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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 30, 2021 (December 23, 2021)

 

 

FATHOM DIGITAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-39994   98-1571400
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

1050 Walnut Ridge Drive

Hartland, WI 53029

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (262) 367-8254

Not Applicable

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation 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(s)

 

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   FATH   NYSE
Warrants to purchase one share of Class A common stock, each at an exercise price of $11.50 per share   FATH.WS   NYSE

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). ☒

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

 

 

 


Introductory Note

On December 23, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), Altimar Acquisition Corp. II, a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Altimar II”), domesticated as a Delaware corporation (the “Domestication”) and changed its name to “Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation” (“Fathom”). Immediately following the Domestication, Fathom completed the previously announced business combination (the “Business Combination”) pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2021, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Business Combination Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2021 (as so amended, the “BCA” or the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among Altimar II, Fathom Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Fathom OpCo”), Rapid Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Altimar II (“Merger Sub”), and the other parties thereto.

As part of the completion of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the “Transactions,” and such completion, the “Closing”), Merger Sub merged with and into Fathom OpCo (the “Merger”), with Fathom OpCo being the surviving entity of the Merger. As a result of the Merger and the other Transactions, the combined company was organized in an “Up-C” structure, with Fathom now serving as the managing member of Fathom OpCo. Fathom OpCo is now owned in part by former public and private shareholders of Altimar II, and in part by continuing equity owners of Fathom OpCo (the “Legacy Fathom Owners”).

Unless the context otherwise requires, “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” and “Fathom” refer to Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries. All references herein to the “Board” refer to the board of directors of Altimar II or Fathom, as applicable.

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Tax Receivable Agreement

In connection with the Closing, Fathom entered into a tax receivable agreement (the “Tax Receivable Agreement”) by and among Fathom, Fathom OpCo, each of the Exchange TRA Parties (as defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement) party thereto, each of the Blocker TRA Parties (as defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement) party thereto and CORE Industrial Partners Management LP, in its capacity as TRA Party Representative (as defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement). Pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement, Fathom will be required to pay 85% of certain tax benefits, if any, that it realizes (or in certain cases is deemed to realize) as a result of tax basis in certain assets and other tax attributes of Fathom or the Fathom Blockers (as defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement) at the time of the Business Combination, any increases in tax basis and other tax benefits related to the payment of cash consideration pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement and any increases in tax basis and other tax benefits resulting from any exchange of New Fathom Units (as defined in Item 2.01 of this Current Report) for shares of Class A common stock or cash in the future or from any payment under the Tax Receivable Agreement.


The Tax Receivable Agreement provides that, in certain events, including a change of control, breach of a material obligation under the Tax Receivable Agreement, or Fathom’s exercise of early termination rights, Fathom’s obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement will accelerate and Fathom will be required to make a lump-sum cash payment to the Exchange TRA Parties and the Blocker TRA Parties (each as defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement) and other applicable parties to the Tax Receivable Agreement equal to the present value of all forecasted future payments that would have otherwise been made under the Tax Receivable Agreement, which lump-sum payment would be based on certain assumptions, including those relating to Fathom’s future taxable income.

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

Investor Rights Agreement

At the Closing, Fathom also entered into an investor rights agreement (the “Investor Rights Agreement”) with CORE Industrial Partners Fund I, L.P., CORE Industrial Partners Fund I Parallel, L.P. (together, the “CORE Investors”), and certain equityholders of Fathom and/or Fathom OpCo named therein. The Investor Rights Agreement provides for an initial ten-person Board, consisting of nine individuals to be designated by the CORE Investors, which initially include Carey Chen, TJ Chung (Chair), Dr. Caralynn Nowinski Collens, David Fisher, Maria Green, Peter Leemputte, Ryan Martin, John May and Robert Nardelli, and Adam DeWitt, an independent director who was mutually agreed upon by the CORE Investors and Altimar Sponsor II, LLC (the “Sponsor”) in accordance with the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement.

Under the Investor Rights Agreement, the CORE Investors have certain continued nomination rights for a number of directors ranging from the majority of the Board to one director, while they beneficially own shares of common stock in excess of certain ownership percentages of the amount owned by the CORE Investors at Closing, as determined in accordance with the Investor Rights Agreement. In particular, from and after the Closing Date, the CORE Investors have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate to the Board a number of designees equal to at least: (i) a majority of the Board’s seats, so long as the CORE Investors beneficially own shares of common stock representing at least 50% of the total shares of Fathom common stock beneficially owned by the CORE Investors immediately after the Closing (the “Original Amount”), (ii) 35% of the Board’s seats, in the event that the CORE Investors beneficially own shares of common stock representing at least 20% but less than 35% of the Original Amount, (iii) 20% of the Board’s seats, in the event that the CORE Investors beneficially own shares of common stock representing at least 10% but less than 20% of the Original Amount and (iv) one director, in the event that the CORE Investors beneficially own shares of common stock representing at least 5% of the Original Amount. For purposes of calculating the number of directors that the CORE Investors are entitled to nominate pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, any fractional amounts shall automatically be rounded up to the nearest whole number (e.g., 1-1/4 directors shall equate to 2 directors) and any such calculations shall be made after taking into account any increase in the size of the Board. In addition, for so long as the CORE Investors beneficially own shares of common stock representing at least 5% of the Original Amount, CORE Investors will have the right to designate a person to attend meetings of the Board (including any meetings of any committees thereof) in a non-voting observer capacity.

 

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The parties to the Investor Rights Agreement agreed (subject to exceptions for permitted transfers) to a contractual lock-up on the sale of Class A common stock held by them for the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending one hundred eighty (180) days thereafter (the “Lock-Up Period”).

In addition, the CORE Investors and the other parties to the Investor Rights Agreement agreed to the vesting terms of the Earnout Shares (as defined in Item 2.01 of this Current Report). After expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the unvested Earnout Shares will not be transferable and those already vested Earnout Shares will only be transferable to those permitted transferees under the Investor Rights Agreement. In the event that any unvested Earnout Shares have not vested on or prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Closing Date, those Earnout Shares that have not vested will automatically be forfeited and surrendered to Fathom for no consideration.

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

Registration Rights Agreement

At the Closing, Fathom also entered into a registration rights agreement with the Legacy Fathom Owners, the Sponsor and the other parties thereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, Fathom granted to the Legacy Fathom Owners (including the CORE Investors), the Sponsor and certain of the former members of the Altimar II Board customary demand, shelf and piggyback registration rights. Fathom is required to file within thirty days of the Closing a shelf registration statement registering the public resale of the shares of common stock of Fathom held by such stockholders (the “Shelf Registration Statement”), and cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof and no later than the earlier of (A) 60 calendar days after the filing thereof (or, in the event the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) reviews and has written comments to the Shelf Registration Statement, the 90th calendar day following the filing thereof) and (B) the 10th business day after the date Fathom is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that it will not review the Shelf Registration Statement.

The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Fathom Operating Agreement

On the Closing Date, Fathom OpCo, Fathom and the other members named therein entered into the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Fathom Holdco, LLC (the “Fathom Operating Agreement”) which provides, among other things, that Fathom will serve as the managing member of Fathom OpCo, and for a redemption right with respect to vested New Fathom Units. Pursuant to the terms of the redemption right, each vested New Fathom Unit will be redeemable, subject to certain limitations, for either one share of Class A common stock, or, at Fathom’s or Fathom OpCo’s election, cash of an equivalent value, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Fathom Operating Agreement.

 

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Subject to certain limitations, Fathom, as the managing member of Fathom OpCo, will have the sole authority to manage the business, properties and affairs of Fathom OpCo in accordance with the Fathom Operating Agreement and applicable law. Pursuant to the Fathom Operating Agreement, except with respect to “tax distributions” described below, Fathom has the right to determine when distributions will be made to the members of Fathom OpCo and the amount of any such distributions, subject to certain limitations provided therein. The Fathom Operating Agreement provides for mandatory “tax distributions” to the members of Fathom OpCo if the taxable income of Fathom OpCo gives rise to taxable income for its members (including Fathom), and previous distributions to the members with respect to the applicable taxable period are less in the aggregate than the amount of such members’ income tax liability with respect to such taxable income.

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

New Credit Agreement

On the Closing Date, certain subsidiaries of Fathom OpCo entered into a new credit agreement (the “New Credit Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and certain other lenders (the “New Lenders”), which provided a $50 million revolving credit facility and a $125 million term loan. The initial proceeds from the funding of the New Credit Agreement at the Closing, together with approximately $20 million of the funds received by Fathom upon the Closing of the Business Combination, were used to repay in full Fathom OpCo’s then outstanding $172 million term loan. The revolving credit facility under the New Credit Agreement is available for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

Obligations under the New Credit Agreement are guaranteed by Fathom OpCo and its subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions. Loans made under the New Credit Agreement are secured by substantially all of the tangible and intangible assets of Fathom OpCo and the guarantors under the New Credit Agreement, subject to permitted liens and certain exceptions. Fathom OpCo and its subsidiaries are subject to customary affirmative and negative covenants. The New Credit Agreement also establishes customary events of default.

The foregoing description of the New Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the New Credit Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan

At the extraordinary general meeting of the Altimar II shareholders held on December 21, 2021 (the “Special Meeting”), the Altimar II shareholders, among other things, considered and approved the Fathom 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2021 Omnibus Plan”). The 2021 Omnibus Plan was previously approved, subject to shareholder approval, by the Board of Altimar II on July 15, 2021.

 

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The 2021 Omnibus Plan became effective immediately upon the Closing of the Business Combination and permits the Company to issue up to 16,737,876 shares of Fathom Class A common stock pursuant to awards that may be issued under the plan.

A more complete summary of the terms of the 2021 Omnibus Plan is set forth in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus of Altimar II (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) filed with the SEC on December 3, 2021, in the section titled “Proposal No. 7 — The Incentive Award Plan Proposal.” That summary and the foregoing description of the 2021 Omnibus Plan are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the 2021 Omnibus Plan, which is attached as Exhibit 10.6 to this Current Report and incorporated herein by reference.

2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

At the Special Meeting, the Altimar II shareholders among things considered and approved the Fathom 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). The ESPP was previously approved, subject to shareholder approval, by the Board of Altimar II on July 15, 2021.

The ESPP became effective immediately upon the Closing of the Business Combination and permits the Company to issue up 1,350,806 shares of Fathom Class A common stock pursuant to awards that may be issued under the ESPP. The number of shares of Fathom Class A common stock initially reserved for issuance under the ESPP will automatically increase on the first trading day of each calendar year, beginning in 2023, by 1% of the total number of shares of Fathom Class A common stock outstanding on the last day of the prior calendar year.

A more complete summary of the terms of the ESPP is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Proposal No. 8The ESPP Proposal.” That summary and the foregoing description of the ESPP are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the ESPP, which is attached as Exhibit 10.7 to this Current Report and incorporated herein by reference.

Indemnification Agreements

On the Closing Date, Fathom also entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers.

Each indemnification agreement provides for indemnification and advancements by Fathom of certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits or proceedings arising from his or her service to Fathom, 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 purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the indemnification agreements, a form of which is attached as Exhibit 10.10 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

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

On December 21, 2021, Altimar II held an extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) at which the Altimar II shareholders considered and approved, among other matters, the Business Combination. On December 23, 2021, the parties to the Business Combination Agreement completed the Transactions. The aggregate value of the consideration paid to the direct and indirect equityholders of Fathom OpCo in the Business Combination was approximately $1,213,337,500, consisting of (a) aggregate cash consideration in the approximate amount of $3,777,648, and (b) the remainder either in shares of Class A common stock at a price of $10.00 per share or Class A units in Fathom OpCo (“New Fathom Units”) and a corresponding number of non-economic, vote only shares of Fathom Class B common stock (in the case of New Fathom Units). The cash consideration described above was financed with (i) the funds available in the trust account established in connection with Altimar II’s initial public offering, net of validly exercised redemptions by Altimar II’s public shareholders, and (ii) the proceeds of the private placement of 7,000,000 shares of Altimar II’s Class A Common Stock for $10.00 a share completed immediately prior to the Closing with certain institutional and other accredited investors (collectively, the “PIPE Investment”). An institutional investor that had committed to purchase an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Altimar II’s Class A Common Stock for $10.00 per share to be included as part of the PIPE Investment defaulted under its subscription agreement, and failed to fund its respective portion of the PIPE Investment. The Company plans to aggressively pursue its available remedies with respect to such investor.

In addition to the cash and equity consideration delivered at the Closing as described above, an aggregate of 9,000,000 shares of Class A common stock and New Fathom Units (collectively, the “Earnout Shares”) were issued in three equal tranches of 3,000,000 shares and allocated to equity holders in Fathom OpCo in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement, with each tranche to vest at the following share price thresholds: $12.50, $15.00 and $20.00, respectively, in each case subject to the vesting and forfeiture provisions set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement (as defined above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report) and the Fathom Operating Agreement (as defined above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report). The earnout period ends five years from the Closing Date. The achievement of the price thresholds will be determined based on a VWAP for 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period or a change of control transaction of Fathom that implies the same per share valuation as the applicable price threshold.

As part of the Business Combination, the Class A ordinary shares of Altimar II then outstanding (other than those Class A ordinary shares that were validly redeemed prior to the Closing by Altimar II’s public shareholders) automatically converted into shares of Fathom’s Class A common stock by operation of law. The 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares held by the Sponsor and certain former members of Altimar II’s Board automatically converted by operation of law into 8,625,000 shares of Fathom Class C common stock after which such 8,625,000 shares of Fathom Class C common stock subsequently converted into 8,625,000 shares of Fathom Class A common stock by operation of law. An aggregate of 2,587,500 shares of Fathom Class A common stock held by the Sponsor and certain former members of Altimar II’s Board were automatically forfeited by such holders, on a pro rata basis, in accordance with the Forfeiture and Support

 

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Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2021 and amended on November 16, 2021, by and among the Sponsor, former members of Altimar II’s Board, Fathom OpCo and the other parties thereto (the “Forfeiture and Support Agreement”). After the forfeiture described above, 1,267,500 shares of Class A common stock held by the Sponsor remain subject to certain previously disclosed vesting provisions (such 1,267,500 shares, the “Sponsor Earnout Shares”). All shares of Fathom Class A common stock held by the Sponsor and certain former members of Altimar II’s Board remain subject to the previously disclosed transfer restrictions set forth in the Forfeiture and Support Agreement.

In addition, and also as part of the Business Combination, (i) each public warrant to purchase Altimar II Class A ordinary shares that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing was converted into a public warrant to purchase shares of Fathom Class A common stock, (ii) each private warrant to purchase Altimar II Class A ordinary shares held by the Sponsor was converted into a private warrant to purchase shares of Fathom Class A common stock and (iii) all vested phantom unit awards (“Vested Phantom Unit Awards”), unvested time-based phantom unit awards and performance-based phantom unit awards held by individuals who were employed by or performing services for Fathom OpCo or its subsidiaries or affiliates as of the Closing were forfeited and cancelled and replaced with a combination of 822,606 fully-vested shares of Fathom Class A common stock granted under the 2021 Omnibus Plan (subject to a six-month lock-up from the date of Closing) and grants of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) with respect to Fathom Class A common stock under the 2021 Omnibus Plan. Such RSUs are subject to time-based vesting or performance-based vesting and such other transfer restrictions as set forth in the 2021 Omnibus Plan and the award agreements related thereto.

One business day following the Closing, Altimar II’s Class A ordinary shares and warrants ceased trading, and Fathom’s Class A common stock and warrants began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). Altimar II’s public units automatically separated into their component securities upon completion of the Business Combination and, as a result, no longer trade as a separate security and were delisted from the NYSE. As of the Closing Date, our directors and executive officers and affiliated entities beneficially owned approximately 63.7% of the outstanding shares of Fathom’s Class A common stock, and the former security holders of Altimar II beneficially owned approximately 5.2% of the outstanding shares of Fathom’s Class A common stock (in each case assuming all 84,294,971 outstanding New Fathom Units were exchanged on a one-for-one basis for shares of Class A common stock).

FORM 10 INFORMATION

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

 

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Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements made in this Current Report and in any document incorporated by reference herein are “forward-looking statements.” Statements regarding the expectations regarding the combined company and its business are “forward looking statements.” In addition, words such as “estimates,” “projected,” “expects,” “estimated,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “future,” “propose,” “target,” “goal,” “objective,” “outlook” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside the control of the parties, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include:

 

   

we are subject to risks related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic;

 

   

we may be subject to cybersecurity risks and changes to data protection regulation;

 

   

we face increasing competition in many aspects of our business;

 

   

we may not realize the anticipated benefits of our business acquisitions, and any acquisition, strategic relationship, joint venture or investment could disrupt our business and harm our operating results and financial condition;

 

   

if we are unable to manage our growth and expand our operations successfully, our reputation, brands, business and results of operations may be harmed;

 

   

our success depends on our ability to deliver on-demand manufacturing capabilities and custom parts that meet the needs of our customers and to effectively respond to changes in our industry;

 

   

our failure to meet our customers’ expectations regarding quick turnaround time, price or quality could adversely affect our business and results of operations;

 

   

we are subject to risks related to our dependency on our key management members and other key personnel, as well as attracting, retaining and developing qualified personnel in a highly competitive talent market;

 

   

we may be subject to litigation risks and may face liabilities and damage to our professional reputation as a result;

 

   

our businesses are subject to extensive domestic and foreign regulations that may subject us to significant costs and compliance requirements;

 

   

we are subject to risks related to the Tax Receivable Agreement;

 

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we may be subject to risks related to our status as an emerging growth company within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”);

 

   

we are subject to the risks of Fathom being categorized as a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NYSE listing standards;

 

   

the grant of registration rights to certain of our investors and the future exercise of such rights may adversely affect the market price of our Class A common stock;

 

   

we have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. Failure to achieve and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could result in our failure to accurately or timely report our financial condition or results of operations which could have a material adverse effect on our business and stock price;

 

   

the effect of legal, tax and regulatory changes; and

 

   

other factors in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Risk Factors.”

The forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report and in any document incorporated by reference are based on current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Company. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting the Company will be those that the Company has anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number or risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond the Company’s control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and in Altimar II’s registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC in connection with the Business Combination. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligations to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

Business

The business of Altimar II prior to the Business Combination is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Information About Altimar II” and that information is incorporated herein by reference. The business of Fathom is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Business of Fathom” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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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” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Financial Information

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth in Item 9.01 of this Current Report concerning the financial information of Altimar II and Fathom OpCo, which is incorporated herein by reference. Reference is further made to the disclosures contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Summary Historical Condensed Financial Information of Altimar II,” “Summary Historical Consolidated Financial Information of Fathom OpCo,” “Comparative Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Per Share Financial Information,” “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information” and “Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements,” which are incorporated herein by reference.

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

Reference is made to the disclosures contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Altimar II’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Fathom OpCo’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” which are incorporated herein by reference.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Reference is made to the disclosures contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Altimar II’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Fathom OpCo’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure of Market Risks,” which are incorporated herein by reference.

Properties

The facilities of Fathom are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Business of Fathom—Facilities” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following table sets forth information known to the Company regarding the beneficial ownership of Company 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;

 

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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, warrants and other securities that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days. Company stock issuable upon the exchange of New Fathom Units and the exercise of options and warrants currently exercisable within 60 days are deemed outstanding solely for purposes of calculating the percentage of total voting power of the beneficial owner thereof.

The beneficial ownership of Company common stock is based on 51,608,262 shares of Fathom Class A common stock and 84,294,971 shares of Fathom Class B common stock issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date. The beneficial ownership of shares presented below excludes (i) the Earnout Shares and the Sponsor Earnout Shares, (ii) shares underlying unvested awards granted under the 2021 Omnibus Plan and (iii) shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants.

Unless otherwise indicated, the Company believes that each person named in the table below has sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Fathom common stock beneficially owned by them.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owners

   Number of
shares of
Fathom Class A
Common

Stock
     %     Number of
shares of
Fathom Class B
Common

Stock
     %     % of
Total
Voting
Power**
 

Directors and Executive Officers of Fathom

            

Carey Chen(1)

     104,965        *       —          —         *  

TJ Chung(1)

     —          —         —          —         —    

Adam DeWitt(1)

     —          —         —          —         —    

Dr. Caralynn Nowinski Collens(1)

     —          —         —          —         —    

David Fisher(1)

     —          —         —          —         —    

Mark Frost(1)

     134,632        *       —          —         *  

Maria Green(1)

     —          —         —          —         —    

Peter Leemputte(1)

     —          —         —          —         —    

Ryan Martin(1)

     232,760        *       —          —         *  

John May(1)

     85,798,027        74.6     63,377,883        75.2     63.1

Robert Nardelli(1)

     183,985        *       145,192        *       *  

Richard Stump(1)

     77,587        *       —          —         *  

All Directors and Executive Officers of Fathom as a Group (12 Individuals)

     86,531,956        74.8     63,523,075        75.4     63.7

Five Percent Holders

            

Altimar Sponsor II, LLC(2)

     4,647,500        9.0     —          —         3.4

CORE Funds(3)

     85,798,027        74.6     63,377,883        75.2     63.1

Siguler Guff Funds(4)

     16,541,865        30.7     2,300,994        2.7     12.2

 

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*

Less than one percent

**

Percentage of total voting power represents voting power with respect to all Fathom Class A common stock and Fathom Class B common stock, as a single class.

(1)

The business address of the holder is 1050 Walnut Ridge Drive, Hartland, WI 53029.

(2)

The business address of the holder is 40 West 57th Street, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10019.

(3)

Represents shares held directly by CORE Industrial Partners Fund I, LP (“CORE Fund I”) and CORE Industrial Partners Fund I Parallel, LP (“CORE Parallel Fund I” and, collectively with CORE Fund I, the “CORE Funds”). CORE Industrial Fund Partners GP I, LLC (“CORE Fund I GP”) is the sole general partner of each of the CORE Funds. John May is the sole managing member of CORE Fund I GP. Consequently, Mr. May and CORE Fund I GP may be deemed the beneficial owners of the shares held by the CORE Funds. The principal business address of each of the CORE Funds and CORE Fund I GP is 150 North Riverside Drive, Suite 2050, Chicago, IL 60606. The principal business address of Mr. May is 201 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 1450, Miami, FL 33131. 6,386,341 shares of Class A common stock and New Fathom Units held by the CORE Funds that constitute Earnout Shares (as defined herein) are not reflected in the above table.

(4)

Represents shares held directly by Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund III, LP (“SBOF III”), Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund III (F), LP (“SBOF III (F)”), Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund III (C), LP (“SBOF III (C)”), Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities III (UK), LP (“SBOF III (UK)”), Siguler Guff HP Opportunities Fund II, LP (“SG HP”), and Siguler Guff Americas Opportunities Fund, LP (“SG Americas” and, together with SBOF III, SBOF III (F), SBOF III (C), SBOF III (UK) and SG HP the “SG Funds”). SBOF III, SBOF III (F) and SBOF III (C) are each controlled by Siguler Guff SBOF III GP, LLC (“SBOF III GP”). SBOF III (UK) is controlled by Siguler Guff SBOF III (UK) GP, LLP (“SBOF III (UK) GP”). SG HP is controlled by Siguler Guff HP II GP, LLC (“SG HP GP”). SG Americas is controlled by Siguler Guff Americas GP, LLC (“SG Americas GP” and together with SBOF III GP, SBOF III (UK) GP and SG HP GP, the “SG GPs”). Each of the SG GPs is controlled by its sole member, Siguler Guff Capital, LP, which is controlled by Andrew Guff and George Siguler. Consequently, the SG GPs, Siguler Guff Capital, LP, Andrew Guff and George Siguler may be deemed the beneficial owners of the shares held by the SG Funds. The principal business address of SBOF III (UK) and SBOF III (UK) GP is 3rd Floor North Side Dukes Court, 32 Duke Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6DF. The principal business address of the SG Funds (except for SBOF III (UK)), the SG GPs (except for SBOF III (UK) GP), Siguler Guff Capital, LP, Andrew Guff and George Siguler is 200 Park Ave, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10166.

Directors and Executive Officers

The Company’s directors and executive officers after the completion of the Transactions are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Management Following the Business Combination” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

In addition, as of the Closing Date, Mark Frost, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, was also appointed as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Secretary.

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 Following the Business Combination—Director Independence” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Immediately following the completion of the Business Combination, the CORE Investors beneficially owned approximately 63.1% of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock, which will generally vote together as a single class on matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders, including the election of directors. Because more than 50% of the voting power for the election of directors of Fathom is held by the CORE Investors, Fathom is a “controlled company” under the NYSE listing requirements. If Fathom were to elect to take advantage of available listing requirement exemptions as a “controlled company” under the NYSE listing standards, Fathom would not be subject to the requirements that would otherwise require us to have: (i) a majority of “independent directors,” as defined under the listing standards of the NYSE; (ii) a nominating committee consisting solely of independent directors; (iii) compensation of our executive officers determined by a majority of the independent directors or a compensation committee consisting solely of independent directors; and (iv) director nominees selected, or recommended for the Board’s selection, either by a majority of the independent directors or a nominating committee consisting solely of independent directors. Fathom may in the future elect

 

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to take advantage of the foregoing controlled company exemptions from the NYSE board and board committee independence requirements, but it has elected initially to comply with the independence requirements applicable to non-controlled companies.

Committees of the Board of Directors

Effective as of the Closing, the Board established an audit committee, a nominating and corporate governance committee and a compensation committee.

The audit committee’s duties, which are specified in Fathom’s audit committee charter, include, but are not limited to:

 

   

reviewing and discussing with management and the independent auditor our annual audited financial statements, and recommending to the Board whether the audited financial statements should be included in our Form 10-K;

 

   

reviewing and discussing with management and the independent auditor our quarterly financial statements prior to the filing of our Form 10-Qs, including the results of the independent auditor’s review of the quarterly financial statements;

 

   

discussing with management and the independent auditor significant financial reporting issues and judgments made in connection with the preparation of our financial statements;

 

   

discussing with management major risk assessment and risk management policies;

 

   

monitoring the independence of the independent auditor;

 

   

reviewing and approving all related-party transactions;

 

   

pre-approving all audit services and permitted non-audit services to be performed by our independent auditor, including the fees and terms of the services to be performed;

 

   

appointing or replacing the independent auditor;

 

   

determining the compensation and oversight of the work of the independent auditor (including resolution of disagreements between management and the independent auditor regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work; and

 

   

establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by us regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or reports which raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies.

 

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The members of the Board’s audit committee are Dr. Caralynn Nowinski Collens, Adam DeWitt, Peter Leemputte and Robert Nardelli, with Peter Leemputte serving as the chair of the committee. Under the rules of the SEC, members of the audit committee must also meet heightened independence standards. Our Board has determined that all of the members of its audit committee are independent directors as defined under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the NYSE with respect to audit committee membership. We also believe that Adam DeWitt, Peter Leemputte and Robert Nardelli each qualify as an “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined in Item 401(h) of Regulation S-K.

The nominating and corporate governance committee’s duties, which are specified in Fathom’s nominating and corporate governance committee charter, include, but are not limited to:

 

   

identifying individuals qualified to become members of the Board (subject to the Investor Rights Agreement and to the right of any third party to designate a director to serve on the Board);

 

   

periodically reviewing the structure and membership of the Board’s standing committees;

 

   

periodically reviewing the Board’s leadership structure in light of then existing characteristics and circumstances of the Company and recommending any proposed changes to the Board;

 

   

reviewing and assessing the Company’s corporate governance guidelines and recommending any proposed changes to the Board for approval from time to time; and

 

   

overseeing the annual self-evaluations of the Board and its committees.

The members of the Board’s nominating and corporate governance committee are Adam DeWitt, David Fisher, Maria Green and Robert Nardelli, with Robert Nardelli serving as the chair of the committee. Our Board has determined that all of the members of the committee are independent directors as defined under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the NYSE with respect to nominating committee membership.

Information with respect to the composition of the compensation committee is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Management Following the Business Combination” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Executive Compensation

A description of the compensation of the named executive officers of Altimar II before the completion of the Business Combination and the named executive officers of Fathom after the completion of the Business Combination are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Information About Altimar II—Executive Officer and Director Compensation” and “Management Following the Business Combination—Post-Combination Company Executive Compensation,” respectively, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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At the Special Meeting, the Altimar II shareholders considered and approved the 2021 Omnibus Plan. The description of the 2021 Omnibus Plan is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus section titled “Proposal No. 7 — The Equity Incentive Plan Proposal,” which is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the full text of the 2021 Omnibus Plan is attached as Exhibit 10.6 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference. The Company expects that the Board or its Compensation Committee will make grants of awards under the 2021 Omnibus Plan to eligible participants.

At the Special Meeting, the Altimar II shareholders also considered and approved the ESPP. The description of the ESPP is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Proposal No. 8 — The ESPP Proposal,” which is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the full text of the ESPP is attached as Exhibit 10.7 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Director Compensation

A description of the compensation of the directors of Altimar II before the completion of the Business Combination is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Information About Altimar II—Executive Officer and Director Compensation” and “Executive Compensation” and that information is incorporated herein by reference. A description of the compensation of the directors of Fathom after the completion of the Business Combination is set forth below in Item 5.02 of this Current Report and that information 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” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Legal Proceedings

Reference is made to the disclosure regarding legal proceedings in the sections of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “Information About Altimar II—Legal Proceedings” and “Business of Fathom—Legal Proceedings” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

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

Information about the ticker symbol, number of shareholders and dividends for Altimar II’s securities prior to the Closing of the Business Combination is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Summary — Market Price, Ticker Symbol and Dividend Information” and such information is incorporated herein by reference.

As of the Closing Date, there were approximately 35 holders of record of Fathom’s Class A common stock and approximately 2 holders of record of Fathom’s warrants to purchase Class A common stock. Such numbers of holders do not include Depository Trust Company participants or beneficial owners holding shares or warrants through nominee names.

 

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Fathom’s Class A common stock and warrants began trading on the NYSE under the symbols “FATH” and “FATH.WS,” respectively, on December 27, 2021, with such listing subject to Fathom’s satisfaction of all listing criteria post-Business Combination. Altimar II’s former public units automatically separated into their component securities immediately prior to the completion of the Business Combination and, as a result, the former public units no longer trade as a separate security and were delisted from the NYSE.

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

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth below under Item 3.02 of this Current Report concerning the issuance and sale by Fathom 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 Fathom’s Capital Stock” and “Proposal No. 2 - The Domestication Proposal - Comparison of Corporate Governance and Shareholders” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Immediately following the Closing, there were 51,608,262 shares of Fathom’s Class A common stock issued and outstanding, held of record by approximately 35 holders, 84,294,971 shares of Fathom’s Class B common stock issued and outstanding, held of record by approximately 11 holders, no shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 18,525,000 warrants to purchase shares of Class A common Stock outstanding held of record by approximately 2 holders. Such numbers of holders do not include Depository Trust Company participants or beneficial owners holding shares or warrants through nominee names.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth above under Item 1.01 of this Current Report concerning the indemnification agreements Fathom entered into on the Closing Date with each of its directors and executive officers, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

The information set forth below under Item 9.01 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

The information set forth below under Item 4.01 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The disclosure set forth above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report under “New Credit Agreement” is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

Transaction Consideration

In connection with the Business Combination, at the Closing on December 23, 2021, and in addition to aggregate cash consideration of $3,777,648 paid to existing direct and indirect holders of units of Fathom OpCo, Fathom issued 36,661,014 shares of Class A common stock and 84,294,971 shares of Class B common stock to the existing direct and indirect holders of units of Fathom OpCo. In addition, Fathom OpCo issued 84,294,971 New Fathom Units to certain existing direct and indirect holders of units of Fathom OpCo.

Private Placement

As previously disclosed, Altimar II and Fathom OpCo entered into subscription agreements, each dated as of July 15, 2021, with certain institutional investors (the “Original PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which, among other things, Altimar II agreed to issue and sell, in private placements, an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of Altimar II for $10.00 per share (collectively, the “Original PIPE Investment”).

On November 16, 2021, and also as previously disclosed, Altimar II and Fathom OpCo entered into a Backstop Agreement with the CORE Investors (the “Backstop Investors”) pursuant to which the Backstop Investors agreed to purchase, in private placements, an aggregate of up to 1,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of Altimar II following the Domestication and immediately prior to the Closing at a cash purchase price of $10.00 per share (the “CORE Backstop Agreement”), to provide aggregate proceeds of up to $10.0 million only if (i) the Available Cash Amount (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) was otherwise less than $90 million at the Closing Date (any such positive difference between $90 million and the Available Cash Amount, the “Available Cash Shortfall”) and (ii) the Available Cash Shortfall did not exceed $10.0 million and subject to other the terms and conditions of the CORE Backstop Agreement (if applicable, collectively, the “Backstop Investment”). At the Closing, the Backstop Investment was not required because the Available Cash Amount exceeded $90 Million, and accordingly the Backstop Agreement was terminated.

 

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A portion of the Original PIPE Investment, consisting of an aggregate of 7,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of Altimar II at a price of $10.00 per share for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $70 million, closed after the Domestication and immediately prior to the Closing of the Business Combination on the Closing Date. One of the Original PIPE Investors that had committed to purchase 1,000,000 shares of Altimar II Class A Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $10 million defaulted under its subscription agreement, and failed to fund its respective portion of the PIPE Investment. The Company plans to aggressively pursue its available remedies with respect to such investor.

The shares issued as part of the Original PIPE Investment on the Closing Date were issued pursuant to and in accordance with the exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

In connection with the Business Combination, on December 23, 2021, Altimar II domesticated into the State of Delaware from the Cayman Islands by filing a Certificate of Domestication (the “Certificate of Domestication”) and Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) with the Delaware Secretary of State, and also adopted amended and restated bylaws (the “Bylaws”), which together replace Altimar II’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association. The material terms of the Certificate of Domestication, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and the general effect upon the rights of holders of the Company’s capital stock are discussed in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “Proposal No. 2 - The Domestication Proposal - Comparison of Corporate Governance and Shareholders” which is incorporated herein by reference.

Fathom’s common stock and public warrants are listed for trading on NYSE under the symbols “FATH” and “FATH.WS,” respectively. Upon completion of the Business Combination, the CUSIP numbers relating to Fathom’s common stock and warrants changed to 31189Y 103 and 31189Y 111, respectively.

Copies of the Certificate of Domestication, Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws are attached as Exhibits 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3, respectively, to this Current Report and are incorporated herein by reference.

As disclosed below in Item 8.01 of this Current Report, in accordance with Rule 12g-3(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Company is the successor issuer to Altimar II and has succeeded to the attributes of Altimar II as the registrant. In addition, the shares of Class A common stock of Fathom, as the successor to Altimar II, are deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

Item 4.01. Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

(a) Dismissal of independent registered public accounting firm

On the Closing Date, the Audit Committee of the Board approved the engagement of Grant Thornton LLP (“GT”) as Fathom’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit Fathom’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021. Withum

 

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Smith+Brown, PC (“Withum”) served as independent registered public accounting firm of Altimar II prior to the Business Combination. Accordingly, Withum was informed that it would be replaced by GT as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm following completion of the Business Combination.

The reports of Withum on Altimar II’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 and the statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the period from December 7, 2020 (inception) to December 31, 2020, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainties, audit scope or accounting principles.

During the period from December 7, 2020 (inception) to December 23, 2021, there were no disagreements between the Company and Withum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Withum, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in its reports on the Company’s financial statements for such period.

During the period from December 7, 2020 (inception) to September 30, 2021, there were no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act), other than the occurrence of a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021 as a result of Altimar II’s disclosure controls not being effective for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021.

During the period from December 7, 2020 (inception) to December 31, 2020 and subsequent interim period through the date the Board approved the engagement of GT as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Altimar II did not consult with GT on (i) matters that involved the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on Altimar II’s consolidated financial statements and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company that GT concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue; (ii) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions; or (iii) any reportable event within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

The Company has provided Withum with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and requested that Withum furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether Withum agrees with the statements made by the Company set forth above. A copy of Withum’s letter, dated December 30, 2021, is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

Reference is made to the disclosure in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “The Business Combination Agreement,” which is incorporated herein by reference. Further reference is made to the information contained above in Item 2.01 of this Current Report, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Immediately after giving effect to the Business Combination, there were 51,608,262 shares of Fathom Class A common stock outstanding. As of such time, our executive officers and directors and their affiliated entities beneficially held approximately 63.7% of our outstanding shares of Class A common stock (assuming all 84,294,971 New Fathom Units were exchanged on a one-for-one basis for shares of Class A common stock).

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

Upon the completion of the Transactions, and in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, the executive officers of Altimar II ceased serving in such capacities and Kevin Beebe, Payne Brown, Richard M. Jelinek, Roma Khanna, Michael Rubenstein, Vijay Sondhi, Michael Vorhaus and Tom Wasserman ceased serving on Altimar II’s board of directors. Carey Chen, TJ Chung, Dr. Caralynn Nowinski Collens, Adam DeWitt, David Fisher, Maria Green, Peter Leemputte, Ryan Martin, John May and Robert Nardelli were appointed as directors of Fathom, and TJ Chung was elected Chairman of the Board.

Upon the completion of the Transactions, the Company established the following three committees of the Board: audit committee, compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee. Dr. Caralynn Nowinski Collens, Adam DeWitt, Peter Leemputte and Robert Nardelli were appointed to serve on the Company’s audit committee, with Peter Leemputte serving as the chair and with each of Adam DeWitt and Peter Leemputte qualifying as an audit committee financial expert, as such term is defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K. David Fisher, Dr. Caralynn Nowinski Collens, Maria Green and Peter Leemputte were appointed to serve on the Company’s compensation committee, with David Fisher serving as the chair. Adam Dewitt, Davis Fisher, Maria Green and Robert Nardelli were appointed to serve on the Company’s nominating and corporate governance committee, with Robert Nardelli serving as the chair.

Additionally, upon completion of the Transactions, Ryan Martin was appointed as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer; Richard Stump was appointed as Chief Commercial Officer; and Mark Frost was appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Secretary.

Following the completion of the Transactions, the non-employee directors of the Company will be entitled to the following compensation for their service on the Board: (i) an annual cash retainer of $50,000; (ii) an initial equity award with a grant date fair value equal to $225,000 and then an annual equity award with a target grant date fair value equal to $150,000, to be granted each year at the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders; (iii) annual cash retainers of $20,000 for the chair of the audit committee, $15,000 for the chair of the compensation committee and $10,000 for the chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee; (iv) annual cash retainers of $10,000 for other members of the audit committee, $7,500 for other members of the compensation committee, and $5,000 for other members of the nominating and corporate governance committee; and (v) an additional annual retainer of $50,000 for serving as our non-executive chair and, if applicable, $20,000 for serving as our lead director. Each annual grant of equity-based awards described above will vest in full on the first anniversary of the grant date, or in such other circumstances as set forth in the applicable award agreement. Each initial grant of equity-based awards described above will vest in substantially equal annual installments on each

 

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of the first three anniversaries of the grant date. None of directors TJ Chung and John May, each affiliates of the CORE Investors, or Ryan Martin, CEO of the Company, are receiving any compensation for serving on our Board.

Agreements with Executive Officers Regarding Employment

On December 23, 2021, the Company entered into letter agreements with each of Ryan Martin and Richard Stump, and an employment agreement with Mark Frost, covering the terms of their respective employment with the Company. The new agreements replaced in their entirety the existing respective employment agreements of Messrs. Martin, Stump and Frost with a subsidiary of the Company. A description of the material terms of each agreement is set forth below, which descriptions are qualified in their entirety to by reference to the full text of the agreements, which are attached as Exhibits 10.11, 10.12 and 10.13, respectively, to this Current Report.

Mr. Martin’s letter agreement contains the following material terms:

Base Salary. The Company will pay Mr. Martin a base salary of $425,000 per year, as may be adjusted from time to time.

Annual Bonus. Beginning in 2022, Mr. Martin will be eligible to receive an annual bonus under the Company’s annual bonus plan. His target bonus is 100% of his base salary received during the applicable performance period.

Incentive Awards. Mr. Martin will be eligible to participate in the Company’s 2021 Omnibus Plan.

At-Will Employment. Pursuant to his letter agreement, Mr. Martin’s employment may be terminated by him or the Company without cause or reason at any time.

Executive Severance Plan. Mr. Martin will be eligible to participate the Company’s Severance Plan, which, in the case of a termination that is not for “cause,” provides for (i) continuation of his base salary for 18 months following the date of termination, plus the payment of a prorated bonus for the year of termination, in the case of a non-“change in control” (“CIC”) severance, or a lump sum payment equal to the sum of 18 months of his base salary plus an amount equal to his target annual bonus multiplied by 1.5, in the case of a CIC severance, and (ii) 18 months of health insurance continuation.

Other Benefits. Mr. Martin will be eligible to participate in each of the Company’s employee retirement, savings, welfare and fringe benefits plans, and perquisites, offered to similarly-situated executives. He will also be entitled to paid time off and paid Company holidays.

Stock Ownership Guidelines. Mr. Martin will be required to hold three times his annual base salary in the Company’s Class A common stock, in accordance with the Company’s stock ownership guidelines.

 

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Mr. Stump’s letter agreement contains the following material terms:

Base Salary. The Company will pay Mr. Stump a base salary of $350,000 per year, as may be adjusted from time to time.

Annual Bonus. Beginning in 2022, Mr. Stump will be eligible to receive an annual bonus under the Company’s annual bonus plan. His target bonus is 60% of his base salary received during the applicable performance period.

Incentive Awards. Mr. Stump will be eligible to participate in the Company’s 2021 Omnibus Plan.

At-Will Employment. Pursuant to his letter agreement, Mr. Stump’s employment may be terminated by him or the Company without cause or any reason at any time.

Executive Severance Plan. Mr. Stump will be eligible to participate the Company’s Severance Plan, which, in the case of a termination, plus the payment of a prorated bonus for the year of termination, that is not for “cause,” provides for (i) continuation of his base salary for 12 months following the date of termination in the case of a non-CIC severance, or a lump sum payment equal to the sum of 12 months of his base salary plus an amount equal to his target annual bonus, in the case of a CIC severance, and (ii) twelve months of health insurance continuation.

Other Benefits. Mr. Stump will be eligible to participate in each of the Company’s employee retirement, savings, welfare and fringe benefits plans, and perquisites. He will be entitled to paid time off and paid Company holidays.

Stock Ownership Guidelines. Mr. Stump will be required to hold one times his annual base salary in the Company’s Class A common stock, in accordance with the Company’s stock ownership guidelines.

Mr. Frost’s employment agreement contains the following material terms:

Term. Mr. Frost’s employment with the Company is not for a specified term and will continue until his employment is terminated in accordance with the employment agreement.

Base Salary. The Company will pay Mr. Frost a base salary of $350,000 per year, which may be increased by the Board in its sole discretion.

Annual Bonus. Mr. Frost will be eligible to receive an annual performance bonus for 2021 with a target of 50% his annual base salary. Beginning in 2022, Mr. Frost will be eligible to receive an annual performance bonus of 60% of his annual base salary.

Incentive Awards. Mr. Frost will be eligible to participate in the Company’s 2021 Omnibus Plan.

Termination. Pursuant to his employment agreement, Mr. Frost’s employment may be terminated for any reason, at any time, subject to the terms of the employment agreement, by the Company or Mr. Frost.

 

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Benefits Upon Termination. In the case of a termination not for “cause,” Mr. Frost’s employment agreement provides for (i) continuation of the payment of his base salary for 12 months following the termination of his employment, (ii) payment of a pro rata portion of his 2021 bonus, (iii) up to 12 months of health insurance continuation and (iv) in the case of a “CIC Qualifying Termination” (as defined) only, and on the terms specified therein, the vesting of any outstanding awards held by Mr. Frost under the 2021 Omnibus Plan. Mr. Frost is not a participant in the Company’s Severance Plan.

Other Amounts. Mr. Frost will be eligible to participate in each of the Company’s employee retirement, savings, welfare and fringe benefits plans, and perquisites. He will be entitled to four weeks of paid annual vacation and paid Company holidays.

Stock Ownership Guidelines. Mr. Frost will be required to hold one times his annual base salary in the Company’s Class A common stock, in accordance with the Company’s stock ownership guidelines.

Severance Plan

On December 23, 2021, the Board approved the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan (the “Severance Plan”), which provides for severance benefits to a select group of the Company’s senior-level executives who enter into participation agreements under the Severance Plan (the “Covered Executives”). Covered Executives may become entitled to severance benefits under the Severance Plan in the event that they are terminated involuntarily by the Company without Cause (as defined in the Severance Plan) or resign employment due to Good Reason (as defined in the Severance Plan) prior to or after a Change in Control of the Company (as defined in the Severance Plan) (each, a “Qualifying Termination”). Severance benefits under the Severance Plan are determined based on a Covered Executive’s “Tier” and whether the Qualifying Termination of employment occurs within the three months prior to or 12 months following a Change in Control (a “CIC Qualifying Termination”) or not in connection with a Change in Control (“Non-CIC Qualifying Termination”).

In the event of a Non-CIC Qualifying Termination and the Covered Executive timely executes a release of claims and complies with applicable restrictive covenants, the Covered Executive will be entitled to: (1) cash installment payments at the rate of the Covered Executive’s base salary as of the date of termination (“Severance”) over a period of 18 months, 12 months, six months or three months, as applicable, for a Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 Covered Executive with one or more years of service, or Tier 3 Covered Executive with less than one year of service, respectively; and (2) continued health and welfare coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”), at a cost to the employee of no greater than the cost during the Covered Executive’s active employment, for a period of 18 months, 12 months, six months or three months, as applicable, for a Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 Covered Executive with one or more year of service, or Tier 3 Covered Executive with less than one year of service, respectively. In addition, the Covered Executive will be entitled to the payment of a prorated bonus for the year of termination.

 

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In the event that a Covered Executive has a CIC Qualifying Termination, and the Covered Executive timely executes a release of claims and complies with applicable restrictive covenants, the Covered Executive will be entitled to: (1) a lump sum cash payment equal to 18 months, 12 months or six months of base salary, as applicable, for a Tier 1, Tier 2 or Tier 3 Covered Executive, respectively; (2) a lump sum cash payment equal to the Covered Executive’s target annual bonus as of the date of termination multiplied by 1.5, 1.0 or .5, as applicable, for a Tier 1, Tier 2 or Tier 3 Covered Executive, respectively; and (3) continued health and welfare coverage under COBRA, at a cost to the Covered Executive of no greater than the cost during the Covered Executive’s active employment, for a period of 18 months, 12 months or six months, as applicable, to the Covered Executive’s Tier, or, if earlier, that date the Covered Executive is eligible for health and welfare coverage from a subsequent employer.

The Severance Plan also provides that in the event of a CIC Qualifying Termination only, unvested time-vesting equity and long-term incentive awards will automatically vest in full, and any unvested performance-vesting equity and long-term incentive awards will be treated in accordance with the applicable plan and award agreement.

Each of our executive officers listed below will be offered the opportunity to enter into a participation agreement under the Severance Plan and have been designated to be in the Tier indicated below:

 

Executive Officer

  

Severance Plan “Tier”

Ryan Martin                  1
Richard Stump                  2
George Kleinhaus                  2
Caprice Perez                  2

The foregoing description is only a summary of the Severance Plan and Participation Agreement and is qualified in its entirety by the Severance Plan and Form of Participation Agreement, which are attached as Exhibits 10.14 and 10.15, respectively, to this Current Report.

Reference is made to the disclosure contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Management Following the Business Combination” beginning on page 275 and to the information included above in Item 2.01 of this Current Report under the heading “Directors and Executive Officers” for biographical information about each of the directors and officers of Fathom following the Transactions, which is incorporated herein by reference.

The information set forth above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report under the headings “Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement - 2021 Omnibus Plan”, “2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan” and “Indemnification Agreements” is incorporated herein by reference. The material terms of certain transaction-related awards granted by the Company Prior to the Business Combination are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Executive Compensation - Pre-Business Combination Company Executive Officer and Director Compensation” beginning on page 267 and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

The disclosure set forth above in Item 3.03 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.06. Change in Shell Company Status.

As a result of the Business Combination, which fulfilled the definition of an “initial business combination” as required by Altimar II’s organizational documents, the Company ceased to be a shell company upon the closing of the Business Combination. The material terms of the Business Combination are described in the sections titled “Proposal No. 1 - The Business Combination Proposal” and “The Business Combination Agreement” beginning on page 138 and 101, respectively, of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

Registration of Securities of Fathom

Upon the Closing of the Business Combination, all of Altimar II’s ordinary shares (including all of the Class B ordinary shares which were converted into shares of Altimar II’s Class C common stock after the Domestication and immediately prior to the Closing) were converted on a one-for-one basis for shares of Fathom Class A common stock, and Altimar II’s outstanding public warrants were assumed by Fathom and became exercisable for shares of Fathom Class A common stock on the same terms as were contained in such warrants prior to the Business Combination. Upon the Closing, the Sponsor’s private warrants became exercisable for shares of Fathom Class A common stock on the same terms as were contained in such warrants prior to the Business Combination in accordance with the Warrant Agreement which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report. As part of the Transactions and as previously disclosed, an aggregate of 2,587,500 shares of Fathom Class A common stock held by the Sponsor and certain former members of Altimar II’s Board immediately after the Domestication were automatically forfeited, on a pro rata basis, upon the Closing. By operation of Rule 12g-3(a) under the Exchange Act, Fathom is the successor issuer to Altimar II and has succeeded to the attributes of Altimar II as the registrant, including Altimar II’s SEC file number (001-39994) and CIK Code (0001836176). Fathom’s Class A common stock and public warrants are deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and Fathom will hereafter file reports and other information with the SEC using Altimar II’s SEC file number (001-39994).

Fathom’s Class A common stock and public warrants are listed for trading on the NYSE under the symbols “FATH” and “FATH.WS,” respectively, and the CUSIP numbers relating to the Company’s Class A common stock and public warrants are 31189Y 103 and 31189Y 111, respectively.

Holders of uncertificated shares of Altimar II’s Class A ordinary shares immediately prior to the Business Combination have continued as holders of shares of uncertificated shares of Fathom Class A common stock.

Holders of Altimar II’s ordinary shares prior to the Business Combination who have filed reports under the Exchange Act with respect to those shares should indicate in their next filing, or any amendment to a prior filing, filed on or after the Closing Date that Fathom is the successor to Altimar II.

 

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.

Information with respect to Fathom OpCo responsive to Item 9.01(a) of Form 8-K is set forth in the financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus on pages F-41 through F-150, which information is incorporated herein by reference. The financial statements of Altimar II for the period from December 7, 2020 (date of inception) through December 31, 2020, and the related notes and report of independent registered public accounting firm thereto, and the unaudited financial statements and related notes of Altimar II as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 are included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus on pages F-3 through F-40 which are incorporated herein by reference.

(b) Pro forma financial information.

Certain pro forma financial information of Fathom is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description

2.1†    Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2021, by and among Altimar Acquisition Corp. II, Fathom Holdco, LLC and the other parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Annex C of the proxy statement/prospectus contained in and forming a part of Altimar II’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-259639), as amended by Amendment No. 3 thereto filed on November 30, 2021).
2.2    Amendment No. 1 to Business Combination Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2021, by and among Altimar II, Fathom Holdco, LLC and the other parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Altimar II’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 16, 2021).
3.1*    Certificate of Domestication of Altimar Acquisition Corp. II.
3.2*    Certificate of Incorporation of Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation.
3.3*    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation.
4.1    Warrant Agreement, dated February 4, 2021, by and between Altimar Acquisition Corp. II and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Altimar II’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 9, 2021).
10.1*    Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2021, by and among Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, Fathom Holdco, LLC and the other parties thereto.
10.2*    Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2021, by and among Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation and the other parties thereto.
10.3*    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2021, by and among Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, Altimar Sponsor II, LLC and the other parties thereto.

 

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Exhibit
Number
  

Description

10.4*    Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Fathom Holdco, LLC, dated as of December 23, 2021.
10.5*    Credit Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2021, among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, Fathom Borrower, LLC, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
10.6    Form of Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex H of the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus contained in and forming a part of Altimar II’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-259639), as amended by Amendment No. 3 thereto filed with the SEC on November 30, 2021).
10.7    Form of Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex I of the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus contained in and forming a part of Altimar II’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-259639), as amended by Amendment No. 3 thereto filed with the SEC on November 30, 2021).
10.8*    Form of Rollover RSU Award Agreement.
10.9*    Form of Initial RSU Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors.
10.10*    Form of Indemnification Agreement.
10.11*    Letter agreement regarding terms of employment dated December 23, 2021 by and between Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation and Ryan Martin.
10.12*    Letter agreement regarding terms of employment dated December 23, 2021 by and between Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation and Richard Stump.
10.13*    Employment Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 by and between Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation and Mark Frost.
10.14*    Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan.
10.15*    Form of Severance Plan Participation Agreement.
16.1*    Letter from Withum Smith+Brown, PC to the SEC, dated December 30, 2021.
21.1*    List of Subsidiaries.
99.1*    Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements of Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2020 and as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
104*    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

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Filed herewith.

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

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

FATHOM DIGITAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Mark Frost

Name:   Mark Frost
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Date: December 30, 2021

Exhibit 3.1

Execution Version

CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATE DOMESTICATION OF

Altimar Acquisition Corp. II

(Pursuant to Section 388

of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)

Altimar Acquisition Corp. II, presently incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Corporation”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

1. The Corporation was first formed, incorporated, created or otherwise came into being on December 7, 2020, under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

2. The name of the Corporation immediately prior to the filing of this Certificate of Corporate Domestication was “Altimar Acquisition Corp. II”.

3. The name of the Corporation as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation being filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with Section 388(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware is “Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation”.

4. The jurisdiction that constituted the seat, siege social, or principal place of business or central administration of the Corporation immediately prior to the filing of this Certificate of Corporate Domestication was the Cayman Islands.

5. The domestication has been approved in the manner provided for by the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, said Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association being the document, instrument, agreement or other writing, as the case may be, governing the internal affairs of the Corporation and the conduct of its business or by applicable law of the Cayman Islands, as appropriate.

[Signature Page Follows]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Altimar Acquisition Corp. II has caused this Certificate to be executed by the undersigned authorized officer as of this 23rd day of December 2021.

 

ALTIMAR ACQUISITION CORP. II
By:  

/s/ Tom Wasserman

  Name: Tom Wasserman
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

Signature Page Certificate of Domestication

Exhibit 3.2

Execution Version

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

FATHOM DIGITAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

The name of the corporation is Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE TWO

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware, 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE THREE

The nature and purpose of the business of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). The Corporation is being incorporated in connection with the domestication of Altimar Acquisition Corp. II, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Altimar Cayman”), as a Delaware corporation (the “Domestication”), and this Certificate of Incorporation (as hereinafter defined) and the Certificate of Corporate Domestication of Altimar Cayman are being filed simultaneously with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE FOUR

Section 1. Authorized Shares. The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 500,000,000 shares, consisting of the following:

 

1.

10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”);

 

2.

300,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”);

 

3.

180,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”); and

 

4.

10,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class C Common Stock” and, together with the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, the “Common Stock”).

Upon the effectiveness of the Domestication and this Certificate of Incorporation (A) each Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share (a “Class A Cayman Share”), of Altimar Cayman that is outstanding immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Domestication and this Certificate of Incorporation will, for all purposes, be deemed to be one issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock of the Corporation, without any action required on the part of the Corporation or the holders thereof,

(B) each Class B ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share (a “Class B Cayman Share”), of Altimar Cayman that is outstanding immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Domestication and this Certificate of Incorporation will, for all purposes, be deemed to be one issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable share of Class C Common Stock of the Corporation, without any action required on the part of the Corporation or the holders thereof, and (C) any stock certificate that, immediately prior to the effectiveness of the


Domestication and this Certificate of Incorporation, represented Class A Cayman Shares or Class B Cayman Shares will, from and after the effectiveness of the Domestication and this Certificate of Incorporation, automatically and without the necessity of presenting the same for exchange, represent an identical number of shares of Class A Common Stock or Class C Common Stock (respectively) of the Corporation, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, following the filing and effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, the Corporation shall not issue additional shares of Class C Common Stock.

The Preferred Stock and the Common Stock shall have the designations, rights, powers and preferences and the qualifications, restrictions and limitations thereof, if any, set forth below. The number of authorized shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the approval of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) and by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in an election of directors, and no vote of the holders of any of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor, regardless of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provisions thereto). No stockholder shall, by reason of the holding of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, have any preemptive or preferential right to acquire or subscribe for any shares or securities of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, which may at any time be issued, sold or offered for sale by the Corporation, unless specifically provided for in a Preferred Stock Designation (as hereinafter defined). 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the consideration to be received for any shares of capital stock issuable upon exercise thereof may not be less than the par value thereof. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of capital stock a number of shares of the class of capital stock issuable pursuant to any such rights, warrants and options outstanding from time to time.

Section 2. Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors is authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by law, to provide, by resolution or resolutions for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, and with respect to each series, to establish the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the voting powers (if any), designations, powers, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, of the shares of each such series, and any qualifications, restrictions or limitations thereof, as are stated and expressed herein and in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such class or series adopted by the Board of Directors and included in a certificate or certificates of designation (each, a “Preferred Stock Designation”). The powers (including voting powers), preferences, and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each series of Preferred Stock and the qualifications, restrictions or limitations thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of a series of Preferred Stock, as such, shall be entitled only to such voting rights, if any, as shall expressly be granted thereto by this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation relating to such series).

Section 3. Common Stock.

(a) Except as otherwise provided by the DGCL or this Certificate of Incorporation (as it may be amended, the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, all of the voting power of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be vested in the holders of the Common Stock. Each share of Common Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote for each share held by such holder on all matters voted upon by the stockholders of the Corporation; provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL.

 

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(b) Except as otherwise required by law or expressly provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, each share of Common Stock shall have the same powers, rights and privileges and shall rank equally, share ratably and be identical in all respects as to all matters.

(c) Subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock and to the other provisions of applicable law and this Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock and, solely prior to the automatic conversion thereof upon and as a result of the BCA Transaction (as hereinafter defined), holders of Class C Common Stock, in each case shall be entitled to receive ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class C Common Stock (as applicable) held by them such dividends and distributions (payable in cash, stock or otherwise), if any, as may be declared thereon by the Board of Directors at any time and from time to time out of any funds of the Corporation legally available therefor. There will be no disparate consideration or treatment with respect to dividends and distributions, if any, declared or payable in respect of each share of the Class A Common Stock and Class C Common Stock (solely prior to the automatic conversion thereof upon and as a result of the BCA Transaction), on the one hand, and a Class A Unit (as defined in the LLC Agreement (as hereinafter defined)), on the other hand. Dividends and other distributions shall not be declared or paid on the Class B Common Stock unless (i) the dividend consists of shares of Class B Common Stock or of rights, options, warrants or other securities convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for shares of Class B Common Stock paid proportionally with respect to each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock and (ii) a dividend consisting of shares of Class A Common Stock, Class C Common Stock (solely prior to the automatic conversion thereof upon and as a result of the BCA Transaction) or of rights, options, warrants or other securities convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock (to the extent a similar or contemporaneous dividend or distribution is not paid on the Class A Units) or Class C Common Stock (solely prior to the automatic conversion thereof upon and as a result of the BCA Transaction) on equivalent terms is simultaneously paid to the holders of Class A Common Stock and Class C Common Stock (solely prior to the automatic conversion thereof upon and as a result of the BCA Transaction). If dividends are declared on the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock or the Class C Common Stock (solely prior to the automatic conversion thereof upon and as a result of the BCA Transaction) that are payable in shares of Common Stock, or securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, the dividends payable to the holders of Class A Common Stock shall be paid only in shares of Class A Common Stock (or securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock), the dividends payable to the holders of Class B Common Stock shall be paid only in shares of Class B Common Stock (or securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for Class B Common Stock), the dividends payable to the holders of Class C Common Stock shall be paid only in shares of Class C Common Stock (or securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for Class C Common Stock), and such dividends shall be paid in the same number of shares (or fraction thereof) on a per share basis of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock, respectively (or securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for the same number of shares (or fraction thereof) on a per share basis of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock, respectively). For purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation, “BCA Transaction” means the business combination transactions contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2021, by and among Altimar Cayman, Fathom Holdco, LLC and other Persons party thereto, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or waived from time to time (the “BCA”).

(d) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, after distribution in full of the preferential amounts, if any, to be distributed to the holders of shares of Preferred Stock or any series thereof, the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class C Common Stock (solely prior to the automatic conversion thereof upon and as a result of the BCA Transaction) shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class C Common Stock (as applicable) held by them. The holders of shares of Class B Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to receive any assets of

 

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the Corporation in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation. A dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Corporation, as such terms are used in this paragraph (d), shall not be deemed to be occasioned by or to include any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or corporations or other entity or a sale, lease, exchange or conveyance of all or a part of the assets of the Corporation; provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the event of any such merger, sale, lease, exchange or conveyance, or any other similar transaction or recapitalization, the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock shall not be entitled to any consideration in connection therewith other than the right to receive securities with equivalent terms and conditions as the Class B Common Stock, and the consideration payable in respect of a share of Class A Common Stock shall equal the consideration payable in respect of a Class A Unit.

(e) Shares of Class B Common Stock shall be redeemable for shares of Class A Common Stock on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Fathom Holdco, LLC, dated as of December 22, 2021, as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms (the “LLC Agreement”). The Corporation will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon redemption of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock for Class A Common Stock pursuant to the LLC Agreement, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock that shall be issuable upon any such redemption pursuant to the LLC Agreement; provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude the Corporation from satisfying its or its affiliates’ obligations in respect of any such redemption of shares of Class B Common Stock pursuant to the LLC Agreement by delivering (either directly or indirectly through an affiliate) to the holder of shares of Class B Common Stock upon such redemption, in lieu of newly issued shares of Class A Common Stock, cash in the amount permitted by and provided in the LLC Agreement or shares of Class A Common Stock which are held in the treasury of the Corporation. All shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued upon any such redemption shall, upon issuance in accordance with the LLC Agreement, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. All shares of Class B Common Stock redeemed shall not be disposed of out of treasury or otherwise reissued and shall be cancelled.

(f) Conversion of Class C Common Stock.

(i) Shares of Class C Common Stock shall automatically convert into shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis (the “Initial Conversion Ratio”): (A) at any time and from time to time at the option of the holder thereof; or (B) automatically and without further action by the Corporation or the holder thereof on the day of the closing of a Business Combination, which for the avoidance of doubt will be the closing of the BCA Transaction.

(ii) Notwithstanding the Initial Conversion Ratio, in the case that additional shares of Class A Common Stock or any other Equity-linked Securities (as hereinafter defined), are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts offered in the IPO and related to the closing of a Business Combination, all outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock shall automatically convert into shares of Class A Common Stock at the time of the closing of a Business Combination at such ratio (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock agree to waive such anti-dilution adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) that results in the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock be equal to, in the aggregate, 20% of the sum of all shares of Class A Common Stock and Class C Common Stock outstanding upon completion of the IPO plus all shares of Class A Common Stock and Equity-linked Securities issued or deemed issued in connection with a Business Combination, excluding any shares or Equity-linked Securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in an initial Business Combination.

(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the foregoing adjustment to the Initial Conversion Ratio may be waived as to any particular issuance or deemed issuance of additional shares of Class A Common Stock or Equity-linked Securities by the written consent or agreement of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock consenting or agreeing separately as a separate class.

 

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(iv) The foregoing conversion ratio shall also be adjusted to account for any subdivision (by share split, subdivision, exchange, capitalization, rights issue, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse share split, share consolidation, exchange, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or similar reclassification or recapitalizations of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock into a greater or lesser number of shares occurring after the Effective Date without a proportionate and corresponding subdivision, combination or similar reclassification or recapitalization of the outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock.

(v) Each share of Class C Common Stock shall convert into its pro rata number of shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to this Section 3(f). The pro rata share for each holder of shares of Class C Common Stock will be determined as follows: each share of Class C Common Stock shall convert into such number of shares of Class A Common Stock as is equal to the product of one multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Class C Common Stock into which all of the outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock in issue shall be converted pursuant to this Section 3(f) and the denominator of which shall be the total number of outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock at the time of conversion.

(vi) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3(f), in no event may any share of Class C Common Stock convert into shares of Class A Common Stock at a ratio that is less than one-for-one

(vii) As used in this Section 3(f):

(A) “converted”, “conversion” or “exchange” shall have its ordinary meaning under Delaware law, and thereby shall have the same effect as a compulsory redemption without notice of shares of Class C Common Stock of any stockholder and, on behalf of such stockholders, automatic application of such redemption proceeds in paying for such new shares of Class A Common Stock into which the shares of Class C Common Stock have been converted or exchanged at a price per share of Class C Common Stock necessary to give effect to a conversion or exchange calculated on the basis that the shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued as part of the conversion or exchange will be issued at par. The shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued on an exchange or conversion shall be registered in the name of such stockholder or in such name as the stockholder may direct;

(B) “Equity-linked Securities” means any debt or equity securities that are convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock issued in a financing transaction in connection with a Business Combination, including, but not limited to, a private placement of equity or debt; and

(C) “IPO” means the initial public offering of Altimar Cayman.

(viii) Shares of Class C Common Stock converted into shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to Section 3(f) shall be cancelled by the Corporation and may not be reissued. At any time after consummation of a Business Combination, when there are no longer any shares of Class C Common Stock outstanding, the Corporation shall take all necessary action to retire and eliminate the Class C Common Stock, and shall amend this Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate references thereto.

(xi) Nothing in Section 3(f) of this Certificate of Incorporation shall limit or amend any obligation or agreement of any party to the Sponsor Agreement. To the extent of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms and provisions of the Sponsor Agreement and the terms and provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation, including (without limitation) Section 3(f) hereof, the terms and provisions of the Sponsor Agreement shall control. For purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation, “Sponsor Agreement” means that certain Sponsor Agreement referred to in the BCA pursuant to which, among other things, the Sponsor Persons (as defined in the BCA) have agreed to (i) vote in favor of, and take all actions necessary to consummate, the BCA Transactions, (ii) the lock-up period and conditions described therein, (iii) following the consummation of the Mergers (as defined in the BCA), a certain amount of their Class A Common Stock will be subject to vesting restrictions described therein, (iv) as holder of a majority of the Class B Cayman Shares prior to the Domestication and a majority of the shares of Class C Common Stock at the filing of this Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to waive certain anti-dilution adjustments set forth in Section 17.3 of Altimar

 

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Cayman’s Memorandum and Articles of Association and Section 3(f) of this Certificate of Incorporation in connection with the transactions contemplated by the BCA and (y) to forfeit certain shares of Class A Common Stock received upon the automatic conversion of its shares of Class C Common Stock upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the BCA for no consideration; and (v) to the conversion of Class C Common Stock into Class A Common Stock automatically upon consummation the BCA Transaction.

(g) No Transfer of any shares of Common Stock or shares of Preferred Stock may be made, except in compliance with the Investor Rights Agreement (as hereinafter defined) or Sponsor Agreement (if and as applicable) and applicable federal and state securities laws. No Transfer of shares of Class B Common Stock may be made, unless such transferor also Transfers an equal number of applicable Class A Units to the applicable transferee in accordance with the terms and conditions of the LLC Agreement. The Corporation may place customary restrictive legends on the certificates or book entries representing the shares of Common Stock and, if applicable, the shares of Preferred Stock subject to this Section 3(g) and remove such restrictive legends at the time the applicable restrictions under this Section 3(g) are no longer applicable to the shares of Common Stock or shares of Preferred Stock represented by such certificates or book entries. To the extent shares of Common Stock and, if applicable, shares of Preferred Stock subject to this Section 3(g) are uncertificated, the Corporation shall give notice of the restrictions set forth in this Section 3(g) in accordance with the DGCL. For purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation, “Transfer” has the meaning set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement or Sponsor Agreement, as applicable.

ARTICLE FIVE

Section 1. Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

Section 2. Number of Directors. Subject to any rights of the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances or otherwise, the number of directors which shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 3. Classes of Directors. The directors of the Corporation, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, designated as Class I, Class II and Class III.

Section 4. Election and Term of Office. The directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast; provided that, whenever the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation are entitled to elect one or more directors pursuant to the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, but not limited to, any duly authorized Preferred Stock Designation), such directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by such holders. The term of office of the initial Class I directors shall expire at the first annual meeting of stockholders following December 22, 2021 (the “Commencement Date”), the term of office of the initial Class II directors shall expire at the second succeeding annual meeting of stockholders after the Commencement Date and the term of office of the initial Class III directors shall expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of the stockholders after the Commencement Date. For the purposes hereof, the Board of Directors may assign directors already in office to Class I, Class II and Class III, in accordance with the terms of that certain Investor Rights Agreement, dated on or about December 22, 2021 (as amended and/or restated or supplemented in accordance with its terms, the “Investor Rights Agreement”), by and among the Corporation and the investors named therein. At each annual meeting of stockholders after the Commencement Date, directors elected to replace those of a class whose terms expire at such annual meeting shall be elected to hold office until the third succeeding annual meeting after their election and until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified. Each director shall hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders for the year in which such director’s term expires and a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. Nothing in this Certificate of Incorporation shall preclude a director from serving consecutive terms. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation (as amended and/or restated, the “Bylaws”) shall so provide.

 

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Section 5. Newly-Created Directorships and Vacancies. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding and except as otherwise set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal from office or any other cause may be filled only by resolution of a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and may not be filled in any other manner. A director elected or appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. A director elected or appointed to fill a position resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been elected or appointed and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the authorized number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

Section 6. Removal and Resignation of Directors. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding and notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, directors may only be removed for cause and only (i) prior to the first date on which CORE (as hereinafter defined) and its Affiliated Companies (as hereinafter defined) first cease to beneficially own in the aggregate (directly or indirectly) shares of Common Stock representing at least 50% of the Original Amount (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement), upon the affirmative vote of stockholders representing at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (“Voting Stock”), voting together as a single class and (ii) after such date on which CORE and its Affiliated Companies first cease to beneficially own in the aggregate (directly or indirectly) shares of Common Stock representing at least 50% of the Original Amount, upon the affirmative vote of stockholders representing at least a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock. Any director may resign at any time upon notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation.

Section 7. Rights of Holders of Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the provisions of this ARTICLE FIVE, whenever the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately or together by series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorship shall be subject to the rights of such series of Preferred Stock. During any period when the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or together with one or more series, have the right to elect additional directors, then upon commencement and for the duration of the period during which such right continues: (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 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 his or her earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions establishing such series and the related Preferred Stock Designation, whenever the holders of any series of Preferred Stock having such right to elect additional directors are divested of such right pursuant to the provisions of such stock, the terms of office of all such additional directors elected by the holders of such stock, or elected to fill any vacancies resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of such additional directors, shall forthwith terminate (in which case each such director thereupon shall cease to be qualified as, and shall cease to be, a director) and the total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be reduced accordingly.

Section 8. Advance Notice. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws.

Section 9. Quorum. A quorum for the transaction of business by the directors shall be set forth in the Bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE SIX

Section 1. Limitation of Liability.

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it now exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader exculpation than permitted prior thereto), no director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages arising from a breach of fiduciary duty as a director.

(b) Any amendment, repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification with respect to any act, omission or other matter occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or modification.

ARTICLE SEVEN

Section 1. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Corporation’s stockholders may be taken only at a duly called annual or special meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders and the power of stockholders to consent in writing without a meeting is specifically denied; 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 in the resolution or the resolutions and the related Preferred Stock Designation creating such series of Preferred Stock.

Section 2. Special Meetings of Stockholders. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding and to the requirements of applicable law, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors pursuant to a written resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of the majority of the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies, (ii) prior to the first date on which CORE and its Affiliated Companies first cease to beneficially own in the aggregate (directly or indirectly) shares of Common Stock representing at least 50% of the Original Amount, by the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the written request of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock in the manner provided for in the Bylaws or (iii) after such date on which CORE and its Affiliated Companies first cease to beneficially own in the aggregate (directly or indirectly) shares of Common Stock representing at least 50% of the Original Amount, by the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the written request of the holders of twenty-five percent (25%) of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock in the manner provided for in the Bylaws. Any business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purpose or purposes stated in the Notice of the meeting.

ARTICLE EIGHT

Section 1. Certain Acknowledgments. In recognition and anticipation that (i) certain of the directors, partners, principals, officers, members, managers and/or employees of CORE Industrial Partners, LLC (“CORE”) or its Affiliated Companies (as hereinafter defined) may serve as directors or officers of the Corporation and (ii) CORE and its Affiliated Companies engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, and (iii) that the Corporation and its Affiliated Companies may engage in material business transactions with CORE and its Affiliated Companies, and that the Corporation is expected to benefit therefrom, the provisions of this ARTICLE EIGHT are set forth to regulate and define to the fullest extent permitted by law the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation as they may involve CORE and/or its Affiliated Companies and/or their respective directors, partners, principals, officers, members, managers and/or employees, including any of the foregoing who serve as officers or directors of the Corporation (collectively, the “Exempted Persons”), and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its officers, directors and stockholders in connection therewith. As used in this Certificate of Incorporation, “Affiliated Companies” shall mean (a) in respect of CORE, any entity that controls, is controlled by or under common control with CORE (other than the Corporation and any company that is controlled by the Corporation) and any investment funds managed by CORE and (b) in respect of the Corporation, any company controlled by the Corporation.

 

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Section 2. Competition and Corporate Opportunities. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, none of the Exempted Persons shall have any fiduciary duty to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies, and no Exempted Person shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of any such activities of CORE, its Affiliated Companies or such Exempted Person. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation, on behalf of itself and its Affiliated Companies, renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation and its Affiliated Companies in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to the Exempted Persons, even if the opportunity is one that the Corporation or its Affiliated Companies might reasonably be deemed to have pursued or had the ability or desire to pursue if granted the opportunity to do so, and each Exempted Person shall have no duty to communicate or offer such business opportunity to the Corporation or its Affiliated Companies and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be liable to the Corporation, any of its Affiliated Companies or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, as a director, officer or stockholder of the Corporation solely, by reason of the fact that CORE, its Affiliated Companies or any such Exempted Person pursues or acquires such business opportunity, sells, assigns, transfers or directs such business opportunity to another person or fails to present such business opportunity, or information regarding such business opportunity, to the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2, the Corporation does not renounce any interest or expectancy it may have in any business opportunity that is expressly offered to any Exempted Person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of, or through his or her service to, or pursuant to a contract with, the Corporation, and not in any other capacity. Nothing in this Certificate of Incorporation shall be deemed to supersede any other agreement to which an Exempted Person may be a party or the rights of any other party thereto restricting such Exempted Person’s ability to have certain business interests or engage in certain business activities or ventures.

Section 3. Certain Matters Deemed Not Corporate Opportunities. In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this ARTICLE EIGHT, a corporate opportunity shall not be deemed to belong to the Corporation if it is a business opportunity the Corporation is not financially able or contractually permitted or legally able to undertake, or that is, from its nature, not in the line of the Corporation’s business or is of no practical advantage to it or that is one in which the Corporation has no interest or reasonable expectancy.

Section 4. Amendment of this Article. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, and in addition to any vote required by applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty percent (80%) of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, shall be required to alter, amend or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with, this ARTICLE EIGHT; provided however, that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, neither the alteration, amendment or repeal of this ARTICLE EIGHT nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this ARTICLE EIGHT shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any Exempted Person for or with respect to any activities or opportunities which such Exempted Person becomes aware prior to such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption.

Section 5. Deemed Notice. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding 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 EIGHT.

ARTICLE NINE

Section 1. Section 203 of the DGCL. The Corporation expressly elects not to be subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL.

 

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Section 2. Business Combinations with Interested Stockholders. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, the Corporation shall not engage in any Business Combination (as hereinafter defined), at any point in time at which the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with any Interested Stockholder (as hereinafter defined) for a period of three years following the time that such stockholder became an Interested Stockholder, unless:

(a) prior to such time the Board of Directors (without taking into account the consent or approval of the Interested Stockholder or its designees if represented on the Board of Directors) approved either the Business Combination or the transaction which resulted in such stockholder becoming an Interested Stockholder;

(b) upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in such stockholder becoming an Interested Stockholder, such stockholder owned at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the Voting Stock of the Corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the Voting Stock outstanding (but not the outstanding Voting Stock owned by such Interested Stockholder) those shares owned (i) by Persons (as defined hereinafter) who are directors and also officers of the Corporation and (ii) employee stock plans of the Corporation in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

(c) at or subsequent to such time, the Business Combination is approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the outstanding Voting Stock which is not owned by such Interested Stockholder.

Section 3. Exceptions to Prohibition on Interested Stockholder Transactions. The restrictions contained in this ARTICLE NINE shall not apply if:

(a) a stockholder becomes an Interested Stockholder inadvertently and (i) as soon as practicable divests itself of ownership of sufficient shares so that the stockholder ceases to be an Interested Stockholder; and (ii) would not, at any time within the three-year period immediately prior to a Business Combination between the Corporation and such stockholder, have been an Interested Stockholder but for the inadvertent acquisition of ownership; or

(b) the Business Combination is proposed prior to the consummation or abandonment of and subsequent to the earlier of the public announcement or the notice required hereunder of a proposed transaction which (i) constitutes one of the transactions described in the second sentence of this Section 3(b) of ARTICLE NINE; (ii) is with or by a Person who either was not an Interested Stockholder during the previous three years or who became an Interested Stockholder with the approval of the Board of Directors (without taking into account the consent or approval of the Interested Stockholder or its designees if represented on the Board of Directors); and

(iii) is approved by a majority of the directors then in office (but not less than one) who were directors prior to any Person becoming an Interested Stockholder during the previous three years or were recommended for election or elected to succeed such directors by a majority of such directors. The proposed transactions referred to in the preceding sentence are limited to (x) a merger or consolidation of the Corporation (except for a merger in respect of which, pursuant to Section 251(f) of the DGCL, no vote of the stockholders of the Corporation is required); (y) a sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (other than to any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary or to the Corporation) having an aggregate market value equal to fifty percent (50%) or more of either that aggregate market value of all of the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding Stock (as hereinafter defined) of the Corporation; or (z) a proposed tender or exchange offer for fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation. The Corporation shall give not less than 20 days’ notice to all Interested Stockholders prior to the consummation of any of the transactions described in clause (x) or (y) of the second sentence of this Section 3(b) of ARTICLE NINE.

 

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Section 4. Definitions. As used in this ARTICLE NINE only, and unless otherwise provided by the express terms of this ARTICLE NINE, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them as set forth in this Section 4:

(a) “Affiliate” means a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another Person;

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

(c) “Business Combination” means:

(i) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation with (A) the Interested Stockholder, or (B) any other corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or entity if the merger or consolidation is caused by the Interested Stockholder and as a result of such merger or consolidation Section 2 of this ARTICLE NINE is not applicable to the surviving entity;

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

(iii) any transaction which results in the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or by any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation of any Stock of the Corporation or of such subsidiary to the Interested Stockholder, except: (A) pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into Stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the Interested Stockholder became such; (B) pursuant to a merger under Section 251(g) of the DGCL; (C) pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into Stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which security is distributed, pro rata to all holders of a class or series of Stock of the Corporation subsequent to the time the Interested Stockholder became such; (D) pursuant to an exchange offer by the Corporation to purchase Stock made on the same terms to all holders of such Stock; or (E) any issuance or transfer of Stock by the Corporation; provided however, that in no case under items (C)-(E) of this Section 4(c)(iii) of ARTICLE NINE shall there be an increase in the Interested Stockholder’s proportionate share of the Stock of any class or series of the Corporation or of the Voting Stock of the Corporation;

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

(v) any receipt by the Interested Stockholder of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted in Sections 4(c)(i)-(iv) of ARTICLE NINE) provided by or through the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation;

 

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(d) “Control,” including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Stock, by contract or otherwise. A Person who is the owner of twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary; notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such Person holds Voting Stock, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this ARTICLE NINE, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, as such Rule is in effect as of the date of this Certificate of Incorporation) have control of such entity;

(e) “Interested Stockholder” means any Person (other than the Corporation and any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) that (i) is the owner of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation, or (ii) is an Affiliate or Associate of the Corporation and was the owner of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation at any time within the three-year period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such Person is an Interested Stockholder, and the Affiliates and Associates of such Person. Notwithstanding anything in this ARTICLE NINE to the contrary, the term “Interested Stockholder” shall not include: (x) CORE or any of its Affiliated Companies, or any other Person with whom any of the foregoing are acting as a group or in concert for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of shares of Stock of the Corporation, in each case so long as such Persons beneficially own at least fifteen percent (15%) or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation, (y) any Person who would otherwise be an Interested Stockholder either in connection with or because of a transfer, sale, assignment, conveyance, hypothecation, encumbrance, or other disposition of five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation (in one transaction or a series of transactions) by CORE or any of its Affiliates or Associates of such Person (for so long as Core and its Affiliates or Associates together beneficially own at least fifteen percent (15%) or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation); provided, however, that such Person was not an Interested Stockholder prior to such transfer, sale, assignment, conveyance, hypothecation, encumbrance, or other disposition; or (z) any Person whose ownership of shares in excess of the fifteen percent (15%) limitation set forth herein is the result of action taken solely by the Corporation, provided, that, for purposes of this clause (z) only, such Person shall be an Interested Stockholder if thereafter such Person acquires additional shares of Voting Stock of the Corporation, except as a result of further action by the Corporation not caused, directly or indirectly, by such Person; provided, that, for the purpose of determining whether a Person is an Interested Stockholder, the Voting Stock of the Corporation deemed to be outstanding shall include Stock deemed to be owned by the Person through application of this definition of “owned” but shall not include any other unissued Stock of the Corporation which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise;

(f) “Owner,” including the terms “own” and “owned,” when used with respect to any Stock, means a Person that individually or with or through any of its Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns such Stock, directly or indirectly; or has (A) the right to acquire such Stock (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the owner of Stock tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered Stock is accepted for purchase or exchange; or (B) the right to vote such Stock pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the owner of any Stock because of such Person’s right to vote such Stock if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such Stock arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to 10 or more Persons; or (C) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent as described in (B) of this Section 4(f) of ARTICLE NINE), or disposing of such Stock with any other Person that beneficially owns, or whose Affiliates or Associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, such Stock;

 

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(g) “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity;

(h) “Stock” means, with respect to any corporation, any capital stock of such corporation and, with respect to any other entity, any equity interest of such entity; and

(i) “Voting Stock” means, with respect to any corporation, Stock of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and, with respect to any entity that is not a corporation, any equity interest entitled to vote generally in the election of the governing body of such entity. Every reference to a percentage of Voting Stock in this ARTICLE NINE shall refer to such percentage of the votes of such Voting Stock.

ARTICLE TEN

Section 1. Amendments to the Bylaws. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, in furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, the Bylaws may be amended, altered or repealed and new bylaws made by (i) the Board of Directors or (ii) in addition to any of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required herein (including any Preferred Stock Designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), the Bylaws or applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a single class.

Section 2. Amendments to this Certificate of Incorporation. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class or series of the capital stock required by law, this Certificate of Incorporation, or otherwise, (a) no provision of ARTICLE FIVE, ARTICLE SIX, ARTICLE SEVEN, ARTICLE TEN or ARTICLE ELEVEN of this Certificate of Incorporation may be altered, amended or repealed in any respect, nor may any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent therewith be adopted, unless in addition to any other vote required by this Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise required by law, such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption is approved by the affirmative vote of holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of all outstanding shares of Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, at a meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders called for that purpose and (b) no provision of ARTICLE NINE of this Certificate of Incorporation may be altered, amended or repealed in any respect, nor may any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent therewith be adopted, unless in addition to any other vote required by this Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise required by law, such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption is approved by the affirmative vote of holders of at least eighty percent (80%) of the voting power of all outstanding shares of Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, at a meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders called for that purpose.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

Section 1. Exclusive Forum. Unless this 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 director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, this provision, including for any “derivative action,” will not apply to suits to enforce a duty or liability created by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Failure to enforce the foregoing provisions would cause the Corporation irreparable harm and the Corporation shall be entitled to equitable relief, including injunctive relief and specific performance, to enforce the foregoing provisions. 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 consented to the provisions of this ARTICLE ELEVEN.

 

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Section 2. Notice. Any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation (including, without limitation, shares of Common Stock) shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this ARTICLE ELEVEN.

ARTICLE TWELVE

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, 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 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 applicable law, in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

The incorporator of the Corporation is Tom Wasserman, whose mailing address is c/o HPS Investment Partners, LLC, 40 West 57th Street, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10019.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Incorporation on this 23rd day of December, 2021.

 

/s/ Tom Wasserman

Tom Wasserman
Sole Incorporator

 

 

[Signature Page Certificate of Incorporation]

Exhibit 3.3

Execution Version

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

FATHOM DIGITAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

A Delaware corporation

(Adopted as of December 23, 2021)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1. Offices. Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation (the “Corporation”) may have an office or offices other than its registered office at such place or places, either within or outside the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be as stated in the corporation’s certificate of incorporation as then in effect (the “Certificate of Incorporation”).

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1. Place of Meetings. The Board of Directors may designate a place, if any, either within or outside the State of Delaware, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting of stockholders.

Section 2. Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held at such date and time as is specified by resolution of the Board of Directors. At the annual meeting, stockholders shall elect directors to succeed those whose terms expire at such annual meeting and transact such other business as properly may be brought before the annual meeting pursuant to Section 11 of this ARTICLE II of these Amended and Restated Bylaws (these “Bylaws”). The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

Section 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may only be called in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take action at a meeting, notice of the meeting shall be given that shall state the place, if any, date, and time of the meeting of the stockholders, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders not physically present 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 purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date

 

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on which the meeting is to be held, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or required by law (meaning, here and hereinafter, as required from time to time by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”)) or the Certificate of Incorporation.

(a) Form of Notice. All such notices shall be delivered in writing or in any other manner permitted by the DGCL. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at his, her or its address as the same appears on the records of the Corporation. If delivered by courier service, notice shall be deemed given at the earlier of when the notice is received or left at such stockholder’s address as the same appears on the records of the Corporation. If given by electronic mail, notice shall be deemed given when directed to such stockholder’s electronic mail address unless the stockholder has notified the Corporation in writing or by electronic transmission of an objection to receiving notice by electronic mail or such notice is prohibited by the DGCL. Notice to stockholders may also be given by other forms of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder. If given by facsimile telecommunication, such notice shall be deemed given when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice by facsimile. If given by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, such notice shall be deemed given upon the later of (x) such posting and (y) the giving of such separate notice. If notice is given by any other form of electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed given when directed to the stockholder. An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation, the transfer agent of the Corporation or any other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

(b) Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given under any provisions of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the stockholder entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission given by the stockholder entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation need be specified in any waiver of notice of such meeting. Attendance of a stockholder of the Corporation at a meeting of such stockholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder attends 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 and does not further participate in the meeting.

(c) Notice by Electronic Transmission. Notwithstanding Section 4(a) of this ARTICLE II, a notice may not be given by electronic transmission from and after the time: (i) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two (2) consecutive notices given by the Corporation; and (ii) such inability becomes known to the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent or other person responsible for the giving of notice. However, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action. For purposes of these Bylaws, except as otherwise limited by applicable law, the term “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 networks or databases), that creates a

 

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record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such recipient through an automated process. A notice by electronic mail must include a prominent legend that the communication is an important notice regarding the Corporation. A notice by electronic mail will include any files attached thereto and any information hyperlinked to a website if such electronic mail includes the contact information of an officer or agent of the corporation who is available to assist with accessing such files or information.

Section 5. List of Stockholders. The Corporation shall prepare, at least 10 days before each 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 10 days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the 10th day before the meeting date, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each such stockholder. Nothing contained in this section shall require the Corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting: (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (b) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, the list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is 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 list shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 5 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

Section 6. Quorum. The holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding capital stock entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. If a quorum is not present, the chair of the meeting or the holders of a majority of the voting power present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote at the meeting may adjourn the meeting to another time and/or place from time to time until a quorum shall be present or represented by proxy. When a specified item of business requires a vote by a class or series (if the Corporation shall then have outstanding shares of more than one class or series) voting as a separate class or series, the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding stock of such class or series entitled to vote thereon shall constitute a quorum (as to such class or series) for the transaction of such item of business. A quorum once established at a meeting shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum.

 

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Section 7. Adjourned Meetings. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place. When a meeting is adjourned to another time and place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, 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 stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date for notice of such adjourned meeting, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and, except as otherwise required by law, shall not be more than 60 days nor less than 10 days before the date of such 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 fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

Section 8. Vote Required. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock then outstanding, when a quorum has been established, all matters other than the election of directors shall be determined by the affirmative vote of the majority of voting power of capital stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter, unless by express provisions of the DGCL or other applicable law, the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Corporation’s securities are listed, any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a minimum or different vote is required, in which case such minimum or different vote shall be the required vote for such matter. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast.

Section 9. Voting Rights. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock then outstanding, except as otherwise provided by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot.

Section 10. Proxies. 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, 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 duly executed 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 proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the Corporation generally.

 

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Section 11. Advance Notice of Stockholder Business and Director Nominations.

(a) Business at Annual Meetings of Stockholders.

(i) Only such business (other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, which must be made in compliance with and are governed exclusively by Section 11(b) of this ARTICLE II) shall be conducted at an annual meeting of the stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting (A) as specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof, (B) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof, or (C) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (1) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in Section 11(a)(iii) of this ARTICLE II, on the record date for determination of stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, and at the time of the annual meeting, (2) at the time of the meeting, is entitled to vote at the meeting and (3) complies with the notice procedures set forth in Section 11(a)(iii) of this ARTICLE II. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing clause (C) of this Section 11(a)(i) of ARTICLE II shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose such business (other than business included in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or business brought by CORE (as defined below) and any entity that controls, is controlled by or under common control with CORE (other than the Corporation and any company that is controlled by the Corporation) and any investment funds managed by CORE (the “CORE Affiliates”) at any time prior to the Advance Notice Trigger Date (as defined below)) before an annual meeting of stockholders.

(ii) For any business (other than (A) nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, which must be made in compliance with and are governed exclusively by Section 11(b) of this ARTICLE II or (B) business brought by any of CORE Industrial Partners, LLC (“CORE”) and CORE Affiliates at any time prior to the date when CORE first ceases to beneficially own in the aggregate (directly or indirectly) at least 15% of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Advance Notice Trigger Date”)) to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form as described in Section 11(a)(iii) of this ARTICLE II to the Secretary; any such proposed business must be a proper matter for stockholder action and the stockholder and the Stockholder Associated Person (as defined in Section 11(e) of this ARTICLE II) must have acted in accordance with the representations set forth in the Solicitation Statement (as defined in Section 11(a)(iii) of this ARTICLE II) required by these Bylaws. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice for such business (other than such a notice by CORE prior to the Advance Notice Trigger Date, which may be delivered at any time up to thirty-five (35) days prior to the mailing of the definitive proxy statement pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act related to the next annual meeting of stockholders) must be delivered by hand and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation in proper written form not less than ninety (90) days and not more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders (which date shall, for purposes of the Corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders after its shares of Common Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) were first publicly traded, be deemed to have occurred on May 7, 2021); provided, however, that if and only if the annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within a period that commences thirty (30) days before such anniversary date and ends thirty (30) days after such anniversary date, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year (other than for purposes of the Corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders after its shares of Common Stock are first publicly traded), such stockholder’s notice must be delivered by the later of (A) the tenth day

 

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following the day the Public Announcement (as defined in Section 11(e) of this ARTICLE II) of the date of the annual meeting is first made or (B) the date which is ninety (90) days prior to the date of the annual meeting. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Notices delivered pursuant to Section 11(a) of this ARTICLE II will be deemed received on any given day only if received prior to the Close of Business on such day (and otherwise shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day).

(iii) To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth as to each matter of business the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting:

(A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting (including the specific text of any resolutions or actions proposed for consideration and if such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the specific language of the proposed amendment) and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting,

(B) the name and address of the stockholder proposing such business, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, the name and address (if different from the Corporation’s books) of such proposing stockholder, and the name and address of any Stockholder Associated Person,

(C) the class or series and number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are directly or indirectly held of record or beneficially owned by such stockholder or by any Stockholder Associated Person, a description of any Derivative Positions (as defined in Section 11(e) of this ARTICLE II) directly or indirectly held or beneficially held by the stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, and whether and to the extent to which a Hedging Transaction (as defined in Section 11(e) of this ARTICLE II) has been entered into by or on behalf of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person,

(D) a description of all arrangements or understandings between or among such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person and any other person or entity (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder, any Stockholder Associated Person or such other person or entity in such business,

(E) a representation that such stockholder is a stockholder of record of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting,

(F) any other information related to such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies or consents (even if a solicitation is not involved) by such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, and the rules, regulations and schedules promulgated thereunder, and

 

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(G) a representation as to whether such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person intends or is part of a group which intends to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to the holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve the proposal or otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of the proposal (such representation, a “Solicitation Statement”).

In addition, any stockholder who submits a notice pursuant to Section 11(a) of this ARTICLE II is required to update and supplement the information disclosed in such notice, if necessary, in accordance with Section 11(d) of this ARTICLE II.

(iv) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business (other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, which must be made in compliance with and are governed exclusively by Section 11(b) of this ARTICLE II) shall be conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 11(a) of this ARTICLE II.

(b) Nominations at Annual Meetings of Stockholders.

(i) Only persons who are nominated in accordance and compliance with the procedures set forth in this Section 11(b) of ARTICLE II shall be eligible for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting of stockholders.

(ii) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (A) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof or (B) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (1) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 11(b) of ARTICLE II on the record date for determination of stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, and at the time of the annual meeting, (2) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (3) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 11(b) of ARTICLE II. For the avoidance of doubt, clause (B) of this Section 11(b)(ii) of ARTICLE II shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting of stockholders. For nominations to be properly brought by a stockholder at an annual meeting of stockholders, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form as described in Section 11(b)(iii) of this ARTICLE II to the Secretary and the stockholder and the Stockholder Associated Person must have acted in accordance with the representations set forth in the Nomination Solicitation Statement required by these Bylaws. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice for the nomination of persons for election to the Board of Directors (other than such a notice by CORE prior to the Advance Notice Trigger Date, which may be delivered at any time up to thirty-five (35) days prior to the next annual meeting of stockholders) must be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation in proper written form not

 

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less than ninety (90) days and not more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders (which date shall, for purposes of the Corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders after its shares of Common Stock are first publicly traded, be deemed to have occurred on May 7, 2021); provided, however, that if and only if the annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within a period that commences thirty (30) days before such anniversary date and ends thirty (30) days after such anniversary date, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year (other than for purposes of the Corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders after its shares of Common Stock were first publicly traded), such stockholder’s notice must be delivered by the later of the tenth day following the day the Public Announcement of the date of the annual meeting is first made and the date which is ninety (90) days prior to the date of the annual meeting. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Notices delivered pursuant to this Section 11(b) of ARTICLE II will be deemed received on any given day if received prior to the Close of Business on such day (and otherwise on the next succeeding day). For the avoidance of doubt, a stockholder shall not be entitled to make additional or substitute nominations following the expiration of the time periods set forth in these Bylaws.

(iii) To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth:

(A) as to each person that the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director of the Corporation, (1) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (2) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (3) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are directly or indirectly owned beneficially or of record by the person, (4) the date such shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition and (5) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies or consents for a contested election of directors (even if an election contest or proxy solicitation is not involved), or is otherwise required, pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, and the rules, regulations and schedules promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee of the stockholder, if applicable, and to serving as a director if elected),

(B) as to the stockholder giving the notice, the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, the name and address (if different from the Corporation’s books) of such proposing stockholder, and the name and address of any Stockholder Associated Person,

(C) the class or series and number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are directly or indirectly held of record or beneficially owned by such stockholder or by any Stockholder Associated Person with respect to the Corporation’s securities, a description of any Derivative Positions directly or indirectly held or beneficially held by the stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, and whether and the extent to which a Hedging Transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person,

 

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(D) a description of all arrangements or understandings (including financial transactions and direct or indirect compensation) between or among such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person and each proposed nominee and any other person or entity (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder,

(E) a representation that such stockholder is a holder of record of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice,

(F) any other information relating to such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies or consents for a contested election of directors (even if an election contest or proxy solicitation is not involved), or otherwise required, pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, and the rules, regulations and schedules promulgated thereunder, and

(G) a representation as to whether such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person intends or is part of a group which intends to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to the holders of a sufficient number of the Corporation’s outstanding shares reasonably believed by the stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, as the case may be, to elect each proposed nominee or otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of the nomination (such representation, a “Nomination Solicitation Statement”).

In addition, any stockholder who submits a notice pursuant to this Section 11(b) of ARTICLE II is required to update and supplement the information disclosed in such notice, if necessary, in accordance with Section 11(d) of this ARTICLE II and shall comply with Section 11(f) of this ARTICLE II.

(iv) Notwithstanding anything in Section 11(b)(ii) of this ARTICLE II to the contrary, if the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased effective after the time period for which nominations would otherwise be due under paragraph 11(b)(ii) of this Article II and there is no Public Announcement naming the nominees for additional directorships at least ten (10) days prior to the last day a stockholder may deliver a notice of nomination in accordance with Section 11(b)(ii), a stockholder’s notice required by Section 11(b)(ii) of this ARTICLE II shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships, if it shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the Close of Business on the tenth day following the day on which such Public Announcement is first made by the Corporation.

 

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(c) 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 notice of meeting. Only persons who are nominated in accordance and compliance with the procedures set forth in this Section 11(c) of ARTICLE II shall be eligible for election to the Board of Directors at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the notice of meeting only (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, any duly authorized committee thereof, or stockholders (if stockholders are permitted to call a special meeting of stockholders pursuant to Section 2 of Article EIGHT of the Certificate of Incorporation) or (ii) provided that the Board of Directors or stockholders (if stockholders are permitted to call a special meeting of stockholders pursuant to Section 2 of Article Eight of the Certificate of Incorporation) has determined that directors are to be elected at such special meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who (A) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 11(c) of ARTICLE II and at the time of the special meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (C) complies with the notice procedures provided for in this Section 11(c) of ARTICLE II. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing clause (ii) of this Section 11(c) of ARTICLE II shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected. For nominations to be properly brought by a stockholder at a special meeting of stockholders, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form as described in this Section 11(c) of ARTICLE II to the Secretary. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice for the nomination of persons for election to the Board of Directors (other than such a notice by CORE prior to the Advance Notice Trigger Date, which may be delivered at any time up to the later of (i) thirty-five (35) days prior to the special meeting of stockholders and (ii) the tenth day following the day on which a Public Announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting) must be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the Close of Business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which a Public Announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of a special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Notices delivered pursuant to this Section 11(c) of ARTICLE II will be deemed received on any given day if received prior to the Close of Business on such day (and otherwise on the next succeeding day). To be in proper written form, such stockholder’s notice shall set forth all of the information required by, and otherwise be in compliance with, Section 11(b)(iii) of this ARTICLE II. In addition, any stockholder who submits a notice pursuant to this Section 11(c) of ARTICLE II is required to update and supplement the information disclosed in such notice, if necessary, in accordance with Section 11(d) of this ARTICLE II and shall comply with Section 11(f) of this ARTICLE II.

(d) Update and Supplement of Stockholder’s Notice. Any stockholder who submits a notice of proposal for business or nomination for election pursuant to this Section 11 of ARTICLE II is required to update and supplement the information disclosed in such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting

 

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of stockholders and as of the date that is ten (10) Business Days prior to such meeting of the stockholders or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the Close of Business on the fifth Business Day after the record date for the meeting of stockholders (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than the Close of Business on the eighth Business Day prior to the date for the meeting of stockholders or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) Business Days prior to the meeting of stockholders or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

(e) Definitions. For purposes of this Section 11 of ARTICLE II, the term:

(i) “Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, NY are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close;

(ii) “Close of Business” shall mean 5:00 p.m. local time at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, and if an applicable deadline falls on the Close of Business on a day that is not a Business Day, then the applicable deadline shall be deemed to be the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Business Day;

(iii) “Derivative Positions” means, with respect to a stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, any derivative positions including, without limitation, any short position, profits interest, option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or otherwise and any performance-related fees to which such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person is entitled based, directly or indirectly, on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of capital stock of the Corporation;

(iv) “Hedging Transaction” means, with respect to a stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, any hedging or other transaction (such as borrowed or loaned shares) or series of transactions, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding, the effect or intent of which is to increase or decrease the voting power or economic or pecuniary interest of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person with respect to the Corporation’s securities;

(v) “Public Announcement” means disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Business Wire, PR Newswire or comparable news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; and

 

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(vi) “Stockholder Associated Person” of any stockholder means (A) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such stockholder, (B) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder or (C) any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Stockholder Associated Person.

(f) Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement. To be qualified to be a nominee for election or re-election as a director of the Corporation, a person must deliver (in the case of a person nominated by a stockholder in accordance with Sections 11(b) or 11(c) of this ARTICLE II, in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under such sections) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request of any stockholder of record identified by name within five Business Days of such written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request of any stockholder of record identified by name within five Business Days of such written request) that such person (i) is not and will not become a party to (A) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (B) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (ii) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein and (iii) would be in compliance, and if elected as a director of the Corporation will comply, with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation.

(g) Update and Supplement of Nominee Information. The Corporation may also, as a condition to any such nomination or business being deemed properly brought before an annual meeting, require any Stockholder Associated Person or proposed nominee to deliver to the Secretary, within five Business Days of any such request, such other information as may reasonably be requested by the Corporation, including such other information as may be reasonably required by the Board, in its sole discretion, to determine (A) the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation, (B) whether such nominee qualifies as an “independent director” or “audit committee financial expert” under applicable law, Securities and Exchange Commission and stock exchange rules or regulation, or any publicly disclosed corporate governance guideline or committee charter of the Corporation and (C) such other information that the Board of Directors determines, in its sole discretion, could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.

 

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(h) Authority of Chair; General Provisions. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chair of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether any nomination or other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or brought in accordance with the procedures set forth in these

Bylaws (including whether the stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made or solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies or votes in support of such stockholder’s nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholder’s representation as required by Section 11(a)(iii)(G) or Section 11(b)(iii)(G), as applicable, of these Bylaws) and, if any nomination or other business is not made or brought in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that such nomination or proposal of other business be disregarded and not acted upon. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11, 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 proposed 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 11, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

(i) Compliance with Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of these Bylaws, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules, regulations and schedules promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in these Bylaws; provided, however, that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules, regulations and schedules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the requirements applicable to any nomination or other business to be considered pursuant to Section 11 of this ARTICLE II.

(j) Effect on Other Rights. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to (A) affect any rights of the stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, (B) confer upon any stockholder a right to have a nominee or any proposed business included in the Corporation’s proxy statement, except as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, (C) affect any rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or (D) limit the exercise, the method or timing of the exercise of, the rights of any person granted by the Corporation to nominate directors (including pursuant to that Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of on or about December 23, 2021 (as amended and/or restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Investor Rights Agreement”), by and among the Corporation and the investors named therein, which rights may be exercised without compliance with the provisions of this Section 11 of ARTICLE II.

Section 12. Fixing a Record Date for Stockholder Meetings. 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 not be more than 60 days nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors

 

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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 the Close of Business on the next day preceding the day on which notice is first 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 the adjourned meeting in conformity herewith; 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 with the foregoing provisions of this Section 12 at the adjourned meeting.

Section 13. Action by Stockholders Without a Meeting. So long as preferred stockholders of the Corporation have the right to act by written consent in accordance with Section 1 of ARTICLE SEVEN of the Certificate of Incorporation, the following provisions shall apply:

(a) Record Date. For the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting as may be permitted by the Certificate of Incorporation or the certificate of designation relating to any outstanding class or series of preferred stock, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on 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) (or the maximum number permitted by applicable law) days after the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take action by written consent shall, by written notice delivered to the Secretary at the Corporation’s principal place of business during regular business hours, request that the Board of Directors fix a record date, which notice shall include the text of any proposed resolutions. Notices delivered pursuant to Section 13(a) of this ARTICLE II will be deemed received on any given day only if received prior to the Close of Business on such day (and otherwise shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day). The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within ten (10) days after the date on which such written notice is properly delivered to and deemed received by the Secretary, adopt a resolution fixing the record date (unless a record date has previously been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 13(a)). If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 13(a) or otherwise within ten (10) days of receipt of a valid request by a stockholder, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required pursuant to applicable law, shall be the first date after the expiration of such ten (10) day time period on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation pursuant to Section 13(b); provided, however, that if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall in such an event be at the Close of Business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

 

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(b) Generally. No written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take such action are delivered to the Corporation, in the manner required by this Section 13, within sixty (60) (or the maximum number permitted by applicable law) days of the date of the earliest dated consent delivered to the Corporation in the manner required by applicable law. The validity of any consent executed by a proxy for a stockholder pursuant to an electronic transmission transmitted to such proxy holder by or upon the authorization of the stockholder shall be determined by or at the direction of the Secretary. A written record of the information upon which the person making such determination relied shall be made and kept in the records of the proceedings of the stockholders. Any such consent shall be inserted in the minute book as if it were the minutes of a meeting of stockholders. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given by the Corporation (at its expense) to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for notice of such meeting had been the date that written consent signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation.

Section 14. Conduct of Meetings.

(a) Generally. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chair of the Board, if any, or in the Chair’s absence or disability, the Chair’s designee, or if the Chair has made no such designation or in the designee’s absence or disability, by a chair designated by the Board of Directors, or in the absence or disability of such person, by a chair chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the Secretary’s absence or disability the chair of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

(b) Rules, Regulations and Procedures. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules, regulations and procedures for the conduct of any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation as it shall deem appropriate including, without limitation, such guidelines and procedures as it may deem appropriate regarding the participation by means of remote communication of stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules, regulations and procedures as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chair of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chair, 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 chair 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 of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chair of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants; and (vi) restrictions on the use of mobile phones, audio or video recording devices and similar devices at the meeting. The chair of the meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination or matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such chair should so determine, such chair shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business

 

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not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chair of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure. The chair of the meeting shall announce at the meeting when the polls for each matter to be voted upon at the meeting will be opened and closed. After the polls close, no ballots, proxies or votes or any revocations or changes thereto may be accepted. The chair of the meeting shall have the power, right and authority, for any or no reason, to convene, recess and/or adjourn any meeting of stockholders.

(c) Inspectors of Elections. The Corporation may, and to the extent required by law shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. One or more other persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chair of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Unless otherwise required by law, inspectors may be officers, employees or agents of the Corporation. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of such inspector’s duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability. The inspector shall have the duties prescribed by law and, when the vote is completed, shall make a certificate of the result of the vote taken and of such other facts as may be required by law.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. General Powers. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

Section 2. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this Bylaw immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of stockholders. In the event that the annual meeting of stockholders takes place telephonically or through any other means by which the stockholders do not convene in any one location, the annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held at the principal offices of the Corporation immediately after the annual meeting of the stockholders.

Section 3. Regular Meetings and Special Meetings. Regular meetings, other than the annual meeting, of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and publicized among all directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called (i) by the Chair of the Board, if any, (ii) by the Secretary upon the written request of a majority of the directors then in office, (iii) prior to the first date on which CORE and its Affiliated Companies (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) first cease to beneficially own in the aggregate (directly or indirectly) shares of Common Stock representing at least 50% of the Original Amount (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement), and if the Board of Directors then includes a director nominated or designated for nomination by CORE, by any director nominated or designated for nomination by CORE, or (iv) after the first date on which CORE and its Affiliated Companies first cease to beneficially own in the aggregate (directly or indirectly) shares of Common Stock representing at least 50% of the Original Amount, by written request of any two directors, and in each case shall be held at the place, if any, on the date and at the time as he, she or they shall fix. Any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting of the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 4. Notice of Meetings. Notice of regular meetings of the Board of Directors need not be given except as otherwise required by law or these Bylaws. Notice of each special meeting of the Board of Directors, and of each regular and annual meeting of the Board of Directors for which notice is required, shall be given by the Secretary as hereinafter provided in this Section 4. Such notice shall be state the date, time and place, if any, of the meeting. Notice of any special meeting, and of any regular or annual meeting for which notice is required, shall be given to each director at least (a) twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting if by telephone or by being personally delivered or sent by overnight courier, telecopy, electronic transmission, email or similar means or (b) five (5) days before the meeting if delivered by mail to the director’s residence or usual place of business. Such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail so addressed, with postage prepaid, or when transmitted if sent by telex, telecopy, electronic transmission, email or similar means. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

Section 5. Waiver of Notice. Any director may waive notice of any meeting of directors by a writing signed by the director or by electronic transmission. Any member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof who is present at a meeting shall have waived notice of such meeting except when such member attends 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 and does not further participate in the meeting. Such member shall be conclusively presumed to have assented to any action taken unless his or her dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless his or her written dissent to such action shall be filed with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall be forwarded by registered mail to the secretary of the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to any member who voted in favor of such action.

Section 6. Chair of the Board, Quorum, Required Vote and Adjournment. The Board of Directors may elect a Chair of the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as CORE beneficially owns in the aggregate (directly or indirectly) at least 20% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, the Chair of the Board of Directors may be designated by a majority of the directors nominated or designated for nomination by CORE. The Chair of the Board must be a director and may be an officer of the Corporation. Subject to the provisions of these Bylaws and the direction of the Board of Directors, he or she shall perform all duties and have all powers which are commonly incident to the position of Chair of the Board or which are delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and Board of Directors at which he or she is present and have such powers and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. If the Chair of the Board is not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, the Chair’s designee shall preside at such meeting, or if the Chair has made no such designation or if the designee is not present at such meeting, a majority

 

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of the directors present at such meeting shall elect one of the directors present at the meeting to so preside. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, provided, however, that a quorum shall never be less than one-third the total number of directors. Unless a different vote is required by express provision of an applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the vote of a majority of directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. At any meeting of the Board of Directors, business shall be transacted in such order and manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Section 7. Committees.

(a) The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, including an executive committee, consisting of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, and any committees required by the rules and regulations of such exchange as any securities of the Corporation are listed. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Except to the extent restricted by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, each such committee, to the extent provided by the DGCL and in the resolution creating it, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors. Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors upon request.

(b) 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. All matters shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present at a meeting 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 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 8. Action by Written Consent. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission. After the action is taken, the consent or consents relating thereto shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee in the same paper form or electronic form as the minutes are maintained.

 

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Section 9. Compensation. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees, reimbursement of expenses and equity compensation, of directors for services to the Corporation in any capacity, including for attendance of meetings of the Board of Directors or participation on any committees. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

Section 10. 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 member’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.

Section 11. Telephonic and Other Meetings. Unless restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, any one or more members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Election. Subject to the authority of Chief Executive Officer to appoint officers with the consent of the Board of Directors as set forth in Section 11 of this ARTICLE IV, the officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Chief Financial Officer, a Treasurer and such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. In its discretion, the Board of Directors may choose not to fill any office for any period as it may deem advisable.

Section 2. Term of Office. Each officer shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal as hereinafter provided.

Section 3. Removal. Any officer or agent of the Corporation may be removed with or without cause by the Board of Directors, a duly authorized committee thereof or by such officers as may be designated by a resolution of the Board of Directors, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Any officer appointed by the Chief Executive Officer in accordance with Section 11 of this ARTICLE IV may be removed by Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive Officer with the consent of the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise may be filled by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer with the consent of the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 11 of this ARTICLE IV.

 

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Section 5. Compensation. Compensation of all executive officers shall be approved by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such compensation by virtue of his or her also being a director of the Corporation.

Section 6. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and perform the duties incident to that position. Subject to the powers of the Board of Directors and the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall be in general and active charge of the entire business and affairs of the Corporation, and shall be its chief policy making officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or provided in these Bylaws. The Chief Executive Officer is authorized to execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. Whenever the President is unable to serve, by reason of sickness, absence or otherwise, the Chief Executive Officer shall perform all the duties and responsibilities and exercise all the powers of the President.

Section 7. The President. The President of the Corporation shall, subject to the powers of the Board of Directors, the Chair of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, have general charge of the business, affairs and property of the Corporation, and control over its officers, agents and employees. The President shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The President is authorized to execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. The President shall, in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer, act with all of the powers and be subject to all of the restrictions of the Chief Executive Officer. The President shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Board of Directors or as may be provided in these Bylaws or otherwise are incident to the position of President.

Section 8. Vice Presidents. The Vice President, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents, in the order determined by the Board of Directors or the Chair of the Board, shall, perform such duties and have such powers as the Board of Directors, the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or these Bylaws may, from time to time, prescribe or which otherwise are incident to the position of Vice President. The Vice Presidents may also be designated as Executive Vice Presidents or Senior Vice Presidents, as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

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Section 9. The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors (other than executive sessions thereof) and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings in a book or books to be kept for that purpose or shall ensure that his or her designee attends each such meeting to act in such capacity. Under the Board of Directors’ supervision, the Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, all notices required to be given by these Bylaws or by law; shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board of Directors, the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or these Bylaws may, from time to time, prescribe or which otherwise are incident to the position of Secretary; and shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation. The Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the corporate seal to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, any of the assistant secretaries, shall in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or Secretary may, from time to time, prescribe.

Section 10. The Chief Financial Officer and the Treasurer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities; shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation as shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with applicable law or generally accepted accounting principles; shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Chair of the Board or the Board of Directors; shall receive, and give receipts for, moneys due and payable to the Corporation from any source whatsoever; shall cause the funds of the Corporation to be disbursed when such disbursements have been duly authorized, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements; and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meeting or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of the financial condition and operations of the Corporation; shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board of Directors, the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or these Bylaws may, from time to time, prescribe or which otherwise are incident to the position of Chief Financial Officer. The Treasurer, if any, shall in the absence or disability of the chief financial officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Financial Officer, subject to the power of the board of directors. The Treasurer, if any, shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may, from time to time, prescribe.

Section 11. Appointed Officers. In addition to officers designated by the Board of Directors in accordance with this ARTICLE IV, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the authority, subject to the prior consent of the Board of Directors, to appoint other officers below the level of Board-appointed Vice President as the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time deem expedient and may designate for such officers titles that appropriately reflect their positions and responsibilities. Such appointed officers shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Chief Executive Officer or the senior officer to whom they report (in each case, in consultation with the Board of Directors), consistent with corporate policies. An appointed officer shall serve until the earlier of such officer’s resignation or such officer’s removal by the Board of Directors, or by the Chief Executive Officer with the consent of the Board of Directors, at any time, either with or without cause.

 

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Section 12. Other Officers, Assistant Officers and Agents. Officers, assistant officers and agents, if any, other than those whose duties are provided for in these Bylaws, shall have such authority and perform such duties as may from time to time be prescribed by resolution of 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 13. Officers’ Bonds or Other Security. If required by the Board of Directors, any officer of the Corporation shall give a bond or other security for the faithful performance of his duties, in such amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors may require.

Section 14. Delegation of Authority. The Board of Directors may by resolution delegate the powers and duties of such officer to any other officer or to any director, or to any other person whom it may select.

ARTICLE V

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

Section 1. Form. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. If shares are represented by certificates, the certificates shall be in such form as required by applicable law and as determined by the Board of Directors. Each certificate shall certify the number of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation and shall be signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by two authorized officers of the Corporation including, but not limited to, the Chair of the Board (if an officer), the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary and an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation. Any or all signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar of the Corporation whether because of death, resignation or otherwise before such certificate or certificates have been issued by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar of the Corporation at the date of issue. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The Board of Directors may appoint a bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof to act as its transfer agent or registrar, or both in connection with the transfer of any class or series of securities of the Corporation. The Corporation, or its designated transfer agent or other agent, shall keep a book or set of books to be known as the stock transfer books of the Corporation, containing the name of each holder of record, together with such holder’s address and the number and class or series of shares held by such holder and the date of issue. When shares are represented by certificates, the Corporation shall issue and deliver to each holder to whom such shares have been issued or transferred, certificates representing the shares owned by such holder, and shares of stock of the Corporation shall only be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the holder of record thereof or by such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender to the Corporation or its designated transfer agent or other agent of the certificate or certificates for such shares endorsed by the appropriate person or persons, with such evidence of the authenticity of such endorsement, transfer, authorization and other matters as the

 

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Corporation may reasonably require, and accompanied by all necessary stock transfer stamps. In that event, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate or certificates and record the transaction on its books. When shares are not represented by certificates, shares of stock of the Corporation shall only be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the holder of record thereof or by such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such evidence of the authenticity of such transfer, authorization and other matters as the Corporation may reasonably require, and accompanied by all necessary stock transfer stamps, and within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of such shares, the Corporation shall, if required by applicable law, send the holder to whom such shares have been issued or transferred a written statement of the information required by applicable law. Unless otherwise provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or any other instrument, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated stock and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.

Section 2. Lost Certificates. The Corporation may issue or direct a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates previously issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares, the Corporation may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct, sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

Section 3. Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its records as the owner of shares of stock to receive dividends, to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner, except as otherwise required by applicable law. The Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares of stock on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise required by applicable law.

Section 4. Fixing a Record Date for Purposes Other Than Stockholder Meetings or Actions by Written Consent. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment or any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purposes of any other lawful action (other than stockholder meetings and stockholder written consents which are expressly governed by Sections 12 and 13 of ARTICLE II hereof), the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the Close of Business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

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ARTICLE VI

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1. Dividends. Subject to and in accordance with applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and any certificate of designation relating to any series of preferred stock, dividends upon the shares of capital stock of the Corporation may be declared and paid by the Board of Directors, in accordance with applicable law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the Corporation’s capital stock, subject to the provisions of applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose. The Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserves in the manner in which they were created.

Section 2. Checks, Notes, Drafts, Etc. All checks, notes, drafts or other orders for the payment of money of the Corporation shall be signed, endorsed or accepted in the name of the Corporation by such officer, officers, person or persons as from time to time may be designated by the Board of Directors or by an officer or officers authorized by the Board of Directors to make such designation.

Section 3. Contracts. In addition to the powers otherwise granted to officers pursuant to ARTICLE IV hereof, the Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, or any agent or agents, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 4. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 5. Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may provide a corporate seal which shall be in the form of a circle and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no seal shall be required by virtue of this Section.

Section 6. Voting Securities Owned By Corporation. Voting securities in any other corporation or entity held by the Corporation shall be voted by the Chair of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Chief Financial Officer, unless the Board of Directors specifically confers authority to vote with respect thereto, which authority may be general or confined to specific instances, upon some other person or officer. Any person authorized to vote securities shall have the power to appoint proxies, with general power of substitution.

Section 7. Facsimile Signatures. In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these Bylaws and subject to applicable law, facsimile signatures of any officer or officers of the Corporation may be used.

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Section 9. Inconsistent Provisions. In the event that any provision (or part thereof) of these Bylaws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the DGCL, any other applicable law or the Investor Rights Agreement, the provision (or part thereof) of these Bylaws shall be deemed to have been revised to conform to the applicable provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the DGCL, other applicable law or the Investor Rights Agreement, as the case may be, the applicable provisions of which shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference, so as to eliminate any such inconsistency.

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. Right to Indemnification and Advancement. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved (including involvement, without limitation, as a witness) in any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other capacity while serving as a director or officer, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior thereto), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees and related disbursements, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time (“ERISA”) and any other penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Section 2 of this ARTICLE VII with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and advance of expenses (as defined below), 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 in the specific case by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The rights to indemnification and advance of expenses conferred in this Section 1 of ARTICLE VII shall be contract rights. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred herein, an indemnitee shall also have the right, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (an “advance of expenses”); provided, however, that if and to the extent that the DGCL requires, an advance of expenses shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (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 (a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 1 or otherwise. The Corporation may also, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification and advancement to employees and agents of the Corporation. Any reference to an officer of the Corporation in this ARTICLE VII shall be deemed to refer

 

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exclusively to the Chair of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Corporation appointed pursuant to ARTICLE IV, and to any Vice President, Assistant Secretary, Assistant Treasurer or other officer of the Corporation appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to ARTICLE IV of these By-laws, and any reference to an officer of any 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 enterprise. The fact that any person who is or was an employee of the Corporation or an employee of any other enterprise has been given or has used the title of “Vice President” or any other title that could be construed to suggest or imply that such person is or may be an officer of the Corporation or of such other enterprise shall not result in such person being constituted as, or being deemed to be, an officer of the Corporation or of such other enterprise for purposes of this ARTICLE VII.

Section 2. Procedure for Indemnification. Any claim for indemnification or advance of expenses by an indemnitee under this Section 2 of ARTICLE VII shall be made promptly, and in any event within forty-five days (or, in the case of an advance of expenses, twenty days, provided that the director or officer has delivered the undertaking contemplated by Section 1 of this ARTICLE VII if required), upon the written request of the indemnitee. If the Corporation denies a written request for indemnification or advance of expenses, in whole or in part, or if payment in full pursuant to such request is not made within forty-five days (or, in the case of an advance of expenses, twenty days, provided that the indemnitee has delivered the undertaking contemplated by Section 1 of this ARTICLE VII if required), the right to indemnification or advances as granted by this ARTICLE VII shall be enforceable by the indemnitee in any court of competent jurisdiction. Such person’s costs and expenses incurred in connection with successfully establishing his or her right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be indemnified by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the advance of expenses where the undertaking required pursuant to Section 1 of this ARTICLE VII, if any, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct which make it permissible under the DGCL for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proof shall be on the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a committee thereof, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

Section 3. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on its own behalf and on behalf of any person who is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, member, trustee, administrator, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expenses, liability or loss under the DGCL.

 

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Section 4. Service for Subsidiaries. Any person serving as a director, officer, partner, member, trustee, administrator, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, at least 50% of whose equity interests are owned by the Corporation (a “subsidiary” for purposes of this ARTICLE VII) shall be conclusively presumed to be serving in such capacity at the request of the Corporation.

Section 5. Reliance. Persons who served as directors or officers of Altimar Cayman (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation), and Persons who after the date of the adoption of this provision become or remain directors or officers of the Corporation or who, while a director or officer of the Corporation, become or remain a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary, shall be conclusively presumed to have relied on the rights to indemnity, advance of expenses and other rights contained in this ARTICLE VII in entering into or continuing such service. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the rights to indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this ARTICLE VII shall apply to claims made against an indemnitee arising out of acts or omissions which occurred or occur both prior and subsequent to the adoption hereof. 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 6. Non-Exclusivity of Rights; Continuation of Rights of Indemnification. The rights to indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this ARTICLE VII shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under the Certificate of Incorporation or under any statute, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. All rights to indemnification under this ARTICLE VII shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each director or officer of the Corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this ARTICLE VII is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this ARTICLE VII or repeal or modification of relevant provisions of the DGCL or any other applicable laws shall not in any way diminish any rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses of such director or officer or the obligations of the Corporation arising hereunder with respect to any proceeding arising out of, or relating to, any actions, transactions or facts occurring prior to the final adoption of such repeal or modification.

Section 7. Merger or Consolidation. For purposes of this ARTICLE VII, references to the “Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this ARTICLE VII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

 

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Section 8. Savings Clause. To the fullest extent permitted by law, if this ARTICLE VII or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify and advance expenses to each person entitled to indemnification under Section 1 of this ARTICLE VII as to all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees and related disbursements, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and any other penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such person and for which indemnification and advancement of expenses is available to such person pursuant to this ARTICLE VII to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this ARTICLE VII that shall not have been invalidated.

ARTICLE VIII

AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be amended, altered, changed or repealed or new Bylaws adopted only in accordance with Section 1 of ARTICLE ELEVEN of the Certificate of Incorporation.

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Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

by and among

FATHOM DIGITAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION,

FATHOM HOLDCO, LLC,

the several EXCHANGE TRA PARTIES (as defined herein),

the several BLOCKER TRA PARTIES (as defined herein),

and

OTHER PERSONS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

Dated as of December 23, 2021

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

     2  

Section 1.1

  Definitions      2  

Section 1.2

  Rules of Construction      13  

ARTICLE II DETERMINATION OF REALIZED TAX BENEFIT

     14  

Section 2.1

  Attribute Schedule      14  

Section 2.2

  Tax Benefit Schedule      14  

Section 2.3

  Procedures, Amendments      15  

ARTICLE III TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS

     16  

Section 3.1

  Timing and Amount of Tax Benefit Payments      16  

Section 3.2

  No Duplicative Payments      17  

Section 3.3

  Pro Rata Payments      17  

Section 3.4

  Withholding      18  

ARTICLE IV TERMINATION

     18  

Section 4.1

  Early Termination of Agreement; Breach of Agreement      18  

Section 4.2

  Early Termination Notice      19  

Section 4.3

  Payment upon Early Termination      20  

ARTICLE V SUBORDINATION; CERTAIN TAX COVENANTS; LATE PAYMENTS

     20  

Section 5.1

  Subordination      20  

Section 5.2

  Certain Tax Covenants      21  

Section 5.3

  Late Payments by the Corporation      22  

ARTICLE VI TAX MATTERS; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION

     22  

Section 6.1

  Participation in the Corporation’s and the Company’s Tax Matters      22  

Section 6.2

  Reconciliation      22  

Section 6.3

  Consistency      23  

Section 6.4

  Cooperation      23  

Section 6.5

  Tax Characterization      24  

Section 6.6

  Change in Tax Law      24  

ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS

     24  

Section 7.1

  Notices      24  

Section 7.2

  Counterparts      25  

Section 7.3

  Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries      25  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

         Page  

Section 7.4

  Governing Law      25  

Section 7.5

  Severability      25  

Section 7.6

  Assignments; Amendments; Successors; No Waiver      26  

Section 7.7

  Titles and Subtitles      27  

Section 7.8

  Resolution of Disputes      27  

Section 7.9

  Waiver of Jury Trial      28  

Section 7.10

  Confidentiality      28  

Section 7.11

  Interest Rate Limitation      29  

Section 7.12

  Independent Nature of Rights and Obligations      29  

Annexes and Exhibits

Annex A - Exchange TRA Parties

Annex B - Blocker TRA Parties

Exhibit A - Form of Joinder Agreement

 

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TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), dated December 23, 2021, is hereby entered into by and among Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), Fathom Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), each of the Exchange TRA Parties from time to time party hereto, each of the Blocker TRA Parties from time to time party hereto, and CORE Industrial Partners Management LP, in its capacity as TRA Party Representative. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in Section 1.1.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, certain of the Blocker TRA Parties were previously direct or indirect owners of the Blockers, and as a result of their previous ownership of the Blockers, the Blocker TRA Parties previously indirectly held interests in the Company through the Blockers;

WHEREAS, the Exchange TRA Parties hold (or prior to an Exchange will hold) Company Units; WHEREAS, the Company is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

WHEREAS, each Blocker was, prior to merging with and into the Corporation pursuant to the Business Combination, classified as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes;

WHEREAS, the Corporation, the Company, the Blockers, the Blocker Merger Subs and the Company Merger Sub entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2021 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things (a) (i) Blocker Merger Sub 1 merged with and into Blocker 1, with Blocker 1 surviving, (ii) Blocker Merger Sub 2 merged with and into Blocker 2, with Blocker 2 surviving, and (iii) Blocker Merger Sub 3 merged with and into Blocker 3, with Blocker 3 surviving, (b) each Blocker subsequently merged with and into the Corporation, with the Corporation surviving, and (c) the Company Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a Subsidiary of the Corporation (the “Business Combination”);

WHEREAS, as a result of or in connection with the Business Combination, the Corporation may be entitled to utilize (or otherwise be entitled to the benefits arising out of) the Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the transactions undertaken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Business Combination Agreement, one or more of the Exchange TRA Parties will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as selling all or a portion of such TRA Party’s Company Units to the Corporation (the “Initial Sale”);

WHEREAS, on and after the date hereof, pursuant to, and subject to the provisions of, the Company LLC Agreement, each Exchange TRA Party has the right from time to time to require the Company to redeem (a “Redemption”) all or a portion of such TRA Party’s Company Units for shares of Class A Common Stock, which Redemption may be effected by the Corporation effecting a direct exchange (a “Direct Exchange”) of shares of Class A Common Stock for such Company Units, and as a result of such Redemptions or Direct Exchanges the Corporation may be entitled to utilize (or otherwise be entitled to the benefits arising out of) the Exchange Covered Tax Assets;


WHEREAS, the income, gain, loss, expense, deduction and other Tax items of the Corporation may be affected by the Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets and the Exchange Covered Tax Assets;

WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement desire to make certain arrangements with respect to the effects of the Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets and the Exchange Covered Tax Assets;

NOW, THEREFORE, in connection with the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth in this Article I shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both (i) the singular and plural and (ii) the active and passive forms of the terms defined).

Actual Tax Liability ” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the actual liability for Taxes of (a) the Corporation and (b) without duplication, the Company, but in the case of this clause (b) only with respect to Taxes imposed on the Company and allocable to the Corporation (as reasonably determined by the Corporation); provided, that the actual liability for Taxes described in clauses (a) and (b) shall be calculated (i) using the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate, solely for purposes of calculating the state and local Actual Tax Liability of the Corporation and the Company, and (ii) assuming, solely for purposes of calculating the liability for U.S. federal income Taxes, in order to prevent double counting, that state and local income and franchise Taxes are not deductible by the Corporation for U.S. federal income Tax purposes.

Advance Payment” is defined in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person.

Agreed Rate” means a per annum rate of LIBOR plus 100 basis points. “Agreement” is defined in the preamble.

Amended Schedule” is defined in Section 2.3(b) of this Agreement.

 

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Assumed State and Local Tax Rate” means the tax rate equal to the sum of the product of (x) the Corporation’s income and franchise Tax apportionment rate(s) for each state and local jurisdiction in which the Corporation or the Company (or any of their Subsidiaries that are treated as partnerships or disregarded entities for U.S. federal or applicable state or local tax purposes) files income or franchise Tax Returns for the relevant Taxable Year and (y) the highest corporate income and franchise Tax rate(s) for each such state and local jurisdiction in which the Corporation, the Company, or such applicable Subsidiaries file income or franchise Tax Returns for each relevant Taxable Year; provided, that solely in respect of the Corporation, to the extent that state and local income and franchise Taxes are deductible for U.S. federal income tax purposes by the Corporation for the relevant Taxable Year, the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate calculated pursuant to the foregoing shall be reduced by the assumed federal income Tax benefit received by the Corporation with respect to state and local jurisdiction income and franchise Taxes (with such benefit calculated as the product of (a) the Corporation’s marginal U.S. federal income tax rate for the relevant Taxable Year and (b) the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate (without regard to this proviso)).

Attributable” is defined in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.

Attribute Schedule” is defined in Section 2.1 of this Agreement.

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy.”

BCA Basis” means the Tax basis, determined as of the time immediately prior to the Business Combination, in the Reference Assets that are amortizable under Section 197 of the Code or that are otherwise reported as amortizable on IRS Form 4562 for U.S. federal income Tax purposes to the extent depreciation or amortization with respect to such basis will be allocable to the Corporation (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as a result of Section 704(c) of the Code) as a result of any cash payments made to the Company in exchange for Company Units pursuant to the Business Combination. For the avoidance of doubt, BCA Basis shall not include Blocker Party Basis Adjustments or Exchange Party Basis Adjustments. BCA Basis shall be attributable to each Blocker TRA Party and Exchange TRA Party in amounts determined by the Corporation in good faith taking into account each Blocker TRA Party’s and each Exchange TRA Party’s relative ownership of the Company immediately prior to the Business Combination.

Blocker 1” means CORE Fund I Blocker-5 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that has elected to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Blocker 2” means CORE Fund I Blocker-2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that has elected to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Blocker 3” means SG (MCT) Blocker, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that has elected to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. “Blocker Merger Sub 1” means Rapid Blocker 1 Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. “Blocker Merger Sub 2” means Rapid Blocker 2 Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. “Blocker Merger Sub 3” means Rapid Blocker 3 Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Blocker Merger Sub 1” means Rapid Blocker 1 Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. “Blocker Merger Sub 2” means Rapid Blocker 2 Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. “Blocker Merger Sub 3” means Rapid Blocker 3 Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Blocker Merger Subs” means, collectively, Blocker Merger Sub 1, Blocker Merger Sub 2 and Blocker Merger Sub 3.

 

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Blocker Party Basis Adjustment” means the increase or decrease to the Tax basis of, or the Corporation’s share of, the Tax basis of the Reference Assets under Section 734(b), 743(b) and 754 of the Code and, in each case, the comparable sections of U.S. state and local tax law, in each case, as a result of the application of Section 362(b) of the Code, to the extent applicable, with respect to any cash payments made to the Blocker TRA Parties as part of the Business Combination and any payments made under this Agreement; provided, that any Tax basis included in BCA Basis shall be excluded from the determination of the Blocker Party Basis Adjustment.

Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets” means, with respect to a Blocker TRA Party, in each case, without duplication:

(i) any net operating loss, capital loss, disallowed interest expense under Section 163(j) of the Code, or tax credit of any Blocker that has accrued or otherwise relates to taxable periods (or portions thereof) beginning prior to the Closing Date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any transaction tax deductions to the extent resulting in a net operating loss), provided, that, in the case of a taxable period of a Blocker beginning on or prior to the Closing Date and ending after the Closing Date (a “Blocker Straddle Period”), the attributes of such Blocker that are treated as accruing or otherwise relating to a taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning prior to the Closing Date shall for purposes of this Agreement be calculated based on an interim closing of the books as of the close of the Closing Date (and for such purpose, the taxable period of any partnership or other passthrough entity in which such Blocker owns a beneficial interest shall be deemed to terminate at such time), except that the amount of exemptions, allowances or deductions that are calculated on an annual basis, such as the deduction for depreciation, with respect to such Blocker Straddle Period for property placed into service prior to the Closing Date shall be treated as apportioned on a daily basis;

(ii) BCA Basis attributable to a Blocker TRA Party;

(iii) Blocker Party Basis Adjustments; and

(iv) Imputed Interest reasonably determined to be allocable to payments pursuant to this Agreement arising from the items described in clause (i), (ii) and (iii) of this definition.

For the avoidance of doubt, Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets shall include any carryforwards, carrybacks or similar attributes that are attributable to the Tax items described in clauses (i)-(iii).

Blocker Straddle Period” is defined in the definition of “Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets.” “Blocker TRA Parties” means the Persons listed in Annex B.

Blockers” means, collectively, Blocker 1, Blocker 2 and Blocker 3.

Board” means the board of directors of the Corporation.

Business Combination” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

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Business Combination Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Business Day” has the meaning set forth in the Business Combination Agreement.

Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following events or series of related events after the date hereof:

(i) any Person, or group of Persons acting together which would constitute a “group” for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (as defined in the Company LLC Agreement), or any successor provisions thereto, is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then-outstanding voting securities (other than a group formed pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement);

(ii) there is consummated a merger, consolidation or similar business transaction involving the Corporation with any other Person or Persons, and, either (a) the Board immediately prior to the merger or consolidation does not constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the company surviving the merger or, if the surviving company is a subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof, or (b) immediately after the consummation of such transaction, the voting securities of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction do not continue to represent or are not converted into more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such transaction or, if the surviving company is a subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof; or

(iii) the shareholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or there is consummated an agreement or series of related agreements for the sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets (including a sale of assets of the Company), other than such sale or other disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets to an entity at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Corporation in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Corporation immediately prior to such sale.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, except with respect to clause (iii) above, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred (x) by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the ultimate beneficial owners of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in and voting control over, and own substantially all of the shares or equity of, an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation immediately following such transaction or series of transactions or (y) by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of transactions, immediately following which, the Corporation and one or more other entities (the “Other Constituent Companies”) shall have become separate wholly- owned Subsidiaries of a holding company, and the ultimate beneficial owners of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions, together with the ultimate beneficial

 

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owners of the outstanding equity interests in the Other Constituent Companies immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions, shall have become the equityholders of the new holding company in exchange for their respective equity interests in the Corporation and the Other Constituent Companies, and such transaction or transactions would not otherwise constitute a “Change of Control” assuming references to the Corporation are references to such holding company.

Class A Common Stock” means Class A common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Corporation.

Class B Common Stock” means Class B common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Corporation.

Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in the Business Combination Agreement.

Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Company” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

Company LLC Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of the date hereof, as such agreement may be further amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time.

Company Merger Sub” means Rapid Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Company Units” has the meaning given to the term “Class A Units” in the Company LLC Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, except as the context otherwise requires, and without duplication, the term “Company Unit” shall include any interests in the Company sold or deemed sold in the Initial Sale.

Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or other agreement.

Corporation” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit” as of the end of a Taxable Year means the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Benefits for all Taxable Years of the Corporation (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Taxable Years of the Blockers ending on the Closing Date), up to and including such Taxable Year, net of the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Detriments of the Corporation for the same period. The Realized Tax Benefit and Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year shall be based on the most recent Tax Benefit Schedules or Amended Schedules, if any, in existence at the time of such determination.

Default Rate” means a per annum rate of LIBOR plus 500 basis points.

 

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Determination” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1313(a) of the Code or similar provision of law, as applicable, or any other event that finally and conclusively establishes the amount of any liability for tax and shall also include the acquiescence of the Corporation to the amount of any assessed liability for Tax.

Direct Exchange” is defined in the recitals to this agreement.

Early Termination Agreed Rate” means LIBOR plus 100 basis points.

“Early Termination Date” means the date of an Early Termination Notice for purposes of determining the Early Termination Payment.

Early Termination Effective Date” is defined in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.

“Early Termination Notice” is defined in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.

Early Termination Payment” is defined in Section 4.3(b) of this Agreement.

“Early Termination Rate” means the lesser of (i) 6.50% per annum, compounded annually, and (ii) the Early Termination Agreed Rate.

Early Termination Schedule” is defined in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.

Exchange” means (a) the Initial Sale and (b) any Direct Exchange or Redemption or taxable purchase (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of Company Units by the Corporation from an Exchange TRA Party.

Exchange Basis” means the Tax basis of the Reference Assets that are amortizable under Section 197 of the Code or that are otherwise reported as amortizable on IRS Form 4562 for U.S. federal income Tax purposes associated with the Company Units transferred upon an Exchange, determined as of the time immediately prior to such Exchange; provided, that any Tax basis included in BCA Basis shall be excluded from the determination of the Exchange Basis.

Exchange Covered Tax Assets” means, with respect to an Exchange TRA Party, in each case, without duplication:

(i) BCA Basis attributable to an Exchange TRA Party and Exchange Basis;

(ii) Exchange Party Basis Adjustments; and

(iii) Imputed Interest reasonably determined to be allocable to payments pursuant to this Agreement arising from the items described in clause (i) and (ii) of this definition.

For the avoidance of doubt, Exchange Covered Tax Assets shall include any carryforwards or similar attributes that are attributable to the Tax items described in clauses (i) through (iii).

 

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Exchange Party Basis Adjustment” means the increase or decrease to the Tax basis of, or the Corporation’s share of, the Tax basis of the Reference Assets (i) under Section 734(b), 743(b) and 754 of the Code and, in each case, the comparable sections of U.S. state and local tax law (in situations where, following an Exchange, the Company remains a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) and (ii) under Sections 732, 734(b) and 1012 of the Code and, in each case, the comparable sections of U.S. state and local tax law (in situations where, as a result of one or more Exchanges, the Company becomes an entity that is disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes), in each case, as a result of any Exchange and any payments made under this Agreement; provided, that any Tax basis included in BCA Basis or Exchange Basis shall be excluded from the determination of the Exchange Party Basis Adjustment. For the avoidance of doubt, the preceding proviso shall not exclude any decrease in the Tax basis of Reference Assets that offset any Tax basis included in BCA Basis or Exchange Basis. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the amount of any Exchange Party Basis Adjustment resulting from an Exchange of one or more Company Units shall be determined without regard to any Pre-Exchange Transfer of such Units and as if any such Pre-Exchange Transfer had not occurred.

Exchange TRA Parties” means the Persons listed on Annex A.

Expert” is defined in Section 6.2 of this Agreement.

Hypothetical Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the liability for Taxes of (a) the Corporation and (b) without duplication, the Company, but in the case of this clause (b) only with respect to Taxes imposed on the Company and allocable to the Corporation, in each case using the same methods, elections, conventions, and practices used on the relevant Corporation Tax Return; provided, that the liability for Taxes described in clauses (a) and (b) shall be calculated (i) without taking into account the Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets or the Exchange Covered Tax Assets, (ii) using the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate, solely for purposes of calculating the state and local hypothetical tax liability of the Corporation and the Company, and (iii) assuming, solely for purposes of calculating the liability for U.S. federal income Taxes, in order to prevent double counting, that state and local income and franchise Taxes are not deductible by the Corporation for U.S. federal income Tax purposes.

Imputed Interest” in respect of a TRA Party shall mean any interest imputed under the provisions of the Code with respect to the Corporation’s payment obligations in respect of such TRA Party under this Agreement.

Independent Directors” means the members of the Board other than members of the Board that have been appointed or designated by a TRA Party or its Affiliates.

Initial Sale” is defined in the recitals to this agreement.

Interest Amount” is defined in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement. “Interest Sale” is defined in Section 5.2(c) of this Agreement.

Investor Rights Agreement” means the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Corporation and the other persons party thereto or that may become parties thereto from time to time, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified, from time to time.

 

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IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

Joinder” means a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit A to this Agreement.

LIBOR” means during any period, an interest rate per annum equal to the one-year LIBOR which appears on the Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or on such other substitute Bloomberg page that displays rates at which U.S. dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market), or the rate which is quoted by another source selected by the Corporation and approved by the TRA Party Representative (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying rates at which U.S. dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market (an “Alternate Source”), at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such period as the one-year London interbank offered rate for U.S. dollars having a borrowing date and a maturity comparable to such period (or if there shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or any substitute page) or any Alternate Source, a comparable replacement rate determined by the Corporation at such time and approved by the TRA Party Representative (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)); provided, that at no time shall LIBOR be less than 0%. If the Corporation has made the determination (such determination to be conclusive absent manifest error) that LIBOR is no longer a widely recognized benchmark rate for newly originated loans in the U.S. loan market in U.S. dollars, then the Corporation shall, subject to the prior written consent of the TRA Party Representative, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, establish a replacement interest rate (the “Replacement Rate”), after giving due consideration to any evolving or then prevailing conventions for similar loans in the U.S. loan market in U.S. dollars for such alternative benchmark, and including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then prevailing convention for similar loans in the U.S. loan market in U.S. dollars for such benchmark, which adjustment, method for calculating such adjustment and benchmark shall be published on an information service as selected from time to time by the Corporation. The Replacement Rate shall, subject to the next two sentences, replace LIBOR for all purposes under this Agreement. In connection with the establishment and application of the Replacement Rate, this Agreement shall be amended, with the consent of the Corporation and the Company, as necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable judgment of the Corporation, to replace the definition of LIBOR and otherwise to effect the provisions of this definition. The Replacement Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that, in each case, if the Corporation determines that such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Corporation, such Replacement Rate shall be applied as otherwise reasonably determined by the Corporation.

Market Value” means as of an Early Termination Date, the price for a share of Class A Common Stock (or any class of stock into which it has been converted) on a national securities exchange, as reported on bloomberg.com or such other reliable source as determined by the Managing Member (as defined in the Company LLC Agreement) in good faith, at the close of trading on the last full Trading Day (as defined in the Company LLC Agreement) immediately prior to such Early Termination Date, subject to appropriate and equitable adjustment for any stock splits, reverse splits, stock dividends or similar events affecting the Class A Common Stock. In the event the shares of Class A Common Stock are not publicly traded as of such Early Termination Date, then the Managing Member (as defined in the Company LLC Agreement) shall determine the Market Value in good faith.

 

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Maximum Rate” is defined in Section 7.11 of this Agreement.

Member” has the meaning set forth in the Company LLC Agreement.

Net Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.

Objection Notice” is defined in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.

Permitted Transfer” has the meaning set forth in the Company LLC Agreement.

Permitted Transferee” has the meaning set forth in the Company LLC Agreement.

Person” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity.

Pre-Exchange Transfer ” means any transfer of one or more Company Units (including upon the death of a Member) (i) that occurs after the Business Combination but prior to a Redemption or Direct Exchange or other Exchange of such Units and (ii) to which Section 743(b) of the Code applies (other than such a transfer giving rise to basis adjustments described under Section 1.743-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations).

Realized Tax Benefit” means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax Liability over the Actual Tax Liability. If all or a portion of the actual liability for such Taxes for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Benefit until there has been a Determination.

Realized Tax Detriment” means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the Actual Tax Liability over the Hypothetical Tax Liability. If all or a portion of the actual liability for such Taxes for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Detriment unless and until there has been a Determination.

Reconciliation Dispute” is defined in Section 6.2 of this Agreement.

Reconciliation Procedures” is defined in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.

Redemption” has the meaning in the recitals to this Agreement.

Reference Asset” means any tangible or intangible asset of the Company and any asset held by any entities in which the Company owns a direct or indirect equity interest that are treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income Tax purposes (but only to the extent such entities are held only through other entities treated as partnerships or disregarded entities) for purposes of the applicable Tax, as of the relevant date. A Reference Asset also includes any asset that is “substituted basis property” under Section 7701(a)(42) of the Code with respect to a Reference Asset.

 

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Schedule” means any of the following: (i) an Attribute Schedule, (ii) a Tax Benefit Schedule, or (iii) the Early Termination Schedule and, in each case, any amendments thereto.

Senior Obligations” is defined in Section 5.1 of this Agreement.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person and as of the date of any determination, any other Person as to which such Person, owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls, more than 50% of the voting power or other similar interests, or the sole general partner interest, or managing member or similar interest, of such Person.

Tax Benefit Payment” is defined in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.

Tax Benefit Schedule” is defined in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement.

Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report or similar statement filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes (including any attached schedules), including any information return, claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated Tax.

Taxable Year” means a taxable year of the Corporation under the Code or comparable sections of U.S. state or local tax law, as applicable (which, therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, may include a period of less than 12 months for which a Tax Return is made), after the Closing Date.

Taxes” means any and all United States federal, state, or local taxes, assessments or other charges that are based on or measured with respect to net income or profits (including alternative minimum taxes and any franchise taxes imposed in lieu of an income tax), including, in each case, any related interest, penalties or additions to tax.

Taxing Authority” means any national, federal, state, county, municipal, or local government, or any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any quasi-governmental body, or any other authority of any kind, exercising regulatory or other authority in relation to tax matters.

TRA Parties” means (i) the Blocker TRA Parties and (ii) the Exchange TRA Parties.

TRA Party Representative” means, initially, CORE Industrial Partners Management LP, and thereafter, that TRA Party or committee of TRA Parties determined from time to time by a plurality vote of the TRA Parties ratably in accordance with their right to receive Early Termination Payments hereunder if all Exchange TRA Parties had fully Exchanged their Company Units for Class A Common Stock or other consideration and the Corporation had exercised its right of early termination on the date of the most recent Exchange.

“Treasury Regulations” means the final, temporary, and (to the extent they can be relied upon) proposed regulations under the Code, as promulgated from time to time (including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) as in effect for the relevant taxable period.

 

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U.S.” means the United States of America.

Valuation Assumptions” means, as of an Early Termination Date, the assumptions that:

(i) in each Taxable Year ending on or after such Early Termination Date, the Corporation will have taxable income sufficient to fully use the Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets and the Exchange Covered Tax Assets (other than any such Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets or Exchange Covered Tax Assets that constitute or have resulted in net operating losses, disallowed interest expense carryforwards, or credit carryforwards or carryovers (determined as of the Early Termination Date), which shall be governed by paragraph (iv) below) during such Taxable Year or future Taxable Years in which such deductions or other attributes would become available;

(ii) the U.S. federal income tax rates that will be in effect for each such Taxable Year will be those specified for each such Taxable Year by the Code as in effect on the Early Termination Date, except to the extent any change to such tax rates for such Taxable Year have already been enacted into law;

(iii) all taxable income of the Corporation will be subject to the maximum applicable Tax rate for U.S. federal income Tax purposes throughout the relevant period, and the Tax rate for U.S. state and local income Taxes shall be the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate as in effect for the Taxable Year of the Early Termination Date;

(iv) any net operating loss, excess interest deduction, or credit carryovers or carrybacks (or similar items with respect to carryovers or carrybacks) generated by any Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Asset or Exchange Covered Tax Asset and available as of the Early Termination Date will be used by the Corporation on a pro rata basis from the Early Termination Date through (A) the scheduled expiration date of such loss carryovers or (B) if there is no such scheduled expiration, then the five-year anniversary of the date of the Early Termination Schedule;

(v) any non-amortizable, non-depreciable assets (including the stock in any Subsidiary treated as a corporation for Tax purposes) will be disposed of in a fully taxable transaction for an amount sufficient to fully utilize the adjusted basis for such assets, including any adjustments attributable to such assets under Sections 734 and 743 of the Code (and, in each case, the comparable sections of U.S. state and local Tax law), and for the avoidance of doubt including Exchange Party Basis Adjustments and Blocker Party Basis Adjustments, on the fifteenth anniversary of the later of (i) the applicable Exchange giving rise to an Exchange Party Basis Adjustment with respect to such assets and (ii) the Early Termination Date; provided, that in the event of a Change of Control that includes the sale of such asset (or the sale of equity interests in a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes that directly or indirectly owns such asset), such non-amortizable, non-depreciable assets shall be disposed of at the time of the direct or indirect sale of the relevant asset in such Change of Control (if earlier than such fifteenth anniversary) for such price;

 

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(vi) if, on the Early Termination Date, any Exchange TRA Party has Company Units that have not been Exchanged, then such Company Units shall be deemed to be Exchanged for the Market Value that would be received by such Exchange TRA Party if such Units had been Exchanged on the Early Termination Date, and such Exchange TRA Party shall be deemed to receive the amount of cash such Exchange TRA Party would have been entitled to pursuant to Section 4.3(a) had such Company Units actually been Exchanged on the Early Termination Date; and

(vii) any payment obligations pursuant to this Agreement will be satisfied on the date that any Tax Return to which such payment obligation relates is required to be filed excluding any extensions.

Section 1.2 Rules of Construction. Unless otherwise specified herein:

(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

(b) For purposes of interpretation of this Agreement:

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

(ii) References in this Agreement to a Schedule, Article, Section, clause or sub-clause refer to the appropriate Schedule to, or Article, Section, clause or subclause in, this Agreement.

(iii) References in this Agreement to dollars or “$” refer to the lawful currency of the United States of America.

(iv) The terms “include” and “including” are by way of example and not

limitation.

(v) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

(vi) References to any Person shall include the successors and permitted assigns of such Person.

(c) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

(d) Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

 

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(e) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) references to organization documents (including the Company LLC Agreement), agreements (including this Agreement) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted hereby; and (ii) references to any law (including the Code and the Treasury Regulations) shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such law.

ARTICLE II

DETERMINATION OF REALIZED TAX BENEFIT

Section 2.1 Attribute Schedule. Following the Closing Date, within ninety (90) calendar days after the filing of IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) of the Corporation for a given Taxable Year, the Corporation shall deliver to the TRA Party Representative a schedule (the “Attribute Schedule”) that shows, in reasonable detail, (a) the Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets that are available for use by the Corporation with respect to each Blocker TRA Party with respect to such Taxable Year and the portion of the Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets that are available for use by the Corporation in future Taxable Years with respect to each Blocker TRA Party; and (b) the Exchange Covered Tax Assets that are available for use by the Corporation with respect to such Taxable Year with respect to each Exchange TRA Party that has effected an Exchange (including the Exchange Party Basis Adjustments with respect to the Reference Assets resulting from Exchanges effected in such Taxable Year and the periods over which such Exchange Party Basis Adjustments are amortizable or depreciable), and the portion of the Exchange Covered Tax Assets that are available for use by the Corporation in future Taxable Years with respect to each Exchange TRA Party that has effected an Exchange. The Attribute Schedule shall also list any limitations on the ability of the Corporation to utilize any Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets or Exchange Covered Tax Assets under applicable laws (including as a result of the operation of Section 382 of the Code or Section 383 of the Code).

Section 2.2 Tax Benefit Schedule.

(a) Tax Benefit Schedule. Following the Closing Date, within ninety (90) calendar days after the filing of the Form 1120 (or any successor form) of the Corporation for any Taxable Year, the Corporation shall provide to the TRA Party Representative a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, the calculation of the Tax Benefit Payment in respect of each TRA Party for such Taxable Year and the calculation of the Realized Tax Benefit and Realized Tax Detriment and the components thereof for such Taxable Year (a “Tax Benefit Schedule”). Each Tax Benefit Schedule will become final as provided in Section 2.3(a) and may be amended as provided in Section 2.3(b) (subject to the procedures set forth in Section 2.3(b)).

(b) Applicable Principles. For purposes of calculating the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for any period, carryovers or carrybacks of any Tax item attributable to the Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets and the Exchange Covered Tax Assets shall be considered to be subject to the rules of the Code and the Treasury Regulations, as applicable, or other applicable law, governing the use, limitation and expiration of carryovers or carrybacks of the relevant type. If a carryover or carryback of any Tax item includes a portion that is attributable to a Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Asset or an Exchange Covered Tax Asset and another portion that is not, such respective portions shall be considered to be used in accordance with the “with and without” methodology.

 

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Section 2.3 Procedures, Amendments.

(a) Procedure. Every time the Corporation delivers to the TRA Party Representative a Schedule under this Agreement, including any Amended Schedule delivered pursuant to Section 2.3(b), and any Early Termination Schedule or amended Early Termination Schedule, the Corporation shall also deliver schedules, valuation reports, if any, and work papers, as determined by the Corporation or reasonably requested by the TRA Party Representative, providing reasonable detail regarding the preparation of the Schedule, and allow the TRA Party Representative reasonable access at no cost to the appropriate representatives of the Corporation, as determined by the Corporation or requested by the TRA Party Representative, in connection with the review of such Schedule. Without limiting the application of the preceding sentence, each time the Corporation delivers to the TRA Party Representative a Tax Benefit Schedule, in addition to the Tax Benefit Schedule duly completed, the Corporation shall also deliver to the TRA Party Representative a reasonably detailed calculation of the applicable Hypothetical Tax Liability, a reasonably detailed calculation of the applicable Actual Tax Liability, as well as any other work papers considered relevant by the Corporation or requested by the TRA Party Representative, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to provide any information that it reasonably believes is unnecessary for purposes of determining the items in the applicable Schedule or amendment thereto. Subject to Section 2.3(b), an applicable Schedule or amendment thereto shall become final and binding on all parties thirty (30) calendar days after the first date on which the TRA Party Representative has received the applicable Schedule or amendment thereto unless (i) the TRA Party Representative provides the Corporation before such date with notice of a material objection to such Schedule (“Objection Notice”) made in good faith or (ii) the TRA Party Representative provides a written waiver of such right of any Objection Notice before such date (in which case such Schedule or amendment thereto becomes binding on the date such waiver has been received by the Corporation). If the Corporation and the TRA Party Representative, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in an Objection Notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporation of an Objection Notice, then the Corporation and the TRA Party Representative shall employ the reconciliation procedures described in Section 7.8 of this Agreement (the “Reconciliation Procedures”).

(b) Amended Schedule. The applicable Attribute Schedule or Tax Benefit Schedule for any Taxable Year may be amended from time to time by the Corporation (i) in connection with a Determination affecting such Schedule, (ii) to correct inaccuracies in the Schedule identified after the date the Schedule was provided to the TRA Party Representative, (iii) to comply with the Expert’s determination under the Reconciliation Procedures,

(i) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to a carryback or carryforward of a loss or other tax item to such Taxable Year, or (v) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to an amended Tax Return filed for such Taxable Year (any such Schedule, an “Amended Schedule”). The Corporation shall provide to the TRA Party Representative an Amended Schedule, along with reasonable detail regarding the preparation of the applicable portion of such Amended Schedule, within sixty (60) calendar days of the occurrence of an event referenced in clauses (i) through (v) of the first sentence of this Section 2.3(b).

 

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ARTICLE III

TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS

Section 3.1 Timing and Amount of Tax Benefit Payments.

(a) Within five (5) Business Days after a Tax Benefit Schedule delivered to the TRA Party Representative becomes final in accordance with Section 2.3(a), the Corporation shall pay or cause to be paid to each TRA Party for such Taxable Year an amount equal to the excess, if any, of

(i) the Tax Benefit Payment in respect of such TRA Party for such Taxable Year determined pursuant to Section 3.1(b) over (ii) the aggregate amount of Advance Payments previously made to such TRA Party in respect of such Taxable Year; provided that, if the Corporation makes Advance Payments, it shall make Advance Payments to all parties eligible to receive payments under this Agreement with respect to a particular Taxable Year in proportion to their respective amount of anticipated payments under this Agreement in respect of such Taxable Year. Each such Tax Benefit Payment or such Advance Payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account previously designated by such TRA Party to the Corporation or as otherwise agreed by the Corporation and such TRA Party. The Corporation shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to respond to any reasonable inquiry of a TRA Party in regard to the calculation of the amount payable to such TRA Party pursuant to any Schedule delivered under this Agreement, including the calculation of the Tax Benefit Payment in respect of such TRA Party for such Taxable Year.

(b) A “Tax Benefit Payment” in respect of a TRA Party means an amount, not less than zero, equal to the sum of the portion of the Net Tax Benefit that is Attributable to such TRA Party and the Interest Amount with respect thereto. A Net Tax Benefit is “Attributable” to a Blocker TRA Party to the extent that it is derived from a Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Asset with respect to a Blocker. A Net Tax Benefit is “Attributable” to an Exchange TRA Party to the extent that it is derived from an Exchange Covered Tax Asset with respect to Company Units that were Exchanged by such TRA Party. The “Net Tax Benefit” for a Taxable Year shall be an amount equal to the excess, if any, of 85% of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit as of the end of such Taxable Year over the sum of the total amount of payments previously made under Section 3.1(a) (excluding payments attributable to Interest Amounts) and the Advance Payments previously made under Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement (excluding any portion of Advance Payments in respect of anticipated Interest Amounts); provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that a TRA Party shall not be required to return any portion of any previously made Tax Benefit Payment or Advance Payment it receives under this Agreement. The “Interest Amount” in respect of the TRA Party shall equal the interest on the amount of the unpaid Net Tax Benefit Attributable to such TRA Party for a Taxable Year, which interest shall accrue on any unpaid Net Tax Benefit from and after the due date (without extensions) for filing the IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) for the Corporation for such Taxable Year, calculated at the Agreed Rate, until the date such

 

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unpaid amounts are paid. For the avoidance of doubt, for Tax purposes, the Interest Amount shall not be treated as interest but instead shall be treated as additional consideration in the Business Combination or an Exchange, as applicable, unless otherwise required by law. “Advance Payments” in respect of a TRA Party for a Taxable Year means the payments made by the Corporation to such TRA Party as an advance of such TRA Party’s anticipated Tax Benefit Payment for such Taxable Year. The Corporation shall be entitled at its option with the approval of a majority of the Independent Directors to make Advance Payments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, after any lump-sum payment under Article IV of this Agreement in respect of present or future Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets or Exchange Covered Tax Assets, such Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets or Exchange Covered Tax Assets shall no longer be considered Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets or Exchange Covered Tax Assets, as applicable, for purposes of determining Tax Benefit Payments or the Net Tax Benefit.

Section 3.2 No Duplicative Payments. It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement will not result in duplicative payment of any amount (including interest) required under this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed consistent with such intent.

Section 3.3 Pro Rata Payments.

(a) Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.1 to the contrary, to the extent that the aggregate amount of the tax benefit to the Corporation from the reduction in Tax liability as a result of the Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets or the Exchange Covered Tax Assets is limited in a particular Taxable Year because the Corporation does not have sufficient taxable income to fully utilize available deductions and other attributes, the aggregate Net Tax Benefit for such Taxable Year shall be deemed Attributable to each TRA Party for purposes of Section 3.1(b) in proportion to the portion of such Net Tax Benefit that would be Attributable to such TRA Party under Section 3.1(b) if the Corporation had sufficient taxable income so that there were no such limitation; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of allocating among the TRA Parties the aggregate Net Tax Benefit with respect to any Taxable Year, the operation of this Section 3.3(a) with respect to any prior Taxable Years shall be taken into account so as to eliminate as quickly as possible, proportionately, the difference with respect to each TRA Party between (i) the aggregate Net Tax Benefit that would be Attributable to such TRA Party under Section 3.1(b) with respect to each such Taxable Year (on a cumulative basis) if the Corporation had sufficient taxable income so that there were no limitation under this Section 3.3(a) and (ii) the actual aggregate Net Tax Benefit deemed Attributable to such TRA Party under Section 3.1(b) with respect to each such Taxable Year (on a cumulative basis) by operation of this Section 3.3(a). Consistent with the foregoing, the Attribute Schedule for a given Taxable Year shall reflect the operation of this Section 3.3(a) in respect of previous Taxable Years, with the Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets and Exchange Covered Tax Assets described in such Attribute Schedule that are Attributable to a TRA Party being adjusted to reflect payments received in respect of such Blocker Pre-BCA Covered Tax Assets and Exchange Covered Tax Assets (the intention of the parties being to avoid duplicative payments and maintain records sufficient to allow the Corporation to allocate Tax Benefit Payments consistent with the terms of this Section 3.3(a)).

 

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(b) After taking into account Section 3.3(a), if for any reason the Corporation does not fully satisfy its payment obligations to make Tax Benefit Payments due under this Agreement in respect of a particular Taxable Year (for example, as a result of having insufficient cash to make the Tax Benefit Payments due hereunder), then the Corporation and the TRA Parties agree that (i) the Corporation shall make payments due hereunder to the TRA Parties in respect of a Taxable Year in the same proportion as such payments would have been made if the relevant payment had been made in full by the Corporation, and (ii) no Tax Benefit Payment shall be made in respect of any Taxable Year until all Tax Benefit Payments in respect of prior Taxable Years have been paid.

(c) To the extent the Corporation makes a payment to a TRA Party in respect of a particular Taxable Year under Section 3.1(a) of this Agreement (taking into account Sections 3.3(a) and (b)) in an amount in excess of the amount of such payment that should have been made to the TRA Party in respect of such Taxable Year, then (i) the TRA Party shall not receive further payments under Section 3.1(a) until the TRA Party has forgone an amount of payments equal to such excess and (ii) the Corporation shall pay the amount of the TRA Party’s forgone payments to other TRA Parties (to the extent applicable) in a manner such that each of the other TRA Parties, to the extent possible, shall have received aggregate payments under Sections 3.1(a) and (b) in the amount it would have received if there had been no excess payment to the TRA Party.

Section 3.4 Withholding. The Corporation and its affiliates and representatives shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment that is payable to any TRA Party pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld with respect to the making of such payment in accordance with the Code or any provision of U.S. state, local or foreign tax law (including for this purpose any withholding required by the Corporation or its affiliates that may be required in connection with an Exchange). To the extent that amounts are so deducted or withheld and promptly paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid by the Corporation to the relevant TRA Party. The Corporation shall provide evidence of such payment to each TRA Party in respect of which such deduction or withholding is required, to the extent that such evidence is available. Each TRA Party shall promptly provide the Corporation with any applicable tax forms and certifications reasonably requested by the Corporation in connection with determining whether any such deductions and withholdings are required under the Code or any provision of U.S. state, local or foreign tax law. The Corporation will consider in good faith any applicable certificates, forms or documentation provided by a TRA Party that in such TRA Party’s reasonable determination reduce or eliminate any such withholding.

ARTICLE IV

TERMINATION

Section 4.1 Early Termination of Agreement; Breach of Agreement.

(a) With the prior written approval of the Board (or any Person(s) to whom the Board has delegated such authority), the Corporation may terminate this Agreement with respect to all amounts payable to the TRA Parties at any time by paying to each TRA Party the Early Termination Payment in respect of the TRA Party; provided, however, that (i) this Agreement shall only terminate pursuant to this Section 4.1(a) upon the receipt in full of the Early Termination Payment by the TRA Parties, (ii) the Corporation shall deliver an Early Termination Notice only if it is able to make all required Early Termination Payments under this Agreement, and (iii) the Corporation may withdraw any notice to execute its termination rights under this Section 4.1(a) prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment has been paid.

 

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(b) In the event that the Corporation breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of a failure to make any payment when due, a failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, and the Corporation fails to cure such breach within 20 Business Days of the TRA Party Representative informing the Corporation of such breach, then, at the election of the TRA Party Representative, all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach. Procedures similar to the procedures of Section 4.2 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, with respect to the determination of the amounts payable by the Corporation pursuant to this Section 4.1(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Corporation breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, the TRA Party Representative shall be entitled to elect on behalf of all TRA Parties to receive the amounts referred to in this Section 4.1(b) or to seek specific performance of the terms of this Agreement. The parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due shall be deemed to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it will not be considered to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a breach of a material obligation of this Agreement if the Corporation fails to make any Tax Benefit Payment when due to the extent that the Corporation has insufficient funds to make such payment; provided, (i) the Corporation has used reasonable efforts to obtain such funds (including by causing the Company or any other Subsidiaries of the Company to distribute or lend funds to facilitate such payment, and by accessing any revolving credit facilities or other sources of available credit to fund any such amounts) and (ii) that the interest provisions of Section 5.3 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporation does not have sufficient funds to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by any Senior Obligations, in which case Section 5.3 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate).

(c) In connection with a Change of Control, all obligations under this Agreement with respect to the applicable TRA Parties shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the closing date of the Change of Control. Section 4.2 and Section 4.3 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, with respect to the determination of the amounts payable by the Corporation.

Section 4.2 Early Termination Notice. If the Corporation chooses to exercise its right of early termination under Section 4.1(a) above, the Corporation shall deliver to the TRA Party Representative written notice of such intention to exercise such right (“Early Termination Notice”). In addition, if the Corporation chooses to exercise its right of early termination under Section 4.1(a) above, or the obligations under this Agreement are accelerated under Section 4.1(b) or Section 4.1(c) above, the Corporation shall deliver to the TRA Party Representative a schedule (the “Early Termination Schedule”) showing in reasonable detail the calculation of the Early Termination Payment due to each TRA Party. Such Early Termination Schedule shall become final and binding on all parties consistent with the procedures described in Section 2.3(a). The date on which the Early Termination Schedule becomes final shall be the “Early Termination Effective Date.”

 

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Section 4.3 Payment upon Early Termination.

(a) Within three (3) calendar days after an Early Termination Effective Date, the Corporation shall pay to the TRA Parties an amount equal to the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party; provided, however, that any amount payable pursuant to this Agreement as a result of a Change of Control shall be paid concurrently with the consummation of such Change of Control. Such payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account or accounts designated by the TRA Party or as otherwise agreed by the Corporation and such TRA Party.

(b) “Early Termination Payment” in respect of a TRA Party shall equal (i) the present value, discounted at the Early Termination Rate, as of the date of the Early Termination Notice, of all Tax Benefit Payments in respect of such TRA Party that would be required to be paid by the Corporation beginning from the date of the Early Termination Notice and assuming that the Valuation Assumptions in respect of such TRA Party are applied and that each such Tax Benefit Payment for each relevant Taxable Year would be paid on the due date (including extensions) under applicable law as of the Early Termination Date for filing of IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) of the Corporation for each such Taxable Year, plus (ii) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable with respect to such TRA Party that is unpaid as of the date of the Early Termination Notice.

(c) Upon the payment of the Early Termination Payment by the Corporation to a TRA Party, the Corporation shall not have any further payment obligations under this Agreement in respect of such TRA Party.

ARTICLE V

SUBORDINATION; CERTAIN TAX COVENANTS; LATE PAYMENTS

Section 5.1 Subordination. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment required to be made by the Corporation under this Agreement shall rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to any principal, interest, or other amounts due and payable in respect of any obligations owed in respect of secured or unsecured indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries (“Senior Obligations”) and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with all current or future unsecured obligations of the Corporation that are not Senior Obligations. To the extent that any payment under this Agreement is not permitted to be made at the time payment is due as a result of this Section 5.1 and the terms of the agreements governing Senior Obligations, such payment obligation nevertheless shall accrue for the benefit of the applicable TRA Parties and the Corporation shall make such payments at the first opportunity that such payments are permitted to be made in accordance with the terms of the Senior Obligations (it being understood that interest shall accrue on the amount of such unpaid obligation in accordance with the terms hereof). Payments under any tax receivable agreement or similar agreement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement) entered into after the date hereof or as part of any transaction entered into after the date hereof in which the Corporation, the Company or their Subsidiaries would be

 

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required to pay the parties thereto for tax attributes shall be subordinate to all payments owed pursuant to this Agreement, and no such payments shall be made for so long as the Corporation has any current unpaid obligation pursuant this Agreement. The Corporation shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain sufficient available funds for the purpose of making required payments under this Agreement and avoid entering into credit agreements or Senior Obligations that could be reasonably anticipated to materially delay the timing of any payments under this Agreement.

Section 5.2 Certain Tax Covenants.

(a) The Corporation hereby agrees and warrants to each TRA Party (i) that it will not cause the Company or any material Subsidiary of the Company to convert into, or elect to be treated as, a corporation for Tax purposes without the prior written consent of the TRA Party Representative,

(i) that it will not cause the Company to contribute any of its material assets into one or more Subsidiaries that are treated as corporations for Tax purposes, or cause the Company to liquidate or distribute in kind any of its material non-cash assets to its members, without the prior written consent of the TRA Party Representative, and (iii) that it will cause the Company, and any material Subsidiary that is treated as a partnership for Tax purposes, to make valid Section 754 elections (and all comparable elections under applicable state and local tax law) for its first Taxable Year ending after the date of this Agreement and it will not seek to revoke any such election until the Corporation has received all material tax benefits from all Exchange Party Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest in respect of which the Corporation may be required to make any payments under this Agreement to the TRA Parties.

(b) The Corporation hereby agrees that prior to (i) any proposed Interest Sale (as defined in Section 5.2(c)) or (ii) any proposed sale or other disposition of all or any substantial part of the non-cash assets of the Company, it shall deliver to each TRA Party notice of such proposed transaction at least thirty (30) days prior to the consummation thereof and afford each TRA Party that still holds Company Units the opportunity to Exchange all or part of such Company Units prior to such date.

(c) For purposes of this Agreement, (i) any sale or other disposition of all or any part of the Corporation’s interest in the Company (an “Interest Sale”) shall be deemed to be comprised of a sale or other disposition of a pro rata portion of each of the separate interests held by the Corporation (i.e., the original interest of the Corporation as of the date of this Agreement and each additional interest acquired hereafter by Exchange or otherwise), regardless of whether such separate interests can be (or are) identified and separately conveyed, and (ii) notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, for purposes of determining the payments due to the TRA Parties hereunder attributable to such Interest Sale, each such separate interest that was acquired from a TRA Party pursuant to an Exchange shall be treated as a Reference Asset and the Exchange Party Basis Adjustment with respect thereto shall be the excess of the Tax basis of the Corporation in such interest immediately after such Exchange over the Tax basis of such TRA Party in the applicable Company Units immediately before such Exchange (with such Exchange Party Basis Adjustment to be increased as appropriate to reflect payments by the Corporation to such TRA Party pursuant to this Agreement and to be decreased as appropriate to reflect the depreciation or amortization attributable to the correlative Exchange Party Basis Adjustments to the underlying assets of the Company).

 

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Section 5.3 Late Payments by the Corporation. The amount of all or any portion of any Tax Benefit Payment, Early Termination Payment or other payment under this Agreement not made to the TRA Parties when due under the terms of this Agreement shall be payable together with any interest thereon, computed at the Default Rate and commencing from the date on which such Tax Benefit Payment, Early Termination Payment or other payment was due and payable.

ARTICLE VI

TAX MATTERS; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION

Section 6.1 Participation in the Corporation’s and the Company’s Tax Matters. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or the Company LLC Agreement, the Corporation shall have full responsibility for, and sole discretion over, all Tax matters concerning the Corporation, the Company and their Subsidiaries, including the preparation, filing or amending of any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to Taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing,

(i) the Corporation shall notify the TRA Party Representative in writing of the commencement of, and keep the TRA Party Representative reasonably informed with respect to, the portion of any audit of the Corporation, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries by a Taxing Authority the outcome of which would reasonably be expected to materially affect the rights and obligations of a TRA Party under this Agreement, including the Tax Benefit Payments payable to TRA Parties,

(ii) shall provide to the TRA Party Representative reasonable opportunity (at the cost and expense of the TRA Party Representative, on behalf of the TRA Parties) to participate in or provide information and other input to the Corporation, the Company and their Subsidiaries, as applicable, and their respective advisors concerning the conduct of any such portion of such audit, which the Corporation, the Company and their Subsidiaries (including their advisors) shall consider in good faith; and

(iii) the Corporation, the Company and their Subsidiaries, as applicable, shall not enter into any settlement with respect to any such portion of such audit that could have a material adverse effect on the TRA Parties’ rights to receive payments under this Agreement without the written consent of the TRA Party Representative, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

Section 6.2 Reconciliation. In the event that the Corporation and the TRA Party Representative are unable to resolve a disagreement with respect to a Schedule (a “Reconciliation Dispute”), the Reconciliation Dispute shall be submitted for determination to a nationally recognized expert (the “Expert”) in the particular area of disagreement mutually acceptable to such parties. The Expert shall be a partner or principal in a nationally recognized accounting firm. If the Corporation and the TRA Party Representative are unable to agree on an Expert within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt by the respondent(s) of written notice of a Reconciliation Dispute, the

 

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selection of an Expert shall be treated as a dispute subject to Section 7.8 and an arbitration panel shall pick an Expert. The Expert shall resolve any matter relating to a Schedule or an amendment thereto as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within thirty (30) calendar days after the matter has been submitted to the Expert for resolution. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the matter is not resolved before any payment that is the subject of a disagreement would be due (in the absence of such disagreement) or any Tax Return reflecting the subject of a disagreement is due, the undisputed amount shall be paid on the date prescribed by this Agreement and such Tax Return may be filed as prepared by the Corporation, subject to adjustment or amendment upon resolution. The costs and expenses relating to the engagement of such Expert or amending any Tax Return shall be borne by the Corporation except as provided in the next sentence. The Corporation and the TRA Party Representative shall bear their own costs and expenses of such proceeding, unless (i) the Expert entirely adopts the position of the TRA Party Representative, in which case the Corporation shall reimburse the TRA Party Representative for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding, or (ii) the Expert entirely adopts the Corporation’s position, in which case Tax Benefit Payments to the TRA Parties that would have increased Tax Benefit Payments if the position of the TRA Party Representative had been adopted shall be reduced proportionately in the aggregate by any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding. The Expert shall finally determine any Reconciliation Dispute and the determinations of the Expert pursuant to this Section 6.2 shall be binding on the Corporation and the TRA Parties and may be entered and enforced in any court having competent jurisdiction.

Section 6.3 Consistency. The Corporation and the TRA Parties agree to report and cause to be reported for all purposes, including federal, state and local Tax purposes and financial reporting purposes, all Tax-related items (including, without limitation, the Exchange Party Basis Adjustments, Blocker Party Basis Adjustments and each Tax Benefit Payment) in a manner consistent with that specified in any Schedule finalized consistent with the terms of this Agreement, unless otherwise required by a contrary Determination by an applicable Taxing Authority.

Section 6.4 Cooperation. Each of the Corporation, the Company and the TRA Parties shall (a) furnish to the other parties in a timely manner such information, documents and other materials as the other party may reasonably request for purposes of making any determination or computation necessary or appropriate under this Agreement, preparing any Tax Return or defending any audit, examination or controversy with any Taxing Authority, (b) make itself reasonably available to the other parties and their respective representatives to provide explanations of documents and material and such other information as the other party or its representatives may reasonably request in connection with any of the matters described in clause (a) above, and (c) reasonably cooperate in connection with any such matter, and the Corporation shall reimburse each TRA Party for any reasonable third-party costs and expenses incurred pursuant to this Section 6.4 at the request of the Corporation or the Company.

 

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Section 6.5 Tax Characterization. The parties intend that (a) each Exchange shall give rise to Exchange Party Basis Adjustments and (b) payments to Exchange TRA Parties pursuant to this Agreement with respect to an Exchange (except with respect to amounts that constitute Imputed Interest) shall be treated as consideration in respect of such Exchange that give rise to additional Exchange Party Basis Adjustments.

Section 6.6 Change in Tax Law. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if, in connection with an actual or proposed change in Tax law, a TRA Party reasonably believes that the existence of this Agreement could increase the amount of income (other than income arising from receipt of a payment under this Agreement) recognized by such TRA Party upon any Exchange which is treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain (or otherwise taxed at ordinary income rates) for U.S. federal income and all applicable state and local Tax purposes or would have other material adverse Tax consequences to the TRA Party and/or its direct or indirect owners, then at the election of such TRA Party and to the extent specified by the TRA Party, this Agreement (i) shall cease to have further effect with respect to such TRA Party, (ii) shall not apply to an Exchange by the TRA Party occurring after a date specified by it, or (iii) shall otherwise be amended in a manner determined by the TRA Party to waive any benefits to which such TRA Party would otherwise be entitled under this Agreement, provided that such amendment shall not result in an increase in or acceleration of payments under this Agreement at any time as compared to the amounts and times of payments that would have been due in the absence of such amendment or increase the Corporation’s administrative burden in complying with this Agreement.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.1 Notices. All notices, designations, requests, requests for consent or consent provided for, and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by courier service, by electronic mail (delivery receipt requested) or by certified or registered mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be as specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 7.1):

If to the Corporation, or the Company, to:

c/o CORE Industrial Partners, LLC

150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite #2050

Chicago, Illinois 60606 Attn:

E-mail:

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice to the Corporation or the Company) to:

Winston & Strawn LLP

35 W. Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60601

Attn: Steven J. Gavin, Matthew F. Bergmann and Jason D. Osborn

E-mail: SGavin@winston.com, MBergmann@winston.com and

JOsborn@winston.com

 

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If to the TRA Party Representative:

c/o CORE Industrial Partners, LLC

150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite #2050

Chicago, Illinois 60606 Attn:

E-mail:

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice to the TRA Party Representative) to:

Winston & Strawn LLP

35 W. Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60601

Attn: Steven J. Gavin, Matthew F. Bergmann and Jason D. Osborn

E-mail: SGavin@winston.com, MBergmann@winston.com and

JOsborn@winston.com

Any party hereto may change its address or e-mail address by giving each of the other parties hereto written notice thereof in the manner set forth above.

Section 7.2 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by means of telecopied signature pages or electronic transmission in portable document format (pdf) or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com), all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or electronic mail shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 7.3 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

Section 7.4 Governing Law. This Agreement and its enforcement and any controversy arising out of or relating to the making or performance of this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof that would mandate the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

Section 7.5 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement, or the application of such term or provision to any Person or circumstance or in any jurisdiction, is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, to any extent, by any law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, such term or provision is hereby deemed modified to give effect to the original written intent of the parties to the greatest extent consistent with being valid and enforceable under applicable law. No party hereto shall assert, and each party shall cause its Affiliates or related parties not to assert, that this Agreement or any part hereof is invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

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Section 7.6 Assignments; Amendments; Successors; No Waiver.

(a) Assignment. No TRA Party is permitted to assign, sell, transfer, pledge, delegate, or otherwise dispose of any interest, right or obligation under this Agreement without the prior written approval of the Board (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, that to the extent Company Units are transferred in accordance with the terms of the Company LLC Agreement, the transferring TRA Party shall assign to the transferee of such Company Units the transferring TRA Party’s rights under this Agreement as long as such transferee has executed and delivered or, in connection with such transfer, executes and delivers, a Joinder agreeing to become a “TRA Party” for all purposes of this Agreement.

(b) Amendments. No provision of this Agreement may be amended unless such amendment is approved in writing by each of the Corporation and by TRA Parties who would be entitled to receive more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate amount of the Early Termination Payments payable to all TRA Parties hereunder if the Corporation had exercised its right of Early Termination on the date of the most recent Exchange prior to such amendment (excluding, for purposes of this sentence, all payments made to any TRA Party pursuant to this Agreement since the date of such most recent Exchange); provided, however, that no such amendment shall be effective if such amendment would have a disproportionate effect on the payments certain TRA Parties will or may receive under this Agreement unless all such disproportionately affected TRA Parties consent in writing to such amendment; provided, further, that amendment of the definition of Change of Control or any approval rights granted to the Independent Directors will also require the written approval of a majority of the Independent Directors.

(c) Successors. Except as provided in Section 7.6(a), all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Corporation shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

(d) Waiver. Neither the failure nor delay on the part of any party hereto to exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of any other right, remedy, power or privilege, nor shall any waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any occurrence be construed as a waiver of such right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any other occurrence. No party shall be deemed to have waived any claim arising out of this Agreement, or any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, right, remedy, power or privilege is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of such party; and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.

 

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Section 7.7 Titles and Subtitles. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

Section 7.8 Resolution of Disputes.

(a) Any and all disputes which cannot be settled amicably after good faith negotiations, including any ancillary claims of any party, arising out of, relating to or in connection with the validity, negotiation, execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement (including the validity, scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision) shall be finally settled by arbitration conducted by a single arbitrator in the state of Delaware in accordance with the then-existing Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. If the parties to the dispute fail to agree on the selection of an arbitrator within ten (10) calendar days of the receipt of the request for arbitration, the International Chamber of Commerce shall make the appointment. The arbitrator shall be a lawyer and shall conduct the proceedings in the English language. Performance under this Agreement shall continue if reasonably possible during any arbitration proceedings.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.8(a), the Corporation and the TRA Party Representative may bring an action or special proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of compelling another party to arbitrate, seeking temporary or preliminary relief in aid of an arbitration hereunder, and/or enforcing an arbitration award and, for the purposes of this Section 7.8(b), each TRA Party (i) expressly consents to the application of Section 7.8(b) to any such action or proceeding, (ii) agrees that proof shall not be required that monetary damages for breach of the provisions of this Agreement would be difficult to calculate and that remedies at law would be inadequate, and (iii) irrevocably appoints the Corporation as each TRA Party’s agent for service of process in connection with any such action or proceeding and agrees that service of process upon such agent, who shall promptly advise such TRA Party of any such service of process, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon such TRA Party in any such action or proceeding.

(c) (i) EACH TRA PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 7.8(B), OR ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING ANCILLARY TO AN ARBITRATION OR CONTEMPLATED ARBITRATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO OR CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT. Such ancillary judicial proceedings include any suit, action or proceeding to compel arbitration, to obtain temporary or preliminary judicial relief in aid of arbitration, or to confirm an arbitration award. The parties acknowledge that the forum designated by this Section 7.8(c) has a reasonable relation to this Agreement, and to the parties’ relationship with one another.

(ii) The parties hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they now or hereafter may have to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such ancillary suit, action or proceeding brought in any court referred to in Section 7.8(c) of this Section 7.8 and such parties agree not to plead or claim the same.

 

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Section 7.9 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER OR RELATE TO THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE BREACH OR VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY HERETO CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (i) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ACTION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (ii) EACH SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (i) EACH SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (iv) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.9.

Section 7.10 Confidentiality. Each TRA Party and its assignees acknowledges and agrees that the information of the Corporation and its Affiliates provided pursuant to this Agreement is confidential and, except in the course of performing any duties as necessary for the Corporation and its Affiliates, as required by law or legal process or to enforce the terms of this Agreement, such Person shall keep and retain in the strictest confidence and not disclose to any Person any confidential matters of the Corporation and its Affiliates and successors acquired pursuant to this Agreement. This Section 7.10 shall not apply to (i) any information that has been made publicly available by the Corporation, becomes public knowledge (except as a result of an act of any TRA Party in violation of this Agreement) or is generally known to the business community, (ii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for a TRA Party to prosecute or defend claims arising under or relating to this Agreement, (iii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for a TRA Party to prepare and file its Tax Returns, to respond to any inquiries regarding the same from any Taxing Authority or to prosecute or defend any action, proceeding or audit by any Taxing Authority with respect to such Tax Returns, and (iv) the disclosure to any potential assignee or transferee of information in connection with an assignment, sale, pledge, alienation or transfer of any interest in this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.6(a) so long as such potential assignee or transferee agrees to be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.10. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent required by applicable law or to the extent reasonably necessary for a TRA Party to comply with any applicable reportable transaction requirements under applicable law, each TRA Party (and each employee, representative or other agent of the TRA Party, as applicable) may disclose the Tax treatment and Tax structure of the Corporation, the Company and their Subsidiaries, and any of their transactions, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other Tax analyses) that are provided to the TRA Party relating to such Tax treatment and Tax structure.

 

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Section 7.11 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the interest paid or agreed to be paid hereunder with respect to amounts due to any TRA Party hereunder shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable law (the “Maximum Rate”). If any TRA Party shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the Tax Benefit Payment, Advance Payment or Early Termination Payment, as applicable (but in each case exclusive of any component thereof comprising interest) or, if it exceeds such unpaid non-interest amount, refunded to the Corporation. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by any TRA Party exceeds the Maximum Rate, such TRA Party may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the payment obligations owed by the Corporation to such TRA Party hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the parties hereto to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws.

Section 7.12 Independent Nature of Rights and Obligations.

(a) The rights and obligations of the each TRA Party hereunder are several and not joint with the rights and obligations of any other Person. A TRA Party shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Person hereunder, nor shall a TRA Party have the right to enforce the rights or obligations of any other Person hereunder (other than the Corporation). Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any TRA Party pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the TRA Parties acting as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the TRA Parties are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such rights or obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Corporation acknowledges that the TRA Parties are not acting in concert or as a group and will not assert any such claim with respect to such rights or obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby.

(b) Except as otherwise explicitly provided in this Agreement, the actions of a TRA Party pursuant to and in accordance with this Agreement shall be binding only with respect to such TRA Party and not with respect to the any other TRA Party. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no TRA Party shall owe any duties (fiduciary or otherwise) to any other TRA Party or any other Person in determining to take or refrain from taking any action or decision under or in connection with this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

CORPORATION:
FATHOM DIGITAL MANUFACTURING
CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Tom Wasserman

Name:   Tom Wasserman
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page for Tax Receivable Agreement]


COMPANY:
FATHOM HOLDCO, LLC
By:  

/s/ Ryan Martin

Name:   Ryan Martin
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

 

[Signature Page for Tax Receivable Agreement]


BLOCKER TRA PARTIES:
CORE INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS FUND I PARALLEL, L.P.
By: CORE Industrial Partners GP I, LLC, its general partner
By:  

/s/ John May

Name:

 

John May

Title:

 

Managing Partner

 

 

[Signature Page for Tax Receivable Agreement]


EXCHANGE TRA PARTIES:
CORE INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS FUND I, L.P.
By: CORE Industrial Partners GP I, LLC, its general partner
By:  

/s/ John May

Name:   John May
Title:   Managing Partner

 

 

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TRA PARTY REPRESENTATIVE
CORE INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LP
By:  

/s/ John May

Name:   John May
Title:   Managing Partner

 

[Signature Page for Tax Receivable Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

Form of Joinder

See attached.


JOINDER AGREEMENT

This Joinder Agreement (this “Joinder Agreement”) is made as of the date written below (the “Effective Date”) by the undersigned (the “Joining Party”). Capitalized terms used, but not defined, herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the relevant Transaction Document (defined below).

The Joining Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that, by its execution of this Joinder Agreement, the Joining Party agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of (i) the Investor Rights Agreement to be entered into by and among Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation (“Fathom”) and the other parties thereto (the “Investor Rights Agreement”), effective as of the effective date of the Investor Rights Agreement, (ii) the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Fathom Holdco, LLC (“Fathom OpCo”) by and among Fathom OpCo and the other parties thereto (the “Fathom Operating Agreement”), effective as of the effective date of the Fathom Operating Agreement, (iii) the Tax Receivable Agreement by and among Fathom, Fathom OpCo and the other parties thereto (the “ Tax Receivable Agreement”), effective as of the effective date of the Tax Receivable Agreement, and (iv) the Registration Rights Agreement by and among Fathom and the other parties thereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement” and together with the Investor Rights Agreement, the Fathom Operating Agreement and the Tax Receivable Agreement, the “Transaction Documents”), effective as of the effective date of the Registration Rights Agreement.

The Joining Party hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained in each of the Transaction Documents.

 

 

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In witness whereof, the undersigned has executed this Joinder Agreement as of the date written below.

Date: December ____, 2021

 

JOINING PARTY
By:  

             

Name:  
Title:  
Address:  

 

 

[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]


ANNEX A

Exchange TRA Parties

Core Industrial Partners Fund I, L.P.

SBOF IV Incodema Holdings, LLC

Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund III (T), LP

Keidl Family Holdings, Inc.

Kemeera Holdings, Inc.

ICO Products, LLC

Robert L. Nardelli

Oldcut, Inc.

Southern Methodist University

FatStacks, LLC

Dahlquist Machine Holdco, Inc.


ANNEX B

Blocker TRA Parties

CORE Industrial Partners Fund I Parallel, LP

Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund III, LP

Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund III (F), LP

Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund III (C), LP

Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities III (UK), LP

Siguler Guff HP Opportunities Fund II, LP

Siguler Guff Americas Opportunities Fund, LP

Exhibit 10.2

Execution Version

INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

DATED AS OF DECEMBER 23, 2021

AMONG

FATHOM DIGITAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

AND

THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

ARTICLE I. INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

     1  

1.1

  Defined Terms      1  

1.2

  Construction      6  

ARTICLE II. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS

     6  

2.1

  Initial Board Composition; Classified Board      6  

2.2

  Election of Directors      6  

2.3

  Company Obligations      9  

2.4

  Compensation      10  

2.5

  Other Rights of CORE Nominees      10  

2.6

  Director Independence      10  

ARTICLE III. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

     10  

3.1

  Pledges or Transfers      10  

3.2

  Reserved      11  

3.3

  Lock-Up; Vesting; Transfer Restrictions and Requirements      11  

ARTICLE IV. GENERAL PROVISIONS

     12  

4.1

  Notices      12  

4.2

  Amendment; Waiver      12  

4.3

  Further Assurances      13  

4.4

  Assignment; Affiliated Transferees      13  

4.5

  Third Parties      14  

4.6

  Governing Law      14  

4.7

  Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial      14  

4.8

  Specific Performance      15  

4.9

  Entire Agreement      15  

4.10

  Severability      15  

4.11

  Table of Contents, Headings and Captions      15  

4.12

  Grant of Consent      15  

4.13

  Counterparts      15  

4.14

  Effectiveness      15  

4.15

  No Recourse      15  

4.16

  Obligations are Several      16  

4.17

  Provisions Respecting Representation of Fathom      16  

 

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INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Investor Rights Agreement is entered into as of December 23, 2021 by and among Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, a Delaware corporation (formerly known as Altimar Acquisition Corp. II, a Cayman Islands corporation, the “Company”), each of the Persons set forth on the signature pages hereto, as the Existing Investors as of the date hereof, and each of the other Persons from time to time party hereto.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, in connection with the Equity Transactions (as defined below) and effective upon the consummation thereof, the parties hereto wish to set forth certain understandings between such parties in relation to the Company, including with respect to certain governance matters of the Company and other matters.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

1.1 Defined Terms. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms have the following meanings when used herein with initial capital letters. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Business Combination Agreement:

Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date hereof.

Affiliated Transferees” means, with respect to any Investor, any Affiliate thereof that is Transferred Equity Securities Beneficially Owned by such Investor as of the date hereof.

Agreement” means this Investor Rights Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

Beneficial Own” (including its correlative meanings “ Beneficial Owner” and “Beneficial Ownership” and words with a similar correlative meaning) has the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

Board” means the board of directors of the Company from time to time.

Business Combination Agreement” means that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2021, by and among the Company, Fathom Opco and the other parties thereto, as amended by the Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2021 (as the same may be further amended, supplemented or modified after the date hereof).


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

Chairman” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

Class A Common Stock” means shares of class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, and any securities issued in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor, in connection with any stock split, dividend or combination, or any reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or similar transaction.

Class A Units” means the Class A Units of limited liability company interest in Fathom OpCo (other than any such interests owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries).

Class B Common Stock” means shares of class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, and any securities issued in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor, in connection with any stock split, dividend or combination, or any reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or similar transaction.

Closing Date” means the date of the closing of the Equity Transactions in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement.

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

Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Company Charter” means the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company as in effect on the date hereof and as may be amended, restated or modified and in effect from time to time.

Control” (including its correlative meanings, “Controlled by” and “under common Control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise) of a Person.

CORE Designator” means the CORE Investor, or any group of CORE Investors collectively, that then Beneficially Owns a majority of the Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by all CORE Investors.

CORE Nominee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2(a).

CORE Investors” means CORE Industrial Partners Fund I, L.P., CORE Industrial Partners Fund I Parallel, L.P., any Transferee that becomes party to this Agreement as a “CORE Investor” in accordance with Section 4.4 hereof and their respective Affiliated Transferees.

 

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Covered Shares” means all Equity Securities held by the Existing Investors as of the date hereof or of which the Existing Investors acquire record or Beneficial Ownership, including by purchase, as a result of a share dividend, share split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification, exchange or change of such shares, or upon exercise or conversion of any securities, other than (i) any Equity Securities purchased on the open market after the Closing Date or (ii) any Equity Securities issued pursuant to that certain Backstop Subscription Agreement, dated November 16, 2021, by and among the Company, Fathom Opco and the Subscriber listed therein.

Director” means any director of the Company from time to time.

Equity Securities” means any and all shares of Common Stock of the Company, and any and all securities of the Company or Fathom OpCo convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for (whether or not subject to contingencies or the passage of time, or both), such shares, and any options, warrants or other rights to acquire shares of Common Stock of the Company; including, without limitation, Fathom OpCo Units, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, equity appreciation rights, phantom equity rights, profit participation and all of the other ownership or profit interests of such Person (including, without limitation, membership interests therein), whether voting or non-voting.

Equity Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to time.

Existing Investors” means collectively, the CORE Investors and each of the entities listed on the signature pages hereto under the heading “Existing Investors.”

Fathom OpCo” means Fathom Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Fathom OpCo LLC Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Fathom OpCo as in effect on the Closing Date, and as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Fathom OpCo Units” means the Class A Units.

Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, provincial, municipal, local or foreign government, governmental authority, regulatory or administrative agency, governmental commission, department, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, court or tribunal.

Investors” means the Existing Investors.

Law” means any statute, law, ordinance, rule, treaty, code, directive, regulation, governmental approval (whether granted or required) or Governmental Order, in each case, of any Governmental Authority.

NewCo” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.

Non-Recourse Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.15 hereof.

 

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Non-Voting Observer” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c) hereof.

Original Amount” means the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly, by the CORE Investors on the date hereof, as such number may be adjusted from time to time for any reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar changes in the Company’s capitalization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a forfeiture of any Fathom Earnout Shares by any of the CORE Investors, the Original Amount shall automatically be decreased by the amount of such Fathom Earnout Shares forfeited.

Permitted Transferee” means, with respect to any Existing Investor, (i) to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by or under common control with such Existing Investor; (ii) to such Existing Investor’s officers or directors or any Affiliates or family members of such Existing Investor’s officers or directors; (iii) to any limited partners, members or stockholders of such Existing Investor or any Affiliates of such Existing Investor, or any employees of such Affiliates; (iv) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of the individual’s immediate family, or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family, an Affiliate of such Person, or to a charitable organization; (v) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (vi) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (vii) by virtue of the Laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation of such Existing Investor, as applicable, or the organizational documents of such Existing Investor, as amended from time to time, upon dissolution of such Existing Investor; or (viii) in the event of the Company’s completion of a liquidation, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction which results in the holders of all of the shares of Class A Common Stock having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the completion of the Equity Transactions, including the entry into an agreement in connection with such liquidation, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction.

Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, governmental agency or instrumentality or other entity of any kind.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity of which: (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, representatives or trustees thereof is at the time owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or any combination thereof; or (ii) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity, a majority of the total voting power of stock or majority ownership interest of the limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity is at the time owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or any combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons shall (a) be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or (b) Control the managing member, managing director or other governing body or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity.

 

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Tier 1 Earnout Vesting Event” means the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any twenty (20) Trading Days within a period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days.

Tier 2 Earnout Vesting Event” means the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $15.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any twenty (20) Trading Days within a period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days.

Tier 3 Earnout Vesting Event” means the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $20.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any twenty (20) Trading Days within a period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days.

Total Number of Directors” means the total number of directors comprising the Board from time to time.

Trading Day” means a day on which the Exchange is open for the transaction of business (unless such trading shall have been suspended for the entire day).

Transfer” (including its correlative meanings, “Transferor,” “Transferee” and “Transferred”) shall mean, with respect to any security, directly or indirectly, to sell, contract to sell, give, assign, hypothecate, pledge, encumber, grant a security interest in, offer, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of any economic, voting or other rights in or to such security. When used as a noun, “Transfer” shall have such correlative meaning as the context may require.

Voting Securities” means, at any time, outstanding shares of any class of capital stock of the Company which are then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors to the Board.

VWAP” means, for any security as of any date(s), the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Refinitiv Workspace (or an equivalent successor if such page is not available) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Refinitiv Workspace (or an equivalent successor if such page is not available), or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Refinitiv Workspace (or an equivalent successor if such page is not available) for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date(s) on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date(s) shall be the fair market value per share on such date(s) as reasonably determined by a majority of the independent directors then serving on the Board.

 

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1.2 Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party. Unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “or” is disjunctive but not exclusive,

(a) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular, and (c) the words “hereof,” “herein,” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

ARTICLE II.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS

2.1 Initial Board Composition; Classified Board. Effective as of the Closing Date, the Board shall satisfy all applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Exchange and is anticipated to be comprised of eleven (11) Directors, as follows: (i) ten (10) Directors designated by the CORE Designator (who shall be the initial CORE Nominees), and (ii) one (1) Director, to be jointly designated as mutually agreed by the CORE Designator and Altimar Sponsor II, LLC, who shall be independent as required by the Securities and Exchange Commission and applicable listing exchange rules and regulations. The initial chairman of the Board (the “Chairman”) is anticipated to be TJ Chung. Mr. Chung shall be appointed as the Chairman for so long as he is a member of the Board, and, thereafter, the Chairman shall be elected by a majority of the Board. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, consistent with the Company Charter, the Board shall be divided into three classes designated as Class I, Class II and Class III and that the Directors initially shall be allocated among such classes as set forth on Schedule B hereto.

2.2 Election of Directors.

(a) From the Effective Date, CORE Designator shall have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate to the Board a number of designees (such persons, the “CORE Nominees”) equal to at least: (i) a majority of the Total Number of Directors (as defined below), so long as the CORE Investors Beneficially Own shares of Common Stock representing at least 50% of the Original Amount (as defined below), (ii) 35% of the Total Number of Directors, in the event that the CORE Investors Beneficially Own shares of Common Stock representing at least 20% but less than 35% of the Original Amount, (iii) 20% of the Total Number of Directors, in the event that the CORE Investors Beneficially Own shares of Common Stock representing at least 10% but less than 20% of the Original Amount and (iv) 1 (one) Director (as defined below), in the event that the CORE Investors Beneficially Own shares of Common Stock representing at least 5% of the Original Amount. For purposes of calculating the number of directors that CORE Designator is entitled to designate pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, any fractional amounts shall automatically be rounded up to the nearest whole number (e.g., 11/4 Directors shall equate to 2 Directors) and any such calculations shall be made after taking into account any increase in the Total Number of Directors.

 

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(b) In the event that CORE Designator has nominated less than the total number of designees that CORE Designator is entitled to nominate pursuant to Section 2.2(a), CORE Designator shall have the right, at any time, to nominate such additional designees to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company and the Directors shall take all necessary corporation action, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law (including with respect to fiduciary duties under Delaware law), to (x) enable CORE Designator to nominate and effect the election or appointment of such additional individuals, whether by increasing the size of the Board, or otherwise and (y) to designate such additional individuals nominated by CORE Designator to fill such newly created vacancies or to fill any other existing vacancies.

(c) In addition to the nomination rights set forth in Section 2.2(a) above, from the Effective Date, for so long as the CORE Investors Beneficially Own shares of Common Stock representing at least 5% of the Original Amount, CORE Designator shall have the right, but not the obligation, to designate a person (a “Non-Voting Observer”) to attend meetings of the Board (including any meetings of any committees thereof) in a non-voting observer capacity. Any such Non-Voting Observer shall be permitted to attend all meetings of the Board. CORE Designator shall have the right to remove and replace its Non-Voting Observer at any time and from time to time. The Company shall furnish to any Non-Voting Observer (i) notices of Board meetings no later than, and using the same form of communication as, notice of Board meetings are furnished to Directors and (ii) copies of any materials prepared for meetings of the Board that are furnished to the Directors no later than the time such materials are furnished to the Directors; provided, that (x) such Non-Voting Observer shall be required to execute or otherwise become subject to any codes of conduct or confidentiality agreements of the Company generally applicable to directors of the Company or as the Company reasonably requests and (y) the Company reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude such Non-Voting Observer from any meeting or portion thereof to the extent access to such materials or attendance at such meeting would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a conflict of interest; provided, further, that failure to deliver notice, or materials, to such Non-Voting Observer in connection with such Non-Voting Observer’s right to attend and/or review materials with respect to, any meeting of the Board shall not, by itself, impair the validity of any action taken by such Board at such meeting.

(d) The Company shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the CORE Nominees and the Non-Voting Observer in connection with the performance of his or her duties as a Director or a Non-Voting Observer and in connection with his or her attendance at any meeting of the Board. In addition, as promptly as practicable following the request by any CORE Nominee who is serving as a Director, the Company shall enter into an indemnification agreement with such CORE Nominee in the form entered into with the other members of the Board.

(e) No reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock that the CORE Investors Beneficially Own shall shorten the term of any incumbent director who is serving as a CORE Nominee.

(f) In the event that any CORE Nominee shall cease to serve for any reason, CORE Designator shall be entitled, for so long as CORE Designator retains the right to nominate a CORE Nominee to fill the applicable vacant seat, to designate such person’s successor in accordance with this Agreement and the Board shall promptly fill the vacancy with such successor nominee; it being understood that any such designee shall serve the remainder of the term of the director whom such designee replaces.

 

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(g) If a CORE Nominee is not appointed or elected to the Board because of such person’s death, disability, disqualification, withdrawal as a nominee or for other reason is unavailable or unable to serve on the Board, CORE Designator shall be entitled, for so long as CORE Designator retains the right to nominate a CORE Nominee to fill the applicable vacant seat, to designate promptly another nominee and the director position for which the original CORE Nominee was nominated shall not be filled pending such designation.

(h) So long as CORE Designator has the right to nominate CORE Nominees under Section 2.2(a) or any such CORE Nominee is serving on the Board, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain in effect at all times directors and officers indemnity insurance coverage in an amount determined by the Board to be reasonable and customary, and the Company Charter and Amended and Restated Bylaws (each as may be further amended, supplemented or waived in accordance with its terms) shall at all times provide for indemnification, exculpation and advancement of expenses to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law. Upon the removal or resignation of any CORE Nominee as a Director for any reason, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions reasonably necessary to extend such director’s official liability insurance coverage for a period of not less than six (6) years from any such event in respect or any act or omission occurring at or prior to such event.

(i) If the size of the Board is expanded, CORE Designator shall be entitled to nominate a number of CORE Nominees to fill the newly created vacancies such that the total number of CORE Nominees serving on the Board following such expansion will be equal to that number of CORE Nominees that CORE Designator would be entitled to nominate in accordance with Section 2.2(a) if such expansion occurred immediately prior to any meeting of the stockholders of the Company called with respect to the election of members of the Board, and the Board shall appoint such CORE Nominees to the Board.

(j) During such time as the Company is required by applicable law or the New York Stock Exchange or such other principal United States securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is listed, quoted, or admitted to trading (the “Exchange”) listing standards to have a majority of the Board comprised of “independent directors” (subject in each case to any applicable phase-in periods), CORE Nominees shall include a number of persons that qualify as “independent directors” under applicable law and the Exchange listing standards such that, together with any other “independent directors” then serving on the Board that are not CORE Nominees, the Board is comprised of a majority of “independent directors.”

(k) At any time that CORE Designator shall have any nomination rights under Section 2.2, except as required by Law or the rules and regulations of the Exchange, the Company shall not take any action, including making or recommending any amendment to the Company Charter or the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect CORE Designator’s rights, respectively, under this Agreement, in each case without the prior written consent of CORE Designator.

 

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(l) Any CORE Nominee will be subject to the Company’s customary due diligence process, including its review of a completed questionnaire and a background check. Based on the foregoing, the Company may object to any CORE Nominee if (a) it does so in good faith and such objection is based upon any of the following: (i) such CORE Nominee was convicted in a criminal proceeding or is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses); (ii) such CORE Nominee was the subject of any order, judgment, or decree not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining such proposed director from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities: (A) engaging in any type of business practice; or (B) engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or in connection with any violation of federal or state securities laws; (iii) such CORE Nominee was the subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any federal or state authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than sixty (60) days the right of such person to engage in any activity described in clause (ii)(B), or to be associated with persons engaged in such activity; (iv) such CORE Nominee was found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commission to have violated any federal or state securities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated; (v) such CORE Nominee was the subject of, or a party to any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, relating to a violation of any federal or state securities laws or regulations; or (vi) any other reason(s) that apply by reason of applicable Law, the rules and regulations of the Exchange or Company policy. In the event the Board reasonably finds the CORE Nominee to be unsuitable based upon one or more of the foregoing clauses (i) through (vi) and reasonably objects to the identified director, the CORE Designator shall be entitled to propose a different CORE Nominee to the Board within thirty (30) calendar days of the Company’s notice to the CORE Designator of its objection to the CORE Nominee and such replacement CORE Nominee shall be subject to the review process outlined above.

2.3 Company Obligations. The Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that prior to the date that the CORE Investors cease to Beneficially Own shares of Common Stock representing at least 5% of the total voting power of the then outstanding Common Stock, (i) each CORE Nominee is included in the Board’s slate of nominees to the stockholders (the “Board Slate”) for each election of directors; and (ii) each CORE Nominee is included in the proxy statement prepared by management of the Company in connection with soliciting proxies for every meeting of the stockholders of the Company called with respect to the election of members of the Board (each, a “Director Election Proxy Statement”), and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on every action or approval by written consent of the stockholders of the Company or the Board with respect to the election of members of the Board. CORE Designator will promptly provide reporting to the Company after CORE Designator ceases to Beneficially Own shares of Common Stock representing at least 5% of the total voting power of the then outstanding Common Stock, such that Company is informed of when this obligation terminates. The calculation of the number of CORE Nominees that CORE Designator is entitled to nominate to the Board Slate for any election of directors shall be based on the percentage of the total voting power of the then outstanding Common Stock then Beneficially Owned by CORE (“CORE Voting Control”), as applicable, immediately prior to the mailing to shareholders of the Director Election Proxy Statement relating to such election (or, if earlier, the filing of the definitive Director Election Proxy Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Unless CORE Designator notifies

 

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the Company otherwise prior to the mailing to stockholders of the Director Election Proxy Statement relating to an election of directors, the CORE Nominees for such election shall be presumed to be the same CORE Nominees currently serving on the Board, and no further action shall be required of CORE Designator for the Board to include such CORE Nominees on the Board’s Slate; provided, that, in the event CORE Designator is no longer entitled to nominate the full number of CORE Nominees then serving on the Board, CORE Designator shall provide advance written notice to the Company, of which currently serving CORE Nominee(s) shall be excluded from the Board Slate, and of any other changes to the list of CORE Nominees. If CORE Designator fails to provide such notice prior to the mailing to shareholders of the Director Election Proxy Statement relating to such election (or, if earlier, the filing of the definitive Director Election Proxy Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission), a majority of the independent directors then serving on the Board shall determine which of the CORE Nominees of CORE Designator then serving on the Board will be included in the Board Slate.

2.4 Compensation. Except to the extent any CORE Designator may otherwise notify the Company with respect to such CORE Designator’s CORE Nominees, each CORE Nominee shall be entitled to compensation consistent with the Director compensation received by other Directors, including any fees and equity awards.

2.5 Other Rights of CORE Nominees. Except as provided in Section 2.3, each CORE Nominee serving on the Board shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges applicable to all other members of the Board generally or to which all such members of the Board are entitled. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, indemnify, exculpate, and reimburse fees and expenses of the CORE Nominees (including by entering into an indemnification agreement in a form substantially similar to the Company’s form director indemnification agreement) and provide the CORE Nominees with director and officer insurance to the same extent it indemnifies, exculpates, reimburses and provides insurance for the other members of the Board pursuant to the Company Charter or Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, applicable Law or otherwise.

2.6 Director Independence. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the parties hereto shall ensure the composition of the Board will continue to meet all requirements for a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (or such other stock exchange on which the Class A Common Stock may be listed from time to time), including with respect to director independence.

ARTICLE III.

ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

3.1 Pledges or Transfers. Upon the request of any Investor that wishes to (x) pledge, charge, hypothecate or grant security interests in any or all of the shares of Common Stock or Fathom OpCo Units held by it, including to banks or financial institutions as collateral or security for loans, advances or extensions of credit or (y) subject to Section 3.3, sell or transfer any or all of the shares of Common Stock or Fathom OpCo Units held by it, including to a third party investor, the Company agrees, subject to applicable Law, to cooperate with such Investor in taking any action (and, to the extent necessary, shall cause Fathom OpCo to take any action) reasonably necessary to consummate any such pledge, charge, hypothecation, grant or transfer, including

 

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without limitation, but subject to applicable Law, delivery of letter agreements to lenders in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such lenders (which may include agreements by the Company in respect of the exercise of remedies by such lenders), instructing the transfer agent to transfer any such shares of Common Stock subject to the pledge, hypothecation or grant into the facilities of The Depository Trust Company without restricted legends and cooperating in diligence or other matters as may reasonably requested by any Investor in connection with a proposed transfer.

3.2 Reserved.

3.3 Lock-Up; Vesting; Transfer Restrictions and Requirements.

(a) Lock-Up. For the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending one hundred eighty (180) days thereafter (such applicable period, the “Existing Investor Lock-Up Period”), each Existing Investor agrees with the Company that it shall not, and shall cause any other holder of record of such Existing Investor’s Covered Shares not to, Transfer any of such Existing Investor’s Covered Shares.

(b) Vesting. Each Existing Investor and the Company agrees that, from and after the Closing, 2,724,736 shares of Class A Common Stock issued to the CORE Investors shall be unvested and restricted and that such shares shall vest as follows: (i) one third (908,246) of such shares (the “Tier 1 Earnout Shares”) shall vest automatically and cease to be subject to any restrictions hereunder as of immediately prior to the occurrence of a Tier 1 Earnout Vesting Event, (ii) one third (908,245) of such shares (the “Tier 2 Earnout Shares”) shall vest automatically and cease to be subject to any restrictions hereunder as of immediately prior to the occurrence of a Tier 2 Earnout Vesting Event and (iii) one third (908,245) of such shares (the “Tier 3 Earnout Shares” and, collectively with the Tier 1 Earnout Shares and Tier 2 Earnout Shares, the “Earnout Shares”) shall vest automatically and cease to be subject to any restrictions hereunder as of immediately prior to the occurrence of a Tier 3 Earnout Vesting Event; provided that, during the Existing Investor Lock-Up Period, Section 3.3(a) hereof shall apply with respect to all Earnout Shares.

(c) Forfeiture. To the extent that, on or prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Closing Date, (i) a Tier 1 Earnout Vesting Event shall not have occurred, all outstanding Tier 1 Earnout Shares that shall not have been vested shall automatically be forfeited and surrendered to the Company for no consideration and any dividends or distributions previously declared in respect of such shares shall also be forfeited to the Company for no consideration, (ii) a Tier 2 Earnout Vesting Event shall not have occurred, all outstanding Tier 2 Earnout Shares that shall not have been vested shall automatically be forfeited and surrendered to the Company for no consideration and any dividends or distributions previously declared in respect of such shares shall also be forfeited to the Company for no consideration, and (iii) a Tier 3 Earnout Vesting Event shall not have occurred, all outstanding Tier 3 Earnout Shares that shall not have been vested shall automatically be forfeited and surrendered to the Company for no consideration and any dividends or distributions previously declared in respect of such shares shall also be forfeited to the Company for no consideration. Following such forfeiture, such Earnout Shares shall be canceled, no longer be outstanding and become void and of no further force and effect.

 

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(d) Transfer Restrictions. Following termination of the Existing Investor Lock-Up Period, (i) unvested Earnout Shares shall not be Transferable and (ii) vested Earnout Shares shall be Transferable only to an Investor’s Permitted Transferees.

(e) Transfer Conditions. As a condition to any Transfer to a Permitted Transferee permitted by this Section 3.3, each Transferee must enter into a written agreement with the Company agreeing to be bound by the provisions contained in this Section 3.3. Any Transfer in violation of the provisions of this Section 3.3 shall be null and void ab initio and of no force or effect.

(f) Tax Treatment. The parties hereto intend that, for U.S. federal and all applicable state and local income tax purposes, the amount of any dividends declared with respect to the Earnout Shares not be reported as taxable income (on IRS Form 1099 or otherwise) to the holders thereof unless and until such dividends are paid in cash or in kind, as the case may be. The parties to this Agreement shall not take any position inconsistent with the intent set forth in this Section 3.3(f) except to the extent otherwise required by a law.

ARTICLE IV.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

4.1 Notices. Any notice, designation, request, request for consent or consent provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be either personally delivered, sent by email or sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) to the Company at the address set forth below and to any other recipient at the address indicated on the Company’s records, or at such address or to the attention of such other Person as set forth on Schedule A hereto or as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Notices and other such documents will be deemed to have been given or made hereunder when delivered personally or sent by email and one (1) Business Day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier service.

If to the Company:

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation

1050 Walnut Ridge Dr.

Hartland, WI 53029

Attn: Chief Executive Officer

If to any of the Investors or any other Person who becomes party to this Agreement, to such Person’s address as set forth on Schedule A hereto (as may be updated from time to time by the Company upon written notice thereof in accordance with this Section 4.1).

4.2 Amendment; Waiver.

(a) The terms and provisions of this Agreement may be modified or amended only with the written approval of the Company and Investors holding a majority of the Voting Securities then held by all Investors in the aggregate; provided, however, that any modification or amendment

 

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(1) to Section 2.1, Section 2.2, Section 2.3 or this Section 4.2 shall also require the approval of the CORE Designator and (ii) that would adversely affect the rights of, or impose any additional obligations on, any of the Existing Investors hereunder shall also require the approval of each of the affected Existing Investors, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, any material modification or amendment to or waiver of Section 2.1, Section 2.2, Section 2.3, Section 2.4, Section 3.3 or this Section 4.2 (and in each case any related definitions hereunder), or to any of the other terms and provisions of this Agreement that provides the CORE Investors or any of their respective Affiliates or other Permitted Transferees with material additional rights or benefits in their capacity as a stockholder of the Company not contemplated by this Agreement as of the Closing Date or removes or waives transfer restrictions or enhances director nomination rights, shall in each case also require the approval of a majority of the independent directors then serving on the Board.

(b) Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither the failure nor delay on the part of any party hereto to exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of any other right, remedy, power or privilege, nor shall any waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any occurrence be construed as a waiver of such right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any other occurrence.

(c) No party shall be deemed to have waived any claim arising out of this Agreement, or any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, right, remedy, power or privilege is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of such party; and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.

(d) Any party hereto may unilaterally waive any of its rights hereunder in a signed writing delivered to the Company.

4.3 Further Assurances. Subject to Section 10.01(f) of the Business Combination Agreement, the parties hereto will sign such further documents, cause such meetings to be held, resolutions passed, exercise their votes and do and perform and cause to be done such further acts and things necessary, proper or advisable in order to give full effect to this Agreement and every provision hereof. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Company shall not directly or indirectly take any action that is intended to, or would reasonably be expected to result in, any Investor being deprived of the rights contemplated by this Agreement.

4.4 Assignment; Affiliated Transferees.

(a) The rights and obligations hereunder shall not be assignable without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto; provided, however, that, upon written notice to the Company, CORE Designator may assign to any of the CORE Investors or any Affiliate of CORE Designator (other than a portfolio company) all of its rights hereunder and, following such assignment, such assignee shall be deemed to be “CORE Designator” for all purposes hereunder

 

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and, if not already a party to this Agreement, such assignee shall execute and deliver to the Company a joinder to this Agreement evidencing its agreement to become a party to and to be bound by all of the applicable provisions of this Agreement as a “CORE Designator” hereunder. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding on the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

(b) Any Affiliated Transferee of an Investor who acquires Beneficial Ownership of any Equity Securities must concurrently with becoming an equityholder execute and deliver to the Company a counterparty copy of this Agreement or a joinder hereto agreeing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement on the same terms as the applicable Investor.

4.5 Third Parties. This Agreement does not create any rights, claims or benefits inuring to any person that is not a party hereto nor create or establish any third-party beneficiary hereto.

4.6 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ITS ENFORCEMENT AND ANY CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE MAKING OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED IN AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY IN THAT STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY LAWS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE GOVERN UNDER APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW OR OTHERWISE.

4.7 Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party hereto hereby (i) agrees that any action, directly or indirectly, arising out of, under or relating to this Agreement shall exclusively be brought in and shall exclusively be heard and determined by the Delaware Court of Chancery or, if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction, any federal court within the State of Delaware (and if both such courts decline to accept jurisdiction, any other state court located in the State of Delaware), and, in each case, any appellate court therefrom, and (ii) solely in connection with the action(s) contemplated by subsection (i) hereof, (A) irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts identified in subsection (i) hereof, (B) irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue in any of the courts identified in clause (i) of this Section 4.7, (C) irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim that any of the courts identified in such clause (i) is an inconvenient forum or does not have personal jurisdiction over any party hereto, (D) irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it is not entitled to any immunity on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise (and waives and agrees not to claim any immunity or right to claim immunity from any such action or proceeding brought in any of the courts identified in clause (i) of this Section 4.7) and (E) agrees that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such action in the manner provided in Section 4.1 hereof or in such other manner as may be permitted by applicable Law shall be valid and sufficient service thereof. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM OR ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICES CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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4.8 Specific Performance. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that in the event of any breach of this Agreement by any of them, the other parties hereto would be irreparably harmed and could not be made whole by monetary damages. Each party accordingly agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and agrees that the parties, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity, shall be entitled to seek specific performance of this Agreement without the posting of a bond.

4.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no agreements, representations, warranties, covenants or understandings with respect to the subject matter hereof or thereof. This Agreement supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

4.10 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any Person or circumstance or in any jurisdiction, shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, (i) the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby, and each other provision hereof shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law, (ii) as to such Person or circumstance or in such jurisdiction such provision shall be reformed to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law, and (iii) the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances or in other jurisdictions shall not be affected thereby.

4.11 Table of Contents, Headings and Captions. The table of contents, headings, subheadings and captions contained in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only, and in no way define, limit or describe the scope of this Agreement or the intent of any provision hereof.

4.12 Grant of Consent. Any consent or approval of, or designation by, or any other action of, an CORE Designator (in its capacity as such) hereunder shall be effective if notice of such consent, approval, designation or action is provided to the Company in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof by the applicable CORE Designator as of the latest date any such notice is so provided to the Company.

4.13 Counterparts. This Agreement and any amendment hereto may be signed in any number of separate counterparts (including by means of telecopied signature pages or electronic transmission in portable document format (pdf) or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement (or amendment, as applicable). The parties irrevocably and unreservedly agree that this Agreement may be executed by way of electronic signatures and the parties agree that this Agreement, or any part thereof, shall not be challenged or denied any legal effect, validity and/or enforceability solely on the ground that it is in the form of an electronic record.

4.14 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon the Closing Date.

4.15 No Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claims or cause of action that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation,

 

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execution or performance of this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or the subject matter hereof may only be made against the parties hereto and no past, present or future Affiliate, director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, manager, partner, equityholder, agent, attorney or representative of any party hereto or any past, present or future Affiliate, director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, manager, partner, equityholder, agent, attorney or representative of any of the foregoing (each, a “ Non-Recourse Party”) shall have any liability for any obligations or liabilities of the parties to this Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the transactions contemplated hereby. Without limiting the rights of any party against the other parties hereto, in no event shall any party or any of its Affiliates seek to enforce this Agreement against, make any claims for breach of this Agreement against, or seek to recover monetary damages from, any Non-Recourse Party.

4.16 Obligations are Several. For the avoidance of doubt, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, all obligations, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of each party hereto contained in this Agreement are several and not joint.

4.17 Provisions Respecting Representation of Fathom. Each of the parties hereto hereby, on its own behalf and on behalf of its directors, managers, members, partners, officers, employees and Affiliates, recognizes that Winston & Strawn LLP (“ Counsel”) has served and may serve as counsel to some or all of the CORE Investors, Fathom OpCo, CORE Fund I Blocker-5 LLC (“Fathom Blocker 1”) and CORE Fund I Blocker-2, LLC (“Fathom Blocker 2” and, together with Fathom Blocker 1, the “Fathom Blockers”), on the one hand, and the equityholders of the CORE Investors, Fathom Blocker 1 and Fathom Blocker 2 and their respective Affiliates (individually and collectively, the “ Seller Group”), on the other hand, in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and agrees that, following consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, Counsel (or any of their respective successors) may serve as counsel to any member of the Seller Group or any director, manager, member, partner, officer, employee or Affiliate of any member of the Seller Group, in connection with any Action (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) or obligation arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement notwithstanding such representation or any continued representation of the Company, Fathom OpCo and/or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and each of the Parties (on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates) hereby consents thereto and irrevocably waives any conflict of interest arising therefrom, and each of such parties shall cause any Affiliate thereof to consent to irrevocably waive any conflict of interest arising from such representation. The parties hereto agree to take the steps necessary to ensure that any privilege attaching as a result of Counsel representing the Company, Fathom OpCo and/or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any member of the Seller Group in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall survive the Closing (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) and shall remain in effect, provided that with respect to any Privileged Communications such privilege from and after the Closing shall be controlled by the Unitholder Representative (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement). As to any privileged attorney-client communications prior to the Closing between (x) Counsel and Fathom OpCo or Counsel and any of Fathom OpCo’s Subsidiaries, (y) Counsel and the Fathom Blockers or (z) Counsel and any equityholders of Fathom OpCo, Fathom Blocker 1 and Fathom Blocker 2 or their respective Affiliates, in each case in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement prior to the Closing Date (collectively, the “Privileged Communications”), The

 

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Company, Fathom OpCo and each of their respective Subsidiaries, together with any of their respective Affiliates, Subsidiaries, successors or assigns, agree that no such party may use or rely on any of the Privileged Communications in any action against or involving any of the parties after the Closing. In addition, if the mergers and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement are consummated, all Privileged Communications related to such transactions will become the property of the Unitholder Representative, and none of the Company, Fathom OpCo, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates, Subsidiaries, successors or assigns shall take any action based on any copies of such records or intentionally access them, subject to the following sentence. In the event that the Company is legally required or requested by any Governmental Authority to access or obtain a copy of all or a portion of the Privileged Communications, the Company shall be entitled to access or obtain a copy of and disclose the Privileged Communications to the extent necessary to comply with any such legal requirement or request; provided that the Company shall promptly notify the Unitholder Representative so that the Unitholder Representative can seek a protective order, at its sole cost and expense (it being agreed that in no event shall any of the foregoing Persons be required to commence or pursue any litigation), and the Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to assist therewith.

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

 

COMPANY:
FATHOM DIGITAL
MANUFACTURING
CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Tom Wasserman

Name:   Tom Wasserman
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]


EXISTING INVESTORS:
CORE INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS
FUND I, L.P.
By: CORE Industrial Partners GP I,
LLC, its general partner
By:  

/s/ John May

Name: John May
Title: Managing Partner
CORE INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS
FUND I PARALLEL, L.P.
By: CORE Industrial Partners GP I,
LLC, its general partner
By:  

/s/ John May

Name: John May
Title: Managing Partner

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]


SCHEDULE A

NOTICE ADDRESSES

CORE Industrial Partners Fund I Parallel, LP

150 N. Riverside Plaza

Suite 2050

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Core Industrial Partners Fund I, L.P.

150 N. Riverside Plaza

Suite 2050

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Dahlquist Machine Holdco, Inc.

1951 W. 155th Place

Broomfield, Colorado 80023

FatStacks, LLC

21133 Basalt Street NW

Nowthen, Minnesota 55330

ICO Products, LLC

543 Forest Lake Drive

Holland, Ohio 43528

Attn:

Keidl Family Holdings, Inc.

1050 Walnut Ridge Drive

Hartland, Wisconsin 53029

Kemeera Holdings, Inc.

497 Del Amigo Road

Danville, California 94526

Attn:

Oldcut, Inc.

300 Portland Point Road

Lansing, New York 14882

Robert L. Nardelli

One Buckhead Plaza

3060 Peachtree Road NW, Suite 380

Atlanta, Georgia 30305

 

Schedule A


SBOF IV Incodema Holdings, LLC

c/o Siguler Guff Advisers, LLC

200 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor

New York, New York 10166

Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund III, LP

c/o Siguler Guff Advisers, LLC

200 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor

New York, New York 10166

Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund III (F), LP

c/o Siguler Guff Advisers, LLC

200 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor

New York, New York 10166

Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund III (C), LP

c/o Siguler Guff Advisers, LLC

200 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor

New York, New York 10166

Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund III (T), LP

c/o Siguler Guff Advisers, LLC

200 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor

New York, New York 10166

Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities III (UK), LP

c/o Siguler Guff Advisers, LLC 200

Park Avenue, 23rd Floor

New York, New York 10166

Siguler Guff HP Opportunities Fund II, LP

c/o Siguler Guff Advisers, LLC

200 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor

New York, New York 10166

Siguler Guff Americas Opportunities Fund, LP

c/o Siguler Guff Advisers, LLC

200 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor

New York, New York 10166

Southern Methodist University

Investments Office

P.O. Box 750193

Dallas, Texas 75275-0193

[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]


SCHEDULE B

CLASSIFIED BOARD

Class I directors are Caralynn Nowinski Collens, Adam DeWitt and Ryan Martin, and their initial term will expire at the initial annual meeting of stockholders for the calendar year ended December 31, 2022.

Class II directors are Maria Green, Peter Leemputte and Robert Nardelli, and their terms will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders for the calendar year ended December 31, 2023.

Class III directors are Carey Chen, TJ Chung, David Fisher and John May, and their terms will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders for the calendar year ended December 31, 2024.

 

 

Schedule B

Exhibit 10.3

Execution Version

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 23, 2021, is made and entered into by and among:

(i) Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, a Delaware corporation formerly known as Altimar Acquisition Corp. II, a Cayman Islands limited exempt company prior to the consummation of the Transactions (as defined below) (such Delaware corporation following the consummation of the Transactions, the “Company”);

(ii) Altimar Sponsor II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sponsor”) and certain other equityholders of the Company as set forth on Schedule A hereto (together with their successors and permitted assigns, the “Sponsor Investors”); and

(iii) certain direct and indirect equityholders of Fathom Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Fathom OpCo”), as set forth on Schedule B hereto (collectively, the “Existing Investors” and, together with the Sponsor Investors and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Agreement, an “Investor” and collectively the “Investors”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Altimar Acquisition Corp. II (“Altimar”) and Sponsor, are party to that certain Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2021, with each of the other individuals party thereto (the “Original RRA”);

WHEREAS, the Company and Fathom OpCo, are party to that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2021 and amended on November 16, 2021 (as it may be further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”);

WHEREAS, following the consummation of the Transactions, Altimar will be renamed “Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation”; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the “Transactions”), the Company and the Investors desire to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which the Company shall grant the Investors certain registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities (as defined below) on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

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ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Definitions. The terms defined in this Article I shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:

Adverse Disclosure” shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or the Board, after consultation with counsel to the Company, (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, (ii) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, declared effective or used, as the case may be, and (iii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public.

Action” means any claim, action, suit, audit, examination, assessment, arbitration, mediation or inquiry, or any proceeding or investigation, by or before any Governmental Authority.

Altimar” shall have the meaning given in the recitals hereto.

Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

Backstop Shares” shall mean the shares issued pursuant to the CORE Subscription Agreement (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement).

Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

Block Trade” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.4.1.

Business Combination Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

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

Class A Units” means the Class A Units of limited liability company interest in Fathom OpCo (other than any such interests owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any of its subsidiaries).

Class B Common Stock” shall mean the Class B Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share.

Closing” shall have the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement.

Closing Date” shall have the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement.

 

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Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Stock” shall mean the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock.

Company” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto and includes the Company’s successors by recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization or similar transaction.

CORE Investor” shall mean any Investor comprising (i) CORE Industrial Partners Fund I, L.P., (ii) CORE Industrial Partners Fund I Parallel, L.P. and (iii) their respective Affiliates and the successors and permitted assigns and transferees of such entities and their respective Affiliates.

Demanding Investor” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.4.

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

Existing Investors” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

FINRA” the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.

Forfeiture and Support Agreement” shall mean the Forfeiture and Support Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2021 and amended on November 16, 2021, by and among Altimar Acquisition Corp. II, Fathom OpCo, Sponsor, the Sponsor Investors and the other parties thereto, as the same may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Form S-1 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.1.

Form S-3 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.1.

Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, provincial, municipal, local or foreign government, governmental authority, regulatory or administrative agency (which for the purposes of this Agreement shall include FINRA and the Commission), governmental commission, department, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, court or tribunal.

Governmental Order” means any order, judgment, injunction, decree, writ, stipulation, determination or award, in each case, entered by or with any Governmental Authority.

Investor Information” shall have the meaning given in Section 4.1.2.

Investors” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto, for so long as such person or entity holds any Registrable Securities.

Law” means any statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation or Governmental Order, in each case, of any Governmental Authority.

 

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Investor Rights Agreement” shall mean the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company and the other parties thereto, as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Lock-Up Period” shall mean: (i) with respect to the Existing Investors, the Existing Investor Lock-Up Period (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) and (ii) with respect to the Sponsor Investors, the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 9 of the Forfeiture and Support Agreement.

Maximum Number of Securities” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.5.

Minimum Takedown Threshold” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.4.

Misstatement” shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or necessary to make the statements in a Registration Statement or Prospectus (in the case of a Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

Original RRA” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Permitted Transferees” shall mean any person or entity to whom an Investor of Registrable Securities is permitted to transfer such Registrable Securities prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement.

Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2.1.

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

Registrable Security” shall mean (a) any outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock held by an Investor immediately following the Closing (including shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, upon the redemption of the Class B Common Stock and upon the exchange of Class A Units), (b) any warrants or any shares of Common Stock that may be acquired by Investors upon the exercise of a warrant or other right to acquire Common Stock held by an Investor immediately following the Closing, (c) any shares of Common Stock or warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock (including any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such warrant) of the Company otherwise acquired or owned by an Investor following the date hereof to the extent that such securities are “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) or are otherwise held by an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company, and (d) any other equity security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries issued or issuable with respect to any securities referenced in clause (a), (b) or (c) above by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization or similar transaction; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Security, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of: (A) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement by the

 

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applicable Investor; (B) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for such securities not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (C) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; (D) such securities may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 or any successor rule promulgated under the Securities Act (but with no volume or other restrictions or limitations including as to manner or timing of sale); and (E) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction. It is agreed and understood that for purposes of this Agreement, the term Registrable Security shall not include the Backstop Shares.

Registration” shall mean a registration, including any related Shelf Takedown, effected by preparing and filing a registration statement, prospectus or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.

Registration Expenses” shall mean the expenses of a Registration, including, without limitation, the following:

(A) all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.) and any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed;

(B) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of outside counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);

(C) printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;

(D) reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

(E) reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration; and

(F) reasonable fees and expenses of one legal counsel selected by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Investors in an Underwritten Offering.

Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement that covers Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

Requesting Investors” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.5.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

 

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Shelf” shall mean the Form S-1 Shelf, the Form S-3 Shelf or any Subsequent Shelf Registration, as the case may be.

Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration of securities pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Commission in accordance with and pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect).

Shelf Takedown” shall mean an Underwritten Shelf Takedown or any proposed transfer or sale using a Registration Statement, including a Piggyback Registration.

Sponsor” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Sponsor Investors” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble,

Subsequent Shelf Registration” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.2.

Transactions” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Transfer” shall mean the (a) sale of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to, any security, (b) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (c) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or (b).

Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.

Underwritten Shelf Takedown” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.4.

Withdrawal Notice” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.6.

ARTICLE II

REGISTRATIONS AND OFFERINGS

2.1 Shelf Registration.

2.1.1 Filing. The Company shall file within 30 days of the Closing Date, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective as soon as practicable thereafter, a Registration Statement for a Shelf Registration on Form S-1 (the “Form S-1 Shelf”) or, if the Company is eligible to use a Registration Statement on Form S-3, a Shelf Registration on Form S-3 (the “Form S-3 Shelf”), in each case, covering the resale of all the Registrable Securities

 

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(determined as of two business days prior to such filing) on a delayed or continuous basis. Such Shelf shall provide for the resale of the Registrable Securities included therein pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Investor named therein. The Company shall maintain a Shelf in accordance with the terms hereof, and shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements as may be necessary to keep a Shelf continuously effective, available for use and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. In the event the Company files a Form S-1 Shelf, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to convert the Form S-1 Shelf (and any Subsequent Shelf Registration) to a Form S-3 Shelf as soon as practicable after the Company is eligible to use Form S-3 and, in any event, within 10 days following such date.

2.1.2 Subsequent Shelf Registration. If any Shelf ceases to be effective under the Securities Act for any reason at any time while Registrable Securities are still outstanding, the Company shall, subject to Section 3.4, use its commercially reasonable efforts to as promptly as is reasonably practicable cause such Shelf to again become effective under the Securities Act (including obtaining the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf), and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as promptly as is reasonably practicable amend such Shelf in a manner reasonably expected to result in the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf or file an additional registration statement as a Shelf Registration (a “Subsequent Shelf Registration”) registering the resale of all Registrable Securities (determined as of two business days prior to such filing), and pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Investor named therein. If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause such Subsequent Shelf Registration to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable after the filing thereof (it being agreed that the Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) if the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) at the most recent applicable eligibility determination date) and (ii) keep such Subsequent Shelf Registration continuously effective, available for use and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. Any such Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be on Form S-3 to the extent that the Company is eligible to use such form. Otherwise, such Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be on another appropriate form.

2.1.3 Additional Registerable Securities. In the event that any Investor holds Registrable Securities that are not registered for resale on a delayed or continuous basis, the Company, upon request of a CORE Investor or any Sponsor Investor, shall promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the resale of such Registrable Securities to be covered by either, at the Company’s option, the Shelf (including by means of a post-effective amendment) or a Subsequent Shelf Registration and cause the same to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing and such Shelf or Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be subject to the terms hereof.

 

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2.1.4 Requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns. At any time and from time to time when an effective Shelf is on file with the Commission, any CORE Investor or any Sponsor Investor (any of such Investors being, in such case, a “Demanding Investor”) may request to sell all or any portion of its Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering or other coordinated offering that is registered pursuant to the Shelf (each, an “Underwritten Shelf Takedown”); provided that the Company shall only be obligated to effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if such offering shall include Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by the Demanding Investor with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, $50 million (the “Minimum Takedown Threshold”). All requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns shall be made by giving written notice to the Company, which shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown. The Demanding Investor initiating the request shall have the right to select the Underwriters for such offering (which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks), subject to the Company’s prior approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.1.4 and this Agreement, there shall be no limit to the number of Underwritten Shelf Takedowns that may be requested by any Demanding Investor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company may effect any Underwritten Offering pursuant to any then effective Registration Statement, including a Form S-3, that is then available for such offering.

2.1.5 Reduction of Underwritten Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, in good faith, advises the Company, the Demanding Investors and the Investors requesting piggy back rights pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Underwritten Shelf Takedown (the “Requesting Investors”) (if any) in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Investors and the Requesting Investors (if any) desire to sell, taken together with all other shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell and all other shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, that have been requested to be sold in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by any other stockholders, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, before including any shares of Common Stock or other equity securities proposed to be sold by Company or by other holders of Common Stock or other equity securities the following: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Investors and the Requesting Investors (if any) (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Investor and Requesting Investor (if any) has requested be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Investors and Requesting Investors have requested be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities, (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under Section 2.1.5(i), the Common Stock or other equity securities that Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under Section 2.1.5(i) and 2.1.5 (ii), the Common Stock or other equity securities of any other Investor or any other person that Company is obligated to include in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities. To facilitate the allocation of Registrable Securities in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the Underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Investor to the nearest 100 shares. The Company shall not be required to include any Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown unless the Investors accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and its Underwriters.

 

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2.1.6 Withdrawal. Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Investors initiating an Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall have the right to withdraw from such Underwritten Shelf Takedown for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification (a “Withdrawal Notice”) to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Shelf Takedown; provided that any Core Investor or a Sponsor Investor may elect to have the Company continue an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if the Minimum Takedown Threshold would still be satisfied by the Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown by such Investors or any of their respective Permitted Transferees, as applicable. If withdrawn, a demand for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall not constitute a demand for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown for purposes of Section 2.1.4. Following the receipt of any Withdrawal Notice, the Company shall promptly forward such Withdrawal Notice to any other Investors that had elected to participate in such Shelf Takedown. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Shelf Takedown prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.1.6.

2.2 Piggyback Registration.

2.2.1 Piggyback Rights. Subject to Section 2.4.3, if the Company or any Investor proposes to conduct a registered offering of, or if the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Registration of, equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities, for its own account or for the account of stockholders of the Company (or by the Company and by the stockholders of the Company including, without limitation, an Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof), other than a Registration Statement (or any registered offering with respect thereto) (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company or, (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan or (v) for a rights offering, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed offering to all of the Investors of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but not less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement or, in the case of an Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration, the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such offering, which notice shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, in such offering, and (B) offer to all of the Investors of Registrable Securities the opportunity to include in such registered offering such number of Registrable Securities as such Investors may request in writing within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice (such registered offering, a “Piggyback Registration”). Subject to Section 2.2.2, the Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and, if applicable, shall use

 

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its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of such Piggyback Registration to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Investors pursuant to this Section 2.2.1 to be included therein on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such registered offering and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The inclusion of any Investor’s Registrable Securities in a Piggyback Registration shall be subject to such Investor’s agreement to enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering.

2.2.2 Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Offering that is to be a Piggyback Registration, in good faith, advises the Company and the Investors of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (i) the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities other than the Investors of Registrable Securities hereunder, (ii) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof, and (iii) the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:

(a) If the Registration or registered offering is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering (A) first, the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Investors exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.2.1, pro rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Investor has requested be included in such Underwritten Offering and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Investors have requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;

(b) If the Registration or registered offering is pursuant to a request by persons or entities other than the Investors of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering (A) first, the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, other than the Investors of Registrable Securities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Investors exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.2.1, pro

 

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rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Investor has requested be included in such Underwritten Offering and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Investors have requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and

(c) If the Registration or registered offering is pursuant to a request by Investor(s) of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof, then the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering securities pursuant to Section 2.1.5.

2.2.3 Piggyback Registration Withdrawal. Any Investor of Registrable Securities (other than a Demanding Holder, whose right to withdrawal from an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, and related obligations, shall be governed by Section 2.1.6) shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw from such Piggyback Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Piggyback Registration or, in the case of a Piggyback Registration pursuant to a Shelf Registration, the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement with respect to such Piggyback Registration used for marketing such transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement (other than Section 2.1.6), the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.2.3.

2.2.4 Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, subject to Section 2.1.6, any Piggyback Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof shall not be counted as a demand for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown under Section 2.1.4 hereof.

2.3 Market Stand-off. In connection with any Underwritten Offering of equity securities of the Company (other than a Block Trade), each Investor is given an opportunity to participate in the Underwritten Offering pursuant to the terms of this Agreement agrees that it shall not Transfer any shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company (other than those included in such offering pursuant to this Agreement), without the prior written consent of the Company, during the 90-day period beginning on the date of pricing of such offering or such shorter period during which the Company agrees not to conduct an underwritten primary offering of Common Stock, except in the event the Underwriters managing the offering otherwise agree by written consent. Each Investor agrees to execute a customary lock-up agreement in favor of the Underwriters to such effect (in each case on substantially the same terms and conditions as all such Investors).

 

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2.4 Block Trades.

2.4.1 Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time when an effective Shelf is on file with the Commission and effective, if a Demanding Investor wishes to engage in an underwritten or other coordinated registered offering not involving a “roadshow,” an offer commonly known as a “block trade” (a “Block Trade”), with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, either (x) $50 million or (y) all remaining Registrable Securities held by the Demanding Investor, then notwithstanding the time periods provided for in Section 2.1.4, such Demanding Investor need only to notify the Company of the Block Trade at least five (5) business days prior to the day such offering is to commence and the Company shall as expeditiously as possible use its commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate such Block Trade; provided that the Demanding Investors representing a majority of the Registrable Securities wishing to engage in the Block Trade shall use reasonable best efforts to work with the Company and any Underwriters prior to making such request in order to facilitate preparation of the registration statement, prospectus and other offering documentation related to the Block Trade.

2.4.2 Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used in connection with a Block Trade, a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Investors initiating such Block Trade shall have the right to submit a Withdrawal Notice to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Block Trade. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a block trade prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.4.2.

2.4.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Section 2.2 hereof shall not apply to a Block Trade initiated by a Demanding Investor pursuant to this Agreement.

2.4.4 The Demanding Investor initiating a Block Trade shall have the right to select the Underwriters for such Block Trade (which shall consist of one or more reputable, nationally recognized investment banks).

ARTICLE III

COMPANY PROCEDURES

3.1 General Procedures. In connection with any Shelf and/or Shelf Takedown, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible:

3.1.1 prepare and file with the Commission as soon as practicable a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities;

 

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3.1.2 prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be reasonably requested by any Investor or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

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

3.1.4 prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Investors of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request (or provide evidence satisfactory to such Investors that the Registrable Securities are exempt from such registration or qualification) and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Investors of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;

3.1.5 cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each national securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

3.1.6 provide a transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

3.1.7 advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued;

 

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3.1.8 at least five (5) days prior to the filing of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus (or such shorter period of time as may be necessary in order to comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, as applicable), furnish a copy thereof to each seller of such Registrable Securities or its counsel (excluding any exhibits thereto and any filing made under the Exchange Act that is to be incorporated by reference therein);

3.1.9 notify the Investors at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section 3.4 hereof;

3.1.10 permit a representative of the Investors, the Underwriters, if any, and any attorney or accountant retained by such Investors or Underwriter to participate, at each such person’s own expense, in the preparation of the Registration Statement, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with the Registration; provided, however, that such representatives or Underwriters agree to confidentiality arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Company, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information;

3.1.11 obtain a “comfort” letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Offering or other coordinated offering that is registered pursuant to a Registration Statement, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter or other similar type of sales agent or placement agent may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Investors;

3.1.12 on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, obtain an opinion, dated such date, of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the Investors, the placement agent or sales agent, if any, and the Underwriters, if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the Investors, placement agent, sales agent, or Underwriter may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions and negative assurance letters, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Investors;

3.1.13 in the event of any Underwritten Offering or other coordinated offering that is registered pursuant to a Registration Statement, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, sales agreement or placement agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter, sales agent or placement agent of such offering;

3.1.14 make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor rule then in effect);

 

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3.1.15 if the Registration involves the Registration of Registrable Securities involving gross proceeds in excess of $50 million with respect to an Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.1.4, use its reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter in such Underwritten Offering; and

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

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to provide any documents or information to an Underwriter or other sales agent or placement agent if such Underwriter or other sales agent or placement agent has not then been named with respect to the applicable Underwritten Offering or other coordinated offering that is registered pursuant to a Registration Statement.

3.2 Registration Expenses. The Registration Expenses of all Registrations shall be borne by the Company. It is acknowledged by the Investors that the Investors shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters’ or agents’ commissions and discounts, brokerage fees, Underwriter marketing costs and, other than as set forth in the definition of “Registration Expenses,” all reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Investors.

3.3 Requirements for Participation in Registration Statement Underwritten Offerings. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any Investor does not provide the Company with its requested Investor Information, the Company may exclude such Investor’s Registrable Securities from the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus if the Company determines, based on the advice of counsel, that such information is necessary to effect the registration and such Investor continues thereafter to withhold such information. No person may participate in any Underwritten Offering or other coordinated offering for equity securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration initiated by the Company hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s securities on the basis provided in any arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting or other agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such arrangements. The exclusion of an Investor’s Registrable Securities as a result of this Section 3.3 shall not affect the registration of the other Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration.

3.4 Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure; Restrictions on Registration Rights.

3.4.1 Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement, each of the Investors shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement (it being understood that the Company hereby covenants to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as soon as practicable after the time of such notice), or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed.

 

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3.4.2 If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of any Registration at any time would (a) require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, (b) require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Company’s control, or (c) in the good faith judgment of the majority of the Board such Registration, be seriously detrimental to the Company and the majority of the Board concludes as a result that it is essential to defer such filing, initial effectiveness or continued use at such time, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Investors, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement for the shortest period of time determined in good faith by the Company to be necessary for such purpose. In the event the Company exercises its rights under this Section 3.4.2, the Investors agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to any Registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities.

3.4.3 (a) During the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date one hundred and twenty (120) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated Registration and provided that the Company continues to actively employ, in good faith, all reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the applicable Shelf Registration Statement, or (b) if, pursuant to Section 2.1.4, Investors have requested an Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the Company and such Investors are unable to obtain the commitment of underwriters to firmly underwrite such offering, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Investors, delay any other registered offering pursuant to Section 2.1.4 or 2.4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement and except for the obligations set forth in Section 2.1.1 and Section 2.2.2, no Registration shall be effected or permitted, no Registration Statement shall become effective, and no notice shall be refused to be delivered with respect to any Registrable Securities held by any Investor, until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period applicable to the securities.

3.5 Reporting Obligations. As long as any Investor shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, covenants to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish the Investors with true and complete copies of all such filings; provided that any documents publicly filed or furnished with the Commission pursuant to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System shall be deemed to have been furnished or delivered to the Investors pursuant to this Section 3.5. The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Investor may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Investor to sell shares of Common Stock held by such Investor without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect). Upon the request of any Investor, the Company shall deliver to such Investor a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

 

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ARTICLE IV

INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

4.1 Indemnification.

4.1.1 The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Investor of Registrable Securities, its officers, directors and agents and each person who controls such Investor (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses (including without limitation reasonable outside attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing to the Company by such Investor expressly for use therein.

4.1.2 In connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor of Registrable Securities is participating, such Investor shall furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (the “Investor Information”) and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, its directors, officers and agents and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses (including without limitation reasonable outside attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by such Investor expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Investors of Registrable Securities, and the liability of each such Investor of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Investor from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Investors of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers, directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.

4.1.3 Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects

 

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not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

4.1.4 The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities. The Company and each Investor of Registrable Securities participating in an offering also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution to such party in the event the Company’s or such Investor’s indemnification is unavailable for any reason.

4.1.5 If the indemnification provided under Section 4.1 hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the liability of any Investor under this Section 4.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Investor in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 4.1.5. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 4.1.5 from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

5.1 Notices. All notices and other communications among the parties shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered in person, (ii) when delivered after posting in the United States mail having been sent registered or certified mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) when delivered by FedEx or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service or (iv) when e-mailed during normal business hours (and otherwise as of the immediately following Business Day), addressed as follows. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed, if to the Company; 1050 Walnut Ridge Drive, Hartland, WI 53029, and if to any Investor, at such Investor’s address or facsimile number as set forth in the Company’s books and records. Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto, and such change of address shall become effective thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice as provided in this Section 5.1.

5.2 Assignment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries.

5.2.1 This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part.

5.2.2 An Investor may assign or delegate such Investor’s rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any person to whom it transfers Registrable Securities; provided that such Registrable Securities remain Registrable Securities following such transfer and such person agrees to become bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

5.2.3 No assignment by any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section 5.1 hereof and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement).

5.2.4 Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns. Any attempted assignment in violation of the terms of this Section 5.2.4 shall be null and void, ab initio.

5.2.5 This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and Section 5.2 hereof.

5.3 Captions; Counterparts. The captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered a part of or affect the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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5.4 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT, AND ALL CLAIMS OR CAUSES OF ACTION BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF, OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OR RULES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT SUCH PRINCIPLES OR RULES WOULD REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

5.5 Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

5.5.1 Any Action based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement, or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be brought in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, if such court declines to exercise jurisdiction, any federal or state court located in New York County, New York, and each of the parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in any such Action, waives any objection it may now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction, venue or to convenience of forum, agrees that all claims in respect of the Action shall be heard and determined only in any such court, and agrees not to bring any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any other court. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the right of any party to serve process in any manner permitted by Law, or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any other party in any other jurisdiction, in each case, to enforce judgments obtained in any Action brought pursuant to this Section 5.5.1.

5.5.2 EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

5.6 Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of (a) the Company and (b) the Investors of a majority of the total Registrable Securities, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; provided, however, that in the event any such waiver, amendment or modification would be materially adverse to the rights or obligations hereunder of any Investor that owns at least five percent (5.0%) of the Registrable Securities, the prior written consent of such Investor shall also be required; provided further that in the event any such waiver, amendment or modification would be (i) materially adverse to the rights or obligations hereunder of any Investor in a manner disproportionate to the other Investors or (ii) materially adverse to the rights and obligations personal to an Investor or specifically refer to such Investor by name, the prior written consent of such Investor shall also be required. No course of dealing between any Investor or the Company and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of an Investor or the Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Investor or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.

5.7 Termination of Existing Registration Rights. The registration rights granted under this Agreement shall supersede any registration, qualification or similar rights of the Investors with respect to any shares or securities of Altimar or Fathom OpCo granted under any other agreement, including, but not limited to, the Original RRA, and any of such preexisting registration, qualification or similar rights and such agreements shall be terminated and of no further force and effect.

 

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5.8 Term. This Agreement shall terminate with respect to any Investor on the date that such Investor no longer holds any Registrable Securities. The provisions of Section 3.5 and Article IV shall survive any termination.

5.9 Investor Information. Each Investor agrees, if requested in writing, to represent to the Company the total number of Registrable Securities held by such Investor in order for the Company to make determinations hereunder.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
FATHOM DIGITAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Tom Wasserman

Name: Tom Wasserman
Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page for Registration Rights Agreement]


EXISTING INVESTORS:
CORE INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS FUND I, L.P.
By: CORE Industrial Partners GP I, LLC, its general partner
By:  

/s/ John May

Name: John May
Title: Managing Partner
CORE INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS FUND I PARALLEL, L.P.
By: CORE Industrial Partners GP I, LLC, its general partner
By:  

/s/ John May

Name: John May
Title: Managing Partner

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


SPONSOR INVESTORS
ALTIMAR SPONSOR II, LLC
By:  

/s/ Tom Wasserman

Name: Tom Wasserman
Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


SPONSOR INVESTOR

/s/ Kevin Beebe

Kevin Beebe

 

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


SPONSOR INVESTOR

/s/ Payne Brown

Payne Brown

 

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


SPONSOR INVESTOR

/s/ Rick Jelinek

Rick Jelinek

 

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


SPONSOR INVESTOR

/s/ Vijay Sondhi

Vijay Sondhi

 

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


SPONSOR INVESTOR

/s/ Michael Vorhaus

Michael Vorhaus

 

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


SPONSOR INVESTOR

/s/ Roma Khanna

Roma Khanna

 

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


SPONSOR INVESTOR

/s/ Michael Rubenstein

Michael Rubenstein

 

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement


SCHEDULE A

Sponsor Equityholders

Altimar Sponsor II, LLC

Kevin L. Beebe

Payne D. Brown

Richard M. Jelinek

Roma Khanna

Michael Rubenstein

Vijay K. Sondhi

Michael Vorhaus

 

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SCHEDULE B

Existing Investors

CORE Industrial Partners Fund I Parallel, LP

Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund III, LP

Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund III (F), LP

Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund III (C), LP

Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities III (UK), LP

Siguler Guff HP Opportunities Fund II, LP

Siguler Guff Americas Opportunities Fund, LP

Core Industrial Partners Fund I, L.P.

SBOF IV Incodema Holdings, LLC

Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund III (T), LP

Keidl Family Holdings, Inc.

Kemeera Holdings, Inc.

ICO Products, LLC

Robert L. Nardelli

Oldcut, Inc.

Southern Methodist University

FatStacks, LLC

Dahlquist Machine Holdco, Inc.

 

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Exhibit 10.4

Execution Version

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

FATHOM HOLDCO, LLC

Dated as of December 23, 2021

 

 

THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY UNITS OF FATHOM HOLDCO, LLC HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY ONLY BE SOLD IN RELIANCE UPON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH LAWS. SUCH UNITS MUST BE ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT ONLY AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, SOLD, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED AT ANY TIME EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH (I) THE SECURITIES ACT, ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION, AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS; (II) THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT; AND (III) ANY OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREED TO IN WRITING BETWEEN THE MANAGING MEMBER AND THE APPLICABLE MEMBER. THE UNITS MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OF RECORD EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH LAWS; THIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT; AND ANY OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREED TO IN WRITING BY THE MANAGING MEMBER AND THE APPLICABLE MEMBER. THEREFORE, PURCHASERS AND OTHER TRANSFEREES OF SUCH UNITS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE RISK OF THEIR INVESTMENT OR ACQUISITION FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

     6  

Section 1.01

  Definitions      6  

ARTICLE II FORMATION, TERM, PURPOSE AND POWERS

     18  

Section 2.01

  Formation      18  

Section 2.02

  Name      18  

Section 2.03

  Term      18  

Section 2.04

  Offices      18  

Section 2.05

  Agent for Service of Process; Existence and Good Standing; Foreign Qualification      18  

Section 2.06

  Business Purpose      19  

Section 2.07

  Powers of the Company      19  

Section 2.08

  Members; Reclassification; Admission of New Members      19  

Section 2.09

  Resignation      19  

Section 2.10

  Investment Representations of Members      19  

Section 2.11

  Intent      20  

ARTICLE III MANAGEMENT

     20  

Section 3.01

  Managing Member      20  

Section 3.02

  Compensation      21  

Section 3.03

  Expenses      21  

Section 3.04

  Officers      21  

Section 3.05

  Authority of Members      22  

Section 3.06

  Fiduciary Duties      22  

ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS

     23  

Section 4.01

  Distributions      23  

Section 4.02

  Distributions Upon Liquidation      24  

Section 4.03

  Limitations on Distribution      24  

ARTICLE V CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; TAX ALLOCATIONS; TAX MATTERS

     25  

Section 5.01

  Initial Capital Contributions      25  

Section 5.02

  No Additional Capital Contributions      25  

Section 5.03

  Capital Accounts      25  

Section 5.04

  Allocations of Profits and Losses      25  

Section 5.05

  Special Allocations      26  

Section 5.06

  Tax Allocations      27  

Section 5.07

  Tax Matters      28  

Section 5.08

  Other Allocation Provisions      28  

 

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ARTICLE VI BOOKS AND RECORDS; REPORTS

     28  

Section 6.01

  Books and Records      28  

ARTICLE VII COMPANY UNITS

     30  

Section 7.01

  Units      30  

Section 7.02

  Register; Certificates; Legends      35  

Section 7.03

  Registered Members      35  

Section 7.04

  Reclassification Events of Pubco      36  

ARTICLE VIII FORFEITURE OF UNITS; EXCHANGES; TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

     36  

Section 8.01

  [Reserved.]      36  

Section 8.02

  [Reserved.]      36  

Section 8.03

  Member Transfers      36  

Section 8.04

  Class A Exchanges      37  

Section 8.05

  [Reserved]      41  

Section 8.06

  Further Restrictions      41  

Section 8.07

  Rights of Assignees      42  

Section 8.08

  Admissions, Resignations and Removals      43  

Section 8.09

  Admission of Assignees as Substitute Members      43  

Section 8.10

  Resignation and Removal of Members      43  

ARTICLE IX DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

     44  

Section 9.01

  No Dissolution      44  

Section 9.02

  Events Causing Dissolution      44  

Section 9.03

  Distribution upon Dissolution      44  

Section 9.04

  Time for Liquidation      45  

Section 9.05

  Termination      45  

Section 9.06

  Claims of the Members      45  

Section 9.07

  Survival of Certain Provisions      45  

ARTICLE X LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

     46  

Section 10.01

  Liability of Members      46  

Section 10.02

  Indemnification      46  

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS

     49  

Section 11.01

  Severability      49  

Section 11.02

  Notices      50  

Section 11.03

  Cumulative Remedies      50  

Section 11.04

  Binding Effect      51  

Section 11.05

  Interpretation      51  

Section 11.06

  Counterparts      51  

Section 11.07

  Further Assurances      51  

 

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Section 11.08

  Entire Agreement      51  

Section 11.09

  Governing Law      51  

Section 11.10

  Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial      51  

Section 11.11

  Expenses      53  

Section 11.12

  Amendments and Waivers      53  

Section 11.13

  No Third Party Beneficiaries      54  

Section 11.14

  Headings      54  

Section 11.15

  Power of Attorney      55  

Section 11.16

  Partnership Status      55  

Section 11.17

  Delivery by Facsimile or Email      55  

 

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF

FATHOM HOLDCO, LLC

This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) of Fathom Holdco, LLC (the “Company”), is made as of December 23, 2021 (the “Effective Date”) by and among Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Pubco”), as a Member and the Managing Member as of the date hereof, and the other Members whose names are set forth in the Schedule of Members under the heading “Continuing Members” (the “Continuing Members”) and CORE Industrial Partners Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership, in its capacity as the Continuing Member Representative. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.01 to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company was formed as a limited liability company pursuant to the Act upon the filing of the Certificate in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and the execution of the initial Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of April 16, 2021;

WHEREAS, the initial Limited Liability Company Agreement was amended and restated on April 30, 2021 (the “Existing Agreement”);

WHEREAS, immediately prior to giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the Company was wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by the Continuing Members and the Fathom Blockers (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement);

WHEREAS, on July 15, 2021 the Company, Pubco, the Fathom Blockers and certain other parties thereto entered into the Business Combination Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, (i) the Blocker Merger Subs (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) merged with and into the respective Fathom Blockers, with the Fathom Blockers surviving such mergers as the Surviving Fathom Blockers (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), (ii) immediately thereafter, the Surviving Fathom Blockers merged with and into Pubco, with Pubco surviving such mergers, in each case, in exchange for the consideration set forth in the Business Combination Agreement and (iii) immediately thereafter, Rapid Merger Sub (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) merged with and into Fathom (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), with Fathom surviving that merger and held by Pubco and the Continuing Fathom Equityholders (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement);

WHEREAS, the required members of the Company consented to and adopted the Business Combination Agreement and approved the transactions contemplated thereby, including the amendment and restatement of the Existing Agreement in connection therewith, in accordance with the Existing Agreement and the Act;

 

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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement and the Act, the Existing Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth herein to give effect, among other things, to the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, including, among other things, (i) the recapitalization of all of the outstanding limited liability company interests of the Company into Class A Units, (ii) the admission of Pubco as the Managing Member and a Member holding Class A Units as set forth on Exhibit A hereto, (iii) the ownership of Units by the Members after giving effect to the Equity Transactions as set forth on Exhibit A hereto and (iv) the management and governance of the Company following the Fathom Effective Time (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement); and

WHEREAS, the Members desire to enter into this Agreement as of the Fathom Effective Time.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements of the parties set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Members and the Managing Member hereby agree to amend and restate the Existing Agreement to read in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the following meanings (such meanings being equally applicable to both the singular and plural form of the terms defined):

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

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

Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such specified Person. For purposes of this Agreement, no Member shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any other Member solely as a result of membership in the Company.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Assignee” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.07.

 

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Assumed Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Member, an amount equal to the excess of (i) the product of (A) the Assumed Tax Rate multiplied by (B) the estimated or actual cumulative taxable income or gain of the Company, as determined for federal income tax purposes, allocated to such Member for full or partial Fiscal Years commencing on or after the Effective Date over (ii) the sum of the cumulative Tax Distributions made to such Member after the Effective Date pursuant to Section 4.01(c); provided that such Assumed Tax Liability (x) shall be computed without regard to any increases to the tax basis of the Company’s property pursuant to Sections 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code, (y) to the extent permitted under any credit agreement, shall in no event be less than an amount that will enable the PubCo to meet both its tax obligations and its obligations pursuant to the Tax Receivables Agreement for the relevant taxable year and (z) shall take into account any allocations under Section 704(c) of the Code (including “reverse” 704(c) allocations) to a Member.

Assumed Tax Rate” means the highest effective marginal combined U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate (including, without limitation, the “Medicare” contribution tax imposed on certain investment income under Section 1411 of the Code) for a taxable year prescribed for an individual (or, if greater, a corporation) resident in the city of New York, New York (or such other resident for which the Managing Member determines to have a higher effective marginal combined U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate) at the time of such distribution, taking into account (a) the deductibility of state and local income taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes (if applicable, and taking into account any limitations thereon, provided, that, for administrative convenience, it shall be assumed that no portion of any state or local taxes shall be deductible for so long as the limitation set forth in Section 164(b)(6)(B) of the Code as of the date hereof remains unchanged), and (b) the character (e.g., long-term or short-term capital gain or ordinary or exempt income) of the applicable income. For the avoidance of doubt, the Assumed Tax Rate shall be the same for all Members.

Available Cash” means the amount of cash on hand, available borrowings, and other funds available for Tax Distributions (including cash on hand, available borrowings, and other funds available to be lent or distributed to the Company by any Subsidiary of the Company for such purpose), as reasonably determined by the Managing Member, taking into account all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company then due as well as any reserves established in accordance with GAAP.

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of Pubco at any time.

Business Combination Agreement” means the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2021, by and among the Managing Member, the Company, the Fathom Blockers and the other parties thereto, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time.

Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.

Capital Account” means the separate capital account maintained for each Member in accordance with Section 5.03 hereof.

 

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Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Member, the aggregate amount of money contributed to the Company and the Carrying Value of any property (other than money), net of any liabilities assumed by the Company upon contribution or to which such property is subject, contributed to the Company pursuant to Article V.

Carrying Value” means, with respect to any Company asset, the asset’s adjusted basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, except that the initial carrying value of assets contributed to the Company shall be their respective gross fair market values on the date of contribution, and the Carrying Values of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective fair market values, in accordance with the rules set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), except as otherwise provided herein, as of: (a) the date of the acquisition of any additional limited liability company interest in the Company by any new or existing Member in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution; (b) the date of the distribution of more than a de minimis amount of Company assets to a Member; (c) the date a limited liability company interest in the Company is relinquished to the Company; (d) the vesting of any Earnout Unit upon the occurrence of an Earnout Vesting Event, in accordance with principles similar to those set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s) or (e) any other date specified in the Treasury Regulations; provided, however, that adjustments pursuant to clauses (a) through (e) above shall be made only if such adjustments are deemed necessary or appropriate by the Managing Member in its reasonable discretion to reflect the relative economic interests of the Members. The Carrying Value of any Company asset distributed to any Member shall be adjusted immediately before such distribution to equal its fair market value. In the case of any asset that has a Carrying Value that differs from its adjusted tax basis, Carrying Value shall be adjusted by the amount of depreciation calculated for purposes of the definition of “Profits” and “Losses” rather than the amount of depreciation determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and depreciation shall be calculated by reference to Carrying Value rather than tax basis once Carrying Value differs from tax basis.

Cash Exchange Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.04(b)(ii).

Certificate” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware on April 16, 2021, as amended.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any transaction or series of related transactions in which: (a) any Person or any group of Persons (other than Pubco or any of its Subsidiaries) that would constitute a “group” for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of Pubco or the Company representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of Pubco’s or the Company’s, as applicable, then outstanding voting securities, (b) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of Pubco or the Company with any other Person, and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, the outstanding voting securities of Pubco or the Company, as applicable, immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not continue to represent or are not converted into more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation or, if Pubco or the Company, as applicable (or its successor) is a Subsidiary of such Person, the ultimate parent thereof, or (c) there is consummated an agreement or series of related agreements resulting in the sale or transfer, directly or indirectly, by Pubco of all or substantially all of Pubco’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets (including equity interests in the Company). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not

 

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be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of related transactions (including by way of merger or consolidation) immediately following which the record holders of the shares of Pubco immediately prior to such transaction or series of related transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in, and voting control over, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the assets of Pubco immediately following such transaction or series of related transactions.

Class” means the classes of Units into which the limited liability company interests in the Company may be classified or divided from time to time by the Managing Member in its sole discretion pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement the only Class is the Class A Units (which includes the Earnout Units). For all purposes hereunder and under the Act, only such Classes expressly established under this Agreement, including by the Managing Member in accordance with this Agreement, shall be deemed to be a class of limited liability company interests in the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent that the Managing Member holds limited liability company interests of any Class, the Managing Member shall not be deemed to hold a separate Class of such interests from any other Member because it is the Managing Member.

Class A 5-Day VWAP” means the arithmetic average of the VWAP of a share of Class A Common Stock for each of the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the delivery of the relevant Class A Exchange Notice.

Class A Cash Amount” means, in respect of any Class A Units subject to a Class A Exchange Notice for which the Managing Member has delivered a Cash Exchange Notice, a cash amount equal to the product of (x) the Class A 5-Day VWAP and (y) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that would have been received in such Class A Exchange had the Managing Member not delivered a Cash Exchange Notice.

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

Class A Exchange” means the exchange by the Company of Class A Units held by a Continuing Member (together with the corresponding number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock) for the Class A Exchanged Shares or, at the option of the Managing Member, the Class A Cash Amount in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.04 or the direct purchase by Pubco of Class A Units (and shares of Class B Common Stock) held by a Continuing Member in accordance with its call rights as set forth in Section 8.04(f).

Class A Exchange Date” means the date that is five (5) Business Days after the date on which the Member holding Class A Units provides the Company with a Class A Exchange Notice indicating such Member’s desire for the Company to exchange its Class A Units in accordance with Section 8.04; provided, that to the extent a Class A Exchange is made in connection with a

 

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Class A Exchanging Member’s proper exercise of its rights to participate in a piggyback registration pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Class A Exchange Date shall be the date on which the offering with respect to such piggyback registration is completed.

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

Class A Exchanged Shares” means, in respect of any Class A Units subject to a Class A Exchange Notice, a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the number of Class A Units so exchanged.

Class A Exchanged Units” means, with respect to any Class A Exchange, the Class A Units (together with the equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock held by the relevant Class A Exchanging Member) being exchanged pursuant to a relevant Class A Exchange Notice.

Class A Exchanging Member” means any Member holding Class A Units (other than the Managing Member and its Subsidiaries) whose Class A Units are subject to a Class A Exchange.

Class A Units” means the Units of the Company designated as the “Class A Units” herein and having the rights, powers and duties pertaining thereto as are set forth in this Agreement.

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

Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in the Business Combination Agreement.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Contingencies” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(a).

Continuing Member Representative” means the representative of the Continuing Members as set forth herein, who shall initially be CORE Industrial Partners Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and shall at all times that the CORE Parties collectively own any outstanding Units, be a CORE Party, and if a CORE Party no longer holds Units hereunder, it shall be a Person appointed by the Continuing Members holding a majority of the then outstanding Class A Units held by all Continuing Members.

 

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Continuing Members” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Control” (including the terms “Controlled by” and “under common Control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or otherwise, including, without limitation, the ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities having the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar body governing the affairs of such Person.

CORE Party” means an entity listed on the signature pages hereto under the heading CORE Parties and its respective successors and Permitted Transferees.

Debt Securities” means, with respect to Pubco, any and all debt instruments or debt securities that are not convertible or exchangeable into Equity Securities of Pubco.

Designated Individual” has the meaning given to the term “designated individual” under Treasury Regulations Section 301.6223-1((b)(3).

Dissolution Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.02.

Earnout Units” means the Tier 1 Earnout Units, the Tier 2 Earnout Units and the Tier 3 Earnout Units.

Earnout Vesting Date” means, with respect to any Earnout Unit, the date on which an Earnout Vesting Event occurs for such Earnout Unit.

Earnout Vesting Event” means, with respect to each Tier 1 Earnout Unit, a Tier 1 Earnout Vesting Event, with respect to each Tier 2 Earnout Unit, a Tier 2 Earnout Vesting Event, and with respect to each Tier 3 Earnout Unit, a Tier 3 Earnout Vesting Event.

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

Equity Securities” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock or equity of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock or preferred interests or equity of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or equity of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, including convertible debt securities, or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares or equity (or such other interests), restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, equity appreciation rights, phantom equity rights, profit participation and all of the other ownership or profit interests of such Person (including partnership or member interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting.

Equity Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

 

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

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

Existing Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

Family Member” means, with respect to a Person who is an individual, (i) such individual’s spouse and descendants (whether natural or adopted) (collectively, for purposes of this definition, “relatives”), (ii) such individual’s executor or personal representative, (iii) any trust, the trustee of which is such individual or such individual’s executor or personal representative and which at all times is and remains solely for the benefit of such individual and/or such individual’s relatives, (iv) any corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company or other tax flow-through entity the governing instruments of which such individual or such individual’s executor or personal representative shall have the exclusive, nontransferable power to direct the management and policies of such entity and of which the sole record and beneficial owners of stock, partnership interests, membership interests or any other equity interests are limited to such individual, such individual’s relatives and/or the trusts described in clause (iii) above, and (v) any retirement plan for such individual.

Fathom Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in the Business Combination Agreement.

Fiscal Year” means, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, (i) the period commencing upon the formation of the Company and ending on December 31, 2021 or (ii) any subsequent twelve-month period commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31. The taxable year of the Company shall be the same as the Fiscal Year unless otherwise required under Section 706 of the Code.

GAAP” means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America as in effect from time to time, consistently applied.

Indemnitee” means (a) the Managing Member, (b) any additional or substitute Managing Member, (c) any Person who is or was a Partnership Representative1 or Designated Individual, officer or director of the Managing Member or any additional or substitute Managing Member or Officer of the Company, (d) any Person that is required to be indemnified by the Managing Member as an “indemnitee” in accordance with the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Managing Member as in effect from time to time, (e) any officer or director of the Managing Member or Officer of the Company or any additional or substitute Managing Member who is or was serving at the request of the Managing Member or any additional or substitute Managing Member as an officer, director, employee, member, Member, Partnership Representative or Designated Individual, agent, fiduciary or trustee of another Person; provided, that a Person shall not be an Indemnitee by reason of providing, on a fee-for-services basis, trustee, fiduciary or custodial services, (f) any Officer or other Person the Managing Member in its sole discretion designates as an “Indemnitee” for purposes of this Agreement and (g) any heir, executor or administrator with respect to Persons named in clauses (a) through (f).

 

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Law” means any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, executive order, injunction, judgment, decree or other order issued or promulgated by any national, supranational, state, federal, provincial, local or municipal government or any administrative or regulatory body with authority therefrom with jurisdiction over the Company or any Member, as the case may be.

Liquidation Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03.

Managing Member” means Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor Managing Member admitted to the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in its capacity as the managing member of the Company.

Member” means each of the Persons from time to time listed as a Member in the Schedule of Members, and, for purposes of Section 8.03, Section 8.04 and Section 8.06, any Personal Planning Vehicle of such Member.

Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain” means an amount with respect to each partner nonrecourse debt (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4)) equal to the Company Minimum Gain that would result if such partner nonrecourse debt were treated as a nonrecourse liability (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2)) determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).

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

Minimum Exchange Amount” means a number of Class A Units held by a Class A Exchanging Member equal to the lesser of (x) 5,000 Class A Units and (y) all of the Class A Units (other than Unvested Earnout Units) then held by the applicable Class A Exchanging Member.

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

Officer” means each Person designated or appointed as an officer of the Company by the Managing Member pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.04, subject to any resolutions of the Managing Member appointing such Person as an officer of the Company or relating to such appointment.

Partnership Audit Provisions” means Title XI, Section 1101, of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, P.L. 114-74 (together with any subsequent amendments thereto, Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, and published administrative interpretations thereof, and any comparable provisions of state or local tax law).

Partnership Representative” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08.

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Member’s officers or directors or any Affiliates or Family Members of such Member’s officers or directors, (iii) to any limited partners, members or stockholders of such Member or any Affiliates of such Member, or any employees of such Affiliates; (iv) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of the individual’s immediate family, or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family, an Affiliate of such Person, or to a charitable organization; (v) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (vi) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (vii) by virtue of the Laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation of such Member, as applicable, or the organizational documents of such Member, as amended from time to time, upon dissolution of such Member, or (viii) in the event of the Company’s completion of a liquidation, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction which results in the holders of all of the shares of Class A Units having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the completion of the Equity Transactions, including the entry into an agreement in connection with such liquidation, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction;

Person” means any individual, estate, corporation, partnership, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, limited liability limited partnership, limited liability company, limited company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated or governmental organization or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Personal Planning Vehicle” means, in respect of any Person that is a natural person, any estate, family limited liability company, family limited partnership, or inter vivos or testamentary trust that holds Units and is designated as a “Personal Planning Vehicle” of such natural person in the Schedule of Members.

Primary Indemnification” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02(a).

Profits” and “Losses” means, for each taxable year or other period, the taxable income or loss of the Company, or particular items thereof, determined in accordance with the accounting method used by the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes with the following adjustments: (a) all items of income, gain, loss or deduction allocated pursuant to Section 5.05 shall not be taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss; (b) any income of the Company that is exempt from U.S. federal income taxation and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits and Losses shall be added to such taxable income or loss; (c) if the Carrying Value of any asset differs from its adjusted tax basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, any gain or loss resulting from a disposition of such asset shall be calculated with reference to such Carrying Value; (d) upon an adjustment to the Carrying Value (other than an adjustment in respect of depreciation) of any asset, pursuant to the definition of Carrying Value, the amount of the adjustment shall be included as gain or loss in computing such taxable income or loss; (e) if the Carrying Value of any asset differs from its adjusted tax basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the amount of depreciation, amortization or cost recovery deductions with respect to such asset for purposes of determining Profits and Losses, if any, shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such Carrying Value as the U.S. federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deductions bears to such adjusted tax basis (provided that if the U.S. federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction is zero, the Managing Member may use any reasonable method for purposes of determining depreciation, amortization or other cost

 

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recovery deductions in calculating Profits and Losses); and (f) except for items in (a) above, any expenditures of the Company not deductible in computing taxable income or loss, not properly capitalizable and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits and Losses pursuant to this definition shall be treated as deductible items.

Pubco Charter” means that certain Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Pubco, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 23, 2021, as amended.

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

Reclassification Event” means any of the following: (a) any reclassification or recapitalization of Pubco Common Stock, a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination or any transaction subject to Section 7.01(k)), (b) any merger, consolidation or other combination involving Pubco or (c) any sale, conveyance, lease, or other disposal of all or substantially all the properties and assets of Pubco to any other Person, in each of clauses (a), (b) or (c), as a result of which holders of Pubco Common Stock shall be entitled to receive cash, securities or other property for their shares of Pubco Common Stock.

Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Managing Member and the other parties from time to time party thereto, as amended and/or restated from time to time.

Registration Statement” means any registration statement that the Managing Member is required to file pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

Schedule of Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02.

Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

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

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity of which: (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, representatives or trustees thereof is at the time owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or any combination thereof; or (ii) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity, a majority of the total voting power of stock or majority ownership interest of the limited liability company, partnership, association or other business

 

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entity is at the time owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or any combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons shall (a) be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or (b) Control the managing member, managing director or other governing body or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity.

Tax Advances” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.07.

Tax Distribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(c).

Tax Receivable Agreement” means the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of or about the date hereof among the Company, the Managing Member and the other parties from time to time party thereto, as amended and/or restated from time to time.

Tier 1 Earnout Units” means the Class A Units of the Company designated as the “Tier 1 Earnout Units” on Exhibit A hereto and having the rights, powers and duties pertaining thereto as are set forth in this Agreement.

Tier 1 Earnout Vesting Event” means the earlier to occur of (a) the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any twenty (20) Trading Days within a period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days or (b) the consummation of a Change of Control of Pubco, unless the per share consideration to be received by the holders of Class A Common Stock in such Change of Control of Pubco transaction is less than the vesting threshold applicable to the applicable Class A Common Stock and Tier 1 Earnout Units

Tier 2 Earnout Units” means the Class A Units of the Company designated as the “Tier 2 Earnout Units” on Exhibit A hereto and having the rights, powers and duties pertaining thereto as are set forth in this Agreement.

Tier 2 Earnout Vesting Event” means the earlier to occur of (a) VWAP of the Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $15.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any twenty (20) Trading Days within a period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days or (b) the consummation of a Change of Control of Pubco, unless the per share consideration to be received by the holders of Class A Common Stock in such Change of Control of Pubco transaction is less than the vesting threshold applicable to the applicable Class A Common Stock and Tier 2 Earnout Units.

Tier 3 Earnout Units” means the Class A Units of the Company designated as the “Tier 3 Earnout Units” on Exhibit A hereto and having the rights, powers and duties pertaining thereto as are set forth in this Agreement.

Tier 3 Earnout Vesting Event” means the earlier to occur of (a) the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $20.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any twenty (20) Trading Days within a period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days or (b) the consummation of a Change of Control of Pubco, unless the per share consideration to be received by the holders of Class A Common Stock in such Change of Control of Pubco transaction is less than the vesting threshold applicable to the applicable Class A Common Stock and Tier 3 Earnout Units.

 

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Trading Day” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or such other principal United States securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is listed, quoted or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business (unless such trading shall have been suspended for the entire day).

Transfer” means, in respect of any Unit, security, property or other asset, any sale, assignment, transfer, distribution, exchange, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition thereof, whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of Law, directly, indirectly or synthetically, in whole or in part, including, without limitation, the exchange of any Unit for any other security.

Transferee” means any Person that is Transferred a Member’s interest in the Company, or part thereof, in accordance with this Agreement.

Treasury Regulations” means the income tax regulations, including temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).

Units” means the Class A Units (including the Earnout Units) and any other Class or series of Units that is established in accordance with this Agreement, which shall constitute limited liability company interests in the Company as provided in this Agreement and under the Act, entitling the holders thereof to the relative rights, title and interests in the profits, losses, deductions and credits of the Company at any particular time as set forth in this Agreement, and any and all other benefits to which a holder thereof may be entitled as a Member as provided in this Agreement, together with the obligations of such Member to comply with all terms and provisions of this Agreement.

Unvested Earnout Unit” means any Earnout Unit that has not vested pursuant to an applicable Earnout Vesting Event.

VWAP” means, for any security as of any date(s), the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Refinitiv Workspace (or an equivalent successor if such page is not available) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Refinitiv Workspace (or an equivalent successor if such page is not available), or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Refinitiv Workspace (or an equivalent successor if such page is not available) for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date(s) on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date(s) shall be the fair market value per share on such date(s) as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors.

 

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ARTICLE II

FORMATION, TERM, PURPOSE AND POWERS

Section 2.01 Formation. The Company was formed as a limited liability company under the provisions of the Act by the filing of the Certificate on April 16, 2021. If requested by the Managing Member, the Members shall promptly execute all certificates and other documents consistent with the terms of this Agreement necessary for the Managing Member to accomplish all filing, recording, publishing and other acts as may be appropriate to comply with all requirements for (a) the formation and operation of a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware, (b) if the Managing Member in its sole discretion deems it advisable, the operation of the Company as a limited liability company, or entity in which the Members have limited liability, in all jurisdictions where the Company proposes to operate and (c) all other filings required to be made by the Company. The rights, powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of the Members shall be determined pursuant to the Act and this Agreement. To the extent that the rights, powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of any Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control. The execution, delivery and filing of the Certificate and each amendment thereto is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed by the Members.

Section 2.02 Name. The name of the Company shall be, and the business of the Company shall be conducted under the name of “Fathom Holdco, LLC,” and all Company business shall be conducted in that name or in such other names that comply with applicable law as the Managing Member in its sole discretion may select from time to time. Subject to the Act, the Managing Member in its sole discretion may change the name of the Company (and amend this Agreement to reflect such change) at any time and from time to time without the consent of any other Person.

Section 2.03 Term. The term of the Company commenced on the date of the filing of the Certificate, and the term shall continue until the dissolution of the Company in accordance with Article IX. The existence of the Company shall continue until cancellation of the Certificate in the manner required by the Act.

Section 2.04 Offices. The Company may have offices at such places either within or outside the State of Delaware as the Managing Member from time to time may select in its sole discretion. As of the date hereof, the principal place of business and the office of the Company is located at 1050 Walnut Ridge Drive Hartland, WI 53029.

Section 2.05 Agent for Service of Process; Existence and Good Standing; Foreign Qualification.

(a) The registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be located at 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19808. The name of the registered agent of the Company for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware at such address shall be Corporation Service Company.

 

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(b) The Managing Member in its sole discretion may take all action which may be necessary or appropriate (i) for the continuation of the Company’s valid existence as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware (and of each other jurisdiction in which such existence is necessary to enable the Company to conduct the business in which it is engaged) and (ii) for the maintenance, preservation and operation of the business of the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and applicable laws and regulations. The Managing Member in its sole discretion may file or cause to be filed for recordation in the proper office or offices in each other jurisdiction in which the Company is formed or qualified, such certificates (including certificates of formation and fictitious name certificates) and other documents as are required by the applicable statutes, rules or regulations of any such jurisdiction or as are required to reflect the identity of the Members. The Managing Member in its sole discretion may cause the Company to comply, to the extent procedures are available and those matters are reasonably within the control of the Officers, with all requirements necessary to qualify the Company to do business in any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

Section 2.06 Business Purpose. The Company was formed for the object and purpose of, and the nature and character of the business to be conducted by the Company is, engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act.

Section 2.07 Powers of the Company. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, the Company will possess and may exercise all of the powers and privileges granted to it by the Act including, without limitation, the ownership and operation of the assets and other property contributed to the Company by the Members, by any other Law or this Agreement, together with all powers incidental thereto, so far as such powers are necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the purpose of the Company set forth in Section 2.06.

Section 2.08 Members; Reclassification; Admission of New Members. Pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement and for the consideration set forth therein, as of the Fathom Effective Time and by virtue of the Fathom Merger (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), this Agreement was amended and restated and the limited liability company interests of the Company were recapitalized as set forth herein in order to give effect to the Equity Transactions. Each Continuing Member previously was admitted as a Member and shall remain a Member of the Company at the Fathom Effective Time. Each of the other Persons listed in the Schedule of Members as of the Effective Date is admitted as a Member of the Company. The rights, duties and liabilities of the Members shall be as provided in the Act, except as is otherwise expressly provided herein, and the Members consent to the variation of such rights, duties and liabilities as provided herein. A new Managing Member or substitute Managing Member may be admitted to the Company solely in accordance with Section 8.08 or Section 9.02(d) hereof.

Section 2.09 Resignation. No Member shall have the right to resign as a member of the Company other than following the Transfer of all Units owned by such Member in accordance with Article VIII (including via a Class A Exchange).

Section 2.10 Investment Representations of Members. Each Member hereby represents, warrants and acknowledges to the Company that: (a) such Member has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an

 

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investment in the Company and is making an informed investment decision with respect thereto; (b) such Member is acquiring interests in the Company for investment only and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution to the public or public offering thereof; and (c) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by such Member.

Section 2.11 Intent. It is the intent of the Members that the Company be operated in a manner consistent with its treatment as a “partnership” for U.S. federal and applicable state and local income and franchise tax purposes. The Company and each Member shall file all tax returns and shall otherwise take all tax, financial and other reporting positions in a manner consistent with such treatment. Neither the Company nor any Member shall take any action inconsistent with the intent of the Parties set forth in this Section 2.11. No election (including an entity classification election for the Company) contrary to the intent of the Parties as set forth in this Section 2.11 shall be made by the Company or any Member, and the Company shall not convert into or merge into (with the Company not being the surviving entity in such merger) an entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal or applicable state and local income or franchise tax purposes.

ARTICLE III

MANAGEMENT

Section 3.01 Managing Member.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the business, property and affairs of the Company shall be managed under the sole, absolute and exclusive direction of Pubco as the Managing Member, which may from time to time delegate authority to Officers or to other Persons to act on behalf of the Company in accordance herewith, and Pubco shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

(b) Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.01, the Managing Member shall have the general power to manage or cause the management of the Company (which may be delegated to Officers of the Company), including, without limitation, the following powers:

(i) to develop and prepare a business plan each year setting forth the operating goals and plans for the Company;

(ii) to execute and deliver or to authorize the execution and delivery of contracts, deeds, leases, licenses, instruments of transfer and other documents on behalf of the Company;

(iii) to make any expenditures, to lend or borrow money, to assume or guarantee, or otherwise contract for, indebtedness and other liabilities, to issue evidences of indebtedness and to incur any other obligations on behalf of the Company;

(iv) to establish and enforce limits of authority and internal controls with respect to all personnel and functions on behalf of the Company;

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(vi) to develop or cause to be developed accounting procedures for the maintenance of the Company’s books of account; and

(vii) to do all such other lawful acts as shall be authorized in this Agreement or by the Members in writing from time to time.

Section 3.02 Compensation. The Managing Member shall not be entitled to any compensation for services rendered to the Company in its capacity as Managing Member.

Section 3.03 Expenses. The Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, all costs, fees, operating expenses and other expenses of the Company (including the costs, fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants or other professionals) incurred in pursuing and conducting, or otherwise related to, the activities of the Company. The Company shall also, in the reasonable discretion of the Managing Member, bear and/or reimburse the Managing Member for (i) any costs, fees or expenses incurred by the Managing Member in connection with serving as the Managing Member and (ii) all other expenses allocable to the Company or otherwise incurred by the Managing Member in connection with operating the Company’s business (including expenses allocated to the Managing Member by its Affiliates). To the extent that the Managing Member determines in its reasonable discretion that such expenses are related to the business and affairs of the Managing Member that are conducted through the Company and/or its subsidiaries (including expenses that relate to the business and affairs of the Company and/or its subsidiaries and that also relate to other activities of the Managing Member), the Managing Member may cause the Company to pay or bear all expenses of the Managing Member, including, without limitation, compensation and meeting costs of any board of directors or similar body of the Managing Member, any salary, bonus, incentive compensation and other amounts paid to any Person to perform services for the Company, litigation costs and damages arising from litigation, accounting and legal costs and franchise taxes, except to the extent such franchise taxes are based on or measured with respect to net income or profits, provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall not pay or bear any income tax obligations of the Managing Member or any obligations of the Managing Member under the Tax Receivable Agreement. Reimbursements pursuant to this Section 3.03 shall be in addition to (but without duplication of) any reimbursement to the Managing Member as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 10.02.

Section 3.04 Officers. Subject to the direction and oversight of the Managing Member, the day- to-day administration of the business of the Company may be carried out by individuals who may be designated as officers by the Managing Member, with titles including but not limited to “assistant secretary,” “assistant treasurer,” “chairman,” “chief executive officer,” “chief financial officer,” “chief operating officer,” “director,” “general counsel,” “general manager,” “managing director,” “president,” “principal accounting officer,” “secretary,” “senior chairman,” “senior managing director,” “treasurer,” “vice chairman,” “executive vice president” or “vice president,” and as to the extent authorized by the Managing Member in its sole discretion. The Officers of the Company shall have such titles and powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Managing Member and otherwise as shall customarily pertain to such offices. Any number of offices may be held by the same individual. In its sole discretion, the Managing Member may choose not to fill any office for any period as it may deem advisable. All Officers and other individuals providing services to or for the benefit of the Company shall be subject to the supervision and direction of the Managing Member and may be removed, with or

 

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without cause, from such office by the Managing Member and the authority, duties or responsibilities of any employee, agent or officer of the Company may be suspended by the Managing Member from time to time, in each case in the sole discretion of the Managing Member. The Managing Member shall not cease to be a Managing Member of the Company as a result of the delegation of any duties hereunder. No Officer of the Company, in his or her capacity as such, shall be considered a Managing Member of the Company by agreement, as a result of the performance of his or her duties hereunder or otherwise.

Section 3.05 Authority of Members. No Member (other than the Managing Member, in its capacity as such) shall participate in or have any control over the business of the Company, except as expressly provided herein. Except as expressly provided herein, the Units do not confer any rights upon the Members to participate in the affairs of the Company described in this Agreement. No Member (other than the Managing Member) shall have any right to vote on any matter involving the Company, including with respect to any merger, consolidation, combination or conversion of the Company, or any other matter that a Member might otherwise have the ability to vote on or consent with respect to under the Act, at law, in equity or otherwise. The conduct, control and management of the Company shall be vested exclusively in the Managing Member, subject to the terms of this Agreement. In all matters relating to or arising out of the conduct of the operation of the Company, the decision of the Managing Member shall be the decision of the Company. Except as required or permitted by Law, or expressly provided herein, including in the ultimate sentence of this Section 3.05 or by separate agreement with the Company, no Member who is not also the Managing Member (and acting in such capacity) shall take any part in the management or control of the operation or business of the Company in its capacity as a Member, nor shall any Member who is not also the Managing Member (and acting in such capacity) have any right, authority or power to act for or on behalf of or bind the Company in his or its capacity as a Member in any respect or assume any obligation or responsibility of the Company or of any other Member. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may from time to time appoint one or more Members as Officers or employ one or more Members as employees, and such Members, in their capacity as officers or employees of the Company (and not, for clarity, in their capacity as Members of the Company), may take part in the control and management of the business of the Company to the extent such authority and power to act for or on behalf of the Company has been delegated to them by the Managing Member.

Section 3.06 Fiduciary Duties.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Agreement, except as set forth in Section 3.06(b), (i) the Managing Member shall, in its capacity as Managing Member, and not in any other capacity, have the same fiduciary duties to the Company and the Members as a member of the board of directors of a Delaware corporation; and (ii) each officer of the Company shall, in his or her capacity as such, and not in any other capacity, have the same fiduciary duties to the Company and Members as an officer of a Delaware corporation

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

 

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appropriate efforts and means, as determined in good faith by the Managing Member, to minimize any conflict of interest between the Members, on the one hand, and the stockholders of the Managing Member, on the other hand, and to effectuate any transaction that involves or affects any of the Company, the Managing Member, the Members and/or the stockholders of the Managing Member in a manner that does not (i) disadvantage the Members of their interests relative to the stockholders of the Managing Member; (ii) advantage the stockholders of the Managing Member relative to the Members; or (iii) treat the Members and the stockholders of the Managing Member differently.

ARTICLE IV

DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 4.01 Distributions

(a) The Managing Member, in its sole discretion, may authorize distributions by the Company to the Class A Members, which distributions shall be made pro rata in accordance with the Members’ respective Class A Units (other than Unvested Earnout Units) on the date the distribution is made.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in Section 4.01(a) of this Agreement to the contrary, no distribution shall be made in respect of any Unvested Earnout Units. However, upon the vesting of Unvested Earnout Units the holder of each applicable Earnout Unit shall be entitled to a cash payment from the Company in an amount equal to the distributions such Member would have received pursuant to Section 4.01(a) had such Unvested Earnout Unit been vested beginning at the Fathom Effective Time and ending on the day prior to the date such Unvested Earnout Unit vests.

(c) Tax Distributions.

(i) With respect to each Fiscal Year or portion thereof ending after the Effective Date, the Company shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, make cash distributions (“Tax Distributions”) to each Member in an amount to ensure that each such Member receives a distribution at least equal to such Member’s Assumed Tax Liability, if any, with respect to the relevant taxable period to which the distribution relates. For the avoidance of doubt, such Tax Distributions shall be determined in accordance with Section 4.01(c)(ii). Tax Distributions pursuant to this Section 4.1(c) (i) shall be estimated by the Company on a quarterly basis and, to the extent feasible, shall be distributed to the Members (together with a statement showing the calculation of such Tax Distribution and an estimate of the Company’s net taxable income allocable to each Member for such period) on a quarterly basis five business days prior to April 15th, June 15th, September 15th and January 15th (of the succeeding year) (or such other dates for which individuals are required to make quarterly estimated tax payments for U.S. federal income tax purposes) (each, a “Quarterly Tax Distribution”); provided, that the foregoing shall not restrict the Company from making a Tax Distribution on any other date. Quarterly Tax Distributions shall take into account the estimated taxable income or loss of the Company for the Fiscal Year through the end of the relevant quarterly period. A final accounting for Tax Distributions shall be made for each Fiscal Year after the allocation of the Company’s

 

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actual net taxable income or loss has been determined and any shortfall in the amount of Tax Distributions a Member received for such Fiscal Year based on such final accounting shall promptly be distributed to such Member. For the avoidance of doubt, any excess Tax Distributions a Member receives with respect to any Fiscal Year shall reduce future Tax Distributions otherwise required to be made to such Member with respect to any subsequent Fiscal Year.

(ii) A Tax Distribution to a Member in respect of any Unit shall be charged against current or future distributions to which such Member would otherwise have been entitled under Section 4.01(a) or Section 9.03(c) in respect of such Unit; provided, however, that all Units shall participate in distributions made pursuant to this Section 4.01(c) on a pro rata basis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) any distributions made pursuant to this Section 4.01(c) shall be made to the Members on a pro rata basis, (B) to the extent of Available Cash, the pro rata amount to be distributed to each Member shall be calculated based on the distribution to the Member that would have the highest Tax Distribution under this Section 4.01(c) on a per-Unit basis, calculated without regard to this sentence and (C) if there is insufficient Available Cash to make all of the distributions described in clause (B), the amount that would have been distributed to each Member pursuant to clause (B) shall be reduced on a pro rata basis and the Company shall make future Tax Distributions as soon as there is sufficient Available Cash to pay the remaining portion of the Tax Distributions to which such Members were otherwise entitled under clause (B).

(iii) In the event of any audit by a taxing authority that has been finally settled and as such, affects the calculation of any Member’s Assumed Tax Liability for any taxable year (other than an audit conducted pursuant to the Partnership Audit Provisions for which no election is made pursuant to Section 6226 thereof and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder), or in the event the Company files an amended tax return, each Member’s Assumed Tax Liability with respect to such year shall be recalculated by giving effect to such event (for the avoidance of doubt, taking into account interest or penalties). Any shortfall in the amount of Tax Distributions the Members and former Members received for the relevant taxable years based on such recalculated Assumed Tax Liability promptly shall be distributed to such Members and the successors of such former Members, except, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent Distributions were made to such Members and former Members pursuant to Section 4.01(a) and this Section 4.01(c) in the relevant taxable years sufficient to cover such shortfall.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Managing Member shall cause any distributions paid to any Subsidiary of the Managing Member who holds Units to distribute the full amount of such distribution to the Managing Member, and the Managing Member shall take all actions necessary to cause such distributions.

Section 4.02 Distributions Upon Liquidation. Distributions made upon dissolution of the Company shall be made as provided in Section 9.03.

Section 4.03 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Managing Member shall not make a distribution to any Member if such distribution would violate Section 18-607 of the Act or other applicable Law or any applicable debt instrument.

 

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ARTICLE V

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS;

TAX ALLOCATIONS; TAX MATTERS

Section 5.01 Initial Capital Contributions. The Members have made, on or prior to the date hereof, Capital Contributions and, in exchange, the Company has issued to the Members the number of Class A Units, including the number of Earnout Units (if applicable), as specified in the Schedule of Members (as of the Effective Date).

Section 5.02 No Additional Capital Contributions. Except as otherwise provided in this Article V, no Member shall be required to make additional Capital Contributions to the Company without the consent of such Member or permitted to make additional capital contributions to the Company without the consent of the Managing Member, which may be granted or withheld in its sole discretion.

Section 5.03 Capital Accounts. A separate Capital Account shall be established and maintained for each Member in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). The Capital Account of each Member shall be credited with such Member’s Capital Contributions, if any, all Profits allocated to such Member pursuant to Section 5.04 and any items of income or gain which are specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.05; and shall be debited with all Losses allocated to such Member pursuant to Section 5.04, any items of loss or deduction of the Company specially allocated to such Member pursuant to Section 5.05, and all cash and the Carrying Value of any property (net of liabilities assumed by such Member and the liabilities to which such property is subject) distributed by the Company to such Member. Any references in any Section of this Agreement to the Capital Account of a Member shall be deemed to refer to such Capital Account as the same may be credited or debited from time to time as set forth above. In the event of any transfer of any interest in the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent it relates to the transferred interest. Upon the vesting of any Earnout Units upon an Earnout Vesting Event, the parties intend that the allocations and capital maintenance rules shall be governed under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3 with adjustments being made in accordance with principles similar to those set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704- 1(b)(2)(iv)(s) and consistent with the principles of Section 704(c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder in order to effectuate the Members’ agreed upon economic sharing of items within the Company.

Section 5.04 Allocations of Profits and Losses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Profits and Losses (and, to the extent necessary, individual items of income, gain or loss or deduction of the Company) shall be allocated in a manner such that the Capital Account of each Member after giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 5.05 is, as nearly as possible, equal (proportionately) to (i) the distributions that would be made pursuant to Section 9.03 if the Company were dissolved, its affairs wound up and its assets sold for cash equal to their Carrying Value in a hypothetical liquidation, all Company liabilities were satisfied (limited with respect to each non-recourse liability to the Carrying Value of the assets securing such liability)

 

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and the net assets of the Company were distributed to the Members pursuant to this Agreement, minus (ii) such Member’s share of Company Minimum Gain and Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, computed immediately prior to the hypothetical sale of assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such allocations may be adjusted as reasonably deemed necessary by the Managing Member, acting in good faith, to give economic effect to the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 5.05 Special Allocations. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Article V:

(a) Minimum Gain Chargeback. If there is a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain or Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain (determined in accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(d) and 1.704-2(i)) during any Company taxable year, the Members shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to their respective shares of such net decrease during such year, determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5). The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f). This Section 5.05(a) is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirements in such Treasury Regulations Sections and shall be interpreted consistently therewith; including that no chargeback shall be required to the extent of the exceptions provided in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f) and 1.704-2(i)(4).

(b) Qualified Income Offset. If any Member unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations, or distributions described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704- 1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), items of Company income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate the deficit balance in such Member’s Adjusted Capital Account Balance created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as promptly as possible; provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 5.05(b) shall be made only to the extent that a Member would have a deficit Adjusted Capital Account Balance in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided for in this Article V have been tentatively made as if this Section 5.05(b) were not in this Agreement. This Section 5.05(b) is intended to comply with the “qualified income offset” requirement of the Code and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(c) Gross Income Allocation. If any Member has a deficit Capital Account at the end of any taxable year which is in excess of the sum of (i) the amount such Member is obligated to restore, if any, pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, and (ii) the amount such Member is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentences of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704- 2(i)(5), each such Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible; provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 5.05(c) shall be made only if and to the extent that a Member would have a deficit Capital Account in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided for in this Article V have been tentatively made as if Section 5.05(b) and this Section 5.05(c) were not in this Agreement.

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

(f) Ameliorative Allocations. Any special allocations of income or gain pursuant to Sections 5.05(b) or 5.05(c) hereof shall be taken into account in computing subsequent allocations pursuant to Section 5.04 and this Section 5.05(f), so that the net amount of any items so allocated and all other items allocated to each Member shall, to the extent possible, be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each Member if such allocations pursuant to Sections 5.05(b) or 5.05(c) had not occurred.

(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (1) no allocation (of Profits or Losses or otherwise) shall be made in respect of any Earnout Units in determining Capital Accounts unless and until such Units are vested upon the occurrence of an Earnout Vesting Event, if any, and (2) in the event the Carrying Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to clause (d) of the definition of Carrying Value, any Profits or Losses resulting from such adjustment shall, in the manner reasonably determined by the Managing Member, be allocated among the Members such that the Capital Account balance relating to each Class A Unit (excluding any Unvested Earnout Units) is equal in amount immediately after making such allocation, after taking into account the non-distribution amounts (as applicable) in accordance with principles similar to those set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s); provided, that if the foregoing allocations pursuant to clause (2) are insufficient to cause the Capital Account balance relating to each Class A Unit to be so equal in amount, then the Managing Member, in its reasonable discretion, shall cause a Capital Account reallocation in accordance with principles similar to those set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s)(3) to cause the Capital Account balance relating to each Class A Unit to be so equal in amount.

Section 5.06 Tax Allocations. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, each item of income, gain, loss and deduction of the Company shall be allocated among the Members in the same manner as the corresponding items of Profits and Losses and specially allocated items are allocated for Capital Account purposes; provided that in the case of any asset the Carrying Value of which differs from its adjusted tax basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall be allocated, solely for income tax purposes, to account for such difference using the “traditional method” without curative allocations under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(b). Section 5.07. Tax Advances. To the extent the Managing Member reasonably believes that the Company is required by law to withhold or to make tax payments on behalf of or with respect to any Member, or the Company is subjected to tax itself by reason of the status of any Member (including any taxes paid pursuant to Section 6225 of the Code) (“Tax Advances”), the Managing Member may cause the Company to withhold such amounts and cause the Company to make such tax payments as so required. All Tax Advances made on behalf of a Member shall be repaid by reducing the amount of the current or next succeeding distribution or distributions which would otherwise have been made to such Member or, if such distributions are not sufficient for that purpose, by so reducing the proceeds of liquidation otherwise payable to such Member. For all purposes of this Agreement such Member shall be treated as having received the amount of the distribution that is equal to the Tax Advance. Each Member hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the other Members from and against any liability

 

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(including any liability for taxes, penalties, additions to tax or interest, but excluding any penalties, additions to tax or interest imposed as a result of the Company’s failure to withhold or make a tax payment on behalf of such Member which withholding or payment is required pursuant to applicable Law) with respect to income or Tax Advances attributable to such Member; provided, that any remaining Tax Advance with respect to any Member shall be required to be repaid by such Member in full prior to or in connection with (and as a condition of) any Transfer or any Class A Exchange. The obligation of a Member set forth in this Section 5.07 shall survive the withdrawal of a Member from the Company or any Transfer of a Member’s interest.

Section 5.07 Tax Matters. The Managing Member shall act as or designate a Person to act as the “partnership representative” pursuant to the Partnership Audit Provisions (the “Partnership Representative”) and such Person shall have the power to exercise any and all rights that it is or may be entitled to exercise in that capacity. The Partnership Representative shall keep the Continuing Members timely and reasonably informed as to all material tax audits, actions, examinations or proceedings relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (“ Tax Proceedings”). The Partnership Representative shall have the exclusive right to represent the Company in respect of any Tax Proceedings. The Members shall cooperate as reasonably requested by the Partnership Representative in connection with any election or decision made by the Partnership Representative acting in that capacity (including by filing amended tax returns and providing information requested).

Section 5.08 Other Allocation Provisions. Certain of the foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b) and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such regulations. In addition to amendments effected in accordance with Section 11.12 or otherwise in accordance with this Agreement, Sections 5.03, 5.04 and 5.05 may also, so long as any such amendment does not materially change the relative economic interests of the Members and the prior written consent of the Continuing Member Representative has been obtained, be amended at any time by the Managing Member if necessary, in the opinion of tax counsel to the Company, to comply with such regulations or any applicable Law.

ARTICLE VI

BOOKS AND RECORDS; REPORTS

Section 6.01 Books and Records.

(a) At all times during the continuance of the Company, the Company shall prepare and maintain separate books of account for the Company in accordance with GAAP.

(b) Except as limited by Section 6.01(c), each Member shall have the right to receive, for a purpose reasonably related to such Member’s interest as a Member in the Company, upon reasonable written demand stating the purpose of such demand and at such Member’s own expense:

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(ii) promptly after their becoming available, copies of the Company’s U.S. federal income tax returns for the three most recent years.

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

(d) The Managing Member shall direct the preparation and filing of all necessary U.S. federal, state and local income tax returns for the Company and its Subsidiaries and all other tax returns deemed necessary and required in each non-U.S. jurisdiction, including making any tax elections. At the Company’s expense, the Managing Member shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, within ninety (90) days following the close of the taxable year of the Company, cause to be prepared and sent to each Member that was a Member during such taxable year such tax information (including a Schedule K-1) reasonably required for U.S. federal, state and local income tax reporting purposes, provided that if such information is not available within such 90-day period, the Managing Member shall provide the Members with a good faith estimate of such information prior to the end of such 90-day period and shall send final information as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.

(e) The Managing Member shall (i) not rescind the Company’s existing election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code without the prior written consent of the Continuing Member Representative and (ii) cause the Company (and each material direct or indirect subsidiary that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) to make or keep in effect an election, pursuant to Section 754 of the Code for each taxable year in which the Effective Date or any Class A Exchange occurs.

(f) No Member may make an election for the Company to be excluded from the application of the provisions of subchapter K of chapter 1 of subtitle A of the Code or any similar provisions of applicable state law, and no provision of this Agreement shall be construed to sanction or approve such an election.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event of any conflict between Section 10.04 of the Business Combination Agreement and this Agreement, Section 10.04 of the Business Combination Agreement shall control. The Company, the Partnership Representative, the Managing Member, and the Members hereby acknowledge and agree to the foregoing sentence and expressly agree to be bound by the terms of Section 10.04 of

 

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the Business Combination Agreement, including with respect to any Tax Proceeding for any taxable period ending before or including the Closing Date. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, the Partnership Representative shall make an election under Section 6226 of the Partnership Audit Provisions (and any similar provision of state, local and non-U.S. tax Law) in connection with any audit with respect to any taxable period ending before or including the Closing Date.

ARTICLE VII

COMPANY UNITS

Section 7.01 Units.

(a) Units. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, the Company shall be authorized to issue from time to time such number of Units and other Equity Securities as the Managing Member shall determine in accordance with and subject to the restrictions in this Section 7.01 and Section 7.02. Subject to this Section 7.01 and Section 7.02, each authorized Unit may be issued pursuant to such agreements as the Managing Member shall approve, including pursuant to warrants, options, or other rights or property to acquire Units or that may be converted into Units. Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, the Company may reissue any Units that have been repurchased or acquired by the Company; provided that any such issuance, and the admission of any Person as a Member in connection therewith, is otherwise made in accordance with and subject to the restrictions in this LLC Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, other than in connection with any subdivision or combination in accordance with Section 7.01(j) or (k) or any Reclassification Event, from and after the Effective Date the Managing Member shall not be authorized to issue any Earnout Units. The Units shall be uncertificated. The Company shall not, and the Managing Member shall not cause the Company to, issue any Units if such issuance would result in the Company having more than 100 partners, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) (determined taking into account the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(3)).

(b) Outstanding Units. Immediately after the Fathom Effective Time, the Units comprise Class A Units (including the Earnout Units, comprising Tier 1 Earnout Units, Tier 2 Earnout Units and Tier 3 Earnout Units). Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each outstanding Class A Unit (other than the Earnout Units) shall be identical to each other Class A Unit (other than the Earnout Units), each outstanding Tier 1 Earnout Unit shall be identical to each other Tier 1 Earnout Unit, each outstanding Tier 2 Earnout Unit shall be identical to each other Tier 2 Earnout Unit, and each outstanding Tier 3 Earnout Unit shall be identical to each other Tier 3 Earnout Unit. The Managing Member’s interest in its capacity as such shall be a non-economic interest in the Company, which does not entitle the Managing Member, solely in its capacity as such, to any Units, distributions or Tax Distributions.

(c) Schedule of Members. The Company shall maintain a schedule, appended hereto as Exhibit A (as updated and amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and current as of the date set forth therein), which shall include: (i) the name and address of each Member; (ii) the aggregate number of and type of Units issued and outstanding and held by each Member; and (iii) each Member’s Capital Contributions following the Fathom Effective Time. The number of Units of each Class held by each Member at the completion of the Equity Transactions is as set forth in the Schedule of Members (as of the Effective Date).

 

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(d) Earnout Units. Each Earnout Unit will be held in accordance with this Agreement unless and until an Earnout Vesting Event occurs with respect to such Earnout Unit or such Earnout Unit is forfeited in accordance with Section 7.01(d)(ii).

(i) From and after the Effective Date until the occurrence of the applicable Earnout Vesting Event, each Tier 1 Earnout Unit, Tier 2 Earnout Unit and Tier 3 Earnout Unit shall be an Unvested Earnout Unit. Upon the occurrence of (i) a Tier 1 Earnout Vesting Event, with respect to the Tier 1 Earnout Units, (ii) a Tier 2 Earnout Vesting Event, with respect to the Tier 2 Earnout Units or (iii) a Tier 3 Earnout Vesting Event, with respect to the Tier 3 Earnout Units, such Earnout Units shall immediately and automatically without any further action on the part of the holder thereof or any other Person (including the Company and the Managing Member) vest and thereafter shall have all rights and privileges of a Class A Unit under this Agreement from and after the Earnout Vesting Date (together with the right to receive any applicable distributions under Section 4.01(b)). On the Effective Date, with respect to any Earnout Unit issued to a Continuing Member, Pubco shall issue to such Continuing Member one share of Class B Common Stock at par value for cash.

(ii) To the extent that, on or before the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective Date, an applicable Earnout Vesting Event has not occurred with respect to an Earnout Unit (and as a result such Earnout Unit is an Unvested Earnout Unit), then immediately and without any further action under this Agreement, on the date that is the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective Date, any such Earnout Units shall automatically be forfeited and surrendered to the Company and be canceled and extinguished for no consideration and each corresponding share of Class B Common Stock shall automatically be forfeited and surrendered to Pubco and be canceled and extinguished for no consideration.

(iii) [Reserved.]

(iv) The parties hereto intend that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (a) the Earnout Units received by the Continuing Members in connection with the transaction contemplated in the Business Combination Agreement not be treated as being received in connection with the performance of services and (b) no such Member be treated as having taxable income or gain as a result of such receipt of such Earnout Units or as a result of holding any such Earnout Units at the time of any Earnout Vesting Event (for avoidance of doubt, excluding any allocations as a result of the last sentence of Section 5.03) and the Company shall prepare and file all tax returns consistent therewith unless otherwise required by a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313 of the Code. Notwithstanding (and without limiting) the foregoing, each of the Members shall, within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date, file with the IRS (via certified mail, return receipt requested) on a protective basis a completed election under Section 83(b) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder with respect to any Earnout Units so received and, upon such filing, shall thereafter notify the Company that such Member has made such timely filing and provide the Company with a copy of such election.

 

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(e) [Reserved.]

(f) [Reserved.]

(g) New Pubco Issuances.

(i) Subject to Section 8.04 and Section 7.01(g)(ii), if, at any time after the Effective Date, Pubco issues shares of its Class A Common Stock or any other Equity Security of Pubco (other than shares of Class B Common Stock), (x) upon the contribution set forth in clause (y), the Company shall concurrently issue to Pubco an equal number of Class A Units (if Pubco issues shares of Class A Common Stock), or an equal number of such other Equity Security of the Company corresponding to the Equity Securities issued by Pubco (if Pubco issued Equity Securities other than Class A Common Stock), and, in each case, with the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities so issued and (y) Pubco shall concurrently contribute to the Company all of the net proceeds or other property received by Pubco, if any, for such share of Class A Common Stock or other Equity Security (provided, that, the Company shall not be required to reimburse hereunder any costs or expenses which were netted off the gross proceeds received).

(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 7.01(g)(i) or Section 7.01(g)(iii), this Section 7.01(g) shall not apply to (x) the issuance and distribution to holders of shares of Pubco Common Stock of rights to purchase Equity Securities of Pubco under a “poison pill” or similar shareholder rights plan (and upon exchange of Class A Units for Class A Common Stock, such Class A Common Stock shall be issued together with a corresponding right under such plan), (y) the issuance under Pubco’s employee benefit plans of any warrants, options, stock appreciation right, restricted stock units, performance based award or other rights to acquire Equity Securities of Pubco or rights or property that may be converted into or settled in Equity Securities of Pubco, but shall in each of the foregoing cases apply to the issuance of Equity Securities of Pubco in connection with the exercise or settlement of such warrants, options, stock appreciation right, restricted stock units, performance based awards (including as set forth in clause (iii) below, as applicable) or (z) the issuance of Class A Common Stock upon the conversion of Class C Common Stock (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) upon the closing of the Equity Transactions or any other issuances in connection with the Equity Transactions. Restricted stock granted under any such employee benefit plan shall be treated as outstanding for purposes of Section 7.01(g)(i).

(iii) In the event any outstanding Equity Security of Pubco is exercised or otherwise converted and, as a result, any shares of Class A Common Stock or other Equity Securities of Pubco are issued, (x) the corresponding Equity Security outstanding at the Company, if any, shall be similarly exercised or otherwise converted, if applicable, (y) an equivalent number of Class A Units or equivalent Equity Securities of the Company shall be issued to Pubco, and (z) Pubco shall concurrently contribute to the Company, the net proceeds received by Pubco from any such exercise or conversion (provided, that, the Company shall not be required to reimburse hereunder any costs or expenses which were netted off the gross proceeds received).

 

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(h) Pubco Debt Issuance. If at any time Pubco or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) issues Debt Securities, Pubco or such Subsidiary shall transfer to the Company, the net proceeds received by Pubco or such Subsidiary, as applicable, in exchange for such Debt Securities in a manner that directly or indirectly burdens the Company with the repayment of the Debt Securities (provided, that, the Company shall not be required to reimburse hereunder any costs or expenses which were netted off the gross proceeds received).

(i) New Company Issuances. Except pursuant to Section 8.04, (x) the Company may not issue any additional Units to Pubco or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) unless (i) substantially simultaneously therewith Pubco or such Subsidiary issues or transfers an equal number of newly-issued shares of Class A Common Stock (or relevant Equity Security of such Subsidiary) to another Person or Persons, and (ii) such issuance is in accordance with Section 7.01(g), and (y) the Company may not issue any other Equity Securities of the Company to Pubco or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) unless (i) substantially simultaneously therewith Pubco or such Subsidiary issues or transfers, to another Person, an equal number of newly-issued shares of Equity Securities of Pubco or such Subsidiary with substantially the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of the Company, and (ii) such issuance is in accordance with Section 7.01(g).

(j) Repurchases and Redemptions.

(i) Subject to Section 7.01(j)(ii), Pubco or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) may redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire (A) shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to a repurchase plan or program approved by the Board of Directors (or otherwise in connection with a transaction approved by the Board of Directors), provided that substantially simultaneously therewith, the Company shall redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire from Pubco or such Subsidiary an equal number of Class A Units for the same price per security, if any, or (B) any other Equity Securities of Pubco or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) pursuant to a Board of Directors approved repurchase plan or program (or otherwise in connection with a transaction approved by the Board of Directors), provided that substantially simultaneously therewith, the Company shall redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire from Pubco or such Subsidiary an equal number of the corresponding class or series of Equity Securities of the Company with the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of Pubco or such Subsidiary for the same price per security, if any, and substantially equivalent form of consideration.

 

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

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), to the extent that any consideration payable by Pubco in connection with the redemption, repurchase or acquisition of any shares of Class A Common Stock or other Equity Securities of Pubco or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) consists (in whole or in part) of shares of Class A Common Stock or such other Equity Securities (including in connection with the cashless exercise of an option or warrant (or other convertible right or security)) other than under Pubco’s employee benefit plans for which there is no corresponding Class A Units or other Equity Securities of the Company, then the redemption, repurchase or acquisition of the corresponding Class A Units or other Equity Securities of the Company shall be effectuated in an equivalent manner.

(k) Equity Subdivisions and Combinations.

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

(i) Except in accordance with Section 8.04(c), Pubco shall not in any manner effect any subdivision (by any equity split, equity distribution, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse equity split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of the outstanding Pubco Common Stock or any other class or series of Equity Security of Pubco, unless approved by the Board of Directors and accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination, as applicable, of the outstanding Units or other related class or series of Equity Security of the Company, with corresponding changes made with respect to any applicable exchangeable or convertible Equity Securities of the Company and Pubco.

(ii) [Reserved.]

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(n) General Authority. For the avoidance of doubt, but subject to the rest of the provisions of this Section 7.01, the Company and Pubco (including in its capacity as the Managing Member of the Company) shall be permitted to undertake all actions, including an issuance, redemption, reclassification, distribution, division or recapitalization, with respect to the Units to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between (i) the number of Class A Units owned by Pubco and its Subsidiaries (excluding the Company’s Subsidiaries), directly or indirectly, and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, and (ii) the number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock held by any Person and the number of Class A Units held by such Person (other than Pubco or any of its Subsidiaries, but excluding the Company’s Subsidiaries), disregarding, for purposes of maintaining the one-to-one ratios in clause (i), (A) options, rights or securities of Pubco issued under any plan involving the issuance of any Equity Securities that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock, (B) treasury stock, or (C) preferred stock or other debt or equity securities (including warrants, options or rights) issued by Pubco that are convertible or into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock (but in each case prior to such conversion or exchange).

Section 7.02 Register; Certificates; Legends. The Company shall maintain a schedule of Units, other Company securities and all Members setting forth: (i) the name and address of each Member; (ii) the aggregate number of Units and the aggregate number of each Class or series of Units or other Company securities; (iii) the aggregate number of Units and the aggregate number of each Class or series of Units or other Company securities held by each Member or Assignee; and (iv) the Capital Contributions made or deemed made by each Member (such schedule, as amended and/or restated in accordance with this Agreement, the “Schedule of Members”). To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Schedule of Members shall be the definitive record of ownership of each Unit and all relevant information with respect to each Member. Unless the Managing Member in its sole discretion shall determine otherwise, Units shall be uncertificated and recorded in the Schedule of Members. Certificates, if any, representing Units that are issued to any Member shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

THE SECURITIES PRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY OTHER STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, OR TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE THEREWITH THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AS SET FORTH IN THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF FATHOM HOLDCO, LLC DATED AS OF DECEMBER 23, 2021, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME A COPY OF WHICH WILL BE FURNISHED BY FATHOM HOLDCO, LLC UPON REQUEST.

Section 7.03 Registered Members. The Company shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a Person listed on the Schedule of Members as the owner of Units for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in Units on the part of any other Person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the Act or other applicable Law.

 

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Section 7.04 Reclassification Events of Pubco. If a Reclassification Event occurs, the Managing Member or its successor as a result of such Reclassification Event, as the case may be, shall, as and to the extent necessary, amend this Agreement in compliance with Section 11.12, and enter into any necessary supplementary or additional agreements, to ensure that, following the effective date of the Reclassification Event: (a) the exchange rights of holders of Units set forth in Section 8.04 provide that each Class A Unit (together with the surrender and delivery of one (1) share of Class B Common Stock) is exchangeable for the same amount and same type of property, securities or cash (or combination thereof) that one (1) share of Class A Common Stock (subject to Section 8.04(c)) becomes exchangeable for or converted into as a result of the Reclassification Event and (b) Pubco or the successor to Pubco as a result of such Reclassification Event, as applicable, is obligated to deliver such property, securities or cash upon such exchange. Pubco shall not consummate or agree to consummate any Reclassification Event unless the successor Person as a result of such Reclassification Event, if any, becomes obligated to comply with the obligations of Pubco (in whatever capacity) under this Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

FORFEITURE OF UNITS; EXCHANGES; TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

Section 8.01 [Reserved.]

Section 8.02 [Reserved.]

Section 8.03 Member Transfers.

(a) No Member shall be permitted to Transfer all or any portion of its Units, except Transfers made in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.03(b). If, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8.03(a), all or any portion of a Member’s Units are Transferred by such Member in violation of this Section 8.03(a), involuntarily, by operation of Law or otherwise, the Transferee of such Units (or portion thereof) shall not be admitted to the Company as a Member nor be entitled to any rights as a Member under this Agreement, and the Transferor will continue to be bound by all obligations under this Agreement. Any attempted or purported Transfer of all or a portion of a Member’s Units in violation of this Section 8.03(a) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, be null and void ab initio and of no force or effect whatsoever. Subject to the restrictions set forth herein, (i) no shares of Class B Common Stock may be Transferred by a Member unless an equal number of Class A Units are Transferred therewith in accordance with this Agreement (including in respect of those Transfers permitted by Section 8.03(b)), and (ii) no Class A Units may be Transferred by a Member holding Class B Common Stock unless an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock are Transferred therewith in accordance with this Agreement (including in respect of those Transfers permitted by Section 8.03(b)).

(b) The Transfer restrictions contained in Section 8.03(a) shall not apply to any Transfer (each, a “Permitted Transfer”): (i) in connection with a Class A Exchange effected in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (ii) by a Member to Pubco or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, or

 

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(i) by a Member to any of such Member’s Permitted Transferees, in each case, in accordance with this Section 8.03, provided, however, that, following any Permitted Transfer pursuant to clause (iii), the restrictions contained in this Agreement will continue to apply to such Units and, as a condition to such Transfer, the Transferee shall be required to execute a joinder to this Agreement and agree in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement. In the case of a Permitted Transfer of any Class A Units by a Continuing Member, such Transferring Member shall be required to Transfer an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock to such Transferee. All Permitted Transfers are subject to the additional limitations set forth in Section 8.06.

Section 8.04 Class A Exchanges.

(a) Right to Exchange for Class A Common Stock.

(i) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8.04(c), to any restrictions imposed by the Managing Member as provided in Section 8.06(b) and to the provisions of this Agreement, each Member holding Class A Units (together with its Affiliates, including other Continuing Members, and Permitted Transferees), other than the Managing Member and its Subsidiaries who shall not have the right to effect a Class A Exchange, (i) that is not a CORE Party or an Affiliate or Permitted Transferee thereof, shall be entitled to cause the Company to effect a Class A Exchange up to one (1) time per calendar quarter by delivering a Class A Exchange Notice to the Company and the Managing Member and (ii) that is a CORE Party or any Affiliate or Permitted Transferee thereof shall be entitled to cause the Company to effect a Class A Exchange up to two (2) times per calendar quarter, collectively, by delivering a Class A Exchange Notice to the Managing Member and to the Company. Any Class A Exchange under this Section 8.04 must be with respect to a number of Class A Units at least equal to the Maximum Exchange Amount.

(ii) (iii) For the avoidance of doubt, Unvested Earnout Units are not permitted to be exchanged pursuant to this Section 8.04, and in no event shall the Company or Pubco effect an exchange of an Earnout Unit unless and until an Earnout Vesting Event and Earnout Vesting Date has occurred with respect to such Earnout Unit and it has vested in accordance with the terms hereof.

(b) Exchange Procedures.

(i) A Class A Exchanging Member shall exercise its right to make a Class A Exchange as set forth in Section 8.04(a) above by providing such Class A Exchange Notice during normal business hours at the principal executive office of Pubco and the Company (or otherwise in accordance with Section 11.02). Within three (3) Business Days following its receipt of a Class A Exchange Notice, the Managing Member may elect to settle all or a portion of the Class A Exchanged Units in cash in an amount equal to the Class A Cash Amount (in lieu of shares of Class A Common Stock), by giving written notice of such election to the Class A Exchanging Member within such three (3) Business Day period (such notice, the “Cash Exchange Notice”). The Cash Exchange Notice shall set forth the portion of the Class A Exchanged Units subject to the Class A Exchange which shall be exchanged for cash in lieu of Class A Common Stock. To the extent any Class A Exchange relates to the exercise of the Class A Exchanging Member’s registration rights under the Registration Rights Agreement, Pubco and the Company shall cooperate in good faith with such Class A Exchanging Member to exercise such Class A

 

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Exchange in a manner which preserves such Class A Exchanging Member’s rights thereunder. At any time following the delivery of a Cash Exchange Notice and prior to the Class A Exchange Date, the Managing Member may elect (by giving written notice of such election to the Class A Exchanging Member) to revoke the Cash Exchange Notice with respect to all or any portion of the Class A Exchanged Units and instead deliver the applicable Class A Exchanged Shares with respect to any such Class A Exchanged Units on the Class A Exchange Date.

(ii) [Reserved].

(iii) Each Class A Exchange shall be consummated on the Class A Exchange Date. On the Class A Exchange Date (to be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the Class A Exchange Date), (a) Pubco shall contribute to the Company for delivery to the Class A Exchanging Member (x) the Class A Exchanged Shares with respect to such Class A Exchanged Units not subject to a Cash Exchange Notice and (y) the Class A Cash Amount with respect to any Class A Exchanged Units subject to a Cash Exchange Notice, (b) the Class A Exchanging Member shall transfer and surrender the Class A Exchanged Units to the Company, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, (c) the Company shall issue to Pubco a number of Class A Units equal to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock to be delivered pursuant to clause (a)(x), (d) solely to the extent necessary in connection with a Class A Exchange, Pubco shall undertake all actions, including an issuance, reclassification, distribution, division or recapitalization, with respect to the Class A Common Stock necessary in order to maintain a one-to-one ratio between the number of Class A Units owned by Pubco, directly or indirectly, and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, taking into account the issuance in clause (c), any Class A Exchanged Shares, and any other action taken in connection with this Section 8.04, (e) the Company shall (x) cancel the redeemed Class A Units which were Class A Exchanged Units held by the Class A Exchanging Member and (y) transfer to the Class A Exchanging Member the Class A Cash Amount and/or the Class A Exchanged Shares, as applicable, and (f) Pubco shall cancel the surrendered shares of Class B Common Stock. Upon the Class A Exchange of all of a Member’s Class A Units, such Class A Member shall cease to be a Class A Member of the Company.

(iv) The Company and each Class A Exchanging Member shall bear their own expenses in connection with the consummation of any Class A Exchange, except that the Company shall bear any transfer taxes, stamp taxes or duties, or other similar taxes in connection with, or arising by reason of, any Class A Exchange; provided, however, that if any shares of Class A Common Stock are to be delivered in a name other than that of the Class A Exchanging Member, then such Class A Exchanging Member and/or the person in whose name such shares are to be delivered shall pay to the Company the amount of any transfer taxes, stamp taxes or duties, or other similar taxes in connection with, or arising by reason of, such Class A Exchange or shall establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid or is not payable (and shall indemnify the Company in the event such transfer taxes, stamp taxes or duties, or other similar taxes in connection with, or arising by reason of, such Class A Exchange are not so paid).

 

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(v) Pubco may adopt reasonable procedures for the implementation of the Class A Exchange provisions set forth in this Section 8.04; provided that without the consent of each Continuing Member, Pubco shall not adopt any procedures inconsistent with or that impair or adversely affect the rights of a Member to Exchange Class A Units pursuant to this Agreement. A Class A Exchanging Member may not revoke a Class A Exchange Notice delivered pursuant to Section 8.04(a) above without the consent of the Managing Member, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.

(vi) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, additional restrictions may be imposed on Class A Exchanges by the Managing Member as provided in Section 8.06(b).

(c) Adjustment. If there is: (i) any subdivision (by any unit split, unit distribution, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse unit split, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) of the Class A Units that is not accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination of the Class A Common Stock; or (ii) any subdivision (by any stock split, stock dividend or distribution, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse stock split, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) of the Class A Common Stock that is not accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination of the Units, then, in each case, to the extent necessary to maintain the economic equivalency in the value surrendered for exchange and the value received, the Managing Member shall in good faith adjust the number of shares of Class A Common Stock for which a Class A Unit is entitled to be exchanged under this Section 8.04 accordingly. If there is any reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction in which the Class A Common Stock is converted or changed into another security, securities or other property, then upon any subsequent Class A Exchange, a Class A Exchanging Member shall be entitled to receive the amount of such security, securities or other property that such Class A Exchanging Member would have received if such Class A Exchange had occurred immediately prior to the effective date of such reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction, taking into account any adjustment as a result of any subdivision (by any split, distribution or dividend, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of such security, securities or other property that occurs after the effective time of such reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction. Except as may be required in the immediately preceding sentence, no adjustments in respect of distributions shall be made upon a Class A Exchange.

(d) Class A Common Stock to be Issued.

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

 

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

(e) Pubco Offers. In the event that a tender offer, share exchange offer, or take-over bid or similar transaction with respect to Class A Common Stock or another Equity Security of Pubco (a “Pubco Offer”) is proposed by Pubco or is proposed to Pubco or its stockholders, the holders of Class A Units (or such other Equity Security of the Company corresponding to such Pubco Equity Security) shall be permitted to participate in such Pubco Offer by delivery of a Class A Exchange Notice (which Class A Exchange Notice shall be effective immediately prior to the consummation of such Pubco Offer (and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be contingent upon such Pubco Offer and not be effective if such Pubco Offer is not consummated)). In the case of a Pubco Offer, Pubco shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all such actions and do all such things as are necessary or desirable to enable and permit the holders of Class A Units or other Equity Security to participate in such Pubco Offer to the same extent or on an economically equivalent basis as the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock or other Equity Security without discrimination; provided that, without limiting the generality of this sentence (and without limiting the ability of any Member holding Class A Units or such other Equity Security to consummate a Class A Exchange at any time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), the Managing Member shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that such holders of Class A Units or such other Equity Security may participate in such Pubco Offer without being required to effect a Class A Exchange of their Class A Units and cancel their shares of Class B Common Stock, as the case may be, (or, if so required, to ensure that any such Class A Exchange and cancelation shall be effective only upon, and shall be conditional upon, the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Pubco Offer). For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the holders of Class A Units be entitled to receive in such Pubco Offer aggregate consideration for each Class A Unit and share of Class B Common Stock, taken together, that is greater than or less than the consideration payable in respect of each share of Class A Common Stock in connection with such Pubco Offer (it being understood that payments under or in respect of the Tax Receivable Agreement shall not be considered part of any such consideration, and shall be in addition thereto).

 

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(f) Pubco Call Rights. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 8.04, with respect to any Class A Exchange Notice, a Class A Exchanging Member shall be deemed to have offered to sell its Class A Exchanged Units as described in any Class A Exchange Notice directly to Pubco (rather than to the Company), and Pubco may, by delivery of a written notice to the Class A Exchanging Member no later than three (3) Business Days following the giving of a Class A Exchange Notice, in accordance with, and subject to the terms of, this Section 8.4(f) (such notice, a “Pubco Call Notice”), elect to purchase directly and acquire such Class A Exchanged Units on the Class A Exchange Date by paying to the Class A Exchanging Member (or such other Person specified in the Class A Exchange Notice) the Class A Exchanged Shares and/or Class A Cash Amount with respect to the Class A Exchanged Units, whereupon Pubco shall acquire the Class A Exchanged Units on the Class A Exchange Date and be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as the owner of such Class A Units. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 8.04(f), an exercise of the call right of Pubco set forth in this Section 8.04(f) shall be consummated pursuant to the same timeframe and in the same manner as the relevant Class A Exchange would have been consummated if Pubco had not given a Pubco Call Notice, in each case as relevant.

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

(h) Tax Treatment. For U.S. federal and applicable state and local income tax purposes, each of the Class A Exchanging Member, the Company and Pubco agree to treat each Class A Exchange as a sale by the Class A Exchanging Member of the Class A Exchanging Member’s Class A Units (together with a corresponding number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, which shares shall not be allocated economic value in excess of par value) to Pubco in exchange for the Class A Common Stock.

Section 8.05 [Reserved].

Section 8.06 Further Restrictions.

(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement, other than with respect to Transfers in accordance with Section 8.04, in no event may any Transfer of a Unit be made by any Member or Assignee if the Managing Member determines in its reasonable discretion that:

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

 

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(ii) such Transfer would require the registration of such transferred Unit or of any Class of Unit pursuant to any applicable U.S. federal or state securities laws (including, without limitation, the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) or other non-U.S. securities laws (including Canadian provincial or territorial securities laws) or would constitute a non-exempt distribution pursuant to applicable provincial or state securities laws; or

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

(b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement, in no event shall any Transfer of a Unit be made by any Member or Assignee if the Managing Member determines in its reasonable discretion that such Transfer would pose a material risk that such Transfer would (i) be considered to be effected on or through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof” as such terms are used in Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1, (ii) result in the Company having more than 100 partners, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) (determined taking into account the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(3)), or (iii) cause the Company to be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. In addition, notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement, to the extent the Managing Member reasonably determines that additional restrictions on Transfers (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Class A Exchanges) are advisable to minimize the risk that the Company is not treated as a “publicly traded partnership” under Section 7704 of the Code, the Managing Member shall impose such additional restrictions on Transfers as the Managing Member reasonably determines to be so advisable.

(c) To the fullest extent permitted by law, any Transfer in violation of this Article VIII shall be deemed null and void ab initio and of no effect.

Section 8.07 Rights of Assignees. The Transferee of any Permitted Transfer permitted pursuant to this Article VIII will be an assignee only (“Assignee”), and only will receive, to the extent transferred, the distributions and allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit or similar item to which the Member which transferred its Units would be entitled, and such Assignee will not be entitled or enabled to exercise any other rights or powers of a Member, such other rights, and all obligations relating to, or in connection with, such interest remaining with the transferring Member, unless and until such time as such Transferee is admitted to the Company as a Member pursuant to Section 8.09. The transferring Member will remain a Member even if it has transferred all of its Units to one or more Assignees until such time as all such Assignee(s) have been admitted to the Company as a Member pursuant to Section 8.09.

 

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Section 8.08 Admissions, Resignations and Removals.

(a) Pubco shall not, by any means, resign as, cease to be or be replaced as Managing Member except in compliance with this Section 8.08 and except with the approval of a majority of the independent directors serving on the Board of Directors. No termination or replacement of Pubco as Managing Member shall be effective unless proper provision is made, in compliance with this Agreement, so that the obligations of Pubco, its successor by merger (if applicable) and any new Managing Member and the rights of all Members under this Agreement and applicable Law remain in full force and effect. No appointment of a Person other than Pubco (or its successor by merger, as applicable) as Managing Member shall be effective unless

(b) the new Managing Member executes a joinder to this Agreement and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions in this Agreement, and

(c) Pubco (or its successor by merger, as applicable) and the new Managing Member (as applicable) provide all other Members with contractual rights, directly enforceable by such other Members against Pubco (or its successor by merger, as applicable) and the new Managing Member (as applicable), to cause (i) Pubco to comply with all Pubco’s obligations under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section 8.04 and 7.01(c)(iii)) other than those that must necessarily be taken solely in its capacity as Managing Member and (ii) the new Managing Member to comply with all the Managing Member’s obligations under this Agreement.

(d) No Member will be removed or entitled to resign from being a Member of the Company except in accordance with Section 8.10 hereof. Any additional Managing Member or substitute Managing Member admitted as a Managing Member of the Company pursuant to this Section 8.08 is hereby authorized to, and shall, continue the Company without dissolution.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in Article IX or the Act, no admission, substitution, resignation or removal of a Member will cause the dissolution of the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any purported admission, resignation or removal that is not in accordance with this Agreement shall be null and void.

Section 8.09 Admission of Assignees as Substitute Members. An Assignee will become a substitute Member only if and when each of the following conditions is satisfied:

(a) the Managing Member consents in writing to such admission (to the extent required in accordance with Section 8.03);

(b) if required by the Managing Member, the Managing Member receives written instruments (including, without limitation, copies of any instruments of Transfer) that are in a form satisfactory to the Managing Member; and

(c) such Assignee signs a joinder or counterpart to this Agreement agreeing to become a party to and bound by this Agreement as a substitute Member.

Section 8.10 Resignation and Removal of Members. Subject to Section 8.07, if a Member (other than the Managing Member) ceases to hold any Units, then such Member shall cease to be a Member and to have the power to exercise any rights or powers of a member of the Company, and shall be deemed to have resigned from the Company.

 

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ARTICLE IX

DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

Section 9.01 No Dissolution. Except as required by the Act, the Company shall not be dissolved by the admission of additional Members or resignation of Members in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Company may be dissolved, liquidated, wound up and terminated only pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX, and the Members hereby irrevocably waive any and all other rights they may have to cause a dissolution of the Company or a sale or partition of any or all of the Company assets.

Section 9.02 Events Causing Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs shall be wound up upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each, a “Dissolution Event”):

(a) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 18-802 of the Act upon the finding by a court of competent jurisdiction that it is not reasonably practicable to carry on the business of the Company in conformity with this Agreement;

(b) any event which makes it unlawful for the business of the Company to be carried on by the Members;

(c) the written consent of all Members;

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

(e) the determination of the Managing Member, with the consent of the Continuing Member Representative for so long as the Continuing Members hold Units; provided that in the event of a dissolution pursuant to this clause (e), the relative economic rights of each Class of Units immediately prior to such dissolution shall be preserved to the greatest extent practicable with respect to distributions made to Members pursuant to Section 9.03 below in connection with the winding up of the Company, taking into consideration tax and other legal constraints that may adversely affect one or more parties hereto and subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations, unless, and to the extent that, with respect to any Class of Units, holders of not less than 75% of the Units of such Class consent in writing to a treatment other than as described above; provided, that prior to the occurrence of a Tier 1 Earnout Vesting Event, a Tier 2 Earnout Vesting Event or a Tier 3 Earnout Vesting Event with respect to the Tier 1 Earnout Units, the Tier 2 Earnout Units and the Tier 3 Earnout Units, respectively, such Units shall not have any economic rights under this Agreement.

Section 9.03 Distribution upon Dissolution. Upon dissolution, the Company shall not be terminated and shall continue until the winding up of the affairs of the Company is completed. Upon the winding up of the Company, the Managing Member, or any other Person designated by the Managing Member (the “Liquidation Agent”), shall take full account of the assets and liabilities of the Company and shall, unless the Managing Member determines otherwise, liquidate the assets of the Company as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof. The proceeds of any liquidation shall be applied and distributed in the following order:

 

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(a) First, to the satisfaction of debts and liabilities of the Company (including satisfaction of all indebtedness to Members and/or their Affiliates to the extent otherwise permitted by law) including the expenses of liquidation, and including the establishment of any reserve which the Liquidation Agent shall deem reasonably necessary for any contingent, conditional or unmatured contractual liabilities or obligations of the Company (“ Contingencies”). Any such reserve may be paid over by the Liquidation Agent to any attorney-at-law, or acceptable party, as escrow agent, to be held for disbursement in payment of any Contingencies and, at the expiration of such period as shall be deemed advisable by the Liquidation Agent for distribution of the balance in the manner hereinafter provided in this Section 9.03;

(b) Second, to the satisfaction of (i) any payments due pursuant to Section 4.01(b), if any, to the Members holding Class A Units for which such distributions are due, pro rata in accordance with all such Members’ respective Class A Units for which such distributions are due; and

(c) The balance, if any, to the Members, pro rata in accordance with the Members’ respective Class A Units other than Unvested Earnout Units.

Section 9.04 Time for Liquidation. A reasonable amount of time shall be allowed for the orderly liquidation of the assets of the Company and the discharge of liabilities to creditors so as to enable the Liquidation Agent to minimize the losses attendant upon such liquidation.

Section 9.05 Termination. The Company shall terminate when all of the assets of the Company, after payment of or due provision for all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company, shall have been distributed to the holders of Units in the manner provided for in this Article IX, and the Certificate shall have been cancelled in the manner required by the Act.

Section 9.06 Claims of the Members. The Members shall look solely to the Company’s assets for the return of their Capital Contributions, and if the assets of the Company remaining after payment of or due provision for all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company are insufficient to return such Capital Contributions, the Members shall have no recourse against the Company or any other Member or any other Person. No Member with a negative balance in such Member’s Capital Account shall have any obligation to the Company or to the other Members or to any creditor or other Person to restore such negative balance during the existence of the Company, upon dissolution or termination of the Company or otherwise, except to the extent required by the Act.

Section 9.07 Survival of Certain Provisions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the provisions of Section 5.07, Section 5.08, Section 10.02, Section 11.09 and Section 11.10 shall survive the termination of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE X

LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

Section 10.01 Liability of Members.

(a) No Member and no Affiliate, manager, member, employee or agent of a Member shall be liable for any debt, obligation or liability of the Company or of any other Member or have any obligation to restore any deficit balance in its Capital Account solely by reason of being a Member of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act.

(b) This Agreement is not intended to, and does not, create or impose any duty (including any fiduciary duty) on any of the Members (other than the Managing Member in its capacity as such) hereto or on their respective Affiliates. Further, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any duty otherwise existing at law or in equity, the parties hereto agree that no Member (other than the Managing Member, in its capacity as such, as set forth in Section 3.06) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have any duties (including fiduciary duties) to any other Member or to the Company, and in doing so, the parties recognize, acknowledge and agree that their duties and obligations to one another and to the Company are only as expressly set forth in this Agreement; provided, however, that each Member shall have the duty to act in accordance with the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

(c) To the extent that, at law or in equity, any Member has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, to another Member or to another Person who is a party to or is otherwise bound by this Agreement, the Members (other than the Managing Member in its capacity as such) acting under this Agreement will not be liable to the Company, to any such other Member or to any such other Person who is a party to or is otherwise bound by this Agreement, for their good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or eliminate the duties and liabilities relating thereto of any Member otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Members to replace to that extent such other duties and liabilities of the Members relating thereto.

(d) The Managing Member may consult with legal counsel, accountants and financial or other advisors selected by it, and any act or omission taken by the Managing Member on behalf of the Company or in furtherance of the interests of the Company in good faith in reliance upon and in accordance with the advice of such Person as to matters the Managing Member reasonably believes to be within such Person’s professional or expert competence shall be conclusively presumed to have been done or omitted in good faith and in accordance with such opinion or advice, and the Managing Member will be fully protected in so acting or omitting to act so long as such counsel or accountants or financial or other advisors were selected with reasonable care.

Section 10.02 Indemnification.

(a) Exculpation and Indemnification. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, whether express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no Indemnitee shall be liable to the Company or any Member for any act or omission in relation to the Company or this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby taken or omitted by an Indemnitee in good faith and in the reasonable belief that such act or omission was in the best interests of the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by law, as the same exists or hereafter be amended (but in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Company to provide prior to such amendment), the Company shall indemnify any Indemnitee who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (brought in the right of the Company or otherwise), whether civil,

 

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criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal (hereinafter a “Proceeding”), including appeals, by reason of his or her or its status as an Indemnitee or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted to be taken by an Indemnitee in such capacity, from and against all loss and liability suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including appeals; provided that such Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification hereunder if, but only to the extent that, such Indemnitee’s conduct constituted fraud, bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.02(c), the Company shall be required to indemnify an Indemnitee in connection with any action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) (i) commenced by such Indemnitee only if the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) by such Indemnitee was authorized by the Managing Member, and (ii) by or in the right of the Company only if the Managing Member has provided its prior written consent. The indemnification of an Indemnitee of the type identified in clause (e) of the definition of Indemnitee shall be secondary to any and all indemnification to which such Indemnitee is entitled from the relevant other Person (including any payment made to such Indemnitee under any insurance policy issued to or for the benefit of such Person or Indemnitee) (the “ Primary Indemnification”), and will only be paid to the extent the Primary Indemnification is not paid and/or does not provide coverage (e.g., a self -insured retention amount under an insurance policy). No such Person shall be entitled to contribution or indemnification from or subrogation against the Company. The indemnification of any other Indemnitee shall, to the extent not in conflict with such policy, be secondary to any and all payment to which such Indemnitee is entitled from any relevant insurance policy issued to or for the benefit of the Company or any Indemnitee. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement shall not affect the indemnification and advancement of rights provided pursuant to the Existing Agreement in favor of any Person relating to proceedings arising out of actions or omissions occurring in whole or in part prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement.

(b) Advancement of Expenses. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall promptly pay reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by any Indemnitee in appearing at, participating in or defending any Proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding, including appeals, upon presentation of an undertaking on behalf of such Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 10.02 or otherwise. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.02(c), the Company shall be required to pay expenses of an Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding (or part thereof) (i) commenced by such Indemnitee only if the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) by such Indemnitee was authorized by the Managing Member and (ii) by or in the right of the Company only if the Managing Member has provided its prior written consent.

(c) Unpaid Claims. If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such Proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Section 10.02 is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after a written claim therefor by any Indemnitee has been received by the Company, such Indemnitee may file proceedings to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Company shall have the burden of proving that such Indemnitee is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable Law.

 

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(d) Insurance. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person described in Section 10.02(a) against any liability asserted against such person, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Section 10.02 or otherwise.

(i) In the event of any payment by the Company under this Section 10.02, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee from any relevant other Person or under any insurance policy issued to or for the benefit of the Company, such relevant other Person, or any Indemnitee. Each Indemnitee agrees to execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce any such rights in accordance with the terms of such insurance policy or other relevant document. The Company shall pay or reimburse all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such subrogation.

(ii) The Company shall not be liable under this Section 10.02 to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (including, but not limited to, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, and excise taxes with respect to an employee benefit plan or penalties) if and to the extent that the applicable Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under this Section 10.02 or any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

(e) Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The provisions of this Section 10.02 shall be applicable to all actions, claims, suits or proceedings made or commenced after the date of this Agreement, whether arising from acts or omissions to act occurring before or after its adoption. The provisions of this Section 10.02 shall be deemed to be a contract between the Company and each person entitled to indemnification under this Section 10.02 (or legal representative thereof) who serves in such capacity at any time while this Section 10.02 and the relevant provisions of applicable Law, if any, are in effect, and any amendment, modification or repeal hereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state of facts or any action, suit or proceeding then or theretofore existing, or any action, suit or proceeding thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part on any such state of facts. If any provision of this Section 10.02 shall be found to be invalid or limited in application by reason of any law or regulation, it shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions hereof. The rights of indemnification provided in this Section 10.02 shall neither be exclusive of, nor be deemed in limitation of, any rights to which any person may otherwise be or become entitled or permitted by contract, this Agreement or as a matter of law, both as to actions in such person’s official capacity and actions in any other capacity, it being the policy of the Company that indemnification of any person whom the Company is obligated to indemnify pursuant to Section 10.02(a) shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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(g) (i) For purposes of this Article X, (x) “Affiliate” shall mean (A) in respect of a member of the Board of Directors, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by such member of the Board of Directors (other than the Company and any entity that is controlled by the Company), (B) in respect of any of the Stockholder Parties, a Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by any of the Stockholder Parties, controls any of the Stockholder Parties or is under common control with any of the Stockholder Parties and shall include any principal, member, director, partner, stockholder, officer, employee or other representative of any of the foregoing (other than the Company and any entity that is controlled by the Company) and (C) in respect of the Company, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Company and (y) “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, association or any other entity.

(ii) For the purposes of this Article, “control,” including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting stock, by contract, or otherwise. A person who is the owner of 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock of a corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such person holds voting stock, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this Section (F) of Article X, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such entity.

(iii) For purposes of this Section 10.02, references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan.

(iv) This Section 10.02 shall not limit the right of the Company, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to, and purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of, persons other than persons described in Section 10.02(a).

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon a determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

 

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Section 11.02 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by courier service (delivery receipt requested), by fax, by electronic mail or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 11.02):

 

  (a)

If to the Company, to:

c/o CORE Industrial Partners, LLC

150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite #2050

Chicago, Illinois 60606 Attn:

E-mail:

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Winston & Strawn LLP

35 W. Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60601

Attn: Steven J. Gavin, Matthew F. Bergmann and Jason D. Osborn

E-mail: SGavin@winston.com, MBergmann@winston.com and

JOsborn@winston.com

(b) If to any Member other than the Managing Member, to such Member at the address of such Member as set forth on Exhibit A.

 

  (c)

If to the Managing Member, to:

c/o CORE Industrial Partners, LLC

150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite #2050

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Attn:

E-mail:

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Winston & Strawn LLP

35 W. Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60601

Attn: Steven J. Gavin, Matthew F. Bergmann and Jason D. Osborn

E-mail: SGavin@winston.com, MBergmann@winston.com and

JOsborn@winston.com

Section 11.03 Cumulative Remedies. The rights and remedies provided by this Agreement are cumulative and the use of any one right or remedy by any party shall not preclude or waive its right to use any or all other remedies. Said rights and remedies are given in addition to any other rights the parties may have by Law.

 

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Section 11.04 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of all of the parties and, to the extent permitted by this Agreement, their successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legal representatives and assigns.

Section 11.05 Interpretation. Throughout this Agreement, nouns, pronouns and verbs shall be construed as masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural, whichever shall be applicable. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to “ Articles,” “Sections” and paragraphs shall refer to corresponding provisions of this Agreement.

Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that the parties hereto have participated collectively in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and that he or she or it has had the opportunity to draft, review and edit the language of this Agreement; accordingly, it is the intention of the parties that no presumption for or against any party arising out of drafting all or any part of this Agreement will be applied in any dispute relating to, in connection with or involving this Agreement. Accordingly, the parties hereby waive to the fullest extent permitted by law the benefit of any rule of law or any legal decision that would require that in cases of uncertainty, the language of a contract should be interpreted most strongly against the party who drafted such language.

Section 11.06 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by email or facsimile transmission of a “.pdf” format data) in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Copies of executed counterparts transmitted by telecopy by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data rile or other electronic transmission service shall be considered original executed counterparts for purposes of this Section 11.06.

Section 11.07 Further Assurances. Each Member shall perform all other acts and execute and deliver all other documents as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.

Section 11.08 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, whether oral or written, pertaining thereto (including, without limitation, the Existing Agreement).

Section 11.09 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Delaware, without regard to its principles of conflicts laws.

Section 11.10 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

(a) Any and all disputes which cannot be settled amicably with respect to this Agreement, including any action (at law or in equity), claim, litigation, suit, arbitration, hearing, audit, review, inquiry, proceeding or investigation or ancillary claims of any party, arising out of, relating to or in connection with the validity, negotiation, execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement or any matter arising out of or in connection with this

 

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Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder or thereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder or thereunder brought by a party hereto or its successors or assigns, shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Delaware Chancery Court, if such court shall not have jurisdiction, any federal court located in the State of Delaware, or, if neither of such courts shall have jurisdiction, any other Delaware state court. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such dispute for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, to the sole and exclusive personal jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and agrees that it will not bring any dispute relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court other than the aforesaid courts. Each party irrevocably consents to service of process in any dispute in any of the aforesaid courts by the mailing of co pies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by recognized overnight delivery service, to such party at such party’s address referred to in Section 11.02. Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action brought by any party with respect to this Agreement (i) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts for any reason other than the failure to serve process in accordance with this Section 11.10; (ii) any claim that it or its property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise); or (iii) any objection which such party may now or hereafter have (A) to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions arising out of or in connection with this Agreement brought in the courts referred to above; (B) that such action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum and (C) that this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof or thereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.

(b) To the extent that any party has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself, or to such party’s property, each such party hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of such party’s obligations with respect to this Agreement.

(c) EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY AGREEING TO THE CHOICE OF DELAWARE LAW TO GOVERN THIS AGREEMENT AND TO THE JURISDICTION OF DELAWARE COURTS IN CONNECTION WITH PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT HEREUNDER. THE PARTIES INTEND THIS TO BE AN EFFECTIVE CHOICE OF DELAWARE LAW AND AN EFFECTIVE CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS UNDER 6 DEL. C. § 2708.

(d) EACH PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND ITS AFFILIATES, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF OR THEREOF.

 

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Section 11.11 Expenses. Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for all costs and expenses, including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel, financial advisors and accountants, incurred by the Members and the Company in connection with the preparation, negotiation, and operation of this Agreement.

Section 11.12 Amendments and Waivers.

(a) This Agreement (including the Schedules and Annexes hereto) may be amended, supplemented, waived or modified only with the approval of the Managing Member in its sole discretion (including by means of merger, consolidation or other business combination to which the Company is a party); provided that no amendment shall be effective until written notice has been provided to the Members, and any Member holding Class A Units shall have the right to file a Class A Exchange Notice prior to the effectiveness of such amendment; provided, further, that no amendment, supplement, waiver or modification may disproportionately and adversely affect a Member or remove or alter a right or privilege granted to a Member, without such Member’s prior written consent; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no amendment, supplement, waiver or modification, including any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification effected by way of merger, consolidation or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, may without the prior written consent of each such affected Member modify the limited liability of any Member, or increase the liabilities of any Member, in each case, without the prior written consent of each such affected Member; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the provisions included in this Agreement (including the Schedules and Annexes thereto) that (i) relate to the economic entitlements of Pubco, (ii) relate to the Earnout Vesting Events or (iii) are subject to the approval of a majority of the independent directors serving on the Board of Directors (including, in each case, the definitions of those terms included therein) shall not be amended, supplemented, waived or modified, without the approval of a majority of the independent directors serving on the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Managing Member may, without the written consent of any Member or any other Person, amend, supplement, waive or modify any provision of this Agreement and execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record whatever documents may be required in connection therewith, to reflect: (1) any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification that the Managing Member determines in its sole discretion to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the creation, authorization or issuance of Units or any Class or series of equity interest in the Company or Unit combinations or subdivisions effected pursuant to Section 7.01 hereof and otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (2) the admission, substitution, withdrawal or removal of Members in accordance with this Agreement, including pursuant to Section 7.01 hereof; (3) a change in the name of the Company, the location of the principal place of business of the Company, the registered agent of the Company or the registered office of the Company; and/or (4) a change in the Fiscal Year or taxable year of the Company; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment, supplement, waiver or modification, including any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification effected by way of merger, consolidation or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, may materially and adversely affect the rights, powers or duties of a Member without the consent of such Member. If an amendment, supplement, waiver or modification has been approved in accordance with this Agreement, such amendment, supplement, waiver or modification shall be adopted and effective with respect to all Members. Upon obtaining such approvals as may be required by this Agreement, and without further action or execution on the part of any other Member or other Person, any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification to this Agreement may be implemented and reflected in a writing executed solely by the Managing Member and the other Members shall be deemed a party to and bound by such amendment, supplement, waiver or modification.

 

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(b) No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder (other than a failure or delay beyond a period of time specified herein) shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Law.

(c) The Managing Member may, in its sole discretion, unilaterally amend this Agreement on or before the effective date of the final regulations to provide for (i) the election of a safe harbor under Proposed Treasury Regulation Section 1.83-3(l) (or any similar provision) under which the fair market value of a Company interest (or interest in an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is transferred is treated as being equal to the liquidation value of that interest, (ii) an agreement by the Company and each of its Members to comply with all of the requirements set forth in such regulations and Notice 2005 -43 (and any other guidance provided by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to such election) with respect to all Company interests (or interest in an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) transferred in connection with the performance of services while the election remains effective, (iii) the allocation of items of income, gains, deductions and losses required by the final regulations similar to Proposed Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(4)(xii)(b) and (c), 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(b)(1) and any other related amendments.

(d) Except as may be otherwise required by law in connection with the winding-up, liquidation, or dissolution of the Company, each Member hereby irrevocably waives any and all rights that it may have to maintain an action for judicial accounting or for partition of any of the Company’s property.

Section 11.13 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the parties hereto and their permitted assigns and successors and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person or entity, any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement (other than pursuant to Section 10.02 hereof); provided, however that each employee, officer, director, agent or indemnitee of any Person who is bound by this Agreement or its Affiliates is an intended third party beneficiary of Section 11.10 and shall be entitled to enforce its rights thereunder.

Section 11.14 Headings. The headings and subheadings in this Agreement are included for convenience and identification only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

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Section 11.15 Power of Attorney. Each Member, by its execution hereof, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints the Managing Member as its true and lawful agent and attorney in fact, with full power of substitution and full power and authority in its name, place and stead, to make, execute, sign, acknowledge, swear to, record and file (a) this Agreement and any amendment to this Agreement that has been consented to and adopted as herein provided; (b) all amendments to the Certificate required or permitted by law or the provisions of this Agreement; (c) all certificates and other instruments (including consents and ratifications which the Members have agreed to provide upon a matter receiving the agreed support of Members) deemed advisable by the Managing Member to carry out the provisions of this Agreement and Law or to permit the Company to become or to continue as a limited liability company or entity wherein the Members have limited liability in each jurisdiction where the Company may be doing business; (d) all instruments that the Managing Member deems appropriate to reflect a change or modification of this Agreement or the Company in accordance with this Agreement, including, without limitation, the admission of additional Members or substituted Members pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement; (e) all conveyances and other instruments or papers deemed advisable by the Managing Member to effect the liquidation and termination of the Company; and (f) all fictitious or assumed name certificates required or permitted (in light of the Company’s activities) to be filed on behalf of the Company.

Section 11.16 Partnership Status. The Members intend to treat the Company as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no election to the contrary shall be made. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, solely for U.S. federal income tax purposes, this Agreement, the Tax Receivables Agreement, and any other separate agreement described in this Section 11.16 shall collectively constitute a “partnership agreement” within the meaning of Section 761(c) of the Code and Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(h) and 1.761-1(c).

Section 11.17 Delivery by Facsimile or Email. This Agreement, the agreements referred to herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile machine or email with scan or facsimile attachment, or electronic signature or electronic transmission shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. No Person that is a party to or is otherwise bound by this Agreement or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine, email or electronic signature or electronic transmission to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine, email or otherwise electronically as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract, and each such party forever waives any such defense.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have entered into this Agreement or have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers, in each case as of the date first above stated.

 

COMPANY:
FATHOM HOLDCO, LLC
By:  

/s/ Ryan Martin

Name:   Ryan Martin
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

 

[Signature Page – Second Amended and Restated

Limited Liability Company Agreement of Fathom Holdco, LLC]


MANAGING MEMBER:
FATHOM DIGITAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Ryan Martin

Name:   Ryan Martin
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

 

[Signature Page – Second Amended and Restated

Limited Liability Company Agreement of Fathom Holdco, LLC]


CONTINUING MEMBERS:
CORE INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS MANAGEMENT, LP
By:  

/s/ John May

Name:   John May
Title:   Managing Partner
CORE INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS FUND I, L.P.
By: CORE Industrial Partners GP I, LLC, its general partner
By:  

/s/ John May

Name:   John May
Title:   Managing Partner

 

 

[Signature Page – Second Amended and Restated

Limited Liability Company Agreement of Fathom Holdco, LLC]


EXHIBIT A

SCHEDULE OF MEMBERS

 

Name and Address of Members

   Class A Units
(Other than

Earnout
Units)
     Tier 1
Earnout Units
     Tier 2
Earnout
Units
     Tier 3
Earnout
Units
 

Continuing Members:

 

CORE Industrial Partners Fund I, L.P.

150 N. Riverside Plaza

Suite 2050

Chicago, Illinois 60606

     63,377,883        1,572,503        1,572,502        1,572,502  

SBOF IV Incodema Holdings, LLC

c/o Siguler Guff Advisers, LLC

200 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor

New York, New York 10166

     768,758        19,180        19,179        19,179  

Siguler Guff Small Buyout Opportunities Fund III (T), LP

c/o Siguler Guff Advisers, LLC

200 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor

New York, New York 10166

     2,300,994        56,811        56,810        56,810  

Keidl Family Holdings, Inc.

1050 Walnut Ridge Drive

Hartland, Wisconsin 53029

     2,726,156        66,973        66,973        66,972  

Kemeera Holdings, Inc.

497 Del Amigo Road

Danville, California 94526

Attn:

     3,169,706        78,519        78,519        78,518  

ICO Products, LLC

543 Forest Lake Drive

Holland, Ohio 43528

Attn:

     3,484,423        86,443        86,443        86,443  

Robert L. Nardelli

One Buckhead Plaza

3060 Peachtree Road NW, Suite 380

Atlanta, Georgia 30305

     145,192        3,602        3,602        3,602  

Oldcut, Inc.

300 Portland Point Road

Lansing, New York 14882

     3,270,699        81,599        81,599        81,598  

Southern Methodist University

Investments Office

P.O. Box 750193

Dallas, Texas 75275-0193

     2,189,571        54,627        54,627        54,626  

FatStacks, LLC

21133 Basalt Street NW

Nowthen, Minnesota 55330

     2,289,262        57,201        57,201        57,200  

Dahlquist Machine Holdco, Inc.

1951 W. 155th Place

Broom field, Colorado 80023

     572,327        14,301        14,300        14,300  


EXHIBIT B

CLASS A EXCHANGE NOTICE

To be provided upon request.

Exhibit 10.5

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

 

LOGO

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of December 23, 2021,

among

FATHOM GUARANTOR, LLC,

FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC,

the LENDERS party hereto

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as

Administrative Agent

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger,

and

CIBC BANK USA,

as Documentation Agent

 

 

 

[CS&M Ref. No. 6702-355]

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

  

SECTION 1.01.

  Defined Terms      1  

SECTION 1.02.

  Terms Generally      48  

SECTION 1.03.

  Effectuation of Transfers      49  

SECTION 1.04.

  Status of Obligations      49  

SECTION 1.05.

  Interest Rates; LIBOR Notification      49  

SECTION 1.06.

  Leverage Ratios      50  

SECTION 1.07.

  Divisions      50  

SECTION 1.08.

  Negative Covenant Compliance      50  

ARTICLE II

THE CREDITS

  

SECTION 2.01.

  Commitments      50  

SECTION 2.02.

  Loans and Borrowings      51  

SECTION 2.03.

  Requests for Borrowings      52  

SECTION 2.04.

  Swingline Loans      52  

SECTION 2.05.

  Letters of Credit      54  

SECTION 2.06.

  Funding of Borrowings      59  

SECTION 2.07.

  Interest Elections      60  

SECTION 2.08.

  Termination and Reduction of Commitments      61  

SECTION 2.09.

  Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt      61  

SECTION 2.10.

  Notice of Repayment of Loans and Amortization of Term Loans      62  

SECTION 2.11.

  Prepayment of Loans      63  

SECTION 2.12.

  Fees      65  

SECTION 2.13.

  Interest      66  

SECTION 2.14.

  Alternate Rate of Interest      67  

SECTION 2.15.

  Increased Costs      69  

SECTION 2.16.

  Break Funding Payments      70  

SECTION 2.17.

  Taxes      71  

SECTION 2.18.

  Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs      74  

SECTION 2.19.

  Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders      76  

SECTION 2.20. 

  Increase in Revolving Facility Commitments and/or Incremental Term Loans      77  

SECTION 2.21.

  Illegality      80  

SECTION 2.22.

  [Reserved]      80  

SECTION 2.23.

  Defaulting Lenders      80  

SECTION 2.24.

  Banking Services and Swap Agreements      82  

 

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ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  

SECTION 3.01.

  Organization; Powers      83  

SECTION 3.02.

  Authorization      83  

SECTION 3.03.

  Enforceability      83  

SECTION 3.04.

  Governmental Approvals      83  

SECTION 3.05.

  Financial Statements      84  

SECTION 3.06.

  No Material Adverse Effect      84  

SECTION 3.07.

  Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases      84  

SECTION 3.08.

  Litigation; Compliance with Laws      85  

SECTION 3.09.

  Federal Reserve Regulations      85  

SECTION 3.10.

  Investment Company Act      85  

SECTION 3.11.

  Use of Proceeds      85  

SECTION 3.12.

  Tax Returns      86  

SECTION 3.13.

  No Material Misstatements      86  

SECTION 3.14.

  Employee Benefit Plans      87  

SECTION 3.15.

  Environmental Matters      87  

SECTION 3.16.

  Solvency      88  

SECTION 3.17.

  Labor Matters      88  

SECTION 3.18.

  Insurance      88  

SECTION 3.19.

  Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions      88  

SECTION 3.20.

  Affected Financial Institutions      89  

SECTION 3.21.

  Security Interest in Collateral      89  

SECTION 3.22.

  Capitalization and Subsidiaries      89  

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS OF LENDING

  

SECTION 4.01.

  Effective Date      89  

SECTION 4.02.

  All Credit Events      91  

ARTICLE V

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

  

SECTION 5.01.

  Existence; Businesses and Properties      92  

SECTION 5.02.

  Insurance      92  

SECTION 5.03.

  Taxes      93  

SECTION 5.04.

  Financial Statements, Reports, etc.      94  

SECTION 5.05.

  Litigation and Other Notices      95  

SECTION 5.06.

  Compliance with Laws      96  

SECTION 5.07.

  Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections      96  

SECTION 5.08.

  Use of Proceeds      96  

SECTION 5.09.

  Compliance with Environmental Laws      96  

SECTION 5.10.

  Further Assurances      97  

SECTION 5.11.

  Fiscal Year      98  

 

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SECTION 5.12.

  Post-Closing Matters      98  

ARTICLE VI

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

  

SECTION 6.01.

  Indebtedness      98  

SECTION 6.02.

  Liens      101  

SECTION 6.03.

  Sale and Lease-Back Transactions      103  

SECTION 6.04.

  Investments, Loans and Advances      104  

SECTION 6.05.

  Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions      106  

SECTION 6.06.

  Dividends and Distributions      107  

SECTION 6.07.

  Transactions with Affiliates      108  

SECTION 6.08.

  Business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries      109  

SECTION 6.09.

  Limitation on Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc.      110  

SECTION 6.10.

  Interest Coverage Ratio      111  

SECTION 6.11.

  Net Leverage Ratio      111  

SECTION 6.12.

  Swap Agreements      111  

SECTION 6.13.

  Designated Senior Debt      111  

SECTION 6.14.

  Restricted Debt Payments      111  

SECTION 6.15.

  Permitted Activities of Holdings      112  

ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

  

SECTION 7.01.

  Events of Default      113  

SECTION 7.02.

  Right to Cure      116  

ARTICLE VIII

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

  

SECTION 8.01.

  Authorization and Action      117  

SECTION 8.02.

  Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Indemnification, Etc.      119  

SECTION 8.03.

  Posting of Communications      120  

SECTION 8.04.

  The Administrative Agent Individually      121  

SECTION 8.05.

  Successor Administrative Agent      121  

SECTION 8.06.

  Acknowledgements of Lenders and Issuing Bank      122  

SECTION 8.07.

  Collateral Matters      124  

SECTION 8.08.

  Credit Bidding      125  

SECTION 8.09.

  Certain ERISA Matters      126  

SECTION 8.10.

  Flood Laws      127  

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

  

SECTION 9.01.

  Notices      127  

SECTION 9.02.

  Survival of Agreement      129  

SECTION 9.03.

  Integration; Binding Effect      129  

 

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SECTION 9.04.

  Successors and Assigns      130  

SECTION 9.05.

  Expenses; Indemnity; Limitation of Liability, Etc.      135  

SECTION 9.06.

  Right of Set-off      137  

SECTION 9.07.

  Applicable Law      137  

SECTION 9.08.

  Waivers; Amendment      138  

SECTION 9.09.

  Interest Rate Limitation      140  

SECTION 9.10.

  Entire Agreement      140  

SECTION 9.11.

  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      140  

SECTION 9.12.

  Severability      141  

SECTION 9.13.

  Counterparts; Electronic Execution      141  

SECTION 9.14.

  Headings      142  

SECTION 9.15.

  Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process      142  

SECTION 9.16.

  Confidentiality      143  

SECTION 9.17.

  Release of Liens and Guarantees      144  

SECTION 9.18.

  U.S. Patriot Act and Beneficial Ownership Regulation Notice      144  

SECTION 9.19.

  [Reserved]      145  

SECTION 9.20.

  Termination or Release      145  

SECTION 9.21.

  Pledge and Guarantee Restrictions      145  

SECTION 9.22.

  No Fiduciary Duty      145  

SECTION 9.23.

  Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions      146  

SECTION 9.24.

  Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs      147  

 

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Exhibits and Schedules

 

Exhibit A    Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit B-1    Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit B-2    Form of Swingline Borrowing Request Exhibit C Form of Collateral Agreement
Exhibit D    Form of Interest Election Request
Exhibit E-1    Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit E-2    Form of Term Note
Exhibit F-1    Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships)
Exhibit F-2    Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships)
Exhibit F-3    Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships)
Exhibit F-4    Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships)
Exhibit G    List of Closing Documents

Exhibit H

Exhibit I

  

Form of Effective Date Solvency Certificate

Form of Compliance Certificate

Schedule 1.01    Certain Subsidiaries
Schedule 2.01    Commitments
Schedule 3.01    Organization and Good Standing
Schedule 3.12    Taxes
Schedule 3.15    Environmental Matters
Schedule 3.22    Capitalization; Subsidiaries
Schedule 5.12    Post-Closing Matters
Schedule 6.01    Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02    Liens
Schedule 6.04    Investments
Schedule 6.07    Transactions with Affiliates

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of December 23, 2021 (this “Agreement”), among FATHOM GUARANTOR, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the LENDERS from time to time party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as Administrative Agent.

The parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:

ABR Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.

ABR Loan” shall mean any ABR Term Loan, ABR Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan.

ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Revolving Loans.

ABR Revolving Loan” shall mean any Revolving Facility Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

ABR Term Loan” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

Acquisition-Related Incremental Term Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

Adjusted LIBO Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

Administrative Agent” shall mean JPMorgan (including any of its designated branch offices and affiliates), in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Article VIII.

Administrative Agent Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(c).

Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Affected Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any U.K. Financial Institution.

Affiliate” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.


Agent-Related Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(d).

Agreed Security Principles” shall mean any grant of a Lien or provision of a guarantee by any Person that could:

(a) result in any breach of corporate benefit, financial assistance, capital preservation, fraudulent preference, thin capitalization rules, retention of title claims or any other law or regulation (or analogous restriction) of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person;

(b) result in any risk to the officers of such Person of contravention of their fiduciary duties and/or of civil or criminal liability;

(c) result in costs (tax, administrative or otherwise) that are materially disproportionate to the benefit obtained by the beneficiaries of such Lien and/or guarantee;

(d) result in a breach of a material agreement to the extent such agreement (i) is binding on such Person, (ii) may not be amended or otherwise modified using commercially reasonable efforts to avoid such breach and (iii) exists on the Effective Date or, if later, on the date on which such Person becomes a Subsidiary (so long as such agreement is not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary); or

(e) result in a Lien being granted over assets, the acquisition of which was financed from a subsidy or payments, the terms of which prohibit any assets acquired with such subsidy or payment being used as collateral.

Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Alternate Base Rate” shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus 12 of 1%, (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period in Dollars on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1% and (d) 1%, provided that for the purpose of this definition, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the LIBO Screen Rate (or if the LIBO Rate is not available for such one month Interest Period but is available for periods both longer and shorter than such period, the Interpolated Rate) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively. If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.14 (for the avoidance of doubt, only until the Benchmark Replacement has been determined pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(i)), then the Alternate Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a), (b) and (d) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Alternate Base Rate as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than 1%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1% for purposes of this Agreement.

Ancillary Document” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13(b).

Anti-Corruption Laws” shall mean all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to Holdings, the Borrower or their respective Affiliates from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

 

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Applicable Margin” shall mean, for any day with respect to any Eurodollar Loan that is a Revolving Facility Loan or Term Loan and any ABR Loan that is a Revolving Facility Loan or Term Loan, and with respect to the Commitment Fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Eurodollar Spread”, “ABR Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be, based upon the Net Leverage Ratio applicable on such date:

 

Level

   Net Leverage
Ratio
   Eurodollar Spread     ABR Spread     Commitment Fee
Rate
 

I

   ³ 3.25 to 1.00      3.50     2.50     0.50

II

   ³ 2.75 to 1.00

but

< 3.25 to 1.00

     3.00     2.00     0.40

III

   ³ 2.25 to 1.00

but

< 2.75 to 1.00

     2.75     1.75     0.35

IV

   ³ 1.75 to 1.00

but

< 2.25 to 1.00

     2.50     1.50     0.30

V

   < 1.75 to 1.00      2.25     1.25     0.25

For purposes of the foregoing, (a) the Net Leverage Ratio shall be determined as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of Holdings’ fiscal year based upon the consolidated financial information of Holdings and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b) and the related Certificate of Compliance delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.04(c) and (b) each change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Net Leverage Ratio shall be effective on the first Business Day after the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of such consolidated financial information and the related Compliance Certificate indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change; provided that until the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the consolidated financial information of Holdings and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(b) and the related Certificate of Compliance delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.04(c) for the later of (i) the first fiscal quarter of Holdings ending after Effective Date and (ii) March 31, 2022, the Net Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be (A) in Level II or (B) if the Net Leverage Ratio as of the Effective Date, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the Transactions contemplated to occur on or prior to the Effective Date, is greater than or equal to 3.25:1.00, in Level I; provided further that the Net Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Level I at the option of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, at any time during which the Borrower fails to deliver the consolidated financial information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b) or the related Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(c), in each case within five (5) days of when required to be delivered hereunder, during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until such consolidated financial information and Compliance Certificate are delivered.

 

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If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that the financial statements upon which the Applicable Margin was determined were incorrect (whether based on a restatement, fraud or otherwise), or any ratio or compliance information in any certification was incorrectly calculated, relied on incorrect information or was otherwise not accurate, true or correct, and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period than the Applicable Margin applied for such period, the Borrower shall be required to retroactively pay any additional amount that the Borrower would have been required to pay if such financial statements, certification or other information had been accurate and/or computed correctly at the time they were delivered.

Applicable Party” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.03(c).

Applicable Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, (a) with respect to Revolving Facility Loans, Revolving L/C Exposure or Swingline Loans, the percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment and the denominator of which is the aggregate Revolving Facility Commitments of all Revolving Facility Lenders (if the Revolving Facility Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Facility Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments) and (b) with respect to the Term Loans, (i) at any time prior to advancing the Term Loans, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment and the denominator of which is the aggregate Term Loan Commitments of all Term Lenders and (ii) at any time after advancing the Term Loans, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding amount of the Term Loans of all Term Lenders; provided that, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), in the case of Section 2.23 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, any such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment and/or Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, shall be disregarded in the calculation.

Approved Electronic Platform” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.03(a).

Approved Fund” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

Arranger” shall mean JPMorgan, in its capacity as sole bookrunner and sole lead arranger hereunder.

Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (if required by such assignment and acceptance), in the form of Exhibit A or such other form (including electronic records generated by the use of an electronic platform) as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.

Available Amount” shall mean, at any time (the “Reference Date”), an amount equal to:

(a) the sum of:

(i) the greater of (x) U.S.$7,500,000 and (y) 17.5% of EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period on or prior to such Reference Date; plus

(ii) an amount equal to the CNI Growth Amount as of such Reference Date; plus

(iii) the Net Cash Proceeds of Equity Interests not constituting Disqualified Equity Interests received by Holdings after the Effective Date that are contributed to the Borrower on or prior to such Reference Date, excluding any Specified Cure Contributions; plus

 

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(iv) to the extent not already included in the calculation of EBITDA, any returns in cash on Investments made utilizing the Available Amount, reduced (but not below zero) by the excess, if any, of the cost of the disposition of such Investment over the gain, if any, realized by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in respect of such disposition, provided that, for purposes of this clause (iv), the amount of returns on any such Investment shall not exceed the original amount of such Investment; plus

(v) Retained Declined Prepayments; plus

(vi) Net Cash Proceeds initially received by the Borrower from the issuance of Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests of the Borrower after the Effective Date which have been exchanged or converted into Equity Interests of Holdings (or a parent company thereof) that are not Disqualified Equity Interests (other than any such Net Cash Proceeds to the extent such proceeds are utilized for an Investment permitted hereunder, a Restricted Payment permitted hereunder or a Restricted Debt Payment permitted hereunder); minus

(b) the aggregate amount of all Investments, Restricted Payments and Restricted Debt Payments made utilizing the Available Amount, in each case, from and after the Effective Date and prior to the Reference Date.

Available Amount Conditions” shall mean, immediately before and after giving effect to the applicable Available Amount Transaction, (a) no Event of Default shall be continuing and (b) other than the use of the Available Amount received under clause (a)(iii) of the definition of Available Amount, (i) with respect to any Investment, the Net Leverage Ratio, on a Pro Forma Basis, as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, does not exceed 3.00 to 1.00, or (ii) with respect to any Restricted Payment or Restricted Debt Payment, the Net Leverage Ratio, on a Pro Forma Basis, as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, does not exceed 2.75 to 1.00.

Available Amount Transaction” shall mean an Investment pursuant to Section 6.04(j), a Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 6.06(f) and/or a Restricted Debt Payment pursuant to Section 6.14(d), in each case made in reliance on the Available Amount.

Available Tenor” shall mean, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof), as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period for any term rate or otherwise, for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of the term “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(v).

Available Unused Commitment” shall mean, with respect to a Lender, at any time of determination, an amount equal to the sum of such Lender’s Available Unused Revolving Commitment and Available Unused Term Loan Commitment.

Available Unused Revolving Commitment” shall mean, with respect to a Revolving Facility Lender, at any time of determination, an amount equal to the amount by which (a) the Revolving Facility Commitment of such Revolving Facility Lender at such time exceeds (b) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Revolving Facility Lender at such time.

 

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Available Unused Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, with respect to a Term Lender, at any time of determination, an amount equal to the amount by which (a) the Term Loan Commitment of such Term Lender at such time exceeds (b) the outstanding Term Loans of such Term Lender at such time.

Bail-In Action” shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.

Bail-In Legislation” shall mean (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their Affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

Banking Services” shall mean each and any of the following bank services provided to the Borrower or any Subsidiary by any Lender and/or any of their Affiliates and/or any Person that at the time of entering into any agreement in respect of such bank services was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender: (a) credit cards for commercial customers (including commercial credit cards and purchasing cards), (b) stored value cards, (c) merchant processing services and (d) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, any direct debit scheme or arrangement, overdrafts and interstate depository network services).

Banking Services Agreement” shall mean any agreement entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with Banking Services.

Banking Services Obligations” shall mean any and all obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor) in connection with Banking Services.

Bankruptcy Event” shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, unless such ownership interest results in or provides such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

Benchmark” shall mean, initially, the LIBO Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event, an Early Opt-In Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the LIBO Rate or the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, then “Benchmark” shall mean the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(i) or 2.14(b)(ii).

 

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Benchmark Replacement” shall mean, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date; provided that, in the case of an Other Benchmark Rate Election, the term “Benchmark Replacement” shall mean the alternative set forth in clause (c) below:

(a) the sum of: (i) Term SOFR and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;

(b) the sum of: (i) Daily Simple SOFR and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; or

(c) the sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (A) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (B) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for syndicated credit facilities denominated in Dollars at such time in the United States and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;

provided that, in the case of clause (a), such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; provided further that, in the case of clause (c), when such clause is used to determine the Benchmark Replacement in connection with the occurrence of an Other Benchmark Rate Election, the alternate benchmark rate selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be the term benchmark rate that is used in lieu of a LIBOR-based rate in the relevant other Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities; provided further that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Term SOFR Transition Event, and the delivery of a Term SOFR Notice, on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date the “Benchmark Replacement” shall revert to and shall be deemed to be the sum of (a) Term SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment, as set forth in clause (a) of this definition (subject to the first proviso above).

If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (c) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” shall mean, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement:

(a) for purposes of clauses (a) and (b) of the definition of the term “Benchmark Replacement,” the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent:

 

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(i) the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Interest Period that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for the applicable Corresponding Tenor; or

(ii) the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Interest Period that would apply to the fallback rate for a derivative transaction referencing the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon an index cessation event with respect to such Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor; and

(b) for purposes of clause (c) of the definition of the term “Benchmark Replacement”, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for syndicated credit facilities denominated in Dollars at such time;

provided that, in the case of clause (a) above, such adjustment is displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such Benchmark Replacement Adjustment from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of the term “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of the term “Business Day,” the definition of the term “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).

Benchmark Replacement Date” shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:

(a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

 

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(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of the term “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date;

(c) in the case of a Term SOFR Transition Event, the date that is thirty days after the date a Term SOFR Notice is provided to the Lenders and the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(ii); or

(d) in the case of an Early Opt-In Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, the sixth Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-In Election or Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, is provided to the Lenders, so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-In Election or Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, is provided to the Lenders, written notice of objection to such Early Opt-In Election or Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.

For the avoidance of doubt, (x) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (y) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

Benchmark Transition Event” shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:

(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board, the NYFRB, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), in each case, which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

 

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(c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.

For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

Benchmark Unavailability Period” shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clause (a) or (b) of the definition of such term has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.14 and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.14.

Beneficial Ownership Certification” shall mean a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

Beneficial Ownership Regulation” shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

Benefit Plan” shall mean any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code to which Section 4975 of the Code applies, and (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

BHC Act Affiliate” of a party shall mean an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.

Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

Board of Directors” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such Person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers or managing member of such Person, (iii) in the case of any partnership, the general partners of such partnership (or the board of directors of the general partner of such Person, if any) and (iv) in any case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.

Bona Fide Lending Affiliate” shall mean any debt fund, investment vehicle, regulated bank entity or unregulated lending entity that, as reasonably determined by the Borrower or the Sponsor in consultation with the Administrative Agent, is primarily engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans or bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business; provided that Bona Fide Lending Affiliates shall not include any debt fund, investment vehicle, regulated bank entity or unregulated lending entity that engages in (A) the acquisition or trading of distressed debt (other than the disposal of distressed debt that was not distressed when acquired (or loaned) by that Person) or (B) investment strategies that include the purchase of loans, other debt securities or equity securities with the intention of owning the equity or gaining control of a business (directly or indirectly).

 

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Borrower” shall mean Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Borrowing” shall mean (a) Revolving Facility Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, (b) Term Loans of the same Type made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (c) a Swingline Loan.

Borrowing Minimum” shall mean (a) in the case of any Borrowing other than a Swingline Borrowing, U.S.$500,000 and (b) in the case of a Swingline Borrowing, U.S.$250,000.

Borrowing Multiple” shall mean (a) in the case of any Borrowing other than a Swingline Borrowing, U.S.$500,000 and (b) in the case of a Swingline Borrowing, U.S.$250,000.

Borrowing Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

Capital Expenditures” shall mean, without duplication, any expenditure or commitment to expend money for any purchase or other acquisition of any asset which would be classified as a fixed or capital asset on a consolidated balance sheet of the Loan Parties prepared in accordance with GAAP but excluding in each case (a) any such expenditure made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (i) to restore, replace or rebuild property to the condition of such property immediately prior to any damage, loss, destruction or condemnation of such property, to the extent such expenditure is made with insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or damage recovery proceeds relating to any such damage, loss, destruction or condemnation, (ii) with the proceeds of the sale or other disposition of any assets, equity proceeds, insurance proceeds or Indebtedness (other than Revolving Facility Loans) or (iii) as the purchase price of any Permitted Business Acquisition or any investment in Equity Interests permitted by Section 6.04, and (b) any such expenditure to the extent resulting from the trade-in of equipment or other assets.

Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person shall mean the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for purposes hereof, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of Section 6.02, a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to be secured by a Lien on the property being leased and such property shall be deemed to be owned by the lessee.

Change in Control” shall mean the earlier to occur of:

(a) (i) Holdings at any time ceasing to directly own and control 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower or (ii) Ultimate Parent at any time ceasing, directly or indirectly through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, to be the sole managing member of, and to Control, Holdings; and

 

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(b) (i) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than Permitted Holders, is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d3 and 13d5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests of Ultimate Parent representing more than 30% of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of Ultimate Parent on a fully diluted basis, or (ii) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the Board of Directors of Ultimate Parent by Persons who were not (x) directors of Ultimate Parent on the date of this Agreement or nominated, appointed or approved for consideration by shareholders for election by the Board of Directors of Ultimate Parent or (y) appointed by directors so nominated, appointed or approved.

Change in Law” shall mean the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement (or with respect to any Lender, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender), of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline, requirement or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law” regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued, implemented or promulgated.

Charges” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.

Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Facility Loans, Term Loans or Swingline Loans.

CNI Growth Amount” shall mean, at any time, an amount determined on a cumulative basis for each fiscal quarter of Holdings (commencing with the first fiscal quarter of Holdings ending after the Effective Date) with respect to which (or with respect to the fiscal year of Holdings that includes such fiscal quarter) financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b) equal to (a) 50% of Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter, if Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter is greater than zero, minus (b) in the case of any such fiscal quarter for which Consolidated Net Income is less than zero, 100% of the absolute value of such amount; provided that the CNI Growth Amount shall not be less than zero.

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Collateral” shall mean any and all assets of any Loan Party, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, on which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Security Documents as security for the Secured Obligations.

Collateral Agreement” shall mean the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, among Holdings, the Borrower, each Subsidiary Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.

Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” shall mean the requirement that:

 

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(a) on the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received from Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party a counterpart of the Collateral Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person;

(b) on the Effective Date or within the time period otherwise required by Section 5.12, the Administrative Agent shall have received a pledge over all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of (i) the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party directly owned on the Effective Date by any Loan Party, and (ii) each other Material Subsidiary directly owned on the Effective Date by any Loan Party, except, with respect to the Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary, to the extent that a pledge of such Equity Interests is not permitted under Section 9.21; and the Administrative Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;

(c) in the case of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Effective Date, within the time period set forth in Section 5.10, the Administrative Agent shall have received a supplement to the Collateral Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Subsidiary Loan Party;

(d) after the Effective Date and within the time period set forth in Section 5.10, all the outstanding Equity Interests directly owned by a Loan Party of any Person that becomes (i) a Subsidiary Loan Party or (ii) a Material Subsidiary after the Effective Date, shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, as applicable to the extent permitted under Section 9.21, and the Administrative Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank or shall have otherwise received a pledge over such Equity Interests;

(e) on the Effective Date or within the time period otherwise required by Section 5.10 or 5.12, as applicable, all Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary having an aggregate principal amount in excess of U.S.$1,000,000 (other than intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries) that is owing to any Loan Party shall be evidenced by a promissory note or an instrument and shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, and the Administrative Agent shall have received all such promissory notes or instruments, together with note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;

(f) all documents and instruments, including UCC financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents (in each case, including any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Administrative Agent for filing, registration or the recording concurrently with, or promptly following, the execution and delivery of each such Security Document;

 

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(g) within the time period required by Section 5.10 or 5.12, as applicable, with respect to each Material Real Property, the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of a Mortgage duly executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Party, (ii) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, a policy or policies of title insurance in an amount reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (not to exceed the fair market value of the Material Real Property (determined as set forth in the definition of such term) covered thereby) issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company (or a marked-up title insurance commitment having the effect of a title insurance policy) insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as a valid and subsisting Lien on the Material Real Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as permitted under Section 6.02, together with such endorsements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to the extent the same are available in the applicable jurisdiction at a commercially reasonable rate (it being understood that the Administrative Agent will accept a zoning report in lieu of a zoning endorsement), (iii) with respect to each Material Real Property located in the United States, a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination (together with a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance, which, if applicable, shall be duly executed by the applicable Loan Party relating to such Material Real Property) and (iv) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, such customary surveys (which may be aerial surveys (e.g., “express map” or “Zip Map”) or other maps sufficient for the title insurance company to remove a standard survey exception from, and to issue customary survey-dependent endorsements to, the title insurance policies relating to such Material Real Property and, if such survey-dependent endorsements are not available in connection with the maps described above, surveys (or survey updates, to the extent sufficient to obtain survey coverage under the applicable title insurance policies), provided that the Administrative Agent may in its reasonable discretion accept any existing survey in the possession of any Loan Party so long as such existing survey satisfies any applicable local law requirements and so long as such existing survey (together with any affidavit or certificate of no change that may be delivered by the Borrower to the title insurance company) enables the title insurance company to issue any applicable title insurance policies without a general survey exception and with the customary survey-dependent endorsements), legal opinions and other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgage or Material Real Property; provided that, notwithstanding any provision of any Loan Document to the contrary, if any mortgage Tax or similar Tax or charge would be payable with respect to any Mortgage based on the amount of the Indebtedness or other obligations secured by such Mortgage, then, to the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, applicable law, the maximum amount secured by such Mortgage shall be limited to an amount not to exceed the fair market value of the applicable Material Real Property (determined as set forth in the definition of such term) at the time such Mortgage is entered into;

(h) each Loan Party shall have obtained all material consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with the execution and delivery of all Security Documents (or supplements thereto) to which it is a party and the granting by it of the Liens thereunder and the performance of its obligations thereunder; and

(i) with respect to (A) each of the items identified in this definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” that is required to be delivered on a date after the Effective Date and each of the items identified on Schedule 5.12 that is required to be delivered as of a date specified for such item in such Schedule, the Administrative Agent, in each case, may (in its sole discretion) extend such date to a later date acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (B) each pledge of the Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary, such pledge shall, if requested by the Administrative Agent, be effected pursuant to such foreign law governed documents (accompanied by customary corporate authorization and legal opinions) as are reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(a).

 

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Commitments” shall mean (a) with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment and Term Loan Commitment, (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, the Swingline Sublimit (provided that the Swingline Lender shall have no obligation to make any Swingline Loan) and (c) with respect to any Issuing Bank, such Issuing Bank’s L/C Sublimit, as applicable.

Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

Communications” shall mean, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 8.03(c), including through an Approved Electronic Platform.

Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.04(c).

Connection Income Taxes” shall mean Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

Consolidated Debt” at any date shall mean (without duplication) all Indebtedness (in each case, excluding intercompany Indebtedness) consisting of borrowed money, purchase money indebtedness, Capital Lease Obligations, debt evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, indentures, credit agreements and similar instruments, indebtedness constituting the deferred purchase price of assets or services ((a) solely to the extent constituting a balance sheet liability in accordance with GAAP and (b) excluding any earn-out or similar obligation, except to the extent past due and payable), unreimbursed amounts owing in respect of letter of credit and similar facilities, and any Guarantees of the foregoing items of Holdings and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis on such date.

Consolidated Net Debt” at any date shall mean Consolidated Debt of Holdings and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis on such date minus the lesser of (a) cash and Permitted Investments of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on such date and (b) U.S.$20,000,000.

Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that

(a) any net after-tax extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains or losses (less all fees and expenses related thereto) or income or expenses or charges (including any pension expense, casualty losses, severance expenses, facility closure expenses, system establishment costs, relocation expenses and other restructuring expenses, benefit plan curtailment expenses, bankruptcy reorganization claims, settlement and related expenses and fees, expenses or charges related to any offering of Equity Interests of such Person, any Investment, acquisition or Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder (in each case, whether or not successful), including all fees, expenses and charges related to the Transactions), in each case, shall be excluded; provided that with respect to each unusual or nonrecurring item, such Person shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate specifying and quantifying such item and stating that such item is an unusual or nonrecurring item,

(b) any net after-tax income or loss from discontinued operations and any net after-tax gain or loss on disposal of discontinued operations shall be excluded,

 

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(c) any net after-tax gain or loss (including the effect of all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Borrower) shall be excluded,

(d) any net after-tax income or loss (including the effect of all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness (including obligations under Swap Agreements) shall be excluded,

(e) (i) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a subsidiary of such Person (unless such Person is required to be consolidated with Holdings pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification 810-10 (previously referred to as Statement of Financial Accounting Standard 167)), or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a subsidiary thereof in respect of such period and (ii) the Net Income for such period shall include any dividend, distribution or other payment in respect of equity paid in cash by such Person in excess of the amounts included in clause (i),

(f) the Net Income for such period of any subsidiary (that is not a Loan Party) of such Person shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that subsidiary or its stockholders or members, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or in similar distributions has been legally waived (provided that the net loss of any such subsidiary shall be included to the extent funds are disbursed by such Person or any other subsidiary of such Person in respect of such loss and that Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) by such subsidiary to Holdings or another Subsidiary in respect of such period to the extent not already included therein),

(g) Consolidated Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period,

(h) any non-cash charges from the application of the purchase method of accounting in connection with any future acquisition, to the extent such charges are deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income, shall be excluded,

(i) accruals and reserves that are established within twelve (12) months after the Effective Date and that are so required to be established in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded,

(j) any non-cash expenses (including write-downs and impairment of property, plant, equipment and intangibles and other long-lived assets) shall be excluded,

(k) any long-term incentive plan accruals and any non-cash compensation expense realized from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, any restricted stock plan or other rights to officers, directors and employees of such Person or any of its subsidiaries shall be excluded,

 

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(l) non-cash gains and losses due solely to fluctuations in currency values, together with any related provisions for taxes on any such gain (or the tax effect of any such loss) shall be excluded, and

(m) Consolidated Net Income for any Person shall be reduced by any cash payments made during such period in respect of the items described in clauses (h), (j) and (k) above subsequent to the fiscal quarter in which the relevant non-cash amount was incurred.

Control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

CORE” shall mean CORE Industrial Partners, LLC.

Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor shall mean, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.

Covered Entity” shall mean any of the following:

(a) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

(b) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

(c) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

Covered Party” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.24.

Credit Event” shall mean a Borrowing, the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an L/C Disbursement or any of the foregoing.

Credit Party” shall mean the Arranger, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender.

Cure Expiration Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.

Cure Right” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.

Daily Simple SOFR” shall mean, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which may include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for business loans; provided that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.

Default” shall mean any event or condition that upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.

 

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Default Right” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

Defaulting Lender” shall mean any Lender that (a) has failed, within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a Loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of (i) a Bankruptcy Event or (ii) a Bail-In Action.

Disqualified Equity Interests” shall mean any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interest that is not Disqualified Equity Interests and/or cash in lieu of fractional shares) or has any other required payment that is not subject to and conditioned upon being allowed by the debt agreements of the issuer of such Equity Interests, whether pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Equity Interest that is not Disqualified Equity Interests and/or cash in lieu of fractional shares), in whole or in part, in each case, prior to 181 days after the Maturity Date, except as a result of a change in control or asset sale so long as any right of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change in control or asset sale event shall be subject to the occurrence of the repayment in full of the Secured Obligations and the termination of all Commitments.

Disqualified Lender” shall mean (a) those banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders, in each case that have been specifically identified by the Borrower or the Sponsor to the Administrative Agent in writing and delivered in accordance with Section 9.01 prior to July 9, 2021 (including any of their Affiliates that are (x) controlled investment affiliates of such Persons separately identified in writing by the Borrower or the Sponsor to the Administrative Agent from time to time and which are specifically identified in a written supplement to the list of “Disqualified Lenders”, which supplement shall become effective three (3) Business Days after delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in accordance with Section 9.01 or (y) clearly identifiable as Affiliates of such Persons based solely on the similarity of such Affiliates’ and such Persons’ names (other than Affiliates that constitute a Bona Fide Lending Affiliate, unless, for the avoidance of doubt, those institutions would otherwise be excluded on the basis of this clause (a)), (b) Persons that are reasonably determined by the Borrower to be competitors of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries and which are specifically identified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in writing and delivered in accordance with Section 9.01 prior to July 9, 2021, (c) any other Person that is reasonably determined by the Borrower to be a competitor of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries and which is specifically identified in a written supplement to the list of

 

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“Disqualified Lenders”, which supplement shall become effective three (3) Business Days after delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in accordance with Section 9.01 and (d) in the case of the foregoing clauses (b) and (c), any of such entities’ Affiliates to the extent such Affiliates (x) are clearly identifiable as Affiliates of such Persons based solely on the similarity of such Affiliates’ and such Persons’ names and (y) are not Bona Fide Lending Affiliates. It is understood and agreed that (i) any supplement to the list of Persons that are Disqualified Lenders contemplated by the foregoing clause (a)(x) or (c) shall not apply retroactively to disqualify any Persons that have previously acquired an assignment or participation interest in the Loans (but solely with respect to such Loans), (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility or liability to determine or monitor whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Disqualified Lender, (iii) the Borrower’s or the Sponsor’s failure to deliver such list (or supplement thereto) in accordance with Section 9.01 shall render such list (or supplement) not received and not effective and (iv) “Disqualified Lender” shall exclude any Person that the Borrower has designated as no longer being a “Disqualified Lender” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent from time to time in accordance with Section 9.01.

Documentation Agent” means CIBC Bank USA, in its capacity as documentation agent hereunder.

Dollars” or “U.S.$” shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.

Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.

DQ List” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(e)(iv).

Early Opt-In Election” shall mean, if the then-current Benchmark is the LIBO Rate, the occurrence of:

(a) a notification by the Administrative Agent to (or the request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to notify) each of the other parties hereto that at least five currently outstanding Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time contain (as a result of amendment or as originally executed) a SOFR-based rate (including SOFR, a term SOFR or any other rate based upon SOFR) as a benchmark rate (and such syndicated credit facilities are identified in such notice and are publicly available for review), and

(b) the joint election by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to trigger a fallback from the LIBO Rate and the provision, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Borrower and the Lenders.

EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period plus (a) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) through (xviii) (other than clause (xii)) of this clause (a) reduced such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined):

(i) provision for Taxes based on income, profits, losses or capital of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income; adjusted for the tax effect of all adjustments made to Consolidated Net Income (including any Tax Distributions),

 

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(ii) Interest Expense of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period (net of interest income of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period),

(iii) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles and deferred financing fees) and other non-cash expenses, including write-downs and impairment of property, plant, equipment and intangibles and other long-lived assets and the impact of purchase accounting on Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period,

(iv) any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring loss, together with any related provision for taxes on any such loss, recorded or recognized by Holdings and its Subsidiaries during such period;

(v) reasonable fees, costs and expenses (including transaction bonuses, option exercise expense, warrant exercise expense, prepayment fees and other similar fees) incurred by Holdings and its Subsidiaries in connection with the consummation of the Transactions;

(vi) any reasonable fees, costs and expenses incurred by Holdings and its Subsidiaries under or related to the Loan Documents, including in connection with any amendment, restatement, waiver, supplement, other modification (or proposed amendment, restatement, waiver, supplement or other modification) or administration of this Agreement or any other Loan Document;

(vii) any reasonable non-recurring fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with, and directly related to, any issuance of Indebtedness (including any refinancing transaction and fees, costs, premiums and expenses paid by Holdings and its Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and any other Secured Party pursuant the other Loan Documents, in each case, to the extent not included in Interest Expense), issuance of Equity Interests, permitted Investment, Capital Expenditure, Permitted Business Acquisition, sale, transfer or disposition, or any other transaction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such transactions that have failed or otherwise not been consummated);

(viii) [reserved];

(ix) debt discount, debt issuance costs and prepayment expense, including fees and premiums, incurred in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness not prohibited by the terms hereof or retirement or refinancing of existing Indebtedness;

(x) any adjustments resulting from purchase accounting in accordance with GAAP, and any expenses resulting from the application of purchase accounting, for any acquisition (including any Permitted Business Acquisition), investment or consolidation, and for any disposition (including any sale of assets permitted under Section 6.05);

(xi) all non-cash charges for such period, including equity-based compensation expense or equity-based incentive units (but excluding any non-cash charge in respect of an item that was included in Net Income in a prior period and any non-cash charge that relates to the write-down or write-off of inventory);

(xii) any adjustments to EBITDA in accordance with the definition of “Pro Forma Basis” (it being understood and agreed that any such adjustments shall continue to be included in the calculation of EBITDA for any applicable subsequent measurement period);

 

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(xiii) costs, charges, accruals, reserves or expenses attributable to the undertaking and implementation of cost savings initiatives, operating expense reductions and other cost synergies and similar initiatives, integration, transition, reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternative uses, facilities opening and pre-opening, business optimization and other restructuring costs (including those related to tax restructurings), charges, accruals, reserves and expenses (including inventory optimization programs, software development costs, systems implementation and upgrade expenses, costs related to the closure or consolidation of facilities (including but not limited to severance, rent termination costs, moving costs and legal costs) and curtailments) for such period;

(xiv) without duplication of clause (xvi) below, fees, costs, expenses (including expenses incurred with respect to liability and casualty events or business interruption) and losses that are, or (without duplication) are required to be, covered by contractual indemnities, guaranty obligations, purchase price adjustments, insurance policies or other contractual reimbursement obligations of third parties (including insurers), to the extent actually indemnified or reimbursed or with respect to which Borrower has determined that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement;

(xv) (A) reasonable independent directors fees paid to directors of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, in their capacities as such, and all expense reimbursement and indemnification payments paid to such directors in their capacities as such, and (B) reasonable directors fees paid to directors of Holdings and its Subsidiaries appointed by the Sponsor or its Investment Affiliates or in their capacity as an officer of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, and all expense reimbursement and indemnification payments paid to such directors in their capacities as such;

(xvi) (A) losses and expenses from discontinued operations, divested joint ventures and other divested Investments or incurred in connection with the disposal of discontinued operations or the divestiture of joint ventures and other Investments and (B) without duplication of clause (xiv) above, all cash proceeds of business interruption insurance received by Holdings and its Subsidiaries;

(xvii) reasonable retention bonuses included in such Person’s profit and loss statement and reduce Consolidated Net Income or EBITDA; and

(xviii) earn-out obligations incurred in connection with any Permitted Business Acquisition (or any similar acquisitions completed on or prior to the Effective Date) and accrued or, without duplication of amounts added back as accrued, paid during the applicable period;

minus (b) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (b) increased such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined):

(i) the aggregate amount of all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income (including mark-to-market decreases on deferred compensation liability, mark-to-market gains on life insurance assets and mark-to-market gains on Swap Agreements) (other than the accrual of revenue or recording of receivables in the ordinary course of business and unrealized gains on Swap Agreements) for such period; and

 

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(ii) any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains, together with any related provision for taxes on any such gain, recorded or recognized by Holdings and its Subsidiaries during such period.

Notwithstanding the above, all adjustments pursuant to clauses (a)(iv) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such adjustments pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income), (xii) and (xiii) in the aggregate shall not exceed 25% of EBITDA for such period (calculated prior to giving effect to any adjustments made pursuant to any of clauses (a)(iv), (xii) and (xiii)).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, EBITDA (before giving effect to any pro forma adjustments contemplated by the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis”) shall be deemed to be U.S.$8,724,000 for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2021, U.S.$9,632,000 for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021, U.S.$9,183,000 for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2020 and U.S.$10,861,000 for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2020.

ECP” shall mean an “eligible contract participant” as defined in Section 1(a)(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and the applicable rules issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and/or the SEC.

EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any institution established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

EEA Member Country” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

EEA Resolution Authority” shall mean any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

Effective Date” shall mean the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.08).

Electronic Signature” shall mean an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

Eligible Equity Interests” shall mean Equity Interests of Holdings that are not Disqualified Equity Interests, provided that Holdings contributes the cash amount thereof (other than any cash in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests) to the Borrower pursuant to Section 7.02 hereof.

Environment” shall mean ambient and indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata or sediment, natural resources such as flora and fauna, the workplace or as otherwise defined in any Environmental Law.

Environmental Claim” shall mean any and all actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of non-compliance or violation, notices of liability or potential liability, investigations, proceedings, consent orders or consent agreements relating in any way to any Environmental Law or any Hazardous Material.

 

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Environmental Law” shall mean, collectively, all federal, state, local or foreign laws, including common law, ordinances, regulations, rules, codes, orders, judgments or other requirements or rules of law that relate to (a) the prevention, abatement or elimination of pollution, or the protection of the Environment, natural resources or human health, or natural resource damages, and (b) the use, generation, handling, treatment, storage, disposal, Release, transportation or regulation of or exposure to Hazardous Materials, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq., the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq., the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq., the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq., the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 11001 et seq., each as amended, and their foreign, state or local counterparts or equivalents.

Equity Interests” of any Person shall mean any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participation or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any preferred stock, any limited or general partnership interest and any limited liability company membership interest.

ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower or any Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

ERISA Event” shall mean (a) any Reportable Event; (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA; (d) the receipt by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or condition which could be reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan; (e) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the receipt by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in critical or endangered status, within the meaning of ERISA; or (g) the occurrence of a nonexempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) which could reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

 

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Eurodollar”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, shall mean that such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

Eurodollar Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Loans.

Eurodollar Loan” shall mean any Eurodollar Term Loan or Eurodollar Revolving Loan.

Eurodollar Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Revolving Loans.

Eurodollar Revolving Loan” shall mean any Revolving Facility Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

Eurodollar Term Loan” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.

Excluded Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Loan Party, any Specified Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Loan Party of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest to secure, such Specified Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an ECP at the time the Guarantee of such Loan Party or the grant of such security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Specified Swap Obligation. If a Specified Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Specified Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

Excluded Taxes” shall mean any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.17, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(f) and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

Existing Indebtedness Refinancing” shall mean the payment in full of all principal, premium, if any, interest, fees and other amounts due or outstanding under the Bridge Credit Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2021, among Holdings, the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent and the termination of commitments thereunder and the discharge and release of all Guarantees and Liens existing in connection therewith.

 

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Existing Real Property” shall mean the real property located at (a) 1401 Brummel Ave., Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007, and (b) 1201-1207 Adams Drive, McHenry, IL 60051.

Facility” shall mean the respective facility and commitments utilized in making Loans and credit extensions hereunder, it being understood that as of the date of this Agreement there are two (2) Facilities, i.e., the Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Facility.

FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.

FCA” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.05.

Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions (as determined in such manner as the NYFRB as shall be set forth on the NYFRB Website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

Fee Letter” shall mean that certain Amended and Restated Fee Letter dated December 23, 2021, among Holdings, the Borrower and JPMorgan, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Fees” shall mean the Commitment Fees, the L/C Participation Fees, the Issuing Bank Fees, the Administrative Agent Fees, the Upfront Fees and the Ticking Fees.

Financial Covenants” shall the financial covenants under Sections 6.10 and 6.11.

Financial Officer” of any Person shall mean the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or Controller or equivalent officer of such Person.

Flood Laws” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.10.

Floor” shall mean the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to the LIBO Rate.

Foreign Lender” shall mean a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.

Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is incorporated or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and any Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary.

 

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Foreign Subsidiary Asset Sale Recovery Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(f).

GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the United States, applied on a consistent basis, subject to the provisions of Section 1.02.

Governmental Authority” shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body.

Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) shall mean (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay or otherwise) or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Indebtedness, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness, (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the holders of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such holders against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part) or (v) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness, or (b) any Lien on any assets of the guarantor securing any Indebtedness (or any existing right, contingent or otherwise, of the holder of Indebtedness to be secured by such a Lien) of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the guarantor; provided, however, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Effective Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement. The amount, as of any date of determination, of any Guarantee shall be the principal amount outstanding on such date of the Indebtedness guaranteed thereby (or, in the case of (i) any Guarantee the terms of which limit the monetary exposure of the guarantor or (ii) any Guarantee of an obligation that does not have a principal amount, the maximum reasonably anticipated monetary liability as of such date of the guarantor under such Guarantee (as determined, in the case of clause (i), pursuant to such terms or, in the case of clause (ii), reasonably and in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower)).

Hazardous Materials” shall mean all pollutants, contaminants, wastes, chemicals, materials, substances and constituents, including explosive or radioactive substances or petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls or radon gas, of any nature, in each case subject to regulation or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.

Holdings” shall mean (a) Fathom Guarantor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and (b) any Successor Holdings (including any Successor Holdings in respect of any Person referred to in clause (b)).

Increased Amount Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

Incremental Term Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

Incremental Term Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

 

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Incremental Term Loan Amendment” is defined in Section 2.20(e).

Indebtedness” of any Person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade liabilities and intercompany liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and maturing within 365 days after the incurrence thereof), (e) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (f) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (g) all payments that such Person would have to make in the event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of such Person is being determined in respect of outstanding Swap Agreements (such payments in respect of any Swap Agreement with a counterparty being calculated net of amounts owing to such Person by such counterparty in respect of other Swap Agreements), (h) the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit (other than any letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instrument in respect of which a back-to-back letter of credit has been issued under or permitted by this Agreement) and (i) the principal component of all obligations of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such Person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such Person in respect thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Indebtedness” shall not include obligations for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or other similar post-closing payment adjustments, in each case incurred in connection with the disposition or acquisition of the assets of any Person, a business of any Person or the Equity Interests in any Person.

Indemnified Taxes” shall mean (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) hereof, Other Taxes.

Indemnitee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(c).

Ineligible Institution” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

Information” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.16.

Interest Coverage Ratio” shall mean, as of the end of any fiscal quarter of Holdings, the ratio of (a) EBITDA to (b) cash Interest Expense, net of cash interest income, all calculated (i) on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to the Transactions and (ii) for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the last day of such fiscal quarter for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, it is agreed that for the purpose of calculating the Interest Coverage Ratio for the first three (3) fiscal quarters of Holdings ending after the Effective Date all amounts set forth in clause (b) of this definition shall be annualized as follows: (A) for the period ending on the last day of the first fiscal quarter of Holdings ending after the Effective Date, such amounts set forth in clause (b) of this definition for such first fiscal quarter times four (4), (B) for the period ending on the last day of the second fiscal quarter of Holdings ending after the Effective Date, such amounts set forth in clause (b) of this definition for the first and second fiscal quarters of Holdings ending after the Effective Date, times two (2), and (C) for the period ending on the last day of the third fiscal quarter of Holdings ending after the Effective Date, such amounts set forth in clause (b) of this definition for the first, second and third fiscal quarters of Holdings ending after the Effective Date, times four-thirds (4/3).

 

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Interest Election Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07 and substantially in the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, interest expense of such Person as determined in accordance with GAAP.

Interest Payment Date” shall mean (a) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three (3) months’ duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three (3) months’ duration been applicable to such Borrowing and, in addition, the date of any refinancing or conversion of such Borrowing with or to a Borrowing of a different Type, and the Maturity Date, (b) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each calendar quarter and the Maturity Date and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Swingline Loan is required to be repaid pursuant to Section 2.09(a).

Interest Period” shall mean, as to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, as applicable, and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is any of one (1), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter (or twelve (12) months thereafter, if at the time of the relevant Borrowing, all applicable Lenders agree to make an interest period of such length available), as the Borrower may elect (in each case, subject to the availability for the Benchmark applicable to the relevant Loan or Commitment), or the date any Eurodollar Borrowing is converted to an ABR Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07 or repaid or prepaid in accordance with Section 2.09, 2.10 or 2.11; provided that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period and (iii) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(v) shall be available for specification in any Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request. Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.

Interpolated Rate” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan for any Interest Period or for purposes of clause (c) of the definition of the term “Alternate Base Rate”, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the LIBO Screen Rate) determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBO Screen Rate for the longest period (for which the LIBO Screen Rate is available) that is shorter than the applicable period; and (b) the LIBO Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which the LIBO Screen Rate is available) that exceeds the applicable period, in each case as of the time the Interpolated Rate is otherwise required to be determined in accordance with this Agreement; provided that if any Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

Investment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.

 

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Investment Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to CORE, any fund or investment vehicle that (a) is organized and managed by CORE for the purpose of making equity or debt investments and (b) is controlled and managed by CORE.

IRS” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.

ISDA Definitions” shall mean the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or such successor thereto.

Issuing Bank” shall mean, individually and collectively, each of JPMorgan, in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and any other Revolving Facility Lender from time to time designated by the Borrower as an Issuing Bank, with the consent of such Revolving Facility Lender and the Administrative Agent, and their respective successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.05(i). Any Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by its Affiliates, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate (it being agreed that such Issuing Bank shall, or shall cause such Affiliate to, comply with the requirements of Section 2.05 with respect to such Letters of Credit). At any time there is more than one Issuing Bank, all singular references to the Issuing Bank shall mean any Issuing Bank, either Issuing Bank, each Issuing Bank, the Issuing Bank that has issued the applicable Letter of Credit, or both (or all) Issuing Banks, as the context may require.

Issuing Bank Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(b).

JPMorgan” shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

L/C Disbursement” shall mean a payment or disbursement made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit, including, for the avoidance of doubt, a payment or disbursement made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit upon or following the reinstatement of such Letter of Credit.

L/C Participation Fee” shall have the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.12(b).

L/C Sublimits” shall mean, as of the Effective Date, (a) U.S.$5,000,000, in the case of JPMorgan, and (b) such amount as shall be designated to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing by an Issuing Bank; provided that any Issuing Bank shall be permitted at any time to increase or reduce its L/C Sublimit upon providing five (5) days’ prior written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.

Lender” shall mean each financial institution listed on Schedule 2.01, as well as any Person that becomes a “Lender” hereunder pursuant to Section 2.20 or 9.04 or other documentation contemplated hereby, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to Section 9.04 or other documentation contemplated hereby. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lender” includes the Swingline Lender.

Lender Parent” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

Lender Presentation” shall mean the Lender Presentation dated June 21, 2021, as amended, modified or otherwise supplemented prior to the Effective Date.

 

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Lender-Related Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(b).

Letter of Credit” shall mean any letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 2.05.

Letter of Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).

Liabilities” shall mean any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages or liabilities.

LIBO Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the LIBO Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period but LIBO Screen Rates shall be available for maturities both longer and shorter than such Interest Period, then the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period shall be the Interpolated Rate at such time.

LIBO Screen Rate” shall mean, for any day and time, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period or with respect to the determination of the Alternate Base Rate pursuant to clause (c) of the definition thereof, the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for deposits in Dollars (for deliver on the first day of such Interest Period) for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on such day and time on the applicable Reuters screen page that displays such rate (currently page LIBOR01 or LIBOR02) (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion); provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

LIBOR” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.05.

Lien” shall mean, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, encumbrance, charge or security interest in or on such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities (other than securities representing an interest in a joint venture that is not a Subsidiary), any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.

Limited Conditionality Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (a) that is permitted by this Agreement and (b) for which the Borrower has determined, in good faith, that limited conditionality is reasonably necessary or advisable.

Limited Conditionality Acquisition Agreement” shall mean, with respect to any Limited Conditionality Acquisition, the definitive acquisition agreement, purchase agreement or similar agreement in respect thereof.

Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Security Documents, any subordination agreement executed in connection herewith and, except for purposes of Section 9.08, any promissory note issued under Section 2.09(e), the Letters of Credit and any Letter of Credit Agreement.

 

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Loan Parties” shall mean, collectively, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.

Loans” shall mean the Term Loans, the Revolving Facility Loans and the Swingline Loans (and shall include any Loans under the New Revolving Facility Commitments and any Incremental Term Loans).

Majority Lenders” of any Facility shall mean, at any time, Lenders under such Facility having Loans and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of all Loans outstanding under such Facility and unused Commitments under such Facility at such time. The Loans and Commitment of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Majority Lenders at any time.

Margin Stock” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, assets or financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their payment obligations under the Loan Documents, (c) the Administrative Agent’s Liens (on behalf of itself and the Lenders) on any material portion of the Collateral or the priority of such Liens, or (d) the rights of or benefits available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks or the Lenders under the Loan Documents.

Material Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness (other than Loans and Letters of Credit) of any one or more of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding U.S.$5,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of any Swap Obligations constituting Indebtedness at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.

Material Real Property” shall mean any Real Property owned by a Loan Party on the Effective Date having a fair market value (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) exceeding U.S.$5,000,000, and any after-acquired Real Property owned by a Loan Party having a gross purchase price exceeding U.S.$5,000,000 at the time of acquisition; provided that at no time shall the Existing Real Property be considered Material Real Property.

Material Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary now existing or hereafter acquired or formed which, on a consolidated basis for such Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries, (a) as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period accounted for more than 5.0% of the consolidated revenues of Holdings and its Subsidiaries or (b) as of the last day of such Test Period, was the owner of more than 5.0% of EBITDA of Holdings and its Subsidiaries; provided that at no time shall the total assets of all Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries exceed, as of the last day of the most recently ended applicable Test Period, 10.0% of the consolidated revenues of Holdings and its Subsidiaries or 10% of EBITDA of Holdings and its Subsidiaries.

Maturity Date” shall mean the date that is five (5) years after the Effective Date; provided, however, if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.

Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.

 

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Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

Mortgage” shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement which conveys or evidences a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, on Material Real Property of a Loan Party, including any amendment, restatement, modification or supplement thereto, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean, with respect to any event, (a) the cash proceeds received in respect of such event (other than from Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries) including (i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but excluding any interest payments), but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments, minus (b) the sum of (i) all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid to third parties (other than Affiliates) in connection with such event, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount of all payments required to be made as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans or Ratio Debt) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event and (iii) without duplication, the amount of all taxes and Tax Distributions paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable), and the amount of any reserves established to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case during the year that such event occurred or the next succeeding year and that are directly attributable to such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Borrower). For purposes of this definition, in the event any contingent liability reserve established with respect to any event as described in clause (b)(iii) above shall be reduced, the amount of such reduction shall, except to the extent such reduction is made as a result of a payment having been made in respect of the contingent liabilities with respect to which such reserve has been established, be deemed to be a receipt, on the date of such reduction, of cash proceeds in respect of such event.

Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the portion of such net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests in less than wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person), determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.

Net Leverage Ratio” shall mean the ratio, as of the end of any fiscal quarter of Holdings, of (a) Consolidated Net Debt as of the end of any fiscal quarter to (b) EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the last day of such fiscal quarter, all calculated for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

New Commitments” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

New Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

 

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New Revolving Facility Commitments” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

New Revolving Facility Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(c).

Non-Guarantor Permitted Business Acquisition” shall mean any Permitted Business Acquisition under which the Persons acquired thereunder do not become Loan Parties or the assets acquired thereunder are not acquired by a Loan Party.

NYFRB” shall mean the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

NYFRB Rate” shall mean, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” shall mean the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day received by the Administrative Agent from a federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided further that if any of the aforesaid rates as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

NYFRB Website” shall mean the website of the NYFRB at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.

Obligations” shall mean (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrower of (i) the unpaid principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Borrower in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and obligations to provide cash collateral and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including obligations to pay fees, expense and reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, fixed or otherwise, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), (b) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Borrower under or pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all the obligations of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding).

OFAC” shall mean the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury.

 

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Other Benchmark Rate Election” shall mean, if the then-current Benchmark is the LIBO Rate, the occurrence of:

(a) a request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to notify each of the other parties hereto that, at the determination of the Borrower, Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time contain (as a result of amendment or as originally executed), in lieu of a LIBOR-based rate, a term benchmark rate as a benchmark rate, and

(b) the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and the Borrower jointly elect to trigger a fallback from the LIBO Rate and the provision, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Borrower and the Lenders.

Other Connection Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan, Letter of Credit or Loan Document).

Other Taxes” shall mean all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.19(b)).

Outside Date” shall mean April 9, 2022.

Overnight Bank Funding Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurodollar borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on the NYFRB Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate.

Participant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

Participant Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.06(c).

Payment Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.06(c).

PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

Perfection Certificate” shall mean a certificate in the form of Exhibit II to the Collateral Agreement or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

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Permitted Business Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or all or the majority of the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person if (a) such acquisition was not preceded by, or effected pursuant to, an unsolicited or hostile offer and (b) immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; (ii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws; and (iii) (A) on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such acquisition or formation, the Net Leverage Ratio shall be at a level at least 0.25x lower than the covenant level applicable as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period pursuant to Section 6.11 and the Borrower shall be in compliance with Section 6.10, each recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, (B) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as to the satisfaction of clause (A) above, together with all relevant financial information for such Subsidiary or assets, and (C) any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for any Indebtedness (except for Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01).

Permitted Holder” shall mean CORE or its Investment Affiliates.

Permitted Investments” shall mean:

(a) direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency thereof, in each case with maturities not exceeding two (2) years;

(b) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a Lender that is a bank or trust company, or by any bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, or any state thereof having capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of U.S.$500,000,000 and whose long-term debt, or whose parent holding company’s long-term debt, is rated A (or such similar equivalent rating or higher) by at least one (1) nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act);

(c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 180 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with a Lender that is a bank, or with any bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (b) above;

(d) commercial paper, maturing not more than one (1) year after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Borrower) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of P-1 (or higher) according to Moody’s, or A-1 (or higher) according to S&P;

(e) securities with maturities of two (2) years or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any State, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least A by S&P or A-2 by Moody’s;

(f) shares of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict 95% of such funds’ investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (a) through (e) above;

(g) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least U.S.$500,000,000; and

 

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(h) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, other short-term investments that are analogous to the foregoing, are of comparable credit quality and are customarily used by companies in the jurisdiction of such Foreign Subsidiary for cash management purposes.

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “Refinance”), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest, fees, discount and premium thereon as well as transaction expenses), (b) the average life to maturity of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is greater than or equal to that of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and the final maturity date of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is no earlier than the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date in effect at the time of such refinancing, (c) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations under this Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (d) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have different obligors, or greater guarantees or security, than the Indebtedness being Refinanced (other than with respect to any Subsidiaries acquired by the Borrower after the incurrence of the Indebtedness being Refinanced which Subsidiaries would be required to provide a guarantee of such Indebtedness being Refinanced) and (e) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is secured by any collateral (whether equally and ratably with, or junior to, the Secured Parties or otherwise), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by such collateral (including any collateral pursuant to after-acquired property clauses to the extent any such collateral would be required to secure the Indebtedness being Refinanced) on terms no less favorable to the Secured Parties, taken as a whole, than those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced.

Person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is (or if such plan were terminated would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

Plan Asset Regulations” shall mean 29 CFR § 2510.3-101 et seq., as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, as amended from time to time.

Pledged Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.

Prepayment Event” shall mean:

(a) any sale, transfer or other disposition (including pursuant to a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) of any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.05(g) resulting in Net Cash Proceeds equal to or greater than U.S.$1,000,000 in any fiscal year of Holdings;

 

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(b) any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary with a fair market value immediately prior to such event equal to or greater than U.S.$1,000,000 in any fiscal year of Holdings; or

(c) the incurrence by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness (other than Loans), other than Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary permitted under Section 6.01 or permitted by the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 9.08.

primary obligor” shall have the meaning given such term in the definition of the term “Guarantee”.

Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.

Pro Forma Basis” or “pro forma effect” shall mean, with respect to any calculation or determination made under this Agreement for any period, such calculation or determination shall be made as follows:

(a) with respect to any Specified Transaction, pro forma effect shall be given to such Specified Transaction as if such Specified Transaction had been effected on the first day of the applicable period;

(b) with respect to any such period in which a Specified Transaction has been consummated, EBITDA for such period shall (i) in the case of a permitted Investment or Permitted Business Acquisition, be calculated on a pro forma basis to include the actual EBITDA of the applicable business or Person acquired, (ii) be adjusted to include (as of the first day of the applicable period) pro forma adjustments that are consistent with Regulation S-X and (iii) be adjusted to include (as of the first day of the applicable period) any other pro forma adjustments for cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and synergies (in each case, net of any cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and synergies that have been realized), so long as (A) such adjustments are projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized within 12 months after the consummation of such Specified Transaction from actions taken or expected to be taken, (B) such adjustments are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, and (C) the Borrower has certified in the Compliance Certificate delivered for the relevant measurement period as to the satisfaction of clauses (A) and (B) above; provided that, in the event that the financial statements of the applicable business or Person acquired in any permitted Investment or Permitted Business Acquisition are not maintained in accordance with GAAP, then the Borrower may estimate in good faith GAAP results for such business or Person, as the case may be, and make such further adjustments as the Borrower determines in good faith are reasonably necessary in connection with the consolidation of such financial statements with those of Holdings, so long as such estimates and adjustments shall be certified by the Borrower in the Compliance Certificate delivered for the relevant measurement period; and

 

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(c) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, (i) all Indebtedness (including Indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed as a result of, or to finance, any Specified Transaction, whether incurred under this Agreement or otherwise) issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid during such period shall be deemed to have been issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid at the beginning of such period and (ii) Interest Expense of such Person attributable to interest on any Indebtedness, for which pro forma effect is being given as provided in the preceding clause (i) bearing floating interest rates shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the rates that would have been in effect during the period for which pro forma effect is being given had been actually in effect during such periods, as reasonably and in good faith calculated by the Borrower as set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower.

Proceeding” shall mean any claim, litigation, investigation, action, suit, arbitration or administrative, judicial or regulatory action or proceeding in any jurisdiction.

Projections” shall mean the projections of Holdings and its Subsidiaries included in the Lender Presentation and any other projections and any forward-looking statements (including statements with respect to booked business) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including updates to the projections contained in the Lender Presentation, furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Date.

PTE” shall mean a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

QFC” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).

QFC Credit Support” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.24.

Qualified Material Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of all or substantially all the assets of, or all or the majority of the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person, which acquisition involves the incurrence by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Indebtedness to finance the acquisition consideration therefor (including refinancing of any Indebtedness of the acquired assets, Person, division or line of business), or assumption by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of existing Indebtedness of the acquired assets, Person, division or line of business, in an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$20,000,000 or more.

Ratio Debt” shall mean unsecured or secured Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, which may be senior, senior subordinated or subordinated Indebtedness (provided that, to the extent secured, the holders of the obligations secured thereby (or a representative or trustee on their behalf) shall have entered into a customary intercreditor agreement reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent providing that the Liens securing such obligations shall rank junior to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations), in each case, (a) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligation prior to the date that is 181 days after the Maturity Date in effect at the time of the issuance thereof (it being understood that any provision requiring an offer to purchase such Indebtedness as a result of change of control or asset sale shall not violate the foregoing restriction), (b) the covenants, events of default, subsidiary guarantees and other terms of which (other than interest rate and redemption premiums), taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary than those in this Agreement, and are otherwise on market terms for similar debtors at the time of issuance and (c) of which no Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary Loan Party) is an obligor.

 

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Real Property” shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary in and to any and all parcels of real property owned or operated by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary together with all improvements and appurtenant fixtures, equipment, personal property, easements and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.

Recipient” shall mean (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) the Issuing Bank, as applicable.

Reference Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Available Amount”.

Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark shall mean (a) if such Benchmark is the LIBO Rate, 11:00 a.m., London time, on the day that is two London banking days preceding the date of such setting and (b) if otherwise, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

Refinance” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness,” and “Refinanced” shall have a meaning correlative thereto.

Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

Regulation S-X” shall mean Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act.

Regulation T” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents, partners, trustees, administrators and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

Release” shall mean any placing, spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing or depositing in, into or onto the Environment.

Relevant Governmental Body” shall mean the Board and/or the NYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board and/or the NYFRB or, in each case, any successor thereto.

Reportable Event” shall mean any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period has been waived, with respect to a Plan.

 

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Required Lenders” shall mean, subject to Section 2.23, (a) at any time prior to the earlier of the Loans becoming due and payable pursuant to Section 7.01 or the Commitments terminating or expiring, Lenders having Term Loans (based on the outstanding principal amount), Revolving Facility Credit Exposures and Available Unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the aggregate Term Loans, Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and Available Unused Commitments of all Lenders at such time, provided that, solely for purposes of declaring the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to Section 7.01, the Available Unused Commitments of each Lender shall be deemed to be zero; and (b) for all purposes after the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 7.01 or the Commitments expire or terminate, Lenders having Revolving Facility Credit Exposures and Term Loans (based on the outstanding principal amount), representing more than 50% of the sum of the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and the aggregate Term Loans (based on the outstanding principal amount) of all Lenders at such time; provided that, in the case of clauses (a) and (b) above, (i) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Lender that is a Swingline Lender shall be deemed to exclude any amount of its Swingline Exposure in excess of its Applicable Percentage of all outstanding Swingline Loans, adjusted to give effect to any reallocation under Section 2.23 of the Swingline Exposures of Defaulting Lenders in effect at such time, and the Available Unused Commitment of such Lender shall be determined on the basis of its Revolving Facility Credit Exposure excluding such excess amount and (ii) for the purpose of determining the Required Lenders needed for any waiver, amendment, modification or consent of or under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any Lender that is an Ineligible Institution shall be disregarded.

Resolution Authority” shall mean an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any U.K. Financial Institution, a U.K. Resolution Authority.

Responsible Officer” of any Person shall mean any executive officer or Financial Officer of such Person and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such Person in respect of this Agreement.

Retained Declined Proceeds” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(g).

Restricted Debt” shall mean any Indebtedness of the type described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term “Indebtedness” that is expressly subordinated to the Obligations (in each case, other than Indebtedness among Holdings, the Borrower and/or any Subsidiary).

Restricted Debt Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.14.

Restricted Payment” shall mean any (a) dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests and (b) any management, consulting and advisory fees and other fees and expenses or indemnification payments payable directly or indirectly to the Sponsor.

Reuters” shall mean Thomson Reuters Corporation, Refinitiv, or any successor thereto.

Revolving Facility” shall mean the Revolving Facility Commitments and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the Revolving Facility Lenders.

 

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Revolving Facility Availability Period” shall mean, in the case of each of the Revolving Facility Loans, Revolving Facility Borrowings, Swingline Loans, Swingline Borrowings, and Letters of Credit, the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments.

Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Facility Loans.

Revolving Facility Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Revolving Facility Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Facility Lender to make Revolving Facility Loans pursuant to Section 2.01, expressed as a Dollar amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender under Section 9.04. The initial Dollar amount of each Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Revolving Facility Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Facility Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments on the Effective Date is U.S.$50,000,000.

Revolving Facility Credit Exposure” shall mean, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Facility Loans outstanding at such time, (b) the Swingline Exposure at such time and (c) the Revolving L/C Exposure at such time. The Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall be the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Loans outstanding at such time and (ii) the amount of such Revolving Facility Lender’s Swingline Exposure and Revolving L/C Exposure at such time.

Revolving Facility Lender” shall mean a Lender with a Revolving Facility Commitment or with outstanding Revolving Facility Credit Exposure (including any New Revolving Facility Lenders).

Revolving Facility Loan” shall mean a Loan made by a Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(b) or a New Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to Section 2.20. Each Revolving Facility Loan shall be a Eurodollar Revolving Loan or an ABR Revolving Loan.

Revolving Facility Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Facility Lender, the percentage of the total Revolving Facility Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment; provided that in the case of Section 2.23 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, any such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment shall be disregarded in the calculation. If the Revolving Facility Commitments have terminated or expired, the Revolving Facility Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Facility Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments pursuant to Section 9.04 and to the status of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender.

Revolving L/C Exposure” shall mean at any time the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time and (b) the aggregate amount of all L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed at such time. The Revolving L/C Exposure of any Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall mean its Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate Revolving L/C Exposure at such time. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Article 29(a) of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time) or Rule 3.13 or Rule 3.14 of the International Standby Practices, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time) or similar terms of the Letter of Credit itself, or if compliant documents have been presented but not yet

 

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honored, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” and “undrawn” in the amount so remaining available to be paid, and the obligations of the Borrower and each Lender shall remain in full force and effect until the Issuing Bank and the Lenders shall have no further obligations to make any payments or disbursements under any circumstances with respect to any Letter of Credit.

S&P” shall mean S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03.

Sanctioned Country” shall mean, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (including, as of the Effective Date, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).

Sanctioned Person” shall mean, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any EU member state in which Holdings, the Borrower or the Subsidiaries conduct business, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b) or (d) any Person otherwise the subject of any Sanctions.

Sanctions” shall mean economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state in which Holdings, the Borrower or the Subsidiaries conduct business, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.

SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

Secured Obligations” shall mean the “Secured Obligations” as defined in the Collateral Agreement.

Secured Parties” shall mean the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Collateral Agreement.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Security Documents” shall mean the Collateral Agreement, any Mortgages and each of the other security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or pursuant to Section 5.10 or any other provision of this Agreement.

SOFR” shall mean, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.

SOFR Administrator” shall mean the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

 

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SOFR Administrator’s Website” shall mean the NYFRB Website, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.

SPAC Proceeds” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(k).

SPAC Transactions” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(k).

Specified Cure Contribution” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.

Specified Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.

Specified Transaction” shall mean any Investment, sale, transfer or other disposition of assets, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Payment, cost savings, restructuring or other operational initiative or other event that by the terms of the Loan Documents requires compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with a test, basket, threshold or covenant hereunder or requires such test, basket, threshold or covenant to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.

Sponsor” shall mean CORE and its Affiliates, but excluding Holdings and Subsidiaries of Holdings.

Statutory Reserve Rate” shall mean a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves), expressed as a decimal, established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D of the Board. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation D of the Board or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

Subordinated Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary the payment of which is subordinated to payment of the Secured Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and which is unsecured and is on other terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (including maturities at least 181 days after the latest maturity of any Secured Obligations).

Subordinated Indebtedness Document” shall mean all documents and agreements evidencing, relating to or otherwise governing Subordinated Indebtedness, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Subordinated Intercompany Debt” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(e).

 

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subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person (herein referred to as the “parent”), any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled or held by such Person.

Subsidiary” shall mean a subsidiary; provided that unless the context otherwise requires, “Subsidiary” shall mean a subsidiary of the Borrower.

Subsidiary Loan Party” shall mean each direct or indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower that (a) is (i) a Domestic Subsidiary, (ii) a Material Subsidiary and (iii) a party to the Collateral Agreement, and (b) is not (i) a Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01 or (ii) a Subsidiary whose guarantee of the Obligations is prohibited under Section 9.21.

Successor Holdings” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.15(d).

Supported QFC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.24.

Swap Agreement” shall mean any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, spot, future, credit default or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions, provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.

Swap Obligations” shall mean any and all obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (a) any and all Swap Agreements permitted hereunder with any Lender and/or any of their Affiliates and/or any Person that at the time of entering into such Swap Agreement was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, and (b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any such Swap Agreement transaction.

Swingline Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Swingline Loans.

Swingline Borrowing Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2.

Swingline Exposure” shall mean at any time the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swingline Borrowings at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall mean the sum of (a) its Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Exposure at such time other than with respect to any Swingline Loans made by such Lender in its capacity as a Swingline Lender and (b) the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by such Lender as a Swingline Lender outstanding at such time (less the amount of participations funded by the other Lenders in such Swingline Loans).

Swingline Lender” shall mean JPMorgan, in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.

Swingline Loans” shall mean the swingline loans made to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.04.

 

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Swingline Sublimit” shall mean, with respect to the Swingline Lender, the amount that the Swingline Lender may, in its sole discretion, make available as Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.04. The aggregate amount of the Swingline Sublimit on the Effective Date is U.S.$5,000,000.

Tax Distributions” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.06(c).

Tax Receivable Agreement” shall mean the Tax Receivable Agreement dated as of the Effective Date, between Ultimate Parent or any other member of the Ultimate Parent Consolidated Group, Topco, the several Exchange TRA Parties (as defined therein), the several Blocker TRA Parties (as defined therein) and the other Persons from time to time party thereto, as such agreement is in effect on the Effective Date.

Taxes” shall mean all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), value added taxes, or any other goods and services, use or sales taxes, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Term Lender” shall mean a Lender with a Term Loan Commitment or with outstanding Term Loans.

Term Loan Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Term Loans.

Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the amount set forth on Schedule 2.01. The aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments on the Effective Date is U.S.$125,000,000.

Term Loan Facility” shall mean the Term Loan Commitments and the Term Loans made hereunder.

Term Loan Installment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(b).

Term Loans” shall mean the Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a).

Term SOFR” shall mean, for the applicable Corresponding Tenor as of the applicable Reference Time, the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.

Term SOFR Notice” shall mean a notification by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders and the Borrower of the occurrence of a Term SOFR Transition Event.

Term SOFR Transition Event” shall mean the determination by the Administrative Agent that (a) Term SOFR has been recommended for use by the Relevant Governmental Body, (b) the administration of Term SOFR is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent and (c) a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-In Election, as applicable (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not in the case of an Other Benchmark Rate Election), has previously occurred resulting in a Benchmark Replacement in accordance with Section 2.14 that is not Term SOFR.

 

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Test Period” shall mean, on any date of determination, the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings and its Subsidiaries then most recently ended (taken as one accounting period) for which financial statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b) (or, prior to the first such delivery, are referred to in Section 3.05).

Ticking Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(d).

Topco” shall mean Fathom Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Total Revolving Facility Credit Exposure” shall mean, at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of all Lenders’ Revolving Facility Loans, their Revolving L/C Exposure and their Swingline Exposure at such time; provided that clause (a) of the definition of Swingline Exposure shall only be applicable to the extent Lenders shall have funded their respective participations in the outstanding Swingline Loans.

Trade Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(e)(i).

Transaction Costs” shall mean fees, premiums, expenses and other transaction costs (including original issue discount and upfront fees) payable or otherwise borne by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated thereby.

Transactions” shall mean (a) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the creation of the Guarantees and Liens created thereby, (b) the borrowing of Loans, the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof, (c) the consummation of the SPAC Transactions, (d) the consummation of the Existing Indebtedness Refinancing and (e) the payment of the Transaction Costs.

Type” when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, the term “Rate” shall include the Adjusted LIBO Rate and the Alternate Base Rate.

UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York or any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the creation or perfection of security interests.

U.K.” and “United Kingdom” each shall mean the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

U.K. Financial Institution” shall mean any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any Person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain Affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

U.K. Resolution Authority” shall mean the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any U.K. Financial Institution.

Ultimate Parent” shall mean Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

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Upfront Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(d).

U.S. Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

U.S. Patriot Act” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.08(a).

U.S. Person” shall mean a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.24.

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(f)(ii)(B)(3).

Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” shall mean the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” shall mean, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required scheduled payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness; provided that the effect of any prepayment made in respect of such Indebtedness shall be disregarded in making such calculation.

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean a subsidiary of such Person, all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

Withdrawal Liability” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

Withholding Agent” shall mean the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

Write-Down and Conversion Powers” shall mean (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any U.K. Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that Person or any other Person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.

 

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SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally. The definitions set forth or referred to in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document shall mean such document as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Effective Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith; provided further that, notwithstanding the foregoing, upon and following the acquisition of any business or new Subsidiary in accordance with this Agreement, in each case that would not constitute a “significant subsidiary” for purposes of Regulation S-X, financial items and information with respect to such newly-acquired business or Subsidiary that are required to be included in determining any financial calculations and other financial ratios contained herein for any period prior to such acquisition shall not be required to be in accordance with GAAP so long as the Borrower is able to reasonably estimate pro forma adjustments in respect of such acquisition for such prior periods, and in each case such estimates are made in good faith and are factually supportable. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to (a) any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries at “fair value”, as defined therein, (b) any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof and (c) any change to GAAP occurring after December 31, 2017, as a result of the adoption of any proposals set forth in the Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Leases (Topic 842), issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board on May 16, 2013, or any other proposals issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in connection therewith, in each case if such change would require treating any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a Capital Lease Obligation (or a finance lease) where such lease (or similar arrangement) was not required to be so treated under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2017. Any reference herein to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person. Any division of a limited liability company shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company that is a Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).

 

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SECTION 1.03. Effectuation of Transfers. Each of the representations and warranties of Holdings and the Borrower contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) are made after giving effect to the Transactions, unless the context otherwise requires.

SECTION 1.04. Status of Obligations. In the event that the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall at any time issue or have outstanding any Subordinated Indebtedness, the Borrower shall take or cause such other Loan Party to take all such actions as shall be necessary to cause the Secured Obligations to constitute senior indebtedness (however denominated) in respect of such Subordinated Indebtedness and to enable the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to have and exercise any payment blockage or other remedies available or potentially available to holders of senior indebtedness under the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness. Without limiting the foregoing, the Secured Obligations are hereby designated as “senior indebtedness” and as “designated senior indebtedness” and words of similar import under and in respect of any indenture or other agreement or instrument under which such Subordinated Indebtedness is outstanding and are further given all such other designations as shall be required under the terms of any such Subordinated Indebtedness in order that the Lenders may have and exercise any payment blockage or other remedies available or potentially available to holders of senior indebtedness under the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness.

SECTION 1.05. Interest Rates; LIBOR Notification. The interest rate on a Loan may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Regulators have signaled the need to use alternative benchmark reference rates for some of these interest rate benchmarks and, as a result, such interest rate benchmarks may cease to comply with applicable laws and regulations, may be permanently discontinued, and/or the basis on which they are calculated may change. The London interbank offered rate (“LIBOR”) is intended to represent the rate at which contributing banks may obtain short-term borrowings from each other in the London interbank market. On March 5, 2021, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) publicly announced that: (a) immediately after December 31, 2021, publication of the one-week and two-month Dollar LIBOR settings will permanently cease, immediately after June 30, 2023, publication of the overnight and 12-month Dollar LIBOR settings will permanently cease and immediately after June 30, 2023, the one-month, three-month and six-month Dollar LIBOR settings will cease to be provided or, subject to the FCA’s consideration of the case, be provided on a synthetic basis and no longer be representative of the underlying market and economic reality they are intended to measure and that representativeness will not be restored. There is no assurance that dates announced by the FCA will not change or that the administrator of LIBOR and/or regulators will not take further action that could impact the availability, composition or characteristics of LIBOR or the currencies and/or tenors for which LIBOR is published. Each party to this agreement should consult its own advisors to stay informed of any such developments. Public and private sector industry initiatives are currently underway to identify new or alternative reference rates to be used in place of LIBOR. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event, an Early Opt-In Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, Sections 2.14(b)(i) and 2.14(b)(ii) provide a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower, pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(iv), of any change to the reference rate upon which the interest rate on Eurodollar Loans is based. However, the Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission, performance or any other matter related to LIBOR or other rates in the definition of the term “LIBO Rate” or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof including (i) any such alternative, successor or replacement rate implemented pursuant to Section 2.14 (b)(i) or 2.14(b)(ii), whether upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event, an Early Opt-In Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, and (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(iii), including whether the composition or

 

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characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the LIBO Rate or have the same volume or liquidity as did LIBOR prior to its discontinuance or unavailability. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and/or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any alternative, successor or alternative rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower.

SECTION 1.06. Leverage Ratios. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of calculating any leverage ratio herein in connection with the incurrence of any Indebtedness, (a) there shall be no netting of the cash proceeds proposed to be received in connection with the incurrence of such Indebtedness and (b) to the extent the Indebtedness to be incurred is revolving Indebtedness, such incurred revolving Indebtedness (or if applicable, the portion (and only such portion) of the increased commitments thereunder) shall be treated as fully drawn.

SECTION 1.07. Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized and acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.

SECTION 1.08. Negative Covenant Compliance. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower and the Subsidiaries comply with any exception to Article VI (other than Sections 6.10 and 6.11) where compliance with any such exception is based on a financial ratio or metric being satisfied as of a particular point in time, it is understood that (a) compliance shall be measured at the time when the relevant event is undertaken, as such financial ratios and metrics are intended to be “incurrence” tests and not “maintenance” tests, and (b) correspondingly, any such ratio and metric shall only prohibit the Borrower and the Subsidiaries from creating, incurring, assuming, suffering to exist or making, as the case may be, any new, for example, Liens, Indebtedness or Investments, but shall not result in any previously permitted, for example, Liens, Indebtedness or Investments ceasing to be permitted hereunder. For avoidance of doubt, with respect to determining whether the Borrower and the Subsidiaries comply with any negative covenant in Article VI (other than Sections 6.10 and 6.11), to the extent that any obligation or transaction could be attributable to more than one exception to any such negative covenant, the Borrower may elect at the time of the making thereof to categorize all or any portion of such obligation or transaction to any one or more exceptions to such negative covenant that permit such obligation or transaction.

ARTICLE II

THE CREDITS

SECTION 2.01. Commitments.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Lender (severally and not jointly) agrees to make Term Loans to the Borrower in Dollars in a single drawing on the Effective Date, in an amount equal to such Term Lender’s Term Loan Commitment. Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

 

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(b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Facility Lender (severally and not jointly) agrees to make Revolving Facility Loans to the Borrower in Dollars, in each case from time to time during the Revolving Facility Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result (after giving effect to any application of proceeds of such Borrowing to any Swingline Loans outstanding pursuant to Section 2.09(a)) in (i) such Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment or (ii) the Total Revolving Facility Credit Exposures exceeding the total Revolving Facility Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Facility Loans.

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings.

(a) Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans under the same Facility and of the same Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments under the applicable Facility; provided, however, that Revolving Facility Loans shall be made by the Revolving Facility Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Percentages on the date such Loans are made hereunder. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. Any Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.04.

(b) Subject to Section 2.14, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 shall apply to such Affiliate to the same extent as to such Lender); provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided that (i) a Eurodollar Borrowing that results from a continuation of an outstanding Eurodollar Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to such outstanding Borrowing and (ii) a Eurodollar Revolving Facility Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Revolving Facility Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e). At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided that an ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Revolving Facility Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e). Each Swingline Borrowing shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum. Borrowings of more than one Type and under more than one Facility may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of (A) six (6) Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding under the Term Loan Facility and (B) six (6) Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Facility.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Revolving Facility Borrowing or Term Loan Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

 

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SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings. To request a Revolving Facility Borrowing and/or a Term Loan Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request (a) by irrevocable written notice (via written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days (or, in the case of any Borrowing to be made on the Effective Date, on two (2) Business Days’ prior written notice), in each case before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) by irrevocable written notice (via a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Revolving Facility Borrowing or a Term Loan Borrowing;

(ii) the aggregate principal amount of the requested Borrowing;

(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;

(v) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

(vi) the location and number of the account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06.

If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one (1) month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.04. Swingline Loans.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender may agree, but shall have no obligation, to make Swingline Loans in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Facility Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding the Swingline Sublimit, (ii) the Swingline Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding its Revolving Facility Commitment or (iii) the Total Revolving Facility Credit Exposures exceeding the total Revolving Facility Commitments; provided that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Borrowing. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.

(b) To request a Swingline Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender of such request by irrevocable written notice (via a Swingline Borrowing Request), not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time on the day of the proposed Swingline Borrowing. Each such notice and Swingline Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) the requested

 

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date (which shall be a Business Day), (ii) the amount of the requested Swingline Borrowing, (iii) the term of such Swingline Loan and (iv) the location and number of the account to which funds are to be disbursed. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan to be made by it hereunder in accordance with Section 2.02(a) on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, to the account designated by the Borrower for such purpose (or, in the case of a Swingline Borrowing made to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e), by remittance to the Issuing Bank).

(c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent require the Revolving Facility Lenders to acquire participations in all or a portion of the outstanding Swingline Loans made by it. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of such Swingline Loans in which the Revolving Facility Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each such Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Facility Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, promptly upon receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent (and in any event, if such notice is received by 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Business Day and if received after 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately succeeding Business Day), to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans in Dollars. Each Revolving Facility Lender acknowledges and agrees that its respective obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Facility Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Revolving Facility Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Facility Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph (c), and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Facility Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.

(d) The Swingline Lender may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Swingline Lender and the successor Swingline Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of the Swingline Lender. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid interest accrued for the account of the replaced Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.13(a). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Swingline Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made

 

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thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Swingline Lender” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Swingline Lender, or to such successor and all previous Swingline Lenders, as the context shall require. After the replacement of a Swingline Lender hereunder, the replaced Swingline Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made by it prior to its replacement, but shall not be required to make additional Swingline Loans.

(e) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Swingline Lender, the Swingline Lender may resign as a Swingline Lender at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders, in which case, such Swingline Lender shall be replaced in accordance with Section 2.04(d) above.

SECTION 2.05. Letters of Credit.

(a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars for its own account or for the account of any Subsidiary of the Borrower in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Facility Availability Period and prior to the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date. The Borrower unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that, in connection with any Letter of Credit issued for the account of any Subsidiary as provided in the first sentence of this paragraph, the Borrower will be fully responsible for the reimbursement of L/C Disbursements in accordance with the terms hereof, the payment of interest thereon and the payment of fees due under Section 2.12(b) to the same extent as if it were the sole account party in respect of such Letter of Credit (the Borrower hereby irrevocably waiving any defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor or surety of the obligations of such a Subsidiary that is an account party in respect of any such Letter of Credit). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Issuing Bank shall have no obligation hereunder to issue, and shall not issue, any Letter of Credit (i) the proceeds of which would be made available to any Person (A) to fund any activity or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of any Sanctions, except to the extent permitted for a Person required to comply with Sanctions, (B) in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any party to this Agreement or (C) in any manner that would result in a violation of one or more policies of the Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally or (ii) if any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, or if any law applicable to such Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or require that such Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Effective Date, or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense that was not applicable on the Effective Date and that such Issuing Bank in good faith deems material to it.

(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment or Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment or extension (other than an automatic extension in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section) of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or fax (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (two (2) Business Days in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the

 

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name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to issue, amend or extend such Letter of Credit. In addition, as a condition to any such Letter of Credit issuance, the Borrower shall have entered into a continuing agreement (or other letter of credit agreement) for the issuance of letters of credit and/or shall submit a letter of credit application, in each case, as required by the Issuing Bank and using the Issuing Bank’s standard form (each, including all letter of credit applications and other agreements relating the Letters of Credit, a “Letter of Credit Agreement”). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any Letter of Credit Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment or extension, (i) the Revolving L/C Exposure shall not exceed U.S.$5,000,000, (ii) the Total Revolving Facility Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Revolving Facility Commitments and (iii) each Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein, no Issuing Bank shall be obligated to issue or modify any Letter of Credit if, immediately after giving effect thereto, the outstanding Revolving L/C Exposure in respect of all Letters of Credit issued by such Person and its Affiliates would exceed such Issuing Bank’s L/C Sublimit. Without limiting the foregoing and without affecting the limitations contained herein, it is understood and agreed that the Borrower may from time to time request that an Issuing Bank issue Letters of Credit in excess of its individual L/C Sublimit in effect at the time of such request, and each Issuing Bank agrees to consider any such request in good faith. Any Letter of Credit so issued by an Issuing Bank in excess of its individual L/C Sublimit then in effect shall nonetheless constitute a Letter of Credit for all purposes of the Credit Agreement, and shall not affect the L/C Sublimit of any other Issuing Bank, subject to the limitations on the aggregate Revolving L/C Exposure set forth in clause (i) of this Section 2.05(b).

(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire (or be subject to termination by notice from the Issuing Bank to the beneficiary thereof) at or prior to the close of business on the date specified by the Borrower in its request therefor, which date shall be no later than the earlier of (i) the date that is 12 months after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any extension thereof, 12 months after such extension) or such longer period of time as may be agreed by the applicable Issuing Bank and (ii) unless cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank, the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date; provided that any Letter of Credit may provide for automatic extension thereof for additional periods of up to 12 months or such longer period of time as may be agreed by the applicable Issuing Bank (which shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph (c)).

(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank or the Revolving Facility Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Facility Lender, and each Revolving Facility Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Facility Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of each L/C Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason, including after the Maturity Date. Each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Facility Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments.

 

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(e) Reimbursement. If the Issuing Bank shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent in Dollars an amount equal to such L/C Disbursement not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date that such L/C Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such L/C Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.04 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing or a Swingline Borrowing or a Eurodollar Revolving Loan in the amount of such L/C Disbursement and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing or Swingline Borrowing or Eurodollar Revolving Loan. If the Borrower fails to reimburse any L/C Disbursement when due, then the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Issuing Bank and each other Revolving Facility Lender of the applicable L/C Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower and, in the case of a Revolving Facility Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Facility Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, its Revolving Facility Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Facility Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank in Dollars, the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Facility Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Facility Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any L/C Disbursement (other than the funding of an ABR Revolving Loan or a Swingline Borrowing or a Eurodollar Revolving Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such L/C Disbursement.

(f) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse L/C Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit, any Letter of Credit Agreement or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein or herein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) any payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder; provided that, in each case, payment by the Issuing Bank shall not have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined in a final and nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction). Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit

 

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or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by (i) the Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof or (ii) the Issuing Bank’s refusal to issue a Letter of Credit in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank (as determined in a final and nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination and each refusal to issue a Letter of Credit. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

(g) Disbursement Procedures. The Issuing Bank for any Letter of Credit shall, within the time allowed by applicable law or the specific terms of the Letter of Credit following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under such Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly after such examination notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by fax or electronic mail) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make a L/C Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Revolving Facility Lenders with respect to any such L/C Disbursement.

(h) Interim Interest. If the Issuing Bank for any Letter of Credit shall make any L/C Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement in full on the date such L/C Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such L/C Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such L/C Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans; provided that, if such L/C Disbursement is not reimbursed by the Borrower when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply; provided further that any L/C Disbursement that is reimbursed after the date such L/C Disbursement is required to be reimbursed under paragraph (e) of this Section, (A) be payable in Dollars, (B) bear interest at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans or Eurodollar Revolving Loans, and (C) Section 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Bank for such L/C Disbursement shall be for the account of such Revolving Facility Lender to the extent of such payment.

(i) Replacement of the Issuing Bank. (i) The Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of the Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12. From and after

 

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the effective date of any such replacement, (A) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (B) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of the Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit then outstanding and issued by it prior to such replacement but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit or extend or otherwise amend any existing Letter of Credit.

(ii) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Issuing Bank, the Issuing Bank may resign as the Issuing Bank at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders, in which case, the resigning Issuing Bank shall be replaced in accordance with Section 2.05(i)(i) above.

(j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, (i) in the case of an Event of Default described in Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i), on the Business Day or (ii) in the case of any other Event of Default, on the third (3rd) Business Day, in each case, following the date on which the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Revolving Facility Lenders with Revolving L/C Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total Revolving L/C Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash equal to 105% of the Revolving L/C Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i), the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind. The Borrower also shall deposit cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph as and to the extent required by Section 2.11(b). Each such deposit pursuant to this paragraph or pursuant to Section 2.11(b) shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account and the Borrower hereby grants the Administrative Agent a security interest in such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of (i) for so long as an Event of Default shall be continuing, the Administrative Agent and (ii) at any other time, the Borrower, in each case, in Permitted Investments and at the risk and expense of the Borrower, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for L/C Disbursements for which the Issuing Bank has not been reimbursed, together with related fees, costs and customary processing charges, and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the Revolving L/C Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with Revolving L/C Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total Revolving L/C Exposure), be applied to satisfy other Secured Obligations. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three (3) Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section 2.11(b), such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower as and to the extent that, after giving effect to such return, the Borrower would remain in compliance with Section 2.11(b) and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

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(k) Revolving L/C Exposure Determination. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount or stated amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the amount of such Letter of Credit available to be drawn at such time; provided that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Letter of Credit Agreement related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the available amount thereof, the amount or stated amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum amount is available to be drawn at such time.

(l) Issuing Bank Reports to the Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank shall, in addition to its notification obligations set forth elsewhere in this Section, report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) periodic activity (for such period or recurrent periods as shall be requested by the Administrative Agent) in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, including all issuances, extensions and amendments, all expirations and cancelations and all disbursements and reimbursements, (ii) reasonably prior to the time that such Issuing Bank issues, amends or extends any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment or extension, and the stated amount of the Letters of Credit issued, amended or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment or extension (and whether the amounts thereof shall have changed), (iii) on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any L/C Disbursement, the date and amount of such L/C Disbursement, (iv) on any Business Day on which the Borrower fails to reimburse an L/C Disbursement required to be reimbursed to such Issuing Bank on such day, the date of such failure and the amount of such L/C Disbursement, and (v) on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.

SECTION 2.06. Funding of Borrowings.

(a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof solely by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 p.m., New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.04. Except in respect of the provisions of this Agreement covering the reimbursement of Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the funds so received in the aforesaid account of the Administrative Agent to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City or as otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Revolving Loans, Swingline Borrowings and Eurodollar Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of a L/C Disbursement and reimbursements as provided in Section 2.05(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date (or in the case of an ABR Borrowing, prior to 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of such Borrowing) of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand (without duplication) such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

 

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SECTION 2.07. Interest Elections.

(a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect, in the case of a Borrowing to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by irrevocable written notice (via an Interest Election Request signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower) by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, this Section shall not be construed to permit the Borrower to elect an Interest Period for Eurodollar Loans that does not comply with Section 2.02(d).

(c) Each Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which Interest Period shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

If any such Interest Election Request made by the Borrower requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one (1) month’s duration.

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(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period, such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the written request (including a request through electronic means) of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing,

(i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

SECTION 2.08. Termination and Reduction of Commitments.

(a) Unless previously terminated, (i) the Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the earlier to occur of (A) the Effective Date and (B) if the Effective Date shall not have occurred prior to the Outside Date, the Outside Date and (ii) all other Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the earlier to occur of (A) the Maturity Date and (B) if the Effective Date shall not have occurred prior to the Outside Date, the Outside Date.

(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Facility Commitments and/or the Term Loan Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments or the Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of U.S.$1,000,000 and not less than U.S.$2,000,000 (or, if less, the remaining amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments or the Term Loan Commitments, as applicable) and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Facility Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the Total Revolving Facility Credit Exposures would exceed the total Revolving Facility Commitments.

(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments or the Term Loan Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the applicable Class of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments or the Term Loan Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or other transactions specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of any of the Commitments under any Facility shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments under any Facility shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments under such Facility.

SECTION 2.09. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.

(a) (i) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Facility Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Facility Loan made to the Borrower on the Maturity Date and (ii) the Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (A) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Term Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender to the Borrower on such dates and in such amounts as provided in Section 2.10 and (B) to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan made to the Borrower on the earlier of

 

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the Maturity Date and the fifth (5th) Business Day after such Swingline Loan is made or such other date as agreed to in writing between the Borrower and the Swingline Lender; provided that on each date that a Revolving Facility Borrowing (other than a Borrowing that is required to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e)) is made by the Borrower, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding and the proceeds of any such Borrowing shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to repay any Swingline Loans outstanding.

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Facility and the Type thereof and the Interest Period (if any) applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) any amount received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it to the Borrower be evidenced by a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 or Exhibit E-2, as applicable. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in such form. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

SECTION 2.10. Notice of Repayment of Loans and Amortization of Term Loans.

(a) Prior to any repayment of any Borrowing under any Facility hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings under the applicable Facility to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent (and in the case of repayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) in writing of such selection not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, (i) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, one (1) Business Day before the scheduled date of such repayment and (ii) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, three (3) Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the immediately preceding sentence, prior to any repayment of a Swingline Borrowing hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of such selection not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the scheduled date of such repayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the repayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be repaid; provided that, if a notice of repayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.08, then such notice of repayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.08. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to an outstanding Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the applicable Lenders of the contents thereof.

 

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(b) The Borrower shall repay Term Loan Borrowings in quarterly principal installments as follows (each such day referred to in the immediately succeeding clauses (i) through (iii), a “Term Loan Installment Date”): (i) on the last day of the first (1st) full calendar quarter ending after the Effective Date and the last day of each of the three (3) calendar quarters ending immediately thereafter, a quarterly principal installment in an aggregate principal amount for each such date equal to 0.625% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans made on the Effective Date; (ii) on the last day of each of the twelve (12) calendar quarters ending after the last calendar quarter referred to in clause (i), a quarterly principal installment in an aggregate principal amount for each such date equal to 1.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans made on the Effective Date; and (iii) on the last day of each of the calendar quarters ending after the last calendar quarter referred to in clause (ii) and prior to the Maturity Date, a quarterly principal installment in an aggregate principal amount for each such date equal to 1.875% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans made on the Effective Date (in each of the foregoing cases, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.11(a) and 2.11(e)). To the extent not previously repaid, all unpaid Term Loans shall be paid in full by the Borrower on the Maturity Date.

SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans.

(a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (but subject to the last sentence hereof), in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum or, if less, the amount outstanding, subject to prior notice in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.10(a). Each prepayment of a Revolving Facility Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Revolving Facility Loans included in the prepaid Revolving Facility Borrowing, and each voluntary prepayment of a Term Loan Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Term Loans included in the prepaid Term Loan Borrowing and against the remaining scheduled installments of principal due in respect of the Term Loans of the applicable Class as directed by the Borrower (or, in the absence of such direction, in direct order of maturity). Prepayments shall be accompanied by (i) accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13 and (ii) any break funding payments required by Section 2.16.

(b) If, on any date, the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Total Revolving Facility Credit Exposures then outstanding exceeds the aggregate Revolving Facility Commitments of the Lenders on such date, the Borrower shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of any Revolving Facility Loans (or deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.05(j)) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice of any prepayment required under this Section 2.11(b) to the Borrower and the Lenders.

(c) In the event and on each occasion that any Net Cash Proceeds are received by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days after such Net Cash Proceeds are so received (or, in the case of a Prepayment Event described in clause (c) of the definition of such term, on the date such Net Cash Proceeds are so received), prepay the Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.11(e) below in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds in excess of any applicable threshold amount set forth in the definition of the term “Prepayment Event”; provided that, in the case of any event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event”, (i) if the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer to the effect that the Borrower or its relevant Subsidiaries intend to apply the Net Cash Proceeds from such event (or a portion thereof specified in such certificate), within 365 days after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, to reinvest in assets used or useful in the business (excluding inventory) of the Borrower and/or the Subsidiaries, and certifying that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, then no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this paragraph in respect of the Net Cash Proceeds specified in such certificate; provided further that to the extent of any such

 

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Net Cash Proceeds therefrom that have not been so applied by the end of such 365-day period (or within a period of 180 days thereafter if by the end of such initial 365-day period the Borrower or one or more Subsidiaries shall have entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third party to acquire such assets with such Net Cash Proceeds), at which time a prepayment shall be required in an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds that have not been so applied.

(d) [Reserved].

(e) Except as otherwise provided in any Incremental Term Loan Amendment and subject to Section 2.11(g), each mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(c) shall be applied ratably to each Class of Term Loans then outstanding. With respect to each Class of Term Loans, all mandatory prepayment amounts pursuant to Section 2.11(c) in respect thereof shall be applied ratably, subject to Section 2.11(g), to the Term Loans included in each prepaid Term Loan Borrowing and against the remaining scheduled installments of principal due in respect of the Term Loans of the applicable Class as directed by the Borrower (or, in the absence of such direction, in direct order of maturity).

(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.11 to the contrary, (i) to the extent that any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Prepayment Event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of such term by a Foreign Subsidiary giving rise to a prepayment event under Section 2.11(c) (a “Foreign Subsidiary Asset Sale Recovery Event”) are prohibited, restricted or delayed by applicable local law, rule or regulation from being repatriated to the United States, an amount equal to the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds so affected will not be required to be paid by the Borrower in respect of the Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.11 so long as the applicable local law, rule or regulation will not permit repatriation to the United States (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly take all commercially reasonable actions required by the applicable local law, rule or regulation to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds would be permitted under the applicable local law, rule or regulation, the Borrower will promptly (and in any event not later than five (5) Business Days after the date that such repatriation would be permitted under applicable local law, rule or regulation) prepay the Term Loans in an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds (net of any additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof), which amount shall be applied to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11 to the extent otherwise provided herein or (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all Net Cash Proceeds from such Foreign Subsidiary Asset Sale Recovery Event could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse tax consequence to the Borrower or the Subsidiaries with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower shall have no obligation to repay an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds so affected until such time that such amounts could be repatriated without incurring such material adverse tax consequence, and once any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds is able to be repatriated to the United States without such material adverse tax consequence, the Borrower will promptly (and in any event not later than five (5) Business Days after such repatriation would cease to incur such material adverse tax consequence) prepay the Term Loans in an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds (net of any additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof), which amount shall be applied to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11 to the extent otherwise provided herein.

(g) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to Section 2.11(c) at least five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as is reasonably practicable) prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Term Lender of the contents of any such prepayment notice and of such Term Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such

 

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Lender’s pro rata share of each relevant Class of Term Loans). Any Term Lender may elect, by delivering written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, one (1) Business Day after the date of such Term Lender’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment, that the full amount of any mandatory prepayment otherwise required to be made with respect to the Term Loans held by such Term Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(c) not be made (such declined amounts, the “Retained Declined Proceeds”). If a Term Lender fails to deliver the notice setting forth such rejection of a prepayment to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above or such notice fails to specify the principal amount of the Term Loans to be rejected, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of Term Loans. In the event that the aggregate amount of Retained Declined Proceeds is greater than U.S.$0, such amount shall be retained by the Borrower.

SECTION 2.12. Fees.

(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to each Revolving Facility Lender, through the Administrative Agent, a commitment fee (a “Commitment Fee”) on the average daily amount of the Available Unused Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the immediately preceding quarter (or other period commencing with the Effective Date and ending with the date on which the last of the Revolving Facility Commitment of such Lender shall be terminated) at the rate per annum set forth under the caption “Commitment Fee Rate” in the definition of “Applicable Margin” herein. Such Commitment Fee shall accrue during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such Revolving Facility Commitment terminates. Commitment Fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable in arrears on the fifteenth (15th) day following such last day and on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date. All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day and the last day of each period but excluding the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments terminate) in a year of 360 days. For the purpose of calculating any Lender’s Commitment Fee, the outstanding Swingline Loans during the period for which such Lender’s Commitment Fee is calculated shall be deemed to be zero.

(b) The Borrower from time to time agrees to pay to each Revolving Facility Lender, through the Administrative Agent, a fee (an “L/C Participation Fee”) on such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of the average daily amount of the Revolving L/C Exposure (excluding the portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed L/C Disbursements), during the quarter ending on such last day (or shorter period commencing with the Effective Date or ending with the later of the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments shall be terminated and the Revolving L/C Exposure shall be reduced to zero) at the rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Revolving Facility Borrowings effective for each day in such period. The Borrower from time to time agrees to pay to the Issuing Bank, for its own account, (x) a fronting fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank at the request of the Borrower for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to and including the termination of such Letter of Credit (computed at a rate equal to 0.125% per annum of the average daily stated amount of such Letter of Credit), plus (y) the Issuing Bank’s standard fees and commissions with respect to the issuance, amendment, cancellation, negotiation, transfer, presentment or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of any L/C Disbursement thereunder (collectively, “Issuing Bank Fees”). L/C Participation Fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the fifteenth (15th) day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on

 

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which the Revolving Facility Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other Issuing Bank Fees payable to an Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within ten (10) days after demand. All L/C Participation Fees and Issuing Bank Fees that are payable on a per annum basis shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day) in a year of 360 days.

(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Administrative Agent, the fees payable to it as set forth in the Fee Letter in the amounts and at the times specified therein (the “Administrative Agent Fees”).

(d) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, (i) the ticking fees payable to the Lenders as set forth in the Fee Letter in the amounts and at the times specified therein (the “Ticking Fees”) and (ii) the upfront fees payable to the Lenders as set forth in the Fee Letter in the amounts and at the times specified therein (the “Upfront Fees”).

(e) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in Dollars and in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders, except that Issuing Bank Fees shall be paid directly to the Issuing Bank. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.

SECTION 2.13. Interest.

(a) The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan (including each Swingline Loan) at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

(b) The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Loan at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Eurodollar Loan plus the Applicable Margin.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 9.08 requiring the consent of “each Lender affected thereby” for reductions in interest rates), declare that (provided that such declaration shall be deemed to have been automatically made upon the occurrence of any Event of Default under Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i)): (i) all Loans shall bear interest at 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loans as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount outstanding hereunder, such amount shall accrue at 2% plus (A) the rate applicable to such fee or other obligation, if any, as provided hereunder or (B) otherwise, the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section; provided that this paragraph (c) shall not apply to any Event of Default that has been waived by the Lenders pursuant to Section 9.08.

(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable by the Borrower in arrears (i) on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan, (ii) in the case of Revolving Facility Loans, upon termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments and (iii) in the case of the Term Loans, on the Maturity Date; provided that (A) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (B) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Revolving Facility Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (C) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

 

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(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(f) Interest in respect of Loans shall be paid in Dollars.

SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest.

(a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this Section, if prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:

(i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period (including by means of an Interpolated Rate or because the LIBO Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis); provided that no Benchmark Transition Event shall have occurred at such time; or

(ii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or fax or other electronic communications as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (A) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective, and (B) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing. Furthermore, if any Eurodollar Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrower’s receipt of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in this Section 2.14(a) with respect to the LIBO Rate applicable to such Eurodollar Loan, then, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), such Loan shall be converted to, and shall constitute, an ABR Loan on such day.

(b) (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event, an Early Opt-In Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (A) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (B) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (c) of the definition of the term “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fifth

 

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(5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.

(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document and subject to the proviso below in this paragraph if a Term SOFR Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then the applicable Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any other Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that this clause (ii) shall not be effective unless the Administrative Agent has delivered to the Lenders and the Borrower a Term SOFR Notice. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to deliver a Term SOFR Notice after the occurrence of a Term SOFR Transition Event and may do so in its sole discretion.

(iii) In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(iv) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (A) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, an Early Opt-In Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, (B) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (C) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (D) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(v) and (E) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.14, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.14.

(v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (A) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR or the LIBO Rate) and either (x) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (y) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of the term “Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (B) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (A) above either (x) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (y) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of the term “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.

 

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(vi) Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for a Eurodollar Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any request for a Eurodollar Borrowing into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to ABR Loans. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Alternate Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of the Alternate Base Rate. Furthermore, if any Eurodollar Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, then, until such time as a Benchmark Replacement is implemented pursuant to this Section 2.14, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), such Loan shall be converted to, and shall constitute, an ABR Loan on such day.

SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs.

(a) If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, compulsory loan requirement, insurance charge or other assessment, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or the Issuing Bank;

(ii) impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein (except for Taxes); or

(iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes, and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to the Administrative Agent or such Lender or such other Recipient of making, continuing, converting into or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan to the Borrower or to increase the cost to the Administrative Agent, such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by the Administrative Agent, such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient hereunder, whether of principal, interest or otherwise, then the Borrower will pay to the Administrative Agent, such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Administrative Agent, such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as applicable, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank (which determination shall be made in good faith (and not on an arbitrary or capricious basis) and generally consistent with similarly situated customers of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, under agreements having provisions similar to this Section 2.15, after consideration of such factors as the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, then reasonably determines to be relevant).

 

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(b) If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of or any of the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank (which determination shall be made in good faith (and not on an arbitrary or capricious basis) and generally consistent with similarly situated customers of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, under agreements having provisions similar to this Section 2.15, after consideration of such factors as the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, then reasonably determines to be relevant).

(c) A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

(d) Promptly after any Lender or the Issuing Bank has determined that it will make a request for increased compensation pursuant to this Section 2.15, such Lender or the Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower thereof. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.10 and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to be the amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued

 

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on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue a Eurodollar Loan, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in Dollars of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.17. Taxes.

(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.17) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for, Other Taxes.

(c) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.17, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(d) Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(e) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the

 

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maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

(f) Status of Lenders. (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.17(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person:

(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), an executed IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax;

(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, an executed IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

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(2) an executed IRS Form W-8ECI;

(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) an executed IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W- 8BEN-E; or

(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, an executed IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2 or Exhibit F-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. Federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

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Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.17 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

(h) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.17 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

(i) Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section 2.17, the term “Lender” includes the Issuing Bank and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.

(a) Unless otherwise specified, the Borrower shall make each payment or prepayment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of L/C Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time, in each case on the date when due or the date fixed for any prepayment hereunder, in immediately available funds, without condition or deduction for any defense, recoupment, set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made (i) in Dollars and (ii) to the Administrative Agent to the applicable account designated to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent, except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. Any payment required to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if such Administrative Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by such Administrative Agent to make such payment.

 

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(b) All payments and any proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent (i) not constituting either (A) a specific payment of principal, interest, fees or other sum payable under the Loan Documents (which shall be applied as specified by the Borrower), or (B) a mandatory prepayment (which shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.11) or (ii) after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent so elects or the Required Lenders so direct, shall be applied ratably first, to pay any fees, indemnities, or expense reimbursements then due to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank from the Borrower (other than in connection with Banking Services Obligations or Swap Agreement Obligations), second, to pay any fees, indemnities, or expense reimbursements then due to the Lenders from the Borrower (other than in connection with Banking Services Obligations or Swap Agreement Obligations), third, to pay interest then due and payable on the Loans ratably, fourth, to prepay principal on the Loans and unreimbursed L/C Disbursements, to pay any amounts owing in respect of Swap Agreement Obligations and Banking Services Obligations up to and including the amount most recently provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.24 (with amounts allocated to the Term Loans of any Class applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled repayments of the Term Loans of such Class to be made pursuant to Section 2.10 in inverse order of maturity) and to pay an amount to the Administrative Agent equal to one hundred five percent (105%) of the aggregate Revolving L/C Exposure, to be held as cash collateral for such Obligations, ratably, and fifth, to the payment of any other Secured Obligation due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender from the Borrower or any other Loan Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, unless so directed by the Borrower, or unless a Default is in existence, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall apply any payment which it receives to any Eurodollar Loan of a Class, except (i) on the expiration date of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or (ii) in the event, and only to the extent, that there are no outstanding ABR Loans of the same Class and, in any such event, the Borrower shall pay the break funding payment required in accordance with Section 2.16. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have the continuing and exclusive right to apply and reverse and reapply any and all such proceeds and payments to any portion of the Secured Obligations.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Secured Obligations arising under Banking Services Obligations or Swap Agreement Obligations shall be excluded from the application described above and paid in clause sixth if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may have reasonably requested from the applicable provider of such Banking Services or Swap Agreements.

(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim, through the application of any proceeds of Collateral or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of

 

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such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph (c) shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, as in effect from time to time) or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph (c) shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including any date that is fixed for prepayment by notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.11(a)), notice from the Borrower that the Borrower will not make such payment or prepayment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the applicable Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the applicable Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(c), 2.05(d), 2.05(e), 2.06(b), 2.18(d) or 9.05(d), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to it under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account over which the Administrative Agent shall have exclusive control as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section; in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if any Loan Party is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as applicable, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in any material respect. The relevant Loan Party hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

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(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if any Loan Party is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, or if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then such Loan Party may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 2.15 or 2.17) and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) such Loan Party shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and if a Revolving Facility Commitment is being assigned, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or such Loan Party (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Nothing in this Section 2.19 or in any other provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to prejudice any rights that any Loan Party may have against any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender. Each party hereto agrees that (i) an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Acceptance by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants), and (ii) the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to and be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender, provided that any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto.

(c) If any Lender (such Lender, a “Non-Consenting Lender”) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination which pursuant to the terms of Section 9.08 requires the consent of all of the Lenders affected and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, then provided no Event of Default then exists, the Borrower shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent) to replace such Non-Consenting Lender by requiring such Non-Consenting Lender to assign its Loans, and its Commitments hereunder to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, provided that (i) all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to such Non- Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment, and (ii) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon. In connection with any such assignment the Borrower, Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 9.04.

SECTION 2.20. Increase in Revolving Facility Commitments and/or Incremental Term Loans.

 

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(a) At any time, the Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to request an increase to the existing Revolving Facility Commitments (any such increase, the “New Revolving Facility Commitments”) and/or to enter into one or more tranches of term loans (any such tranche, the “Incremental Term Loans” and together with the New Revolving Facility Commitments, if any, the “New Commitments”), by an amount not in excess of U.S.$100,000,000 in the aggregate or a lesser amount that is an integral multiple of U.S.$1,000,000 (or such lesser amount agreed by the Administrative Agent) and not less than U.S.$5,000,000. Such notice shall specify the date (an “Increased Amount Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that the New Commitments and, in the case of Incremental Term Loans, the date for borrowing, as applicable, be made available. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of the identity of each Lender or other financial institution reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (each, a “New Revolving Facility Lender,” an “Incremental Term Lender” or generally, a “New Lender”; provided that no Ineligible Institution may be a New Lender) to whom the New Commitments have been (in accordance with the prior sentence) allocated and the amounts of such allocations; provided that any Lender approached to provide all or a portion of the New Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a New Commitment. Such New Commitments shall become effective as of such Increased Amount Date, and in the case of Incremental Term Loans, shall be made on such Increased Amount Date; provided that (i) the conditions set forth in paragraphs of (b) and (c) of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied or waived by the Required Lenders on such Increased Amount Date before or after giving effect to such New Commitments and Loans; (ii) such increase in the Revolving Facility Commitments and/or the Incremental Term Loans shall be evidenced by one or more joinder agreements executed and delivered to Administrative Agent by each New Lender, as applicable, and each shall be recorded in the register, each of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and subject to the requirements set forth in Section 2.17(f); and (iii) the Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 2.16 in connection with the provisions of the New Commitments; provided that, with respect to any Incremental Term Loans incurred for the primary purpose of financing a Limited Conditionality Acquisition (“Acquisition-Related Incremental Term Loans”), clause (i) of this sentence shall be deemed to have been satisfied so long as (A) as of the date of execution of the related Limited Conditionality Acquisition Agreement by the parties thereto, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from entry into such Limited Conditionality Acquisition Agreement, (B) as of the date of the borrowing of such Acquisition-Related Incremental Term Loans, no Event of Default under Section 7.01(a), 7.01(b), 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) is in existence immediately before or after giving effect (including on a Pro Forma Basis) to such borrowing and to any concurrent transactions and any substantially concurrent use of proceeds thereof, (C) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of execution of the applicable Limited Conditionality Acquisition Agreement by the parties thereto, except to the extent any such representations or warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such specified earlier date (provided that no materiality qualifier set forth in this subclause (C) shall be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) and (D) as of the date of the borrowing of such Acquisition-Related Incremental Term Loans, customary “Sungard” representations and warranties (with such representations and warranties to be reasonably determined by the Lenders providing such Acquisition-Related Incremental Term Loans) shall be true and correct in all material respects immediately before and after giving effect to the incurrence of such Acquisition-Related Incremental Term Loans, except to the extent any such representations or warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such specified earlier date (provided that no materiality qualifier set forth in this subclause (D) shall be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof).

 

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(b) On any Increased Amount Date on which New Revolving Facility Commitments are effected, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (i) each of the existing Revolving Facility Lenders shall assign to each of the New Revolving Facility Lenders, and each of the New Revolving Facility Lenders shall purchase from each of the existing Revolving Facility Lenders, at the principal amount thereof, such interests in the outstanding Revolving Facility Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans outstanding on such Increased Amount Date that will result in, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, such Revolving Facility Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans being held by existing Revolving Facility Lenders and New Revolving Facility Lenders ratably in accordance with their Revolving Facility Commitments after giving effect to the addition of such New Revolving Facility Commitments to the Revolving Facility Commitments, (ii) each New Revolving Facility Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Facility Commitment and each Loan made thereunder shall be deemed, for all purposes, a Revolving Facility Loan and have the same terms as any existing Revolving Facility Loan and (iii) each New Revolving Facility Lender shall become a Lender with respect to the Revolving Facility Commitments and all matters relating thereto.

(c) On any Increased Amount Date on which Incremental Term Loans are effected and borrowed, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (i) each Incremental Term Loan shall be deemed for all purposes a Loan made hereunder, (ii) each Incremental Term Lender shall become a Lender hereunder and (iii) the Incremental Term Loans (A) shall rank pari passu in right of payment and with respect to security with the Revolving Facility Loans and any then-existing Class of Term Loans, (B) shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date (but may have amortization prior to such date; provided that the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Incremental Term Loans shall be no shorter than the longest remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any then-existing Class of Term Loans (without giving effect to any prepayment thereof that would otherwise modify the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such then-existing Class of Term Loans)), (C) shall not be guaranteed by any Person that is not a Loan Party or secured by any assets other than the Collateral and (D) shall be treated substantially the same as (and in any event no more favorably than) the Revolving Facility Loans and any then-existing Class of Term Loans (provided that (x) the terms and conditions applicable to any Incremental Term Loans maturing after the Maturity Date may provide for additional or different financial or other covenants or prepayment requirements applicable only during periods after the Maturity Date, (y) the Incremental Term Loans may be priced, and may include fees, differently than any then-existing Class of Term Loans and

(z) any Incremental Term Loans may participate in any mandatory prepayment under Section 2.11(c) on a pro rata basis (or on less than pro rata basis, but not on a greater than pro rata basis) with any then-existing Class of Term Loans). All Incremental Term Loans made on any Increased Amount Date will be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.03.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders promptly upon receipt of the Borrower’s notice of an Increased Amount Date and, in respect thereof, the New Commitments and the New Lenders.

(e) Incremental Term Loans may be made hereunder pursuant to an amendment or restatement (an “Incremental Term Loan Amendment”) of this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrower, each Lender providing such Incremental Term Loans, if any, and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental Term Loan Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.20. Nothing contained in this Section 2.20 shall constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment on the part of any Lender to increase any of its Commitments hereunder, or provide Incremental Term Loans, at any time.

 

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SECTION 2.21. Illegality. If any Lender reasonably determines that any change in law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted after the Effective Date that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make or maintain any Eurodollar Loans, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligations of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Loans or to convert ABR Borrowings to Eurodollar Borrowings, as the case may be, shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), convert all such Eurodollar Borrowings of such Lender to ABR Borrowings, on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Borrowings to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

SECTION 2.22. [Reserved].

SECTION 2.23. Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

(a) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Revolving Facility Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a);

(b) any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.06 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender hereunder; third, to cash collateralize the Issuing Bank’s Revolving L/C Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with this Section; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) cash collateralize the Issuing Bank’s future Revolving L/C Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with this Section; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Disbursements

 

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in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Disbursements owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Disbursements owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Exposure and Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments without giving effect to clause (d) below. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post cash collateral pursuant to this Section shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto;

(c) such Defaulting Lender’s Commitments, Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and Term Loans shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.08); provided that, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.08, this clause (c) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of any amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of each Lender or each Lender adversely affected thereby;

(d) if any Swingline Exposure or Revolving L/C Exposure exists at the time a Revolving Facility Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:

(i) all or any part of such Swingline Exposure and Revolving L/C Exposure of such Defaulting Lender (other than the portion of such Swingline Exposure referred to in clause (b) of the definition of such term) shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders that are Revolving Facility Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Percentages but only to the extent that such reallocation does not, as to any non-Defaulting Lender, cause such non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure to exceed its Revolving Facility Commitment and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 are satisfied at such time;

(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one (1) Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure and (y) second, cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Bank only the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05(j) for so long as such Revolving L/C Exposure is outstanding;

(iii) if the Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Exposure is cash collateralized;

(iv) if the Revolving L/C Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.12(a) and 2.12(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ respective Revolving Facility Percentages; and

 

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(v) if any Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Exposure is neither cash collateralized nor reallocated pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Bank or any Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Bank until such Revolving L/C Exposure is cash collateralized and/or reallocated; and

(e) so long as any Revolving Facility Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure will be 100% covered by the Revolving Facility Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders that are Revolving Facility Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.23(d), and Swingline Exposure related to any such newly made Swingline Loan or Revolving L/C Exposure related to any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.23(d)(i) (and such Defaulting Lenders shall not participate therein).

If (i) a Bankruptcy Event or a Bail-In Action with respect to a Lender Parent shall occur following the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender, satisfactory to the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.

In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Revolving Facility Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and Revolving L/C Exposure of the Revolving Facility Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment and on such date such Revolving Facility Lender shall purchase at par such of the Revolving Facility Loans of the other Revolving Facility Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Revolving Facility Lender to hold such Revolving Facility Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Facility.

SECTION 2.24. Banking Services and Swap Agreements. Each Lender or Affiliate thereof providing Banking Services for, or having Swap Agreements with, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of a Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, promptly after entering into such Banking Services or Swap Agreements, written notice setting forth the aggregate amount of all Banking Services Obligations and Swap Agreement Obligations of such Loan Party or Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof to such Lender or Affiliate (whether matured or unmatured, absolute or contingent). In furtherance of that requirement, each such Lender or Affiliate thereof shall furnish the Administrative Agent, from time to time after a significant change therein or upon a request therefor, a summary of the amounts due or to become due in respect of such Banking Services Obligations and Swap Agreement Obligations. The most recent information provided to the Administrative Agent shall be used in determining which tier of the waterfall, contained in Section 2.18(b), such Banking Services Obligations and/or Swap Agreement Obligations will be placed.

 

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ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each of Holdings and the Borrower represents and warrants to each of the Lenders with respect to itself and each of the Subsidiaries that:

SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.01, each of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and (if applicable) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except for such failures to be in good standing which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the failure to so qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents and each other agreement or instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow and otherwise obtain credit hereunder.

SECTION 3.02. Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by each of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the borrowings hereunder and the Transactions (a) have been duly authorized by all corporate, stockholder, limited liability company or partnership action required to be obtained by Holdings, the Borrower and any such Subsidiaries and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any provision of (x) law, statute, rule or regulation or (y) the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents or by-laws of Holdings, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary, (B) any applicable order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority or (C) any provision of any indenture, lease, agreement or other instrument to which Holdings, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective property is or may be bound, (ii) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of or result in any cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation (including any payment) or to a loss of a material benefit under any such indenture, lease, agreement or other instrument, where any such conflict, violation, breach or default referred to in clause (i) (other than subclause (A)(y) thereof) or (ii) of this Section 3.02, could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary, other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents.

SECTION 3.03. Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Holdings and the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals. No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental Authority is or will be required in connection with the Transactions except for (a) the filing of UCC financing statements, (b) filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office or, with respect to intellectual property which is the subject of registration or application for registration outside the United States, such applicable patent, trademark or copyright office or other intellectual property authority, (c) such consents, authorizations, filings or other actions that have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (d) filings with the SEC reporting the Transactions and (e) such actions, consents and approvals the failure to be obtained or made which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements. There has heretofore been furnished to the Lenders (a) the audited consolidated and combined balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 and the related audited consolidated and combined statements of comprehensive loss, members’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal years then ended of Topco and its consolidated and combined subsidiaries and (b) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2021 and the related unaudited consolidated income statement and statement of cash flows for the fiscal quarters and the portion of the fiscal year then ended of Topco and its consolidated subsidiaries, in each case, which were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during such periods and fairly present, in the case of clause (a), the consolidated and combined financial position of Topco and its consolidated and combined subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated and combined results of operations and cash flows thereof for the periods then ended and, in the case of clause (b), the consolidated financial position of Topco and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the date thereof and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows thereof for the period then ended (subject, in case of the financial statements referred to in clause (b), to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes).

SECTION 3.06. No Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2020, there has been no event or occurrence which has resulted in or would reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, any Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.07. Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases.

(a) Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has good and valid record fee simple title to, all Material Real Properties, except where the failure to have such title could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower and the Subsidiaries have maintained, in all material respects and in accordance with normal industry practice and subject to normal wear and tear, all of the machinery, equipment, vehicles, facilities and other tangible personal property now owned or leased by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries that is necessary to conduct their business as it is now conducted. All such Material Real Properties are free and clear of Liens, other than Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02 or arising by operation of law. As of the Effective Date, the Loan Parties do not own any Material Real Properties.

(b) The Borrower and the Subsidiaries have complied with all obligations under all leases to which it is a party, except where the failure to comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and all such leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower and the Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such leases, other than leases in respect of which the failure to enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) The Borrower and the Subsidiaries own or possess, or could obtain ownership or possession of, on terms not materially adverse to it, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary for the present conduct of its business, without any known conflict with the rights of others, and free from any burdensome restrictions, except where such conflicts and restrictions could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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SECTION 3.08. Litigation; Compliance with Laws.

(a) There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings at law or in equity or by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending against, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against or affecting, Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or any business, property or rights of any such Person (i) as of the Effective Date, that involve any Loan Document or the Transactions or (ii) which individually could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to materially adversely affect the Transactions. None of Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of any of the Loan Parties, any of their Affiliates is in violation of any laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 23, 2001, and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56 (signed into law on October 26, 2001) (the “U.S. Patriot Act”).

(b) None of Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets is in violation of (nor will the continued operation of their material properties and assets as currently conducted violate) any currently applicable law, rule or regulation (including any zoning, building, Environmental Law, ordinance, code or approval or any building permit), or any restriction of record, or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.09. Federal Reserve Regulations.

(a) None of Holdings, the Borrower or the Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.

(b) No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (i) to purchase or carry Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose, or (ii) for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X.

SECTION 3.10. Investment Company Act. None of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

SECTION 3.11. Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans made on the Effective Date, together with cash on hand of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (including a portion of the SPAC Proceeds), only (a) to finance the Existing Indebtedness Refinancing, (b) to pay Transaction Costs and (c) to the extent of any remaining proceeds, for working capital and other general corporate purposes (including refinancing existing Indebtedness and Permitted Business Acquisitions). The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans (other than the Loans made on the Effective Date), and may request the issuance of Letters of Credit, as applicable, only for working capital and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including refinancing existing Indebtedness and Permitted Business Acquisitions). The Borrower will not request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use, and each of Holdings and the Borrower shall use reasonable efforts to procure that the Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation, in any material respect, of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, in each case except to the extent permitted for a Person required to comply with Sanctions or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation in any material respect of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

 

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SECTION 3.12. Tax Returns. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.12:

(a) Each of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (i) has timely filed or caused to be timely filed all federal, state, local and non-U.S. Tax returns required to have been filed by it that are material to such companies taken as a whole and each such Tax return is complete and accurate in all material respects and (ii) has timely paid or caused to be timely paid all material Taxes shown thereon to be due and payable by it and all other material Taxes or assessments, except Taxes or assessments that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings in accordance with Section 5.03 and for which Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (as the case may be) has set aside on its books adequate reserves;

(b) Each of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has paid in full or made adequate provision (in accordance with GAAP) for the payment of all Taxes due with respect to all periods or portions thereof ending on or before the Effective Date, which Taxes, if not paid or adequately provided for, could individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(c) Other than as could not be, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: as of the Effective Date, with respect to Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, (i) there are no claims being asserted in writing with respect to any Taxes, (ii) no presently effective waivers or extensions of statutes of limitation with respect to Taxes have been given or requested and (iii) no Tax returns are being examined by, and no written notification of intention to examine has been received from, the Internal Revenue Service or any other Taxing authority.

SECTION 3.13. No Material Misstatements.

(a) All written information (other than the Projections, estimates and information of a general economic nature) concerning Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries, the Transactions and any other transactions contemplated hereby included in the Lender Presentation or otherwise prepared by or on behalf of the foregoing or their representatives and made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby, when taken as a whole, were true and correct in all material respects, as of the date such information was furnished to the Lenders and as of the Effective Date and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact as of any such date or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made.

(b) The Projections and estimates and information of a general economic nature prepared by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its representatives and that have been made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby (i) have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date thereof, as of the date such Projections and estimates were furnished to the Lenders and as of the Effective Date, and (ii) as of the Effective Date, have not been modified in any material respect by the Borrower.

(c) As of the Effective Date, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification provided in respect of the Borrower on or prior to the Effective Date to any Lender in connection with this Agreement is true and correct in all respects.

 

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SECTION 3.14. Employee Benefit Plans.

(a) Each Plan has been administered in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code (and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder), except for such noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Effective Date, the excess of the present value of all benefit liabilities under each Plan of the Borrower, and each Subsidiary and the ERISA Affiliates (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan), as of the last annual valuation date applicable thereto for which a valuation is available, over the value of the assets of such Plan could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and the excess of the present value of all benefit liabilities of all underfunded Plans (based on those assumptions used to fund each such Plan) as of the last annual valuation dates applicable thereto for which valuations are available, over the value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events which have occurred or for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) All foreign pension schemes sponsored or maintained by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary are maintained in accordance with the requirements of applicable foreign law, except where noncompliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.15. Environmental Matters. Except as to matters that could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect (a) no written notice, request for information, order, complaint, Environmental Claim or penalty has been received by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, and there are no judicial, administrative or other actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries which allege a violation of or liability under any Environmental Laws, in each case relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, (b) Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has all environmental, health and safety permits necessary for its operations as currently conducted to comply with all applicable Environmental Laws and is, and has been, in compliance with the terms of such permits and with all other applicable Environmental Laws except for non-compliances which have been resolved and the costs of such resolution have been paid, (c) [intentionally omitted], (d) to the knowledge of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, no Hazardous Material is located at any property currently owned, operated or leased by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any liability or Environmental Claim of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws, and no Hazardous Material has been generated, owned or controlled by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries and transported to or Released at any location in a manner that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any liability or Environmental Claim of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws, (e) to the knowledge of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, there are no acquisition agreements pursuant to which Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries has expressly assumed or undertaken responsibility for any liability or obligation of any other Person arising under or relating to Environmental Laws, which in any such case has not been made available to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof, (f) to the knowledge of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, there are no landfills or disposal areas located at, on, in or under the assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and (g) to the knowledge of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, except as listed on Schedule 3.15, there are not currently and there have not been any underground storage tanks “owned” or “operated” (as defined by applicable Environmental Law) by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or present or located on Holdings’, the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s Real Property. For purposes of Section 7.01(a), each of the representations and warranties contained in clauses (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this Section 3.15 that are qualified by the knowledge of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall be deemed not to be so qualified.

 

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SECTION 3.16. Solvency.

(a) Immediately after giving effect to the Transactions (i) the fair value of the assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, respectively; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, respectively, on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured;

(iii) Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Effective Date.

(b) Holdings does not intend to, and does not believe that it or any of its Subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such subsidiary and the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such Subsidiary.

SECTION 3.17. Labor Matters. There are no strikes pending or threatened against Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The hours worked and payments made to employees of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries have not been in violation in any material respect of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable law dealing with such matters. All material payments due from Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or for which any claim may be made against Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary to the extent required by GAAP. The consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is a party or by which Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is bound, other than collective bargaining agreements that, individually or in the aggregate, are not material to Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

SECTION 3.18. Insurance. The Borrower has certified to the Administrative Agent a true, complete and correct description of all material insurance maintained by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower or the Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date. As of such date, such insurance is in full force and effect. The Borrower believes that the insurance maintained by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries is adequate.

SECTION 3.19. Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. Holdings and the Borrower have implemented and maintain in effect policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance in all material respects by Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, their respective directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and

 

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applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower, any agent of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facilities established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No Borrowing or Letter of Credit, use of proceeds or other Transactions will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.

SECTION 3.20. Affected Financial Institutions. No Loan Party is an Affected Financial Institution.

SECTION 3.21. Security Interest in Collateral. The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, upon execution and delivery by the parties thereto, create legal and valid Liens on all of the Collateral in respect of which and to the extent this Agreement and such other Loan Documents purport to create Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Upon the proper filing of UCC financing statements, upon the taking of possession or control by the Administrative Agent of the Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected by possession or control (which possession or control shall be given to the Administrative Agent to the extent possession or control by the Administrative Agent is required by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents), and the taking of all other actions to be taken pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such Liens constitute perfected first priority Liens on the Collateral (subject to Liens permitted by Section 6.02) to the extent perfection can be obtained by the filing of UCC financing statements, possession or control, securing the Secured Obligations, enforceable against the applicable Loan Party in accordance with their terms, subject to 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.

SECTION 3.22. Capitalization and Subsidiaries. As of the Effective Date, Schedule 3.22 sets forth (a) a correct and complete list of the name and relationship to Holdings of each and all of Holdings’ and the Borrower’s Subsidiaries, (b) a true and complete listing of each class of each of Holdings’, the Borrower’s and their Subsidiaries’ authorized Equity Interests, all of which issued Equity Interests are validly issued, outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable, and owned beneficially and of record by the Persons identified on Schedule 3.22, and (c) the type of entity of Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries. All of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests owned by any Loan Party have been (to the extent such concepts are relevant with respect to such ownership interests) duly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non assessable. There are no outstanding commitments or other obligations of any Loan Party to issue, and no options, warrants or other rights of any Person to acquire, any shares of any class of capital stock or other equity interests of any Loan Party.

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS OF LENDING

SECTION 4.01. Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.08):

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from (i) each party hereto a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party (which, subject to Section 9.13(b), may include any Electronic Signatures transmitted by fax, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page) and (ii) duly executed copies of the other Loan Documents and such other legal opinions, certificates, documents, instruments and agreements as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request in connection with the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further described in the list of closing documents attached as Exhibit G.

 

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(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of (i) Winston & Strawn LLP, counsel for the Loan Parties, (ii) Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Wisconsin local counsel for the Loan Parties, (iii) Fox Rothschild LLP, Colorado and Minnesota local counsel for the Loan Parties and (iv) Kutak Rock LLP, Arizona local counsel for the Loan Parties, in each case, covering such matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the initial Loan Parties (in their jurisdiction of organization or formation), the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to such Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further described in the list of closing documents attached as Exhibit G.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Borrower, certifying (i) that the representations and warranties contained in Article III are true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects if the applicable representation or warranty is qualified by Material Adverse Effect or other materiality qualifier) on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects if the applicable representation or warranty is qualified by Material Adverse Effect or other materiality qualifier) as of such earlier date), (ii) that no Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing as of such date and (iii) that the conditions set forth in Sections 4.01(j) and 4.01(k) have been satisfied.

(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, certifying a reasonably detailed computation of the Net Leverage Ratio calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the Effective Date after giving effect the Transactions.

(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.

(g) The Lenders shall have received a solvency certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H and signed by the chief financial officer or another Responsible Officer of Holdings confirming the solvency of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions.

(h) [Reserved].

(i) (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, all documentation and other information regarding the Loan Parties requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the U.S. Patriot Act, to the extent requested in writing of the Borrower at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Effective Date and (ii) to the extent the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer”

 

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under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, any Lender that has requested, in a written notice to the Borrower at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower shall have received such Beneficial Ownership Certification (provided that, upon the execution and delivery by such Lender of its signature page to this Agreement (including release by such Lender of its signature page from escrow as of the Effective Date), the condition set forth in this clause (i) shall be deemed to be satisfied).

(j) Prior to or substantially contemporaneously with the initial funding of the Loans on the Effective Date, the Existing Indebtedness Refinancing shall have been consummated and the Administrative Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence thereof.

(k) Prior to or substantially contemporaneously with the initial funding of the Loans on the Effective Date, Topco shall have been acquired or purchased by or shall have merged or combined with or into a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, as a result of which (i) a portion of the common Equity Interests in Topco shall be held by a special purpose acquisition company, (ii) the common Equity Interests of such special purpose acquisition company shall be publicly held or traded on a U.S. stock exchange and (iii) cash proceeds of such transaction (or any underwritten primary public offering or secondary public offering consummation in connection therewith) in an aggregate amount of not less than U.S.$313,000,000 (or a lesser amount, if mutually agreed by Topco and the special purpose acquisition company) shall have been received by, or paid on behalf of, Topco, Holdings and their direct or indirect equityholders, taken together (the “SPAC Proceeds”), of which not less than U.S.$30,000,000 shall have been contributed to the Borrower as a cash contribution in respect of the common Equity Interests in the Borrower, of which amount at least (A) U.S.$20,000,000 shall have been applied to repay Indebtedness of the Borrower pursuant to the Existing Indebtedness Refinancing and (B) U.S.$10,000,000 shall have been allocated to cash on the combined or consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “SPAC Transactions”).

(l) The Effective Date shall have occurred prior to the Outside Date.

SECTION 4.02. All Credit Events. On the date of each Borrowing and on the date of each issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit:

(a) The Administrative Agent and, in the case of a Swingline Borrowing, the Swingline Lender shall have received, in the case of a Borrowing, a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03 or 2.04, as applicable, or, in the case of the issuance (or the amendment or extension, other than an automatic extension in accordance with Section 2.05(c), of an outstanding Letter of Credit) of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent shall have received a notice requesting the issuance, amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit as required by Section 2.05(b).

(b) The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such Borrowing or issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit (other than an amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit without any increase in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as applicable, with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

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(c) At the time of and immediately after such Borrowing or issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit (other than an amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit without any increase in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as applicable, no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit (other than an amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit without any increase in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit) made by the Borrower shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date of such Borrowing, issuance, amendment or extension, as applicable, as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 4.02.

ARTICLE V

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Each of Holdings and the Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been canceled or have expired, in each case, without any pending draw, and all amounts drawn thereunder have been reimbursed in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to:

SECTION 5.01. Existence; Businesses and Properties.

(a) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, except as otherwise expressly permitted under Section 6.05 or 6.15(d), and except for the liquidation or dissolution of Subsidiaries if the assets of such Subsidiaries to the extent they exceed estimated liabilities are acquired by the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower in such liquidation or dissolution; provided that Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties may not be liquidated into Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties.

(b) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary to the normal conduct of its business, (ii) comply in all material respects with all material applicable laws, rules, regulations (including any zoning, building, ordinance, code or approval or any building permits or any restrictions of record or agreements affecting the Material Real Properties) and judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees and orders of any Governmental Authority, whether now in effect or hereafter enacted and (iii) at all times maintain and preserve all property necessary to the normal conduct of its business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times (in each case except as expressly permitted by this Agreement), in each case in this paragraph (b) except where the failure would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.02. Insurance.

(a) Keep its insurable properties insured at all times by financially sound and reputable insurers in such amounts as shall be customary for similar businesses and maintain such other reasonable insurance (including, to the extent consistent with past practices, self-insurance), of such types, to such extent and against such risks, as is customary with companies in the same or similar businesses and maintain such other insurance as may be required by law or any other Loan Document.

 

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(b) Furnish to the Administrative Agent, upon reasonable written request of the Administrative Agent, an insurance certificate with respect to each policy of general liability or casualty insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Loan Parties, which insurance certificate shall indicate that (i) in the case of each general liability insurance policy (other than policies in which such endorsements are not customary), the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, has been named as an additional insured thereunder and (ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy (other than business interruption or other policies in which such endorsements are not customary), the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, has been named as a lender loss payee thereunder; cause each such policy to provide that it shall not be canceled or not renewed upon less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof (or such lesser period of notice as is customary for such policy) by the insurer to the Administrative Agent; deliver to the Administrative Agent, prior to the cancellation or nonrenewal of any such policy of insurance, a copy of a renewal or replacement policy (or other evidence of renewal of a policy previously delivered to the Administrative Agent), or insurance certificate with respect thereto, together with evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of payment of the premium therefor.

(c) Notify the Administrative Agent promptly whenever any separate insurance concurrent in form or contributing in the event of loss with that required to be maintained under this Section 5.02 is taken out by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries; and promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent a duplicate original copy of such policy or policies, or an insurance certificate with respect thereto.

(d) In connection with the covenants set forth in this Section 5.02, it is understood and agreed that:

(i) none of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and their respective Related Parties shall be liable for any loss or damage insured by the insurance policies required to be maintained under this Section 5.02, it being understood that (A) Holdings, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties shall look solely to their insurance companies or any parties other than the aforesaid parties for the recovery of such loss or damage and (B) such insurance companies shall have no rights of subrogation against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank or their respective Related Parties. If, however, the insurance policies do not provide waiver of subrogation rights against such parties, as required above, then each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby agrees, to the extent permitted by law, to waive, and to cause each of the Subsidiaries to waive, its right of recovery, if any, against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and their respective Related Parties; and

(ii) the designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage by the Administrative Agent under this Section 5.02 shall in no event be deemed a representation, warranty or advice by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders that such insurance is adequate for the purposes of the business of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or the protection of their properties.

SECTION 5.03. Taxes. Pay and discharge promptly when due all material Taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, as well as all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies or otherwise that, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien upon such properties or any part thereof; provided, however, that such payment and discharge shall not be required with respect to any

 

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such Tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim so long as (a) the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and Holdings, the Borrower or the affected Subsidiary, as applicable, shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect thereto, or (b) the aggregate amount of such Taxes, assessments, charges, levies or claims does not exceed U.S.$1,000,000.

SECTION 5.04. Financial Statements, Reports, etc. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly furnish such information to the Lenders):

(a) within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of Ultimate Parent, if not filed electronically with the SEC and publicly available for retrieval by the Lenders, a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners’ equity showing the consolidated financial position of Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows during such year and, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the prior fiscal year, with all financial statements provided under this paragraph (a), audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which shall not be qualified in any material respect, other than a qualification resulting solely from the classification of any of the Loans as short-term indebtedness during that twelve-month period prior to the Maturity Date or a breach or anticipated breach of Financial Covenants) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;

(b) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Ultimate Parent, if not filed electronically with the SEC and publicly available for retrieval by the Lenders, a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows showing the consolidated financial position of Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows during such fiscal quarter and the then-elapsed portion of the fiscal year and, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2023, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, on behalf of Ultimate Parent, as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes);

(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower in the form of Exhibit J (each, a “Compliance Certificate”) (i) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth as and at the end of such fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as the case may be, reasonably detailed calculations of the amount of the Available Amount and specifying any applicable utilizations of the Available Amount during such fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, and (iii) commencing with the first fiscal period ending after the Effective Date, setting forth computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent demonstrating compliance with the covenants contained in Sections 6.10 and 6.11; provided that if the consolidated financial statements of Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above will differ from the consolidated results of operations and financial position of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (as a stand-alone company) for such applicable period, then, such certificate shall include a schedule prepared by a Financial Officer on behalf of the Borrower setting out in reasonable detail any variances between the consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows of Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Holdings and its Subsidiaries (as a stand-alone company), on the other hand, for such applicable period, which schedule shall be certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as presenting fairly, in all material respects, such variances;

 

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(d) if, as a result of any change in accounting principles and policies from those as in effect on the Effective Date, the consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above will differ in any material respect from the consolidated financial statements that would have been delivered pursuant to such clauses had no such change in accounting principles and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery of financial statements pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above following such change, a schedule prepared by a Financial Officer on behalf of the Borrower reconciling such changes to what the financial statements would have been without such changes;

(e) within ninety (90) days after the beginning of each fiscal year of Ultimate Parent, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, an operating budget, in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent prepared by the Borrower for each of the four (4) fiscal quarters of such fiscal year prepared in reasonable detail, of Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries, accompanied by the statement of a Financial Officer of the Borrower to the effect that, to the best of his knowledge, the budget is a reasonable estimate for the period covered thereby;

(f) [reserved];

(g) promptly, a copy of all reports submitted to the Board of Directors (or any committee thereof) of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with any material interim or special audit made by independent accountants of the books of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(h) promptly, from time to time, (x) such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, or such financial statements provided and (y) information and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for purposes of compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the U.S. Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, as in each case the Administrative Agent may reasonably request (for itself or on behalf of any Lender); and

(i) promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent and to the extent applicable, copies of: (i) each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to a Plan; (ii) the most recent actuarial valuation report for any Plan; (iii) all notices received from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor or a Plan sponsor or any governmental agency concerning an ERISA Event; and (iv) such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.

SECTION 5.05. Litigation and Other Notices. Furnish to the Administrative Agent, which shall furnish to each Lender, written notice of the following promptly after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof:

(a) any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action (if any) proposed to be taken with respect thereto;

 

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(b) the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or written notice of intention of any Person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority or in arbitration, against Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries as to which an adverse determination is reasonably probable and which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) any other development specific to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is not a matter of general public knowledge and that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;

(d) the occurrence of any ERISA Event, that together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(e) any change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership Certification delivered to such Lender that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in such certification.

Each notice delivered under this Section 5.05 shall (i) be in writing, (ii) contain a heading or a reference line that reads “Notice under Section 5.05 of the Fathom Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021” and (iii) be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

SECTION 5.06. Compliance with Laws. Comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (owned or leased), except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that this Section 5.06 shall not apply to Environmental Laws, which are the subject of Section 5.09, or to laws related to Taxes, which are the subject of Section 5.03. Holdings and the Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance by Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

SECTION 5.07. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections. Maintain all financial records in accordance with GAAP and permit any Persons designated by the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender to visit and inspect the financial records and the properties of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries at reasonable times, upon reasonable prior notice to the Borrower, and as often as reasonably requested and to make extracts from and copies of such financial records, and permit any Persons designated by the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender upon reasonable prior notice to the Borrower to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with the officers thereof and independent accountants therefor (subject to reasonable requirements of confidentiality, including requirements imposed by law or by contract), all at the expense of the Borrower.

SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit solely for the purposes described in Section 3.11.

SECTION 5.09. Compliance with Environmental Laws. Comply, and make commercially reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other Persons occupying its properties to comply, with all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and properties; and obtain and renew all material authorizations and permits required pursuant to Environmental Law for its operations and properties, in each case in accordance with Environmental Laws, except, in each case with respect to this Section 5.09, to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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SECTION 5.10. Further Assurances.

(a) Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings and other documents and recordings of Liens in stock registries), that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the applicable Loan Parties and provide to the Administrative Agent, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.

(b) If any additional direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party (for the purposes of this paragraph, disregarding clause (a)(iii) of the definition of such term) (including as a result of becoming a Material Subsidiary) after the Effective Date, within five (5) Business Days (or such later date as is agreed upon by the Administrative Agent) after the date such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party (including as a result of becoming a Material Subsidiary), notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof and, within sixty (60) Business Days after the date such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party (including as a result of becoming a Material Subsidiary) (or such later date as is agreed upon by the Administrative Agent), cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Subsidiary and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party. The Administrative Agent may (in its sole discretion) extend such date to a later date acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

(c) In the case of any Loan Party, (i) furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any change (A) in such Loan Party’s corporate or organization name, (B) in such Loan Party’s identity or organizational structure or jurisdiction of organization or (C) in such Loan Party’s organizational identification number; provided that no Loan Party shall effect or permit any such change unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within any statutory period, under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for the Administrative Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (ii) promptly notify the Administrative Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.

(d) The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the other provisions of this Section 5.10 need not be satisfied if such action would violate Section 9.21 hereof. In addition, the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the other provisions of this Section 5.10 need not be satisfied with respect to (i) any Equity Interests acquired after the Effective Date in accordance with this Agreement if, and to the extent that, and for so long as (A) doing so would violate applicable law or a contractual obligation binding on such Equity Interests and (B) such law or obligation existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on such Equity Interests in contemplation of or in connection with the acquisition of such Equity Interests (provided that the foregoing clause (B) shall not apply in the case of a joint venture, including a joint venture that is a Subsidiary), (ii) any assets acquired after the Effective Date, to the extent that, and for so long as, taking such actions would violate a contractual obligation binding on such assets that existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on such assets in contemplation or in connection with the acquisition of such assets (except in the case of assets acquired with Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(i) that is secured by a Lien permitted pursuant to Section 6.02(i)) or (iii) any Equity Interests in or any asset of a Foreign

 

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Subsidiary if the Borrower demonstrates to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent determines (in its reasonable discretion) that the cost of the satisfaction of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement of this Section 5.10 with respect thereto exceeds the value of the security offered thereby; provided that, upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall, and shall cause any applicable Subsidiary to, use commercially reasonable efforts to have waived or eliminated any contractual obligation of the types described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, other than those set forth in a joint venture agreement to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party.

(e) If any Material Real Property is acquired by any Loan Party after the Effective Date or any Subsidiary that owns a Material Real Property becomes a Loan Party, the Borrower will (i) promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof and (ii) within ninety (90) days after the date of occurrence of the applicable event (or such later date as is agreed upon by the Administrative Agent) take, and cause each applicable Loan Party to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to comply with the requirements set forth in clause (g) of the definition of the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.

SECTION 5.11. Fiscal Year. In the case of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, cause their fiscal year to end on December 31 and each fiscal quarter to end on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.

SECTION 5.12. Post-Closing Matters. Execute and deliver the documents and complete the tasks set forth in Schedule 5.12, in each case within the time periods specified therein (including any extension of such time periods permitted by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (i) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”).

ARTICLE VI

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Each of Holdings (solely with respect to Sections 6.09(a) and 6.15) and the Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been canceled or have expired and all amounts drawn thereunder have been reimbursed in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, Holdings (solely with respect to Sections 6.09(a) and 6.15) will not, and the Borrower will not, and will not cause or permit any of the Subsidiaries to:

SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Indebtedness existing on the Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 6.01 and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness Refinanced with Indebtedness owed to a Person not affiliated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary);

(b) the Secured Obligations;

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(d) Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) any Person providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such Person; provided that upon the incurrence of Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, such obligations are reimbursed not later than thirty (30) days following such incurrence;

(e) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary owed to the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the extent permitted by Section 6.04, provided that Indebtedness of any Loan Party owed to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (the “Subordinated Intercompany Debt”) shall be subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(f) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, warranty bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion or performance guarantees and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business and Indebtedness arising out of advances on exports, advances on imports, advances on trade receivables, customer prepayments and similar transactions in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;

(g) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business, provided that (i) such Indebtedness (other than credit or purchase cards) is extinguished within three (3) Business Days of its incurrence and (ii) such Indebtedness in respect of credit or purchase cards is extinguished within sixty (60) days from its incurrence;

(h) (i) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary acquired after the Effective Date or a Person merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Effective Date and Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets after the Effective Date, which Indebtedness, in each case, exists at the time of such acquisition, merger or consolidation and is not created in contemplation of such event and where such acquisition, merger or consolidation is permitted by this Agreement and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness, provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness at the time of, and after giving effect to, such acquisition, merger or consolidation, such assumption or such incurrence, as applicable (together with Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this paragraph (h) and paragraph (i) of this Section 6.01), would not exceed the greater of (A) U.S.$2,500,000 and (B) 6.25% of EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period at any time outstanding;

(i) Capital Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary prior to or within 270 days after the acquisition, lease or improvement of the respective asset permitted under this Agreement in order to finance such acquisition or improvement, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof (together with Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to paragraph (h) of this Section 6.01 and this paragraph (i)) would not exceed the greater of (x) U.S.$2,500,000 and (y) 6.25% of EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period at any time outstanding;

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(k) other Indebtedness, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding pursuant to this paragraph (k) not in excess of the greater of (i) U.S.$5,900,000 and (ii) 15.0% of EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

(l) Guarantees (i) by any Loan Party of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Loan Party expressly permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, (ii) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Indebtedness otherwise expressly permitted hereunder of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the extent permitted by Section 6.04, (iii) by any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party of Indebtedness of another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; provided that all Foreign Subsidiaries may guarantee obligations of other Foreign Subsidiaries under ordinary course cash management obligations, and (iv) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries incurred for working capital purposes in the ordinary course of business on ordinary business terms so long as such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01; provided that Guarantees by any Loan Party under this Section 6.01(l) of any other Indebtedness of a Person that is subordinated to other Indebtedness of such Person shall be expressly subordinated to the Obligations on terms consistent with those used, or to be used, for Subordinated Intercompany Debt;

(m) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn outs or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than Guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;

(n) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries (including letters of credit or bank guarantees (other than Letters of Credit issued pursuant to Section 2.05)) for working capital purposes incurred in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (i) U.S.$1,400,000 and (ii) 3.5% of EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period outstanding at any time;

(o) Subordinated Indebtedness; provided that, both immediately prior to and after giving effect (including pro forma effect) thereto, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist or would result therefrom, and (ii) the Borrower is in compliance with the Financial Covenants calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

(p) unsecured Indebtedness issued to employees, officers, directors and consultants to repurchase Equity Interests of any direct or indirect equityholder of Holdings or any Affiliate thereof, to the extent such repurchase would not be prohibited by Section 6.06;

(q) Indebtedness consisting of the financing of insurance premiums or take-or-pay contracts in the ordinary course of business;

(r) Ratio Debt; provided that, both immediately prior to and after giving effect (including pro forma effect) thereto, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist or would result therefrom, (ii) the Borrower is in compliance with the Financial Covenants calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period and (iii) the Net Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 3.75 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period; and

(s) all premium (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in paragraphs (a) through (r) above.

 

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SECTION 6.02. Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of any Person, including any Subsidiary) at the time owned by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except:

(a) Liens on property or assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries existing on the Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 6.02; provided that such Liens shall secure only those obligations that they secure on the Effective Date (and extensions, renewals and refinancings of such obligations permitted by Section 6.01(a)) and shall not subsequently apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(b) any Lien created under the Loan Documents;

(c) any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(h), provided that (i) such Lien does not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries not securing such Indebtedness at the date of the applicable acquisition, merger or consolidation (other than after-acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such date and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require a pledge of after-acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition, merger or consolidation), (ii) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition and (iii) in the case of a Lien securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, such Lien is permitted in accordance with clause (e) of the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”;

(d) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent or that are being contested in compliance with Section 5.03;

(e) Liens imposed by law (including Liens in favor of customers for equipment under order or in respect of advances paid in connection therewith) such as landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than sixty (60) days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which, if applicable, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP;

(f) (i) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in respect of such obligations and (ii) pledges and deposits securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(g) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance and return of money bonds, warranty bonds, bids, government contracts, completion or performance guarantees and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(h) zoning and building restrictions, easements, encumbrances, trackage rights, leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), subleases, conditions, covenants, licenses, special and general assessments, rights-of-way, restrictions on use of real property and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that do not render title unmarketable and that, in the aggregate, do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or would result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(i) purchase money security interests in equipment or other property or improvements thereto hereafter acquired (or, in the case of improvements, constructed) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including the interests of vendors and lessors under conditional sale and title retention agreements); provided that (i) such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(i) (including any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof), (ii) such security interests are incurred, and the Indebtedness secured thereby is created, within 270 days after such acquisition (or construction), (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of such equipment or other property or improvements at the time of such acquisition (or construction), including transaction costs incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with such acquisition (or construction) and (iv) such security interests do not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than to accessions to such equipment or other property or improvements); provided further that individual financings of equipment provided by a single lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings of equipment provided solely by such lender;

(j) Liens arising out of capitalized lease transactions permitted under Section 6.03, so long as such Liens attach only to the property sold and being leased in such transaction and any accessions thereto or proceeds thereof and related property;

(k) Liens securing judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 7.01(j);

(l) Liens disclosed by the title insurance policies and any replacement, extension or renewal of any such Lien; provided that such replacement, extension or renewal Lien shall not cover any property other than the property that was subject to such Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal; provided further that the Indebtedness and other obligations secured by such replacement, extension or renewal Lien are permitted by this Agreement;

(m) any interest or title of, or Liens created by, a lessor under any leases or subleases entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as tenant, in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(o) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights;

(p) Liens securing obligations in respect of trade-related letters of credit permitted under Section 6.01(f) and covering the goods (or the documents of title in respect of such goods) financed by such letters of credit and the proceeds and products thereof;

 

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(q) licenses of intellectual property granted in the ordinary course of business;

(r) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

(s) Liens on the assets of a Foreign Subsidiary that do not constitute Collateral and which secure Indebtedness of such Foreign Subsidiary that is not otherwise secured by a Lien on the Collateral under the Loan Documents and that is permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01(a), 6.01(k) or 6.01(n);

(t) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

(u) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;

(v) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(w) Liens on the assets of a Foreign Subsidiary which secure Indebtedness of such Foreign Subsidiary that is permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01(k) or 6.01(n); provided, however, that if such Liens are on assets that constitute Collateral, such Liens may be pari passu with, but not prior to, the Liens granted in favor of the Administrative Agent under the Collateral Agreement unless such Liens secure letters of credit or bank guarantees and such assets constitute the rights of such Foreign Subsidiary under the contracts and agreements in respect of which such Indebtedness was incurred;

(x) Liens securing insurance premium financing arrangements permitted by Section 6.01(q);

(y) Liens on Collateral securing any Ratio Debt permitted by Section 6.01(r); provided that the applicable junior lien secured parties (or a representative or trustee thereof on their behalf) shall have entered into a customary intercreditor agreement reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent providing that the Liens securing such obligations shall rank junior to the Liens securing the Obligations; and

(z) Liens securing Indebtedness and other obligations in a principal amount not to exceed U.S.$1,000,000 at any time outstanding.

SECTION 6.03. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred (a “Sale and Lease-Back Transaction”), except for any such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction (a) entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any fixed or capital assets (i) acquired or constructed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Effective Date and (ii) sold or transferred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary for cash consideration in an amount not less than the fair value of such fixed or capital asset and (b) consummated within 90 days after the Borrower or such Subsidiary acquires or completes the construction of such fixed or capital asset; provided that at the time of consummation of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction and after giving effect thereto, the Borrower is in compliance with the Financial Covenants calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period.

 

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SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans and Advances. Purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger or consolidation with a Person that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger or consolidation) any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances (other than intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries) to or Guarantees of the obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in (each, an “Investment”), in any other Person, except:

(a) Investments (including, but not limited to, Investments in Equity Interests, intercompany loans, and Guarantees of Indebtedness otherwise expressly permitted hereunder) after the Effective Date by (i) Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in an aggregate outstanding amount (calculated without giving effect to any write-off or write-down thereof) not to exceed an amount equal to the greater of (A) U.S.$2,500,000 and (B) 6.25% of EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period; (ii) Loan Parties in other Loan Parties and (iii) Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in Loan Parties;

(b) Permitted Investments and investments that were Permitted Investments when made;

(c) Investments arising out of the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of non-cash consideration for the sale of assets permitted under Section 6.05;

(d) (i) loans and advances to employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business not to exceed U.S.$500,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding (calculated without regard to write-downs or write-offs thereof) and (ii) advances of payroll payments and expenses to employees in the ordinary course of business;

(e) accounts receivable arising and trade credit granted in the ordinary course of business and any securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss and any prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business;

(f) Swap Agreements permitted pursuant to Section 6.12;

(g) Investments existing on the Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 6.04;

(h) Investments resulting from pledges and deposits referred to in Sections 6.02(f) and 6.02(g);

(i) so long as immediately before and after giving effect to thereto no Event of Default shall be continuing, Investments in connection with joint ventures and minority investments in an aggregate outstanding amount (calculated without giving effect to any write-off or write-down thereof) not to exceed the greater of (i) U.S.$2,500,000 and (ii) 6.25% of EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

 

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(j) so long as the Available Amount Conditions are satisfied at the time of such Investment, other Investments in an amount not to exceed the Available Amount;

(k) Investments constituting Permitted Business Acquisitions; provided that, for all Non-Guarantor Permitted Business Acquisitions, the aggregate amount consideration paid or payable (including the purchase price, all deferred payments, all Indebtedness assumed and all other consideration) for all such Non-Guarantor Permitted Business Acquisitions shall not exceed the greater of (i) U.S.$3,900,000 and (ii) 10.0% of EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

(l) Investments (including, but not limited to, Investments in Equity Interests, intercompany loans, and Guarantees of Indebtedness otherwise expressly permitted hereunder) after the Effective Date by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in any Loan Party or other Subsidiary;

(m) the Transactions;

(n) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with or judgments against, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(o) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Effective Date or of a Person merged into the Borrower or merged into or consolidated with a Subsidiary in accordance with Section 6.05 after the Effective Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

(p) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of operating leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(q) promissory notes or other obligations issued to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries by directors, officers, employees or consultants in connection with such person’s purchase of Equity Interests of any direct or indirect equityholder of Holdings, so long as no cash or Cash Equivalents is advanced in connection with such Investment;

(r) Investments acquired in connection with any Permitted Business Acquisition, including any existing Investments held by any Person acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition (provided that such Investment is not made in contemplation of such Permitted Business Acquisition);

(s) other Investments; provided that, both immediately prior to and after giving effect (including pro forma effect) thereto, (i) no Event of Default shall exist or would result therefrom, (ii) the Borrower is in compliance with the Financial Covenants calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period and (iii) the Net Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 2.75 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period; and

(t) other Investments in an aggregate outstanding amount (without giving effect to any write-off or write-down thereof) not to exceed the greater of (i) U.S.$5,000,000 and (ii) 12.5% of EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period.

 

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SECTION 6.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions. Merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or any part of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or issue, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary or preferred equity interests of the Borrower (except to the extent that no cash interest or other cash payments are required in respect thereof), or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or any substantial part of the assets of any other Person, except that this Section shall not prohibit:

(a) (i) the purchase and sale of inventory, supplies, services, materials and equipment and the purchase and sale of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property, in each case in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii) the sale of surplus, obsolete or worn out equipment or other property in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (iii) the sale or other disposition of Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;

(b) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving Person, (ii) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary into or with any Loan Party (other than Holdings or the Borrower) in a transaction in which the surviving or resulting entity is a Loan Party and, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), no Person other than the Borrower or a Loan Party receives any consideration, (iii) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party into or with any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party or (iv) the liquidation or dissolution (other than the Borrower) or change in form of entity of any Subsidiary if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation, dissolution or change in form is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders;

(c) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to the Borrower or a Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); provided that any sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions by a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be made in compliance with Section 6.07; provided further that the aggregate gross proceeds of any sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions by a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in reliance upon this paragraph (c) and the aggregate gross proceeds of any or all assets sold, transferred, leased or otherwise disposed of in reliance upon paragraph (g) below by a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall not exceed, in any fiscal year of Holdings, the greater of (i) U.S.$1,400,000 and (ii) 3.5% of EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

(d) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section 6.03;

(e) Investments permitted by Section 6.04, Liens permitted by Section 6.02 and dividends, distributions and repurchases of Equity Interests permitted by Section 6.06;

(f) the sale of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of business and not as part of an accounts receivables financing transaction;

(g) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions of assets not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.05; provided that the aggregate gross proceeds (including non-cash proceeds) of any or all assets sold, transferred, leased or otherwise disposed of in reliance upon this paragraph (g) and in reliance upon the second proviso to paragraph (c) above shall not exceed, in any fiscal year of Holdings, the greater of (i) U.S.$1,400,000 and (ii) 3.5% of EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

 

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(h) any purchase, lease, or other acquisition of assets, or any merger or consolidation, in each case in connection with a Permitted Business Acquisition permitted under Section 6.04(j), provided that following any such merger or consolidation (i) involving the Borrower, the Borrower is the surviving Person and (ii) involving any Loan Party other than the Borrower, the surviving or resulting entity shall be a Loan Party that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary;

(i) licensing and cross-licensing arrangements involving any technology or other intellectual property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; and

(j) abandonment, cancellation or disposition of any intellectual property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 6.05 above, (i) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be permitted by this Section 6.05 (other than sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to Loan Parties pursuant to paragraph (c) hereof) unless such disposition is for fair market value, (ii) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be permitted by paragraph (a) (other than clause (iii) thereof) or (d) of this Section 6.05 unless such disposition is for at least 75% cash consideration and (iii) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets in excess of U.S.$500,000 shall be permitted by paragraph (g) of this Section 6.05 unless such disposition is for at least 75% cash consideration; provided that for purposes of clauses (ii) and (iii), the amount of any secured Indebtedness or other Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (as shown on the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is assumed by the transferee of any such assets shall be deemed cash.

SECTION 6.06. Dividends and Distributions. Declare or make, or agree to declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except:

(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may declare and pay dividends to, repurchase its Equity Interests from or make other distributions to, the Borrower or to any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (or, in the case of non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, to the Borrower or any subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such subsidiary on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of the Borrower or such subsidiary) based on their relative ownership interests);

(b) non-cash Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of Holdings and its Subsidiaries;

(c) (i) the Borrower may make distributions to Holdings, and Holdings may make distributions to Topco, to permit Topco to make distributions to the holders of its Equity Interests in an aggregate amount necessary for Topco or such holders of its Equity Interests (or the direct or indirect owners of such holders of its Equity Interests) to pay their actual income tax liabilities in respect of income earned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as determined by the tax calculation formula in the operating agreement of Topco as in effect on the Effective Date (without any modification of the terms of the tax calculation formula in such operating agreement), so long as each of Topco, Holdings and the Borrower is a tax pass through entity (“Tax Distributions”), and (ii) the Borrower may make distributions to Holdings, and Holdings may make distributions to Topco, in such amounts, and at such times, as is necessary to enable Ultimate Parent to timely satisfy Ultimate Parent’s payments obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement;

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(e) [reserved];

(f) so long as the Available Amount Conditions are satisfied at the time of the making of a Restricted Payment, Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed the Available Amount;

(g) other Restricted Payments; provided that, both immediately prior to and after giving effect (including pro forma effect) thereto, (i) no Event of Default shall exist or would result therefrom, (ii) the Borrower is in compliance with the Financial Covenants calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period and (iii) the Net Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 2.50 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period; and

(h) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings in such amounts, and at such times, as is necessary to enable Holdings (or any parent company thereof, including Topco and Ultimate Parent) to pay (i) general administrative costs and expenses (including corporate overhead, legal, accounting and other professional fees, insurance costs and similar expenses and customary wages, salary, bonus, indemnifications and other benefits payable to directors, officers, employees, members of management, consultants and/or independent contractors of Holdings (or any parent company thereof), in each case, which are incurred by Holdings (or any parent thereof) in the ordinary course of business and only to the extent such costs and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operations of Holdings (or any parent company thereof, but excluding the portion of any such amount, if any, that is attributable to the ownership or operations of any subsidiary of any such parent company other than Holdings, the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries), the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries; (ii) out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Holdings (or any parent company thereof) in connection with the SPAC Transactions or any securities offerings and exchanges of Equity Interests by Holdings (or any parent company thereof); (iii) out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Holdings (or any parent company thereof) for directors’ and shareholders’ meetings and preparing corporate and similar records of Holdings (or any parent company thereof), preparing and filings reports and notices to or with any Governmental Authorities or securities exchanges and preparing reports to its direct and indirect equity holders, in each case, which are incurred by Holdings (or any parent thereof) in the ordinary course of business; and (iv) franchise fees, franchise Taxes and similar fees, Taxes and expenses incurred by Holdings (or any parent company thereof) that are required to maintain the organizational existence of Holdings (or any parent company thereof), in each case, which are incurred by Holdings (or any parent thereof) in the ordinary course of business and only to the extent such fees, Taxes and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operations of Holdings (or any parent company thereof, but excluding the portion of any such amount, if any, that is attributable to the ownership or operations of any subsidiary of any such parent company other than Holdings, the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries), the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries.

SECTION 6.07. Transactions with Affiliates.

(a) Sell or transfer any property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transaction with, any of its Affiliates, unless such transaction is upon terms no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate.

(b) The foregoing paragraph (a) shall not prohibit, to the extent otherwise permitted under this Agreement:

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(ii) any indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into with directors, officers, consultants and employees of Holdings (or any parent company thereof), the Borrower and the Subsidiaries under arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business and the payment of fees and indemnities to directors, officers, consultants and employees of Holdings (or any parent company thereof), the Borrower and the Subsidiaries pursuant to such arrangements;

(iii) transactions pursuant to permitted agreements in existence on the Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 6.07 or any amendment thereto to the extent such amendment is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect;

(iv) any employment agreement or employee benefit plan entered into by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and payments pursuant thereto;

(v) transactions otherwise permitted under Section 6.01, Section 6.04 and Section 6.06;

(vi) transactions with any Affiliate for the purchase or sale of goods, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business in a manner consistent with past practice;

(vii) any transaction in respect of which the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent (for delivery to the Lenders) a letter addressed to the Board of Directors of the Borrower from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm, in each case of nationally recognized standing that is (A) in the good faith determination of the Borrower qualified to render such letter and (B) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which letter states that such transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate;

(viii) so long as not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement, guarantees of performance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in the ordinary course of business, except for guarantees of Indebtedness in respect of borrowed money; and

(ix) if such transaction is with a Person in its capacity as a holder (A) of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary where such Person is treated no more favorably than the other holders of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (B) of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary where such Person is treated no more favorably than the other holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

SECTION 6.08. Business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, engage at any time in any business or business activity other than any business or business activity conducted by it on the Effective Date and any business or business activities incidental or related thereto, or any business or activity that is reasonably similar thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.

 

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SECTION 6.09. Limitation on Modifications of Organizational Documents; Modifications of Subordinated Indebtedness; and Burdensome Agreements.

(a) Amend or modify in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders, or grant any waiver or release under or terminate in any manner (if such granting or termination shall be materially adverse to the Lenders), the articles or certificate of formation or incorporation or by-laws or partnership agreement or limited liability company operating agreement of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries.

(b) Amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any provision of any Subordinated Indebtedness Document or any agreement relating thereto, other than amendments or modifications that are not in any manner materially adverse to Lenders and that do not affect the subordination provisions thereof (if any) in a manner adverse to the Lenders (including any increase in any amounts (including any rates) paid or payable thereunder or in connection therewith).

(c) Permit any Subsidiary to enter into any agreement or instrument that by its terms restricts (i) the payment of dividends or distributions or the making of cash advances by such Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary or (ii) the granting of Liens by such Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case other than those arising under any Loan Document, except, in each case, restrictions existing by reason of:

(A) restrictions imposed by applicable law;

(B) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Effective Date under any agreement related to Indebtedness existing on the Effective Date and contractual encumbrances or restrictions under any agreements related to any permitted renewal, extension or refinancing of any Indebtedness existing on the Effective Date that does not expand the scope of any such encumbrance or restriction;

(C) any restriction on a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Equity Interests or assets of a Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;

(D) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(E) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;

(F) customary provisions contained in leases or licenses of intellectual property and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(G) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest;

(H) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;

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(J) any agreement in effect at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary.

SECTION 6.10. Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Interest Coverage Ratio to be less than 3.00 to 1.00 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of Holdings commencing with the first fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date.

SECTION 6.11. Net Leverage Ratio. Permit the Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of Holdings, commencing with the first (1st) fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date, to be greater than (a) with respect to each of the first (1st) fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date and the three (3) fiscal quarters ending immediately thereafter, 4.00 to 1.00, (b) with respect to each of the fifth (5th) fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date and the three (3) fiscal quarters ending immediately thereafter, 3.75 to 1.00, and (c) with respect to each of the ninth (9th) fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date and each fiscal quarter ending thereafter, 3.50 to 1.00; provided that in the event the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries consummates a Qualified Material Acquisition, the Borrower may, by notice delivered to the Administrative Agent, elect to increase the maximum Net Leverage Ratio permitted by this Section 6.11 to 4.00:1.00 with respect to the fiscal quarter during which such Qualified Material Acquisition shall have been consummated and each of the three immediately following fiscal quarters; provided further that no such election may be made unless, as of the end of at least two consecutive fiscal quarters immediately preceding such election, the Net Leverage Ratio maintained pursuant to this Section 6.11 was not greater than the Net Leverage Ratio that would have been required for such fiscal quarters pursuant to this Section 6.11 without giving effect to the immediately preceding proviso.

SECTION 6.12. Swap Agreements. Enter into any Swap Agreement, other than (a) Swap Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities, (b) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and (c) forward contracts entered into in connection with an accelerated share repurchase program with respect to purchases of Equity Interests permitted under Section 6.06.

SECTION 6.13. Designated Senior Debt. Designate any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries other than the Secured Obligations as “senior indebtedness” or “designated senior indebtedness” or words of similar import under and in respect of any other indenture, agreement or instrument under which any other Subordinated Indebtedness is outstanding.

SECTION 6.14. Restricted Debt Payments. Make any payment in cash on or in respect of principal of or interest on any Restricted Debt, including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, defeasance, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Restricted Debt (collectively, “Restricted Debt Payments”), except:

(a) any Restricted Debt Payment made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01;

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(c) payments of regularly scheduled principal and interest (including any penalty interest, if applicable) and payments of fees, expenses and indemnification obligations as and when due (other than payments with respect to Restricted Debt that are prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof);

(d) so long as the Available Amount Conditions are satisfied at the time of the making of a Restricted Debt Payment, Restricted Debt Payments in an amount not to exceed the Available Amount; and

(e) other Restricted Debt Payments; provided that, both immediately prior to and after giving effect (including pro forma effect) thereto, (i) no Event of Default shall exist or would result therefrom, (ii) the Borrower is in compliance with the Financial Covenants calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period and (iii) the Net Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 2.75 to 1.00 calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period.

SECTION 6.15. Permitted Activities of Holdings. Holdings will not:

(a) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money, other than (i) the Indebtedness incurred by Holdings under the Loan Documents, (ii) Guarantees of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower and/or any Subsidiary, which Indebtedness or other obligations are permitted hereunder, and (iii) Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(b) create or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, other than (i) the Liens created under the Security Documents to which it is a party and (ii) Liens of the type permitted under Section 6.02 (other than in respect of indebtedness for borrowed money);

(c) engage in any business activity, other than (i) holding the Equity Interests in the Borrower and, indirectly, any Subsidiary of the Borrower (it being agreed that Holdings will not own (except on an interim basis in connection with any transaction otherwise permitted under this Section 6.15) Equity Interests of any other Person), and acting as a holding company with respect thereto, (ii) the entry into, and the performance of its obligations under, the Loan Documents and the agreements or instruments evidencing or governing other Indebtedness and Guarantees permitted hereunder (including, subject to paragraph (b) of this Section, the granting of Liens with respect thereto), (iii) the consummation of the Transactions, (iv) filing Tax reports and paying Taxes and other customary obligations in the ordinary course (and contesting any Taxes), (v) preparing reports to Governmental Authorities and to its equityholders, (vi) holding director and equityholder meetings, preparing organizational records and other organizational activities required to maintain its legal existence or to comply with applicable law, (vii) (A) issuing, selling, converting, exchanging or otherwise transacting in respect of its Equity Interests and making any dividend or other distribution on account of, or any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value of, any of its Equity Interests and (B) performing activities in preparation for and consummating any public offering of, or any other issuance or sale of, its or any of its parent company’s Equity Interests, including paying fees and expenses related thereto and entry into, and performance of its obligations under, any agreement relating thereto, (viii) holding cash and Cash Equivalents, maintaining deposit accounts and holding other assets received from any Person holding any Equity Interests in Holdings (including as a result of issuance, sale, conversion, exchange or other transaction in respect of, or a capital contribution in respect of, any Equity Interests in Holdings) or, subject to paragraph (a) of this Section, as proceeds of incurrence of any Indebtedness, or, in each case, the proceeds and products of any of the foregoing, (ix) (A) any transaction (including any Restricted Payment and Investment) between Holdings, on the one hand, and the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, on the other hand, in each case, expressly permitted under this Article VI, (B) any other transaction or activity expressly contemplated under this Article VI to be undertaken by Holdings or any parent company thereof and (C) any purchase of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, and, in each case under this

 

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clause (ix), holding any assets received as a result of such transaction, (x) the entry into, and performance of its obligations under, contracts and other arrangements with current or former directors, officers, consultants and employees of Holdings, any parent company thereof, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, including the providing of indemnification to such Persons and the making of Investments of the type permitted under Section 6.04(d), (xi) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters, (xii) the obtainment of, and the payment of any fees, expenses and indemnities for, management, consulting, monitoring, investment banking, advisory, legal and other services, including any services or payments of the type permitted under Sections 6.07(b)(ii) and 6.07(b)(iv), (xiii) the entry into, and performance of its obligations under, its organizational documents or any document or agreement not prohibited under this Section 6.15(c) to be entered into or undertaken by Holdings, (xiv) complying with applicable law and (xv) activities incidental to any of the foregoing; or

(d) merge with or into or consolidate with any other Person; provided that Holdings may merge with or into or consolidate with any other Person (other than the Borrower and any of the Subsidiaries) so long as (i) either (A) Holdings is the continuing or surviving Person or (B) the continuing or surviving Person (if not Holdings) (any such Person, the “Successor Holdings”) (x) is an entity organized or existing under the law of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and (y) expressly assumes all obligations of Holdings under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Holdings is a party pursuant to an agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) if Holdings is not the continuing or surviving Person, the Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information regarding the Successor Holdings requested in writing of the Borrower in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the U.S. Patriot Act, and (iii) no Change in Control results therefrom; it being understood and agreed that (I) if the foregoing conditions under clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) are satisfied, the Successor Holdings will succeed to, and be substituted for, Holdings under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (II) Holdings may convert into another form of entity so long as such conversion does not materially impair the Guarantee or the Collateral (or the Liens on the Collateral) provided by Holdings pursuant to the Loan Documents.

ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. In case of the happening of any of the following events (“Events of Default”):

(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower or any other Loan Party in any Loan Document, or any representation, warranty, statement or information contained in any report, certificate, financial statement or other instrument furnished in connection with or pursuant to any Loan Document, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when so made, deemed made or furnished by the Borrower or any other Loan Party;

(b) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan or the reimbursement with respect to any L/C Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise;

(c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Disbursement or in the payment of any Fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in (b) above) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days;

 

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(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by Holdings of any covenant or agreement contained in Section 5.01(a) (with respect to Holdings) or Section 6.09(a) or 6.15 or by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.01(a) (with respect to the Borrower), 5.05(a), 5.08 or 5.10(b) or in Article VI;

(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) knowledge of such default by any Loan Party or (ii) notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the Borrower;

(f) (i) any event or condition occurs that (A) results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due or being terminated prior to its scheduled maturity or (B) enables or permits (with all applicable grace periods having expired) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf, or, in the case of any Swap Agreement, the applicable counterparty, to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to terminate such Material Indebtedness or require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity or (ii) Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal, interest, termination payment or other payment obligation and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable (in each case, with all applicable grace periods having expired); provided that clause (f)(i) shall not apply to (A) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness, (B) any Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a voluntary refinancing thereof permitted under Section 6.01 or (C) any termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of any Swap Agreement that are not the result of any default thereunder by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(g) there shall have occurred a Change in Control;

(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (except, in the case of any Subsidiary, in a transaction permitted by Section 6.05); and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for sixty (60) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(i) Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in paragraph (h) above, (iii) apply for, request or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

 

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(j) the failure by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary to pay one or more final judgments aggregating in excess of U.S.$5,000,000 (net of any amounts which are covered by insurance or bonded), which judgments are not discharged or effectively waived or stayed for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon assets or properties of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;

(k) one or more ERISA Events shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

(l) (i) any Loan Document shall for any reason be asserted in writing by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto, (ii) any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document and to extend to Collateral that is not immaterial to Holdings, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties on a consolidated basis shall cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected security interest (having the priority required by this Agreement or the relevant Security Document) in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby, except to the extent that (A) any such loss of perfection or priority results from the failure of the Administrative Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Agreement or to file UCC continuation statements, (B) such loss is covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and the Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the credit of such insurer or (C) any such loss of validity, perfection or priority is the result of any failure by the Administrative Agent to take any action necessary to secure the validity, perfection or priority of the liens, or (iii) the Guarantees pursuant to the Security Documents by any of the Loan Parties of any of the Secured Obligations shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms thereof), or shall be asserted in writing by any of the Loan Parties not to be in effect or not to be legal, valid and binding obligations;

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in paragraph (h) or (i) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate forthwith the Commitments, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other Secured Obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding and (iii) demand cash collateral pursuant to Section 2.05(j); and in any event with respect to the Borrower described in paragraph (h) or (i) above, the Commitments shall automatically terminate, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other Secured Obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable and the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have made a demand for cash collateral to the full extent permitted under Section 2.05(j), without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, exercise any rights and remedies provided to the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents or at law or equity, including all remedies provided under the UCC.

 

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SECTION 7.02. Right to Cure. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 7.01, in the event that the Borrower fails (or, but for the operation of this Section 7.02, would fail) to comply with the requirements of the Financial Covenants, until the expiration of the tenth (10th) Business Day subsequent to the date the certificate calculating the Financial Covenants is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(c) with respect to the applicable fiscal quarter or fiscal year (the “Cure Expiration Date”), Holdings shall have the right, for the benefit of the Borrower, so long as the proceeds of such Specified Cure Contribution (as defined below) are contributed to the Borrower, to issue Eligible Equity Interests for cash or to receive a cash contribution in respect of its equity constituting Eligible Equity Interests (the “Cure Right”), and upon the receipt by the Borrower of such cash (the “Specified Cure Contribution”) the Financial Covenants shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma adjustments in a manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent:

(i) EBITDA shall be increased, solely for the purpose of determining compliance with the Financial Covenants and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Specified Cure Contribution; and

(ii) if, after giving effect to the foregoing recalculations, the Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the Financial Covenants, the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Covenants as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of the Financial Covenants that had occurred shall be deemed cured for purposes of this Agreement.

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Cure Right may not be exercised more than two (2) times in any period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings and may not be exercised in any two (2) consecutive fiscal quarters, (ii) the Cure Right shall be exercised no more than five (5) times over the term of this Agreement, (iii) the Specified Cure Contribution shall be no greater than the amount required for purposes of complying with the Financial Covenants, (iv) any Specified Cure Contribution shall be used as a prepayment of the Loans under Section 2.11(a), (v) after the occurrence of an Event of Default resulting from a failure to comply with the requirements of any Financial Covenant, if Holdings or the Borrower have given the Administrative Agent notice that Holdings or the Borrower intend to cure such failure with the proceeds of a Specified Cure Contribution, neither the Lenders nor the Administrative Agent shall exercise any rights or remedies under Section 7.01 (or under any other Loan Document) available during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default on the basis of any actual or purported failure to comply with any Financial Covenant until such failure is not cured on or prior to the Cure Expiration Date, and (vi) if a failure to comply with any Financial Covenant has occurred and is continuing, no Lender or Issuing Bank shall be required to make any Revolving Facility Loan or Swingline Loan or issue, amend (other than any amendment that does not increase the stated amount of such Letter of Credit) or extend any Letter of Credit unless and until the Specified Cure Contribution is actually received.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

SECTION 8.01. Authorization and Action.

(a) Each Lender and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors and assigns to serve as the administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents, and each Lender and the Issuing Bank authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent under such agreements and to exercise such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, each of the Lenders, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are Secured Parties, and the Issuing Bank hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Collateral Agreement governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s behalf. Without limiting the foregoing, each Lender and the Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, each of the Loan Documents to which the Administrative Agent is a party, and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies that the Administrative Agent may have under such Loan Documents.

(b) As to any matters not expressly provided for herein and in the other Loan Documents (including enforcement or collection), the Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the written instructions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, pursuant to the terms in the Loan Documents), and, unless and until revoked in writing, such instructions shall be binding upon each Lender and the Issuing Bank; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that (i) the Administrative Agent in good faith believes exposes it to liability unless the Administrative Agent receives an indemnification and is exculpated in a manner satisfactory to it from the Lenders and the Issuing Bank with respect to such action or (ii) is contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable law, including any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors; provided further that the Administrative Agent may seek clarification or direction from the Required Lenders prior to the exercise of any such instructed action and may refrain from acting until such clarification or direction has been provided. Except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Administrative Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(c) In performing its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank (except in limited circumstances expressly provided for herein relating to the maintenance of the Register), and its duties are entirely mechanical and administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(i) the Administrative Agent does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation or duty or any other relationship as the agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other holder of Secured Obligations other than as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term

 

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“agent” (or any similar term) herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary duty or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties); additionally, each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees (and each other Secured Party will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the Guarantees of the Secured Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed) that it will not assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; and

(ii) nothing in this Agreement or any Loan Document shall require the Administrative Agent to account to any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other Secured Party for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by the Administrative Agent for its own account.

(d) The Administrative Agent may perform any of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of their respective duties and exercise their respective rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities pursuant to this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agent except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agent.

(e) Neither the Arranger nor the Documentation Agent shall have obligations or duties whatsoever in such capacity under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and shall incur no liability hereunder or thereunder in such capacity, but each such Person shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder.

(f) In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any L/C Disbursement shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on any Loan Party) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Disbursements and all other Secured Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (including any claim under Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.15, 2.17 and 9.05) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

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and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender, the Issuing Bank and each other Secured Party to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank or the other Secured Parties, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section 9.05). Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the Issuing Bank any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Secured Obligations or the rights of any Lender or the Issuing Bank or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or the Issuing Bank in any such proceeding.

(g) The provisions of this Article VIII are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, and, except solely to the extent of the Borrower’s rights to consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article VIII, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any of their respective Affiliates, shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary under any such provisions. Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the Guarantees of the Secured Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the provisions of this Article VIII.

SECTION 8.02. Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Indemnification, Etc.

(a) Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be (i) liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties under or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (A) with the consent of or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or (B) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agent’s reliance on any Electronic Signature transmitted by fax, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page) or for any failure of any Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any (i) notice of any of the events or circumstances set forth or described in Section 5.05 unless and until written notice thereof stating that it is a “notice under Section 5.05” in respect of this Agreement and identifying the specific clause under said Section is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, or (ii) notice of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of Default” or a “notice of an Event of Default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or an Issuing Bank. Further, the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (A) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (B) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (C) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (D) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (E) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items (which on their face purport to be such items)

 

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expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or (F) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for, or be responsible for any Liabilities, cost or expense suffered by Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary, any Lender or the Issuing Bank as a result of, any determination of the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure, any of the component amounts thereof or any portion thereof attributable to each Lender or the Issuing Bank.

(c) Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent (i) may treat the payee of any promissory note as its holder until such promissory note has been assigned in accordance with Section 9.04, (ii) may rely on the Register to the extent set forth in Section 9.04(b), (iii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel to the Holdings or the Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts, (iv) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender or the Issuing Bank and shall not be responsible to any Lender or the Issuing Bank for any statements, warranties or representations made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (v) in determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the Issuing Bank sufficiently in advance of the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit and (vi) shall be entitled to rely on, and shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon, any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which writing may be a fax, any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) or any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper party or parties (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the maker thereof).

SECTION 8.03. Posting of Communications.

(a) Holdings and the Borrower agree that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communications available to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank by posting the Communications on IntraLinks, DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar or any other electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved Electronic Platform”).

(b) Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Effective Date, a user ID/password authorization system) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank, Holdings and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure, that the Administrative Agent is not responsible for approving or vetting the representatives or contacts of any Lender that are added to the Approved Electronic Platform, and that there may be confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank, Holdings and the Borrower hereby approves distribution of the Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.

 

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(c) THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. THE APPLICABLE PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE APPLICABLE PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ARRANGER OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, “APPLICABLE PARTIES”) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER, THE ISSUING BANK OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN PARTY’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM.

(d) Each Lender and the Issuing Bank agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that Communications have been posted to the Approved Electronic Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender and the Issuing Bank agrees (i) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (which could be in the form of electronic communication) from time to time of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s (as applicable) email address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (ii) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such email address.

(e) Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank, Holdings and the Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally applicable document retention procedures and policies.

(f) Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.

SECTION 8.04. The Administrative Agent Individually. With respect to its Commitment, Loans and Letters of Credit, the Person serving as the Administrative Agent shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and is subject to the same obligations and liabilities as and to the extent set forth herein for any other Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be. The terms “Issuing Bank”, “Lenders”, “Required Lenders”, “Majority Lenders” and any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender, the Issuing Bank or as one of the Required Lenders or Majority Lenders, as applicable. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with, Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing as if such Person was not acting as the Administrative Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank.

SECTION 8.05. Successor Administrative Agent.

 

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(a) The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower, whether or not a successor Administrative Agent has been appointed. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York or an Affiliate of any such bank. In either case, such appointment shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Borrower (which approval may not be unreasonably withheld and shall not be required while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall succeed to, and become vested with, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent. Upon the acceptance of appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Prior to any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to assign to the successor Administrative Agent its rights as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this Section, in the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; provided that, solely for purposes of maintaining any security interest granted to the Administrative Agent under any Security Document for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to be vested with such security interest as collateral agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and continue to be entitled to the rights set forth in such Security Document, and, in the case of any Collateral in the possession of the Administrative Agent, shall continue to hold such Collateral, in each case until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed and accepts such appointment in accordance with this Section (it being understood and agreed that the retiring Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any further action under any Security Document, including any action required to maintain the perfection of any such security interest), and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall directly be given or made to each Lender and the Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.05, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (i) above.

SECTION 8.06. Acknowledgements of Lenders and Issuing Bank.

 

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(a) Each Lender represents and warrants that (i) the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility, (ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans and in providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender or Issuing Bank, in each case in the ordinary course of its business, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument (and each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing), (iii) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arranger or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder and (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire and/or hold commercial loans and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire and/or hold such commercial loans or to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or holding such commercial loans or providing such other facilities. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arranger or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

(b) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement on the Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Acceptance or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Effective Date.

(c) (i) Each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby agrees that (A) if the Administrative Agent notifies such Lender or Issuing Bank that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Lender or Issuing Bank from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually and collectively, a “Payment”) were erroneously transmitted to such Lender or Issuing Bank (whether or not known to such Lender or Issuing Bank), and demands the return of such Payment (or a portion thereof), such Lender or Issuing Bank shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender or Issuing Bank to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect, and (B) to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Lender or Issuing Bank shall not assert, and hereby waives, as to the Administrative Agent, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Payments received, including any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or Issuing Bank under this Section 8.06(c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

 

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(ii) Each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby further agrees that if it receives a Payment from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (A) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such Payment (a “Payment Notice”) or (B) that was not preceded or accompanied by a Payment Notice, it shall be on notice, in each such case, that an error has been made with respect to such Payment. Each Lender and Issuing Bank agrees that, in each such case, or if it otherwise becomes aware a Payment (or portion thereof) may have been sent in error, such Lender or Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender or Issuing Bank to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.

(iii) Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby agrees, on behalf of itself and each other Loan Party, that (A) in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Lender or Issuing Bank that has received such Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Lender or Issuing Bank with respect to such amount and (B) an erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party, except, in each case, to the extent such erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party for the purpose of making such erroneous Payment.

(iv) Each party’s obligations under this Section 8.06(c) shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender or Issuing Bank, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations under any Loan Document.

SECTION 8.07. Collateral Matters. (a) Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights in accordance with Section 9.06 or with respect to a Secured Party’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Secured Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In its capacity as such, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the UCC. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties.

(b) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Banking Services Agreement or Swap Agreement will create (or be deemed to create) in favor of any Secured Party that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Document. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Banking Services Agreement or Swap Agreement, as applicable, shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph.

 

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(c) The Secured Parties irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Sections 6.02(d), 6.02(e), 6.02(f), 6.02(g), 6.02(h), 6.02(i) and 6.02(k). The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

SECTION 8.08. Credit Bidding. The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Secured Obligations (including by accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Secured Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Loan Party is subject, or (b) at any other sale, foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any applicable law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Secured Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid by the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders on a ratable basis (with Secured Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that shall vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) for the asset or assets so purchased (or for the equity interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are issued in connection with such purchase). In connection with any such bid, (i) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles and to assign any successful credit bid to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, (ii) each of the Secured Parties’ ratable interests in the Secured Obligations which were credit bid shall be deemed without any further action under this Agreement to be assigned to such vehicle or vehicles for the purpose of closing such sale, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by the Administrative Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or equity interests thereof, shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by, and the governing documents shall provide for, control by the vote of the Required Lenders or their permitted assignees under the terms of this Agreement or the governing documents of the applicable acquisition vehicle or vehicles, as the case may be, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in Section 9.08 of this Agreement), (iv) the Administrative Agent on behalf of such acquisition vehicle or vehicles shall be authorized to issue to each of the Secured Parties, ratably on account of the relevant Secured Obligations which were credit bid, interests, whether as equity, partnership interests, limited partnership interests or membership interests, in any such acquisition vehicle and/or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle, all without the need for any Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (v) to the extent that Secured Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the amount of Secured Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of Secured Obligations credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Secured

 

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Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Secured Parties pro rata with their original interest in such Secured Obligations and the equity interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of such Secured Obligations shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action. Notwithstanding that the ratable portion of the Secured Obligations of each Secured Party are deemed assigned to the acquisition vehicle or vehicles as set forth in clause (ii) above, each Secured Party shall execute such documents and provide such information regarding the Secured Party (and/or any designee of the Secured Party which will receive interests in or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection with the formation of any acquisition vehicle, the formulation or submission of any credit bid or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such credit bid.

SECTION 8.09. Certain ERISA Matters.

(a) Each Lender (i) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (ii) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and the Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

(A) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments,

(B) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84- 14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,

(C) (w) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (x) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (y) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub- sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (z) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or

(D) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

 

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(b) In addition, unless sub-clause (A) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has not provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (D) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (i) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (ii) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, the Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that none of the Administrative Agent or the Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).

SECTION 8.10. Flood Laws. JPMorgan has adopted internal policies and procedures that address requirements placed on federally regulated lenders under the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and related legislation (the “Flood Laws”). JPMorgan, as administrative agent or collateral agent on a syndicated facility, will post on the applicable electronic platform (or otherwise distribute to each Lender in the syndicate) documents that it receives in connection with the Flood Laws. However, JPMorgan reminds each Lender and Participant in the facility that, pursuant to the Flood Laws, each federally regulated Lender (whether acting as a Lender or Participant in the facility) is responsible for assuring its own compliance with the flood insurance requirements.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.01. Notices.

(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by e-mail or fax, as follows:

(i) if to Holdings or the Borrower, to the Borrower:

c/o CORE Industrial Partners, LLC

150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2050

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Attention:

Phone No:

Email:

With copy(s) to:

Winston & Strawn LLP

200 Park Avenue

New York, NY, 10166

Attention: Kyle G. Foley; Matt Bergmann

Phone No: 212-294-4696; 312-558-5924

Email: KFoley@winston.com; MBergman@winston.com

 

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(ii) if to the Administrative Agent or the Swingline Lender:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

10 South Dearborn, Floor L2

Suite IL1-0480

Chicago, IL, 60603-2300

Attention:

Phone No:

Fax No:

Email:

With copy(s) to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Middle Market Servicing

10 South Dearborn, Floor L2

Suite IL1-0480

Chicago, IL, 60603-2300

Attention: Commercial Banking Group

Fax No:

Email:

and, in the case of a notification of the DQ List, also to

(iii) if to the Issuing Bank:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

10 South Dearborn, Floor L2

Suite IL1-0480

Chicago, IL, 60603-2300

Attention: CB Trade Execution

Email:

With copy(s) to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

10 South Dearborn, Floor L2

Suite IL1-0480

Chicago, IL, 60603-2300

Attention: LC Team

Phone No:

Fax:

Email:

 

(iv) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by fax shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices delivered through Approved Electronic Platforms, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).

 

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(b) Notices and other communications to Holdings, the Borrower, any other Loan Party, the Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder may be delivered or furnished by using Approved Electronic Platforms pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent, Holdings or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

(c) Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.

(d) Any party hereto may change its address, fax number or e-mail address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

SECTION 9.02. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower and the other Loan Parties herein, in the other Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and the Issuing Bank and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the issuance of the Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by such Persons or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or L/C Disbursement or any Fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not been terminated. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreements contained herein, indemnification and reimbursement obligations contained herein (including pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.17 and 9.05) shall survive the payment in full of the principal and interest hereunder, the expiration of the Letters of Credit and the termination of the Commitments or this Agreement.

SECTION 9.03. Integration; Binding Effect. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received copies hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Holdings, the Borrower, the Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent and each Lender and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

 

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SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns.

(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) except as provided under Section 6.15(d), neither Holdings nor the Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by Holdings or the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible Institution) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments, participations in Letters of Credit and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of:

(A) the Borrower (provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after the Borrower has received written notice thereof); provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee;

(B) the Administrative Agent;

(C) the Swingline Lender; provided that no consent of the Swingline Lender shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan Commitment or a Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of Lender or an Approved Fund.

(D) and the Issuing Bank; provided that no consent of the Issuing Bank shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan Commitment or a Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of Lender or an Approved Fund.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of the applicable Class or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds that equal at least U.S.$1,000,000 in the aggregate, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than U.S.$5,000,000, in the case of assignments under the Revolving Facility and U.S.$1,000,000, in the case of assignments under the Term Loan Facility unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

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(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Facility;

(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (x) an Assignment and Acceptance or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Acceptance by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Acceptance are participants, together with a processing and recordation fee of U.S.$3,500; provided that no such recordation fee shall be due in connection with an assignment to an existing Lender or Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of such Lender or an assignment by the Administrative Agent and provided further that only one such fee shall be payable in connection with contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds; and

(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the terms “Approved Fund” and “Ineligible Institution” have the following meanings:

Approved Fund” shall mean any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered or managed by a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

Ineligible Institution” shall mean (a) a natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender or its Lender Parent, (c) Holdings, the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries or any Affiliates of any of the foregoing, (d) a company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person or relative(s) thereof, or (e) a Disqualified Lender, unless in the case of this clause (e), the Borrower otherwise consents in writing in its sole and absolute discretion, in which case the applicable Person will not be considered a Disqualified Lender or an Ineligible Institution for the purpose of the applicable assignment or participation.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Acceptance posted on the Approved Electronic Platform) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the

 

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extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in the United States a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Acceptance posted on the Approved Electronic Platform) delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans and L/C Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by Holdings, the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Acceptance posted on the Approved Electronic Platform) executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(c), 2.05(d), 2.05(e), 2.06(b), 2.18(d) or 9.05(d), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph. Each assigning Lender and the assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Acceptance, shall be deemed to have represented to the Administrative Agent that all written consents required by this Section 9.04 with respect thereto (other than the consent of the Administrative Agent) have been obtained and that such Assignment and Acceptance is otherwise duly completed and in proper form (it being acknowledged that the Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation (and shall incur no liability) with respect to obtaining (or confirming the receipt) of any such written consent or with respect to the form of (or any defect in) such Assignment and Acceptance, any such duty and obligation being solely with the assigning Lender and the assignee), and each assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Acceptance, shall be deemed to have represented to the assigning Lender and the Administrative Agent that such assignee is not an Ineligible Institution.

 

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(c) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”), other than an Ineligible Institution, in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged; (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; and (iii) Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument (oral or written) pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.08(b) that affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.17(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.17(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.18 and 2.19 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.15 or 2.17, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.19(b) with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.06 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations or Section 1.163-5(b) of the Proposed United States Treasury Regulations (or, in each case, any amended or successor version). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

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(i) No assignment or participation shall be made to any Person that was a Disqualified Lender as of the date (the “Trade Date”) on which the assigning Lender entered into a binding agreement to sell and assign or grant a participation in all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to such Person (unless the Borrower has consented to such assignment or participation in writing in its sole and absolute discretion, in which case such Person will not be considered a Disqualified Lender for the purpose of such assignment or participation). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any assignee or Participant that becomes a Disqualified Lender after the applicable Trade Date (including as a result of the delivery of a written supplement to the list of “Disqualified Lenders” referred to in, the definition of “Disqualified Lender”), (A) such assignee or Participant shall not retroactively be disqualified from becoming a Lender or Participant and (B) the execution by the Borrower of an Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignee will not by itself result in such assignee no longer being considered a Disqualified Lender. Any assignment or participation in violation of this clause (e)(i) shall not be void, but the other provisions of this clause (e) shall apply.

(ii) If any assignment or participation is made to any Disqualified Lender without the Borrower’s prior written consent in violation of clause (i) above, or if any Person becomes a Disqualified Lender after the applicable Trade Date, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the applicable Disqualified Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Disqualified Lender to assign, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 9.04), all of its interest, rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible Institution) at the lesser of (A) the principal amount thereof and (B) the amount that such Disqualified Lender paid to acquire such interests, rights and obligations in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder.

(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Disqualified Lenders to whom an assignment or participation is made in violation of clause (i) above (A) will not have the right to (x) receive information, reports or other materials provided to Lenders by Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (y) attend or participate in meetings attended by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, or (z) access any electronic site established for the Lenders or confidential communications from counsel to or financial advisors of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders and (B) (x) for purposes of any consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of, or any action under, and for the purpose of any direction to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Disqualified Lender will be deemed to have consented in the same proportion as the Lenders that are not Disqualified Lenders consented to such matter and (y) for purposes of voting on any plan of reorganization, each Disqualified Lender party hereto hereby agrees (1) not to vote on such plan of reorganization, (2) if such Disqualified Lender does vote on such plan of reorganization notwithstanding the restriction in the foregoing clause (1), such vote will be deemed not to be in good faith and shall be “designated” pursuant to Section 1126(e) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other applicable laws), and such vote shall not be counted in determining whether the applicable class has accepted or rejected such plan of reorganization in accordance with Section 1126(c) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other applicable laws) and (3) not to contest any request by any party for a determination by the Bankruptcy Court (or other applicable court of competent jurisdiction) effectuating the foregoing clause (2).

 

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(iv) The Administrative Agent shall have the right, and the Borrower hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent, to (A) post the list of Disqualified Lenders provided by the Borrower and any updates thereto from time to time (collectively, the “DQ List”) on an Approved Electronic Platform, including that portion of such Approved Electronic Platform that is designated for “public side” Lenders and/or (B) provide the DQ List to each Lender or potential Lender requesting the same.

(v) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall (A) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any other Lender or Participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified Lender or (B) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, by any other Person to any Disqualified Lender.

SECTION 9.05. Expenses; Indemnity; Limitation of Liability, Etc.

(a) The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and their respective Affiliates (which, in the case of counsel, shall be limited to the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one primary outside counsel, and one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction, for the Administrative Agent and the Arranger) in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or by the Administrative Agent and the Arranger in connection with any syndication of the Commitments or the Loans or the administration of this Agreement (including expenses incurred in connection with due diligence and initial and ongoing Collateral examination to the extent incurred with the reasonable prior approval of the Borrower and the reasonable fees, disbursements and the charges for no more than one counsel in each jurisdiction where Collateral is located) or in connection with any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions hereby contemplated shall be consummated) or incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (which, in the case of counsel, shall be limited to the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one primary outside counsel, and one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction, for the Administrative Agent and one outside counsel, and one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction, for the Lenders taken as a group (unless there is an actual or perceived conflict of interest in which case each such other Lender may retain its own counsel)) in connection with the enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in connection with the Loans made or the Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, and, in connection with any such enforcement or protection, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any other counsel.

(b) To the extent permitted by applicable law (i) each of Holdings and the Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Loan Parties, agrees that it and the other Loan Parties shall not assert, and each of Holdings and the Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Loan Parties, hereby waives, any claim against the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, and any Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called a “Lender-Related Person”) for any Liabilities arising from the use by others of information or other materials (including any personal data) obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet), except to the extent such Liabilities are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Lender-Related Person or its Related Parties, and (ii) no party hereto shall assert, and each such party hereby

 

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waives, any Liabilities against any other party hereto, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that nothing in this Section 9.05(b) shall relieve the Borrower or any Loan Party of any obligation it may have (A) under Section 9.05(a) or any other expense reimbursement obligations set forth herein or in any other Loan Document or (B) to indemnify an Indemnitee, as provided in Section 9.05(c) or any other indemnification provision set forth herein or in any other Loan Document, against any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages asserted against such Indemnitee by a third party.

(c) The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the Issuing Bank, each Lender and each of their respective Related Parties (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all Liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable and documented counsel fees, charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, or any syndication of the Commitments or the Loans, (ii) the use of the proceeds of the Loans or the use of any Letter of Credit or (iii) any actual or prospective Proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not such claim, litigation, investigation, arbitration or proceeding is brought by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party or its or their respective equity holders, Affiliates, creditors or any other third Person and whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such Liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its Related Parties. Subject to and without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the Borrower agrees to indemnify each Indemnitee against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all Liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable and documented counsel or consultant fees, charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (A) any Environmental Claim related in any way to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or (B) any actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials, regardless of when occurring, at, under, on or from any Property, any property owned, leased or operated by any predecessor of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or any property at which Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries has sent Hazardous Materials for treatment, storage or disposal, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such Liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its Related Parties. The provisions of this Section 9.05 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the Issuing Bank or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 9.05 shall be payable on written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement, indemnification or other amount requested.

 

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(d) Each Lender severally agrees to pay any amount required to be paid by the Borrower under paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 9.05 to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) and to each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons, and each Revolving Facility Lender severally agrees to pay any amount required to be paid by the Borrower under paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 9.05 to any Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender, and to each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (the Administrative Agent, any sub-agent thereof, each Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender and each of such Related Parties, each, an “Agent-Related Person”) (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective Applicable Percentage in effect on the date on which such payment is sought under this Section 9.05 (or, if such payment is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Applicable Percentage immediately prior to such date), and agrees to indemnify and hold each applicable Agent-Related Person harmless from and against any and all Liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent-Related Person in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, the Loans, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent-Related Person under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that the unreimbursed expense or Liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent-Related Person in its capacity as such; provided further that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such Liabilities, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable decision to have resulted primarily from such Agent-Related Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section 9.05(d) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than fifteen (15) days after written demand therefor.

(f) This Section 9.05 shall not apply to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent Liabilities arising from any non-Tax claim.

SECTION 9.06. Right of Set-off. Subject to Section 9.21, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and the Issuing Bank and their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or the Issuing Bank to or for the credit or the account of any Loan Party or any other Domestic Subsidiary, against any and all Secured Obligations, now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document held by such Lender or the Issuing Bank, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or the Issuing Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such other Loan Document and although the obligations may be unmatured. The applicable Lender shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of such set-off or application, provided that any failure to give or any delay in giving such notice shall not affect the validity of any such set-off or application under this Section. The rights of each Lender and the Issuing Bank under this Section 9.06 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) that such Lender or the Issuing Bank may have.

SECTION 9.07. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN LETTERS OF CREDIT AND AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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SECTION 9.08. Waivers; Amendment.

(a) No failure or delay of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on the Borrower or any other Loan Party in any case shall entitle such Person to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(b) Except as provided in Section 2.20 with respect to an Incremental Term Loan Amendment or as provided in Section 2.14(b), neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except (x) in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders and (y) in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each party thereto and the Administrative Agent, as applicable, and consented to by the Required Lenders; provided, however, that no such agreement shall:

(i) decrease or forgive the principal amount of, or extend the final maturity of, or decrease the rate of interest on, any Loan or any L/C Disbursement, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided that (1) neither (A) any amendment to the Financial Covenant definitions in this Agreement (or defined terms used in the Financial Covenants in this Agreement) or (B) any amendment entered into pursuant to the terms of Section 2.14(b) shall, in either case of the foregoing clauses (A) and (B) constitute a reduction in the rate of interest for purposes of this clause (i) and (2) waiver of the imposition of the default rate of interest shall only require the consent of the Required Lenders and not each Lender directly affected thereby,

(ii) increase or extend the Commitment of any Lender or decrease the Commitment Fees or L/C Participation Fees or other fees of any Lender without the prior written consent of such Lender (it being understood that waivers or modifications of conditions precedent, covenants, Defaults or Events of Default or of a mandatory reduction in the aggregate Commitments shall not constitute an increase of the Commitments of any Lender),

(iii) extend or waive any Term Loan Installment Date or reduce the amount due on any Term Loan Installment Date or extend any date on which payment of interest on any Loan or any L/C Disbursement or any Fees is due, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby,

(iv) amend or modify the provisions of Section 2.08(c), the second sentence of Section 2.11(a), Section 2.11(e) or Section 2.18(b) or (c) in a manner that would by its terms alter the ratable reduction of Commitments or the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby,

 

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(v) amend or modify the provisions of this Section or the definition of the terms “Required Lenders”, “Majority Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby (it being understood that, with the consent of the Required Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of the Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Loans and Commitments are included on the Effective Date),

(vi) (x) release all or substantially all the Collateral, or (y) release any material Loan Party from its Guarantee under a Collateral Agreement, unless, in the case of a Subsidiary Loan Party, all or substantially all the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary Loan Party is sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by this Agreement, without the prior written consent of each Lender,

(vii) amend or modify the payment waterfall provisions of Section 2.23(b) without the prior written consent of each Lender, or

(viii) waive or modify any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 with respect to Borrowings of Revolving Facility Loans or any issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit being made in accordance with such Section 4.02 without the consent of the Majority Lenders of the Revolving Facility;

provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender acting as such at the effective date of such agreement, as applicable (it being understood that any change to Section 2.23 shall require the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement shall be required of any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso of this clause (b) and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be adversely affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification. Each Lender shall be bound by any waiver, amendment or modification authorized by this Section 9.08 and any consent by any Lender pursuant to this Section 9.08 shall bind any assignee of such Lender.

(c) Without the consent of any Lender, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent may (in their respective sole discretion, or shall, to the extent required by any Loan Document) enter into any amendment, modification or waiver of any Loan Document, or enter into any new agreement or instrument, to effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or as required by local law to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable law.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities (in addition to Incremental Term Loans as provided in Section 2.20) to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans and the Revolving Facility Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders.

 

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(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, technical and conforming modifications to the Loan Documents may be made with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to the extent necessary to (i) integrate any Incremental Term Loans or New Revolving Facility Commitments on substantially the same basis as the Term Loans or Revolving Facility Loans, as applicable and (ii) cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency, to the extent such cure could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Lenders.

(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) no Real Property will be taken as Collateral unless prior thereto each Lender shall have completed its flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance requirements, (ii) any Mortgage shall have covenants and representations reasonably satisfactory to all Lenders with respect to flood insurance and related requirements, and (iii) any increase, extension or renewal of the credit facilities under this Agreement shall be subject to flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance reasonably satisfactory to all Lenders.

SECTION 9.09. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the applicable interest rate, together with all fees and charges that are treated as interest under applicable law (collectively, the “Charges”), as provided for herein or in any other document executed in connection herewith, or otherwise contracted for, charged, received, taken or reserved by any Lender or the Issuing Bank, shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by such Lender in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable hereunder, together with all Charges payable to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate, provided that such excess amount shall be paid to such Lender or the Issuing Bank on subsequent payment dates to the extent not exceeding the legal limitation.

SECTION 9.10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the agreements regarding certain Fees referred to herein constitute the entire contract between the parties relative to the subject matter hereof. Any previous agreement among or representations from the parties or their Affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fee Letter shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and remain in full force and effect. Nothing in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto and thereto any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.11.

 

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SECTION 9.12. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 9.13. Counterparts; Electronic Execution.

(a) This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute a single contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 9.03.

(b) Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of (i) this Agreement, (ii) any other Loan Document and/or (iii) any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any notice delivered pursuant to Section 9.01), certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or the transactions contemplated hereby and/or thereby (each an “Ancillary Document”) that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by fax, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement, such other Loan Document or such Ancillary Document, as applicable. The words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by fax, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be; provided that nothing herein shall require the Administrative Agent to accept Electronic Signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent and pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided further, without limiting the foregoing, (A) to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept any Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent, each of the Issuing Banks and each of the Lenders shall be entitled to rely on such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party without further verification thereof and without any obligation to review the appearance or form of any such Electronic Signature and (B) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Holdings and the Borrower, on behalf of itself and each other Loan Party, hereby (x) agrees that for all purposes, including in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Lenders, Holdings, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, Electronic Signatures transmitted by fax, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page and/or any electronic images of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, (y) agrees that the Administrative Agent, each of the Issuing Banks and each of the Lenders may, at its option, create one or more copies of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document in the form of an imaged electronic record in any format, which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document (and all such electronic records shall be considered an original for all purposes and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record), (C) waives any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document based solely on the lack of

 

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paper original copies of this Agreement, such other Loan Document and/or such Ancillary Document, respectively, including with respect to any signature pages thereto and (D) waives any claim against any Lender-Related Person for any Liabilities arising solely from the Administrative Agent’s and/or any Issuing Bank’s or Lender’s reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures and/or transmissions by fac, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page, including any Liabilities arising as a result of the failure of Holdings, the Borrower and/or any other Loan Party to use any available security measures in connection with the execution, delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature.

SECTION 9.14. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 9.15. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

(a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan (or if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan), and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may (and any such claims, cross-claims or third party claims brought against the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties may only) be heard and determined in such Federal (to the extent permitted by law) or New York State court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(b) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any court referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

(d) Each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that, notwithstanding the governing law provisions of any applicable Loan Document, any claims brought against the Administrative Agent by any Secured Party relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Collateral or the consummation or administration of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

 

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SECTION 9.16. Confidentiality. Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent agrees that it shall maintain in confidence any Information (as defined below) relating to Holdings, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties furnished to it by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower or the other Loan Parties (other than Information that (a) has become generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by such party, (b) has been independently developed by such Lender, the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent without violating this Section 9.16 or (c) was available to such Lender, the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent from a third party having, to such Person’s knowledge, no obligations of confidentiality to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party) and shall not reveal the same other than to any Person that approves or administers the Loans on behalf of such Lender (so long as each such Person shall be subject to a professional or other obligation of confidentiality or shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16), except: (A) to the extent necessary to comply with law or any legal process or the requirements of any Governmental Authority, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or of any securities exchange on which securities of the disclosing party or any Affiliate of the disclosing party are listed or traded, (B) as part of normal reporting or review procedures to Governmental Authorities or the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, (C) to its Related Parties, auditors or other representatives (so long as each such Person shall be subject to a professional or other obligation of confidentiality or shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16), (D) in order to enforce its rights under any Loan Document in a legal proceeding, (E) to any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of, or prospective Participant in, any of its rights under this Agreement (so long as such Person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16) (it being understood that the DQ List may be disclosed to any assignee or Participant, or prospective assignee or Participant, in reliance on this clause (E)), (F) to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty in Swap Agreements or such contractual counterparty’s Related Parties (so long as such contractual counterparty or Related Party to such contractual counterparty agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section), (G) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or the credit facility provided hereunder or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facility provided hereunder or (H) with the prior written consent of the Borrower. In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and Information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the Commitments. “Information” shall mean all information received from Holdings or the Borrower relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or its or their business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Holdings or the Borrower.

EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING PARAGRAPH FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER AND THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

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ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER, THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.

SECTION 9.17. Release of Liens and Guarantees. In the event that any Loan Party conveys, sells, assigns, transfers or otherwise disposes of all or any portion of any of the Equity Interests or assets of any Subsidiary Loan Party or any of its other assets (other than the Equity Interests of the Borrower) to a Person that is not (and is not required to become) a Loan Party in a transaction not prohibited by Section 6.05, the Administrative Agent shall, in each case, promptly (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to) take such action and execute any such documents as may be reasonably requested by the Borrower and at the Borrower’s expense to release any Liens created by any Loan Document in respect of such Equity Interests or assets, and, in the case of a disposition of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary Loan Party that is not the Borrower in a transaction permitted by Section 6.05 and as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party would cease to be a Subsidiary, terminate such Subsidiary Loan Party’s obligations under its Guarantee. In addition, the Administrative Agent agrees to take such actions as are reasonably requested by the Borrower and at the Borrower’s expense to terminate the Liens and security interests created by the Loan Documents when all the Obligations are paid in full and all Letters of Credit and Commitments are terminated. Any representation, warranty or covenant contained in any Loan Document relating to any such Equity Interests, asset or subsidiary of the Borrower shall no longer be deemed to be made once such Equity Interests or asset is so conveyed, sold, assigned, transferred or disposed of. In addition, each of the Lenders, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are Secured Parties, irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, (i) to subordinate any Lien on any assets granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such assets that is permitted by Section 6.02(i) or (ii) in the event that the Borrower shall have advised the Administrative Agent that, notwithstanding the use by the Borrower of commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of such holder (but without the requirement to pay any sums to obtain such consent) to permit the Administrative Agent to retain its liens (on a subordinated basis as contemplated by clause (i) above), the holder of such Lien on such assets permitted by Section 6.02(i) requires, as a condition to the extension of such credit, that the Liens on such assets granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document be released, to release the Administrative Agent’s Liens on such assets.

SECTION 9.18. U.S. Patriot Act and Beneficial Ownership Regulation Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the U.S. Patriot Act and/or the requirements of the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Loan Party that pursuant to the requirements of the U.S. Patriot Act and/or the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information includes the name, address and tax identification number of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the U.S. Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

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SECTION 9.19. [Reserved].

SECTION 9.20. Termination or Release. The Security Documents, the guarantees made therein, the Security Interest (as defined therein) and all other security interests granted thereby shall terminate, and a Loan Party shall automatically be released from its obligations thereunder and the security interests in the Collateral granted by any Loan Party shall be automatically released, in each case in accordance with Section 7.14 of the Collateral Agreement.

SECTION 9.21. Pledge and Guarantee Restrictions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary (including any provision that would otherwise apply notwithstanding other provisions or that is the beneficiary of other overriding language):

(a) (i) no more than 65% (or, if requested by the Administrative Agent, such greater percentage that could not reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower) of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of any first-tier (x) Foreign Subsidiary or (y) Domestic Subsidiary substantially all of whose assets consist of Equity Interests (or Equity Interests and Indebtedness) in one or more Foreign Subsidiaries or other such Domestic Subsidiaries (a “FSHCO”) shall be pledged or similarly hypothecated to guarantee, secure or support any Secured Obligation of any Loan Party; provided, however, that a pledge or hypothecation of more than 65% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of any such Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO shall be required if (1) requested by the Administrative Agent and (2) the Borrower reasonably determines that such greater percentage could not reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse tax consequences;

(ii) no issued and outstanding Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO shall be pledged or similarly hypothecated to guarantee, secure or support any Secured Obligation of any Loan Party;

(iii) no Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO shall guarantee or support any Secured Obligation of any Loan Party;

(iv) no security or similar interest shall be granted in the assets of any Foreign Subsidiary or any FSHCO (including indirectly by way of an offset or otherwise) which security or similar interests guarantees or supports any Secured Obligation of any Loan Party; and

(b) no Foreign Subsidiary shall guarantee or support any Secured Obligation of any Loan Party if such guarantee or support would contravene the Agreed Security Principles.

The parties hereto agree that any pledge, guaranty or security or similar interest made or granted in contravention of this Section 9.21 shall be void ab initio.

SECTION 9.22. No Fiduciary Duty.

(a) Each of Holdings and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges the Subsidiaries’ understanding, that no Credit Party will have any obligations except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents and each Credit Party is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to Holdings and the Borrower with respect to the Loan Documents and the transaction contemplated therein and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, Holdings, the Borrower or any other Person. Each of Holdings and the Borrower agrees that it will not assert any claim against any Credit Party based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by such Credit Party in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Additionally,

 

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each of Holdings and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that no Credit Party is advising Holdings or the Borrower as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting, regulatory or any other matters in any jurisdiction. Each of Holdings and the Borrower shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Credit Parties shall have no responsibility or liability to Holdings or the Borrower with respect thereto.

(b) Each of Holdings and the Borrower further acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges the Subsidiaries’ understanding, that each Credit Party, together with its Affiliates, is a full service securities or banking firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities as well as providing investment banking and other financial services. In the ordinary course of business, any Credit Party may provide investment banking and other financial services to, and/or acquire, hold or sell, for its own accounts and the accounts of customers, equity, debt and other securities and financial instruments (including bank loans and other obligations) of, Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and other companies with which Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries may have commercial or other relationships. With respect to any securities and/or financial instruments so held by any Credit Party or any of its customers, all rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including any voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the rights, in its sole discretion.

(c) In addition, each of Holdings and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges the Subsidiaries’ understanding, that each Credit Party and its Affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or other services (including financial advisory services) to other companies in respect of which Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries may have conflicting interests regarding the transactions described herein and otherwise. No Credit Party will use confidential information obtained from Holdings or the Borrower by virtue of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or its other relationships with Holdings or the Borrower in connection with the performance by such Credit Party of services for other companies, and no Credit Party will furnish any such information to other companies. Each of Holdings and the Borrower also acknowledges that no Credit Party has any obligation to use in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, or to furnish to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, confidential information obtained from other companies.

SECTION 9.23. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and

(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

 

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(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.

SECTION 9.24. Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Swap Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):

In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first written above.

 

FATHOM GUARANTOR, LLC
By:  

/s/ Ryan Martin

  Name: Ryan Martin
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and President
FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC
By:  

/s/ Ryan Martin

  Name: Ryan Martin
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually as a Lender, as the Swingline Lender, as an Issuing Bank and as the Administrative Agent
By:  

/s/ Jared Zuniga

  Name: Jared Zuniga
  Title:   Officer

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


CIBC BANK USA, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Peter B. Campbell

  Name: PETER B. CAMPBELL
  Title:   Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO

THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

BMO Harris Bank, N.A.:
By:  

/s/ Anthony W. Bartell

  Anthony W. Bartell
  Senior Vice President and Director

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

STIFEL BANK & TRUST:
By  

/s/ Matthew L. Diehl

  Name: Matthew L. Diehl
  Title:   Senior Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF

ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

This Assignment and Acceptance (this “Assignment and Acceptance”) is dated as of the Closing Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert names of Assignees] (the “Assignees”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by [the] [each] Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto (the “Standard Terms and Conditions”) are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Acceptance as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the] [each] Assignee, and [the] [each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the terms hereof (including the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement), as of the Closing Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below, (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including any Guarantees and Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

 

1.    Assignor:                                                      
2.    Assignee[s]:                                                 
   [and is [a Lender] [an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [Identify Lender]]]1
3.    Borrower: Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”)
4.    Administrative Agent: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement

 

1 

Select as appropriate.

 

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5.    Credit Agreement: Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021, among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, the Lenders party from time to time thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”)
6.    Assigned Interest2:

 

Facility Assigned

   Aggregate Amount of
Commitments/
Loans of the applicable
Class for all Lenders
     Amount of
Commitments/Loans
of the applicable
Class Assigned3
     Percentage
Assigned of
Aggregate Amount
of Commitments/
Loans of the
applicable Class4
 

Revolving Facility Loans

           %  

Term Loans

           %  

Closing Date:                    ,    , 20    . [TO BE INSERTED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

The Assignee, if not already a Lender, agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed Administrative Questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the Assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including federal and state securities laws.

 

2 

Add additional table for each Assignee.

3 

Must comply with the minimum assignment amounts set forth in Section 9.04(b)(ii)(A) of the Credit Agreement, to the extent such minimum assignment amounts are applicable.

4 

Calculate to 9 decimal places and show as a percentage of aggregate Commitments/Loans of all Lenders in respect of the applicable Class

 

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The terms set forth in this Assignment and Acceptance are hereby agreed to:

 

ASSIGNOR [NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
By:  

             

  Name:
  Title:
ASSIGNEE [NAME OF ASSIGNEE]5
By:  

             

  Name:
  Title:

Consented6 to and accepted:

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent

By:  

             

  Name:
  Title:
[Consented7 to:]

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Issuing Bank and as Swingline Lender

By:  

             

  Name:
  Title:
[Consented8 to:]
[            ], as Issuing Bank
By:  

             

  Name:
  Title:

 

5 

Add additional signature blocks if there is more than one Assignee.

6 

Consents to be included to the extent required by Section 9.04(b) of the Credit Agreement.

7 

Consents to be included to the extent required by Section 9.04(b) of the Credit Agreement.

8 

Consents to be included to the extent required by Section 9.04(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

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[Consented9 to:]
FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC
By:  

             

  Name:
  Title:

 

9 

Consents to be included to the extent required by Section 9.04(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

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ANNEX 1

TO ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

1. Representations and Warranties.

1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, other than statements, representations or warranties made by it herein, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries or Affiliates of any of the foregoing or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document, (iv) any requirements under applicable law for the Assignee to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement or to charge interest at the rate set forth therein from time to time or (v) the performance or observance by Holdings, the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries or Affiliates of any of the foregoing or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.

1.2 Assignee. [The] [Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement and under applicable law that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Closing Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 thereof (or, prior to the first such delivery, the financial statements referred to in Section 3.05 thereof), and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, the Assignor or any other Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, (vi) if it is a Lender that is a U.S. Person, attached hereto is an executed original of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax, (vii) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement (including Section 2.17(f) thereof), duly completed and executed by [the] [each] Assignee and (viii) if it has a Revolving Facility Commitment, it has the capacity to make Revolving Facility Loans in Dollars; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, the Assignor or any other Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, and, based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, (ii) it appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and (iii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

 

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2. Payments. From and after the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignee whether such amounts have accrued prior to or on or after the Closing Date.

3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Acceptance that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by fax, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Acceptance. The words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to this Assignment and Acceptance shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by fax, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

 

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EXHIBIT B-1

FORM OF

BORROWING REQUEST

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

        as Administrative Agent

10 South Dearborn Street, Floor L2

Suite IL 1-0480

Chicago, Illinois 60603-2300

Attn:

Phone:

Fax:

 

Email:

With a copy to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Middle Market Servicing

10 South Dearborn Street, Floor L2

Suite IL 1-0480

Chicago, Illinois 60603-2300

Attn: Commercial Banking Group

Fax:

Email:

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement. This notice constitutes a Borrowing Request and the Borrower hereby requests Borrowings under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to such Borrowings requested hereby:

[For a Revolving Facility Borrowing,]

 

  1.

Aggregate Amount of Borrowing:1                                                                 

 

  2.

Date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day):                                    

 

  3.

Type of Borrowing (ABR or Eurodollar):                                                       

 

  4.

Interest Period (if a Eurodollar Borrowing):2                                                  

 

 

1 

Not less than U.S.$500,000 and an integral multiple of U.S.$500,000.

2 

Which must comply with the definition of “Interest Period” and end not later than the Maturity Date.

 

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  5.

Location and number of the Borrower’s account or any other account agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to which proceeds of Borrowing are to be disbursed:                                                 

[For a Term Borrowing,]

 

  1.

Aggregate Amount of Borrowing:3                                                                 

 

  2.

Date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day):                                    

 

  3.

Type of Borrowing (ABR or Eurodollar):                                                      

 

  4.

Interest Period (if a Eurodollar Borrowing):4                                                 

 

  5.

Location and number of the Borrower’s account or any other account agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to which proceeds of Borrowing are to be disbursed:                                         

[The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4.02 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied.]5

 

Very truly yours,
FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC, as the Borrower
By:  

                 

  Name:
  Title:

 

 

3 

Not less than U.S.$500,000 and an integral multiple of U.S.$500,000.

4 

Which must comply with the definition of “Interest Period” and end not later than the Maturity Date.

5 

To be included for Borrowings after the Effective Date.

 

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EXHIBIT B-2

FORM OF

SWINGLINE BORROWING REQUEST

[         ]

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement. This notice constitutes a Swingline Borrowing Request and the Borrower hereby requests Borrowings under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to such Borrowings requested hereby:

 

  1.

Aggregate Amount of Borrowing1:                                                                 

 

  2.

Date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day):                                    

 

  3.

Term of Borrowing:                                         

 

  4.

Location and number of the Borrower’s account or any other account agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to which proceeds of Borrowing are to be disbursed:                                             

 

1 

Which must comply with the definitions of Borrowing Minimum and Borrowing Multiple (i.e., not less than U.S.$250,000 and an integral multiple of U.S.$250,000).

 

B-2-1


The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4.02 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied.

 

Very truly yours,
FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC, as the Borrower
By:  

                 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF

COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

See attached.


[FORM OF] GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

dated as of [                 ],

among

FATHOM GUARANTOR, LLC,

FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC,

the SUBSIDIARY LOAN PARTIES,

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I. Definitions

     1  

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms

     1  

SECTION 1.02. Other Defined Terms

     1  

ARTICLE II. Guarantee

     5  

SECTION 2.01. Guarantee

     5  

SECTION 2.02. Guarantee of Payment

     5  

SECTION 2.03. No Limitations, etc.

     5  

SECTION 2.04. Reinstatement

     7  

SECTION 2.05. Agreement To Pay; Subrogation

     7  

SECTION 2.06. Information

     7  

SECTION 2.07. Payments Free and Clear of Taxes, Etc.

     7  

SECTION 2.08. Keepwell

     7  

ARTICLE III. Pledge of Securities

     8  

SECTION 3.01. Pledge

     8  

SECTION 3.02. Delivery of the Pledged Collateral

     9  

SECTION 3.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants

     9  

SECTION 3.04. Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests

     11  

SECTION 3.05. Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations

     11  

SECTION 3.06. Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, etc.

     11  

ARTICLE IV. Security Interests in Personal Property

     13  

SECTION 4.01. Security Interest

     13  

SECTION 4.02. Representations and Warranties

     15  

SECTION 4.03. Covenants

     17  

SECTION 4.04. Other Actions

     19  

SECTION 4.05. Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral

     20  

ARTICLE V. Remedies

     21  

SECTION 5.01. Remedies Upon Default

     21  

SECTION 5.02. Application of Proceeds

     23  

SECTION 5.03. Grant of License To Use Intellectual Property

     23  

SECTION 5.04. Securities Act, etc.

     23  

ARTICLE VI. Indemnity, Subrogation and Subordination

     24  

SECTION 6.01. Indemnity and Subrogation

     24  

SECTION 6.02. Contribution and Subrogation

     24  

SECTION 6.03. Subordination

     25  

 

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ARTICLE VII. Miscellaneous

     25  

SECTION 7.01. Notices

     25  

SECTION 7.02. Security Interest Absolute

     25  

SECTION 7.03. Binding Effect; Several Agreement

     25  

SECTION 7.04. Successors and Assigns

     26  

SECTION 7.05. Administrative Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification

     26  

SECTION 7.06. Administrative Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact

     27  

SECTION 7.07. GOVERNING LAW

     27  

SECTION 7.08. Waivers; Amendment

     27  

SECTION 7.09. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     28  

SECTION 7.10. Severability

     28  

SECTION 7.11. Counterparts; Electronic Execution

     28  

SECTION 7.12. Headings

     29  

SECTION 7.13. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

     29  

SECTION 7.14. Termination or Release

     30  

SECTION 7.15. Additional Subsidiaries

     30  

SECTION 7.16. Right of Set-off

     30  

SECTION 7.17. [Reserved]

     30  

SECTION 7.18. Credit Agreement

     31  

SECTION 7.19. Survival

     31  

 

Schedules   
Schedule I    Subsidiary Loan Parties
Schedule II    Pledged Equity Interests; Pledged Debt Securities
Schedule III    Intellectual Property
Schedule IV    Commercial Tort Claims
Exhibits   
Exhibit I    Form of Supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
Exhibit II    Form of Perfection Certificate
Exhibit III    Form of Intercompany Note
Exhibit IV    Form of Copyright Security Agreement
Exhibit V    Form of Patent and Trademark Security Agreement

 

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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT dated as of [ ] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), among FATHOM GUARANTOR, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the SUBSIDIARY LOAN PARTIES from time to time party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

The Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders to extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Subsidiary Loan Parties are Subsidiaries of the Borrower, and Holdings is the parent of the Borrower, and each Subsidiary Loan Party and Holdings will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend such credit.

Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. (a) Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement. All terms defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified the New York UCC. The term “instrument” shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.

(b) The rules of construction specified in Sections 1.02 and 1.07 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.

SECTION 1.02. Other Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

Account Debtor” shall mean any Person who is or who may become obligated to any Loan Party under, with respect to or on account of an Account.

Article 9 Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.

Borrower” shall mean Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Collateral” shall mean Article 9 Collateral and Pledged Collateral.

Control Agreement” shall mean a securities account control agreement or commodity account control agreement, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.


Copyright Security Agreement” shall mean a Copyright Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit IV.

Copyrights” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person: (a) all copyright rights in any work subject to or protected by the copyright laws of the United States, any other country or supranational authority whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, and (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any such copyright in the United States, any other country or supranational authority, including recordings, registrations, supplemental registrations, pending applications for registration and renewals or extensions in the United States Copyright Office or any similar office in any other country or supranational authority, including, in the case of any Loan Party, any of the foregoing set forth under its name on Schedule III.

Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.

Federal Securities Laws” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.04.

FSHCO” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.

General Intangibles” shall mean all “General Intangibles” as defined in Article 9 of the New York UCC, including all choses in action and causes of action and all other intangible personal property of any Loan Party of every kind and nature (other than Accounts) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, including all rights and interests in partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and other unincorporated entities, corporate or other business records, indemnification claims, contract rights (including rights under leases, whether entered into as lessor or lessee, Swap Agreements, Banking Services Agreements and other agreements), Intellectual Property, goodwill, registrations, franchises, tax refund claims and any letter of credit, guarantee, claim, security interest or other security held by or granted to any Loan Party to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the Accounts.

Holdings” shall mean Fathom Guarantor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Intellectual Property” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all Patents, Copyrights, rights granted under IP Agreements, Trademarks, trade secrets, domain names, and all inventions, designs, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how, show-how and other data or information, and all embodiments or fixations thereof and applications therefor and related documentation, registrations and franchises, and all additions, improvements and accessions to, and all rights to sue and recover damages for past, present and future infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violation of any of the foregoing.

Intercompany Note” shall mean a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit III.

IP Agreements” shall mean all agreements granting to or receiving from a third party any rights to Intellectual Property to which any Loan Party, now or hereafter, is a party.

Loan Document Obligations” has the meaning assigned to the term “Obligations” in the Credit Agreement.

Loan Parties” shall mean, collectively, Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Subsidiary Loan Parties.

 

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Loan Party Intellectual Property” shall mean all Intellectual Property now or hereafter owned or licensed by any Loan Party.

Material Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary now existing or hereafter acquired or formed which, on a consolidated basis for such Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries, (a) as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period accounted for more than 5.0% of the consolidated revenues of Holdings and its Subsidiaries or (b) as of the last day of such Test Period, was the owner of more than 5.0% of EBITDA of Holdings and its Subsidiaries.

Material Pledged Debt Securities” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.

New York UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

Patent and Trademark Security Agreement” shall mean a Patent and Trademark Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit V.

Patents” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all of the following, whether now owned or hereafter adopted or acquired by such Person: (a) all letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country or supranational authority, all registrations and recordings thereof and all applications for letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country or supranational authority, including, in the case of any Loan Party, any of the foregoing set forth under its name on Schedule III, and (b) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, reexaminations, supplemental examinations, inter partes reviews, renewals, substitutions, adjustments or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use and/or sell, import or export the inventions disclosed or claimed therein.

Perfection Certificate” shall mean a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit II, completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments contemplated thereby, and duly executed by a Responsible Officer of each of Holdings and the Borrower.

Pledged Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.

Pledged Debt Securities” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.

Pledged Equity Interests” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.

Pledged Securities” shall mean any promissory notes, stock certificates, unit certificates, limited or unlimited liability membership interest certificates, share certificates or other certificated securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.

Qualified ECP Loan Party” shall mean, in respect of any Specified Swap Obligation, each Loan Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant Guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Specified Swap Obligation or such other Person as constitutes an ECP and can cause another Person to qualify as an ECP at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

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Secured Obligations” shall mean (a) all Loan Document Obligations, (b) all Banking Services Obligations and (c) all Swap Obligations (including, in each case, interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) that, in the case of Swap Obligations, (i) is in effect on the Effective Date with a counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of the Effective Date or (ii) is entered into after the Effective Date with any counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Swap Agreement is entered into; provided, however, that the definition of “Secured Obligations” shall not create any guarantee by any Loan Party of (or grant of security interest by any Loan Party to support, as applicable) any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Loan Party for purposes of determining any obligations of any Loan Party.

Secured Parties” shall mean (a) the Lenders, (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) the Issuing Banks, (d) the Arranger, (e) each counterparty to any Swap Agreement entered into with Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary the obligations under which constitute Secured Obligations, (f) each counterparty to any Banking Services Agreement entered into with Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary the obligations under which constitute Secured Obligations, (g) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (h) the successors and permitted assigns of each of the foregoing.

Security Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.

Subsidiary Loan Party” shall mean each Subsidiary identified as such on Schedule I hereto and each other Subsidiary that becomes a party to this Agreement after the Effective Date pursuant to Section 7.15; provided that if a Subsidiary is released from its obligations hereunder as provided in Section 7.14, such Subsidiary shall cease to be a Subsidiary Loan Party hereunder effective upon such release.

Supplement” shall mean an instrument in the form of Exhibit I, or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and the Borrower.

Termination Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.14.

Trademarks” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all of the following, whether now owned or hereafter adopted or acquired by such Person: (a) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, all registrations and recordings thereof (if any), and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar office in any State of the United States or any other country, supranational authority or any political subdivision thereof, all extensions or renewals thereof, and all common law rights related thereto, including, in the case of any Loan Party, any of the foregoing set forth under its name on Schedule III (provided that no security interest shall be granted in United States intent-to-use trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark applications under applicable federal law), and (b) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby.

UCC” shall mean the New York UCC; provided that if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, the perfection, the effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority of a security interest is governed by the personal property security laws of any jurisdiction other than New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for the definitions related to such provisions.

 

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ARTICLE II.

GUARANTEE

SECTION 2.01. Guarantee. Each Loan Party absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Administrative Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, jointly with the other Loan Parties and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment and performance of the Secured Obligations. Each Loan Party further agrees that the Secured Obligations may be extended, modified, substituted, amended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its Guarantee hereunder notwithstanding any extension, renewal, amendment or modification of any Secured Obligation. Each Loan Party unconditionally and irrevocably waives notice of nonperformance, acceleration, presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to the Borrower or any other Loan Party of any of the Secured Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its Guarantee hereunder and notice of protest for nonpayment.

SECTION 2.02. Guarantee of Payment. Each Loan Party further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due, whether at scheduled maturity or on any date of a required prepayment or by acceleration, demand or otherwise (whether or not any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding shall have stayed the accrual or collection of any of the Secured Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof), and not merely of collection, and waives any right to require (i) the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to sue the Borrower, any other Loan Party, or any other guarantor of, or any other Person obligated for, all or any part of the Secured Obligations or (ii) that any resort be had by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held for the payment of any of the Secured Obligations or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of any other Loan Party or any other Person.

SECTION 2.03. No Limitations, etc. (a) Except for the termination or release of a Loan Party’s obligations hereunder as expressly provided for in Section 7.14, the obligations of each Loan Party hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise of any of the Secured Obligations or of any other Loan Party, and shall not be subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any of the Secured Obligations, any impossibility in the performance of any of the Secured Obligations, or otherwise (except for the indefeasible payment in full of all the Secured Obligations (other than contingent obligations not then payable)). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except for termination or release of its obligations hereunder as expressly provided in Section 7.14, the obligations of each Loan Party hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by:

(i) the failure of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to exercise or enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise;

(ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, any Loan Document or any other agreement, including with respect to any other Loan Party under this Agreement;

(iii) the failure to perfect any Lien on, any security interest in, or the exchange, substitution, release or any impairment of, any Collateral or any other collateral securing any of the Secured Obligations;

 

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(iv) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of any of the Secured Obligations;

(v) any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Loan Party or otherwise operate as a discharge of any Loan Party as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Secured Obligations);

(vi) any illegality, lack of validity or enforceability of any Secured Obligation;

(vii) any change in the corporate, limited liability company or other existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Borrower or any other Loan Party or their respective assets or any resulting release or discharge of any Secured Obligation;

(viii) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights that any Loan Party may have at any time against the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, or any other Person, whether in connection herewith or any unrelated transactions, provided that nothing herein will prevent the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim; and

(ix) any other circumstance (including, without limitation, the expiration of any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by the Administrative Agent, any other Secured Party or any other Person, that might otherwise constitute a defense to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, the Borrower or the other Loan Parties or any other guarantor or surety (in each case, except for the indefeasable payment in full of all of the Secured Obligations (other than contingent obligations not then payable)).

Each Loan Party expressly authorizes the Secured Parties to take and hold security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, to exchange, waive or release any or all such security (with or without consideration), to enforce or apply such security in accordance with its terms and direct the order and manner of any sale, transfer or disposition thereof in their sole discretion, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents or to release or substitute any one or more other guarantors or obligors upon or in respect of the Secured Obligations, all without affecting the obligations of any Loan Party hereunder. Each Loan Party acknowledges that its Guarantee hereunder is continuing in nature and applies to all Secured Obligations, whether existing now or in the future. Each Loan Party acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Loan Documents and that the waivers set forth in this Article II are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Loan Party waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Borrower or any other Loan Party or the unenforceability of the Secured Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Secured Obligations (other than contingent obligations not then payable). The Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Secured Obligations, make any other accommodation with the Borrower or the other Loan Party or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against the Borrower or any other Loan Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Loan Party hereunder except to the extent the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash (other than contingent obligations not then payable). To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Loan Party waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Loan Party against the Borrower or any other Loan Party, as the case may be, or any security.

 

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SECTION 2.04. Reinstatement. Each Loan Party agrees that, unless released pursuant to Section 7.14(b) its Guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Secured Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party upon the bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding affecting the Borrower, any other Loan Party or otherwise.

SECTION 2.05. Agreement To Pay; Subrogation. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party has at law or in equity against any Loan Party by virtue hereof, upon the failure of any other Loan Party to pay any Secured Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Loan Party hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the applicable Secured Parties in cash the amount of such unpaid Secured Obligation. Upon payment by any Loan Party of any sums to the Administrative Agent as provided above, all rights of such Loan Party against any Loan Party arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subject to Article VI. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that each of the Secured Obligations shall be due and payable in Dollars.

SECTION 2.06. Information. Each Loan Party assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the financial condition and assets of the Borrower and each other Loan Party, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Secured Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Loan Party assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that none of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party will have any duty to advise such Loan Party of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.

SECTION 2.07. Payments Free and Clear of Taxes, Etc. Any and all payments made by any Loan Party under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made, in accordance with Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 2.08. Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Loan Party hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under this Agreement in respect of Specified Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Loan Party shall only be liable under this Section 2.08 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 2.08 or otherwise under this Agreement voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Loan Party under this Section 2.08 shall remain in full force and effect until a discharge of such Qualified ECP Loan Party’s Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents. Each Qualified ECP Loan Party intends that this Section 2.08 constitute, and this Section 2.08 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

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ARTICLE III.

PLEDGE OF SECURITIES

SECTION 3.01. Pledge. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Loan Party hereby assigns and pledges to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Loan Party’s right, title and interest in, to and under (a) the Equity Interests of (i) the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party directly owned by it as of the Effective Date and (ii) each other Material Subsidiary directly owned by it as of the Effective Date and any other Equity Interests of any Material Subsidiary directly owned in the future by such Loan Party and any certificates representing all such Equity Interests (the assets under clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, the “Pledged Equity Interests”); provided that the Pledged Equity Interest shall not include (w) more than 65% (or, if requested by the Administrative Agent, such greater percentage that could not reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower) of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of any first-tier Foreign Subsidiary or any first-tier Domestic Subsidiary substantially all of whose assets consist of Equity Interests (or Equity Interests and Indebtedness) in one or more Foreign Subsidiaries or other such Domestic Subsidiaries (a “FSHCO”); provided, however, that the Pledged Collateral may include more than 65% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO (including, without limitation, up to 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary or FSCHO that is or becomes a Material Foreign Subsidiary) if (1) requested by the Administrative Agent and (2) the Borrower reasonably determines that such greater percentage could not reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse tax consequences, (x) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary to the extent that, as of the Effective Date and for so long as, a pledge of such Equity Interests would violate a contractual obligation binding on the issuer or holder of such Equity Interests, (y) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary acquired after the Effective Date in accordance with the Credit Agreement if, and to the extent that, and for so long as, (A) pledging such Equity Interests would violate applicable law or a contractual obligation binding on the issuer or holder of such Equity Interests and (B) such law or obligation existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on such Equity Interests in contemplation of or in connection with the acquisition of such Subsidiary, provided that the foregoing clause (B) shall not apply in the case of a joint venture, including a joint venture that is a Subsidiary, and (z) Equity Interests in any Foreign Subsidiary if the Borrower demonstrates to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent determines (in its reasonable discretion) that the cost of pledging the Equity Interests in such Foreign Subsidiary exceeds the value of the security offered thereby; provided that, upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall, and shall cause any applicable Subsidiary to, use commercially reasonable efforts to have waived or eliminated any contractual obligation of the types described in clauses (x) and (y) above, other than those set forth in a joint venture agreement to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party; provided further, that Pledged Equity Interests shall include, without limitation, the interests listed on Schedule II; (b)(i) all debt securities for borrowed money having an aggregate principal amount in excess of $1,000,000 (other than intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries) (the “Material Pledged Debt Securities”), (ii) any Material Pledged Debt Securities in the future issued to such Loan Party and (iii) all promissory notes and any other instruments, if any, evidencing such Material Pledged Debt Securities (the assets under clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), collectively, the “Pledged Debt Securities”); provided that the Pledged Debt Securities shall include, without limitation, the debt securities listed on Schedule II; (c) subject to Section 3.06, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other proceeds received in respect of, the securities referred to in the Pledge Equity Interests and the Pledge Debt Securities; (d) all rights and privileges of such Loan Party with respect to the securities, instruments and other property referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above; and (e) all proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above being collectively referred to as the “Pledged Collateral”).

 

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TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, forever; subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.

SECTION 3.02. Delivery of the Pledged Collateral. (a) Each Loan Party agrees promptly to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, any and all Pledged Equity Interests (subject to clause (b) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” set forth in the Credit Agreement) and any and all Pledged Debt Securities to the extent such Pledged Securities, in the case of promissory notes or other instruments evidencing Indebtedness, are required to be delivered pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 3.02.

(b) Each Loan Party will cause any Material Pledged Debt Securities owed to such Loan Party by any Person to be evidenced by a duly executed promissory note that is pledged and delivered to the Administrative Agent, including the Intercompany Note, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms hereof. To the extent any such promissory note is a demand note, each Loan Party party thereto agrees, if requested by the Administrative Agent, to immediately demand payment thereunder upon an Event of Default specified under Sections 7.01(a), (b), (c), (f), (h) or (i) of the Credit Agreement.

(c) Upon delivery to the Administrative Agent, (i) any Pledged Securities required to be delivered pursuant to the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 3.02 (other than the Intercompany Note) shall be accompanied by undated stock powers or note powers, as applicable, duly executed in blank or other undated instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent duly executed in blank and by such other instruments and documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be accompanied to the extent necessary to perfect the security interest in or allow realization on the Pledged Collateral by proper undated instruments of transfer duly executed in blank by the applicable Loan Party and such other instruments or documents (including issuer acknowledgments in respect of uncertificated securities) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities, which schedule shall be attached hereto as Schedule II and made a part hereof; provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.

SECTION 3.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, represent, warrant and covenant to and with the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, that:

(a) Schedule II sets forth as of the Effective Date a true and complete list of (i) all the Pledged Equity Interests and the name and jurisdiction of each issuer of, and the ownership interest (including percentage owned and number of shares or units) of each Loan Party in, the Pledged Equity Interests and (ii) all of the Material Pledged Debt Securities, including the amounts and obligors thereof (provided that the Loan Parties may omit the obligor from Schedule II and notify the Administrative Agent separately of such obligor’s identity);

 

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(b) the Pledged Equity Interests and Pledged Debt Securities (solely with respect to Pledged Debt Securities issued by a Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower or an Affiliate of any such Subsidiary, to each Loan Party’s knowledge) have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and (i) in the case of Pledged Equity Interests, are fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) in the case of Pledged Debt Securities (solely with respect to Pledged Debt Securities issued by a Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower or an Affiliate of any such Subsidiary, to each Loan Party’s knowledge) are legal, valid and binding obligations of the issuers thereof;

(c) except for the security interests granted hereunder and under any other Loan Document, each Loan Party (i) is and, subject to any transfers made in compliance with the Credit Agreement, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule II as owned by such Loan Party, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens permitted under Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than pursuant to a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement and other than Liens permitted under Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement and (iv) subject to the rights of such Loan Party under the Loan Documents to dispose of Pledged Collateral, will use commercially reasonable efforts to defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than the Liens created by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including the Liens permitted under Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement), however arising, of all Persons;

(d) except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Loan Documents, securities laws generally, the laws of any applicable foreign jurisdiction (with respect to Pledged Collateral pledged after the Effective Date) or otherwise permitted to exist pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, (i) the Pledged Collateral is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable and (ii) none of the Pledged Collateral is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter or by-law provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise adversely affect the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale, transfer or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Administrative Agent of rights and remedies hereunder;

(e) each Loan Party has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;

(f) except for consents or approvals required by laws of any applicable foreign jurisdiction (with respect to Pledged Collateral pledged after the Effective Date), no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other Person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect);

(g) by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Loan Parties of this Agreement, when any Pledged Securities are delivered to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with this Agreement, the Administrative Agent will obtain, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and perfected first priority lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities as security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations under the New York UCC, except as provided by the laws of any applicable foreign jurisdiction and subject to Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement;

(h) the pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, the rights of the Administrative Agent in the Pledged Collateral as set forth herein and all action by any Loan Party necessary or desirable to protect and perfect the lien on the Pledged Collateral has been duly taken, except as provided by the laws of any applicable foreign jurisdiction; and

(i) as of the Effective Date, there are no contractual obligations binding on any Loan Party that would prohibit such Loan Party from assigning and pledging to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of any Loan Party.

 

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SECTION 3.04. Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests. No Loan Party shall elect to have its interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership represented by a certificate without the Administrative Agent’s prior written consent.

SECTION 3.05. Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. The Loan Parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, originals of all Pledged Securities, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Administrative Agent, to hold such Pledged Securities in the name of the applicable Loan Party. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in its own name as pledgee or the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent). Each Loan Party will promptly give to the Administrative Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Loan Party. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement. Each Loan Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any of its Affiliates that is not a party to this Agreement to comply with a request by the Administrative Agent, pursuant to this Section 3.05, to exchange certificates representing Pledged Securities of such Loan Party for certificates of smaller or larger denominations.

SECTION 3.06. Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, etc. (a) Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

(i) Each Loan Party shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner that could materially and adversely affect the rights inuring to a holder of any Pledged Securities, the rights and remedies of any of the Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same.

(ii) The Administrative Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to each Loan Party, or cause to be executed and delivered to such Loan Party, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as such Loan Party may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Loan Party to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above.

(iii) Each Loan Party shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Collateral to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and applicable laws; provided that any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Collateral, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Collateral or received in exchange for Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, amalgamation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Loan Party,

 

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shall not be commingled by such Loan Party with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall be forthwith delivered to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).

(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and, other than in the case of an Event of Default under Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) of the Credit Agreement, after no less than three (3) Business Day’s prior written notice by the Administrative Agent to the relevant Loan Parties of the Administrative Agent’s intention to exercise its rights hereunder, except as provided by the laws of any applicable foreign jurisdiction, all rights of any Loan Party to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Loan Party is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Administrative Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions. During the continuance of an Event of Default, all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Loan Party contrary to the provisions of this Section 3.06 shall not be commingled by such Loan Party with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall be forthwith delivered to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Administrative Agent in an account to be established by the Administrative Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.02. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a satisfactory written certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to that effect, the Administrative Agent shall promptly repay to the applicable Loan Party (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Loan Party would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06 and that remain in such account.

(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and, other than in the case of an Event of Default under Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) of the Credit Agreement, after no less than three (3) Business Day’s prior written notice by the Administrative Agent to the relevant Loan Parties of the Administrative Agent’s intention to exercise its rights hereunder, except as provided by the laws of any applicable foreign jurisdiction, all rights of any Loan Party to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.06, and the obligations of the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.06, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Loan Parties to exercise such rights. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a satisfactory written certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to that effect, each Loan Party shall have the right to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers that such Loan Party would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(i) above, and the obligations of the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.06 that had ceased (as described above) shall be reinstated.

 

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(d) Any notice given by the Administrative Agent to the Loan Parties suspending their rights under paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.06 may be given with respect to one or more of the Loan Parties at the same or different times and (ii) may suspend the rights and powers of the Loan Parties under paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06 in part without suspending all such rights or powers (as specified by the Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Administrative Agent’s right to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights and powers so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

(e) Each Loan Party hereby consents, in its capacity as shareholder, member, manager or partner of any Person in which such Loan Party holds an Equity Interest, to the transfer of any Equity Interests in any such Person constituting Pledged Collateral, in each case resulting from the Administrative Agent’s exercise of rights and remedies pursuant to Section 5.01 hereof.

ARTICLE IV.

SECURITY INTERESTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY

SECTION 4.01. Security Interest. (a) As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Loan Party hereby assigns and pledges to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “Security Interest”) in all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Loan Party or in which such Loan Party now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Article 9 Collateral”):

 

  (i)

all Accounts;

 

  (ii)

all Chattel Paper;

 

  (iii)

all cash, Deposit Accounts and securities accounts;

 

  (iv)

all Documents;

 

  (v)

all Equipment;

 

  (vi)

all Fixtures;

 

  (vii)

all General Intangibles, including all Intellectual Property;

 

  (viii)

all Instruments;

 

  (ix)

all Inventory;

 

  (x)

all Investment Property;

 

  (xi)

all Letter-of-Credit Rights;

 

  (xii)

all Commercial Tort Claims;

 

  (xiii)

all books and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and

 

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  (xiv)

to the extent not otherwise included, all proceeds, supporting obligations and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest (other than the grant of security interest in the Pledged Collateral pursuant to Section 3.01) in, and “Article 9 Collateral” shall not include, (a) any Equity Interests of any Person (except for Equity Interests of the Borrower, any Subsidiary Loan Party, or any Material Subsidiary, or any other Pledged Collateral (as set forth in Section 3.01 hereof)), (b) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations to the extent a security interest therein is prohibited by applicable law, (c) pledges and security interests prohibited by applicable law, (d) any lease, license, permit or agreement or any property subject to such lease, license, permit or agreement to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license, permit or agreement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto or otherwise require consent thereunder (after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable law), other than proceeds thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition, (e) any intent-to-use trademark application prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, (f) any property subject to a purchase money arrangement or similar arrangement permitted to be incurred under the Credit Agreement to the extent other liens are prohibited, (g) any Material Pledged Debt Securities or any debt securities that may be pledged pursuant to any foreign pledge agreement under the terms of the Credit Agreement (which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not affect the assignment and pledge of Material Pledged Debt Securities made by the Loan Parties pursuant to Section 3.01), (h) any assets of any Subsidiary to the extent that, as of the Effective Date, and for so long as a pledge of such assets would violate a contractual obligation binding on such assets or such Subsidiary (after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable law), other than proceeds thereof, and (i) other assets where the cost of obtaining a security interest therein exceeds the practical benefit to the Lenders afforded thereby, in each case, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.

(b) Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including fixture filings), continuation statements, or other filings and recordings, with respect to the Article 9 Collateral and any other collateral pledged hereunder or any part thereof and amendments thereto that contain the information required by Article 9 of the UCC of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment, or such other information as may be required under applicable law including (i) whether such Loan Party is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Loan Party, (ii) in the case of Fixtures, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Article 9 Collateral relates and (iii) a description of the collateral covered thereby that describes such property in any other manner as the Administrative Agent may reasonably determine is necessary or advisable to ensure the perfection of the security interest in the Article 9 Collateral or other collateral granted under this Agreement, including describing such property as “all assets” or “all property” of such Loan Party or words of similar effect. Each Loan Party agrees to provide such information to the Administrative Agent promptly upon request.

The Administrative Agent (or its designee) is further authorized by each Loan Party to file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office (or any successor office or any similar office in any other country) such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest granted by each Loan Party, without the signature of any Loan Party, and naming any Loan Party or the Loan Parties as debtors and the Administrative Agent as secured party.

 

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(c) The Security Interest and the security interest granted pursuant to Article III are granted as security only and shall not subject the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Loan Party with respect to or arising out of the Collateral.

SECTION 4.02. Representations and Warranties. The Loan Parties jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, that:

(a) Each Loan Party has good and valid rights in and title to (or valid licenses in respect of) the Article 9 Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant the Security Interest hereunder and has full power and authority to grant to the Administrative Agent the Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other Person other than any consent or approval that has been obtained and is in full force and effect.

(b) The Perfection Certificate has been duly prepared, completed and executed and the information set forth therein, including the exact legal name and jurisdiction of organization of each Loan Party, is correct and complete, in all material respects, as of the Effective Date. UCC financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations containing a description of the Article 9 Collateral have been prepared by the Administrative Agent based upon the information provided to the Administrative Agent in the Perfection Certificate for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 1(a) to the Perfection Certificate (or specified by notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent after the Effective Date in the case of filings, recordings or registrations required by Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement), and constitute all the filings, recordings and registrations (other than filings required to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office in order to perfect the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States Patents (and Patents for which United States registration applications are pending), United States registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States registration applications are pending) and United States registered Copyrights (and Copyrights for which United States registration applications are pending)), as of the Effective Date, that are necessary to publish notice of and protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary with respect to any such Article 9 Collateral in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements or amendments.

(c) Each Loan Party represents and warrants, to the extent applicable, that a fully executed Patent and Trademark Security Agreement and Copyright Security Agreement, in each case containing a description of the Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States Patents (and Patents for which United States applications for registration are pending), United States registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States applications for registration are pending) and United States registered Copyrights (and Copyrights for which United States applications for registration are pending), as applicable, as of the Effective Date, and executed by each Loan Party owning any such Article 9 Collateral, has been delivered to the Administrative Agent for recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261, 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or 17 U.S.C. § 205 and the regulations thereunder, as applicable, to protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in respect of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States Patents, United States Trademarks and United States Copyrights (and Copyrights for which United States applications for registration are pending) in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration with the United

 

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States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary with respect to any such Article 9 Collateral (other than such actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States Patents, United States Trademarks and United States Copyrights (and Copyrights for which United States applications for registration are pending) (or registration, recordation or application for registration thereof) acquired or developed after the Effective Date).

(d) The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations under the New York UCC, (ii) subject to the filings described in Section 4.02(b), a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions pursuant to the UCC or other applicable law in such jurisdictions and (iii) a security interest that shall be perfected in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected upon the receipt and recording of this Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable. The Security Interest is not subject to any prior ranking or pari passu ranking Lien and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral, other than Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.

(e) The Article 9 Collateral is owned by the Loan Parties free and clear of any Lien, other than Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement. None of the Loan Parties has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the UCC or any other applicable laws covering any Article 9 Collateral, (ii) any assignment in which any Loan Party assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or (iii) any assignment in which any Loan Party assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.

(f) Schedule III sets forth, as of the Effective Date, a true and complete list, with respect to each Loan Party, of (i) all Patents that have been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and Patents for which United States applications are pending, (ii) all Copyrights that have been registered with the United States Copyright Office, and Copyrights for which United States registration applications are pending, (iii) all Trademarks that have been registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and Trademarks for which United States registration applications are pending, in each case specifying, true and completely, the name of the applicable Loan Party, the title, the registration or application number and the registration or filing date.

(g) All Accounts have been originated by the Loan Parties and all Inventory has been acquired by the Loan Parties in the ordinary course of business.

(h) As to itself and its Intellectual Property, except to the extent not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

(i) The operation of such Loan Party’s business as currently conducted and the use of the Loan Party Intellectual Property in connection therewith do not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of any third party.

 

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(ii) Such Loan Party owns or has the right to use the Loan Party Intellectual Property.

(iii) The Loan Party Intellectual Property has not been abandoned and has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable in whole or part.

(i) Schedule IV sets forth, as of the Effective Date, a true and complete list, with respect to each Loan Party, of each Commercial Tort Claim in respect of which a complaint or a counterclaim has been filed by such Loan Party, seeking damages in an amount reasonably estimated to exceed $1,000,000, including a summary description of such claim.

(j) As of the Effective Date, there are no contractual obligations binding on any Loan Party that would prohibit such Loan Party from granting to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in any assets of any Loan Party.

SECTION 4.03. Covenants. (a) Each Loan Party agrees promptly to notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any change (i) in its corporate name, (ii) in its identity or type of organization or corporate structure, (iii) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number or (iv) in its jurisdiction of organization. Each Loan Party agrees promptly to provide the Administrative Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in the immediately preceding sentence. Each Loan Party agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph (a) unless all filings have been made under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for the Administrative Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected first priority security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties. Each Loan Party agrees promptly to notify the Administrative Agent if any material portion of the Article 9 Collateral owned or held by such Loan Party is damaged or destroyed.

(b) Subject to the rights of such Loan Party under the Loan Documents to dispose of Collateral, each Loan Party shall, at its own expense, take any and all actions necessary to defend title to the Article 9 Collateral against all Persons and to defend the Security Interest of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Article 9 Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.

(c) Each Loan Party agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement (subject to the limitations and other agreements set forth therein) to be and remain satisfied at all times or otherwise effectuate the provisions of the Loan Documents and to preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith. If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Article 9 Collateral that is in excess of $1,000,000 shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note or other instrument, such note or instrument shall be promptly pledged and delivered to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, duly endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Each Loan Party will provide to the Administrative Agent, from time to time upon request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Loan Party hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent, with prompt notice thereof to the Loan Parties, to supplement this Agreement by supplementing the Schedule III or adding additional disclosures hereto to specifically identify any asset or item that may constitute Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, or IP Agreements; provided that any Loan Party shall have the right, exercisable within 30 days after it has been notified by the Administrative Agent of the specific identification of such Article 9 Collateral, to advise the Administrative Agent in writing of any inaccuracy of the representations and warranties made by such Loan Party hereunder with respect to such Article 9 Collateral. Each Loan Party agrees that it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such action as shall be necessary in order to ensure that all representations and warranties hereunder shall be true and correct with respect to such Article 9 Collateral within 30 days after the date it has been notified by the Administrative Agent of the specific identification of such Article 9 Collateral.

(d) After the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to verify under reasonable procedures the validity, amount, quality, quantity, value, condition and status of, or any other matter relating to, the Article 9 Collateral, including, in the case of Accounts or Article 9 Collateral in the possession of any third Person, by contacting Account Debtors or the third Person possessing such Article 9 Collateral for the purpose of making such a verification. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to share any information it gains from such inspection or verification with any Secured Party.

(e) At its option, the Administrative Agent may discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Article 9 Collateral and not permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the extent any Loan Party fails to do so as required by the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and each Loan Party jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent on demand for any reasonable payment made or any reasonable expense incurred by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.03(e) shall be interpreted as excusing any Loan Party from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Loan Party with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents.

(f) Each Loan Party (rather than the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party) shall remain liable for the observance and performance of all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral and each Loan Party jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.

(g) None of the Loan Parties shall make or permit to be made an assignment, pledge or hypothecation of the Article 9 Collateral or shall grant any other Lien in respect of the Article 9 Collateral, except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement. None of the Loan Parties shall make or permit to be made any transfer of the Article 9 Collateral and each Loan Party shall remain at all times in possession of the Article 9 Collateral owned by it, except as permitted by the Credit Agreement.

(h) None of the Loan Parties will, without the Administrative Agent’s prior written consent, grant any extension of the time of payment of any Accounts included in the Article 9 Collateral, compromise, compound or settle the same for less than the full amount thereof, release, wholly or partly, any Person liable for the payment thereof or allow any credit or discount whatsoever thereon, other than extensions, credits, discounts, compromises, releases or settlements granted or made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with prudent business practices or as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement.

 

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(i) Each Loan Party irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Administrative Agent) as such Loan Party’s true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, of making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance covering the Article 9 Collateral, endorsing the name of such Loan Party on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto. In the event that any Loan Party at any time or times shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required by the Credit Agreement or to pay any premium in whole or in part relating thereto, the Administrative Agent may, without waiving or releasing any obligation or liability of the Loan Parties hereunder or any Event of Default, in its sole discretion, obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other actions with respect thereto as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems advisable. All sums disbursed by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Section 4.03(i), including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, upon demand, by the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent and shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby.

SECTION 4.04. Other Actions. In order to further ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Administrative Agent to enforce, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent’s Security Interest in the Article 9 Collateral, each Loan Party agrees, in each case at such Loan Party’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Article 9 Collateral:

(a) Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper. If any Loan Party shall at any time hold or acquire any Instruments or Tangible Chattel Paper evidencing an amount in excess of $1,000,000, such Loan Party shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

(b) Cash Accounts. No Loan Party shall grant control of any deposit account to any Person other than the Administrative Agent and the bank with which the deposit account is maintained.

(c) Investment Property. Except to the extent otherwise provided in Article III, if any Loan Party shall at any time hold or acquire any certificated security with a value in excess of $1,000,000, such Loan Party shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably specify. If any security now or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party that is part of the Article 9 Collateral is uncertificated and is issued to such Loan Party or its nominee directly by the issuer thereof, upon the Administrative Agent’s reasonable request and following the occurrence of an Event of Default, such Loan Party shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such uncertificated securities and pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, either (i) cause the issuer to agree to comply with instructions from the Administrative Agent as to such security, without further consent of any Loan Party or such nominee, or (ii) cause the issuer to register the Administrative Agent as the registered owner of such security. If any security or other Investment Property that is part of the Article 9 Collateral, whether certificated or uncertificated, representing an Equity Interest (other than shares in mutual funds and money market funds that constitute Permitted Investments) in a third party and having a fair market value in excess of $1,000,000 now or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party is held by such Loan Party or its nominee through a securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, such Loan Party shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the Administrative Agent’s request and option, pursuant to a Control Agreement either (A) cause such securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, as applicable, to agree, in the case of a securities intermediary, to comply with entitlement orders or other instructions from the Administrative Agent to such

 

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securities intermediary as to such securities or other Investment Property or, in the case of a commodity intermediary, to apply any value distributed on account of any commodity contract as directed by the Administrative Agent to such commodity intermediary, in each case without further consent of any Loan Party or such nominee, or (B) in the case of Financial Assets or other Investment Property held through a securities intermediary, arrange for the Administrative Agent to become the entitlement holder with respect to such Investment Property, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, with such Loan Party being permitted, only with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, to exercise rights to withdraw or otherwise deal with such Investment Property. The Administrative Agent agrees with each of the Loan Parties that the Administrative Agent shall not give any such entitlement orders or instructions or directions to any such issuer, securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, and shall not withhold its consent to the exercise of any withdrawal or dealing rights by any Loan Party, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or, after giving effect to any such withdrawal or dealing rights, would occur. The provisions of this paragraph (c) shall not apply to any Financial Assets credited to a securities account for which the Administrative Agent is the securities intermediary.

(d) Tort Claims. If any Loan Party shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim in an amount reasonably estimated to exceed $1,000,000, such Loan Party shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof in a writing signed by such Loan Party, including a summary description of such claim, and grant to the Administrative Agent in writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 4.05. Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral.

(a) Each Loan Party agrees that it will not knowingly do any act or omit to do any act (and will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to prevent its licensees from doing any act or omitting to do any act) whereby any Patent that is material to the normal conduct of such Loan Party’s business may become prematurely invalidated or dedicated to the public, and agrees that it shall take commercially reasonable steps with respect to any material products covered by any such Patent as necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its rights under applicable patent laws.

(b) Each Loan Party will, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees or its sublicensees to, for each material Trademark necessary to the normal conduct of such Loan Party’s business, (i) maintain such Trademark in full force free from any adjudication of abandonment or invalidity for non-use, (ii) maintain the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark consistent with the quality of such products and services as of the Effective Date, (iii) display such Trademark with notice of federal or foreign registration or claim of trademark or service mark as required, in all material respects, under applicable law to establish and preserve its rights thereunder and (iv) not knowingly use or knowingly permit its licensees’ use of such Trademark in violation of any third-party rights.

(c) Each Loan Party will, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees or its sublicensees to, for each work covered by a material Copyright necessary to the normal conduct of such Loan Party’s business that it publishes, displays and distributes, use copyright notice as required under applicable copyright laws to establish and preserve its rights thereunder.

(d) Each Loan Party shall notify the Administrative Agent promptly if it knows that any Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the normal conduct of such Loan Party’s business may imminently become abandoned, lost or dedicated to the public other than by expiration, or of any materially adverse determination or development, excluding office actions and similar determinations in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office, any court or any similar office of any country, regarding such Loan Party’s ownership of any such material Patent, Trademark or Copyright or its right to register or to maintain the same.

 

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(e) Each Loan Party, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall (i) inform the Administrative Agent on an annual basis of each application by itself, or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, for any Patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and each registration of any Trademark or Copyright with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, or any comparable office or agency in any other country filed during the preceding 12-month period and (ii) upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, execute and deliver any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Administrative Agent’s Security Interest in such Patent, Trademark or Copyright.

(f) Each Loan Party shall exercise its reasonable business judgment consistent with past practice in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any comparable office or agency in any other country with respect to maintaining and prosecuting each material application relating to any Patent, Trademark or Copyright (and obtaining the relevant grant or registration) material to the normal conduct of such Loan Party’s business and to maintain (i) each issued Patent and (ii) the registrations of each Trademark and each Copyright, in each case, that is material to the normal conduct of such Loan Party’s business, including, when applicable and necessary in such Loan Party’s reasonable business judgment, timely filings of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and payment of maintenance fees, and, if any Loan Party believes necessary in its reasonable business judgment, to initiate opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings against third parties.

(g) In the event that any Loan Party knows or has reason to know that any Article 9 Collateral consisting of a Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the normal conduct of its business has been or is about to be materially infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Loan Party shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and shall, if such Loan Party deems it necessary in its reasonable business judgment, promptly contact such third party, and if necessary in its reasonable business judgment, sue and recover damages, and take such other actions as are reasonably appropriate under the circumstances.

(h) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, each Loan Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all requisite consents or approvals from the licensor under each material IP Agreement to effect the assignment of all such Loan Party’s right, title and interest thereunder to (in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion) the designee of the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE V.

REMEDIES

SECTION 5.01. Remedies Upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Loan Party agrees to deliver each item of Collateral to the Administrative Agent on demand, and it is agreed that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right to take any of or all the following actions at the same or different times: (a) with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, on demand, to cause the Security Interest to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any of or all such Article 9 Collateral by the applicable Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent, or to license or sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or a nonexclusive basis, any such Article 9 Collateral throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Administrative Agent shall determine (other than in violation of any then-existing

 

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licensing arrangements to the extent that waivers thereunder cannot be obtained), (b) with or without legal process and with or without prior notice or demand for performance, to take possession of the Article 9 Collateral and without liability for trespass to enter any premises where the Article 9 Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the Article 9 Collateral and (c) generally, to exercise any and all rights and remedies afforded to a secured party under the applicable UCC or other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Loan Party agrees that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law, to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral at a public or private sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate. The Administrative Agent shall be authorized in connection with any sale of a security (if it deems it advisable to do so) pursuant to the foregoing to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to Persons who represent and agree that they are purchasing such security for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof. Upon consummation of any such sale of Collateral pursuant to this Section 5.01 the Administrative Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Loan Party, and each Loan Party hereby waives and releases (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay, valuation and appraisal that such Loan Party now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.

The Administrative Agent shall give the applicable Loan Parties 10 Business Days’ written notice (which each Loan Party agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Administrative Agent’s intention to make any sale of Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or any portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Administrative Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or any portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Administrative Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The Administrative Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned. In the case of any sale of all or any part of the Collateral made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Administrative Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties shall not incur any liability in the event that any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in the case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon notice given in accordance with provisions above. At any public (or, to the extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant to this Section 5.01, any Secured Party may bid for or purchase for cash, free (to the extent permitted by law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Loan Party (all such rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property in accordance with Section 5.02 hereof without further accountability to any Loan Party therefor. For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral, or any portion thereof, that is entered into during the continuance of an Event of Default shall be treated as a sale thereof, the Administrative Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Loan Party shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the

 

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Administrative Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Secured Obligations (other than contingent obligations not then payable) paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Administrative Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose upon the Collateral and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9- 610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.

SECTION 5.02. Application of Proceeds. The Administrative Agent shall promptly apply the proceeds, moneys or balances of any collection or sale of Collateral, as well as any Collateral consisting of cash, in accordance with Section 2.18(b) of the Credit Agreement. The Loan Parties shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay all Secured Obligations, including any reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and other expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party and reimbursable pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, to collect such deficiency. Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts received from any Loan Party shall not be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligation of such Loan Party, as applicable. The Administrative Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Upon any sale of Collateral by the Administrative Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by the Administrative Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Administrative Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.

SECTION 5.03. Grant of License To Use Intellectual Property. For the purpose of enabling the Administrative Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement at such time as the Administrative Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Loan Party hereby grants to (in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion) a designee of the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to any Loan Party) to use, license or sublicense any of the Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Loan Party, wherever the same may be located, and including, without limitation, in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof, the right to prosecute and maintain all Intellectual Property and the right to sue for past infringement of the Intellectual Property. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Loan Party further agrees to cooperate with the Administrative Agent in any attempt to prosecute or maintain such Intellectual Property (including Trademarks) or sue for infringement of such Intellectual Property (including Trademarks). The use of such license by the Administrative Agent may be exercised, at the option of the Administrative Agent, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default; provided that any license, sublicense or other transaction entered into by the Administrative Agent in accordance herewith shall be binding upon the Loan Parties notwithstanding any subsequent cure of an Event of Default.

SECTION 5.04. Securities Act, etc. In view of the position of the Loan Parties in relation to the Pledged Collateral, or because of other current or future circumstances, a question may arise under the Securities Act of 1933, as now or hereafter in effect, or any similar federal statute hereafter enacted analogous in purpose or effect (such Act and any such similar statute as from time to time in effect being called the “Federal Securities Laws”) with respect to any disposition of the Pledged Collateral permitted hereunder. Each Loan Party understands that compliance with the Federal Securities Laws might very

 

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strictly limit the course of conduct of the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent were to attempt to dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, and might also limit the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged Collateral could dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or limitations affecting the Administrative Agent in any attempt to dispose of all or part of the Pledged Collateral under applicable Blue Sky or other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or effect. Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Administrative Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Collateral or part thereof shall have been filed under the Federal Securities Laws or, to the extent applicable, Blue Sky or other state securities laws and (b) may approach and negotiate with a limited number of potential purchasers (including a single potential purchaser) to effect such sale. Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Administrative Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the Pledged Collateral at a price that the Administrative Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, may in good faith deem reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as aforesaid or if more than a limited number of potential purchasers (or a single purchaser) were approached. The provisions of this Section 5.04 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon which the quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which the Administrative Agent sells.

ARTICLE VI.

INDEMNITY, SUBROGATION AND SUBORDINATION

SECTION 6.01. Indemnity and Subrogation. In addition to all such rights of indemnity and subrogation as the Loan Parties may have under applicable law (but subject to Section 6.03), the Borrower agrees that (a) in the event a payment shall be made by any Loan Party under this Agreement in respect of any Secured Obligation, the Borrower shall indemnify such Loan Party for the full amount of such payment and such Loan Party shall be subrogated to the rights of the Person to whom such payment shall have been made to the extent of such payment and (b) in the event any assets of any Loan Party shall be sold pursuant to this Agreement or any other Security Document to satisfy in whole or in part any Secured Obligation, the Borrower shall indemnify such Loan Party in an amount equal and the greater of the book value and the fair market value of the assets so sold.

SECTION 6.02. Contribution and Subrogation. (a) Each Loan Party (other than the Borrower) (a “Contributing Loan Party”) agrees (subject to Section 6.03) that, in the event a payment shall be made by any other Loan Party (other than the Borrower) hereunder in respect of any Secured Obligation or assets of any other Loan Party (other than the Borrower) shall be sold pursuant to any Security Document to satisfy any Secured Obligation owed to any Secured Party and such other Loan Party (the “Claiming Loan Party”) shall not have been fully indemnified by the Borrower as provided in Section 6.01, the Contributing Loan Party shall indemnify the Claiming Loan Party in an amount equal to the amount of such payment or the greater of the book value and the fair market value of such assets, as applicable, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the net worth of such Contributing Loan Party on the Effective Date and the denominator shall be the aggregate net worth of all the Loan Parties on the Effective Date (or, in the case of any Loan Party becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 7.15, the date of the Supplement hereto executed and delivered by such Loan Party). Any Contributing Loan Party making any payment to a Claiming Loan Party pursuant to this Section 6.02 shall be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Loan Party under Section 6.01 to the extent of such payment.

 

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(b) As of any date of determination, any amount owing to a Claiming Loan Party pursuant to clause (a) above shall be equal to the maximum amount of the claim which could then be recovered from such Claiming Loan Party under this Agreement without rendering such claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law.

(c) This Section 6.02 is intended only to define the relative rights of the Loan Parties, and nothing set forth in this Section 6.02 is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Loan Parties, jointly and severally, to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d) The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets of the Loan Party or Loan Parties to which such contribution and indemnification is owing.

SECTION 6.03. Subordination. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all rights of the Loan Parties under Sections 6.01 and 6.02 and all other rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation of the Loan Parties under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all Secured Obligations. No failure on the part of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to make the payments required by Sections 6.01 and 6.02 (or any other payments required under applicable law or otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party with respect to its obligations hereunder, and each Loan Party shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations of such Loan Party hereunder.

(b) Each Loan Party hereby agrees that all Indebtedness and other monetary obligations owed by it to any other Loan Party or any Subsidiary shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations.

ARTICLE VII.

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 7.01. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to Holdings or any Subsidiary Loan Party shall be given to it in care of the Borrower, with such notice to be given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 7.02. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Security Interest, the security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all obligations of each Loan Party hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Secured Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Secured Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of, or consent under or departure from, any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Secured Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party in respect of the Secured Obligations or this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 7.03. Binding Effect; Several Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as to any Loan Party when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Loan Party shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Administrative Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Loan Party and the Administrative Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that no Loan Party shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any such attempted assignment or transfer shall be null and void) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Loan Party and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Loan Party without the approval of any other Loan Party and without affecting the obligations of any other Loan Party hereunder.

SECTION 7.04. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective permitted successors and assigns.

SECTION 7.05. Administrative Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification. (a) Each Loan Party, jointly with each other Loan Party and severally, agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its reasonable and documented in reasonable detail out-of-pocket expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 9.05(a) of the Credit Agreement as if the first reference in such Section to “the Borrower” were a reference to such Loan Party.

(b) Each Loan Party, jointly with each other Loan Party and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee as provided in Section 9.05(c) of the Credit Agreement as if the first reference in such Section to “the Borrower” were a reference to such Loan Party.

(c) Any amounts payable as provided in Section 7.05(a) or 7.05(b) shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section 7.05 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 7.05 shall be payable on written demand therefor.

(d) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, (i) no party to this Agreement shall assert, and each such party hereby waives, any Liabilities against any other party hereto and/or any Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons, on any theory of liability, against any other party hereto for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or any Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof, except, in the case of any claim by any Indemnitee against any Loan Party, to the extent such damages would otherwise be subject to indemnification as provided in Section 7.05(b) hereof or Section 9.05(c) of the Credit Agreement and (ii) the Loan Parties shall not assert, and each Loan Party hereby waives, any claim against any Lender-Related Person for any Liabilities arising from the use by others of any information or other materials (including, without limitation, any personal data) obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet) in connection with this Agreement unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of, or breach of this Agreement by, such Lender-Related Person.

 

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(e) BY ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE GUARANTEES AND SECURITY INTERESTS CREATED HEREBY, EACH SECURED PARTY SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE VIII OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND AGREED TO BE BOUND BY SUCH PROVISIONS AS FULLY AS IF THEY WERE SET FORTH HEREIN.

SECTION 7.06. Administrative Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Loan Party hereby appoints the Administrative Agent as the attorney-in-fact of such Loan Party for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution either in the Administrative Agent’s name or in the name of such Loan Party, (a) to receive, endorse, assign or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof; (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to ask for, demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all moneys due or to become due under and by virtue of any Collateral; (d) to sign the name of any Loan Party on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (e) to send verifications of Accounts to any Account Debtor; (f) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (g) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; (h) to notify, or to require any Loan Party to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Administrative Agent; and (i) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Administrative Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Administrative Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. The Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Loan Party for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

SECTION 7.07. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 7.08. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right, power or remedy, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 7.08, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for

 

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the specific purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the execution and delivery of this Agreement (or any Supplement hereto), the making of a Loan or the issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time. No notice or demand on any Loan Party in any case shall entitle such Loan Party or any other Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(b) Except as provided in Sections 7.14 and 7.15, neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 7.09. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.09.

SECTION 7.10. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 7.11. Counterparts; Electronic Execution. (a) This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute a single contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 7.03.

(b) Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of (i) this Agreement and/or (ii) any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any notice delivered pursuant to Section 7.01), certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated hereby (each an “Ancillary Document”) that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by fax, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement or such Ancillary Document, as applicable. The words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement and/or any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by fax, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based

 

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recordkeeping system, as the case may be; provided that nothing herein shall require the Administrative Agent to accept Electronic Signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent and pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided further, without limiting the foregoing, (A) to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept any Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Secured Parties shall be entitled to rely on such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of any Loan Party without further verification thereof and without any obligation to review the appearance or form of any such Electronic Signature and (B) upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Loan Party hereby (x) agrees that for all purposes, including in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Administrative Agent, the Secured Parties and the Loan Parties, Electronic Signatures transmitted by fax, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page and/or any electronic images of this Agreement and/or any Ancillary Document shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, (y) agrees that the Administrative Agent and each of the Secured Parties may, at its option, create one or more copies of this Agreement and/or any Ancillary Document in the form of an imaged electronic record in any format, which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document (and all such electronic records shall be considered an original for all purposes and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record), (C) waives any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement and/or any Ancillary Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Agreement and/or such Ancillary Document, respectively, including with respect to any signature pages thereto and (D) waives any claim against any Lender-Related Person for any Liabilities arising solely from the Administrative Agent’s and/or any other Secured Party’s reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures and/or transmissions by fac, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page, including any Liabilities arising as a result of the failure of any Loan Party to use any available security measures in connection with the execution, delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature.

SECTION 7.12. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 7.13. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan (or, if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan), and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may (and any such claims, cross-claims or third party claims brought against the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties may only) be heard and determined in such Federal (to the extent permitted by law) or New York State court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by applicable law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party, or any of its properties, in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(b) Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in Section 7.13(a). Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any claim and the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

 

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(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

SECTION 7.14. Termination or Release. (a) This Agreement, the Guarantees made herein, the Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby and all obligations of each Loan Party hereunder shall terminate when all the Obligations have been paid in full in cash and all Letters of Credit and Commitments are terminated (the “Termination Date”).

(b) A Subsidiary Loan Party shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the security interests in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Loan Party shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement.

(c) Upon any sale or other transfer by any Loan Party of any Collateral that is permitted under the Credit Agreement to any Person that is not a Loan Party, or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released.

(d) If any security interest granted hereby in any Collateral violates Section 9.21 of the Credit Agreement, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released.

(e) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 7.14, the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to the relevant Loan Party, at such Loan Party’s expense, all documents that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release and shall assist such Loan Party in making any filing required in connection therewith (and the Administrative Agent shall be permitted to request and rely on a certificate of the relevant Loan Party certifying such release or termination is permitted thereby). Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 7.14 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 7.15. Additional Subsidiaries. Upon execution and delivery by the Administrative Agent and any Subsidiary that is required to become a party hereto by Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement of an instrument substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto, such Subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Loan Party and a Loan Party hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary Loan Party and a Loan Party herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other party to this Agreement. The rights and obligations of each party to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new party to this Agreement.

SECTION 7.16. Right of Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and the Issuing Bank and their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or the Issuing Bank to or for the credit or the account of any Loan Party against any of and all the Secured Obligations of such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document owed to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or the Issuing Bank shall have made any demand under this

 

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Agreement or such other Loan Document and although such obligations may be unmatured. The applicable Lender shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of such set-off or application, provided that any failure to give or any delay in giving such notice shall not affect the validity of any such set-off or application under this Section. The rights of each Lender and the Issuing Bank under this Section 7.16 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) that such Lender or the Issuing Bank may have.

SECTION 7.17. [Reserved].

SECTION 7.18. Credit Agreement. If any conflict or inconsistency exists between this Agreement and the Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement shall govern.

SECTION 7.19. Survival. All representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by each Administrative Agent, the Arranger, each Lender and each Issuing Bank and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, and, subject to Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement, shall continue in full force and effect until the occurrence of the Termination Date. The provisions of Sections 2.04, 2.07 and 2.08 shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments, the occurrence of the Termination Date or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof, but, in each case, and for the avoidance of doubt, on the terms set forth in such provisions.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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

 

FATHOM GUARANTOR, LLC

FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC

CENTEX MACHINE AND WELDING LLC INCODEMA BUYER LLC

INCODEMA HOLDINGS LLC

LASER MANUFACTURING, LLC

ICO MOLD, LLC

KEMEERA LLC

MIDWEST COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

MCT GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC

MCT REAL ESTATE, LLC

SUMMIT PLASTICS, LLC

SUMMIT TOOLING, LLC

DAHLQUIST MACHINE, LLC

INCODEMA, LLC

MAJESTIC METALS, LLC

NEWCHEM, LLC

PRECISION PROCESS LLC

SURESHOT PRECISION, LLC

By:  

                          

  Name:
  Title:

 

Signature Page to Guarantee and Collateral Agreement


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Signature Page to Guarantee and Collateral Agreement


Schedule I

to the Guarantee and

Collateral Agreement

SUBSIDIARY LOAN PARTIES

 

Name

  

Jurisdiction of Organization

Incodema Holdings LLC    Delaware
Incodema Buyer LLC    Delaware
Incodema, LLC    New York
Newchem, LLC    New York
Dahlquist Machine, LLC    Minnesota
Majestic Metals, LLC    Colorado
Precision Process LLC    Illinois
Sureshot Precision, LLC    Arizona
Laser Manufacturing, LLC    Texas
Centex Machine and Welding LLC    Texas
MCT Group Holdings, LLC    Delaware
Midwest Composite Technologies, LLC    Wisconsin
Kemeera LLC    California
ICO Mold, LLC    Delaware
Summit Plastics, LLC    Illinois
MCT Real Estate, LLC    Delaware
Summit Tooling, LLC    Illinois


Schedule II

to the Guarantee and

Collateral Agreement

PLEDGED EQUITY INTERESTS

 

Loan Party

  

Issuer

  

Jurisdiction

of

Organization

  

Type of
Organization

  

Number
of Shares

Owned

  

Total Shares
Outstanding

  

Certificate No.

(if uncertificated,
please indicate so)

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

PLEDGED DEBT SECURITIES


Schedule III

to the Guarantee and

Collateral Agreement

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

I.

Patents

 

Loan Party

  

Title

  

Registration / Application

Number

  

Registration /

Filing Date

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

II.

Patent Applications

 

Loan Party

  

Title

  

Application Number

  

Application

Filing Date

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

III.

Copyrights

 

Loan Party

  

Title

  

Registration /

Application Number

  

Registration /

Filing Date

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

IV.

Copyright Applications

 

Loan Party

  

Title

  

Application Number

  

Application

Filing Date

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

V.

Trademarks

 

Loan Party

  

Trademark

  

Registration /

Application Number

  

Registration /

Filing Date

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

VI.

Trademark Applications

 

Loan Party

  

Trademark

  

Application Number

  

Application

Filing Date

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 


Schedule IV

to the Guarantee and

Collateral Agreement

COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS

 


Exhibit I

to the Guarantee and

Collateral Agreement

SUPPLEMENT NO.      dated as of (this “Supplement”), to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the Subsidiary Loan Parties from time to time party thereto (each, a “Subsidiary Loan Party” and collectively with Holdings and the Borrower, the “Loan Parties”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

A. Reference is made to (a) the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and (b) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as applicable.

C. The Loan Parties have entered into the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans and the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit. Section 7.15 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries may become Subsidiary Loan Parties under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the “New Subsidiary Loan Party”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Subsidiary Loan Party under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make additional Loans and the Issuing Bank to issue additional Letters of Credit and as consideration for Loans previously made and Letters of Credit previously issued continuing to be outstanding.

Accordingly, the Administrative Agent and the New Subsidiary Loan Party agree as follows:

SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 7.15 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the New Subsidiary Loan Party by its signature below becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party and a Loan Party under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as such, and the New Subsidiary Loan Party hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement applicable to it in such capacities thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it in such capacities thereunder (as supplemented by the attached supplemental Schedules to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) are true and correct, in all material respects, on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Subsidiary Loan Party, as security for the payment and performance in full of the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), does hereby create and grant to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, their successors and assigns, a security interest in and Lien on all of the New Subsidiary Loan Party’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) of the New Subsidiary Loan Party. Each reference to a “Subsidiary Loan Party” or a “Loan Party” in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary Loan Party. The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

Exh I-1


SECTION 2. The New Subsidiary Loan Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties that (a) this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it (b) the performance by the New Subsidiary Loan Party of this Supplement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action of the New Subsidiary Loan Party and (c) each of this Supplement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

SECTION 3. The New Subsidiary Loan Party has attached hereto a completed Perfection Certificate, with all schedules thereto, and supplemental Schedules to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. The New Subsidiary Loan Party hereby represents and warrants that (a) Schedule I sets forth, as of the date hereof, the true and correct legal name of the New Subsidiary Loan Party, its jurisdiction of organization and the location of its chief executive office, (b) Schedule II sets forth, as of the date hereof, a true and complete list of (i) all the Pledged Equity Interests owned by the New Subsidiary Loan Party and the percentage of the issued and outstanding units of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Equity Interests owned by the New Subsidiary Loan Party and (ii) all the Pledged Debt Securities owned by the New Subsidiary Loan Party, (c) Schedule III sets forth, as of the date hereof, a true and complete list, with respect to the New Subsidiary Loan Party, of (i) all Patents that have been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and Patents for which United States applications are pending, (ii) all Copyrights that have been registered with the United States Copyright Office and Copyrights for which United States registration applications are pending and (iii) all Trademarks that have been registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and Trademarks for which United States registration applications are pending, in each case specifying, true and completely, the title, the registration or application number and the registration or filing date and (d) Schedule IV sets forth, as of the date hereof, each Commercial Tort Claim in respect of which a complaint or counterclaim has been filed by the New Subsidiary Loan Party seeking damages in an amount reasonably estimated to exceed $1,000,000, including a summary description of such claim.

SECTION 4. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by difference parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Supplement that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by fax or by email as a “.pdf” or “.tif” attachment that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement. The words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to this Supplement shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by fax or by email as a “.pdf” or “.tif” attachment that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper based recordkeeping system, as the case may be. This Supplement shall become effective when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of the New Subsidiary Loan Party shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Administrative Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon the New Subsidiary Loan Party and the Administrative Agent and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the New Subsidiary Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, except that the New Subsidiary Loan Party shall not have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the New Subsidiary Loan Party shall be null and void) except as expressly provided in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the Credit Agreement.

 

Exh I-2


SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 7. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 7.01 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

SECTION 9. The New Subsidiary Loan Party agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 10. The provisions of Sections 7.04, 7.07, 7.08, 7.09, 7.11, 7.13 and 7.19 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference herein as if set forth in full force herein, mutatis mutandis.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary Loan Party and the Administrative Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

[Name of New Subsidiary Loan Party]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Exh I-3


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Exh I-4


Exhibit II

to the Guarantee

and Collateral Agreement

PERFECTION CERTIFICATE

[See attached]

 

Exh II-1


[FORM OF] PERFECTION CERTIFICATE

[DATE]

Reference is made to (a) the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and (b) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (the “Collateral Agreement”), among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement or the Collateral Agreement, as the context may require.

The undersigned, a Responsible Officer of each of Holdings and the Borrower, solely in the undersigned’s capacity as a Responsible Officer, and not individually, hereby certifies as of the date set forth above to the Administrative Agent as follows.

SECTION 1. Legal Names.

(a) Schedule 1 sets forth (i) the exact legal name of each Loan Party, as such name appears in its certificate of organization or similar organizational document, and (ii) each other legal name such Loan Party has had in the past five years, including the date of the relevant name change.

(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 1, none of the Loan Parties has changed its identity or corporate structure in any manner within the past five years other than the Effective Date Reorganization. Changes in identity or corporate structure include mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and acquisitions, as well as any change in form or jurisdiction of organization. With respect to any such change that has occurred within the past five years, the exact legal name and the jurisdiction of organization of each acquiree or constituent party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or acquisition.

SECTION 2. Jurisdictions and Locations. Schedule 2 sets forth (a) the jurisdiction of organization and the form of organization of each Loan Party, (b) the organizational identification number, if any, assigned to such Loan Party by such jurisdiction and the federal taxpayer identification number, if any, of such Loan Party, (c) the address of the chief executive office of such Loan Party and (d) any other jurisdiction of organization or form of entity of such Loan Party within the past four months.

SECTION 3. Other Locations. Schedule 3 sets forth the address of any location, other than the chief executive office of such Loan Party, where any Loan Party has maintained (i) books and records, or (ii) inventory, equipment or other assets, having a fair market value in excess of $250,000, in case of each of clause (i) and (ii), during the 4 month period preceding the date hereof.

SECTION 4. Equity Interests. Schedule 4 sets forth a true and complete list, for each Loan Party, of all the stock, partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests or other Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party, specifying the issuer and certificate number, if any, of, and the number and percentage of ownership represented by, such Equity Interests.

 

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SECTION 5. Debt Instruments. Schedule 5 sets forth a true and complete list, for each Loan Party, of (a) all intercompany notes between or among Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries held by such Loan Party and (b) all other debt securities, promissory notes and other evidence of Indebtedness, in each case under this clause (b), in a principal amount of US$1,000,000 or more (other than intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties), held by such Loan Party, in each case specifying the creditor and debtor thereunder and the type and outstanding principal amount thereof and the maturity date applicable thereto.

SECTION 6. Real Property Owned in Fee. Schedule 6 sets forth a true and complete list, with respect to each Material Real Property as of the date hereof, of (a) the exact name of the Loan Party that owns such Material Real Property, as such name appears in its certificate of organization or similar organizational document, (b) if different from the name identified pursuant to clause (a) above, the name of the proposed record owner of such Material Real Property, as such name appears or will appear in the records of the county recorder’s or similar office for such property identified pursuant to clause (c) below, and (c) the county recorder’s or similar office in which a Mortgage with respect to such Material Real Property must be filed or recorded in order for the Administrative Agent to provide constructive notice to third parties of its mortgage lien.

SECTION 7. Intellectual Property. Schedule 7 sets forth a true and complete list of each Loan Party’s (a) U.S. Federal registered Copyrights and Copyright applications, (b) U.S. Federal registered Patents and Patent applications, (c) U.S. Federal registered Trademarks and Trademark applications, in each case specifying the title, registration or application number, registration or filing date.

SECTION 8. Commercial Tort Claims. Schedule 8 sets forth a true and complete list of commercial tort claims with an individual value (as reasonably estimated by the Borrower) in excess of US$1,000,000 held by any Loan Party, including a brief description thereof.

SECTION 9. Chattel Paper. Schedule 9 sets forth a true and complete list of all chattel paper (whether tangible or electronic) with a value in excess of US$1,000,000 held by each Loan Party, specifying the Loan Party and obligor thereunder, the type, the due date and outstanding principal amount thereof.

SECTION 10. Letter of Credit Rights. Schedule 10 sets forth a true and complete list of all letter of credit rights with a face value in excess of US$1,000,000 owned by each Loan Party.

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Perfection Certificate as of the date first written above.

 

FATHOM GUARANTOR, LLC,
        by  
 

 

  Name:
  Title:
FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC,
        by  
 

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

[Signature Page to Perfection Certificate]


Schedule 1

Legal Names

 

Exact Legal Name

  

Former Legal Names

(including date of change)

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Changes in Identity or Corporate Structure

 

Loan Party

  

Changes in Identity or Corporate Structure within the

Past Five Years

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 


Schedule 2

Jurisdictions and Locations

 

Loan Party

  

Jurisdiction of
Organization

  

Form of
Organization

  

Organizational
Identification
Number

(if any)

  

Federal Taxpayer
Identification
Number

(if any)

  

Chief Executive Office

Address

  

Other Jurisdiction
of Organization or
Form of Entity
within the Past
Four Months

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 


Schedule 3

Other Locations

 

Loan Party

  

Address

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 


Schedule 4

Equity Interests

 

Loan Party

  

Issuer

  

Type of
Organization

of Issuer

  

Number

of

Shares

Owned

  

Total

Shares
Outstanding

  

Percentage

of Interest

Pledged

  

Certificate No.

(if uncertificated,
please indicate so)

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 


Schedule 5

Debt Instruments


Schedule 6

Material Real Property


Schedule 7

Intellectual Property

 

I.

U.S. Copyrights

 

Loan Party

 

Title

 

Registration / Application

Number

 

Registration / Filing Date

 

II.

U.S. Copyright Applications

 

Loan Party

 

Title

 

Application Number

 

Application Filing Date

 

III.

U.S. Patents

 

Loan Party

 

Title

 

Registration / Application

Number

 

Registration / Filing Date

 

IV.

U.S. Patent Applications

 

Loan Party

 

Title

 

Application Number

 

Application Filing Date

 

V.

U.S. Trademarks

 

Loan Party

 

Trademark

 

Registration / Application

Number

 

Registration / Filing Date

 

VI.

U.S. Trademark Applications

 

Loan Party

 

Trademark

 

Application Number

 

Application Filing Date


Schedule 8

Commercial Tort Claims


Schedule 9

Chattel Paper


Schedule 10

Letter of Credit Rights


Exhibit III

to the Guarantee

and Collateral Agreement

INTERCOMPANY NOTE

New York, New York

                                     , 20    

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of the undersigned, to the extent a borrower from time to time from any other entity listed on the signature page hereto (each, in such capacity, a “Payor”), hereby promises to pay on demand to the order of such other entity listed below (each, in such capacity, a “Payee”), in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, at such location in the United States of America as a Payee shall from time to time designate, the unpaid principal amount of all loans and advances made by such Payee to such Payor. Each Payor promises also to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of all such loans and advances in like money at said location from the date of such loans and advances until paid at such rate per annum as shall be agreed upon from time to time by such Payor and such Payee.

This note (“Note”) is the intercompany note referred to in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”; capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), among Fathom Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the Subsidiary Loan Parties from time to time party thereto (each, a “Subsidiary Loan Party” and collectively with Holdings and the Borrower, the “Loan Parties”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”). Each Payee hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent may exercise all rights provided in the Credit Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with respect to this Note.

Anything in this Note to the contrary notwithstanding, the indebtedness evidenced by this Note owed by any Payor that is a Loan Party to any Payee other than a Loan Party shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, to all Obligations (such term used herein throughout is as defined in the Credit Agreement) of such Payor under the Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, where applicable, under such Payor’s guarantee of the Obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (such Obligations and other indebtedness and obligations in connection with any renewal, refunding, restructuring or refinancing thereof, including interest thereon accruing after the commencement of any proceedings referred to in clause (i) below, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in such proceeding, being hereinafter collectively referred to as “Senior Indebtedness”):

(i) In the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, and any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings in connection therewith, relative to any Payor or to its creditors, as such, or to its property, and in the event of any proceedings for voluntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of such Payor, whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, then (x) the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be paid in full in cash in respect of all amounts constituting Senior Indebtedness before any Payee is entitled to receive (whether directly or indirectly), or make any demands for, any payment on account of this Note and (y) until the holders of Senior Indebtedness are paid in full in cash in respect of all amounts constituting Senior Indebtedness, any payment or distribution to which such Payee would otherwise be entitled (other than debt securities of such Payor that are subordinated, to at least the same extent as this Note, to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness then outstanding (such securities being hereinafter referred to as “Restructured Debt Securities”)) shall be made to the holders of Senior Indebtedness.

 

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(ii) If any payment or distribution of any character, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than Restructured Debt Securities), in respect of this Note shall (despite these subordination provisions) be received by any Payee in violation of clause (i) before all Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full in cash, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness (or their representatives), ratably according to the respective aggregate amounts remaining unpaid thereon, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in cash.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, no present or future holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be prejudiced in its right to enforce the subordination of this Note by any act or failure to act on the part of any Payor or by any act or failure to act on the part of such holder or any trustee or agent for such holder. Each Payee and each Payor hereby agree that the subordination of this Note is for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties are obligees under this Note to the same extent as if their names were written herein as such and the Administrative Agent may, on behalf of itself and the other Secured Parties, proceed to enforce the subordination provisions herein.

The indebtedness evidenced by this Note owed by any Payor that is not a Loan Party shall not be subordinated to, and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with, any other obligation of such Payor.

Nothing contained in the subordination provisions set forth above is intended to or will impair, as between each Payor and each Payee, the obligations of such Payor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay to such Payee the principal of and interest on this Note as and when due and payable in accordance with its terms, or is intended to or will affect the relative rights of such Payee and other creditors of such Payor other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness.

Each Payee is hereby authorized to record all loans and advances made by it to any Payor (all of which shall be evidenced by this Note), and all repayments or prepayments thereof, in its books and records, such books and records constituting prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information contained therein.

Each Payor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind in connection with this Note. All payments under this Note shall be made without offset, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.

 

Exh III-2


THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF.

 

                                         ,
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Exh III-3


                                             ,

  as Borrower
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Exh III-4


                                                                                                  ,
  as a Subsidiary Loan Party
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Exh III-5


Exhibit IV

to the Guarantee and

Collateral Agreement

[FORM OF] COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as

  

of [•] (this “Agreement”), between [    ] and JPMORGAN  CHASE BANK,

                 N.A., as Administrative Agent.

Reference is made (a) to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and (b) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, the Subsidiary Loan Parties from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. The Lenders and the Issuing Banks have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks to extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Loan Parties party hereto are (or are Affiliates of) the Borrower, will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders and the Issuing Banks to extend such credit. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Terms. Each capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning specified in the Credit Agreement or the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as applicable. The rules of construction specified in Sections 1.02 and 1.07 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.

SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Loan Party pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement did, and hereby does, assign, pledge and grant to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Loan Party or in which such Loan Party now has or at any time hereafter may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Copyright Collateral”):

(a) (i) all copyright rights in any work subject to or protected by the copyright laws of the United States, any other country or supranational authority, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, and (ii) all registrations and applications for registration of any such copyright in the United States, any other country or supranational authority, including recordings, registrations, supplemental registrations, pending applications for registration and renewals or extensions in the United States Copyright Office or any similar office in any other country or supranational authority, including, in the case of any Loan Party, any of the foregoing set forth under its name on Schedule I hereto.

 

Exh IV-1


SECTION 3. Intellectual Property License. Pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, for the purpose of enabling the Administrative Agent to exercise rights and remedies under Article V of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement at such time as the Administrative Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Loan Party has granted to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to the Loan Parties) to use, license or sublicense any of the Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property owned as of the date of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or thereafter acquired by such Loan Party, wherever the same may be located, and including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof, the right to prosecute and maintain all such Intellectual Property and the right to sue for past infringement of such Intellectual Property.

SECTION 5. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. The security interests granted to the Administrative Agent herein are granted in furtherance of, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent with respect to the Copyright Collateral are more fully set forth in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the terms of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall govern.

SECTION 6. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by fax or by email as a “.pdf” or “.tif” attachment that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement. The words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by fax or by email as a “.pdf” or “.tif” attachment that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be.

SECTION 7. Incorporation by Reference. The provisions of Sections 7.04, 7.07, 7.08, 7.09, 7.11, 7.13 and 7.19 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference herein as if set forth in full force herein, mutatis mutandis.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

Exh IV-2


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

 

 

[    ],  
        by  
 

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as

Administrative Agent,

        by  
 

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT


SCHEDULE I

COPYRIGHTS

 

I.

United States Copyrights

 

Loan Party

 

Title

 

Registration / Application Number

 

Registration / Filing Date

 

II.

United States Copyright Applications

 

Loan Party

 

Title

 

Application Number

 

Application Filing Date


Exhibit V

to the Guarantee and

Collateral Agreement

[FORM OF] PATENT AND TRADEMARK SECURITY

AGREEMENT dated as of [•] (this “Agreement”), between [    ] and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

Reference is made (a) to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and (b) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, the Subsidiary Loan Parties from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. The Lenders and the Issuing Banks have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks to extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Loan Parties party hereto are (or are Affiliates of) the Borrower, will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders and the Issuing Banks to extend such credit. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Terms. Each capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning specified in the Credit Agreement or the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as applicable. The rules of construction specified in Sections 1.02 and 1.07 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.

SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Loan Party pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement did, and hereby does, assign, pledge and grant to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Loan Party or in which such Loan Party now has or at any time hereafter may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Patent and Trademark Collateral”):

(a) (i) all letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country or supranational authority, all registrations and recordings thereof and all applications for letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country or supranational authority, including, in the case of any Loan Party, any of the foregoing set forth under its name on Schedule I hereto, and (ii) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, reexaminations, supplemental examinations, inter partes reviews, renewals, substitutions, adjustments or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use and/or sell, import or export the inventions disclosed or claimed therein; and

(b) (i) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, all registrations and recordings thereof (if any), and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar office in any State of the United States or any other country, supranational authority or any political subdivision thereof, all extensions or

 

Exh V-1


renewals thereof, and all common law rights related thereto, including , in the case of any Loan Party, any of the foregoing set forth under its name on Schedule II hereto (provided that no security interest shall be granted in United States intent-to-use trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark applications under applicable federal law), and (ii) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby.

SECTION 3. Intellectual Property License. Pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, for the purpose of enabling the Administrative Agent to exercise rights and remedies under Article V of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement at such time as the Administrative Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Loan Party has granted to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to the Loan Parties) to use, license or sublicense any of the Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property owned as of the date of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or thereafter acquired by such Loan Party, wherever the same may be located, and including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof, the right to prosecute and maintain all such Intellectual Property and the right to sue for past infringement of such Intellectual Property.

SECTION 4. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. The security interests granted to the Administrative Agent herein are granted in furtherance of, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent with respect to the Patent and Trademark Collateral are more fully set forth in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the terms of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall govern.

SECTION 5. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by fax or by email as a “.pdf” or “.tif” attachment that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement. The words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by fax or by email as a “.pdf” or “.tif” attachment that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be.

SECTION 6. Incorporation by Reference. The provisions of Sections 7.04, 7.07, 7.08, 7.09, 7.11, 7.13 and 7.19 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference herein as if set forth in full force herein, mutatis mutandis.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

Exh V-2


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

 

[    ],
       by  

            

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO PATENT AND TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as

Administrative Agent,

       by  

        

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO PATENT AND TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT


Schedule I to the

Patent and Trademark Security Agreement

SCHEDULE I

PATENTS

 

I.

United States Patents

 

Loan Party

 

Title

 

Registration / Application Number

 

Registration / Filing Date

 

II.

United States Patent Applications

 

Loan Party

 

Title

 

Application Number

 

Application Filing Date


Schedule II to the

Patent and Trademark Security Agreement

SCHEDULE II

TRADEMARKS

 

I.

United States Trademarks

 

Loan Party

  

Trademark

  

Registration / Application Number

  

Registration / Application Date

 

II.

United States Trademark Applications

 

Loan Party

  

Trademark

  

Application Number

  

Application Date

         p


EXHIBIT D

FORM OF

INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

10 South Dearborn Street, Floor L2

Suite IL 1-0480

Chicago, Illinois 60603-2300

Attn:

Phone:

Fax:

Email:

With a copy to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Middle Market Servicing

10 South Dearborn Street, Floor L2

Suite IL 1-0480

Chicago, Illinois 60603-2300

Attn: Commercial Banking Group

Fax:

Email:

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement. This notice constitutes an Interest Election Request and the Borrower hereby give you notice, pursuant to Section 2.07 of the Credit Agreement, that it requests the conversion or continuation of a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in connection therewith specifies the following information with respect to such Borrowing and each resulting Borrower:

 

  1.

Borrowing to which this request applies:                                                  

Class:                                                                      

Principal Amount:                                                  

Type:                                                                      

Interest Period1:                                                    

 

  2.

Effective date of this election2:                                                  

 

1 

In the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, specify the last day of the current Interest Period therefor.

2 

Must be a Business Day.

 

D-1


  3.

Resulting Borrowing[s]3

Class:                                                                                                    

Principal Amount4:                                                                              

Type5:                                                                                                   

Interest Period6:                                                                                  

 

Very truly yours,
FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC, as the Borrower
By:  

                 

  Name:
  Title:

 

3 

If different options are being elected with respect to different portions of the Borrowing specified in item 1 above, provide the information required by this item 3 for each resulting Borrowing. Each resulting Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of, and not less than, the amount specified for a Borrowing of such Class in Section 2.02(c) of the Credit Agreement

4 

Indicate the principal amount of the resulting Borrowing and the percentage of the Borrowing in items 1 above.

5 

Specify ABR Borrowing or Eurodollar Borrowing.

6 

Applicable only if the resulting Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing. Shall be subject to the definition of “Interest Period” and can be a period of one, three or six months (or 12 months thereafter, if at the time of the relevant Borrowing, all applicable Lenders agree to make an interest period of such length available). Cannot extend beyond the Maturity Date. If an Interest Period is not specified, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

 

D-2


EXHIBIT E-1

FORM OF REVOLVING FACILITY NOTE

Dated: [            ]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to [NAME OF LENDER] (the “Lender”) or its registered assigns for the account of its applicable lending office the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Facility Loans (as defined below) owing to the Lender by the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; terms defined therein, unless otherwise defined herein, being used herein as therein defined), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

The Borrower promises to pay to the Lender or its registered assigns interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Facility Loan owing to the Lender from the date of such Revolving Facility Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates, and payable at such times, as are specified in the Credit Agreement.

Both principal and interest are payable in Dollars to the account and location of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders in immediately available funds. Each Revolving Facility Loan owing to the Lender by the Borrower and the maturity thereof, and all payments made on account of principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender and, prior to any transfer hereof, endorsed on the grid attached hereto, which is part of this promissory note (this “Promissory Note”); provided, however, that the failure of the Lender to make any such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the Obligations of the Borrower under this Promissory Note.

This Promissory Note is one of the promissory notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement, among other things, (i) provides for the making of loans (the “Revolving Facility Loans”) by the Lender to or for the benefit of the Borrower from time to time in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment, the indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from each such Revolving Facility Loan being evidenced by this Promissory Note, and (ii) contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions therein specified. The obligations of the Borrower under this Promissory Note and the other Loan Documents, and the obligations of the other Loan Parties under the Loan Documents, are secured by the Collateral as provided in the Loan Documents.

The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan (or if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan), and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Promissory Note or the other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may (and any such claims, cross-claims or third party claims brought against the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties may only) be heard and determined in such Federal (to the extent permitted by law) or New York State court. The Borrower further irrevocably consents to the service of process in any action or proceeding in such courts by the mailing thereof by any parties thereto by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the Borrower at the address specified for the Loan Parties in Section 9.01(a) of the

 

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Credit Agreement. The Borrower agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Promissory Note shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or the Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Promissory Note or the other Loan Documents against the Borrower or any other Loan Party or their properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Promissory Note or the other Loan Documents in any court referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The Borrower hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

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This Promissory Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC
By:               
  Name:
  Title:

 

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LOANS AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL

 

Date

  

Amount
of Loans

  

Amount of
Principal Paid or
Prepaid

  

Unpaid
Principal
Balance

  

Notation
Made By

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

 

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EXHIBIT E-2

FORM OF TERM NOTE

Dated: [                ]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to [NAME OF LENDER] (the “Lender”) or its registered assigns for the account of its applicable lending office the principal amount of the Term Loan (as defined below) owing to the Lender by the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; terms defined therein, unless otherwise defined herein, being used herein as therein defined), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

The Borrower promises to pay to the Lender or its registered assigns interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan owing to the Lender from the date of such Term Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates, and payable at such times, as are specified in the Credit Agreement.

Both principal and interest are payable in Dollars to the account and location of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders in immediately available funds. The Term Loan owing to the Lender by the Borrower and the maturity thereof, and all payments made on account of principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender and, prior to any transfer hereof, endorsed on the grid attached hereto, which is part of this promissory note (this “Promissory Note”); provided, however, that the failure of the Lender to make any such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the Obligations of the Borrower under this Promissory Note.

This Promissory Note is one of the promissory notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement, among other things, (i) provides for the making of a single loan (the “Term Loan”) by the Lender to or for the benefit of the Borrower in an amount not to exceed such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment, the indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from such Term Loan being evidenced by this Promissory Note, and (ii) contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions therein specified. The obligations of the Borrower under this Promissory Note and the other Loan Documents, and the obligations of the other Loan Parties under the Loan Documents, are secured by the Collateral as provided in the Loan Documents.

The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan (or if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan), and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Promissory Note or the other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may (and any such claims, cross-claims or third party claims brought against the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties may only) be heard and determined in such Federal (to the extent permitted by law) or New York State court. The Borrower further irrevocably consents to the service of process in any action or proceeding in such courts by the mailing thereof by any parties thereto by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the Borrower at the address specified for the Loan Parties in Section 9.01(a) of the Credit Agreement. The Borrower agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be

 

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conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Promissory Note shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or the Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Promissory Note or the other Loan Documents against the Borrower or any other Loan Party or their properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Promissory Note or the other Loan Documents in any court referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The Borrower hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

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This Promissory Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC
By               
  Name:
  Title:

 

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LOANS AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL

 

Date

  

Amount of
Loans

  

Amount of
Principal Paid or
Prepaid

  

Unpaid
Principal
Balance

  

Notation
Made By

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

 

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EXHIBIT F-1

[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (ii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (iii) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

[NAME OF LENDER]
By:  

        

Name:
Title:
Date:                    , 20[     ]

 

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EXHIBIT F-2

[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
By:  

            

Name:  
Title:  
Date:                    , 20[     ]

 

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EXHIBIT F-3

[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
By:  

        

Name:  
Title:  
Date:                     , 20[    ]

 

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EXHIBIT F-4

[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

[NAME OF LENDER]
By:  

         

Name:  
Title:  
Date:                     , 20[    ]

 

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EXHIBIT G

LIST OF CLOSING DOCUMENTS

FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC

Credit Agreement

Effective Date: December 23, 2021

 

Abbreviation

  

Name

JPMorgan    JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent
Borrower    Fathom Manufacturing, LLC
Holdings    Fathom Guarantor, LLC
CSM    Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent
WS    Winston & Strawn, LLP, counsel for the Loan Parties
CORE    CORE Industrial Partners, LLC, as Sponsor
Loan Parties    Borrower, Holdings and Subsidiary Loan Parties
Taft    Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, as Wisconsin local counsel for the Loan Parties
FR    Fox Rothschild LLP, as Colorado and Minnesota local counsel for the Loan Parties
KR    Kutak Rock LLP, as Arizona local counsel for the Loan Parties

 

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No.

  

Document

  

Primarily

Responsible Party

1.    Credit Agreement    CSM/WS
   Exhibits to the Credit Agreement   
  

Exhibit A: Form of Assignment and Acceptance

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit B-1: Form of Borrowing Request

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit B-2: Form of Swingline Borrowing Request

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit C: Form of Collateral Agreement

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit D: Form of Interest Election Request

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit E-1: Form of Revolving Note

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit E-2: Form of Term Note

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit F-1: Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships)

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit F-2: Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships)

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit F-3: Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships)

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit F-4: Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships)

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit G: List of Closing Documents

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit H: Form of Effective Date Solvency Certificate

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit I: Form of Compliance Certificate

   CSM/WS
   Schedules to the Credit Agreement   
  

Schedule 1.01: Certain Subsidiaries

   Borrower/WS
  

Schedule 2.01: Commitments

   JPMorgan/ CSM
  

Schedule 3.01: Organization and Good Standing

   Borrower/WS
  

Schedule 3.12: Taxes

   Borrower/WS
  

Schedule 3.15: Environmental Matters

   Borrower/WS
  

Schedule 3.22: Capitalization; Subsidiaries

   Borrower/WS
  

Schedule 5.12: Post-Closing Matters

   CSM/WS
  

Schedule 6.01: Indebtedness

   Borrower/WS
  

Schedule 6.02: Liens

   Borrower/WS
  

Schedule 6.04: Investments

   Borrower/WS
  

Schedule 6.07: Transactions with Affiliates

   Borrower/WS

 

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No.

  

Document

  

Primarily

Responsible Party

2.    Guarantee and Collateral Agreement    CSM/WS
   Exhibits to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement   
  

Exhibit I: Form of Supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit II: Form of Perfection Certificate

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit III: Form of Intercompany Note

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit IV: Form of Patent and Trademark Security Agreement

   CSM/WS
  

Exhibit V: Form of Copyright Security Agreement

   CSM/WS
   Schedules to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement   
  

Schedule I: Initial Subsidiary Loan Parties

   WS/Borrower
  

Schedule II: Pledged Collateral; Pledged Debt Securities

   WS/Borrower
  

Schedule III: Intellectual Property

   WS/Borrower
  

Schedule IV: Commercial Tort Claims

   WS/Borrower
3.    Perfection Certificate    WS/Borrower
4.    Patent and Trademark Security Agreement    CSM/WS
5.    UCC-1 Financing Statements    CSM
6.    WS Legal Opinion (DE, CA, NY, IL & TX)    WS
7.    Wisconsin Legal Opinion    Taft
8.
   Colorado Legal Opinion    FR
9.    Minnesota Legal Opinion    FR
10.    Arizona Legal Opinion    KR
11.   

Omnibus Secretary’s Certificate for each Loan Party, attaching:

(a) certificate of formation

(b) operating agreement

(c) resolutions

(d) incumbency certificate

(e) good standing certificate

   WS
12.    Bring-down good standing letter for each Loan Party    WS

 

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No.

  

Document

  

Primarily

Responsible Party

13.    Officer’s Certificate certifying satisfaction of conditions in Sections 4.01(d)(i), 4.01(d)(ii), 4.01(j) and 4.01(k) of the Credit Agreement    WS
14.    Officer’s Certificate certifying pro forma Net Leverage Ratio computation    WS
15.    Solvency Certificate    WS
16.    Bridge Credit Agreement Payoff Letter    CSM/WS
17.    Notice of Prepayment    Borrower
18.    Lien Searches for all Loan Parties    CSM
19.    Termination and Release of Patent & Trademark Security Interests    CSM/WS
20.    UCC-3 Termination Statements    CSM/WS
21.    Borrowing Request    Borrower/WS
22.    Delivery of “KYC” and Beneficial Ownership Certification information    Borrower
23.    Funds Flow    JPMorgan
24.    Letter of Direction    CSM/WS
25.    Disqualified Lender List    Borrower
26.    CIBC Promissory Notes    CSM/WS
27.    Stifel Promissory Notes    CSM/WS

 

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EXHIBIT H

FORM OF

EFFECTIVE DATE SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE

December 23, 2021

I, the undersigned, the Chief Financial Officer of Holdings (as defined below) do hereby certify, as the date hereof, on behalf of Holdings that:

1. This Certificate is furnished pursuant to Section 4.01(g) of the Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “Credit Agreement”), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings.

2. Immediately after giving effect to the Transactions and immediately following the making of each Loan and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of each Loan on the date hereof, (a) the fair value of the assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, respectively, on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis are able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis do not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Effective Date.

3. Holdings does not intend to, and does not believe that it or any of its Subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such Subsidiary, and the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such Subsidiary.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of the date first set forth above.

 

FATHOM GUARANTOR, LLC, as Holdings
By:  

         

  Name:
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT I

FORM OF

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

To: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent

This Compliance Certificate (this “Certificate”) is furnished in accordance with the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Fathom Guarantor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Fathom Manufacturing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Certificate have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

THE UNDERSIGNED CERTIFIES THAT:

 

1.

I am a duly elected Financial Officer of the Borrower.

 

2.

I have reviewed the terms of the Credit Agreement and I have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and conditions of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements [and such financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes)].22

 

3.

The examinations described in paragraph 2 did not disclose, and I have no knowledge of, the existence of any condition or event which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default during or at the end of the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements or as of the date of this Certificate, except as set forth below.

 

4.

Schedule I sets forth financial data and computations evidencing calculations of the amount of the Available Amount and specifying any applicable utilizations of the Available Amount during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements, all of which data and computations are true, complete and correct.

 

5.

Schedule II sets forth financial data and computations demonstrating compliance with the covenants contained in Sections 6.10 and 6.11 of the Credit Agreement, all of which data and computations are true, complete and correct.

 

22 

Bracketed language to be included with delivery of quarterly financial statements.

 

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6.

[Schedule III sets forth the any variances between the consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows of Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Holdings and its Subsidiaries (as a stand-alone company), on the other hand for the applicable period. Schedule III presents fairly, in all material respects, such variances.]23

 

7.

Described below are the exceptions, if any, to paragraph 3 by listing, in detail, the nature of the condition or event, the period during which it has existed, and the action that the Borrower has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect to each such condition or event:

 

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

23

To be included solely if the financial statements attached pursuant to paragraph 2 above differ from the consolidated results of operations and financial position of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (as a stand-alone company).


The undersigned Financial Officer has executed and delivered this Certificate on behalf of the Borrower as of the          day of             , 20        .

 

FATHOM MANUFACTURING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the Borrower
By:  

    

  Name:  
  Title:  

                 

Signature Page to Compliance Certificate

 

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SCHEDULE I

Calculation of the Available Amount

(a) The sum of:

 

(i) the greater of (x) U.S.$7.500,000 and (y) 17.5% of EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period on or prior to such Reference Date; plus

     $                  

(ii) the CNI Growth Amount24 as of such Reference Date; plus

     $                  

(iii) the Net Cash Proceeds of Equity Interests not constituting Disqualified Equity Interests received by Holdings after the Effective Date that are contributed to the Borrower on or prior to such Reference Date, excluding any Specified Cure Contributions; plus

     $                  

(iv) to the extent not already included in the calculation of EBITDA, any returns in cash on Investments made utilizing the Available Amount, reduced (but not below zero) by the excess, if any, of the cost of the disposition of such Investment over the gain, if any, realized by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in respect of such disposition, provided that, for purposes of this clause (iv), the amount of returns on any such Investment shall not exceed the original amount of such Investment; plus

     $                  

(v) Retained Declined Prepayments; plus

     $                  

(vi) Net Cash Proceeds initially received by the Borrower from the issuance of Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests of the Borrower after the Effective Date which have been exchanged or converted into Equity Interests of Holdings (or a parent company thereof) that are not Disqualified Equity Interests (other than any such Net Cash Proceeds to the extent such proceeds are utilized for an Investment permitted under the Credit Agreement, a Restricted Payment permitted under the Credit Agreement or a Restricted Debt Payment permitted under the Credit Agreement); minus

     $                  
(b) the aggregate amount of all Investments, Restricted Payments and Restricted Debt Payments made utilizing the Available Amount, in each case, from and after the Effective Date and prior to the Reference Date.      $                  
Available Amount      $                  
                                                                                                                                                                               

 

24 

CNI Growth Amount” shall mean, at any time, an amount determined on a cumulative basis for each fiscal quarter of Holdings (commencing with the first fiscal quarter of Holdings ending after the Effective Date) with respect to which (or with respect to the fiscal year of Holdings that includes such fiscal quarter) financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b) of the Credit Agreement equal to (a) 50% of Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter, if Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter is greater than zero, minus (b) in the case of any such fiscal quarter for which Consolidated Net Income is less than zero, 100% of the absolute value of such amount; provided that the CNI Growth Amount shall not be less than zero.

 


Utilizations of the Available Amount

Described below in reasonable detail are the utilizations of the Available Amount, if any, that were used during the period covered by the attached financial statements:

 

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

 


SCHEDULE II

Compliance with Financial Covenants

Interest Coverage Ratio

(a) EBITDA

 

Consolidated Net Income of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period,

   $                    
plus (A) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) through (xviii) (other than clause (xii)) of this clause (A) reduced such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined)   

(i) provision for Taxes based on income, profits, losses or capital of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income; adjusted for the tax effect of all adjustments made to Consolidated Net Income (including any Tax Distributions),

   $                    

(ii) Interest Expense of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period (net of interest income of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period),

   $                    

(iii) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles and deferred financing fees) and other non-cash expenses, including write-downs and impairment of property, plant, equipment and intangibles and other long-lived assets and the impact of purchase accounting on Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period,

   $                    

(iv) any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring loss, together with any related provision for taxes on any such loss, recorded or recognized by Holdings and its Subsidiaries during such period;

   $                    

(v) reasonable fees, costs and expenses (including transaction bonuses, option exercise expense, warrant exercise expense, prepayment fees and other similar fees) incurred by Holdings and its Subsidiaries in connection with the consummation of the Transactions;

   $                    

(vi) any reasonable fees, costs and expenses incurred by Holdings and its Subsidiaries under or related to the Loan Documents, including in connection with any amendment, restatement, waiver, supplement, other modification (or proposed amendment, restatement, waiver, supplement or other modification) or administration of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document;

   $                    

(vii) any reasonable non-recurring fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with, and directly related to, any issuance of Indebtedness (including any refinancing transaction and fees, costs, premiums and expenses paid by Holdings and its Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and any other Secured Party pursuant to the other Loan Documents, in each case, to the extent not included in Interest Expense),

   $                    

 

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issuance of Equity Interests, permitted Investment, Capital Expenditure, Permitted Business Acquisition, sale, transfer or disposition, or any other transaction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such transactions that have failed or otherwise not been consummated);

  

(viii) [reserved];

   $                

(ix) debt discount, debt issuance costs and prepayment expense, including fees and premiums, incurred in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness not prohibited by the terms of the Credit Agreement or retirement or refinancing of existing Indebtedness;

   $                

(x) any adjustments resulting from purchase accounting in accordance with GAAP, and any expenses resulting from the application of purchase accounting, for any acquisition (including any Permitted Business Acquisition), investment or consolidation, and for any disposition (including any sale of assets permitted under Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement);

   $                

(xi) all non-cash charges for such period, including equity-based compensation expense or equity-based incentive units (but excluding any non-cash charge in respect of an item that was included in Net Income in a prior period and any non-cash charge that relates to the write-down or write-off of inventory);

   $                

(xii) any adjustments to EBITDA in accordance with the definition of “Pro Forma Basis” (it being understood and agreed that any such adjustments shall continue to be included in the calculation of EBITDA for any applicable subsequent measurement period);

   $                

(xiii) costs, charges, accruals, reserves or expenses attributable to the undertaking and implementation of cost savings initiatives, operating expense reductions and other cost synergies and similar initiatives, integration, transition, reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternative uses, facilities opening and pre-opening, business optimization and other restructuring costs (including those related to tax restructurings), charges, accruals, reserves and expenses (including inventory optimization programs, software development costs, systems implementation and upgrade expenses, costs related to the closure or consolidation of facilities (including but not limited to severance, rent termination costs, moving costs and legal costs) and curtailments) for such period;

   $                

(xiv) without duplication of clause (xvi) below, fees, costs, expenses (including expenses incurred with respect to liability and casualty events or business interruption) and losses that are, or (without duplication) are required to be, covered by contractual indemnities, guaranty obligations, purchase price adjustments, insurance policies or other contractual reimbursement obligations of third parties (including insurers), to the extent actually indemnified or reimbursed or with respect to which Borrower has determined that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement;

   $                

 

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(xv) (A) reasonable independent directors fees paid to directors of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, in their capacities as such, and all expense reimbursement and indemnification payments paid to such directors in their capacities as such, and (B) reasonable directors fees paid to directors of Holdings and its Subsidiaries appointed by the Sponsor or its Investment Affiliates or in their capacity as an officer of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, and all expense reimbursement and indemnification payments paid to such directors in their capacities as such;

   $                

(xvi) (A) losses and expenses from discontinued operations, divested joint ventures and other divested Investments or incurred in connection with the disposal of discontinued operations or the divestiture of joint ventures and other Investments and (B) without duplication of clause (xiv) above, all cash proceeds of business interruption insurance received by Holdings and its Subsidiaries;

   $                

(xvii) reasonable retention bonuses included in such Person’s profit and loss statement and reduce Consolidated Net Income or EBITDA; and

   $                

(xviii) earn-out obligations incurred in connection with any Permitted Business Acquisition (or any similar acquisitions completed on or prior to the Effective Date) and accrued or, without duplication of amounts added back as accrued, paid during the applicable period;

   $                
minus (B) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (B) increased such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined):   

(i) the aggregate amount of all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income (including mark-to-market decreases on deferred compensation liability, mark-to-market gains on life insurance assets and mark-to-market gains on Swap Agreements) (other than the accrual of revenue or recording of receivables in the ordinary course of business and unrealized gains on Swap Agreements) for such period; and

   $                

(ii) any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains, together with any related provision for taxes on any such gain, recorded or recognized by Holdings and its Subsidiaries during such period1;

   $                

 

1 

Notwithstanding the above, all adjustments pursuant to clauses (A)(iv) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such adjustments pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income), (xii) and (xiii) in the aggregate shall not exceed 25% of EBITDA for such period (calculated prior to giving effect to any adjustments made pursuant to any of clauses (A)(iv), (xii) and (xiii)).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Credit Agreement, EBITDA (before giving effect to any pro forma adjustments contemplated by the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis”) shall be deemed to be U.S.$8,724,000 for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2021, U.S.$9,632,000 for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021, U.S.$9,183,000 for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2020 and U.S.$10,861,000 for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2020.

 

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all calculated (x) on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to the Transactions, and (y) for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the last day of such fiscal quarter for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

  

Numerator

     $                  
                                                                                                                                                                               

divided by

  

(b) cash Interest Expense, net of cash interest income;

     $                  

all calculated (x) on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to the Transactions, and (y) for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the last day of such fiscal quarter for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

  

Denominator

     $                  
                                                                                                                                                                               

Interest Coverage Ratio2

             :          

In Compliance3

     Yes / No  

 

2 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, it is agreed that for the purpose of calculating the Interest Coverage Ratio for the first three (3) fiscal quarters of Holdings ending after the Effective Date, all amounts set forth in clause (b) above shall be annualized as follows: (A) for the period ending on the last day of the first fiscal quarter of Holdings ending after the Effective Date, such amounts set forth in clause (b) above for such fiscal quarter, times four (4), (B) for the period ending on the last day of the second fiscal quarter of Holdings ending after the Effective Date, such amounts set forth in clause (b) above for the first and second fiscal quarters of Holdings ending after the Effective Date, times two (2), and (C) for the period ending on the last day of the third fiscal quarter of Holdings ending after the Effective Date, such amounts set forth in clause (b) above for the first, second and third fiscal quarters of Holdings ending after the Effective Date, times four-thirds (4/3).

3 

Shall not be less than 3.00 to 1.00 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter commencing with the first fiscal quarter after the Effective Date.

 

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Net Leverage Ratio

 

(i) Consolidated Net Debt as of the end of such fiscal quarter

  

Consolidated Debt of Holdings and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis on such date, minus the lesser of:

     $                  

(a) cash and Permitted Investments of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on such date, and

     $                  

(b) U.S.$20,000,000

     $                  
Consolidated Net Debt      $                  
divided by   
(ii) EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the last day of such fiscal quarter   

Consolidated Net Income of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period,

     $                  
plus (a) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) through (xviii) (other than clause (xii)) of this clause (a) reduced such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined)   

(i) provision for Taxes based on income, profits, losses or capital of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income; adjusted for the tax effect of all adjustments made to Consolidated Net Income (including any Tax Distributions),

     $                  

(ii) Interest Expense of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period (net of interest income of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period),

     $                  

(iii) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles and deferred financing fees) and other non-cash expenses, including write-downs and impairment of property, plant, equipment and intangibles and other long-lived assets and the impact of purchase accounting on Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period,

     $                  

(iv) any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring loss, together with any related provision for taxes on any such loss, recorded or recognized by Holdings and its Subsidiaries during such period;

     $                  

(v) reasonable fees, costs and expenses (including transaction bonuses, option exercise expense, warrant exercise expense, prepayment fees and other similar fees) incurred by Holdings and its Subsidiaries in connection with the consummation of the Transactions;

     $                  

 

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(vi) any reasonable fees, costs and expenses incurred by Holdings and its Subsidiaries under or related to the Loan Documents, including in connection with any amendment, restatement, waiver, supplement, other modification (or proposed amendment, restatement, waiver, supplement or other modification) or administration of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document;

     $                  

(vii) any reasonable non-recurring fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with, and directly related to, any issuance of Indebtedness (including any refinancing transaction and fees, costs, premiums and expenses paid by Holdings and its Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and any other Secured Party pursuant to the other Loan Documents, in each case, to the extent not included in Interest Expense), issuance of Equity Interests, permitted Investment, Capital Expenditure, Permitted Business Acquisition, sale, transfer or disposition, or any other transaction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such transactions that have failed or otherwise not been consummated);

     $                  

(viii) [reserved];

     $                  

(ix) debt discount, debt issuance costs and prepayment expense, including fees and premiums, incurred in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness not prohibited by the terms of the Credit Agreement or retirement or refinancing of existing Indebtedness;

     $                  
  

(x) any adjustments resulting from purchase accounting in accordance with GAAP, and any expenses resulting from the application of purchase accounting, for any acquisition (including any Permitted Business Acquisition), investment or consolidation, and for any disposition (including any sale of assets permitted under Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement);

     $                  
  

(xi) all non-cash charges for such period, including equity-based compensation expense or equity-based incentive units (but excluding any non-cash charge in respect of an item that was included in Net Income in a prior period and any non-cash charge that relates to the write-down or write-off of inventory);

     $                  
  

(xii) any adjustments to EBITDA in accordance with the definition of “Pro Forma Basis” (it being understood and agreed that any such adjustments shall continue to be included in the calculation of EBITDA for any applicable subsequent measurement period);

     $                  
  

(xiii) costs, charges, accruals, reserves or expenses attributable to the undertaking and implementation of cost savings initiatives, operating expense reductions and other cost synergies and similar initiatives, integration, transition, reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternative uses, facilities opening and pre-opening, business optimization and other restructuring costs (including those related to tax restructurings), charges, accruals, reserves and expenses (including inventory optimization programs, software development costs, systems implementation and upgrade expenses, costs related to the closure or consolidation of facilities (including but not limited to severance, rent termination costs, moving costs and legal costs) and curtailments) for such period;

     $                  
  

 

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(xiv) without duplication of clause (xvi) below, fees, costs, expenses (including expenses incurred with respect to liability and casualty events or business interruption) and losses that are, or (without duplication) are required to be, covered by contractual indemnities, guaranty obligations, purchase price adjustments, insurance policies or other contractual reimbursement obligations of third parties (including insurers), to the extent actually indemnified or reimbursed or with respect to which Borrower has determined that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement;

     $                  
  

(xv) (A) reasonable independent directors fees paid to directors of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, in their capacities as such, and all expense reimbursement and indemnification payments paid to such directors in their capacities as such, and (B) reasonable directors fees paid to directors of Holdings and its Subsidiaries appointed by the Sponsor or its Investment Affiliates or in their capacity as an officer of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, and all expense reimbursement and indemnification payments paid to such directors in their capacities as such;

     $                  
  

(xvi) (A) losses and expenses from discontinued operations, divested joint ventures and other divested Investments or incurred in connection with the disposal of discontinued operations or the divestiture of joint ventures and other Investments and (B) without duplication of clause (xiv) above, all cash proceeds of business interruption insurance received by Holdings and its Subsidiaries;

     $                  
  

(xvii) reasonable retention bonuses included in such Person’s profit and loss statement and reduce Consolidated Net Income or EBITDA; and

     $                  

(xviii) earn-out obligations incurred in connection with any Permitted Business Acquisition (or any similar acquisitions completed on or prior to the Effective Date) and accrued or, without duplication of amounts added back as accrued, paid during the applicable period;

     $                  
  
minus (b) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (b) increased such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined):   

(i) the aggregate amount of all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income (including mark-to-market decreases on deferred compensation liability, mark-to-market gains on life insurance assets and mark-to-market gains on Swap Agreements) (other than the accrual of revenue or recording of receivables in the ordinary course of business and unrealized gains on Swap Agreements) for such period; and

     $                  
  

 

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(ii) any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains, together with any related provision for taxes on any such gain, recorded or recognized by Holdings and its Subsidiaries during such period.4

     $                  
  
EBITDA      $                  
Net Leverage Ratio        ___:___  

In Compliance5 6

     Yes /No  

 

4 Notwithstanding the above, all adjustments pursuant to clauses (a)(iv) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such adjustments pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income), (xii) and (xiii) in the aggregate shall not exceed 25% of EBITDA for such period (calculated prior to giving effect to any adjustments made pursuant to any of clauses (a)(iv), (xii) and (xiii)).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Credit Agreement, EBITDA (before giving effect to any pro forma adjustments contemplated by the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis”) shall be deemed to be U.S.$8,724,000 for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2021, U.S.$9,632,000 for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021, U.S.$9,183,000 for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2020 and U.S.$10,861,000 for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2020.

5 As of the last day of any fiscal quarter commencing with the first fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date, shall not be greater than (a) 4.00 to 1.00 with respect to each of the first (1st) fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date and the three (3) fiscal quarters ending immediately thereafter, (b) 3.75 to 1.00 with respect to each of the fifth (5th) fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date and the three (3) fiscal quarters ending immediately thereafter and (c) 3.50 to 1.00 with respect to each of the ninth (9th) fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date and each fiscal quarter ending thereafter.

6 Upon the consummation a Qualified Material Acquisition by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, with respect to the fiscal quarter during which such Qualified Material Acquisition shall have been consummated and each of the three (3) immediately following fiscal quarters, the maximum permitted Net Leverage Ratio shall, at the election of the Borrower by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent, be increased to 4.00:1.00; provided that no such election may be made unless, as of the end of at least two (2) consecutive fiscal quarters immediately preceding such election, the Borrower has maintained a maximum Net Leverage Ratio not greater than the Net Leverage Ratio that would have been required for such fiscal quarters without giving effect to any such election.

 

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[SCHEDULE III

Variances]

 

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Schedule 1.01

Certain Subsidiaries

1. ICO Mold (Shenzen), LLC, a Chinese limited liability company.

2. Mark Two Engineering, LLC, a Florida limited liability company.


Schedule 2.01

Commitments

 

Name of Lender

   Revolving Facility
Commitment

(U.S.$)
     Term Loan Commitment
(U.S.$)
 
     
     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMITMENTS    U.S.$ 50,000,000.00      U.S.$ 125,000,000.00  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


Schedule 3.01

Organization and Good Standing

None.


Schedule 3.12

Taxes

None.


Schedule 3.15

Environmental Matters

None.


Schedule 3.22

Capitalization; Subsidiaries

 

Parent

   Subsidiary   Type of
Organization

of Issuer
   Number of
Shares

Owned
   Total
Shares

Outstanding
   Percentage
Ownership
Fathom Guarantor, LLC    Fathom
Manufacturing,

LLC

  Limited
Liability

Company

   N/A    N/A    100%
Fathom Manufacturing, LLC    Incodema
Holdings LLC
  Limited
Liability
Company
   N/A    N/A    100%
Incodema Holdings LLC    Incodema Buyer
LLC
  Limited

Liability
Company

   N/A    N/A    100%
Incodema Buyer LLC    Incodema, LLC   Limited

Liability
Company

   N/A    N/A    100%
Incodema Buyer LLC    Newchem, LLC   Limited
Liability

Company

   N/A    N/A    100%
Incodema Buyer LLC    Dahlquist
Machine, LLC
  Limited
Liability

Company

   N/A    N/A    100%
Incodema Buyer LLC    Majestic Metals,
LLC
  Limited
Liability

Company

   N/A    N/A    100%
Incodema Buyer LLC    Mark Two
Engineering, LLC
  Limited
Liability
Company
   N/A    N/A    100%
Incodema Buyer LLC    Precision Process
LLC
  Limited

Liability
Company

   N/A    N/A    100%
Incodema Buyer LLC    Sureshot
Precision, LLC
(d/b/a Micropulse
West)
  Limited
Liability
Company
   N/A    N/A    100%
Incodema Buyer LLC    Laser
Manufacturing,

LLC

  Limited
Liability

Company

   N/A    N/A    100%
Incodema Buyer LLC    Centex Machine
and Welding LLC
  Limited
Liability
Company
   N/A    N/A    100%
Fathom Manufacturing, LLC    MCT Group
Holdings, LLC
  Limited
Liability
Company
   N/A    N/A    100%
MCT Group Holdings, LLC    Midwest
Composite
  Limited
Liability
Company
   100 Units    N/A    100%


Parent

   Subsidiary   Type of
Organization

of Issuer
   Number of
Shares

Owned
   Total
Shares

Outstanding
   Percentage
Ownership
   Technologies,

LLC

          
MCT Group Holdings, LLC    Kemeera LLC   Limited
Liability
Company
   100 Units    N/A    100%
MCT Group Holdings, LLC    ICO Mold, LLC   Limited

Liability
Company

   N/A    N/A    100%
ICO Mold, LLC    ICO Mold
(Shenzhen), LLC
  Chinese
Limited
Liability
Company
   N/A    N/A    100%
MCT Group Holdings, LLC    Summit Plastics,
LLC
  Limited

Liability
Company

   N/A    N/A    100%
MCT Group Holdings, LLC    MCT Real Estate,
LLC
  Limited

Liability
Company

   N/A    N/A    100%
MCT Group Holdings, LLC    Summit Tooling,
LLC
  Limited

Liability
Company

   N/A    N/A    100%


Schedule 5.12

Post-Closing Matters

On or before the date that is 60 days after the Effective Date (or such later date as is agreed upon by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall, and shall cause the Loan Parties to, deliver endorsements to insurance policies to the extent required under Section 5.02(b) of the Credit Agreement.


Schedule 6.01

Indebtedness

None.


Schedule 6.02

Liens

 

1.

Lien represented by that certain UCC-1 statement, filing number 024798992, in favor of MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as secured party, and Precision Process Corp., as debtor.

 

2.

Lien represented by that certain UCC-1 statement, filing number 027766951, in favor of MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as secured party, and Precision Process LLC, as debtor.

 

3.

Lien represented by that certain UCC-1 statement, filing number 027788092, in favor of DMG MORI USA INC, as secured party, and Summit Tooling, Inc., as debtor.

 

4.

Lien represented by that certain UCC-1 statement, filing number 202106175986777, in favor of Commercial Industrial Finance, Inc., as secured party, and Newchem, LLC, as debtor.

 

5.

Lien represented by that certain UCC-1 statement, filing number 20212040495, in favor of AMADA America, Inc., as secured party, and Majestic Metals, LLC, as debtor.


Schedule 6.04

Investments

None.


Schedule 6.07

Transactions with Affiliates

 

1.

Business Property Lease, dated January 1, 2016, by and between ICO Realty, LLC and ICO Products, LLC for the property located at 6415 Angola Rd., Holland, OH 43528, was amended and assigned to ICO Mold, LLC pursuant to that certain Assignment and First Amendment to Business Property Lease, dated as of December 2, 2019, by and among ICO Realty, LLC, ICO Products, LLC and ICO Mold, LLC. ICO Realty, LLC and ICO Products, LLC are wholly owned by Michael Zhao.

 

2.

Amended and Restated Lease Agreement, dated February 1, 2021, by and between MCT Real Estate, LLC and Summit Tooling, Inc. for the property located at 1203-1207 Adams Drive, McHenry, IL 60051.

 

3.

Amended and Restated Lease Agreement, dated February 1, 2021, by and between MCT Real Estate, LLC and Summit Plastics, LLC for the property located at 1203-1207 Adams Drive, McHenry, IL 60051.

Exhibit 10.8

Form of Rollover RSU Award Agreement (for Phantom Unitholders)

FATHOM DIGITAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

2021 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

THIS RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made effective as of December 23, 2021 (the “Grant Date”) by and between Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [•] (the “Participant”), pursuant to the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as in effect and as amended from time to time (the “Plan”). Capitalized terms that are not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Plan.

WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Plan in order to grant Awards from time to time to certain key Employees, Non-Employee Directors and Consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates;

WHEREAS, the Participant is an Eligible Recipient as contemplated by the Plan, and the Administrator has determined that it is in the interest of the Company to make this grant to the Participant; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the completion and effectiveness of the transactions contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2021 and amended as of November 16, 2021, by and among Altimar Acquisition Corp. II, a Cayman Islands exempted company, Fathom Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Fathom OpCo”), and the other parties thereto (the “Business Combination Agreement”), all time-based phantom unit awards and all performance-based phantom unit awards of Fathom OpCo (the “Phantom Units”) that were outstanding and unvested immediately prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) were forfeited and cancelled and replaced with the Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder, subject to the Company’s filing of an effective registration statement on Form S-8.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Grant and Vesting of Restricted Stock Units.

(a) Shares Subject to Award. As of the Grant Date, the Participant will be credited with [•] Restricted Stock Units. Each Restricted Stock Unit is a notional amount that represents the right to receive one Share of Common Stock of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement, if and when the Restricted Stock Unit vests.


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(b) Vesting.

i. Time-Vesting Restricted Stock Units. [•]1 Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to service-based vesting conditions (the “Time-Based RSUs”) and shall vest [as follows: [•]],2 in each case, subject to the Participant’s continuous service with the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof, as applicable, whether as an Employee, Director, or Consultant (“Service”), from the Grant Date through each applicable vesting date; provided, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Restricted Stock Unit shall vest prior to the date on which a registration statement on Form S-8 with respect to the Shares has been filed. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Participant incurs a change in status from an Employee to a Director of the Company or an Affiliate before the Restricted Stock Units have vested, such change in status alone shall not constitute a termination of Service for purposes of this Award.

ii. Performance-Vesting Restricted Stock Units. [•]3 Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to performance-based vesting conditions (the “Performance RSUs”) as follows, subject to the Participant’s continuous Service through each applicable vesting date:

 

  (1)

Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Performance RSUs will vest if the CORE Investors and the CORE Affiliates collectively Sell-Down an Investor Cumulative Sale Percentage equal to at least 60%;

 

  (2)

Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Performance RSUs will vest if the CORE Investors and the CORE Affiliates collectively Sell-Down an Investor Cumulative Sale Percentage equal to at least 80%; and

 

  (3)

The final fifty percent (50%) of the unvested performance-based RSUs will vest if the CORE Investors and the CORE Affiliates collectively Sell-Down an Investor Cumulative Sale Percentage equal to at least 95%.

iii. For purposes of Section 1(b)(ii):

 

  (1)

“CORE Affiliates” means, with respect to the CORE Investors, any Person directly controlled by, directly controlling or under direct common control with the CORE Investors. For the avoidance of doubt, CORE Affiliates shall not include co-investors of the CORE Investors.

 

  (2)

CORE Investors” means CORE Industrial Partners Fund I, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, CORE Industrial Partners Fund I Parallel, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, CORE Fund I Holdings-2, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and CORE Fund I Holdings-5 LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

 

1 

NTD: Insert number of time-vesting RSUs.

2 

NTD: Vesting schedule to replicate remaining time-vesting schedule for Phantom Unit awards under the Notices of Phantom Unit Award Agreements.

3 

NTD: Insert number of performance-vesting RSUs.


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  (3)

Investor Cumulative Sale Percentage” means, on any date of determination, a percentage equal to the quotient of (A) a number equal to the aggregate number of Shares subject to a Sell-Down by the CORE Investors and the CORE Affiliates from and after the Closing Date (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) and to and including such date, divided by (B) the aggregate number of Shares held by the CORE Investors and the CORE Affiliates upon the Closing Date and prior to any Sell-Down by the CORE Investors and the CORE Affiliates. The Investor Cumulative Sale Percentage may be adjusted to account for any stock splits, reverse stock splits, combinations, or similar structural changes to the Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, if, on the date of determination, the calculation of the Investor Cumulative Sale Percentage results in either the vesting of Performance RSUs or the removal of certain restrictions on the transfer of Shares as described herein, then the release of any earn-out Shares shall not negate the result of such vesting trigger being achieved or transfer restriction being removed.

 

  (4)

Sell-Down” means, with respect to any Person, (A) any sale by such Person pursuant to a registered public offering under the Securities Act, and (B) any sale by such Person to the public pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act effected through a broker, dealer or market maker.

2. Rights as a Stockholder.

(a) Unless and until a Restricted Stock Unit has vested and the Share underlying it has been distributed to the Participant, the Participant will not be entitled to vote in respect of that Restricted Stock Unit or that Share.

(b) If the Company declares a cash dividend on its Shares, then, on the payment date of the dividend, the Participant will be credited with dividend equivalents equal to the amount of cash dividend per Share multiplied by the number of Restricted Stock Units credited to the Participant through the record date. The dollar amount credited to the Participant under the preceding sentence will be credited to an account (“Account”) established for the Participant for bookkeeping purposes only on the books of the Company. The balance in the Account will be subject to the same terms regarding vesting and forfeiture as the Participant’s Restricted Stock Units awarded under this Agreement, and will be paid in cash in a single sum at the time that the Shares associated with the Participant’s Restricted Stock Units are delivered (or forfeited at the time that the Participant’s Restricted Stock Units are forfeited).

3. Termination of Service; Breach of Restrictive Covenants.

(a) Any Termination. In the event that the Participant’s Service terminates for any reason, any Restricted Stock Units that are not then vested shall terminate and be cancelled immediately upon such termination of Service.


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(b) Termination for Cause; Breach of Restrictive Covenants. In the event that (i) the Participant’s Service terminates for Cause or (ii) the Participant breaches any written restrictive covenant agreement with the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (whether prior to or after the termination of the Participant’s Service), including any of the Restrictive Covenants set forth in Section 8, all Restricted Stock Units held by the Participant, whether vested or unvested, shall terminate and be cancelled immediately upon such termination of Service.

4. Timing and Form of Payment. Once a Restricted Stock Unit vests, the Participant will be entitled to receive a Share in its place. Delivery of the Share will be made as soon as administratively feasible following the vesting of the associated Restricted Stock Unit. Shares will be credited to an account established for the benefit of the Participant with the Company’s administrative agent. The Participant will have full legal and beneficial ownership of the Shares at that time.

5. Tax Withholding. The Company or any Affiliate thereof shall, in accordance with Section 16 of the Plan, have the power to withhold, or require the Participant to remit to the Company or such Affiliate thereof, cash or Shares that are distributable to the Participant with respect to the Restricted Stock Units in an amount sufficient to satisfy the federal, state, and local withholding tax requirements, both domestic and foreign, relating to such transaction, and the Company or such Affiliate thereof may defer payment of cash or issuance of Shares until such requirements are satisfied; provided, however, that such amount may not exceed the maximum statutory withholding rate. The Participant shall be entitled to satisfy the amount of any such required tax withholding by having the Company withhold from the Shares otherwise distributable to the Participant upon vesting of the Restrictive Stock Units a number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such required tax withholdings.

6. Nontransferability of Restricted Stock Units. The Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, encumbered or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or, on such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall establish, to a permitted transferee.

7. Transfer Restrictions on Shares Received in Settlement of Restricted Stock Units. Any Shares received in connection with the vesting and settlement of any Time-Based RSUs shall not be transferrable by the Participant until the following conditions are met:

(a) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Shares issued upon settlement of Time-Based RSUs may be traded upon the expiration of the lock-up period applicable to the Shares held by the CORE Investors and the CORE Affiliates;

(b) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Shares issued upon settlement of Time-Based RSUs may be traded if the CORE Investors and the CORE Affiliates collectively Sell-Down an Investor Cumulative Sale Percentage equal to at least 60%;

(c) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Shares issued upon settlement of Time-Based RSUs may be traded if the CORE Investors and the CORE Affiliates collectively Sell-Down an Investor Cumulative Sale Percentage equal to at least 80%; and


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(d) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Shares issued upon settlement of Time-Based RSUs may be traded if the CORE Investors and the CORE Affiliates collectively Sell-Down an Investor Cumulative Sale Percentage equal to at least 95%.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the transfer restrictions described herein are in addition to, and not in place of, any additional transfer restrictions that apply generally to the Shares, including those related to applicable insider trading policies, contractual restrictions, securities law restrictions, or similar restrictions on transfer and trading.

8. Restrictive Covenants.

(a) Confidentiality.

i. The Participant may not disclose the terms of this Award or this Agreement, other than to members of his or her immediate family or to his or her personal financial or legal advisors or as required by applicable law. The Participant shall not use or disclose to any Person, either while in Service or thereafter, any Confidential Information (as defined below) of which the Participant is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by him or her, for any reason or purpose whatsoever, nor shall he or she make use of any of the Confidential Information for his or her own purposes or for the benefit of any Person except for the Company and its Affiliates, except (A) to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by the Participant’s performance in good faith of duties assigned to the Participant by the Company or its applicable Affiliate with respect to his or her Service or (B) to the extent required to do so by a law or legal process, including a court of competent jurisdiction. The Participant shall not modify, reverse engineer, decompile, create other works from or disassemble any software programs contained in the Confidential Information of the Company unless permitted in writing by the Company. The Participant will, at the sole expense of the Company, take all reasonable steps to safeguard Confidential Information and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft.

ii. For purposes of this Section 8(a), “Confidential Information” means information that is not generally known to the public and that is used, developed or obtained by the Company or any of its Affiliates in connection with its business, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by the Participant during his or her Service concerning (i) the business or affairs of the Company or its Affiliates (or any predecessor thereof) and (ii) products, services, fees, costs, pricing structures, analyses, drawings, photographs and reports, computer software (including operating systems, applications and program listings), data bases, accounting and business methods, inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), customers and clients and customer and client lists, information on current and prospective independent sales agents, software vendors or partners and sponsor banks, all technology and trade secrets, and all similar and related information in whatever form. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Confidential Information” will not include any information that has been published in a form generally available to the public prior to the date the Participant proposes to disclose or use such information other than as a result of a breach of any confidentiality obligation owed to the Company or its Affiliates.


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iii. In accordance with the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, the Participant is hereby notified by the Company that the Participant will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (A) is made (x) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney and (y) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (B) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. The Participant is further notified by the Company that, if the Participant files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law, then the Participant may disclose the employer’s trade secrets to his or her attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding if the Participant: (1) files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and (2) does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.

(b) Intellectual Property Rights.

i. The Participant assigns, transfers and conveys to the Company and its Affiliates all of the Participant’s right, title and interest in and to all Work Product (as defined below). The Participant agrees that all Work Product belongs in all instances to the Company and its Affiliates. The Participant will promptly disclose such Work Product to the Company and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company (whether during or after the Participant’s Service) to establish and confirm the Company’s and its Affiliates’ ownership of such Work Product (including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments) and to provide reasonable assistance to the Company (whether during or after the Participant’s Service) in connection with the prosecution of any applications for patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks or reissues thereof or in the prosecution or defense of interferences relating to any Work Product. The Participant recognizes and agrees that the Work Product, to the extent copyrightable, constitutes works for hire under the copyright laws of the United States.

ii. For purposes of this Agreement, “Work Product” means all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, trade dress, logos and all similar or related information (whether patentable or unpatentable) which relates to the actual or anticipated business, operations, research and development or existing or future products or services of the Company and its Affiliates and which are conceived, developed or made by the Participant (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other Person) during the Participant’s Service, together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, trade name and service mark applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing.


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(c) Non-Competition. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Participant’s Service to the Company and its Affiliates is unique in nature and that the Company and its Affiliates would be irreparably damaged if the Participant were to provide similar services to any Person competing with the Company and its Affiliates. Accordingly, in consideration for the payments and benefits under this Agreement, the Participant covenants and agrees that during the Participant’s Service and for a period of two (2) years thereafter (the “Restricted Period”), the Participant shall not, and shall cause his or her Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, through or in association with any third party, anywhere in the United States (the “Restricted Area”), (A) be employed by, consult for, render assistance to, contract with, serve as a director for, or otherwise assist any third party or business engaged in selling or providing the same, similar or otherwise competitive services or products in any industry in which the Company or any of its Affiliates engages or operates at any time during the Participant’s Service, (B) engage in, sell or provide any products or services that are the same, similar or otherwise competitive with the products and/or services in any industry in which the Company or any of its Affiliates engages or operates at any time during the Participant’s Service or (C) own, acquire, or control any interest, financial or otherwise, in a third party or business engaged in selling or providing the same, similar or otherwise competitive services or products in any industry in which the Company or any of its Affiliates engages or operates at any time during the Participant’s Service, other than ownership of one percent (1%) or less of the equity of a publicly-traded company.

(d) Non-Solicitation and Non-Interference. During the Restricted Period, the Participant will not, and will cause his or her Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, through or in association with any third party, (i) take any action which may interfere with, impair, subvert, disrupt or alter the relationship, contractual or otherwise, between any of the Company and its Affiliates and any current or prospective customer, supplier, association, distributor, payer, vendor, developer, service provider, licensor or licensee, independent sales agents or other material business relation of the Company or such Affiliate, (ii) call on, solicit or service, engage or contract with any current or prospective customer, supplier, association, distributor, payer, vendor, developer, service provider, licensor or licensee, independent sales agents or other material business relation of the Company or any of its Affiliates in connection with any business that is competitive with the Company or any of its Affiliates, (iii) solicit, induce, recruit or encourage any employees of or consultants to the Company or any of its Affiliates or any Person who was an employee during the six (6) month period prior to such action to terminate their relationship with the Company and its Affiliates or take away or hire such employees or consultants, (iv) divert or take away the business or patronage (with respect to products or services of the kind or type developed, produced, marketed, furnished or sold by the Company or any of its Affiliates) of any of the clients, customers or accounts, or prospective clients, customers or accounts, of the Company or any of its Affiliates or (v) attempt to do any of the foregoing, either for the Participant’s own purposes or for any other third party

(e) Non-Disparagement. The Participant shall not, in any manner, directly or indirectly, take any action or make any oral or written statement to any Person that disparages or places the Company or any of its Affiliates, any of the CORE Investors, or any of their respective officers, shareholders, members or advisors, investors, or any member of the Board, in a false or negative light (whether such action or statement is made publicly or privately, whether or not in the form of opinion, and whether or not it is truthful); provided, however, that the Participant shall not be required to make any untruthful statement or to violate any law.


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(f) Acknowledgement; Enforcement.

i. By accepting this Award, the Participant acknowledges that the obligations set forth in this Section 8 (the “Restrictive Covenants”) may limit his or her ability to earn a livelihood in a business similar to the business of the Company and its Affiliates, but the Participant nevertheless believes that he or she has received and will receive sufficient consideration and other benefits in connection with his or her Service with the Company or its Affiliate to clearly justify such Restrictive Covenants and that, given the Participant’s education, skills and ability, the Restrictive Covenants would not prevent him or her from otherwise earning a living. The Participant hereby acknowledges and agrees that the same are reasonable, do not confer a benefit upon the Company and its Affiliates disproportionate to the detriment of the Participant, are reasonable in time, scope and territory and necessary for the protection of the Company and its Affiliates and are an essential inducement to the Company’s grant of this Award.

ii. In the event of a breach or threatened breach of the Restrictive Covenants, the Company and its Affiliates may, in addition to other rights and remedies existing in its favor at law or in equity, apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for specific performance and/or injunctive or other relief in order to enforce, or prevent any violations of, the provisions hereof (without posting a bond or other security) or require the Participant to account for and pay over to the Company all compensation, profits, moneys, accruals, increments or other benefits derived from or received as a result of any transactions constituting a breach of the Restrictive Covenants, if and when the final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction is so entered against the Participant.

iii. If any Restrictive Covenant is unenforceable with respect to the duration, activity, subject, or geographic area of restriction of such Restrictive Covenant, then such restriction shall be construed, judicially modified, or “blue penciled” in such jurisdiction so as to thereafter be limited or reduced to the extent required to be deemed legal, valid and enforceable in such jurisdiction and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the parties with respect to the covenant, and the covenant shall be enforceable as so modified. The parties agree that a court with proper jurisdiction shall be allowed to reduce the Restrictive Covenants to the maximum duration, activity, subject, and geographic area of restriction deemed legal, valid and enforceable.

(g) Legally Protected Communications and Disclosures.

i. Nothing in this Section 8 is to be interpreted to prevent, interfere with, or otherwise restrain the Participant’s legitimate exercise of his or her Section 7 rights, if any, under the National Labor Relations Act or to otherwise interfere with any legally-protected communications.


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ii. Nothing in this Section 8 is to be interpreted to interfere with the Participant’s rights under any federal, state, or local constitution, statute, rule, or regulation to file or otherwise institute a complaint or charge of discrimination, retaliation, or other alleged violation of discrimination or other employment-related laws with any federal, state, or local government agency enforcing such laws, to participate in a proceeding with any such agency, or to cooperate with any such agency in its investigation of such complaint or charge.

iii. This Section 8 does not prohibit or restrict the Participant (or the Participant’s attorney) from responding to any inquiry about the Plan or this Agreement or their underlying facts and circumstances by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, any other self-regulatory organization or governmental entity, or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation. The Participant does not need the prior authorization of the Company to make any such reports or disclosures and is not required to notify the Company that he or she has made such reports or disclosures.

9. Beneficiary Designation. The Participant may from time to time name any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) by whom any right under the Plan and this Agreement is to be exercised in case of his or her death. Each designation will revoke all prior designations by the Participant, shall be in a form reasonably prescribed by the Administrator, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Administrator during his or her lifetime.

10. Adjustments. The Shares subject to the Restricted Stock Units may be adjusted in any manner as contemplated by Section 5 of the Plan.

11. Requirements of Law. The issuance of Shares following vesting of the Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. No Shares shall be issued upon vesting of any portion of the Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder, if such issuance would result in a violation of applicable law, including the U.S. federal securities laws and any applicable state or foreign securities laws.

12. No Guarantee of Continued Service. Nothing in the Plan or in this Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or an Affiliate thereof to terminate the Participant’s Service at any time or confer upon the Participant any right to continued Service.

13. No Rights as a Stockholder. Except as provided in Section 2 above or as otherwise required by law, the Participant shall not have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares covered by the Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder prior to the date on which he or she is recorded as the holder of those Shares on the records of the Company.


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14. Interpretation; Construction. Any determination or interpretation by the Administrator under or pursuant to this Agreement shall be final and conclusive on all persons affected hereby. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, in the event of a conflict between any term of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control.

15. Miscellaneous.

(a) Notices. All notices, requests, demands, letters, waivers and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally, mailed, certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, sent by next-day or overnight mail or delivery, or sent by fax, as follows:

 

  (i)

If to the Company:

 

  Fathom

Digital Manufacturing Corporation

  [ADDRESS]

  Attention:

[NAME OR EMAIL]

 

  (ii)

If to the Participant, to the Participant’s last known home address,

or to such other person or address as any party shall specify by notice in writing to the Company. All such notices, requests, demands, letters, waivers and other communications shall be deemed to have been received (w) if by personal delivery on the day after such delivery, (x) if by certified or registered mail, on the fifth business day after the mailing thereof, (y) if by next-day or overnight mail or delivery, on the day delivered, or (z) if by fax, on the day delivered, provided that such delivery is confirmed.

(b) Binding Effect; Benefits. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to give any person other than the parties to this Agreement or their respective successors or assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of any agreement or any provision contained herein.

(c) No Guarantee of Future Awards. This Agreement does not guarantee the Participant the right to or expectation of future Awards under the Plan or any future plan adopted by the Company.

(d) Waiver. Either party hereto may by written notice to the other (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other actions of the other under this Agreement, (ii) waive compliance with any of the conditions or covenants of the other contained in this Agreement and (iii) waive or modify performance of any of the obligations of the other under this Agreement. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any investigation by or on behalf of either party, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained herein. The waiver by either party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach and no failure by either party to exercise any right or privilege hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s rights or privileges hereunder or shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s rights to exercise the same at any subsequent time or times hereunder.


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(e) Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement, together with the Plan, constitutes the entire obligation of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any prior written or oral expressions of intent or understanding with respect to such subject matter (provided, that this Agreement shall not supersede any written employment agreement or other written agreement between the Company and the Participant, including, but not limited to, any written restrictive covenant agreements). This Agreement may be amended as provided in the Plan.

(f) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any such provision to any party or circumstances shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid and unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement or the application of such provision to such person or circumstances other than those to which it is so determined to be invalid and unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each provision hereof shall be validated and shall be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.

(g) Code Section 409A Compliance. The Restricted Stock Units are intended to be exempt from or comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A and this Agreement shall be interpreted accordingly. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, to the extent that the Administrator determines that any portion of the Restricted Stock Units granted under this Agreement is subject to Code Section 409A and fails to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan or in this Agreement, the Administrator reserves the right to amend, restructure, terminate or replace such portion of the Restricted Stock Units in order to cause such portion of the Restricted Stock Units to either not be subject to Code Section 409A or to comply with the applicable provisions of such section.

(h) Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware, regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of conflict of laws.

(i) Section and Other Headings. The section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

(j) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument.

(k) Erroneously Awarded Compensation. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan or in this Agreement to the contrary, this Award shall be subject to any compensation recovery and/or recoupment policy that may be adopted and amended from time to time by the Company to comply with applicable law, including, without limitation, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or to comport with good corporate governance practices.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Participant have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

FATHOM DIGITAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

 

By:                                                                                                         

 

Name:                                                                                                   

 

Title:                                                                                                     

 

PARTICIPANT

 

                                                                                                               

 

Name:

 

[Signature Page to Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Rollover)]

Exhibit 10.9

Form of Initial RSU Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors

FATHOM DIGITAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

2021 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

THIS RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made effective as of December 23, 2021 (the “Grant Date”) by and between Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [•] (the “Participant”), pursuant to the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as in effect and as amended from time to time (the “Plan”). Capitalized terms that are not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Plan.

WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Plan in order to grant Awards from time to time to certain key Employees, Directors and Consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; and

WHEREAS, the Participant is an Eligible Recipient as contemplated by the Plan, and, in connection with the completion and effectiveness of the transactions contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2021 and amended as of November 16, 2021, by and among Altimar Acquisition Corp. II, a Cayman Islands exempted company, Fathom Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and the other parties thereto, the Administrator has determined that it is in the interest of the Company to grant this Award to the Participant.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Grant and Vesting of Restricted Stock Units.

(a) Shares Subject to Award. As of the Grant Date, the Participant will be credited with [•]1 Restricted Stock Units. Each Restricted Stock Unit is a notional amount that represents the right to receive one Share of Common Stock of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement, if and when the Restricted Stock Unit vests.

(b) Vesting. The Restricted Stock Units shall vest in substantially equal annual installments on each of the first three (3) anniversaries of the Grant Date, subject to the Participant’s continuous service with the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof, as applicable, as a Director (“Service”) from the Grant Date through each such anniversary of the Grant Date; provided, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Restricted Stock Unit shall vest prior to the date on which a registration statement on Form S-8 with respect to the Shares has been filed. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Participant incurs a change in status from a Director to an Employee of the Company or an Affiliate before the Restricted Stock Units have vested, such change in status alone shall not constitute a termination of Service for purposes of these Restricted Stock Units.

 

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NTD: Number of RSUs having a grant date fair value of $225,000.

 

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Form of Initial RSU Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors

 

2. Rights as a Stockholder.

(a) Unless and until a Restricted Stock Unit has vested and the Share underlying it has been distributed to the Participant, the Participant will not be entitled to vote in respect of that Restricted Stock Unit or that Share.

(b) If the Company declares a cash dividend on its Shares, then, on the payment date of the dividend, the Participant will be credited with dividend equivalents equal to the amount of cash dividend per Share multiplied by the number of Restricted Stock Units credited to the Participant through the record date. The dollar amount credited to the Participant under the preceding sentence will be credited to an account (“Account”) established for the Participant for bookkeeping purposes only on the books of the Company. The balance in the Account will be subject to the same terms regarding vesting and forfeiture as the Participant’s Restricted Stock Units awarded under this Agreement, and will be paid in cash in a single sum at the time that the Shares associated with the Participant’s Restricted Stock Units are delivered (or forfeited at the time that the Participant’s Restricted Stock Units are forfeited).

3. Termination of Service. In the event that the Participant’s Service terminates for any reason, any Restricted Stock Units that are not then vested shall terminate and be cancelled immediately upon such termination of Service.

4. Timing and Form of Payment. Once a Restricted Stock Unit vests, the Participant will be entitled to receive a Share in its place. Delivery of the Share will be made as soon as administratively feasible following the vesting of the associated Restricted Stock Unit. Shares will be credited to an account established for the benefit of the Participant with the Company’s administrative agent. The Participant will have full legal and beneficial ownership of the Shares at that time.

5. Nontransferability of Restricted Stock Units. The Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, encumbered or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or, on such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall establish, to a permitted transferee.

6. Beneficiary Designation. The Participant may from time to time name any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) by whom any right under the Plan and this Agreement is to be exercised in case of his or her death. Each designation will revoke all prior designations by the Participant, shall be in a form reasonably prescribed by the Administrator, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Administrator during his or her lifetime.

7. Adjustments. The Shares subject to the Restricted Stock Units may be adjusted in any manner as contemplated by Section 5 of the Plan.

8. Requirements of Law. The issuance of Shares following vesting of the Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. No Shares shall be issued upon vesting of any portion of the Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder, if such issuance would result in a violation of applicable law, including the U.S. federal securities laws and any applicable state or foreign securities laws.

 

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Form of Initial RSU Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors

 

9. No Guarantee of Continued Service. Nothing in the Plan or in this Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or an Affiliate thereof to terminate the Participant’s Service at any time or confer upon the Participant any right to continued Service.

10. No Rights as a Stockholder. Except as provided in Section 2 above or as otherwise required by law, the Participant shall not have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares covered by the Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder prior to the date on which he or she is recorded as the holder of those Shares on the records of the Company.

11. Interpretation; Construction. Any determination or interpretation by the Administrator under or pursuant to this Agreement shall be final and conclusive on all persons affected hereby. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, in the event of a conflict between any term of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control.

12. Miscellaneous.

(a) Notices. All notices, requests, demands, letters, waivers and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally, mailed, certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, sent by next-day or overnight mail or delivery, or sent by fax, as follows:

 

  (i)

If to the Company:

 

  (ii)

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation

  [ADDRESS]

  Attention:

[NAME OR EMAIL]

 

  (iii)

If to the Participant, to the Participant’s last known home address,

or to such other person or address as any party shall specify by notice in writing to the Company. All such notices, requests, demands, letters, waivers and other communications shall be deemed to have been received (w) if by personal delivery on the day after such delivery, (x) if by certified or registered mail, on the fifth business day after the mailing thereof, (y) if by next-day or overnight mail or delivery, on the day delivered, or (z) if by fax, on the day delivered, provided that such delivery is confirmed.

(b) Binding Effect; Benefits. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to give any person other than the parties to this Agreement or their respective successors or assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of any agreement or any provision contained herein.

(c) No Guarantee of Future Awards. This Agreement does not guarantee the Participant the right to or expectation of future Awards under the Plan or any future plan adopted by the Company.

 

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Form of Initial RSU Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors

 

(d) Waiver. Either party hereto may by written notice to the other (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other actions of the other under this Agreement, (ii) waive compliance with any of the conditions or covenants of the other contained in this Agreement and (iii) waive or modify performance of any of the obligations of the other under this Agreement. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any investigation by or on behalf of either party, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained herein. The waiver by either party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach and no failure by either party to exercise any right or privilege hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s rights or privileges hereunder or shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s rights to exercise the same at any subsequent time or times hereunder.

(e) Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement, together with the Plan, constitutes the entire obligation of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any prior written or oral expressions of intent or understanding with respect to such subject matter. This Agreement may be amended as provided in the Plan.

(f) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any such provision to any party or circumstances shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid and unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement or the application of such provision to such person or circumstances other than those to which it is so determined to be invalid and unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each provision hereof shall be validated and shall be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.

(g) Code Section 409A Compliance. The Restricted Stock Units are intended to be exempt from or comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A and this Agreement shall be interpreted accordingly. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, to the extent that the Administrator determines that any portion of the Restricted Stock Units granted under this Agreement is subject to Code Section 409A and fails to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan or in this Agreement, the Administrator reserves the right to amend, restructure, terminate or replace such portion of the Restricted Stock Units in order to cause such portion of the Restricted Stock Units to either not be subject to Code Section 409A or to comply with the applicable provisions of such section.

(h) Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware, regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of conflict of laws.

(i) Section and Other Headings. The section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

(j) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument.

 

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Form of Initial RSU Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Participant have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

  

FATHOM DIGITAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

   By:                                                                                                  
   Name:                                                                                              
   Title:                                                                                              
  

PARTICIPANT

  

 

                                                                                                      

   Name:

 

[Signature Page to Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Initial Director Award)]

Exhibit 10.10

FORM OF

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

This Indemnification Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of [____________], 2021, by and between Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and a member of the board of directors and/or an officer of the Company (“Indemnitee”). This Agreement supersedes and replaces any and all previous Agreements between the Company and Indemnitee covering the subject matter of this Agreement.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) believes that highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve publicly held corporations as directors, officers 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 such corporations;

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve the Company, 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 of the Company (amended from time to time, the “Bylaws”) 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 (the “DGCL”). The Bylaws and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and members of the Board, officers and other persons with respect to indemnification;

WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification may increase 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 and its 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 [Amended and Restated] Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (as amended from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”), the Bylaws, and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, as well as any rights of Indemnitee under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy, and this Agreement 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 Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to serve or continue to serve as an officer or director without adequate protection of contractual indemnification by the Company, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve or continue 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 Indemnitee be so indemnified; and

WHEREAS, Indemnitee may have certain rights to indemnification and/or insurance which Indemnitee intends 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 and/or as an officer of the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

1. Services to the Company; Indemnity.

(a) Indemnitee agrees to serve or continue to serve as [a director/an officer] of the Company. Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law), in which event, without limiting the obligations of the Company set forth in this Agreement, the Company shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue employment of Indemnitee in such position. This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise) and Indemnitee. Indemnitee specifically acknowledges that Indemnitee’s employment with the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), if any, is at will, and the Indemnitee may be discharged at any time for any reason, with or without cause, except as may be otherwise provided in any written employment contract between Indemnitee and the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), other applicable formal severance policies duly adopted by the Board, or, with respect to service as a director or officer of the Company, by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, and the DGCL. The foregoing notwithstanding, this Agreement shall continue in force after Indemnitee has ceased to serve as [a director / an officer] of the Company, as provided in Section 16.

(b) The Company hereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL or other applicable law, as such may be amended from time to time. All other rights to indemnification set forth in this Agreement shall be in furtherance of the foregoing indemnification, and shall not limit the generality thereof.

 

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2. Definitions. As used in this Agreement:

(a) References to “agent” shall mean any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company or other person authorized by the Company to act for the Company, to include such person serving in such capacity as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or other official of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at the request of, for the convenience of, or to represent the interests of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company.

(b) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:

(i) Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Any Person (as defined below) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined below), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities unless the change in relative Beneficial Ownership of the Company’s securities by any Person results solely from a reduction in the aggregate number of outstanding shares of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors;

(ii) Change in Board of Directors. During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Section 2(b)(i), 2(b)(iii) or 2(b)(iv)) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board;

(iii) Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the Surviving Entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Surviving Entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and with the power to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such Surviving Entity;

(iv) Liquidation. The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale, lease, exchange or other transfer by the Company, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; and

(v) Other Events. There occurs any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or a response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Exchange Act (as defined below), whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement.

 

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For purposes of this Section 2(b), the following terms shall have the following meanings:

A. “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

B. “Person” shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Person shall exclude (i) the Company, (ii) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, and (iii) any entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

C. “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Beneficial Owner shall exclude any Person otherwise becoming a Beneficial Owner by reason of the stockholders of the Company approving a merger of the Company with another entity.

D. “Surviving Entity” shall mean the surviving entity in a merger or consolidation or any entity that controls, directly or indirectly, such surviving entity.

(c) “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, trustee, partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or of any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership or joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise which such person is or was serving at the request of the Company.

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

(e) “Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, employee, agent or fiduciary.

(f) “Expenses” shall include all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees and other costs of experts and other professionals, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, and all other disbursements, obligations or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with, or as a result of, prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a deponent or witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding. Expenses also shall include (i) Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other

 

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costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent, (ii) Expenses incurred in connection with recovery under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless of whether Indemnitee is ultimately determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement or Expenses or insurance recovery, as the case may be, and (iii) for purposes of Section 14(d) only, Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws or under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, by litigation or otherwise. The parties agree that for the purposes of any advancement of Expenses for which Indemnitee has made written demand to the Company in accordance with this Agreement, all Expenses included in such demand that are certified by affidavit of Indemnitee’s counsel as being reasonable in the good faith judgment of such counsel shall be presumed conclusively to be reasonable. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.

(g) “Independent Counsel” shall mean a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that or who 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 the 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 and expenses of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.

(h) The term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, claim, counterclaim, cross claim, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, regulatory or investigative (formal or informal) nature, including any appeal therefrom, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party, potential party, non-party witness or otherwise by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, by reason of any action taken by Indemnitee (or a failure to take action by Indemnitee) or of any action (or failure to act) on Indemnitee’s part while acting pursuant to Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or Expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement or advancement of Expenses can be provided under this Agreement. If the Indemnitee believes in good faith that a given situation may lead to or culminate in the institution of a Proceeding, this shall be considered a Proceeding under this paragraph.

 

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(i) Reference to “other enterprise” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise tax assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.

3. Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status or by reason of any actual or alleged act or omission by Indemnitee in any such capacity, Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal Proceeding had no reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful. The parties hereto intend that this Agreement shall provide to the fullest extent permitted by law for indemnification in excess of that expressly permitted by statute, including, without limitation, any indemnification provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, vote of the Company’s stockholders or Disinterested Directors or applicable law.

4. Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4, if, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status or by reason of any actual or alleged act or omission by Indemnitee in any such capacity, Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 4, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. No indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Section 4 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court (as hereinafter defined) or any court in which the Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification.

5. Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is a party to (or a participant in) and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, in whole or in part, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee, or on behalf of Indemnitee, in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or

 

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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 Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with or related to each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter to the fullest extent permitted by law. 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.

6. Indemnification For Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a witness, is or was made (or asked) to respond to discovery requests in any Proceeding, or otherwise asked to participate in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith.

7. Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of Expenses, but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.

8. Additional Indemnification.

(a) Notwithstanding any limitation in Section 3, 4 or 5, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status.

(b) For purposes of Section 8(a), the meaning of the phrase “to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law” shall include, but not be limited to:

(i) to the fullest extent permitted by the provision of the DGCL that authorizes or contemplates additional indemnification by agreement, or the corresponding provision of any amendment to or replacement of the DGCL; and

(ii) to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by any amendments to or replacements of the DGCL adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which a corporation may indemnify its officers and directors.

9. Exclusions. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnification payment in connection with any claim involving Indemnitee:

(a) for (i) an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act (as defined in Section 2(b)) or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law, (ii) any reimbursement of the Company by the Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by the Indemnitee from the sale of

 

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securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) or (iii) any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any compensation pursuant to any compensation recoupment or clawback policy adopted by the Board or the compensation committee of the Board, including but not limited to any such policy adopted to comply with stock exchange listing requirements implementing Section 10D of the Exchange Act;

(b) except as provided in Section 14(d), 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, (ii) such payment arises in connection with any mandatory counterclaim or cross claim brought or raised by Indemnitee in any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding), or (iii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law; or

(c) for any expenses incurred by the Indemnitee with respect to any Proceeding instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that each of the material assertions made by the Indemnitee in such proceeding was not made in good faith or was frivolous.

10. Advances of Expenses. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary (other than Section 14(d)), the Company shall advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, the Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) not initiated by Indemnitee or any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee with the prior approval of the Board as provided in Section 9(b), and such advancement shall be made within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Company of a written statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of any Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence such Expenses incurred by Indemnitee. Advances shall be unsecured and interest free. Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expenses and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement. In accordance with Section 14(d), advances shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing an action to enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances claimed. The Indemnitee shall qualify for advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement, which shall constitute an undertaking providing that the Indemnitee undertakes to repay the amounts advanced (without interest) by the Company pursuant to this Section 10, if and only to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. No other form of undertaking shall be required other than the execution of this Agreement. This Section 10 shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to Section 9.

 

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11. Procedure for Notification and Defense of Claim.

(a) Indemnitee shall notify the Company in writing of any matter with respect to which Indemnitee intends to seek indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt by Indemnitee of written notice thereof. The written notification to the Company shall include a description of the nature of the Proceeding and the facts underlying the Proceeding. 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 following the final disposition of such Proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure by Indemnitee to notify the Company hereunder will not relieve the Company from any liability which it may have to Indemnitee hereunder unless, and to the extent that, such failure actually and materially prejudices the interests of the Company, and any delay in so notifying the Company shall not constitute a waiver by Indemnitee of any rights under this Agreement. The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.

(b) The Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense.

(c) The Company shall not settle any Proceeding (in whole or in part) if such settlement would impose any Expense, judgment, liability, fine, penalty or limitation on Indemnitee in respect of which Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder without Indemnitee’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.

12. Procedure Upon Application for Indemnification.

(a) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 11(a), a determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case by one of the following methods: (i) if a Change in Control shall have occurred, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; or (ii) if a Change in Control shall not have occurred, (A) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (B) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (C) if there are no such Disinterested Directors or, if such Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee or (D) if so directed by the Board, by the stockholders of the Company; and, if it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within ten (10) days after such determination. 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 costs or Expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by or on behalf of 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. The Company promptly will advise Indemnitee in writing with respect to any determination that Indemnitee is or is not entitled to indemnification, including a description of any reason or basis for which indemnification has been denied.

 

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(b) In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 12(a) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 12(b). If a Change in Control shall not have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board, and the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising Indemnitee of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change in Control shall have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board, in which event the preceding sentence shall apply), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; providedhowever, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days after the later of submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 11(a) and the final disposition of the Proceeding, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Delaware Court for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by such court or by such other person as such 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 12(a). Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 14(a), Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).

(c) If the Company disputes a portion of the amounts for which indemnification is requested, the undisputed portion shall be paid and only the disputed portion withheld pending resolution of any such dispute.

13. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.

(a) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person or persons or entity making such determination shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 11(a), and the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person, persons or entity of any determination

 

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contrary to that presumption. Neither the failure of the Company (including by its directors or Independent 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 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.

(b) Subject to Section 14(e), if the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 12 to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Company of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, 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 60-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating thereto; and provided, further, that the foregoing provisions of this Section 13(b) shall not apply (A) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by the stockholders pursuant to Section 12(a) and if (1) within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Company of the request for such determination the Board has resolved 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 (2) 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, or (B) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 12(a).

(c) 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 Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.

(d) For purposes of any determination of good faith, 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, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the directors or officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser, financial advisor or other expert selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Enterprise. The provisions of this Section 13(d) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which the Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement.

 

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(e) The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement.

14. Remedies of Indemnitee.

(a) Subject to Section 14(e), in the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 12 that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 10, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) within ninety (90) days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 5, 6 or 7 or the second to last sentence of Section 12(a) within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, (v) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 3, 4 or 8 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 12, or (vi) the Company or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or Proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, the Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to the Indemnitee hereunder, 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 or advancement of Expenses. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at Indemnitee’s option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication or an award in arbitration within 180 days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 14(a). The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.

(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be.

(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14, 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.

 

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(d) The Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. It is the intent of the Company that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Indemnitee not be required to incur legal fees or other Expenses associated with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement by litigation or otherwise because the cost and expense thereof would substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to the Indemnitee hereunder. The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, 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 therefor) advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, such Expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advancement of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company if, in the case of indemnification, Indemnitee is wholly successful on the underlying claims; if Indemnitee is not wholly successful on the underlying claims, then such indemnification shall be only to the extent Indemnitee is successful on such underlying claims or otherwise as permitted by law, whichever is greater.

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement of Indemnitee to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding.

15. Non-exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Subrogation.

(a) The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of Expenses as provided by this Agreement (i) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise and (ii) shall be interpreted independently of, and without reference to, any other such rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled. 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 Indemnitee in Indemnitee’s Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Certificate of Incorporation, the 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.

 

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(b) To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees or agents of the Enterprise, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such director, officer, employee or agent under such policy or policies. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of such claim or of the commencement of a Proceeding, as the case may be, 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 may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance from other Persons (collectively, the “Other 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 Other 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 Other Indemnitors, and (iii) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Other Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Other Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Other 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 Other Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee against the Company. The Company and Indemnitee agree that the Other Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 15(c).

(d) Except as provided in paragraph (c) above, in the event of any payment made by the Company 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 Other Indemnitors), including with respect to any insurance policy. Indemnitee 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, including in accordance with the terms of such insurance policy.

(e) The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder, or for which advancement is provided hereunder, (including, but not limited to, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, and excise taxes with respect to an employee benefit plan or penalties) if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

(f) The Company’s obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other corporation, limited liability company, 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, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise.

 

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16. Duration of Agreement. This Agreement shall continue until ten (10) years after the date that Indemnitee ceases to have any Corporate Status and shall continue thereafter until one (1) year after the final termination of any Proceeding then pending in respect of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder and of any proceeding (including any appeal thereof) commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14 relating thereto. The indemnification and advancement of expenses rights provided by or granted pursuant to this Agreement shall be binding upon and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (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), shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or of any other Enterprise, and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s spouse, assigns, heirs, devisees, executors and administrators and other legal representatives. The Company shall require and shall cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company to, by written agreement, expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

17. Severability. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to require or shall be construed as requiring the Company to do or fail to do any act in violation of applicable law. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.

18. Enforcement.

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

(b) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any directors’ and officers’ insurance maintained by the Company and applicable law, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.

 

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19. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification, waiver as to any provision or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by 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 of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

20. Notice by Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Company in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification or advancement of Expenses covered hereunder. The failure of Indemnitee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to the Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise.

21. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, (b) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed, (c) mailed by reputable overnight courier and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, (d) sent by facsimile transmission, with receipt of oral confirmation that such transmission has been received or (e) sent by email and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed:

(a) If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide to the Company.

(b) If to the Company to

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation

Attention:

Email:

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Winston & Strawn LLP

35 W. Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60601

Attn: Steven J. Gavin

         Matthew F. Bergmann

Facsimile No.: (312) 558-5700

Email: sgavin@winston.com

            mbergmann@winston.com

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22. Contribution.

(a) Whether or not the indemnification provided in this Agreement 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.

(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; providedhowever, 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).

 

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23. Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14(a), 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 Court of Chancery 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.

24. Identical Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.

25. Miscellaneous. Use of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate. The headings 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. Unless otherwise indicated, “Section” references in this Agreement are internal references to other sections of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indemnification Agreement to be signed as of the day and year first above written.

 

COMPANY
FATHOM DIGITAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

INDEMNITEE
Name:  

 

Address:   [Address]
  [Address]
Email:   [Email]

[Signature Page to Indemnification Agreement]

Exhibit 10.11

Execution Version

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation

December 23, 2021

 

Ryan Martin

Re: Offer Letter

Dear Ryan:

On behalf of Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors, the “Company”), I am pleased to confirm our offer to you for continuing employment in the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Company, reporting to the Company’s Board of Directors. In this position, you will be an executive officer of the Company. Your employment under this letter agreement (this “Agreement”) will be effective on December 23, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. This Agreement supersedes in its entirety the Employment Agreement, dated January 7, 2019, by and between you and Midwest Composite Technologies, LLC (the “Prior Agreement”).

In connection with your continuing employment with the Company, you will be entitled to the following compensation and benefits package, as approved by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) or its Compensation Committee (the “Committee”):

Compensation and Benefits

Base Salary: As of the Effective Date, you will be paid a base salary at an annual rate of $425,000, as adjusted by the Board or the Committee from time-to-time.

Annual Bonuses: Beginning for fiscal year 2022, you will be eligible to receive an annual bonus (each, an “Annual Bonus”) under the annual bonus plan adopted by the Board or the Committee in its discretion. The target amount of your Annual Bonus will be 100% of your annual base salary received during the applicable performance period.

Incentive Awards: You will be eligible to participate in the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time, as determined by the Board or the Committee in its discretion.

Executive Severance Plan: You are eligible for severance and change in control benefits under the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan (the “Severance Plan”) if your employment is terminated by the Company without “cause” or if you resign from your employment with “good reason” (in each case, as defined in the Severance Plan), subject to the terms and conditions thereof, including the requirements to execute and deliver an effective general release of claims against the Company, its affiliates and related parties and comply with certain non-solicitation, non-disclosure and non-competition covenants. For additional information, please consult the Severance Plan document.

Other Benefits: You will be eligible to participate in all other benefit plans generally offered to other senior executives of the Company in similar positions and with similar responsibilities (subject to any applicable waiting periods and other restrictions) which includes paid time off and paid company holidays. You will also be entitled to health insurance at a monthly cost not to exceed $524 (to the extent permissible under the Company’s group health plans and applicable laws), reimbursement of the premiums for your individual life insurance policy having a face value of $1,000,000, and a $1,000 monthly car allowance.

 

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Other Terms of Employment

Stock Ownership Guidelines: As the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, you will be required to hold three (3) times your annual base salary in Company shares in accordance with the Company’s Stock Ownership Guidelines. Please consult the actual Stock Ownership Guidelines for additional information, including the type of equity counted towards meeting the Stock Ownership Guidelines.

At-Will Employment: Your employment is at-will, meaning that you or the Company can terminate your employment without cause or reason at any time.

Outside Business Activities: During your employment, you will devote your best efforts and full business time and attention to the Company, and you will not engage in any other business activity or have any other business pursuits or interests, unless such activity, pursuit or interest is approved by the Board in writing.

Restrictive Covenant Agreement: As a condition of your employment, you will be required to review and sign the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation Executive Restrictive Covenant Agreement, attached hereto as Appendix A, that includes confidentiality, work product assignment and post-employment non-competition and non-solicitation provisions that will protect the Company’s ongoing interests.

This letter supersedes any prior oral or written agreements or understandings with the Company related to your employment, including, without limitation, the Prior Agreement, and cannot be changed except in a writing signed by an authorized executive of the Company.

Please indicate your acceptance of this offer by signing in the space provided below and returning one copy of this letter to me at your earliest convenience. Should you have any questions, please feel free to call me.

 

Sincerely,
/s/ Caprice Perez

 

Name: Caprice Perez

Title: Chief Human Resources Officer
Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation

 

Accepted and agreed:      Accepted and agreed:
             

Midwest Composite Technologies, LLC

/s/ Ryan Martin

Ryan Martin

    

/s/ Caprice Perez

By: Caprice Perez

Title: Chief Human Resources Officer

Date:   12-23-2021      Date:    12/23/2021

 

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Appendix A

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation Executive Restrictive Covenant Agreement

DEFINITIONS

As used in this Appendix A, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Business” means (i) the businesses of (A) prototyping and low-volume services for in-house additive manufacturing technologies, (B) precision sheet metal and finishing services ranging from prototype through mid-volume production, including internal sheet metal cutting and forming solutions, (C) chemical etching for aerospace and defense, electronics, medical, automotive and other industries and (D) three-dimensional (“3D”) printing and processing and computer numerical control (“CNC”) machining, injection. molding and industrial design capabilities, or (ii) any other business of the Company Group as conducted or contemplated to be conducted as of the date of termination of your employment and/or during the Non-Compete Period, and in respect of which you have been materially involved or about which you have acquired Confidential Information during the course of your employment.

Client or Potential Client” means each and every person and/or entity who or which, at any time during the two (2) years prior to the termination of your employment, (i) contracted for, was billed for, or received from the Company Group any product or service with which you worked directly or indirectly during your employment with the Company Group or about which you acquired Confidential Information during your employment with the Company Group; or (ii) was in contact with you or in contact with any other employee or agent of the Company Group concerning any product or service with which you worked directly or indirectly during your employment with the Company Group or about which you acquired Confidential Information during your employment with the Company Group; or (iii) was solicited by the Company Group or the Company Group expended substantial efforts on developing plans to solicit, in each case in an effort in which you were involved or of which you were aware while you were employed by the Company Group.

Company Group” means Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

Confidential Information” means any confidential or privileged information with respect to the Company Group. For purposes of this Appendix A, “Confidential Information” includes, but is not limited to, (a) any information, in any form whatsoever (including written, electronic, and oral information), relating to the Company Group, its business, employees, clients, vendors, or anyone else, that is not generally known outside of the Company Group, including, without limitation, information relating to the business methods, corporate plans, management systems, finances, new business opportunities, research and development projects, marketing or sales of any past, present or future product or service; secret formulae, processes, inventions, designs, know-how discoveries, technical specifications and other technical information relating to the creation, production or supply of any past, present or future product or service of the Company and/or any member of the Company Group; lists or details of Clients or Potential Clients or suppliers or the arrangements made with any Clients or Potential Clients or supplier; and any information in respect of which the Company and/or any member of the Company Group owes an obligation of confidentiality to any third party; and (b) any such information relating to any other person or entity that has been provided to the Company Group pursuant to an agreement that requires the Company Group to maintain the confidentiality of the information.

 

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Controlled Affiliates” means any other Person of which you directly or indirectly own more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting equity interest or of which you are entitled, directly or indirectly, by contract or otherwise, to appoint a majority of the board of directors, board of managers, or comparable body of such Person.

Geographic Area” means North America and any other jurisdiction in which the Company Group engages in the Business at or during the relevant time.

Non-Compete Period” means the period of your employment and the eighteen (18)-month period following the termination of your employment for any reason.

Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated association, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity or any governmental authority.

Work Product” means all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, trade dress, logos and all similar or related information (whether patentable or unpatentable) which relates to actual or anticipated business, operations, research and development of existing or future products or services of the Company Group and which are conceived, developed or made by you (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) during your period of employment together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, trade name and service mark applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Work Product” shall not include the patents and other assets set forth on Exhibit 1 hereto. You hereby represent and warrant that the patents and other assets owned by you set forth on Exhibit 1 are not related in any way to the Company Group, except as stated therein.

CONFIDENTIALITY

In your position, you will have access to and be dealing with Confidential Information. In exchange for being provided access to such Confidential Information, you covenant and agree that, at all times during and after your employment with the Company Group, you will not, without prior written authorization from the Board or its designee, directly or indirectly disclose to any person, firm, association or corporation or use for your own benefit or gain any Confidential Information, provided that your disclosure of Confidential Information in the course of properly fulfilling your duties to the Company Group shall not be considered to be a breach of this covenant and provided further that this covenant is subject to any disclosure required by law or regulatory agency (provided that you provide the Company with advance written notice of such requirement, to the extent permitted by law, and reasonably cooperate with the Company should it seek to limit such disclosure). For the avoidance of doubt, this Appendix A does not prohibit or restrict you (or your attorney) from responding to any inquiry about this Appendix A or its underlying facts and circumstances by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or any other self-regulatory organization or governmental entity, or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation. You understand and acknowledge that you do not need the prior authorization of the Company Group to make any such reports or disclosures and that you are not required to notify the Company Group that you have made such reports or disclosures.

 

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Breach of confidentiality is a serious matter and could result in termination for cause. Upon cessation of employment for any reason, you agree to return all property of the Company Group, both in electronic and paper form and including all client records, product information, business plans etc., and you agree not to retain any copies of such property.

RETURN OF PROPERTY

At any time during your period of employment or following its termination (for whatever reason), as requested by the Company and/or any member of the Company Group, you agree to:

 

   

return to the Company or any member of the Company Group or, if instructed by the Company and/or any member of the Company Group, irretrievably destroy or delete any of the following in your possession, custody and/or directly or indirectly under your control:

 

   

any documents, drawings, designs, computer files or software, visual or audio tapes or other materials containing information whether stored on any magnetic or optical disk or memory card/stick or otherwise (including, without limitation, Confidential Information) and/or any copies or extracts of the same relating to the Business; and

 

   

any other property of the Company and/or any member of the Company Group;

 

   

inform the Company of all passwords, passcodes, pin numbers and any other similar information used by you in relation to any information technology systems, vehicles, rooms and/or any other secured property of the Company and/or any member of the Company Group; and

 

   

disclose to the Company details of all prospective customers engaged in negotiations with the Company or any member of the Company Group in the twelve (12) months prior to the termination of your employment with whom you were personally involved with a view to obtaining goods or services from the Company or any member of the Company Group or in relation to whom you have acquired Confidential Information.

NON-COMPETITION

The Company Group is in a highly competitive business and invests substantial time, money, and effort to, among other things, provide employees with specialized skills and to develop goodwill and relationships with clients and potential clients. Accordingly, you covenant and agree that, during the Non-Compete Period, you shall not, and shall cause your Controlled Affiliates not to, without the Company’s express written consent, directly or indirectly, anywhere in the Geographic Area, either for yourself or through any other Person, have an ownership interest in, manage, participate, operate, control, permit your name to be used by, perform services for or otherwise become involved in (whether as an officer, director, manager, employee, investor, partner, proprietor, stockholder, member, trustee, consultant, agent, representative, broker, promoter or otherwise), any Person engaging in the Business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7(a) shall prohibit (i) you or any of your Controlled Affiliates from having a passive ownership interest of not more than one percent (1.0%) of any publicly traded entity whose securities have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, so long as neither you nor any of your Controlled Affiliates participates in any way in the management, operation or control of such public traded entity; or (ii) you from engaging in any activities or performing any services in connection with your employment with the Company Group. If you should violate this non-competition restriction, the Non-Compete Period will not expire during any period in which you are in violation and shall automatically be extended by the length of such period of violation.

 

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NON-SOLICITATION

During the Non-Compete Period, shall not, and shall cause your Controlled Affiliates not to, without the Company’s express written consent, anywhere in the Geographic Area, either for yourself or through any other Person:

 

   

Directly or indirectly, with the purpose or effect of competing or interfering with any part of the Business, attempt to solicit, call upon, or accept the business of any Client or Potential Client; or

 

   

Directly or indirectly employ, solicit for employment or otherwise engage or endeavor to entice away from the Company Group any person who is employed by Company Group as of the date of your termination or call upon or encourage any employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company Group to cease being employed or engaged by the applicable member of the Company Group.

If you should violate this non-solicitation restriction, the Non-Compete Period will not expire during any period in which you are in violation and shall automatically be extended by the length of such period of violation.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ASSIGNMENT

You hereby assign, transfer and convey to the Company Group all of your right, title, and interest to and in all Work Product. You agree that all Work Product belongs in all instances to the Company Group. You will promptly disclose such Work Product to the Company Group and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company Group (whether during or after your period of employment) to establish and confirm the Company Group’s ownership of such Work Product (including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments) and to provide reasonable assistance to the Company Group (whether during or after your period of employment) in connection with the prosecution of any applications for patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks or reissues thereof or in the prosecution or defense of interferences relating to any Work Product. You recognize and agree that the Work Product, to the extent copyrightable, constitutes works for hire under the copyright laws of the United States.

NON-DISPARAGEMENT

You hereby agree that you shall not, in any manner, directly or indirectly, make any oral or written statement to any person that disparages or places any member of the Company Group or any of their respective officers, shareholders, members, advisors, partners or directors, in a false or negative light; provided that nothing herein is intended to or should be construed to prevent you from fully and truthfully responding to a subpoena or other legal process or request by a governmental or regulatory body, testifying fully and truthfully in any action, proceeding or regulatory matter, or otherwise reporting in good faith possible violations of law or regulations to any governmental agency or governmental entity or making disclosures that are protected under whistleblower or other provisions of the law.

MISCELLANEOUS

You represent that you have read and understand this Appendix A and it does not prevent you from earning a living or pursuing your career. You agree that the restrictions contained in this Appendix A are reasonable, proper and necessitated by the Company Group’s legitimate business interests. You are entering into this Appendix A freely and with knowledge of its content and with the intent to be bound by this Appendix A and the restrictions contained in it.

 

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You agree that any breach of the covenants contained herein will cause irreparable harm to the Company Group and that damages arising from a breach may be difficult to determine. You therefore agree and acknowledge that, in addition to all other remedies provided at law or in equity, the Company Group will be entitled to specific performance and temporary and permanent injunctive relief, from any court of competent jurisdiction, restraining any breaches by you or others acting in concert with you, without the necessity of the Company Group proving actual damages or posting a bond. If the Company Group prevails in any action hereunder, in whole or in part, you will also be liable for the Company Group’s attorneys’ fees and costs in connection with such action and any related proceedings.

If any of the restrictions which are expressed in this Appendix A to apply during a particular period shall be held to be void, but would be valid if part of their wording were deleted, such restriction shall apply with such deletion as may be necessary to make it valid or effective.

All claims arising hereunder, or relating hereto, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of law rules. You and the Company agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the State of Delaware, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Appendix A and further agreement that all claims in respect of the action or proceeding may be heard and determined only in such courts.

This Appendix A and all schedules and exhibits hereto, together with the offer letter of which this Appendix A forms a part, embody the entire agreement of the parties hereto respecting the matters within its scope and supersedes all other prior agreements (including, without limitation, any offer letters, term sheets and correspondence relating thereto), whether written or oral, that directly or indirectly bear upon the subject matter hereof. This Appendix A may not be amended, modified or changed (in whole or in part), except by written agreement executed by both of the parties hereto.

If any provision of this Appendix A or any schedule hereto is found to be void or unenforceable, in whole or in part, the void or unenforceable provision shall be severed. If a provision of this Appendix A or any schedule hereto is found to be too broad, then that provision shall be limited and enforced in its limited form to the maximum extent possible under applicable law.

The Company may, in whole or in part, release, compound, compromise, waive or postpone, in its absolute discretion, any liability owed to it or right granted to it in this Appendix A by you without in any way prejudicing or affecting its rights in respect of any part of that liability or any other liability or right not so released, compounded, compromised, waived or postponed. No single or partial exercise, or failure or delay in exercising any right, power or remedy by the Company shall constitute a waiver by it of, or impair or preclude any further exercise of, that or any right, power or remedy arising under this Appendix A or otherwise.

 

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EXHIBIT 1

EXCLUDED FROM WORK PRODUCT

 

      X           I have no inventions.
                    The following is a complete list of all pre-existing intellectual property and other assets to be excluded from the definition of Work Product relative to the subject matter of my employment with the Company Group that have been created by me, alone or jointly with others, prior to the Effective Date, which might relate to the Company Group’s present business:
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

                    Additional sheets attached.

 

Executive:   

/s/ Ryan Martin

   Date:    12-23-2021
   Ryan Martin   

 

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Exhibit 10.12

Execution Version

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation

December 23, 2021

Richard Stump

Re: Offer Letter

Dear Richard:

On behalf of Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors, the “Company”), I am pleased to confirm our offer to you for continuing employment in the position of Chief Commercial Officer of the Company, reporting to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. In this position, you will be an executive officer of the Company. Your employment under this letter agreement (this “Agreement”) will be effective on December 23, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. This Agreement supersedes in its entirety the Employment Agreement, dated September 23, 2019, by and between you and Kemeera LLC (the “Prior Agreement”).

In connection with your continuing employment with the Company, you will be entitled to the following compensation and benefits package, as approved by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) or its Compensation Committee (the “Committee”):

Compensation and Benefits

Base Salary: As of the Effective Date, you will be paid a base salary at an annual rate of $350,000, as adjusted by the Board or the Committee from time-to-time.

Annual Bonuses: Beginning for fiscal year 2022, you will be eligible to receive an annual bonus (each, an “Annual Bonus”) under the annual bonus plan adopted by the Board or the Committee in its discretion. The target amount of your Annual Bonus will be 60% of your annual base salary received during the applicable performance period.

Incentive Awards: You will be eligible to participate in the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time, as determined by the Board or the Committee in its discretion.

Executive Severance Plan: You are eligible for severance and change in control benefits under the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan (the “Severance Plan”) if your employment is terminated by the Company without “cause” or if you resign from your employment with “good reason” (in each case, as defined in the Severance Plan), subject to the terms and conditions thereof, including the requirements to execute and deliver an effective general release of claims against the Company, its affiliates and related parties and comply with certain non-solicitation, non-disclosure and non-competition covenants. For additional information, please consult the Severance Plan document.

Other Benefits: You will be eligible to participate in all other benefit plans generally offered to other senior executives of the Company in similar positions and with similar responsibilities (subject to any applicable waiting periods and other restrictions) which includes health coverage and paid company holidays.

Other Terms of Employment

Stock Ownership Guidelines: As an executive officer of the Company other than the CEO, you will be required to hold one (1) times your annual base salary in Company shares in accordance with the Company’s Stock Ownership Guidelines. Please consult the actual Stock Ownership Guidelines for additional information, including the type of equity counted towards meeting the Stock Ownership Guidelines.

 

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At-Will Employment: Your employment is at-will, meaning that you or the Company can terminate your employment without cause or reason at any time.

Outside Business Activities: During your employment, you will devote your best efforts and full business time and attention to the Company, and you will not engage in any other business activity or have any other business pursuits or interests, unless such activity, pursuit or interest is approved by the Board in writing.

Restrictive Covenant Agreement: As a condition of your employment, you will be required to review and sign the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation Executive Restrictive Covenant Agreement, attached hereto as Appendix A, that includes confidentiality, work product assignment and post-employment non-competition and non-solicitation provisions that will protect the Company’s ongoing interests.

This letter supersedes any prior oral or written agreements or understandings with the Company related to your employment, including, without limitation, the Prior Agreement, and cannot be changed except in a writing signed by an authorized executive of the Company.

Please indicate your acceptance of this offer by signing in the space provided below and returning one copy of this letter to me at your earliest convenience. Should you have any questions, please feel free to call me.

 

Sincerely,

/s/ Caprice Perez

Name: Caprice Perez
Title: Chief Human Resources Officer
Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation

 

Accepted and agreed:     Accepted and agreed:
    Kemeera LLC

/s/ Richard Stump

Richard Stump

   

/s/ Caprice Perez

By: Caprice Perez

Title:Chief Human Resources Officer

Date:   12/23/2021          Date:   12/23/2021

 

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Appendix A

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation Executive Restrictive Covenant Agreement (California)

DEFINITIONS

As used in this Appendix A, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Business” means (i) the businesses of (A) prototyping and low-volume services for in-house additive manufacturing technologies, (B) precision sheet metal and finishing services ranging from prototype through mid-volume production, including internal sheet metal cutting and forming solutions, (C) chemical etching for aerospace and defense, electronics, medical, automotive and other industries and (D) three-dimensional (“3D”) printing and processing and computer numerical control (“CNC”) machining, injection. molding and industrial design capabilities, or (ii) any other business of the Company Group as conducted or contemplated to be conducted as of the date of termination of your employment and/or during the Non-Solicit Period, and in respect of which you have been materially involved or about which you have acquired Confidential Information during the course of your employment.

Client or Potential Client” means each and every person and/or entity who or which, at any time during the two (2) years prior to the termination of your employment, (i) contracted for, was billed for, or received from the Company Group any product or service with which you worked directly or indirectly during your employment with the Company Group or about which you acquired Confidential Information during your employment with the Company Group; or (ii) was in contact with you or in contact with any other employee or agent of the Company Group concerning any product or service with which you worked directly or indirectly during your employment with the Company Group or about which you acquired Confidential Information during your employment with the Company Group; or (iii) was solicited by the Company Group or the Company Group expended substantial efforts on developing plans to solicit, in each case in an effort in which you were involved or of which you were aware while you were employed by the Company Group.

Company Group” means Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

Confidential Information” means any confidential or privileged information with respect to the Company Group. For purposes of this Appendix A, “Confidential Information” includes, but is not limited to, (a) any information, in any form whatsoever (including written, electronic, and oral information), relating to the Company Group, its business, employees, clients, vendors, or anyone else, that is not generally known outside of the Company Group, including, without limitation, information relating to the business methods, corporate plans, management systems, finances, new business opportunities, research and development projects, marketing or sales of any past, present or future product or service; secret formulae, processes, inventions, designs, know-how discoveries, technical specifications and other technical information relating to the creation, production or supply of any past, present or future product or service of the Company and/or any member of the Company Group; lists or details of Clients or Potential Clients or suppliers or the arrangements made with any Clients or Potential Clients or supplier; and any information in respect of which the Company and/or any member of the Company Group owes an obligation of confidentiality to any third party; and (b) any such information relating to any other person or entity that has been provided to the Company Group pursuant to an agreement that requires the Company Group to maintain the confidentiality of the information.

 

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Controlled Affiliates” means any other Person of which you directly or indirectly own more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting equity interest or of which you are entitled, directly or indirectly, by contract or otherwise, to appoint a majority of the board of directors, board of managers, or comparable body of such Person.

Geographic Area” means North America and any other jurisdiction in which the Company Group engages in the Business at or during the relevant time.

Non-Solicit Period” means the period of your employment and the twelve (12)-month period following the termination of your employment for any reason.

Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated association, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity or any governmental authority.

Work Product” means all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, trade dress, logos and all similar or related information (whether patentable or unpatentable) which relates to actual or anticipated business, operations, research and development of existing or future products or services of the Company Group and which are conceived, developed or made by you (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) during your period of employment together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, trade name and service mark applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Work Product” shall not include the patents and other assets set forth on Exhibit 1 hereto. You hereby represent and warrant that the patents and other assets owned by you set forth on Exhibit 1 are not related in any way to the Company Group, except as stated therein. For the avoidance of doubt, if any invention (A) is developed by you entirely on your own time without using the Company Group’s equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secret information and (B) does not either (I) relate to the Company Group’s business (or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development) at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention or (II) result from any work performed by you for the Company Group, all as within the meaning of Section 2870 of the California Labor Code, such invention shall not be deemed to be Work Product for purposes of this Appendix A and shall not be subject to the provisions hereof relating to Work Product.

CONFIDENTIALITY

In your position, you will have access to and be dealing with Confidential Information. In exchange for being provided access to such Confidential Information, you covenant and agree that, at all times during and after your employment with the Company Group, you will not, without prior written authorization from the Board or its designee, directly or indirectly disclose to any person, firm, association or corporation or use for your own benefit or gain any Confidential Information, provided that your disclosure of Confidential Information in the course of properly fulfilling your duties to the Company Group shall not be considered to be a breach of this covenant and provided further that this covenant is subject to any disclosure required by law or regulatory agency (provided that you provide the Company with advance written notice of such requirement, to the extent permitted by law, and reasonably cooperate with the Company should it seek to limit such disclosure). For the avoidance of doubt, this Appendix A does not prohibit or restrict you (or your attorney) from responding to

 

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any inquiry about this Appendix A or its underlying facts and circumstances by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or any other self-regulatory organization or governmental entity, or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation. You understand and acknowledge that you do not need the prior authorization of the Company Group to make any such reports or disclosures and that you are not required to notify the Company Group that you have made such reports or disclosures.

Breach of confidentiality is a serious matter and could result in termination for cause. Upon cessation of employment for any reason, you agree to return all property of the Company Group, both in electronic and paper form and including all client records, product information, business plans etc., and you agree not to retain any copies of such property.

RETURN OF PROPERTY

At any time during your period of employment or following its termination (for whatever reason), as requested by the Company and/or any member of the Company Group, you agree to:

 

   

return to the Company or any member of the Company Group or, if instructed by the Company and/or any member of the Company Group, irretrievably destroy or delete any of the following in your possession, custody and/or directly or indirectly under your control:

 

   

any documents, drawings, designs, computer files or software, visual or audio tapes or other materials containing information whether stored on any magnetic or optical disk or memory card/stick or otherwise (including, without limitation, Confidential Information) and/or any copies or extracts of the same relating to the Business; and

 

   

any other property of the Company and/or any member of the Company Group;

 

   

inform the Company of all passwords, passcodes, pin numbers and any other similar information used by you in relation to any information technology systems, vehicles, rooms and/or any other secured property of the Company and/or any member of the Company Group; and

 

   

disclose to the Company details of all prospective customers engaged in negotiations with the Company or any member of the Company Group in the twelve (12) months prior to the termination of your employment with whom you were personally involved with a view to obtaining goods or services from the Company or any member of the Company Group or in relation to whom you have acquired Confidential Information.

NON-SOLICITATION

The Company Group is in a highly competitive business and invests substantial time, money, and effort to, among other things, provide employees with specialized skills and to develop goodwill and relationships with clients and potential clients. Accordingly, you covenant and agree that, during the Non-Solicit Period, you shall not, and shall cause your Controlled Affiliates not to, without the Company’s express written consent, anywhere in the Geographic Area, either for yourself or through any other Person:

 

   

Directly or indirectly, with the purpose or effect of competing or interfering with any part of the Business, use Confidential Information to solicit, attempt to solicit, call upon, or accept the business of any Client or Potential Client; or

 

   

Directly or indirectly employ, solicit for employment or otherwise engage or endeavor to entice away from the Company Group any person who is employed by Company Group as of the date of your termination or call upon or encourage any employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company Group to cease being employed or engaged by the applicable member of the Company Group.

 

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If you should violate this non-solicitation restriction, the Non-Solicit Period will not expire during any period in which you are in violation and shall automatically be extended by the length of such period of violation.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ASSIGNMENT

You hereby assign, transfer and convey to the Company Group all of your right, title, and interest to and in all Work Product. You agree that all Work Product belongs in all instances to the Company Group. You will promptly disclose such Work Product to the Company Group and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company Group (whether during or after your period of employment) to establish and confirm the Company Group’s ownership of such Work Product (including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments) and to provide reasonable assistance to the Company Group (whether during or after your period of employment) in connection with the prosecution of any applications for patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks or reissues thereof or in the prosecution or defense of interferences relating to any Work Product. You recognize and agree that the Work Product, to the extent copyrightable, constitutes works for hire under the copyright laws of the United States.

NON-DISPARAGEMENT

You hereby agree that you shall not, in any manner, directly or indirectly, make any oral or written statement to any person that disparages or places any member of the Company Group or any of their respective officers, shareholders, members, advisors, partners or directors, in a false or negative light; provided that nothing herein is intended to or should be construed to prevent you from fully and truthfully responding to a subpoena or other legal process or request by a governmental or regulatory body, testifying fully and truthfully in any action, proceeding or regulatory matter, or otherwise reporting in good faith possible violations of law or regulations to any governmental agency or governmental entity or making disclosures that are protected under whistleblower or other provisions of the law.

MISCELLANEOUS

You represent that you have read and understand this Appendix A and it does not prevent you from earning a living or pursuing your career. You agree that the restrictions contained in this Appendix A are reasonable, proper and necessitated by the Company Group’s legitimate business interests. You are entering into this Appendix A freely and with knowledge of its content and with the intent to be bound by this Appendix A and the restrictions contained in it.

You agree that any breach of the covenants contained herein will cause irreparable harm to the Company Group and that damages arising from a breach may be difficult to determine. You therefore agree and acknowledge that, in addition to all other remedies provided at law or in equity, the Company Group will be entitled to specific performance and temporary and permanent injunctive relief, from any court of competent jurisdiction, restraining any breaches by you or others acting in concert with you, without the necessity of the Company Group proving actual damages or posting a bond. If the Company Group prevails in any action hereunder, in whole or in part, you will also be liable for the Company Group’s attorneys’ fees and costs in connection with such action and any related proceedings.

 

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If any of the restrictions which are expressed in this Appendix A to apply during a particular period shall be held to be void, but would be valid if part of their wording were deleted, such restriction shall apply with such deletion as may be necessary to make it valid or effective.

All claims arising hereunder, or relating hereto, shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law rules. You and the Company agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the State of California, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Appendix A and further agreement that all claims in respect of the action or proceeding may be heard and determined only in such courts.

This Appendix A and all schedules and exhibits hereto, together with the offer letter of which this Appendix A forms a part, embody the entire agreement of the parties hereto respecting the matters within its scope and supersedes all other prior agreements (including, without limitation, any offer letters, term sheets and correspondence relating thereto), whether written or oral, that directly or indirectly bear upon the subject matter hereof. This Appendix A may not be amended, modified or changed (in whole or in part), except by written agreement executed by both of the parties hereto.

If any provision of this Appendix A or any schedule hereto is found to be void or unenforceable, in whole or in part, the void or unenforceable provision shall be severed. If a provision of this Appendix A or any schedule hereto is found to be too broad, then that provision shall be limited and enforced in its limited form to the maximum extent possible under applicable law.

The Company may, in whole or in part, release, compound, compromise, waive or postpone, in its absolute discretion, any liability owed to it or right granted to it in this Appendix A by you without in any way prejudicing or affecting its rights in respect of any part of that liability or any other liability or right not so released, compounded, compromised, waived or postponed. No single or partial exercise, or failure or delay in exercising any right, power or remedy by the Company shall constitute a waiver by it of, or impair or preclude any further exercise of, that or any right, power or remedy arising under this Appendix A or otherwise.

 

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EXHIBIT 1

EXCLUDED FROM WORK PRODUCT

 

      X           I have no inventions.
                    The following is a complete list of all pre-existing intellectual property and other assets to be excluded from the definition of Work Product relative to the subject matter of my employment with the Company Group that have been created by me, alone or jointly with others, prior to the Effective Date, which might relate to the Company Group’s present business:
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

                    Additional sheets attached.

 

Executive:   

/s/ Richard Stump

   Date:   

12/23/2021

   Richard Stump      

 

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Exhibit 10.13

Execution Version

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of December 23, 2021 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Mark Frost (“Employee”). This Agreement amends and restates, and supersedes in its entirety, the Employment Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2021, between Midwest Composite Technologies, LLC (“MCT”) and Employee (the “Prior Agreement”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, in connection with the completion and effectiveness of the transactions contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2021, by and among Altimar Acquisition Corp. II, a Cayman Islands exempted company, Fathom Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and the other parties thereto (the “Business Combination Agreement”), the parties hereto desire to continue to employ Employee and Employee desires to continue in his employment with the Company upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing Recitals, the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, intending to be legally bound, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Employment; Position and Duties. The Company agrees to employ Employee, and Employee agrees to be employed by the Company, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement. Employee shall be employed by the Company as the Chief Financial Officer and shall report to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “CEO”). In this capacity, Employee agrees to devote Employee’s full time, energy and skill to the faithful performance of Employee’s duties herein, and shall perform the duties and carry out the responsibilities assigned to Employee to the best of Employee’s ability and in a diligent, businesslike and efficient manner. Employee will not engage in any outside business activities that materially interfere with Employee’s obligations under this Agreement, and will not render services of a business, professional or commercial nature for compensation or otherwise to any other person or entity. Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude Employee from devoting reasonable time for: (i) participating in professional, educational, philanthropic, public interest, charitable or community activities; (ii) providing advice, assistance and counsel to Controlled Affiliates (as defined below) on a basis consistent with past practices; and (iii) managing Employee’s and Employee’s family’s personal investments; provided, that any such activities do not materially interfere with the performance of Employee’s duties and responsibilities hereunder. Employee’s duties shall include those duties customarily performed by an officer in Employee’s position and such additional duties as may be assigned from time to time by the CEO, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), or their respective designee or successor. Employee may be appointed to such other officer positions of other Company Entities (as defined below) as determined by the Board from time to time, for no additional compensation. Employee shall comply with any policies and procedures established for Company employees, including, without limitation, those policies and


procedures contained in the Company’s employee handbook previously delivered to Employee. To the extent there is any conflict between those policies and this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern. Employee shall travel to such places in the United States and elsewhere as the CEO and the Board directs from time to time as needed. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company Entities” means, collectively, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates.

2. Term of Employment. The Company shall employ Employee, and Employee shall serve the Company, beginning on the Effective Date and continuing until this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms and this Agreement (the “Employment Period”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, either Employee or the Company may terminate Employee’s employment with the Company for any reason, at any time, upon not less than thirty (30) days’ prior notice; provided that no prior notice shall be required from the Company if Employee is terminated by the Company for Cause (as defined below), except as otherwise explicitly provided in Section 4(a) with respect to clauses (i), (vii), and (viii) of the “Cause” definition. Upon the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company, the Company shall not have any further obligation or liability to pay any compensation or benefits to Employee, except as set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement.

3. Compensation. During the Employment Period, Employee shall be compensated by the Company for Employee’s services as follows:

(a) Base Salary. Employee shall be paid an annual base salary (the “Annual Base Salary”) at the rate of $350,000, less applicable withholdings, including for taxes, in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll procedures. Increases in Employee’s Annual Base Salary shall be as approved by the Board in its sole discretion.

(b) Benefits. Employee will be eligible to participate in all benefit plans offered to other employees of the Company in similar positions and with similar responsibilities (subject to any applicable waiting periods and other restrictions), which includes health coverage and paid company holidays, but excluding the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan (the “Severance Plan”) or any other similar plan providing for severance payments or benefits upon termination of employment. Employee will be entitled to paid vacation of four (4) weeks per calendar year (prorated for partial years) in accordance with the Company’s vacation policy, with the timing and duration of specific vacations mutually and reasonably agreed to by the parties hereto. The carry-over of vacation days shall be in accordance with the Company’s policy.

While the Company expects to continue offering the same or similar employee benefits as are presently contemplated, the Company has the right to modify, alter, change or discontinue any or all such plans or its contribution rates to such plans at any time.

(c) Annual Bonus. Employee shall be eligible to receive an annual performance bonus for fiscal year 2021 with a target of 50% of Employee’s Annual Base Salary, less applicable withholdings, including for taxes, and based on the achievement of individual and MCT performance objectives previously established in accordance with the Prior Agreement (the “2021 Bonus”). For the avoidance of doubt, the 2021 Bonus shall not be subject to proration based on the commencement of Employee’s employment with MCT. Commencing in fiscal year 2022,

 

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Employee shall be eligible to receive an annual performance bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) with a target of 60% of Employee’s Annual Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”), less applicable withholdings, including for taxes, and based on the achievement of individual and Company performance objectives to be established for each year by the Board. The determination of whether the 2021 Bonus or any Annual Bonus in any other fiscal year is earned, and the amount of the 2021 Bonus or any Annual Bonus, will be determined by the Board (or its successor) in its sole discretion. The 2021 Bonus and each Annual Bonus, if any, shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll procedures and after the first regularly scheduled payroll date after the final financial audit is completed for the fiscal year to which the Annual Bonus relates; provided that, except as otherwise provided in Section 4, Employee is employed by the Company on such payment date. Employee would be required to repay the net amount of any “excess portion” of any paid 2021 Bonus or Annual Bonus in the event of a restatement due to misstatement of the Company’s or Holdings’ financial statements resulting from Employee’s error, omission or fraud if, based on such restatement, the Employee should have received a lesser amount than was actually paid for such 2021 Bonus or Annual Bonus. The “excess portion” is the excess of the gross amount paid over the gross amount that would have been paid under the restated financials. This recoupment provision shall not apply to the 2021 Bonus or any Annual Bonus paid more than three (3) years prior to the date of the applicable financial restatement.

(d) Reimbursement of Relocation Expenses and Temporary Housing and Travel Expenses. The Company will reimburse Employee for all pre-approved and documented expenses incurred by Employee in connection with his relocation near the Company’s offices (including, but not limited to, travel, costs of packing, unpacking and transporting personal effects, rental fees, commissions, and other miscellaneous and/or logistical expenses) (such expenses, “Relocation Expenses”), up to an aggregate amount of $40,000 (such limit, the “Relocation Expense Cap”). Employee shall prepare an invoice setting forth a summary of all Relocation Expenses and evidence of payment or of the liability to pay such expenses, and furnish such invoice to the Company as soon as reasonably practicable after the completion of Employee’s relocation during the Employment Period, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after such relocation. The Company will reimburse Employee for such Relocation Expenses in 2021, and no later than thirty (30) days after Employee submits such invoice.

In addition, the Company shall, upon the presentation of appropriate documentation, pay for, or reimburse Employee for, reasonable costs incurred by Employee for temporary housing and travel between Employee’s current home and the Company’s offices (such expenses, “Temporary Housing and Travel Expenses”) during the Employment Period for a maximum period of five (5) months from the date of Employee’s commencement of employment with the Company (the “Start Date”). Employee shall prepare an invoice setting forth a summary of all Temporary Housing and Travel Expenses and evidence of payment or of the liability to pay such expenses, and furnish such invoice to the Company as soon as reasonably practicable after incurring each such expense during the Employment Period, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after incurring such expense. The Company will reimburse Employee for such Temporary Housing and Travel Expenses no later than thirty (30) days after Employee submits such invoice.

 

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In the event that Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated by the Company for Cause (as defined below) or by Employee without Good Reason (as defined below) on or before the one (1) year anniversary of the Start Date, Employee shall immediately repay the Company the aggregate amount of all Relocation Expenses that were reimbursed to Employee or paid for by the Company. To the extent Employee fails or refuses to repay such Relocation Expenses, Employee shall also be liable to the Company for all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), if any, incurred by the Company in connection with the enforcement of its rights to the repayment of the Relocation Expenses, as described above.

(e) Eligibility for Additional Relocation Expenses. To the extent that Employee permanently moves in the future to the city in which the Company is headquartered, Employee may, in the sole discretion of the Company (and subject to any terms and conditions imposed by the Company), be eligible to receive reimbursement for additional reasonable relocation expenses incurred by him, based on Employee’s performance following the Start Date.

(f) Omnibus Incentive Plan. Employee shall be eligible to participate in the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time, as determined by the Board or its Compensation Committee in its discretion.

(g) Expenses. Employee shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for business expenses incurred by Employee in the normal and ordinary course of Employee’s employment by the Company pursuant to the Company’s standard business expense reimbursement policies and procedures, which policies and procedures shall be administered in compliance with applicable federal law. Employee shall provide the Company with documentation evidencing all requests for reimbursement of business expenses.

4. Benefits Upon Termination. In the event of a termination of Employee’s employment for any reason, Employee shall be entitled to the Accrued Obligations (as defined below).

(a) Termination for Cause or Other Terminations (Other than a Termination by the Company without Cause or a Termination by Employee for Good Reason). In the event of (i) the termination of Employee’s employment by the Company for Cause (as defined below), (ii) the termination of Employee’s employment by reason of Employee’s death or Disability, or (iii) the termination of Employee’s employment by Employee without Good Reason (as defined below), Employee shall be entitled to no further compensation or benefits from the Company other than the Accrued Obligations.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Accrued Obligations” means (i) any portion of Employee’s Annual Base Salary that had accrued but had not yet been paid (including any amount for accrued and unused vacation payable in accordance with the Company’s vacation policy then in effect or applicable law), (ii) any reimbursement due to Employee pursuant to Sections 3(d) or 3(g) under the Company’s standard business expense reimbursement policies and procedures, (iii) all other payments, benefits or fringe benefits to which Employee may then or thereafter become entitled to under the terms of any applicable compensation arrangement or benefit, equity or fringe benefit plan or program or grant or this Agreement, payable in accordance therewith, and (iv) other than in connection with a termination by the Company for Cause or by Employee without Good Reason, payment of the 2021 Bonus or any prior year’s Annual Bonus to the extent not previously paid.

 

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For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” means that Employee has engaged in any of the following: (i) Employee’s material breach of this Agreement; (ii) theft, fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement, wrongful self-dealing, dishonesty or falsification of any employment or Company records by Employee; (iii) commitment of an act or acts constituting a felony or any act involving dishonesty or moral turpitude; (iv) insobriety or drug abuse during the performance of Employee’s duties hereunder or on Company property or excessive absenteeism (other than sick leave or as a result of a physical or mental infirmity); (v) willful misconduct or gross negligence in the performance of Employee’s duties hereunder; (vi) any willful or bad faith and repeated refusal or willful or bad faith and repeated failure to perform Employee’s duties diligently and competently and in conformity with the Company’s written and oral policies and the instruction of the Board or is designee, or the willful and persistent failure to attend to Employee’s duties hereunder; (vii) any act or omission by Employee in violation or disregard of the Company’s policies then in effect (including, without limitation, the Company’s harassment and discrimination policies), in such a manner as to cause material loss, damage or injury to the property, reputation or employees of CORE Industrial Partners, LLC, Holdings, the Company, or any of their respective Subsidiaries (each, a “Company Entity”); (viii) repeated failure to perform any material aspects of Employee’s duties or responsibilities for the Company (other than by reason of Disability); or (ix) conviction of a criminal offense related to health care, or debarred, excluded, sanctioned, or otherwise made ineligible for participation in a health care program by any federal or state agency; provided, with respect to clauses (i), (vii), and (viii) only, that (a) the Company has given written notice to Employee detailing the specific circumstances alleged to constitute Cause within thirty (30) calendar days after the Company’s first knowledge of the occurrence of such circumstances and (b) if curable, Employee shall have thirty (30) calendar days following receipt of such notice to cure such circumstances in all material respects; provided further, that no termination for Cause shall occur after the ninetieth (90th) calendar day following the Company’s first knowledge of the occurrence of any grounds for Cause.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean a physical or mental infirmity which materially impairs Employee’s ability to perform the essential duties of Employee’s position under this Agreement, despite any reasonable accommodation, which continues for a period of at least ninety (90) consecutive days.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following, without Employee’s written consent: (i) any reduction in Employee’s Annual Base Salary or Target Bonus opportunity (as a percentage of base salary); (ii) material diminution in Employee’s duties, responsibilities and authority; (iii) a change in Employee’s reporting line (i.e., Employee is no longer reporting directly to the CEO) or in Employee’s title of Chief Financial Officer; (iv) a requirement that Employee relocate his office, if such relocation causes Employee’s home-to-work commuting distance as of the Start Date to increase by more than fifty (50) miles; or (v) a material breach of this Agreement by the Company or any other Company Entity; provided, in each case, that (a) Employee has given written notice to the Company detailing the specific circumstances alleged to constitute Good Reason within thirty (30) calendar days after Employee’s first knowledge of the occurrence of such circumstances and (b) the Company shall have thirty (30) calendar days following receipt of such notice to cure such circumstances in all material respects; provided further, that no termination for Good Reason shall occur after the ninetieth (90th) calendar day following Employee’s first knowledge of the occurrence of any grounds for Good Reason.

 

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(b) Termination by the Company Without Cause; Resignation for Good Reason. If Employee’s employment is terminated by the Company for any reason other than (i) for Cause or (ii) by reason of Employee’s death or Disability, or if Employee’s employment is terminated by Employee for Good Reason, then, in addition to the Accrued Obligations, Employee shall be eligible to receive the following: (A) continued payment of Employee’s Annual Base Salary as in effect on the date of the termination of Employee’s employment (but disregarding any reduction of Annual Base Salary that triggers a resignation for Good Reason), less applicable withholdings for taxes, in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll procedures, for twelve (12) months following the termination of Employee’s employment (the “Continuation Payments”); (B) a pro rata portion of the 2021 Bonus or Annual Bonus, as applicable, for the calendar year in which such termination occurs, determined by multiplying the amount of such 2021 Bonus or Annual Bonus that would be due for the full calendar year by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days Employee remained employed during the calendar year in which the termination occurs, and the denominator of which is 365, paid at the same time that such amounts are paid to active employees of the Company as set forth in Section 3(c), but in no event later than December 31 of the year following the performance year, and only to the extent that the applicable performance metrics are achieved; and (C) to the extent that Employee participated in the Company’s group health plan on the date of termination and provided that Employee timely and properly elects health continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”), the Company shall pay on Employee’s behalf or reimburse Employee for the monthly COBRA premium paid by Employee for Employee and Employee’s dependents, less the amount that Employee would be required to contribute for such coverage if Employee were an active employee of the Company, until the earliest of: (x) twelve (12) months following the termination of Employee’s coverage under the Company’s group health plan, (y) Employee becoming eligible for medical benefits from a subsequent employer, and (z) the date Employee is no longer eligible to receive COBRA continuation coverage (provided, that Employee shall not be entitled to receive such payment toward the premiums of COBRA continuation coverage if such payment is then impermissible under applicable law or would result in a penalty or additional tax on the Company (aside from standard taxes applicable to the payment of wages)); ((A), (B) and (C), collectively, the “Severance”); provided that Employee shall first execute the Release (as defined below) and such Release becomes effective in accordance with its terms.

Severance provided pursuant to this paragraph shall only be payable or provided if Employee delivers to the Company and does not revoke a full and final general release of claims and covenant not to sue (the “Release”), and the Release becoming effective and enforceable within the thirty (30)-day period following the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company (or within such other time frame set forth in the Release). The Release will be provided to Employee by the Company at the time of Employee’s termination and will be in a form customarily used by the Company. The Continuation Payments shall commence on the first payroll date following the effective date of the Release (the “First Payment Date”); provided, that if the Severance hereunder is considered deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code and the period to consider and revoke the Release spans two calendar years, the First Payment Date shall be the first payroll date in the second calendar year following the date on which the release becomes effective. Any Severance that would have been paid during the release consideration and revocation period will be accumulated and paid on the First Payment Date.

 

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The Severance is the sole and exclusive payment or benefit for which Employee is eligible as a result of the termination of his employment, except as otherwise required by law, and Employee acknowledges and agrees that he is not eligible for any contractual benefits under any other agreement or arrangement providing for payments or benefits upon a separation from service, including, without limitation, the Severance Plan.

(c) Treatment of Equity Awards Upon Change in Control Qualifying Termination. For purposes of this Section 4(c), the following terms will be defined as set forth below:

 

  (i)

Change in Control” has the meaning given to such term in the Omnibus Plan.

 

  (ii)

Change in Control Period” means the three (3) months prior to, and the twelve (12) months following, the consummation of a Change in Control of the Company.

 

  (iii)

CIC Qualifying Termination” means the involuntary termination of Employee’s employment by the Company without Cause or a voluntary resignation by Employee for Good Reason, in either case, during the Change in Control Period.

 

  (iv)

Omnibus Plan” means the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time, or any successor plan thereto.

 

  (v)

Termination Date” means the effective date of Employee’s termination of employment with the Company.

Subject to Employee’s execution, delivery and non-revocation of an effective Release and Employee’s continued compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in Sections 6 and 7, in the event of a CIC Qualifying Termination only, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Omnibus Plan or the applicable award agreements thereunder, (i) any outstanding and unvested time-vesting awards held by Employee under the Omnibus Plan will automatically vest in full as of the Termination Date, and (ii) any outstanding performance-vesting awards held by Employee under the Omnibus Plan will vest (A) at the greater of target performance and actual performance with respect to any performance period that has completed prior to the Termination Date and (B) at target performance with respect to any performance period that has not yet commenced or not yet completed as of the Termination Date.

5. Section 409A of the Code.

(a) Except to the extent earlier payment is permitted by Section 409A of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, in the event that any amount due to Employee hereunder after the termination of Employee’s employment shall be considered to be deferred compensation pursuant to Section 409A of the Code, and it is determined that Employee is a “specified employee” for purposes of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then the Company shall delay the payment of such amount for six (6) months after the termination of Employee’s employment (or until Employee’s death, if earlier) or for such other amount of time as may be necessary to comply with the requirements of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code.

 

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(b) This Agreement is intended to comply and shall be administered in a manner that is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code and the interpretative guidance thereunder or be exempt therefrom, including the exceptions for short-term deferrals and separation pay arrangements. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. In addition, each payment shall be considered a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, and any termination of employment under this Agreement shall mean a separation from service as defined in Section 409A of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(h)(1)(ii) (or other similar or successor provision) for purposes of any amounts considered deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code. To the extent any reimbursements or in-kind benefit payments under this Agreement are subject to Section 409A, such reimbursements and in-kind benefit payments shall be made in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions). The parties agree to make such other amendments to this Agreement as are necessary to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code if Section 409A is applicable to this Agreement.

6. Confidentiality. From and after the Effective Date, Employee shall treat and hold as confidential any proprietary information of the business and affairs of each Company Entity that is not already generally available to the public or that does not become generally available after the date of this Agreement without any violation by Employee of Employee’s obligations hereunder (the “Confidential Information”), refrain from using any of the Confidential Information except in the ordinary course operation (consistent with past custom and practice) of the Company Entities (to the extent that Employee is involved in such activities as a director, officer, employee or independent contractor of any Company Entity following the Start Date) and, upon termination of Employee’s relationship with all Company Entities, deliver promptly to the Company or destroy, at the request and option of the Company, all tangible embodiments (and all copies and all electronically stored versions) of the Confidential Information which are in the possession or under the control of Employee or any of Employee’s Controlled Affiliates. For purposes hereof, the term (A) “Controlled Affiliates” shall mean any other Person of which Employee directly or indirectly owns more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting equity interest or of which Employee is entitled, directly or indirectly, by contract or otherwise, to appoint a majority of the board of directors, board of managers, or comparable body of such Person, and (B) “Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated association, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity or any governmental authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, nothing in this Section 6 or any other provision of this Agreement shall prohibit Employee from reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity in accordance with the provisions of and rules promulgated under Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or of any other whistleblower protection provisions or state or federal law or regulation, in each case without notification to or prior approval by the Company Entities.

 

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7. Covenants Not to Compete or Solicit.

(a) During the Employment Period and for a period of eighteen (18) months following the termination of Employee’s employment for any reason (the “Non-Compete Period”), Employee shall not (and shall cause Employee’s Controlled Affiliates not to), directly or indirectly, through or in association with any third party, anywhere in the Geographic Area, either for Employee or through any other Person, (i) be employed by, consult for, render assistance to, contract with, serve as a director, officer, manager, employee, investor, partner, proprietor, stockholder, member, trustee, consultant, agent, representative, broker, promoter or otherwise for, or otherwise assist any third party or business engaged in selling or providing the same, similar or otherwise competitive services or products in any Competing Business, (ii) engage in, sell or provide any products or services in any Competing Business or (iii) own, acquire, or control any interest, financial or otherwise, in any Competing Business, other than ownership of one percent (1%) or less of the equity of a publicly-traded company, so long as neither Employee nor any of Employee’s Controlled Affiliates participates in any way in the management, operation or control of such public traded entity; provided, that nothing herein is intended to prevent Employee from engaging in any activities or performing any services in connection with Employee’s employment with the Company after the Effective Date. For the purpose of this Agreement, the term (A) “Competing Business” shall mean the business of providing prototyping and low-volume manufacturing services (including additive manufacturing, CNC machining, injection molding, industrial design and modeling and CAD services) as conducted by the Company, and (B) “Geographic Area” shall mean North America.

(b) During the Non-Compete Period, Employee shall not (and shall cause Employee’s Controlled Affiliates not to), directly or indirectly, anywhere in the Geographic Area, either for Employee or through any other Person, (i) induce or attempt to induce any current or former (within the one (1) year period immediately preceding such action) employee to leave the employ of any Company Entity, or in any way interfere with the relationship between such employee and any Company Entity, (ii) hire any current or former employee (within the previous one (1) year period) of any Company Entity or (iii) call on, solicit or service any current customer or supplier or Prospective Customer for the sale of goods or services provided by a Competing Business, or contemplated by any Company Entity pursuant to a written plan at any time while Employee provides services to the Company to be offered by any Company Entity, or induce or attempt to induce such Person to cease doing or decrease its business with any Company Entity, or in any way interfere with the relationship between any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor or other business relation and any Company Entity (including making any negative statement or communication that is intended to or could reasonably be expected to disparage any Company Entity). For the purpose of this Agreement, the term “Prospective Customer” shall mean any person or entity to which the Company has made a bid or proposal, which remains open, at any time in the one (1) year period immediately preceding such action by Employee.

(c) Employee agrees that the restrictions contained in Sections 6 and 7 are reasonable in all respects (including, with respect to subject matter, time period and geographical area) and are necessary to protect the Company (including, the goodwill inherent therein) and that the Geographic Area reflects the scope of the businesses conducted by the Company.

 

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8. Enforceability and Breaches.

(a) If any restrictive covenant contained herein is unenforceable with respect to the duration and geographic area of restriction of the covenant, then the duration and geographic area of restriction shall be reduced to the maximum duration and geographic area of restriction deemed legal, valid and enforceable and that come closest to expressing the intention of the parties with respect to the covenant, and the covenant shall be enforceable as so modified. The parties agree that a court with proper jurisdiction shall be allowed to reduce the restrictive covenants contained herein to the maximum duration and geographic area of restriction deemed legal, valid and enforceable.

(b) Employee acknowledges and agrees that, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by Employee of any of the provisions of this Agreement, monetary damages shall not constitute a sufficient remedy. Consequently, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Company may (and shall be entitled to), in addition to other rights and remedies existing in its favor, apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction for specific performance and/or injunctive or other relief in order to enforce or prevent any violations of the provisions of this Agreement (including the extension of the Non-Compete Period by a period equal to the length of court proceedings necessary to stop such violation), in each case without the requirement of posting a bond or proving actual damages.

9. Development of Inventions, Improvements or Know-How.

(a) Disclosure Obligation. Employee and Employee’s heirs, assigns and representatives shall disclose fully and promptly to the Company any and all promotional and advertising materials, catalogs, brochures, plans, customer lists, distributor lists, supplier lists, manuals, handbooks, information relating to customers, distributors or suppliers or their respective employees, inventions, discoveries, improvements, trade secrets, secret processes and any technology, know-how or intellectual property made or developed or conceived of by Employee, in whole or in part, alone or with others, which results from any work Employee may do for, or at the request of, any Company Entity or which relates to the business, operations, activities, research, investigations or obligations of such Company Entity, including, without limitation, any and all facts, test data, findings, designs, formulas, processes, sketches, drawings, models and figures (collectively, “Work Product”).

(b) Assignment. All Work Product is deemed a “work of hire” in accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act and is owned exclusively by the Company. If, and to the extent, any of the Work Product is not considered a “work of hire,” Employee does hereby assign to the Company and shall, without further compensation, assign to the Company, Employee’s entire right, title and interest in and to all Work Product. At the Company’s expense and at the Company’s request, Employee shall provide reasonable assistance and cooperation, including, without limitation, the execution of documents in order to obtain, enforce and/or maintain the Company’s proprietary rights in the Work Product throughout the world. Employee appoints the Company as Employee’s agent and grants the Company a power of attorney for the limited purpose of executing all such documents.

 

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(c) Publication. Employee shall not publish or submit for publication, or otherwise disclose to any person or entity other than the Company, any data or results from Employee’s work on behalf of the Company without the prior written consent of the Board.

10. Dispute Resolution. In the event of any dispute or claim relating to or arising out of this Agreement or Employee’s employment with the Company (including, without limitation, any claims of breach of contract, wrongful termination or age, sex, race or other discrimination), Employee and the Company agree that all such disputes shall be fully and finally resolved by binding arbitration conducted by the American Arbitration Association in Chicago, Illinois in accordance with its National Employment Dispute Resolution rules, as those rules are currently in effect (and not as they may be modified in the future). Employee acknowledges that by accepting this arbitration provision Employee is waiving any right to a jury trial in the event of such dispute. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this arbitration provision shall not apply to any disputes or claims relating to or arising out of the misuse or misappropriation of trade secrets or proprietary information or the enforcement of the obligations under Sections 6 or 7 of this Agreement.

11. Stock Ownership Guidelines, As an executive officer of the Company other than the CEO, Employee will be required to hold one (1) times the Annual Base Salary in Company shares in accordance with the Company’s Stock Ownership Guidelines.

12. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any choice of law or conflict of laws rules, provisions or principles.

13. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. The Company may assign this Agreement without Employee’s consent, including, but not limited to, to any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or to any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, business combination, consolidation or otherwise) of all or substantially all of the equity, assets or businesses of the Company. In view of the personal nature of the services to be performed under this Agreement by Employee, Employee shall not have the right to assign or transfer any of Employee’s rights, obligations or benefits under this Agreement, except as otherwise noted herein.

14. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Employee and the Company regarding the terms and conditions of Employee’s employment. This Agreement supersedes all prior negotiations, representations or agreements between Employee and the Company, whether written or oral, concerning Employee’s employment, including any draft and final offer letters and the Prior Agreement.

15. No Conflict. Employee represents and warrants to the Company that neither Employee’s entry into this Agreement nor Employee’s performance of Employee’s obligations hereunder will conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of any other agreement or obligation to which Employee is a party or by which Employee is bound, including, without limitation, any non-competition or confidentiality agreement previously entered into by Employee.

 

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16. Validity. If any one or more of the provisions (or any part thereof) of this Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions (or any part thereof) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

17. Modification. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by a written agreement signed by Employee and the Company.

18. Withholding. All payments made to Employee pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to applicable withholding taxes, if any, and any amount so withheld shall be deemed to have been paid to Employee for purposes of amounts due to Employee under this Agreement.

19. Counsel. Each party has been represented by his, her or its own counsel in connection with the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement or has voluntarily chosen not to avail himself, herself or itself of such counsel, and, consequently, each party waives the application of any rule of law that would otherwise be applicable in connection with the interpretation of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, any rule of law to the effect that any provision of this Agreement will be interpreted or construed against the party whose counsel drafted that provision.

20. Survival. Sections 5 through 21 will survive and continue in full force in accordance with their terms notwithstanding the termination of the Employment Period.

21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in counterparts (including by means of electronically transmitted reproductions of signature pages), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together constitute one and the same instrument.

[signature page follows]

 

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

 

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation
By:  

/s/ Caprice Perez

Name:   Caprice Perez
Title:   Chief Human Resources Officer

/s/ Mark Frost

Mark Frost

Acknowledged and agreed:

Midwest Composite Technologies, LLC

By: MCT Group Holdings LLC, acting as sole member of Midwest Composite Technologies, LLC

By:  

/s/ Caprice Perez

Name:   Caprice Perez
Title:   Chief Human Resources Officer

 

[Signature Page to Employment Agreement]

Exhibit 10.14

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation

Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan

and Summary Plan Description

Section 1 – Purpose

 

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation, a Delaware corporation (collectively with its subsidiaries and affiliates, and any successor that assumes the obligations of the Company under the Plan, by way of merger, acquisition, or otherwise, the “Company”), hereby adopts the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan, effective December 23, 2021 (the “Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to provide financial support to a select group of senior-level executives of the Company in the period following the termination of their employment, consistent with the values and culture of the Company, and to recognize the valuable contributions made by eligible employees to the Company. The Company further believes that the Plan will help attract and retain highly qualified employees who are essential to its success.

This document also serves as a summary plan description (“SPD”) for the Plan, providing a non-technical summary of the Plan’s main features and other information relating to the administration of the Plan. Please note that the laws relating to employee benefit plans change frequently, and if a Plan provision is inconsistent with a new law, regulation or ruling, the Plan will be administered in accordance with the new law, regulation or ruling, regardless of the terms described herein. Each Covered Executive will be notified of material changes to the Plan in accordance with applicable law. Each Covered Executive should keep a copy of the Plan and the applicable Participation Agreement for his or her records, along with any future materials furnished to such Covered Executive about changes to the Plan.

Section 2 – Definitions

 

For purposes of the Plan, the following terms will be defined as set forth below:

 

  A.

Accounting Firm” has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.

 

  B.

Base Salary” means, as applicable, a Covered Executive’s annual base salary in effect as of the Termination Date, including any salary reductions under Code Sections 132(f), 125, or 401(k), and excluding overtime, bonuses, benefits-in-kind, allowances or other incentives, and any other forms of extra compensation (for example, commissions). No foreign service or expatriate allowances shall be included in determining Base Salary or the amount of Severance payable under the Plan.

 

  C.

Board” means the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

  D.

Cause” means the occurrence of one or more of the following with respect to a Covered Executive: (i) a breach of fiduciary duty or duty of loyalty to the Company; (ii) a conviction of or plea of nolo contendere to a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; (iii) the failure, refusal or neglect to perform and discharge the Covered Executive’s duties and responsibilities on behalf of the Company (other than by reason of Disability) or to comply with any lawful directive of the Board or its designee; (iv) the breach of any written policy of the Company (including, without limitation, those relating to sexual harassment or the disclosure or misuse of confidential information); (v) the breach of any agreement with the Company (including, without limitation, any confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation or assignment of inventions agreement); (vi) the commission of fraud, dishonesty, theft, embezzlement, self-


  dealing, misappropriation or other malfeasance against the business of the Company; or (vii) the commission of acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or gross misconduct in the performance of any aspect of the Covered Executive’s lawful duties or responsibilities, which has or may be expected to have an adverse effect on the Company. In addition, a Covered Executive’s employment will be deemed to have terminated for “Cause” if, on the Termination Date, facts and circumstances exist that would have justified a termination for Cause, to the extent that such facts and circumstances are discovered within three (3) months following the Termination Date. The Plan Administrator, in its absolute discretion, shall determine the effect of all matters and questions relating to whether a Covered Executive has been discharged for Cause.

 

  E.

Change in Control” has the meaning given to such term in the Omnibus Plan.

 

  F.

Change in Control Period” means the three (3) months prior to, and the twelve (12) months following, the consummation of a Change in Control of the Company.

 

  G.

CIC Qualifying Termination” means the involuntary termination of a Covered Executive’s employment by the Company without Cause or a voluntary resignation by a Covered Executive for Good Reason, in either case, during the Change in Control Period.

 

  H.

CIC Severance” has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.B.

 

  I.

COBRA” means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.

 

  J.

COBRA Continuation Payment” has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.G.i.

 

  K.

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

 

  L.

Company” has the meaning given to such term in Section 1.

 

  M.

Compensation Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board.

 

  N.

Covered Executive” means a US salaried employee of the Company at the executive level who is eligible to receive benefits pursuant to Section 3 of the Plan and who has timely and properly executed and delivered a Participation Agreement to the Company. No employee of the Company who is a party to any other individual agreement or arrangement that provides for severance payments or benefits other than pursuant to the Plan will be considered a Covered Executive and will be excluded from coverage under the Plan, unless otherwise explicitly provided in a written agreement with the Company.

 

  O.

Disability” has the meaning given to such term in the applicable long-term disability plan maintained by the Company in which a Covered Executive participates, or if there is no such plan applicable to a Covered Executive, means permanent and total disability as defined in Code Section 22(e)(3).

 

  P.

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

 

  Q.

Excise Tax” has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.

 

  R.

Good Reason” means the occurrence of one or more of the following: without a Covered Executive’s written consent, (i) a material reduction by the Company in Base Salary, other than a reduction of less than ten percent (10%) in connection with a comparable decrease applicable

 

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  to all similarly situated employees of the Company; (ii) for Tier 1 and Tier 2 Executives only, a material diminution in duties, responsibilities or authority of employment; (iii) a requirement that the Covered Executive permanently relocate his or her primary place of employment more than fifty (50) miles from its location as of the date he or she began participating in the Plan; or (iv) the failure of any successor to the Company to assume and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Plan with respect to the applicable Covered Executive; provided, in each case, that the Covered Executive has given the Company written notice detailing the specific circumstances alleged to constitute Good Reason within thirty (30) calendar days after the first occurrence of such circumstances, and the Company shall have thirty (30) calendar days following receipt of such notice to cure such circumstances in all material respects; and provided further, that no termination due to Good Reason shall occur after the ninetieth (90th) calendar day following the first occurrence of any grounds for Good Reason.

 

  S.

Non-CIC Severance” has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.A.

 

  T.

Non-CIC Qualifying Termination” means the involuntary termination of a Covered Executive’s employment by the Company without Cause or a voluntary resignation by a Covered Executive for Good Reason, in either case, outside of the Change in Control Period.

 

  U.

Omnibus Plan” means the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time, or any successor plan thereto.

 

  V.

Participation Agreement” means the individual agreement provided by the Plan Administrator to a Covered Executive, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, which acknowledges the Covered Executive’s participation in the Plan and which has been signed and accepted by the Covered Executive.

 

  W.

Plan” has the meaning given to such term in Section 1.

 

  X.

Plan Administrator” means the Company, acting through the Compensation Committee or another duly constituted committee of members of the Board or its delegate, or any person to whom the Plan Administrator has delegated any authority or responsibility with respect to the Plan pursuant to Section 8.A, but only to the extent of such delegation.

 

  Y.

Prorated Bonus” means a prorated portion of a Covered Executive’s annual cash incentive bonus under any annual incentive plan maintained by the Company and in which the Covered Executive participates for the year in which the termination of his or her employment occurs, to be calculated by the Plan Administrator in its discretion based on the number of days in such year elapsed through the Termination Date and with the amount thereof determined based on actual performance.

 

  Z.

Severance” means, individually or collectively (as the context requires), the CIC Severance and the Non-CIC Severance.

 

  AA.

SPD” has the meaning given to such term in Section 1.

 

  BB.

Target Bonus” means a Covered Executive’s target annual cash incentive bonus under any annual incentive plan maintained by the Company and in which the Covered Executive participates for the year in which the termination of his or her employment occurs.

 

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  CC.

Termination Date” means the effective date of a Covered Executive’s termination of employment with the Company.

 

  DD.

Tier 1 Executive” means the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

 

  EE.

Tier 2 Executives” means the Company’s Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Human Resources Officer and Vice President of Operations, and any other executive position that the Plan Administrator may designate as a Tier 2 Executive from time to time.

 

  FF.

Tier 3 Executive” means any other executive position that the Plan Administrator may designate as a Tier 3 Executive from time to time.

 

  GG.

Unpaid Prior Year Bonus” means any earned but unpaid amount of a Covered Executive’s annual cash incentive bonus under any annual incentive plan maintained by the Company and in which the Covered Executive participated for the year immediately preceding the year in which the Termination Date occurs, with the amount thereof determined based on actual performance.

 

  HH.

WARN Act” means the U.S. Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or any state or local “pay in lieu of notice” law or regulation.

 

  II.

Years of Service” means a Covered Executive’s aggregate period of employment with the Company, subject to the following rules: (i) any absence of employment for a period of twelve (12) or more successive months will be excluded, and (ii) any partial periods of employment will not be rounded up or down for purposes of determining Years of Service. If a Covered Executive was previously eligible for severance benefits under the Plan or any other plan, program, policy or arrangement sponsored by the Company and is subsequently rehired by the Company, such Covered Executive’s Years of Service shall be cancelled in an amount determined by the Company as appropriate to avoid duplication of the payment of severance benefits related to the period of employment prior to his or her rehire for which severance benefits were earlier paid.

Section 3 – Eligibility for Severance Benefits

 

 

A.

Right to Severance Benefits

Except as otherwise provided herein, a Covered Executive will be eligible to receive the Severance described in Section 4 in the event of a Non-CIC Qualifying Termination or a CIC Qualifying Termination. Whether a termination is for Cause shall be determined by the Company in its reasonable discretion, and such interpretation shall be conclusive and binding on all parties. Nothing in this Section 3 or in this SPD is to be construed as modifying or altering an employee’s employment-at-will status.

 

B.

Ineligibility for Severance Benefits

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, an employee will not be eligible for Severance under the Plan in connection with any of the following:

 

  (i)

voluntary resignation without Good Reason or voluntary retirement;

 

  (ii)

death or Disability;

 

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  (iii)

involuntary termination for Cause;

 

  (iv)

loss of status as a Covered Executive eligible for Severance under the Plan prior to the Termination Date;

 

  (v)

for Tier 3 Executives only, upon the formation of a joint venture or other business entity in which the Company directly or indirectly will own some outstanding voting or other ownership interest, and (i) such individual is offered employment by the joint venture entity or other business entity in a position that the Company determines is suitable based on his or her background, training or education on substantially similar terms and conditions to such individual’s position with the Company, or (ii) such individual accepts any offer made by the joint venture entity or other business entity; or

 

  (vi)

for Tier 3 Executives only, the operation for which such individual works is divested and he or she is offered employment by or continues employment with the new owner of the operation after the divestiture on substantially similar terms and conditions to his or her position with the Company.

In addition, an employee will not be eligible for Severance under this Plan if he or she is receiving disability payments or is on leave and would otherwise have been terminated, and the reason for such termination would have entitled him or her to Severance hereunder unless and until the cessation of such disability payments or leave.

Section 4 – Severance Benefits

 

A Covered Executive shall be eligible to receive the benefits described in this Section 4 if he or she meets the eligibility criteria for Severance described in Section 3 and has signed a Participation Agreement under the Plan.

Note: Nothing in this Section 4, the Plan, a Participation Agreement, an employment agreement or an offer letter from the Company shall entitle a Covered Executive to receive duplicate benefits in connection with a termination of employment. For example, in no event will a Covered Executive be eligible for benefits under both this Plan and an employment agreement between a Covered Executive and the Company. The obligation of the Company to make payments or provide benefits hereunder is expressly conditioned upon the Covered Executive not receiving duplicate payments.

A. Non-CIC Severance

In the event of a Non-CIC Qualifying Termination (and to the extent the Covered Executive satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 3), a Covered Executive will receive the following payments, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan (including the requirement that the Covered Executive execute a Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims, as described in Section 4.H.i herein):

 

Employment Level

  

Years of Service

  

Cash Severance

  

Bonus Payment

  

COBRA
Continuation
Payment

Tier 1 Executive    N/A    18 months of Base Salary    Any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus plus Prorated Bonus    18 months
Tier 2 Executives    N/A    12 months of Base Salary    Any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus plus Prorated Bonus    12 months
Tier 3 Executives    1 or more Years of Service    6 months of Base Salary    Any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus plus Prorated Bonus    6 months
   Less than 1 Year of Service    3 months of Base Salary    Any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus plus Prorated Bonus    3 months

 

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The Cash Severance and the COBRA Continuation Payment set forth above are collectively referred to herein as the “Non-CIC Severance.”

 

B.

CIC Severance

In the event of a CIC Qualifying Termination (and to the extent the Covered Executive satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 3), a Covered Executive will receive the following payments, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan (including the requirement that the Covered Executive execute a Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims, as described in Section 4.H.i herein):

 

Employment Level

  

Cash Severance

  

COBRA Continuation Payment

Tier 1 Executive    18 months of Base Salary plus 1.5x Target Bonus plus any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus    18 months
Tier 2 Executives    12 months of Base Salary plus 1.0x Target Bonus plus any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus    12 months
Tier 3 Executives    6 months of Base Salary plus 0.5x Target Bonus plus any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus    6 months

The Cash Severance and the COBRA Continuation Payment set forth above, plus the equity award treatment described in Section 4.C below, are collectively referred to herein as the “CIC Severance.”

 

C.

Treatment of Equity Awards (CIC Qualifying Termination Only)

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan (including the requirement that the Covered Executive execute a Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims, as described in Section 4.H.i herein), in the event of a CIC Qualifying Termination only, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Omnibus Plan or the applicable award agreements thereunder, (i) any outstanding and unvested time-vesting awards held by the Covered Executive under the Omnibus Plan will automatically vest in full as of the Termination Date, and (ii) any outstanding performance-vesting awards held by the Covered Executive under the Omnibus Plan will vest (A) at the greater of target performance and actual performance with respect to any performance period that has completed prior to the Termination Date and (B) at target performance with respect to any performance period that has not yet commenced or not yet completed as of the Termination Date.

 

D.

Certain Reductions

The amount of a Covered Executive’s Severance may be reduced by any amount that he or she owes to the Company (such as cash advances, outstanding loans, applicable relocation and education assistance reimbursements, etc.). If a Covered Executive is on an expatriate assignment at the time of his or her termination of employment and the Covered Executive is eligible for Severance under this Plan, the amount of the Severance will be reduced by the amount of any statutory severance to which he or she is entitled under the laws of the country of assignment due to such termination of employment.

 

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E.

Offset for WARN Act Payments

Severance under the Plan may be subject to reduction as described below in connection with certain payments a Covered Executive may be entitled to receive pursuant to any federal, state or local plant-closing or mass layoff law (or similar or analogous) law, including, without limitation, any WARN Act. If a Covered Executive is entitled to payment of base pay for any portion of a WARN Act notice period during which he or she is not required to work, then any Severance hereunder may be reduced by the amount of such payments.

 

F.

How the Severance Payments, Unpaid Prior Year Bonus and Prorated Bonus Are Paid

Any Cash Severance under the Plan shall be payable as follows: (i) in the event of a Non-CIC Qualifying Termination, in substantially equal installments over the number of months specified in the calculation thereof in Section 4.A following the Covered Executive’s employment termination date, in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll payment schedule; provided, that no portion of the Cash Severance will be payable or paid prior to the execution of, or, if applicable, the end of the revocation period for, the Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims, or (ii) in the event of a CIC Qualifying Termination, in a lump sum as soon as reasonably practicable following the execution of, or, if applicable, at the end of the revocation period for, the Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims.

Any Unpaid Prior Year Bonuses due shall be payable as follows: (i) in the event of a Non-CIC Qualifying Termination, when bonuses for such year are generally paid to employees of the Company; provided, that no Unpaid Prior Year Bonus will be payable or paid prior to the execution of, or, if applicable, the end of the revocation period for, the Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims; or (ii) in the event of a CIC Qualifying Termination, in a lump sum as soon as reasonably practicable following the execution of, or, if applicable, at the end of the revocation period for, the Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims.

Any Prorated Bonuses due in the event of a Non-CIC Qualifying Termination shall be payable when annual cash incentive bonuses for such year are generally paid to employees of the Company; provided, that no Prorated Bonus will be payable or paid prior to the execution of, or, if applicable, the end of the revocation period for, the Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims.

 

G.

COBRA Continuation Payment and Other Benefits

Upon a termination of employment, a Covered Executive is not considered an employee of the Company for any purpose, including eligibility under any employee benefit plan. However, as noted in Sections 4.A and 4.B, to the extent that a Covered Executive is eligible therefor, the Severance will include a COBRA Continuation Payment.

(i) COBRA Continuation Payment.

If a Covered Executive was enrolled in a Company health plan on the Termination Date, the Covered Executive will be provided with a lump-sum payment equal to the total cost of the monthly premiums associated with coverage under COBRA for the total number of months specified in the calculation of his or her Cash Severance (“COBRA Continuation Payment”). For the avoidance of doubt, the COBRA Continuation Payment is a component of the Severance and is only payable if the Covered Executive timely executes and does not revoke the Separation Agreement and General Release. It is payable as soon as reasonably practicable following the execution of, or, if applicable, the end of the revocation period for, the Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims.

 

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(ii) Other Benefits

Payments relating to a Covered Executive’s accrued and unused PTO days will be determined in accordance with applicable law and the applicable Company plans, programs and/or policies.

The Plan Administrator may, in its sole discretion, provide for such other severance benefits as may be expressly communicated in a Covered Executive’s Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims under the Plan, subject to any conditions or limitations as may be determined by the Plan Administrator and subject to the provisions of Section 4.

All other employee benefit plan coverage, and eligibility to participate in the Company’s employee benefit plans, will end as of the Termination Date.

 

H.

Other Provisions Affecting Severance Benefits

(i) Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims

The obligation of the Company to pay Severance to a Covered Executive (including any COBRA Continuation Payments and, if applicable, accelerated vesting of any equity awards) is expressly conditioned upon the Covered Executive timely executing and complying with the provisions of a Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims in a form that will be provided by the Company. To be eligible to receive Severance offered under this Plan, a Covered Executive must execute and return a Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims during the requisite time period, and if applicable, must not have revoked his or her acceptance to the terms of the Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims. If a Covered Executive violates any of the provisions of the Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims, he or she may forfeit eligibility to receive any further Severance under the Plan, and the Company may recover a portion of the Severance already paid. If the Severance constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 409A(d)(1) and the period to consider the Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims and, if applicable, to revoke the Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims plus the first regular payroll date thereafter spans two calendar years, then no portion of the Severance, including any COBRA Continuation Payment, shall be paid until the Company’s first payroll payment date in the year following the year in which the termination of employment occurs, and any amount that is not paid prior to such date due to such restriction shall be paid (subject to the applicable conditions) along with the installment scheduled to be paid on that date.

(ii) No Mitigation

A Covered Executive will not be required to mitigate the amount of any benefits provided for in the Plan by seeking other employment and no such benefits shall be offset or reduced by the amount of any compensation or benefits provided to him or her in any subsequent employment, except as provided herein.

(iii) Cessation and Repayment of Severance Benefits

All payments and benefits under the Plan shall cease immediately and be subject to repayment under any of the following circumstances:

 

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  (a)

a Covered Executive is rehired by the Company or hired by one of its affiliates in a position commensurate with his or her experience and training within six (6) months of the date that he or she becomes eligible for Severance;

 

  (b)

upon discovery by the Company within the three (3) months following the termination of a Covered Executive’s employment that while working as an employee of the Company, he or she engaged in a criminal act or any other activity that would have constituted Cause and would have resulted in the Covered Executive being ineligible for benefits under Section 3; or

 

  (c)

upon discovery by the Company that the Covered Executive has violated confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation or other covenants to which he or she may be subject, including any such covenants set forth in such Covered Executive’s Participation Agreement or award agreement(s) under the Omnibus Plan.

Section 5 – Code Section 280G

 

If any payment or benefit received or to be received by a Covered Executive (including any payment or benefit received pursuant to this Plan or otherwise) would be, in whole or in part, subject to the excise tax imposed by Code Section 4999, or any successor provision thereto, or any similar tax imposed by state or local law, or any interest or penalties with respect to such excise tax (such tax or taxes, together with any interest and penalties, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the payments or benefits provided under this Plan or any other agreement pursuant to which he or she receives payments that give rise to the Excise Tax will either be (a) paid in full, or (b) reduced to the extent necessary to make such payments and benefits not subject to such Excise Tax. The Company will reduce or eliminate the payments in the following order of priority in a manner consistent with Code Section 409A: (i) first by reducing cash compensation, (ii) next, from equity compensation, and then (iii) pro rata among all remaining payments and benefits, in each case, in reverse order beginning with payments that are to be paid the farthest in time from the determination. The Covered Executive will receive the greater, on an after-tax basis, of (a) or (b). In no event will the Company be required to gross up any payment or benefit to avoid the effects of the Excise Tax or to pay any regular or excise taxes arising from the application of the Excise Tax. Unless the Covered Executive and the Company otherwise agree in writing, any parachute payment calculation will be made in writing by the Accounting Firm, whose calculations will be conclusive and binding upon the Covered Executive and the Company for all purposes. The Covered Executive and the Company will furnish to the Accounting Firm such information and documents as they may reasonably request in order to make a parachute payment determination. The Accounting Firm also will provide its calculations, together with detailed supporting documentation, both to the Covered Executive and the Company, before making any payments that may be subject to the Excise Tax. For purposes of the Plan, “Accounting Firm” means the then-current independent auditors of the Company or such other nationally recognized certified public accounting firm as may be designated by the Company.

Section 6 – Amendment and Plan Termination

 

The Company, by action of the Plan Administrator, reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Plan or amend the Plan or any Participation Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time; provided that, without a Covered Executive’s written consent, (i) no amendment or termination of the Plan or any Participation Agreement shall adversely affect the rights of any Covered Executive who has incurred a Non-CIC Qualifying Termination or CIC Qualifying Termination, and (ii) no amendment or termination of the Plan shall occur once the Change in Control Period has begun, if such amendment or termination would reduce or alter to the detriment of a Covered Employee the benefits payable, or potentially payable, hereunder or impair a Covered Executive’s eligibility under the Plan.

 

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Section 7 – Miscellaneous

 

 

A.

Employment Status

The Plan does not constitute a contract of employment, and nothing in the Plan provides or may be construed to provide that participation in the Plan is a guarantee of continued employment.

 

B.

Withholding of Taxes

The Company shall withhold from any amounts payable under the Plan all federal, state, local or other taxes that are legally required to be withheld.

 

C.

No Effect on Other Benefits

Neither the provisions of this Plan nor the payments and benefits provided for hereunder shall reduce any amounts otherwise payable to a Covered Executive under any incentive, retirement, group insurance or other employee benefit plan. The Company and its affiliates reserve the right to terminate, amend, modify, suspend, or discontinue any other plan, program or arrangement of the Company or its affiliates in accordance with such, plan, program and arrangement and applicable law.

 

D.

Validity and Severability

The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of the Plan shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of the Plan, which shall remain in full force and effect, and any ruling of invalidity or unenforceability in one jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

E.

Unfunded Obligation

All payments and benefits under the Plan shall constitute unfunded obligations of the Company. All payments and benefits under this Plan shall be provided, as due, from the general funds of the Company. The Plan shall constitute solely an unsecured promise by the Company to provide such benefits to each Covered Executive to the extent provided herein.

 

F.

Governing Law

This Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded “employee welfare benefit plan” maintained for the purpose of providing severance benefits and a “top-hat” plan maintained for the benefit of a select group of management or highly compensated employees of the Company. The Plan is intended to be excepted from the definitions of “employee pension benefit plan” and “pension plan” set forth under ERISA Section 3(2). The Plan, each Participation Agreement and all rights hereunder shall be governed and construed in accordance with ERISA and, to the extent not preempted by Federal law, with the laws of the state of Delaware (unless a Covered Executive’s Participation Agreement provides that the laws of a different state will govern with respect to such Covered Executive).

 

G.

Code Section 409A

To the fullest extent possible, amounts and other benefits payable under the Plan are intended to be exempt from the definition of “nonqualified deferred compensation” under Code Section 409A in accordance with one or more exemptions available under the final Treasury Regulations promulgated under Code Section 409A. To the extent that any amount or benefit is or becomes subject to Code Section 409A, this Plan is intended to comply with the applicable requirements of Code Section 409A with respect to such amount or benefit so as to avoid the imposition of taxes and penalties. This Plan shall be interpreted and administered to the extent possible in a manner consistent with the foregoing statements of intent.

 

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The Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, may modify the timing of payments and benefits hereunder for the sole purpose of exempting said payments and benefits from Code Section 409A. To the extent that any payment or benefit hereunder is modified in order to comply with Code Section 409A or is exempted from Code Section 409A, such modification or exemption shall be made in good faith and shall, to the maximum extent reasonably possible, maintain the original intent and economic benefit to a Covered Executive and the Company of the applicable payment or benefit without violating the provisions of Code Section 409A. In no event, however, shall the Company be liable for any tax, interest or penalty imposed on a Covered Executive under Code Section 409A or any damages for failing to comply with Code Section 409A.

If a Covered Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i) as of his or her Termination Date, such Covered Executive will not be entitled to any payment or benefit pursuant to the Plan that constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation for purposes of Code Section 409A and that is payable upon a separation from service (within the meaning of Code Section 409A) until the earlier of (A) the date which is six (6) months after his or her separation from service for any reason other than death, or (B) the date of his or her death. This paragraph will only apply if, and to the extent, required to avoid the imputation of any tax, penalty or interest pursuant to Code Section 409A. Any amounts otherwise payable to a Covered Executive upon or in the six (6) month period following the Covered Executive’s separation from service that are not so paid by reason of this Section 7.G will be paid (without interest) as soon as practicable (and in any event within thirty (30) calendar days) after the date that is six (6) months after his or her separation from service (provided, that in the event of his or her death after such separation from service but prior to payment, then such payment will be made as soon as practicable, and in all events within thirty (30) calendar days, after the date of his or her death).

For purposes of Code Section 409A, a Covered Executive’s right to receive any installment payments under the Plan shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments. Whenever a payment under the Plan specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days, the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Company.

 

H.

Successors and Assigns

This Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns. The Plan shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by each Covered Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. If a Covered Executive should die while any amount is still payable to him or her under the Plan had the Covered Executive continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the Plan to the Covered Executive’s estate. A Covered Executive’s rights under the Plan shall not otherwise be transferable or subject to lien or attachment.

 

I.

Indemnification

The Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the officers and employees of the Company, and the members of the Board, from all losses, claims, costs or other liabilities arising from their acts or omissions in connection with the administration, amendment or termination of the Plan, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. This indemnity will cover all such liabilities, including judgments, settlements and costs of defense. The Company will provide this indemnity from its own funds to the extent that insurance does not cover such liabilities. This indemnity is in addition to and not in lieu of any other indemnity provided to such person by the Company.

 

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Section 8 – Plan Administration and Benefit Claims

 

 

A.

Plan Administrator

The administration of the Plan is the responsibility of the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator has the discretionary authority and responsibility for, among other things, determining eligibility for benefits, adopting such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for the proper and efficient administration of the Plan, and construing and interpreting the terms of the Plan. In addition, the Plan Administrator has the authority, at its discretion, to delegate its responsibility to others. Any decision made or other action taken by the Plan Administrator with respect to the Plan, and any interpretation by the Plan Administrator of any term or condition of the Plan, or any related document (including, without limitation, any Participation Agreement), will be conclusive and binding on all persons, including, without limitation, the Company and each Covered Executive, and will be given the maximum deference afforded by law. The chart in Section 10 contains contact information for the Plan Administrator.

 

B.

Claims for Benefits

If a Covered Executive believes that he or she is entitled to benefits under the Plan, he or she may contact the Plan Administrator in writing at the address provided in the chart in Section 10. All initial claims for benefits under the Plan must be made prior to the first anniversary of the Termination Date giving rise to such benefits. For purposes of this Section 8.B, any action required or authorized to be taken by a Covered Executive may be taken by his or her authorized representative. The claims review procedures are as follows.

A Covered Executive will be notified in writing if he or she is denied benefits under the Plan, in full or in part, within ninety (90) days after the receipt of his or her claim (which period may be extended to one hundred eighty (180) days if circumstances require). This notice will include the reasons for the denial, the specific provision(s) of the Plan on which the denial is based, a description of any additional information needed to perfect the claim (and why such information is required), and an explanation of the Plan’s claims review procedure. If an extension of time is required for the review, the Covered Executive will receive notice of the reason for the extension within the initial ninety (90) day period and a date by which he or she can expect a decision.

If a Covered Executive’s claim for benefits under the Plan is denied in full or in part, he or she may appeal the decision. To appeal a decision, the Covered Executive must submit a written request for an appeal to the Plan Administrator through the U.S. Postal Service or other courier service within sixty (60) days after he or she receives notice of the denial of his or her claim. The appeal may include information or other documentation in support of his or her claim. A Covered Executive is entitled to review all Plan documents and other relevant information related to his or her claim in preparing his or her appeal (and such materials shall be provided to the Covered Executive free of charge upon request). A Covered Executive may have an authorized person represent him or her during the appeal process. Any documents or records that support the Covered Executive’s position must be submitted with his or her appeal letter.

A Covered Executive’s appeal will be reviewed, taking into account all comments, documents, records and other information submitted that relates to his or her claim without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial determination. The review of a Covered Executive’s appeal will not afford deference to the initial claim determination and will not be conducted by the same person or body that conducted the initial claim determination (or by a subordinate of that person or body). A Covered

 

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Executive will receive written notice of the decision within sixty (60) days (which may be extended to one hundred twenty (120) days if circumstances require). This notice will include the reasons for the denial, the specific provision(s) of the Plan on which the denial is based, a statement that the Covered Executive is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to and copies of all documents, records, and other information relevant to his or her claim and a statement of his or her right to bring an action under ERISA Section 502(a). If an extension of time is required for the review, a Covered Executive receive notice of the reason for the extension within the initial sixty (60) day period and a date by which he or she can expect a decision.

Any decision on appeal shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties. It is the intent of the Plan sponsor that the standard of review applied by a court of law or a professional arbitrator to any challenge to a denial of benefits on final appeal under these procedures shall be an arbitrary and capricious standard and not a de novo review.

 

C.

Legal Action

A Covered Executive may not bring a lawsuit to recover benefits under the Plan until he or she has exhausted the internal administrative process described above. No legal action may be commenced at all unless commenced no later than one (1) year following the issuance of a final decision on the claim for benefits, or the expiration of the appeal decision period if no decision is issued. This one (1) year statute of limitations on suits for all benefits shall apply in any forum where a Covered Executive may initiate such a suit.

Section 9 – Rights Under ERISA

 

As a participant in the Plan, each Covered Executive is entitled to certain rights and protection under ERISA. ERISA provides that each Covered Executive shall be entitled to:

Receive Information About the Plan and Plan Benefits

Examine, without charge, at the Plan Administrator’s office and at other specified locations all documents governing the Plan filed with the U.S. Department of Labor and available at the Public Disclosure Room of the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

Obtain, upon written request to the Plan Administrator, copies of documents governing the operation of the Plan and updated summary plan description. The Plan Administrator may make a reasonable charge for the copies.

Prudent Actions by Plan Fiduciaries

In addition to creating certain rights for Covered Executives, ERISA imposes duties upon the people who are responsible for the operation of an employee benefit plan. The people who operate the Plan, called “fiduciaries” of the plan, have a duty to do so prudently and in the interest of each Covered Executive and other plan participants and beneficiaries. No one, including a Covered Executive’s employer, or any other person, may fire him or her or otherwise discriminate against him or her in any way to prevent him or her from obtaining a welfare benefit or exercising his or her rights under ERISA.

Enforce Rights

If a Covered Executive’s claim for a welfare benefit is denied or ignored, in whole or in part, he or she has a right to know why this was done, to obtain copies of documents relating to the decision without charge, and to appeal any denial, all within certain time schedules.

 

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Under ERISA, there are steps that a Covered Executive can take to enforce the above rights. For instance, if a Covered Executive requests a copy of Plan documents or the latest annual report from the Plan and does not receive them within thirty (30) days, he or she may file suit in a Federal court. In such a case, the court may require the Plan Administrator to provide the materials and pay the Covered Executive up to $110 a day until he or she receives the materials, unless the materials were not sent because of reasons beyond the control of the Plan Administrator.

If a Covered Executive has a claim for benefits which is denied or ignored, in whole or in part, he or she may file suit in a state or Federal court. In addition, if disagree Covered Executive disagrees with the Plan’s decision or lack thereof concerning the qualified status of a medical child support order, he or she may file suit in a Federal court.

If it should happen that Plan fiduciaries misuse the Plan’s money, or if a Covered Executive discriminated against for asserting his or her rights, he or she may seek assistance from the U.S. Department of Labor, or he or she may file suit in a Federal court. The court will decide who should pay court costs and legal fees. If the Covered Executive is successful, the court may order the person the Covered Executive sued to pay these costs and fees. If the Covered Executive loses, the court may order him or her to pay these costs and fees, for example, if it finds the Covered Executive’s claim is frivolous.

Assistance with Questions

If a Covered Executive has any questions about the Plan, he or she should contact the Plan Administrator. If a Covered Executive has any questions about this statement or about his or her rights under ERISA, or if he or she needs assistance in obtaining documents from the Plan Administrator, the Covered Executive should contact the nearest office of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, listed in his or her telephone directory or the Division of Technical Assistance and Inquiries, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. A Covered Executive may also obtain certain publications about his or her rights and responsibilities under ERISA by calling the publications hotline of the Employee Benefits Security Administration at 1-866-444-EBSA (3272) or accessing their website at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa.

Section 10 – Other Administrative Information

 

 

Name of Plan    Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan
Type of Plan    Employee welfare benefit plan
Plan Records    Kept on a calendar-year basis
Plan Year    January 1 – December 31
Plan Funding    The Company provides severance benefits from general revenues.
Plan Sponsor    Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation
Email:

 

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Plan Sponsor’s EIN

  
Plan Number   
Plan Administrator
and Named Fiduciary
   Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation
Attention: Plan Administrator of the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan
Email:
Agent for
Service of Legal
Process on the Plan
   Service of legal process on the Plan may be made upon the Plan Administrator at the address and phone number provided above.
Trustee    Not applicable
Insurance Company    Not applicable

 

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EXHIBIT A

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation

Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan

Form of Participation Agreement

This Participation Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between [•] (“you” or “Covered Executive”) and Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation (the “Company”) pursuant to the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan (the “Plan”). Any capitalized terms used in this Agreement but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Plan.

You have been designated as a Covered Executive (Tier [•] Executive) for purposes of the Plan. A copy of the Plan and SPD is attached hereto, the terms and conditions of which are incorporated by reference herein. Pursuant to the Plan, you are eligible to receive the following severance payments and benefits in connection with a Non-CIC Qualifying Termination or CIC Qualifying Termination, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

Non-CIC Qualifying Termination

If you experience a Non-CIC Qualifying Termination and are otherwise eligible to receive benefits under the Plan, you will receive the following, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan (including, without limitation, the requirement that you timely execute, and do not revoke, a Separation Agreement and Release of Claims):

 

   

Cash Severance: You will receive Cash Severance equal to [eighteen (18) months of Base Salary, payable as set forth in the Plan] [twelve (12) months of Base Salary, payable as set forth in the Plan] [three (3) to six (6) months of Base Salary, based on your Years of Service as of the Termination Date, payable as set forth in the Plan].

 

   

Bonuses: You will receive any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus and any Prorated Bonus, payable as set forth in the Plan.

 

   

COBRA Continuation Payment: If you were enrolled in a Company health plan on the Termination Date, you will receive a COBRA Continuation Payment representing the cost of [twelve (12) months of premiums] [three (3) to six (6) months of premiums (based on your Years of Service)] associated with coverage under COBRA.

CIC Qualifying Termination

If you experience a CIC Qualifying Termination and are otherwise eligible to receive benefits under the Plan, you will receive the following, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan (including, without limitation, [your having at least one (1) Year of Service with the Company,]1 the requirement that you timely execute, and do not revoke, a Separation Agreement and Release of Claims and your continued compliance with the restrictive covenants in Annex 1):

 

   

Cash Severance: You will receive Cash Severance equal to the sum of (i) [eighteen (18)] [twelve (12)] [six (6)] months of Base Salary, (ii) [1.5x] [1.0x] [0.5x] your Target Bonus, and (iii) any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus, payable as set forth in the Plan.

 

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NTD: Tier 3 Executives only

 

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COBRA Continuation Payment: If you were enrolled in a Company health plan on the Termination Date, you will receive a COBRA Continuation Payment representing the cost of [eighteen (18)] [twelve (12)] [six (6)] months of premiums associated with coverage under COBRA.

 

   

Equity Awards: Any outstanding and unvested time-vesting awards held by you under the Omnibus Plan will be treated as set forth in Section 4.H. of the Plan.

Non-Duplication of Payments or Benefits

If (i) you experience a Non-CIC Qualifying Termination prior to a Change in Control that qualifies you for Non-CIC Severance under the Plan and this Agreement and (ii) a Change in Control occurs within the three (3) month period thereafter that would qualify you for CIC Severance under the Plan and this Agreement, then you will cease receiving any further payments or benefits under the Plan and this Agreement in connection with the Non-CIC Qualifying Termination, and the CIC Severance otherwise payable on a CIC Qualifying Termination will be offset by the corresponding payments or benefits already paid under this Agreement upon a Non-CIC Qualifying Termination.

Restrictive Covenants

In the event of a breach or threatened breach by you of any of the covenants contained in Annex 1:

 

   

any unpaid Cash Severance and any unpaid Target Bonus shall be forfeited effective as of the date of such breach, unless sooner forfeited by operation of another term or condition of this Agreement;

 

   

you must repay to the Company within ten (10) days of the date of such breach any Cash Severance and Target Bonus that has been paid to you;

 

   

any right to COBRA Continuation Coverage shall be forfeited effective as of the date of such breach, unless sooner forfeited by operation of another term or condition of this Agreement;

 

   

you must repay to the Company within ten (10) days of the date of such breach any COBRA Continuation Coverage reimbursement payments that have been paid to you;

 

   

any unvested portion of your time-based equity awards shall be forfeited effective as of the date of such breach, unless sooner terminated by operation of another term or condition of this Agreement;

 

   

any unvested portion of your performance-based equity awards shall be forfeited effective as of the date of such breach, unless sooner terminated by operation of another term or condition of this Agreement; and

 

   

you hereby consent and agree that the Company shall be entitled to seek, in addition to other available remedies, a temporary or permanent injunction or other equitable relief against such breach or threatened breach from any court of competent jurisdiction, without the necessity of showing any actual damages or that money damages would not afford an adequate remedy, and without the necessity of posting any bond or other security. The aforementioned equitable relief shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, legal remedies, monetary damages or other available forms of relief.

 

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Other Provisions

You agree that the Plan and this Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the parties hereto and supersede in their entirety all prior representations, understandings, undertakings or agreements (whether oral or written and whether expressed or implied) of the parties, and will specifically supersede any severance and/or change of control provisions of any offer letter, employment agreement, or equity award agreement (as to time-vesting awards) entered into between you and the Company. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall control, unless otherwise expressly provided herein.

This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

By your signature below, you and the Company agree that your participation in the Plan is governed by this Agreement and the provisions of the Plan. Your signature below confirms that: (1) you have received a copy of the Plan and SPD; (2) you have carefully read this Agreement and the Plan and SPD and you acknowledge and agree to its terms; and (3) decisions and determinations made by the Plan Administrator under the Plan will be final and binding on you and your successors. This Agreement will be effective as of the last date set forth below.

 

FATHOM DIGITAL MANUFACTURING

CORPORATION

  

        

   COVERED EXECUTIVE
By: ____________________________________       ___________________________________
Its: ____________________________________      
Date: ___________________________________       Date: _______________________________

 

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ANNEX 1

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation

Restrictive Covenant Agreement2

DEFINITIONS

As used in this Annex 1, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Business” means (i) the businesses of (A) prototyping and low-volume services for in-house additive manufacturing technologies, (B) precision sheet metal and finishing services ranging from prototype through mid-volume production, including internal sheet metal cutting and forming solutions, (C) chemical etching for aerospace and defense, electronics, medical, automotive and other industries and (D) three-dimensional (“3D”) printing and processing and computer numerical control (“CNC”) machining, injection. molding and industrial design capabilities, or (ii) any other business of the Company Group as conducted or contemplated to be conducted as of the date of termination of your employment and/or during the Non-Compete Period, and in respect of which you have been materially involved or about which you have acquired Confidential Information during the course of your employment.

Client or Potential Client” means each and every person and/or entity who or which, at any time during the two (2) years prior to the termination of your employment, (i) contracted for, was billed for, or received from the Company Group any product or service with which you worked directly or indirectly during your employment with the Company Group or about which you acquired Confidential Information during your employment with the Company Group; or (ii) was in contact with you or in contact with any other employee or agent of the Company Group concerning any product or service with which you worked directly or indirectly during your employment with the Company Group or about which you acquired Confidential Information during your employment with the Company Group; or (iii) was solicited by the Company Group or the Company Group expended substantial efforts on developing plans to solicit, in each case in an effort in which you were involved or of which you were aware while you were employed by the Company Group.

Company Group” means Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

Confidential Information” means any confidential or privileged information with respect to the Company Group. For purposes of this Annex 1, “Confidential Information” includes, but is not limited to, (a) any information, in any form whatsoever (including written, electronic, and oral information), relating to the Company Group, its business, employees, clients, vendors, or anyone else, that is not generally known outside of the Company Group, including, without limitation, information relating to the business methods, corporate plans, management systems, finances, new business opportunities, research and development projects, marketing or sales of any past, present or future product or service; secret formulae, processes, inventions, designs, know-how discoveries, technical specifications and other technical information relating to the creation, production or supply of any past, present or future product or service of the Company and/or any member of the Company Group; lists or details of Clients or Potential Clients or suppliers or the arrangements made with any Clients or Potential Clients or supplier; and any information in respect of which the Company and/or any member of the Company Group owes an obligation of confidentiality to any third party; and (b) any such information relating to any other person or entity that has been provided to the Company Group pursuant to an agreement that requires the Company Group to maintain the confidentiality of the information.

 

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NTD: To be revised as needed for enforceability in the relevant jurisdiction(s).

 

Annex 1-1


Controlled Affiliates” means any other Person of which you directly or indirectly own more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting equity interest or of which you are entitled, directly or indirectly, by contract or otherwise, to appoint a majority of the board of directors, board of managers, or comparable body of such Person.

Geographic Area” means North America and any other jurisdiction in which the Company Group engages in the Business at or during the relevant time.

Non-Compete Period” means the period of your employment and the [twelve (12)-month] period following the termination of your employment for any reason.

Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated association, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity or any governmental authority.

Work Product” means all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, trade dress, logos and all similar or related information (whether patentable or unpatentable) which relates to actual or anticipated business, operations, research and development of existing or future products or services of the Company Group and which are conceived, developed or made by you (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) during your period of employment together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, trade name and service mark applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Work Product” shall not include the patents and other assets set forth on Appendix I hereto. You hereby represent and warrant that the patents and other assets owned by you set forth on Appendix I are not related in any way to the Company Group, except as stated therein.

CONFIDENTIALITY

In your position, you will have access to and be dealing with Confidential Information. In exchange for being provided access to such Confidential Information, you covenant and agree that, at all times during and after your employment with the Company Group, you will not, without prior written authorization from the Board or its designee, directly or indirectly disclose to any person, firm, association or corporation or use for your own benefit or gain any Confidential Information, provided that your disclosure of Confidential Information in the course of properly fulfilling your duties to the Company Group shall not be considered to be a breach of this covenant and provided further that this covenant is subject to any disclosure required by law or regulatory agency (provided that you provide the Company with advance written notice of such requirement, to the extent permitted by law, and reasonably cooperate with the Company should it seek to limit such disclosure). For the avoidance of doubt, this Annex 1 does not prohibit or restrict you (or your attorney) from responding to any inquiry about this Annex 1 or its underlying facts and circumstances by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or any other self-regulatory organization or governmental entity, or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation. You understand and acknowledge that you do not need the prior authorization of the Company Group to make any such reports or disclosures and that you are not required to notify the Company Group that you have made such reports or disclosures.

 

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Breach of confidentiality is a serious matter and could result in termination for cause. Upon cessation of employment for any reason, you agree to return all property of the Company Group, both in electronic and paper form and including all client records, product information, business plans etc., and you agree not to retain any copies of such property.

RETURN OF PROPERTY

At any time during your period of employment or following its termination (for whatever reason), as requested by the Company and/or any member of the Company Group, you agree to:

 

   

return to the Company or any member of the Company Group or, if instructed by the Company and/or any member of the Company Group, irretrievably destroy or delete any of the following in your possession, custody and/or directly or indirectly under your control:

 

   

any documents, drawings, designs, computer files or software, visual or audio tapes or other materials containing information whether stored on any magnetic or optical disk or memory card/stick or otherwise (including, without limitation, Confidential Information) and/or any copies or extracts of the same relating to the Business; and

 

   

any other property of the Company and/or any member of the Company Group;

 

   

inform the Company of all passwords, passcodes, pin numbers and any other similar information used by you in relation to any information technology systems, vehicles, rooms and/or any other secured property of the Company and/or any member of the Company Group; and

 

   

disclose to the Company details of all prospective customers engaged in negotiations with the Company or any member of the Company Group in the twelve (12) months prior to the termination of your employment with whom you were personally involved with a view to obtaining goods or services from the Company or any member of the Company Group or in relation to whom you have acquired Confidential Information.

NON-COMPETITION

The Company Group is in a highly competitive business and invests substantial time, money, and effort to, among other things, provide employees with specialized skills and to develop goodwill and relationships with clients and potential clients. Accordingly, you covenant and agree that, during the Non-Compete Period, you shall not, and shall cause your Controlled Affiliates not to, without the Company’s express written consent, directly or indirectly, anywhere in the Geographic Area, either for yourself or through any other Person, have an ownership interest in, manage, participate, operate, control, permit your name to be used by, perform services for or otherwise become involved in (whether as an officer, director, manager, employee, investor, partner, proprietor, stockholder, member, trustee, consultant, agent, representative, broker, promoter or otherwise), any Person engaging in the Business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7(a) shall prohibit (i) you or any of your Controlled Affiliates from having a passive ownership interest of not more than one percent (1.0%) of any publicly traded entity whose securities have been registered under the Securities

 

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Act of 1933, as amended, or Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, so long as neither you nor any of your Controlled Affiliates participates in any way in the management, operation or control of such public traded entity; or (ii) you from engaging in any activities or performing any services in connection with your employment with the Company Group. If you should violate this non-competition restriction, the Non-Compete Period will not expire during any period in which you are in violation and shall automatically be extended by the length of such period of violation.

NON-SOLICITATION

During the Non-Compete Period, shall not, and shall cause your Controlled Affiliates not to, without the Company’s express written consent, anywhere in the Geographic Area, either for yourself or through any other Person:

 

   

Directly or indirectly, with the purpose or effect of competing or interfering with any part of the Business, attempt to solicit, call upon, or accept the business of any Client or Potential Client; or

 

   

Directly or indirectly employ, solicit for employment or otherwise engage or endeavor to entice away from the Company Group any person who is employed by Company Group as of the date of your termination or call upon or encourage any employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company Group to cease being employed or engaged by the applicable member of the Company Group.

If you should violate this non-solicitation restriction, the Non-Compete Period will not expire during any period in which you are in violation and shall automatically be extended by the length of such period of violation.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ASSIGNMENT

You hereby assign, transfer and convey to the Company Group all of your right, title, and interest to and in all Work Product. You agree that all Work Product belongs in all instances to the Company Group. You will promptly disclose such Work Product to the Company Group and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company Group (whether during or after your period of employment) to establish and confirm the Company Group’s ownership of such Work Product (including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments) and to provide reasonable assistance to the Company Group (whether during or after your period of employment) in connection with the prosecution of any applications for patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks or reissues thereof or in the prosecution or defense of interferences relating to any Work Product. You recognize and agree that the Work Product, to the extent copyrightable, constitutes works for hire under the copyright laws of the United States.

NON-DISPARAGEMENT

You hereby agree that you shall not, in any manner, directly or indirectly, make any oral or written statement to any person that disparages or places any member of the Company Group or any of their respective officers, shareholders, members, advisors, partners or directors, in a false or negative light; provided that nothing herein is intended to or should be construed to prevent you from fully and truthfully responding to a subpoena or other legal process or request by a governmental or regulatory body, testifying fully and truthfully in any action, proceeding or regulatory matter, or otherwise reporting in good faith possible violations of law or regulations to any governmental agency or governmental entity or making disclosures that are protected under whistleblower or other provisions of the law.

 

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MISCELLANEOUS

You represent that you have read and understand this Annex 1 and it does not prevent you from earning a living or pursuing your career. You agree that the restrictions contained in this Annex 1 are reasonable, proper and necessitated by the Company Group’s legitimate business interests. You are entering into this Annex 1 freely and with knowledge of its content and with the intent to be bound by this Annex 1 and the restrictions contained in it.

You agree that any breach of the covenants contained herein will cause irreparable harm to the Company Group and that damages arising from a breach may be difficult to determine. You therefore agree and acknowledge that, in addition to all other remedies provided at law or in equity, the Company Group will be entitled to specific performance and temporary and permanent injunctive relief, from any court of competent jurisdiction, restraining any breaches by you or others acting in concert with you, without the necessity of the Company Group proving actual damages or posting a bond. If the Company Group prevails in any action hereunder, in whole or in part, you will also be liable for the Company Group’s attorneys’ fees and costs in connection with such action and any related proceedings.

If any of the restrictions which are expressed in this Annex 1 to apply during a particular period shall be held to be void, but would be valid if part of their wording were deleted, such restriction shall apply with such deletion as may be necessary to make it valid or effective.

All claims arising hereunder, or relating hereto, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of law rules. You and the Company agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the State of Delaware, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Annex 1 and further agreement that all claims in respect of the action or proceeding may be heard and determined only in such courts.

This Annex 1 and all schedules and exhibits hereto, together with the offer letter of which this Annex 1 forms a part, embody the entire agreement of the parties hereto respecting the matters within its scope and supersedes all other prior agreements (including, without limitation, any offer letters, term sheets and correspondence relating thereto), whether written or oral, that directly or indirectly bear upon the subject matter hereof. This Annex 1 may not be amended, modified or changed (in whole or in part), except by written agreement executed by both of the parties hereto.

If any provision of this Annex 1 or any schedule hereto is found to be void or unenforceable, in whole or in part, the void or unenforceable provision shall be severed. If a provision of this Annex 1A or any schedule hereto is found to be too broad, then that provision shall be limited and enforced in its limited form to the maximum extent possible under applicable law.

The Company may, in whole or in part, release, compound, compromise, waive or postpone, in its absolute discretion, any liability owed to it or right granted to it in this Annex 1 by you without in any way prejudicing or affecting its rights in respect of any part of that liability or any other liability or right not so released, compounded, compromised, waived or postponed. No single or partial exercise, or failure or delay in exercising any right, power or remedy by the Company shall constitute a waiver by it of, or impair or preclude any further exercise of, that or any right, power or remedy arising under this Annex 1 or otherwise.

 

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APPENDIX I

EXCLUDED FROM WORK PRODUCT

 

                        I have no inventions.
                        The following is a complete list of all pre-existing intellectual property and other assets to be excluded from the definition of Work Product relative to the subject matter of my employment with the Company Group that have been created by me, alone or jointly with others, prior to the Effective Date, which might relate to the Company Group’s present business:
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

                        Additional sheets attached.

 

Executive:   

 

      Date:   

 

   Name:         

 

Appendix l-1

Exhibit 10.15

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation

Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan

Form of Participation Agreement

This Participation Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between [•] (“you” or “Covered Executive”) and Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation (the “Company”) pursuant to the Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan (the “Plan”). Any capitalized terms used in this Agreement but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Plan.

You have been designated as a Covered Executive (Tier [•] Executive) for purposes of the Plan. A copy of the Plan and SPD is attached hereto, the terms and conditions of which are incorporated by reference herein. Pursuant to the Plan, you are eligible to receive the following severance payments and benefits in connection with a Non-CIC Qualifying Termination or CIC Qualifying Termination, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

Non-CIC Qualifying Termination

If you experience a Non-CIC Qualifying Termination and are otherwise eligible to receive benefits under the Plan, you will receive the following, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan (including, without limitation, the requirement that you timely execute, and do not revoke, a Separation Agreement and Release of Claims):

 

   

Cash Severance: You will receive Cash Severance equal to [eighteen (18) months of Base Salary, payable as set forth in the Plan] [twelve (12) months of Base Salary, payable as set forth in the Plan] [three (3) to six (6) months of Base Salary, based on your Years of Service as of the Termination Date, payable as set forth in the Plan].

 

   

Bonuses: You will receive any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus and any Prorated Bonus, payable as set forth in the Plan.

 

   

COBRA Continuation Payment: If you were enrolled in a Company health plan on the Termination Date, you will receive a COBRA Continuation Payment representing the cost of [twelve (12) months of premiums] [three (3) to six (6) months of premiums (based on your Years of Service)] associated with coverage under COBRA.

CIC Qualifying Termination

If you experience a CIC Qualifying Termination and are otherwise eligible to receive benefits under the Plan, you will receive the following, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan (including, without limitation, [your having at least one (1) Year of Service with the Company,]1 the requirement that you timely execute, and do not revoke, a Separation Agreement and Release of Claims and your continued compliance with the restrictive covenants in Annex 1):

 

   

Cash Severance: You will receive Cash Severance equal to the sum of (i) [eighteen (18)] [twelve (12)] [six (6)] months of Base Salary, (ii) [1.5x] [1.0x] [0.5x] your Target Bonus, and (iii) any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus, payable as set forth in the Plan.

 

1 

NTD: Tier 3 Executives only

 

1


   

COBRA Continuation Payment: If you were enrolled in a Company health plan on the Termination Date, you will receive a COBRA Continuation Payment representing the cost of [eighteen (18)] [twelve (12)] [six (6)] months of premiums associated with coverage under COBRA.

 

   

Equity Awards: Any outstanding and unvested time-vesting awards held by you under the Omnibus Plan will be treated as set forth in Section 4.H. of the Plan.

Non-Duplication of Payments or Benefits

If (i) you experience a Non-CIC Qualifying Termination prior to a Change in Control that qualifies you for Non-CIC Severance under the Plan and this Agreement and (ii) a Change in Control occurs within the three (3) month period thereafter that would qualify you for CIC Severance under the Plan and this Agreement, then you will cease receiving any further payments or benefits under the Plan and this Agreement in connection with the Non-CIC Qualifying Termination, and the CIC Severance otherwise payable on a CIC Qualifying Termination will be offset by the corresponding payments or benefits already paid under this Agreement upon a Non-CIC Qualifying Termination.

Restrictive Covenants

In the event of a breach or threatened breach by you of any of the covenants contained in Annex 1:

 

   

any unpaid Cash Severance and any unpaid Target Bonus shall be forfeited effective as of the date of such breach, unless sooner forfeited by operation of another term or condition of this Agreement;

 

   

you must repay to the Company within ten (10) days of the date of such breach any Cash Severance and Target Bonus that has been paid to you;

 

   

any right to COBRA Continuation Coverage shall be forfeited effective as of the date of such breach, unless sooner forfeited by operation of another term or condition of this Agreement;

 

   

you must repay to the Company within ten (10) days of the date of such breach any COBRA Continuation Coverage reimbursement payments that have been paid to you;

 

   

any unvested portion of your time-based equity awards shall be forfeited effective as of the date of such breach, unless sooner terminated by operation of another term or condition of this Agreement;

 

   

any unvested portion of your performance-based equity awards shall be forfeited effective as of the date of such breach, unless sooner terminated by operation of another term or condition of this Agreement; and

 

   

you hereby consent and agree that the Company shall be entitled to seek, in addition to other available remedies, a temporary or permanent injunction or other equitable relief against such breach or threatened breach from any court of competent jurisdiction, without the necessity of showing any actual damages or that money damages would not afford an adequate remedy, and without the necessity of posting any bond or other security. The aforementioned equitable relief shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, legal remedies, monetary damages or other available forms of relief.

 

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Other Provisions

You agree that the Plan and this Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the parties hereto and supersede in their entirety all prior representations, understandings, undertakings or agreements (whether oral or written and whether expressed or implied) of the parties, and will specifically supersede any severance and/or change of control provisions of any offer letter, employment agreement, or equity award agreement (as to time-vesting awards) entered into between you and the Company. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall control, unless otherwise expressly provided herein.

This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

By your signature below, you and the Company agree that your participation in the Plan is governed by this Agreement and the provisions of the Plan. Your signature below confirms that: (1) you have received a copy of the Plan and SPD; (2) you have carefully read this Agreement and the Plan and SPD and you acknowledge and agree to its terms; and (3) decisions and determinations made by the Plan Administrator under the Plan will be final and binding on you and your successors. This Agreement will be effective as of the last date set forth below.

 

FATHOM DIGITAL MANUFACTURING

CORPORATION

  

        

   COVERED EXECUTIVE
By: ____________________________________       ___________________________________
Its: ____________________________________      
Date: ___________________________________       Date: _______________________________

 

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ANNEX 1

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation

Restrictive Covenant Agreement2

DEFINITIONS

As used in this Annex 1, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Business” means (i) the businesses of (A) prototyping and low-volume services for in-house additive manufacturing technologies, (B) precision sheet metal and finishing services ranging from prototype through mid-volume production, including internal sheet metal cutting and forming solutions, (C) chemical etching for aerospace and defense, electronics, medical, automotive and other industries and (D) three-dimensional (“3D”) printing and processing and computer numerical control (“CNC”) machining, injection. molding and industrial design capabilities, or (ii) any other business of the Company Group as conducted or contemplated to be conducted as of the date of termination of your employment and/or during the Non-Compete Period, and in respect of which you have been materially involved or about which you have acquired Confidential Information during the course of your employment.

Client or Potential Client” means each and every person and/or entity who or which, at any time during the two (2) years prior to the termination of your employment, (i) contracted for, was billed for, or received from the Company Group any product or service with which you worked directly or indirectly during your employment with the Company Group or about which you acquired Confidential Information during your employment with the Company Group; or (ii) was in contact with you or in contact with any other employee or agent of the Company Group concerning any product or service with which you worked directly or indirectly during your employment with the Company Group or about which you acquired Confidential Information during your employment with the Company Group; or (iii) was solicited by the Company Group or the Company Group expended substantial efforts on developing plans to solicit, in each case in an effort in which you were involved or of which you were aware while you were employed by the Company Group.

Company Group” means Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

Confidential Information” means any confidential or privileged information with respect to the Company Group. For purposes of this Annex 1, “Confidential Information” includes, but is not limited to, (a) any information, in any form whatsoever (including written, electronic, and oral information), relating to the Company Group, its business, employees, clients, vendors, or anyone else, that is not generally known outside of the Company Group, including, without limitation, information relating to the business methods, corporate plans, management systems, finances, new business opportunities, research and development projects, marketing or sales of any past, present or future product or service; secret formulae, processes, inventions, designs, know-how discoveries, technical specifications and other technical information relating to the creation, production or supply of any past, present or future product or service of the Company and/or any member of the Company Group; lists or details of Clients or Potential Clients or suppliers or the arrangements made with any Clients or Potential Clients or supplier; and any information in respect of which the Company and/or any member of the Company Group owes an obligation of confidentiality to any third party; and (b) any such information relating to any other person or entity that has been provided to the Company Group pursuant to an agreement that requires the Company Group to maintain the confidentiality of the information.

 

2 

NTD: To be revised as needed for enforceability in the relevant jurisdiction(s).

 

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Controlled Affiliates” means any other Person of which you directly or indirectly own more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting equity interest or of which you are entitled, directly or indirectly, by contract or otherwise, to appoint a majority of the board of directors, board of managers, or comparable body of such Person.

Geographic Area” means North America and any other jurisdiction in which the Company Group engages in the Business at or during the relevant time.

Non-Compete Period” means the period of your employment and the [twelve (12)-month] period following the termination of your employment for any reason.

Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated association, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity or any governmental authority.

Work Product” means all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, trade dress, logos and all similar or related information (whether patentable or unpatentable) which relates to actual or anticipated business, operations, research and development of existing or future products or services of the Company Group and which are conceived, developed or made by you (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) during your period of employment together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, trade name and service mark applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Work Product” shall not include the patents and other assets set forth on Appendix I hereto. You hereby represent and warrant that the patents and other assets owned by you set forth on Appendix I are not related in any way to the Company Group, except as stated therein.

CONFIDENTIALITY

In your position, you will have access to and be dealing with Confidential Information. In exchange for being provided access to such Confidential Information, you covenant and agree that, at all times during and after your employment with the Company Group, you will not, without prior written authorization from the Board or its designee, directly or indirectly disclose to any person, firm, association or corporation or use for your own benefit or gain any Confidential Information, provided that your disclosure of Confidential Information in the course of properly fulfilling your duties to the Company Group shall not be considered to be a breach of this covenant and provided further that this covenant is subject to any disclosure required by law or regulatory agency (provided that you provide the Company with advance written notice of such requirement, to the extent permitted by law, and reasonably cooperate with the Company should it seek to limit such disclosure). For the avoidance of doubt, this Annex 1 does not prohibit or restrict you (or your attorney) from responding to any inquiry about this Annex 1 or its underlying facts and circumstances by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or any other self-regulatory organization or governmental entity, or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation. You understand and acknowledge that you do not need the prior authorization of the Company Group to make any such reports or disclosures and that you are not required to notify the Company Group that you have made such reports or disclosures.

 

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Breach of confidentiality is a serious matter and could result in termination for cause. Upon cessation of employment for any reason, you agree to return all property of the Company Group, both in electronic and paper form and including all client records, product information, business plans etc., and you agree not to retain any copies of such property.

RETURN OF PROPERTY

At any time during your period of employment or following its termination (for whatever reason), as requested by the Company and/or any member of the Company Group, you agree to:

 

   

return to the Company or any member of the Company Group or, if instructed by the Company and/or any member of the Company Group, irretrievably destroy or delete any of the following in your possession, custody and/or directly or indirectly under your control:

 

   

any documents, drawings, designs, computer files or software, visual or audio tapes or other materials containing information whether stored on any magnetic or optical disk or memory card/stick or otherwise (including, without limitation, Confidential Information) and/or any copies or extracts of the same relating to the Business; and

 

   

any other property of the Company and/or any member of the Company Group;

 

   

inform the Company of all passwords, passcodes, pin numbers and any other similar information used by you in relation to any information technology systems, vehicles, rooms and/or any other secured property of the Company and/or any member of the Company Group; and

 

   

disclose to the Company details of all prospective customers engaged in negotiations with the Company or any member of the Company Group in the twelve (12) months prior to the termination of your employment with whom you were personally involved with a view to obtaining goods or services from the Company or any member of the Company Group or in relation to whom you have acquired Confidential Information.

NON-COMPETITION

The Company Group is in a highly competitive business and invests substantial time, money, and effort to, among other things, provide employees with specialized skills and to develop goodwill and relationships with clients and potential clients. Accordingly, you covenant and agree that, during the Non-Compete Period, you shall not, and shall cause your Controlled Affiliates not to, without the Company’s express written consent, directly or indirectly, anywhere in the Geographic Area, either for yourself or through any other Person, have an ownership interest in, manage, participate, operate, control, permit your name to be used by, perform services for or otherwise become involved in (whether as an officer, director, manager, employee, investor, partner, proprietor, stockholder, member, trustee, consultant, agent, representative, broker, promoter or otherwise), any Person engaging in the Business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7(a) shall prohibit (i) you or any of your Controlled Affiliates from having a passive ownership interest of not more than one percent (1.0%) of any publicly traded entity whose securities have been registered under the Securities

 

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Act of 1933, as amended, or Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, so long as neither you nor any of your Controlled Affiliates participates in any way in the management, operation or control of such public traded entity; or (ii) you from engaging in any activities or performing any services in connection with your employment with the Company Group. If you should violate this non-competition restriction, the Non-Compete Period will not expire during any period in which you are in violation and shall automatically be extended by the length of such period of violation.

NON-SOLICITATION

During the Non-Compete Period, shall not, and shall cause your Controlled Affiliates not to, without the Company’s express written consent, anywhere in the Geographic Area, either for yourself or through any other Person:

 

   

Directly or indirectly, with the purpose or effect of competing or interfering with any part of the Business, attempt to solicit, call upon, or accept the business of any Client or Potential Client; or

 

   

Directly or indirectly employ, solicit for employment or otherwise engage or endeavor to entice away from the Company Group any person who is employed by Company Group as of the date of your termination or call upon or encourage any employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company Group to cease being employed or engaged by the applicable member of the Company Group.

If you should violate this non-solicitation restriction, the Non-Compete Period will not expire during any period in which you are in violation and shall automatically be extended by the length of such period of violation.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ASSIGNMENT

You hereby assign, transfer and convey to the Company Group all of your right, title, and interest to and in all Work Product. You agree that all Work Product belongs in all instances to the Company Group. You will promptly disclose such Work Product to the Company Group and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company Group (whether during or after your period of employment) to establish and confirm the Company Group’s ownership of such Work Product (including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments) and to provide reasonable assistance to the Company Group (whether during or after your period of employment) in connection with the prosecution of any applications for patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks or reissues thereof or in the prosecution or defense of interferences relating to any Work Product. You recognize and agree that the Work Product, to the extent copyrightable, constitutes works for hire under the copyright laws of the United States.

NON-DISPARAGEMENT

You hereby agree that you shall not, in any manner, directly or indirectly, make any oral or written statement to any person that disparages or places any member of the Company Group or any of their respective officers, shareholders, members, advisors, partners or directors, in a false or negative light; provided that nothing herein is intended to or should be construed to prevent you from fully and truthfully responding to a subpoena or other legal process or request by a governmental or regulatory body, testifying fully and truthfully in any action, proceeding or regulatory matter, or otherwise reporting in good faith possible violations of law or regulations to any governmental agency or governmental entity or making disclosures that are protected under whistleblower or other provisions of the law.

 

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MISCELLANEOUS

You represent that you have read and understand this Annex 1 and it does not prevent you from earning a living or pursuing your career. You agree that the restrictions contained in this Annex 1 are reasonable, proper and necessitated by the Company Group’s legitimate business interests. You are entering into this Annex 1 freely and with knowledge of its content and with the intent to be bound by this Annex 1 and the restrictions contained in it.

You agree that any breach of the covenants contained herein will cause irreparable harm to the Company Group and that damages arising from a breach may be difficult to determine. You therefore agree and acknowledge that, in addition to all other remedies provided at law or in equity, the Company Group will be entitled to specific performance and temporary and permanent injunctive relief, from any court of competent jurisdiction, restraining any breaches by you or others acting in concert with you, without the necessity of the Company Group proving actual damages or posting a bond. If the Company Group prevails in any action hereunder, in whole or in part, you will also be liable for the Company Group’s attorneys’ fees and costs in connection with such action and any related proceedings.

If any of the restrictions which are expressed in this Annex 1 to apply during a particular period shall be held to be void, but would be valid if part of their wording were deleted, such restriction shall apply with such deletion as may be necessary to make it valid or effective.

All claims arising hereunder, or relating hereto, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of law rules. You and the Company agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the State of Delaware, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Annex 1 and further agreement that all claims in respect of the action or proceeding may be heard and determined only in such courts.

This Annex 1 and all schedules and exhibits hereto, together with the offer letter of which this Annex 1 forms a part, embody the entire agreement of the parties hereto respecting the matters within its scope and supersedes all other prior agreements (including, without limitation, any offer letters, term sheets and correspondence relating thereto), whether written or oral, that directly or indirectly bear upon the subject matter hereof. This Annex 1 may not be amended, modified or changed (in whole or in part), except by written agreement executed by both of the parties hereto.

If any provision of this Annex 1 or any schedule hereto is found to be void or unenforceable, in whole or in part, the void or unenforceable provision shall be severed. If a provision of this Annex 1A or any schedule hereto is found to be too broad, then that provision shall be limited and enforced in its limited form to the maximum extent possible under applicable law.

The Company may, in whole or in part, release, compound, compromise, waive or postpone, in its absolute discretion, any liability owed to it or right granted to it in this Annex 1 by you without in any way prejudicing or affecting its rights in respect of any part of that liability or any other liability or right not so released, compounded, compromised, waived or postponed. No single or partial exercise, or failure or delay in exercising any right, power or remedy by the Company shall constitute a waiver by it of, or impair or preclude any further exercise of, that or any right, power or remedy arising under this Annex 1 or otherwise.

 

Annex 1-5


APPENDIX I

EXCLUDED FROM WORK PRODUCT

 

                        I have no inventions.
                        The following is a complete list of all pre-existing intellectual property and other assets to be excluded from the definition of Work Product relative to the subject matter of my employment with the Company Group that have been created by me, alone or jointly with others, prior to the Effective Date, which might relate to the Company Group’s present business:
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

                        Additional sheets attached.

 

Executive:   

 

      Date:   

 

   Name:         

 

Appendix l-1

Exhibit 16.1

December 30, 2021

Office of the Chief Accountant

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have read Fathom Digital Manufacturing’s (formerly known as Altimar Acquisition Corp. II) statements included under Item 4.01 of its Form 8-K dated December 30, 2021. We agree with the statements concerning our Firm under Item 4.01, in which we were informed of our dismissal on December 23, 2021. We are not in a position to agree or disagree with other statements contained therein.

Very truly yours,

/s/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC

New York, New York

Exhibit 21.1

List of Subsidiaries

of

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation

 

Subsidiary Name

  

Jurisdiction of Incorporation/Organization

Incodema Holdings LLC

  

Delaware

Incodema Buyer LLC

  

Delaware

Incodema, LLC

  

New York

Newchem, LLC

  

New York

Dahlquist Machine, LLC

  

Minnesota

Majestic Metals, LLC

  

Colorado

Precision Process LLC

  

Illinois

Sureshot Precision, LLC (d/b/a Micropulse West)

  

Arizona

Laser Manufacturing, LLC

  

Texas

Centex Machine and Welding LLC

  

Texas

MCT Group Holdings, LLC

  

Delaware

Midwest Composite Technologies, LLC

  

Wisconsin

Kemeera LLC

  

California

ICO Mold, LLC

  

Delaware

Summit Plastics, LLC

  

Illinois

MCT Real Estate, LLC

  

Delaware

Summit Tooling, LLC

  

Illinois

Mark Two Engineering, LLC

  

Florida

ICO Mold (Shenzhen), LLC

  

China

Fathom Manufacturing, LLC

  

Delaware

Fathom Guarantor, LLC

  

Delaware

Fathom Holdco, LLC

  

Delaware

Exhibit 99.1

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Unless otherwise indicated, defined terms included below have the same meanings defined and included elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Form 8-K”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 30, 2021.

Introduction

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 and the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the nine months ended September 30, 2021 present the combination of the financial information of Altimar Acquisition Corp. II (“Altimar II”) and Fathom Holdco, LLC (“Fathom OpCo”), adjusted to give effect to the Business Combination, the acquisitions of Incodema, Dahlquist, Majestic Metals, Mark Two, Newchem, and GPI completed in 2020 (collectively, the “2020 Acquisitions”), as discussed in further detail in Note 3 — Business Combination in the Notes to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of Fathom Holdco, LLC in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the acquisitions of Summit, Centex, Laser, Micropulse West and PPC completed in 2021 (collectively, the “2021 Acquisitions”), as discussed in further detail in Note 3 in the Notes to the Interim Consolidated Financial Statements of Fathom Holdco, LLC in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and nine months ended September 30, 2021 combines the historical statements of operations of Altimar II, Fathom OpCo, the 2020 Acquisitions and the 2021 Acquisitions for such period on a pro forma basis as if the Business Combination, the 2020 Acquisitions and the 2021 Acquisitions had been consummated and completed on January 1, 2020, the beginning of the period presented. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 gives pro forma effect to the Business Combination as if it was completed on September 30, 2021.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been presented for illustrative purposes and is not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations would have been had the Business Combination occurred on the dates indicated, nor are they indicative of the future consolidated results of operations or financial position of the post-combination company. The actual financial position and results of operations may differ significantly from the pro forma amounts reflected herein due to a variety of factors. The unaudited pro forma adjustments represent estimates based on information available as of the date of these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements and are subject to change as additional information becomes available and analyses are performed.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements have been developed from and should be read in conjunction with:

 

   

the accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements;

 

   

the historical audited financial statements of Altimar II for the period from December 7, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020 and unaudited financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus;

 

   

the historical audited financial statements of Fathom OpCo for the year ended December 31, 2020 and unaudited financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus;

 

   

the historical audited combined financial statements of Incodema and Newchem for the year ended December 31, 2019, included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus;

 

   

the historical audited financial statements of Dahlquist for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus;

 

   

the historical audited financial statements of Majestic Metals for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; and

 

   

other information relating to Altimar II and Fathom OpCo contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the description of certain terms thereof set forth in the section entitled “The Business Combination.”

 

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On July 15, 2021, Altimar Acquisition Corp. II entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Fathom Holdco, LLC, which agreement was amended on November 16, 2021. The Business Combination closed on December 23, 2021. Notwithstanding the legal form of the business combination pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the Business Combination will be accounted for in accordance with ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations (“ASC 805”), using the acquisition method. For accounting purposes, the acquirer is the entity that has obtained control of another entity and, thus, consummated a business combination. The determination of whether control has been obtained begins with the evaluation of whether control should be evaluated based on the variable interest or voting interest model pursuant to ASC Topic 810, Consolidation (“ASC 810”). Fathom has been determined to be the accounting acquirer based on evaluation of the following factors:

 

   

Fathom OpCo is a variable interest entity (“VIE”). Fathom will be the sole managing member and primary beneficiary which has full and complete charge of all affairs of Fathom OpCo, and the New Fathom Units of Fathom OpCo do not have substantive participating or kick out rights; and

 

   

No single party controls Fathom pre and post transaction, hence, the Business Combination is not considered a common control transaction.

The factors discussed above support the conclusion that Fathom acquired a controlling financial interest in Fathom OpCo and is the accounting acquirer. Fathom is the primary beneficiary of Fathom OpCo, which is a VIE, since it has the power to direct the activities of Fathom OpCo that most significantly impact Fathom OpCo’s economic performance through its role as the sole managing member of Fathom OpCo, and Fathom’s variable interests in Fathom OpCo include ownership of Fathom OpCo, which results in the right (and obligation) to receive benefits (and absorb losses) of Fathom OpCo that could potentially be significant to Fathom. Therefore, the Business Combination is accounted for using the acquisition method. Under this method of accounting, Fathom is treated as the acquirer and Fathom OpCo is treated as the acquired company for financial statement reporting purposes. Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, the assets and liabilities of Fathom OpCo are recognized at fair value, and any consideration in excess of the fair value of the net assets acquired (including identifiable intangible assets) are recognized as goodwill.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on the redemptions of Altimar II’s Class A ordinary shares held by Altimar II’s public shareholders that occurred prior to the closing of the Business Combination:

 

   

Redemptions and PIPE Investment: The pro forma presentation reflects that Altimar II’s public shareholders redeemed 32,145,358 shares of Altimar II’s Class A ordinary shares prior to the closing of the Business Combination. This presentation reflects that $70 million in aggregate proceeds were received from the PIPE Investment and that the amount in Altimar II’s trust account (prior to any redemptions) was equal to $345 million, resulting in an aggregate redemption payment (based on a redemption price per share of $10.00) of $321.5 million. This resulted in the following adjustments to the consideration paid at closing:

 

   

Existing Fathom Owner Consideration: A reduction to the amount of the Closing Cash Consideration (as defined in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus) of $321.5 million and an increase in the number of shares of Fathom Class A common stock and New Fathom Units that comprise the Closing Seller Equity Consideration (as defined in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus) equal to 32,145,358 (the amount by which Closing Cash Consideration is reduced divided by $10.00), such that the Closing Seller Equity Consideration was an aggregate number of shares of Fathom Class A common stock and New Fathom Units stock equal to 120,955,985.

 

   

Forfeited Shares: The Altimar II Founders (as defined in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus) forfeited 2,587,500 shares of Fathom Class A common stock.

 

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Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2021

 

($ in thousands)    Altimar
Acquisition
Corp II
     Fathom OpCo      Total Pro
Forma
Adjustments
    Pro Forma
Combined
 

Assets

          

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 331      $ 10,531      $ 70,000 (a)     $ 19,364  
           152,000 (b)    
           (172,860 )(b)   
           (60,550 )(c)    
           345,012 (d)    
           (3,378 )(e)    
           (321,452 )(i)   

Account receivable, net

     —          24,512        —         24,512  

Inventory

     —          9,173        2,441 (e)       11,614  

Prepaid expenses

     745        3,267        —         4,012  

Other current assets

     —          —          —      
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Current Assets

     1,076        47,483        11,213       59,772  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
           —         —    

Investments held in trust account

     345,012        —          (345,012 )(d)      —    

Property and equipment, net

     —          41,031        (2,921 )(e)       38,110  

Intangible & other

     —          111,573        138,427 (e)       250,000  

Goodwill

     —          83,113        1,241,733 (e)      1,324,846  

Other non-current assets

     —          145        —         145  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

     346,088        283,345        1,043,440       1,672,873  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

          

Account Payable

     —          7,475        —         7,475  

Accrued expenses

     260        5,821        (860 )(b)       5,221  

Other current liabilities

     —          4,497        —         4,497  

Contingent consideration

     —          6,330        —         6,330  

Current portion of debt

     —          170,257        (168,757 )(b)      1,500  

Accrued offering costs

     4        —          —         4  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Current Liabilities

     264        194,380        (169,617     25,027  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-term debt, net

     —          —          147,562 (b)       147,562  

Long-term contingent consideration

     —          2,300        —         2,300  

Deferred Tax Liability

     —          3,009        2,768 (j)       5,777  

Other Non-current Liabilities

     —          1,463        —         1,463  

Warrant Liability

     19,643        —          —         19,643  

Deferred underwriting fee payable

     12,075        —          (12,075 )(f)       —    

Payable to related parties pursuant to tax receivable agreement

     —          —          4,462 (j)       4,462  
             —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     31,982        201,152        (26,900     206,234  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies:

          

Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption

     345,000        —          (345,000 )(g)      —    

Class A Contingently Redeemable Preferred Units

     —          54,105        (54,105 )(e)       —    

Equity:

          

Preference shares

     —          —          —         —    

Class A common stock

     —          —          15 (e)       12  
           1 (a)    
           —   (g)    
           (5 )(e)    
           1 (e)    

Class B common stock

           8 (e)       8  

Class A Ordinary Shares

     —          —          —   (g)       —    

Class B Ordinary Shares

     1        —          (1 )(g)       —    

Class A Common units; $100 part value, authorized 5,480,611 units, issued and outstanding 5,480,611 units as of September 30, 2021

        35,869        (35,869 )(e)       —    

Class B Common units; $100 par value, authorized 2,242,981 units, issued and outstanding 2,242,981 units as of September 30, 2021

        14,481        (14,481 )(e)       —    

Additional paid-in-capital

     —          —          —         691,603  
           1,454,629 (e)   
           69,999 (a)    
           (11,206 )(c)    
           (3,378 )(e)    
           23,544 (g)    
           (842,950 )(h)   
           965 (k)    

 

($ in thousands)    Altimar
Acquisition
Corp II
    Fathom OpCo     Total Pro
Forma
Adjustments
    Pro Forma
Combined
 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

   $ —       $ 28     $ (28 )(e)     $ —    

Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)

     (30,895     (22,290     22,290 (e)       (67,934
         (1,743 )(e)    
         (34,331 )(c)   
         (965 )(k)    

Non-controlling interest in subsidiaries

         842,950 (h)       842,950  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     (30,894     28,088       1,469,445       1,466,639  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 346,088     $ 283,345       1,043,440       1,672,873  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021

 

     Altimar
Acquisition
Corp II (1)
    Pro Forma
Fathom Opco
    Total Pro Forma
Adjustments(3)
    Pro Forma
Combined
 

Revenue

     —         118,254       —         118,254  

Cost of Revenue

     —         66,186       1,325       67,511  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross Profit

     —         52,068       (1,325     50,743  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses

        

Selling, general, and administrative

     1,692       32,880       (1,431     33,141  

Depreciation and amortization

     —         10,495       6,397       16,892  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     1,692       43,375       4,966       50,033  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

     (1,692     8,693       (6,291     710  

Interest expense and other expense (income)

        

Interest expense/(income)

     (12     —         4,230       4,218  

Other expense

     755       9,438       —         10,193  

Other (income)

     (3,191     (3,874     —         (7,065
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other expenses, net

     (2,448     5,564       4,230       7,346  

NET INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES

     756       3,129       (10,521     (6,636

Provision for income taxes

       868       (868     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME (LOSS)

     756       2,261       (9,653     (6,636

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

           (4,608
        

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation

           (2,028
        

 

 

 

Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding

           51,608,262  
        

 

 

 

Basic and diluted (loss) Per Share:

         $ (0.04
        

 

 

 

 

(1)

Refers to the historical unaudited interim financial statements of Altimar II.

(2)

Refers to the Pro Forma Fathom OpCo Condensed Combined Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 adjusted to give effect to the 2021 Acquisitions, as detailed in Note 2.

 

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Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2020

 

($ in thousands)    Altimar
Acquisition
Corp II(1)
    Pro Forma
Fathom OpCo(2)
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
    Pro Forma
Combined
 

Revenue

     —         149,405       —         149,405  

Cost of Revenue

     —         76,471       5,206 (a)      81,677  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross Profit

     —         72,934       (5,206     67,728  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses

        

Selling, general, and administrative

     —         49,018       46,629 (b)      95,647  

Depreciation and amortization

     —         16,328       6,195 (c)      22,523  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     —         65,346       52,824       118,170  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

     —         7,588       (58,030     (50,442

Interest expense and other expense (income)

        

Interest expense/(income)

     —         9,294       (3,051 )(d)      6,243  

Other expense

     5       8,465       —         8,470  

Other (income)

       (2,818     —         (2,818
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other expenses (income), net

     5       14,941       (3,051     11,895  

NET LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES

     (5     (7,353     (54,979     (62,337

Provision for income taxes

     —         375       (375 )(e)       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET LOSS

     (5     (7,728     (54,604     (62,337
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

           (38,916 )(g)  
        

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation

           (23,421
        

 

 

 

Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding

           51,608,262  
        

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net (loss) Per Share:

         $ (0.45 )(f)  
        

 

 

 

 

(1)

Refers to the historical audited financial statements of Altimar II.

(2)

Refers to the Pro Forma Fathom OpCo Condensed Combined Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 adjusted to give effect to the 2021 Acquisitions, as detailed in Note 2.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Basis of Presentation

Overview

The Business Combination is accounted for in accordance with ASC 805. For accounting purposes, the acquirer is the entity that has obtained control of another entity and, thus, consummated a business combination. The determination of whether control has been obtained begins with the evaluation of whether control should be evaluated based on the variable interest or voting interest model pursuant to ASC 810. If the acquiree is a variable interest entity, the primary beneficiary would be the accounting acquirer. Fathom OpCo meets the definition of a variable interest entity and Fathom, which will be the managing member, has been determined to be the primary beneficiary. Under this method of accounting, Fathom is treated as the acquirer and Fathom OpCo is treated as the acquired company for financial statement reporting purposes.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020 gives pro forma effect to the Business Combination as if it had been consummated on January 1, 2020.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 gives pro forma effect to the Business Combination as if it had been consummated on September 30, 2021.

Management has made significant estimates and assumptions in its determination of the pro forma adjustments. As the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on these preliminary estimates, the final amounts recorded may differ materially from the information presented.

The pro forma adjustments reflecting the consummation of the Business Combination are based on certain currently available information and certain assumptions and methodologies that management believes are reasonable under the circumstances. The unaudited condensed combined pro forma adjustments, which are described in the accompanying notes, may be revised as additional information becomes available and is evaluated. Therefore, it is likely that the actual adjustments will differ from the pro forma adjustments and it is possible the difference may be material.

Management believes that its assumptions and methodologies provide a reasonable basis for presenting all of the significant effects of the Business Combination based on information available to management at the 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 would have been had the Business Combination 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. They should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements and notes thereto of Fathom OpCo, Altimar II, Incodema, Dahlquist, and Majestic Metals included elsewhere in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

Description of Business Combination

Altimar Acquisition Corp. II is a blank check company incorporated on December 7, 2020 as a Cayman Islands exempted company organized for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.

In connection with the Closing:

 

  (a)

Altimar II changed its jurisdiction of incorporation by deregistering as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands and continuing and domesticating as a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Domestication”), upon which Altimar II changed its name to “Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation.”

 

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  (b)

Fathom OpCo issued managing member interests in Fathom OpCo to Altimar II in exchange for a nominal cash payment;

 

  (c)

Following step (b) above, each of CORE Fund I Blocker-5 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Fathom Blocker 1”), CORE Fund I Blocker-2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Fathom Blocker 2”), and SG (MCT) Blocker, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Fathom Blocker 3” and, together with Fathom Blocker 1 and Fathom Blocker 2, the “Fathom Blockers”), merged with and into Rapid Blocker 1 Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Altimar II (“Blocker Merger Sub 1”), Rapid Blocker 2 Merger Sub, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Altimar II (“Blocker Merger Sub 2”), and Rapid Blocker 3 Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Altimar II (“Blocker Merger Sub 3” and, together with Blocker Merger Sub 1 and Blocker Merger Sub 2, the “Blocker Merger Subs”), respectively, in each case, with the Fathom Blockers surviving as the surviving companies and wholly owned subsidiaries of Altimar II (collectively, the “Surviving Fathom Blockers”);

 

  (d)

Immediately following step (c) above, the Surviving Fathom Blockers each merged with and into Altimar II (the “Blocker Altimar Mergers”), in each case, with Altimar II as the surviving company; and

 

  (e)

Immediately following the Blocker Altimar Mergers, Rapid Merger Sub merged with and into Fathom OpCo (the “Fathom Merger”), with Fathom OpCo as the surviving entity of the Fathom Merger (Fathom, in its capacity as the surviving entity of the Fathom Merger, is sometimes referred to as the “Fathom Surviving Entity”). Following the Fathom Merger, the Fathom Surviving Entity is owned by Altimar II and all other holders of Fathom OpCo units outstanding as of immediately prior to the Fathom Merger (such other holders, excluding Altimar II, are referred to as the “Continuing Fathom Unitholders”).

As a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the combined company is organized in an “Up-C” structure, in which substantially all of the assets and business of the combined company are held by Fathom OpCo. Altimar II and the Continuing Fathom Unitholders were issued Class A units of Fathom OpCo (“New Fathom Units”). Altimar II is the managing member of Fathom OpCo. Altimar II issued to Continuing Fathom Unitholders for cash at par value a number of shares of Class B common stock equal to the number New Fathom Units held by the Continuing Fathom Unitholders. Altimar II’s other stockholders hold Class A common stock of Fathom. Shares of Fathom Class A common stock are entitled to economic rights and one vote per share and shares of Fathom Class B common stock are entitled to one vote per share but no economic rights. The combined company’s business continues to operate through Fathom OpCo.

 

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Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation

The preliminary consideration and allocation of the purchase price to the fair value of Fathom OpCo’s assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as if the acquisition date was September 30, 2021, is presented below. Fathom has not completed the detailed valuations necessary to estimate the fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed and, accordingly, the adjustments to record the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at fair value reflect the best estimates of Fathom OpCo based on the information currently available and are subject to change once additional analyses are completed. The final purchase price of the Business Combination is subject to the determination of certain items that are subject to adjustment at Closing pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement.

 

(in millions $)       

Cash Consideration

   $ 3  

Repayment of non-extended long-term debt, net

     160  

Total cash consideration

     163  

Closing Seller Equity Consideration

     1,210  

Contingent consideration

     82  

Total consideration transferred

     1,445  

Cash and cash equivalents

     11  

Accounts receivable

     25  

Inventory

     12  

Other current assets

     2  

Property and equipment, net

     38  

Intangible assets, net

     250  

Goodwill

     1,325  

Total assets acquired

     1,663  

Accounts payable

     (7

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

     (10

Contingent consideration from prior acquisitions

     (6

Long-term debt, net

     (170

Tax receivable agreement

     (4

Deferred tax liability

     (6

Other non-current liabilities

     (5

Total liabilities assumed

     (208

Net assets acquired

   $ 1,445  

Intangible assets were identified that met either the separability criterion or the contractual-legal criterion described in ASC 805. Below is a summary of the intangible assets acquired in the Business Combination

 

Identifiable intangible assets

   Fair Value
(in millions)
     Useful Life
(in years)
 

Trade Name

   $ 80        15  

Customer Relationships

     150        19  

Developed Technology

     20        5  
  

 

 

    
   $ 250     

The intangible assets acquired subject to amortization have a weighted average useful life of 16.60 years.

 

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2. Pro forma Fathom Condensed Combined Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2020

The table below presents the 2020 Pro Forma Fathom OpCo results adjusted to give effect to the results of the Incodema, Dahlquist, Majestic Metals, Mark Two, Newchem, GPI, Summit, Centex, Laser, Precision Process, and Micropulse West acquisitions.

 

     Fathom
OpCo(1)
    Incodema(2)     NewCut(2)      GPI(2)     Dahlquist(2)     Majestic
Metals(2)
    Mark
Two(2)
    Summit(2)      Centex &
Laser(2)
     Precision
Process(2)
     Micropulse
West(2)
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
    Pro
Forma
Fathom
OpCo
 

Revenue

     61,289       8,161       3,432        674       7,853       23,573       5,601       6,659        13,223        9,998        8,942       —         149,405  

Cost of Revenue

     32,815       2,762       1,926        288       2,126       15,359       2,878       1,518        7,523        2,965        5,348       963 (a)       76,471  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross Profit

     28,474       5,399       1,506        386       5,727       8,214       2,723       5,141        5,700        7,033        3,594       (963     72,934  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses

                              

Selling, general, and administrative

     22,197       4,211       1,323        355       2,183       4,216       2,092       4,804        2,655        3,705        1,277       —         49,018  

Depreciation and amortization

     4,825       174       75        219       34       124       —         —          589        46        437       9,805 (b)      16,328  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     27,022       4,385       1,398        574       2,217       4,340       2,092       4,804        3,244        3,751        1,714       9,805       65,346  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

     1,452       1,014       108        (188     3,510       3,874       631       337        2,456        3,282        1,880       (10,768     7,588  

Interest expense and other expense (income)

                              

Interest expense/ (income)

     3,665       118       34        —         (35     (19     48       80        362        —          22       5,019 (c)      9,294  

Other expense

     6,335       388       64        —         —         2       971       114        591        —          —         —         8,465  

Other (income)

     (585     (16     —          —         (542     (1,699     —         —          —          28        (4     —         (2,818
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other expenses (income), net

     9,415       490       98        —         (577     (1,716     1,019       194        953        28        18       5,019       14,941  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET (LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES

     (7,963     524       10        (188     4,087       5,590       (388     143        1,503        3,254        1,862       (15,787     (7,353

Provision for income taxes

     —         —         —          —         —         —         —         —          338        37        —           375  
    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET (LOSS) INCOME

     (7,963     524       10        (188     4,087       5,590       (388     143        1,165        3,217        1,862       (15,787     (7,728
    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

Refers to the historical audited financial statements of Fathom OpCo.

 

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(2)

Refers to the historical results of Incodema, Dahlquist, Majestic Metals, Mark Two, Newchem, GPI, Summit, Centex, Laser, Precision Process, and Micropoulse West prior to their respective acquisitions. Note that each of the Mark Two, GPI, Summit, Centex, Laser, Micropulse West and PPC acquisitions is individually insignificant under S-X Rule 3-05.

 

  a)

Cost of revenue

Cost of revenue is impacted by $1.0 million due to increased inventory balances caused by the non-cash impact of the step up to fair value of the inventory.

 

  b)

Depreciation and amortization

Adjustments to depreciation and amortization of $9.8 million represent the depreciation and amortization expense related to the step up of the fair value of real property and intangibles assets.

 

  c)

Interest Expense

Increase in interest expense of $5.0 million caused by the increase in bank debt incurred to finance the 2021 Acquisitions.

3. Pro Forma Fathom Condensed Combined Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021

The table below presents the Pro Forma Fathom OpCo results for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 adjusted to give effect to the results of the Summit, Centex, Laser, Precision Process, and Micropulse West acquisitions.

 

     Fathom
OpCo(1)
    Summit(2)     Centex &
Laser(2)
    Precision
Process(2)
    Micropulse
West(2)
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
    Pro Forma
Fathom OpCo
 

Revenue

     107,887       404       4,062       3,771       2,130       —         118,254  

Cost of Revenue

     61,749       78       2,351       840       1,168       —         66,186  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross Profit

     46,138       326       1,711       2,931       962       —         52,068  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses

              

Selling, general, and administrative

     29,470       391       1,220       1,299       500       —         32,880  

Depreciation and amortization

     9,327       —         24       —         65       1,079 (a)      10,495  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     38,797       391       1,244       1,299       565       1,079       43,375  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

     7,341       (65     467       1,632       397       (1,079     8,693  

Interest expense and other expense (income)

              

Interest expense/(income)

     8,800       1       102       —         (1     (8,902 )(b)      —    

Other expense

     9,007       419       —         1       11       —         9,438  

Other (income)

     (3,215     —         (1,389     (11     741       —         (3,874
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total other expenses, net

     14,592       420       (1,287     (10     751       (8,902     5,564  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET (LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES

     (7,251     (485     1,754       1,642       (354     7,823       3,129  

Provision for income taxes

     807       —         22       39       —         —         868  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET (LOSS) INCOME

     (8,058     (485     1,732       1,603       (354     7,823       2,261  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

Refers to the historical audited financial statements of Fathom OpCo.

(2)

Refers to the historical results of Summit, Centex, Laser, Precision Process, and Micropulse West prior to their respective acquisitions.

 

  a)

Depreciation and Amortization

Adjustments to depreciation and amortization of $1.1 million represent the depreciation and amortization expense related to the step up of the fair value of real property and intangibles assets.

 

  b)

Interest expense/(income)

Adjustments to eliminate interest expense of $8.9 million because the maturity of the loan issued to finance the 2021 Acquisitions is 12 months. Upon the acquisition of Fathom Opco by Fathom, long-term financing will be issued.

 

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4. Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2020

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined 2020 Income Statement has been prepared to illustrate the effect of the Business Combination and has been prepared for informational purposes only.

Fathom OpCo and Altimar II have not had any historical relationship prior to the Business Combination. Accordingly, no pro forma adjustments were required to eliminate activities between the companies.

The following adjustments are incorporated in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information:

 

  a)

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue is impacted by $5.2 million due to increased inventory balances caused by the non-cash impact of the step up to fair value of the inventory and increased amortization of intangible assets.

 

  b)

Selling, general, and administrative

Adjustments to selling, general, and administrative expenses of $46.4 million represent transaction expenses incurred in conjunction with the Business Combination and $1.0 million of stock compensation expenses which will accelerate as a result of the Business Combination. These adjustments were partially offset by an adjustment of $(0.7) million related to the removal of management fees previously paid.

 

  c)

Depreciation and Amortization

Adjustments to depreciation and amortization of $6.2 million represent the depreciation and amortization expense related to the step up of the fair value of real property and intangibles assets.

 

  d)

Interest Expense

Adjustments to interest expense represents the increase to interest expense resulting from the incurrence of new debt associated with the closing of the Business Combination of $6.2 million, consisting of cash interest of $5.6 million and the amortization of deferred issuance costs of $0.6 million, which were a result of the Company refinancing its debt in conjunction with the Business Combination, offset by interest expense of $9.3 million related to prior debt which was entered into in order to effectuate the 2020 Acquisitions described in Note 3 to Fathom OpCo’s historical financial statements.

 

  e)

Income Taxes

Fathom OpCo has been, and will continue to be, treated as a partnership for U.S. federal and state income tax purposes. As such, Fathom OpCo’s profits and losses will flow through to its partners, including Fathom, and are generally not subject to tax at the Fathom OpCo level. Following the consummation of the Business Combination, Fathom will be subject to U.S. federal, state, and local taxes.

 

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As a result, we expect a portion of our income after our corporate reorganization to be taxable in jurisdictions in which it previously had not been taxable. We expect the blended federal and state tax rate on income attributable to Altimar II to be approximately 26.86% before giving effect to whether or not deferred tax assets are able to be realized by Altimar II. As it is more likely than not that Altimar II’s deferred tax assets will not be realized in accordance with ASC 740, no income tax benefit is recognized.

 

  f)

Net (loss) income per share

The net loss per share is calculated using the weighted average shares outstanding, and the issuance of additional Company shares in connection with the Business Combination, assuming the shares were outstanding since January 1, 2020. As the Business Combination and related transactions are being reflected as if they had occurred at the beginning of the period presented, the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net loss per share assumes that the shares issuable relating to the Business Combination have been outstanding for the entire periods presented. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on the redemptions by Altimar II’s public shareholders of shares of Altimar II’s Class A ordinary shares for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the trust account (calculated based on the amount in the Trust Account as of September 30, 2021).

 

     For the year ended
December 31, 2020
 

(in thousands, except share-related amounts)

  

Pro Forma net loss attributable to holders of Class A Common Stock

     (23,421

Weighted average shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding — basic and diluted

     51,608,262  
  

 

 

 

Net loss per share — basic and diluted

   $ (0.45
  

 

 

 

 

  g)

Noncontrolling Interest

As described in the section entitled “Proposal No. 1 — The Business Combination Proposal — Structure of the Business Combination,” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, upon completion of the Business Combination, the Company controls Fathom OpCo as the sole managing member and the Company is a holding company with no assets or operations other than its equity interest in Fathom OpCo.

Based on the redemptions by Altimar II’s public shareholders of shares of Altimar II’s Class A ordinary shares for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the trust account, as a result of the Business Combination, the Company owns approximately 37.6% of the economic interest of Fathom OpCo, but has 100% of the voting power and controls the management of Fathom OpCo. Immediately following the completion of the Business Combination, the non-voting ownership percentage held by the noncontrolling interest is approximately 62.4%.

 

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5. Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the nine months ended

September 30, 2021 has been prepared to illustrate the effects of the Business Combination and has been prepared for informational purposes only.

Fathom OpCo and Altimar II have not had any historical relationship prior to the Business Combination. Accordingly, no pro forma adjustments were required to eliminate activities between the companies.

The following adjustments are incorporated in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information:

 

  a)

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue is impacted by $1.3 million due to increased inventory balances caused by the non-cash impact of the step up to fair value of the inventory and increased amortization of intangible assets.

 

  b)

Selling, general, and administrative

Adjustments to selling, general, and administrative expenses of $1.4 million related to the removal of management fees previously paid.

 

  c)

Depreciation and Amortization

Adjustments to depreciation and amortization of $6.4 million represent the depreciation and amortization expense related to the step up of the fair value of real property and intangibles assets.

 

  d)

Interest Expense

Adjustments to interest expense represents the decrease to interest expense resulting from the incurrence of new debt associated with the closing of the Business Combination of $4.2 million.

 

  e)

Income Taxes

Fathom Holdco, LLC has been, and will continue to be, treated as a partnership for U.S. federal and state income tax purposes. As such, Fathom Holdco, LLCs profits and losses will flow through to its partners, including Fathom, and are generally not subject to tax at the Fathom Holdco, LLC level. Following the consummation of the Business Combination, Fathom will be subject to U.S. federal, state, and local taxes.

As a result, we expect a portion of our income after our corporate reorganization to be taxable in jurisdictions in which it previously had not been taxable. We expect the blended federal and state tax rate on income attributable to Fathom to be approximately 26.86% before given effect to whether or not deferred tax assets are able to be realized by Fathom. As it is more likely than not that Fathom’s deferred tax assets will not be realized in accordance with ASC 740, no income tax benefit is recognized.

 

  f)

Net (loss) income per share

The net loss per share is calculated using the weighted average shares outstanding, and the issuance of additional Company shares in connection with the Business Combination, assuming the shares were outstanding since January 1, 2020. As the Business Combination and related transactions are reflected as if they had occurred at the beginning of the period presented, the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net loss per share assumes that the shares issuable relating to the Business Combination have been outstanding for the entire periods presented. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been based on the redemptions by Altimar II’s public

 

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shareholders of shares of Altimar II’s Class A ordinary shares for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the trust account (calculated based on the amount in the trust account as of September 30, 2021).

 

     For the period
ended
September 30, 2021
 

(in thousands, except share-related amounts)

  

Pro Forma net loss attributable to holders of Class A Common Stock

     (2,028

Weighted average shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding – basic and diluted

     51,608,262  
  

 

 

 

Net income per share – basic and diluted

   $ (0.04
  

 

 

 

 

  g)

Noncontrolling Interest

As described in the section entitled “Proposal No. 1 — The Business Combination Proposal — Structure of the Business Combination,” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, upon completion of the Business Combination, the Company controls Fathom OpCo as the sole managing member and the Company is a holding company with no assets or operations other than its equity interest in Fathom OpCo.

Based on the redemptions, as a result of the Business Combination, the Company owns approximately 37.6% of the economic interest of Fathom OpCo, but has 100% of the voting power and controls the management of Fathom OpCo. Immediately following the completion of the Business Combination, the non-voting ownership percentage held by the noncontrolling interest will be approximately 62.4%.

6. Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2021

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

 

  a)

Reflects the proceeds of $70.0 million from the issuance of 7,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 from the PIPE Investment based on estimated commitments received.

 

  b)

Reflects the entry into a $125.0 million term loan and a $27.0 million revolver, net of deferred financing fees of $2.9 million, payment of the historical debt of $170.3 million, and payment of accrued interest of $0.9 million.

 

  c)

A total of $60.6 million of expected transaction costs are to be incurred with the Business Combination, including $2.9 million of deferred financing costs. Of the total costs, $12.1 million relate to deferred IPO fees described in (f).

 

  d)

Reflects the reclassification of $345.0 million of cash and cash equivalents held in the trust account of Altimar II that will become available for transaction consideration, transaction expenses, and the operating activities in conjunction with the Business Combination.

 

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  e)

Represents the adjustment for the estimated preliminary purchase price allocation for the acquisition of Fathom OpCo resulting from the Business Combination. The preliminary calculation of total consideration is presented above in Note 1 above.

$1,324.8 million has been allocated to goodwill assuming based on the number of shares redeemed. Goodwill represents the excess of the gross consideration over the fair value of the underlying net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired. Qualitative factors that contribute to the recognition of goodwill include certain intangible assets that are not recognized as separate identifiable intangible assets. Goodwill represents future economic benefits arising from acquiring Fathom OpCo, primarily due to its strong market position, that are not individually identified and separately recognized as intangible assets. An adjustment of $83.1 million was made to remove Fathom OpCo’s historical goodwill.

In accordance with ASC Topic 350, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (“ASC 350”), goodwill will not be amortized, but instead will be tested for impairment at least annually or more frequently if certain indicators are present. In the event that the value of goodwill and/or intangible assets has become impaired, an accounting charge for impairment during the quarter in which the determination is made may be recognized.

This adjustment additionally eliminates the historical accumulated deficit of Fathom OpCo of $22.3 million and establishes additional paid-in-capital of $917.4 million based upon the value of the business acquired. The additional paid-in capital balance was established by recording the purchase price of $1,454.6 million to the additional paid in capital account. The PIPE Investment of $70.0 million was also recorded to additional paid-in capital. An adjustment of $11.2 million was made to reduce additional paid-in capital for the payment of transaction costs. Adjustments of $318.0 million and made based on the number of shares redeemed to reduce additional paid-in capital for the payment cash consideration. Adjustments to increase additional paid-in capital by $345.0 million were made in order to record the conversion of redeemable share. As discussed below, adjustments of $843.0 million were made in order to record the non-controlling interest. The legacy equity of Fathom OpCo was eliminated through an adjustment of $54.1 million.

Deferred tax liabilities, additional paid-in capital, and non-controlling interest in the partnership are recognized to reflect the difference between the financial statement and tax basis in the investment in Fathom OpCo. The realizability of deferred tax assets is subject to various estimates and assumptions, including preliminary projections of future taxable income.

 

  f)

Reflects the payment of deferred initial public offering (“IPO”) fees which includes $12.1 million of deferred underwriters’ and professional fees in connection with Altimar II’s IPO.

 

  g)

Represents the pro forma adjustments to reclassify Altimar II’s Class B ordinary shares, which will be converted to Fathom Class C common stock as a required step for the Domestication of Altimar II and subsequently and immediately converted to Fathom Class A common stock and Altimar II Class A ordinary shares that will be converted to Fathom Class A common stock in connection with the Business Combination.

 

  h)

Represents the pro forma adjustments to record a non-controlling interest related to the interest held by the Continuing Fathom Unitholders.

As described in the section entitled “Proposal No. 1 — The Business Combination Proposal — Structure of the Business Combination,” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, upon completion of the Business Combination, the Company will control Fathom OpCo as the sole managing member and the Company will be a holding company with no assets or operations other than its equity interest in Fathom OpCo.

 

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The following summarizes the number of shares of Company Class A common stock outstanding upon completion of the Business Combination excluding 9,000,000 Earnout Shares and 1,267,500 Sponsor Earnout Shares:

 

     Shares      Ownership %  

Altimar II Public Shareholders

     2,354,642        4.6

PIPE Investors

     7,000,000        13.6

Altimar II Founders

     4,770,000        9.2

Legacy Fathom Equity Holders

     36,661,014        71.0

Vested 2021 Omnibus Plan Award Grantees

     822,606        1.6

Total Class A Common Stock

     51,608,262        100

 

  i)

Represents the impact of redemptions at an estimated per share redemption price. $321.5 million in cash was paid to redeeming shareholders with the offset to additional paid-in capital. In addition, a decrease in cash consideration used in the Business Combination was offset with an increase in equity consideration. In addition, based on the actual redemptions, Fathom will own 37.6% of the economic interest of Fathom OpCo, and the Continuing Fathom Unitholders will own the remaining 62.4%, and therefore, this adjustments reflects changes to non-controlling interest as a result of this change.

 

  j)

Upon completion of the Business Combination, Fathom will be party to a Tax Receivable Agreement (“TRA”). As described under “Certain Relationships and Related-Party Transactions — Tax Receivable Agreement,” in connection with this Business Combination, Fathom will enter into a TRA with the existing members of Fathom OpCo. The agreement will require the Company to pay to such members (or their owners) 85% of the amount of tax savings, if any, that the Company realizes in certain circumstances as a result of (i) increases in tax basis resulting from the Business Combination, (ii) certain tax attributes of the Fathom OpCo existing prior to the Business Combination, and (iii) tax benefits attributable to payments made under this TRA, generating a liability (the “TRA liability”). The deferred tax asset and the TRA liability for the TRA assume: (A) only exchanges associated with this Business Combination, (B) a share price equal to $10 per share, (C) a constant income tax rate, (D) no material changes in tax law, (E) the ability to utilize tax attributes, (F) no adjustment for potential remedial allocations, and (G) future TRA payments.

The TRA has an estimated value of $4.5 million.

 

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COMPARATIVE SHARE INFORMATION

The following table sets forth summary historical comparative share information for Altimar II and Fathom OpCo and unaudited pro forma condensed combined per share information after giving effect to the Business Combination.

The pro forma book value information reflects the Business Combination as if it had occurred on September 30, 2021. The weighted average shares outstanding and net earnings per share information reflect the Business Combination as if it had occurred on January 1, 2021.

This information is only a summary and should be read together with the summary historical financial information summary included elsewhere in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and the historical financial statements of Altimar II and Fathom OpCo and related notes. The unaudited pro forma combined per share information of Altimar II and Fathom OpCo is derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

The unaudited pro forma combined earnings per share information below does not purport to represent the earnings per share that would have occurred had the companies been combined during the periods presented, nor earnings per share for any future date or period. The unaudited pro forma combined book value per share information below does not purport to represent what the value of Altimar II and Fathom OpCo would have been had the companies been combined during the periods presented.

 

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     Altimar
Acquisition
Corp II(1)
    Pro Forma
Fathom
OpCo(2)
    Pro Forma
Combined
 

Period Ended September 30, 2021

      

(in thousands except share and per share amounts)

      

Book Value per share

   $ (0.81   $ N/A     $ 28.42  

Net income (loss)

     756       2,261       (6,636

Altimar II Public Shares

      

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted—Class A ordinary shares

     29,571,429      

Basic and diluted income per share, Class A ordinary shares

     0.02      

Founder Shares

      

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted—Class B ordinary shares

     8,460,165      

Basic and diluted net loss per common share

     0.02      

Fathom Shares

      

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted

         51,608,262  
      

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per common share

       $ (0.04

Cash distributions per common share

     N/A       N/A       N/A  

Year Ended December 31, 2020

      

(in thousands except share and per share amounts)

      

Net income (loss)

   $ (5   $ (7,728   $ (62,337

Altimar II Public Shares

      

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted—Class A ordinary shares

     N/A      

Basic and diluted income per share, Class A ordinary shares

     N/A      

Founder Shares

      

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted—Class B ordinary shares

     7,500,000      

Basic and diluted net loss per common share

   $ —        

Fathom Shares

      

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted

         51,608,262  
      

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per common share

       $ (0.45

Cash distributions per common share

     N/A       N/A       N/A  

 

(1)

Refers to the unaudited interim financial statements of Altimar II as of September 30, 2021 and the historical audited financial statements of Altimar II as of December 31, 2020.

(2)

Refers to the Pro Forma Fathom OpCo Condensed Combined Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2021 adjusted to give effect to the 2021 Acquisitions, as detailed in Note 2 and Note 3, respectively.

 

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