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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

 

 

APi Group Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-39275   98-1510303

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1100 Old Highway 8 NW

New Brighton, MN

  55112
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (651) 636-4320

 

(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:

 

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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

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   APG   The New York Stock Exchange

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

 

Emerging growth company

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

 

 

 


INTRODUCTORY NOTE

On January 3, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), APi Group Corporation (the “Company”) completed its previously announced acquisition (the “Chubb Acquisition”) of the Chubb fire and security business (the “Chubb Business”), through the acquisition of Chubb Limited (“Chubb”) for an enterprise value of $3.1 billion pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated July 26, 2021, with Carrier Global Corporation (“Carrier”), Carrier Investments UK Limited (“Seller”) and Chubb. The aggregate consideration paid by the Company consists of (i) $2.9 billion cash, which was funded through a combination of cash on hand and the net proceeds from the Private Placement of Series B Preferred Stock, the offering of the Notes and the 2021 Term Loan, each as defined and described in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference, and (ii) approximately $200 million of assumed liabilities, and other adjustments.

The foregoing summary of the Chubb Acquisition and the Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which was attached as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 30, 2021 and is incorporated herein by reference. The summary of the Chubb Acquisition and the Purchase Agreement set forth under Item 1.01 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 30, 2021 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1.01

Entry into a Definitive Material Agreement.

Issuance and Sale of 5.5% Series B Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock

On the Closing Date, the Company issued and sold, for an aggregate purchase price of $800 million, 800,000 shares of its newly created 5.5% Series B Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), at a price of $1,000 per share (the “Private Placement”), of which (i) 592,610 shares of Series B Preferred Stock were issued and sold to Juno Lower Holdings L.P. (“Juno”, assignee of Blackstone Juno Holdings L.P. (f/k/a BTO Juno Holdings L.P.)) and 7,390 shares of Series B Preferred Stock were issued and sold to FD Juno Holdings L.P. (“Juno Holdings”, assignee of Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Fund – FD L.P., and together with Juno, the “Blackstone Purchasers”), each an investment vehicle of funds affiliated with Blackstone Inc. (collectively, “Blackstone”), for an aggregate purchase price of $600 million pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2021 (the “Blackstone Securities Purchase Agreement”) and (ii) 196,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock were issued and sold to Viking Global Equities Master Ltd. (“VGEM”) and 4,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock were issued and sold to Viking Global Equities II LP (“VGE” and together with VGEM, the “Viking Purchasers”, and together with the Blackstone Purchasers, the “Purchasers”) for an aggregate purchase price of $200 million pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2021 (the “Viking Securities Purchase Agreement” and, together with the Blackstone Securities Purchase Agreement, the “Securities Purchase Agreements”). The net proceeds from the sales of the Series B Preferred Stock were used to finance a portion of the consideration for the Chubb Acquisition.

The foregoing summary of the Securities Purchase Agreements is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Securities Purchase Agreements, copies of which were filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 30, 2021, and are incorporated herein by reference. The summary of the Securities Purchase Agreements set forth under Item 1.01 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 30, 2021 under “The Financing SPAs” is incorporated herein by reference.

Certificate of Designation

Each share of Series B Preferred Stock has the powers, designations, preferences, and other rights of the shares of such series as are set forth in the Certificate of Designation of the Series B Preferred Stock filed by the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 30, 2021 (the “Certificate of Designation”). The description of the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock and summary of the Certificate of Designation set forth under Item 1.01 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 30, 2021 under “The Financing SPAs” is incorporated herein by reference.


Registration Rights Agreements with the Purchasers

In connection with the issuance of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, on the Closing Date, the Company entered into registration rights agreements with the Purchasers (the “Registration Rights Agreements”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to register the resale of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) issuable upon conversion of the 800,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and shares of Common Stock that the Company may issue as 5.5% per annum dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock that are payable and accrue quarterly. The Company agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to be continuously effective and usable for so long as any registrable securities remain outstanding.

In addition, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, if the Company proposes to register any shares of Common Stock under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering of such securities solely for cash, the Company will register all of the shares that the Purchasers request to be included in such registration (subject to customary cutbacks if the underwriters determine that less than all of the shares requested to be registered can be included in such offering).

The Purchasers also have the right under each Registration Rights Agreement to request one or more underwritten offerings, so long as the anticipated gross proceeds of such underwritten offering is not less than $25 million (unless such Purchasers are proposing to sell all of their remaining registrable securities, in which case no such minimum gross proceeds threshold shall apply), and the Purchasers have the right to request unlimited non-underwritten shelf take-downs. The Company will not be obligated to effect more than two underwritten offerings for a particular Purchaser during any 12 month period.

In addition, the Company agreed, among other things, to use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required under the Exchange Act and (ii) furnish certain information as may be requested by the Purchasers as to the Company’s compliance with the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. The Registration Rights Agreements also contain customary indemnities.

The Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreements will terminate as to a particular Purchaser when all shares registrable under the Registration Rights Agreements are no longer held by such Purchaser.

The foregoing description of the terms of the Registration Rights Agreements is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Registration Rights Agreements, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.4 and 10.5, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Credit Agreement Amendment and Term Loan Financing

On the Closing Date, APi Group DE, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“APi DE”) closed the transactions contemplated by Amendment No. 2 to the Credit Agreement (“Amendment No. 2”), with the Company, as a guarantor, the Company subsidiary guarantors named therein, as guarantors, the lenders and letter of credit issuers from time to time party thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent and as collateral agent, which amends the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2019 and amended on October 22, 2020, by and among APi DE, the Company, the Company subsidiary guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders and letter of credit issuers from time to time party thereto, and Citibank, N.A. as administrative agent and collateral agent (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). The terms of Amendment No. 2 are described in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the SEC on December 20, 2021 and is incorporated herein by reference. The conditions of Amendment No. 2 were satisfied upon the contemporaneous closing of the Chubb Acquisition.

Pursuant to Amendment No. 2, among other things, the Company incurred a $1.1 billion seven-year incremental term loan (the “2021 Term Loan”). The Company used the net proceeds from the 2021 Term Loan to finance a portion of the consideration for the Chubb Acquisition.

The foregoing description of Amendment No. 2 does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of Amendment No. 2, a copy of which was filed with the SEC as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 20, 2021 and is incorporated herein by reference.


Supplemental Indenture

On the Closing Date, APi DE, the Company, the parties that are signatories thereto as guarantors (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiaries”) and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), entered into a supplemental indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”), which supplemented that certain indenture dated as of October 21, 2021, by and among APi Escrow Corp. (the “Escrow Issuer”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of APi DE, and the Trustee (the “Initial Indenture” and together with the Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Escrow Issuer issued $300 million aggregated principal amount of 4.750% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”). The Initial Indenture is described more fully in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 21, 2021, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

Pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture, APi DE assumed the obligations of the Escrow Issuer under the Notes and the Initial Indenture, and the Company and the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally, guaranteed the Notes on a senior unsecured basis. In general, certain of the Company’s existing and future subsidiaries that guarantee APi DE’s senior secured credit facility will guarantee the Notes. In connection with the entry by APi DE, the Company and the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries into the Supplemental Indenture, the Escrow Issuer was merged with and into APi DE and the net proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Notes were released from escrow and used to fund a portion of the cash consideration for the Chubb Acquisition.

The description of the Indenture contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of (a) the Initial Indenture, which was filed with the SEC as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 21, 2021, and which is incorporated herein by reference, and (b) the Supplemental Indenture, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2, and which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.01

Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

The information set forth in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.

 

Item 2.03

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

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under “Credit Agreement Amendment and Term Loan Financing” and “Supplemental Indenture” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

As described in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under “Issuance and Sale of 5.5% Series B Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock”, which description is incorporated herein by reference, on the Closing Date, the Company offered and sold 800,000 shares of its newly created Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $1,000 per share to the Purchasers pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreements. The Company offered and sold the shares of Series B Preferred Stock to the Purchasers in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Securities Purchase Agreements contained representations of the Purchasers that each was an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act and that the shares of Series B Preferred Stock were acquired for investment purposes and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof.

 

Item 3.03

Material Modification to the Rights of Securities Holders.

As described in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreements, the Company issued and sold shares of Series B Preferred Stock to the Purchasers at the closing of the Private Placement. The Certificate of Designation entitles the holders of Series B Preferred Stock to certain rights that are senior to the rights of holders of the Common Stock and the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), such as rights to certain distributions and rights upon liquidation of the Company. In addition, in connection with the closing of the Private Placement, the Company entered into the Registration Rights Agreement with the Purchasers relating to the registration of the resale of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the 800,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and shares of Common Stock that the Company may issue as 5.5% per annum dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock that are payable and accrue quarterly. The general effect of the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock and entry into the Registration Rights Agreement upon the rights of the holders of Common Stock is more fully described in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, which descriptions are incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.


Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors.

(d)    As previously described in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 30, 2021, pursuant to the Blackstone Securities Purchase Agreement, for so long as the Blackstone Purchasers collectively own, of record or beneficially, at least 50% of the Series B Preferred Stock (or shares issued upon conversion thereof) issued to them on the Closing Date, the Blackstone Purchasers will have the right to nominate for election one individual to the board of directors of the Company (the “Series B Director”). Pursuant to this nomination right, the Blackstone Purchasers’ initial nominee to serve as Series B Director, David S. Blitzer, was elected to the board of directors effective following the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock and the closing of the Chubb Acquisition. Other than as described herein, there are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Blitzer, on the one hand, and the Company or any other persons, on the other hand, pursuant to which Mr. Blitzer was selected as a director.

Mr. Blitzer is not expected to serve on any committees of the board of directors. Mr. Blitzer has waived any compensation from the Company for his service as a director. Neither Mr. Blitzer nor any of his immediate family members has been a participant in any transaction or currently proposed transaction with the Company that is reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

In addition, Mr. Blitzer has executed the Company’s standard form of director indemnification agreement, a copy of which has been filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 effective May 1, 2020.

 

Item 5.03

Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, Change in Fiscal Year.

In connection with the Chubb Acquisition and the issuance of Series B Preferred Stock, on December 30, 2021, the Company filed the Certificate of Designation with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Certificate of Designation became effective that same day.

Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K contains a summary of the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock, which is incorporated into this Item 5.03 by reference.

A copy of the Certificate of Designation is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On January 3, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Chubb Acquisition. A copy of the Company’s press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

All information in the press release is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” with the SEC for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise be subject to the liability of that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporated it by reference.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On December 31, 2021, the board of directors of the Company approved a stock dividend of 7,539,697 shares of Common Stock with respect to the 4,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock currently outstanding. As previously disclosed, pursuant to the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock, the holder of the Series A Preferred Stock was entitled to receive the annual dividend amount because the volume weighted average share price over the last ten trading days of 2021 of $24.3968 was greater than the highest price previously used in calculating the annual dividend price of $17.8829. Consistent with the Company’s previously disclosed intention, the board of directors elected to settle the 2021 annual dividend amount in shares of Common Stock which were issued on January 3, 2022. After giving effect to such issuance (but before giving effect to the issuance of any shares of Common Stock upon vesting of certain employee restricted stock unit awards on January 1, 2022 or pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plan for the offering period ended December 31, 2021), the Company has 232,164,890 shares of Common Stock outstanding.


Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

The unaudited condensed combined carve-out financial statements of the Chubb Business as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, and the notes related thereto, are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

(b) Pro forma financial information.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2021, and the pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020, and the notes related thereto, that give effect to the Chubb Acquisition are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

    No.    

  

Description

    2.1*    Stock Purchase Agreement by and between Carrier Global Corporation, Carrier Investments UK Limited, Chubb Limited and APi Group Corporation dated as of July 26, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 30, 2021).
    3.1    Certificate of Designation of 5.5% Series B Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, effective as of December 30, 2021.
    4.1    Indenture, dated as of October 21, 2021, among the Escrow Issuer and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 21, 2021).
    4.2    Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 3, 2022, among APi DE, the Company, the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and the Trustee.
  10.1*    Securities Purchase Agreement by and among APi Group Corporation, Blackstone Juno Holdings L.P. (f/k/a BTO Juno Holdings L.P.) and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Fund – FD L.P. dated as of July 26, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 30, 2021).
  10.2*    Securities Purchase Agreement by and among APi Group Corporation, Viking Global Equities Master Ltd. and Viking Global Equities II LP dated as of July 26, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 30, 2021).
  10.3    Amendment No. 2, dated December 16, 2021, among APi Group DE, Inc., APi Group Corporation, the subsidiary guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders and letter of credit issuers from time to time party thereto, and Citibank, N.A. as administrative agent and collateral agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 20, 2021).
  10.4    Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 3, 2022, by and among APi Group Corporation, Juno Lower Holdings L.P. and FD Juno Holdings L.P.
  10.5    Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 3, 2022, by and among APi Group Corporation, Viking Global Equities Master Ltd. and Viking Global Equities II LP.
  99.1    Press release issued by APi Group Corporation, dated January 3, 2022.
  99.2    Unaudited condensed combined carve-out financial statements of the Chubb Business as of September 30, 2021 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.
  99.3    Unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 and unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020.
104.1    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL document).

 

*

Certain schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K and the Company agrees to furnish supplementally to the SEC a copy of any omitted schedules or exhibits upon request.


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.

 

API GROUP CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Kevin S. Krumm

Name:   Kevin S. Krumm
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Date: January 3, 2022

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION

OF

5.5% SERIES B PERPETUAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

OF

API GROUP CORPORATION

(Pursuant to Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)

APi Group Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (hereinafter, the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that the following resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (or a duly authorized committee thereof) as required by Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority expressly granted to and vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, there is hereby created and provided out of the authorized but unissued preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation (“Preferred Stock”), a new series of Preferred Stock, and there is hereby stated and fixed the number of shares constituting such series and the designation of such series and the powers (including voting powers), if any, of such series and the preferences and relative, participating, optional, special or other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions, if any, of such series as follows:

 


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Section 1.

  Designation; Par Value; Number of Authorized Shares      1  

(a)

  Designation; Par Value      1  

(b)

  Number of Authorized Shares      1  

Section 2.

  Definitions      1  

Section 3.

  Rules of Construction      13  

Section 4.

  Records; Registration      13  

(a)

  Form, Dating and Denominations      13  

(b)

  Execution, Countersignature and Delivery      15  

(c)

  Method of Payment; Delay When Payment Date is Not a Business Day      15  

(d)

  Transfer Agent, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent      16  

(e)

  Legends      17  

(f)

  Transfers and Exchanges; Transfer Taxes; Certain Transfer Restrictions      18  

(g)

  Exchange and Cancellation of Convertible Preferred Stock to Be Converted or to Be Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or a Redemption      20  

(h)

  Status of Converted, Redeemed or Repurchased Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock      21  

(i)

  Replacement Certificates      21  

(j)

  Registered Holders      21  

(k)

  Cancellation      21  

(l)

  Shares Held by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries      21  

(m)

  Outstanding Shares      22  

(n)

  Repurchases by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries      23  

(o)

  Notations and Exchanges      23  

Section 5.

  Ranking      23  

Section 6.

  Dividends      23  

(a)

  Regular Dividends      23  

(b)

  Participating Dividends      24  

(c)

  Treatment of Dividends Upon Redemption, Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Conversion      25  

Section 7.

  Rights Upon Liquidation, Dissolution Or Winding Up      25  

(a)

  Generally      25  

(b)

  Certain Business Combination Transactions Deemed Not to Be a Liquidation      26  

Section 8.

  Right of the Corporation To Redeem the Convertible Preferred Stock.      26  

(a)

  Right to Redeem On or After the Five Year Anniversary      26  

(b)

  Redemption Prohibited in Certain Circumstances      26  

(c)

  Redemption Date      26  

 

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(d)

  Redemption Price      26  

(e)

  Redemption Notice      26  

(f)

  Payment of the Redemption Price      27  

Section 9.

  Right of Holders To Require the Corporation To Repurchase Convertible Preferred Stock Upon a Fundamental Change      27  

(a)

  Fundamental Change Repurchase Right      27  

(b)

  Funds Legally Available for Payment of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price; Covenant Not to Take Certain Actions      27  

(c)

  Fundamental Change Repurchase Date      28  

(d)

  Fundamental Change Repurchase Price      28  

(e)

  Initial Fundamental Change Notice      28  

(f)

  Final Fundamental Change Notice      29  

(g)

  Procedures to Exercise the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right      30  

(h)

  Payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price      31  

(i)

  Third Party May Conduct Repurchase Offer In Lieu of the Corporation      31  

(j)

  Fundamental Change Agreements      31  

Section 10.

  Voting Rights      31  

(a)

  Right to Vote with Holders of Common Stock on an As-Converted Basis      31  

(b)

  Voting and Consent Rights with Respect to Specified Matters      31  

(c)

  Procedures for Voting and Consents      33  

Section 11.

  Conversion      33  

(a)

  Generally      33  

(b)

  Conversion at the Option of the Holders      33  

(c)

  Mandatory Conversion at the Corporation’s Election      34  

(d)

  Conversion Procedures      35  

(e)

  Settlement upon Conversion      36  

(f)

  Conversion Price Adjustments      37  

(g)

  Voluntary Conversion Price Decreases      40  

(h)

  Restriction on Conversions      40  

(i)

  Effect of Common Stock Change Event      41  

Section 12.

  Certain Provisions Relating To the Issuance of Common Stock      43  

(a)

  Equitable Adjustments to Prices      43  

(b)

  Status of Shares of Common Stock      43  

Section 13.

  Taxes      43  

Section 14.

  Term      44  

Section 15.

  Calculations      44  

(a)

  Responsibility; Schedule of Calculations      44  

(b)

  Calculations Aggregated for Each Holder      44  

 

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Section 16.

  Notices    44

Section 17.

  Facts Ascertainable    44

Section 18.

  Waiver    44

Section 19.

  Severability    45

Section 20.

  No Other Rights    45

Exhibits

 

Exhibit A: Form of Preferred Stock Certificate

     A-1  

Exhibit B: Form of 144A Restricted Stock Legend

     B-1  

Exhibit C: Form of Restricted Stock Legend

     C-1  

Exhibit D: Form of Global Certificate Legend

     D-1  

 

 

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Section 1. Designation; Par Value; Number of Authorized Shares.

(a) Designation; Par Value. The shares of such series shall be designated as the “5.5% Series B Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock” par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation (the “Convertible Preferred Stock”).

(b) Number of Authorized Shares. The total authorized number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock is eight hundred thousand (800,000); provided, however, that, by resolution of the Board of Directors, the total number of authorized shares of Convertible Preferred Stock may be increased (but not above the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock) or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Section 2. Definitions.

144A Restricted Stock Legend” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B.

Affiliate” of any Person means any Person, directly or indirectly, Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such Person; provided, however, that (i) the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Purchaser Party or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not be deemed to be Affiliates, (ii) “portfolio companies” (as such term is customarily used among institutional investors) in which any Purchaser Party or any of its Affiliates has an investment (whether as debt or equity) shall not be deemed an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party and (iii) the Excluded Sponsor Parties (as defined in each Purchase Agreement) shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of any Purchaser Party, the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries.

Applicable Treasury Rate” means the weekly average for each Business Day during the most recent week that has ended at least two Business Days prior to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date of the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (or, if such statistical release is not so published or available, any publicly available source of similar market data selected by the Corporation in good faith)) most nearly equal to the period from the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date to the First Call Date; provided, however, that if the period from the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date to the First Call Date is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a yield is given, the Applicable Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date to such applicable date is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.


Average Price” means, in respect of shares of Common Stock or any other securities, as of any date or relevant period (as applicable): (i) the volume weighted average price for such security on the New York Stock Exchange for such date or relevant period as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” functions; (ii) if the Board of Directors determines in its discretion that the New York Stock Exchange is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for that security, the volume weighted average price of that security for such date or relevant period on the principal securities exchange or trading market on which that security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” functions; (iii) if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing trade price (or average of the last closing trade price for each Trading Day in the relevant period) of that security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for that security as reported by Bloomberg; or (iv) if no last closing trade price is reported for that security by Bloomberg, the last closing ask price (or average of the last closing ask price for each Trading Day in the relevant period) of that security as reported by Bloomberg. If the Average Price cannot be calculated for that security on that date or relevant period on any of the foregoing bases, the Average Price of that security on such date or relevant period shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Corporation and the holders of at least a majority in voting power of the then outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock (acting reasonably), voting or consenting separately as a single class.

Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets, together with the primary successor to the business of Bloomberg Financial Markets.

Board of Directors” means the Corporation’s board of directors or a committee of such board duly authorized to act with the authority of such board.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.

Bylaws” means the Bylaws of the Corporation, as the same may be amended or amended and restated from time to time.

Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares of, interests in, rights to purchase, warrants or options for, participations in, or other equivalents of, in each case however designated, the equity of such Person, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

Certificate” means a Physical Certificate or an Electronic Certificate.

Certificate of Designation” means this Certificate of Designation, as amended or amended and restated from time to time.

Certificate of Incorporation” means the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as the same has been and may be amended or amended and restated from time to time.

Close of Business” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

Common Stock” means the common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of the Corporation.

Common Stock Change Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(i)(i).

 

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Common Stock Liquidity Conditions” will be satisfied with respect to a Mandatory Conversion, a Redemption or Regular Dividends in shares of Common Stock if:

(a) the offer and sale of such share of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock issued as Regular Dividends) by such Holder are registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and such registration statement is reasonably expected by the Corporation to remain effective and usable, by the Holder to sell such share of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock issued as Regular Dividends), continuously during the period from, and including, the date the related Mandatory Conversion Notice or Redemption Notice Date, as applicable, is sent to, and including, the one (1) year anniversary after the date such share of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock issued as Regular Dividends) is issued;

(b) each share of Common Stock referred to in clause (a) above (i) will, when issued and when sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to the registration statement referred to in such clause (a), (1) be admitted for book-entry settlement through DTC with an “unrestricted” CUSIP number; and (2) unless sold to the Corporation or an Affiliate of the Corporation, not be evidenced by any Certificate that bears a legend referring to transfer restrictions under the Securities Act or other securities laws; and (ii) will, when issued, be listed and admitted for trading, without suspension or material limitation on trading, on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NYSE American, The NASDAQ Capital Market, The NASDAQ Global Market or The NASDAQ Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors);

(c) (i) the Corporation has not received any written threat or notice of delisting or suspension by the applicable exchange referred to in clause (b)(ii) above with a reasonable prospect of delisting, after giving effect to all applicable notice and appeal periods; and (ii) no such delisting or suspension is reasonably likely to occur or is pending based on the Corporation falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of such exchange; and

(d) the conversion of all shares of Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to such Mandatory Conversion or that are subject to such Redemption, as applicable, would not be limited or otherwise restricted by Section 11(h).

Common Stock Participating Dividend” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i).

Corporation” means APi Group Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as such name may be changed from time to time in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Continuing Share Reserve Requirement” means, as of any time, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (a) two (2); and (b) the number of shares of Common Stock that would be issuable (without regard to Section 11(h)) upon conversion of all Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding as of such time (assuming such conversion occurred as of such time).

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

 

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Conversion Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(i).

Conversion Share” means any share of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock.

Conversion Consideration” means, with respect to the conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock, the type and amount of consideration payable to settle such conversion, determined in accordance with Section 11.

Conversion Date” means an Optional Conversion Date or a Mandatory Conversion Date.

Conversion Price” initially means $24.60 per share of Common Stock; provided, however, that aforesaid initial Conversion Price is subject to adjustment pursuant to Sections 11(f) and 11(g). Each reference in this Certificate of Designation to the Conversion Price as of a particular date without setting forth a particular time on such date will be deemed to be a reference to the Conversion Price immediately before the Close of Business on such date.

Convertible Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a).

Daily VWAP” means, for any VWAP Trading Day, the per share volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “APG <EQUITY> AQR” (or, if such page is not available, its equivalent successor page) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such VWAP Trading Day (or, if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one (1) share of Common Stock on such VWAP Trading Day, determined, using a volume-weighted average price method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm the Corporation selects). The Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session.

Deficit Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(h)(i)(1).

Dividend” means any Regular Dividend or Participating Dividend.

Dividend Determination Period” means the period starting with the date the Stock Dividend Notice is due pursuant to Section 6(a)(i) and ending on the Business Day preceding the applicable Regular Dividend Payment Date.

Dividend Junior Stock” means any class or series of the Corporation’s stock, the terms of which would result in such class or series ranking junior to the Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (without regard to whether or not dividends accumulate cumulatively). Dividend Junior Stock includes the Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, Dividend Junior Stock will not include any securities of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries.

Dividend Parity Stock” means any class or series of the Corporation’s stock (other than the Convertible Preferred Stock), the terms of which would result in such class or series ranking equally with the Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (without regard to whether or not dividends accumulate cumulatively). For the avoidance of doubt, Dividend Parity Stock will not include any securities of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries.

 

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Dividend Payment Date” means each Regular Dividend Payment Date with respect to a Regular Dividend and each date on which any declared Participating Dividend is scheduled to be paid on the Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to a Participating Dividend.

Dividend Price” means the Average Price per share of Common Stock for the Dividend Determination Period.

Dividend Senior Stock” means any class or series of the Corporation’s stock, the terms of which would result in such class or series ranking senior to the Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (without regard to whether or not dividends accumulate cumulatively). For the avoidance of doubt, Dividend Senior Stock will not include any securities of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries.

DTC” means The Depositary Trust Company or its nominee or any successor appointed by the Corporation.

Electronic Certificate” means, if the Board of Directors has provided by resolution that the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be uncertificated, any electronic book entry maintained by the Transfer Agent that evidences any share(s) of Convertible Preferred Stock.

Equity Treatment Limitation” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(h)(i)(1).

Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(f)(i)(5).

Expiration Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(f)(i)(5).

Final Fundamental Change Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(f).

First Call Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).

Fundamental Change” means any of the following events, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions:

(a) a “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Corporation or its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, or their respective employee benefit plans, files any report with the SEC indicating that such person or group, has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner” (as defined below) of shares of the Common Stock representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all of the Corporation’s Common Stock in a transaction or series of related transactions approved by the Board of Directors;

 

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(b) the consummation of (i) any sale, lease or other transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person, other than one of the Corporation’s Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; or (ii) any transaction or series of related transactions in connection with which (whether by means of merger, consolidation, share exchange, combination, reclassification, recapitalization, acquisition, liquidation or otherwise) all of the Common Stock is exchanged for, converted into, acquired for, or constitutes solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property; provided, however, that any merger, consolidation, share exchange, combination, reclassification or recapitalization of the Corporation pursuant to which the Persons that directly or indirectly “beneficially owned” (as defined below) all classes of the Corporation’s common equity immediately before such transaction directly or indirectly “beneficially own,” immediately after such transaction, more than fifty percent (50%) of all classes of common equity of the surviving, continuing or acquiring company or other transferee, as applicable, or the parent thereof, in substantially the same proportions vis-à-vis each other as immediately before such transaction, will be deemed not to be a Fundamental Change pursuant to this clause (b); or

(c) neither shares of Common Stock nor shares of any other Capital Stock into which the Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible are listed for trading on any National Securities Exchange or all such shares cease to be traded in contemplation of a de-listing (other than as a result of a transaction described in clause (b) above).

For the purposes of this definition, (x) any transaction or event described in both clause (a) and in clause (b)(i) or (ii) above (without regard to the proviso in clause (b)) will be deemed to occur solely pursuant to clause (b) above (subject to such proviso); and (y) whether a Person is a “beneficial owner”, whether shares are “beneficially owned”, and percentage beneficial ownership, will be determined in accordance with Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act.

Fundamental Change Repurchase Date” means the date fixed, pursuant to Section 9(c), for the repurchase of any Convertible Preferred Stock by the Corporation pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.

Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” means a notice (including a notice substantially in the form of the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” set forth in Exhibit A) containing the information, or otherwise complying with the requirements, set forth in Section 9(g)(i) and Section 9(g)(ii).

Fundamental Change Repurchase Price” means the cash price payable by the Corporation to repurchase any share of Convertible Preferred Stock upon its Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, calculated pursuant to Section 9(d).

Fundamental Change Repurchase Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).

Global Certificate Legend” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D.

Holder” means a person in whose name any Convertible Preferred Stock is registered on the Registrar’s books.

Initial Issue Date” means the Closing Date under the Purchase Agreements.

 

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Initial Fundamental Change Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(e).

Initial Liquidation Preference” means one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per share of Convertible Preferred Stock.

Initial Share Reserve Requirement” means a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of: (a) two (2); and (b) the number of shares of Common Stock that would be issuable (without regard to Section 11(h)) upon conversion of all shares of Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding as of the Initial Issue Date (assuming such conversion occurred on the Initial Issue Date).

Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock for any Trading Day means the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid price and the last ask price per share or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid prices and the average last ask prices per share) of the Common Stock on such Trading Day as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed. If the Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the last quoted bid price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid price and the last ask price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day from a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm the Corporation selects.

Liquidation Junior Stock” means any class or series of the Corporation’s stock, the terms of which would result in such class or series ranking junior to the Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon the Corporation’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up. Liquidation Junior Stock includes the Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, Liquidation Junior Stock will not include any securities of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries.

Liquidation Parity Stock” means any class or series of the Corporation’s stock (other than the Convertible Preferred Stock), the terms of which would result in such class or series ranking equally with the Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon the Corporation’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up. For the avoidance of doubt, Liquidation Parity Stock will not include any securities of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries.

Liquidation Preference” means, with respect to the Convertible Preferred Stock, an amount equal to the Initial Liquidation Preference per share of Convertible Preferred Stock, plus any accumulated and unpaid Regular Dividends on such share of Convertible Preferred Stock to, but excluding, the date of payment of such amount.

Liquidation Senior Stock” means any class or series of the Corporation’s stock, the terms of which would result in such class or series ranking senior to the Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon the Corporation’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up. For the avoidance of doubt, Liquidation Senior Stock will not include any securities of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries

 

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Majority Holders” means the Holders holding at least a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Convertible Preferred Stock.

Make-Whole Amount” means, with respect to any redemption of any share of Convertible Preferred Stock as of any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date prior to the First Call Date, an amount equal to (a) the present value (calculated as provided below) as of such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date of the sum of (i) the remaining Regular Dividends that would accrue on such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock (assuming such Regular Dividends were paid in cash) being redeemed from the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date to the First Call Date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Regular Dividends that would accrue from the Regular Dividend Payment Date immediately prior to the First Call Date through the First Call Date), plus (ii) the Redemption Price as of the First Call Date of such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock being redeemed, assuming that, for purposes of calculating clauses (i) and (ii), that such share of Convertible Preferred Stock were to remain outstanding through the First Call Date, and then be redeemed on the First Call Date at such Fundamental Change Redemption Price described above, and with the present value of such sum being computed using an annual discount rate (applied quarterly) equal to the Applicable Treasury Rate at such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date plus 50 basis points, less (b) the Liquidation Preference of such share at the Close of Business on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change, in each case, as calculated by the Corporation or on behalf of the Corporation by such Person as the Board shall designate.

Mandatory Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(c)(i).

Mandatory Conversion Date” means a Conversion Date designated with respect to any Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 11(c)(i) and 11(c)(iii).

Mandatory Conversion Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(c)(iv).

Mandatory Conversion Notice Date” means, with respect to a Mandatory Conversion, the date on which the Corporation sends the Mandatory Conversion Notice for such Mandatory Conversion pursuant to Section 11(c)(iv).

Mandatory Conversion Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(c)(i).

Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to any date, the occurrence or existence, during the one-half hour period ending at the scheduled close of trading on such date on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or other market on which the Common Stock is listed for trading or trades, of any material suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.

National Securities Exchange” means The New York Stock Exchange, The NYSE American, The NASDAQ Capital Market, The NASDAQ Global Market or The NASDAQ Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors).

 

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Number of Reserved Shares” means, as of any time, the number of shares of Common Stock that, at such time, the Corporation has reserved (out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock that are not reserved for any other purpose) for delivery upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock.

Officer” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of the Corporation.

Open of Business” means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.

Optional Conversion” means the conversion of any outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 11 other than a Mandatory Conversion.

Optional Conversion Date” means, with respect to the Optional Conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock, the first Business Day on which the requirements set forth in Section 11(d)(ii) for such conversion are satisfied.

Optional Conversion Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of the “Optional Conversion Notice” set forth in Exhibit A.

Participating Dividend” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i).

Paying Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(i).

Person” or “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof. Any division or series of a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust will constitute a separate “person” under this Certificate of Designation.

Physical Certificate” means, if the Board of Directors has not provided by resolution that the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be uncertificated, any certificate (other than an Electronic Certificate) evidencing any share(s) of Convertible Preferred Stock, which certificate is substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, registered in the name of the Holder of such share(s) and duly executed by the Corporation and countersigned by the Transfer Agent.

Purchase Agreements” means (i) that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2021, by and between the Corporation and the Purchaser (as defined therein) and (ii) that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2021, by and between the Corporation and the Purchaser (as defined therein), in each case, as the same may be amended or amended and restated from time to time, with respect to certain terms and conditions concerning, among other things, the rights of and restrictions on the Holders.

Purchaser Parties” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreements.

 

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Record Date” means, with respect to any dividend or distribution on, or issuance to holders of, Convertible Preferred Stock or Common Stock, the date fixed (whether by applicable law, applicable provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, resolution of the the Board of Directors or otherwise) to determine the Holders or the holders of Common Stock, as applicable, that are entitled to such dividend, distribution or issuance.

Redemption” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).

Redemption Date” means the date fixed, pursuant to Section 8(c), for the settlement of the redemption of the Convertible Preferred Stock by the Corporation pursuant to a Redemption.

Redemption Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(e).

Redemption Notice Date” means, with respect to a Redemption, the date on which the Corporation sends the Redemption Notice for such Redemption pursuant to Section 8(e).

Redemption Price” means the consideration payable by the Corporation to repurchase any Convertible Preferred Stock upon its Redemption, calculated pursuant to Section 8(d).

Reference Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(h)(i).

Reference Property Unit” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(h)(i).

Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(ii).

Registrar” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(i).

Regular Dividend Payment Date” means, with respect to any share of Convertible Preferred Stock, each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, beginning on the first of the foregoing dates occurring after the Initial Issue Date.

Regular Dividend Period” means each period from, and including, a Regular Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Regular Dividend Period, from, and including, the Initial Issue Date) to, but excluding, the next Regular Dividend Payment Date, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day following such day.

Regular Dividend Rate” means five and one-half percent (5.5%) per annum.

Regular Dividend Record Date” means the Close of Business on either: (a) March 15th, in the case of a Regular Dividend Payment Date occurring on March 31st; (b) June 15th, in the case of a Regular Dividend Payment Date occurring on June 30th; (c) September 15th, in the case of a Regular Dividend Payment Date occurring on September 30th; and (d) December 15th, in the case of a Regular Dividend Payment Date occurring on December 31st, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day following such day.

Regular Dividends” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a)(i).

Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change” means the repurchase of any Convertible Preferred Stock by the Corporation pursuant to Section 9.

 

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Restricted Stock Legend” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C.

Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Security” means any Convertible Preferred Stock or Conversion Share.

Series A Preferred Stock” means Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 of the Corporation.

Share Agent” means the Transfer Agent or any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent.

Stock Dividend Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a)(i).

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person: (a) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership or limited liability Corporation) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of the Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, but after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees, as applicable, of such corporation, association or other business entity is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person; and (b) any partnership or limited liability Corporation where (x) more than fifty percent (50%) of the capital accounts, distribution rights, equity and voting interests, or of the general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, of such partnership or limited liability Corporation are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or limited liability Corporation interests or otherwise, and (y) such Person or any one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person is a controlling general partner of, or otherwise controls, such partnership or limited liability Corporation.

Successor Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(i)(iii).

Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(f)(i)(5).

Trading Day” means any day on which: (a) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded; and (b) there is no Market Disruption Event. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “Trading Day” means a Business Day.

 

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Transfer Agent” means Computershare Trust Corporation, N.A. or its successor.

Transfer-Restricted Security” means any Security that constitutes a “restricted security” (as defined in Rule 144); provided, however, that such Security will cease to be a Transfer-Restricted Security upon the earliest to occur of the following events:

(a) such Security is sold or otherwise transferred to a Person (other than the Corporation or an Affiliate of the Corporation) pursuant to a registration statement that was effective under the Securities Act at the time of such sale or transfer;

(b) such Security is sold or otherwise transferred to a Person (other than the Corporation or an Affiliate of the Corporation) pursuant to an available exemption (including Rule 144) from the registration and prospectus-delivery requirements of, or in a transaction not subject to, the Securities Act and, immediately after such sale or transfer, such Security ceases to constitute a “restricted security” (as defined in Rule 144); or

(c) (i) such Security is eligible for resale, by a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Corporation and that has not been an Affiliate of the Corporation during the immediately preceding three (3) months, pursuant to Rule 144 without any limitations thereunder as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current public information or notice; and (ii) the Corporation has received such certificates or other documentation or evidence as the Corporation may reasonably require to determine that the Holder, holder or beneficial owner of such Security is not, and that has not been during the immediately preceding three (3) months, an Affiliate of the Corporation.

VWAP Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to any date: (a) the failure by the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded, to open for trading during its regular trading session on such date; or (b) the occurrence or existence, for more than one half hour period in the aggregate, of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date.

VWAP Trading Day” means a day on which: (a) there is no VWAP Market Disruption Event; and (b) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “VWAP Trading Day” means a Business Day.

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) are owned by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

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Section 3. Rules of Construction. For purposes of this Certificate of Designation:

(a) “or” is not exclusive;

(b) “including” means “including without limitation”;

(c) “will” expresses a command;

(d) the “average” of a set of numerical values refers to the arithmetic average of such numerical values;

(e) a merger involving, or a transfer of assets by, a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust will be deemed to include any division of or by, or an allocation of assets to a series of, such limited liability company, limited partnership or trust, or any unwinding of any such division or allocation;

(f) words in the singular include the plural and in the plural include the singular, unless the context requires otherwise;

(g) “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Certificate of Designation as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision of this Certificate of Designation, unless the context requires otherwise;

(h) references to currency mean the lawful currency of the United States of America, unless the context requires otherwise; and

(i) the exhibits, schedules and other attachments to this Certificate of Designation are deemed to form part of this Certificate of Designation.

Section 4. Records; Registration.

(a) Form, Dating and Denominations.

(i) Form and Date of Certificates Evidencing Convertible Preferred Stock. Each Certificate evidencing any Convertible Preferred Stock will: (1) be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A; (2) bear the legends required by Section 4(e) or by any provision of the Bylaws or agreement to which the Holder of such Certificate is a party or is otherwise bound and may bear notations, legends or endorsements required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, any other applicable law, stock exchange rule or usage or the Depositary; and (3) be dated as of the date it is countersigned by the Transfer Agent.

(ii) Electronic Certificates; Physical Certificates. Provided that the Board of Directors has provided by resolution that the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be uncertificated, the Convertible Preferred Stock will be originally issued initially in the form of one or more Electronic Certificates. Electronic Certificates may be exchanged for Physical Certificates, and Physical Certificates may be exchanged for Electronic Certificates, upon request by the Holder thereof pursuant to customary procedures, subject to Section 4(f).

 

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(iii) Electronic Certificates; Interpretation. For purposes of this Certificate of Designation: (1) each Electronic Certificate will be deemed to include the text of the stock certificate set forth in Exhibit A; (2) any legend or other notation that is required to be included on a Certificate will be deemed to be affixed to any Electronic Certificate notwithstanding that such Electronic Certificate may be in a form that does not permit affixing legends thereto; (3) any reference in this Certificate of Designation to the “delivery” of any Electronic Certificate will be deemed to be satisfied upon the registration of the electronic book entry representing such Electronic Certificate in the name of the applicable Holder; (4) upon satisfaction of any applicable requirements of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Corporation, and any related requirements of the Transfer Agent, in each case for the issuance of Convertible Preferred Stock in the form of one or more Electronic Certificates, such Electronic Certificates will be deemed to be executed by the Corporation and countersigned by the Transfer Agent.

(iv) Appointment of Depositary. If any Convertible Preferred Stock is admitted to the book-entry clearance and settlement facilities of any electronic depositary, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designation, each reference in this Certificate of Designation to the delivery of, or payment on, any such Convertible Preferred Stock, or the delivery of any related notice or demand, will be deemed to be satisfied to the extent the applicable procedures of such depositary governing such delivery or payment, as applicable, are satisfied.

(v) No Bearer Certificates; Denominations. The Convertible Preferred Stock will be issued only in registered form and only in whole numbers of shares.

(vi) Registration Numbers. Each Certificate evidencing any share of Convertible Preferred Stock will bear a unique registration number that is not affixed to any other Certificate evidencing any other then-outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock.

(vii) Book-Entry Form. Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock may be issued (or reissued) in the form of one or more global certificates (“Global Preferred Shares”) to be deposited on behalf of one or more Holders thereof with the Transfer Agent, as custodian for DTC (or with such other custodian as DTC may direct), and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee. Each Global Preferred Share will bear the Global Certificate Legend and the 144A Restricted Stock Legend (if applicable). The number of outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock represented by Global Preferred Shares may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Transfer Agent and DTC to reflect such changes as provided for herein. Members of, or participants in, DTC shall have no powers (including voting powers), if any, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional, special or other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions, if any, with respect to the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by any Global Preferred Shares held on their behalf by DTC or any custodian of DTC or under such Global Preferred Shares, and DTC may be treated by the Corporation, the Transfer Agent and any agent of the Corporation or the Transfer Agent as the record and absolute owner of such Global Preferred Shares for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Corporation, the Transfer Agent or any agent of the Corporation or the Transfer Agent from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by DTC or impair, as between DTC and its members and participants, the operation of customary practices of DTC governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Preferred Shares.

 

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(b) Execution, Countersignature and Delivery.

(i) Due Execution by the Corporation. At least two (2) duly authorized Officers will sign each Certificate evidencing any Convertible Preferred Stock on behalf of the Corporation by manual, facsimile or electronic signature. The validity of any Convertible Preferred Stock will not be affected by the failure of any Officer whose signature is on any Certificate evidencing such Convertible Preferred Stock to hold, at the time such Certificate is countersigned by the Transfer Agent, the same or any other office at the Corporation.

(ii) Countersignature by Transfer Agent. No Certificate evidencing any share of Convertible Preferred Stock is valid until such Certificate is countersigned by the Transfer Agent. Each Certificate will be deemed to be duly countersigned only when an authorized signatory of the Transfer Agent (or a duly appointed agent thereof) signs (by manual, facsimile or electronic signature) the countersignature block set forth in such Certificate.

(c) Method of Payment; Delay When Payment Date is Not a Business Day.

(i) Method of Payment.

(1) Electronic Certificates. The Corporation will pay (or cause the Paying Agent to pay) all cash amounts due with respect to any outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by an Electronic Certificate, out of funds legally available therefor, by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

(2) Physical Certificates. The Corporation will pay (or cause the Paying Agent to pay) all cash amounts due with respect to any outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by a Physical Certificate, out of funds legally available therefor, as follows:

(A) if the aggregate Liquidation Preference of the outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by such Physical Certificate is at least five million dollars ($5,000,000) (or such lower amount as the Corporation may choose in its sole and absolute discretion) and the Holder of such Convertible Preferred Stock entitled to such cash amount has delivered to the Paying Agent, no later than the time set forth in the next sentence, a written request to receive payment by wire transfer to an account of such Holder within the United States, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account; and

(B) in all other cases, by check mailed to the address of such Holder set forth in the Register.

To be timely, such written request must be delivered no later than the Close of Business on the following date: (x) with respect to the payment of any declared cash Dividend due on a Dividend Payment Date for the Convertible Preferred Stock, the related Record Date; and (y) with respect to any other payment, the date that is fifteen (15) calendar days immediately before the date such payment is due.

 

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(ii) Delay of Payment when Payment Date is Not a Business Day. If the due date for a payment on any outstanding share of Convertible Preferred Stock as provided in this Certificate of Designation is not a Business Day, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designation, such payment may be made on the immediately following Business Day and no interest, dividend or other amount will accrue or accumulate on such payment as a result of the related delay. Solely for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, a day on which the applicable place of payment is authorized or required by applicable law or executive order to close or be closed will be deemed not to be a “Business Day.”

(d) Transfer Agent, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.

(i) Generally. The Corporation designates its principal U.S. executive offices, and any office of the Transfer Agent in the continental United States, as an office or agency where Convertible Preferred Stock may be presented for: (1) registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”); (2) payment (the “Paying Agent”); and (3) conversion (the “Conversion Agent”). At all times when any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation will maintain an office in the continental United States constituting the Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.

(ii) Maintenance of the Register. The Corporation will keep, or cause there to be kept, a record (the “Register”) of the names and addresses of the Holders, the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock held by each Holder and the transfer, exchange, repurchase, Redemption and conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock. Absent manifest error, the entries in the Register will be conclusive and the Corporation and the Transfer Agent may treat each Person whose name is recorded as a Holder in the Register as a Holder for all purposes to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The Register will be in written form or kept on, or by means of, or in the form of, any information storage device, method or one or more electronic networks or databases, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time. The Corporation will promptly provide a copy of the Register to any Holder upon its written demand.

(iii) Subsequent Appointments. By notice to each Holder, the Corporation may, at any time, appoint any Person (including any Subsidiary of the Corporation) to act as Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent.

(iv) If the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, then: (1) it will segregate for the benefit of the Holders all money and other property held by it as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent; and (2) references in this Certificate of Designation to the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent holding cash or other property, or to the delivery of cash or other property to the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, in each case for payment or delivery to any Holders or with respect to the Convertible Preferred Stock, will be deemed to refer to cash or other property so segregated , or to the segregation of such cash or other property, respectively.

 

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(e) Legends.

(i) 144A Restricted Stock Legend.

(1) Each Certificate evidencing any share of Convertible Preferred Stock that is a Transfer-Restricted Security will bear the 144A Restricted Stock Legend.

(2) If any share of Convertible Preferred Stock is issued in exchange for, in substitution of, or to effect a partial conversion of, any other share(s) of Convertible Preferred Stock (such other share(s) being referred to as the “old share(s)” for purposes of this Section 4(e)(i)(2)), including pursuant to Sections 4(g) or 4(i), then the Certificate evidencing such share will bear the 144A Restricted Stock Legend if the Certificate evidencing such old share(s) bore the 144A Restricted Stock Legend at the time of such exchange or substitution, or on the related Conversion Date with respect to such conversion, as applicable; provided, however, that the Certificate evidencing such share need not bear the 144A Restricted Stock Legend if such share does not constitute a Transfer-Restricted Security immediately after such exchange or substitution, or as of such Conversion Date, as applicable.

(ii) Other Legends. The Certificate evidencing any outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock may bear any other legend or text, not inconsistent with this Certificate of Designation, as may be required by applicable law, by the rules of any applicable depositary for the Convertible Preferred Stock or by any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which such Convertible Preferred Stock is traded or quoted or as may be otherwise reasonably determined by the Corporation to be appropriate.

(iii) Acknowledgement and Agreement by the Holders. A Holder’s acceptance of any Convertible Preferred Stock evidencing by a Certificate bearing any legend required by this Section 4(e) will constitute such Holder’s acknowledgement of, and agreement to comply with, the restrictions set forth in such legend.

(iv) Legends on Conversion Shares.

(1) Each Conversion Share will bear a legend substantially to the same effect as the Restricted Stock Legend if the Convertible Preferred Stock upon the conversion of which such Conversion Share was issued was (or would have been had it not been converted) a Transfer-Restricted Security at the time such Conversion Share was issued; provided, however, that such Conversion Share need not bear such a legend if the Corporation determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Conversion Share need not bear such a legend.

(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 4(e)(iv)(1), a Conversion Share need not bear a legend pursuant to Section 4(e)(iv)(1) if such Conversion Share is issued in an uncertificated form that does not permit affixing legends thereto, provided, however, that the Corporation takes measures (including the assignment thereto of a “restricted” CUSIP number) that it reasonably deems appropriate to enforce the transfer restrictions referred to in such legend.

 

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(f) Transfers and Exchanges; Transfer Taxes; Certain Transfer Restrictions.

(i) Provisions Applicable to All Transfers and Exchanges.

(1) Generally. Subject to this Section 4(f), any outstanding share of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by any Certificate may be transferred or exchanged from time to time and the Corporation will cause the Registrar to record each such transfer or exchange in the Register.

(2) No Services Charge; Transfer Taxes. The Corporation and the Share Agents will not impose any service charge on any Holder for any transfer, exchange or conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock, but the Corporation, the Transfer Agent, the Registrar and the Conversion Agent may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer, exchange or conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 4(g) or Section 4(o) not involving any transfer (and; provided, that (A) any such taxes or charges incurred in connection with the original issuance of the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be paid and borne by the Corporation; and (B) any such taxes or charges incurred in connection with a conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 11 shall be paid and borne as provided in Section 13).

(3) No Transfers or Exchanges of Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designation, all transfers or exchanges of Convertible Preferred Stock must be in an amount representing a whole number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, and no fractional share of Convertible Preferred Stock may be transferred or exchanged.

(4) Legends. Each Certificate evidencing any share of Convertible Preferred Stock that is issued upon transfer of, or in exchange for, another share of Convertible Preferred Stock will bear each legend, if any, required by Section 4(e).

(5) Settlement of Transfers and Exchanges. Upon satisfaction of the requirements of this Certificate of Designation to effect a transfer or exchange of any Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation will cause such transfer or exchange to be effected as soon as reasonably practicable but in no event later than the second (2nd) Business Day after the date of such satisfaction.

(6) Exchanges to Remove Transfer Restrictions. For the avoidance of doubt, and subject to the terms of this Certificate of Designation, as used in this Section 4(f), an “exchange” of a Certificate includes an exchange effected for the sole purpose of removing any 144A Restricted Stock Legend affixed to such Certificate.

 

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(ii) Transfers and Exchanges of Convertible Preferred Stock.

(1) Subject to this Section 4(f), a Holder of any Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by a Certificate may (x) transfer any whole number of shares of such Convertible Preferred Stock to one or more other Person(s); and (y) exchange any whole number of shares of such Convertible Preferred Stock for an equal number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by one or more other Certificates; provided, however, that, to effect any such transfer or exchange, such Holder must, if such Certificate is a Physical Certificate, surrender such Physical Certificate to the office of the Transfer Agent or the Registrar, together with any endorsements or transfer instruments reasonably required by the Corporation, the Transfer Agent or the Registrar.

(2) Upon the satisfaction of the requirements of this Certificate of Designation to effect a transfer or exchange of any whole number of shares of a Holder’s Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by a Certificate (such Certificate being referred to as the “old Certificate” for purposes of this Section 4(f)(ii)(2)):

(A) such old Certificate will be promptly cancelled pursuant to Section 4(k);

(B) if fewer than all of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by such old Certificate are to be so transferred or exchanged, then the Corporation will issue, execute and deliver, and cause the Transfer Agent to countersign, in each case in accordance with Section 4(b), one or more Certificates that (x) each evidence a whole number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and, in the aggregate, evidence a total number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by such old Certificate not to be so transferred or exchanged; (y) are registered in the name of such Holder; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 4(e);

(C) in the case of a transfer to a transferee, the Corporation will issue, execute and deliver, and cause the Transfer Agent to countersign, in each case in accordance with Section 4(b), one or more Certificates that (x) each evidence a whole number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and, in the aggregate, evidence a total number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be so transferred; (y) are registered in the name of such transferee; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 4(e); and

(D) in the case of an exchange, the Corporation will issue, execute and deliver, and cause the Transfer Agent to countersign, in each case in accordance with Section 4(b), one or more Certificates that (x) each evidence a whole number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and, in the aggregate, evidence a total number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be so exchanged; (y) are registered in the name of the Person to whom such old Certificate was registered; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 4(e).

 

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(iii) Transfers of Shares Subject to Redemption, Repurchase or Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designation, the Corporation, the Transfer Agent and the Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any share of Convertible Preferred Stock that has been surrendered for conversion.

(g) Exchange and Cancellation of Convertible Preferred Stock to Be Converted or to Be Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or a Redemption.

(i) Partial Conversions of Physical Certificates and Partial Repurchases of Physical Certificates Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or a Redemption. If fewer than all of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by a Physical Certificate (such Physical Certificate being referred to as the “old Physical Certificate” for purposes of this Section 4(g)(i)) are to be converted pursuant to Section 11 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or a Redemption, then, as soon as reasonably practicable after such Physical Certificate is surrendered for such conversion or repurchase, as applicable, the Corporation will cause such Physical Certificate to be exchanged, pursuant and subject to Section 4(f), for (1) one or more Physical Certificates that each evidence a whole number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and, in the aggregate, evidence a total number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by such old Physical Certificate that are not to be so converted or repurchased, as applicable, and deliver such Physical Certificate(s) to such Holder; and (2) a Physical Certificate evidencing a whole number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by such old Physical Certificate that are to be so converted or repurchased, as applicable, which Physical Certificate will be converted or repurchased, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of this Certificate of Designation; provided, however, that the Physical Certificate referred to in this clause (2) need not be issued at any time after which such shares subject to such conversion or repurchase, as applicable, are deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 4(m).

(ii) Cancellation of Convertible Preferred Stock that Is Converted and Convertible Preferred Stock that Is Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or a Redemption. If shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by a Certificate (or any portion thereof that has not theretofore been exchanged pursuant to Section 4(g)(i)) (such Certificate being referred to as the “old Certificate” for purposes of this Section 4(g)(ii)) are to be converted pursuant to Section 11 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or a Redemption, then, promptly after the later of the time such Convertible Preferred Stock is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 4(m) and the time such old Certificate is surrendered for such conversion or repurchase, as applicable, (1) such old Certificate will be cancelled pursuant to Section 4(k); and (2) in the case of a partial conversion or repurchase, the Corporation will issue, execute and deliver to such Holder, and cause the Transfer Agent to countersign, in each case in accordance with Section 4(b), one or more Certificates that (x) each evidence a whole number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and, in the aggregate, evidence a total number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by such old Certificate that are not to be so converted or repurchased, as applicable; (y) are registered in the name of such Holder; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 4(e).

 

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(h) Status of Converted, Redeemed or Repurchased Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock. If any share of Convertible Preferred Stock is converted, redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation, in any manner whatsoever, the share of Convertible Preferred Stock so acquired shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be retired and cancelled upon such acquisition, and shall not be reissued as a share of Convertible Preferred Stock. Any share of Convertible Preferred Stock so acquired shall, upon its retirement and cancellation, and upon the taking of any action required by applicable law, become an authorized but unissued share of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series and may be reissued a part of a new series of Preferred Stock, subject to the conditions and restrictions set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation or imposed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

(i) Replacement Certificates. If a Holder of any Convertible Preferred Stock claims that the Certificate(s) evidencing such Convertible Preferred Stock have been lost, stolen or destroyed, then the Corporation will issue, execute and deliver, and cause the Transfer Agent to countersign, in each case in accordance with Section 4(a), a replacement Certificate evidencing such Convertible Preferred Stock upon surrender to the Corporation or the Transfer Agent of such destroyed Certificate, or upon delivery to the Corporation or the Transfer Agent of evidence of such loss, taking or destruction reasonably satisfactory to the Transfer Agent and the Corporation. In the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate evidencing Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation and the Transfer Agent may require the Holder or such Holder’s representative to provide the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such Certificate or the issuance of such new Certificate. Every replacement Certificate evidencing Convertible Preferred Stock issued pursuant to this Section 4(i) will, upon such replacement, be deemed to be evidence of outstanding share(s) of Convertible Preferred Stock, entitled to all of the benefits of this Certificate of Designation equally and ratably with all other shares of Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding.

(j) Registered Holders. Only the Holder of any share of Convertible Preferred Stock will have such powers (including voting powers), if any, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional, special or other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions, if any, as set forth in this Certificate of Designation as the owner of such share of Convertible Preferred Stock.

(k) Cancellation. The Corporation may at any time deliver Certificates evidencing Convertible Preferred Stock, if any, to the Transfer Agent for cancellation. The Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent will forward to the Transfer Agent each share of Convertible Preferred Stock duly surrendered to them for transfer, exchange, payment or conversion. The Corporation will cause the Transfer Agent to promptly cancel all Certificates evidencing shares of Convertible Preferred Stock so surrendered to it in accordance with its customary procedures.

(l) Shares Held by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of Section 4(g) and Section 4(m), in determining whether the Holders of the required number of outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, shares of Convertible Preferred Stock owned by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries will be deemed not to be outstanding.

 

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(m) Outstanding Shares.

(i) Generally. The shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that are outstanding at any time will be deemed to be those shares indicated as outstanding in the Register, excluding those shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that have theretofore been: (1) cancelled by the Transfer Agent or delivered to the Transfer Agent for cancellation in accordance with Section 4(k); (2) paid in full upon their conversion or upon their repurchase pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or upon their redemption pursuant to a Redemption in accordance with this Certificate of Designation; or (3) deemed to cease to be outstanding to the extent provided in, and subject to, clause (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this Section 4(m).

(ii) Replaced Shares. If any Certificate evidencing any share of Convertible Preferred Stock is replaced pursuant to Section 4(i), then such share will cease to be outstanding at the time of such replacement, unless the Transfer Agent and the Corporation receive proof reasonably satisfactory to them that such share is held by a “bona fide purchaser” under applicable law.

(iii) Shares to Be Repurchased Pursuant to a Redemption. If, on a Redemption Date, the Paying Agent holds consideration in kind and amount that is sufficient to pay the aggregate Redemption Price due on such date, then (unless there occurs a default in the payment of the Redemption Price): (1) the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be redeemed on such date will be deemed, as of such date, to cease to be outstanding (without limiting the Corporation’s obligations pursuant to Section 6(c)); and (2) the rights of the Holders of such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, as such, will terminate with respect to such Convertible Preferred Stock, other than the right to receive the Redemption Price as provided in Section 8 (and, if applicable, declared Dividends as provided in Section 6(c)).

(iv) Shares to Be Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change. If, on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Paying Agent holds consideration in kind and amount that is sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price due on such date, then (unless there occurs a default in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price): (1) the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be repurchased on such date will be deemed, as of such date, to cease to be outstanding (without limiting the Corporation’s obligations pursuant to Section 6(c)); and (2) the rights of the Holders of such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, as such, will terminate with respect to such Convertible Preferred Stock, other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price as provided in Section 9 (and, if applicable, declared Dividends as provided in Section 6(c)).

(v) Shares to Be Converted. If any Convertible Preferred Stock is to be converted, then, at the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for such conversion (unless there occurs a default in the delivery of the Conversion Consideration due pursuant to Section 11 upon such conversion): (1) such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock will be deemed to cease to be outstanding (without limiting the Corporation’s obligations pursuant to Section 6(c)); and (2) the rights of the Holders of such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, as such, will terminate with respect to such Convertible Preferred Stock, other than the right to receive such Conversion Consideration as provided in Section 11 (and, if applicable, declared Dividends as provided in Section 6(c)).

 

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(n) Repurchases by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of Section 4(k) and the next sentence, the Corporation and its Subsidiaries may, from time to time, repurchase Convertible Preferred Stock in open market purchases or in negotiated transactions without delivering prior notice to Holders. The Corporation will promptly deliver to the Transfer Agent for cancellation all Convertible Preferred Stock that the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries have purchased or otherwise acquired.

(o) Notations and Exchanges. Without limiting any rights of Holders pursuant to Section 10, if any amendment, supplement or waiver to the Certificate of Incorporation or this Certificate of Designation changes the powers (including voting powers), if any, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional, special or other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions, if any, of the Convertible Preferred Stock, then the Corporation may, in its discretion, require the Holder of the Certificate evidencing such Convertible Preferred Stock to deliver such Certificate to the Transfer Agent so that the Transfer Agent may place an appropriate notation prepared by the Corporation on such Certificate and return such Certificate to such Holder. Alternatively, at its discretion, the Corporation may, in exchange for such Convertible Preferred Stock, issue, execute and deliver, and cause the Transfer Agent to countersign, in each case in accordance with Section 4(a), a new Certificate evidencing such Convertible Preferred Stock that reflects the changed powers (including voting powers), if any, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional, special or other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions, if any. The failure to make any appropriate notation or issue a new Certificate evidencing any Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 4(o) will not impair or affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 5. Ranking. The Convertible Preferred Stock will rank (a) senior to (i) Dividend Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends; and (ii) Liquidation Junior Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon the Corporation’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up; (b) equally with (i) Dividend Parity Stock with respect to the payment of dividends; and (ii) Liquidation Parity Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon the Corporation’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up; and (c) junior to (i) Dividend Senior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends; and (ii) Liquidation Senior Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon the Corporation’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Section 6. Dividends.

(a) Regular Dividends.

(i) Generally. Subject to the rights of the holders of any Dividend Senior Stock, and on parity with the holders of any Dividend Parity Stock, the Holders shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of assets legally available therefor, and payable in preference and priority to the declaration or payment of any dividends on any Dividend Junior Stock, cumulative dividends at a rate per annum equal to the Regular Dividend Rate on the

 

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Liquidation Preference thereof (calculated in accordance with Section 6(a)(ii)), regardless of whether or not declared or assets are legally available for their payment (such dividends that accumulate on the Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to this sentence, “Regular Dividends”). Regular Dividends shall be declared and paid in either cash or, only to the extent the Common Stock Liquidity Conditions are satisfied on the applicable Regular Dividend Payment Date as determined by the Company, shares of Common Stock, as determined by the Board of Directors. Regular Dividends shall be paid on the Regular Dividend Payment Date to the Holders as of the relevant Regular Dividend Record Date and shall be allocated among the Holders pro rata based on the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock held by them on the relevant Regular Dividend Record Date. To the extent the Corporation elects to declare and pay any Regular Dividends in shares of Common Stock, the Corporation shall, at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the applicable Regular Dividend Record Date, deliver to each Holder a written notice (a “Stock Dividend Notice”) to that effect. If Regular Dividends are to be paid in shares of Common Stock, then each Holder shall be entitled to receive such number of whole shares of Common Stock as is determined by dividing the pro rata amount of Regular Dividends to which a holder is entitled by the Dividend Price (provided, however, that any fractional shares of Common Stock due pursuant to such calculation shall not be paid and instead the nearest lower whole number of shares of Common Stock shall be paid).

(ii) Computation of Regular Dividends. Regular Dividends will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Regular Dividends on each share of Convertible Preferred Stock will accrue on the Liquidation Preference of such share as of immediately before the preceding Regular Dividend Payment Date (or, if there is no preceding Regular Dividend Payment Date, on the Initial Issue Date of such share).

(b) Participating Dividends.

(i) Generally. Subject to the rights of the holders of any Dividend Senior Stock, on parity with the holders of any Dividend Parity Stock and subject to Section 6(b)(ii), no dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock (whether in cash, securities (including rights or options) or other property, or any combination of the foregoing) will be declared or paid on the Common Stock unless, at the time of such declaration and payment, an equivalent dividend or distribution is declared and paid, respectively, on the Convertible Preferred Stock (such a dividend or distribution on the Convertible Preferred Stock, a “Participating Dividend,” and such corresponding dividend or distribution on the Common Stock, the “Common Stock Participating Dividend”), such that: (1) the Record Date and the payment date for such Participating Dividend occur on the same dates as the Record Date and payment date, respectively, for such Common Stock Participating Dividend; and (2) the kind and amount of consideration payable per share of Convertible Preferred Stock in such Participating Dividend is the same kind and amount of consideration that would be payable in the Common Stock Participating Dividend in respect of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock that would be issuable (determined in accordance with Section 11 but without regard to Section 11(h)) in respect of one (1) share of Convertible Preferred Stock if such share of Convertible Preferred Stock was converted as of a Conversion Date occurring immediately prior to such Record Date (subject to the same arrangements, if any, in such Common Stock Participating Dividend not to issue or deliver a fractional portion of any security or other property, but with such arrangement applying separately to each Holder and computed based on the total number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock held by such Holder on such Record Date).

 

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(ii) Common Stock Change Events. Section 6(b)(i) will not apply to, and no Participating Dividend will be required to be declared or paid on the Convertible Preferred Stock in respect of a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 11(i) will apply.

(c) Treatment of Dividends Upon Redemption, Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Conversion. If the Redemption Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Conversion Date with respect to any share of Convertible Preferred Stock is after a Record Date for a declared Dividend on the Convertible Preferred Stock and on or before the next Dividend Payment Date, then the Holder of such share at the Close of Business on such Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding the related Redemption, Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or conversion, as applicable, to receive, on or, at the Corporation’s election, before such Dividend Payment Date, such declared Dividend on such share.

Section 7. Rights Upon Liquidation, Dissolution Or Winding Up.

(a) Generally. If the Corporation liquidates, dissolves or winds up, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, then, subject to the rights of any of the Corporation’s creditors or holders of any outstanding Liquidation Senior Stock and on parity with the holders of any outstanding Liquidation Parity Stock, each share of Convertible Preferred Stock will entitle the Holder thereof to receive payment for the greater of the amounts set forth in clause (i) and (ii) below out of the Corporation’s assets or funds legally available for distribution to the Corporation’s stockholders, before any such assets or funds are distributed to, or set aside for the benefit of, any Liquidation Junior Stock:

(i) the Liquidation Preference; and

(ii) the amount such Holder would have received in respect of the number of shares of Common Stock that would be issuable upon conversion of such share of Convertible Preferred Stock in connection with an Optional Conversion assuming the Conversion Date of such conversion occurs on the date of such payment.

Upon payment of such amount in full on the outstanding Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 7(a), Holders will have no rights to the Corporation’s remaining assets or funds, if any. If such assets or funds are insufficient to fully pay such amount on all outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable in respect of all outstanding shares of Liquidation Parity Stock, if any, then, subject to the rights of any of the Corporation’s creditors or holders of any outstanding Liquidation Senior Stock, such assets or funds will be distributed ratably on the outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and Liquidation Parity Stock in proportion to the full respective distributions to which such shares would otherwise be entitled.

 

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(b) Certain Business Combination Transactions Deemed Not to Be a Liquidation. For purposes of Section 7(a), the Corporation’s consolidation or combination with, or merger with or into, or the sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets (other than a sale, lease or other transfer in connection with the Corporation’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to, another Person will not, in itself, constitute the Corporation’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up, even if, in connection therewith, the Convertible Preferred Stock is converted into, or is exchanged for, or represents solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property, or any combination of the foregoing.

Section 8. Right of the Corporation To Redeem the Convertible Preferred Stock.

(a) Right to Redeem On or After the Five Year Anniversary. Subject to the terms of this Section 8, the Corporation has the right, at its election, to redeem, subject to the right of the Holders to convert the Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 11 prior to such redemption, all or any of the Convertible Preferred Stock, at any time, on a Redemption Date on or after the five (5) year anniversary of the Initial Issue Date (the “First Call Date”), for a cash purchase price equal to the Redemption Price (such redemption, together with the redemption referenced in this Section 8(a), the “Redemptions” and each, a “Redemption”).

(b) Redemption Prohibited in Certain Circumstances. The Corporation will not elect a Redemption, or otherwise send a Redemption Notice in respect of the Redemption of, any Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 8 unless: (i) the Corporation has sufficient funds legally available, and is permitted under the terms of its indebtedness for borrowed money, to fully pay the Redemption Price in respect of all shares of Convertible Preferred Stock called for Redemption; and (ii) the Common Stock Liquidity Conditions are satisfied on the Redemption Date as determined by the Company.

(c) Redemption Date. The Redemption Date for any Redemption will be a Business Day chosen by the Board of Directors that is no more than twenty (20), nor less than ten (10), calendar days after the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption.

(d) Redemption Price. The Redemption Price for any share of Convertible Preferred Stock to be repurchased pursuant to a Redemption is an amount in cash equal the product of (x) the Liquidation Preference of such share at the Close of Business on the Redemption Date for such Redemption, and (y) 105%.

(e) Redemption Notice. To elect the Redemption of any share of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation must send to the Holder of such share a notice of such Redemption (a “Redemption Notice”), which Redemption Notice must state:

(i) that such share has been called for Redemption under this Certificate of Designation;

(ii) the Redemption Date for such Redemption;

(iii) the Redemption Price per share of Convertible Preferred Stock;

(iv) if the Redemption Date is after a Record Date for a declared Dividend on the Convertible Preferred Stock and on or before the next Dividend Payment Date, that such Dividend will be paid in accordance with Section 6(c);

 

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(v) the name and address of the Transfer Agent and the Conversion Agent, as well as instructions whereby the Holder may surrender the Certificate evidencing such share to the Transfer Agent or Conversion Agent;

(vi) that the share of Convertible Preferred Stock called for Redemption may be converted pursuant to Section 11, at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the Redemption Date (or, if the Corporation fails to pay the Redemption Price due on such Redemption Date in full, at any time until such time as the Corporation pays such Redemption Price in full); and

(vii) the Conversion Price in effect on the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption.

(f) Payment of the Redemption Price. The Corporation will cause the Redemption Price for each share of Convertible Preferred Stock subject to Redemption to be paid to the Holder thereof on or before the applicable Redemption Date.

Section 9. Right of Holders To Require the Corporation To Repurchase Convertible Preferred Stock Upon a Fundamental Change.

(a) Fundamental Change Repurchase Right. Subject to the other terms of this Section 9, if a Fundamental Change occurs, then each Holder may, at its election, either (i) effective as of immediately prior to the Fundamental Change, convert all or a portion of such Holder’s shares of Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 11 at the then-current Conversion Price or (ii) require the Corporation to repurchase (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Right”) all, or any whole number of of shares that is less than all, of such Holder’s shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that have not been converted pursuant to the foregoing clause (i) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change, out of funds legally available therefor, for a cash purchase price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

(b) Funds Legally Available for Payment of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price; Covenant Not to Take Certain Actions. If the Corporation does not have sufficient funds legally available to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of all shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that are to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, then the Corporation shall: (1) pay the maximum amount of such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price that can be paid out of funds legally available for payment, which payment will be made pro rata to each Holder based on the total number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock of such Holder that were otherwise to be repurchased pursuant to such Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change; and (2) purchase any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock not purchased because of the foregoing limitations at the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Price as soon as practicable after the Corporation is able to make such purchase out of funds legally available for the purchase of such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock. The inability of the Corporation (or its successor) to make a purchase payment for any reason shall not relieve the Corporation (or its successor) from its obligation to effect any required purchase when, as and if permitted by applicable law. If the Corporation fails to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in full when due in accordance with this Section 9 in respect of some or all of the shares or Convertible Preferred Stock to be repurchased pursuant to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right, the Corporation will pay

 

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Dividends on such shares not repurchased at a Regular Dividend Rate of seven percent (7.0%) per annum until such shares are repurchased, payable quarterly in arrears, out of funds legally available, on each Dividend Payment Date, for the period from and including the first Dividend Payment Date (or the Initial Issue Date, as applicable) upon which the Corporation fails to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in full when due in accordance with this Section 9 through but not including the latest of the day upon which the Corporation pays the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in full in accordance with this Section 9. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event a Holder exercises a Fundamental Change Repurchase Right pursuant to this Section 9 at a time when the Corporation is restricted or prohibited (contractually or otherwise) from repurchasing some or all of the Convertible Preferred Stock subject to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right, the Corporation will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the requisite consents to remove or obtain an exception or waiver to such restrictions or prohibition. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to such Holder under this Certificate of Designation, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Corporation’s failure to comply with its obligations under this Section 9. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation will not voluntarily take any action, or voluntarily engage in any transaction, that would result in a Fundamental Change unless the Corporation in good faith believes that it will have sufficient funds legally available to fully pay the maximum aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price that would be payable in respect of such Fundamental Change on all shares of Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding.

(c) Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. The Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for any Fundamental Change will be a Business Day chosen by the Board of Directors that is no more than thirty (30), nor less than twenty (20), Business Days after the date the Corporation sends the related Final Fundamental Change Notice pursuant to Section 9(f).

(d) Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. The Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any share of Convertible Preferred Stock to be repurchased upon a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change following a Fundamental Change is an amount in cash equal to the greater of (i) the sum of the Liquidation Preference of such share at the Close of Business on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change, plus the Make-Whole Amount of such share as of such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and (ii) the amount that such Holders would have received had such Holders, immediately prior to such Fundamental Change, converted such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock pursuant to Section 11(a), without regard to any of the limitations on convertibility contained in Section 11(h).

(e) Initial Fundamental Change Notice. On or before the twentieth (20th) Business Day prior to the date on which the Corporation anticipates consummating a Fundamental Change (or, if later, promptly after the Corporation discovers that a Fundamental Change may occur), a written notice shall be sent by or on behalf of the Corporation to the Holders as they appear in the records of the Corporation, which notice shall contain the date on which the Fundamental Change is anticipated to be effected (or, if applicable, the date on which a Schedule TO or other schedule, form or report disclosing a Fundamental Change was filed) (the “Initial Fundamental Change Notice”). No later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the date on which the Corporation anticipates consummating the Fundamental Change as set forth in the Initial Fundamental Change Notice (or, if the Fundamental Change has already occurred as provided in the Initial Fundamental

 

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Change Notice, promptly, but no later than the tenth (10th) Business Day following receipt thereof), any Holder that desires to exercise its rights pursuant to Section 9(a) shall notify the Corporation in writing thereof and shall specify (x) whether such Holder is electing to exercise its rights pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of Section 9(a) and (y) the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock subject thereto.

(f) Final Fundamental Change Notice. If a Holder elects to exercise its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right pursuant to Section 9(a)(ii), on or before the second (2nd) Business Day after the effective date of a Fundamental Change, the Corporation will send to each Holder a notice of such Fundamental Change (a “Final Fundamental Change Notice”). Such Final Fundamental Change Notice must state:

(i) briefly, the events causing such Fundamental Change;

(ii) the effective date of such Fundamental Change;

(iii) the procedures that a Holder must follow to require the Corporation to repurchase its Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 9, including the deadline for exercising the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right and the procedures for submitting and withdrawing a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice;

(iv) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change;

(v) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price per share of Convertible Preferred Stock, including reasonable detail of the calculation thereof;

(vi) if the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is after a Record Date for a declared Dividend on the Convertible Preferred Stock and on or before the next Dividend Payment Date, that such Dividend will be paid in accordance with Section 6(c);

(vii) the name and address of the Transfer Agent and the Conversion Agent;

(viii) the Conversion Price in effect on the date of such Final Fundamental Change Notice and a description and quantification of any adjustments to the Conversion Price that may result from such Fundamental Change;

(ix) that Convertible Preferred Stock may be converted pursuant to Section 11 at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or, if the Corporation fails to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price due on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date in full, at any time until such time as the Corporation pays such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in full);

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(xi) that shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that are subject to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice that has been duly tendered may be converted only if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with this Certificate of Designation.

(g) Procedures to Exercise the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right.

(i) Delivery of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to Be Repurchased. To exercise its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right for any share(s) of Convertible Preferred Stock following a Fundamental Change, the Holder thereof must deliver to the Paying Agent:

(1) before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or such later time as may be required by applicable law), a duly completed, written Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to such share(s); and

(2) such share(s), duly endorsed for transfer (to the extent such share(s) are evidenced by one or more Physical Certificates).

(ii) Contents of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notices. Each Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to any share(s) of Convertible Preferred Stock must state:

(1) if such share(s) are evidenced by one or more Physical Certificates, the certificate number(s) of such Physical Certificate(s);

(2) the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be repurchased, which must be a whole number; and

(3) that such Holder is exercising its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right with respect to such share(s).

(iii) Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. A Holder that has delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to any share(s) of Convertible Preferred Stock may withdraw such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. Such withdrawal notice must state:

(1) if such share(s) are evidenced by one or more Physical Certificates, the certificate number(s) of such Physical Certificate(s);

(2) the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be withdrawn, which must be a whole number; and

(3) the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, if any, that remain subject to such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which must be a whole number.

 

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If any Holder delivers to the Paying Agent any such withdrawal notice withdrawing any share(s) of Convertible Preferred Stock from any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice previously delivered to the Paying Agent, and such share(s) have been surrendered to the Paying Agent, then such share(s) will be returned to the Holder thereof.

(h) Payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Subject to Section 9(b), the Corporation will cause the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for each share of Convertible Preferred Stock to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change to be paid to the Holder thereof on or before the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or, if later in the case such share is evidenced by a Physical Certificate, the date (x) the Physical Certificate evidencing such share is delivered to the Paying Agent).

(i) Third Party May Conduct Repurchase Offer In Lieu of the Corporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9, the Corporation will be deemed to satisfy its obligations under this Section 9 if one or more third parties conduct any Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change and related offer to repurchase Convertible Preferred Stock otherwise required by this Section 9 in a manner that would have satisfied the requirements of this Section 9 if conducted directly by the Corporation.

(j) Fundamental Change Agreements. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation shall not enter into any agreement for a transaction constituting a Fundamental Change unless (i) such agreement provides for, or does not interfere with or prevent (as applicable), the exercise by the Holders of their Fundamental Change Repurchase Right in a manner that is consistent with, and gives effect to, this Section 9 and (ii) the acquiring or surviving Person in such Fundamental Change represents and covenants, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Board of Directors acting in good faith, that at the closing of such Fundamental Change that such Person shall have sufficient funds (which may include, without limitation, cash and cash equivalents on the Corporation’s balance sheet, the proceeds of any debt or equity financing, available lines of credit or uncalled capital commitments) to consummate such Fundamental Change and the payment the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in respect of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that have not been converted into Common Stock prior to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date pursuant to this Section 9 or Section 11, as applicable.

Section 10. Voting Rights.

(a) Right to Vote with Holders of Common Stock on an As-Converted Basis. Except as provided by this Certificate of Designation or applicable law, each holder of a share of Convertible Preferred Stock, as such, shall be entitled to vote the number of votes equal to the number of shares of Common Stock into which such share of Convertible Preferred Stock could be converted pursuant to Section 11(b), without regard to any of the limitations on convertibility contained in Section 11(h), on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote.

(b) Voting and Consent Rights with Respect to Specified Matters.

(i) Generally. Subject to the other provisions of this Section 10(a), while any share of the Convertible Preferred Stock is outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without, the affirmative vote or consent of the Majority Holders, voting separately as a single class, take any of the following actions:

 

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(1) any amendment, modification or repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or this Certificate of Designation in a manner that would alter or change the powers (including voting powers), if any, or the preferences or relative, participating, option, special or other rights, if any, or the qualifications, limitations or restrictions, if any of the Convertible Preferred Stock (other than an amendment, modification or repeal permitted by Section 10(a)(ii));

(2) any increase or decrease of the authorized number of Convertible Preferred Stock;

(3) any issuances by the Corporation of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock;

(4) create (by reclassification or otherwise) any new class or series of stock of the Corporation having preferences or relative, participating, option, special or other rights senior to or on parity with the Convertible Preferred Stock;

(5) any amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation, this Certificate of Designation or the Bylaws in a manner that adversely affects the Convertible Preferred Stock;

(6) any action to deregister the Common Stock under Section 12 of the Exchange Act or delist such Common Stock from a National Securities Exchange;

(7) [reserved]; or

(8) enter into a transaction with an Affiliate of the Corporation other than on terms no less favorable to the Corporation than would be obtained in an arms’ length transaction with a bona fide third party, as determined by the Board of Directors in its reasonable judgment.

In addition, any action that would adversely affect the rights of any Holder of Convertible Preferred Stock in a manner disproportionate to the other Holders of Convertible Preferred Stock shall require the consent of such affected Holder. No consideration (including any modification of this Certificate of Designation or related transaction document) shall be offered or paid to any person or entity to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Certificate of Designation or related transaction document unless the same consideration is also offered to all of holders of the outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock. For clarification purposes, this provision is intended for the Corporation to treat all Holders as a single class and shall not in any way be construed as such Holders acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of the Convertible Preferred Stock or otherwise.

 

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(ii) Certain Amendments Permitted Without Consent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 10(a)(i)(1), the Corporation may amend, modify or repeal any of provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, this Certificate of Designation or the Bylaws without the vote or consent of any Holder to amend or correct the Certificate of Incorporation, this Certificate of Designation or the Bylaws to cure any ambiguity or correct any omission, defect or inconsistency.

(c) Procedures for Voting and Consents.

(i) Rules and Procedures Governing Votes and Consents. If any vote or consent of the Holders, voting separately as a single class, will be held or solicited, including at an annual meeting or a special meeting of stockholders, then: (1) the Board of Directors will adopt customary rules and procedures at its discretion to govern such vote or consent, subject to the other provisions of this Section 10; and (2) such rules and procedures may include fixing a record date to determine the Holders that are entitled to vote or provide consent, as applicable, rules governing the solicitation and use of proxies or written consents and customary procedures for the nomination by Holders, of directors for election.

(ii) Written Consent in Lieu of Stockholder Meeting. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the Holders having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered agent in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which minutes of proceedings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Prompt notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous consent of the Holders shall, to the extent required by applicable law, be given to those Holders who have not consent 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 consents signed by a sufficient number of Holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation.

Section 11. Conversion.

(a) Generally. Subject to the provisions of this Section 11, the Convertible Preferred Stock may be converted only pursuant to a Mandatory Conversion or an Optional Conversion.

(b) Conversion at the Option of the Holders.

(i) Conversion Right; When Shares May Be Submitted for Optional Conversion. Holders will have the right to submit all, or any whole number of shares that is less than all, of their shares of Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to an Optional Conversion at any time; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designation:

 

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(1) if a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is validly delivered pursuant to Section 9(g)(i) with respect to any share of Convertible Preferred Stock, then such share may not be submitted for Optional Conversion after the Business Day prior to the consummation of the Fundamental Change, except to the extent (A) such share is not subject to such notice, (B) such notice is withdrawn in accordance with Section 9(g)(iii), or (C) the Corporation fails to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for such share in accordance with this Certificate of Designation;

(2) no Convertible Preferred Stock may be submitted for Optional Conversion to the extent limited by Section 11(h);

(3) shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that are called for Redemption may not be submitted for Optional Conversion after the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Redemption Date (or, if the Corporation fails to pay the Redemption Price due on such Redemption Date in full, at any time until such time as the Corporation pays such Redemption Price in full); and

(4) shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that are subject to Mandatory Conversion may not be submitted for Optional Conversion after the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Mandatory Conversion Date.

(ii) Conversions of Fractional Shares Not Permitted. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designation, in no event will any Holder be entitled to convert a number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that is not a whole number.

(c) Mandatory Conversion at the Corporations Election.

(i) Mandatory Conversion Right. Subject to the provisions of this Section 11, the Corporation has the right (the “Mandatory Conversion Right”), exercisable at its election, to designate any Business Day as a Conversion Date for the conversion (such a conversion, a “Mandatory Conversion”) of all, but not less than all, of the outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, but only if the average of the Daily VWAP for fifteen (15) consecutive Trading Days, including, the Trading Day immediately before the Mandatory Conversion Notice Date for such Mandatory Conversion, exceeds one hundred and fifty percent (150%) of the Conversion Price.

(ii) Mandatory Conversion Prohibited in Certain Circumstances. The Corporation will not exercise its Mandatory Conversion Right, or otherwise send a Mandatory Conversion Notice, with respect to any Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 11(c) unless the Common Stock Liquidity Conditions are satisfied with respect to the Mandatory Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11(c), the Corporation’s exercise of its Mandatory Conversion Right, and any related Mandatory Conversion Notice, will not apply to any share of Convertible Preferred Stock as to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been duly delivered, and not withdrawn, pursuant to Section 8(g). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11(c), the Corporation cannot exercise its Mandatory Conversion Right with respect to any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to the extent limited by Section 11(h).

 

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(iii) Mandatory Conversion Date. The Mandatory Conversion Date for any Mandatory Conversion will be a Business Day of the Corporation’s choosing that is no more than thirty (30), nor less than ten (10), Business Days after the Mandatory Conversion Notice Date for such Mandatory Conversion.

(iv) Mandatory Conversion Notice. To exercise its Mandatory Conversion Right with respect to shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation must send to the Holders a written notice of such exercise (a “Mandatory Conversion Notice”).

(v) Such Mandatory Conversion Notice must state:

(1) that the Corporation has exercised its Mandatory Conversion Right to cause the Mandatory Conversion of the shares of Convertible Preferred under this Certificate of Designation;

(2) the Mandatory Conversion Date for such Mandatory Conversion and the date scheduled for the settlement of such Mandatory Conversion;

(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent, as well as instructions whereby the Holder may surrender such share to the Transfer Agent or Conversion Agent;

(4) that shares of Convertible Preferred Stock subject to Mandatory Conversion may be converted earlier at the option of the Holders thereof pursuant to an Optional Conversion at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the Mandatory Conversion Date; and

(5) the Conversion Price in effect on the Mandatory Conversion Notice Date for such Mandatory Conversion), the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to such Holder upon conversion of each share of Convertible Preferred Stock held by such Holder and, if applicable, the amount of accumulated and unpaid Regular Dividends, whether or not declared, in respect of such share of Convertible Preferred Stock as of the Mandatory Conversion Date.

(d) Conversion Procedures.

(i) Mandatory Conversion. If the Corporation duly exercises, in accordance with Section 11(c), its Mandatory Conversion Right with respect to shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, then: (1) the Mandatory Conversion of such share will occur automatically as of the Close of Business on the related Mandatory Conversion Date and without the need for any action on the part of the Holder(s) thereof; and (2) the shares of Common Stock into which shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall have be converted in such Mandatory Conversion and any cash payable in lieu of fractions of a share of Common Stock pursuant to Section 11(e)(ii) will be registered in the name of the Holder(s) of such share of Convertible Preferred Stock as of the Close of Business on the related Mandatory Conversion Date.

 

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(ii) Requirements for Holders to Exercise Optional Conversion Right.

(1) Generally. To convert any share of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by a Certificate pursuant to an Optional Conversion, the Holder of such share must: (w) complete, sign (by manual, facsimile or electronic signature) and deliver to the Conversion Agent an Optional Conversion Notice (at which time, in the case such Certificate is an Electronic Certificate, such Optional Conversion will become irrevocable); (x) if such Certificate is a Physical Certificate, deliver such Physical Certificate to the Conversion Agent (at which time such Optional Conversion will become irrevocable); (y) furnish any endorsements and transfer documents that the Corporation or the Conversion Agent may require; and (z) if applicable, pay any documentary or other taxes that are required to be paid by the Corporation as a result of a Holder requesting that shares be registered in a name other than such Holders’ name as described in Section 13.

(2) Optional Conversion Permitted only During Business Hours. Convertible Preferred Stock will be deemed to be surrendered for Optional Conversion only after the Open of Business and before the Close of Business on a day that is a Business Day.

(iii) Treatment of Accumulated Dividends upon Conversion.

(1) No Adjustments for Accumulated Regular Dividends. Without limiting the operation of Section 11(c)(i), the Conversion Price will not be adjusted to account for any accumulated and unpaid Regular Dividends on any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock being converted.

(2) Conversions Between A Record Date and a Dividend Payment Date. If the Conversion Date of any share of Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted is after a Record Date for a declared Dividend on the Convertible Preferred Stock and on or before the next Dividend Payment Date, then such Dividend will be paid pursuant to Section 5(c) notwithstanding such conversion.

(iv) When Holders Become Stockholders of Record of the Shares of Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion. The Person in whose name any share of Common Stock is issuable upon conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock will be deemed to become the holder of record of such share as of the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for such conversion.

(e) Settlement upon Conversion.

(i) Generally. Subject to Section 11(e)(ii), Section 11(h) and Section 14(b), the consideration due upon settlement of the conversion of each share of Convertible Preferred Stock will consist of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (I) the Liquidation Preference for such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock subject to conversion by (II) the Conversion Price, in each case, as of immediately before the Close of Business on such Conversion Date; plus, in the event of a Mandatory Conversion occurring within twelve months following the Initial Issue Date, an amount in cash equal to the unpaid Regular Dividends for the period from the Mandatory Conversion Date to the first anniversary of the Initial Issue Date.

 

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(ii) Payment of Cash in Lieu of any Fractional Share of Common Stock. Subject to Section 15(b), in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock otherwise due upon conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation will, to the extent it is legally able to do so and permitted under the terms of its indebtedness for borrowed money, pay cash based on the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Conversion Date for such conversion (or, if such Conversion Date is not a Trading Day, the immediately preceding Trading Day).

(iii) Delivery of Conversion Consideration. Except as provided in Sections 11(f)(i)(3)(B), 11(f)(i)(5) and 11(i), the Corporation will pay or deliver, as applicable, the Conversion Consideration due upon conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock on or before the second (2nd) Business Day immediately after the Conversion Date for such conversion.

(f) Conversion Price Adjustments.

(i) Events Requiring an Adjustment to the Conversion Price. The Conversion Price will be adjusted from time to time as follows:

(1) Stock Splits and Combinations. If the effects a stock split or a stock combination of the Common Stock (in each case excluding an issuance solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 11(i) will apply), then the Conversion Price will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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where:

 

  CP0 =

the Conversion Price in effect immediately before the Close of Business on the effective date of such stock split or stock combination, as applicable;

 

  CP1 =

the Conversion Price in effect immediately after the Close of Business on such effective date;

 

  OS0 =

the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before effective date, without giving effect to such stock split or stock combination; and

 

  OS1 =

the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such stock split or stock combination.

 

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If any stock split or stock combination of the type described in this Section 11(f)(i)(1) is announced, but not made, then the Conversion Price will be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors, or any Officer acting pursuant to authority conferred by the Board of Directors, determines not to effect such stock split or stock combination, to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect had such stock split or stock combination not been declared or announced.

(2) Tender Offers or Exchange Offers. If the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock (other than solely pursuant to an odd-lot tender offer pursuant to Rule 13e-4(h)(5) under the Exchange Act), and the value (determined as of the Expiration Time by the Board of Directors) of the cash and other consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer exceeds the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately after the last date (the “Expiration Date”) on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended), then the Conversion Price will be decreased based on the following formula:

 

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where:

 

  CP0 =

the Conversion Price in effect immediately before the time (the “Expiration Time”) such tender or exchange offer expires;

 

  CP1 =

the Conversion Price in effect immediately after the Expiration Time;

 

  SP  =

the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period (the “Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period”) beginning on, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date;

 

  OS0 =

the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Expiration Time (including all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);

 

  AC =

the aggregate value (determined as of the Expiration Time by the Board of Directors) of all cash and other consideration paid for shares of Common Stock purchased or exchanged in such tender or exchange offer; and

 

  OS1 =

the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Expiration Time (excluding all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);

provided, however, that the Conversion Price will in no event be adjusted up pursuant to this Section 11(f)(i)(2), except to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph. The adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 11(f)(i)(2) will be calculated as of the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period but will

 

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be given effect immediately after the Expiration Time, with retroactive effect. If the Conversion Date for any share of Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted occurs on the Expiration Date or during the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designation, the Corporation will, if necessary, delay the settlement of such conversion until the second (2nd) Business Day after the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period.

To the extent such tender or exchange offer is announced but not consummated (including as a result of being precluded from consummating such tender or exchange offer under applicable law), or any purchases or exchanges of shares of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer are rescinded, the Conversion Price will be readjusted to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the purchases or exchanges of shares of Common Stock, if any, actually made, and not rescinded, in such tender or exchange offer.

(ii) No Adjustments in Certain Cases.

(1) Certain Events. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designation, including the operation of Section 11(e)(i), the Corporation will not be required to adjust the Conversion Price except pursuant to Section 11(f)(i). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designation, and without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation will not be required to adjust the Conversion Price on account of:

(A) any declaration and/or payment of dividends or other distributions on the Series A Preferred Stock;

(B) any declaration and/or payment of Dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6, whether in cash, in shares of Common Stock or rights in furtherance of any stockholder rights plan or agreement, “poison pill” or substantially similar anti-takeover agreement or plan.

(iii) Stockholder Rights Plans. If any shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock and, at the time of such conversion, the Corporation has in effect any stockholder rights plan, then the Holder of such Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive, in addition to, and concurrently with the delivery of, the consideration otherwise due upon such conversion, the rights set forth in such stockholder rights plan.

(iv) Determination of the Number of Outstanding Shares of Common Stock. For purposes of Section 11(f)(i), the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any time will: (1) include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock; and (2) exclude shares of Common Stock held in the Corporation’s treasury (unless the Corporation pays any dividend or makes any distributions on shares of Common Stock held in its treasury).

 

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(v) Calculations. All calculations with respect to the Conversion Price and adjustments thereto will be made to the nearest 1/100th of a cent (with 5/1,000ths rounded upward).

(vi) Notice of Conversion Price Adjustments. Upon the effectiveness of any adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 11(f)(i), the Corporation will promptly send notice to the Holders containing: (1) a brief description of the transaction or other event on account of which such adjustment was made; (2) the Conversion Price in effect immediately after such adjustment; and (3) the effective time of such adjustment.

(g) Voluntary Conversion Price Decreases.

(i) Generally. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and applicable stock exchange rules, the Corporation, from time to time, may (but is not required to) decrease the Conversion Price by any amount if: (1) the Board of Directors determines that such decrease is in the Corporation’s best interest or that such decrease is advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax imposed on holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock as a result of any dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) of Common Stock or any similar event; (2) such decrease is in effect for a period of at least twenty (20) Business Days; and (3) such decrease is irrevocable during such period; provided, however, that any such decrease that would be reasonably expected to result in any income tax imposed on the Holders shall require the affirmative vote or consent of the Majority Holders.

(ii) Notice of Voluntary Decrease. If the Board of Directors determines to decrease the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 11(g)(i), then, no later than the first Business Day of the related twenty (20) Business Day period referred to in Section 11(g)(i), the Corporation will send notice to each Holder, the Transfer Agent and the Conversion Agent of such decrease to the Conversion Price, the amount thereof and the period during which such decrease will be in effect.

(h) Restriction on Conversions.

(i) Equity Treatment Limitation.

(1) Generally. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designation, the Corporation will in no event be required to deliver any shares of Common Stock in settlement of the conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock to the extent, but only to the extent, the Corporation does not then have sufficient authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock that are not reserved for other purposes (the limitation set forth in this sentence, the “Equity Treatment Limitation,” and any shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be deliverable in excess of the number of such authorized and unissued shares, the “Deficit Shares”). If any Deficit Shares are withheld pursuant to the Equity Treatment Limitation and, at any time thereafter, some or all of such Deficit Shares could be delivered without violating the Equity Treatment Limitation, then: (A) the Corporation will deliver such Deficit Shares to the extent, but only to the extent, such delivery is permitted by the Equity Treatment Limitation; and (B) the provisions of this sentence will continue to apply until there are no remaining Deficit Shares.

 

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(2) Share Reserve Provisions. On the Initial Issue Date, the Number of Reserved Shares is not less than the Initial Share Reserve Requirement. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available a Number of Reserved Shares to be no less than the Continuing Share Reserve Requirement at any time when any Convertible Preferred Stock is outstanding (including, if applicable, and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, by seeking the approval of its stockholders to amend the Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock).

(3) Limitation on Certain Transactions. The Corporation will not, without the prior written consent of the Majority Holders, effect any transaction that would require an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 11(f)(i) if the settlement of the conversion of all Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding (assuming such conversion occurred immediately after giving effect to such adjustment) would result in any Deficit Shares pursuant to the Equity Treatment Limitation.

(i) Effect of Common Stock Change Event.

(i) Generally. If there occurs any:

(1) recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock, other than (x) changes solely resulting from a stock split or a stock combination of the Common Stock, (y) a change only in par value or from par value to no par value or no par value to par value or (z) recapitalization, reclassifications or change of the Common Stock that do not involve the issuance of any other series or class of securities;

(2) consolidation, merger, business combination or binding or statutory share exchange involving the Corporation;

(3) sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person; or

(4) other substantially similar event,

and, as a result of which, the Common Stock is converted into, or is exchanged for, or represents solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property, or any combination of the foregoing (such an event, a “Common Stock Change Event,” and such other securities, cash or property, the “Reference Property,” and the amount and kind of Reference Property that a holder of one (1) share of Common Stock would be entitled to receive on account of such Common Stock Change Event (without giving effect to any arrangement not to issue or deliver a fractional portion of any security or other property), a “Reference Property Unit”), then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designation,

 

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(A) from and after the effective time of such Common Stock Change Event: (I) the consideration due upon conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock will be determined in the same manner as if each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in this Section 11 or in Section 12, or in any related definitions, were instead a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; (II) for purposes of Section 8 and Section 11(c), each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in such Sections (or in any related definitions) will instead be deemed to be a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; and (III) for purposes of the definitions of “Fundamental Change,” the terms “Common Stock” and “common equity” will be deemed to mean the common equity (including depositary receipts representing common equity), if any, forming part of such Reference Property; and

(B) if such Reference Property Unit consists entirely of cash, then the Corporation will pay the cash due in respect of all conversions whose Conversion Date occurs on or after the effective date of such Common Stock Change Event no later than the tenth (10th) Business Day after the relevant Conversion Date; and

(C) for these purposes: (I) the Daily VWAP of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that consists of a class of common equity securities will be determined by reference to the definition of “Daily VWAP,” substituting, if applicable, the Bloomberg page for such class of securities in such definition; and (II) the Daily VWAP of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of common equity securities, and the Last Reported Sale Price of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of securities, will be the fair value of such Reference Property Unit or portion thereof, as applicable, determined in good faith by the Corporation (or, in the case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof).

If the Reference Property consists of more than a single type of consideration to be determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election, then the composition of the Reference Property Unit will be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received, per share of Common Stock, by the holders of Common Stock. The Corporation will notify the Holders of such weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

(ii) Compliance Covenant. The Corporation will not become a party to any Common Stock Change Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 11(i).

(iii) Execution of Supplemental Instruments. On or before the date the Common Stock Change Event becomes effective, the Corporation and, if applicable, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not the Corporation) of such Common Stock Change Event (the “Successor Person”) will execute and deliver such supplemental instruments, if any, as the Corporation reasonably determines are necessary or desirable to: (1) provide for subsequent adjustments to the

 

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Conversion Price pursuant to Section 11(f)(i) in a manner consistent with this Section 11(i); and (2) give effect to such other provisions, if any, as the Corporation reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of the Holders and to give effect to Section 11(i)(i). If the Reference Property includes shares of stock or other securities or assets of a Person other than the Successor Person, then such other Person will also execute such supplemental instrument(s), if any, and such supplemental instrument(s) will contain such additional provisions, if any, that the Corporation reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of Holders.

(iv) Notice of Common Stock Change Event. The Corporation will provide notice of each Common Stock Change Event to Holders as promptly as possible after the effective date of the Common Stock Change Event.

Section 12. Certain Provisions Relating To the Issuance of Common Stock.

(a) Equitable Adjustments to Prices. Whenever this Certificate of Designation requires the Corporation to calculate the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices or Daily VWAPs, or any function thereof, over a period of multiple days (including to calculate an adjustment to the Conversion Price), the Corporation will make appropriate adjustments, if any, to those calculations to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 11(f)(i) that becomes effective, or any event requiring such an adjustment to the Conversion Price where effective date or Expiration Date, as applicable, of such event occurs, at any time during such period.

(b) Status of Shares of Common Stock. Each share of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock of any Holder will be a newly issued share and will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim (except to the extent of any lien or adverse claim created by the action or inaction of such Holder or the Person to whom such share of Common Stock will be delivered). If the Common Stock is then listed on any securities exchange, or quoted on any inter-dealer quotation system, then the Corporation will cause each such share of Common Stock, when so delivered, to be admitted for listing on such exchange or quotation on such system.

Section 13. Taxes. The Corporation shall pay any and all stock transfer, documentary, stamp and similar taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock or other securities issued on account of Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant this Certificate of Designation; provided, however, that in the case of conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall not be required to pay any such tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, shares of Common Stock or other securities to a beneficial owner other than the beneficial owner of the Convertible Preferred Stock immediately prior to such conversion, and shall not be required to make any such issuance, delivery or payment unless and until the Person otherwise entitled to such issuance, delivery or payment has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

 

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Section 14. Term. Except as expressly provided in this Certificate of Designation, the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable or otherwise mature and the term of the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be perpetual.

Section 15. Calculations.

(a) Responsibility; Schedule of Calculations. Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Designation, the Corporation will be responsible for making all calculations called for under this Certificate of Designation, including determinations of the Conversion Price, the Daily VWAPs, the Last Reported Sale Prices and accumulated Regular Dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock. The Corporation will make all calculations in good faith, and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on all Holders to the fullest extent permitted by appliable law. The Corporation will provide a schedule of such calculations to any Holder upon written demand.

(b) Calculations Aggregated for Each Holder. The composition of the Conversion Consideration due upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock of any Holder will be computed based on the total number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock of such Holder being converted with the same Conversion Date. For these purposes, unless otherwise provided in this Certificate of Designation, any cash amounts due to such Holder in respect thereof will be rounded to the nearest cent.

Section 16. Notices. The Corporation will send all notices or communications to Holders pursuant to this Certificate of Designation in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or e-mail (with confirmation of receipt requested from the recipient, in the case of email), or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service guaranteeing next day delivery, to the Holders’ respective addresses shown on the Register. Unless otherwise specified herein, all notices and communications hereunder shall be deemed to have been given upon the earlier of receipt thereof or three (3) Business Days after the mailing thereof if sent by registered or certified mail with postage prepaid, or by private courier service.

Section 17. Facts Ascertainable. When the terms of this Certificate of Designation refers to a specific agreement or other document to determine the meaning or operation of a provision hereof, the Corporation shall maintain a copy of such agreement or document at the principal executive offices of the Corporation and a copy thereof shall be provided free of charge to any Holder who makes a written demand therefore. The Corporation shall also maintain a written record of the Initial Issue Date, the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock issued to a Holder and the date of each such issuance, and shall furnish such written record free of charge to any Holder who makes a written demand therefor.

Section 18. Waiver. The powers (including voting powers), if any, of the Convertible Preferred Stock and the preferences and relative, participating, optional, special or other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions, if any, of the Convertible Preferred Stock may be waived as to all shares of Convertible Preferred Stock in any instance (without the necessity of calling, noticing or holding a meeting of stockholders) by the written consent or agreement of the Majority Holders, consenting or agreeing separately as a single class.

 

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Section 19. Severability. If any term of the Convertible Preferred Stock set forth herein is invalid, unlawful or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of law or public policy, all other terms set forth herein which can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable term will, nevertheless and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, remain in full force and effect, and no term herein set forth will be deemed dependent upon any other such term unless so expressed herein.

Section 20. No Other Rights. The Convertible Preferred Stock will have no powers (including voting powers), if any, or preferences and relative, participating, optional, special or other rights, if any, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions, if any, except as provided in this Certificate of Designation or the Certificate of Incorporation or as required by applicable law.

[The Remainder of This Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Designation to be duly executed on this 30th day of December, 2021.

 

API GROUP CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Russell A. Becker

Name: Russell A. Becker
Title: Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Certificate of Designation]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF PREFERRED STOCK CERTIFICATE

[Insert 144A Restricted Stock Legend, if applicable]

APi Group Corporation

5.5% Series B Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock

Certificate No. [            ]

APi Group Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), certifies that [ ] is the registered owner of [ ] shares of the Corporation’s 5.5% Series B Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Convertible Preferred Stock”) evidenced by this certificate (this “Certificate”). The powers (including voting powers), if any, or preferences and relative, participating, optional, special or other rights, if any, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions, if any, are set forth in the Certificate of Designation of the Corporation establishing the Convertible Preferred Stock (as the same may be amended or amended and restated, the “Certificate of Designation”). Capitalized terms used in this Certificate without definition have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Certificate of Designation.

Additional terms of this Certificate are set forth on the other side of this Certificate.

[The Remainder of This Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, APi Group Corporation has caused this instrument to be duly executed as of the date set forth below.

 

    API GROUP CORPORATION
Date:                                                                   By:  

                          

    Name:
    Title:
Date:                                                                   By:  

                     

    Name:
    Title:

 

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TRANSFER AGENT’S COUNTERSIGNATURE

[legal name of Transfer Agent], as Transfer Agent, certifies that this Certificate evidences shares of Convertible Preferred Stock referred to in the within-mentioned Certificate of Designation.

 

Date:                                                                       By:                                                                                
     

Authorized Signatory

 

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APi Group Corporation

5.5% Series B Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock

This Certificate evidences duly authorized, issued and outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate, to the extent that any provision of this Certificate conflicts with the provisions of the Certificate of Designation or the Certificate of Incorporation, the provisions of the of the Certificate of Designation or the Certificate of Incorporation, as applicable, will control.

1. Countersignature. This Certificate will not be valid until countersigned by the Transfer Agent.

2. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or its assignee, such as TEN COM (tenants in common), TENENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

* * *

To request a copy of the Certificate of Designation, which the Corporation will provide to any Holder at no charge, please send a written demand to the following address:

APi Group Corporation

[•]

Attention: [•]

 

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OPTIONAL CONVERSION NOTICE

APi Group Corporation

5.5% Series B Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock

Subject to the terms of the Certificate of Designation, by executing and delivering this Optional Conversion Notice, the undersigned Holder of the Convertible Preferred Stock identified below directs the Corporation to convert (check one):

☐ all of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock

☐ __________________* shares of Convertible Preferred Stock

evidenced by Certificate No. _______________.

 

Date:                                                                                          

 

    

(Legal Name of Holder)

   By:  

                     

   Name:
   Title:

 

  

 

* Must be a whole number.

 

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FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE

APi Group Corporation

5.5% Series B Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock

Subject to the terms of the Certificate of Designation, by executing and delivering this Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, the undersigned Holder of the Convertible Preferred Stock identified below is exercising its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right with respect to (check one):

☐ all of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock

☐ __________________* shares of Convertible Preferred Stock

evidenced by Certificate No. _______________.

The undersigned acknowledges that Certificate identified above, duly endorsed for transfer, must be delivered to the Paying Agent before the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will be paid.

 

Date:                                                                                           

 

 

  (Legal Name of Holder)
  By:  

         

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

* Must be a whole number.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

APi Group Corporation

5.5% Series B Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock

Subject to the terms of the Certificate of Designation, the undersigned Holder of the within Convertible Preferred Stock assigns to:

 

Name:

 

 

Address:

 

 

Social security or tax identification number:

 

 

the within Convertible Preferred Stock and all rights thereunder irrevocably appoints:

as agent to transfer the within Convertible Preferred Stock on the books of the Corporation. The agent may substitute another to act for him/her.

 

Date:                                                                                           

 

 

  (Legal Name of Holder)
  By:  

         

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF 144A RESTRICTED STOCK LEGEND

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” PURSUANT TO RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) WHICH IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF SUCH SECURITIES, THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF ANY ADDITIONAL SECURITIES AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF SUCH SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND ANY APPLICABLE LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND FURTHER SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S AND THE REGISTRAR’S RIGHTS PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (I) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM AND (II) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS SECURITY IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK LEGEND

THE OFFER AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT: (A) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR (B) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF GLOBAL CERTIFICATE LEGEND

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE ISSUER OR THE AGENT OF THE ISSUER FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION RELATED TO THIS SECURITY FILED BY THE ISSUER ON [•], 2021 (AS AMENDED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME).

 

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Exhibit 4.2

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

This FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of January 3, 2022 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), is entered into by and among APi Group DE, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“APi DE” or the “Issuer”), APi Group Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), the parties that are signatories hereto as Guarantors (each, a “Guaranteeing Subsidiary” and together, the “Guaranteeing Subsidiaries”) and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, APi Escrow Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Escrow Issuer”), and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an indenture, dated as of October 21, 2021 (the “Initial Indenture” and, together with this Supplemental Indenture, and as further amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) providing for the issuance of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.750% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Supplemental Indenture to evidence the assumption by the Issuer of all the payment obligations under the Notes and the Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that on the Completion Date each of the Issuer, Holdings and each Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture and become parties to the Indenture and pursuant to which the Issuer shall assume all of the obligations of Escrow Issuer under the Notes and the Indenture, as applicable, and Holdings and each Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee, on a joint and several basis with Holdings and the other Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and the other Guarantors under the Indenture, all of the Issuer’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Note Guarantee”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Initial Indenture, the Trustee, the Issuer, Holdings and the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture without the consent of Holders of the Notes;

WHEREAS, each of the Issuer, Holdings and each Guaranteeing Subsidiary has been duly authorized to enter into this Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS, all acts, conditions, proceedings and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal agreement enforceable in accordance with its terms for the purposes expressed herein, in accordance with its terms, have been duly done and performed.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

 

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ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recitals hereto are used herein as therein defined. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Section hereof.

ARTICLE II

ASSUMPTION AND AGREEMENTS

Section 2.1. Assumption of Obligations. The Issuer hereby agrees, as of the date hereof, to assume, to be bound by, to perform and to be jointly and severally liable, as a primary obligor and not as a guarantor or surety, with respect to, any and all payment obligations under the Indenture and the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture and the Notes and all other obligations and agreements of Escrow Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes and to become Issuer under and as defined in the Indenture and the Notes.

ARTICLE III

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND, GUARANTEE

Section 3.1. Agreement to be Bound. Holdings and each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Guarantor and as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.

Section 3.2. Guarantee. Holdings and each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Note Guarantee and in the Indenture, including but not limited to Article 10 thereof. This Note Guarantee shall be released in accordance with Section 10.04 of the Indenture.

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 4.1. Notices. All notices and other communications to the Issuer, Holdings and the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall be given as provided in the Indenture to the Issuer, Holdings and the Guarantors.

Section 4.2. Parties. Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.

Section 4.3. Severability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.

 

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Section 4.4. Execution and Delivery. (a) The Issuer agrees that its assumption of all of the payment obligations under the Notes and the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such assumption of all of the payment obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the Notes.

(b) Holdings and each Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the Note Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of any such Guarantee.

Section 4.5. No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Issuer, Holdings or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer, Holdings or the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries under the Notes, any Note Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes and the Guarantee.

Section 4.6. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT ANY LEGAL ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING AGAINST IT WITH RESPECT TO ITS OBLIGATIONS, LIABILITIES OR ANY OTHER MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS AND SUBMITS TO THE NON EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF EACH SUCH COURT IN PERSONAM, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTIES, ASSETS AND REVENUES. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 4.7. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmissions shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

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Section 4.8. Headings. The headings of the Articles and the Sections in this Supplemental Indenture are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.

Section 4.9. The Trustee. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or with respect to the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the other parties hereto. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by Holdings, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company.

Section 4.10. Benefits Acknowledged. (a) The Issuer’s assumption of all of the payment obligations under the Notes and the Indenture is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture. The Issuer acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and that its assumption of all of the payment obligations under the Notes and the Indenture and the waivers made by it pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

(b) Holdings and each Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s Note Guarantee are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture. Each of Holdings and the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to this Note Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

Section 4.11. Successors. All agreements of the Issuer, Holdings and the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind their Successors, except as otherwise provided in this Supplemental Indenture. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.

Section 4.12. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

API GROUP DE, INC.
as Issuer
By:   /s/ Kevin Krumm
  Name: Kevin Krumm
  Title: Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary

 

API GROUP CORPORATION,
as a Guarantor
By:   /s/ Kevin Krumm
  Name: Kevin Krumm
  Title:Executive Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture]


3S INCORPORATED

A. P. I. INC.

A.P.I. GARAGE DOOR, INC.

AMERICAN FIRE PROTECTION GROUP, INC.

API ACQUISITION IV, INC.

API ACQUISITION V, INC.

API GROUP, INC.

API NATIONAL SERVICE GROUP, INC.

API REAL ESTATE, LLC

CLASSIC INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC.

DAVIS-ULMER SPRINKLER COMPANY, INC.

ICS, INC.

INTERNATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION, INC.

JOMAX CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.

LEJEUNE STEEL COMPANY

METROPOLITAN MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.

MID-OHIO PIPELINE COMPANY, INC.

MID-OHIO PIPELINE SERVICES, LLC

MP TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

NEXUS ALARM AND SUPPRESSION, INC.

NORTHLAND CONSTRUCTORS OF DULUTH, INC.

SPRINKLER ACQUISITION, LLC

TECHNOLOGIES INC.

TESSIER’S INC.

THE JAMAR COMPANY

UNITED PIPING, INC.

UNITED STATES ALLIANCE FIRE PROTECTION, INC.

VIKING AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER COMPANY,
as a Guarantor

By:   /s/ Kevin Krumm
  Name: Kevin Krumm
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture]


CREAM RIDGE CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.

GRUNAU COMPANY, INC.,

as a Guarantor

By:   /s/ Kevin Krumm
  Name: Kevin Krumm
  Title: Assistant Treasurer
J. FLETCHER CREAMER & SON, INC.

MMC HOLDINGS, LLC,

as a Guarantor

By:   /s/ Kevin Krumm
  Name: Kevin Krumm
  Title: Treasurer

T.TEXAS SPRINKLER, LP,

as a Guarantor

By:  

Sprinkler Acquisition, LLC,

General Partner

By:   /s/ Kevin Krumm
  Name: Kevin Krumm
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
MP NEXLEVEL OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
MP NEXLEVEL, LLC
NEXLEVEL INC.
TL NEXLEVEL COMPANIES, LLC
TLR CONSULTING, INC.

WRIGHT SERVICE CENTER, LLC,

as a Guarantor

By:   /s/ Robbi Pribyl
  Name: Robbi Pribyl
  Title:President

 

[Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture]


API GROUP LIFE SAFETY USA LLC,

as a Guarantor

By:   /s/ Kevin Krumm
  Name:   Kevin Krumm
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture]


COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

as Trustee

By:   /s/ Jerry Urbanek
  Name:   Jerry Urbanek
  Title:   Trust Officer

 

[Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture]

Exhibit 10.4

Execution Copy

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

BY AND AMONG

API GROUP CORPORATION,

JUNO LOWER HOLDINGS L.P.

AND

FD JUNO HOLDINGS L.P.

Dated as of January 3, 2022

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

 

Article I Resale Shelf Registration

     1  

Section 1.1

  Resale Shelf Registration Statement      1  

Section 1.2

  Effectiveness Period      2  

Section 1.3

  Subsequent Shelf Registration      2  

Section 1.4

  Supplements and Amendments      3  

Section 1.5

  Subsequent Holder Notice      3  

Section 1.6

  Underwritten Offering      3  

Section 1.7

  Take-Down Notice      4  

Article II Company Registration

     4  

Section 2.1

  Notice of Registration      4  

Section 2.2

  Underwriting      5  

Section 2.3

  Right to Terminate Registration      5  

Article III Additional Provisions Regarding Registration Rights

     6  

Section 3.1

  Registration Procedures      6  

Section 3.2

  Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights      8  

Section 3.3

  Expenses of Registration      8  

Section 3.4

  Information by Holders      9  

Section 3.5

  Rule 144 Reporting      9  

Section 3.6

  “Market Stand-Off” Agreement      10  

Article IV Indemnification

     10  

Section 4.1

  Indemnification by Company      10  

Section 4.2

  Indemnification by Holders      11  

Section 4.3

  Notification      12  

Section 4.4

  Contribution      12  

Article V Transfer and Termination of Registration Rights

     13  

Section 5.1

  Transfer of Registration Rights      13  

Section 5.2

  Termination of Registration Rights      13  

Article VI Miscellaneous

     13  

Section 6.1

  Counterparts      13  

Section 6.2

  Governing Law.      13  

Section 6.3

  Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiary      14  

Section 6.4

  Expenses      14  

Section 6.5

  Notices      14  

 

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Section 6.6

  Successors and Assigns      15  

Section 6.7

  Headings      15  

Section 6.8

  Amendments and Waivers      16  

Section 6.9

  Interpretation; Absence of Presumption      16  

Section 6.10

  Severability      16  

 

 

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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of January 3, 2022, by and among APi Group Corporation, a Delaware corporation (including its successors and permitted assigns, the “Company”), and Juno Lower Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and FD Juno Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Investors” and each an “Investor”). Capitalized terms used but not defined elsewhere herein are defined in Exhibit A.

This Agreement is entered into in connection with the closing of the issuance of 600,000 shares of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, which are convertible into shares of Common Stock, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2021, by and among the Company, Blackstone Juno Holdings L.P. (f/k/a BTO Juno Holdings L.P.), and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Fund – FD L.P. (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).

As a condition to each of the parties’ obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Investors are entering into this Agreement for the purpose of granting certain registration rights to the Investors.

In consideration of the premises and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

RESALE SHELF REGISTRATION

Section 1.1 Resale Shelf Registration Statement. Subject to the other applicable provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall file on the date hereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to go effective as promptly as practicable a registration statement covering the sale or distribution from time to time by the Holders, on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act of all of the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, then such registration shall be on another appropriate form (including Form S-1) and shall provide for the registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by such Holders in accordance with any reasonable method of distribution elected by the Holders and provided for in such registration statement) (the “Resale Shelf Registration Statement” and such registration, the “Resale Shelf Registration”), and if the Company is a WKSI as of the filing date, the Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall be an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement. If the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is not an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, then the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Commission prevents the Company from including any or all of the Registrable Securities on the Resale Shelf Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders, the Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall register the resale of a number of shares of the Registrable Securities which is equal to the maximum number of shares as is permitted by the Commission, and, subject to the provisions of this Section 1.1, the Company shall continue to its use commercially reasonable efforts to register all remaining Registrable Securities as set forth in this Section 1.1. In such event, the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders, provided, however, that, prior to reducing the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be registered for any Holder in such Resale Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall first remove any shares of Registrable Securities to be registered for any Person other than a Holder that was proposed to be included in such Resale Shelf Registration Statement. The Company shall continue to use its commercially reasonable efforts to register all remaining Registrable Securities as promptly as practicable in accordance with the applicable rules, regulations and guidance of the Commission. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Commission, by written comment, limits the Company’s ability to file, or prohibits or delays the filing of, a Resale Shelf Registration Statement or a Subsequent Shelf Registration with respect to any or all the Registrable Securities, the Company’s compliance with such limitation, prohibition or delay solely to the extent of such limitation, prohibition or delay shall not be a breach or default by the Company under this Agreement and shall not be deemed a failure by the Company to use “commercially reasonable efforts” or “reasonable efforts” as set forth above or elsewhere in this Agreement.

Section 1.2 Effectiveness Period. Once effective, the Company shall, subject to the other applicable provisions of this Agreement, use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or a Subsequent Shelf Registration to be continuously effective (including by filing a new Resale Shelf Registration Statement or Subsequent Shelf Registration, if necessary) and usable until the earlier of (a) the date on which all Registrable Securities included in such registration have been sold or distributed pursuant to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or Subsequent Shelf Registration, as applicable, (b) the date as of which there are no longer in existence any Registrable Securities covered by the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or Subsequent Shelf Registration, as applicable, and (c) an earlier date agreed to in writing by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities (the “Effectiveness Period”).

Section 1.3 Subsequent Shelf Registration. If any Shelf Registration ceases to be effective under the Securities Act for any reason at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly cause such Shelf Registration to again become effective under the Securities Act (including obtaining the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration), and in any event shall within thirty (30) days of such cessation of effectiveness, amend such Shelf Registration in a manner reasonably expected to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration or, file an additional registration statement (a “Subsequent Shelf Registration”) for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act registering the resale from time to time by Holders thereof of all securities that are Registrable Securities as of the time of such filing. If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (a) cause such Subsequent Shelf Registration to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable after such filing, but in no event later than the date that is ninety (90) days after such Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed and (b) keep such Subsequent Shelf Registration (or another Subsequent Shelf Registration) continuously effective until the end of the Effectiveness Period. Any such Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be a Registration Statement on Form S-3 to the

 

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extent that the Company is eligible to use such form, and if the Company is a WKSI as of the filing date, such Registration Statement shall be an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement. Otherwise, such Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be on another appropriate form (including Form S-1) and shall provide for the registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by such Holders in accordance with any reasonable method of distribution elected by the Holders.

Section 1.4 Supplements and Amendments. The Company shall supplement and amend any Shelf Registration if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such Shelf Registration if required by the Securities Act or as reasonably requested by the Holders covered by such Shelf Registration.

Section 1.5 Subsequent Holder Notice. If a Person becomes a Holder of Registrable Securities after a Shelf Registration becomes effective under the Securities Act, the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable following delivery of written notice to the Company of such Person becoming a Holder and requesting for its name to be included as a selling securityholder in the prospectus related to the Shelf Registration (a “Subsequent Holder Notice”):

(a) if required and permitted by applicable law, subject to Section 3.1(k), and if the Company is not a WKSI, without regard to the limitations included therein relating to the number of times the Company can provide a Suspension Notice within a 12 month period, file with the Commission a supplement to the related prospectus or a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration so that such Holder is named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration and the related prospectus in such a manner as to permit such Holder to deliver a prospectus to purchasers of the Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable law;

(b) if, pursuant to Section 1.5(a), the Company shall have filed a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration that is not automatically effective, use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such post-effective amendment to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable, but in any event by the date that is ninety (90) days after the date such post-effective amendment is required by Section 1.5(a) to be filed; and

(c) notify such Holder as promptly as is reasonably practicable after the effectiveness under the Securities Act of any post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Section 1.5(a).

Section 1.6 Underwritten Offering. The Holders of Registrable Securities may on one or more occasions after the Resale Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective deliver a written notice to the Company specifying that the sale of some or all of the Registrable Securities subject to the Shelf Registration is intended to be conducted through an underwritten offering, so long as the anticipated gross proceeds of such underwritten offering is not less than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) (unless the Holders are proposing to sell all of their remaining Registrable Securities in which case no such minimum gross proceeds threshold shall apply) (the “Underwritten Offering”). The Company will not be obligated to effect more than two (2) Underwritten Offering under this Section 1.6 during any twelve (12) month period. In the event of an Underwritten Offering:

 

 

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(a) The Holder or Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities participating in an Underwritten Offering shall select the managing underwriter or underwriters to administer the Underwritten Offering.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.6, if the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering advises the Board of Directors of the Company that in its or their opinion the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering exceeds the number which can be sold in such Underwritten Offering in light of market conditions, the Registrable Securities shall be included on a pro rata basis upon the number of securities that each Holder shall have requested to be included in such offering. If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter or underwriters.

(c) The Company shall agree and shall cause its executive officers and directors to sign a customary “lock-up” agreement with the underwriters in any Underwritten Offering; provided that the lock-up period required thereunder shall not exceed 90 days from the closing of the Underwritten Offering.

Section 1.7 Take-Down Notice. Subject to the other applicable provisions of this Agreement, at any time that any Shelf Registration Statement is effective, if a Holder delivers a notice to the Company (a “Take-Down Notice”) stating that it intends to effect a sale or distribution of all or part of its Registrable Securities included by it on any Shelf Registration Statement (a “Shelf Offering”) and stating the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such Shelf Offering, then, subject to the other applicable provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, amend or supplement the Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to enable such Registrable Securities to be sold and distributed pursuant to the Shelf Offering.

ARTICLE II

COMPANY REGISTRATION

Section 2.1 Notice of Registration. If at any time or from time to time the Company shall determine to file a registration statement with respect to an offering (or to make an underwritten public offering pursuant to a previously filed registration statement) for cash of its Common Stock, whether or not for its own account (other than a registration statement on Form S-4, Form S-8 or any successor forms), the Company will:

(a) promptly give to each Holder written notice thereof, which notice shall be given, to the extent reasonably practicable, no later than ten (10) days prior to the filing or launch date (except in the case of an offering that is an “overnight offering”, in which case such notice must be given no later than two (2) business days prior to the filing or launch date); and

(b) subject to Section 2.2, include in such registration or underwritten offering (and any related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance) all the Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests made within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice from the Company by any Holder (except in the case of an offering that is an “overnight offering”, in which case such request must be made no later than one (1) business day after receipt of such written notice from the Company).

 

 

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Section 2.2 Underwriting. The right of any Holder to registration pursuant to Section 1.6 or this Article II shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. Each Holder proposing to distribute its securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company and the other holders distributing their securities through such underwriting) enter into and perform such Holder’s obligations under an underwriting agreement with the managing underwriter selected for such underwriting by the Company or by the stockholders of the Company who have the right to select the underwriters (such underwriting agreement to be in a customary form negotiated by the Company or such stockholders, as the case may be). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article II, if the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering with respect to which Holders of Registrable Securities have exercised their piggyback registration rights advise the Board of Directors of the Company that in its or their opinion the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in the offering thereby and all other securities proposed to be sold in the offering exceeds the number which can be sold in such underwritten offering in light of market conditions, the Registrable Securities and such other securities to be included in such underwritten offering shall be allocated, (a) first, in the event such offering was initiated by the Company for its own account, up to the total number of securities that the Company has requested to be included in such registration, (b) second, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (a) have been included, up to the total number of securities that the holders under the Existing Registration Rights Agreement have requested to be included in such offering, (c) third, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (b) have been included, up to the total number of securities that the Holders have requested to be included in such offering, together with the total number of securities that the Other Holders have requested to be included in such offering pursuant to the Other Agreement (in each case, pro rata based upon the number of securities that each of them shall have requested to be included in such offering) and (d) fourth, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (c) have been included, all other securities proposed to be included in such offering that, in the opinion of the managing underwriter or underwriters can be sold without having such adverse effect. If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter or underwriters. Any securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from such registration.

Section 2.3 Right to Terminate Registration. The Company or the holders of securities who have caused a registration statement to be filed as contemplated by this Article II, as the case may be, shall have the right to have any registration initiated by it or them under this Article II terminated or withdrawn prior to the effectiveness thereof, whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration.

 

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ARTICLE III

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING REGISTRATION RIGHTS

Section 3.1 Registration Procedures. In the case of each registration effected by the Company pursuant to Article I or II, the Company will keep each Holder participating in such registration reasonably informed as to the status thereof and, at its expense, the Company will, as expeditiously as possible to the extent applicable:

(a) prepare and file, as promptly as reasonably practicable, with the Commission a registration statement with respect to such securities in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement;

(b) prepare and file, as promptly as reasonably practicable, with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement (including to permit the intended method of distribution thereof) and as may be necessary to keep the registration statement continuously effective for the period set forth in this Agreement;

(c) furnish to the Holders participating in such registration and to their legal counsel copies of the registration statement proposed to be filed, and provide such Holders and their legal counsel the reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such registration statement provided that in no event shall the Company be required to delay or postpone any filing if such Holder and their legal counsel have not provided comments within five (5) Business Days of their receipt of such copies;

(d) furnish to the Holders participating in such registration and to the underwriters of the securities being registered such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement, preliminary prospectus and final prospectus as the such underwriters may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public offering of such securities;

(e) use commercially reasonable efforts to notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the Company’s knowledge of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or incomplete in the light of the circumstances then existing, and, subject to Section 3.1(n), at the request of any such Holder, prepare promptly and furnish to such Holder a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchaser of such shares, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or incomplete in the light of the circumstances then existing;

(f) use commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions in which it is not already qualified;

 

 

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(g) in the event that the Registrable Securities are being offered in an underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement on customary terms and in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement;

(h) use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish, (i) on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale, if such securities are being sold through underwriters, an opinion and negative assurance letter, dated as of such date, of the legal counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and (ii) on the date that the offering of such Registrable Securities is priced and on the date that such securities are being sold through underwriters, a letter dated as of such date, from the independent certified public accountants of the Company, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters;

(i) in connection with a customary due diligence review, make available during business hours for inspection by the Holders, any underwriter participating in any such disposition of Registrable Securities, if any, and any counsel or accountants retained by the Holders or underwriter, all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to supply all relevant information and participate in customary due diligence sessions in each case reasonably requested by any such representative, underwriter, counsel or accountant in connection with such registration statement, provided, however, each such underwriter shall agree in writing to hold in strict confidence and not to make any disclosure or use of any information requested above (the “Requested Information”), unless (1) the disclosure of the Requested Information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in such registration or is otherwise required under the Securities Act, (2) the release of the Requested Information is ordered pursuant to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, (3) the Requested Information is or has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement, (4) the Requested Information was within such underwriter’s possession on a non-confidential basis prior to it being furnished to such underwriter by or on behalf of the Company or any of its representatives, provided that the source of such information was not bound by a confidentiality agreement or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information or (5) the Requested Information becomes available to such underwriter on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or any of its representatives, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information. Such underwriter agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of the Requested Information is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at the Company’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Requested Information deemed confidential;

 

 

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(j) in the event that any broker-dealer underwrites any Registrable Securities or participates as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or “participates in an offering” (within the meaning of the FINRA Rules) thereof, whether as a Holder or as an underwriter, placement, sales agent or broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will, upon the reasonable request of such broker-dealer, comply with any reasonable request of such broker-dealer in complying with the FINRA Rules;

(k) notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the Board of Directors of the Company has determined in good faith that the disclosure necessary for continued use of the prospectus and registration statement by the Holders could be materially detrimental to the Company, the Company shall have the right not to file or not to cause the effectiveness of any registration covering any Registrable Securities and to suspend the use of the prospectus and the registration statement covering any Registrable Security for such period of time as its use would be materially detrimental to the Company by delivering written notice of such suspension to all Holders listed on the Company’s records; provided, however, that in any 12-month period the Company may exercise the right to such suspension not more than twice. From and after the date of a notice of suspension under this Section 3.1(k), each Holder agrees not to use the prospectus or registration statement until the earlier of (i) notice from the Company that such suspension has been lifted or (ii) the day following the sixtieth (60th) day of suspension within any 12-month period;

(l) cooperate with, and direct the Company’s transfer agent to cooperate with, the Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely settlement of any offering or sale of Registrable Securities, including the preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any legends) or book-entry (not bearing stop transfer instructions) representing Registrable Securities to be sold and, in connection therewith, if reasonably required by the Company’s transfer agent, the Company shall promptly cause an opinion of counsel to be delivered to and maintained with its transfer agent, together with any other authorizations, certificates and directions required by the transfer agent which authorize and direct the transfer agent to issue such Registrable Securities without restriction upon sale by the holder of such shares of Registrable Securities;

(m) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all shares of Registrable Securities to be listed on the national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed; and

(n) cause its officers to use their reasonable best efforts to support the marketing of the Registrable Securities (including participation in “road shows” and other customary marketing activities, which may be virtual).

Section 3.2 Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and after the date hereof, the Company shall not enter into any agreement granting any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company registration rights with respect to such securities that conflict with the rights granted to the Holders herein, without the prior written consent of Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities.

Section 3.3 Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any registration pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise in complying with this Agreement shall be borne by the Company. All Selling Expenses relating to securities registered on behalf of the Holders shall be borne by the Holders of the registered securities included in such registration.

 

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Section 3.4 Information by Holders. The Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities included in any registration shall furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder or Holders, the Registrable Securities held by them and the distribution proposed by such Holder or Holders as the Company may reasonably request in writing and as shall be required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that the obligations of the Company under Article I or II are conditioned on the timely provisions of the foregoing information by such Holder or Holders and, without limitation of the foregoing, will be conditioned on compliance by such Holder or Holders with the following:

(a) such Holder or Holders will cooperate with the Company in connection with the preparation of the applicable registration statement, and for so long as the Company is obligated to keep such registration statement effective, such Holder or Holders will provide to the Company, in writing and in a timely manner, for use in such registration statement (and expressly identified in writing as such), all information regarding themselves and such other information as may be required by applicable law to enable the Company to prepare such registration statement and the related prospectus covering the applicable Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders and to maintain the currency and effectiveness thereof;

(b) during such time as such Holder or Holders may be engaged in a distribution of the Registrable Securities, such Holder or Holders will comply with all laws applicable to such distribution, including Regulation M promulgated under the Exchange Act, and, to the extent required by such laws, will, among other things: (i) not engage in any stabilization activity in connection with the securities of the Company in contravention of such laws and (ii) if required by applicable law, cause to be furnished to each agent or broker-dealer to or through whom such Registrable Securities may be offered, or to the offeree if an offer is made directly by such Holder or Holders, such copies of the applicable prospectus (as amended and supplemented to such date) and documents incorporated by reference therein as may be required by such agent, broker-dealer or offeree; and

(c) on receipt of written notice from the Company of the happening of any of the events specified in Section 3.1(k), or that requires the suspension by such Holder or Holders of the distribution of any of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders pursuant to a registered offering, then such Holders shall cease offering or distributing the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders in a registered offering until the offering and distribution of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders may recommence in accordance with the terms hereof and applicable law.

Section 3.5 Rule 144 Reporting. With a view to making available the benefits of Rule 144 to the Holders, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to:

(a) file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act; and

(b) so long as a Holder owns any Restricted Securities, furnish to the Holder forthwith upon written request a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

 

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Section 3.6 Market Stand-Off Agreement. The Company and the Holders shall not sell, transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale with respect to, any Common Stock (or other securities of the Company) (other than those included in the registration) for a period specified by the representatives of the managing underwriter or underwriters of Common Stock (or other securities of the Company convertible into Common Stock) not to exceed five (5) days prior and ninety (90) days following any registered public sale of securities by the Company in which such Holder participates in accordance with Article II, subject to customary exceptions, including (a) transfers to affiliates and (b) pledges and foreclosures on such pledges. Each of the Holders also shall execute and deliver any “lock-up” agreement reasonably requested by the representatives of any underwriters of the Company in connection with an offering in which such Holder participates, subject to customary exceptions, including (a) transfers to affiliates and (b) pledges and foreclosures on such pledges.

ARTICLE IV

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 4.1 Indemnification by Company. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company will, with respect to any Registrable Securities as to which registration or qualification or compliance under applicable “blue sky” laws has been effected pursuant to this Agreement, indemnify each Holder, each Holder’s current and former officers, directors, partners, members, managers, shareholders, accountants, attorneys, agents and employees, and each Person controlling such Holder or any of the foregoing within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, and each underwriter thereof, if any, and each Person who controls any such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (collectively, the “Company Indemnified Parties”), against all expenses, claims, losses, damages, costs (including costs of preparation and reasonable attorney’s fees and any legal or other fees or expenses actually incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding), judgments, fines, penalties, charges, amounts paid in settlement and other liabilities, joint or several (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any amendment or supplement thereto incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, or any violation by the Company of, or any rule or regulation promulgated under, the Securities Act, Exchange Act or state securities laws applicable to the Company in connection with any such registration, and the Company will reimburse each of the Company Indemnified Parties for any reasonable legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, as such expenses are incurred. The indemnity agreement contained in this Section 4.1 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), nor shall the Company be liable to a Holder in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a violation or alleged violation of any state or federal law (including any claim arising out of or based on any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission in the registration statement or prospectus) which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by or on behalf of any Holder

 

 

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Section 4.2 Indemnification by Holders. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Holder will, if Registrable Securities held by such Holder are included in the securities as to which such registration or qualification or compliance under applicable “blue sky” laws is being effected, indemnify, severally and not jointly, the Company, each of its directors, officers, partners, members, managers, shareholders, accountants, attorneys, agents and employees, each underwriter, if any, of the Company’s securities covered by such a registration, each Person who controls the Company or such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, and each other Holder and each of such other Holder’s officers, directors, partners, members, managers, shareholders, accountants, attorneys, agents and employees and each Person controlling such Holder or any of the foregoing within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (collectively, the “Holder Indemnified Parties”), against all expenses, claims, losses, damages, costs (including costs of preparation and reasonable attorney’s fees and any legal or other fees or expenses actually incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding), judgments, fines, penalties, charges, amounts paid in settlement and other and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any amendment or supplement thereto incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, or any violation by such Holder of, or any rule or regulation promulgated under, the Securities Act, Exchange Act or state securities law applicable to such Holder, and will reimburse each of the Holder Indemnified Parties for any reasonable legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, as such expenses are incurred, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Holder and stated to be specifically for use therein, provided, however, that in no event shall any indemnity under this Section 4.2 payable by a Holder exceed the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities included in such registration exceeds the amount of any other losses, expenses, settlements, damages, claims and liabilities that such Holder has been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission or violation. The indemnity agreement contained in this Section 4.2 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the applicable Holder (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), nor shall the Holder be liable for any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action where such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was corrected in a final or amended prospectus, and the Company or the underwriters failed to deliver a copy of the final or amended prospectus at or prior to the confirmation of the sale of the Registrable Securities to the Person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability in any case in which such delivery is required by the Securities Act

 

 

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Section 4.3 Notification. Each party entitled to indemnification under this Article IV (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided, however, that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such party’s expense; provided, further, however, that an Indemnified Party (together with all other Indemnified Parties) shall have the right to retain one (1) separate counsel, with the reasonable fees and expenses to be paid by the Indemnifying Party, if representation of such Indemnified Party by the counsel retained by the Indemnifying Party would be inappropriate due to conflicting interests between such Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Article IV, only to the extent that, the failure to give such notice is materially prejudicial or harmful to an Indemnifying Party’s ability to defend such action. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the prior written consent of each Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which 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. The indemnity agreements contained in this Article IV shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The indemnification set forth in this Article IV shall be in addition to any other indemnification rights or agreements that an Indemnified Party may have.

Section 4.4 Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Article IV is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party, other than pursuant to its terms, with respect to any claim, loss, damage, liability or action referred to therein, then, subject to the limitations contained in Article IV, the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such claim, loss, damage, liability or action in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the actions that resulted in such claims, loss, damage, liability or action, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact related to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.4 were based solely upon the number of entities from whom contribution was requested or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 4.4. In no event shall any Holder’s contribution obligation under this Section 4.4 exceed the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities included in such registration exceeds the amount of any other losses, expenses, settlements, damages, claims and liabilities that such Holder has been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission or violation. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

 

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ARTICLE V

TRANSFER AND TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS

Section 5.1 Transfer of Registration Rights. The rights to cause the Company to register securities granted to a Holder under this Agreement may be transferred or assigned to any Person in connection with any Transfer (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or assignment of Registrable Securities; provided, however, that (a) such transfer may otherwise be effected in accordance with applicable securities laws, (b) prior written notice of such assignment is given to the Company, and (c) such transferee agrees in writing to be bound by, and subject to, this Agreement as a “Holder” pursuant to a written instrument in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company.

Section 5.2 Termination of Registration Rights. The rights of any particular Holder to cause the Company to register securities under Articles I and II shall terminate with respect to such Holder upon the date upon which such Holder no longer holds any Registrable Securities.

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS.

Section 6.1 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and will become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by a party and delivered to the other parties. Copies of executed counterparts transmitted by telecopy, telefax or other electronic transmission service shall be considered original executed counterparts for purposes of this Section 6.1, provided that receipt of copies of such counterparts is confirmed.

Section 6.2 Governing Law.

(a) This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the state of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state of Delaware.

(b) Any dispute relating hereto shall be heard in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (and any federal appellate courts therefrom) (and to the extent such court declines jurisdiction, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware) (each a “Chosen Court” and collectively, the “Chosen Courts”), and the parties agree to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Chosen Courts. Such Persons further agree that any proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or by any matters related to the foregoing (the “Applicable Matters”) shall be brought exclusively in a Chosen Court, and that any proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any other Applicable Matter shall be deemed to have arisen from a transaction of business in the state of Delaware, and each of the foregoing Persons hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such Chosen Courts in any such proceeding and irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that such Person may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such Chosen Court or that any such proceeding brought in any such Chosen Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

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(c) Such Persons further covenant not to bring a proceeding with respect to the Applicable Matters (or that could affect any Applicable Matter) other than in such Chosen Court and not to challenge or enforce in another jurisdiction a judgment of such Chosen Court.

(d) Process in any such proceeding may be served on any Person with respect to such Applicable Matters anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such Chosen Court. Without limiting the foregoing, each such Person agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 6.5 shall be deemed effective service of process on such Person.

(e) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO, 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, SUIT OR OTHER PROCEEDING (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.

Section 6.3 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiary. This Agreement and the Securities Purchase Agreement contain the entire agreement by and among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and all prior negotiations, writings and understandings relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. Except as provided in Article IV, this Agreement is not intended to confer upon any Person not a party hereto (or their successors and permitted assigns) any rights or remedies hereunder.

Section 6.4 Expenses. Except as provided in Section 3.3, all fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including accounting and legal fees shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses.

Section 6.5 Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made as follows: (a) if sent by registered or certified mail in the United States return receipt requested, upon receipt; (b) if sent by nationally recognized overnight air courier, one (1) business day after mailing; (c) if sent by e-mail transmission, with a copy sent on the same day in the manner provided in the foregoing clause (a) or (b), when transmitted and receipt is confirmed; and (d) if otherwise actually personally delivered, when delivered, provided, that such notices, requests, demands and other communications are delivered to the address set forth below, or to such other address as any party shall provide by like notice to the other parties to this Agreement:

 

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If to the Company, to:

 

APi Group Corporation

1100 Old Highway 8 NW

New Brighton, Minnesota 55112

Attention:     General Counsel and Secretary, Andrea Fike, Esq.

Email:           andrea.fike@apigroupinc.us

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 2000

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301

Attention:     Donn A. Beloff, Esq.

Email:           beloffd@gtlaw.com

If to a Holder, to:

c/o The Blackstone Group Inc.

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

Attention:     Shary Moalemzadeh

                     Andrea Serra

E-mail:         Shary.Moalemzadeh@blackstone.com

                      Andrea.Serra@blackstone.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Ave

New York, New York 10022

Attention:     Peter Martelli, P.C.

                     Joshua Korff, P.C.

                     David Perechocky

E-mail:         peter.martelli@kirkland.com

                      jkorff@kirkland.com

                     david.perechocky@kirkland.com

Section 6.6 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as provided in Section 5.1, no assignment of this Agreement or of any rights or obligations hereunder may be made by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto. Any purported assignment or delegation in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void ab initio.

Section 6.7 Headings. The Section, Article and other headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

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Section 6.8 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed by the Company and the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities outstanding at the time of such amendment. Any party hereto may, only by an instrument in writing, waive compliance by any other party or parties hereto with any term or provision hereof on the part of such other party or parties hereto to be performed or complied with. No failure or delay of any party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise of any right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any term or provision hereof shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach. The rights and remedies of the parties hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have hereunder.

Section 6.9 Interpretation; Absence of Presumption.

(a) For the purposes hereof: (i) words in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa and words of one gender shall be held to include the other gender as the context requires; (ii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” and “herewith” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section and paragraph references are to the Sections and paragraphs in this Agreement unless otherwise specified; (iii) the word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall mean “including, without limitation,” unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise specified; and (iv) the word “or” , “any” or “either” shall not be exclusive. References to a Person are also to its permitted assigns and successors. When calculating the period of time between which, within which or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded (and unless, otherwise required by Law, if the last day of such period is not a business day, the period in question shall end on the next succeeding business day)

(b) With regard to each and every term and condition of this Agreement, the parties hereto understand and agree that the same have or has been mutually negotiated, prepared and drafted, and if at any time the parties hereto desire or are required to interpret or construe any such term or condition, no consideration will be given to the issue of which party hereto actually prepared, drafted or requested any term or condition of this Agreement.

Section 6.10 Severability. Any provision hereof that is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, without affecting in any way the remaining provisions hereof, provided, however, that the parties will attempt in good faith to reform this Agreement in a manner consistent with the intent of any such ineffective provision for the purpose of carrying out such intent.

(The next page is the signature page)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

API GROUP CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Andrea Fike

  Name: Andrea Fike
  Title: General Counsel and Secretary
JUNO LOWER HOLDINGS L.P.
By:   Juno Holdings Manager L.L.C.,
  its general partner
By:  

/s/ Christopher J. James

  Name: Christopher J. James
  Title: Manager
FD JUNO HOLDINGS L.P.
By:   FD Juno Holdings Manager L.L.C.,
  its general partner
By:  

/s/ Christopher J. James

  Name: Christopher J. James
  Title: Manager

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

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EXHIBIT A

DEFINED TERMS

1. The following capitalized terms have the meanings indicated:

Affiliate” of any Person means any Person, directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person.

Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” means an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405.

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

Existing Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 24, 2020, by and between APi Group Corporation and Viking Global Opportunities Liquid Portfolio Sub-Master LP.

Holder” means (a) any Investor holding Registrable Securities and (b) any transferee to which the rights under this Agreement have been transferred in accordance with Section 5.1.

Other Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 26, 2021, by and between APi Group Corporation and Viking Global Equities Master Ltd.

Other Holder” means (a) Viking Global Equities Master Ltd. to the extent it holds “Registrable Securities” (as such term is defined in the Other Agreement) and (b) any transferee to which the rights under the Other Agreement have been transferred in accordance with the Other Agreement.

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization, other legal entity, or any government or governmental agency or authority.

register”, “registered” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.

Registrable Securities” means (a) any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, (b) any shares of Common Stock that may be received as payment of dividends in kind on the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and (c) any Common Stock actually issued in respect of the securities described in clauses (a) or (b) above or this clause (c) upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or similar event; provided, however, that the securities described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above shall only be treated as Registrable Securities until the earliest of: (i) the date on

 

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which such security has been registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with an effective Registration Statement relating thereto; (ii) the date on which such security has been sold pursuant to Rule 144 and the security is no longer a Restricted Security; or (iii) such Registrable Securities becoming eligible for sale by the Holder pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions (but only if the Company has effected the removal of any legend from the certificates evidencing the Registrable Securities).

Registration Expenses” means (a) all expenses incurred by the Company in complying with this Agreement, including internal expenses, all registration, qualification, listing and filing fees, printing expenses, escrow fees, rating agency fees, fees and disbursements of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses, (b) the fees and expenses of one counsel to the Holders in connection with this Agreement selected by the Holder or Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities not to exceed $125,000 and (c) the fees and expenses of counsel for the underwriters and any qualified independent underwriter in connection with FINRA and blue sky qualifications; provided, however, that Registration Expenses shall not include any Selling Expenses.

Restricted Securities” means any Common Stock required to bear the legends set forth in Sections 4.2(b) and 4.2(c) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act and any successor provision.

Rule 405” means Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act and any successor provision.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

Selling Expenses” means all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the securities registered by the Holders.

Series B Convertible Preferred Stock” means the Company’s 5.5% Series B Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

Shelf Registration” means the Resale Shelf Registration or a Subsequent Shelf Registration, as applicable.

Transfer” has the meaning given to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

WKSI” means a “well known seasoned issuer” as defined under Rule 405.

2. The following terms are defined in the Sections of the Agreement indicated:

 

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INDEX OF TERMS

 

Term

   Section  

Agreement

     Preamble  

Applicable Matters

     Section 6.2 (b) 

Chosen Court

     Section 6.2 (b) 

Company

     Preamble  

Company Indemnified Parties

     Section 4.1  

Effectiveness Period

     Section 1.2  

Holder

     Section 5.1  

Holder Indemnified Parties

     Section 4.2  

Indemnified Party

     Section 4.3  

Indemnifying Party

     Section 4.3  

Investor

     Preamble  

Market Stand-Off

     Section 3.6  

Resale Shelf Registration

     Section 1.1  

Securities Purchase Agreement

     Preamble  

Subsequent Holder Notice

     Section 1.5  

Subsequent Shelf Registration

     Section 1.3  

Underwritten Offering

     Section 1.6  

 

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Exhibit 10.5

Execution Copy

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

BY AND AMONG

API GROUP CORPORATION,

VIKING GLOBAL EQUITIES MASTER LTD.

AND

VIKING GLOBAL EQUITIES II, L.P.

Dated as of January 3, 2022

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

 

Article I Resale Shelf Registration

     1  

Section 1.1

  Resale Shelf Registration Statement      1  

Section 1.2

  Effectiveness Period      2  

Section 1.3

  Subsequent Shelf Registration      2  

Section 1.4

  Supplements and Amendments      3  

Section 1.5

  Subsequent Holder Notice      3  

Section 1.6

  Underwritten Offering      3  

Section 1.7

  Take-Down Notice      4  

Article II Company Registration

     4  

Section 2.1

  Notice of Registration      4  

Section 2.2

  Underwriting      5  

Section 2.3

  Right to Terminate Registration      5  

Article III Additional Provisions Regarding Registration Rights

     6  

Section 3.1

  Registration Procedures      6  

Section 3.2

  Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights      8  

Section 3.3

  Expenses of Registration      8  

Section 3.4

  Information by Holders      9  

Section 3.5

  Rule 144 Reporting      9  

Section 3.6

  “Market Stand-Off” Agreement      10  

Article IV Indemnification

     10  

Section 4.1

  Indemnification by Company      10  

Section 4.2

  Indemnification by Holders      11  

Section 4.3

  Notification      12  

Section 4.4

  Contribution      12  

Article V Transfer and Termination of Registration Rights

     13  

Section 5.1

  Transfer of Registration Rights      13  

Section 5.2

  Termination of Registration Rights      13  

Article VI Miscellaneous

     13  

Section 6.1

  Counterparts      13  

Section 6.2

  Governing Law      13  

Section 6.3

  Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiary      14  

Section 6.4

  Expenses      14  

Section 6.5

  Notices      14  

 

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Section 6.6

  Successors and Assigns      15  

Section 6.7

  Headings      15  

Section 6.8

  Amendments and Waivers      16  

Section 6.9

  Interpretation; Absence of Presumption      16  

Section 6.10

  Severability      16  

 

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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of January 3, 2022, by and among APi Group Corporation, a Delaware corporation (including its successors and permitted assigns, the “Company”), and Viking Global Equities Master Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company and Viking Global Equities II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Investors” and each an “Investor”). Capitalized terms used but not defined elsewhere herein are defined in Exhibit A.

This Agreement is entered into in connection with the closing of the issuance of 200,000 shares of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, which are convertible into shares of Common Stock, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2021, by and among the Company and the Investor (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).

As a condition to each of the parties’ obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Investors are entering into this Agreement for the purpose of granting certain registration rights to the Investors.

In consideration of the premises and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

RESALE SHELF REGISTRATION

Section 1.1 Resale Shelf Registration Statement. Subject to the other applicable provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall file on the date hereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to go effective as promptly as practicable a registration statement covering the sale or distribution from time to time by the Holders, on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act of all of the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, then such registration shall be on another appropriate form (including Form S-1) and shall provide for the registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by such Holders in accordance with any reasonable method of distribution elected by the Holders and provided for in such registration statement) (the “Resale Shelf Registration Statement” and such registration, the “Resale Shelf Registration”), and if the Company is a WKSI as of the filing date, the Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall be an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement. If the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is not an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, then the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Commission prevents the Company from including any or all of the Registrable Securities on the Resale Shelf Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders, the Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall register the resale of a number of shares of the Registrable Securities which is equal to the maximum number of shares as is permitted by the Commission, and, subject to the provisions of this Section 1.1, the Company shall

 

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continue to its use commercially reasonable efforts to register all remaining Registrable Securities as set forth in this Section 1.1. In such event, the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders, provided, however, that, prior to reducing the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be registered for any Holder in such Resale Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall first remove any shares of Registrable Securities to be registered for any Person other than a Holder that was proposed to be included in such Resale Shelf Registration Statement. The Company shall continue to use its commercially reasonable efforts to register all remaining Registrable Securities as promptly as practicable in accordance with the applicable rules, regulations and guidance of the Commission. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Commission, by written comment, limits the Company’s ability to file, or prohibits or delays the filing of, a Resale Shelf Registration Statement or a Subsequent Shelf Registration with respect to any or all the Registrable Securities, the Company’s compliance with such limitation, prohibition or delay solely to the extent of such limitation, prohibition or delay shall not be a breach or default by the Company under this Agreement and shall not be deemed a failure by the Company to use “commercially reasonable efforts” or “reasonable efforts” as set forth above or elsewhere in this Agreement.

Section 1.2 Effectiveness Period. Once effective, the Company shall, subject to the other applicable provisions of this Agreement, use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or a Subsequent Shelf Registration to be continuously effective (including by filing a new Resale Shelf Registration Statement or Subsequent Shelf Registration, if necessary) and usable until the earlier of (a) the date on which all Registrable Securities included in such registration have been sold or distributed pursuant to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or Subsequent Shelf Registration, as applicable, (b) the date as of which there are no longer in existence any Registrable Securities covered by the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or Subsequent Shelf Registration, as applicable, and (c) an earlier date agreed to in writing by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities (the “Effectiveness Period”).

Section 1.3 Subsequent Shelf Registration. If any Shelf Registration ceases to be effective under the Securities Act for any reason at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly cause such Shelf Registration to again become effective under the Securities Act (including obtaining the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration), and in any event shall within thirty (30) days of such cessation of effectiveness, amend such Shelf Registration in a manner reasonably expected to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration or, file an additional registration statement (a “Subsequent Shelf Registration”) for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act registering the resale from time to time by Holders thereof of all securities that are Registrable Securities as of the time of such filing. If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (a) cause such Subsequent Shelf Registration to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable after such filing, but in no event later than the date that is ninety (90) days after such Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed and (b) keep such Subsequent Shelf Registration (or another Subsequent Shelf Registration) continuously effective until the end of the Effectiveness Period. Any such Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be a Registration Statement on Form S-3 to the extent that the Company is eligible to use such form, and if the Company is a WKSI as of the filing

 

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date, such Registration Statement shall be an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement. Otherwise, such Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be on another appropriate form (including Form S-1) and shall provide for the registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by such Holders in accordance with any reasonable method of distribution elected by the Holders.

Section 1.4 Supplements and Amendments. The Company shall supplement and amend any Shelf Registration if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such Shelf Registration if required by the Securities Act or as reasonably requested by the Holders covered by such Shelf Registration.

Section 1.5 Subsequent Holder Notice. If a Person becomes a Holder of Registrable Securities after a Shelf Registration becomes effective under the Securities Act, the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable following delivery of written notice to the Company of such Person becoming a Holder and requesting for its name to be included as a selling securityholder in the prospectus related to the Shelf Registration (a “Subsequent Holder Notice”):

(a) if required and permitted by applicable law, subject to Section 3.1(k), and if the Company is not a WKSI, without regard to the limitations included therein relating to the number of times the Company can provide a Suspension Notice within a 12 month period, file with the Commission a supplement to the related prospectus or a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration so that such Holder is named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration and the related prospectus in such a manner as to permit such Holder to deliver a prospectus to purchasers of the Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable law;

(b) if, pursuant to Section 1.5(a), the Company shall have filed a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration that is not automatically effective, use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such post-effective amendment to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable, but in any event by the date that is ninety (90) days after the date such post-effective amendment is required by Section 1.5(a) to be filed; and

(c) notify such Holder as promptly as is reasonably practicable after the effectiveness under the Securities Act of any post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Section 1.5(a).

Section 1.6 Underwritten Offering. The Holders of Registrable Securities may on one or more occasions after the Resale Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective deliver a written notice to the Company specifying that the sale of some or all of the Registrable Securities subject to the Shelf Registration is intended to be conducted through an underwritten offering, so long as the anticipated gross proceeds of such underwritten offering is not less than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) (unless the Holders are proposing to sell all of their remaining Registrable Securities in which case no such minimum gross proceeds threshold shall apply) (the “Underwritten Offering”). The Company will not be obligated to effect more than two (2) Underwritten Offering under this Section 1.6 during any twelve (12) month period. In the event of an Underwritten Offering:

(a) The Holder or Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities participating in an Underwritten Offering shall select the managing underwriter or underwriters to administer the Underwritten Offering.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.6, if the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering advises the Board of Directors of the Company that in its or their opinion the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering exceeds the number which can be sold in such Underwritten Offering in light of market conditions, the Registrable Securities shall be included on a pro rata basis upon the number of securities that each Holder shall have requested to be included in such offering. If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter or underwriters.

(c) The Company shall agree and shall cause its executive officers and directors to sign a customary “lock-up” agreement with the underwriters in any Underwritten Offering; provided that the lock-up period required thereunder shall not exceed 90 days from the closing of the Underwritten Offering.

Section 1.7 Take-Down Notice. Subject to the other applicable provisions of this Agreement, at any time that any Shelf Registration Statement is effective, if a Holder delivers a notice to the Company (a “Take-Down Notice”) stating that it intends to effect a sale or distribution of all or part of its Registrable Securities included by it on any Shelf Registration Statement (a “Shelf Offering”) and stating the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such Shelf Offering, then, subject to the other applicable provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, amend or supplement the Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to enable such Registrable Securities to be sold and distributed pursuant to the Shelf Offering.

ARTICLE II

COMPANY REGISTRATION

Section 2.1 Notice of Registration. If at any time or from time to time the Company shall determine to file a registration statement with respect to an offering (or to make an underwritten public offering pursuant to a previously filed registration statement) for cash of its Common Stock, whether or not for its own account (other than a registration statement on Form S-4, Form S-8 or any successor forms), the Company will:

(a) promptly give to each Holder written notice thereof, which notice shall be given, to the extent reasonably practicable, no later than ten (10) days prior to the filing or launch date (except in the case of an offering that is an “overnight offering”, in which case such notice must be given no later than two (2) business days prior to the filing or launch date); and

(b) subject to Section 2.2, include in such registration or underwritten offering (and any related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance) all the Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests made within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice from the Company by any Holder (except in the case of an offering that is an “overnight offering”, in which case such request must be made no later than one (1) business day after receipt of such written notice from the Company).

 

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Section 2.2 Underwriting. The right of any Holder to registration pursuant to Section 1.6 or this Article II shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. Each Holder proposing to distribute its securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company and the other holders distributing their securities through such underwriting) enter into and perform such Holder’s obligations under an underwriting agreement with the managing underwriter selected for such underwriting by the Company or by the stockholders of the Company who have the right to select the underwriters (such underwriting agreement to be in a customary form negotiated by the Company or such stockholders, as the case may be). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article II, if the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering with respect to which Holders of Registrable Securities have exercised their piggyback registration rights advise the Board of Directors of the Company that in its or their opinion the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in the offering thereby and all other securities proposed to be sold in the offering exceeds the number which can be sold in such underwritten offering in light of market conditions, the Registrable Securities and such other securities to be included in such underwritten offering shall be allocated, (a) first, in the event such offering was initiated by the Company for its own account, up to the total number of securities that the Company has requested to be included in such registration, (b) second, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (a) have been included, up to the total number of securities that the holders under the Existing Registration Rights Agreement have requested to be included in such offering, (c) third, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (b) have been included, up to the total number of securities that the Holders have requested to be included in such offering, together with the total number of securities that the Other Holders have requested to be included in such offering pursuant to the Other Agreement (in each case, pro rata based upon the number of securities that each of them shall have requested to be included in such offering) and (d) fourth, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (c) have been included, all other securities proposed to be included in such offering that, in the opinion of the managing underwriter or underwriters can be sold without having such adverse effect. If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter or underwriters. Any securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from such registration.

Section 2.3 Right to Terminate Registration. The Company or the holders of securities who have caused a registration statement to be filed as contemplated by this Article II, as the case may be, shall have the right to have any registration initiated by it or them under this Article II terminated or withdrawn prior to the effectiveness thereof, whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration.

 

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ARTICLE III

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING REGISTRATION RIGHTS

Section 3.1 Registration Procedures. In the case of each registration effected by the Company pursuant to Article I or II, the Company will keep each Holder participating in such registration reasonably informed as to the status thereof and, at its expense, the Company will, as expeditiously as possible to the extent applicable:

(a) prepare and file, as promptly as reasonably practicable, with the Commission a registration statement with respect to such securities in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement;

(b) prepare and file, as promptly as reasonably practicable, with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement (including to permit the intended method of distribution thereof) and as may be necessary to keep the registration statement continuously effective for the period set forth in this Agreement;

(c) furnish to the Holders participating in such registration and to their legal counsel copies of the registration statement proposed to be filed, and provide such Holders and their legal counsel the reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such registration statement provided that in no event shall the Company be required to delay or postpone any filing if such Holder and their legal counsel have not provided comments within five (5) Business Days of their receipt of such copies;

(d) furnish to the Holders participating in such registration and to the underwriters of the securities being registered such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement, preliminary prospectus and final prospectus as the such underwriters may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public offering of such securities;

(e) use commercially reasonable efforts to notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the Company’s knowledge of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or incomplete in the light of the circumstances then existing, and, subject to Section 3.1(n), at the request of any such Holder, prepare promptly and furnish to such Holder a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchaser of such shares, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or incomplete in the light of the circumstances then existing;

(f) use commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions in which it is not already qualified;

 

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(g) in the event that the Registrable Securities are being offered in an underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement on customary terms and in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement;

(h) use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish, (i) on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale, if such securities are being sold through underwriters, an opinion and negative assurance letter, dated as of such date, of the legal counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and (ii) on the date that the offering of such Registrable Securities is priced and on the date that such securities are being sold through underwriters, a letter dated as of such date, from the independent certified public accountants of the Company, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters;

(i) in connection with a customary due diligence review, make available during business hours for inspection by the Holders, any underwriter participating in any such disposition of Registrable Securities, if any, and any counsel or accountants retained by the Holders or underwriter, all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to supply all relevant information and participate in customary due diligence sessions in each case reasonably requested by any such representative, underwriter, counsel or accountant in connection with such registration statement, provided, however, each such underwriter shall agree in writing to hold in strict confidence and not to make any disclosure or use of any information requested above (the “Requested Information”), unless (1) the disclosure of the Requested Information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in such registration or is otherwise required under the Securities Act, (2) the release of the Requested Information is ordered pursuant to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, (3) the Requested Information is or has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement, (4) the Requested Information was within such underwriter’s possession on a non-confidential basis prior to it being furnished to such underwriter by or on behalf of the Company or any of its representatives, provided that the source of such information was not bound by a confidentiality agreement or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information or (5) the Requested Information becomes available to such underwriter on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or any of its representatives, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information. Such underwriter agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of the Requested Information is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at the Company’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Requested Information deemed confidential;

(j) in the event that any broker-dealer underwrites any Registrable Securities or participates as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or “participates in an offering” (within the meaning of the FINRA Rules) thereof, whether as a Holder or as an underwriter, placement, sales agent or broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will, upon the reasonable request of such broker-dealer, comply with any reasonable request of such broker-dealer in complying with the FINRA Rules;

 

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(k) notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the Board of Directors of the Company has determined in good faith that the disclosure necessary for continued use of the prospectus and registration statement by the Holders could be materially detrimental to the Company, the Company shall have the right not to file or not to cause the effectiveness of any registration covering any Registrable Securities and to suspend the use of the prospectus and the registration statement covering any Registrable Security for such period of time as its use would be materially detrimental to the Company by delivering written notice of such suspension to all Holders listed on the Company’s records; provided, however, that in any 12-month period the Company may exercise the right to such suspension not more than twice. From and after the date of a notice of suspension under this Section 3.1(k), each Holder agrees not to use the prospectus or registration statement until the earlier of (i) notice from the Company that such suspension has been lifted or (ii) the day following the sixtieth (60th) day of suspension within any 12-month period;

(l) cooperate with, and direct the Company’s transfer agent to cooperate with, the Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely settlement of any offering or sale of Registrable Securities, including the preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any legends) or book-entry (not bearing stop transfer instructions) representing Registrable Securities to be sold and, in connection therewith, if reasonably required by the Company’s transfer agent, the Company shall promptly cause an opinion of counsel to be delivered to and maintained with its transfer agent, together with any other authorizations, certificates and directions required by the transfer agent which authorize and direct the transfer agent to issue such Registrable Securities without restriction upon sale by the holder of such shares of Registrable Securities;

(m) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all shares of Registrable Securities to be listed on the national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed; and

(n) cause its officers to use their reasonable best efforts to support the marketing of the Registrable Securities (including participation in “road shows” and other customary marketing activities, which may be virtual).

Section 3.2 Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and after the date hereof, the Company shall not enter into any agreement granting any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company registration rights with respect to such securities that conflict with the rights granted to the Holders herein, without the prior written consent of Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities.

Section 3.3 Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any registration pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise in complying with this Agreement shall be borne by the Company. All Selling Expenses relating to securities registered on behalf of the Holders shall be borne by the Holders of the registered securities included in such registration.

 

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Section 3.4 Information by Holders. The Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities included in any registration shall furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder or Holders, the Registrable Securities held by them and the distribution proposed by such Holder or Holders as the Company may reasonably request in writing and as shall be required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that the obligations of the Company under Article I or II are conditioned on the timely provisions of the foregoing information by such Holder or Holders and, without limitation of the foregoing, will be conditioned on compliance by such Holder or Holders with the following:

(a) such Holder or Holders will cooperate with the Company in connection with the preparation of the applicable registration statement, and for so long as the Company is obligated to keep such registration statement effective, such Holder or Holders will provide to the Company, in writing and in a timely manner, for use in such registration statement (and expressly identified in writing as such), all information regarding themselves and such other information as may be required by applicable law to enable the Company to prepare such registration statement and the related prospectus covering the applicable Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders and to maintain the currency and effectiveness thereof;

(b) during such time as such Holder or Holders may be engaged in a distribution of the Registrable Securities, such Holder or Holders will comply with all laws applicable to such distribution, including Regulation M promulgated under the Exchange Act, and, to the extent required by such laws, will, among other things: (i) not engage in any stabilization activity in connection with the securities of the Company in contravention of such laws and (ii) if required by applicable law, cause to be furnished to each agent or broker-dealer to or through whom such Registrable Securities may be offered, or to the offeree if an offer is made directly by such Holder or Holders, such copies of the applicable prospectus (as amended and supplemented to such date) and documents incorporated by reference therein as may be required by such agent, broker-dealer or offeree; and

(c) on receipt of written notice from the Company of the happening of any of the events specified in Section 3.1(k), or that requires the suspension by such Holder or Holders of the distribution of any of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders pursuant to a registered offering, then such Holders shall cease offering or distributing the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders in a registered offering until the offering and distribution of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders may recommence in accordance with the terms hereof and applicable law.

Section 3.5 Rule 144 Reporting. With a view to making available the benefits of Rule 144 to the Holders, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to:

(a) file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act; and

(b) so long as a Holder owns any Restricted Securities, furnish to the Holder forthwith upon written request a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

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Section 3.6 Market Stand-Off Agreement. The Company and the Holders shall not sell, transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale with respect to, any Common Stock (or other securities of the Company) (other than those included in the registration) for a period specified by the representatives of the managing underwriter or underwriters of Common Stock (or other securities of the Company convertible into Common Stock) not to exceed five (5) days prior and ninety (90) days following any registered public sale of securities by the Company in which such Holder participates in accordance with Article II, subject to customary exceptions, including (a) transfers to affiliates and (b) pledges and foreclosures on such pledges. Each of the Holders also shall execute and deliver any “lock-up” agreement reasonably requested by the representatives of any underwriters of the Company in connection with an offering in which such Holder participates, subject to customary exceptions, including (a) transfers to affiliates and (b) pledges and foreclosures on such pledges.

ARTICLE IV

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 4.1 Indemnification by Company. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company will, with respect to any Registrable Securities as to which registration or qualification or compliance under applicable “blue sky” laws has been effected pursuant to this Agreement, indemnify each Holder, each Holder’s current and former officers, directors, partners, members, managers, shareholders, accountants, attorneys, agents and employees, and each Person controlling such Holder or any of the foregoing within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, and each underwriter thereof, if any, and each Person who controls any such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (collectively, the “Company Indemnified Parties”), against all expenses, claims, losses, damages, costs (including costs of preparation and reasonable attorney’s fees and any legal or other fees or expenses actually incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding), judgments, fines, penalties, charges, amounts paid in settlement and other liabilities, joint or several (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any amendment or supplement thereto incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, or any violation by the Company of, or any rule or regulation promulgated under, the Securities Act, Exchange Act or state securities laws applicable to the Company in connection with any such registration, and the Company will reimburse each of the Company Indemnified Parties for any reasonable legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, as such expenses are incurred. The indemnity agreement contained in this Section 4.1 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), nor shall the Company be liable to a Holder in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a violation or alleged violation of any state or federal law (including any claim arising out of or based on any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission in the registration statement or prospectus) which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by or on behalf of any Holder

 

 

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Section 4.2 Indemnification by Holders. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Holder will, if Registrable Securities held by such Holder are included in the securities as to which such registration or qualification or compliance under applicable “blue sky” laws is being effected, indemnify, severally and not jointly, the Company, each of its directors, officers, partners, members, managers, shareholders, accountants, attorneys, agents and employees, each underwriter, if any, of the Company’s securities covered by such a registration, each Person who controls the Company or such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, and each other Holder and each of such other Holder’s officers, directors, partners, members, managers, shareholders, accountants, attorneys, agents and employees and each Person controlling such Holder or any of the foregoing within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (collectively, the “Holder Indemnified Parties”), against all expenses, claims, losses, damages, costs (including costs of preparation and reasonable attorney’s fees and any legal or other fees or expenses actually incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding), judgments, fines, penalties, charges, amounts paid in settlement and other and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any amendment or supplement thereto incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, or any violation by such Holder of, or any rule or regulation promulgated under, the Securities Act, Exchange Act or state securities law applicable to such Holder, and will reimburse each of the Holder Indemnified Parties for any reasonable legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, as such expenses are incurred, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Holder and stated to be specifically for use therein, provided, however, that in no event shall any indemnity under this Section 4.2 payable by a Holder exceed the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities included in such registration exceeds the amount of any other losses, expenses, settlements, damages, claims and liabilities that such Holder has been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission or violation. The indemnity agreement contained in this Section 4.2 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the applicable Holder (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), nor shall the Holder be liable for any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action where such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was corrected in a final or amended prospectus, and the Company or the underwriters failed to deliver a copy of the final or amended prospectus at or prior to the confirmation of the sale of the Registrable Securities to the Person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability in any case in which such delivery is required by the Securities Act

 

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Section 4.3 Notification. Each party entitled to indemnification under this Article IV (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided, however, that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such party’s expense; provided, further, however, that an Indemnified Party (together with all other Indemnified Parties) shall have the right to retain one (1) separate counsel, with the reasonable fees and expenses to be paid by the Indemnifying Party, if representation of such Indemnified Party by the counsel retained by the Indemnifying Party would be inappropriate due to conflicting interests between such Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Article IV, only to the extent that, the failure to give such notice is materially prejudicial or harmful to an Indemnifying Party’s ability to defend such action. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the prior written consent of each Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which 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. The indemnity agreements contained in this Article IV shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The indemnification set forth in this Article IV shall be in addition to any other indemnification rights or agreements that an Indemnified Party may have.

Section 4.4 Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Article IV is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party, other than pursuant to its terms, with respect to any claim, loss, damage, liability or action referred to therein, then, subject to the limitations contained in Article IV, the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such claim, loss, damage, liability or action in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the actions that resulted in such claims, loss, damage, liability or action, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact related to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.4 were based solely upon the number of entities from whom contribution was requested or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 4.4. In no event shall any Holder’s contribution obligation under this Section 4.4 exceed the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities included in such registration exceeds the amount of any other losses, expenses,

 

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settlements, damages, claims and liabilities that such Holder has been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission or violation. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

ARTICLE V

TRANSFER AND TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS

Section 5.1 Transfer of Registration Rights. The rights to cause the Company to register securities granted to a Holder under this Agreement may be transferred or assigned to any Person in connection with any Transfer (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or assignment of Registrable Securities; provided, however, that (a) such transfer may otherwise be effected in accordance with applicable securities laws, (b) prior written notice of such assignment is given to the Company, and (c) such transferee agrees in writing to be bound by, and subject to, this Agreement as a “Holder” pursuant to a written instrument in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company.

Section 5.2 Termination of Registration Rights. The rights of any particular Holder to cause the Company to register securities under Articles I and II shall terminate with respect to such Holder upon the date upon which such Holder no longer holds any Registrable Securities.

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS.

Section 6.1 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and will become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by a party and delivered to the other parties. Copies of executed counterparts transmitted by telecopy, telefax or other electronic transmission service shall be considered original executed counterparts for purposes of this Section 6.1, provided that receipt of copies of such counterparts is confirmed.

Section 6.2 Governing Law.

(a) This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the state of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state of Delaware.

(b) Any dispute relating hereto shall be heard in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (and any federal appellate courts therefrom) (and to the extent such court declines jurisdiction, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware) (each a “Chosen Court” and collectively, the “Chosen Courts”), and the parties agree to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Chosen Courts. Such Persons further agree that any proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or by any matters related to the foregoing (the “Applicable Matters”) shall be brought exclusively in a Chosen Court, and that any proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any other Applicable Matter shall be deemed to have arisen from a transaction of business in the state of Delaware, and each of the foregoing Persons hereby irrevocably consents

 

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to the jurisdiction of such Chosen Courts in any such proceeding and irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that such Person may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such Chosen Court or that any such proceeding brought in any such Chosen Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

(c) Such Persons further covenant not to bring a proceeding with respect to the Applicable Matters (or that could affect any Applicable Matter) other than in such Chosen Court and not to challenge or enforce in another jurisdiction a judgment of such Chosen Court.

(d) Process in any such proceeding may be served on any Person with respect to such Applicable Matters anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such Chosen Court. Without limiting the foregoing, each such Person agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 6.5 shall be deemed effective service of process on such Person.

(e) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO, 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, SUIT OR OTHER PROCEEDING (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.

Section 6.3 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiary. This Agreement and the Securities Purchase Agreement contain the entire agreement by and among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and all prior negotiations, writings and understandings relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. Except as provided in Article IV, this Agreement is not intended to confer upon any Person not a party hereto (or their successors and permitted assigns) any rights or remedies hereunder.

Section 6.4 Expenses. Except as provided in Section 3.3, all fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including accounting and legal fees shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses.

Section 6.5 Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made as follows: (a) if sent by registered or certified mail in the United States return receipt requested, upon receipt; (b) if sent by nationally recognized overnight air courier, one (1) business day after mailing; (c) if sent by e-mail transmission, with a copy sent on the same day in the manner provided in the foregoing clause (a) or (b), when transmitted and receipt is confirmed; and (d) if otherwise actually personally delivered, when delivered, provided, that such notices, requests, demands and other communications are delivered to the address set forth below, or to such other address as any party shall provide by like notice to the other parties to this Agreement:

 

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If to the Company, to:

APi Group Corporation

1100 Old Highway 8 NW

New Brighton, Minnesota 55112

  Attention:

General Counsel and Secretary, Andrea Fike, Esq.

  Email:

andrea.fike@apigroupinc.us

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 2000

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301

  Attention:

Donn A. Beloff, Esq.

  Email:

beloffd@gtlaw.com

If to a Holder, to:

Viking Global Equities Master Ltd.

c/o Viking Global Investors LP

280 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10017

  Attention:

Brian Kaufman; General Counsel

  E-mail:

bkaufmann@vikingglobal;

   

legalnotices@vikingglobal.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

One Liberty Plaza

New York, New York 10006

  Attention:

Benet J. O’Reilly

   

Paul Imperatore

  Email:

boreilly@cgsh.com

   

pimperatore@cgsh.com

Section 6.6 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as provided in Section 5.1, no assignment of this Agreement or of any rights or obligations hereunder may be made by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto. Any purported assignment or delegation in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void ab initio.

Section 6.7 Headings. The Section, Article and other headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

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Section 6.8 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed by the Company and the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities outstanding at the time of such amendment. Any party hereto may, only by an instrument in writing, waive compliance by any other party or parties hereto with any term or provision hereof on the part of such other party or parties hereto to be performed or complied with. No failure or delay of any party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise of any right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any term or provision hereof shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach. The rights and remedies of the parties hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have hereunder.

Section 6.9 Interpretation; Absence of Presumption.

(a) For the purposes hereof: (i) words in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa and words of one gender shall be held to include the other gender as the context requires; (ii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” and “herewith” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section and paragraph references are to the Sections and paragraphs in this Agreement unless otherwise specified; (iii) the word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall mean “including, without limitation,” unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise specified; and (iv) the word “or” , “any” or “either” shall not be exclusive. References to a Person are also to its permitted assigns and successors. When calculating the period of time between which, within which or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded (and unless, otherwise required by Law, if the last day of such period is not a business day, the period in question shall end on the next succeeding business day)

(b) With regard to each and every term and condition of this Agreement, the parties hereto understand and agree that the same have or has been mutually negotiated, prepared and drafted, and if at any time the parties hereto desire or are required to interpret or construe any such term or condition, no consideration will be given to the issue of which party hereto actually prepared, drafted or requested any term or condition of this Agreement.

Section 6.10 Severability. Any provision hereof that is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, without affecting in any way the remaining provisions hereof, provided, however, that the parties will attempt in good faith to reform this Agreement in a manner consistent with the intent of any such ineffective provision for the purpose of carrying out such intent.

(The next page is the signature page)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

API GROUP CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Andrea Fike

  Name: Andrea Fike
  Title:   General Counsel and Secretary
VIKING GLOBAL EQUITIES MASTER LTD.
By: Viking Global Performance LLC, its General Partner
By:  

/s/ Katerina Novak

  Name: Katerina Novak
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
VIKING GLOBAL EQUITIES II LP
By: Viking Global Performance LLC, its General Partner
By:  

/s/ Katerina Novak

  Name: Katerina Novak
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

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EXHIBIT A

DEFINED TERMS

 

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The following capitalized terms have the meanings indicated:

Affiliate” of any Person means any Person, directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person.

Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” means an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405.

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

Existing Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 24, 2020, by and between APi Group Corporation and Viking Global Opportunities Liquid Portfolio Sub-Master LP.

Holder” means (a) any Investor holding Registrable Securities and (b) any transferee to which the rights under this Agreement have been transferred in accordance with Section 5.1.

Other Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 3, 2021, by and between APi Group Corporation and Blackstone entity(ies).

Other Holder” means (a) Blackstone entity(ies) to the extent it holds “Registrable Securities” (as such term is defined in the Other Agreement) and (b) any transferee to which the rights under the Other Agreement have been transferred in accordance with the Other Agreement.

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization, other legal entity, or any government or governmental agency or authority.

register”, “registered” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.

Registrable Securities” means (a) any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, (b) any shares of Common Stock that may be received as payment of dividends in kind on the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and (c) any Common Stock actually issued in respect of the securities described in clauses (a) or (b) above or this clause (c) upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or similar event; provided, however, that the securities described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above shall only be treated as Registrable Securities until the earliest of: (i) the date on

 

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which such security has been registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with an effective Registration Statement relating thereto; (ii) the date on which such security has been sold pursuant to Rule 144 and the security is no longer a Restricted Security; or (iii) such Registrable Securities becoming eligible for sale by the Holder pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions (but only if the Company has effected the removal of any legend from the certificates evidencing the Registrable Securities).

Registration Expenses” means (a) all expenses incurred by the Company in complying with this Agreement, including internal expenses, all registration, qualification, listing and filing fees, printing expenses, escrow fees, rating agency fees, fees and disbursements of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses, (b) the fees and expenses of one counsel to the Holders in connection with this Agreement selected by the Holder or Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities not to exceed $125,000 and (c) the fees and expenses of counsel for the underwriters and any qualified independent underwriter in connection with FINRA and blue sky qualifications; provided, however, that Registration Expenses shall not include any Selling Expenses.

Restricted Securities” means any Common Stock required to bear the legends set forth in Sections 4.2(b) and 4.2(c) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act and any successor provision.

Rule 405” means Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act and any successor provision.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

Selling Expenses” means all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the securities registered by the Holders.

Series B Convertible Preferred Stock” means the Company’s 5.5% Series B Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

Shelf Registration” means the Resale Shelf Registration or a Subsequent Shelf Registration, as applicable.

Transfer” has the meaning given to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

WKSI” means a “well known seasoned issuer” as defined under Rule 405.

 

2.

The following terms are defined in the Sections of the Agreement indicated:

 

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INDEX OF TERMS

 

Term

   Section  

Agreement

     Preamble  

Applicable Matters

     Section 6.2(b)  

Chosen Court

     Section 6.2(b)  

Company

     Preamble  

Company Indemnified Parties

     Section 4.1  

Effectiveness Period

     Section 1.2  

Holder

     Section 5.1  

Holder Indemnified Parties

     Section 4.2  

Indemnified Party

     Section 4.3  

Indemnifying Party

     Section 4.3  

Investor

     Preamble  

Market Stand-Off

     Section 3.6  

Resale Shelf Registration

     Section 1.1  

Securities Purchase Agreement

     Preamble  

Subsequent Holder Notice

     Section 1.5  

Subsequent Shelf Registration

     Section 1.3  

Underwritten Offering

     Section 1.6  

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

APi Group Completes Acquisition of Chubb Fire & Security Business

-Transforms APi into world’s leading life safety services provider-

-Strengthens recurring revenue, services focused business model-

New Brighton, Minnesota – January 3, 2022 – APi Group Corporation (NYSE: APG) (“APG”, “APi” or the “Company”) today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the Chubb fire and security business (“Chubb”) from Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR) for an enterprise value of $3.1 billion, which is comprised of $2.9 billion cash and approximately $200 million of assumed liabilities and other adjustments.

Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Chubb has approximately 13,000 employees globally and a sales and services network spanning 17 countries serving more than 1.5 million customer sites in Asia Pacific, Canada and Europe. The business is a globally recognized fire safety and security services provider, offering customers complete and reliable services from design and installation to monitoring and on-going maintenance and recurring services.

Russ Becker, APi’s President and Chief Executive Officer stated: “Today we welcome the 13,000 employees of Chubb to the APi family and begin the work of swiftly integrating Chubb into APi and leveraging the opportunities this acquisition creates. We begin 2022 as the world’s leading life safety services provider. Since announcing the acquisition on July 27, 2021, the level of excitement from our international customers and our teams about the opportunities the combined platform will bring has been extremely encouraging. This validates our belief that the transaction will be highly accretive with compelling synergies and that it will help accelerate revenue growth through cross-selling certain products and services.

We couldn’t be more excited about the prospects of working with such a talented, international leadership team that believes in the same values and has the same employee and customer focus we do at APi. As the Chubb business shifts from being a non-core asset to one that is a paramount strategic priority within APi, we believe the business will move faster and more efficiently, globally leveraging the expertise and ability of our combined 26,000 dedicated and talented team members.”

APi Co-Chair James E. Lillie added: “The completion of the acquisition of Chubb is an exciting milestone as we continue our evolution and growth as a public company. The acquisition creates another new chapter for APi, while also continuing our original investment thesis in creating value as the global leader in life safety services concentrating the majority of the business on statutorily-mandated, recurring service revenue. We are excited by the near-term and long-term opportunities for APi and believe there is significant future value creation potential as we combine our two organizations and realize revenue as well as cost synergies. We believe our services and statutorily-focused business model is well positioned to be successful as the market confronts certain supply chain disruptions, inflationary cost pressure and the impact of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. We look forward to updating you throughout the year and as we cross key milestones.”

About APi:

APi is a market-leading business services provider of safety and specialty services in over 200 locations worldwide. APi provides statutorily mandated and other contracted services to a strong base of long-standing customers across industries. We have a winning leadership culture driven by entrepreneurial business leaders to deliver innovative solutions for our customers. More information can be found at www.apigroupcorp.com.

Investor Relations Inquiries:

Olivia Walton

Vice President of Investor Relations

Tel: +1 651-604-2773

Email: investorrelations@apigroupinc.us

Media Contact:

Liz Cohen

Kekst CNC

Tel: +1 212-521-4845

Email: Liz.Cohen@kekstcnc.com

 

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Forward-Looking Statements and Disclaimers

Certain statements in this announcement are forward-looking statements which are based on the Company’s expectations, intentions and projections regarding the Company’s future performance, anticipated events or trends and other matters that are not historical facts, including expectations regarding: (i) the potential benefits of the acquisition of the Chubb fire and security business, including the global expansion of the Company’s business, expectations that the acquisition of Chubb will be highly accretive with compelling synergies, revenue growth through cross-selling and synergistic opportunities and future value creation and (ii) the Company’s belief that its services and statutorily-focused business model will be successful in confronting certain supply chain disruptions, inflation and the Omicron COVID-19 variant. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including: (i) economic conditions, competition and other risks that may affect the Company’s future performance, including the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business, markets, supply chain, customers and workforce, on the credit and financial markets, on the alignment of expenses and revenues and on the global economy generally; (ii) failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisition of Chubb; (iii) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (iv) the possibility that the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and (v) other risks and uncertainties. Given these risks and uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of such statements and, except as required by applicable law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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Exhibit 99.2

U N A U D I T E D C O N D E N S E D C O M B I N E D F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S

Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

As of and for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020

 


Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Condensed Combined Financial Statements

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021

Contents

 

Contents

     1  

Condensed Combined Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

     2  

Condensed Combined Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)

     3  

Condensed Combined Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

     4  

Condensed Combined Statements of Changes in Net Investment (Unaudited)

     5  

Condensed Combined Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

     6  

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements (Unaudited)

     7  

 

1


Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Condensed Combined Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

 

    

For the Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
(Dollars in Thousands)    2021     2020  

Net sales

    

Product sales

   $ 607,893     $ 489,996  

Service sales

     1,013,932       900,845  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,621,825       1,390,841  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Costs and expenses

    

Cost of products sold

     492,889       398,977  

Cost of services sold

     644,716       569,854  

Research and development

     77       85  

Selling, general and administrative

     415,063       397,273  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,552,745       1,366,189  

Other income, net

     3,827       7,877  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating profit

     72,907       32,529  

Non-service pension benefit

     59,212       50,924  

Interest income, net

     13,753       23,966  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from operations before income taxes

     145,872       107,419  

Income tax expense

     71,667       96,975  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income from operations

     74,205       10,444  

Less: Non-controlling interest in subsidiaries’ (loss) from operations

     (1,127     (111
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Chubb Fire & Security Group

   $ 75,332     $ 10,555  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the Unaudited Condensed Combined Financial Statements.

 

2


Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

 

Condensed Combined Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited)

 

     For the Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,  
(Dollars in Thousands)    2021     2020  

Net income attributable to Chubb Fire & Security Group

   $ 75,332     $ 10,555  

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:

    

Foreign currency translation adjustments arising during period

     (57,464     14,061  

Pension and postretirement benefit plan adjustments

     10,394       5,646  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax

     (47,070     19,707  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

     28,262       30,262  

Less: Comprehensive (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests

     (319     (327
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income attributable to Chubb Fire & Security Group

   $ 28,581     $ 30,589  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the Unaudited Condensed Combined Financial Statements.

 

3


Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

 

Condensed Combined Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

 

     As of  
     September 30,     December 31,  
(Dollars in Thousands)    2021     2020  

Assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 46,954     $ 33,076  

Accounts receivable (net of allowance for expected credit loss of $17,832 and $15,619)

     414,784       509,162  

Contract assets, current

     209,199       173,261  

Inventories, net

     70,180       69,485  

Other assets, current

     28,278       28,589  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     769,395       813,573  

Future income tax benefits

     12,435       9,787  

Fixed assets, net

     66,097       71,603  

Operating lease right-of-use assets

     172,672       155,542  

Intangible assets, net

     546,209       585,860  

Goodwill

     897,303       932,863  

Pension and postretirement assets

     595,255       513,544  

Other assets

     12,431       14,927  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 3,071,797     $ 3,097,699  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and Carrier Net Investment

    

Accounts payable

   $ 190,852     $ 198,275  

Accrued salaries, wages and employee benefits

     117,230       129,797  

Accrued liabilities

     164,241       181,823  

Contract liabilities, current

     152,867       174,622  

Current portion of long-term debt

     146       465  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     625,336       684,982  

Pension and post retirement obligations

     85,332       99,750  

Future income tax obligations

     270,502       220,679  

Operating lease liabilities

     127,538       115,850  

Other long-term liabilities

     20,138       23,858  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     1,128,846       1,145,119  

Commitments and contingent liabilities (Note 13)

    

Carrier Net Investment

    

Carrier Net Investment

     2,950,241       2,911,353  

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss)

     (1,011,988     (964,918
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Carrier Net Investment

     1,938,253       1,946,435  

Non-controlling interest

     4,698       6,145  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Carrier Net Investment and non-controllinginterests

     1,942,951       1,952,580  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and Carrier Net Investment and non-controlling interest

   $ 3,071,797     $ 3,097,699  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the Unaudited Condensed Combined Financial Statements.

 

4


Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

 

Condensed Combined Statements of Changes in Net Investment

(Unaudited)

 

(Dollars in Thousands)    Carrier Net
Investment
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive

Income (Loss)
    Total
Carrier Net
Investment
    Non-
controlling
Interest
    Total
Carrier Net
Investment
and Non-
controlling
interest
 

Balance as of January 1, 2020

   $ 2,924,357     $ (1,005,372   $ 1,918,985     $ 11,526     $ 1,930,511  

Net income (loss) attributable to Chubb Fire & Security Group

     10,555       —         10,555       (111     10,444  

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

     —         19,707       19,707       (327     19,380  

Net transfers (to) Parent

     (46,660     —         (46,660     —         (46,660

Dividends attributable to non-controlling interest

     —         —         —         (4,743     (4,743
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2020

   $ 2,888,252     $ (985,665   $ 1,902,587     $ 6,345     $ 1,908,932  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Carrier Net
Investment
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive

Income (Loss)
    Total
Carrier Net
Investment
    Non-
controlling
Interest
    Total
Carrier Net
Investment
and Non-
controlling
interest
 

Balance as of January 1, 2021

   $ 2,911,353     $ (964,918   $ 1,946,435     $ 6,145     $ 1,952,580  

Net income (loss) attributable to Chubb Fire & Security Group

     75,332       —         75,332       (1,127     74,205  

Other comprehensive (loss), net of tax

     —         (47,070     (47,070     (319     (47,389

Net transfers (to) Parent

     (36,444     —         (36,444     —         (36,444

Dividends attributable to non-controlling interest

     —         —         —         (1     (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2021

   $ 2,950,241     $ (1,011,988   $ 1,938,253     $ 4,698     $ 1,942,951  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the Unaudited Condensed Combined Financial Statements.

 

5


Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

 

Condensed Combined Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

 

     For the Nine Months Ended  
(Dollars in Thousands)    September 30,  
     2021     2020  

Operating activities

    

Net income attributable to Chubb Fire & Security Group

   $ 75,332     $ 10,555  

Noncontrolling interest

     (1,127     (111
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

     74,205       10,444  

Adjustments to reconcile net income from operations to net cash flows provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     26,696       29,083  

Stock-based compensation cost

     5,070       5,204  

Provision for deferred income taxes

     53,883       81,767  

Net change in pension balances

     (57,922     (57,628

Other non-cash items

     6,782       9,068  

Change in:

    

Accounts receivable, net

     76,438       51,726  

Contract assets, current

     (40,975     (26,278

Inventories, net

     (3,648     (211

Other assets, current

     (601     261  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     (28,201     (19,103

Contract liabilities, current

     (16,259     (3,443

Defined benefit plan contributions

     (26,125     (24,556

Other operating activities, net

     (4,207     3,109  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flows provided by operating activities

     65,136       59,443  

Investing activities

    

Capital expenditures

     (7,085     (6,125

Proceeds from sale of fixed assets

     160       544  

Other investing activities, net

     (650     (68
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flows used in investing activities

     (7,575     (5,649

Financing activities

    

Net transfers (to) Parent

     (41,512     (51,864

Other financing activities, net

     35       (4,644
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flows used in financing activities

     (41,477     (56,508
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of foreign exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

     (2,206     394  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     13,878       (2,320

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     33,076       41,550  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 46,954     $ 39,230  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the Unaudited Condensed Combined Financial Statements.

 

6


Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

 

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

1. Description of the Business

Chubb Fire & Security Group (“Chubb F&S”, the “Business”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), a business of Carrier Global Corporation (“Carrier” or the “Parent”), is a global provider of fire safety and electronic security services with end-to-end capabilities in system sales, design, installation, service and monitoring. The Business has a presence in 17 different countries including over 225 branch locations and 21 physical monitoring centers. The Business’s most significant operations are in Australia, Canada, France, Hong Kong, the Netherlands and United Kingdom (“UK”). The Business manages its operations as a single segment for the purposes of assessing performance and making operating decisions.

The Business offers the following primary products and services to customers:

 

  1.

Installation, which includes fire installation (detection and alarm, fire suppression and firefighting equipment) and security installation (access control, intruder alarm, closed circuit television and integrated solutions).

 

  2.

Service, which includes fire service and maintenance, electronic security and maintenance services and other maintenance services, including “do and charge”, retrofits and upgrades.

 

  3.

Monitoring, which includes video surveillance, alarm verification, alarm notification and personal emergency response systems.

The Separation and the Distribution

On November 26, 2018, United Technologies Corporation, since renamed Raytheon Technologies Corporation (“UTC”), announced its intention to spin off Carrier into a separate, publicly traded company (the “Separation”). On April 3, 2020, UTC completed the Separation through a pro rata distribution of all the outstanding common shares of the common stock of Carrier to UTC shareowners (the “Distribution”). As a result of the Separation and the Distribution, Carrier became an independent public company.

 

 

7


Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

Sale of Chubb Fire & Security Group

On July 26, 2021, Carrier entered into an agreement to sell Chubb Fire & Security Group to APi Group Corporation (“APi”) for an enterprise value of $3.1 billion (the “Agreement”). The purchase price is subject to working capital and other adjustments as provided in the Agreement. This transaction is expected to close in early January 2022, subject to regulatory approvals, required works council consultation in France and customary closing conditions. In conjunction with the Agreement, Carrier has agreed to provide APi, and APi has agreed to provide Carrier, certain transitional services for varying periods after the closing.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

In early 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a respiratory disease known as COVID-19 as a global pandemic. In response, many countries implemented containment and mitigation measures to combat the outbreak, which severely restricted the level of economic activity and caused a significant contraction in the global economy. As a result, the Business temporarily closed or reduced production at manufacturing facilities across the globe to ensure employee safety and instructed non-essential employees to work from home. In addition, the Business took several preemptive actions during 2020 to manage liquidity as demand for its products decreased. Despite the adverse impacts of the pandemic on the Business’s results beginning in the first quarter of 2020, manufacturing operations resumed and several restorative actions were completed during 2020, including the reinstatement of annual merit-based salary increases and continued investment to support the Business’s core strategy.

The Business continues to focus its efforts on preserving the health and safety of its employees and customers as well as maintaining the continuity of its operations. In addition, the Business continues to actively monitor its liquidity position and working capital needs and believes that its overall capital resources and liquidity position are adequate. The preparation of financial statements requires management to use judgments in making estimates and assumptions based on the relevant information available at the end of each period, which can have a significant effect on reported amounts. However, due to significant uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, management’s judgments could change. While the Business’s results of operations, cash flows and financial condition could be negatively impacted, the extent of any continuing impact cannot be estimated with certainty at this time.

 

8


Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

2. Basis of Presentation

The Business has historically operated as a part of UTC’s Carrier segment prior to the Separation and the Distribution, and Carrier’s Fire & Security segment subsequent to the Separation and the Distribution; consequently, stand-alone financial statements have not historically been prepared for the Business. The accompanying Unaudited Condensed Combined Financial Statements have been prepared from the Parent’s historical accounting records and are presented on a stand-alone basis as if the Business’s operations had been conducted independently from the Parent. These Unaudited Condensed Combined Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).

The Unaudited Condensed Combined Statements of Operations include all revenues and costs directly attributable to the Business, including costs for facilities, functions and services used by the Business. Costs for certain functions and services performed by centralized UTC and Carrier organizations are directly charged to the Business based on specific identification when possible or reasonable allocation methods such as net sales, headcount, usage, or other allocation methods. The results of operations include allocations of costs for administrative functions and services performed on behalf of the Business by centralized groups within UTC and Carrier (see Note 4 Related Parties for a description of the allocation methodologies). All charges and allocations for facilities, functions and services performed by UTC and Carrier organizations have been deemed settled in cash by the Business to UTC and Carrier in the period in which the cost was recorded in the Unaudited Condensed Combined Statements of Operations. Current and deferred income taxes have been determined based on the stand-alone results of the Business. However, because the Business filed as part of UTC and Carrier’s tax group in certain jurisdictions, the Business’s actual tax balances may differ from that reported. The Business’s portion of income taxes for certain jurisdictions are deemed to have been settled in the period the related tax expense was recorded.

Carrier uses a centralized approach to cash management and financing its operations, as did UTC prior to the Separation and the Distribution. Accordingly, none of the cash, third-party debt or related interest expense of UTC or Carrier has been allocated to the Business in the Unaudited Condensed Combined Financial Statements. However, cash balances primarily associated with certain foreign entities that did not participate in UTC or Carrier’s cash management program have been included in the Unaudited Condensed Combined Financial Statements. Transactions between UTC, Carrier and the Business are deemed to have been settled immediately through Carrier Net Investment. Other transactions, which have historically been cash-settled, are reflected in the Unaudited Condensed Combined Balance Sheets within Accounts receivable, net and Accounts payable. The net effect of the deemed settled transactions is reflected in the Unaudited Condensed Combined Statements of Cash Flows as Net transfers to Parent within financing activities and in the Unaudited Condensed Combined Balance Sheets as Carrier Net Investment.

 

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Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

All intracompany accounts and transactions within the Business have been eliminated in the preparation of the Unaudited Condensed Combined Financial Statements. The Unaudited Condensed Combined Financial Statements of the Business include assets and liabilities that have been determined to be specifically identifiable or otherwise attributable to the Business.

All of the allocations and estimates in the Unaudited Condensed Combined Financial Statements are based on assumptions that management believes are reasonable. However, the Unaudited Condensed Combined Financial Statements included herein may not be indicative of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Business in the future, or if the Business had been a separate, stand-alone entity during the years presented.

The non-controlling interest represents the non-controlling investors’ interests in the results of subsidiaries that the Business controls and combines.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”) which simplifies certain aspects of income tax accounting guidance in Accounting Standards Codification 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”) reducing the complexity of its application while maintaining or improving the usefulness of the information required to be reported. This ASU eliminates certain exceptions from ASC 740 including: intra-period tax allocation, deferred tax liabilities related to outside basis differences and year-to-date loss in interim periods, among others. ASU 2019-12 was effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods therein with early adoption permitted. The Business adopted this ASU on January 1, 2021 with no material impact on the Unaudited Condensed Combined Financial Statements.

3. Revenue Recognition

The Business recognizes revenue when control of a good or service promised in a contract (i.e., performance obligation) is transferred to a customer. Control is obtained when a customer has the ability to direct the use of and obtain substantially all of the remaining benefit from that good or service. A significant portion of the Business’s performance obligations are recognized at a point-in-time when control of the product transfers to the customer, which is generally at the time of shipment. The remaining portion of the Business’s performance obligations are recognized over time as the customer simultaneously obtains control as the Business performs work under a contract, or if the product being produced for the customer has no alternative use and the Business has a contractual right to payment.

 

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Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

Total contract assets and liabilities are as follows:

 

     September 30,      December 31,  
(Dollars in Thousands)    2021      2020  

Contract assets, current

   $ 209,199      $ 173,261  

Contract assets, non-current (included within Other assets)

     —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total contract assets

   $ 209,199      $ 173,261  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Contract liabilities, current

   $ (152,867    $ (174,622

Contract liabilities, non-current (included within Other long-term liabilities)

     —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total contract liabilities

     (152,867      (174,622
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net contract assets (liabilities)

   $ 56,332      $ (1,361
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections results in contract assets and contract liabilities. Contract assets relate to the conditional right to consideration for any completed performance under a contract when costs are incurred in excess of billings under the percentage-of-completion methodology. Contract liabilities relate to payments received in advance of performance under the contract or when the Business has a right to consideration that is conditioned upon transfer of a good or service to the customer. Contract liabilities are recognized as revenue as (or when) the Business performs under the contract. The Business recognized revenue of $126,163 during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 that related to contract liabilities as of January 1, 2021.

There were no individually significant customers with sales exceeding 10% of total sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 or September 30, 2020.

Remaining Performance Obligations (“RPO”)

As of September 30, 2021, our total RPO was approximately $763,105 compared with $708,515 as of December 31, 2020. Of the total RPO as of September 30, 2021, the Business expects that approximately 73% will be recognized as sales over the following 12 months.

4. Related Parties

Historically, the Business has been managed and operated in the normal course of business with other affiliates of UTC and Carrier, prior to and subsequent to the Separation and the Distribution, respectively. Accordingly, certain shared costs have been allocated to the Business and reflected as expenses in the Unaudited Condensed Combined Financial Statements.

 

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Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

Related Party Purchases and Sales

During the historical periods presented, the Business sold products and services to UTC, Carrier and their non-Chubb F&S businesses. Sales in the Unaudited Condensed Combined Statements of Operations include sales to affiliates of UTC and Carrier of $1,425 and $1,172 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Cost of goods sold in the Unaudited Condensed Combined Statements of Operations includes purchases from affiliates of UTC and Carrier of $53,793 and $45,101 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Sales and Purchases are only considered related party if they were made to UTC and Carrier affiliates prior to the Separation and the Distribution and to Carrier affiliates subsequent to the Separation and the Distribution.

Allocated Centralized Costs

UTC and Carrier incurred significant corporate costs for services provided to the Business as well as other UTC and Carrier businesses. These services include treasury, tax, accounting, human resources, audit, legal, purchasing, information technology and other such services. The costs associated with these services generally include all payroll and benefit costs, as well as overhead costs related to the support functions. UTC and Carrier also allocated costs associated with corporate insurance coverage and medical, pension, post-retirement and other health plan costs for employees participating in UTC and Carrier sponsored plans. Allocations are based on a number of utilization measures including headcount, proportionate usage and relative net sales. All such amounts have been deemed to have been incurred and settled by the Business in the period in which the costs were recorded.

The allocated functional service expenses and general corporate expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 were $39,275 and $32,407, respectively, and are included in Selling, general and administrative in the Unaudited Condensed Combined Statements of Operations.

In the opinion of management of the Parent and the Business, the expense and cost allocations have been determined on a basis considered to be a reasonable reflection of the utilization of services provided or the benefit received by the Business during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020. The amounts that would have been, or will be incurred, on a stand-alone basis could differ from the amounts allocated due to economies of scale, difference in management judgment, a requirement for more or fewer employees or other factors. Management does not believe, however, that it is practicable to estimate what these expenses would have been had the Business operated as an independent entity, including any expenses associated with obtaining any of these services from unaffiliated entities. In addition, the future results of operations, financial position and cash flows could differ materially from the historical results presented herein.

 

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Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

Cash Management and Financing

The Business participated in UTC and Carrier’s centralized cash management and financing programs prior to and subsequent to the Separation and the Distribution, respectively. Disbursements are made through centralized accounts payable systems which were operated by UTC and Carrier. Cash receipts are transferred to centralized accounts, which were also maintained by UTC and Carrier. As cash was received and disbursed by UTC and Carrier, it is accounted for by the Business through Carrier Net Investment. All short and long-term debt were financed by UTC and Carrier, and financing decisions for wholly and majority owned subsidiaries were determined by UTC and Carrier Treasury. See Note 2 – Basis of Presentation for additional information. The Business’s cash that is not included in the centralized cash management and financing programs is classified as Cash and cash equivalents on the Unaudited Condensed Combined Balance Sheet.

Accounts Receivable and Payable

Certain related party transactions between the Business and Parent have been included within Carrier Net Investment in the Unaudited Condensed Combined Balance Sheets in the historical periods presented when the related party transactions are not settled in cash. The Carrier Net Investment includes related party receivables due from Carrier and its affiliates of $181,528 and $204,841 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The Carrier Net Investment includes related party payables due to Carrier and its affiliates of $55,978 and $183,257 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

The interest income and expense related to the activity with Carrier that was included in the Business’s results is presented on a net basis in the Unaudited Condensed Combined Statements of Operations. Interest income on the activity with Parent was $15,904 and $26,533 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, respectively. Interest expense on the activity with Parent was $2,224 and $2,636 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, respectively. The total effect of the settlement of these related party transactions is reflected as a financing activity in the Unaudited Condensed Combined Statements of Cash Flows.

 

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Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

Additionally, certain transactions between the Business and certain non-Chubb F&S businesses are cash-settled on a current basis and, therefore, are reflected in the Unaudited Condensed Combined Balance Sheets. Accounts receivable includes $1,377 and $627 at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, and Accounts payable includes $12,814 and $13,161 at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, related to such transactions.

5. Inventories, Net

 

(Dollars in Thousands)    September 30,
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

Raw materials

   $ 654      $ 636  

Work-in-process

     60        81  

Finished goods

     69,466        68,768  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Inventories, net

   $ 70,180      $ 69,485  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods are net of valuation reserves of $12,953 and $12,792 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

6. Business Acquisitions, Dispositions, Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Business Acquisitions and Dispositions

There were no significant acquisitions or divestitures of combined businesses during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 or 2020.

Goodwill

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill are as follows:

 

(Dollars in Thousands)    Carrying
Amount(1)
 

Balance as of December 31, 2020

   $ 932,863  

Foreign currency translation and other

     (35,560
  

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2021

   $ 897,303  
  

 

 

 

 

(1) 

Prior to January 1, 2019, the Business has recognized impairment charges of $1,841,661; subsequent to this impairment, there have been no further impairment charges to date.

 

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Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

Intangible Assets, Net

Identifiable intangible assets are comprised of the following:

 

            September 30, 2021     December 31, 2020  
(Dollars in Thousands)    Useful
Lives
     Gross
Amount
     Accumulated
Amortization
    Gross
Amount
     Accumulated
Amortization
 

Amortized:

             

Customer relationships

     1 to 30      $ 644,859      $ (612,666   $ 669,240      $ (625,633

Patents and trademarks

     5 to 30        66,857        (47,609     69,524        (47,792

Monitoring lines

     7 to 10        69,753        (60,968     71,512        (59,364

Service portfolios and other

     1 to 23        19,724        (18,412     20,511        (18,780
     

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
        801,193        (739,655     830,787        (751,569
     

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unamortized:

             

Trademarks and other

        484,671        —         506,642        —    
     

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total intangibles

      $ 1,285,864      $ (739,655   $ 1,337,429      $ (751,569
     

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Amortization of intangible assets was $15,485 and $16,692 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, respectively.

7. Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

(Dollars in Thousands)    September 30,
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

Accrued taxes

   $ 27,456      $ 42,522  

Restructuring

     14,295        16,829  

Accrued legal and environmental reserves

     5,526        7,071  

Operating lease liabilities

     46,397        39,855  

Other

     70,567        75,546  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total accrued liabilities

   $ 164,241      $ 181,823  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

8. Employee Benefit Plans

The Business sponsors both funded international defined benefit and defined contribution plans as well as other post-retirement benefit plans. In addition, the Business contributes to various international multi-employer defined benefit pension and other post-retirement benefit plans.

Contributions to the plans were as follows:

 

     For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
(Dollars in Thousands)    2021      2020  

Defined benefit plans

   $ 26,125      $ 24,556  

Defined contribution plans

     8,971        7,469  

Multi-employer pension plans

     6,589        4,361  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Contributions

   $ 41,685      $ 36,386  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following table illustrates the components of net periodic pension benefits for the defined benefit pension and post-retirement benefit plans:

 

     For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
(Dollars in Thousands)    2021      2020  

Service cost

   $ 5,668      $ 8,003  

Interest cost

     18,308        26,233  

Expected return on plan assets

     (90,576      (84,713

Amortization of prior service credit

     (35      (31

Recognized actuarial net loss

     12,699        6,380  

Net settlement, curtailment and special termination benefit loss

     268        549  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net periodic pension (benefit)

   $ (53,668    $ (43,579
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

9. Stock-Based Compensation Plans

Prior to the Separation and the Distribution, the Business participated in UTC’s long-term incentive plan (“LTIP”) which authorized various types of market and performance based incentive awards including stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance share units and restricted stock units, which were granted to eligible officers and employees of the Business. All awards granted under the UTC LTIP related to UTC common shares. For all periods prior to the Separation and the Distribution, stock-based compensation expense was allocated to the Business from UTC based upon direct employee headcount.

As a result of the Separation and the Distribution, outstanding and vested awards granted to Carrier employees under UTC’s LTIP were converted into Carrier stock-based awards. Unvested awards held by Carrier employees and former employees were converted to Carrier stock-based awards.

Subsequent to the Separation and the Distribution the Business participates in Carrier’s LTIP. Under Carrier’s LTIP, the exercise price of awards is set on the grant date and, on a per share basis, may not be less than the fair market value of Carrier’s common stock on that date. Stock appreciation rights and stock options have a term of ten years and a three-year vesting period, subject to limited exceptions. In the event of retirement, stock appreciation rights, stock options and restricted stock units held for more than one year may vest and become exercisable (if applicable), subject to certain terms and conditions. Performance share units vest based on performance relative to pre-established metrics and generally have a minimum three-year vesting period. In the event of retirement, performance share units held for more than one year remain eligible to vest based on actual performance relative to pre-established metrics.

The Business measures the cost of all stock-based compensation, including stock options, at fair value on the grant date net of expected forfeitures and amortizes the cost over the award’s vesting period.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, $5,070 and $5,204 of stock-based compensation cost was recognized in Selling, general and administrative expenses respectively, of which $2,368 and $2,315 related to compensation costs for direct employees of the Business, and $1,205 and $1,035 related to compensation costs allocated from UTC and Carrier, prior to and subsequent to the Separation and the Distribution, respectively.

 

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Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

10. Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss)

A summary of the changes in each component of accumulated other comprehensive (loss), net of tax for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020 is provided below:

 

(Dollars in Thousands)    Foreign Currency
Translation
     Defined Benefit
Pension and
Postretirement
Plans
     Accumulated Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 

Balance at January 1, 2020

   $ (723,764    $ (281,608    $ (1,005,372

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications, net

     14,061           14,061  

Amounts reclassified, pre-tax

        6,898        6,898  

Tax benefit reclassified

        (1,252      (1,252
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2020

   $ (709,703    $ (275,962    $ (985,665
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(Dollars in Thousands)    Foreign Currency
Translation
     Defined Benefit
Pension and
Postretirement
Plans
     Accumulated Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 

Balance at January 1, 2021

   $ (607,593    $ (357,325    $ (964,918

Other comprehensive (loss) before reclassifications, net

     (57,464         (57,464

Amounts reclassified, pre-tax

        12,932        12,932  

Tax benefit reclassified

        (2,538      (2,538
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2021

   $ (665,057    $ (346,931    $ (1,011,988
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Amounts reclassified related to defined benefit pension and postretirement plans include amortization of prior service costs and actuarial net losses recognized during each period presented. These costs are recorded as components of net periodic pension cost for each period presented.

 

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Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

11. Restructuring Costs

The Business recorded net pre-tax restructuring costs on the Unaudited Condensed Combined Statements of Operations as follows:

 

     For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
(Dollars in Thousands)    2021      2020  

Cost of sales

   $ 9,456      $ 1,109  

Selling, general and administrative

     7,406        7,629  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total restructuring costs

   $ 16,862      $ 8,738  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Charges primarily related to new and ongoing actions initiated in 2021 and 2020. Substantially all activities related to employee severance and benefits.

The following table summarizes the reserves and charges related to restructuring actions:

 

     For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
(Dollars in Thousands)    2021      2020  

Balance as of January 1,

   $ 16,829      $ 14,958  

Net pre-tax restructuring costs

     16,862        8,738  

Utilization and foreign exchange

     (19,396      (13,070
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30,

   $ 14,295      $ 10,626  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, charges associated with restructuring initiatives related to cost reduction efforts. Amounts recognized primarily related to severance due to workforce reductions and exit costs due to the consolidation of field operations. As of September 30, 2021, the Business had $14,295 accrued for costs associated with its announced restructuring initiatives, all of which is expected to be paid within one year.

12. Income Taxes

The Business accounts for income tax expense in accordance with ASC 740, which requires that an estimate of the annual effective income tax rate for the full year to be applied to the respective interim period, taking into account year-to-date amounts and projected results for the full year.

 

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Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was 56.23% compared with 90.25% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The year-over-year decrease is primarily due to the absence of a prior year charge of $48,640 related to a valuation allowance recorded against a United Kingdom tax loss and credit carryforward, a $12,311 charge resulting from a decision to no longer permanently reinvest certain pre-2018 unremitted non-U.S. earnings and a $11,765 charge following remeasurement of the net deferred tax liability in the United Kingdom from 17% to 19%. The nine months ended September 30, 2021 included a $40,417 charge following remeasurement of the net deferred tax liability in the United Kingdom from 19% to 25%.

The Business assesses the realizability of its deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis through an analysis of potential sources of future taxable income, including prior year taxable income that may be available to absorb a carryback of tax losses, reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, tax planning strategies and forecasts of taxable income. The Business considers all negative and positive evidence, including the weight of the evidence, to determine whether valuation allowances against deferred tax assets are required. The Business maintains valuation allowances against certain deferred tax assets.

The Business operates globally and, as a result, Chubb F&S or one or more of its subsidiaries files income tax returns in various jurisdictions. In the normal course of business Chubb F&S is subject to examination by taxing authorities throughout the world. With few exceptions, the Business is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years before 2012.

In the ordinary course of business, there is inherent uncertainty in quantifying the Business’s income tax positions. The Business assesses its income tax positions and records tax benefits for all years subject to examination based upon management’s evaluation of the facts, circumstances and information available at the reporting date. It is reasonably possible that a net reduction of unrecognized tax benefits totaling $3,625 will occur over the next 12 months as a result of additional worldwide uncertain tax positions, the revaluation of current uncertain tax positions arising from developments in examinations, in appeals, or in the courts, or the closure of tax statutes.

13. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

The Business is unable to predict the final outcome of the following matters based on the information currently available except as otherwise noted. However, the Business does not believe that the resolution of any of these matters will have a material adverse effect upon our competitive position, results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

 

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Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

Environmental

The Business’s operations are subject to environmental regulation by various authorities. We have accrued for the costs of environmental remediation activities, including but not limited to, investigatory, remediation, operating and maintenance costs and performance guarantees, and we periodically reassess these amounts. Management believes that the likelihood of incurring losses materially in excess of the amounts accrued is remote. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding liability for environmental obligations was $8,968 and $10,433, respectively, of which $5,366 and $6,652 is included in Accrued Liabilities and $3,602 and $3,781 is included in Other Long-term Liabilities in the accompanying Unaudited Condensed Combined Balance Sheets.

Legal Proceedings

Aqueous Film Forming Foam Litigation.

Carrier entities and many other parties have been named as defendants in numerous putative class actions and other lawsuits, alleging that the historic use of Aqueous Film Forming Foam (“AFFF”) caused personal injuries and property damage. Additionally, several state, municipal and water utility plaintiffs have commenced litigation against the same defendants to recover remediation costs related to historic use of AFFF. In December 2018, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL”) transferred and consolidated all the AFFF cases pending in the federal courts to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina for pre-trial proceedings. As of September 30, 2021, there are approximately 1,783 cases pending in the MDL. One Chubb F&S entity, Chubb Fire, Ltd., a Carrier subsidiary, is currently named as a defendant in over 1,049 of those cases. Based upon information available at this time, we believe that Chubb Fire, Ltd. is not a proper party to this litigation as it was not engaged in AFFF manufacture or sale in the U.S. Further, at this time, given the factual, scientific and legal issues to be resolved relating to these claims, Carrier is unable to assess the probability of liability or reasonably estimate the damages, if any, to be allocated to Carrier, if one or more plaintiffs were to prevail in these cases and there can be no assurance that any such future exposure will not be material in any period.

Self-insurance

Liabilities related to self-insured risks were $7,076 and $7,465 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, which are classified as Accrued liabilities in the accompanying Unaudited Condensed Combined Balance Sheets.

 

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Chubb Fire & Security Group

(A Business of Carrier Global Corporation)

Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements (continued)

(Unaudited)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

Guarantees

The Business has commitments and performance guarantees under service, installation, and maintenance contracts. Liabilities recorded on the Unaudited Condensed Combined Balance Sheet related to these guarantees were not significant during the historical periods presented.

The Business also has obligations arising from sales of certain businesses and assets, including those from representations and warranties and related indemnities for, among other matters, environmental, health and safety (including asbestos-related), tax and employment matters. The maximum potential payment related to these obligations is not a specified amount, as a number of the obligations do not contain financial caps.

Other

The Business also has other commitments and contingent liabilities related to legal proceedings and other matters arising out of the normal course of business. The Business accrues contingencies based upon a range of possible outcomes. If no amount within this range is a better estimate than any other, then the Business accrues the minimum amount.

The Business is also subject to a number of routine lawsuits, investigations and claims (some of which involve substantial amounts) arising out of the ordinary course of business. Management does not believe that these matters will have a material adverse effect upon the Business’s competitive position, results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

14. Subsequent Events

The Business evaluated events and transactions occurring subsequent to September 30, 2021 until December 30, 2021, the date the Unaudited Condensed Combined Financial Statements were available to be issued and concluded that there were no subsequent events that required recognition or disclosure other than the anticipated sale of Chubb F&S to APi as previously disclosed in Note 1.

 

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Exhibit 99.3

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements of APi Group (“APi”) and Chubb Limited’s (“Chubb”) fire and security business (the “Chubb Business”) present the combination of the financial information of APi and the Chubb Business adjusted to give effect to APi’s acquisition of Chubb (the “Chubb Acquisition”) and related financing transactions. The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X, Pro Forma Financial Information, as amended by the final rule, Release No. 33-10786 “Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses”, which is herein referred to as Article 11, and are being provided pursuant to Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X because the Chubb Acquisition constitutes a significant acquisition that was not yet consummated for the pro forma periods presented herein.

Release No. 33-10786 replaces the existing pro forma adjustment criteria with simplified requirements to depict the accounting for the transaction (“Transaction Accounting Adjustments”) and the option to present the reasonably estimable synergies and other transaction effects that have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur (“Management’s Adjustments”). APi has elected not to present Management’s Adjustments and has only presented Transaction Accounting Adjustments in the following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 combines the historical balance sheets of APi and the Chubb Business on a pro forma basis as if the Chubb Acquisition and related transactions had been consummated on September 30, 2021. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2020 combine the historical statements of operations of APi and the Chubb Business on a pro forma basis as if the Chubb Acquisition and related transactions had been consummated on January 1, 2020, the beginning of the earliest period presented.

The Chubb Acquisition and related financing transactions are summarized below:

 

   

APi acquired Chubb for total enterprise value of $3.1 billion, which is comprised of $2.9 billion in cash and approximately $200 million of assumed liabilities, and other adjustments. The cash consideration for the Chubb Acquisition was funded through a combination of cash on hand, the Private Placement and new debt issuances (each described below).

 

   

Pursuant to the Security Purchase Agreements entered into with funds affiliated with Blackstone Inc. and funds affiliated with Viking Global Investors, the investors provided a total of $800 million in 5.5% perpetual convertible preferred equity (“Series B Preferred Stock”) financing to be used to finance the Chubb Acquisition.

 

   

APi obtained financing aggregating $1.4 billion in the form of a term loan of $1.1 billion and senior unsecured notes of $300 million to be used to finance the Chubb Acquisition.

The pro forma adjustments and allocation of purchase price are preliminary, are based on management’s current estimates of the fair value of the assets to be acquired and liabilities to be assumed, and are based on all available information, including preliminary work performed by independent valuation specialists.

As of the date of the Current Report on Form 8-K to which the following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are filed as an exhibit, APi has not completed the detailed valuation analysis necessary to arrive at final estimates of the fair market value of the assets of the Chubb Business to be acquired and the liabilities to be assumed and the related allocations of purchase price, nor has it identified all adjustments necessary to conform Chubb’s accounting policies to APi’s accounting policies. Based on the information currently available, APi has made certain adjustments to the historical book values of the assets and liabilities of the Chubb Business to reflect preliminary estimates of fair values necessary to prepare the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information, with the excess of the purchase price over the adjusted historical net assets of the Chubb Business recorded as goodwill. Actual results may differ from unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information provided herein once APi has completed the valuation analysis necessary to finalize the required purchase price allocations and has identified any additional conforming accounting policy changes for Chubb. There can be no assurance that such finalization will not result in material changes.

 


Assumptions and estimates underlying the unaudited pro forma adjustments set forth in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are described in the accompanying notes. The unaudited pro forma adjustments represent management’s 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 should be read in conjunction with APi’s historical consolidated financial statements contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 filed with the SEC and the historical combined carve-out financial statements of the Chubb Business and accompanying notes filed as exhibits to both the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 13, 2021 and the Current Report on Form 8-K to which the following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are filed as an exhibit.

The estimated income tax rate applied to the pro forma adjustments represents the estimated statutory rate of 26%. The estimated pro forma blended statutory rate, and all other tax amounts are stated at their historical amounts as the combined company’s overall effective tax rate has not yet been determined.

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are based on available information and assumptions that APi believes are reasonable. They do not purport to represent what the actual consolidated results of operations or the consolidated financial position of APi would have been had the Chubb Acquisition and related financing transactions occurred on the dates indicated, or on any other date, nor are they necessarily indicative of APi’s future consolidated results of operations or consolidated financial position after the Chubb Acquisition and related financing transactions. APi’s actual financial position and results of operations after the Chubb Acquisition will differ, perhaps significantly, from the pro forma amounts reflected herein due to a variety of factors, including access to additional information, changes in value not currently identified and changes in operating results of APi and the Chubb Business following the date of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements.


UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED BALANCE SHEET

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

(in millions, except per share amounts)

 

     APi     Chubb
Business
    Reclassification
Adjustments
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
         Pro
Forma
Combined
 

Assets

             

Current assets:

             

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 1,128     $ 47     $ —       $ (786   [A]    $ 389  

Accounts receivable, net

     723       415       —         —            1,138  

Inventories

     71       70       —         16     [B]      157  

Contract assets

     224       209       —         —            433  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     93       29       —         3          125  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total current assets

     2,239       770       —         (767        2,242  

Property and equipment, net

     337       66       —         17     [C]      420  

Operating lease right of use assets

     102       173       —         —            275  

Goodwill

     1,099       897       —         704     [D]      2,700  

Intangible assets, net

     897       546       —         428     [E]      1,871  

Deferred tax assets

     86       12       —         —            98  

Pension and postretirement assets

     —         595       —         —       [G]      595  

Other assets

     23       13       —         6          42  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 4,783     $ 3,072     $ —       $ 388        $ 8,243  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

             

Current liabilities:

             

Short-term and current portion of long-term debt

   $ 1     $ —       $ —       $ 6     [H]    $ 7  

Accounts payable

     205       191       —         —            396  

Contingent consideration and compensation liabilities

     22       —         —         —            22  

Accrued salaries and wages

     147       117       —         —            264  

Other accrued liabilities

     151       164       (46     —            269  

Contract liabilities

     238       153       —         —            391  

Operating and finance leases

     28       —         46       —            74  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     792       625       —         6          1,423  

Long-term debt, less current portion

     1,469       —         —         1,361     [H]      2,830  

Contingent consideration and compensation liabilities

     11       —         —         —            11  

Operating and finance leases

     79       128       —         —            207  

Deferred tax liabilities

     45       271       —         192     [F]      508  

Pension and post retirement obligations

     —         85       —         —       [G]      85  

Other noncurrent liabilities

     90       20       —         —            110  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 2,486     $ 1,129     $ —       $ 1,559        $ 5,174  

Shareholders’ equity:

             

Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 7 authorized shares; 4 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2021

     —         —         —         —            —    

Common shares; $0.0001 par value, 500 authorized shares, 201 shares issued at September 30, 2021

     —         —         —         —            —    

Carrier Net Investment

     —         2,950       —         (2,950   [I]      —    

Additional paid-in capital

     2,559       —         —         800     [A]      3,359  

Accumulated deficit

     (252     —         —         (33   [F],[N],[R]      (285

Non-controlling interest

     —         5       —         —            5  

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

     (10     (1,012     —         1,012     [I]      (10
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

   $ 2,297     $ 1,943     $ —       $ (1,171      $ 3,069  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 4,783     $ 3,072     $ —       $ 388        $ 8,243  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 


UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020

(in millions, except per share amounts)

 

     API     Chubb
Business
    Reclassification
Adjustments
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
         Pro
Forma
Combined
 

Net revenues

   $ 3,587     $ 1,948     $ —       $ —          $ 5,535  

Cost of revenues

     2,831       1,355       —         69     [J],[K],[L],[M]      4,255  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Gross profit

     756       593       —         (69        1,280  

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

     725       547       (9     152     [L],[M],[R]      1,415  

Impairment of goodwill, intangible, and other assets

     197       —         —         —            197  

Other (income) expense, net

     —         (8     8       —            —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

     (166     54       1       (221        (332
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Interest income (expense), net

     (52     31       —         (84   [N]      (105

Non-service pension benefit

     —         69       —         9     [O]      78  

Investment income (expense) and other, net

     34       —         (1     —            33  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Other income (expense)

     (18     100       (1     (75        6  

Income (loss) before income taxes

     (184     154       —         (296        (326

Income tax provision (benefit)

     (31     106       —         (77   [P]      (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net income (loss), including noncontrolling interests

   $ (153   $ 48     $ —       $ (219      $ (324

Less net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

     —         —         —         —            —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to APi

   $ (153   $ 48     $ —       $ (219      $ (324
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Accrued stock dividend on Series B Preferred Stock

     (222     —         —         (44   [Q]      (266
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common shares

   $ (375   $ 48     $ —       $ (263      $ (590
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share:

             

Basic

   $ (2.21            $ (3.49

Diluted

   $ (2.21            $ (3.49

Weighted average shares outstanding:

             

Basic

     169                169  

Diluted

     169                169  


UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

(in millions, except per share amounts)

 

     API     Chubb
Business
    Reclassification
Adjustments
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
         Pro
Forma
Combined
 

Net revenues

   $ 2,828     $ 1,622     $ —       $ —          $ 4,450  

Cost of revenues

     2,163       1,138       —         (14   [J],[K], [L],[M]      3,287  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Gross profit

     665       484       —         14          1,163  

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

     579       415       (4     82     [L],[M],[R]      1,072  

Impairment of goodwill, intangible, and other assets

     —         —         —         —            —    

Other (income) expense, net

     —         (4     4            —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

     86       73       —         (68        91  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Interest income (expense),net

     (43     14       —         (52   [N]      (81

Non-service pension benefit

     —         59       —         13     [O]      72  

Loss on extinguishment of debt

     (9     —         —         —            (9

Investment income and other, net

     12       —         —         —            12  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Other income (expense)

     (40     73       —         (39        (6

Income (loss) before income taxes

     46       146       —         (107        85  

Income tax provision (benefit)

     14       72       —         (28   [P]      58  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net income (loss), including noncontrolling interests

   $ 32     $ 74     $ —       $ (79      $ 27  

Less net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

     —         (1     —         —            (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to APi

   $ 32     $ 75     $ —       $ (79      $ 28  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Accrued stock dividend on Series B Preferred Stock

     —         —         —         (33   [Q]      (33
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common shares

   $ 32     $ 75     $ —       $ (112      $ (5
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share:

             

Basic

   $ 0.14              $ (0.03

Diluted

   $ 0.14              $ (0.03

Weighted average shares outstanding:

             

Basic

     199                199  

Diluted

     205                199  


UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(in millions, except per share amounts)

 

     API     Chubb
Business
    Reclassification
Adjustments
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
         Pro
Forma
Combined
 

Net revenues

   $ 2,705     $ 1,391     $ —       $ —          $ 4,096  

Total cost of revenues

     2,147       969       —         56     [J],[K],[L],[M]      3,172  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Gross profit

     558       422       —         (56        925  

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

     506       397       (8     125     [L],[M],[R]      1,020  

Impairment of goodwill, intangible, and other assets

     197       —         —         —            197  

Other (income) expense, net

     —         (8     8       —            —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

     (145     33       —         (181        (293
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Interest income (expense)

     (41     23       —         (64   [N]      (82

Non-service pension benefit

     —         51       —         6     [O]      57  

Investment income and other, net

     20       —         —         —            20  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Other income (expense)

     (21     74       —         (58        (5

Income (loss) before income taxes

     (166     107       —         (239        (298

Income tax provision (benefit)

     (35     97       —         (62   [P]      —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net income (loss), including noncontrolling interests

   $ (131   $ 10     $ —       $ (177      $ (298

Less net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

     —         (1     —         —            (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to APi

   $ (131   $ 11     $ —       $ (177      $ (299
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Accrued stock dividend on Series B Preferred Stock

     —         —         —         (33   [Q]      (33
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common shares

   $ (131   $ 11     $ —       $ (210      $ (332
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share:

             

Basic

   $ (0.77            $ (1.95

Diluted

   $ (0.77            $ (1.95

Weighted average shares outstanding:

             

Basic

     170                170  

Diluted

     170                170  


NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(in millions, except share and per share amounts or otherwise noted)

Note 1. Description of the Transaction

Chubb Acquisition Overview

On July 26, 2021, APi Group Corporation (“APi”) entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Carrier Global Corporation (“Carrier”), Carrier Investments UK Limited (“Seller”) and Chubb Limited (“Chubb”), to acquire the Chubb fire and security business (the “Chubb Business”), through the acquisition of Chubb for an enterprise value of $3.1 billion, which is comprised of $2.9 billion in cash and approximately $200 million of assumed liabilities, and other adjustments (the “Chubb Acquisition”). This amount is subject to increase or decrease based on the amount of net debt and working capital of the Chubb Business as of the closing of the Chubb Acquisition. The Chubb Business is a global fire safety and security provider, offering customers complete and reliable services from design and installation to monitoring and ongoing maintenance. The cash consideration for the Chubb Acquisition is expected to be funded through a combination of cash on hand, the Private Placement and new debt issuances (each described below).

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are being provided pursuant to Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-K because the Chubb Acquisition constitutes a significant acquisition that was consummated on January 3, 2022.

Private Placement

On July 26, 2021, APi entered into (i) a Securities Purchase Agreement with BTO Juno Holdings L.P., which assigned its rights to Juno Lower Holdings L.P. (“Juno”), and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Fund – FD L.P., which assigned its rights to FD Juno Holdings L.P. (“FD Juno” and, together with Juno, the “Blackstone Purchasers”), each an investment vehicle of funds affiliated with Blackstone Inc. (the “Blackstone SPA”), to sell 600,000 shares of APi’s Series B Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), to the Blackstone Purchasers, at a price of $1,000 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $600 million (the “Blackstone Private Placement”) and (ii) a Securities Purchase Agreement with Viking Global Equities Master Ltd. and Viking Global Equities II LP (together the “Viking Purchasers”, and together with the Blackstone Purchasers, the “Purchasers”) (the “Viking SPA” and together with the Blackstone SPA, the “Financing SPAs”), to sell 200,000 shares of the Series B Preferred Stock to the Viking Purchasers at a price of $1,000 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $200 million (the “Viking Private Placement” and together with the Blackstone Private Placement, the “Private Placement”). APi used the net proceeds from the Private Placement to fund a portion of the consideration for the Chubb Acquisition.

The Series B Preferred Stock will accrue dividends on the initial liquidation preference of the Series B Preferred Stock at the rate of 5.5% per annum, payable in cash or in certain circumstances, in kind using APi’s common stock.

New Debt Issuances

Senior Notes

On October 21, 2021, APi Escrow Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of APi Group DE, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of APi, completed a private offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes maturing on October 15, 2029 (“4.750% Senior Notes”), which net proceeds were deposited into an escrow account pending the closing of the Chubb Acquisition. APi used the net proceeds from the sale of the 4.750% Senior Notes to finance a portion of the consideration for the Chubb Acquisition.


Term Loan Financing

On December 16, 2021, APi Group DE, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of APi (the “Borrower”), entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2019 and amended on October 22, 2020, by and among the Borrower, APi, the APi subsidiary guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders and letter of credit issuers from time to time party thereto, and Citibank, N.A. as administrative agent and collateral agent (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). The Amendment provided for, among other things, a $1.1 billion seven-year incremental term loan (the “2021 Term Loan”) and an increase in the revolving credit commitments by $200 million to $500 million. APi used the net proceeds from the 2021 Term Loan to finance a portion of the consideration for the Chubb Acquisition.

Note 2. Basis of Pro Forma Presentation

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are derived from the historical consolidated financial statements of APi and the historical combined carve-out financial statements of the Chubb Business. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are prepared as a business combination using the acquisition method, and APi is treated as the acquirer for accounting purposes. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the nine month periods ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, have been prepared as if the Chubb Acquisition had been completed on January 1, 2020, and the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet was prepared as if the Chubb Acquisition had been completed on September 30, 2021.

The Chubb Acquisition will be accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with FASB ASC 805, Business Combinations, using the fair value concepts defined in ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. APi has been treated as the acquirer for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the purchase consideration allocated to the Chubb Business’s assets and liabilities for preparation of these pro forma financial statement is based upon their estimated preliminary fair values assuming the Chubb Acquisition was completed as of September 30, 2021. The amount of the purchase consideration that was in excess of the estimated preliminary fair values of the Chubb Business’s net assets and liabilities at September 30, 2021 is recorded as goodwill in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet.

As of the date of the Current Report on Form 8-K to which these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are filed as an exhibit, APi has not performed the detailed valuation studies necessary to arrive at the final estimates of the fair value of the Chubb Business’s assets to be acquired, the liabilities to be assumed and the related allocations of purchase price. As indicated in Note 5 to these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements, APi has made certain adjustments to the historical book values of the assets and liabilities of the Chubb Business to reflect preliminary estimates of fair value necessary to prepare the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements, with the excess of the purchase price over the adjusted historical net assets of the Chubb Business, recorded as goodwill. Actual results may differ from these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements once APi has determined the final purchase price for Chubb and has completed the valuation studies necessary to finalize the required purchase price allocations and identified any additional conforming accounting policy changes for Chubb. There can be no assurance that such finalization will not result in material changes. The preliminary unaudited pro forma purchase price allocation has been made solely for preparing these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements.

These unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are presented for illustrative purposes only and do not give effect to any cost savings from operating efficiencies, revenue synergies, differences in stand-alone costs or carve out allocations for the Chubb Business or costs for the integration of APi and the Chubb Business’s operations. These unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements do not purport to represent what the actual consolidated results of operations of APi would have been had the Chubb Acquisition been completed on the dates assumed, nor are they indicative of future consolidated results of operations or consolidated financial position. Any transaction, separation or integration costs will be expensed in the appropriate accounting periods after completion of the Chubb Acquisition.


Note 3. Accounting Policies

As part of preparing these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements, APi conducted an initial review of the accounting policies of Chubb to determine if differences in accounting policies require reclassification of results of operations or reclassification of assets or liabilities to conform to APi’s accounting policies and classifications. During the preparation of these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements, APi did not become aware of any material differences between accounting policies of APi and Chubb except for certain reclassifications necessary to conform Chubb’s classification to APi’s financial statement presentation. The reclassifications made in the preparation of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are presented in Note 5.

The pro forma financial data may not reflect all reclassifications necessary to conform APi’s presentation to that of Chubb due to limitations on the availability of information as of the date of the Current Report on Form 8-K to which these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are filed as an exhibit. After completion of the Chubb Acquisition, APi will further review Chubb’s accounting policies. As a result of that review, APi may identify differences between the accounting policies of the two companies that, when conformed, could have a material impact on the combined financial statements.

Note 4. Preliminary Purchase Consideration and Purchase Price Allocation

Under the acquisition method of accounting, the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at the acquisition date fair values. The purchase price allocation is preliminary and based on estimates of the fair value as of September 30, 2021. Upon final completion of the fair value assessment, the ultimate purchase price allocation may differ from the preliminary assessment outlined above. Any changes to the initial estimates of the fair value of the assets and liabilities will be allocated to residual goodwill.

The table below represents a preliminary allocation of the estimated total consideration to the Chubb Business’s assets and liabilities in the Chubb Acquisition based on APi’s preliminary estimate of their respective fair values (in millions):

 

Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation

  

Initial purchase consideration

   $  3,100  

Less: Estimated assumed liabilities

     (200
  

 

 

 

Preliminary net purchase consideration

   $ 2,900  
  

 

 

 

Less: Carrying value of Chubb net assets acquired

     (500

Less: Fair value of other intangible assets

     (974

Add: Deferred taxes on other intangible assets

     203  

Less: Increase in fair value of inventory

     (16

Less: Increase in fair value of property and equipment, net

     (17

Add: Fair value of non-controlling interest

     5  
  

 

 

 

Residual goodwill

   $ 1,601  
  

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Carrying Value of Net Assets Acquired

  

Carrying value of Chubb at September 30, 2021

   $ 1,943  

Less: Historical goodwill

     (897

Less: Historical intangible assets

     (546
  

 

 

 

Total carrying value of net assets acquired

   $ 500  
  

 

 

 

The preliminary unaudited pro forma purchase price allocation has been made solely for the purposes of preparing these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements. APi estimated the fair value of Chubb’s assets and liabilities based on discussions with Chubb’s management, due diligence review in connection with the Chubb Acquisition, and other information available to APi. The analysis was performed at an aggregate level and was based on estimates that are reflective of market participant assumptions.

The final total consideration and amounts allocated to the Chubb Business’s assets and liabilities could differ materially from the preliminary amounts presented in these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements. A decrease in the fair value of the Chubb Business’s assets or an increase in the fair value of the Chubb Business’s liabilities from the preliminary valuations presented would result in a dollar-for-dollar corresponding increase in the amount of goodwill that will result from the Chubb Acquisition. In addition, if the value of the property and equipment and identifiable intangible assets is higher than the amounts included in these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements, it may result in higher depreciation and amortization expense than is presented in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations. Any such increases could be material, and could result in APi’s actual future financial condition and results of operations differing materially from those presented in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements.


Note 5. Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements

Reclassifications

The following items are presented as reclassifications in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements for purposes of conforming Chubb’s classification of certain assets, liabilities, income and expenses to APi’s presentation for the combined presentation:

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet

 

   

$46 million reclassification from other accrued liabilities to operating and finance leases. In the Chubb presentation, current lease liability was presented within other accrued liabilities.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations

 

   

$8 million, $4 million, and $8 million of other income for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the nine month periods ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, have been reclassified from other (income) expense, net, within operating income in the Chubb Business’s historical statements of operations to selling, general and administrative costs and other income (expense), net, below operating income to conform with APi’s historical presentation.

Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet

The adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet are as follows:

(A) Cash and Cash Equivalents

The unaudited pro forma adjustment as indicated below to record the proceeds from issuance of Series B Preferred Stock as per the Financing SPAs, proceeds from new debt financing, net of debt issuance costs, and cash payments to Chubb’s stockholders and transaction costs (in millions).

 

Cash proceeds from issuance of Series B Preferred Stock

   $ 800  

Proceeds from additional indebtedness

     1,400  
  

 

 

 

Total sources of cash

     2,200  
  

 

 

 

Cash paid to Chubb stock holders

     (2,900

Cash paid for debt related issue costs

     (33

Cash paid for transaction costs and bridge financing fee (1)

     (53
  

 

 

 

Pro forma adjustment

   $ (786 )
  

 

 

 

 

(1)

Includes $9 million related to prepaid insurance costs with a policy term of 3 years.

To finance the Chubb Acquisition, APi has obtained financing commitments aggregating $2.2 billion. The commitments include a term loan of $1.1 billion (the 2021 Term Loan) and senior unsecured notes of $300 million (the 4.750% Senior Notes). APi has also entered into the Financing SPAs to issue an aggregate of 800,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, at a price of $1,000 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $800 million.


(B) Inventory

The unaudited pro forma adjustment of $16 million represents the step-up of the Chubb Business’s acquired historical inventory balance to the preliminary estimated fair value of approximately $86 million as of September 30, 2021.

At the effective time of the Chubb Acquisition, inventory is required to be measured at fair value. The Chubb Business’s inventory consists primarily of finished goods and some raw materials. For purposes of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements, the preliminary fair value of the Chubb Business’s inventory has been determined based on currently available information and certain assumptions, and may be different from the final estimate of fair value, and the difference could be material. Raw materials were valued based on the Chubb Business’s current net book values which are believed to approximate fair value. Finished goods were fair valued using the Chubb Business’s historical margins.

(C) Property and equipment

The unaudited pro forma adjustment to property and equipment represents a $17 million increase to the Chubb Business’s acquired property and equipment required to adjust the Chubb Business’s property and equipment to fair value, representing an estimated fair value increase of 25%. As of the effective time of the Chubb Acquisition, the Chubb Business’s property and equipment are required to be measured at fair value. APi considered its experience with its other acquisitions in the industry in estimating the fair value of Chubb’s property and equipment. APi does not have sufficient information at this time as to the specific types, nature, age, condition or location of property, plant and equipment to perform a complete valuation, so it is possible that the fair value of the Chubb Business’s property and equipment could differ materially from the amount included in these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements. Management estimated the new weighted-average remaining useful life of property and equipment to be 4 years.

(D) Goodwill

The unaudited pro forma adjustment to goodwill reflects adjustments to eliminate the Chubb Business’s historical goodwill and record the preliminary estimate of goodwill resulting from the Chubb Acquisition. Goodwill resulting from the acquisition reflects the preliminary estimate of the excess of the total purchase consideration to be paid by APi over the fair value of the Chubb Business’s identifiable assets and liabilities (See Note 4 above) (in millions):

 

Total purchase consideration

   $ 2,900  

Less: Fair value of the Chubb Business identifiable net assets and liabilities

     (1,502

Plus: Tax impact of pro forma adjustments

     203  
  

 

 

 

Residual goodwill

   $ 1,601  

Less: Chubb Business historical goodwill

     (897
  

 

 

 

Pro forma adjustment

   $ 704  
  

 

 

 


(E) Identifiable Intangible Assets

The unaudited pro forma adjustment reflects the step-up to the preliminary estimated fair value of the Chubb Business’s identifiable intangible assets from the respective carrying values reported by Chubb as of September 30, 2021. The preliminary fair values of the intangible assets retained include the following (in millions):

 

     Estimated
Fair

Value
     Estimated
Weighted-
Average Useful
Life (in years)
 

Customer relationships

   $  740        8  

Patent and trademarks

     160        15  

Backlog

    

 

74

 

 

 

    

 

1

 

 

 

Chubb Business pro forma identifiable intangible assets

   $ 974     

Less: Chubb Business’s historical intangible assets

     (546   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Pro forma adjustment

   $ 428     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of the effective time of the Chubb Acquisition, identifiable intangible assets are required to be measured at fair value, and these assets could include assets that are not intended to be used or sold or that are intended to be used in a manner other than their highest and best use. With respect to the intangible assets associated with the Chubb Acquisition, the Chubb Business owns the rights to a number of trade names and trademarks. Based on internal assessments as well as discussions with the Chubb Business’s management, APi has identified the following significant intangible assets: trademarks, customer relationships, patents and others. For purposes of these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements, the fair value and weighted-average useful lives of these intangible assets have been estimated primarily based on APi’s recent historical acquisitions of life safety businesses and other available public information and APi’s financial due diligence review of the Chubb Business.

(F) Deferred tax assets and liabilities

The unaudited pro forma adjustment to deferred income tax liabilities is calculated as follows (in millions):

 

Net impact to deferred tax liabilities associated with Chubb’s inventory, tangible and identifiable intangible assets

   $  120  

Net impact to deferred tax liabilities associated with the fair value adjustment to Chubb’s pension and post-retirement liabilities

     83  

Tax benefit on $44 million of Chubb Acquisition transaction costs

     (11
  

 

 

 

Pro forma adjustment

   $ 192  
  

 

 

 

The unaudited pro forma adjustment reflects the change in net deferred income tax liabilities arising from the fair value adjustments to Chubb Business’s assets and liabilities. Deferred income tax adjustments arising from fair value adjustments have been estimated at the combined statutory U.S. federal and state tax rate of 26%.

(G) Pension assets and liabilities

The historical Chubb Business pension and post-retirement assets and liabilities acquired are estimated to approximate fair value as APi has not yet performed an actuarial valuation on all to-be-acquired pension and post-retirement plans. Estimated fair values may differ materially than those presented herein due to a number of factors including, but not limited to, changes in discount rates, pension plan asset values at the time of the closing of the Chubb Acquisition and return on asset assumptions. The condensed combined pro forma balance sheet eliminates the deferred actuarial gain and losses and prior unrecognized service costs within Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income(“AOCI”) for all pension and post-retirement plans. It is possible that the fair value of the Chubb Business’s pension assets and liabilities could differ materially from the amount included in these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements.


(H) Debt

The unaudited pro forma adjustments relate to APi’s new debt financing for its borrowings pursuant to the 2021 Term Loan and 4.750% Senior Notes of $1.1 billion and $300 million, respectively. The unaudited pro forma adjustments are classified between short-term debt, current portion of long-term debt and long-term debt as follows (in millions):

 

     Total debt
issued in
Chubb
Acquisition
     Short term and
current portion
of long
term debt
     Long-term debt,
less current
portion
 

APi borrowing pursuant to 2021 Term Loan facility (due 2028)

   $  1,100      $ 11      $  1,089  

APi borrowing pursuant to 4.750% Senior Notes (due 2029)

     300        —          300  

Less: Debt discount (deferred financing costs)

     (33      (5      (28
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Pro forma adjustment

   $ 1,367      $ 6      $ 1,361  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(I) Shareholders’ equity and related accounts

The unaudited pro forma adjustment related to the elimination of the Chubb Business’s historical shareholders’ equity accounts and the after tax impact of the $44 million in transaction fees (refer to (R) below for further discussion of the adjustment to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for non-recurring transaction costs).

Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations

(J) Inventory step up turn

The pro forma adjustment to reflect the adjustment to cost of revenue based on the elimination of profit in the acquired Chubb Business’s inventory step-up to fair value. The pro forma adjustments of $16 million for year ended December 31, 2020 and nine months ended September 30, 2020 are based on estimates from the Chubb Business’s historical financial statements which indicate its inventory turns more than twice per year. See (B) for further discussion on inventory valuation.

(K) Backlog intangible amortization

The pro forma adjustment of $74 million for the acquired backlog intangible asset (refer to (E) above for backlog intangible) related to the Chubb Business’s contracts with its customers to be performed subsequent to the Chubb Acquisition date. The amortization period for the backlog intangible asset is estimated to one year; therefore, the pro forma adjustments to cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, are estimated to be $74 million and $56 million, respectively.

(L) Intangible amortization expense

The pro forma adjustments to SG&A expenses related to intangible asset amortization expense based on the estimated fair value of acquired intangible assets excluding the backlog intangible asset, (refer to (E) above for customer relationships, patents and trademarks intangible fair values), for all the pro forma periods presented is outlined in the following tables (in millions):

 

     For Year Ended December 31, 2020  
     Historical
Amortization
     Preliminary
Estimated
Amortization
     Pro Forma
Adjustment
 

Amortization in SG&A expense of the Chubb Business

   $ —        $  103      $  103  

Amortization in cost of revenues of the Chubb Business

     22        —          (22
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total amortization expense

   $  22      $ 103      $ 81  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 


     For Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021  
     Historical
Amortization
     Preliminary
Estimated
Amortization
     Pro Forma
Adjustment
 

Amortization in SG&A expense of the Chubb Business

   $ —        $  77      $ 77  

Amortization in cost of revenues of the Chubb Business

     15        —          (15
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total amortization expense

   $  15      $ 77      $ 62  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     For Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020  
     Historical
Amortization
     Preliminary
Estimated
Amortization
     Pro Forma
Adjustment
 

Amortization in SG&A expense of the Chubb Business

   $ —        $  77      $ 77  

Amortization in cost of revenues of the Chubb Business

     17        —          (17
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total amortization expense

   $  17      $ 77      $ 60  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The pro forma adjustment to amortization expense represents the estimated additional amortization expense associated with the estimated fair values of the acquired Chubb Business’s amortizable intangible assets using the intangible assets’ preliminary estimated weighted-average useful lives. The estimation of preliminary weighted-average useful lives and fair values of the acquired Chubb Business’s intangible assets are described in (E) above.

(M) Depreciation expense

The pro forma adjustments to depreciation expense reflecting the change in the preliminary estimated fair value of acquired Chubb Business’s property and equipment presented for all the pro forma periods is calculated as follows (in millions):

 

     For Year Ended December 31, 2020  
     Historical
Depreciation
     Preliminary
Estimated
Depreciation
     Pro Forma
Adjustment
 

Depreciation in SG&A expense of the Chubb Business

   $  10      $  12      $  2  

Depreciation in cost of revenues of the Chubb Business

     7        8        1  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 17      $ 20      $ 3  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     For Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021  
     Historical
Depreciation
     Preliminary
Estimated
Depreciation
     Pro Forma
Adjustment
 

Depreciation in SG&A expense of the Chubb Business

   $ 6      $ 9      $ 3  

Depreciation in cost of revenues of the Chubb Business

     5        6        1  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $  11      $  15      $  4  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 


     For Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020  
     Historical
Depreciation
     Preliminary
Estimated
Depreciation
     Pro Forma
Adjustment
 

Depreciation in SG&A expense of the Chubb Business

   $ 7      $ 9      $  2  

Depreciation in cost of revenues of the Chubb Business

     5        6        1  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $  12      $  15      $ 3  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The pro forma adjustment to depreciation expense represents increased depreciation expense associated with the $17 million pro forma adjustment to increase the Chubb Business’s property and equipment to its preliminary estimated fair value. The preliminary estimated weighted-average depreciable lives and fair values of the acquired the Chubb Business’s property and equipment (refer to (C) above for property and equipment fair values).

(N) Interest expense

The pro forma adjustment represents the estimated increased interest expense associated with the additional indebtedness to be incurred by APi to finance the Chubb Acquisition and presented for all the pro forma periods as follows (in millions):

 

     For Year Ended
December 31,
2020
     For Nine Months
Ended
September 30,

2021
     For Nine Months
Ended
September 30,

2020
 

APi’s historical interest expense

   $ 52      $ 43      $ 41  

Interest expense on Chubb Acquisition indebtedness(1)

     53        38        41  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Pro forma combined interest expense

     105        81        82  

Less: Historical combined interest expense

     (21      (29      (18
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Pro forma adjustment

   $ 84      $ 52      $ 64  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, includes $3 million of bridge financing fees.

NOTE: A 0.125% change in the interest rate on the Chubb Acquisition indebtedness would change annual interest expense by approximately $2 million.

(O) Non-service pension benefit

The pro forma adjustments represent the impact of eliminating the deferred actuarial gains and losses and prior unrecognized service costs within AOCI and their related amortization in order to estimate the pro forma non-service pension benefit for all pension and post-retirement plans.


(P) Income tax expense (benefit)

The pro forma income tax effects related to all the pro forma adjustments are calculated using an estimated pro forma combined blended U.S. federal and state statutory tax rate of 26% and are calculated for all pro forma periods presented as follows (in millions):

 

     For Year Ended
December 31,
2020
    For Nine Months
Ended
September 30,

2021
    For Nine Months
Ended
September 30,

2020
 

Pro forma adjustments to income (loss) before taxes

   $ (296   $ (107   $ (239

Statutory tax rate

     26     26     26
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Pro forma adjustment

   $ (77   $ (28   $ (62
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(Q) Accrued stock dividend on Series B Preferred Stock

The pro forma adjustment to accrued dividend represents accrued dividends on newly issued Series B Preferred Stock is calculated as follows (in millions):

 

     For Year Ended
December 31,
2020
    For Nine Months
Ended
September 30,

2021
    For Nine Months
Ended
September 30,

2020
 

Newly issued Series B Preferred Stock

   $  800     $  800     $  800  

Interest rate

     5.5     5.5     5.5
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Pro forma adjustment

   $ 44     $ 33     $ 33  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The above adjustment reflects the accrual of dividends on such Series B Preferred Stock issued as part of the Financing SPAs entered into to finance the Chubb Acquisition. Refer to (A) above for further details on the Series B Preferred Stock. APi has the option to pay these dividends in cash or shares, and it is management’s intent to pay these dividends in shares of APi common stock.

(R) Adjustment for non-recurring transaction costs

Total non-recurring acquisition-related transaction costs to complete the Chubb Acquisition are estimated to be approximately $53 million. These costs primarily relate to $44 million of professional fees associated with regulatory filings and the Chubb Acquisition activities and $9 million related to insurance costs with a policy term of 3 years. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and nine months ending September 30, 2021 and 2020 have been adjusted to record estimated non-recurring costs of $47 million, $2 million, and $46 million, respectively, in SG&A expenses.