SEC on September 23, 2021).
10.15   Credit Agreement, dated January 10, 2020 (the “Fifth Third Credit Agreement”), by and among APA Construction Finance, LLC, as the borrower, Fifth Third Bank, National Association, as the joint leader arranger, sole bookrunner, administrative agent, interest rate hedge coordinating agent and collateral agent, Deutsche Bank New York Branch, as joint lead arranger and DSR LC issuing bank, and each of the Project Companies, Tax Equity Holdcos and Lenders (in each case as defined therein) from time to time parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 of CBAH’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (Reg. No. 333-258700), filed with the SEC on September 23, 2021).
10.16   First Amendment to the Fifth Third Credit Agreement, dated September 16, 2020, by and among APA Construction Finance, LLC, as borrower, SH MA SOLAR IV, LLC and HA MA SOLAR II, LLC, as Project Companies, Fifth Third Bank, National Association, as administration agent, and the Lenders (in each case as defined therein) parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 of CBAH’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (Reg. No. 333-258700), filed with the SEC on September 23, 2021).
10.17#   Employment Agreement, dated October 21, 2021, by and between Altus Power, Inc. and Lars Norell (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 of CBAH’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (Reg. No. 333-258700), filed with the SEC on October 28, 2021).

 

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Exhibit
No.

 

Description

10.18#   Employment Agreement, dated October 21 2021, by and between Altus Power, Inc. and Gregg Felton (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 of CBAH’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (Reg. No. 333-258700), filed with the SEC on October 28, 2021).
10.19#   Confidential Information, Inventions and Proprietary Rights Agreement, dated October 21, 2021, by and between Altus Power America Management, LLC and Lars Norrell (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 of CBAH’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (Reg. No. 333-258700), filed with the SEC on October 28, 2021).
10.20#   Confidential Information, Inventions and Proprietary Rights Agreement, dated October 21, 2021, by and between Altus Power America Management, LLC and Gregg Felton (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 of CBAH’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (Reg. No. 333-258700), filed with the SEC on October 28, 2021).
10.21*#   Form of Director Offer Letters.
10.22*   Second Amendment to the Fifth Third Credit Agreement, dated December 6, 2021, by and among APA Construction Finance, LLC, as the borrower, BT GA SOLAR LLC, CURRY SOLAR FARM LLC, LIGHTBEAM POWER COMPANY GRIDLEY MAIN LLC, LIGHTBEAM POWER COMPANY GRIDLEY MAIN TWO LLC, NM MA SOLAR II, LLC and HI MA SOLAR, LLC, as Project Companies, Fifth Third Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the Lenders (in each case as defined therein) parties thereto.
16.1*   Letter from KPMG LLP to the SEC, dated December 13, 2021.
21.1*   List of Subsidiaries.
99.1   Press Release, dated December 9, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of New Altus’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on December 9, 2021).
99.2*   Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information of New Altus for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
99.3   CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc. Audited Financial Statements (incorporated by reference to pages beginning F-3 of CBAH’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (Reg. No. 333-258700), filed with the SEC on October 27, 2021).
99.4   Altus Power, Inc. Audited Financial Statements (incorporated by reference to pages beginning F-45 of CBAH’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (Reg. No. 333-258700), filed with the SEC on October 27, 2021).
99.5   Consolidated Financial Statements of The Solar Project Companies (incorporated by reference to pages beginning F-111 of CBAH’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (Reg. No. 333-258700), filed with the SEC on October 27, 2021).
99.6   Audited Financial Statements of TGCOP Holdco, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of CBAH’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on November 10, 2021).
99.7   CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc. Unaudited Financial Statements (incorporated by reference to pages beginning page 2 of CBAH’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on November 12, 2021).
99.8   Altus Power, Inc. Unaudited Financial Statements (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of CBAH’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on November 15, 2021).
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).

 

*

Filed herewith

 

+

The schedules and exhibits to this agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule and/or exhibit will be furnished to the SEC upon request.

 

#

Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement

 

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Signatures

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

 

Date: December 13, 2021     Altus Power, Inc.
    By:  

/s/ Gregg Felton

    Name:   Gregg Felton
    Title:   Co-Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President

 

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Exhibit 3.1

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

CBRE ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC.

* * * * *

The present name of the corporation is CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc. (the “Corporation”). The Corporation was incorporated under the name “CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc.” by the filing of the Corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 13, 2020. This Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (this “Certificate of Incorporation”), which restates and integrates and also further amends the provisions of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and restated, was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”). The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated, is hereby amended, integrated and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

NAME

The name of the corporation is: Altus Power, Inc.

ARTICLE II

REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Registered Agent Solutions, Inc., 838 Walker Road Suite 21-2, Dover, DE, County of Kent, and the name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is Registered Agent Solutions, Inc.

ARTICLE III

PURPOSE

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

ARTICLE IV

CAPITAL STOCK

The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is one billion (1,000,000,000), which shall be divided into three classes as follows:

(i) nine hundred eighty-eight million five hundred ninety-one thousand two hundred fifty (988,591,250) shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”);


(ii) one million four hundred eight thousand seven hundred fifty (1,408,750) shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class B Common Stock” and, together with Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”); and

(iii) ten million (10,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Preferred Stock”).

 

I.

Capital Stock.

A. The board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) is hereby expressly authorized, by resolution or resolutions, at any time and from time to time, to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for one or more series of Preferred Stock and, with respect to each such series, to fix, without further stockholder approval, the number of shares constituting such series and the designation of such series, the powers (including voting powers), preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of such series of Preferred Stock. The powers (including voting powers), preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of each series of Preferred Stock, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding.

B. Each holder of record of Class A Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Class A Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders are entitled to vote generally, including the election or removal of directors. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of each series of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock or other series of Common Stock, as applicable, if the holders of such affected series of Preferred Stock or other series of Common Stock, as applicable, 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 certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL.

C. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of any shares of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to only such voting rights, if any, as shall expressly be granted thereto by this Certificate of Incorporation.

D. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of any series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to only such voting rights, if any, as shall expressly be granted thereto by this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock).

E. Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of capital stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and other distributions in cash, property or shares of capital stock of the Corporation, dividends and other distributions may be declared and paid ratably on the Common Stock out of the assets of the Corporation that are legally available for this purpose at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall determine.

 

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F. Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, the provisions of Section II.D of this Article IV shall be deemed to apply with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock then outstanding, whether or not such dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation constitutes a Change of Control hereunder, and after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of capital stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Common Stock with respect to the distribution of assets of the Corporation upon such dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them.

G. The number of authorized shares of Class A 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 Class A Common Stock or Preferred 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 Class A Common Stock or Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor, unless a vote of any such holder is required pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock). In addition to any vote required by applicable law or this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), a vote of the holders of Class B Common Stock voting separately as a class shall be required to increase the number of authorized shares of Class B Common Stock.

H. Subject to applicable law, the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of any outstanding class of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions (payable in cash, property or capital stock of the Corporation) when, as and if declared thereon by the Board of Directors from time to time out of any assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor and shall share equally on a per share basis in such dividends and distributions.

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

 

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II.

Class B Common Stock.

A. On the last day of each Measurement Period (as defined below) (and, with respect to any Measurement Period in which the Corporation shall have a Change of Control (as defined below) or in which the Corporation shall liquidate, dissolve or wind up, on the business day immediately prior to such event instead of on the last day of such Measurement Period), 201,250 shares of Class B Common Stock shall automatically convert, subject to adjustment as described herein, into shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Conversion Shares”), as follows:

1. if the sum (such sum, the “Total Return”) of (i) the VWAP of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock for the final fiscal quarter in such Measurement Period and (ii) the amount per share of any dividends or distributions paid or payable to holders of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, the record date for which is on or prior to the last day of the Measurement Period, does not exceed the Price Threshold (as defined below), the number of Conversion Shares for such Measurement Period shall be 2,013 shares of Class A Common Stock;

2. if the Total Return exceeds the Price Threshold but does not exceed an amount equal to 130% of the Price Threshold, then subject to the Conversion Cap (as defined below) the number of Conversion Shares for such Measurement Period shall be equal to 20% of the difference between (a) the Total Return and (b) the Price Threshold, multiplied by (I) 63,648,854 shares of Class A Common Stock (as proportionally adjusted to give effect to any stock splits, stock capitalizations, stock combinations, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations or any such similar transactions after December 9, 2021), (the “Applicable Closing Share Count”), divided by (II) the Total Return; and

3. if the Total Return exceeds an amount equal to 130% of the Price Threshold, then subject to the Conversion Cap (as defined below) the number of Conversion Shares for such Measurement Period shall be equal to the sum of:

(a) 20% of the difference between (I) an amount equal to 130% of the Price Threshold and (II) the Price Threshold, multiplied by (A) the Applicable Closing Share Count, divided by (B) the Total Return; plus

(b) 30% of the difference between (I) the Total Return and (II) an amount equal to 130% of the Price Threshold, multiplied by (A) the Applicable Closing Share Count, divided by (B) the Total Return.

4. Notwithstanding paragraphs 2 and 3 immediately above, in no event shall the number of Conversion Shares for any such Measurement Period be less than 2,013 shares of Class A Common Stock. If the provisions set forth in paragraphs 2 and 3 immediately above result in the number of Conversion Shares for any such Measurement Period being less than 2,013 shares of Class A Common Stock, then the number of Conversion Shares for such Measurement Period shall be equal to 2,013 shares of Class A Common Stock.

B. Each conversion of Class B Common Stock shall apply to the holders of Class B Common Stock on a pro rata basis on the basis of the amounts of such Class B Common Stock held by such holders. If, upon conversion of any Class B Common Stock, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share of Class A Common Stock, the Corporation shall round down to the nearest whole number of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued to such holder.

 

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C. The Conversion Shares shall be delivered to the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock no later than the tenth day following the last day of each applicable Measurement Period and the converted shares of Class B Common Stock shall be cancelled for no additional consideration. The Conversion Shares shall be delivered no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of issuance. The Corporation shall be required to publicly announce the number of Conversion Shares to be issued no less than two business days prior to issuance.

D. Change of Control. Upon a Change of Control, for the Measurement Period in which the Change of Control occurs, 201,250 shares of Class B Common Stock shall automatically convert into Conversion Shares (on the business day immediately prior to such event), as follows:

1. if, prior to the date of such Change of Control, the Class B Common Stock shall have already cumulatively converted into a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal in the aggregate to at least 5% of the Applicable Closing Share Count (the “5% Threshold Amount”), the number of Conversion Shares shall equal the greater of (i) 2,013 shares of Class A Common Stock and (ii) subject to the Conversion Cap, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that would be issuable based on the excess of the Total Return above the Price Threshold pursuant to Section II.A of this Article IV with such Total Return calculated based on (a) the cash purchase price of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock or (b) if the purchase price for the Class A Common Stock in such Change of Control is not all cash, the deemed value received in such Change of Control per share of Class A Common Stock, which shall be the amount of cash payable or distributable per share of Class A Common Stock plus the Fair Market Value of any non-cash consideration or distribution, payable or distributable, per share of Class A Common Stock, and if the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock are able to elect among different types or proportions of consideration or distributions, the amount of cash and other types of consideration or distributions in such Change of Control payable or distributable per share of Class A Common Stock shall be deemed the weighted-average amount of cash and other types of consideration or distributions actually paid or distributed to holders of Class A Common Stock (where the Fair Market Value of any such non-cash consideration or distribution is the fair market value of such non-cash consideration or distribution at the time of signing of the definitive transaction agreement effecting such Change of Control, as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith based upon the opinion of an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Company, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged (an “Independent Financial Advisor”)), rather than the VWAP for the final fiscal quarter in the relevant Measurement Period;

 

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2. if, prior to the date of the Change of Control, the Class B Common Stock shall have not already cumulatively converted into a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal in the aggregate to at least the 5% Threshold Amount, subject to the Conversion Cap, the number of Conversion Shares shall equal the greater of (i) the 5% Threshold Amount less any shares of Class A Common Stock previously issued upon conversion of Class B Common Stock and (ii) the number of shares that would be issuable based on the excess of the Total Return above the Price Threshold pursuant to Section II.A of this Article IV with the Total Return calculated based on (a) the cash purchase price of the Class A Common Stock or (b) if the purchase price for the Class A Common Stock in such Change of Control is not all cash, the deemed value received in such Change of Control per share of Class A Common Stock, which shall be the amount of cash payable or distributable per share of Class A Common Stock plus the Fair Market Value of any non-cash consideration or distributions, payable or distributable, per share of Class A Common Stock, and if the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock are able to elect among different types or proportions of consideration or distributions, the amount of cash and other types of consideration or distributions in such Change of Control payable or distributable per share of Class A Common Stock shall be deemed the weighted-average amount of cash and other types of consideration or distributions actually paid to holders of Class A Common Stock (where the Fair Market Value of any such non-cash consideration or distribution is the fair market value of such non-cash consideration or distribution at the time of signing of the definitive transaction agreement effecting such Change of Control, as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith based upon an opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor), rather than the VWAP for the final fiscal quarter in the relevant Measurement Period;

3. to the extent any tranches of 201,250 shares of Class B Common Stock remain outstanding, all remaining tranches of 201,250 shares of Class B Common Stock shall automatically convert into one (1) share of Class A Common Stock.

E. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, (i) the aggregate number of Conversion Shares shall be no greater than 14,596,637 (as proportionally adjusted to give effect to any stock splits, stock capitalizations, stock combinations, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations or any such similar transactions after December 9, 2021 (together, the “Conversion Cap”), and all remaining shares of Class B Common Stock that cannot be converted into shares of Class A Common Stock as a result of the Conversion Cap being met shall collectively convert into one (1) Conversion Share (the “Remainder Conversion”).

F. Certain Definitions. Solely for purposes of Section II of this Article IV, references to:

1. “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any one of the following: (A) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Corporation, any of its wholly owned subsidiaries and the Corporation’s and its wholly-owned subsidiaries’ respective employee benefit plans, (1) has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of Common Stock representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Common Stock and (2) has filed a Schedule TO or

 

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any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that an event described in clause (1) of this paragraph has occurred; provided, however, that a “person” or “group” shall not be deemed a beneficial owner of, or to own beneficially, any securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such “person” or “group” or any of their affiliates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder; (B) the consummation of (1) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change from no par value to par value, a change in par value or a change from par value to no par value, or changes resulting from a subdivision or combination) as a result of which all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, or other property or assets; (2) any share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Corporation pursuant to which all of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock shall be converted into cash, securities or other property or assets (including any combination thereof); or (3) any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s or its consolidated assets, taken as a whole, to any person or entity (other than one of the Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiaries, and other than a pledge or hypothecation of assets (but not foreclosure in respect thereof)); provided, however, that a transaction described in clauses (1) or (2) in which the holders of all classes of the Corporation’s common equity immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of all classes of the common equity of the continuing or surviving entity immediately after such transaction in substantially the same proportions as such ownership immediately prior to such transaction shall not be deemed to be a Change of Control pursuant to this clause (B); (C) the Corporation’s stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the Corporation’s liquidation or dissolution (other than a liquidation or dissolution that shall occur contemporaneously with a transaction described in clause (B)(2) or (B)(3) above); or (D) shares of the Class A Common Stock cease to be listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors); provided, however, that a transaction or transactions described in clauses (A) or (B) above shall not constitute a Change of Control, if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by the holders of shares of the Common Stock, excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made in respect of dissenters’ appraisal rights, in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of common stock that are listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or shall be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions, and as a result of such transaction or transactions such consideration becomes the equity interests into which shares of the Class B Common Stock convert.

2. “Measurement Period” means (i) the period beginning on December 9, 2021, and ending with, and including, March 31, 2022, and (ii) each of the six successive four-fiscal-quarter periods.

 

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3. “Price Threshold” shall initially equal $10.00 for the first Measurement Period and shall thereafter be adjusted at the beginning of each subsequent Measurement Period to be equal to the greater of (i) the Price Threshold for the immediately preceding Measurement Period and (ii) the VWAP for the final fiscal quarter of the immediately preceding Measurement Period (in each case of clause (i) and (ii), as proportionally adjusted to give effect to any stock splits, stock capitalizations, stock combinations, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations or any such similar transactions).

4. “VWAP” per share of the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock on any trading day means the per share volume weighted average price as displayed under the heading Bloomberg VWAP on Bloomberg (or, if Bloomberg ceases to publish such price, any successor service reasonably chosen by the Corporation) page “VAP” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the open of trading on the relevant trading day until the close of trading on such trading day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market price of one share of Class A Common Stock on such trading day determined, using a volume weighted average method, by an Independent Financial Advisor retained for such purpose by the Corporation). “VWAP” for any period means the volume-weighted average of the respective VWAPs for the trading days in such period.

ARTICLE V

AMENDMENT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS

A. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law that might otherwise permit a lesser vote of the stockholders, and in addition to any vote required by applicable law or this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), any amendment, alteration, repeal or rescission, in whole or in part, of the following provisions in this Certificate of Incorporation (or the adoption of any provision inconsistent therewith or herewith) shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all the then outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class: this Article V, Article VI, Article VII, Article VIII and Article IX.

B. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend, change, add to, rescind or repeal, in whole or in part, the bylaws of the Corporation (as in effect from time to time, the “Bylaws”) without the assent or vote of the stockholders in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware or this Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law that might otherwise permit a lesser vote of the stockholders, and in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required herein (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), by the Bylaws or by applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all the then outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required in order for the stockholders of the Corporation to amend, alter, rescind, change, add or repeal, in whole or in part, any provision of the Bylaws or to adopt any provision inconsistent therewith.

 

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ARTICLE VI

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

A. Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV (including any certificate of designation with respect to any series of Preferred Stock) and this Article VI relating to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or together with one or more such other series, as the case may be, to elect additional directors (any such directors, the “Preferred Directors”), the total number of directors shall be determined from time to time exclusively by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors subject to the requirements of the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2021, by and among the Corporation and certain other parties named therein (as amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Investor Rights Agreement”). The directors (other than any Preferred Directors or the Class B Director) shall be initially divided into three classes designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as possible, of one-third of the total number of such directors. Class I directors shall initially serve for a term expiring at the first annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation following December 9, 2021 (the “Specified Date”), Class II directors shall initially serve for a term expiring at the second annual meeting of stockholders following the Specified Date and Class III directors shall initially serve for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders following the Specified Date. Directors of each class shall hold office until the annual meeting at which their term expires and until their successor shall be elected and qualified, or their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. Commencing with the first annual meeting following the Specified Date, the directors of the class to be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders shall be elected for a three year term. If the total number of directors divided into classes is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any such additional director of any class elected to fill a newly created directorship resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case shall a decrease in the total number of directors remove or shorten the term of any incumbent director. Any such director shall hold office until the annual meeting at which their term expires and until their successor shall be elected and qualified, or their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. The Board of Directors is authorized to assign members of the Board of Directors already in office to their respective class.

B. Subject to the rights granted to the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any newly-created directorship on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the total number of directors and any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors (whether by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause) shall be filled only by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director (and not by stockholders). In no case shall a decrease in the total number of directors remove or shorten the term of any incumbent director. Any director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen (or, if the Board of Directors is not then divided into classes, the next annual meeting of stockholders) and until such director’s successor shall be elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

 

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C. Any director may be removed for cause only by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all the then outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.

D. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws shall so provide.

E. During any period when the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or together with one or more other such series, have the right to elect additional directors pursuant to the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation with respect to any series of Preferred Stock) in respect of such series, then upon commencement and for the duration of the period during which such right continues: (i) the then otherwise total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by such specified number of directors, and the holders of such series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect the additional directors so provided for or fixed pursuant to said provisions, and (ii) each such additional director shall serve until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s right to hold such office terminates pursuant to said provisions, whichever occurs earlier, subject to such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions establishing such series, whenever the holders of any series of Preferred Stock having such right to elect additional directors are divested of such right pursuant to the provisions of such capital stock, the terms of office of all such additional directors elected by the holders of such capital stock, or elected to fill any vacancies resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of such additional directors, shall forthwith terminate (in which case each such director thereupon shall cease to be qualified as, and shall cease to be, a director) and the total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be reduced accordingly. Any Preferred Director may be removed from office in the manner provided pursuant to the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation with respect to any series of Preferred Stock) and applicable law.

F. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, for so long as any shares of Class B Common Stock are outstanding, (i) the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock shall have, at each annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders (or any other meeting at which directors are being elected to the Board or by written consent), the exclusive right, voting separately as a class, to elect one director to the Board of Directors (the “Class B Director”), irrespective of whether the Board of Directors has nominated such person to serve as a director, (ii) the Class B Director may be removed without cause only by the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, and upon such removal the Class B Director seat shall be vacant until filled by the holders of a majority of the then outstanding Class B Common Stock, and (iii) in the event of the death, disability, resignation or removal of any Class B Director (including a removal for cause), the Class B Director seat shall remain vacant until filled by the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock. Upon the conversion of all issued and

 

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outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock into Conversion Shares, the position of Class B Director shall cease to exist, provided that the person that is the Class B Director at the time of such conversion shall have the right to continue to serve on the Board until the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company (subject to removal for cause and the rights of the Sponsor (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) to remove or replace such director pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement).

ARTICLE VII

LIMITATION OF DIRECTOR LIABILITY

A. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it now exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty owed to the Corporation or its stockholders.

B. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article VII, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, any modification of law shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any right or protection of a current or former director of the Corporation with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to the time of such amendment, repeal, adoption or modification.

ARTICLE VIII

CONSENT OF STOCKHOLDERS IN LIEU OF MEETING, ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

A. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by any consent of stockholders in lieu of a meeting; provided, however, that any action required or permitted to be taken by the holders of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more other such series, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, to the extent expressly so provided by the applicable certificate of designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock; provided, further, that any action required or permitted to be taken by the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock (including the election or removal of the Class B Director or the filling of any vacancy of the Class B Director seat), voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more other such series, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote.

B. Except as otherwise required by law or this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), for so long as any shares of Class B Common Stock remain outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the prior vote or written consent of the holders of a majority of the shares of Class B Common Stock then outstanding, voting separately as a single class, (i) amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, 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 B Common Stock or (ii) issue any shares of Class B Common Stock. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the holders of Class B Common Stock may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote,

 

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if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of the outstanding shares of Class B 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 B 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 Corporation’s 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 B Common Stock shall, to the extent required by law, be given to those holders of Class B 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 B Common Stock to take the action were delivered to the Corporation.

C. Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time only by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

D. An annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, if any, on such date, and at such time as shall be fixed exclusively by resolution of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof.

ARTICLE IX

COMPETITION AND CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

A. In recognition and anticipation that members of the Board of Directors who are not employees of the Corporation (“Non-Employee Directors”) and their respective Affiliates (as defined below), and any stockholder of the Corporation that has the right to appoint a director under the Investor Rights Agreement and such stockholder’s 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 IX are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation with respect to certain classes or categories of business opportunities as they may involve the Non-Employee Directors or their respective Affiliates, or any stockholder of the Corporation that has the right to appoint a director under the Investor Rights Agreement or such stockholder’s Affiliates, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its directors, officers and stockholders in connection therewith.

B. None of any Non-Employee Director (including any Non-Employee Director who serves as an officer of the Corporation in both such person’s director and officer capacities) or such person’s Affiliates, or any stockholder of the Corporation that has the right to appoint a director under the Investor Rights Agreement or such stockholder’s Affiliates (the Persons (as defined below) being referred to, collectively, as “Identified Persons” and, individually, as an

 

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Identified Person”) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have any duty to refrain from directly or indirectly (i) engaging in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which the Corporation or any of its Affiliates now engages or proposes to engage or (ii) otherwise competing with the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no Identified Person shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Identified Person engages in any such activities. To the fullest extent permitted from time to time by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in, or right to be offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunity that may be a corporate opportunity for an Identified Person and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, except as provided in Section C of this Article IX. Subject to said Section C of this Article IX, 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, herself or himself, or any of its or their Affiliates, and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, such Identified Person shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have no duty to communicate or offer such transaction or other business opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation for breach of any fiduciary duty as a stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation solely by reason of the fact that such Identified Person pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself, or offers or directs such corporate opportunity to another Person.

C. The Corporation does not renounce its interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any Non-Employee Director (including any Non-Employee Director who serves as an officer of the Corporation) if such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in their capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation (and is not offered or made known to such person in any other capacity), and the provisions of Section B of this Article IX shall not apply to any such corporate opportunity with respect to such person.

D. In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article IX, a corporate opportunity shall not be deemed to be a potential corporate opportunity for the Corporation if it is a business opportunity that (i) the Corporation is neither financially or legally able, nor contractually permitted to undertake, (ii) from its nature, is not in the line of the Corporation’s business or is of no practical advantage to the Corporation or (iii) is one in which the Corporation has no interest or reasonable expectancy.

E. For purposes of this Article IX, (i) “Affiliate” shall mean (a) in respect of a Non-Employee Director, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by such Non-Employee Director (other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the Corporation), (b) in respect of any stockholder of the Corporation, any Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such stockholder, including any fund, account or investment vehicle (including any parallel fund, alternative investment vehicle, or co-investment vehicle relating to any such fund, account, or investment vehicle) controlled, managed, advised or sub-advised by an affiliate of such stockholder (other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the Corporation) or any partner, member, director, stockholder, employee or agent of any such stockholder or Affiliate (other than any employee of the Corporation) and (c) in respect of the Corporation, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Corporation; and (ii) “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, association or any other entity.

 

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F. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article IX.

G. This Article IX shall not limit any protections or defenses available to, or indemnification or advancement rights of, any director or officer of the Corporation under this Certificate of Incorporation, the By-laws or applicable law.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

(A) If any provision or provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any section or paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by law, in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by law, the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each such portion of any section or paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.

(B) 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 law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any current or former director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws (as either may be amended and/or restated from time to time), or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine of the law of the State of Delaware. These provisions shall not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction and the Corporation’s stockholders cannot waive compliance with federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the federal securities laws of the United States of America, including the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any person purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and provided consent to the provisions of this Article X(B).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc. has caused this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by its duly authorized officer on the 9th day of December 2021.

 

CBRE ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC.

By:

  /s/ Cash J. Smith
  Name: Cash J. Smith
  Title: President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

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

Exhibit 3.2

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS OF ALTUS POWER, INC.

* * * * *

ARTICLE I

Offices

SECTION 1.01 Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent of Altus Power, Inc. (the “Corporation”) in the State of Delaware shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation (as defined below) from time to time. The Corporation may also have offices in such other places in the United States or elsewhere as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may, from time to time, determine or as the business of the Corporation may require as determined by any officer of the Corporation.

ARTICLE II

Meetings of Stockholders

SECTION 2.01 Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders may be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors shall determine and state in the notice of meeting. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication, including by webcast, as described in Section 2.11 of these Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (these “Bylaws”) in accordance with Section 211(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2.02 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may only be called in the manner provided in the Corporation’s third amended and restated certificate of incorporation as then in effect (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) and may be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall determine and state in the notice of such meeting. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that special meetings of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as described in Section 2.11 of these Bylaws in accordance with Section 211(a)(2) of the DGCL. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors.


SECTION 2.03 Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.

(A) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.

(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (a) as provided in the Investor Rights Agreement (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) (with respect to nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors only), (b) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) delivered pursuant to Section 2.04 of Article II of these Bylaws, (c) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any authorized committee thereof or (d) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who, subject to paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03, complied with the notice procedures set forth in paragraphs (A)(2) and (A)(3) of this Section 2.03 and who was a stockholder of record at the time such notice is delivered to the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation.

(2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (d) of paragraph (A)(1) of this Section 2.03, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation, and, in the case of business other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, such other business must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (which date shall, for purposes of the Corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders after its shares of Common Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) are first publicly traded, be deemed to have occurred on May 23, 2021); provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than thirty (30) days, or delayed by more than seventy (70) days, from the anniversary date of the previous year’s meeting, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred and twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. Public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting shall not commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.03(A)(2) to the contrary, if the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting 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 of Directors at least one hundred (100) calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the prior year’s annual meeting of stockholders, then a stockholder’s notice required by this Section shall be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it is received by the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) calendar day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(3) A stockholder’s notice delivered pursuant to this Section 2.03 shall set forth: (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including such person’s written consent to being named in the Corporation’s proxy statement as a nominee of the stockholder and

 

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to serving as a director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books and records, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (iii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of the stock of the Corporation at the time of the giving of the notice, will be entitled to vote at such meeting and will appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, (iv) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, will be or is part of a group that will (x) deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (y) otherwise solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, (v) a certification regarding whether such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, have complied with all applicable federal, state and other legal requirements in connection with the stockholder’s and/or beneficial owner’s acquisition of shares of capital stock or other securities of the Corporation and/or the stockholder’s and/or beneficial owner’s acts or omissions as a stockholder of the Corporation and (vi) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, 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 and/or for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (d) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal and/or the voting of shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation between or among the stockholder giving the notice, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, any of their respective affiliates or associates and/or any others acting in concert with any of the foregoing (collectively, “proponent persons”); and (e) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including without limitation any contract to purchase or sell, acquisition or grant of any option, right or warrant to purchase or sell, swap or other instrument) to which any proponent person is a party, the intent or effect of which may be (i) to transfer to or from any proponent person, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security of the Corporation, (ii) to increase or decrease the voting power of any proponent person with respect to shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation and/or (iii) to provide any proponent person, directly or indirectly, with the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from, or to otherwise benefit economically from, any increase or decrease in the value of any security of the Corporation. A stockholder providing notice of a proposed nomination for election to the Board of Directors or other business proposed to be brought before a meeting (whether given pursuant to this paragraph (A)(3) or paragraph (B) of this Section 2.03 of these Bylaws) shall update and supplement such notice from time to time to the extent necessary so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct (x) as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice

 

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of the meeting and (y) as of the date that is fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, provided that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting is less than fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, the information shall be supplemented and updated as of such later date. Any such update and supplement shall be delivered in writing to the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting), not later than ten (10) days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of any update or supplement required to be made as of fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or adjournment or postponement thereof) and not later than five (5) days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, but no later than the day prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of a date less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). The Corporation may require any proposed nominee 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 and to determine the independence of such director under the Exchange Act and rules and regulations thereunder and applicable stock exchange rules.

(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 Corporation’s notice of meeting. At any time that the stockholders are not prohibited from filling vacancies or newly created directorships on the Board of Directors, nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors to fill any vacancy or unfilled newly created directorship may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which any proposal to fill any vacancy or unfilled newly created directorship is to be presented to the stockholders (1) as provided in the Investor Rights Agreement, (2) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or (3) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting on such matters, who (subject to paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.03 and who is a stockholder of record at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to fill any vacancy or newly created directorship on the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting if the stockholder’s notice as required by paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 2.03 shall be delivered to the Corporate Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which the Corporation first makes a public announcement of the date of the special meeting at which directors are to be elected. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

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(C) General. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03, only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.03 or the Investor Rights Agreement shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at an annual or special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairman of the meeting shall, in addition to making any other determination that may be appropriate for the conduct of the meeting, have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any 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. 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 chairman of the meeting. The Board of Directors 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 of Directors, the chairman of the meeting 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 chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) 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 chairman of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and on shareholder approvals. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.03, 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. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, the meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

(2) Whenever used in these Bylaws, (i) “public announcement” shall mean disclosure (a) in a press release released by the Corporation, provided that such press release is released by the Corporation following its customary procedures, is reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service, or is generally available on internet news sites, or (b) 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 and (ii) “beneficial ownership” shall mean beneficial ownership within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

 

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(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.03; provided, however, that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to these Bylaws (including paragraphs (A)(1)(d) and (B) of this Section 2.03), and compliance with paragraphs (A)(1)(d) and (B) of this Section 2.03 of these Bylaws shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect directors under specified circumstances.

(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.03, for as long as the Investor Rights Agreement remains in effect with respect to the Blackstone Investor (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) or the Sponsor (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement), the Blackstone Investor or the Sponsor (each, to the extent then subject to the Investor Rights Agreement), as the case may be, shall not be subject to the notice procedures set forth in paragraphs (A)(2), (A)(3) or (B) of this Section 2.03 with respect to any annual or special meeting of stockholders.

SECTION 2.04 Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a timely notice in writing or by electronic transmission, in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL, of the meeting, which shall state the place, if any, date and time of the meeting, 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, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be mailed to or transmitted electronically by the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.

SECTION 2.05 Quorum. Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Corporation’s securities are listed, the holders of record of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to the vote on that matter. Once a quorum is present to organize a meeting, it shall not be broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholders.

 

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SECTION 2.06 Voting. Except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy in any manner provided by applicable law, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Unless required by the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, or determined by the chairman of the meeting to be advisable, the vote on any question need not be by ballot. On a vote by ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting, or by such stockholder’s proxy, if there be such proxy. When a quorum is present or represented at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of applicable law, of the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, of any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence and subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, all elections of directors shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast in respect of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.

SECTION 2.07 Chairman of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one is elected, or, in his or her absence or disability or refusal to act, a Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation (if such Chief Executive Officer is not also the Chairman of the Board of Directors), or in the absence, disability or refusal to act of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and any Chief Executive Officer, a person designated by the Board of Directors shall be the chairman of the meeting and, as such, preside at all meetings of the stockholders.

SECTION 2.08 Secretary of Meetings. The Corporate Secretary of the Corporation shall act as Corporate Secretary at all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence, disability or refusal to act of the Corporate Secretary, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint a person to act as Corporate Secretary at such meetings.

SECTION 2.09 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote only to the extent permitted by and in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and in accordance with applicable law.

 

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SECTION 2.10 Adjournment. At any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, if less than a quorum be present, the chairman of the meeting or stockholders holding a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the Corporation present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting until a quorum shall attend. Any business may be transacted at the adjourned meeting that might have been transacted at the meeting originally noticed. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

SECTION 2.11 Remote Communication. If authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxy holders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication:

(a) participate in a meeting of stockholders; and

(b) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication,

provided that

(i) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder;

(ii) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings; and

(iii) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

SECTION 2.12 Inspectors of Election. The Corporation may, and shall if required by law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (i) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (ii) determine the shares of

 

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capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors’ count of all votes and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by law. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.

SECTION 2.13 Delivery to the Corporation. Whenever Section 2.03 of this Article II requires one or more persons (including a record or beneficial owner of stock) other than any party to the Investor Rights Agreement to deliver a document or information to the Corporation or any officer, employee or agent thereof (including any notice, request, questionnaire, revocation, representation or other document or agreement), unless the Corporation elects otherwise, such document or information shall be in writing exclusively (and not in an electronic transmission) and shall be delivered exclusively by hand (including, without limitation, overnight courier service) or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and the Corporation shall not be required to accept delivery of any document not in such written form or so delivered.

ARTICLE III

Board of Directors

SECTION 3.01 Powers. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may exercise all such authority and powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not, by the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation, directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

SECTION 3.02 Number and Term; Chairman. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, the number of directors shall be fixed in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. The term of each director shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. Directors need not be stockholders. The Board of Directors shall elect a Chairman of the Board, who shall have the powers and perform such duties as provided in these Bylaws and as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which he or she is present. If the Chairman of the Board is not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer (if such Chief Executive Officer is a director and is not also the Chairman of the Board) shall preside at such meeting, and, if no Chief Executive Officer is present at such meeting or is not a director, a majority of the directors present at such meeting shall elect one (1) director to preside over such meeting.

 

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SECTION 3.03 Resignations. Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, a President or the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation. The resignation shall take effect at the time or the happening of any event specified therein, and if no time or event is specified, at the time of its receipt. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise expressly provided in the resignation.

SECTION 3.04 Removal. Directors of the Corporation may be removed in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.

SECTION 3.05 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement, vacancies occurring in any directorship (whether by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause) and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall be filled in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation. Any director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

SECTION 3.06 Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places and times as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by a Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, a President of the Corporation or the Chairman of the Board of Directors, and shall be called by a Chief Executive Officer, a President or the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation if directed by the Board of Directors and shall be at such places and times as they or he or she shall fix. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors. At least twenty-four (24) hours before each special meeting of the Board of Directors, either written notice, notice by electronic transmission or oral notice (either in person or by telephone) of the time, date and place of the meeting shall be given to each director. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.

SECTION 3.07 Quorum, Voting and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn such meeting to another time and place. Notice of such adjourned meeting need not be given if the time and place of such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting so adjourned.

SECTION 3.08 Committees; Committee Rules. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, including but not limited to an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Each such committee shall be comprised of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee to replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed

 

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to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority to: (a) approve, adopt, or recommend to the stockholders any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (b) adopt, amend or repeal any Bylaw of the Corporation. Each committee of the Board of Directors may fix its own rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may otherwise be provided by a resolution of the Board of Directors designating such committee. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, the presence of at least a majority of the members of the committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum unless the committee shall consist of one or two members, in which event one member shall constitute a quorum; and all matters shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present at a meeting of the committee at which a quorum is present. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, in the event that a member and that member’s alternate, if alternates are designated by the Board of Directors, of such committee is or are absent or disqualified, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.

SECTION 3.09 Action Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission. After an action is taken, the consent or consents, or electronic transmission or transmissions, shall be filed in the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors in accordance with applicable law. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form or shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

SECTION 3.10 Remote Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment in which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

SECTION 3.11 Compensation. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, of directors for services to the Corporation in any capacity.

SECTION 3.12 Reliance on Books and Records. A member of the Board of Directors, or a member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors shall, in the performance of such person’s duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or committees of the Board of Directors, or by any other person as to matters the member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE IV

Officers

SECTION 4.01 Number. The officers of the Corporation shall include one or more Chief Executive Officer and a Corporate Secretary, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors and who shall hold office for such terms as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and until their successors are elected and qualify or until their earlier resignation or removal. In addition, the Board of Directors may elect one or more Presidents, one or more Vice Presidents, including one or more Executive Vice Presidents or Senior Vice Presidents, a Chief Financial Officer, a Chief Legal Officer, a Treasurer, one or more Assistant Treasurers, one or more Assistant Secretaries, one or more Assistant Chief Legal Officers and any other additional officers as the Board of Directors deems necessary or advisable, who shall hold their respective offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

SECTION 4.02 Other Officers and Agents. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it deems advisable, who shall hold their office for such terms and shall exercise and perform such powers and duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.03 Chief Executive Officer. Each Chief Executive Officer shall have general executive charge, management, and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation in the ordinary course of its business, with all such powers as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities or that are delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors has not elected a Chairman of the Board or in the absence, inability or refusal to act of such elected person to act as the Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer shall exercise all of the powers and discharge all of the duties of the Chairman of the Board, but only if such Chief Executive Officer is a director of the Corporation. He or she shall have power to sign all stock certificates, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation and shall have general supervision and direction of all of the other officers, employees and agents of the Corporation.

SECTION 4.05 President. Each President, if any are elected, shall have such powers and duties in the management of the Corporation as may be prescribed in a resolution by the Board of Directors and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.06 Vice Presidents. Each Vice President, if any are elected, of whom one or more may be designated an Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President, shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by a Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

 

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SECTION 4.07 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer, if any is elected, shall have custody of the corporate funds, securities, evidences of indebtedness and other valuables of the Corporation and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors or its designees selected for such purposes. The Chief Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation, taking proper vouchers therefor. The Chief Financial Officer shall render to each Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, upon their request, a report of the financial condition of the Corporation.

In addition, the Chief Financial Officer shall have such further powers and perform such other duties incident to the office of Chief Financial Officer as from time to time are assigned to him or her by a Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.08 Chief Legal Officer. The Chief Legal Officer, if one is elected, shall have such powers and duties in the management of the Corporation as may be prescribed in a resolution by the Board of Directors and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.09 Treasurer. The Treasurer, if one is elected, shall have such powers and duties in the management of the Corporation as may be prescribed in a resolution by the Board of Directors and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.10 Corporate Secretary. The Corporate Secretary shall: (a) cause minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and directors to be recorded and kept properly; (b) cause all notices required by these Bylaws or otherwise to be given properly; (c) see that the minute books, stock books, and other nonfinancial books, records and papers of the Corporation are kept properly; and (d) cause all reports, statements, returns, certificates and other documents to be prepared and filed when and as required.

SECTION 4.11 Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Chief Legal Officers. Each Assistant Treasurer, each Assistant Secretary and each Assistant Chief Legal Officer, if any are elected, shall have such powers and duties in the management of the Corporation as may be prescribed in a resolution by the Board of Directors and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.12 Contracts and Other Documents. The Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount. Except as provided in Section 2.13 of these Bylaws, any document, including, without limitation, any consent, agreement, certificate or instrument, required by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws to be executed by any officer, director, stockholder, employee or agent of the Corporation may be executed using a facsimile or other form of electronic signature to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. All other contracts, agreements, certificates or instruments to be executed on behalf of the Corporation may be executed using a facsimile or other form of electronic signature to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

 

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SECTION 4.13 Ownership of Securities of Another Entity. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Legal Officer, the Treasurer or the Corporate Secretary, or such other officer or agent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors, shall have the power and authority, on behalf of the Corporation, to attend and to vote at any meeting of securityholders of any entity in which the Corporation holds securities or equity interests and may exercise, on behalf of the Corporation, any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities or equity interests at any such meeting, including the authority to execute and deliver proxies and consents on behalf of the Corporation.

SECTION 4.14 Delegation of Duties. In the absence, disability or refusal of any officer to exercise and perform his or her duties, the Board of Directors may delegate to another officer such powers or duties.

SECTION 4.15 Resignation and Removal. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed from office for or without cause at any time by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign at any time in the same manner prescribed under Section 3.03 of these Bylaws.

SECTION 4.16 Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall have the power to fill vacancies occurring in any office.

ARTICLE V

Stock

SECTION 5.01 Shares With Certificates.

The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated and shall not be represented by certificates, except to the extent as may be required by applicable law or as otherwise authorized by the Board of Directors.

If shares of stock of the Corporation shall be certificated, such certificates shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock in the Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, any two authorized officers of the Corporation (it being understood that each of any Chief Executive Officer, any President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Legal Officer, any Assistant Chief Legal Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary, and any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation shall be an authorized officer for such purpose), certifying the number and class of shares of stock of the Corporation owned by such holder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint one or more transfer agents and/or registrars for the transfer or registration of certificates of stock of any class, and may require stock certificates to be countersigned or registered by one or more of such transfer agents and/or registrars. The name of the holder of record of the shares represented thereby, with the number of such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation. With respect to all uncertificated shares, the name of the holder of record of such uncertificated shares represented, with the number of such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.

 

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SECTION 5.02 Shares Without Certificates. So long as the Board of Directors chooses to issue shares of stock without certificates in accordance with Section 5.01, the Corporation, if required by the DGCL, shall, within a reasonable time after the issue or transfer of shares without certificates, send the stockholder a statement of the information required by the DGCL. The Corporation may adopt a system of issuance, recordation and transfer of its shares of stock by electronic or other means not involving the issuance of certificates, provided that the use of such system by the Corporation is permitted in accordance with applicable law.

SECTION 5.03 Transfer of Shares. Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives, upon surrender to the Corporation by delivery thereof (to the extent evidenced by a physical stock certificate) to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers. Certificates representing such shares, if any, shall be cancelled and new certificates, if the shares are to be certificated, shall thereupon be issued. Shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are not represented by a certificate shall be transferred in accordance with any procedures adopted by the Corporation or its agent and applicable law. A record shall be made of each transfer. Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer if, when the certificates are presented, both the transferor and transferee request the Corporation to do so. The Corporation shall have power and authority to make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or proper concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation.

SECTION 5.04 Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates. A new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares may be issued in the place of any certificate previously issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may, in its discretion, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his or her legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond, in such sum as the Corporation may direct, in order to indemnify the Corporation against any claims that may be made against it in connection therewith. A new certificate or uncertificated shares of stock may be issued in the place of any certificate previously issued by the Corporation that has become mutilated upon the surrender by such owner of such mutilated certificate and, if required by the Corporation, the posting of a bond by such owner in an amount sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it in connection therewith.

SECTION 5.05 List of Stockholders Entitled To Vote. The Corporation shall prepare, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth (10th) day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network; provided that the information required to gain

 

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access to such list is provided with the notice of meeting or (b) 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, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall 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 law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 5.05 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

SECTION 5.06 Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

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

 

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(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 without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action without a meeting is fixed by the Board of Directors, (i) when no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be the first date on which a signed 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 of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

SECTION 5.07 Registered Stockholders. Prior to the surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates for a share or shares of stock or notification to the Corporation of the transfer of uncertificated shares with a request to record the transfer of such share or shares, the Corporation may treat the registered owner of such share or shares as the person entitled to receive dividends, to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner of such share or shares. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Corporation 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.

ARTICLE VI

Notice and Waiver of Notice

SECTION 6.01 Notice. If mailed, notice to stockholders shall be deemed given when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Other forms of notice shall be deemed given as provided in the DGCL. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders may be given by electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL.

SECTION 6.02 Waiver of Notice. A written waiver of any notice, signed by a stockholder or director, or waiver by electronic transmission by such person, whether given before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such person. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver. Attendance at any meeting (in person or by remote communication) shall constitute waiver of notice except attendance 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.

 

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ARTICLE VII

Indemnification

SECTION 7.01 Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an officer of the Corporation, or while serving as a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the fullest extent permitted by law), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 7.03 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses or with respect to any compulsory counterclaim brought by such indemnitee, the Corporation shall indemnify any such 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 of Directors. Any reference to an officer of the Corporation in this Article VII shall be deemed to refer exclusively to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, any Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Legal Officer, Treasurer, and Corporate Secretary of the Corporation appointed pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws, and to any Vice President, Assistant Secretary, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Chief Legal Officer or other officer of the Corporation appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws, including, without limitation, any “executive officer” or “Section 16 officer,” and any reference to an officer of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be deemed to refer exclusively to an officer appointed by the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such other entity pursuant to the certificate of incorporation and bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. The fact that any person who is or was an employee of the Corporation or an employee of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, but not an officer thereof as described in the preceding sentence, has been given or has used the title of “Vice President” or any other title that could be construed to suggest or imply that such person is or may be such an officer of the Corporation or of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall not result in such person being constituted as, or being deemed to be, such an officer of the Corporation or of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for purposes of this Article VII.

SECTION 7.02 Right to Advancement of Expenses. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 7.01, an indemnitee shall also have the right to be paid by the Corporation the reasonable expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred by the indemnitee in appearing at, participating in or defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition or in connection with a proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article VII (which shall be governed by Section 7.03) (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires or in the case of an advance made in a proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation (and not in any other capacity in which

 

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service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made solely upon delivery to the Corporation of a signed, written undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified or entitled to advancement of expenses under Sections 7.01 and 7.02 or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall have no obligation to make any payment provided in this Section 7.02 in the event the Board of Directors determines, in good faith, that the indemnitee seeking advancement of expenses has engaged in fraud or criminal conduct relating to the subject matter of the proceeding in which the indemnitee is seeking advancement of expenses.

SECTION 7.03 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 7.01 or 7.02 is not paid in full by the Corporation within (i) 60 days after a written claim for indemnification has been received by the Corporation or (ii) 20 days after a claim for an advancement of expenses has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim or to obtain advancement of expenses, as applicable. To the fullest extent permitted by law, if the indemnitee is successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including by its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including by its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee 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 indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

SECTION 7.04 Indemnification Not Exclusive.

(A) The provision of indemnification to or the advancement of expenses and costs to any indemnitee under this Article VII, or the entitlement of any indemnitee to indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs under this Article VII, shall not limit or restrict in any way the power of the Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses and costs to such indemnitee in any other way permitted by law or be deemed exclusive of, or invalidate, any right to which any indemnitee seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs may be entitled under any law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such indemnitee’s capacity as an officer, director, employee or agent of the Corporation and as to action in any other capacity.

 

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(B) Given that certain jointly indemnifiable claims (as defined below) may arise due to the service of the indemnitee as a director and/or officer of the Corporation and as a director, officer, employee or agent of one or more of the indemnitee-related entities (as defined below), the Corporation shall be fully and primarily responsible for the payment to the indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses in connection with any such jointly indemnifiable claims, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Article VII, irrespective of any right of recovery the indemnitee may have from the indemnitee-related entities. Under no circumstance shall the Corporation be entitled to any right of subrogation or contribution by the indemnitee-related entities and no right of advancement or recovery the indemnitee may have from the indemnitee-related entities shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of the indemnitee or the obligations of the Corporation hereunder. In the event that any of the indemnitee-related entities shall make any payment to the indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to any jointly indemnifiable claim, the indemnitee-related entity making such payment shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the indemnitee against the Corporation, and the indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and shall do all things that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as may be necessary to enable the indemnitee-related entities effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. Each of the indemnitee-related entities shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this Section 7.04(B) of Article VII, entitled to enforce this Section 7.04(B) of Article VII.

For purposes of this Section 7.04(B) of Article VII, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) The term “indemnitee-related entities” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Corporation or any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for which the indemnitee has agreed, on behalf of the Corporation or at the Corporation’s request, to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent and which service is covered by the indemnity described herein) from whom an indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Corporation may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation (other than as a result of obligations under an insurance policy).

(2) The term “jointly indemnifiable claims” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding for which the indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses from both the indemnitee-related entities and the Corporation pursuant to Delaware law, any agreement or certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or comparable organizational documents of the Corporation or the indemnitee-related entities, as applicable.

 

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SECTION 7.05 Nature of Rights. The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this Article VII shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article VII that adversely affects any right of an indemnitee or its successors shall be prospective only and shall not limit, eliminate, or impair any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place prior to such amendment or repeal.

SECTION 7.06 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.

SECTION 7.07 Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VII with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

SECTION 7.08 Assumption of Defense. Promptly after receipt by an indemnitee of notice of any intention or threat to commence an action, suit or proceeding or notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, the indemnitee will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Corporation, promptly notify the Corporation in writing of the same. With respect to any action, suit or proceeding of which the Corporation is so notified, the Corporation shall, subject to the last two sentences of this Section 7.08, be entitled to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding, with counsel reasonably acceptable to the indemnitee, upon the delivery to the indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by the indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Corporation, the Corporation will not be liable to the indemnitee under these Bylaws for any subsequently incurred fees of separate counsel engaged by the indemnitee with respect to the same action, suit or proceeding unless the employment of separate counsel by the indemnitee has been previously authorized in writing by the Corporation, which authorization will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the indemnitee, based on the advice of his or her counsel, shall have reasonably concluded (with written notice being given to the Corporation setting forth the basis for such conclusion) that, in the conduct of any such defense, there is an actual or potential conflict of interest or position (other than such potential conflicts that are objectively immaterial or remote) between the Corporation and the indemnitee with respect to a significant issue, then the Corporation will not be entitled, without the written consent of the indemnitee, to assume such defense. In addition, the Corporation will not be entitled, without the written consent of the indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim brought by or in the right of the Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

Miscellaneous

SECTION 8.01 Electronic Transmission. For purposes of these Bylaws, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

SECTION 8.02 Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may provide a suitable seal, containing the name of the Corporation, which seal shall be in the charge of the Corporate Secretary. If and when so directed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, duplicates of the seal may be kept and used by the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, or by an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.

SECTION 8.03 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

SECTION 8.04 Section Headings. Section headings in these Bylaws are for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting or otherwise construing any provision herein.

SECTION 8.05 Inconsistent Provisions. In the event that any provision of these Bylaws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the DGCL or any other applicable law, such provision of these Bylaws shall not be given any effect to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be given full force and effect.

ARTICLE IX

Amendments

SECTION 9.01 Amendments. The Board of Directors is authorized to make, repeal, alter, amend and rescind, in whole or in part, these Bylaws without the assent or vote of the stockholders in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware or the Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Bylaws or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote of the stockholders, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation)), these Bylaws or applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of more than 50% in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required in order for the stockholders of the Corporation to amend, alter, rescind, change, add or repeal, in whole or in part, any provision of these Bylaws (including, without limitation, this Section 9.01) or to adopt any provision inconsistent herewith.

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Exhibit 10.10

ALTUS POWER, INC.

2021 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1.

DEFINED TERMS

Exhibit A, which is incorporated by reference, defines certain terms used in the Plan and includes certain operational rules related to those terms.

 

2.

PURPOSE

The Plan has been established to advance the interests of the Company by providing for the grant to Participants of Stock and Stock-based Awards.

 

3.

ADMINISTRATION

The Plan will be administered by the Administrator. The Administrator has discretionary authority, subject only to the express provisions of the Plan, (i) to administer and interpret the Plan and any Awards; (ii) to determine eligibility for and grant Awards; (iii) to determine the exercise price or the base value from which appreciation is measured, or the purchase price, if any, applicable to any Award; (iv) to determine, modify, accelerate or waive the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) to determine the form of settlement of Awards (whether in cash, shares of Stock, other Awards or other property); (vi) to prescribe forms, rules and procedures relating to the Plan and Awards; and (vii) otherwise to do all things necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of the Plan or any Award. Determinations of the Administrator made with respect to the Plan or any Award are conclusive and bind all persons.

 

4.

LIMITS ON AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN

4.1 Number of Shares. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8.2, the maximum number of shares of Stock that may be delivered in satisfaction of Awards under the Plan is 15,364,883 shares (the “Initial Share Pool”). The Initial Share Pool will automatically increase on January 1 of each year from 2022 to 2031 by the lesser of (i) five percent (5%) of the number of shares of Stock outstanding as of the close of business on the immediately preceding December 31 and (ii) the number of shares of Stock determined by the Board prior to such date for such year (the Initial Share Pool as it may be so increased, the “Share Pool”). Up to 15,364,883 shares of Stock from the Share Pool may be delivered in satisfaction of ISOs, but nothing in this Section 4.1 will be construed as requiring that any, or any fixed number of, ISOs is awarded under the Plan. For purposes of this Section 4.1, shares of Stock will not be treated as delivered under the Plan, and will not reduce the Share Pool, unless and until they are actually delivered to a Participant. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the number of shares of Stock delivered in satisfaction of Awards will be determined (i) by excluding shares of Stock withheld by the Company in payment of the exercise price or purchase price of any Award or in satisfaction of tax withholding requirements with respect to any Award; (ii) by including only the number of shares of Stock delivered in settlement of a SAR any portion of which is settled in Stock; and (iii) by excluding any shares of Stock underlying Awards settled in cash or that expire, become unexercisable, terminate or are forfeited to or repurchased by the Company without the delivery (or retention, in the case of Restricted Stock or Unrestricted Stock) of Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, the Share Pool will not be increased by any shares of Stock delivered under the Plan that are subsequently repurchased using proceeds directly attributable to Stock Option exercises. The limits set forth in this Section 4.1 will be construed to comply with Section 422.


4.2 Substitute Awards. The Administrator may grant Substitute Awards under the Plan. To the extent consistent with the requirements of Section 422 and the regulations thereunder and other applicable legal requirements (including applicable stock exchange requirements), shares of Stock delivered in respect of Substitute Awards will be in addition to and will not reduce the Share Pool. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in Section 4.1 to the contrary, if any Substitute Award is settled in cash or expires, becomes unexercisable, terminates or is forfeited to or repurchased by the Company without the delivery (or retention, in the case of Restricted Stock or Unrestricted Stock) of Stock, the shares of Stock previously subject to such Award will not increase the Share Pool or otherwise be available for future grant under the Plan. The Administrator will determine the extent to which the terms and conditions of the Plan apply to Substitute Awards, if at all.

4.3 Type of Shares. Stock delivered by the Company under the Plan may be authorized but unissued Stock, treasury Stock or previously issued Stock acquired by the Company. No fractional shares of Stock will be delivered under the Plan.

4.4 Director Limits. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or any other plan or policy of the Company, the aggregate value of all compensation granted or paid to any Director with respect to any calendar year, including Awards granted under the Plan and cash fees or other compensation paid by the Company to such Director outside of the Plan for his or her services as a Director during such calendar year, may not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate ($750,000 in the aggregate with respect to a Director’s first year of service on the Board), calculating the value of any Awards based on the grant date fair value in accordance with the Accounting Rules, assuming a maximum payout. For the avoidance of doubt, the limitation in this Section 4.4 will not apply to any compensation granted or paid to a Director for his or her services to the Company or a subsidiary other than as a Director.

 

5.

ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

The Administrator will select Participants from among Employees and Directors of, and consultants and advisors to, the Company and its subsidiaries. Eligibility for ISOs is limited to individuals described in the first sentence of this Section 5 who are employees of the Company or of a “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” of the Company as those terms are defined in Section 424 of the Code. Eligibility for Stock Options, other than ISOs, and SARs is limited to individuals described in the first sentence of this Section 5 who are providing direct services on the date of grant of the Award to the Company or to a subsidiary of the Company that would be described in the first sentence of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iii)(E).

 

6.

RULES APPLICABLE TO ALL AWARDS

6.1 Award Provisions. The Administrator will determine the terms and conditions of all Awards, subject to the limitations provided herein. Each Award granted under the Plan will be evidenced by an Award agreement in such form as the Administrator determines (any such agreement, an “Award Agreement”). No term of an Award will provide for automatic “reload”

 

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grants of additional Awards upon the exercise of a Stock Option or SAR. By accepting (or, under such rules as the Administrator may prescribe, being deemed to have accepted) an Award, the Participant will be deemed to have agreed to the terms and conditions of the Award and the Plan. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, Substitute Awards may contain terms and conditions that are inconsistent with the terms and conditions specified herein, as determined by the Administrator.

6.2 Term of Plan. No Awards may be made after ten (10) years from the Date of Adoption, but previously granted Awards may continue beyond that date in accordance with their terms.

6.3 Transferability. Neither ISOs nor, except as the Administrator otherwise expressly provides in accordance with the third sentence of this Section 6.3, other Awards may be transferred other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. During a Participant’s lifetime, ISOs and, except as the Administrator otherwise expressly provides in accordance with the third sentence of this Section 6.3, SARs and NSOs may be exercised only by the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative. The Administrator may permit the gratuitous transfer (i.e., transfer not for value) of Awards other than ISOs, subject to applicable securities and other laws and such terms and conditions as the Administrator may determine.

6.4 Vesting; Exercisability. The Administrator will determine the time or times at which an Award vests or becomes exercisable and the terms and conditions on which a Stock Option or SAR remains exercisable. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrator may at any time accelerate the vesting and/or exercisability of an Award (or any portion thereof), regardless of any adverse or potentially adverse tax or other consequences resulting from such acceleration. Unless the Administrator expressly provides otherwise, however, the following rules will apply if a Participant’s Employment ceases:

(a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) below, immediately upon the cessation of the Participant’s Employment each Stock Option and SAR (or portion thereof) that is then held by the Participant or by the Participant’s permitted transferees, if any, will cease to be exercisable and will terminate and each other Award that is then held by the Participant or by the Participant’s permitted transferees, if any, to the extent not then vested will be forfeited.

(b) Subject to (c) and (d) below, each Stock Option and SAR (or portion thereof) held by the Participant or the Participant’s permitted transferees, if any, immediately prior to the cessation of the Participant’s Employment, to the extent then vested and exercisable, will remain exercisable for the lesser of (i) a period of three (3) months following such cessation of Employment or (ii) the period ending on the latest date on which such Stock Option or SAR could have been exercised without regard to this Section 6.4, and will thereupon immediately terminate.

(c) Subject to (d) below, each Stock Option and SAR (or portion thereof) held by a Participant or the Participant’s permitted transferees, if any, immediately prior to the cessation of the Participant’s Employment due to his or her death or by the Company due to his or her Disability, to the extent then vested and exercisable, will remain exercisable for the lesser of (i) the one- (1) year period ending on the first anniversary of such cessation of Employment or (ii) the period ending on the latest date on which such Stock Option or SAR could have been exercised without regard to this Section 6.4, and will thereupon immediately terminate.

 

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(d) All Awards (whether or not vested or exercisable) held by a Participant or the Participant’s permitted transferees, if any, immediately prior to the cessation of the Participant’s Employment will immediately terminate upon such cessation of Employment if the termination is for Cause or occurs in circumstances that in the determination of the Administrator would have constituted grounds for the Participant’s Employment to be terminated for Cause (in each case, without regard to the lapsing of any required notice or cure periods in connection therewith).

6.5 Additional Restrictions. The Administrator may cancel, rescind, withhold or otherwise limit or restrict any Award at any time if the Participant is not in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Award Agreement and the Plan, or if the Participant breaches any non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disparagement, confidentiality or other restrictive covenant by which he or she is bound.

6.6 Recovery of Compensation. The Administrator may provide in any case that any outstanding Award (whether or not vested or exercisable), the proceeds from the exercise or disposition of any Award or Stock acquired under any Award, and any other amounts received in respect of any Award or Stock acquired under any Award will be subject to forfeiture and disgorgement to the Company, with interest and other related earnings, if the Participant to whom the Award was granted (or such Participant’s permitted transferee) is not in compliance with any provision of the Plan or any applicable Award, or any non-competition, non-solicitation, no-hire, non-disparagement, confidentiality, invention assignment, or other restrictive covenant by which he or she is bound. Each Award will be subject to any policy of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that relates to trading on non-public information and permitted transactions with respect to shares of Stock, including limitations on hedging and pledging. In addition, each Award will be subject to any policy of the Company or any of its affiliates that provides for forfeiture, disgorgement, or clawback with respect to incentive compensation that includes Awards under the Plan and will be further subject to forfeiture and disgorgement to the extent required by law or applicable stock exchange listing standards, including, without limitation, Section 10D of the Exchange Act. Each Participant, by accepting or being deemed to have accepted an Award under the Plan, agrees (or will be deemed to have agreed) to the terms of this Section 6.6 and any clawback, recoupment or similar policy of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and further agrees (or will be deemed to have further agreed) to cooperate fully with the Administrator, and to cause any and all permitted transferees of the Participant to cooperate fully with the Administrator, to effectuate any forfeiture or disgorgement described in this Section 6.6. Neither the Administrator nor the Company nor any other person, other than the Participant and his or her permitted transferees, if any, will be responsible for any adverse tax or other consequences to a Participant or his or her permitted transferees, if any, that may arise in connection with this Section 6.6.

 

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6.7 Taxes. The grant of an Award and the issuance, delivery, vesting and retention of Stock, cash or other property under an Award are conditioned upon the full satisfaction by the Participant of all tax and other withholding requirements with respect to the Award. The Administrator will prescribe such rules for the withholding of taxes and other amounts with respect to any Award as it deems necessary. Without limitation to the foregoing, the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company will have the authority and the right to deduct or withhold (by any means set forth herein or in an Award Agreement), or require a Participant to remit to the Company or a parent or subsidiary of the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy all U.S. and non-U.S. federal, state and local income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, payment on account or other tax-related items related to participation in the Plan and any Award hereunder and legally applicable to the Participant and required by law to be withheld (including, any amount deemed by the Company, in its discretion, to be an appropriate charge to the Participant even if legally applicable to the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company). The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may hold back shares of Stock from an Award or permit a Participant to tender previously-owned shares of Stock in satisfaction of tax or other withholding requirements (but not in excess of the maximum withholding amount consistent with the Award being subject to equity accounting treatment under the Accounting Rules). Any amounts withheld pursuant to this Section 6.7 will be treated as though such payment had been made directly to the Participant. In addition, the Company may, to the extent permitted by law, deduct any such tax and other withholding amounts from any payment of any kind otherwise due to a Participant from the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company.

6.8 Dividend Equivalents. The Administrator may provide for the payment of amounts (on terms and subject to such restrictions and conditions established by the Administrator) in lieu of cash dividends or other cash distributions with respect to Stock subject to an Award whether or not the holder of such Award is otherwise entitled to share in the actual dividend or distribution in respect of such Award; provided, however, that (i) dividends or dividend equivalents relating to an Award that, at the dividend payment date, remains subject to a risk of forfeiture (whether service-based or performance-based) will be subject to the same risk of forfeiture as applies to the underlying Award, together with such additional limitations or restrictions as the Administrator may impose, and (ii) no dividends or dividend equivalents will be payable with respect to Stock Options or SARs. Any entitlement to dividend equivalents or similar entitlements will be established and administered either consistent with an exemption from, or in compliance with, the applicable requirements of Section 409A.

6.9 Rights Limited. Nothing in the Plan or any Award will be construed as giving any person the right to be granted an Award or to continued employment or service with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any rights as a stockholder except as to shares of Stock actually delivered under the Plan. The loss of existing or potential profit in any Award will not constitute an element of damages in the event of a termination of a Participant’s Employment for any reason, even if the termination is in violation of an obligation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to the Participant.

6.10 Coordination with Other Plans. Shares of Stock and/or Awards under the Plan may be granted in tandem with, or in satisfaction of or substitution for, other Awards under the Plan or awards made under other compensatory plans or programs of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. For example, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, awards under other compensatory plans or programs of the Company or any of its subsidiaries may be settled in Stock (including, without limitation, Unrestricted Stock) under the Plan if the Administrator so determines, in which case the shares delivered will be treated as awarded under the Plan (and will reduce the number of shares thereafter available for delivery under the Plan in accordance with the rules set forth in Section 4).

 

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6.11 Section 409A

(a) Without limiting the generality of Section 12.2 hereof, each Award will contain such terms as the Administrator determines and will be construed and administered such that the Award either qualifies for an exemption from the requirements of Section 409A or satisfies such requirements.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or any Award Agreement, the Administrator may unilaterally amend, modify or terminate the Plan or any outstanding Award, including, without limitation, changing the form of the Award, if the Administrator determines that such amendment, modification or termination is necessary or desirable to avoid the imposition of an additional tax, interest or penalty under Section 409A. If any provision of the Plan would otherwise frustrate or conflict with this intent, such provision will be interpreted and deemed amended so as to avoid such conflict. If an operational failure occurs with respect to the requirements of Section 409A, any affected Participant, by accepting an Award under the Plan, agrees to cooperate fully with the Company to correct such failure, to the extent possible, in accordance with any correction procedure established by the Internal Revenue Service. No provision of the Plan will be interpreted to transfer any liability for a failure to comply with Section 409A from a Participant or any other person or entity to the Company.

(c) If a Participant is determined on the date of the Participant’s termination of Employment to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of that term under Section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code, then, with regard to any payment that is considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A, to the extent applicable, payable on account of a “separation from service”, such payment will be made or provided on the date that is the earlier of (i) the first business day following the expiration of the six- (6) month period measured from the date of such “separation from service” and (ii) the date of the Participant’s death (the “Delay Period”). Upon the expiration of the Delay Period, all payments delayed pursuant to this Section 6.11(c) (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single lump sum or in installments in the absence of such delay) will be paid, without interest, on the first business day following the expiration of the Delay Period in a lump sum and any remaining payments due under the Award will be paid in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them in the applicable Award Agreement.

(d) For purposes of Section 409A, each payment made under the Plan or any Award will be treated as a separate payment.

(e) With regard to any payment considered to be nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A, to the extent applicable, that is payable upon a change in control of the Company or other similar event, to the extent required to avoid the imposition of an additional tax, interest or penalty under Section 409A, no amount will be payable unless such change in control constitutes a “change in control event” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

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7.

ADDITIONAL RULES APPLICABLE TO STOCK OPTIONS AND SARS

7.1 Time and Manner of Exercise. Unless the Administrator expressly provides otherwise, no Stock Option or SAR will be deemed to have been exercised until the Administrator receives a notice of exercise in a form acceptable to the Administrator that is signed by the appropriate person and accompanied by any payment required under the Award. The Administrator may limit or restrict the exercisability of any Stock Option or SAR in its discretion, including in connection with any Covered Transaction. Any attempt to exercise a Stock Option or SAR by any person other than the Participant will not be given effect unless the Administrator has received such evidence as it may require that the person exercising the Award has the right to do so.

7.2 Exercise Price. The exercise price (or the base value from which appreciation is to be measured) per share of each Award requiring exercise must be no less than one hundred percent (100%) (in the case of an ISO granted to a ten percent (10%) stockholder within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code, one hundred ten percent (110%)) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock, determined as of the date of grant of the Award, or such higher amount as the Administrator may determine in connection with the grant.

7.3 Payment of Exercise Price. Where the exercise of an Award (or portion thereof) is to be accompanied by payment, payment of the exercise price must be made by cash or check acceptable to the Administrator or, if so permitted by the Administrator and if legally permissible, (i) through the delivery of previously acquired unrestricted shares of Stock, or the withholding of unrestricted shares of Stock otherwise deliverable upon exercise, in either case that have a Fair Market Value equal to the exercise price; (ii) through a broker-assisted cashless exercise program acceptable to the Administrator; (iii) by other means acceptable to the Administrator; or (iv) by any combination of the foregoing permissible forms of payment. The delivery of previously acquired shares in payment of the exercise price under clause (i) above may be accomplished either by actual delivery or by constructive delivery through attestation of ownership, subject to such rules as the Administrator may prescribe.

7.4 Maximum Term. The maximum term of Stock Options and SARs must not exceed ten (10) years from the date of grant (or five (5) years from the date of grant in the case of an ISO granted to a ten percent (10%) stockholder described in Section 7.2 above).

7.5 No Repricing. Except in connection with a corporate transaction involving the Company (which term includes, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares) or as otherwise contemplated by Section 8 below, the Company may not, without obtaining stockholder approval, (i) amend the terms of outstanding Stock Options or SARs to reduce the exercise price or base value of such Stock Options or SARs; (ii) cancel outstanding Stock Options or SARs in exchange for Stock Options or SARs that have an exercise price or base value that is less than the exercise price or base value of the original Stock Options or SARs; or (iii) cancel outstanding Stock Options or SARs that have an exercise price or base value greater than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of such cancellation in exchange for cash or other consideration.

 

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8.

EFFECT OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

8.1 Mergers, etc. Except as otherwise expressly provided in an Award Agreement or other agreement or by the Administrator, the following provisions will apply in the event of a Covered Transaction:

(a) Assumption or Substitution. If the Covered Transaction is one in which there is an acquiring or surviving entity, the Administrator may provide for (i) the assumption or continuation of some or all outstanding Awards or any portion thereof; or (ii) the grant of new awards in substitution therefor by the acquiror or survivor or an affiliate of the acquiror or survivor.

(b) Cash-Out of Awards. Subject to Section 8.1(e) below, the Administrator may provide for payment (a “cash-out”), with respect to some or all Awards or any portion thereof (including only the vested portion thereof, with the unvested portion terminating as provided in Section 8.1(d) below), equal in the case of each applicable Award or portion thereof to the excess, if any, of (i) the Fair Market Value of one (1) share of Stock multiplied by the number of shares of Stock subject to the Award or such portion, minus (ii) the aggregate exercise or purchase price, if any, of such Award or such portion thereof (or, in the case of a SAR, the aggregate base value above which appreciation is measured), in each case, on such payment and other terms and subject to such conditions (which need not be the same as the terms and conditions applicable to holders of Stock generally) as the Administrator determines, including that any amounts paid in respect of such Award in connection with the Covered Transaction be placed in escrow or otherwise made subject to such restrictions as the Administrator deems appropriate. For the avoidance of doubt, if the per-share exercise or purchase price (or base value) of an Award or portion thereof is equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value of one (1) share of Stock, such Award or portion may be cancelled with no payment due hereunder or otherwise in respect thereof.

(c) Acceleration of Certain Awards. Subject to Section 8.1(e) below, the Administrator may provide that any Award requiring exercise will become exercisable, in full or in part, and/or that the delivery of any shares of Stock remaining deliverable under any outstanding Award of Stock Units (including Restricted Stock Units and Performance Awards to the extent consisting of Stock Units) will be accelerated, in full or in part, in each case, on a basis that gives the holder of the Award a reasonable opportunity, as determined by the Administrator, following the exercise of the Award or the delivery of the shares, as the case may be, to participate as a stockholder in the Covered Transaction.

(d) Termination of Awards upon Consummation of Covered Transaction. Except as the Administrator may otherwise determine, each Award will automatically terminate (and in the case of outstanding shares of Restricted Stock, will automatically be forfeited) immediately upon the consummation of the Covered Transaction, other than (i) any Award that is assumed, continued or substituted for pursuant to Section 8.1(a) above, and (ii) any Award that by its terms, or as a result of action taken by the Administrator, continues following the Covered Transaction.

 

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(e) Additional Limitations. Any share of Stock and any cash or other property or other award delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a), Section 8.1(b) or Section 8.1(c) above with respect to an Award may, in the discretion of the Administrator, contain such restrictions, if any, as the Administrator deems appropriate, including to reflect any performance or other vesting conditions to which the Award was subject and that did not lapse (and were not satisfied) in connection with the Covered Transaction. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, a cash-out under Section 8.1(b) above or an acceleration under Section 8.1(c) above will not, in and of itself, be treated as the lapsing (or satisfaction) of a performance or other vesting condition. In the case of Restricted Stock that does not vest and is not forfeited in connection with the Covered Transaction, the Administrator may require that any amounts delivered, exchanged or otherwise paid in respect of such Stock in connection with the Covered Transaction be placed in escrow or otherwise made subject to such restrictions as the Administrator deems appropriate to carry out the intent of the Plan.

(f) Uniform Treatment. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrator need not treat Participants or Awards (or portions thereof) in a uniform manner, and may treat different Participants and/or Awards differently, in connection with a Covered Transaction.

8.2 Changes in and Distributions with Respect to Stock

(a) Basic Adjustment Provisions. In the event of a stock dividend, stock split or combination of shares (including a reverse stock split), recapitalization or other change in the Company’s capital structure that constitutes an equity restructuring within the meaning of the Accounting Rules, the Administrator will make appropriate adjustments to the maximum number of shares of Stock specified in Section 4.1 that may be delivered under the Plan, and will make appropriate adjustments to the number and kind of shares of stock or securities underlying Awards then outstanding or subsequently granted, any exercise or purchase prices (or base values) relating to Awards and any other provision of Awards affected by such change.

(b) Certain Other Adjustments. The Administrator may also make adjustments of the type described in Section 8.2(a) above to take into account distributions to stockholders other than those provided for in Sections 8.1 and 8.2(a), or any other event, if the Administrator determines that adjustments are appropriate to avoid distortion in the operation of the Plan or any Award.

(c) Continuing Application of Plan Terms. References in the Plan to shares of Stock will be construed to include any stock or securities resulting from an adjustment pursuant to this Section 8.

 

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9.

LEGAL CONDITIONS ON DELIVERY OF STOCK

The Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Stock pursuant to the Plan or to remove any restriction from shares of Stock previously delivered under the Plan until: (i) the Company is satisfied that all legal matters in connection with the issuance and delivery of such shares have been addressed and resolved; (ii) if the outstanding Stock is at the time of delivery listed on any stock exchange or national market system, the shares to be delivered have been listed or authorized to be listed on such exchange or system upon official notice of issuance; and (iii) all conditions of the Award have been satisfied or waived. The Company may require, as a condition to the exercise of an Award or the delivery of shares of Stock under an Award, such representations or agreements as counsel for the Company may consider appropriate to avoid violation of U.S. federal securities laws, or any applicable state or non-U.S. securities law. Any Stock delivered to Participants under the Plan will be evidenced in such manner as the Administrator determines appropriate, including book-entry registration or delivery of stock certificates. In the event that the Administrator determines that stock certificates will be issued in connection with Stock issued under the Plan, the Administrator may require that such certificates bear an appropriate legend reflecting any restriction on transfer applicable to such Stock, and the Company may hold the certificates pending the lapse of the applicable restrictions.

 

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AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

The Administrator may at any time or times amend the Plan or any outstanding Award for any purpose which may at the time be permitted by applicable law, and may at any time suspend or terminate the Plan as to any future grants of Awards; provided, however, that except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement, the Administrator may not, without the Participant’s consent, alter the terms of an Award so as to affect materially and adversely the Participant’s rights under the Award, unless the Administrator expressly reserved the right to do so in the applicable Award Agreement. Any amendments to the Plan will be conditioned upon stockholder approval only to the extent, if any, such approval is required by applicable law (including the Code), regulations or stock exchange requirements, as determined by the Administrator. For the avoidance of doubt, without limiting the Administrator’s rights hereunder, no adjustment to any Award pursuant to the terms of Section 8 or Section 13 will be treated as an amendment requiring a Participant’s consent.

 

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OTHER COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS

The existence of the Plan or the grant of any Award will not affect the right of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to grant any person bonuses or other compensation in addition to Awards under the Plan. The Company, in establishing and maintaining the Plan as a voluntary and unilateral undertaking, expressly disavows the creation of any rights in Participants or others claiming entitlement under the Plan or any obligations on the part of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or the Administrator, except as expressly provided herein. No Award will be deemed to be salary or compensation for the purpose of computing benefits under any employee benefit, severance, pension or retirement plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, unless the Administrator determines otherwise, applicable law provides otherwise or the terms of such plan expressly include such compensation.

 

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12.

MISCELLANEOUS

12.1 Waiver of Jury Trial. By accepting or being deemed to have accepted an Award under the Plan, each Participant waives (or will be deemed to have waived), to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, any right to a trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim concerning any rights under the Plan or any Award, or under any amendment, waiver, consent, instrument, document or other agreement delivered or which in the future may be delivered in connection therewith, and agrees (or will be deemed to have agreed) that any such action, proceedings or counterclaim will be tried before a court and not before a jury. By accepting or being deemed to have accepted an Award under the Plan, each Participant certifies that no officer, representative, or attorney of the Company has represented, expressly or otherwise, that the Company would not, in the event of any action, proceeding or counterclaim, seek to enforce the foregoing waivers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, nothing herein is to be construed as limiting the ability of the Company and a Participant to agree to submit any dispute arising under the terms of the Plan or any Award to binding arbitration or as limiting the ability of the Company to require any individual to agree to submit such disputes to binding arbitration as a condition of receiving an Award hereunder.

12.2 Limitation of Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or any Award, neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries, nor the Administrator, nor any person acting on behalf of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or the Administrator, will be liable to any Participant, to any permitted transferee, to the estate or beneficiary of any Participant or any permitted transferee, or to any other person by reason of any acceleration of income, any additional tax, or any penalty, interest or other liability asserted by reason of the failure of an Award to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 or Section 409A or by reason of Section 4999 of the Code, or otherwise asserted with respect to any Award.

12.3 Unfunded Plan. Neither the Plan nor any Award will create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and a Participant or any other person or entity. The Company’s obligations under the Plan are unfunded, and no Participant will have any right to specific assets of the Company in respect of any Award. Participants will be general unsecured creditors of the Company with respect to any amounts due or payable under the Plan.

12.4 Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award or Award Agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any applicable law (as determined by the Administrator), such provision will be construed or deemed amended to conform to such applicable law or laws in the manner that most closely reflects the original intent of the Award or the Plan, or if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without materially altering such intent (as determined by the Administrator), such provision will be construed or deemed stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award will remain in full force and effect.

 

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RULES FOR PARTICIPANTS IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS

The Administrator may at any time and from time to time (including before or after an Award is granted) establish, adopt or revise any rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or advisable for purposes of satisfying applicable blue sky, securities, tax or other laws of various jurisdictions, including by establishing one or more sub-plans, supplements or appendices under the Plan or any Award Agreement setting forth (i) such limitations on the Administrator’s

 

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discretion under the Plan and (ii) such additional or different terms and conditions, in each case, as the Administrator deems necessary or advisable. Any such sub-plan, supplement, appendix, rule or regulation will be deemed to be a part of the Plan but will apply only to Participants within the applicable jurisdiction (as determined by the Administrator); provided, however, that no sub-plan, supplement, appendix, rule or regulation established pursuant to this provision will increase the Share Pool.

 

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GOVERNING LAW

14.1 Certain Requirements of Corporate Law. Awards and shares of Stock will be granted, issued and administered consistent with the requirements of applicable Delaware law relating to the issuance of stock and the consideration to be received therefor, and with the applicable requirements of the stock exchanges or other trading systems on which the Stock is listed or entered for trading, in each case, as determined by the Administrator.

14.2 Other Matters. Except as otherwise provided by the express terms of an Award Agreement, under a sub-plan described in Section 13 or as provided in Section 14.1 above, the laws of the State of Delaware govern the provisions of the Plan and of Awards under the Plan and all claims or disputes arising out of or based upon the Plan or any Award under the Plan or relating to the subject matter hereof or thereof without giving effect to any choice or conflict of laws provision or rule that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

14.3 Jurisdiction. Subject to Section 12.1 and except as may be expressly set forth in an Award Agreement, by accepting (or being deemed to have accepted) an Award, each Participant agrees or will be deemed to have agreed to (i) submit irrevocably and unconditionally to the jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located within the geographic boundaries of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware for the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon the Plan or any Award; (ii) not commence any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon the Plan or any Award, except in the federal and state courts located within the geographic boundaries of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware; and (iii) waive, and not assert, by way of motion as a defense or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that he or she is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts that his or her property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that the Plan or any Award or the subject matter thereof may not be enforced in or by such court.

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Exhibit A

DEFINED TERMS

The following terms, when used in the Plan, have the meanings and are subject to the provisions set forth below:

Accounting Rules”: Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, or any successor provision.

Administrator”: The Compensation Committee, except with respect to such matters that are not delegated to the Compensation Committee by the Board (whether pursuant to committee charter or otherwise). The Compensation Committee (or the Board, with respect to such matters over which it retains authority under the Plan or otherwise) may delegate (i) to one or more of its members (or one or more other members of the Board) such of its duties, powers and responsibilities as it may determine; (ii) to one or more officers of the Company the power to grant Awards to the extent permitted by Section 152 or 157(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law; and (iii) to such Employees or other persons as it determines such ministerial tasks as it deems appropriate. For purposes of the Plan, the term “Administrator” will include the Board, the Compensation Committee, and the person or persons delegated authority under the Plan to the extent of such delegation, as applicable.

Award”: Any or a combination of the following:

(i) Stock Options.

(ii) SARs.

(iii) Restricted Stock.

(iv) Unrestricted Stock.

(v) Stock Units, including Restricted Stock Units.

(vi) Performance Awards.

(vii) Awards (other than Awards described in (i) through (vii) above) that are convertible into or otherwise based on Stock.

Board”: The board of directors of the Company.

Cause”: In the case of a Participant who is party to a currently effective employment, consulting, advisory, separation, severance or other agreement with the Company or any of its subsidiaries in which “cause” (or a similar term) is defined, “Cause” means the occurrence of any circumstance constituting “cause” (or such similar term) pursuant to the terms of such agreement. In every other case, “Cause” means the occurrence of any of the following, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion: (i) the Participant’s material failure to perform (other than by reason of disability), or substantial negligence or misconduct in the performance of, the


Participant’s duties and responsibilities for the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (ii) the Participant’s breach of any confidentiality, invention assignment, non-competition, non-solicitation, no-hire, non-disparagement or other restrictive covenant obligation set forth in any written agreement by and between the Participant and the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (iii) the Participant’s material breach of any other provision of any written agreement by and between the Participant and the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (iv) the Participant’s material violation of any applicable policy or code of conduct of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (v) the Participant’s indictment for or commission of, or plea of nolo contendere to, any felony or any crime involving moral turpitude; or (vi) other conduct by the Participant that is or reasonably could be expected to be harmful to the business interests or reputation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; provided, that if the Administrator determines, following termination of the Participant’s employment or other service for any reason other than Cause, that such termination could have been for Cause, then the Participant’s employment will be deemed to have been terminated for Cause for all purposes hereunder, retroactive to the date of such Participant’s termination of employment or other service.

Change of Control”: The occurrence of any of the following events:

(i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities;

(ii) the consummation by the Company of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation (in substantially the same proportions relative to each other as immediately prior to the transaction); or

(iii) the consummation of a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (it being understood that the sale or spinoff of one or more divisions of the Company will not necessarily constitute the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets).

Further, for the avoidance of doubt, a transaction will not constitute a Change of Control if: (y) its sole purpose is to change the state of the Company’s incorporation; or (z) its sole purpose is to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Company’s securities immediately before such transaction.

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

 

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Code”: The U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to time amended and in effect, or any successor statute as from time to time in effect, including any applicable regulations and guidance thereunder.

Company”: Altus Power, Inc.

Compensation Committee”: The compensation committee of the Board.

Covered Transaction”: Any of (i) a consolidation, merger or similar transaction or series of related transactions, including a sale or other disposition of stock, in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or which results in the acquisition of all or substantially all of the Company’s then outstanding common stock by a single person or entity or by a group of persons and/or entities acting in concert; (ii) a sale or transfer of all or substantially all the Company’s assets; (iii) a Change of Control; or (iv) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company. Where a Covered Transaction involves a tender offer that is reasonably expected to be followed by a merger described in clause (i) (as determined by the Administrator), the Covered Transaction will be deemed to have occurred upon consummation of the tender offer.

Date of Adoption”: The earlier of the date the Plan was approved by the Company’s stockholders or adopted by the Board, as determined by the Compensation Committee.

Director”: A member of the Board who is not an Employee.

Disability”: In the case of any Participant who is party to a currently effective employment, consulting, advisory, separation, severance or other agreement with the Company or any of its subsidiaries in which “disability” (or a similar term) is defined, “Disability” means the occurrence of a “disability” (or such similar term) pursuant to the terms of such agreement. In every other case, “Disability” means, as determined by the Administrator, the Participant’s absence from work for a period in excess of one hundred eighty (180) days in any twelve- (12) month period due to a disability that would entitle the Participant to receive benefits under the Company’s long-term disability program as in effect from time to time (if the Participant were a participant in such program).

Employee”: Any person who is employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

Employment”: A Participant’s employment or other service relationship with the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Employment will be deemed to continue, unless the Administrator otherwise determines, so long as the Participant is employed by, or otherwise is providing services in a capacity described in Section 5 to, the Company or any of its subsidiaries; provided, that Employment, with respect to a Participant who receives an Award as an Employee, refers only to such Participant’s service as an Employee, except as the Administrator otherwise determines. If a Participant’s employment or other service relationship is with any subsidiary of the Company and that entity ceases to be a subsidiary of the Company, the Participant’s Employment will be deemed to have terminated when the entity ceases to be a subsidiary of the Company unless the Participant transfers Employment to the Company or one of its remaining subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in construing the provisions of any Award relating to the payment of “nonqualified deferred compensation” (subject to Section 409A) upon a termination or cessation of Employment, references to termination or cessation of employment,

 

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separation from service, retirement or similar or correlative terms will be construed to require a “separation from service” (as that term is defined in Treasury Regulation § Section 1.409A-1(h), after giving effect to the presumptions contained therein) from the Company and from all other corporations and trades or businesses, if any, that would be treated as a single “service recipient” with the Company under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(h)(3). The Company may, but need not, elect in writing, subject to the applicable limitations under Section 409A, any of the special elective rules prescribed in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(h) for purposes of determining whether a “separation from service” has occurred. Any such written election will be deemed a part of the Plan.

Exchange Act”: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Fair Market Value”: As of a particular date, (i) the closing price for a share of Stock reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market (or any other national securities exchange on which the Stock is then listed) for that date or, if no closing price is reported for that date, the closing price on the immediately preceding date on which a closing price was reported; or (ii) in the event that the Stock is not traded on a national securities exchange, the fair market value of a share of Stock determined by the Administrator consistent with the rules of Section 422 and Section 409A to the extent applicable.

ISO”: A Stock Option intended to be an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422. Each Stock Option granted pursuant to the Plan will be treated as providing by its terms that it is to be an NSO unless, as of the date of grant, it is expressly designated as an ISO in the applicable Award Agreement.

NSO”: A Stock Option that is not intended to be an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422.

Participant”: A person who is granted an Award under the Plan.

Performance Award”: An Award subject to performance vesting conditions, which may include Performance Criteria.

Performance Criteria”: Specified criteria, other than the mere continuation of Employment or the mere passage of time, the satisfaction of which is a condition for the grant, exercisability, vesting or full enjoyment of an Award. A Performance Criterion and any targets with respect thereto need not be based upon an increase, a positive or improved result or avoidance of loss and may be applied to a Participant individually, or to a business unit or division of the Company or to the Company as a whole. A Performance Criterion may also be based on individual performance and/or subjective performance criteria. The Administrator may provide that one or more of the Performance Criteria applicable to an Award will be adjusted in a manner to reflect events (for example, but without limitation, acquisitions or dispositions) occurring during the performance period that affect the applicable Performance Criterion or Criteria.

Plan”: The Altus Power, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as from time to time amended and in effect.

 

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Restricted Stock”: Stock subject to restrictions requiring that it be forfeited, redelivered or offered for sale to the Company if specified performance or other vesting conditions are not satisfied.

Restricted Stock Unit”: A Stock Unit that is, or as to which the delivery of Stock or of cash in lieu of Stock is, subject to the satisfaction of specified performance or other vesting conditions.

SAR”: A right entitling the holder upon exercise to receive an amount (payable in cash or in shares of Stock of equivalent value) equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock subject to the right over the base value from which appreciation under the SAR is to be measured.

Section 409A”: Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

Section 422”: Section 422 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

Stock”: the Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, excluding, however, any share of Class A common stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any shares of Class B Stock.

Stock Option”: An option entitling the holder to acquire shares of Stock upon payment of the exercise price.

Stock Unit”: An unfunded and unsecured promise, denominated in shares of Stock, to deliver Stock or cash measured by the value of Stock in the future.

Substitute Awards”: Awards granted under the Plan in substitution for one or more equity awards of an acquired company that are converted, replaced or adjusted in connection with the acquisition.

Unrestricted Stock”: Stock not subject to any restrictions under the terms of the Award.

 

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Exhibit 10.11

ALTUS POWER, INC.

2021 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

1. General; Purpose.

(a) Purpose. The Plan provides a means by which Eligible Employees and/or Eligible Service Providers of either the Company or a Designated Company may be given an opportunity to purchase Shares. The Plan permits the Company to grant a series of Purchase Rights to Eligible Employees and/or Eligible Service Providers. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain and assist its Related Corporations and Affiliates in retaining the services of such Eligible Employees and Eligible Service Providers, to secure and retain the services of new Eligible Employees and Eligible Service Providers and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its Related Corporations and Affiliates.

(b) Qualified and Non-Qualified Offerings Permitted. The Plan includes two components: a 423 Component and a Non-423 Component. The Company intends (but makes no undertaking or representation to maintain) the 423 Component to qualify as an Employee Share Purchase Plan. The provisions of the 423 Component, accordingly, will be construed in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code, including without limitation, to extend and limit Plan participation in a uniform and non-discriminatory basis. In addition, the Plan authorizes grants of Purchase Rights under the Non-423 Component that do not meet the requirements of an Employee Share Purchase Plan. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or determined by the Board, the Non-423 Component will operate and be administered in the same manner as the 423 Component. In addition, the Company may make separate Offerings which vary in terms (provided that such terms are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan or the requirements of an Employee Share Purchase Plan, except in each case with respect to a Non-423 Component), and the Company will designate which Designated Company is participating in each separate Offering and if any Eligible Service Providers will be eligible to participate in a separate Offering. Eligible Employees will be able to participate in either the 423 Component or the Non-423 Component of the Plan. Eligible Service Providers will only be able to participate in the Non-423 Component of the Plan.

2. Administration.

(a) The Board will administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees, as provided in Section 2(c).

(b) The Board will have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:

(i) To determine how and when Purchase Rights will be granted and the provisions of each Offering (which need not be identical).

(ii) To designate from time to time which Related Corporations will be eligible to participate in the Plan as Designated 423 Corporations or as Designated Non-423 Corporations, which Affiliates will be eligible to participate in the Plan as Designated Non-423 Corporations, and which Designated Companies will participate in each separate Offering (to the extent that the Company makes separate Offerings).


(iii) To designate from time to time which persons will be eligible to participate in the Non-423 Component of the Plan as Eligible Service Providers and which Eligible Service Providers will participate in each separate Offering (to the extent that the Company makes separate Offerings).

(iv) To construe and interpret the Plan and Purchase Rights, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan, in a manner and to the extent it deems necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective.

(v) To settle all controversies regarding the Plan and Purchase Rights granted under the Plan.

(vi) To suspend or terminate the Plan at any time as provided in Section 12.

(vii) To amend the Plan at any time as provided in Section 12.

(viii) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as it deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company, its Related Corporations, and Affiliates and to carry out the intent that the 423 Component be treated as an Employee Share Purchase Plan.

(ix) To adopt such rules, procedures and sub-plans relating to the operation and administration of the Plan as are necessary or appropriate under Applicable Laws to permit or facilitate participation in the Plan by Employees or Eligible Service Providers who are non-U.S. nationals or employed or providing services or located or otherwise subject to the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States. Without limiting the generality of, but consistent with, the foregoing, the Board specifically is authorized to adopt rules, procedures, and sub-plans, which, for purposes of the Non-423 Component, may be beyond the scope of Section 423 of the Code, regarding, without limitation, eligibility to participate in the Plan, handling and making of Contributions, establishment of bank or trust accounts to hold Contributions, payment of interest, conversion of local currency, obligations to pay payroll tax, determination of beneficiary designation requirements, withholding procedures and handling of share issuances, any of which may vary according to Applicable Laws.

(c) The Board may delegate some or all of the administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees. If administration is delegated to a Committee, the Committee will have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board that have been delegated to the Committee, including the power to delegate to a subcommittee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and references in the Plan to the Board will thereafter be to the Committee or subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board and Applicable Laws. The Board may retain the authority to concurrently administer the Plan with the Committee and may, at any time, revest in the Board some or all of the powers previously delegated. Whether or not the Board has delegated administration of the Plan to a Committee, the Board will have the final power to determine all questions of policy and expediency that may arise in the administration of the Plan.

(d) All determinations, interpretations and constructions made by the Board in good faith will not be subject to review by any person and will be final, binding and conclusive on all persons.

 

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3. Shares Subject to the Plan.

(a) Number of Shares Available; Automatic Increases. Subject to the provisions of Section 11(a) relating to Capitalization Adjustments, the maximum number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan is 1,536,488 Shares (the “Initial Share Pool”). The Initial Share Pool will automatically increase on January 1 of each year from 2022 to 2031 by the lesser of (i) one percent (1%) of the number of Shares outstanding as of the close of business on the immediately preceding December 31 and (ii) the number of Shares determined by the Board prior to such date for such year, up to a maximum of 1,536,488 Shares in the aggregate.

(b) Share Recycling. If any Purchase Right granted under the Plan terminates without having been exercised in full, the Shares not purchased under such Purchase Right will again become available for issuance under the Plan.

(c) Source of Shares. The Shares purchasable under the Plan will be authorized but unissued or reacquired Shares, including shares repurchased by the Company on the open market.

4. Grant of Purchase Rights; Offering.

(a) Offerings. The Board may from time to time grant or provide for the grant of Purchase Rights to Eligible Employees and/or Eligible Service Providers under an Offering (consisting of one or more Purchase Periods) on an Offering Date or Offering Dates selected by the Board. Each Offering will be in such form and will contain such terms and conditions as the Board will deem appropriate, and, with respect to the 423 Component, will comply with the requirement of Section 423(b)(5) of the Code that all Employees granted Purchase Rights will have the same rights and privileges. The terms and conditions of an Offering will be incorporated by reference into the Plan and treated as part of the Plan. The provisions of separate Offerings need not be identical, but each Offering will include (through incorporation of the provisions of the Plan by reference in the Offering Document or otherwise) the period during which the Offering will be effective, which period will not exceed 27 months beginning with the Offering Date, and the substance of the provisions contained in Sections 5 through 8, inclusive.

(b) More than One Purchase Right. If a Participant has more than one Purchase Right outstanding under the Plan, unless he or she otherwise indicates in forms delivered to the Company: (i) each form will apply to all of his or her Purchase Rights under the Plan, and (ii) a Purchase Right with a lower exercise price (or an earlier-granted Purchase Right, if different Purchase Rights have identical exercise prices) will be exercised to the fullest possible extent before a Purchase Right with a higher exercise price (or a later-granted Purchase Right if different Purchase Rights have identical exercise prices) will be exercised.

(c) Restart Provision Permitted. To the extent more than one Purchase Period is provided during an Offering, the Board will have the discretion to structure such Offering so that if the Fair Market Value of a Share on the first Trading Day of a new Purchase Period within that Offering is less than or equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Offering Date for that Offering, then (i) that Offering will terminate as of the Purchase Date specified with respect to such Purchase Period, after giving effect to such purchase on the applicable Purchase Date, (ii) all Contribution amounts not applied to the purchase of Shares after giving effect to such purchase on the applicable Purchase Date shall be refunded to the applicable Participants and (iii) the Participants in such terminated Offering will be automatically enrolled in a new Offering beginning on the first Trading Day of such new Offering Period and Purchase Period.

 

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5. Eligibility.

(a) General. Purchase Rights may be granted only to Employees of the Company or, as the Board may designate in accordance with Section 2(b), to Employees of a Related Corporation or, solely with respect to the Non-423 Component, Employees of an Affiliate and/or Eligible Service Providers.

(b) Grant of Purchase Rights in Ongoing Offering. The Board may provide that Employees will not be eligible to be granted Purchase Rights under the Plan if, on the Offering Date, the Employee (i) has not completed at least two (2) years of service since the Employee’s last hire date (or such lesser period of time as may be determined by the Board in its discretion), (ii) customarily works not more than twenty (20) hours per week (or such lesser period of time as may be determined by the Board in its discretion), (iii) customarily works not more than five (5) months per calendar year (or such lesser period of time as may be determined by the Board in its discretion), (iv) is a highly compensated employee within the meaning of Section 423(b)(4)(D) of the Code, or (v) has not satisfied such other criteria as the Board may determine consistent with Section 423 of the Code. Unless otherwise determined by the Board for any Offering Period, an Employee will not be eligible to be granted Purchase Rights unless, on the Offering Date, the Employee customarily works more than twenty (20) hours per week and more than five (5) months per calendar year.

(c) 5% Stockholders Excluded. No Employee will be eligible for the grant of any Purchase Rights if, immediately after any such Purchase Rights are granted, such Employee will own stock possessing five (5) percent or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Related Corporation. For purposes of this Section 5(c), the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code will apply in determining the stock ownership of any Employee, and stock which such Employee may purchase under all outstanding Purchase Rights and options will be treated as stock owned by such Employee.

(d) $25,000 Limit. As specified by Section 423(b)(8) of the Code, an Eligible Employee may be granted Purchase Rights only if such Purchase Rights, together with any other rights granted under all Employee Share Purchase Plans of the Company and any Related Corporations, do not permit such Eligible Employee’s rights to purchase stock of the Company or any Related Corporation to accrue at a rate which, when aggregated, exceeds U.S. $25,000 of Fair Market Value of such stock (determined at the time such rights are granted, and which, with respect to the Plan, will be determined as of their respective Offering Dates) for each calendar year in which such rights are outstanding at any time.

(e) Service Requirement. An Eligible Service Provider will not be eligible to be granted Purchase Rights unless the Eligible Service Provider is providing bona fide services to the Company or a Designated Company on the applicable Offering Date.

(f) Non-423 Component Offerings. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein except for Section 5(e) above, the Board may establish additional eligibility requirements, or fewer eligibility requirements, for Employees and/or Eligible Service Providers with respect to Offerings made under the Non-423 Component even if such requirements are not consistent with Section 423 of the Code.

6. Purchase Rights; Purchase Price.

(a) Grant and Maximum Contribution Rate. On each Offering Date, each Eligible Employee or Eligible Service Provider, pursuant to an Offering made under the Plan, will be granted a Purchase Right to purchase up to that number of Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) purchasable either with a percentage of such employee’s earnings or with a maximum dollar amount, as

 

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designated by the Board; provided however, that in the case of Eligible Employees, such percentage or maximum dollar amount will in either case not exceed 15% of such Employee’s earnings (as defined by the Board in each Offering) during the period that begins on the Offering Date (or such later date as the Board determines for a particular Offering) and ends on the date stated in the Offering, which date will be no later than the end of the Offering, unless otherwise provided for in an Offering.

(b) Purchase Dates. The Board will establish one or more Purchase Dates during an Offering on which Purchase Rights granted for that Offering will be exercised and Shares will be purchased in accordance with such Offering.

(c) Other Purchase Limitations. Subject to Section 5(d) herein, in connection with each Offering made under the Plan, the Board may specify (i) a maximum number of Shares that may be purchased by any Participant on any Purchase Date during such Offering, (ii) a maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be purchased by all Participants pursuant to such Offering, and (iii) a maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be purchased by all Participants on any Purchase Date under the Offering. If the aggregate purchase of Shares issuable on exercise of Purchase Rights granted under the Offering would exceed any such maximum aggregate number, then, in the absence of any Board action otherwise, a pro rata (based on each Participant’s accumulated Contributions) allocation of the Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) available will be made in as nearly a uniform manner as will be practicable and equitable.

(d) Purchase Price. The purchase price of Shares acquired pursuant to Purchase Rights will be not less than the lesser of:

(i) an amount equal to 85% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the Offering Date; or

(ii) an amount equal to 85% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the applicable Purchase Date.

7. Participation; Withdrawal; Termination.

(a) Enrollment. An Eligible Employee may elect to authorize payroll deductions as the means of making Contributions by completing and delivering to the Company, within the time specified by the Company, an enrollment form provided by the Company or any third party designated by the Company (each, a “Company Designee”). The enrollment form will specify the amount of Contributions not to exceed the maximum amount specified by the Board. Each Participant’s Contributions will be credited to a bookkeeping account for such Participant under the Plan and will be deposited with the general funds of the Company except where Applicable Laws require that Contributions be deposited with a Company Designee or otherwise be segregated.

(b) Contributions. If permitted in the Offering, a Participant may begin Contributions with the first payroll or payment date occurring on or after the Offering Date (or, in the case of a payroll date or payment date that occurs after the end of the prior Offering but before the Offering Date of the next new Offering, Contributions from such payroll or payment will be included in the new Offering) or on such other date as set forth in the Offering. If permitted in the Offering, a Participant may thereafter reduce (including to zero) or increase his or her Contributions. If required under Applicable Laws or if specifically provided in the Offering, in addition to or instead of making Contributions by payroll deductions, a Participant may make Contributions through a payment by cash, check, or wire transfer prior to a Purchase Date, in a manner directed by the Company or a Company Designee.

 

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(c) Withdrawals. During an Offering, a Participant may cease making Contributions and withdraw from the Offering by delivering to the Company or a Company Designee a withdrawal form provided by the Company. The Company may impose a deadline before a Purchase Date for withdrawing. On such withdrawal, such Participant’s Purchase Right in that Offering will immediately terminate and the Company will distribute as soon as practicable to such Participant all of his or her accumulated but unused Contributions without interest and such Participant’s Purchase Right in that Offering will then terminate. A Participant’s withdrawal from that Offering will have no effect on his or her eligibility to participate in any other Offerings under the Plan, but such Participant will be required to deliver a new enrollment form to participate in subsequent Offerings.

(d) Termination of Eligibility. Purchase Rights granted pursuant to any Offering under the Plan will terminate immediately if the Participant either (i) is no longer an Eligible Employee or Eligible Service Provider for any reason or for no reason, or (ii) is otherwise no longer eligible to participate. The Company shall have the exclusive discretion to determine when the Participant is no longer actively providing services and the date of the termination of employment or service for purposes of the Plan. As soon as practicable, the Company will distribute to such individual all of his or her accumulated but unused Contributions without interest.

(e) Leave of Absence. For purposes of this Section 7, an Employee will not be deemed to have terminated employment or failed to remain in the continuous employ of the Company or of a Designated Company in the case of sick leave, military leave, or any other leave of absence approved by the Company; provided that such leave is for a period of not more than three (3) months or reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute. The Company will have sole discretion to determine whether a Participant has terminated employment and the effective date on which the Participant terminated employment, regardless of any notice period or garden leave required under local law.

(f) Employment Transfers. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, a Participant whose employment transfers or whose employment terminates with an immediate rehire (with no break in service) by or between the Company and a Designated Company or between Designated Companies will not be treated as having terminated employment for purposes of participating in the Plan or an Offering; however, if a Participant transfers from an Offering under the 423 Component to an Offering under the Non-423 Component, the exercise of the Participant’s Purchase Right will be qualified under the 423 Component only to the extent such exercise complies with Section 423 of the Code. If a Participant transfers from an Offering under the Non-423 Component to an Offering under the 423 Component, the exercise of the Purchase Right will remain non-qualified under the Non-423 Component. In the event that a Participant’s Purchase Right is terminated under the Plan, the Company will distribute as soon as practicable to such individual all of his or her accumulated but unused Contributions.

(g) No Transfers of Purchase Rights. During a Participant’s lifetime, Purchase Rights will be exercisable only by such Participant. Purchase Rights are not transferable by a Participant, except by will, by the laws of descent and distribution, or, if permitted by the Company, by a beneficiary designation as described in Section 10.

(h) No Interest. Unless otherwise specified in the Offering or required by Applicable Law, the Company will have no obligation to pay interest on Contributions.

8. Exercise of Purchase Rights.

(a) On each Purchase Date, each Participant’s accumulated Contributions will be applied to the purchase of Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share), up to the maximum number of Shares permitted by the Plan and the applicable Offering, at the purchase price specified in the Offering. No fractional shares will be issued unless specifically provided for in the Offering.

 

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(b) Unless otherwise provided in the Offering, if any amount of accumulated Contributions remains in a Participant’s account after the purchase of Shares on the final Purchase Date in an Offering, then such remaining amount will roll over to the next Offering.

(c) No Purchase Rights may be exercised to any extent unless the Shares to be issued on such exercise under the Plan are covered by an effective registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act and the Plan is in material compliance with all Applicable Laws. If on a Purchase Date the Shares are not so registered or the Plan is not in such compliance, no Purchase Rights will be exercised on such Purchase Date, and the Purchase Date will be delayed until the Shares are subject to such an effective registration statement and the Plan is in material compliance, except that the Purchase Date will in no event be more than three (3) months from the original Purchase Date. If, on the Purchase Date, as delayed to the maximum extent permissible under the Plan, the Shares are not registered and the Plan is not in material compliance with all Applicable Laws, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, no Purchase Rights will be exercised and all accumulated but unused Contributions will be distributed as soon as practicable to the Participants without interest.

9. Covenants of the Company. The Company will seek to obtain from each U.S. federal or state, non-U.S. or other regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to grant Purchase Rights and issue and sell Shares thereunder unless the Company determines, in its sole discretion, that doing so would cause the Company to incur costs that are unreasonable. If, after commercially reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain the authority that counsel for the Company deems necessary for the grant of Purchase Rights or the lawful issuance and sale of Shares under the Plan, and at a commercially reasonable cost, the Company will be relieved from any liability for failure to grant Purchase Rights or to issue and sell Shares on exercise of such Purchase Rights.

10. Designation of Beneficiary.

(a) The Company may, but is not obligated to, permit a Participant to submit a form designating a beneficiary who will receive any Shares or Contributions from the Participant’s account under the Plan if the Participant dies before such shares or Contributions are delivered to the Participant. The Company may, but is not obligated to, permit the Participant to change such designation of beneficiary. Any such designation or change must be on a form approved by the Company or as approved by the Company for use by a Company Designee.

(b) If a Participant dies, in the absence of a valid beneficiary designation, the Company will deliver any Shares and Contributions to the executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant. If no executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its sole discretion, may deliver such Shares and Contributions, without interest, to the Participant’s spouse, dependents or relatives, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate.

11. Capitalization Adjustments; Dissolution or Liquidation; Corporate Transactions.

(a) Capitalization Adjustment. In the event of a Capitalization Adjustment, the Board will appropriately and proportionately adjust: (i) the class(es) and maximum number of securities subject to the Plan pursuant to Section 3(a), (ii) the class(es) and maximum number of securities by which the share reserve is to increase automatically each year pursuant to Section 3(a), (iii) the class(es) and number of securities subject to, and the purchase price applicable to outstanding Offerings and Purchase Rights, and (iv) the class(es) and number of securities that are the subject of the purchase limits under each ongoing Offering. The Board will make these adjustments, and its determination will be final, binding, and conclusive.

 

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(b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Board will shorten any Offering then in progress by setting a New Purchase Date prior to the consummation of such proposed dissolution or liquidation. The Board will notify each Participant in writing, prior to the New Purchase Date that the Purchase Date for the Participant’s Purchase Rights has been changed to the New Purchase Date and that such Purchase Rights will be automatically exercised on the New Purchase Date, unless prior to such date the Participant has withdrawn from the Offering as provided in Section 7.

(c) Corporate Transaction. In the event of a Corporate Transaction, then: (i) any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or the surviving or acquiring corporation’s parent company) may assume or continue outstanding Purchase Rights or may substitute similar rights (including a right to acquire the same consideration paid to the stockholders in the Corporate Transaction) for outstanding Purchase Rights, or (ii) if any surviving or acquiring corporation (or its parent company) does not agree to assume or continue such Purchase Rights or does not substitute similar rights for such Purchase Rights, then the Participants’ accumulated Contributions will be used to purchase Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) prior to the Corporate Transaction under the outstanding Purchase Rights (with such actual date to be determined by the Board in its sole discretion), and the Purchase Rights will terminate immediately after such purchase. The Board will notify each Participant in writing, prior to the New Purchase Date that the Purchase Date for the Participant’s Purchase Rights has been changed to the New Purchase Date and that such Purchase Rights will be automatically exercised on the New Purchase Date, unless prior to such date the Participant has withdrawn from the Offering as provided in Section 7.

(d) Spin-Off. In the event of a spin-off or similar transaction involving the Company, the Board may take actions deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with an ongoing Offering and subject to compliance with Applicable Laws (including the assumption of Purchase Rights under an ongoing Offering by the spun-off company, or shortening an Offering and scheduling a new Purchase Date prior to the closing of such transaction). In the absence of any such action by the Board, a Participant in an ongoing Offering whose employer ceases to qualify as a Related Corporation as of the closing of a spin-off or similar transaction will be treated in the same manner as if the Participant had terminated employment (as provided in Section 7(d)).

12. Amendment, Termination or Suspension of the Plan.

(a) Plan Amendment. The Board may amend the Plan at any time in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable. However, except as provided in Section 11(a) relating to Capitalization Adjustments, stockholder approval will be required for any amendment of the Plan for which stockholder approval is required by Applicable Laws, including any amendment that either (i) increases the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan, (ii) expands the class of individuals eligible to become Participants and receive Purchase Rights, (iii) materially increases the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan or reduces the price at which Shares may be purchased under the Plan, (iv) extends the term of the Plan, or (v) expands the types of awards available for issuance under the Plan, but in each of (i) through (v) above only to the extent stockholder approval is required by Applicable Laws.

(b) Suspension or Termination. The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. No Purchase Rights may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.

 

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(c) No Impairment of Rights. Any benefits, privileges, entitlements, and obligations under any outstanding Purchase Rights granted before an amendment, suspension, or termination of the Plan will not be materially impaired by any such amendment, suspension, or termination except (i) with the consent of the person to whom such Purchase Rights were granted, (ii) as necessary to comply with any laws, listing requirements, or governmental regulations (including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 423 of the Code and the regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder relating to Employee Share Purchase Plans) including without limitation any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued or amended after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board, or (iii) as necessary to obtain or maintain any special tax, listing, or regulatory treatment; provided that, any action taken pursuant to Section 11 herein shall not be treated as an amendment giving rise to impairment hereunder. To be clear, the Board may amend outstanding Purchase Rights without a Participant’s consent (1) if such amendment is necessary to ensure that the Purchase Right or the 423 Component complies with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code, or (2) as reserved pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

(d) Corrections and Administrative Procedures. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Board will be entitled to: (i) permit Contributions in excess of the amount designated by a Participant in order to adjust for mistakes in the Company’s processing of properly completed Contribution elections; (ii) establish reasonable waiting and adjustment periods and/or accounting and crediting procedures to ensure that amounts applied toward the purchase of Shares for each Participant properly correspond with amounts withheld from the Participant’s Contributions; (iii) amend any outstanding Purchase Rights or clarify any ambiguities regarding the terms of any Offering to enable the Purchase Rights to qualify under and/or comply with Section 423 of the Code; and (iv) establish other limitations or procedures as the Board determines in its sole discretion advisable that are consistent with the Plan. The actions of the Board pursuant to this paragraph will not be considered to alter or impair any Purchase Rights granted under an Offering as they are part of the initial terms of each Offering and the Purchase Rights granted under each Offering.

13. Tax Matters.

(a) Section 409A of the Code. Purchase Rights granted under the 423 Component are intended to be exempt from the application of Section 409A of the Code under U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(ii). Purchase Rights granted under the Non-423 Component to U.S. taxpayers are intended to be exempt from the application of Section 409A of the Code under the short-term deferral exception and any ambiguities will be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. Subject to Section 13(b) below, Purchase Rights granted to U.S. taxpayers under the Non-423 Component will be subject to such terms and conditions that will permit such Purchase Rights to satisfy the requirements of the short-term deferral exception available under Section 409A of the Code, including the requirement that the shares subject to a Purchase Right be delivered within the short-term deferral period. Subject to Section 13(b) below, in the case of a Participant who would otherwise be subject to Section 409A of the Code, to the extent the Board determines that a Purchase Right or the exercise, payment, settlement, or deferral thereof is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Purchase Right will be granted, exercised, paid, settled, or deferred in a manner that will comply with Section 409A of the Code, including U.S. Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including, without limitation, any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued after the adoption of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will have no liability to a Participant or any other party if a Purchase Right that is intended to be exempt from or compliant with Section 409A of the Code is not so exempt or compliant or for any action taken by the Board with respect thereto and in no event will the Company, any Related Corporation or any Affiliate be liable for all or any portion of any taxes, penalties, interest or other expenses that may be incurred by a Participant on account of non-compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

 

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(b) No Guarantee of Tax Treatment. Although the Company may endeavor to (i) qualify a Purchase Right for special tax treatment under the laws of the United States or jurisdictions outside of the United States, or (ii) avoid adverse tax treatment (e.g., under Section 409A of the Code), the Company makes no representation to that effect and expressly disavows any covenant to maintain special or to avoid unfavorable tax treatment, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, including Section 13(a) above. The Company will be unconstrained in its corporate activities without regard to the potential negative tax impact on Participants under the Plan.

14. Tax Withholding. The Participant will make adequate provision to satisfy the Tax-Related Items withholding obligations, if any, of the Company and/or the applicable Designated Company which arise with respect to Participant’s participation in the Plan or upon the disposition of the Shares. The Company and/or the Designated Company may, but will not be obligated to, withhold from the Participant’s compensation or any other payments due the Participant the amount necessary to meet such withholding obligations, withhold a sufficient whole number of Shares issued following exercise having an aggregate value sufficient to pay the Tax-Related Items or withhold from the proceeds of the sale of Shares, either through a voluntary sale or a mandatory sale arranged by the Company or any other method of withholding that the Company and/or the Designated Company deems appropriate. The Company and/or the Designated Company will have the right to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company or a Designated Company to satisfy withholding and/or reporting obligations for such Tax-Related Items. The Company shall not be required to issue any Shares under the Plan until such obligations are satisfied.

15. Effective Date of Plan. The Plan will become effective on the Effective Date. No Purchase Rights will be exercised unless and until the Plan (or any amendment under Section 12(a) above) has been approved by the stockholders of the Company, which approval must be within 12 months before or after the date the Plan is adopted (or, if required under Section 12(a) above, amended) by the Board.

16. Miscellaneous Provisions.

(a) Proceeds from the sale of Shares pursuant to Purchase Rights will constitute general funds of the Company.

(b) A Participant will not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, Shares subject to Purchase Rights unless and until the Participant’s Shares acquired on exercise of Purchase Rights are recorded in the books of the Company (or its transfer agent).

(c) The Plan and Offering do not constitute an employment or service contract. Nothing in the Plan or in the Offering will in any way alter the at-will nature of a Participant’s employment, if applicable, or be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on the part of any Participant to continue his or her employment or service relationship with the Company, a Related Corporation, or an Affiliate, or on the part of the Company, a Related Corporation, or an Affiliate to continue the employment or service of a Participant.

(d) The provisions of the Plan will be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without resort to its conflicts of laws rules. All disputes relating to the Plan and all Awards or agreements based on or pursuant to the Plan shall be submitted exclusively to the competent court in Delaware.

(e) If any particular provision of the Plan is found to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, such provision will not affect the other provisions of the Plan, but the Plan will be construed in all respects as if such invalid provision were omitted.

 

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(f) If any provision of the Plan does not comply with Applicable Laws, such provision will be construed in such a manner as to comply with Applicable Laws.

17. Definitions. As used in the Plan, the following definitions will apply to the capitalized terms indicated below:

(a) “423 Component” means the part of the Plan, which excludes the Non-423 Component, pursuant to which Purchase Rights that satisfy the requirements for an Employee Share Purchase Plan may be granted to Eligible Employees.

(b) “Affiliate” means any entity, other than a Related Corporation, in which the Company has an equity or other ownership interest or that is directly or indirectly controlled by, controls, or is under common control with the Company, in all cases, as determined by the Board, whether now or hereafter existing.

(c) “Applicable Laws” means all applicable laws, rules, regulations and requirements, including, but not limited to, all applicable U.S. federal or state laws, rules and regulations, the rules and regulations of any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Shares are listed or quoted, and the applicable laws, rules and regulations of any other country or jurisdiction where Purchase Rights are, or will be, granted under the Plan or Participants reside or provide services to the Company or any Related Corporation or Affiliate, as such laws, rules, and regulations shall be in effect from time to time.

(d) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(e) “Capitalization Adjustment” means any change that is made in, or other events that occur with respect to, the Shares subject to the Plan or subject to any Purchase Right after the Effective Date without the receipt of consideration by the Company through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, large nonrecurring cash dividend, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other similar equity restructuring transaction, as that term is used in Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (or any successor thereto). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the conversion of any convertible securities of the Company (including shares of Class B Stock) will not be treated as a Capitalization Adjustment.

(f) “Class B Stock” means the Class B common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share.

(g) “Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including any applicable regulations and guidance thereunder.

(h) “Committee” means a committee of one or more members of the Board to whom authority has been delegated by the Board in accordance with Section 2(c).

(i) “Company” means Altus Power, Inc., a Delaware Corporation.

(j) “Contributions” means the payroll deductions or other payments specifically provided for in the Offering to fund the exercise of a Purchase Right. A Participant may make additional payments into his or her account if specifically provided for in the Offering, and then only if the Participant has not already contributed the maximum permitted amount of payroll deductions and other payments during the Offering.

 

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(k) “Corporate Transaction” means the consummation, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of any one or more of the following events:

(i) a transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets;

(ii) a merger, consolidation or other capital reorganization or business combination transaction of the Company with or into another corporation, entity or person; or

(iii) the consummation of a transaction, or series of related transactions, in which any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s then outstanding capital stock.

(l) “Designated 423 Corporation” means any Related Corporation selected by the Board as participating in the 423 Component.

(m) “Designated Company” means any Designated Non-423 Corporation or Designated 423 Corporation, provided, however, that at any given time, a Related Corporation participating in the 423 Component will not be a Related Corporation participating in the Non-423 Component.

(n) “Designated Non-423 Corporation” means any Related Corporation or Affiliate selected by the Board as participating in the Non-423 Component.

(o) “Director” means a member of the Board.

(p) “Effective Date” means December 9, 2021.

(q) “Eligible Employee” means an Employee who meets the requirements set forth in the document(s) governing the Offering for eligibility to participate in the Offering, provided that such Employee also meets the requirements for eligibility to participate set forth in the Plan. For purposes of the Plan, the employment relationship will be treated as continuing intact while the Employee is on sick leave or other leave of absence approved by the Company or a Related Corporation or Affiliate that directly employs the Employee. Where the period of leave exceeds three (3) months and the Employee’s right to reemployment is not guaranteed either by statute or by contract, the employment relationship will be deemed to have terminated three (3) months and one (1) day following the commencement of such leave.

(r) “Eligible Service Provider” means a natural person other than an Employee or Director who (i) is designated by the Committee to be an “Eligible Service Provider,” (ii) provides bona fide services to the Company or a Related Corporation, (iii) is not a U.S. taxpayer and (iv) meets the requirements set forth in the document(s) governing the Offering for eligibility to participate in the Offering, provided that such person also meets the requirements for eligibility to participate set forth in the Plan.

(s) “Employee” means any person, including an Officer or Director, who is treated as an employee in the records of the Company or a Related Corporation or Affiliate. However, service solely as a Director, or payment of a fee for such services, will not cause a Director to be considered an “Employee” for purposes of the Plan.

(t) “Employee Share Purchase Plan” means a plan that grants Purchase Rights intended to be options issued under an “employee Share Purchase Plan,” as that term is defined in Section 423(b) of the Code.

 

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(u) “Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(v) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of the Shares determined as follows:

(i) If the Shares are listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, its Fair Market Value will be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system on the date of determination, as reported in such source as the Board deems reliable;

(ii) If the Shares are regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, its Fair Market Value will be the mean of the closing bid and asked prices for the Shares on the date of determination, as reported in such source as the Board deems reliable; or

(iii) In the absence of an established market for the Shares, the Fair Market Value will be determined in good faith by the Board in compliance with Applicable Laws and in a manner that complies with Sections 409A of the Code.

(w) “Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Company.

(x) “New Purchase Date” means a new Purchase Date set by shortening any Offering then in progress.

(y) “Non-423 Component” means the part of the Plan, which excludes the 423 Component, pursuant to which Purchase Rights that are not intended to satisfy the requirements for an Employee Share Purchase Plan may be granted to Eligible Employees and Eligible Service Providers.

(z) “Offering” means the grant to Eligible Employees or Eligible Service Providers of Purchase Rights, with the exercise of those Purchase Rights automatically occurring at the end of one or more Purchase Periods. The terms and conditions of an Offering will generally be set forth in the “Offering Document” approved by the Board for that Offering.

(aa) “Offering Date” means a date selected by the Board for an Offering to commence.

(bb) “Offering Period” means a period with respect to which the right to purchase Shares may be granted under the Plan, as determined by the Board pursuant to the Plan.

(cc) “Officer” means a person who is an officer of the Company or a Related Corporation or Affiliate within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

(dd) “Participant” means an Eligible Employee or Eligible Service Provider who holds an outstanding Purchase Right.

(ee) “Plan” means this Altus Power, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, including both the 423 Component and the Non-423 Component, as amended from time to time.

(ff) “Purchase Date” means one or more dates during an Offering selected by the Board on which Purchase Rights will be exercised and on which purchases of Shares will be carried out in accordance with such Offering.

 

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(gg) “Purchase Period” means a period of time specified within an Offering, generally beginning on the Offering Date or on the first Trading Day following a Purchase Date, and ending on a Purchase Date. An Offering may consist of one or more Purchase Periods.

(hh) “Purchase Right” means an option to purchase Shares granted pursuant to the Plan.

(ii) “Related Corporation” means any “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” of the Company whether now or subsequently established, as those terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code.

(jj) “Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(kk) “Shares” means the Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, excluding, however, any share of Class A common stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any shares of Class B Stock.

(ll) “Tax-Related Items” means any income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, fringe benefit tax, payment on account or other tax-related items arising in relation to a Participant’s participation in the Plan and legally applicable to a Participant.

(mm) “Trading Day” means any day on which the exchange or market on which Shares are listed is open for trading.

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Exhibit 10.12

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of December 9, 2021 between Altus Power, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                      (“Indemnitee”).

WITNESSETH THAT:

WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve corporations as directors or in other capacities unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the corporation;

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Company and its subsidiaries from certain liabilities. Although the furnishing of such insurance has been a customary and widespread practice among United States-based corporations and other business enterprises, the Company believes that, given current market conditions and trends, such insurance may be available to it in the future only at higher premiums and with more exclusions. At the same time, directors, officers, and other persons in service to corporations or business enterprises are being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to, among other things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the Company or business enterprise itself. The Bylaws and Certificate of Incorporation of the Company require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”). The Bylaws, Certificate of Incorporation 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, officers and other persons with respect to indemnification;

WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons;

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company’s stockholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future;

WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary 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 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 Bylaws and Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder;


WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Company’s Bylaws, Certificate of Incorporation and insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to serve as an officer or director without adequate protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity. Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company on the condition that he or she be so indemnified; and

WHEREAS, Indemnitee may have certain rights to indemnification and/or insurance provided by other entities and/or organizations which Indemnitee and other entities and/or organizations intend to be secondary to the primary obligation of the Company to indemnify Indemnitee as provided herein, with the Company’s acknowledgement and agreement to the foregoing being a material condition to Indemnitee’s willingness to serve on the Board.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Indemnitee’s agreement to serve as a director from and after the date hereof, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.    Indemnity of Indemnitee. The Company hereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as such may be amended from time to time. In furtherance of the foregoing indemnification, and without limiting the generality thereof.

(a)    Proceedings Other Than Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section l(a) if, by reason of his or her Corporate Status (as hereinafter defined), the Indemnitee was, is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding (as hereinafter defined) other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company. Pursuant to this Section 1(a), Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses (as hereinafter defined), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her, or on his or her behalf, in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.

(b)    Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section 1(b) if, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, the Indemnitee was, is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company. Pursuant to this Section 1(b), Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee, or on the Indemnitee’s behalf, in connection with such Proceeding if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company; provided, however, if applicable law so provides, no indemnification against such Expenses shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter in such Proceeding as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the Company unless and to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall determine that such indemnification may be made.

(c)    Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee was or is, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, a party to and is successful, on the merits or

 

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otherwise, in any Proceeding, he or she shall be indemnified to the maximum extent permitted by law, against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her, or on his or her behalf in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her, 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.

(d)    Indemnification of Appointing Stockholder. If (i) Indemnitee is or was affiliated with one or more investment funds that has invested in the Company (an “Appointing Stockholder”), and (ii) the Appointing Stockholder was, is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, and (iii) the Appointing Stockholder’s involvement in the Proceeding (A) arises primarily out of, or relates to, any action taken by the Company that was approved by the Company’s Board, and (B) arises out of facts or circumstances that are the same or substantially similar to the facts and circumstances that form the basis of claims that have been, could have been or could be brought against the Indemnitee in a Proceeding, regardless of whether the legal basis of the claims against the Indemnitee and the Appointing Stockholder are the same or similar, then the Appointing Stockholder shall be entitled to all of the indemnification rights and remedies under this Agreement pursuant to this Agreement as if the Appointing Stockholder were the Indemnitee.

2.    Additional Indemnity. In addition to, and without regard to any limitations on, the indemnification provided for in Section 1 of this Agreement, the Company shall and hereby does indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his or her behalf if, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, he or she was, is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company), including, without limitation, all liability arising out of the negligence or active or passive wrongdoing of Indemnitee. The only limitation that shall exist upon the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement shall be that the Company shall not be obligated to make any payment to Indemnitee that is finally determined (under the procedures, and subject to the presumptions, set forth in Sections 6 and 7 hereof) to be unlawful.

3.    Contribution.

(a)    Whether or not the indemnification provided in Sections 1 and 2 hereof is available, in respect of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), the Company shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount of any judgment or settlement of such action, suit or proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have against Indemnitee. The Company shall not enter into any settlement of any action, suit or proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding) unless such settlement provides for a full and final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee.

 

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(b)    Without diminishing or impairing the obligations of the Company set forth in the preceding subparagraph, if, for any reason, Indemnitee shall elect or be required to pay all or any portion of any judgment or settlement in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), the Company shall contribute to the amount of Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred and paid or payable by Indemnitee in proportion to the relative benefits received by the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, from the transaction or events from which such action, suit or proceeding arose; provided, however, that the proportion determined on the basis of relative benefit may, to the extent necessary to conform to law, be further adjusted by reference to the relative fault of the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company other than Indemnitee who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, in connection with the transaction or events that resulted in such expenses, judgments, fines or settlement amounts, as well as any other equitable considerations which applicable law may require to be considered. The relative fault of the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, the degree to which their actions were motivated by intent to gain personal profit or advantage, the degree to which their liability is primary or secondary and the degree to which their conduct is active or passive.

(c)    The Company hereby agrees to fully indemnify and hold Indemnitee harmless from any claims of contribution which may be brought by officers, directors, or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who may be jointly liable with Indemnitee.

(d)    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 claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause 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 transaction(s).

4.    Indemnification for Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, a witness, or is made (or asked) to respond to discovery requests, in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, he or she shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his or her behalf in connection therewith.

5.    Advancement of Expenses. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall advance all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status within ten (10) days

 

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after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements from Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall include or be preceded or accompanied by a written undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee to repay any Expenses advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses. Any advances and undertakings to repay pursuant to this Section 5 shall be unsecured and interest free.

6.    Procedures and Presumptions for Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification. It is the intent of this Agreement to secure for Indemnitee rights of indemnity that are as favorable as may be permitted under the DGCL and public policy of the State of Delaware. Accordingly, the parties agree that the following procedures and presumptions shall apply in the event of any question as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement:

(a)    To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification. The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any failure of Indemnitee to provide such a request to the Company, or to provide such a request in a timely fashion, shall not relieve the Company of any liability that it may have to Indemnitee unless, and to the extent that, such failure actually and materially prejudices the interests of the Company.

(b)    Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of Section 6(a) hereof, a determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case by one of the following four methods, which shall be at the election of the Board (1) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum, (2) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum, (3) if there are no Disinterested Directors or if the Disinterested Directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to the Indemnitee, or (4) if so directed by the Board, by the stockholders of the Company. 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 by Indemnitee.

(c)    If the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 6(c). The Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board; provided, that prior to any selection, the Board shall consult with Indemnitee and take Indemnitee’s input into consideration with respect to such selection. Indemnitee may, within ten (10) days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company 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 13 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 a written objection is made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is

 

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withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 6(a) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or other court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Indemnitee to the Company’s 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, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 6(b) hereof. The Company shall pay any and all reasonable fees and expenses of Independent Counsel incurred by such Independent Counsel in connection with acting pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof, and the Company shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses incident to the procedures of this Section 6(c), regardless of the manner in which such Independent Counsel was selected or appointed.

(d)    In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person or persons or entity making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence. Neither the failure of the Company (including by its directors or independent legal counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company (including by its directors or independent legal counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

(e)    Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise (as hereinafter defined), including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Enterprise. In addition, the knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, agent or employee of the 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 6(e) are satisfied, it shall in any event be presumed that Indemnitee has at all times 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. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.

(f)    If the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 6 to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law; provided, however, that such thirty (30) day period

 

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may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time to obtain or evaluate documentation and/or information relating thereto; and provided further, that the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(f) shall not apply if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by the stockholders pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement and if (A) within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Company of the request for such determination, the Board or the Disinterested Directors, if appropriate, resolve to submit such determination to the stockholders for their consideration at an annual meeting thereof to be held within seventy-five (75) days after such receipt and such determination is made thereat, or (B) a special meeting of stockholders is called within fifteen (15) days after such receipt for the purpose of making such determination, such meeting is held for such purpose within sixty (60) days after having been so called and such determination is made thereat.

(g)    Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity 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. Any Independent Counsel, member of the Board or stockholder of the Company shall act reasonably and in good faith in making a determination regarding the Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement. Any costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.

(h)    The Company acknowledges that a settlement or other disposition short of final judgment may be successful if it permits a party to avoid expense, delay, distraction, disruption and uncertainty. In the event that any action, claim or proceeding to which Indemnitee is a party is resolved in any manner other than by adverse judgment against Indemnitee (including, without limitation, settlement of such action, claim or proceeding with or without payment of money or other consideration) it shall be presumed that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in such action, suit or proceeding. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.

(i)    The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which 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.

7.    Remedies of Indemnitee.

(a)    In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement, (iii) no

 

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determination of entitlement to indemnification is made pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to this Agreement within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, or (v) payment of indemnification is not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or such determination is deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in an appropriate court of the State of Delaware, or in any other court of competent jurisdiction, of Indemnitee’s entitlement to such indemnification. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication within one hundred eighty (180) days following the date on which the Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 7(a). The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication.

(b)    In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial on the merits, and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of the adverse determination under Section 6(b).

(c)    If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading in connection with the application for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.

(d)    In the event that Indemnitee, pursuant to this Section 7, seeks a judicial adjudication of his or her rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement, or to recover under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, the Company shall pay on his or her behalf, in advance, any and all expenses (of the types described in the definition of Expenses in Section 13 of this Agreement) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in such judicial adjudication, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of expenses or insurance recovery.

(e)    The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefore) advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, such expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advance of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of Expenses or insurance recovery, as the case may be.

(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.

 

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8.    Non-Exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Primacy of Indemnification; Subrogation.

(a)    The rights of indemnification as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders, a resolution of the Board, 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 the DGCL, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification than would be afforded currently under the Certificate of Incorporation, 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, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries of the Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person serves at the request of the Company, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary 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 directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.

(c)    The Company hereby acknowledges that Indemnitee has or may have in the future certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by other entities and/or organizations (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 Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company (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

 

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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 8(c).

(d)    Except as provided in paragraph (c) above, in the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee (other than against the 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, the Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

(f)    Except as provided in paragraph (c) above, the Company’s obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.

9.    Exception to Right of Indemnification. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee:

(a)    for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, provided, that the foregoing shall not affect the rights of Indemnitee or the Fund Indemnitors set forth in Section 8(c) above; or

(b)    for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; or

(c)    in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation, or (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law.

10.    Duration of Agreement. All agreements and obligations of the Company contained herein shall continue during the period Indemnitee is an officer or director of the Company (or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise) and shall continue thereafter so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any Proceeding (or any proceeding commenced under

 

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Section 7 hereof) by reason of his or her Corporate Status, whether or not he or she is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company), assigns, spouses, heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives.

11.    Security. To the extent requested by Indemnitee and approved by the Board, the Company may at any time and from time to time provide security to Indemnitee for the Company’s obligations hereunder through an irrevocable bank line of credit, funded trust or other collateral. Any such security, once provided to Indemnitee, may not be revoked or released without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee.

12.    Enforcement.

(a)    The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumes the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as an officer or director of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as an officer or 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.

(c)    The Company shall not seek from a court, or agree to, a “bar order” which would have the effect of prohibiting or limiting the Indemnitee’s rights to receive advancement of expenses under this Agreement.

13.    Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:

(a)    “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person is or was serving at the express written request of the Company.

(b)    “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.

(c)    “Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that Indemnitee is or was serving at the express written request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary.

(d)    “Expenses” shall include all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, participating, or being or preparing to be a witness in a

 

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Proceeding, or responding to, or objecting to, a request to provide discovery in any Proceeding. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersede as bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.

(e)    “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), 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 Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees 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.

(f)    “Proceeding” includes 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 by or in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party or otherwise, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, by reason of any action taken by him or her or of any inaction on his or her part while acting in his or her Corporate Status; in each case whether or not he or she is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement; including one pending on or before the date of this Agreement, but excluding one initiated by an Indemnitee pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement to enforce his or her rights under this Agreement.

14.    Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. Further, the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof as to either Indemnitee or Appointing Stockholder shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any provision hereof as to the other. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement is intended to confer upon Indemnitee and Appointing Stockholder indemnification rights to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws. In the event any provision hereof conflicts with any applicable law, such provision shall be deemed modified, consistent with the aforementioned intent, to the extent necessary to resolve such conflict.

15.    Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification, termination or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

 

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16.    Notice By Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Company in writing upon being served with or otherwise receiving any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification covered hereunder. The failure to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise unless and only to the extent that such failure or delay materially prejudices the Company.

17.    Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and if not so confirmed, then on the next business day, (c) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent:

(a)    To Indemnitee at the address set forth below Indemnitee signature hereto.

(b)    To the Company at:

Altus Power, Inc.

Attn: Legal Dept.

2200 Atlantic Street, 6th Floor

Stamford, CT 06902

or to such other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Company or to the Company by Indemnitee, as the case may be.

18.    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

19.    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.

20.    Governing 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. 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 Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (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) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (iv) 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.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Indemnification Agreement on and as of the day and year first above written.

 

ALTUS POWER, INC.
By:  

 

Name:   Gregg Felton
Title:   Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer
INDEMNITEE

 

Name:  

 

 

Address:  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.21

ALTUS POWER, INC.

2200 Atlantic Street, Floor 6

Stamford, CT 06902

December 9, 2021

[    ]

VIA EMAIL

Re: Board of Directors

Dear [    ]:

Altus Power, Inc. is pleased to offer you an opportunity to join our Board of Directors (the “Board”) upon consummation of an anticipated business combination with CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the ultimate public company being the “Company”). Your appointment will take effect upon the consummation of the aforementioned anticipated business combination (the “Transaction”). This letter agreement outlines the terms of your appointment.

As a Board member, you will participate in regularly scheduled and special Board meetings, which are expected to occur approximately 5 to 7 times per year (telephonically or in person), and in no event fewer than 4 times per year, meet or otherwise periodically confer with committees of the Board and Company executives, and provide such other services as are customary and appropriate for Board members (the “Services”). The Company will reimburse you for reasonable travel and other incidental expenses approved by the Company, in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policy as in effect from time to time.

As consideration for your Services, you will be entitled to receive the following:

 

   

An annual cash retainer of $[    ], payable in equal quarterly installments;

 

   

A one-time grant of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) with respect to [    ] shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, which will commence vesting upon the consummation of the Transaction and vest in equal annual installments on each of the first two anniversaries of the vesting commencement date; and

 

   

An annual grant of RSUs, as follows:[    ]

 

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First year: a grant of RSUs with respect to [    ] shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, which will commence vesting upon the consummation of the Transaction and vest in full on the first anniversary of such vesting commencement date.

 

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Subsequent years: at the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board, a grant of RSUs with respect to shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock on terms and conditions (including grant value and vesting provisions) comparable to similarly situated directors.

You are not an employee of the Company and have no authority to bind the Company by contract or otherwise. You will not be eligible for any employee benefits, nor will the Company make deductions from any amounts payable to you for taxes. Any taxes shall be solely your responsibility.


You acknowledge that as a result of your service as a director you will obtain confidential information and proprietary information relating to or provided by the Company and its affiliates (including, but not limited to, its stockholders and customers). During and after your service with the Company, you shall not use for your benefit or disclose confidential information, proprietary information, or knowledge or data relating to or provided by the Company and its affiliates. You represent and warrant that you have the full right and power to enter into and perform this letter agreement and there is no other existing contract or duty on your part inconsistent with the terms of this letter agreement (including, but no limited to, any conflict of interest policy).

In addition, you will receive indemnification as a director of the Company, which will be set forth in the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws and in the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement.

While you serve on the Board, please notify the Company’s legal department of any conflicts of interests that may arise with respect to the Company.

Your relationship with the Company as a director shall be governed by the charter documents of the Company and any such other agreements that you and the Company enter into from time to time. This letter agreement, along with the other documents referred to herein, collectively constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company. This agreement supersedes any other agreements or promises made to you by anyone, whether oral or written, and it may only be modified in a writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company.

You consent to be named in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed in connection with the Transaction, and any amendments thereto, as a person anticipated to become a director of the Company.

We hope that you will accept our offer to join the Company’s Board, and indicate your agreement with these terms and accept this offer by signing and dating this letter agreement.

 

Sincerely,
Altus Power, Inc.

 

Name:   Gregg Felton
Title:   Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED AS OF THE DATE FIRST WRITTEN ABOVE

 

[    ]

[Form of Director Offer Letter]

Exhibit 10.22

AMENDMENT AND CONSENT AGREEMENT

This AMENDMENT AND CONSENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of December 6, 2021 by and among APA CONSTRUCTION FINANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), BT GA SOLAR, LLC, CURRY SOLAR FARM LLC, LIGHTBEAM POWER COMPANY GRIDLEY MAIN LLC, LIGHTBEAM POWER COMPANY GRIDLEY MAIN TWO LLC, NM MA SOLAR II, LLC, HI MA SOLAR, LLC, (together, the “Project Companies”), the “Lenders” listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively, the “Lenders”), the Counterparties listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively, the “Counterparties”) and FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacities as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Agent”).

RECITALS:

A.    The Borrower, the Project Companies, the Lenders and the Agent, among others, are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2020 (as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2020, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.

B.    The Borrower and the Project Companies have requested, and the Lenders, the Counterparties and the Agent have conditionally agreed, to amend and modify the Credit Agreement, in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises and the terms, conditions, agreements, promises and covenants contained herein and in the other Loan Documents, as amended hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.    Incorporation of Recitals. The Recitals set forth above are incorporated herein, are acknowledged by each party hereto to be true and correct and are made a part hereof.

2.    Amendments to the Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Effective Date, the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(a)    Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the definition of “Change of Control”, in its entirety, and substituting the following therefor:

““Change of Control” means (a) (i) prior to a Qualified IPO, the Permitted Holders ceasing to beneficially own (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, at least the majority of the voting power of the Borrower or (ii) after a Qualified IPO, any person or group (other than the Permitted Holders or a group of persons controlled by the Permitted Holders) beneficially owning (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the 1934 Act) more than the majority of the voting power of the Borrower; (b) (i) the Borrower ceasing to own 100% of the Capital Stock (A) at any time, in any Tax Equity HoldCo, (B) with respect to a Project


that is not a Tax Equity Project, at any time, in any Project Company, or (C) with respect to any Tax Equity Project, before the Initial TE Funding for such Tax Equity Project, in the Project Company that owns such Tax Equity Project, (ii) with respect to any Tax Equity Project on or after the Initial TE Funding for such Project, (A) the Borrower or a Tax Equity HoldCo ceasing to own 100% of the Sponsor Membership Interests in the applicable Tax Equity JV and/or Lessee (if applicable), or (B) the Tax Equity JV ceasing to own 100% of the Capital Stock in the Project Company (if different than the Tax Equity JV), in each case other than from a Permitted Sale or (iii) Holdings ceasing to own, directly, 100% of the Capital Stock in the Borrower; or (c) the Guarantor ceasing to, directly or indirectly, own 100% of the Capital Stock of, or to control, Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2021, by and among CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc., CBAH Merger Sub I, Inc., CBAH Merger Sub II, LLC, Altus Power America Holdings, LLC, APAM Holdings, LLC and the Guarantor, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (the “Business Combination”), do not constitute a Change of Control; provided that, immediately after giving effect to the Business Combination, (1) the Guarantor under clause (a)(ii) of the definition thereof shall have either assumed the obligations under the APA Guaranty or provided a Replacement Guarantee, (2) such Guarantor shall be the surviving and publicly listed entity and (3) clause (c) of this definition of Change of Control shall continue to be satisfied.”

(b)    Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the definition of “Qualified IPO”, in its entirety, and substituting the following therefor:

““Qualified IPO” means (a) the issuance by Holdings or any indirect parent of the Borrower (or its successor) of its common Capital Stock in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the Securities Act (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering), or (b) the acquisition of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof by, or merger, combination or consolidation of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof with, any publicly traded acquisition company or targeted acquisition company or entity similar to the foregoing that results in the Equity Interests of Holdings or such direct or indirect parent thereof (or any successor to the foregoing by merger, combination or consolidation) being traded on, or Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof being wholly-owned by another entity whose Equity Interests are traded on, a national securities exchange.”

(c)    Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the definition of “APA Guaranty”, in its entirety, and substituting the following therefor:

““APA Guaranty” means (A) that certain Guaranty Agreement dated as of the date hereof entered into by the Guarantor in favor of the

 

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Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties covering (a) with respect to any Tax Equity Project, the repayment of the portion of the applicable Construction Loan or Term Loan with any Tax Equity Commitment reflected in the Project Initial Funding Date Base Case Model for such Project, (b) the Obligations with respect to any Construction Loan Tranche, prior to the Term Conversion Date of such Construction Loan Tranche and (c) with respect to Tax Equity Projects, any reduction in cash flow distributable to a Sponsor Member as a result of an indemnity claim or other cash diversion under the applicable Tax Equity Documents or (B) any Replacement Guaranty delivered by a Replacement Guarantor.”

(d)    Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the definition of “Guarantor”, in its entirety, and substituting the following therefor:

““Guarantor” means (a)(i) prior to the Business Combination, Altus Power, Inc. (f/k/a Altus Power America, Inc.), a Delaware corporation and (ii) after the Business Combination, Altus Power, Inc. (f/k/a CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc.), a Delaware corporation or (b) any Replacement Guarantor that delivers a Replacement Guarantee, upon delivery of such Replacement Guarantee.”

(e)    Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following definitions in alphabetical order:

““Business Combination” has the meaning given to such term in the definition of “Change of Control”.”

““Replacement Guarantee” means a guaranty in substantially the form of the APA Guaranty or that is otherwise acceptable to each Lender and each Counterparty.

Replacement Guarantor” means any Person that (a)(i) has a Tangible Net Worth of at least $200 million and (ii) is rated BBB- or better by S&P or Fitch or Baa3 or better by Moody’s or (b) is otherwise acceptable to each Lender and each Counterparty.”

3.    Conditions of Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective as of the first date (the “Effective Date”) on which the Agent shall have received counterparts of this Agreement duly executed by the Borrower, the Project Companies, each Lender, the Agent and each Counterparty.

4.    Representations and Warranties.

(a)    Each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants as follows:

(i)    This Agreement and the Credit Agreement as amended hereby constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of such Loan Party and are enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with their terms, subject to the

 

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applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(ii)    As of the Effective Date: (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the representations and warranties of such Loan Party forth in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects as of the Effective Date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty relates solely to an earlier date, in which case each such representation and warranty is true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, in each case, without duplication of any materiality qualifiers with respect to any such representation or warranty already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect.

5.    Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement.

(a)    On and after the Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein” or words of like import and each reference to any prior iteration of the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.

(b)    The Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

(c)    The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Agent or the Lenders, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith other than as set forth herein.

6.    Instruction to Agent. The Lenders hereby: (a) authorize and instruct the Agent to execute and deliver this Agreement; and (b) acknowledge and agree that the instruction set forth in this Section 6 constitutes an instruction from all Lenders under the Loan Documents.

7.    Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay on demand all reasonable costs and expenses of the Agent, Counterparties and the Lenders (including the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of counsel to the Agent and counsel to the Lenders) incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement.

8.    Execution. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. The words “execution,” “execute”, “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms, 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 or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided

 

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for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

9.    Headings. Section headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.

10.    Loan Document. This Agreement shall constitute a “Loan Document”, under and as defined in the Credit Agreement, for all purposes under the other Loan Documents.

11.    Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND WITHOUT REFERENCE TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).

12.    Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. The parties hereby irrevocably agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be conducted in a manner consistent with, and subject to, Sections 9.12 and 9.18 of the Credit Agreement, each of which are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully stated herein.

13.    Limited Effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Agreement shall not, whether by implication or otherwise, (i) other than as set specifically set forth herein, operate as a waiver, consent or amendment with respect to any right, power or remedy of the Agent and/or the Lenders (or any of them) under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; and (ii) other than as set specifically forth herein, constitute an extension, modification, waiver, consent or amendment with respect to any provision of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound, the undersigned has executed this AMENDMENT AND CONSENT AGREEMENT as of the date first set forth above.

 

   BORROWER:    APA CONSTRUCTION FINANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
      By:   APA CONSTRUCTION FINANCE HOLDINGS, LLC, its Managing Member
        By:   ALTUS POWER, INC., its Managing Member
          By:  

/s/ Gregg Felton

            Gregg Felton, President

 

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  PROJECT COMPANIES:   

BT GA SOLAR, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CURRY SOLAR FARM LLC, a Georgia limited liability company

LIGHTBEAM POWER COMPANY GRIDLEY MAIN LLC, a California limited liability company

LIGHTBEAM POWER COMPANY GRIDLEY MAIN TWO LLC, a California limited liability company

NM MA SOLAR II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

HI MA SOLAR, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

     By:   APA CONSTRUCTION FINANCE, LLC, its Managing Member
       By:     APA CONSTRUCTION FINANCING HOLDINGS, LLC, its Managing Member
           By:   ALTUS POWER, INC., its Managing Member
             By:  

/s/ Gregg Felton

               Gregg Felton, President

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound, the undersigned have executed this AMENDMENT AND CONSENT AGREEMENT as of the date first set forth above.

 

  ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:     FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement
      By:  

/s/ Zachary Christie

      Print Name:  

Zachary Christie

      Title:  

Vice President

  LENDERS:     FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement
      By:  

/s/ Zachary Christie

      Print Name:  

Zachary Christie

      Title:  

Vice President

      DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement
      By:  

/s/ Kyle Hatzes

      Print Name:  

Kyle Hatzes

      Title:  

Director

      By:  

/s/ Sam Oliver

      Print Name:  

Sam Oliver

      Title:  

Director

      CITY NATIONAL BANK, A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement
      By:  

/s/ David Granucci

      Print Name:  

David Granucci

      Title:  

Senior Vice President

 

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COUNTERPARTIES:     Deutsche Bank AG, in its capacity as a Counterparty
    By:  

/s/ Rupesh Patel

    Print Name:  

Rupesh Patel

    Title:  

Director

    By:  

/s/ Cynthia Cuomo

    Print Name:  

Cynthia Cuomo

    Title:  

Director

 

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Amendment and Consent Agreement

Exhibit 16.1

 

LOGO

KPMG LLP

Suite 1500

550 South Hope Street

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2629

December 13, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, District of Columbia 20549

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We were previously principal accountants for Altus Power, Inc. (the Company) (formerly known as CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc.) and, under the date of March 31, 2021, except for the 15th paragraph of Note 1, the 14th, 18th, 19th and 21st paragraphs of Note 2, the 1st paragraph of Note 6, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd paragraphs of Note 7, the 1st paragraph of Note 9 and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd paragraphs of Note 10, as to which the date is October 14, 2021, we reported on the financial statements of CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc. as of December 31, 2020, and for the period from October 13, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020. On December 9, 2021, we were notified that the auditor-client relationship with KPMG LLP has ceased. We have read the Company’s statements included under Item 4.01 of its Form 8-K dated December 13, 2021, and we agree with such statements, except that we are not in a position to agree or disagree with (1) the Company’s statement that the Board approved the engagement of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, (2) the Company’s statement that the decision to dismiss KPMG LLP was ratified by the Company’s board of directors, (3) the Company’s statement in the fourth paragraph of this Item that management has concluded that as of June 30, 2021, the material weakness had been remediated or (4) the Company’s statements in the fifth paragraph of this Item.

Very truly yours,

 

LOGO

KPMG LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership and a member firm of the KPMG global organization of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Limited, a private English company limited by guarantee.

Exhibit 21.1

List of Subsidiaries

 

   

None

Exhibit 99.2

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

As used herein, the term “Company” shall mean Altus Power, Inc., known as CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc. prior to the consummation of the Business Combination. Otherwise, defined terms included below shall have the same meaning as terms defined in CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc.’s proxy statement/prospectus, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2021 (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) and its Current Report on form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2021.

Introduction

The Company is providing this unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information to aid you in your analysis of the financial aspects of the Merger. The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information presents the combination of the financial information of CBAH, Altus, the Solar Project Companies, and the True Green Entities, adjusted to give effect to the Merger, Solar Acquisition, TrueGreen Acquisition, and related transactions. 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. 33-10786 “Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses.”

CBRE Acquisition Holdings, Inc.

The Company was a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or other similar business combination with one or more businesses. The Company was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on October 13, 2020. On December 15, 2020, the Company consummated its initial public offering of 40,250,000 SAILSM securities at $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $402.5 million. Each unit consists of one CBAH Class A common stock and one-fourth of one Redeemable Warrant (or 10,062,500 Redeemable Warrants in the aggregate). Simultaneously with the consummation of the Company’s IPO, the Company completed the sale of 7,366,667 Private Placement Warrants at a purchase price of $1.50 per warrant to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $11.1 million.

Of the $413.6 million in proceeds from the Company’s IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, $402.5 million was deposited in an interest-bearing U.S. based Trust Account (“Trust Account”). The funds in the Trust Account were invested only in specified U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations.

Altus Power, Inc.

Altus develops, owns, constructs and operates small-scale utility, commercial, industrial, public sector and community photovoltaic solar energy generation and storage systems for the purpose of producing and selling electricity to credit worthy counterparties under long-term offtake contracts. The solar energy facilities are owned by Altus in project specific limited liability companies. Refer to the section entitled “Information About Altus” within the Proxy Statement/Prospectus for more information.

The Solar Project Companies

The Solar Project Companies is a homogenous portfolio of sixteen solar energy facilities structured as limited liability companies for the purpose of directly or indirectly investing in entities that acquire, own, develop, construct, manage, and operate commercial solar facilities in a manner that qualifies for investment tax credits pursuant to Section 48 of the Internal Revenue Services. On December 22, 2020, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Altus acquired the Solar Project Companies from a third-party seller. Altus accounted for the acquisition under the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations. Under the acquisition method, the purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed on December 22, 2020 based on their estimated fair value. The amounts of the Solar Project Companies’ operating activities for the period from December 22, 2020 through December 31, 2020 are included in Altus’s audited consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020. Refer to the Altus consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the notes thereto included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus for additional information on the acquisition.


The True Green Entities

The True Green Entities is a portfolio of 28 solar projects operating across seven U.S. states with a capacity of 79 MW. The True Green Entities were held by TGCOP HoldCo, LLC. On August 25, 2021, Altus acquired substantially all the assets of TGCOP HoldCo, LLC, excluding certain solar asset portfolio and solar panel inventory, from private equity funds managed by True Green Capital Management, LLC for total consideration of $197.4 million (“TrueGreen Acquisition”). Altus accounted for the acquisition under the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations. Under the acquisition method, the purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed on August 25, 2021 based on their estimated fair value. Refer to the audited and unaudited financial statements of TGCOP HoldCo, LLC included in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 10, 2021 for additional information of TGCOP HoldCo, LLC. Refer to the Carve Out Adjustments included in Note 5 to this unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information for additional information on the solar asset portfolio and solar panel inventory that were not acquired by Altus. Refer to the Altus unaudited consolidated financial statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the notes thereto included in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 16, 2021 for additional information on the acquisition.

The Merger and Related Agreements

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 combines the historical balance sheet of CBAH and the historical balance sheet of Altus on a pro forma basis as if the Merger and related transactions, summarized below, had been consummated on September 30, 2021. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 combines the historical statement of operations of CBAH; the historical statement of operations of Altus; and the historical statement of operations of the True Green Entities, on a pro forma basis as if the Merger and related transactions, summarized below, had been consummated on January 1, 2020. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 combines the historical statement of operations of CBAH; the historical statement of operations of Altus; the historical statement of operations of the Solar Project Companies; and the historical statement of operations of the True Green Entities, on a pro forma basis as if the Merger and related transactions, summarized below, had been consummated on January 1, 2020.

 

   

The impacts of the reorganization of Altus resulting from the Business Combination Agreement, including (i) Holdings’ distribution of its interest in Altus Common Stock to certain profit interest holders in Holdings (“2021 PI Holders”), with such distributed shares subject to the same vesting condition that existed on the Holdings units which the 2021 PI Holders held; (ii) Holdings’ liquidation and distribution of its remaining interest in Altus Common Stock ratably to Blackstone and APAM, after which Holdings ceases to exist; (iii) APAM’s distribution of its interest in Altus Common Stock as restricted stock to APAM members that hold unvested APAM equity in redemption of such members’ unvested APAM equity; and (iv) APAM’s liquidation and distribution of its remaining interest in Altus Common Stock to APAM’s members, after which APAM ceases to exist;

 

   

the impacts of the Merger, including the merger of CBAH Merger Sub I, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBAH, with and into Altus, with Altus surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBAH; and the merger of CBAH Merger Sub II, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBAH, with and into Altus, with CBAH Merger Sub II, LLC surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBAH;

 

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the payment of $294.5 million in cash to Altus Series A Redeemable Preferred Stockholders in exchange for the redemption of 290,000 shares of Altus Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock;

 

   

the issuance of equity to existing Altus common stockholders for a total of 89,999,976 shares of CBAH Class A common stock using an exchange ratio of 87,464 shares of CBAH Class A common stock for each share of Altus Common Stock;

 

   

the impact of the (i) Class B Letter Agreement and the surrender of 603,750 Alignment Shares held by the Sponsor and CBAH’s officers and directors, and (ii) the recognition of the Alignment Shares as liability-classified derivatives within the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet upon reassessment of their accounting classification after the Closing;

 

   

the impact of the PIPE Subscription Agreements, including the proceeds of $275 million from the issuance of 27,500,000 shares of CBAH Class A common stock to investors, of which 7,100,000 shares were issued to the Sponsor Parties;

 

   

the impact of the Sponsor Subscription Agreement, including the proceeds of $150 million from the issuance of 15,000,000 shares of CBAH Class A common stock pursuant to the Sponsor’s Backstop Commitment;

 

   

the impact of giving effect to the Solar Acquisition as if it occurred on January 1, 2020; and

 

   

the impact of giving effect to the TrueGreen Acquisition, including Altus’s issuance of debt and Series A redeemable preferred stock to finance the transaction, as if it occurred on January 1, 2020.

The Merger was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with GAAP. Under this method of accounting, CBAH was treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the Merger was treated as the equivalent of Altus issuing stock for the net assets of CBAH, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of CBAH are stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Merger are those of Altus.

Altus has been determined to be the accounting acquirer based on evaluation of the following facts and circumstances:

 

   

Altus’s existing stockholders have over 50% of the voting interest in the post-combination company;

 

   

the board of directors of the post-combination company comprises one director designated by the holders of the CBAH Class B common stock (including the Sponsor), one director designated by Blackstone (an existing stockholder of Altus), one director designated by ValueAct Capital Management, L.P. and five additional directors determined by the existing Altus stockholders;

 

   

Altus’s management holds all executive management roles (including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, among others) of the post-combination company and is responsible for the day-to-day operations;

 

   

the largest individual minority stockholder of the post-combination company was an existing stockholder of Altus;

 

   

Altus has significantly more revenue-generating activities than CBAH, which comprises all of the activities conducted by the post-combination company; and

 

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the objective of the Merger was to create an operating public company, with management continuing to use Altus’s platform and assets to grow the business under the name of Altus Power, Inc.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared using the actual number of redemptions of CBAH Class A common stock. Upon Closing, public stockholders holding 19,101,146 public shares have exercised their redemption rights for their pro rata share of the funds in the Trust Account. Accordingly, the presentation of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information presents (a) 89,999,976 shares of CBAH Class A common stock that were issued to existing Altus shareholders, (b) 21,148,854 public shares after giving effect to CBAH Class A common stock redemptions, (c) 42,500,000 shares of CBAH Class A common stock issued as part of the PIPE Investment, including 15,000,000 additional shares of CBAH Class A common stock purchased by the Sponsor pursuant to the Sponsor PIPE Subscription Agreement (“Backstop Commitment”).

The Business Combination Agreement provides that consummating the Merger is conditioned on the Company having net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001. In addition, the Business Combination Agreement includes as a condition to Closing that, at the Closing, the Company has a minimum of $425.0 million in cash comprising (i) the cash held in the Trust Account after giving effect to CBAH Class A common stock redemptions and (ii) proceeds from the PIPE Investment, including any proceeds from the Sponsor’s Backstop Commitment. Upon Closing, the proceeds from the PIPE Investment and Backstop Commitment satisfied the minimum cash requirement.

Description of the Merger

In connection with the Merger, 89,999,976 shares of CBAH Class A common stock valued at approximately $900 million were issued to Altus stockholders based on the exchange ratio of approximately 87,464 shares of CBAH Class A common stock for each share of Altus Common Stock. The CBAH Class A common stock issued to Altus stockholders represents approximately 57.9% ownership in the combined company.

As Altus has been determined to be the accounting acquirer in the Merger, the number and value of shares issued to Altus in conjunction with the Merger does not represent funding or consideration from an accounting standpoint. Instead, the change in Altus stockholders’ interest represents dilution of Altus stockholders’ interests resulting from the Altus issuance of stock in exchange for the net assets of CBAH.

As a result of the Merger, Altus stockholders relinquished 42.1% of their interest in Altus in exchange for Altus to receive approximately $636.5 million in cash.

The following summarizes the pro forma shares outstanding of the post-combination company:

 

(in dollars, except share data)

   Shares (1)      Ownership %     Voting Power % (2)  

Class A common stock

       

CBAH public shareholders (other than the PIPE Investors)

     21,148,854        13.6     13.9

PIPE Investors (other than the Sponsor Parties)

     20,400,000        13.2     13.4

Sponsor Parties (PIPE)

     22,100,000        14.3     14.5

Current Altus Stockholders

     89,999,976        57.9     58.2
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Class A common stock

     153,648,830        99.0     100.0

Class B common stock (Alignment Shares)

       

Sponsor Parties (3) (4)

     1,352,400        0.9     0.0

Existing CBAH Directors (3) (4)

     56,350        0.1     0.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Class B common stock

     1,408,750        1.0     0.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Pro forma common stock at September 30, 2021

     155,057,580        100.0     100.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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  (1)

Excludes the shares of CBAH Class A common stock underlying Redeemable Warrants and Private Placement Warrants, as the warrants are not exercisable until December 15, 2021 – the earlier of 30 days after the Closing Date or one year from the closing of the IPO.

 

  (2)

Excludes 1,259,887 shares of CBAH Class A restricted common stock that was issued to holders of Altus Restricted Shares, as such unvested shares do not have voting rights. Excludes Alignment Shares designated as Class B common stock, as the shares do not include the right to vote on general matters submitted to holders of the common stock.

 

  (3)

Reflects the number of Alignment Shares outstanding upon Closing after the surrender of 603,750 Alignment Shares pursuant to the Class B Letter Agreement. The Alignment Shares are accounted for as derivative liabilities after the close of the Merger. For additional information, refer to adjustment (N) within note 3 of the notes to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

 

  (4)

The Alignment Shares are converted into shares of Class A common stock over a measurement period of approximately seven years. The number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion over the seven-year measurement period is based on the performance of the post-combination company stock price, resulting in a possible range of 14,091 to 14,596,637 shares of Class A common stock. During the measurement period, all Alignment Shares will convert into Class A common stock and may dilute the ownership and voting interest of public stockholders, Altus stockholders, and PIPE Investors.

The unaudited pro forma adjustments are based on information currently available, and assumptions and estimates underlying the unaudited pro forma adjustments are described in the accompanying notes. Actual results may differ materially from the assumptions used to present the accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED BALANCE SHEET

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

(in thousands)

 

     As of
September 30,
2021
     As of
September 30,
2021
                    
     CBRE Acquisition
Holdings, Inc.
     Altus Power, Inc.      Reclassification
Adjustments
(Refer to Note 2)
    Transaction
Accounting
Adjustments
    Pro Forma
Combined
 

Assets:

            

Cash

   $ 1,409      $ 34,273      $ —       $ 402,519   (B)    $ 326,746  
             (14,088 ) (C)   
             (294,459 ) (F)   
             275,000   (H)   
             (7,503 ) (I)   
             (29,382 ) (J)   
             150,000   (L)   
             (191,023 ) (M)   

Prepaid and other current assets

     974        —          (974       —    

Due from related party

     17        —          (17       —    

Current portion of restricted cash

     —          3,110        —           3,110  

Accounts receivable, net

     —          11,556        —           11,556  

Other current assets

     —          9,254        991       (7,055 ) (J)      3,190  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     2,400        58,193        —         284,009        344,602  

Assets held in Trust Account

     402,519        —          —         (402,519 ) (B)      —    

Restricted cash, noncurrent portion

     —          1,794        —           1,794  

Property, plant and equipment, net

     —          727,672        —           727,672  

Intangible assets, net

     —          16,403        —           16,403  

Goodwill

     —          1,965            1,965  

Other assets

     —          3,868        —           3,868  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

     404,919        809,895        —         (118,510     1,096,304  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED BALANCE SHEET

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

(in thousands)

 

    

As of

September 30,

    

As of

September 30,

                    
     2021      2021                     
     CBRE
Acquisition
Holdings, Inc.
     Altus Power,
Inc.
     Reclassification
Adjustments
(Refer to Note 2)
    Transaction
Accounting
Adjustments
    Pro Forma
Combined
 

Liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests, redeemable preferred stock and stockholder’s deficit

            

Franchise tax payable

     134        —          (134       —    

Accrued expenses

     5,014        —          (5,014       —    

Accounts payable

     —          7,815        —           7,815  

Interest payable

     —          3,149        —           3,149  

Purchase price payable

     —          3,162        —           3,162  

Current portion of long-term debt, net

     —          27,686        —           27,686  

Other current liabilities

     —          4,011        5,148       (4,718 ) (I)      1,640  
             (2,801 ) (J)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     5,148        45,823        —         (7,519     43,452  

Deferred underwriting commission

     14,088        —          —         (14,088 ) (C)      —    

Sponsor promissory note

     3,300        —          —         (3,300 ) (E)      —    

Redeemable warrant liability

     16,603        —          —         18,048   (D)      47,601  
             4,900   (E)   
             8,050   (O)   

Alignment shares liability

     —          —          —         144,219   (N)      144,219  

Long-term debt, net of current portion

     —          503,630        —           503,630  

Intangible liabilities, net

     —          13,851        —           13,851  

Asset retirement obligations

     —          6,953        —           6,953  

Deferred tax liability

     —          9,268        —           9,268  

Other long-term liabilities

     —          5,699        —           5,699  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     39,139        585,224        —         150,310       774,673  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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As of

September 30,

   

As of

September 30,

                    
     2021     2021                     
     CBRE
Acquisition
Holdings, Inc.
    Altus Power,
Inc.
    Reclassification
Adjustments
(Refer to Note 2)
     Transaction
Accounting
Adjustments
    Pro Forma
Combined
 

Commitments and contingent liabilities

           

Class A common stock subject to possible redemption

     402,519       —         —          (402,519 ) (A)      —    

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

     —         15,167       —            15,167  

Series A redeemable preferred stock $0.01 par value

     —         283,199       —          (283,199 ) (F)      —    

Stockholders’ deficit

           

Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value

     —         —         —            —    

Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value

     —         —         —          4   (A)      16  
            9   (G)   
            3   (H)   
            2   (L)   
            (2 ) (M)   

Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value

     —         —         —          —     (N)      —    

Common stock $1.00 par value

     —         1       —          (1 ) (G)      —    

Additional paid-in capital

     —         3,159       —          402,515   (A)      394,563  
            (18,048 ) (D)   
            (8 ) (G)   
            274,997   (H)   
            (33,636 ) (D)   
            (49,174 ) (K)   
            149,998   (L)   
            (191,021 ) (M)   
            (144,219 ) (N)   

Accumulated deficit

     (36,739     (97,284     —          (1,600 ) (E)      (108,544
            (11,260 ) (F)   
            (2,785 ) (I)   
            49,174   (K)   
            (8,050 ) (O)   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ deficit

     (36,739     (94,124     —          416,898       286,035  

Noncontrolling interests

     —         20,429       —            20,429  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deficit

     (36,739     (73,695     —          416,898       306,464  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests, redeemable preferred stock and deficit

   $ 404,919     $ 809,895     $ —        $ (118,510   $ 1,096,304  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

     For the nine    

True Green

Acquisition

    For the nine
months ended
September 30,
2021
                        
     months ended
September 30, 2021
   

Transaction

Accounting

   

Altus

Power, Inc.

                        
     CBRE
Acquisition
Holdings, Inc.
    Altus
Power, Inc.
    Adjustments
(Refer to
Note 5)
    (Adjusted for
the True Green
Acquisition)
    Reclassification
Adjustments
(Refer to Note 2)
    Transaction
Accounting
Adjustments
         Pro Forma
Combined
 

Operating revenues, net

   $ —       $ 50,222     $ 16,631     $ 66,853     $ —            $ 66,853  

Operating expenses

                 

Operating expenses

     7,537           —         (7,537          —    

Franchise tax expense

     150           —         (150          —    

Cost of operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)

       10,005       2,650       12,655       —              12,655  

General and administrative

       12,184       —         12,184       7,687       12,981     (DD)      32,852  

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense

       14,167       5,460       19,627       —              19,627  

Acquisition and entity formation costs

       1,186         1,186       —              1,186  

Gain on fair value remeasurement of contingent consideration

       (2,400       (2,400     —           

 

(2,400

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     7,687       35,142       8,110       43,252       —         12,981          63,920  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

     (7,687     15,080       8,521       23,601       —         (12,981        2,933  

Other (income) expenses

                 

Interest income earned on assets held in Trust Account

     (18         —         —         18     (AA)      —    

Change in fair value of redeemable warrant liability

     (2,113         —         —         5,526     (BB)      11,463  
               8,050     (HH)   

Change in fair value of sponsor promissory note

     300           —         —         (300   (GG)      —    

Change in fair value of Alignment Shares

           —           (4,858   (FF)      (4,858

Other expenses, net

       838       (80     758       —              758  

Interest expense, net

       13,962       3,150       17,112       —              17,112  

Loss on extinguishment of debt

       3,245         3,245       —              3,245  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total other (income) expense

     (1,831     18,045       3,070       21,115       —         8,436          27,720  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income tax (expense) benefit

     (5,856     (2,965     5,451       2,486       —         (21,417        (24,787

Income tax benefit

     —         1,497       (313   $ 1,184       —         5,561     (EE)      6,745  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     (5,856     (1,468     5,138       3,670       —         (15,856        (18,042

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests

     —         (186     98     $ (88     —         —            (88
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholder

   $ (5,856   $ (1,282   $ 5,040     $ 3,758     $ —       $ (15,856      $ (17,954
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Class A Common Stock

                 

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding:

                 

Basic

                    152,388,943  

Diluted

                    152,388,943  

Net income attributable to common stockholders per share:

                 

Basic

                  $ (0.12

Diluted

                  $ (0.12

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

    October 13, 2020
(inception) to
December 31, 2020
    For the year
ended
December 31,
2020
                For the year ended
December 31, 2020
                         
    CBRE
Acquisition
Holdings, Inc.
    Altus Power,
Inc.
    Solar
Acquisition
Transaction
Accounting
Adjustments
(Refer to Note 4)
    TrueGreen
Acquisition
Transaction
Accounting
Adjustments
(Refer to Note 5)
    Altus Power, Inc.
(Adjusted for

the Solar
Acquisition and
True Green

Acquisition
    Reclassification
Adjustments
(Refer to Note 2)
    Transaction
Accounting
Adjustments
          Pro Forma
Combined
 

Operating revenues, net

  $ —       $ 45,278     $ 10,250     $ 23,424     $ 78,952       $ —         $ 78,952  

Operating expenses

                 

Operating expenses

    271             —         (271         —    

Franchise tax expense

    26             —         (26         —    

Cost of operations

      9,661       2,617       3,617       15,895             15,895  

General and administrative

      10,143       305       55       10,503       297       2,785       (CC     30,893  
            —           17,308       (DD  

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense

      11,932       4,043       8,481       24,456             24,456  

Acquisition and entity formation costs

      1,015       —         —         1,015             1,015  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

    297       32,751       6,965       12,153       51,869       —         20,093         72,259  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

    (297     12,527       3,285       11,271       27,083       —         (20,093       6,693  

Other (income) expenses

                 

Interest income earned on assets held in Trust Account

    (1           —           1       (AA     —    

Other expense (income), net

      258       (497     (47     (286           (286

Interest expense, net

      14,073       4,374       4,893       23,340             23,340  

Change in fair value of redeemable warrant liability

    2,205         —         —         —           1,124       (BB     3,329  

Change in fair value of Alignment Shares

        —         —         —           4,501       (FF     4,501  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total other (income) expense

    2,204       14,331       3,877       4,846       23,054       —         5,626         30,884  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Loss before income tax (expense) benefit

    (2,501     (1,804     (592     6,425       4,029       —         (25,719       (24,191

Income tax (expense) benefit

    —         (83     (361     (1,364     (1,808       6,676       (EE     4,868  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    (2,501     (1,887     (953     5,061       2,221       —         (19,043       (19,323

Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests

    —         (8,680     (13,467     426       (21,721           (21,721
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholder

  $  (2,501   $ 6,793     $ 12,514     $ 4,635     $ 23,942     $ —       $ (19,043     $ 2,398  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Class A Common Stock

                 

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding:

                 

Basic

                    152,388,943  

Diluted

                    153,246,000  

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share:

                 

Basic

                  $ 0.02  

Diluted

                  $ 0.02  

 

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

1.

Basis of Presentation

The Merger was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with GAAP. Under this method of accounting, CBAH was treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the Merger was treated as the equivalent of Altus issuing stock for the net assets of CBAH, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of CBAH are stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Merger are those of Altus.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 assumes that the Merger occurred on September 30, 2021. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020 present pro forma effects of the Merger as if it had been completed on January 1, 2020.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 has been prepared using, and should be read in conjunction with, the following:

 

   

CBAH’s unaudited balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 and the related notes, included in CBAH’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q; and

 

   

Altus’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 and the related notes, included in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 15, 2021 and incorporated by reference.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 has been prepared using, and should be read in conjunction with, the following:

 

   

CBAH’s unaudited statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the related notes, included in CBAH’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q;

 

   

Altus’s unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the related notes, included in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 15, 2021 and incorporated by reference; and

 

   

the True Green Entities’ unaudited statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and the related notes, included in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 10, 2021. True Green Entities’ historical consolidated statement of operations for the period of July 1, 2021 to August 24, 2021 was derived from True Green Entities’ books and records.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 has been prepared using, and should be read in conjunction with, the following:

 

   

CBAH’s audited statement of operations for the period ended December 31, 2020 and the related notes, included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; and

 

   

Altus’s audited consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the related notes, included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus;

 

   

the Solar Project Companies’ audited combined statement of operations for the period January 1, 2020 to December 21, 2020, included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; and

 

   

the True Green Entities’ audited statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the related notes, included in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 10, 2021.

 

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The pro forma adjustments reflecting the consummation of the Merger are based on certain currently available information and certain assumptions and methodologies that the Company believes are reasonable under the circumstances. The unaudited condensed pro forma adjustments, which are described in the accompanying notes, may be revised as additional information becomes available and is evaluated. Therefore, it is possible that the actual adjustments may differ from the pro forma adjustments and it is possible the differences may be material. The Company believes that its assumptions and methodologies provide a reasonable basis for presenting all of the significant effects of the Merger based on information available to management at this time 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.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations and financial position would have been had the Merger taken place on the dates indicated, nor are they indicative of the future consolidated results of operations or financial position of the post-combination company. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements and notes thereto of CBAH, Altus, the Solar Project Companies, and True Green Entities.

 

2.

Accounting Policies

Upon consummation of the Merger, management has performed a comprehensive review of the two entities’ accounting policies. Based on its initial analysis, management did not identify any differences in accounting policies that would have a material impact on the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information. As a result, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not assume any differences in accounting policies. Based on its initial analysis, however, management identified differences in the presentation of financial information between CBAH and Altus. Therefore, reclassification adjustments are made to conform the presentation of CBAH’s financial information to that of Altus, as shown in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information under the “Reclassification Adjustments” column.

 

3.

Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared to illustrate the effect of the Merger and has been prepared for informational purposes only.

The 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. 33-10786 “Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses.” Release No. 33-10786 replaces the existing pro forma adjustment criteria with simplified requirements to depict the accounting for the transaction (“Transaction Accounting Adjustments”) and present the reasonably estimable synergies, dis-synergies and other transaction effects that have occurred or reasonably expected to occur (“Management’s Adjustments”). The Company has elected not to present Management’s Adjustments and has only presented Transaction Accounting Adjustments in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

The pro forma combined provision for income taxes does not necessarily reflect the amounts that would have resulted had the post-combination company filed consolidated income tax returns during the periods presented.

The pro forma basic and diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share presented in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations are based upon the number of the post-combination company’s shares outstanding, assuming the Merger occurred on January 1, 2020.

Transaction Accounting Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet

The Transaction Accounting Adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 are as follows:

 

  (A)

Reflects the conversion of 40,250,000 shares of CBAH Class A common stock subject to possible redemption and are classified as temporary equity to CBAH Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 and additional paid-in capital.

 

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  (B)

Reflects the reclassification of $402.5 million of assets held in the Trust Account that became available to fund the Merger.

 

  (C)

Reflects the settlement of $14.1 million of the Company’s deferred underwriting commissions that became payable upon the Closing.

 

  (D)

Reflects the reclassification of 7,366,667 Private Placement Warrants previously recognized as equity-classified share-based compensation awards to redeemable warrant liabilities upon the Closing. As the holders of the awards have no further service requirements after the Closing, the accounting classification of the Private Placement Warrants was re-assessed under the guidance and determined to be derivative liabilities measured at their Closing Date fair value of $18.0 million. The fair value of the Private Placement Warrants is estimated based on the trading price of the Redeemable Warrants as of December 9, 2021. The fair value is estimated using the most reliable information available.

 

  (E)

Reflects the settlement of the second amended and restated promissory note between CBAH and the Sponsor which became due upon the Closing. Under the terms of the note agreement, the Sponsor has the option to settle the note in either cash or through a conversion into Private Placement Warrants at a ratio of one whole warrant per $1.50 in principle. Upon Closing, the Sponsor elected to settle the note by converting to Private Placement Warrants, which become exercisable 30 days after the Closing Date. As of December 9, 2021, the outstanding principal balance of the note was $3.0 million. Therefore, the pro forma adjustment reflects the issuance of 2,000,000 Private Placement Warrants measured at their Closing Date fair value of $4.9 million. The fair value of the Private Placement Warrants is estimated based on the trading price of the Redeemable Warrants as of December 9, 2021. The fair value is estimated using the most reliable information available. The $1.6 million difference between the carrying value of the note and the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants was accounted for as an adjustment to accumulated deficit. As the income statement impact of the note settlement was recognized by CBAH upon the Closing, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations of the combined entity after the reverse recapitalization excludes the income statement impact of the note settlement.

 

  (F)

Reflects Altus’s redemption of 290,000 shares of Altus Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock upon the Closing pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, resulting in the payment of cash to Altus shareholders for the shares’ redemption value of $294.5 million. The $11.3 million difference between the carrying value of the Altus Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock as of September 30, 2021 and the redemption value was accounted for as an adjustment to the carrying value of the Altus Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock through the accumulated deficit.

 

  (G)

Represents the recapitalization of 1,029 shares of Altus Common Stock into 89,999,976 shares of CBAH Class A common stock based on the exchange ratio of 87,464 shares of CBAH Class A common stock for each share of Altus Common Stock. Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, fractional shares of CBAH Class A common stock were not issued as part of the recapitalization. In lieu of receiving fraction shares, existing Altus shareholders received an amount of cash which was immaterial to the presentation of the pro forma financial information.

 

  (H)

Reflects the proceeds of $275.0 million from the issuance and sale of 27,500,000 shares of CBAH Class A common stock at $10.00 per share as part of the PIPE Investment pursuant to the terms of the PIPE Subscription Agreements (excluding the impact of the Sponsor’s Backstop Commitment described in adjustment (L)).

 

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  (I)

Reflects the settlement of the total transaction costs incurred by CBAH of approximately $8.3 million, including $5.5 million in transaction costs expensed in the historical CBAH statement of operations and accrued for in the historical CBAH balance sheet. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet reflects these costs as a reduction of cash of $7.5 million as $0.8 million of cash has been paid as of the pro forma balance sheet date. The costs expensed through accumulated deficit are included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 as discussed in (CC) below.

 

  (J)

Reflects the settlement of the total equity issuance costs incurred by Altus and the post-combination company of approximately $33.6 million, consisting of $7.1 million that has been capitalized as of September 30, 2021 and $26.5 million that was incurred upon the Closing. Included in the $33.6 million of total equity issuance costs incurred are $15.5 million in fees paid by the combined company to financial advisors and PIPE placement agents contingent upon the Closing. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet reflects these costs as a reduction of cash of $29.4 million as $4.2 million has been paid as of the pro forma balance sheet date.

 

  (K)

Reflects the reclassification of CBAH’s historical accumulated deficit, including the incremental adjustments to the accumulated deficit associated with the settlement of the second amended and restated promissory note between CBAH and the Sponsor described in adjustment (E), the transaction costs described in adjustment (I), and the adjustment to the Redeemable Warrants to present them at their Closing Date fair value described in adjustment (O), to additional paid-in capital.

 

  (L)

Reflects the proceeds of $150.0 million from the issuance and sale of 15,000,000 shares of CBAH Class A common stock at $10.00 per share as part of the Sponsor’s Backstop Commitment. As the actual number of redemptions of public shares exceeds 15,000,000 shares, the adjustment reflects the Sponsor’s purchase of the maximum number of shares required by the Backstop Commitment.

 

  (M)

Reflects the actual redemption of 19,101,146 public shares for aggregate redemption payments of $191.0 million allocated to CBAH Class A common stock and additional paid-in capital at a redemption price of $10.00 per share. The redemption price is calculated as $402.5 million in the Trust Account as of two business days prior to the Closing Date divided by 40,250,000 public shares subject to possible redemption.

 

  (N)

Reflects (i) the surrender of 603,750 shares of Alignment Shares held by the Sponsor and CBAH’s officers and directors pursuant to the Class B Letter Agreement, and (ii) the reclassification of the remaining 1,408,750 Alignment Shares previously recognized as equity-classified share-based compensation awards to derivative liabilities upon the Closing. As the holders of Alignment Shares have no continuing service requirement after the Closing, the accounting classification of the Alignment Shares was re-assessed by the post-combination company. As the Alignment Shares will convert into a variable number of CBAH Class A common stock upon achieving certain triggering events, which include events that are not indexed to the common stock of the post-combination company, Alignment Shares are accounted for as derivative liabilities measured at their fair value.

The fair values of the Alignment Shares were estimated as of the Closing Date based on the terms of the third amended and restated certificate of incorporation. The valuation of the Alignment Shares uses a Monte Carlo simulation valuation model utilizing a distribution of potential outcomes based on a set of underlying assumptions such as stock price, volatility, and risk-free interest rates. The

 

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underlying assumptions used were the most reliable information available. After the Closing, the Alignment Shares will be subsequently measured at their fair value with changes reflected in the statements of operations. The subsequent measurement of the Alignment Shares is included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and nine months ended September 30, 2021, as discussed in adjustment (FF) below.

Under the terms of the Alignment Shares, a separate tranche of 201,250 Alignment Shares will automatically convert into a variable number of CBAH Class A common stock shares on the last day of each measurement period, which will occur annually over seven fiscal years following consummation of the Merger. Therefore, by the end of the last measurement date in the seventh fiscal year, a total of 1,408,750 Alignment Shares will convert to CBAH Class A common stock. The initial measurement period commences on the Closing Date and ends on the last date of the first fiscal quarter following the end of the fiscal year in which the Merger is consummated. The subsequent measurement periods are each of the six successive four-fiscal-quarter periods.

The number of shares of CBAH Class A common stock into which the Alignment Shares may convert is based upon the total return of the post-combination company’s outstanding equity, which is measured as the sum of (i) the volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) of CBAH Class A common stock for the final fiscal quarter in the relevant measurement period and (ii) the amount per share of any dividends or distributions paid or payable to holders of CBAH Class A common stock, the record date for which is on or prior to the last day of the Measurement Period. Such total return is evaluated against a price threshold, which is initially equal to $10.00 for the first measurement period and will thereafter be adjusted at the beginning of each subsequent measurement period to be equal to the greater of (i) the price threshold for the immediately preceding measurement period and (ii) the VWAP for the final fiscal quarter of the immediately preceding measurement period.

If such total return does not exceed the price threshold for the relevant measurement period, the 201,250 Alignment Share will convert into 2,013 shares of CBAH Class A common stock. Therefore, at minimum, assuming the share price of CBAH Class A common stock remains at $10.00 during the seven-year conversion period and no dividends or distributions are paid, the Alignment Shares would convert into an aggregate of 14,091 shares of CBAH Class A common stock. If the total return for a given measurement period exceeds the price threshold, the 201,250 Alignment Shares will convert into a greater number of shares of CBAH Class A common stock, as calculated in accordance with the terms of the third amended and restated certificate of incorporation.

The aggregate number of shares of CBAH Class A common stock issuable under the conversion terms is subject to a conversion cap determined as a percentage of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of CBAH Class A common stock upon the Closing. As a result of the Sponsor’s Backstop Commitment being greater than $100.0 million, the conversion cap percentage is set to be 9.5%. Based on the minimum number of conversion shares and the conversion cap, the number of shares of CBAH Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of the Alignment Shares over the seven-year conversion period is a possible range of 14,091 to 14,596,637 shares.

Additionally, upon a change in control event, for the measurement period in which the event occurs, the 201,250 Alignment Shares will automatically convert into a variable number of CBAH Class A common stock shares depending on the number of shares of CBAH Class A common stock cumulatively issued upon conversion of Alignment Shares up until the date of the change in control event.

 

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If the cumulative shares of CBAH Class A common stock already issued equals greater than 5% of the Applicable Closing Share Count (determined as the sum of 21,148,854 public shares after redemptions, 27,500,000 shares of CBAH Class A Common Stock issued in the PIPE, and 15,000,000 shares of CBAH Class A Common Stock issued in respect of the Backstop Commitment), the 201,250 Alignment Shares will convert into the greater of (i) 2,013 shares of CBAH Class A common stock and (ii) a variable number of shares based on the excess of the Total Return above the price threshold, with such Total Return calculated based on the purchase price or deemed value agreed upon in the change of control transaction rather than the VWAP for the final fiscal quarter in the relevant measurement period.

If the cumulative shares of CBAH Class A common stock already issued equals less than 5% of the Applicable Closing Share Count, the 201,250 Alignment Shares will convert into the greater of (i) 5% of the Applicable Closing Share Count less any shares of CBAH Class A common stock previously issued upon conversion of Alignment Shares and (ii) a variable number of shares based on the excess of the Total Return above the price threshold, with such Total Return calculated based on the purchase price or deemed value agreed upon in the change of control transaction rather than the VWAP for the final fiscal quarter in the relevant measurement period.

To the extent any remaining tranches of 201,250 Alignment Shares remain outstanding after the change in control event, all remaining tranches of 201,250 Alignment Shares will automatically convert into one share of CBAH Class A common stock.

Refer to the section entitled “Alignment Shares Conversion” within the section entitled “Description of CBAH’s Securities” within the Proxy Statement/Prospectus for a complete description and illustrative example of the Alignment Shares Conversion terms.

 

  (O)

Reflects an adjustment to the Redeemable Warrants recognized in CBAH’s historical balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 to present them at their fair value as of the Closing Date. The fair value of the Redeemable Warrants is estimated based on their trading price as of December 9, 2021. The fair value is estimated using the most reliable information available. The impact from presenting the Redeemable Warrants at their Closing Date fair value on the subsequent measurement presented in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 is reflected in adjustment (HH) below.

Transaction Accounting Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations

The Transaction Accounting Adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

  (AA)

Represents the elimination of CBAH’s investment income related to the marketable securities held in the Trust Account.

 

  (BB)

Reflects the loss recognized by the post-combination company for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the nine months ended September 30, 2021 from the change in fair value of the Private Placement Warrants determined to be redeemable warrant liabilities in adjustment (D) above and the Private Placement Warrants issued to settle the promissory note in adjustment (E) above.

 

  (CC)

Reflects the total transaction costs for CBAH which were expensed as incurred, but not yet recognized in the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020. Transaction costs are reflected as if incurred on January 1, 2020, the date the Merger occurred for the purposes of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations. This is a non-recurring item.

 

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  (DD)

Reflects the recognition of $17.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2020 in stock-based compensation expense resulting from the issuance of 8,653,900 time-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to the post-combination company’s chief executive officers under the Management Equity Incentive Letter. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 reflects the recognition of $13.0 million in stock-based compensation expense. The stock-based compensation expense associated with the awards is recognized based on a straight-line method over the five-year requisite service period.

 

  (EE)

Reflects the pro forma adjustment for income taxes by applying an estimated blended tax rate of 25.96%.

 

  (FF)

Reflects the recognition of $4.5 million in losses resulting from the change in fair value of the Alignment Shares determined to be derivative liabilities in adjustment (N) above during the year ended December 31, 2020. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 reflects the recognition of $4.9 million in gains.

 

  (GG)

Reflects the removal of the $0.3 million loss from the change in fair value of the Sponsor Promissory Note historically recognized by CBAH as the pro forma condensed combined financial information assumes the Sponsor Promissory Note is converted into Private Placement Warrants upon the Closing, as discussed in adjustment (E) above.

 

  (HH)

Reflects an adjustment to the gain on change in fair value of Redeemable Warrants recognized in the CBAH’s historical statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to present the Redeemable Warrants at their Closing Date fair value as discussed in adjustment (O) above.

 

4.

Other Transaction Accounting Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information – Solar Acquisition

On December 22, 2020, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Altus acquired the Solar Project Companies from a third-party seller. Altus accounted for the acquisition under the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations where the purchase price of the company was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values on December 22, 2020. The amounts of the Solar Project Companies’ operating activities for the period from December 22, 2020 through December 31, 2020 and the nine months ended September 30, 2021 are included in Altus’s audited and unaudited consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. The assets and liabilities of the Solar Project Companies as of September 30, 2021 are included in Altus’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2021.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 gives effect to the Solar Acquisition as if it had occurred on January 1, 2020 by adding the operational activities of the Solar Project Companies for the period of January 1, 2020 through December 21, 2020, adjusted for the fair value of the net assets acquired as of the acquisition date. The adjustment is presented as other transaction accounting adjustment to provide information that would be material to investors’ understanding of Altus and the Solar Project Companies as a combined entity.

 

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    For the Period
January 1, 2020 to
December 21, 2020
                      For the Period
January 1, 2020 to
December 21, 2020
 
    The Solar Project
Companies
(Historical)
    Reclassification
Adjustments
(Refer to Note 4)
    Purchase Price
Allocation
Adjustments
          The Solar Project
Companies
(Adjusted)
 

Revenue

         

Operating revenues, net

  $ —       $ 10,250     $ —         $ 10,250  

Net metering credits, net

    1,737       (1,737         —    

Electricity sales, net

    5,345       (5,345         —    

Renewable energy certificates

    3,168       (3,168         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total revenue

    10,250       —         —           10,250  

Operating expenses

         

Cost of operations

    —         2,617           2,617  

General and administrative

    —         305           305  

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense

    —         5,226       (4,729     (4.a     4,043  
        4,067       (4.a  
        (466     (4.b  
        (68     (4.b  
        (31     (4.c  
        44       (4.c  

Acquisition and entity formation costs

    —         —             —    

Property taxes

    488       (488         —    

Insurance

    217       (217         —    

Rent expense

    366       (366         —    

Operations and maintenance fees

    397       (397         —    

Asset management fees

    302       (302         —    

Renewable energy certificates

    154       (154         —    

Professional fees

    299       (299         —    

Subscription management fees

    205       (205         —    

General and administrative

    305       (305         —    

Bad debt

    189       (189         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

    2,922       5,226       (1,183       6,965  

Income from operations

    7,328       (5,226     1,183         3,285  

Other (income) expenses

         

Other expense (income), net

    —         (497         (497

Interest expense, net

    —         4,583       (209     (4.d     4,374  

Incentive income

    (497     497           —    

Interest income

    (60     60           —    

Interest expense

    4,014       (4,014         —    

Depreciation expense

    4,729       (4,729         —    

Amortization expense

    466       (466         —    

Accretion Expense

    31       (31         —    

Unrealized loss on swap fair value

    629       (629         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total other (income) expenses

    9,312       (5,226     (209       3,877  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Loss before income tax (expense) benefit

    (1,984     —         1,392         (592

Income tax (expense) benefit

    —         —         (361     (4.e     (361
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net loss

    (1,984     —         1,031         (953

Net loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest

    (13,539     —         72       (4.f     (13,467
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net income attributable to manager members

    11,555       —         959         12,514  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Management identified differences in the presentation of financial information between the Solar Project Companies and Altus. Therefore, reclassification adjustments are made to conform the presentation of the Solar Project Companies’ financial information to that of Altus, as shown in “Reclassification Adjustments” column.

The other transaction accounting adjustments applied to the audited combined financial information of the Solar Project Companies for the period from January 1, 2020 through December 21, 2020 are as follows:

 

  (4.a)

Reflects the removal of historical depreciation expense of the Solar Project Companies’ depreciable assets and recognition of new depreciation expense based on the fair value of the property, plant and equipment acquired by Altus and the remaining useful lives as of the acquisition date.

 

  (4.b)

Reflects the removal of historical amortization expense of the Solar Project Companies’ definite-lived intangible assets and recognition of new amortization benefit based on the fair value of the net intangible liabilities acquired by Altus and the remaining useful lives as of the acquisition date.

 

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  (4.c)

Reflects the removal of historical accretion expense of the Solar Project Companies’ asset retirement obligations and recognition of new accretion expense based on the fair value of the asset retirement obligations acquired by Altus.

 

  (4.d)

Reflects the removal of historical debt issuance costs amortized to interest expense as the outstanding debt of the Solar Project Companies was not assumed by Altus.

 

  (4.e)

Reflects the pro forma adjustment for income taxes by applying an estimated blended tax rate of 25.96%.

 

  (4.f)

Reflects the pro forma adjustment for income attributable to noncontrolling interests in the Solar Project Companies resulting from the pro forma adjustments mentioned above.

 

5.

Other Transaction Accounting Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information – TrueGreen Acquisition

On August 25, 2021, Altus acquired the True Green Entities from private equity funds managed by True Green Capital Management, LLC for the total consideration of $197.4 million. Altus accounted for the acquisition under the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations where the purchase price of the True Green Entities was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values on August 25, 2021. The assets and liabilities of the True Green Entities as of September 30, 2021 are included in Altus’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2021. In addition, the operating results of the True Green Entities’ operating activities for the period from August 25, 2021 through September 30, 2021 are included in Altus’s unaudited consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the nine months ended September 30, 2021 give effect to the TrueGreen Acquisition as if it had occurred on January 1, 2020 by adding the operational activities of the True Green Entities for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the period from January 1, 2021 through August 24, 2021, adjusted for the fair value of the net assets acquired as of the acquisition date. The adjustment is presented as other transaction accounting adjustment to provide information that would be material to investors’ understanding of Altus and the True Green Entities as a combined entity.

The private equity funds of True Green Capital Management, LLC have qualified as investment companies pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services—Investment Companies (“ASC 946”), and as a result, the Rule 3-05 financial statements for the True Green Entities are presented using specialized accounting methods applicable to investment companies. In accordance with investment-company accounting methods, the investments of the True Green Entities are reflected at fair value as opposed to historical cost less accumulated depreciation and impairments, if any. In addition, the True Green Entities’ statements of operations do not reflect revenues, expenses or other income from operations underlying the investments. Instead, the statements of operations reflect the change in fair value of the True Green Entities’ investments, whether realized or unrealized. Distributions from investments are recorded as dividend income when the distribution is from estimated taxable earnings and profits and as a return of capital when the distribution is in excess of estimated taxable earnings and profits. As the True Green Entities acquired by Altus were no longer held by funds that qualify for investment-company accounting, the solar projects following the TrueGreen Acquisition was accounted for using accounting policies and methods consistent with that of Altus.

Refer to the “Significant Accounting Policies” footnote of Altus’s audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus for a complete description of Altus’s accounting policies and methods.

 

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    For the Period
January 1, 2021 to

August 24, 2021
                      Other           For the Period
January 1, 2021 to

August 24, 2021
 
                      Transaction           TrueGreen Acquisition  
    TGCOP HoldCo, LLC
(Historical)
    Financing
Adjustments
          Carve Out
Adjustments
    Accounting
Adjustments
          Transaction Accounting
Adjustments
 

Operating revenues, net

  $ —       $ —         $ —       $  16,631       (5.bb   $ 16,631  

Operating expenses

             

Cost of operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)

    —         —           —         2,650       (5.bb     2,650  

General and administrative

    —         —           —         —           —    

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense

    —         —           —         6,056       (5.cc     5,460  
            (635     (5.dd  
            39       (5.ee  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

    —         —           —         8,110         8,110  

Operating income (loss)

    —         —           —         8,521         8,521  

Other (income) expenses

             

Other (income) expense, net

    —         —           —         (80     (5.bb     (80

Interest (income) expense, net

    —         3,128       (5.aa     —         22       (5.bb     3,150  

Net change in unrealized gain

    1,347       —           (5,593     4,246       (5.bb     —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total other (income) expenses

    1,347       3,128         (5,593     4,188         3,070  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income tax (expense) benefit

    (1,347     (3,128       5,593       4,333         5,451  

Income tax (expense) benefit

    —         812       (5.gg     —         (1,125     (5.gg     (313
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    (1,347     (2,316       5,593       3,208         5,138  

Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests

    —         (253     (5.hh     —         351       (5.hh     98  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholder

  $  (1,347   $  (2,063     $ 5,593     $ 2,857       $ 5,040  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 
    For the year ended
December 31, 2020
                      Other           For the year ended
December 31, 2020
 
                      Transaction           TrueGreen Acquisition  
    TGCOP HoldCo, LLC
(Historical)
    Financing
Adjustments
          Carve Out
Adjustments
    Accounting
Adjustments
          Transaction Accounting
Adjustments
 

Operating revenues, net

  $ —       $ —         $ —       $ 23,424       (5.bb   $  23,424  

Operating expenses

             

Cost of operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)

    —         —           —         3,617       (5.bb     3,617  

General and administrative

    —         —           —         55       (5.bb     55  

Depreciation amortization and accretion expense

    —         —           —         9,406       (5.cc     8,481  
            (986     (5.dd  
            61       (5.ee  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

    —         —           —         12,153         12,153  

Operating income (loss)

    —         —           —         11,271         11,271  

Other (income) expenses

             

Other (income) expense, net

    —         —           —         (47     (5.bb     (47

Interest (income) expanse, net

    —         4,858       (5.aa     —         35       (5.bb     4,893  

Net change in unrealized gain

    (2,016     —           847       1,169       (5.bb     —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total other (income) expenses

    (2,016     4,858         847       1,157         4,846  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income tax (expense) benefit

    2,016       (4,858       (847     10,114         6,425  

Income tax (expense) benefit

    —         1,261       (5.ff     —         (2,626     (5.ff     (1,364
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    2,016       (3,597       (847     7,488         5,061  

Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests

    —         (393     (5.gg     —         819       (5.gg     426  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholder

  $ 2,016     $  (3,204     $ (847   $ 6,670       $ 4,635  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Financing Adjustments

The financing adjustments applied to the pro forma condensed combined financial information are as follows:

 

  (5.aa)

Reflects the recognition of interest expense associated with the additional debt drawn under the Rated Term Loan. Altus issued approximately $126.4 million in new debt under the Rated Term Loan to finance the TrueGreen Acquisition.

Carve Out Adjustments

The portfolio of True Green Entities acquired by Altus are held by TGCOP HoldCo, LLC. Included in the financial statements of TGCOP HoldCo, LLC are certain solar asset portfolios and solar panel inventory which were not acquired by Altus as part of the TrueGreen Acquisition. However, as Altus acquired substantially all the assets of TGCOP HoldCo, LLC, adjustment has been made in the pro forma financial information to eliminate the True Green Entities assets not acquired by Altus, as shown in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information under the “Carve Out Adjustments” column.

 

 

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Other Transaction Accounting Adjustments

The other transaction accounting adjustments applied to the statements of operations of the True Green Entities for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the period from January 1, 2021 through August 24, 2021 are as follows:

 

  (5.bb)

Reflects the reconciliation of differences in accounting and reporting policies between Altus and TGCOP HoldCo, LLC. As TGCOP HoldCo, LLC meets the assessment of investment company status, TGCOP HoldCo, LLC followed the accounting and reporting guidance outlined in ASC 946. Therefore, a pro forma adjustment is made to unwind TGCOP HoldCo, LLC’s presentation under ASC 946 and align to the historical cost accounting and reporting policies of Altus.

 

  (5.cc)

Reflects the recognition of new depreciation expense based on the fair value of the property, plant and equipment acquired by Altus and the remaining useful lives as of the acquisition date.

 

  (5.dd)

Reflects the recognition of new amortization benefit based on the fair value of the intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed by Altus and the remaining useful lives as of the acquisition date.

 

  (5.ee)

Reflects the recognition of new accretion expense based on the fair value of the asset retirement obligations assumed by Altus and the remaining terms.

 

  (5.ff)

Reflects the pro forma adjustment for income taxes by applying an estimated blended tax rate of 25.96%.

 

  (5.gg)

Reflects the pro forma adjustment for income attributable to noncontrolling interests in the True Green Entities resulting from the entities’ historical income and pro forma adjustments mentioned above.

6. Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share

Represents the net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share calculated using the historical weighted average shares of common stock outstanding, and the issuance of additional shares in connection with the Merger, assuming the shares were outstanding since January 1, 2020. As the Merger and related transactions are being reflected as if they had occurred at the beginning of the periods presented, the calculation of weighted average shares of common stock outstanding for basic and diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share assumes that the shares issuable relating to the Merger have been outstanding for the entire periods presented. If the maximum number of shares are redeemed, this calculation is retroactively adjusted to eliminate such shares for the entire periods.

The pro forma net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share excludes per share data for the Alignment Shares, as the shares will be reclassified to derivative liabilities upon the consummation of the Merger. However, as the Alignment Shares include the rights to receive undistributed earnings along with common stock, the shares are treated as participating securities and the two-class method is applied.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared assuming two alternative levels of redemption of the CBAH Class A common stock for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit (as of two business days prior to the Closing) in the Trust Account for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020:

 

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(in thousands, except share and per share data)    For the nine months ended
September 30, 2021
     For the year ended
December 31, 2020
 

Pro forma net income (loss)

   $ (17,954    $ 2,398  

Income attributable to participating securities

     164        (22
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Pro forma net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

     (17,789      2,376  

Class A Common Stock

     

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding - basic (1)

     152,388,943        152,388,943  

Dilutive RSUs

     —          865,390  

Dilutive restricted stock

     —          (8,333

Dilutive conversion of Alignment Shares

     —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding - diluted (2)

     152,388,943        153,246,000  

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share - basic

   $ (0.12    $ 0.02  

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share - diluted

   $ (0.12    $ 0.02  

 

(1)

Excludes 1,259,887 shares of CBAH Class A common stock provided to holders of Altus Restricted Shares. Such CBAH Class A common stock is subject to the same vesting restrictions placed on the Altus Restricted Shares as in effect immediately prior to the Merger, including restrictions on dividends and voting rights. As the shares are still subject to vesting, they are excluded from basic weighted average shares of common stock outstanding.

(2)

Excludes 10,062,500 and 9,366,667 Redeemable Warrants and Private Placement Warrants, respectively. Of the Private Placement Warrants excluded, 2,000,000 Private Placement Warrants represent the warrants that are assumed to be issued at the Closing to settle the second amended and restated promissory note between CBAH and the Sponsor, as discussed in adjustment (E) above. The Redeemable Warrants and Private Placement Warrants are exercisable at $11.00 per share. As the warrants are deemed anti-dilutive, they are excluded from the calculation of earnings per shares.

 

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