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):   February 7, 2018
 
TRONC, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
001-36230
38-3919441
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
 
 
 
435 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
 
 
 
312-222-9100
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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 o

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. o






Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Acquisition Agreement
On February 6, 2018, Tribune Publishing Company, LLC (the “Acquiror”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of tronc, Inc. (the “Company”), acquired a 60% membership interest in BestReviews LLC (“BestReviews”), a company engaged in the business of testing, researching and reviewing consumer products, pursuant to an Acquisition Agreement, entered into on the same date (the “Acquisition Agreement”), among the Acquiror, the Company, BestReviews Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), BestReviews and the stockholders of Parent named therein.
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Acquisition Agreement, the Acquiror acquired (the “Acquisition”) 60% of Parent’s membership interest in BestReviews for a total purchase price of $66 million, consisting of $30 million in cash, subject to a post-closing working capital adjustment, and $36 million in common stock of the Company, based on a 30-day volume-weighted average sales price of the Company’s common stock as specified in the Acquisition Agreement. The Company issued 1,913,438 shares of common stock in connection with the closing (the “Stock Consideration”). The Stock Consideration is subject to lock-up provisions that prohibit certain transfers of the shares and standstill provisions based upon the following schedule: 25% of the Stock Consideration will cease to be subject to the lock-up provisions on the 6-month anniversary of the closing date of the Acquisition, 50% of the Stock Consideration will cease to be subject to the lock-up provisions on the 9-month anniversary of the closing date of the Acquisition and 25% of the Stock Consideration will cease to be subject to the lock-up provisions on the 12-month anniversary of the closing date of the Acquisition. The Acquisition Agreement also contains representations, warranties, covenants, and indemnities of the parties thereto.
Limited Liability Company Agreement
In connection with the Acquisition, the Acquiror and Parent also entered into an amended and restated limited liability company agreement of BestReviews (the “LLC Agreement”). Subject to the terms of the LLC Agreement, the Acquiror has the right (the “Call Option”), beginning six months after the closing of the Acquisition, to purchase all (but not less than all) of the remaining 40% of the membership interests of BestReviews using, at the Acquiror’s election, cash, shares of common stock of the Company, or a combination thereof at a purchase price to be based on a pre-determined multiple of BestReviews’ trailing 12-month EBITDA, with such purchase priced capped per the LLC Agreement if the Call is exercised prior to the third anniversary of the closing of the Acquisition. In addition, beginning six months after closing the Acquisition, the Acquiror is entitled to exercise a one-time right to purchase 25% of the units of membership interest of BestReviews retained by Parent (10% of the issued and outstanding equity) with terms identical to those applicable to the Call Option.
Parent also has the right (the “Put Option”), beginning three years after closing of the Acquisition, to cause the Acquiror to purchase all (but not less than all) of the remaining 40% of the membership interests of BestReviews using, at the Acquiror’s election, cash, shares of common stock of the Company, or a combination thereof at a purchase price to be determined in the same manner as if the Call Option were exercised.
If the exercise of the Call Option or the Put Option requires that the Company seek stockholder approval prior to issuing common stock of the Company as consideration in connection with such exercise, and the Company does not obtain requisite stockholder approval, then BestReviews will initiate a sale process for disposition of a majority of the voting power interests of BestReviews or other disposition of all or substantially all of BestReviews’ assets.
The LLC Agreement provides that Parent is entitled to certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the Company’s common stock issued to Parent. The Company is required to file (1) a registration statement on Form S-3 (“Form S-3”) with the Securities





and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to register the resale of the Stock Consideration within 90 days following the closing date of the Acquisition and (2) a Form S-3 with the SEC to register the resale of any shares of common stock of the Company issued in connection with an exercise of the Call Option or the Put Option within 60 days after the issuance of such shares.
The LLC Agreement contains other terms and conditions, including transfer restrictions, tag-along and drag-along rights, and indemnification obligations.
The foregoing summaries of the Purchase Agreement and the LLC Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of such agreements, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and Exhibit 10.1, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.01
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
The information regarding the Purchase Agreement and the Acquisition set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The private placement of 1,913,438 shares of common stock of the Company issued to Parent in connection of the closing of the Acquisition was made in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof.
The information regarding the Acquisition Agreement and the Acquisition set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure.
On February 7, 2018, the Company issued a press release relating to the Acquisition. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.
The press release is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01, and the information contained therein shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)      Exhibits
Exhibit No.          Description
2.1
10.1
99.1
* This agreement is included to provide you with information regarding its terms and is not intended to provide any other factual or disclosure information about the Company or the other parties to the agreement. The agreement may contain representations and warranties by the parties to the agreement. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other party or parties to the agreement and (1) should not in all instances be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a means of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements





prove to be inaccurate; (2) may have been qualified by disclosures that were made to the other party or parties in connection with the negotiation of the attached agreement, which disclosures are not necessarily reflected in the agreement; (3) may apply standards of materiality in a manner that is different from what may be viewed as material to you or other investors; and (4) were made only as of the date of the agreement or other date or dates that may be specified in the agreement and are subject to more recent developments. Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time.
Schedules omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish a supplemental copy of any omitted schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.






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


 
 TRONC, INC.
Date: February 7, 2018
By: /s/ Justin Dearborn     
Name: Justin Dearborn
Title: Chief Executive Officer




EXHIBIT 2.1

 
ACQUISITION AGREEMENT
dated as of
February 6, 2018
by and among
TRIBUNE PUBLISHING COMPANY, LLC,
TRONC, INC.,
BESTREVIEWS INC.,
BESTREVIEWS LLC,
the Stockholders named herein,
and
Denis Grosz, as Seller Representative




 




TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I . CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.....................................................................................................
1
1.1
Certain Definitions ..............................................................................................................      1
1.2
Construction ......................................................................................................................      16
1.3
Knowledge ........................................................................................................................      17
ARTICLE II . ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF THE PURCHASED INTEREST; CLOSING DATE..............................................................................................................................................      17
ARTICLE III . TRANSACCTIONS AT CLOSING; ACQUISITION PRICE..........................................
18
3.1
Deliveries by Parent and the Stockholders .......................................................................      18
3.2
Deliveries by Buyer and Issuer ..........................................................................................      19
3.3
Pre-Closing Statement; Transaction Expenses; and Cash Amount ...................................      20
3.4
Payment of Funded Indebtedness .....................................................................................      20
3.5
Payment of Transaction Expenses .....................................................................................      20
3.6
Acquisition Price Adjustment ............................................................................................      20
3.7
Deductions and Withholding .............................................................................................      22
3.8
Shares of Issuer Common Stock .......................................................................................      22
3.9
Distribution of Exchange Shares .......................................................................................      24
ARTICLE IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE
STOCKHOLDERS.........................................................................................................................      24
4.1
Power and Authorization ...................................................................................................      24
4.2
Noncontravention ..............................................................................................................      25
4.3
Organization; Good Standing ............................................................................................      25
4.4
Litigation ...........................................................................................................................      25
4.5
Transactions with Affiliates ...............................................................................................      25
4.6
Brokers’ Fees .....................................................................................................................      25
ARTICLE V . REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE COMPANIES..........
26
5.1
Due Organization; Organizational Documents ..................................................................      26
5.2
Subsidiaries ........................................................................................................................      26
5.3
Due Authorization ..............................................................................................................      27
5.4
No Conflict .........................................................................................................................      27
5.5
Governmental Authorities; Consent ...................................................................................      27
5.6
Capitalization .....................................................................................................................      28
5.7
Financial Matters; Liabilities .............................................................................................      28
5.8
Legal Compliance ..............................................................................................................      29
5.9
Actions ...............................................................................................................................      30
5.10
Material Contracts .............................................................................................................      31
5.11
Employee Benefits .............................................................................................................      33
5.12
Labor and Employment Matters ........................................................................................      35

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5.13
Taxes ..................................................................................................................................      37
5.14
Brokers’ Fees .....................................................................................................................      39
5.15
Insurance ............................................................................................................................      39
5.16
Properties ...........................................................................................................................      40
5.17
Absence of Changes ..........................................................................................................      40
5.18
Affiliate Agreements .........................................................................................................      42
5.19
Intellectual Property; Personal Information and User Data ..............................................      42
5.20
Environmental Compliance ...............................................................................................      47
5.21
Books and Records ............................................................................................................      48
5.22
Real Property .....................................................................................................................      48
5.23
Bank Accounts; Credit Card Accounts; Powers of Attorney .............................................      50
5.24
Customers ..........................................................................................................................      51
5.25
Investment Representations ...............................................................................................      51
5.26
No Other Representations and Warranties .........................................................................      53
ARTICLE VI. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRATIES REGARDING BUYER AND ISSUER........
53
6.1
Due Organization; Organizational Documents ..................................................................      54
6.2
Due Authorization ..............................................................................................................      54
6.3
No Conflict ........................................................................................................................      54
6.4
Litigation ...........................................................................................................................      54
6.5
Governmental Authorities; Consent ...................................................................................      55
6.6
Financial Ability .................................................................................................................      55
6.7
Brokers’ Fees .....................................................................................................................      55
6.8
Solvency .............................................................................................................................      55
6.9
Capitalization .....................................................................................................................      55
6.10
Exchange Shares ................................................................................................................      56
6.11
SEC and Listing Matters ....................................................................................................      56
6.12
Financial Matters; Liabilities .............................................................................................      56
6.13
Material Adverse Effect .....................................................................................................      57
6.14
Material Contracts ..............................................................................................................      57
6.15
Internal Controls ................................................................................................................    57
6.16
Tax ......................................................................................................................................      57
6.17
Vote Required .....................................................................................................................      58
6.18
No Other Representations and Warranties .........................................................................      58
ARTICLE VII . COVENANTS..................................................................................................................
58
7.1
Public Disclosure ...............................................................................................................      58
7.2
Indemnification of Officers and Directors of BR-NV ........................................................      59
7.3
Employment and Benefit Arrangements ............................................................................      59
7.4
Transfer Taxes ....................................................................................................................      59
7.5
Further Assurances .............................................................................................................      59
7.6
Tax Matters ........................................................................................................................      60
7.7
Release ...............................................................................................................................      64
7.8
Confidentiality ...................................................................................................................      65
7.9
Required Financial Statements ..........................................................................................      66
7.10
R&W Insurance Policy ......................................................................................................      67
7.11
Parent Name Change .........................................................................................................      67

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ARTICLE VIII . INDEMNIFICATION.....................................................................................................
67
8.1
Survival ..............................................................................................................................      67
8.2
Indemnification ..................................................................................................................      68
8.3
Limitations on Liability .....................................................................................................      70
8.4
Payment of Claims .............................................................................................................      72
8.5
Defense of Third-Party Claims ..........................................................................................      72
8.6
Subrogation ........................................................................................................................      74
8.7
Exclusivity ..........................................................................................................................      74
8.8
Characterization of Indemnification Payments ..................................................................      75
ARTICLE IX . MISCELLANEOUS...........................................................................................................
75
9.1
Expenses ............................................................................................................................      75
9.2
Waiver ................................................................................................................................      75
9.3
Entire Agreement; Counterparts; Exchanges by Facsimile ...............................................      75
9.4
Applicable Law; Dispute Resolution .................................................................................      76
9.5
Equitable Relief .................................................................................................................      77
9.6
Exhibits, Certificates Annexes and Schedules ...................................................................      77
9.7
Assignability; Third Party Rights ......................................................................................      77
9.8
Notices ...............................................................................................................................      77
9.9
Severability ........................................................................................................................      79
9.10
Waiver of Conflict ..............................................................................................................      79
9.11
No Recourse .......................................................................................................................      80
9.12
Seller Representative .........................................................................................................      81
9.13
No Waiver Relating to Claims for Fraud, Etc ....................................................................      81


Exhibit A      Form of Amended and Restated Operating Agreement
Exhibit B      Form of Master Advertising Services Agreement
Exhibit C      Form of Escrow Agreement
Exhibit D      Form of Lockup Agreement
Exhibit E      Form of Services Agreement
Exhibit F      Forms of Employment Agreement
Exhibit G      Forms of Non-Compete Agreement


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ACQUISITION AGREEMENT
This ACQUISITION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of February 6, 2018, is entered into by and among Tribune Publishing Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Buyer ”), tronc, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Issuer ”), BestReviews LLC, a Delaware limited liability company formerly known as and successor in interest to the Pre-Conversion Corporation (as defined in the recitals below) (BestReviews LLC together with the Pre-Conversion Corporation when relevant to periods before the Conversion, collectively, “ BR-NV ”), BestReviews Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ” and together with BR-NV, each, a “ Company ” and, collectively, the “ Companies ”), each Person designated as a “Stockholder” on the signature pages hereto (each a “ Stockholder ,” and together, the “ Stockholders ”), and Denis Grosz, as representative of Parent and the Stockholders (the “ Seller Representative ”). The parties hereto are each individually referred to herein as a “ Party ” and collectively as the “ Parties .”
RECITALS
Whereas, the Companies are engaged in the business of testing, researching and reviewing consumer products (the “ Business ”);
WHEREAS, prior to the Closing Date, BestReviews Inc., a Nevada corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “ Pre-Conversion Corporation ”), has converted into a limited liability company (the “ Conversion ”);
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, Parent owns the entire membership interest of BR-NV (the “ Membership Interest ”);
Whereas, Buyer desires to acquire from Parent, and Parent desires to transfer to Buyer, sixty percent (60%) of the Membership Interest (the “ Purchased Interest ”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, in consideration of the direct and indirect benefits accruing to the Stockholders, and to induce Buyer and Issuer to enter into this Agreement, the Stockholders agreed to be party to this Agreement and to make certain representations and warranties, and agree to certain covenants, as set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, the Parties hereto, all intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
Certain Definitions
1.1     Certain Definitions
As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:


 



A&R Operating Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of BR-NV, by and among BR-NV, Parent and Buyer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .
Accounting Methodology ” means the accounting principles, methods and practices utilized in preparing the Year End Balance Sheet for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the unaudited consolidated income statement for the year then-ended, in each case, applied on a consistent basis, as set forth in Schedule 5.7(b) .  
Action ” means any claim, action, suit, audit, assessment, arbitration, demand, indictment, allegation, mediation, investigation, hearing, notice of violation, citation, summons, subpoena, dispute, suit, litigation, arbitration, audit or any other proceeding by or before any Governmental Authority, whether civil, criminal, administrative or regulatory and whether at law or in equity.
Adjustment Amount ” means 60% of any positive Cash Amount, minus the absolute value of any negative Cash Amount, minus Closing Indebtedness, minus Transaction Expenses, plus the Closing Working Capital Overage (if any) and minus the Closing Working Capital Underage (if any).
Advertising Services Agreement ” means that certain Master Advertising Services Agreement by and between Buyer and BR-NV in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B .
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person, through one or more intermediaries or otherwise.
Base Amount ” means $5,888,000.00.
Beneficial Ownership ” by a Person of a security means ownership by such Person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares (a) voting power which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security; and/or (b) investment power which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition, of such security; and shall otherwise be interpreted in accordance with the term “beneficial ownership” as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to Beneficially Own any securities Beneficially Owned by its Affiliates (including as Affiliates for this purpose its officers and directors) or any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) of which such Person or any such Affiliate is or becomes a member. The terms “Beneficially Own,” “Beneficially Owned” and “Beneficial Owner” shall have correlative meanings to “Beneficial Ownership.”
Business Day ” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York or San Francisco, California are authorized or required by Law to close.

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Capital Stock ” means (a) any shares, interests, participations or other equivalents of capital stock of a corporation, (b) any ownership interests in a Person other than a corporation, including membership interests, partnership interests, joint venture interests and beneficial interests; and (c) any warrants, options, convertible or exchangeable securities, subscriptions, rights (including equity appreciation, phantom equity or profits interests), calls or other rights to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.
Cash Amount ” means (a) all cash and cash equivalents held by BR-NV immediately prior to the Effective Time, plus (b) readily marketable securities and debt instruments held by BR-NV immediately prior to the Effective Time, minus (c) any escrowed amounts or other restricted cash balances (including all cash designated for use in connection with any security deposits, cash collateralized letters of credit, performance bonds, or surety bonds) of BR-NV immediately prior to the Effective Time (to the extent not accounted for in the Closing Working Capital), and minus (b) the amounts of any issued but unpaid checks, drafts and wire transfers of BR-NV immediately prior to the Effective Time (to the extent such checks, drafts and wire transfers have not been accounted for in the Closing Working Capital), in each case, determined in accordance with the Accounting Methodology.
Closing Indebtedness ” means the amount of Indebtedness of the Companies outstanding immediately before the Effective Time, determined in accordance with the Accounting Methodology. For the avoidance of doubt, Closing Indebtedness shall not include any amounts reflected in the Transaction Expenses or calculation of the Closing Working Capital.
Closing Working Capital ” means Net Working Capital as of immediately before the Effective Time, without giving effect to the Closing. For the avoidance of doubt, any amount treated as a Current Liability in the estimate of Closing Working Capital as a part of the Estimated Adjustment Amount or in determining the Closing Working Capital as a part of the Final Adjustment Amount shall not be included in the Transaction Expenses or Closing Indebtedness.
Closing Working Capital Overage ” shall exist when (and shall be equal to the amount by which) the Closing Working Capital exceeds the Base Amount.
Closing Working Capital Underage ” shall exist when (and shall be equal to the amount by which) the Base Amount exceeds Closing Working Capital.
COBRA ” means the group health plan continuation coverage requirements of Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA and Code Section 4980B and of any similar state legal requirement.
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Company Predecessor ” means any predecessor to either Company or any entity to which a Company is a successor in interest, in each case, whether as a result of any merger, amalgamation or acquisition of assets or otherwise.
Confidential Information ” means any information that has value to the Business and is not generally known to the public or its competitors and that is used, developed or obtained by

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any Stockholder or either Company in connection with the Business, including any such information, observations and data concerning or consisting of (a) the business or affairs of either Company in connection with the operation of the Business, including, the contents of and matters related to this Agreement or the other agreements and documents contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and any other confidential information of Buyer or its Affiliates provided or obtained in connection therewith, (b) products or services, (c) fees, costs and pricing structures, (d) designs, specifications and models, (c) analyses, (f) drawings, photographs and reports, (g) Software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, (h) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (i) databases, (j) accounting and business methods, (k) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (l) customers and clients and customer or client lists, and (m) production methods, processes, Know-How, Technology and Trade Secrets.
Contracts ” means any contract, agreement, indenture, note, bond, mortgage, loan, instrument, lease, license, commitment or any oral or written legally binding arrangement, understanding, undertaking or obligation.
Current Assets ” means the total current assets of BR-NV, which current assets shall include only the line items set forth on Annex I under the heading “Current Assets” and no other assets.
Current Liabilities ” means the total current liabilities of BR-NV, which current liabilities shall include only the line items set forth on Annex I under the heading “Current Liabilities” and no other liabilities.
Datasite ” means the electronic data room titled Athena and hosted by Merrill Corporation.
Effective Time ” means 12:01 am Pacific Time on the Closing Date.
Environmental Law ” means any Law in any way relating to the protection of human health and safety, worker health and safety, the environment or natural resources including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq .), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. App. § 1801 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.), the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq .), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.) the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq .), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §300f et seq .) the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), and/or any similar state or local Laws, as each has been or may be amended and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, any Law in any way relating to the international importation or exportation of Hazardous Materials, and any transfer of ownership notification or approval Law.
Escrow Agent ” means U.S. Bank National Association.
Escrow Agreement ” means the escrow agreement, by and among Buyer, Parent and Escrow Agent, to hold the Escrow Amount, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C .

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Exchange Act ” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
GAAP ” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles in effect at the relevant time.
Governmental Authority ” means any applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal, local or foreign government, governmental or quasi-governmental authority, regulatory or administrative agency, governmental commission, arbitral body, fiscal or judicial authority, department, board, bureau, ministry, agency or instrumentality, court or tribunal.
Governmental Order ” means any order, judgment, injunction, decree, writ, stipulation, determination or award, in each case, entered by or with any Governmental Authority.
Hazardous Materials ” means (a) any petrochemical or petroleum products, oil or coal ash, radioactive materials, radon gas, heat, noise, odor, asbestos or asbestos-containing material, polychlorinated biphenyls, lead based paint or urea formaldehyde foam insulation, (b) any chemicals, materials, substances or wastes which are currently defined or regulated as “hazardous substances,” “hazardous materials,” “hazardous constituents,” “hazardous wastes,” “extremely hazardous wastes,” “restricted hazardous wastes,” “medical wastes,” “biohazardous wastes,” “infectious agents,” “pathological wastes,” “toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants,” “toxic air pollutants,” “pollutants” or “contaminants” or words of similar meaning and regulatory effect under any Environmental Laws; (c) mold or microbial matter; and (d) any other chemicals, materials, wastes or substances for which Liability or standards of conduct can be imposed under, or the exposure to or treatment, storage, transportation, disposal or Release of which is prohibited, limited or regulated under any Environmental Laws.
Identifiers ” means (i) all internet domain names and universal resource locators, (ii) links, metatags, keywords, pop-up or pop-under ads or other means of identifying a Person or device on the internet and (iii) telephone numbers and telephone directory listings.
Inbound Proprietary Rights or User Data License Agreement ” means any Proprietary Rights or User Data License Agreement pursuant to which either Company is granted any rights in any Proprietary Rights of any other Person.
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, (a) the principal, accrued and unpaid interest, unpaid fees or expenses and other monetary obligations in respect of (i) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money and (ii) indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is liable, (b) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of such Person and all obligations of such Person under any title retention agreement (but excluding any accounts payable or other similar monetary obligations to trade creditors of such Person and all other accrued current liabilities of such Person), in each case, to the extent reflected in Closing Working Capital, (c) all obligations under leases which must be, in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date of this Agreement, recorded as capital leases in respect of which such Person is liable as lessee (it being understood, for the avoidance

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of doubt, that obligations under operating leases under GAAP shall not constitute Indebtedness), (d) all obligations under any letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances issued for the account of such Person or similar items (in each case whether or not drawn, contingent or otherwise), (e) any accrued bonuses, sales commissions or other deferred employment or similar compensation owed by such Person to any other Person to the extent such compensation relates to any period prior to, or any services provided prior to, the Closing Date (including the employer’s share of payroll Taxes attributable to such compensation), (f) all obligations with respect to any unfunded, or of any underfunding of any, pension, deferred compensation or similar Liabilities (including the amount withdrawn from any “multiemployer” plans) of such Person, (g) the amount of any bank overdrafts, (h) all obligations in respect of interest rate or currency swaps, caps, collars, options, futures or purchase or repurchase Liabilities, or similar derivative instruments, (i) all accrued and unsatisfied obligations owed by such Person to any of its Affiliates, (j) any breakage costs, prepayment penalties, interest charges or similar fees or amounts that would be incurred by such Person by the payment of any portion or all of the foregoing amounts, (k) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (j) of any other Person the payment of which such Person is liable as obligor, guarantor, or surety (but only to the extent such Person is found to be liable as an obligor, guarantor, or surety), and (l) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (k) of other Persons secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such Person, whether or not such obligation is assumed by such Person (but only to the extent of the value of the property or asset that is subject to the Lien); provided , that Indebtedness shall not include (x) accounts payable to trade creditors, or accrued expenses arising in the Ordinary Course that do not represent indebtedness for borrowed money or capital leases, in each case, to the extent reflected in Closing Working Capital, that are not yet due and payable, or are being disputed in good faith, (y) employer payroll Taxes on such accrued expenses in clause (x) arising in the Ordinary Course, and (z) any other amounts included in the calculation of Transaction Expenses or Closing Working Capital.
Internet Assets ” means all Identifiers, websites and web pages, social media account rights and related access credentials and permissions.
Issuer Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Issuer.
Issuer Material Adverse Effect ” means any event, change, occurrence, state of facts, effect or circumstance that, individually or when taken together with all such other events, changes, occurrences, state of facts, effects or circumstances, is or would reasonably be expected (a) to have a material adverse effect upon Issuer’s business or the financial condition, assets, business or results of operations of Issuer, taken as a whole, or (b) prevent or materially impair or delay Buyer’s or Issuer’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and the A&R Operating Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or Buyer’s or Issuer’s ability to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement and the A&R Operating Agreement; provided, that “Issuer Material Adverse Effect” shall not include any event, change, occurrence, state of facts, effect or circumstance, directly or indirectly, arising out of or attributable to those matters described in clauses (i)-(xiv) of the definition of “Material Adverse Effect”, mutatis mutandis, including that references to (A) the “Companies” or “Parent” shall instead refer to “Issuer or Buyer”; (B) “Buyer” shall instead refer to “Parent” and (C) “Business”

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shall refer to the business of “Issuer and Buyer”; provided further, however, that any event, occurrence, fact, state of facts, effect or circumstance referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) immediately above (by way of incorporation by reference) shall be taken into account in determining whether an Issuer Material Adverse Effect has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur to the extent that such event, occurrence, fact, state of facts, effect or circumstance has a disproportionate effect on Buyer, the Issuer or their business compared to other participants in the industries in which Buyer and Issuer conduct their business.
Know-How ” means all proprietary technical information, know how, discoveries, improvements, processes, formulas, data, inventions, sequences, modifications, mechanisms of action, instruction and other intellectual property (other than Trade Secret or patent rights and the information disclosed or referenced therein) and Software, algorithms, hardware, whether or not patentable, that are used in connection with the development and commercialization of the Business or any product developed, formulated, distributed, sold, licensed, leased or delivered by or on behalf of either Company.
Law ” means any statute, law (including common law), ordinance, rule, directive, by-law, regulation or Governmental Order, in each case, of any applicable Governmental Authority.
Liability ” means of a Person any liability, debt, obligation, commitment or deficiency owed by such Person, including in respect of any Tax, interest, penalty, fine, judgment or other damages, or cost or expense incurred by such Person, in each case, whether asserted or unasserted, known or unknown, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, matured or unmatured or otherwise.
Licensed Proprietary Rights ” means Proprietary Rights under which either Company is granted rights under a Proprietary Rights or User Data License Agreement.
Lien ” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, encumbrance, security interest, lien, claim, easement, right of way, community property interest, exclusive license, preemptive or purchase right, option, right of first refusal, charge or other security interest of any kind, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and the filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction or any similar Law and including any lien or charge arising by Law, or any Contracts to create any of the same.
Lockup Agreement ” means that certain Lockup Agreement, made by Parent in favor of Buyer and Issuer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D .
Material Adverse Effect ” means any event, change, occurrence, state of facts, effect or circumstance that, individually or when taken together with all such other events, changes, occurrences, state of facts, effects or circumstances, is or would reasonably be expected (a) to have a material adverse effect upon the Business or the financial condition, assets, business or results of operations of BR-NV, taken as a whole, or (b) prevent or materially impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided , that “Material Adverse Effect” shall not include any event, change, occurrence, state of facts, effect or circumstance, directly or indirectly, arising out of or attributable to: (i) any general national,

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international or regional economic, financial, social, military or political conditions; (ii) general changes in any financial, debt, credit, capital or banking markets or conditions (including any disruption thereof); (iii) changes in interest, currency or exchange rates or the price of any commodity, security or market index; (iv) changes in legal or regulatory conditions, including changes or proposed changes in Law, GAAP or other accounting principles or requirements, or standards, interpretations or enforcement thereof; (v) changes in the industries in which the Companies operate with respect to the Business or seasonal fluctuations in the business of the Companies consistent with past practice; (vi) the occurrence, escalation, outbreak or worsening of any hostilities, war, police action, acts of terrorism or military conflicts, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of an emergency or war; (vii) the existence, occurrence or continuation of any force majeure events, including any earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tropical storms, fires or other natural disasters or any national, international or regional calamity or any man-made disaster; (viii) the general public awareness of Parent’s intention or desire to enter into this Agreement or a similar agreement and the process leading to the execution or announcement of this Agreement, including the relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, distributors, partners, employees, consultants, or Governmental Authorities; (ix) the announcement of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (x)  the execution of this Agreement, the taking or not taking of any action to the extent required by this Agreement or the pendency or contemplated consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (xi) the failure to take any action restricted by this Agreement; (xii) any actions taken, or not taken, with the consent, waiver or at the request of Buyer or any action taken to the extent expressly permitted by this Agreement; (xiii) any actions taken at the specific request of Buyer; or (xiv) any actions taken by Buyer or any of its Affiliates or any of its representatives or financing sources after the date hereof; provided further , however , that any event, occurrence, fact, state of facts, effect or circumstance referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) immediately above shall be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur to the extent that such event, occurrence, fact, state of facts, effect or circumstance has a disproportionate effect on the Companies or the Business compared to other participants in the industries in which the Companies conduct their business.
Net Working Capital ” means Current Assets, minus Current Liabilities, each as determined in accordance with the Accounting Methodology, expressed as a positive number, if positive, and as a negative number, if negative, and each calculated using the methodologies set forth in the illustrative calculation of Net Working Capital as of the Balance Sheet Date set forth on Annex I .
Off-the-Shelf Software Agreements ” means license agreements of non-customized commercially available off-the-shelf software of “shrink wrap” or “click through” license agreements and non-exclusive inbound trademark licenses that are Material Contracts and scheduled pursuant to Schedule 5.10(a) , which are entered into in the Ordinary Course, in any case with an aggregate purchase price, as the case may be, of less than $25,000.
Organizational Documents ” means, with respect to any Person, the applicable charter documents, bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement or similar organizational documents of such Person.

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Outbound Proprietary Rights or User Data License Agreement ” means any Proprietary Rights or User Data License Agreement pursuant to which either Company grants any rights in any Proprietary Rights to any other Person.
Owned Proprietary Rights ” means Proprietary Rights owned, or purported to be owned, in whole or in party, by either Company.
Permits ” means all permits, licenses, certificates of authority, accreditations authorizations, registrations, variances or similar rights issued by or obtained from, a Governmental Authority.
Permitted Liens ” means (i) all statutory or other Liens for Taxes, which are not yet due and payable, or the validity or amount of which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (ii) all workman’s, repairman’s, mechanics’, warehouseman’s and carriers’ Liens and other similar Liens imposed by Law, incurred in the Ordinary Course for amounts not yet due and payable or the validity or amount of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been established in the Year End Balance Sheet for the year ended December 31, 2017 in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, (iii) all pledges, deposits or other Liens securing the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases or statutory obligations (including workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security legislation), (iv) all purchase money security interests which attached pursuant to the applicable jurisdiction’s Uniform Commercial Code, (v) all zoning, entitlement, conservation restriction and other land use and environmental regulations by Governmental Authorities, (vi) all covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements, charges, rights-of-way, defects or imperfections of title and other encumbrances with respect to real property which do not materially interfere with the present use of any of the properties or assets of the Companies or its Business, (vii) all exceptions in any title reports or title policies made available to Buyer in the Datasite prior to the date of this Agreement and all restrictions shown on any surveys made available to Buyer in the Datasite prior to the date of this Agreement, (viii) encumbrances in favor of a bank or other financial institution encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a bank or other financial institution, (ix) encumbrances arising out of, under or in connection with applicable securities Laws, and (x) those items set forth on Schedule  1.1(b) .
Person ” means any individual, firm, company, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, Governmental Authority or other entity of any kind.
Pre-Closing Tax Liability ” means (i) all liabilities for Taxes of BR-NV for Pre-Closing Tax Periods (other than Transfer Taxes to be borne by Buyer pursuant to Section 7.4 ), (ii) all Taxes of any member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group of which BR-NV (or any predecessor) is or was a member on or prior to the Closing Date, including pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 or any analogous or similar state, local, or non-U.S. law or regulation, and (iii) any and all Taxes of any Person payable by BR-NV to a Governmental Authority as a transferee or successor, by contract or pursuant to any law, rule, or regulation, to the extent such liability of BR-NV as a transferee or successor is attributable to an event or transaction occurring before the Effective Time.

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Pre-Closing Tax Period ” means all taxable periods of BR-NV ending on the Closing Date and the portion through the end of the Closing Date for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing Date.
Proprietary Rights ” means all rights or interests to any proprietary rights, whether as an owner, licensor, licensee or otherwise, along with all income, royalties, damages, payments due or payable at the Closing or thereafter, including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements, dilutions, misappropriations, or other violations thereof, the right to sue and recover for past infringements, dilutions, misappropriations, or other violations thereof and any and all corresponding rights or interests that, now or hereafter, may be secured throughout the world, including: (a) patents, patent applications, patent disclosures, inventions, industrial designs and models (whether or not patentable and whether or not reduced to practice) and any reissue, continuation, continuation in part, division, revision, extension or reexamination thereof; (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, corporate names, slogans, fictitious names, “dbas,” and other source identifiers and domain names, together with all translations, adaptations, derivations, and combinations, including all goodwill associated therewith; (c) copyrights whether registered or unregistered, database rights, all other copyrightable works, works of authorship, all moral and economic rights of authors and inventors, however denominated, and any similar or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing, and all tangible embodiments of the foregoing; (d) mask works, mask work registrations and applications therefor, and any equivalent or similar rights in semiconductor masks, layouts, architectures or topology; (e) rights of publicity and privacy relating to the use of Personal Information, User Data, names, likenesses, voices, signatures and biographical information of natural persons; (f) all registrations, applications and renewals for any of the foregoing; (g) Trade Secrets, Know-How and Confidential Information (including ideas, formulae, compositions, know how, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, research and development information, drawings, specifications, designs, plans, proposals, technical data, financial, business and marketing information and plans, and customer and supplier lists, pricing and cost information, and related information); (h) rights with respect to Software; (i) Internet Assets (including public and non-public websites, intranet sites and FTP sites); (j) similar, corresponding or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing Technology; (k) other proprietary rights; (l) rights of personality used in the Business; (m) licenses, Proprietary Rights or User Data License Agreements, coexistence agreements, consent agreements, agreements to assign or other contracts to or from third parties regarding the foregoing; (n) all copies and tangible embodiments of the foregoing (in whatever form or medium), in each case, including the items set forth on Schedule 5.19(a) ; (o) all Identifiers; and (p) all moral rights or rights of attribution or integrity in any of the foregoing.
Proprietary Rights or User Data License Agreement ” means any agreement (including any outstanding decrees, orders, judgments, settlement agreements and stipulations) pursuant to which a Person is granted any license or other rights in or to any Proprietary Rights or User Data, including any right to distribute, promote, market, sell or otherwise use any Proprietary Rights or User Data.
Pro Rata Interest ” means, with respect to each Stockholder, the percentage set forth under the heading “% of Parent Equity Interests” across from such Stockholder’s name on Annex

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II attached hereto; provided that in no event shall the aggregate Pro Rata Interest for all Stockholders exceed, or be less than, 100% (with any rounding differences borne by the holder of the largest Pro Rata Interest).
Publicly Disclosed Information ” means information publicly disclosed by Issuer in the following reports filed by it with or furnished to the SEC on or after January 1, 2016, including amendments thereto filed prior to the date hereof, and publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any risk factor disclosures contained in such documents under the heading “Risk Factors,” any disclosure of risks included in any “forward-looking statements” or any other disclaimers that are non-specific or statements that are predictive or forward-looking in nature, and any exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein): (a) Issuer’s annual reports on Form 10-K, (b) Issuer’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, (c) all proxy statements relating to Issuer’s meetings of stockholders (whether annual or special), (d) Issuer’s current reports on Form 8-K filed by it with or furnished by it to the SEC, and (e) all other forms, reports, registration statements and other documents filed by Issuer with the SEC
R&W Insurance Policy ” means the buyer-side representation and warranty insurance policy to be obtained by Buyer or Issuer on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Buyer and Seller Representative.
Reciprocal License ” means a license of an item of Software that requires or that conditions any rights granted in such license upon: (a) the disclosure, distribution or licensing of any other Software (other than such item of Software in its unmodified form), (b) a requirement that any disclosure, distribution or licensing of any other Software (other than such item of Software in its unmodified form) be at no charge, (c) a requirement that any other licensee of the Software be permitted to modify, make derivative works of, or reverse engineer any such other Software, (d) a requirement that such other Software be redistributable by other licensees or (e) the grant of any patent rights (other than patent rights in such item of Software), including non-assertion or patent license obligations (other than patent obligations relating to the use of such item of Software).
Release ” means any releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, disposing, migration or dumping of any Hazardous Materials into the indoor or outdoor environment.
Relevant Group ” means any affiliated combined, consolidated, unitary or other group for Tax purposes including any affiliated group within the meaning of Section 1504 of the Code if inclusion in such group exposes each member of such group to joint and several liability for Taxes computed on a group basis.
Representative ” means, with respect to any Person, any Affiliate of such Person or any agent, trustee, director, manager, officer, employee, attorney, accountant, consultant or other representative of such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates.
Schedules ” means the schedules setting forth certain disclosures of the Stockholders, Parent, Buyer or Issuer, as the case may be, or qualifications or exceptions to the Stockholders’,

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Parent’s, Buyer’s or Issuer’s representations or warranties set forth in Article IV, Article V or Article VI , as applicable, which schedules are delivered simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Services Agreement ” means that certain Services Agreement by and between Buyer and BR-NV in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E .
Shareholder Agreement ” means that certain Shareholder Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2015, by and among Parent and the Stockholders.
Software ” means any computer program, operating system, applications system, firmware or other code of any nature (including any and all software implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, program files, program and system logic, program modules, routines, and subroutines), whether operational, under development or inactive, including all object code, source code, databases, compilations, data files, rules, data collections, diagrams, protocols, specifications, interfaces, definitions or methodology derived from the foregoing and any derivations, updates, enhancements and customization of any of the foregoing, processes, operating procedures, technical manuals, user manuals and other documentation thereof (including descriptions, flow charts, and other work product used to design, plan, organize, and develop any of the foregoing), whether in machine-readable form, programming language or any other language or symbols and whether stored, encoded, recorded or written on disk, tape, film, memory device, paper or other media of any nature.
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to a specified Person, a non-natural Person of which 25% or more of the Capital Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by such specified Person.
Tax ” or “ Taxes ” mean (a) taxes of any kind whatsoever and similar fees, assessments or charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including those measured on, measured by or referred to as, income, alternative or add-on minimum, gross receipts, escheat, capital, capital gains, sales, goods and services, use, ad valorem, franchise, profits, license, privilege, transfer, registration, premium, unclaimed property, withholding, payroll, employment, unemployment, disability, social security (or similar), excise, estimated, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, value added, property, environmental or windfall profits taxes, customs and duties, together with any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts arising with respect to the foregoing, and any interest thereon, whether disputed or not, (b) any amount payable to a Governmental Authority of a type described in clause (a) of this definition arising as a result of being or having been a member of a Relevant Group, and (c) any amount payable to a Governmental Authority of a type described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition as a transferee or successor.
Tax Returns ” means any return, declaration, report, statement, information statement or other document filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes, including any attachments thereto and amendments thereof.

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Tax Sharing Agreement ” means any Contract providing for sharing or allocation of Tax liabilities or Tax attributes with another Person, including by providing indemnification or reimbursement to any other Person against losses attributable to imposition of any Tax or agreement to take a specified reporting position in any Tax Return, but excluding Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business in which such provisions are not the main purpose of the Contract and are commonly included in Contracts dealing with the subject matter of such Contract, such as leases, or licenses or lending agreements.
Taxing Authority ” means any Governmental Authority responsible for the assessment, determination, collection or administration of any Tax.
Technology ” means all Trade Secrets, concepts, ideas, designs, research, processes, procedures, techniques, methods, Know-How, formulas, algorithms, data, discoveries, developments, inventions, modifications, extensions, improvements, technology, Software, IT Systems and related hardware (whether or not patentable or subject to copyright, mask work or trade secret protection).
Trade Secret ” or “ Trade Secrets ” means all trade secrets, as defined under the Delaware Uniform Trade Secret Act that relate to the Business or are otherwise used in the connection with the Business.
Trading Price ” means the volume-weighted sales price per share rounded to four decimal places of Issuer’s common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC for the consecutive period of thirty (30) Business Days beginning at 9:30 a.m. New York time on December 14, 2017 and concluding at 4:00 p.m. New York time on January 29, 2018, as calculated by Bloomberg Financial LP under the function “VWAP” for the Bloomberg security “TRNC: US.”
Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement and the agreements, instruments and documents contemplated by this Agreement or required to be delivered at the Closing.
Transaction Expenses ” means any fees, costs and expenses incurred or subject to reimbursement by the Companies, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and not paid prior to the Closing, including (a) the unpaid fees of legal advisors, accountants, investment bankers, financial advisors, valuation firms or other professionals, (b) any fees or expenses associated with obtaining any Payoff Letters and release and termination of any Liens of any Persons on behalf of either Company, (c) any fees and expenses associated with obtaining and delivering any necessary or appropriate consents of or to any Persons on behalf of either Company or Stockholders, or (d) any transaction bonuses, termination or severance payments, change-of-control payments or similar amounts (including any amounts in respect of any other Contract with any Employee or Contractor) payable by either Company or Stockholder as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (and excluding any event following the Effective Time, including termination of employment or other services), and employer’s share of payroll Taxes in connection with the payment of any such amount. For the avoidance of doubt, Transaction Expenses shall not include any amounts reflected in the Closing Indebtedness or calculation of the Closing Working Capital.

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Transfer Taxes ” means any and all transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration, value added, recording, and other similar Taxes and all conveyance fees, recording charges and other fees payable to a Governmental Authority in connection with the transfer of property (including any penalties and interest), including, without limitation, any real property or leasehold interest transfer tax and any similar Tax (regardless of whether such real property or leasehold transfer Tax is based on sales price, valuation, proceeds, or gain).
Treasury Regulations ” means the regulations (including temporary regulations) promulgated under the Code.
Unique Identifying Number ” means an identifier uniquely associated with a Person such as a social security number, driver’s license number, passport number or customer number, but excluding an identifier which is randomly or otherwise assigned so that it cannot reasonably be used to identify such Person.
User Data ” means: (a) all data related to impression and click-through activity of web site users, including user identification and associated activities at a web site as well as pings and activity related to closed loop reporting and all other data associated with a user’s behavior on the internet, (b) all data that contains a natural person’s full name (or last name if associated with an address), telephone number, e-mail address, Unique Identifying Number, photograph, or any other information, alone or in combination, that allows for the identification of a natural person, (c) all data and other content created, developed or maintained, whether by third Persons (including users of the Web Sites of either Company) or otherwise, on any Web Site of either Company, (d) known, or reasonably inferred information or attributes about a user or identifier, and (e) all derivatives and aggregations of (b), (c) and (d), including user profiles or other information provided by or collected from users of Web Sites of either Company.
For all purposes under this Agreement (including in any Exhibit, Annex or Schedule), capitalized terms are defined throughout this Agreement in the sections specified below:
2015 Financial Statements
Section 5.7(b)
Accounting Firm
Section 3.6(b)
Acquisition Price
Section 3.2
Agreement
Preamble
Applicable Date
Section 6.11
Balance Sheet Date
Section 5.7(a)
Benefit Plan
Section 5.11(a)
BR-NV
Preamble
BR-NV Prepared Return
Section 7.6(a)(i)
Business
Recitals
Business Proprietary Rights
Section 5.19(a)
Buyer
Preamble
Buyer Indemnified Parties
Section 8.2(a)
Claim Threshold
Section 8.3(a)
Client Web Sites
Section 5.19(k)
Closing
Article II
Closing Cash Payment
Section 3.2(b)

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Closing Date
Article II
Closing Statement
Section 3.6(a)
Closing Statement Dispute
Section 3.6(b)
Companies
Preamble
Company Privacy Laws
Section 5.19(l)
Confidentiality Agreements
Section 7.1
Contractors
Section 5.12(a)
Conversion
Recitals
D&O Indemnified Parties
Section 7.2(a)
Damages
Section 8.2(a)
Derivative Securities
Section 5.25(i)
Dispute
Section 9.4(b)
Employee
Section 5.12(a)
Employment Agreements
Section 3.1(i)
Employment Laws
Section 5.12(e)
Enforceability Exceptions
Section 4.1
Environmental Reports
Section 5.20(a)
Escrow Account
Section 3.2(c)
Escrow Amount
Section 3.2(c)
Estimated Adjustment Amount
Section 3.3
Evaluation Date
Section 6.15
Exchange Act Information
Section 7.9(a)
Exchange Shares
Section 3.2(a)
Final Adjustment Amount
Section 3.6(d)
Financial Statements
Section 5.7(a)
FLSA
Section 5.12(a)
Form 8-K Information
Section 7.9(a)
Fundamental Reps
Section 8.1
Funded Indebtedness
Section 3.4
Indemnified Party
Section 8.5(a)
Indemnified Taxes
Section 8.2(a)(iv)
Indemnitor
Section 8.5(a)
Issuer
Preamble
Issuer Financial Statements
Section 6.12
Issuer Preferred Stock
Section 6.9
IT Systems
Section 5.19(m)
knowledge
Section 1.3
Material Contracts
Section 5.10(b)
Material Customers
Section 5.24
Membership Interest
Recitals
Mini-Basket
Section 8.3(a)
Non-Compete Agreements
Section 3.1(j)
Objections Statement
Section 3.6(b)
Ordinary Course
Section 5.7(a)
Parent
Preamble
Parent Prepared Return
Section 7.6(a)(i)
Parties
Preamble
Pay-Off Lender
Section 3.4
Pay-Off Letters
Section 3.4

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Personal Information
Section 5.19(l)
Policies
Section 5.15
Pre-Closing Statement
Section 3.3
Pre-Closing Tax Statement
Section 7.6(a)(i)
Pre-Contribution Shares
Section 5.6(a)
Pre-Conversion Corporation
Recitals
Privacy Policies
Section 5.19(k)
Proprietary Rights Contracts
Section 5.19(c)
Purchased Assets
Section 7.6(h)
Purchased Interest
Recitals
Real Property
Section 5.22(a)
Real Property Leases
Section 5.22(b)(i)
Receivables
Section 5.7(e)
Registered Proprietary Rights
Section 5.19(a)
Related Parties
Section 9.11
Released Claims
Section 7.7
Releasee
Section 7.7
Releasers
Section 7.7
Required Financial Information
Section 7.9(a)
Retained Claims
Section 7.7
SEC Reports
Section 6.11
Securities Act
Section 3.8(b)
Seller Indemnified Parties
Section 8.2(c)
Seller Representative
Preamble
Share Consideration
Section 3.2(a)
Standard Indemnification Cap
Section 8.3(b)
Stockholders
Preamble
Tax Proceeding
Section 7.6(e)
Tax Statement Dispute
Section 7.6(a)(ii)
Terminated Agreements
Section 7.7
Third-Party Claim
Section 8.5(a)
Total Tax Consideration
Section 7.6(h)
Web Sites
Section 5.19(k)
Year End Balance Sheets
Section 5.7(a)

1.2     Construction
(a)    Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, (i) words of any gender include each other gender; (ii) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively; (iii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereto” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement; (iv) the terms “Article” or “Section” refer to the specified Article or Section of this Agreement; (v) the word “including” shall mean “including, without limitation,” (vi) the word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive, and (vii) the term “dollar” or “$” means lawful currency of the United States.
(b)    Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires and except for purposes of any and all agreements or other documents disclosed in the Schedules, references

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to agreements and other documents shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments and other modifications thereto.
(c)    Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to statutes shall include all regulations promulgated thereunder and references to statutes or regulations shall be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing the statute or regulation; provided , however , that, for the purposes of determining a breach or inaccuracy in the representations and warranties set forth herein with respect to any violation or alleged violation of any Laws, rules and regulations, a breach thereof or inaccuracy therein shall only be determined to exist if a breach or inaccuracy existed under such Laws, rules and regulations as in effect at the time of such violation or alleged violation.
(d)    The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Party.
(e)    Whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified. If any action is to be taken or given on or by a particular calendar day, and such calendar day is not a Business Day, then such action may be deferred until the next Business Day.
(f)    All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings given to them under GAAP.
(g)    To the extent that any document or information is described in this Agreement as having been made available in the Datasite, such document or information must have been posted to the Datasite and accessible to Buyer at least twenty-fours (24) hours prior to the Closing.
1.3     Knowledge . As used herein, the phrase “knowledge” of any Person shall mean (a) in the case of the Companies collectively or either Company individually, the actual knowledge of Momchil Filev, Benjamin Faw and Denis Grosz, in each case, after reasonable due inquiry, (b) in the case of Buyer or Issuer, the actual knowledge of Julie Xanders, Terry Jimenez and Michael Lavey after reasonable due inquiry, and (c) in the case of any Stockholder, the actual knowledge of such Stockholder after reasonable due inquiry.
ARTICLE II
ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF THE PURCHASED INTEREST; CLOSING DATE
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing Parent shall sell, assign, transfer and convey to Buyer, all of the Purchased Interest. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) shall take place at the offices of Morrison & Foerster LLP, 425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, at 10:00am PST on the date hereof or at such other date, time or place as is mutually agreed to by Parent and Buyer. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “ Closing Date .” The Closing

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shall be deemed to be effective as of the Effective Time.
ARTICLE III
TRANSACTIONS AT CLOSING; ACQUISITION PRICE
3.1     Deliveries by Parent and the Stockholders . At the Closing, Parent or the Stockholders, as applicable, shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Buyer and Issuer each of the following:
(a) an assignment of the Purchased Interest or other instruments of transfer, duly executed in blank by Parent;
(b) the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by Parent and the Escrow Agent;
(c) the A&R Operating Agreement and the Lockup Agreement, duly executed by Parent;
(d) the Advertising Services Agreement and the Services Agreement, duly executed by BR-NV;
(e) certificates stating that Parent is not a “foreign” person within the meaning of Section 1445 of the Code, which certificates shall set forth all information required by, and otherwise be executed in accordance with, Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(b)(2);
(f) a certificate of BR-NV, duly executed by an officer of BR-NV, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying (i) that attached to such certificate are true and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of such Company, as amended through and in effect on the Closing Date, and (ii) that the resolutions attached to the certificate have been duly adopted by the requisite governing bodies of such Company and evidence the taking of all corporate or limited liability company action, as applicable, necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents;
(g) a certificate of Parent, duly executed by an officer of Parent, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying that the resolutions attached to the certificate have been duly adopted by the requisite governing bodies of such Company and evidence the taking of all corporate or limited liability company action, as applicable, necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents;
(h) certificates of good standing, dated within five (5) Business Days of the Closing Date, for each Company, in each case, issued by the Secretary of State of (i) such Company’s state of formation or organization, and (ii) solely in the case of BR-NV, any other jurisdiction in which BR-NV is qualified to do business;
(i) the Employment Agreements between BR-NV, on one hand, and each of Momchil Filev, Benjamin Faw, Heather MacKenzie and William Reynolds, on the other hand, in the applicable forms of employment agreement attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “ Employment

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Agreements ”), duly executed by Momchil Filev, Benjamin Faw, Heather MacKenzie and William Reynolds, as applicable;
(j) non-compete agreements between BR-NV, on one hand, and each of Momchil Filev, Benjamin Faw, William Reynolds and Denis Grosz, on the other hand, in the applicable forms of non-compete agreements attached hereto as Exhibit G (the “ Non-Compete Agreements ”), duly executed by Momchil Filev, Benjamin Faw, William Reynolds and Denis Grosz, as applicable;
(k) a promissory note made by BR-NV in favor of Buyer, in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer and Parent, duly executed by BR-NV; and
(l) any other documents required to be delivered at Closing as provided in this Agreement.
3.2     Deliveries by Buyer and Issuer . At the Closing, Buyer or Issuer, as applicable, shall deliver to the applicable party listed below the following:
(a)    to Parent, an aggregate number of shares of Issuer Common Stock (the “ Exchange Shares ”) equal to the quotient of $36,000,000 (the “ Share Consideration ”) divided by the Trading Price; provided that the Share Consideration will be made only in the form of whole shares and any fractional share shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share;
(b)    a cash payment (the “ Closing Cash Payment ”) to Parent equal to the Estimated Acquisition Price minus the Share Consideration minus the Escrow Amount and payable by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account or accounts as shall have been designated in the Pre-Closing Statement;
(c)    a cash payment to the Escrow Agent equal to $1,000,000 (such amount, the “ Escrow Amount ”) deposited into an account (the “ Escrow Account ”) established pursuant to the Escrow Agreement for purposes of satisfying any indemnification obligations of Parent and the Stockholders pursuant to Article VIII ;
(d)    the Escrow Agreement, the Advertising Services Agreement, the Services Agreement and the A&R Operating Agreement, duly executed by Buyer;
(e)    the Employment Agreements and Non-Competition Agreements, duly executed by BR-NV; and
(f)    evidence that Buyer has obtained and bound the R&W Insurance Policy.
For purposes of this Agreement, the Estimated Acquisition Price means:
(i) $66,000,000;
(ii) plus the Estimated Adjustment Amount (if the Estimated Adjustment Amount is a positive number); and

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(iii) minus the absolute value of the Estimated Adjustment Amount (if the Estimated Adjustment Amount is a negative number).
The Estimated Acquisition Price as recalculated following the Closing pursuant to Section 3.6 shall be the “ Acquisition Price ” for purposes of this Agreement.
3.3     Pre-Closing Statement; Transaction Expenses; and Cash Amount . Not fewer than two (2) Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing Date, (i) Parent shall deliver to Buyer a written statement (the “ Pre-Closing Statement ”) setting forth Parent’s good faith estimates of (A) the Cash Amount, (B) Closing Indebtedness, (C) Transaction Expenses, (D) Net Working Capital and (E) the Adjustment Amount, in each case determined in accordance with the Accounting Methodology (clause (E) being the “ Estimated Adjustment Amount ”), together with supporting documentation for such estimates and any additional information reasonably requested by Buyer, and (ii) Parent shall deliver to Buyer final invoices with respect to all unpaid Transaction Expenses to be paid by Buyer (in accordance with the Pre-Closing Statement and on behalf of the Companies and the Stockholders) as contemplated by Section 3.5 . The Pre-Closing Statement shall be prepared in consultation with Buyer and shall be reasonably acceptable to Buyer. Immediately prior to the Effective Time, BR-NV shall make a distribution to Parent of the entire Cash Amount (with the intended effect of the Cash Amount being neither positive nor negative at the Closing).
3.4     Payment of Funded Indebtedness . Not fewer than two (2) Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing Date, Parent shall deliver to Buyer: (i) a written statement setting forth the Parent’s good faith estimate of all Closing Indebtedness pursuant to the instruments listed on Schedule 3.4 (the “ Funded Indebtedness ”) as of the anticipated Closing Date, including the names of each Person to which such Funded Indebtedness (excluding any Closing Indebtedness under any capital leases that Buyer elects not to discharge (in Buyer’s sole discretion) at the Closing but instead to satisfy in the normal course of business) is owed (each, a “ Pay-Off Lender ”) and the amounts owed to each Pay-Off Lender; and (ii) draft pay-off letters in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer to be executed at the Closing by all Pay-Off Lenders (the “ Pay-Off Letters ”). Buyer and Parent shall cooperate in arranging for discharge of all Funded Indebtedness and the release of any Liens securing such Funded Indebtedness at the Closing, and Buyer will pay, in accordance with the Pre-Closing Statement, the Funded Indebtedness.
3.5     Payment of Transaction Expenses . At the Closing, Buyer (in accordance with the Pre-Closing Statement and on behalf of the Companies and the Stockholders) shall pay, or cause to be paid, all Transaction Expenses for which BR-NV has any liability and which are listed on the Pre-Closing Statement; provided that any amounts treated as wages paid on behalf of BR-NV to a current or former employee of BR-NV will be paid to BR-NV, which will pay such amounts, less applicable withholding Taxes, to the respective recipient.
3.5     Acquisition Price Adjustment .
(a)     Closing Statement . Within ninety (90) days following the Closing Date, Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Seller Representative a written report (the “ Closing Statement ”) setting forth Buyer’s good faith determination of (i) the Cash Amount, (ii) Closing Indebtedness,

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(iii) Transaction Expenses, (iv) Closing Working Capital and (iv) the Adjustment Amount, in each case determined in accordance with the Accounting Methodology. Seller Representative and Parent shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to assist Buyer and its independent auditors in the preparation of the Closing Statement and shall provide Buyer and its independent auditors with reasonable access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice, access to the personnel, properties, books and records of Parent to the extent reasonably necessary for such purpose.
(b)     Dispute Resolution . Within thirty (30) days after Seller Representative’s receipt of the Closing Statement, Seller Representative shall deliver to Buyer a written statement either accepting the Closing Statement or specifying any objections thereto in reasonable detail (an “ Objections Statement ”). If Seller Representative does not deliver an Objections Statement within such 30-day period, then the Closing Statement shall become final and binding upon all Parties. If Seller Representative delivers an Objections Statement within such 30-day period, then Buyer and Seller Representative shall negotiate in good faith for fifteen (15) days following Buyer’s receipt of such Objections Statement to resolve such objections. Any such objections that Buyer and Seller Representative are unable to resolve during such 15-day period are referred to as a “ Closing Statement Dispute .” After such 15-day period, any matter set forth on the Closing Statement that is not a Closing Statement Dispute shall become final and binding upon all Parties (taking into account, if applicable, any objections specified in an Objections Statement as resolved by Buyer and Seller Representative during such 15-day period). If Buyer and Seller Representative are unable to resolve all objections during such 15-day period, then any Closing Statement Disputes, and only such Closing Statement Disputes, shall be resolved by Grant Thornton LLP, or if Grant Thornton LLP is not available for such assignment, another nationally recognized accounting firm upon which Buyer and Seller Representative shall reasonably agree (the “ Accounting Firm ”). The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to resolve any Closing Statement Dispute in accordance with the terms of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after its appointment. In resolving any disputed item, the Accounting Firm may not assign a value to any item greater than the maximum value for such item claimed by either Party or less than the minimum value for such item claimed by either Party. None of Seller Representative, the Companies, the Stockholders, Buyer or Issuer shall have or conduct any communication, either written or oral, with the Accounting Firm without the other Parties either being present or receiving a concurrent copy of any written communication. Seller Representative, the Companies the Stockholders, Buyer and Issuer, and their respective employees and/or agents (subject to entry into customary access agreements) shall reasonably cooperate with the Accounting Firm during its engagement and respond on a timely basis to all requests for information or access to documents or personnel made by the Accounting Firm, all with the intent to fairly and in good faith resolve the Closing Statement Dispute as promptly as reasonably practicable. The resolution of each such Closing Statement Dispute by the Accounting Firm (i) shall be set forth in writing, (ii) shall be within the range of disputes between Buyer and Seller Representative, (iii) shall constitute an arbitral award and (iv) shall be conclusive and binding upon all Parties upon which a judgment may be rendered by a court having proper jurisdiction thereover. Upon delivery of such resolution, the Closing Statement, as modified in accordance with such resolution, shall become final and binding upon all Parties.

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(c)     Accounting Firm Expenses . The fees, costs and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be allocated between Buyer, on the one hand, and Parent and the Stockholders (jointly and severally), on the other hand, based upon the percentage which the portion of the Closing Statement Disputes not awarded to each Party bears to the amount actually contested by such Party. For example, if Seller Representative claims that the appropriate adjustments are $1,000 greater than the amount determined by Buyer and if the Accounting Firm ultimately resolves the Closing Statement Dispute by awarding to Seller Representative (for the benefit of Parent) $300 of the $1,000 contested, then the fees, costs and expenses of the Accounting Firm will be allocated 30% (i.e., 300 ÷ 1,000) to Buyer and 70% (i.e., 700 ÷ 1,000) to Seller Representative (for the benefit of Parent).
(d)     Final Adjustment Amount . As used herein, “ Final Adjustment Amount ” means (i) if Seller Representative fails to deliver an Objections Statement in accordance with Section 3.6(b) , the Adjustment Amount as set forth in the Closing Statement or (ii) if the Adjustment Amount is resolved by Buyer and Parent or by submission of any Closing Statement Disputes to the Accounting Firm, as contemplated by Section 3.6(b) , the Adjustment Amount as so resolved. If the Final Adjustment Amount is greater than the Estimated Adjustment Amount, then Buyer shall promptly (but in any event within five (5) Business Days following the determination of the Final Adjustment Amount) deliver to Parent, the amount of such excess by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Parent in writing. If the Final Adjustment Amount is less than the Estimated Adjustment Amount, then Parent and the Stockholders shall promptly (but in any event within five (5) Business Days following the determination of the Final Adjustment Amount) deliver to Buyer the amount of such shortfall by wire transfer of immediately available funds to one or more accounts designated by Buyer in writing. All payments made pursuant to this Section 3.6 shall be treated by all Parties for tax purposes as adjustments to the Acquisition Price.
3.7     Deductions and Withholding . Buyer shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable hereunder, such amounts or shares of Issuer Common Stock as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any applicable Law relating to Taxes, provided that all amounts required to be withheld shall first be withheld from the cash payment required to be made pursuant to Section 3.2(b) . To the extent that amounts or shares of Issuer Common Stock are so withheld and applicable amounts are paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority, such withheld amounts or shares of Issuer Common Stock shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.
3.8     Shares of Issuer Common Stock . Subject in all cases to Issuer’s obligations to register the Exchange Shares in accordance with the A&R Operating Agreement:
(a)    The certificates or book-entries representing the Exchange Shares shall bear or include the following legend:
“THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE

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“SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM.  THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ISSUER THAT (A) SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN A TRANSACTION NOT INVOLVING A PUBLIC OFFERING, (II) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (III) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (IV) TO ISSUER OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL NOTIFY ANY SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF SUCH SECURITIES FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.  SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE ACQUISITION AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 6, 2018 AND THE LOCKUP AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 6, 2018 BY AND AMONG BUYER, ISSUER AND PARENT.”
(b)    Parent covenants and agrees that the Exchange Shares may be disposed of only pursuant to an effective registration statement under, and in compliance with the requirements of, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), or pursuant to an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable state and federal securities laws.  In connection with any transfer of such Exchange Shares by Parent other than (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement, (ii) to Issuer or (iii) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act ( provided that Parent provides Issuer with reasonable assurances (in the form of seller and, if applicable, broker representation letters acceptable to Issuer’s transfer agent) that such Issuer Common Stock may be sold pursuant to Rule 144), Issuer may require Parent to provide to Issuer an opinion of counsel selected by Parent and reasonably acceptable to Issuer, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to Issuer, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Exchange Shares under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws.  As a condition of any such transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Section 3.8 and shall have the rights and obligations Parent under this Section 3.8 with respect to such transferred Exchange Shares.
(c)    Parent agrees that any removal of the restrictive legend from certificates or book entries representing Exchange Shares is expressly predicated upon Parent’s covenant and agreement in this Section 3.8(c) that Parent shall in all cases sell or otherwise transfer such Exchange Shares pursuant to (i) an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in full compliance with all prospectus delivery requirements under the Securities Act and in accordance with the plan of distribution described in any prospectus delivered by Parent, or (ii) an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Parent acknowledges and

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agrees that counsel to Issuer will rely on the continuing accuracy of Parent’s covenants and agreements in this Section 3.8(c) in issuing any instruction letter or legal opinion to Issuer’s transfer agent with respect to the removal of the legend covering resale of the Exchange Shares, and hereby consents to reference these covenants and agreements in any such instruction letter or legal opinion. Parent shall advise Issuer promptly in writing if any of the covenants and agreements in this Section 3.8(c) becomes inaccurate as to Parent’s resale or transfer of Exchange Shares.
3.9     Distribution of Exchange Shares . The Exchange Shares shall be subject to the terms of the Lockup Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
REPRSENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
Except as set forth on the correspondingly labeled Schedule (or sub-section of such Schedule, it being agreed that a disclosure contained in one section or subsection of the Schedules shall be deemed to be disclosed and incorporated by reference in any other section or subsection of the Schedules to the extent that it would be reasonably apparent on the face of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other section or subsection) of Parent and the Stockholders, each Stockholder represents and warrants to Buyer, solely on behalf of such Stockholder and not any other Stockholder, as of the date of this Agreement, that the following statements contained in this Article IV are true and correct. For clarity, each reference to “the Stockholder” in this Article IV shall be referring to the particular Stockholder who is making the representation and/or warranty.
4.1     Power and Authorization . The Stockholder has the requisite legal power and authority, or if the Stockholder is a natural person, the full legal capacity, to enter into and perform his, her or its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Stockholder is, or at the Closing will be, a party. In the case of any Stockholder which is not a natural person, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Stockholder is, or at the Closing will be, a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly and validly authorized by the Stockholder and no other proceedings on the part of the Stockholder are necessary to authorize this Agreement or such other Transaction Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Stockholder and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each other Party hereto) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Stockholder enforceable against the Stockholder in accordance with its terms, except to the extent such enforceability is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and the application of general principles of equity (such limitations, the “ Enforceability Exceptions ”). Each other Transaction Document to which the Stockholder is a party has been duly executed and delivered by the Stockholder and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each other party thereto) such Transaction Document constitutes a legal and binding obligation of the Stockholder enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except to the extent such enforceability is limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.

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4.2     Noncontravention . The execution, delivery and performance by the Stockholder of the Transaction Documents and such other agreements, instruments and documents delivered in connection thereto, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, do not and will not (i) violate, contravene, conflict with or result in a failure to comply with, in any material respect, any applicable Law or Permit which the Stockholder or any of his, her or its assets or properties are subject to or bound or affected by: (ii) except as disclosed in Schedule 4.2 , require any consent or other approval by, notice to or waiver from or other action by any other Person under, result in a violation suspension, revocation, limitation or termination or breach of, constitute a default under (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both), or give rise to any right of termination, amendment, modification, cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation of the Stockholder under any Contract to which the Stockholder or the Stockholder’s assets or properties is bound; (iii) except as disclosed in Schedule 4.2 , required the approval or consent of, notice to, or filing with any Governmental Authority; or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Stockholder (including the Shares), except for any Permitted Liens.
4.3     Organization; Good Standing . The Stockholder (if the Stockholder is not a natural person) (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has delivered to Buyer accurate and complete copies of the applicable Organizational Documents of such Stockholder, and (c) is not in default of any material provision of its applicable Governing Documents.
4.4     Litigation . As of the date hereof, there is no Action pending or, to the Stockholder’s knowledge, threatened against or involving the Stockholder which could prevent or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or have a Material Adverse Effect. The Stockholder is not subject to any Governmental Order that would, or would reasonably be expected to, adversely affect the Stockholder’s ability to execute, deliver or perform any Transaction Document to which the Stockholder is a party, or to timely consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
4.5     Transactions with Affiliates . Except for the Shareholder Agreement, and except as set forth on Schedule 4.5 , no Stockholder nor any Affiliate of such Stockholder (other than either Company) has entered into or is party to any Contract or transaction with either Company.
4.6     Brokers’ Fees . No broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document based upon arrangements made by the Stockholder.
ARTICLE V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE COMPANIES
Except as set forth on the correspondingly labeled Schedule (or sub-section of such Schedule, it being agreed that a disclosure contained in one section or subsection of the Schedules shall be deemed to be disclosed and incorporated by reference in any other section or subsection of the Schedules to the extent that it would be reasonably apparent on the face of the disclosure

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that such disclosure is applicable to such other section or subsection) of Parent and the Stockholders, Parent hereby represents and warrants to Buyer and Issuer, as of the date of this Agreement, that the following statements contained in this Article V are true and correct (it being understood that, for purposes of this Article V , references to BR-NV shall be deemed to include the Pre-Conversion Corporation):
5.1     Due Organization; Organizational Documents . Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Parent is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it is required to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Parent has the requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted. Each jurisdiction where Parent is so qualified is listed on Schedule 5.1 under the heading “Foreign Qualifications” and each jurisdiction where either Company owns, leases or operates assets is listed on Schedule 5.1 under the heading “Other Jurisdictions”. Parent has furnished or made available to Buyer in the Datasite true, correct and complete copies of Parent’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws as in effect as of the date hereof.
5.2     Subsidiaries . BR-NV, is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. BR-NV is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it is required to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. BR-NV has the requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted. Each jurisdiction where BR-NV is so qualified is listed on Schedule 5.2 under the heading “Foreign Qualifications” and each jurisdiction where either Company owns, leases or operates assets is listed on Schedule 5.2 under the heading “Other Jurisdictions”. Parent has furnished or made available in the Datasite to Buyer true, correct and complete copies of BR-NV’s Organizational Documents as in effect as of the date hereof. Other than BR-NV, which is a Subsidiary of Parent, neither Company has ever (i) directly or indirectly owned legally or beneficially any Capital Stock of or in any other Person (other than the Pre-Conversion Corporation) or (ii) been party to or a member of any joint venture with any other Person. The Business has never been conducted through any direct or indirect subsidiary or Affiliate of either Company (other than each other Company), and, other than the Membership Interest and those assets listed on Schedule 5.2 under the heading “Parent Assets”, Parent does not hold any assets used in or necessary for the conduct of the Business as currently conducted. Parent has no Company Predecessor. Other than the Pre-Conversion Corporation, BR-NV has no Company Predecessor (and for the avoidance of doubt, Parent is not considered to be a predecessor of BR-NV).
5.3     Due Authorization . Each Company has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which such Company is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which such Company is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized and approved by all necessary corporate action on the part of such Company. This Agreement has

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been duly and validly executed and delivered by each Company and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each other Party hereto) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Company enforceable against such Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent such enforceability is limited by the Enforceability Exceptions. Each other Transaction Document to which either Company is a party has been duly executed and delivered by such Company and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each other party thereto) such Transaction Document constitutes a legal and binding obligation of such Company enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except to the extent such enforceability is limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.
5.4     No Conflict . Assuming the accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties of Buyer contained in this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule 5.4 , the execution and delivery of any Transaction Document to which either Company is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby do not and will not (i) violate, contravene or conflict with, any provision of, or result in the breach of or constitute a default under (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both), any applicable Law, the respective Organizational Documents of the Companies, or any Material Contract, or result in a suspension, termination, amendment, cancellation or revocation, or give rise to any right of suspension, termination, amendment, cancellation, revocation or acceleration of any right or obligation under any Material Contract, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any of the properties or assets of Parent or BR-NV, or (iii) constitute an event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in any such violation, breach, termination or creation of a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) or result in a violation or revocation of any required Permit from any Governmental Authority or other Person, except to the extent that the occurrence of any of the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) would not reasonably be expected to result in liability that is material to the Business, or otherwise would adversely impair the conduct of the Business, in any material respect, in substantially the manner currently conducted.
5.5     Governmental Authorities; Consent . Assuming the accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties of Buyer contained in this Agreement, no consent, approval, waiver or authorization of, notice to, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required on the part of the Parent with respect to Parent’s execution or delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for any consents, approvals, waiver, authorizations, notifications, designations, declarations or filings the absences of which would not reasonably be expected to result in liability that is material to the Business, or (ii) otherwise would adversely impair the conduct of the Business, in any material respect, in substantially the manner currently conducted.
5.6     Capitalization
(a)    (i) The entire Membership Interest (including, for all purposes under this Article V , the Purchased Interest) is owned beneficially and of record by Parent, and (ii), immediately prior to the Conversion, all of the shares of capital stock of Pre-Conversion Corporation (the “ Pre-Contribution Shares ”) were owned beneficially and of record by Parent, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), with good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of any

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Lien (other than a encumbrances arising out of, under or in connection with applicable securities Laws). Except for the Membership Interest (and prior to the Conversion, the Pre-Conversion Shares), no other Capital Stock of BR-NV has been issued or granted, and no other Capital Stock is outstanding. The Membership Interest has been, and immediately prior to the Pre-Closing Contribution, the Pre-Contribution Shares was, duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with applicable Laws. There are no outstanding Contracts of any kind to which Parent or BR-NV is party to (or by which either of them is bound) requiring the issuance, purchase or redemption after the date hereof of any Capital Stock of BR-NV. There are no outstanding stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or similar rights with respect to BR-NV or declared and unpaid dividends in respect of the Capital Stock of BR-NV.
(b)    Except for the Shareholder Agreement, neither Parent nor BR-NV is a party to or bound by any shareholders agreement, proxy, voting agreement or registration rights agreement relating to the Capital Stock of Parent or BR-NV or any other Contract relating to the sale, transfer, voting, registration, acquisition, distribution rights or disposition of any of the Capital Stock of either Company or otherwise granting any Person any right in respect of the Capital Stock of either Company. There are no existing restrictions on the transfer of any portion of the Membership Interest, and immediately prior the Conversion, there were no restrictions on the ability of the Parent and BR-NV to effect the Conversion.
5.7     Financial Matters; Liabilities .
(a)     Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement, (i) “ Financial Statements ” means the unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2015, December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017 (the “ Year End Balance Sheets ”), and the unaudited consolidated income statements for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017, in each case, for the Companies; and (ii) an action taken by or in respect of either Company will be considered to have been taken in the “ Ordinary Course ” only if that action, and an event with respect to such Company will be considered to have occurred in the “ Ordinary Course ” only if that event, is taken or occurs, as applicable, in the ordinary course of the normal, day-to-day operations of the Business. For purposes of this Agreement, the “ Balance Sheet Date ” shall mean December 31, 2017. True, complete and correct copies of the Financial Statement are included on Schedule 5.7(a) .
(b)     Financial Statements . The (i) Financial Statements (A) have been prepared in good faith based on, and are derived from, the books and records of the Companies, regularly maintained by the Companies’ management to prepare the financial statements of the Companies, and (B) subject to clause (ii) of this Section 5.7(b) , have been prepared in accordance with the policies and principles set forth in Schedule 5.7(b) , and (ii) (A) the Year-End Balance Sheets as of, and the unaudited consolidated income statements for the twelve months ended, December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017 have been prepared on an accrual basis, and (B) the Year-End Balance Sheet as of, and the unaudited consolidated income statement for the twelve months ended, December 31, 2015 (the “ 2015 Financial Statements ”) have been prepared on a cash basis, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), consistently applied throughout the relevant periods. Except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 5.7(b) , the Financial Statements are true and correct in all

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material respects and, on the basis of the foregoing, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Companies as of the dates thereof and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods then ended and, except for the 2015 Financial Statements which were prepared on a cash basis, were prepared on a consistent basis.
(c)     No Undisclosed Liabilities . (i) At the Balance Sheet Date, neither Parent nor BR-NV had any material Liability of any type (whether absolute or contingent) that (A) has not been specifically and fully accrued for or reserved against in the Year End Balance Sheet for the year ended December 31, 2017, or (B) is otherwise disclosed on Schedule 5.7(c) , and (ii) since the Balance Sheet Date, neither Parent nor BR-NV has incurred any material Liabilities other than liabilities that (A) have arisen in the Ordinary Course that are normal and usual in amount and do not directly or indirectly result from, arise out of or relate to any breach of Contract, indemnification obligation, breach of warranty, tort, infringement or violation of Law, (B) arise under executory Contracts that do not directly or indirectly result from, arise out of or relate to any breach of Contract, indemnification obligation, breach of warranty, tort, infringement or violation of Law, (C) Liabilities specifically accounted for in the Pre-Closing Statement or (D) are otherwise disclosed in Schedule 5.7(b) .
(d)     Internal Controls and Books and Records . The Companies maintain, in all material respects, accurate books and records and maintain, in all material respects, internal accounting controls which provide reasonable assurance that (a) transactions are executed in accordance with applicable Law, and (b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the Financial Statements in accordance with the Accounting Methodology, consistently applied (except for the 2015 Financial Statements which were prepared on a cash basis) and to maintain accountability for the combined assets of the Companies.
(e)     Accounts Receivable . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.7(e) , all accounts, notes and other receivables of Companies reflected on the Year End Balance Sheet for the year ended December 31, 2017 or the Closing Statement (collectively, the “ Receivables ”) (a) are valid and existing, (b) represent monies due for goods actually sold and delivered or services actually rendered by either Company, and (c) are not subject to any refunds or adjustments or any defenses, rights of set-off, assignment or other Liens in excess of the reserves included specifically therefor on the Year End Balance Sheet for the year ended December 31, 2017 or the Closing Statement.
5.8     Legal Compliance .
(a)    Each Company is now and, and has been during the past three years, in compliance with all Laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of the Business, there exists no alleged violation by either Company of, or alleged failure by either Company to comply with, any Law, and no Company has, during the past three years, received any notice of any violation or delinquency with respect to any such Laws, except in all such cases for failures to comply, violations and delinquencies which, individually and in the aggregate, are not material.
(b)    A list of all material Permits to which either Company or any of its assets or properties is subject or to which their respective properties or assets is bound is set forth on Schedule 5.8(b) .

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(c)    Each Company has all Permits required or necessary to conduct the Business (as conducted now or at any time since January 1, 2015), except for those Permits which such Company’s failure to possess, individually and in the aggregate, is not material; and each such Permit is valid and in full force and effect and each Company is and has during the past three years been in compliance in all material respects with the terms and requirements of each such Permit, there exists no alleged violation by either Company of, alleged failure by either Company to comply with, or actual or proposed revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination or modification to, any such Permit, except for those failures to be valid and in full force and effect, violations, failures to comply, revocations, withdrawals, suspensions, cancellations, terminations and modifications, which, individually and in the aggregate, are not material. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.8(c) , Buyer may, immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, rely upon all such Permits for the lawful operation of the Business without transfer, reissuance, consent, notice, payment or other action with, to, from or by any Governmental Authority.
(d)    Neither Company has, and to either Company’s knowledge, no Representative or Affiliate of either Company or any other Person acting on behalf of either Company has, violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any other anti-bribery, anti-corruption or comparable Law in any jurisdiction or has made or received any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment in connection with the Business, and Companies maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, compliance with such Laws. No Stockholder is (i) currently identified on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, and/or on any other similar list maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control pursuant to any authorizing statute, executive order or regulation, including those relating to money laundering, anti-terrorism, trade embargos and/or economic sanctions or (ii) a Person with whom a citizen of the United States is prohibited to engage in transactions by any trade embargo, economic sanction or other prohibition of United States Law.
5.9     Actions . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.9, as of the date hereof,
(a)    There is no Action pending or, to either Company’s knowledge, threatened against or involving either Company or any of its properties or assets or such Company’s directors, managers, officers, employees or agents in their capacities as such which (i) is pending, (ii) has been pending at any time in the last three years or (iii) was, to either Company’s knowledge, threatened within the last three years and remains unresolved.
(b)    Neither Company has been party or subject to any settlement Contract since January 1, 2015, and there are no amounts owed by either Company pursuant to any settlement Contract.
(c)    Neither Company (nor its assets or properties) is subject to any Governmental Order.

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(d)    There is no Action pending or, to either Company’s knowledge, threatened against or involving either Company which could reasonably be expected to prevent or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.10     Material Contracts .
(a)     Schedule 5.10(a) sets forth, as of the date hereof, a true, correct and complete list and Parent have made available to Buyer in the Datasite complete and correct copies (including all amendments and extensions thereof) or, if oral, an accurate and complete description, of the following types of Contracts to which Parent or BR-NV is a party or by which either of them or their respective properties or assets are bound and any party thereto has any continuing rights, obligations or Liabilities:
(i)    for the purchase of materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment or other assets which provides for annual payments by either Company of $35,000 or more;
(ii)    for the sale by either Company of materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment or other assets which provides for annual payments to either Company of $35,000 or more;
(iii)    that requires either Company to purchase its total requirements of any product or service from a third party or that contains “take or pay” provisions;
(iv)    for the lease of real property;
(v)    for the lease of equipment that involves annual aggregate payments in excess of $35,000;
(vi)    that is a note, debenture, bond, equipment trust, letter of credit, loan or other Contract for the borrowing or lending of money (other than to employees for travel expenses in the Ordinary Course) or agreement or arrangement for a line of credit or guarantee, pledge or undertaking of the Indebtedness of any other Person;
(vii)    that restrains or limits the ability of either Company to engage or compete in any manner or in any business or location or to solicit any Person to enter into a business or employment or consulting relationship;
(viii)    that relates to the acquisition or disposition of any business (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise) within the last three years;
(ix)    that is a collective bargaining Contract or other similar Contract with any labor organization, union or association;

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(x)    for the employment or engagement of any officer, employee or other individual on a full-time, part-time, consulting or independent contractor basis, in each case, providing for salary or other payments in excess of $75,000 per annum;
(xi)    that contains or provides for an undertaking by either Company to (A) indemnify or hold harmless another Person (other than pursuant to customer agreements entered into in the Ordinary Course) or (B) pay any material penalty in the event of any failure to perform or late performance of such Contract;
(xii)    which contains a “most favored customer” or similar provision;
(xiii)    with any Affiliate of either Company or any current or former employee of either Company, including any stock or membership interest purchase, stock or membership interest repurchase or redemption, severance or settlement agreements;
(xiv)    under which either Company is obligated to pay royalties, commissions or similar payments to any Person;
(xv)    constituting an Inbound Proprietary Rights or User Data License Agreement or Outbound Proprietary Rights or User Data License Agreement, royalty, indemnification, or other Contract with respect to any Proprietary Rights, including Proprietary Rights Contracts, or intellectual property or proprietary rights of other Persons and all other Contracts affecting either Company’s ability to use or disclose any Business Proprietary Rights or Proprietary Rights of other Persons (in each case, except for Off-the-Shelf Software Agreements);
(xvi)    that establishes a joint venture, partnership, limited liability company or other agreement between either Company and any other Person involving a sharing of profits, losses, costs or Liabilities;
(xvii)    for capital expenditures other than capital expenditures individually or in the aggregate of not more than $35,000;
(xviii)    involving the settlement, release, compromise or waiver of any material rights, claims, obligations, duties or Liabilities outside the Ordinary Course;
(xix    to the extent not addressed above, with any Material Customer and any other online retailers from which either Company receives annual revenue in excess of $35,000 or from which either Company licenses content or receives licensed content; or
(xx)    that are with a Governmental Authority.
(b)    Each of the Contracts listed or required to be listed in Schedule 5.10(a) , together with any material purchase orders for the sale or purchase of materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment or other assets (collectively, the “ Material Contracts ”), are a legal, valid and binding obligation of the applicable Company and, to either Company’s knowledge, each other

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Person who or which is a party thereto and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exclusions. The applicable Company has performed the material obligations required to be performed by it and is not in material breach or default under any of the Material Contracts to which it is a party and, to either Company’s knowledge, no other party to any such Material Contract is in material breach or default thereunder. No event or circumstance has occurred with respect to either Company or, to either Company’s knowledge, any other party to a Material Contract that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would or would reasonably be expected to constitute a material breach or event of default under any Material Contract or result in a termination thereof or cause or permit the acceleration or any other change of any material right or obligation or the loss of any material benefits thereunder. As of the date hereof, neither Company has received from any Person, or provided to any Person, any written notice of any intention to terminate any Material Contract.
5.11     Employee Benefits .
(a)     Schedule 5.11 lists each “employee welfare benefit plan” and “employee pension benefit plan” within the meaning of Sections 3(1) and 3(2), respectively, of ERISA, and each other pension or retirement, deferred compensation, equity option or purchase, equity ownership, equity appreciation rights, other equity or equity type, profit sharing, bonus, incentive compensation, change in control, retention, material fringe benefit, employee group insurance, health care, hospitalization, disability, or other material welfare plan, contract, program, policy, practice, or other arrangement, formal or informal, whether or not subject to ERISA that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by Parent or BR-NV or with respect which Parent or BR-NV has any Liability (each a “ Benefit Plan ”).
(b)    With respect to each Benefit Plan, where applicable, Parent has made available to Buyer in the Datasite copies of (i) the plan document (including amendments and individual agreements relating thereto); (ii) the most recent summary plan description and subsequent summaries of material modifications required under ERISA; (iii) the most recent favorable determination letter, or opinion or advisory letter received from or issued by the Internal Revenue Service; (iv) the Form 5500 Annual Reports (including all schedules thereto) with all applicable attachments for the last three completed plan years for which the filing deadline has expired; (v) all related trust agreements, insurance contracts and other funding arrangements and administrative service that implement or apply to such Benefit Plan; (vi) the most recent financial statements, valuation statements, and actuarial valuation reports, (vii) all material non-routine correspondence sent to or received from the Internal Revenue Service, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Department of Health and Human Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, or any other federal or state agency regarding a Benefit Plan during the past three years, including any Benefit Plan audit correspondence or findings; and (viii) the Code nondiscrimination testing reports and result for the three most recently completed plan years.
(c)    No Benefit Plan is, and none of Parent or any of the Companies sponsors, maintains or contributes to, or has any obligation to contribute to or has any Liability under or with respect to, any: (i) “multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA); (ii) any “employee pension benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) that is

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subject to Sections 412 or 4971 of the Code, Section 302 of ERISA or Title IV of ERISA; (iii) a “multiple employer plan” (within the meaning of Section 210 of ERISA or Section 413(c) of the Code); or (iv) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA). There is no lien pursuant to Sections 303(k) or 4068 of ERISA or Section 430(k) of the Code in favor of, or enforceable by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other entity with respect to any of the assets of either Company.
(d)    There have been no nonexempt “prohibited transactions” (as defined in Section 406 and 407 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code) with respect to any Benefit Plan which would result in material Liability to any Company. No actions, suits or claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course) are pending or, to the knowledge of the Companies, threatened.
(e)    Each Benefit Plan has been established, maintained, funded and administered in all material respects in accordance with the terms of such Benefit Plan and complies in form and in operation in all material respects with the applicable requirements of ERISA, the Code and other applicable Laws.
(f)    Neither Company has any material Liability (whether or not assessed) under Section 4980D or 4980H of the Code.
(g)    Each Benefit Plan that is intended to meet the requirements of a “qualified plan” under Section 401(a) of the Code either has received a current favorable determination letter or may rely on a current opinion or advisory letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to such Benefit Plan, and, to the Companies’ knowledge, nothing has occurred since the date of such determination, opinion or advisory letter that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Benefit Plan.
(h)    Each Benefit Plan that is subject to Section 409A of the Code has been operated and maintained in all material respects in operational and documentary compliance with Section 409A of the Code and any U.S. Department of Treasury or Internal Revenue Service guidance issued thereunder and no amount under any such Benefit Plan is or has been subject to the interest and additional Tax set forth under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code. BR-NV is not a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or plan that has resulted or could result, separately or in the aggregate but without regard to any payments made pursuant to any amendment thereof entered into after the Effective Time, or any new agreement, contract, arrangement or plan entered into by the BR-NV or Buyer after the Effective Time, in the payment of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (or any corresponding provision of state, local, or non-U.S. Tax law) in connection with the transfer of the Purchased Interest. BR-NV does not have any obligation to reimburse or otherwise “gross up” any Person for the interest or additional Tax imposed under Sections 409A(a)(1)(B) or 4999 of the Code on such Person.
(i)    No Benefit Plan provides health or life insurance or other welfare-type benefits for current or future retired or terminated employees or service providers (or any spouse or other dependent thereof) other than in accordance with COBRA. The requirements of COBRA

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have been satisfied in all material respects with respect to each Benefit Plan that is subject to COBRA.
(j)    Except as set forth on Schedule 5.11(j) , neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any Transaction Document, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will or may result (either alone or in connection with any other circumstance or event) in the acceleration or creation of any rights of any Person to payments from either Company (including any bonus, golden parachute or severance payment) or benefits or increases in any payments or benefits or any loan forgiveness, vesting, distribution, or obligation to fund benefits, with respect to any current or former employee, director or consultant of either Company (whether or not under any Benefit Plan). BR-NV is not a party to any agreement that will require it to “gross up” or otherwise compensate any Person because of the imposition of any excise Tax on a payment to such Person.
5.12     Labor and Employment Matters .
(a)     Schedule 5.12(a) sets forth a true, correct and complete list of all directors, officers and employees of each Company (each, an “ Employee ”) as of date of this Agreement and a true, correct and complete list of all individual independent contractors of each Company who are engaged through means other than through a staffing agency, professional employment organization or similar operation, including individuals who are engaged directly or through entities in which the individuals have an ownership interest (“ Contractors ”), and sets forth each Employee’s and Contractor’s (i) hourly rate of compensation, fee or base salary, as applicable, the amount of any incentive or other additional compensation (including bonus and commission amounts, fringe or other benefits, whether payable in cash or in-kind) for which such Employee or Contractor is eligible and the amount of such additional compensation actually paid by either Company to each Employee or Contractor during the period from January 1, 2016 to the Closing Date, (ii) position (and/or title), (iii) as to Employees, classification as exempt or nonexempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standard Act and any similar state Law (“ FLSA ”), (iv) date of hire, (v) work status (i.e., full-time, part-time, temporary, etc.), (vi) employer and (vii) any material terms of employment (such as notice of termination periods, the existence of a written employment agreement, commitments to increase any future compensation). If an Employee or Contractor is on a leave of absence on the date of this Agreement, Schedule 5.12(a) indicates the reason for such Employee’s or Contractor’s leave, the date of the Employee’s or Contractor’s last active date of work, any arrangements made to cover such leave, if any, and the Employee’s or Contractor’s expected return to work date, if any. Schedule 5.12(a) also identifies all non-competition, non-solicitation and/or non-disclosure agreements with any Employee or Contractor, all indemnification Contracts between either Company, on the one hand, and any Employee or Contractor, on the other hand, and all former Employees and Contractors entitled to any post-retirement benefits or any other compensation or benefits from either Company. No Employee or Contractor has notified either Company that such Employee or Contractor intends to terminate his or her employment or engagement, as applicable, with either Company, and, to either Company’s knowledge, no officer, manager or key Employee or Contractor of either Company, and no group of Employees and/or Contractors

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of either Company, has any plans to terminate or modify its or their status as Employees or Contractors of either Company within the six-month period following the Closing Date.
(b)    Each Employee and Contractor of, and each other individual performing any services for, any Company is and, since January 1, 2015, has been properly classified under ERISA, the Code, all other applicable Laws, and any benefit plan subject to ERISA or the Code, as a common law employee, independent contractor, leased employee or agent of the Business, except in all such cases for failures to properly classify which, individually and in the aggregate, are not material; and no Company has any material Liability for the improper classification of any employees as independent contractors, exempt from the overtime requirements of the FLSA, or leased employees.
(c)    Except as set forth on Schedule 5.12(c) , no unfair labor practice complaint or similar application against either Company is currently anticipated, pending or has been brought during the past three years before any Governmental Authority. There are no pending, threatened or anticipated grievances under any collective bargaining agreement against either Company. No labor strike, material dispute by the Employees and/or Contractors as a group, slowdown or stoppage is pending or, to either Company’s knowledge, threatened against either Company, and no such strike, dispute, slowdown or stoppage has occurred during the past three years. No labor union currently represents or has given either Company notice that it intends to organize any Employees or Contractors. There is no pending or, to either Company’s knowledge, threatened representation question or organizational campaign, efforts or activities concerning any Employees or Contractors of either Company. Other than as set forth on Schedule 5.12(a) , neither Company is bound by or has entered into any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with any labor union or employee association, or made any commitments to or conducted negotiations with any labor union or employee association with respect to any future collective bargaining agreements or other Contracts, in respect of any Employee or any Contractor.
(d)    The employment of each Employee of either Company is terminable at the will of Parent or BR-NV, respectively.
(e)    Except as listed on Schedule 5.12(e) , there are no Actions threatened, pending, outstanding, or anticipated (and there have been no Actions pending at any time in the last three years), and there are no Governmental Orders, decisions, directions or convictions currently registered or outstanding, against or in respect of either Company under or in respect of any Laws relating to employment and labor, including those relating to employment or labor standards, labor or industrial relations, benefits, human rights, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, pay equity, employment equity, compensation, meal and break periods, privacy, workers compensation, workplace safety, employer health tax, employment or unemployment insurance, income tax withholdings, plant closures and/or mass layoffs, and/or occupational health and safety (“ Employment Laws ”). Each Company is now and has at all times since January 1, 2015 been in compliance, in all material respects, with all Employment Laws and is not liable for any levies, assessments of any kind, penalties or other sums for failing to comply with any Employment Laws. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) there are no outstanding claims, Governmental Orders or charges or inspections against or involving either Company

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with respect to any applicable health and safety Laws, workers’ compensation Laws, wage and hour Laws or unemployment compensation, (ii) all levies, assessments and penalties made against, or premiums owed, by either Company pursuant to any applicable workers’ compensation Laws have been paid by either Company, and (iii) neither Company has been reassessed under any such Laws during the past three years and to the knowledge of Parent there are no circumstances that would permit a penalty reassessment.
(f)    Any obligation of either Company as of the Closing Date for wages, salary, other Employee compensation, vacation pay, holiday pay, premiums for workers’ compensation, employment or unemployment insurance, and all other accrued payroll obligations or accrued expenses in respect of Employees or Contractors, as applicable, for periods through before the Closing Date, has been paid, or, if unpaid as of the Closing, will have been accrued and reflected in the Pre-Closing Statement and thus actually reduce the Acquisition Price.
5.13     Taxes .
(a)    BR-NV has filed, or joined in the filing of, all Tax Returns required to have been filed by it and such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects. All Taxes required to have been paid by BR-NV (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been paid. BR-NV is not currently the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return which has not been filed. There are no liens for Taxes (other than Taxes not yet due and payable) upon any of the assets of BR-NV. BR-NV has withheld and paid all Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with any amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, stockholder, or other third party.
(b)    There are no audits, examinations, proceedings, claims or assessments pending against Parent (with respect to the activities or assets of BR-NV) or BR-NV for any alleged deficiency in any Tax, and the Companies have not been notified in writing of any proposed audits, examinations, proceedings, Tax claims, deficiencies or assessments against Parent (with respect to the activities or assets of BR-NV) or BR-NV.
(c)    No waivers of statutes of limitation have been given or requested in writing with respect to any Taxes of BR-NV and neither Company has agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency against BR-NV.
(d)    BR-NV has not been a beneficiary of or participated in any “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(1) that was, is or, to the knowledge of the Companies and the Stockholders, will be required to be disclosed under Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4.
(e)    Neither Parent nor BR-NV has ever received any notice in writing from any Taxing Authority where it does not currently file Tax Returns that such Taxing Authority believes that Parent (with respect to the assets or activities of BR-NV) or BR-NV was required to file any Tax Return that it has not filed.

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(f)    No property of BR-NV is “tax-exempt use property” or “tax-exempt bond financed property” within the meaning of Section 168 of the Code, and no property of BR-NV directly or indirectly secures any debt the interest on which is exempt from Tax under Section 103(a) of the Code.
(g)    BR-NV is not a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or plan that has resulted or could result, separately or in the aggregate but without regard to any payments made pursuant to any amendment thereof entered into after the Effective Time, or any new agreement, contract, arrangement or plan entered into by the BR-NV or Buyer after the Effective Time, in the payment of any amount that will not be deductible by BR-NV as a result of Section 162(m) of the Code (or any corresponding provision of state, local, or non-U.S. Tax law). BR-NV is not a party to or bound by any Tax Sharing Agreement. BR-NV (i) has not been a member of an affiliated, combined, unitary, or consolidated group filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return (or similar Tax Return other than Tax Returns of Parent by reason of BR-NV’s status as qualified subchapter S subsidiary or disregarded entity) or (ii) has any liability for the Taxes of any Person under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or non-U.S. law), as a transferee or successor.
(h)    BR-NV is not required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) change in method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) use of an improper method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local, or non-U.S. income Tax law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date; (iv) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; (iv) prepaid amount received prior to the Closing Date; or (vi) election under Section 108(i).
(i)    BR-NV has not distributed stock of another Person, or has had its stock distributed by another Person, in a transaction that was purported or intended to be governed in whole or in part by Sections 355 or 361 of the Code. BR-NV does not have a permanent establishment (within the meaning of an applicable Tax treaty) or otherwise has an office or fixed place of business in a country other than the country in which it is organized. Neither Parent nor BR-NV currently uses the cash receipts and disbursements method of accounting for income Tax reporting purposes.
(j)    Parent has been a validly electing S corporation within the meaning of Sections 1361 and 1362 of the Code at all times during its existence for federal income Tax purposes (and has been similarly treated to the extent such treatment available under relevant state and local income Tax Laws). From the date of its incorporation on December 15, 2014 until its acquisition by Parent on November 29, 2015, the Pre-Conversion Corporation was a validly electing S corporation within the meaning of Sections 1361 and 1362 of the Code for federal income Tax purposes (and has been similarly treated to the extent such treatment available under relevant state and local income Tax Laws). From November 30, 2015 until the date of the Conversion, the Pre-Conversion Corporation was properly treated as qualified subchapter S

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subsidiary (within the meaning of Section 1361(b) of the Code) of Parent for federal income Tax purposes (and was similarly treated to the extent such treatment available under relevant state and local income Tax Laws). Beginning on the date of the Conversion, BR-NV has been treated as an entity disregarded as separate from its owner (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-2(c)(2)) for federal income Tax purposes (and similarly treated to the extent such treatment is available under relevant state and local income Tax Laws). Since the date of the Conversion, no election has been made to treat BR-NV as an association taxable as a corporation for federal (and applicable state and local) income Tax purposes.
(k)    BR-NV is not a party to any joint venture, partnership or other agreement or arrangement that is treated or required to be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income Tax purposes. BR-NV does not have any interest in an entity that either is treated or required to be treated as an entity disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. federal Tax purposes, or is an entity as to which an election pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3 has been made.
5.14     Brokers’ Fees . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.14 , no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document based upon arrangements made by Parent or BR-NV.
5.15     Insurance . Schedule 5.15 sets forth a list of each insurance policy and fidelity bond as well as self-insurance programs (including the reserves established thereunder) which covers either Company or their respective businesses, properties, assets, directors, managers, officers or employees (the “ Policies ”). The Policies are sufficient, in all material respects, for all requirements under applicable Law and all Contracts to which either Company is a party or otherwise bound. The Policies are in full force and effect and neither Company has received any written notice of cancellation of any of the Policies, and there is no existing material breach or default or, to either Company’s knowledge, any event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would reasonably be expected to constitute a material breach or default thereunder. All premiums payable with respect to the Policies have been paid as required by the terms of the Policies. Since January 1, 2015, neither Company, after the submission of a complete application for insurance, has been denied insurance coverage, and no insurance coverage has been cancelled by any insurance carrier which provides insurance coverage to either Company. Schedule 5.15 lists insurance claims (other than workers’ compensation claims) and workers’ compensation claims made under the Policies since January 1, 2015. There are no material claims pending under any of the Policies for which coverage has been disputed by the applicable insurance carrier (other than a customary reservation of rights notice).
5.16     Properties .
(a)    Each Company has good and marketable title to all of its material properties and assets and has good title to all its leasehold interests, in each case free and clear of all Liens (except for Permitted Liens).

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(b)    All leased personal property used by either Company in the Ordinary Course is leased pursuant to and only in accordance with valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, subleases, licenses and other agreements, except for any failures to be valid, subsisting and/or enforceable which, individually and in the aggregate, are not material. The properties and assets owned by or leased to BR-NV, constitute properties and assets sufficient for the conduct of the Business immediately after the Closing in substantially the manner as currently conducted.
(c)    Each Company has properly maintained all of its owned or leased buildings, structures, equipment and other personal property in the Ordinary Course and all such personal property is in good condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted).
5.17     Absence of Changes . Since the Balance Sheet Date through the date hereof, each Company has conducted its businesses only in, and have not engaged in any material transaction other than according to, the ordinary and usual course of such businesses consistent with past practice, and, except as set forth in Schedule 5.17 , there has not been:
(a)    any occurrence, event, incident, action, failure to act or transaction involving ether Company or their respective businesses which would or would be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(b)    any damage, destruction or other casualty loss with respect to any asset or property owned, leased or otherwise used by Parent or BR-NV, whether or not covered by any Policy, or any material changes in the amount and scope of any Policy;
(c)    any change in either Company’s financial accounting principles, policies, practices, procedures and/or methods that would have any effect on BR-NV for periods after the Closing Date or the Accounting Methodology;
(d)    any waiver by either Company of a material Indebtedness owed to it;
(e)    other than in the Ordinary Course, any material increase in compensation, benefits or perquisites (except to the extent required by applicable Law or required pursuant to previously existing binding Contracts which have been provided in the Datasite) payable to any Stockholder, member, director, manager or officer, Employee or Contractor of either Company;
(f)    any hiring, engagement, termination or acceptance of the resignation of any Employee or Contractor of either Company whose annual compensation exceeds $100,000 or entry by either Company into (or amendment by either Company of) any employment, severance or similar Contract with any Employee or Contractor of either Company;
(g)    any entry into, adoption, amendment or termination of any bonus, profit sharing, compensation, termination, option, appreciation right, performance unit, pension, retirement, deferred compensation, employment, severance, retention or other employee benefit agreements, trusts, plans, Benefit Plans, funds or other arrangements for the benefit or welfare of any Employee or Contractor, except as required by Law and disclosed in writing to Buyer and other than hirings and dismissals in the Ordinary Course;

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(h)    any entry into, material amendment of or termination or receipt of notice of termination of any Material Contract;
(i)    any merger or consolidation by either Company with any other Person or acquisition by either Company of any assets outside of the Ordinary Course or any Capital Stock or any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person by either Company;
(j)    any sale (other than sales of inventory in the Ordinary Course), transfer, assignment, conveyance, lease, license, lapse, expiration or other disposition of, mortgage or pledge, or imposition or sufferance of any Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) on, by either Company of, any assets, properties or rights (including any Proprietary Rights) which, individually or in the aggregate together with all other assets, properties and rights so affected, are material;
(k)    any commencement, compromise or settlement by either Company of any Action by or on behalf of BR-NV (but in the case of an Action with respect to Taxes, limited to any Action that would affect Tax obligation of BR-NV for any taxable period ending on or after the Closing Date);
(l)    any issuance of any note, bond or other debt security by either Company, any incurrence of any Indebtedness for borrowed money or in connection with any capital lease, or any assumption or guarantee of responsibility by either Company of any Liabilities of any other Person;
(m)    any capital expenditure or commitment to make any capital expenditure by either Company in excess of $50,000, individually, or $100,000 in the aggregate;
(n)    any making, revocation or change of any material Tax election, change of any annual Tax accounting period, adoption or change of any material method of Tax accounting, filing of any material amended Return, entry into any closing agreement with respect to Taxes, settlement of any Tax Proceeding, surrender of any right to claim a Tax refund, or consent to the extension or waiver of the limitations period applicable to any Tax Proceeding, in each case, by BR-NV, but, in each case, only if such action would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on Tax obligations of BR-NV for any taxable period or portion of a taxable period beginning on or after the Closing Date;
(o)    any material change in the Company’s cash management practices and its policies, practices and procedures with respect to collection of accounts receivable, establishment of reserves for uncollectible accounts, accrual of accounts receivable, inventory control, prepayment of expenses, payment of trade accounts payable, accrual of other expenses, deferral of revenue and acceptance of customer deposits;
(p)    any material revaluation of either Company’s assets by either Company; or

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(q)    any entry into any Contract other than this Agreement by either Company, whether or not in writing, to do any of the foregoing.
5.18     Affiliate Agreements . Except as set forth in Schedule 5.18 , except for the Shareholder Agreement and any employment-related arrangements made available in the Datasite, and except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, no Affiliate of either Company, or any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, member or stockholder of either Company is now, or has been during the last three years, (a) a party to any Contract, arrangement or transaction with either Company resulting in any outstanding payment obligations (contingent or otherwise) of either Company to such Person or (b) a lender or guarantor of, or indebted to, either Company.
5.19     Intellectual Property; Personal Information and User Data .
(a)     Generally . Schedule 5.19(a) sets forth a complete and correct list of: (i) all registered Owned Proprietary Rights, including all registrations of and pending applications to register any Owned Proprietary Rights owned or filed by either Company including the registrant or applicant, the jurisdictions by or in which any such registrations or applications have been issued or filed, the respective registration or application numbers and dates of issuance, registrations or filing (“ Registered Proprietary Rights ”); (ii) all material unregistered Owned Proprietary Rights owned or purported to be owned by either Company, identifying the Proprietary Rights (without disclosing any information that would jeopardize the status of such Proprietary Rights as Trade Secrets or Confidential Information, as the case may be); (iii) all other Inbound Proprietary Rights or User Data License Agreements and Outbound Proprietary Rights or User Data License Agreements (except for Off-the-Shelf Software Agreements), identifying for each: (A) the parties thereunder; (B) the date thereof; (C) the type of license (including the term thereof) and (D) the Proprietary Rights licensed thereunder; and (iv) all Internet Assets owned by, allocated or issued to either Company (or for which either Company is listed as the registrant) or used in connection with the Business (collectively, the items described in the foregoing clauses (i)-(iii), together with all unregistered Proprietary Rights owned, purported to be owned, or used by either Company or in connection with the Business that are not required to be set forth on Schedule 5.19(a), the “ Business Proprietary Rights ”). The Business Proprietary Rights identified on Schedule 5.19(a) , constitute all of the Proprietary Rights owned, purported to be owned, licensed by or used in or necessary for, and are sufficient for, the conduct of the business of the Companies as currently conducted or anticipated to be conducted throughout the world, and neither Parent nor any Stockholder nor any third party owns or has any rights with respect to such Business Proprietary Rights (other than respective licensors and licensees under the Proprietary Rights or User Data License Agreements). Neither Company has agreed to indemnify any Person with respect to any Business Proprietary Rights.
(b)     Ownership; Infringement . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.19(a), each Company exclusively owns, free and clear of any Liens or has a valid and enforceable written license to use the Business Proprietary Rights, free and clear of all Liens, and (i) no Action by any third party contesting the validity, enforceability, use or ownership of any of the foregoing has been made, is currently outstanding or, to either Company’s knowledge, is threatened, (ii)

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no loss, expiration or other Action challenging the validity or enforceability of any Owned Proprietary Right is pending, reasonably foreseeable or, to either Company’s knowledge, or threatened, (iii) neither Company has received any notice, nor does either Company have knowledge, of any fact which indicate a likelihood of any infringement, violation, dilution or misappropriation by, or any conflict with, any third Person with respect to any Business Proprietary Right, including any demand or unsolicited request that either Company licenses rights from a third Person, (iv) the conduct of the Business does not infringe, dilute, violate or misappropriate the Proprietary Rights of any third Person, (v) neither Company has infringed, diluted, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Proprietary Rights of any third Person, and neither Company has any knowledge of any infringement, misappropriation, violation or dilution on the part of Company which will occur as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any Transaction Document, and (vi) except as set forth on Schedule 5.19(b) , all of the rights of either Company in and to such Business Proprietary Rights are freely assignable by such Company, including the right to create derivative works.
(c)     Proprietary Rights Contracts . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.19(c) , there are no written or oral contracts or agreements to which either Company is a party pursuant to which such Company has (i) transferred ownership of any Business Proprietary Right owned by such Company or granted any license or option to any other Person with respect to such Business Proprietary Rights or (ii) obtained a license or option to the Proprietary Rights of another Person (except for Off-the-Shelf Software Agreements) (the contracts and agreements required to be listed on Schedule 5.19(c) , the “ Proprietary Rights Contracts ”). Except pursuant to any of the Proprietary Rights Contracts listed on Schedule 5.19(c) , and as indicated therein, (y) no Company has transferred ownership of, or granted any exclusive license to, any Business Proprietary Rights to any Person; and (z) there are no royalties, honoraria, fees, or other payments payable by either Company to any third Person in connection with such Company’s use of any Proprietary Rights.
(d)     Restrictions . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.19(d), there are no settlements, injunctions, forbearances to sue, consents, coexistence agreements, judgments, or orders or similar obligations to which either Company is a party or is otherwise bound, which (i) restrict the rights of either Company to use any Business Proprietary Rights, or (ii) permit third parties to use any Business Proprietary Rights, which would otherwise infringe any Business Proprietary Rights. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.19(d) , no Company has licensed or sublicensed its rights in any Business Proprietary Rights to others, and no royalties, honoraria or other fees are payable by either Company for the use of, or right to use, any Business Proprietary Rights, except pursuant to one or more Material Contracts and as specifically identified therein.
(e)     Registrations . All registrations for Registered Proprietary Rights are valid and in force, and any applications to register any unregistered Owned Proprietary Rights identified on Schedule 5.19(a) are pending and in good standing, all without third party challenge of any kind except for possible examination proceedings from the appropriate registration entity such as the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and each Company has the right to bring actions for infringement or unauthorized use of such Registered Proprietary Rights.

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(f)     Patents and Trademarks . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.19(f) , all patents and trademarks included in the Registered Proprietary Rights have been filed in, issued by or registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and, where applicable, the corresponding offices of other countries, have been so filed, registered or issued, as the case may be as shown on such schedule, and have been maintained and renewed in accordance with all applicable Laws. Except for trademarks that are not currently being used, such as intent-to-use trademark registrations and applications, all trademarks that constitute Registered Proprietary Rights are in use in the form appearing in, and in connection with the goods and services listed in, their respective registration certificates (with respect to registered trademarks) or applications (with respect to unregistered trademarks for which an application has been filed). Complete and accurate copies of all patent and trademark filings, including all correspondence to and from the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the applicable offices of other countries, have been provided to Buyer. Each Company has used commercially reasonable efforts to protect its rights in such patents and registered and material unregistered trademarks, and t to either Company’s knowledge, there have been no acts or omissions by either Company, the result of which would be to compromise the rights of either Company to apply for or enforce appropriate legal protection of such patents and registered and material unregistered trademarks.
(g)     Protective Measures . Each Company has taken all steps reasonable under the circumstances to (i) safeguard and maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of the Trade Secrets that are part of the Owned Proprietary Rights owned by either Company or the Proprietary Rights that either Company is otherwise bound by contract to safeguard and maintain, and (ii) protect the confidentiality of all Confidential Information of either Company, including in each case requiring all employees, contractors and third persons having accesses thereto to execute written confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements. To either Company’s knowledge, no Confidential Information or Trade Secrets have been disclosed by any Person bound by such confidentiality and non-disclosure obligations to any third Person who was not bound by a confidentiality and non-disclosure obligation to either Company of any such Confidential Information or Trade Secrets; and, to either Company’s knowledge, no third Person that is a party to any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement with either Company is in breach of default thereof. To either Company’s knowledge, no Confidential Information or Trade Secrets have been improperly disclosed or misappropriated by another Person. Each Company has validly maintained, and has not knowingly taken any steps that could constitute abandonment or result in a lapse of, or that could invalidate its rights in and to, any Business Proprietary Rights owned by either Company, except where such Company has, in its reasonable business judgment, decided to abandon or allow to lapse any such Business Proprietary Rights. The owners of the Proprietary Rights licensed to either Company have taken all reasonably necessary and desirable actions to properly maintain and protect such Proprietary Rights. To either Company’s knowledge, and except as set forth on Schedule 5.19(g) , no third Person is misappropriating, infringing or otherwise violating any Proprietary Rights of either Company, and no such Actions are pending against any third Person.
(h)     Employee and Consultant Assignment Agreements . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.19(h) , each present director, officer, Employee, Contractor or consultant of each Company who developed any part of any Proprietary Rights used by, developed on behalf of,

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owned by, or purportedly owned by either Company that is or will be used, usable or intended for use in connection with the Business has executed a valid, written, and enforceable agreement that (i) conveys any and all right, title and interest in and to all Proprietary Rights developed by such Person in connection with such Person’s employment, engagement or contract to such Company, and (ii) establishes that, to the extent such Person is an author of a copyrighted work created in connection with such Person’s employment or contract, such work is a “work made for hire” or includes a present assignment of such copyrighted works in favor of such Company. No such director, officer, Employee, Contractor or consultant is in violation of any term of any employment contract or any other contract relating to the relationship of any such director, officer, Employee, Contractor or consultant with either Company. No current or former director or manager (or Person holding a similar title), Employee, Contractor, consultant or officer of either Company (a) owns any right, title or interest in or to any Proprietary Rights used or held for use by either Company, or (b) has made any claims or commenced any Action with respect to, or has any right, license, claim or interest whatsoever in, any Business Proprietary Rights.
(i)     Software . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.19(i) , neither Company distributes to any Persons any Software, whether proprietary to either Company or otherwise, including any source code thereof. All Software that embodies Proprietary Rights that is part of the Business Proprietary Rights is owned by or licensed to a Company. All such Software (i) performs in conformance with its documentation in all material respects and (ii) is free from any material Software defect. None of such Software contains any undocumented self-help mechanism, virus, Trojan horse, worm or other Software routine or hardware component designed to permit unauthorized access or designed to disable a computer program automatically with the passage of time or under the positive control of a Person other than an authorized licensee or owner of the Software program. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.19(i) , neither Company is bound by or a party to any written or oral contract or agreement pursuant to which (a) either Company is obligated to provide to any third Person any proprietary source code of any Software that embodies Owned Proprietary Rights owned by either Company or (b) either Company has deposited, or is or may be required to deposit, with an escrow agent or other party, any such source code or Owned Proprietary Rights. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.19(i) , no services or offerings of either Company or the Business utilize software subject to the Affero GPL 3.0 License, the GNU General Public License 3.0, or any other Reciprocal License.
(j)     Affiliates . No current or former shareholder, partner, member, director or manager (or Person holding a similar title), officer, employee, contractor or other Affiliate of any Stockholder or either Company (other than BR-NV) has or will have, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, any legal or equitable right, title or interest in or to, or any right to use, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any of the Business Proprietary Rights; provided that, for purposes of this Section 5.19(j) only, Owned Proprietary Rights shall not include, in the case of each such natural Person, moral rights and rights of publicity and privacy relating to the use of the name, likeness, voice, signature and biographical information of such natural person.
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and conspicuous location on each such web site that complies with all applicable Laws, copies of which have been provided to Buyer (“ Privacy Policies ”). For each user-facing web site (or portion thereof) of either Company that is made available to clients or customers of either Company (“ Client Web Sites ”), such Company requires such clients to comply with all applicable Laws, and such Client Web Sites comply with all applicable Laws. Each Company, and, to either Company’s knowledge, its clients, have at all times, respectively, been in material compliance with all contractual obligations relating to compliance with applicable Laws.
(l)     Personal Information and User Data . Each Company has at all times materially complied with all applicable Laws, privacy policies and notices, and contractual obligations relating to privacy, data protection and the collection, compilation, sharing, use, processing, storage, transfer, disclosure, destruction, or security from unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable information (“ Personal Information ”) or User Data collected, used or held for use by either Company (“ Company Privacy Laws ”). With respect to Personal Information and User Data, each Company takes reasonable measures to ensure that such information is protected against loss and against unauthorized access, modification, use or disclosure, including the establishment and implementation of policies, programs, and procedures that are commercially reasonable, including administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and security of Personally Information and User Data in its possession, custody or control against unauthorized access, use, modification, disclosure, or other misuse. Each Company is in compliance with the terms of all Contracts to which such entity is a party relating to data, privacy, security, or breach notification (including provisions that impose conditions or restrictions on the collection, use, storage, transfer, or disposal of Personally Information or User Data. Except for disclosures of Personal Information or User Data required by Law or authorized by the provider of the Personal Information or User Data, neither Company sells, rents or otherwise makes available to third parties any such Personal Information. There have been no breaches involving any Personal Information or User Data held or collected by either Company. There is not, and never has been, any Action pending or threatened against either Company alleging a violation of any Person’s privacy, data protection or data rights or Company Privacy Laws, nor has there been any court decision or order restricting or limiting the use, transfer or disclosure by either Company of any customer information or information or Personal Information or User Data received through the Web Sites. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the transfer of any information in connection therewith will not breach or otherwise cause any violation of any Company Privacy Laws.
(m)     IT Systems . Each Company has taken reasonable measures consistent with prevailing industry practice to protect the information technology systems used in connection with the operation of the Business (“ IT Systems ”) from unauthorized access, unauthorized use, interruption, modification, corruption, and failure. The IT Systems, as a whole, are adequate and satisfactory in all material respects for the conduct of the Business as currently conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted, including as to capacity, scalability, and ability to process current and anticipated peak volumes in a timely manner. IT Systems are in sufficiently good working condition to perform all information technology operations and include sufficient licensed capacity (whether in terms of authorized sites, units, users, seats, or otherwise)

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for all Software, in each case as necessary for the conduct of the business of either Company as currently conducted or contemplated to be conducted. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.19(m) , the IT Systems have not suffered any material failures or defects and have functioned consistently and accurately in all material respects since being installed, and neither Company has notified consumers or Employees of any information security breach related to the Personal Information or User Data of such consumers or Employees within the last five years. There have been no material unauthorized intrusions or breaches of the security of any of the IT Systems, and the data and information which they store or process, including any Personal Information or User Data, has not been corrupted in any discernible manner or accessed without the authorization of Company. Each Company has (i) implemented and maintains backup, data storage, security and disaster recovery technology plans and procedures consistent with reasonable information technology security practices for a company of the size and nature of the Companies (taken together), and at least consistent with applicable industry standards and act in compliance therewith; and (ii) test such plans and procedures on a regular basis and such plans and procedures have been proven effective upon such testing.
5.20     Environmental Compliance . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.20 :
(a)    Parent and BR-NV have provided or made available to Buyer in the Datasite all environmental audits, environmental assessments and environmental investigation reports (collectively, the “ Environmental Reports ”), any other material environmental documentation, in each case relating to either Company or any of their respective predecessors or Affiliates, or any real property currently or formerly owned, leased or occupied by any of the foregoing, to the extent such audit, assessments and reports are in the possession, custody or control of either Company.
(b)    Each Company has complied in all material respects with and is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws.
(c)    Each Company has obtained, maintained and complied in all material respects with all Permits required pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws for each of their respective operations and the occupation of each parcel of the Real Property. Schedule 5.20(c) contains a complete list of all such material Permits and the transactions contemplated pursuant to this Agreement will not require the transfer of any such material Permits or the consent of any Governmental Authority under or pursuant to any Environmental Laws.
(d)    Since January 1, 2013, neither Company has received any written notice, or other threat in writing regarding any actual or alleged violation of, or any Liabilities or potential Liabilities arising under, Environmental Laws relating to either Company, any parcel of the Real Property or any former properties or facilities of either Company, other than for minor matters that have been remediated in full. Without limiting the foregoing, no Hazardous Substances are present at, on or under any parcel of the Real Property at concentrations in excess of those permitted under applicable Environmental Laws, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in either Company incurring material Liabilities under applicable Environmental Laws.

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(e)    Neither Company is subject to any effective, pending or unresolved Action or Governmental Order relating to Environmental Laws nor has such Action or Governmental Order been, to either Company’s knowledge, threatened.
(f)    Neither Company has any unresolved Liability related to (i) its compliance or non-compliance with applicable Environmental Laws or Authorizations or (ii) any property or facility, including any parcel of the Real Property, contaminated with any hazardous waste, substance or material.
(g)    Neither Company has treated, stored, disposed of, arranged for or permitted the disposal of, transported, handled, manufactured, distributed, released or exposed any Person to any substance, including any Hazardous Substance, or owned or operated any property or facility (and no such property or facility, including any parcel of the Real Property, is contaminated by any Hazardous Substance) so as to give rise to any current or future Liabilities under Environmental Laws, including any Liability for investigative or remedial obligations, response costs, corrective action costs, personal injury, property damage, natural resources damages or attorney fees, except in each such case where such Liability would not reasonably be expected to result in either Company incurring material Liabilities under applicable Environmental Laws.
(h)    No underground storage tanks are located at any parcel of the Real Property.
(i)    Except to the extent that such a Release would not and would not reasonably be expected to result in any Liability in excess of $75,000, there has been no Release of any Hazardous Substance at or from any parcel of the Real Property.
5.21     Books and Records . The minute books of the Companies, all of which have been made available to Buyer in the Datasite, contain complete and accurate records of all meetings and other corporate actions of each Company’s applicable governing body and the holders of its Capital Stock. All such minute books and records are in the possession of the applicable Company and located at the principal office of BR-NV.
5.22     Real Property .
(a)     Schedule 5.22(a) sets forth a list of all real property leased or subleased by or to either Company (the “ Real Property ”). Each Company hereby represents and warrants that neither Company owns any real property.
(b)    Except as set forth in Schedule 5.22(b) , with respect to each parcel of the Real Property:
(i)    Each of the Contracts pursuant to which either Company leases or subleases a parcel of the Real Property (the “ Real Property Leases ”) is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions. No event or

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circumstance has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an event of default under any Real Property Lease by either Company or, to either Company’s knowledge, by any other party to the Real Property Leases to which either Company is a party, in each case to such an extent as would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely interfere with the present use of such parcel of the Real Property in the operation of either Company’s business (including the Business) as currently conducted.
(ii)    Parent has made available to Buyer in the Datasite a true and complete copy of each Real Property Lease.
(iii)    To the knowledge of either Company, the improvements on each parcel of the Real Property are located within the boundary lines of such parcels of the Real Property.
(iv)    To the knowledge of either Company, there are no encroachments upon any parcel of the Real Property from adjacent properties nor encroachments of any improvement located on any parcel of the Real Property upon adjoining land, nor encroachments of any improvements located on any parcel of the Real Property upon easements or over set back lines on such parcel, in each case that materially and adversely interfere with the present use of such parcel of the Real Property in the operation of either Company’s business (including the Business) as currently conducted.
(v)    Neither Company has entered into any leases, subleases, licenses, occupancy or other agreements granting to any Person the right of use or occupancy of any portion of any of the parcels of the Real Property.
(vi)    Neither Company has received written notice of any pending or, to either Company’s knowledge, threatened condemnation or eminent domain proceedings (or negotiations regarding transfers in lieu thereof), or Actions relating to any parcel of the Real Property or any portion thereof that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely interfere with the present use of such parcel of the Real Property in the operation of either Company’s business (including the Business) as currently conducted, and neither Company has any knowledge of any such Action.
(vii)    To the knowledge of either Company, with respect to improvements located on each parcel of the Real Property, such improvements are in operating condition, normal wear and tear excepted.
(viii)    Neither Company has received notice, or has any knowledge of, the actual, pending or threatened termination of any utilities used in its business as presently conducted.
(ix)    Neither Company has received notice, or has any knowledge, that the use of any parcel of the Real Property fails to comply with, or is in violation of, applicable zoning ordinances.

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(x)    No improvements have been made by either Company on any parcel of the Real Property with materials delivered to or labor performed on such parcel of the Real Property that have not been completely paid for or which might form the basis of a mechanic’s or similar Lien against such parcel of the Real Property, and neither Company has received written notice of a mechanic’s or similar Lien which may be filed against any parcel of the Real Property as a consequence thereof.
(xi)    To the knowledge of either Company, no security deposit or portion thereof deposited by or on behalf of either Company with a lessor or sublessor under a Real Property Lease has been applied in respect of a breach or default by either Company that has not been redeposited in full.
(xii)    Neither Company currently is participating, or in the past six months participated, in any discussions or written negotiations regarding termination of any Real Property Lease prior to the scheduled expiration of such Real Property Lease (whether by reason of a breach or alleged breach by the tenant or subtenant thereunder or otherwise).
(xiii)    To the knowledge of either Company, no improvements in the Real Property made by or for the benefit of either Company will be required to be removed at the end of the terms of the applicable Real Property Leases.
(xiv)    Each Company has maintained the Real Property in accordance in all material respects with the requirements of such Company under the applicable Real Property Lease.
5.23     Bank Accounts; Credit Card Accounts; Powers of Attorney . Schedule 5.23 sets forth complete and accurate information with respect to all bank and savings accounts and safe deposit boxes of either Company, including each account or box number associated therewith, the name and address of the institution where such account or box is held, the purpose of each such account or box, the owner of such account or box and all Persons authorized to deliver instructions to the institution in respect of such account or box. Schedule 5.23 sets forth complete and accurate information with respect to all credit card accounts of either Company, whether held individually or jointly, and other credit card accounts of other Persons that are linked to the Companies’ books and records or reflected in the credit card accrual statements made available in the Datasite, including each account number associated therewith, the name of the sponsoring institution, the purpose of each such account and the holder of such account all Persons authorized to deliver instructions to the institution in respect of such account. Neither Company has any cash held in a foreign jurisdiction. Schedule 5.23 also lists all other outstanding powers of attorney or similar authorizations executed by or otherwise granted by either Company to any Person.
5.24     Customers . Schedule 5.25 sets forth a complete and accurate list of each of the customers of the Companies for which the Companies had net revenue in excess of $100,000 (for the purposes of this Section 5.24 , after aggregating the purchases of the Affiliates of such customers) during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (such customers, together with, for

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the avoidance of doubt, Walmart, Jet, Amazon and Home Depot, the “ Material Customers ”) and the dollar amount of net revenue for such period from each Material Customer. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.25 , as of the date hereof, (a) no Material Customer has cancelled, terminated or otherwise reduced the volume of products or services it purchases from the Companies or materially modified the commercial terms of its relationship with the Companies and (b) to Parent’s knowledge, no Material Customer intends, or has threatened, to cancel, terminate or otherwise reduce the volume of products or services it purchases from either Company or materially modify the commercial terms of its relationship with the Companies. Since January 1, 2016, neither Company has received a written notice from any Material Customer that such Material Customer has exercised, or intends to exercise, audit or inspection rights pursuant to any Contract with the Companies.
5.25     Investment Representations .
(a)     Investment Intent . Parent acknowledges that Exchange Shares issuable to Parent under this Agreement have not been registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities laws and that Parent:
(i)    is acquiring the Exchange Shares pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act for its own account solely for investment with no present intention or plan to distribute any of the Exchange Shares to any person, nor with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof;
(ii)    will not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Exchange Shares, except in compliance with the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws;
(iii)    has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in investments of this type that Parent is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of Parent’s investment in the Exchange Shares and of making an informed investment decision and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment;
(iv)    is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Exchange Shares and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment; and
(v)    is an “accredited investor” (as that term is defined by Rule 501 under the Securities Act).
(b)     Access to Information . Parent acknowledges that Parent has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as Parent has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of Issuer concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Exchange Shares and the merits and risks of investing in the Exchange Shares; (ii) access to information about Issuer and Issuer’s financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; (iii) access to the Issuer’s SEC Reports; and (iv) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that

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Issuer possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment.
(c)     Independent Investment Decision . Parent has independently evaluated the merits of its decision to acquire the Exchange Shares pursuant to this Agreement. Parent understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented by or on behalf of Issuer to Parent in connection with the acquisition of the Exchange Shares constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. Parent has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its acquisition of the Exchange Shares.
(d)     Reliance on Exemptions . Parent understands and acknowledges that the Exchange Shares are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of U.S. federal and state securities Laws and that Issuer is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and Parent’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of Parent set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of Parent to acquire the Exchange Shares.
(e)     No Governmental Review . Parent understands that no U.S. federal or state agency or any other Governmental Authority has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Exchange Shares or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Exchange Shares nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Exchange Shares.
(f)     Residency . Parent’s office in which its investment decision with respect to the Exchange Shares was made (if an entity) is located at the address set forth for Parent in Section 9.8 .
(g)     No General Solicitation . Parent acknowledges that the Exchange Shares were not offered to Parent by means of any form of general or public solicitation or general advertising, or publicly disseminated advertisements or sales literature, including (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine, website or similar media, or broadcast over television or radio, or (ii) any seminar or meeting to which Parent was invited by any of the foregoing means of communication.
(h)     No Intent to Control . Parent has no present intention of acquiring control of Issuer.
(i)     No Current Ownership of Issuer’s Exchange Shares . Neither Parent nor any of its Affiliates have any economic interest in (including any Beneficial Ownership), or any right to direct the voting or disposition of, or any other right with respect to, any securities of Issuer, bank debt or obligations for borrowed money of Issuer or any of Issuer’s Subsidiaries (or any rights, options or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such securities, bank debt or obligations for borrowed money measured by the price or value of any securities of Buyer or any of its Affiliates, including any swaps or other derivative arrangements

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(“ Derivative Securities ”)), in each case, whether or not any of the foregoing may be acquired or obtained immediately or only after the passage of time or upon the satisfaction of one or more conditions (whether or not within the control of such party) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) or otherwise and whether or not any of the foregoing would give rise to Beneficial Ownership, and, in each case, whether or not any of the foregoing is acquired or obtained by means of borrowing of securities or operation of any Derivative Security. Neither Parent nor any of its Affiliates has established any hedge or other position in any Derivative Securities that is outstanding on the Closing Date and is designed to or could reasonably be expected to lead to or result in a disposition of the Exchange Shares by Parent or any other Person. For purposes hereof, a “hedge or other position” would include effecting any short sale or having in effect any short position (whether or not such sale or position is against the box and regardless of when such position was entered into) or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any Issuer Common Stock or Derivative Securities or with respect to any security (other than a broad-based market basket or index) that includes, relates to or derives any significant part of its value from any Issuer Common Stock or Derivative Securities.
5.26     No Other Representations and Warranties . Except for the representations and warranties set forth in the Transaction Documents, neither Buyer nor Issuer, nor any of their respective stockholders, directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, advisors, agents or other representatives, nor any other person, has made or is making any other representation or warranty, express or implied, with respect to Buyer or Issuer or any other matter, including with respect to any information provided or made available to the Companies or the Stockholders during any diligence process, the negotiation of this Agreement or any other time; and except for the representations and warranties set forth in the Transaction Documents, none of the Companies and the Stockholders has relied upon any representation, warranty or other statement, express or implied, made by Buyer or Issuer or any of their respective stockholders, directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, advisors, agents or other representatives. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall constitute as waiver of the right of Parent, any Stockholder or any of the Seller Indemnified Parties to make a claim for actual fraud against Buyer or Issuer.
ARTICLE VI.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING BUYER AND ISSUER
Except as set forth on the correspondingly labeled Schedule (or sub-section of such Schedule, it being agreed that a disclosure contained in one section or subsection of the Schedules shall be deemed to be disclosed and incorporated by reference in any other section or subsection of the Schedules to the extent that it would be reasonably apparent on the face of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other section or subsection) of Buyer and Issuer, Buyer and Issuer, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Stockholders and Parent, as of the date of this Agreement, that the following statements contained in this Article VI are true, correct and complete, and, in case of Section 6.9 and Section 6.11 through 6.16 , after qualifying each statement in such Sections with Publicly Disclosed Information:

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6.1     Due Organization; Organizational Documents . Buyer is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware. Issuer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware. Each of Buyer and Issuer is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have an Issuer Material Adverse Effect. Each of Buyer and Issuer has the requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted. Buyer has furnished or made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of Buyer’s and Issuer’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other equivalent organizational documents as in effect as of the date hereof.
6.2     Due Authorization . Each of Buyer and Issuer has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized and approved by all necessary corporate action on the part of Buyer and Issuer. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Buyer and Issuer and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable Enforceability Exceptions.
6.3     No Conflict . The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Buyer and Issuer and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) violate any provision of, or result in the breach of, any applicable Law, the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other equivalent organizational documents of Buyer or Issuer, or any Contract to which Buyer or Issuer is a party, or terminate or result in the termination of any Contract to which Buyer is a party or the creation of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any of the properties or assets of Buyer or Issuer, (ii) constitute an event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in any such violation, breach, termination or creation of a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien), (iii) result in a violation or revocation of any required Permit from any Governmental Authority or other Person or (iv) render Buyer or Issuer insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they become due, except to the extent that the occurrence of any of the foregoing in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) would not reasonably be expected to have an Issuer Material Adverse Effect.
6.4     Litigation . As of the date hereof, there is no Action pending or, to Buyer’s knowledge, threatened against or involving Buyer or Issuer which could reasonably be expected to prevent or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents. Neither Buyer nor Issuer is subject to any Governmental Order that would, or would reasonably be expected to, adversely affect Buyer’s or Issuer’s ability to execute, deliver or perform any Transaction Document to which any Stockholder or Parent is a party, or to timely consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
6.5     Governmental Authorities; Consent . Assuming the accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties of the Companies and the Stockholders contained in this Agreement, no consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person, other than a Form D and a Form 8-K to be filed

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by the Issuer with the SEC with respect to this Agreement, a supplemental listing application with Nasdaq, a notification to Nasdaq of the change in the number of shares outstanding and any state securities law filings required under applicable blue sky laws, is required on the part of Buyer or Issuer with respect to Buyer’s or Issuer’s execution or delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. To Buyer’s knowledge, no fact or circumstance exists, including any possible other transaction pending or under consideration by Buyer, Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates, that would reasonably be expected to cause a Governmental Authority to prohibit or materially delay consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or impose a condition or conditions that would, individually or in the aggregate, have an Issuer Material Adverse Effect.
6.6     Financial Ability . Buyer and Issuer have sufficient cash on hand or other sources of immediately available funds to enable it to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
6.7     Brokers’ Fees . Except fees described on Schedule 6.7 (which fees shall be the sole responsibility of Buyer and Issuer), no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by Buyer or Issuer.
6.8     Solvency . Neither Buyer nor Issuer is entering into this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby with the actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud either present or future creditors.
6.9     Capitalization . The authorized capital stock of Issuer consists of 300,000,000 shares of Issuer Common Stock and 30,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Issuer Preferred Stock ”).  As of the close of business on January 29, 2018, there were: (a) an aggregate of 33,700,016 shares of Issuer Common Stock issued and outstanding, which number does not include 3,867,115 shares held in treasury; and (b) no shares of Issuer Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.  As of the date of this Agreement, all issued and outstanding shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with applicable state and federal securities laws.  Other than as described in Schedule 6.9 , (i) there are no options, warrants, calls, rights, convertible securities, commitments or agreements (which, for purposes of this Agreement, shall be deemed to include “phantom” stock or other commitments that provide any right to receive value or benefits similar to capital stock or other similar rights) of any character to which Issuer is a party or by which Issuer is bound obligating Issuer to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock or obligating Issuer to grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant, call, right, commitment or agreement, (ii) there are no outstanding contractual obligations of Issuer or any other Person to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of Issuer, and (iii) there are no outstanding securities of any kind convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for the capital stock of Issuer.
6.10     Exchange Shares . The Exchange Shares, when issued to Parent pursuant to this Agreement, shall be validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free and clear of any Liens

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(other than restrictions on transfer which arise under applicable securities laws and other than those arising under this Agreement).
6.11     SEC and Listing Matters . Issuer has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed, furnished or submitted by it with the SEC under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since January 1, 2017 (the “ Applicable Date ”) through the date hereof (the forms, statements, reports and documents filed, furnished or submitted since the Applicable Date through the date hereof the “ SEC Reports ”). Each of the SEC Reports, at the time of its filing or being furnished or submitted (or, if amended or superseded prior to the date of this Agreement as of the date of such amendment or superseding filing) complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Reports, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. As of their respective dates (or, if amended or superseded prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of such amendment or superseding filing) the SEC Reports did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. In addition, Issuer is in compliance, in all material respects, and each of Buyer’s and Issuer’s performance of its obligations hereunder shall be in compliance, in all material respects, with the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Prior the Closing Date, Issuer caused the Exchange Shares to be approved for listing (subject to notice of issuance) on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, if applicable.
6.12     Financial Matters; Liabilities . The financial statements of the Issuer included in the SEC Reports (the “ Issuer Financial Statements ”) comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the Closing Date, then on the date of such filing). The Issuer Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the relevant periods, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements, the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP or may be condensed or summary statements. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Issuer Financial Statements, the Issuer Financial Statements are true and correct in all material respects and, on the basis of the foregoing, present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Issuer and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the periods then ended in conformity with GAAP, consistently applied, subject, in the case of the unaudited financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of notes (that, if presented, would not differ materially from those presented with the audited Issuer Financial Statements) on the basis of presentation and using the specified accounting policies, principles and methodologies described in the notes thereto.
6.13     Material Adverse Effect . Neither Buyer nor Issuer has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in any subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof, any material loss or interference with the business of Buyer and Issuer, taken as a whole, from fire, explosion, flood

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or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree; and, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in any subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof, there has not been any change in long-term debt of Buyer or Issuer or any Issuer Material Adverse Effect, or any development involving a prospective Issuer Material Adverse Effect, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of Buyer and Issuer taken as a whole.
6.14     Material Contracts . Neither Buyer nor Issuer is in violation or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any “material contract” within the meaning of Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K to be performed in whole or in part after the date of this Agreement, except for such violations or defaults as would not reasonably be expected to have an Issuer Material Adverse Effect.
6.15     Internal Controls . Issuer maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that complies with the Exchange Act and has been designed by Issuer’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. The Issuer’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer assessed the effectiveness of the Issuer’s internal control over financial reporting as of the end of the fiscal year for which the most recent Form 10-K has been filed by the Issuer (the “ Evaluation Date ”) and presented in such Form 10-K the conclusion of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the Issuer’s internal control over financial reporting. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in the Issuer’s internal control over financial reporting which would reasonably be expected to adversely affect in any material respect Issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data, in each case which has not been subsequently remediated. Issuer maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to Issuer is made known to Issuer’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
6.16     Tax . Issuer (i) has prepared and filed all foreign, federal and state income and all other material Tax Returns required to have been filed by it and (ii) has paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, whether or not shown on such Tax Returns, except those being contested in good faith, with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on the books of Issuer, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, where the failure to so pay or file any such Tax or Tax Return would not reasonably be expected to result in an Issuer Material Adverse Effect.
6.17     Vote Required . No Issuer stockholder votes or consents are necessary to authorize this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby including the issuance of the Exchange Shares; provided, however, that Issuer stockholder approval may be required in connection with a “Call Option” or “Put Option”

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under the A&R Operating Agreement, and Issuer determined to issue shares of Issuer Common Stock in partial or complete satisfaction of the Call Option or Put Option, as the case may be, in an amount that would trigger Issuer stockholder approval requirements under applicable Law or by the rules of any applicable self-regulatory organization, the SEC or Nasdaq.
6.18     No Other Representations and Warranties . Except for the representations and warranties set forth in the Transaction Documents, neither Parent nor BR-NV, nor any of their respective stockholders, directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, advisors, agents or other representatives, nor any other person, has made or is making any other representation or warranty, express or implied, with respect to Parent or BR-NV or any other matter, including with respect to any information provided or made available to Buyer during any diligence process, the negotiation of this Agreement or any other time; and except for the representations and warranties set forth in the Transaction Document, neither Buyer nor Issuer has relied upon any representation, warranty or other statement, express or implied, made by Parent or BR-NV or any of their respective stockholders, directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, advisors, agents or other representatives. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall constitute as waiver of the right of Buyer, Issuer or any of the Buyer Indemnified Parties to make a claim for actual fraud against Parent, BR-NV or any Stockholder.
ARTICLE VII.
COVENANTS
7.1     Public Disclosure . Except as may be required by Law or by the rules of any applicable self-regulatory organization, the SEC or Nasdaq: (a) Issuer, Buyer and Parent shall consult with each other before issuing any press release or otherwise making any public statement or making any other public (or non-confidential) disclosure (whether or not in response to an inquiry) regarding the terms of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) without limiting Parent’s obligations under the confidentiality agreement dated January 23, 2018 and Buyer’s obligations under the confidentiality agreement dated June 12, 2017 with respect to Parent, Stockholders and their respective Affiliates (other than BR-NV) (collectively, the “ Confidentiality Agreements ”), neither Buyer nor Parent shall issue any such press release or make any such public statement or disclosure without the prior approval of the other Party (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned). Nothing in this Section 7.1 shall limit the ability of Buyer, Issuer or their respective Affiliates to conduct customary investor and analyst calls concerning the transactions contemplated hereby, to make internal announcements to their employees, and to make disclosures to potential sources of financing for the transactions contemplated hereby and credit rating agencies.  Parent and the Stockholders acknowledge and agree that Issuer may file this Agreement and the A&R Operating Agreement, including a summary hereof and thereof, with the SEC.
7.2     Indemnification of Officers and Directors of BR-NV .
(a)    Subject to and without limiting Parent’s and each Stockholder’s obligations under Article VIII , for a period of six (6) years after the Closing, (i) Buyer shall cause (A) BR-NV to fulfill and honor in all respects its obligations pursuant to any agreement of BR-NV set forth on Schedule 7.2 and providing for the indemnification of its officers, managers or

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directors (the current and former officers, managers and directors of BR-NV, and all other persons entitled to be indemnified pursuant to such provisions or agreements, being referred to collectively as the “ D&O Indemnified Parties ”) and (B) the operating agreement or equivalent Organizational Documents of BR-NV to contain provisions with respect to exculpation from liability in substance substantially similar to the Organizational Documents of BR-NV as of immediately prior to the Conversion, and (ii) Buyer shall not permit any of such provisions to be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that could adversely affect the rights thereunder of any D&O Indemnified Party.
(b)    This Section 7.2 (i) shall survive the Closing; (ii) is intended for the benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each D&O Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives; (iii) shall be binding on all successors and assigns of Buyer, Parent and BR-NV; and (iv) provides rights that are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification or contribution or similar rights that any D&O Indemnified Party, or any heir or representative of any D&O Indemnified Party, may have by contract or otherwise.
7.3     Employment and Benefit Arrangements . During the three (3) month period following the Closing Date, Parent and Buyer will use commercially reasonable efforts to evaluate BR-NV’s compensation practices and benefit plans and to reasonably cooperate with one another to develop a plan with respect to BR-NV’s compensation practices and benefit plans, including with respect to potential efficiencies and cost-savings of transitioning certain employees of BR-NV to the benefit plans of Buyer and/or its affiliates.
7.4     Transfer Taxes . All Transfer Taxes incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be paid by fifty percent (50%) by Buyer and fifty percent (50%) by Parent, and BR-NV shall, at its own expense, prepare and file or cause to be filed all necessary Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to all such Transfer Taxes and, if required by applicable law, Buyer and/or Parent will, and will cause its Affiliates to, join in the execution of any such Tax Returns and other documentation.
7.5     Further Assurances . Without limiting any other covenant contained in this Article VII , Issuer, Buyer and Parent shall each, and shall each cause their respective Subsidiaries to: (a) use reasonable best efforts to assemble, prepare and file any information (and, as needed, to supplement such information) as may be reasonably necessary to obtain as promptly as practicable all governmental and regulatory consents required to be obtained in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby), (b) use reasonable best efforts to obtain all material consents and approvals of third parties that any of Buyer or Parent, or their respective Affiliates are required to obtain in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (c) take such other action as may reasonably be necessary or as another Party may reasonably request to comply with this Agreement and to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby as soon as practicable.
7.6     Tax Matters .
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(i)    Parent shall (at its own cost and expense) accurately prepare and timely file (or cause to be prepared and timely filed) with the appropriate Taxing Authorities all pass-through income Tax Returns required to be filed by BR-NV for any taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date (each a “ Parent Prepared Return ”). All Parent Prepared Returns shall be prepared and filed in a manner that is consistent with the prior practice of BR-NV, except as otherwise required by Law. If necessary to permit proper filing of any Parent Prepared Return, Buyer shall cause such Parent Prepared Return to be executed by an authorized person on behalf of BR-NV; provided that, any such Parent Prepared Return that needs to be executed by an authorized person on behalf of BR-NV shall be subject to review, comment, and consent of Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed). Except for any Parent Prepared Return, BR-NV shall accurately prepare and timely file (or cause to be prepared and timely filed) with the appropriate Taxing Authorities all other Tax Returns required to be filed by BR-NV with respect to any Pre-Closing Tax Period that are filed after the Closing Date (each a “ BR-NV Prepared Return ”). BR-NV shall provide Parent with a copy of each such BR-NV Prepared Return for review and approval (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed) at least fifteen (15) days before the filing of such Tax Return (or, if required to be filed within thirty-one (31) days after the Closing Date or the end of the taxable period to which such Tax Return relates, as soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing or end of such taxable period, as the case may be), accompanied by a statement (a “ Pre-Closing Tax Statement ”) setting forth and calculating in reasonable detail the Pre-Closing Tax Liability and Indemnified Taxes that are shown as due on such Tax Return. Buyer shall make such revisions, to the extent such revisions are consistent with prior practice of BR-NV and permitted by applicable Law, to BR-NV Prepared Returns as are reasonably requested by Seller Representative within five (5) days after receipt by Seller Representative of each BR-NV Prepared Return for review pursuant to this Section 7.6(a)(i) .
(ii)    If Parent disagrees with the manner of preparation of a BR-NV Prepared Return or the amount of Pre-Closing Tax Liability or Indemnified Taxes calculated in a Pre-Closing Tax Statement, within ten (10) days after receipt of such BR-NV Prepared Return or Pre-Closing Tax Statement by Parent, the Parent shall provide to Buyer a notice of such dispute (a “ Tax Statement Dispute ”), along with a statement setting forth the reason(s) for such disagreement with such BR-NV Prepared Return or Pre-Closing Tax Statement. If the Parent does not provide a notice of Tax Statement Dispute with respect to any BR-NV Prepared Return within such 10-day period, such BR-NV Prepared Return shall be deemed accepted by Parent for filing, and the Pre-Closing Tax Statement associated with such Tax Return shall be treated as an indemnification notice provided by Buyer pursuant to Section 8.5 . If Buyer and Parent are unable to resolve any Tax Statement Dispute within fifteen (15) days after delivery of the notice of a Tax Statement Dispute, the dispute shall be resolved by submission of the unresolved issues to an accounting firm mutually acceptable to Buyer and Parent under procedures analogous to those specified in Section 3.6(b) .

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(b)     Allocation of Taxes . For purposes of this Agreement, Taxes incurred by BR-NV with respect to a taxable period that includes but does not end on the Closing Date shall be allocated to the portion of the period ending on the Closing Date: (i) on a specific identification basis, according to the date of the event or transaction giving rise to such Tax and in the case of any Tax based upon or related to income, sales, payroll, withholding or receipts, in an amount equal to the Tax which would be payable if the relevant taxable period ended on the Closing Date, and (ii) with respect to periodically assessed ad valorem Taxes and Taxes not otherwise reasonably allocable to specific transactions or events, in proportion to the number of days in such period occurring through the Closing Date compared to the total number of days in such period. Allowances or deductions and similar items that are calculated on an annual basis (including depreciation and amortization deductions), other than with respect to property placed in service after the Closing, shall be allocated on a per diem basis. All determinations necessary to give effect to the foregoing allocations shall be made in a manner consistent with prior practices of the Companies.
(c)     Tax Elections; Amended Returns . Buyer and BR-NV may not amend or cause the amendment of a Tax Return of BR-NV, in each case, with respect to any taxable period or portion thereof ending on or before the Closing Date without the written consent of Seller Representative, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.  Buyer shall, upon request by the Seller Representative, cooperate in the preparation of and submission to the proper Taxing Authority of any amended Tax Return of BR-NV for any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date (i) that is necessary to cause such Tax Return to be consistent with adjustments proposed by a Taxing Authority to a Tax Return for any other taxable period in connection with the resolution of any Tax Proceeding conducted pursuant to Section 7.6(e) , (ii) that is otherwise required by Applicable Law to be filed, or (iii) that is reasonably requested by Seller Representative to be filed; provided , in each case, that Parent has provided funds to BR-NV equal to any additional Tax shown as due from BR-NV on such amended return pursuant to its indemnity obligations under Section 8.2(a)(iv) .
(d)     Refund of Taxes . Except with respect to any Tax refunds arising from the carryback of any Tax loss, deduction or credit from a taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning after the Closing Date, Parent will be entitled to receive an additional payment from Buyer of 60% of any cash Tax refunds (and any Tax credits applied in lieu of a cash Tax refund) that are received by BR-NV that relate to a Pre-Closing Tax Period of BR-NV. Buyer will pay over to the Parent, net of all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and Taxes of BR-NV associated with such refund, 60% of the amount of any such refund promptly after receipt of such refund or crediting of such overpayment for the benefit of BR-NV. To the extent permitted by applicable Law, BR-NV shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to request a refund (rather than a credit in lieu of a refund) with respect to all Pre-Closing Tax Periods. If a liability for Taxes that was included as a liability in the calculation of Closing Working Capital is later determined to not be payable, Buyer shall pay to Parent 60% of the amount of over-accrued Tax liability upon reversal of such Tax liability in the financial statements of BR-NV pursuant to GAAP (but only to the extent that inclusion of such over-accrued Tax as a liability in Closing Working Capital had reduced the Estimated Adjustment Amount or Adjustment Amount). For the avoidance of doubt, Buyer shall not offset any of its obligations to make payments to Seller Representative in respect of Tax

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overpayments and overaccruals against any indemnifiable Damages (other than Damages consisting of Indemnified Taxes), except with the prior written consent of Seller Representative.
(e)     Audits and Contests Regarding Taxes . If Buyer or any of its Affiliates receives any notice of a pending or threatened Tax audit, assessment, or adjustment against or with respect to BR-NV's assets or activities that may give rise to a liability of Parent or the Stockholders (including indemnity obligations hereunder pursuant to the terms of Article VIII ) (a “ Tax Proceeding ”), Buyer shall promptly notify Seller Representative within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Buyer and Seller Representative each agree to consult with and to keep the other informed on a regular basis regarding the status of any such Tax Proceeding to the extent that such Tax Proceeding could affect a liability of Parent or any of the Stockholders (including indemnity obligations under this Agreement). The Seller Representative shall have the right, at the expense of Parent and the Stockholders, to (i) control any Tax Proceeding to the extent that it pertains solely to any taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date, and (ii) employ counsel of its choice, but reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, in connection with such Tax Proceeding; provided , that (A) Seller Representative shall only be allowed to control such Tax Proceedings to the extent Seller Representative notifies Buyer of his, her or its intent to do so within ten (10) Business Days of receiving Buyer’s notice under this Section 7.6(e) and (B) BR-NV shall have the right to participate in such Tax Proceeding at its own expense, and BR-NV shall be entitled to control the disposition of any issue involved in such Tax Proceeding that does not affect a potential liability of Parent or the Stockholders (including under Section 8.2 ). Seller Representative shall not settle any Tax Proceeding without the consent of Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. BR-NV shall control any Tax Proceeding that Seller Representative chooses not to control and any Tax Proceeding relating to a taxable period beginning on or before and ending after the Closing Date. Seller Representative shall have the right to participate in such Tax Proceeding at its own expense and neither Buyer nor BR-NV shall settle any such Tax Proceeding without the consent of Seller Representative, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Except as provided in this Section 7.6(e) , the provisions of Article VIII (other than Section 8.5(d) ) shall govern the manner in which any Tax Proceedings are conducted and resolved.
(f)     Cooperation, Access to Information, and Records Retention . The Parties shall cooperate as and to the extent reasonably requested by any Party in connection with the preparation and filing of Tax Returns as provided herein and any Tax Proceeding relating to the Companies. Such cooperation shall include the provision of records and information that are reasonably relevant to any such Tax Return or Tax Proceeding and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. BR-NV and Parent agree (i) to retain all books and records relevant to Taxes of the Companies that are in the possession of BR-NV or Parent after the Closing (including Tax Returns) relating to any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date until the expiration of the statute of limitations for assessment of Taxes for such respective taxable period, and (ii) to give Parent or BR-NV (as applicable) reasonable written notice prior to transferring, destroying or discarding any such books and records and, if Seller Representative or BR-NV so requests, allow the requesting Party to take possession of or copy of such books and records.

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(g)     Tax Certificates . Buyer and Parent agree, upon request of the other, to use commercially reasonable efforts to provide or obtain any certificate or other document from any Governmental Authority as may be necessary to mitigate, reduce or eliminate any Tax that could be imposed on the Parties (including with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), provided, in each case, such cooperation would not cause the requested Party to incur any material additional Tax liabilities or other adverse consequences.
(h)     Tax Treatment and Allocation . The Parties agree that by reason of the status of the BR-NV immediately before the Closing as an entity disregarded as separate from Parent within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3(b)(1)(ii), Buyer’s acquisition of the Purchased Interest under this Agreement shall be treated for federal income Tax purposes as a purchase by the Buyer of an undivided interest in 60% the assets owned by BR-NV as of the Closing Date (the “ Purchased Assets ”) that is an “applicable asset acquisition” within the meaning of Section 1060 of the Code, consistent with Situation 1 of Revenue Ruling 99-5. Accordingly, the Parties agree that the consideration deemed paid by Buyer for the Purchased Assets is the sum of the Acquisition Price (as it may be adjusted and before deduction for Transaction Expenses), the liabilities of BR-NV as of the Effective Time allocable to the Purchased Interest and any other items properly includible in the amount realized by Parent for federal income tax purposes in respect of the deemed sale of the Purchased Assets to Buyer (collectively, such sum, the “ Total Tax Consideration ”) The Total Tax Consideration will be allocated among the assets of BR-NV deemed purchased by Buyer in accordance with the requirements of Section 1060 of the Code. The allocation of the Total Tax Consideration among Assets shall be made in a manner consistent with the fair market values of such of the Purchased Assets as are agreed between Buyer and Parent, and the fair market values of any of the Assets that the Parties agree to use in making such allocation and/or the method to be used in determining such fair market value, if and to the extent mutually agreed upon between Buyer and Parent prior to the Closing shall be set forth on Schedule 7.6(h) . Within 30 days after the Closing Statement is finalized pursuant to Section 3.6(b) , Buyer will deliver to Parent a draft of such allocation for Parent’s review, along with the IRS Form 8594 proposed to be filed by Buyer with its federal income tax return for its taxable year including the Closing Date. Within 15 days thereafter, Parent will deliver to Buyer either a notice accepting the allocation prepared by Buyer or a statement setting forth in reasonable detail any objections thereto and the basis for such objections. If Parent timely delivers an objection notice, Parent and Buyer will use good faith efforts to resolve such objections. If they are unable to mutually agree on the allocation, the unresolved objections shall be resolved by submission of the unresolved objections to an accounting firm or appraiser mutually acceptable to Buyer and Parent under procedures analogous to those specified in Section 3.6(b) . No Party or any Affiliate of any Party will take a position on any Tax Return, before any Taxing Authority or in any Tax Proceeding that is inconsistent with the allocation, as finally determined under this Section 7.6(i) , without the prior written consent of the other Parties provided however, that if in any audit of any Tax Return of a Party by a Taxing Authority, the amount of or allocation of the Total Tax Consideration is finally determined by such Taxing Authority to be different from the finally agreed allocation, the Parties and their Affiliates may (but shall not be obligated to) take any position or action consistent with the allocation of the Total Tax Consideration as finally determined in such audit. If any Taxing Authority disputes the amount of or allocation of the Total Tax Consideration among the Assets

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as reflected by any Party or their Affiliates on their respective Tax Returns, the Buyer or Parent, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the other of the existence and nature of such dispute, and any resolution thereof.
(i)     Tax Sharing Agreements . All Tax Sharing Agreements to which BR-NV is a party shall be terminated on or before the Closing Date and, after the Closing Date, BR-NV shall not be bound thereby or have any liability thereunder.
(j)    The Parties shall treat the current taxable periods of BR-NV as ending as of the close of the Closing Date to the extent permitted by applicable Law.  Neither Buyer nor Issuer shall cause or permit BR-NV to take any actions after the Closing on the Closing Date that are outside the Ordinary Course (including incurring any Indebtedness), except as required by this Agreement.
7.17     Release . Effective upon the Closing, Parent and each Stockholder, on behalf of such Party and such Party’s Affiliates, heirs, beneficiaries, trustees, successors and assigns (Parent, each Stockholder and each of such other Persons, a “ Releaser ” and all of the Releasers together, collectively, the “ Releasers ”), hereby unconditionally releases, acquits and forever discharges Issuer, Buyer and BR-NV and each of their past, present and future partners, members, officers, representatives, Affiliates, directors, managers, employees, counsel, agents, successors and assigns, in their capacities as such (each, a “ Releasee ”), from any and all Actions, obligations and Liabilities to such Person of any kind or nature whatsoever as to facts, conditions, transactions, events or circumstances prior to the Closing (including under any of the Contracts set forth on Schedule 7.7 (the “ Terminated Agreements ”)) (collectively, but excluding the Retained Claims, the “ Released Claims ”). The Parties agree, with the advice of counsel, that this is a general release and that Civil Code section 1542 is waived by Parent and each Stockholder.  Section 1542 provides:
A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOW BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.
Parent and each Stockholder hereby acknowledges, on behalf of such Party and each of such Party’s Releasers, that such provisions are designed to protect a party from waiving claims which it does not know exist or may exist and, nonetheless, agrees that, effective as of the Closing, such Releaser shall be deemed to waive any such provision. Parent and each Stockholder hereby represents and warrants, on behalf of such Party and each of such Party’s Releasers, that such Party has not, and none of such Party’s Releasers has, assigned or otherwise transferred any right or interest in or to any of the Released Claims. Notwithstanding the foregoing but without limiting Parent’s and each Stockholder’s obligations under Article VIII , nothing contained in this Section 7.7 will operate as or be deemed a release by any Releaser (other than Parent or BR-NV with respect to those matters set forth in clauses (ii) or (iii) below) with respect to any Actions, obligations or Liabilities (i) arising under or pursuant to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents; (ii) arising under or pursuant to any health or retirement plans provided by BR-NV

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in which such Stockholder was a participant at or prior to the Closing; (iii) for such Stockholder’s unpaid salary or wages with respect to the pay period immediately prior to the Closing, or reimbursement of expenses in accordance with the Companies’ policies in effect on the date hereof; (iv) arising under or pursuant to any rights to or claims of indemnification of any Releaser or an officer, director or manager of any Releasee under such Releasee’s Organizational Documents or under applicable Law; or (v) that are not waivable under applicable Law (collectively, the “ Retained Claims ”). This release in all respects has been voluntarily and knowingly executed with the express intention of effecting the legal consequences provided in the California Civil Code § 1541, that is, the extinguishment of obligations herein designated. 
In addition, effective upon the Closing, Parent and each Stockholder, on behalf of such Party and such Party’s Releasers, (i) consents to this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and (ii) agrees that each Terminated Agreement, together with all rights and obligations arising thereunder, effective as of the Closing Date, shall be terminated and that no payments, services or other consideration or performance will be due and owing from any other Person to such Releaser under any Terminated Agreement.
7.8     Confidentiality . From and after the Closing, Parent and each Stockholder shall hold, and shall use his, her or its reasonable best efforts to cause its accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors, agents and other Seller Representatives to hold, in confidence any and all information, whether written or oral, of, related to or concerning BR-NV and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except to the extent that such Person can show that such information (a) is in the public domain through no fault of such Person or (b) is lawfully acquired by such Person after the Closing from sources which are not prohibited from disclosing such information by a legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation. If such Person is compelled to disclose any such information by judicial, governmental or administrative process or by other requirements of applicable Law, such Person shall promptly notify Buyer in writing and shall disclose only that portion of such information which such Person is advised by its counsel in writing is legally required to be disclosed; provided that such Person shall exercise its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an appropriate protective order or other reasonable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such information. Without prejudice to the rights and remedies otherwise available in this Agreement, the Parties each understand and acknowledge that money damages would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of this Section 7.8 , and that Issuer and Buyer will be entitled to specific performance and other equitable relief by way of injunction in respect of a breach or threatened breach of this Section 7.8 .
7.9     Required Financial Statements .
(a)    Following the Closing, Parent shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates to, provide Issuer as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days after the Closing Date, all financial statements and financial and other information required to be included in, or required to facilitate the preparation of, pro forma or other financial statements (including applicable pro forma adjustments) or financial information to the extent required to be included in (i) Issuer’s and/or any of its Affiliate’s filings with the SEC on Form 8-K pursuant to Item 2.01 and 9.01

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thereof and any financial statements required thereunder, in each case, in connection with the transactions described in the Transaction Documents (the “ Form 8-K Information ”), (ii) Issuer’s other reports prepared pursuant to the Exchange Act and any financial statements required thereunder (the “ Exchange Act Information ”), and (iii) any registration statement under the Securities Act prepared by Issuer or any of its Affiliates, including financial statements prepared in accordance with Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X for all fiscal periods completed prior to the Closing Date and all financial information through the Closing Date reasonably necessary to reflect the transactions described in the Transaction Documents in Issuer’s financial statements or to prepare pro forma financial statements reflecting the transactions described in the Transaction Documents (together with the Form 8-K Information and the Exchange Act Information, the “ Required Financial Information ”). For purposes of clarification, if financial statements covering different periods could constitute the Required Financial Information under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, then Issuer shall determine which such periods will constitute the Required Financial Statements for purposes of this Agreement. Parent shall provide to Issuer and its accounting advisors reasonably promptly such financial information readily available to Parent related to the Companies as Issuer may reasonably request.
(b)    Parent will cooperate with Issuer and its Affiliates in preparation of all such pro forma or other financial statements or other information described above, and will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain (including by providing requested representations to such accountants), if so required under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, an unqualified audit opinion from the Issuer’s independent public accounting firm, with respect to such financial statements (which audit opinion shall comply with the requirements of the SEC) and the consent of such firm to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of their audit opinion in any registration statement filed by Issuer or any of its Affiliates pursuant to the Securities Act (which audit opinion and consent shall also constitute Required Financial Information).
(c)    From and after the Closing Date, Parent shall reasonably cooperate with Issuer and its accountants and auditors and provide to Issuer and its accountants and auditors, during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior written notice, but without unreasonably disrupting its business, access to such information, books and records related to either Company as Issuer may reasonably request in connection with the preparation by Issuer of historical financial statements related to either Company as may be required to be included in any filing under the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including Regulation S-X, to be reported on a current report on Form 8-K filed in connection with the transactions described in the Transaction Documents and any other filing as may be required under Applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, such cooperation shall include: (a) where appropriate, the signing of management representation letters as are required in connection with such audit and (b) as reasonably requested by Issuer, access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior written notice, but without unreasonably disrupting its business, to appropriate individuals with knowledge of the historical financial information related to the Companies to allow for preparation of such financial statements. Issuer shall reimburse Parent for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Parent or its Affiliates in connection with this Section 7.9 .

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(d)    From and after the Closing Date, Parent shall reasonably cooperate with Issuer and its accountants and auditors to implement disclosure controls and procedures as required for BR-NV to comply with the applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder for the purposes of Issuer’s SEC reporting requirements.
7.10     R&W Insurance Policy . At or prior to the Closing, Buyer has obtained and bound the R&W Insurance Policy, a true and complete copy of which has been provided to Parent prior to the Closing. Buyer shall pay or cause to be paid, all costs and expenses related to the R&W Insurance Policy, including the total premium, underwriting costs, brokerage commissions, and other fees and expenses of such policy. Buyer shall cause the R&W Insurance Policy to expressly provide that the policy provider shall not have the right to, and will not, pursue any subrogation rights or contribution rights or any other claims against Parent or the Stockholders or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with any claim made by Buyer or any of its Affiliates thereunder, except in the case of actual fraud. Following the Closing, Buyer will use commercially reasonable efforts to not permit at any time the R&W Insurance Policy to be terminated (except upon its expiration in accordance with its terms), nor to be amended or modified in a manner adverse to Parent or the Stockholders. Without limiting the foregoing, Buyer agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a recovery under the R&W Insurance Policy for all Damages under Sections 8.2(a)(i) , 8.2(a)(iv) or 8.2(b)(i) ((a) other than claims in respect of a breach of any Fundamental Rep if the aggregate amount of Damages sought in such claim, together with all other then-pending claims for Damages pursuant to Sections 8.2(a)(i) , 8.2(a)(iv) or 8.2(b)(i) , exceeds the coverage limit under the R&W Insurance Policy or (b) except in the case of actual fraud).
7.11     Parent Name Change . Parent agrees that, as promptly as reasonably practicable following the Closing, Parent shall change the name of Parent so that such name does not contain “BestReviews” or any other combination of words confusingly similar to “BestReviews”.
ARTICLE VIII.
INDEMNIFICAITON
8.1     Survival . Subject to this Section 8.1 , all representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement (including the Schedules, Annexes and the Escrow Agreement attached to this Agreement and the certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement) and the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement to be performed or complied with at or prior to the Closing will, in each case, survive the Closing until the date that is fifteen (15) months after the Closing Date; provided , however , that (i) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.1 (Power and Authorization), Section 4.3 (Organization; Good Standing), Section 4.6 (Brokers’ Fees), Section 5.1 (Due Organization; Organizational Documents), Section 5.2 (Subsidiaries), Section 5.3 (Due Authorization), Section 5.6 (Capitalization), Section 5.14 (Brokers’ Fees) and Section 5.25 (Investment Representations) will survive until the seven (7) year anniversary of the Closing Date; (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.13 (Taxes) will survive until ninety (90) days after the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (giving effect to any waiver, mitigation or extension thereof) (the representations and warranties in the

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foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, the “ Fundamental Reps ”); and (iii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.1 (Due Organization; Organizational Documents), Section 6.2 (Due Authorization), and Section 6.7 (Brokers’ Fees), will survive until the seven (7) year anniversary of the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any representation or warranty in respect of which indemnity may be sought under this Agreement shall survive the time at which it would otherwise terminate pursuant to the preceding sentence if written notice of the inaccuracy or breach thereof giving rise to such right of indemnity has been given to the Party against whom such indemnification may be sought prior to such time. The covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to be performed or complied with on or after the Closing will survive indefinitely (unless limited otherwise as provided for herein) following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Closing and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
8.2     Indemnification .
(a)     Indemnification by Parent and the Stockholders . From and after the Closing (but subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII ), each Stockholder shall, severally (and pro rata based on each such Stockholder’s respective Pro Rata Interest) and not jointly, and Parent shall indemnify and hold harmless Buyer and Issuer and their respective Affiliates (including BR-NV after the Closing) and each of their respective Representatives, stockholders, members, controlling persons, successors and permitted assigns (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Parent) (collectively, the “ Buyer Indemnified Parties ”) from and against, and will compensate and reimburse each of the Buyer Indemnified Parties for, any Damages that any such Buyer Indemnified Party incurs, suffers, sustains or becomes subject to at any time (regardless of whether or not such Damages relate to any third party claim) based upon, arising out of or resulting from any of the following:
(i)    any inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations or warranties of Parent contained in this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, including those representations and warranties contained in Article V ;
(ii)    any breach or nonperformance of any covenant or agreement by Parent or Seller Representative (for or on behalf of Parent and/or any Stockholder) contained in this Agreement, the Lockup Agreement or the Escrow Agreement;
(iii)    any Transaction Expenses or Closing Indebtedness, in each case, to the extent unpaid at Closing and not specifically accounted for (or exceeding the amount accounted therefor in) the Closing Statement;
(iv)    any Pre-Closing Tax Liability in excess of the amounts accrued for such Taxes in the Closing Statement (“ Indemnified Taxes ”); and/or
(v)    any commission of actual fraud by Parent or Seller Representative at or before the Closing.
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out-of-pocket costs and expenses, Liabilities, judgments, awards, fines, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement, including costs, fees and expenses of defending against a Third Party Claim or pursuing a direct claim, enforcing any right to indemnification (including from any insurance providers in respect of Section 8.3(f)) , and shall not include any exemplary or punitive damages (unless such punitive or exemplary damages are actually paid to a third party by an Indemnified Party or awarded to a third party, or assessed against an Indemnified Party, in each case pursuant to a final, non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction in respect of a Third Party Claim); (B) the amount of Damages that BR-NV will be considered to have incurred, suffered, sustained or become subject to (solely to the extent that BR-NV is the Buyer Indemnified Party entitled to recover under Sections 8.2(a) or 8.2(b) ) will be determined as though BR-NV had entered into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party in reliance on all of the representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and other agreements made by BR-NV and/or the Stockholder in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and will include any Damages that an acquirer at the Closing of all of the Capital Stock in BR-NV would have incurred, suffered, sustained or become subject to based upon, arising out of, or resulting from the applicable matter in Sections 8.2(a) or 8.2(b) ; and (C) with respect to any claim for actual fraud against Parent, Parent’s knowledge shall be limited to the actual knowledge of Momchil Filev, Benjamin Faw or Denis Grosz; (D) with respect to any claim for actual fraud against any Stockholder, such Stockholder’s knowledge shall be limited to the actual knowledge of such Stockholder; and (E) with respect to any claim for actual fraud against Issuer or Buyer, Issuer’s and/or Buyer’s knowledge shall be limited to the actual knowledge of Julie Xanders, Terry Jimenez and Michael Lavey.
(b)     Indemnification by the Stockholders . From and after the Closing (but subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII ), each Stockholder shall indemnify and hold harmless Buyer Indemnified Parties from and against, and will compensate and reimburse each of the Buyer Indemnified Parties for, any Damages that any such Buyer Indemnified Party incurs, suffers, sustains or becomes subject to at any time (regardless of whether or not such Damages relate to any third party claim) based upon, arising out of or resulting from any of the following:
(i)    any inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations or warranties of such Stockholder contained in this Agreement, including those representations and warranties contained in Article IV but excluding the representations and warranties contained in Article V ; and/or
(ii)    any breach or nonperformance of any covenant or agreement by such Stockholder contained in this Agreement.
(c)     Indemnification by Buyer and Issuer . From and after the Closing (but subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII ), Buyer and Issuer, jointly and severally, shall indemnify and hold harmless Parent, each Stockholder and their respective Affiliates and each of their respective Representatives, stockholders, members, controlling persons, successors and permitted assigns (collectively, the “ Seller Indemnified Parties ”) from and against, and will compensate and reimburse each of the Seller Indemnified Parties for, any Damages that any such Seller Indemnified Party incurs, suffers, sustains or becomes subject to at any time (regardless

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of whether or not such Damages relate to any third party claim) based upon, arising out of or resulting from any of the following:
(i)    any inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations or warranties of Buyer or Issuer contained in this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, including those representations and warranties contained in Article VI ; and/or
(ii)    any breach or nonperformance of any covenant or agreement by Buyer or Issuer contained in this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement.
(d)     Determination of Breach and Damages . For purposes of this Article VIII , (i) any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty of one or both of the Companies, Seller Representative or any Stockholder in this Agreement and (ii) the amount of any Damages will be determined without regard to any materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar qualification contained in or otherwise applicable to such representation or warranty.
(e)     Effect of Knowledge . The Buyer Indemnified Parties’ rights to indemnification, payment of damages or other remedy based on a breach of the representations, warranties, covenants, and other provisions of this Agreement will not be affected by any investigation conducted by any Buyer Indemnified Party, or any knowledge or information acquired by such Buyer Indemnified Party at any time, whether before or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Closing Date, with respect to the accuracy or inaccuracy of or compliance with any such representation, warranty, covenant or obligation.
8.3     Limitations on Liability .
(a)    Without limiting the effect of any other limitation set forth in this Article VIII , the indemnification provided for in Sections 8.2(a)(i) or 8.2(b)(i) shall not apply, and no Buyer Indemnified Party shall be entitled to indemnification under Sections 8.2(a)(i) or 8.2(b)(i) , except to the extent that (i) the amount of indemnifiable Damages in respect of any individual claim or series of related claims under such Sections exceeds $15,000 (in which event the amount of indemnifiable Damages from the first dollar in respect of such individual claim or series of related claims under such Section shall be aggregated for purposes of satisfying the Claim Threshold and being applied against the Standard Indemnification Cap) (the “ Mini-Basket ”), and (ii) the aggregate amount of the Damages (disregarding any claims not exceeding the Mini-Basket) against which Buyer Indemnified Parties would otherwise be entitled to be indemnified under Section 8.2 exceeds, on a cumulative basis, $330,000 (the “ Claim Threshold ”), and, if the aggregate amount of such Damages (disregarding any claims not exceeding the Mini-Basket) exceeds the Claim Threshold, then Buyer shall, subject to the other limitations set forth in this Agreement, be entitled to recover only the portion of such Damages (disregarding any claims not exceeding the Mini-Basket) in excess of the Claim Threshold; provided , however , that the Claim Threshold shall not apply to a breach of the Fundamental Reps or to any claim for actual fraud. For clarity, if the amount of Damages in respect of any individual claim or series of related claims under Sections 8.2(a)(i) or 8.2(b)(i) exceeds $15,000, then such Damages to the first dollar in respect of such individual claim or series of related claims under such Sections shall be aggregated for purposes of satisfying the Claim Threshold and against the Standard

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Indemnification Cap, and, if the amount of Losses in respect of any individual claim or series of related claims under such Sections is less than or equal to $15,000, then such Losses in respect of such individual claim or series of related claims under such Sections shall not be aggregated for purposes of satisfying the Claim Threshold or against the Standard Indemnification Cap.
(b)    The aggregate liability of Parent and the Stockholders for Damages under Sections 8.2(a)(i) and 8.2(b)(i) shall not exceed the Escrow Amount (the “ Standard Indemnification Cap ”); provided , however , the foregoing Standard Indemnification Cap shall not apply to a breach of the Fundamental Reps or to any claim for actual fraud. The Escrow Account and the R&W Insurance Policy together constitute the extent of Buyer Indemnified Parties’ recovery for any indemnifiable Damages under Sections 8.2(a)(i) and 8.2(b)(i) ; provided , however , that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to a breach of the Fundamental Reps or to any claim for actual fraud. For clarity, any Damages under Sections 8.2(a)(i) or 8.2(b)(i) shall be satisfied: (i) first, to the extent the Claim Threshold has been met, from the Escrow Account pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement; and (ii) second, to the extent the Claim Threshold has been met and such Damages exceed the amount held in the Escrow Account, solely and exclusively by recovery under the R&W Insurance Policy, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), except to the extent that the claim for Damages arises out of a breach of the Fundamental Reps or any claim for actual fraud, in which case Buyer or Issuer may elect to seek recovery against the Escrow Account or the R&W Insurance Policy.
(c)    The aggregate liability of (i) Parent and the Stockholders for Damages under this Article VIII shall not exceed $66,000,000, and (ii) each Stockholder shall not exceed such Stockholder’s Pro Rata Interest of such sum; provided , however , such limitations shall not apply in the case of actual fraud.
(d)    The Seller Indemnified Parties shall have no right to recover any amounts pursuant to Section 8.2(c)(i) until the total amount of such Damages incurred by the Seller Indemnified Parties under Section 8.2(c)(i) exceeds the Claim Threshold, in which case the Seller Indemnified Parties will be entitled to recover all of such Damages from the first dollar; provided , however , that the Claim Threshold shall not apply to a breach of the Fundamental Reps or to any claim for actual fraud.
(e)    The aggregate liability of Buyer and Issuer for Damages under Section 8.2 shall not exceed $36,000,000.
(f)    The amount of any Damages with respect to a claim for indemnification hereunder shall be reduced by any amounts actually recovered by the Indemnified Party or its Affiliates under its or their insurance policies or from any other third parties with respect to such Damages; provided that for clarity, any such reduction shall not be applied towards, or reduce, any Liability “cap” set forth in this Section 8.3 . Each Indemnitor hereby waives, to the extent permitted under its applicable insurance policies, any subrogation rights that its insurer may have with respect to any indemnified Damages.
(g)    Notwithstanding the fact that any Buyer Indemnified Party may have the right to assert claims for indemnification under or in respect of more than one provision of this

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Agreement in respect to any fact, event, condition or circumstance, no Buyer Indemnified Party shall be entitled to recover the amount of any Damages more than once under this Agreement, the A&R Operating Agreement or other Transaction Document or under the R&W Insurance Policy, or to be indemnified for any Damages to the extent such Buyer Indemnified Party’s Damages have been actually recovered by reason of a claim for indemnified Damages by another Buyer Indemnified Party in respect of the same or substantially the same claim, and no Buyer Indemnified Party shall have recourse against the Escrow Account to the extent that Buyer has otherwise been fully compensated on a dollar-for-dollar basis for such Damages by reason of liabilities included as part of the Estimated Adjustment Amount or in determining the Closing Working Capital as a part of the Final Adjustment Amount.
8.4     Payment of Claims . Subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII , upon a final determination under this Article VIII of Damages with respect to which any Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification, such Damages shall be satisfied by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such Indemnified Party within ten (10) Business Days after the date of final determination.
8.5     Defense of Third-Party Claims .
(a)    Promptly after a Buyer Indemnified Party or Seller Indemnified Party (each, an “ Indemnified Party ”) receives notice or otherwise obtains knowledge of any Action that has been brought, commenced or asserted by a third party for which one or more parties (the “ Indemnitor ”) is or may be liable under this Article VIII (any such Action being referred to as a “ Third-Party Claim ”), the Indemnified Party shall deliver to the Indemnitor a written notice stating in reasonable detail the nature and basis of such Third-Party Claim and the dollar amount of such Third-Party Claim, to the extent known. The failure to give such notice or provide such copies will not relieve the Indemnitor of any Liability under this Agreement or otherwise, except to the extent, and only to the extent, such Indemnitor is materially prejudiced in the defense of such Third-Party Claim as a result of such failure and can reasonably estimate and provide the basis for the dollar amount by which it was so materially prejudiced.
(b)    The Indemnitor will be entitled to participate in the defense of any Third-Party Claim and, if it so elects within 10 days of its receipt of notice of an Third-Party Claim, to assume control of the defense of the Third-Party Claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent and the Stockholders will not be entitled to assume control of such defense of any Third-Party Claim (unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Indemnified Party) and will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel retained by Buyer Indemnified Party in relation to such Third-Party Claim (along with all other indemnifiable Damages) if (i) the Third-Party Claim relates to or arises in connection with any criminal Action; (ii) the Buyer Indemnified Party reasonably believes an adverse determination with respect to the Third-Party Claim would be detrimental to or injure the Buyer Indemnified Party’s reputation or future business prospects, in material respects; (iii) the Third-Party Claim seeks an injunction, non-monetary relief or business restriction imposition against the Buyer Indemnified Party; (iv) the Indemnitor failed or is failing to diligently prosecute or defend such Third-Party Claim; or (v) the Buyer Indemnified Party believes in good faith (and is not provided

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with satisfactory evidence to the contrary) that the Indemnitor lacks the financial resources to satisfy any Damages relating to the Third-Party Claim or the actual or potential aggregate Liabilities of the Buyer Indemnified Parties relating to such Third-Party Claim are greater than one-hundred fifty percent (150%) of the actual or potential aggregate Liabilities of the Indemnitor relating to such Third-Party Claim, in each case, after taking into account the limitations set forth in this Article VIII . Without limiting the foregoing, if the Indemnitor has assumed control of the defense of any Third-Party Claim pursuant to this Section 8.5(b) and, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Indemnified Party, a conflict exists between the interests of the Indemnified Party and the interests of the Indemnitor, then the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to participate in (but not control) any such defense with separate counsel at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnified Party, and the Indemnitor shall cooperate with the Indemnified Party, at the Indemnified Party’s expense, in contesting such Third Party Claim, if and to the extent reasonably requested in writing by the Indemnified Party.
(c)    After duly and timely delivered written notice from the Indemnitor to the Indemnified Party of an election to assume control of the defense of an Third-Party Claim of which it is entitled to assume the control of the defense pursuant to this Section 8.5 , the Indemnitor will not be liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense of the Third-Party Claim, except that (i) the Indemnified Party will have the right to participate in the defense of the Third-Party Claim and (ii) the fees and expenses of counsel retained by the Indemnified Party in relation to an Third-Party Claim will constitute an indemnifiable Damages if such fees and expenses are (A) incurred at the Indemnitor’s request or to employ counsel specifically authorized by the Indemnitor, or (B) incurred in connection with any Third-Party Claim in connection with which the Indemnitor does not control the defense. In any event, the Indemnified Party will also have the right to participate in the defense of any other Third-Party Claim at its own expense.
(d)    The Indemnitor may concede, settle or compromise any Third-Party Claim of which it is entitled to assume the control of the defense and has actually assumed such defense, but no such settlement or compromise may be effected without the Indemnified Party’s consent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and will be deemed given if not given or refused within 10 business days from such consent being requested in writing); provided , however , that the Indemnified Party’s consent will not be required if (i) such settlement (A) is for monetary payment only (all of which is the sole responsibility of the Indemnitor), (B) expressly and unconditionally releases the Indemnified Party from all Liabilities relating to such Third-Party Claim, and (C) does not provide for any injunctive relief or other restrictions on any Indemnified Party’s business with which any Indemnified Party is required to comply; and (ii) there is no finding or admission of any violation of Law or the rights of any Person or any other wrongdoing by the Indemnified Party.
(e)    The Indemnified Party will not concede, settle or compromise any Third-Party Claim of which the Indemnitor is entitled to assume the control of the defense without the prior written consent of the Indemnitor (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and will be deemed given if not given or refused within ten (10) business days from such consent being requested in writing).

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(f)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article VIII , all elections, determinations and other rights expressed to be held, made or exercised by any Buyer Indemnified Party under this Article VIII will be held, made or exercised by Buyer on behalf of such Buyer Indemnified Party (other than BR-NV, which such determination shall subject to the terms and conditions of the A&R Operating Agreement) (and Buyer may, but will not be required to, consult with one or more applicable Buyer Indemnified Parties prior to exercising any right or making any such election or determination under this Article VIII ).
(g)    If the Indemnitor is entitled to assume the defense of any Third-Party Claim and has actually assumed such defense, the Indemnified Party shall (i) make available to the Indemnitor all directly relevant books, records and other documents and materials that are under the direct or indirect control of such Indemnified Party or its Affiliates, that are reasonably necessary or desirable for the defense of such Third-Party Claim as the Indemnitor may reasonable request in writing and (ii) take such other reasonable actions and otherwise provide such reasonable cooperation as the Indemnitor may reasonably request for the purpose of facilitating the defense of, or any settlement, compromise or adjustment relating to, such Third-Party Claim, and shall otherwise cooperate as reasonably requested by the Indemnitor in the defense of such Third-Party Claim; in each case subject to Section 7.8 .
8.6     Subrogation . To the extent that any Party makes any indemnification payment pursuant to this Article VIII , such Party shall be subrogated, to the extent of such payment and to the extent permitted by Law, to any rights and remedies of the Indemnified Person to recoup amounts paid from third parties with respect to the matters giving rise to indemnification hereunder, except in each case, under the R&W Insurance Policy. Each Party shall take such actions as the Party entitled to subrogation may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Party to perfect or exercise the right of subrogation under this Section 8.6 .
8.7     Exclusivity . Subject to Sections 3.6(b) , 7.8 and 9.5 , the right of any Party to receive indemnification payments pursuant to this Article VIII shall be the sole and exclusive right and remedy exercisable by such Party with respect to any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty contained in, or any other breach of, this Agreement, except that the foregoing shall not limit the right of any Party to bring an action based on fraud, intentional misrepresentation, criminal activity or other willful misconduct. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 8.7 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall limit any right of Buyer to seek specific performance or injunctive relief pursuant to Section 9.6 .
8.8     Characterization of Indemnification Payments . All payments made (or deemed to be made, in accordance with this Agreement) by any Indemnitor to an Indemnified Person with respect to any claim pursuant to this Article VIII or any other provision of this Agreement or pursuant to the R&W Insurance Policy will be treated, to the fullest extent allowable under applicable Law, as adjustments to the Acquisition Price for Tax purposes.
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9.1     Expenses . Except as otherwise provided herein, each Party shall pay all of its own fees, costs and expenses (including fees, costs and expenses of legal counsel, investment bankers, brokers or other representatives and consultants and appraisal fees, costs and expenses) incurred in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated by this Agreement, the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
9.2     Waiver .
(a)    Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, no failure on the part of any Party to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of any Party in exercising any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, shall operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege or remedy; and no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege or remedy.
(b)    No Party shall be deemed to have waived any claim arising out of this Agreement, or any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power, right, privilege or remedy is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Party; and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.
9.3     Entire Agreement; Counterparts; Exchanges by Facsimile . This Agreement and the other documents and agreements referred to in Article III of this Agreement constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among or between any of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, including the Confidentiality Agreements. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of a fully executed Agreement (in counterparts or otherwise) by facsimile or by electronic delivery in .pdf format shall be sufficient to bind the Parties to the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
9.4     Applicable Law; Dispute Resolution .
(a)    This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
(b)    Any dispute, controversy or claim, whether based on contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation or any other legal theory (a “ Dispute ”), arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any right or obligation under this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by confidential binding arbitration conducted in San Francisco, California in accordance with the JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures then in effect as modified by the following provisions of this Agreement:

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(i)    Buyer and Seller Representative shall together select one neutral arbitrator from the JAMS panel list; provided , that if Buyer and Seller Representative are unable to reach agreement with respect to the arbitrator, the arbitrator shall be chosen in accordance with the JAMS appointment rules.
(ii)    The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted on an expedited basis in San Francisco, California. Proceedings in arbitration shall be scheduled to begin no more than 30 days after the filing of the request for arbitration of such Dispute and to conclude no later than 120 days after the filing of such request. All hearings, unless otherwise agreed to by Buyer and Seller Representative, shall be held in San Francisco, California.
(iii)    Buyer and Seller Representative shall be permitted to obtain and take discovery, including requests for production, interrogatories, requests for admissions and depositions, as provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; provided that the arbitrator shall be permitted, in his or her discretion, to set parameters on the timing and/or completion of this discovery and to order additional pre-hearing exchange of information, including exchange of summaries of testimony or exchange of statements of positions.
(iv)    The arbitration proceedings and all testimony, filings, documents and information relating to or presented during the arbitration proceedings shall be disclosed exclusively for the purpose of facilitating the arbitration process and for no other purpose.
(v)    The Parties shall each bear all their own costs and expenses, irrespective of which Party is the prevailing Party in the arbitration, provided, that the arbitrator in its discretion may award costs and expenses.
(vi)    The arbitrator shall only be authorized to, and shall only have the consent of the Parties to, interpret and apply the terms and provisions of this Agreement in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The arbitrator shall not be authorized to, and shall not, order any remedy not permitted by this Agreement and shall not change any term or provision of this Agreement, deprive any Party of any remedy expressly provided hereunder or provide any right or remedy that has not been expressly provided hereunder. In the event that the arbitrator shall exceed his or her authority under this Agreement and violate this provision, either Buyer or Seller Representative shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to vacate the arbitration award on the grounds that the arbitrator exceeded his or her authority.
(vii)    The Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Sections 1 through 14 (as amended and including any successor provision), except as modified hereby, shall govern the interpretation and enforcement of this Section 9.4(b) .
9.5     Equitable Relief . The Parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur, no adequate remedy at law would exist and damages would be difficult to determine, if any

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provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the Parties shall be entitled, without posting a bond or similar indemnity, to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof in any federal court or any New York state court, in each case, located in New York, New York, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
9.6     Exhibits, Certificates Annexes and Schedules . The Escrow Agreement, the Lockup Agreement, the certificates required to be delivered at Closing and the Annexes and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein.
9.7     Assignability; Third Party Rights .
(a)    Subject to Section 9.7(b) , this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by and inure solely to the benefit of, the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided , that neither this Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations of any Party hereunder may be assigned or delegated by such Party without the prior written consent of the other Parties, and any attempted assignment or delegation of this Agreement or any of such rights or obligations by any Party without the other Parties’ prior written consent shall be void and of no effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Issuer or Buyer may, without the consent of any other Party, (i) assign its rights under this Agreement to a wholly-owned direct or indirect Subsidiary of such Party so long as such does not relieve such Party of its obligations hereunder and (ii) collaterally assign its rights and remedies under this Agreement and any other agreements entered into in connection with this Agreement to any of its financing sources and/or lenders.
(b)    Except as set forth in Section 9.11 or with respect to the D&O Indemnified Parties in Section 7.2 and the Indemnified Parties in Article VIII , nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall confer upon any person (other than the Parties hereto) any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
9.8     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 designated for overnight delivery by internationally recognized overnight air courier (such as DHL or Federal Express), two (2) Business Days after dispatch from any location in the United States; (c) if sent by facsimile or e-mail transmission before 5:00 p.m. on a business day, when transmitted and receipt is confirmed; (d) if sent by facsimile or e-mail transmission on a day other than a business day or after 5:00 p.m. on a business day and receipt is confirmed, on the following business day; and (e) 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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(a)    If to Buyer, Issuer or BR-NV, to:
c/o Tribune Publishing Company, LLC
202 W. 1 st Street
Los Angeles, California 90012
Fax: (213) 237-4401
Email: Julie.Xanders@tronc.com

with a mandatory copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
2290 First National Building
660 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48226
Attention: Phillip D. Torrence
Facsimile: (269) 337-7703
Email: ptorrence@honigman.com
(b)    If to Parent, to:
BestReviews Inc.
8985 Double Diamond Parkway, Unit B7
Reno, Nevada 89521
Attention: Ben Faw
Email: ben@bestreviews.com
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Morrison & Foerster LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Attention: John M. Rafferty
Fax: (415) 276-7305
Email: jrafferty@mofo.com
and
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
1200 Seaport Boulevard
Redwood City, CA 94063
Attention: Ivan A. Gaviria
Fax: 877-881-9198
Email: igaviria@gunder.com

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(m) If to Seller Representative, to:
Denis Grosz
750 4th Street #2130
Sparks, NV 89431
Fax: (775) 403-1795
Email: grosz@bestreviews.com
with copies to (which shall not constitute notice):
Morrison & Foerster LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Attention: John M. Rafferty
Fax: (415) 276-7305
Email: jrafferty@mofo.com
and
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
1200 Seaport Boulevard
Redwood City, CA 94063
Attention: Ivan A. Gaviria
Fax: 877-881-9198
Email: igaviria@gunder.com

9.9     Severability . Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or arbitrator declares that any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the Parties hereto agree that the court or arbitrator making such determination shall have the power to limit such term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases or to replace such term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable as so modified. In the event such court or arbitrator does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the Parties hereto agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term or provision.
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(a)    Each of Buyer and Parent hereby acknowledges that Morrison & Foerster LLP has represented the interests of BR-NV in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and in order to avoid any conflict of interest that might be deemed to arise from Buyer’s acquisition of the Purchased Interest, Buyer and Parent each hereby waive any conflict that might preclude Morrison & Foerster LLP from representing Parent or the Stockholders or any of their respective Affiliates, following the Closing in connection with any matters adverse or potentially adverse to Buyer or its Affiliates (including BR-NV), including in connection with any disputes arising from this Agreement.
(b)    Each of Buyer and Parent hereby acknowledges that Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP has represented the interests of Denis Grosz in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and in order to avoid any conflict of interest that might be deemed to arise from Buyer’s acquisition of the Purchased Interest, Buyer and Parent each hereby waive any conflict that might preclude Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP from representing Denis Grosz following the Closing in connection with any matters adverse or potentially adverse to Buyer or its Affiliates (including BR-NV), including in connection with any disputes arising from this Agreement.
(c)    Following the Closing, except with the consent of the Stockholders, none of Buyer, Parent, BR-NV or any other Person purporting to act on behalf of or through Buyer, Parent or BR-NV will seek to obtain attorney-client privileged communications among Parent, BR-NV or any Stockholder, on one hand, and any representative of Morrison & Foerster LLP or Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP, on the other hand, related to this Agreement.
9.11     No Recourse . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, but without limiting Article VIII , each Party hereto covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no recourse under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement shall be had against any Stockholder’s, Parent’s, BR-NV’s, Buyer’s, Issuer’s or any of their respective Affiliates’ former, current or future direct or indirect equity holders, controlling persons, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, members, managers, general or limited partners or assignees (each a “ Related Party ” and collectively, the “ Related Parties ”), in each case other than the Stockholders, Parent, BR-NV, Buyer or Issuer or any of their respective successors and permitted assignees under this Agreement, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any applicable Law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any of the Related Parties, as such, for any obligation or liability of the Stockholders, Buyer, Parent or any of their respective Affiliates under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or liabilities or their creation; provided , however , nothing in this Section 9.11 shall relieve or otherwise limit the liability of the Stockholders, Buyer, Parent or any Affiliate, as such, for any breach or violation of its obligations under such agreements, documents or instruments.

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9.12     Seller Representative . Parent and each Stockholder hereby appoints Seller Representative attorney-in-fact, and hereby authorizes and empowers Seller Representative to act for and on behalf of, and to bind, the Stockholders and/or Parent in connection with (a) resolving the Acquisition Price adjustment in accordance with Section 3.6 . (b) the provisions of Section 7.6 and Article VIII as they relate to Parent or the Stockholders, and (c) such other matters as are delegated to Seller Representative hereunder, including, without limitation, (i) to act as the representative of the Stockholders and Parent to review and authorize all claims and disputes or question the accuracy thereof, (ii) to compromise on their behalf with Buyer or Issuer any claims asserted thereunder and to authorize payments to be made with respect thereto, and (iii) to take such further actions as are authorized in this Agreement. Buyer and Issuer shall be entitled to rely on such appointment and to treat such Seller Representative as the duly appointed attorney in fact of each Stockholder and Parent, and Buyer may treat the actions of Seller Representative as the actions of the Stockholders and Parent for all purposes hereunder. Each Stockholder and Parent, by execution of this Agreement and without any further action, confirms such appointment and authority. Notices given to Seller Representative in accordance with Section 9.8 shall constitute notice to the Stockholders and Parent for all purposes under this Agreement. In the event of the resignation or death, disability or other incapacity of Seller Representative, the Stockholders and Parent shall promptly appoint a new Person as successor thereto by mutual written consent and notice delivered to Buyer and Issuer in accordance with Section 9.8 .
9.13     No Waiver Relating to Claims for Fraud, Etc . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, none of the provisions set forth in this Agreement, including the provisions set forth in Article VIII , shall be deemed a waiver by any party of any right or remedy which such party may have at law or in equity against any Person based on such Person’s any actual fraud.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have hereunto caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
BUYEr
TRIBUNE PUBLISHING COMPANY, LLC
By: /s/ Justin C. Dearborn
Name: Justin C. Dearborn
Title: Chief Executive Officer
ISSUER
TRONC, INC.
By: /s/ Justin C. Dearborn
Name: Justin C. Dearborn
Title: Chief Executive Officer


 




PARENT
BESTREVIEWS INC.
By: /s/ Benjamin Faw
Name: Benjamin Faw
Title: COO/Secretary
BR-NV
BestReviews llc
By: /s/ Benjamin Faw
Name: Benjamin Faw
Title: COO/Secretary
STOCKHOLDERS
/s/ Denis Grosz
Denis Grosz
/s/ Momchil Filev
Momchil Filev
/s/ Benjamin Faw
Benjamin Faw
/s/ Heather MacKenzie
Heather MacKenzie, individually and as trustee of the Higgins-MacKenzie Family Trust


 



/s/ William Reynolds
William Reynolds
Seller Representative
/s/ Denis Grosz



 


Exhibit 10.1

 
    




Amended and Restated
Limited Liability Company Agreement

of

BestReviews LLC

February 6, 2018
THE COMPANY INTERESTS REPRESENTED BY THIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH INTERESTS MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF AT ANY TIME WITHOUT EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM, AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE OTHER SUBSTANTIAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN.





 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page No.

Article I GENERAL PROVISIONS; DEFINITIONS.....................................................................      1

1.1
Formation of the Company; Term............................................................................    1
1.2
Limited Liability Company Agreement...................................................................      1
1.3
Name........................................................................................................................      2
1.4
Purpose and Powers.................................................................................................      2
1.5
Principal Office; Registered Office and Agent........................................................    2
1.6
No State-Law Partnership........................................................................................      2
1.7
Definitions...............................................................................................................      2
1.8
Budget....................................................................................................................      14
Article II CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS......................................................      14

2.1
Authorized Units....................................................................................................      14
2.2
Capital Contributions and Issuance of Units.........................................................    14
2.3
Capital Account......................................................................................................      17
2.4
Negative Capital Accounts.....................................................................................      18
2.5
No Withdrawal.......................................................................................................      19
2.6
No Interest..............................................................................................................      19
Article III DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS..................................................................      19

3.1
Distributions...........................................................................................................      19
3.2
Allocations.............................................................................................................      20
3.3
Special Allocations................................................................................................      20
3.4
Tax Allocations......................................................................................................      22
3.5
Indemnification and Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Unitholder....      23
Article IV MANAGEMENT.........................................................................................................      23

4.1
Authority of Board................................................................................................      23
4.2
Composition of the Board.....................................................................................      24
4.3
Proxies...................................................................................................................      25
4.4
Meetings; Quorom; Voting, Etc.............................................................................      25
4.5
Delegation of Authority.........................................................................................      26
4.6
Officers..................................................................................................................      27
4.7
Limitation of Liability...........................................................................................      28
4.8
Fiduciary Duties of the Board...............................................................................      29
Article V UNITHOLDERS...........................................................................................................      29

5.1
Limitation of Liability...........................................................................................      29



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5.2
Lack of Authority..................................................................................................      30
5.3
No Right of Partition.............................................................................................      30
5.4
Confidentiality.......................................................................................................      30
5.5
Members Right to Act............................................................................................      31
5.6
Actions Requiring Approval of the BR Member...................................................      32
5.7
Conflicts of Interest...............................................................................................      34
5.8
Representations and Warranties of the Members..................................................      34
Article VI EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION.............................................................      36

6.1
Exculpation............................................................................................................      36
6.2
Right to Indemnification........................................................................................      36
6.3
Advance Payment..................................................................................................      37
6.4
Indemnification of Employees and Agents...........................................................      37
6.5
Non-exclusivity of Rights.....................................................................................      37
6.6
Indemnification Priority.........................................................................................      37
6.7
Insurance...............................................................................................................      38
6.8
Savings Clause......................................................................................................      38
6.9
Acquisition Agreement.........................................................................................      38
6.10
Third Party Beneficiaries......................................................................................      39
Article VII DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION.....................................................................      39

7.1
Dissolution............................................................................................................      39
7.2
Liquidation of Company Interests........................................................................      39
7.3
Valuation...............................................................................................................      40
Article VIII BOOKS OF ACCOUNT...........................................................................................      41

8.1
Records and Accounting.......................................................................................      41
8.2
Bank Accounts......................................................................................................      41
8.3
Fiscal Year.............................................................................................................      41
8.4
Tax Elections.........................................................................................................      41
8.5
Reports..................................................................................................................      42
8.6
Tax Matters Partner and Partnership Representative............................................      42
Article IX TRANSFER OF UNITS..............................................................................................      43

9.1
Transfer In General...............................................................................................      43
9.2
Assignee’s Rights..................................................................................................      43
9.3
Assignor’s Rights and Obligations........................................................................      44
9.4
General Restrictions on Transfer; Permitted Transfers.........................................      44
9.5
Participation Rights...............................................................................................      46
9.6
Approved Sale.......................................................................................................      48
9.7
Call Option............................................................................................................      50
9.8
Put Option..............................................................................................................      54



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9.9
Stockholder Approval; Forced Sale Rights...........................................................      57
9.10
Conversion to Corporate Form Upon a Public Offering.......................................      59
9.11
BR Equityholders Repurchase Option..................................................................      62
9.12
Set-Off Rights.......................................................................................................      66
9.13
Conduct of Business..............................................................................................      66
9.14
Registration Rights Relating to Issuer Common Stock.........................................      67
Article X WITHDRAWAL AND RESIGNATION OF UNITHOLDERS....................................      70

10.1
Withdrawal............................................................................................................      70
Article XI MISCELLANEOUS....................................................................................................      70

11.1
Information Rights................................................................................................      70
11.2
Further Assurances................................................................................................      70
11.3
Title to Company Assets........................................................................................      71
11.4
Creditors................................................................................................................      71
11.5
Amendments, Modifications, or Waivers..............................................................      71
11.6
Successors and Assigns.........................................................................................      72
11.7
Remedies...............................................................................................................      72
11.8
Offset.....................................................................................................................      72
11.9
Governing Law......................................................................................................      72
11.10
Jurisdiction; Service of Process.............................................................................      72
11.11
Compliance with Laws..........................................................................................      73
11.12
Severability............................................................................................................      73
11.13
Counterparts...........................................................................................................      73
11.14
Descriptive Headings; Interpretation.,...................................................................      73
11.15
Notices...................................................................................................................      73
11.16
Complete Agreement.............................................................................................      75
11.17
Business Days........................................................................................................      75
11.18
Electronic Delivery................................................................................................      75
11.19
Undertaking...........................................................................................................      75
11.20
Survival..................................................................................................................      75
11.21
Certain Acknowledgements...................................................................................      75
11.22
Designees...............................................................................................................      76
11.23
Spousal Consent; Acknowledgment......................................................................      76
11.24
Tax and Other Advice............................................................................................      76



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Amended and restated
Limited Liability Company Agreement
Of
BESTREVIEWS LLC

This AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement” ) is made as of February 6, 2018, by and among BestReviews LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company” ), and the other parties listed on the signature pages from time to time attached hereto. Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 1.7 ; and

Whereas , a Certificate of Formation of the Company (the “Certificate” ) was executed and filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 1, 2018, thereby forming the Company as a limited liability company in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (as amended from time to time and including any successor thereto, the “Delaware Act” ); and
Whereas , the BR Member and the Company are parties to that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement of BestReviews LLC dated February 1, 2018 (the “Prior LLC Agreement” );
Whereas , the TPC Member has purchased 60,000,000 Common Units from the BR Member pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Acquisition Agreement;
Whereas , the Company, the BR Member and the TPC Member desire to amend and restate the Prior LLC Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and for this Agreement to supersede the Prior LLC Agreement in its entirety, effective as of the date first set forth above.
Now, Therefore , in consideration of the mutual promises made herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS; DEFINITIONS
1.1    Formation of the Company; Term. The Company was formed by the execution and filing of the Certificate. The term of the Company commenced upon the filing of the Certificate and shall continue in perpetuity until the dissolution and termination of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Article VII.
1.2    Limited Liability Company Agreement. The Unitholders have entered into this Agreement for the purpose of establishing the affairs of the Company and the conduct of its business in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware Act. The Unitholders hereby agree that, during the term of the Company set forth in Section 1.1 , the rights and obligations of the Unitholders with respect to the Company will be determined in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Delaware Act; provided that, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Act, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
1.3    Name. The name of the Company shall be “BestReviews LLC” or such other name or names as the Board may from time to time designate and file with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the Delaware Act. The Company’s business may be conducted under its name and/or any other name or names as the Board may deem advisable.



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1.4    Purpose and Powers. The Company is organized for the object and purpose of engaging in all such lawful transactions and business activities as may be determined, subject to the approval requirements set forth in Section 5.6 , if applicable, from time to time by the Board. The Company shall have any and all powers necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes and business of the Company, to the extent that the same may be lawfully exercised by limited liability companies under the Delaware Act.
1.5    Principal Office; Registered Office and Agent.
(a)     The principal office of the Company shall be located at 8985 Double Diamond Parkway Unit B7, Reno, NV 89521, or at such other place (whether inside or outside the State of Delaware) as the Board may from time to time designate. The Company may have such other offices (whether inside or outside the State of Delaware) as the Board may from time to time designate.
(b)     The registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is located at 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19081. The registered agent of the Company for service of process at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. The Board may, in its discretion, change the registered office and/or registered agent from time to time by (i) filing the address of the new registered office and/or the name of the new registered agent with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the Delaware Act and (ii) giving notice of such change to each of the Unitholders.
1.6    No State-Law Partnership. The Unitholders intend that the Company not be a partnership (including a limited partnership) or joint venture, and that no Unitholder be a partner or joint venture of any other Unitholder by virtue of this Agreement, for any purposes other than as set forth in the immediately following sentence, and neither this Agreement nor any document entered into by the Company or any Unitholder shall be construed to suggest otherwise. The Unitholders intend that the Company shall be treated as a partnership for federal and, if applicable, state or local income tax purposes, and the Company and each Unitholder shall file all tax returns and shall otherwise take all tax and financial reporting positions in a manner consistent with such treatment.
1.7    Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the following meanings:
“Accounting Firm” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(b) .
“Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Acquisition Agreement entered into by and among the Company, the BR Member, the TPC Member, tronc, Inc., and the BR Equityholders, dated as of February 6, 2018.
“Additional Member” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c) .
“Admission Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3 .
“Adjusted Capital Account Deficit” means with respect to any Capital Account as of the end of any Taxable Year, the amount by which the balance in such Capital Account is less than zero. For this purpose, such Person’s Capital Account balance shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑1(b)(2)(ii)(d).
“Affiliate” of any particular Person means any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such particular Person, where “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly,



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of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Affiliate Indemnitors” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.6 .
“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble .
“Annual Budget” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(a) .
“Applicable Tax Rate” means, with respect to each Member and each Fiscal Year, the highest combined effective federal, state, and local income tax rates applicable to an individual or corporation resident in such Member’s municipality of residence during that year, taking into account the character of the relevant taxable income and such other reasonable assumptions as the Board determines in its discretion. For purposes of calculating the Applicable Tax Rate, each Member’s residence shall be determined by reference to Exhibit A , and the Board shall determine, in its reasonable discretion, whether each Member is taxable as an individual or as a corporation. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Member is an S corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Applicable Tax Rate for such Member will be calculated as though that Member were an individual.
“Approved Sale” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.6(a) .
“Available Units” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.11(b) .
“Base Rate” means, as of any date, a variable rate per annum equal to the rate of interest most recently published by The Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” at large U.S. money center banks.
“Board” means the board of managers of the Company, which shall have the power and authority described in this Agreement (as amended from time to time), including the power and authority described in Article IV .
“Book Value” means, with respect to any property of the Company, the Company’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, adjusted from time to time to reflect the adjustments required or permitted (in the case of permitted adjustments, to the extent the Company makes such permitted adjustments) by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d)-(g).
“BR Equityholder Employee” means each BR Equityholder that is employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement)
“BR Equityholders” means those Persons that hold, directly or indirectly, equity securities of the BR Member.
“BR Member” means BestReviews Inc., a Delaware corporation together with any Person to whom all of such BR Member’s Units are Transferred as permitted hereby.
“BR Representative(s)” shall heave the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b)(iii) .
“BR Equityholders Repurchase Option” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.11(a) .
“Business” means, as of any particular date, any business in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is engaged, was engaged during the two (2) years immediately prior to the date of such determination or expects to be engaged as of such date.



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“Business Day” means any day other than a day which is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday in the State of California or in the jurisdiction in which the Company’s principal office is located.
“Call Dispute” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(b) .
“Call Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(a) .
“Call Objection Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(b) .
“Call Option” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(a) .
“Call Purchaser” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(a) .
“Call Reallocation Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(c) .
“Call Sellers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(a) .
“Call Units” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(a) .
“Capital Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) .
“Capital Contributions” means any cash or cash equivalents or the Fair Market Value of other property which a Unitholder contributes or is deemed to have contributed to the Company with respect to the issuance of any Unit pursuant to Section 2.2 .
Cause means the occurrence of any one or more of the following by a BR Equityholder Employee: (i) commission by such BR Equityholder Employee of any conduct involving fraud that is injurious (or would be reasonably expected to result in injury) to the Company or intended to result in substantial gain or personal enrichment of such BR Equityholder Employee at the expense of the Company; (ii) the conviction of such BR Equityholder Employee of, or his entry of a no contest or nolo contendre plea to, a felony; or (iii) a persistent failure by such BR Equityholder Employee to perform the duties and responsibilities of such BR Equityholder Employee’s employment, which failure is willful and deliberate on the such BR Equityholder Employee’s part and is not remedied by him within thirty (30) days after such BR Equityholder Employee’s receipt of written notice from the Company of such failure.
“Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals .
“Change of Control Transaction” means any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which a Person or group of Persons in the aggregate: (i) acquire(s) Equity Securities of any other Person possessing a majority of the voting power (other than voting rights accruing only in the event of a default or breach) (whether by merger, consolidation, reorganization, combination, sale or transfer of the equity securities, securityholder or voting agreement, proxy, power of attorney or otherwise) of such Person; or (ii) acquire(s) or exclusively licenses all or substantially all of such Person’s assets determined on a consolidated basis; provided that the foregoing shall not include any transaction or series of transactions principally for bona fide equity financing purposes in which cash is received by such Person or indebtedness of such Person is cancelled or converted or a combination thereof.
“Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Such term shall, at the Board’s discretion, be deemed to include any future amendments to the Code and any corresponding



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provisions of succeeding Code provisions (whether or not such amendments and corresponding provisions are mandatory or discretionary).
“Common Units” means a Unit representing a fractional part of the Unitholders’ interests in the Profits, Losses, and Distributions of the Company and, to the extent the holder thereof has been admitted as a Member, having the other rights and obligations specified with respect to Common Units in this Agreement.
“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble , and where the context requires, any successor entity described in Section 11.6 .
“Company Minimum Gain” means the partnership minimum gain determined pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑2(d).
“Confidential Information” shall have the meaning set forth with respect thereto in Section 5.4 .
“Corporate Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.10(b) .
“Deal Counsel” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.9(c)(i) .
“Delaware Act” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Distribution” means each distribution made by the Company to a Unitholder with respect to such Person’s Units, whether in cash, property or securities of the Company and whether by liquidating distribution, dividend or otherwise; provided that Distributions shall not include any redemptions, repurchases, recapitalizations or exchanges of Units or other securities of the Company (whether resulting from the conversion of the Company from a limited liability company to a corporation or otherwise), any subdivision (by Unit split or otherwise) or any combination (by reverse Unit split or otherwise) of any outstanding Units.
“EBITDA” means, for any period of measurement, the consolidated net earnings from operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as consistently applied by the Company) before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, in each case, as determined in accordance with GAAP as consistently applied by the Company, and excluding the impact of nonrecurring, one-time or unusual expenses such as goodwill impairment, restructurings, change of control bonuses, non-routine severance amounts, transaction expenses, stock- or equity-based compensation or purchase accounting. The calculation of EBITDA also shall exclude all costs, expenses, fees and charges (whether cash or non-cash) incurred by the TPC Member, Issuer or the Company pursuant to the terms of (i) that certain Master Advertising Services Agreement effective as of February 6, 2018, by and between the TPC Member and the Company (as such agreement may be amended from time to time) (the “MASA” ) and (ii) that certain Services Agreement effective as of February 6, 2018, by and between the TPC Member and the Company (as such agreement may be amended from time to time) (the “Services Agreement” ); provided, however, the costs, expenses, fees and charges (whether cash or non-cash) incurred by the Company that relate to services provided to the Company under the Services Agreement that are similar to the nature of the services purchased by the Company prior to the date of this Agreement (i.e., accounting, payroll, office solutions and tax) shall not be excluded from the calculation of EBITDA to the extent such costs, expenses, fees and charges incurred by the Company under the Services Agreement for such similar services are approximately the same percentage of the Company’s revenues as the costs, expenses, fees and charges incurred by the Company prior to the date of this Agreement for such services. In no event



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shall the costs, expenses, fees and charges of services relating to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance matters or internal control design or testing be included in the calculation of EBITDA.
“Economic Interest” means a Member’s share of the Company’s income, losses and distributions of the Company’s assets pursuant to this Agreement, but shall not include any voting rights.
“Equity Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b) .
“Equity Securities” means (i) Units (including, without limitation, the Common Units), Unit Equivalents, any stock or other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (including, without limitation, other classes, groups or series thereof having such relative rights, powers, and/or obligations as may from time to time be established by the Board as permitted by this Agreement, including rights, powers, and/or duties different from, senior to or more favorable than existing classes, groups and series of units, stock and other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and including, without limitation, any so-called “profits interests”), (ii) debt securities, obligations, evidences of indebtedness or other securities or interests convertible or exchangeable into units, stock or other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (iii) warrants, options or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire units, stock or other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.
“Estimated Tax Allocation” means, as estimated from time to time by the Board in its reasonable discretion, (i) the excess of (I) the amount of taxable income allocable to such Unitholder in respect of such Taxable Year (including any allocations under Code Section 704(c)) over (II) net taxable losses allocated to the Unitholder in respect of any Taxable Year (or portion thereof) to the extent such loss has not been previously used to offset taxable income pursuant to this clause (i)), multiplied by (ii) the Applicable Tax Rate; provided the calculation of the Estimated Tax Allocation shall not take into account any items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit for any taxable period (or portion thereof) prior to and through the date of this Agreement.
“Event of Withdrawal” means the death, retirement, resignation, expulsion, bankruptcy or dissolution of a Member or the occurrence of any other event that terminates the continued membership of a Member in the Company.
“Excess Available Cash” means, at any time of determination, the cash and cash equivalents held by the Company less the portion thereof retained as reserves (in accordance with GAAP or otherwise) based upon the Annual Budget as modified by the latest approved Revised Projections; provided, however, that in no event shall the aggregate amount of all reserves exceed twenty percent (20%) of the Company’s EBITDA for the trailing twelve (12) months at the time any reserve is established without the prior approval of one (1) of the BR Representatives so long as the Retained Equity equals or exceeds the Minimum Threshold.
“Exempt Securities” means issuance by the Company of the Securities in connection with (i) a Public Offering or an Approved Sale, (ii) issuances to any employees, officers, directors, advisors or consultants of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to equity plans or agreements providing for equity-related, employment-related or consulting-related compensation or subscription rights, in each case as approved by the Board, which shall include the approval of one (1) of the BR Representatives for so long as the Retained Equity equals or exceeds the Minimum Threshold, (iii) issuances to independent third parties in connection with mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures and any debt financing activities, in each case as approved by the Board, which shall include the approval of one (1) of the BR Representatives for so long as the Retained Equity equals or exceeds the Minimum



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Threshold, (iv) Units issued in connection with any Unit split or Unit dividend applicable to all Units of the same class or (v) a Corporate Conversion effected in accordance with Section 9.10 .
“Fair Market Value” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(a) .
“Family Member” means, (i) as applied to any Person who is an individual, such individual’s spouse, parent, sibling, child, grandchild or other descendent thereof (whether natural or adopted) and each trust, limited partnership, limited liability company or other estate or tax planning vehicle or entity created for the exclusive benefit of the individual or one or more of such Persons and (ii) as applied to any entity or trust, any Related Party of an owner or beneficiary of such entity or trust.
“Filing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.14(a) .
“Financial Advisor” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.9(c)(i) .
“Fiscal Quarter” means each calendar quarter ending March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31, or such other quarterly accounting period as may be established by the Board or as required by the Code.
“Fiscal Year” means the Company’s annual accounting period established pursuant to Section 8.3 .
“Forced Sale” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.9(d)(i) .
“Good Reason” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.11(a) .
“Holder Representative” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.9(b) .
“Indemnified Losses” means Damages as defined in the Acquisition Agreement that are subject to indemnification in accordance with Article X of the Acquisition Agreement.
“Indemnified Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 .
“Initial Issuer Registrable Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.14(a) .
“Interest” means a limited liability company interest in the Company and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a limited liability company interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The Interest of each Member at any particular time shall be expressed as a percentage equal to the number of Units owned by such Member at such time divided by the total number of Units owned by all Members at such time.
“Issuer” means tronc, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Issuer Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Issuer.
“Issuer Registrable Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.14(a) .
“Issuer Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.14(a) .
“Issuer Stockholder Approval” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(d) .



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“Losses” means items of Company loss and deduction determined in accordance with Section 2.3(b) .
“Majority in Interest” means the holders of a majority of the Common Units, voting together as a single class.
“Member” means each of the Persons listed on the signature pages hereto as Members and each Person who is admitted to the Company as a Member pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 9.4(c) , in each case so long as such Person continuously holds any Units.
“Member Transfer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.5(a) .
“Minimum Threshold” means, at any time of determination, sixty percent (60%) of the Units issued to the BR Member as of the date of this Agreement; provided , however , that if at any time following the date of this Agreement, any Units issued to the BR Member are repurchased by the Company pursuant to Section 9.11 (such repurchased Units, the “Repurchased Units” ), the determination of whether the BR Member has met the Minimum Threshold shall treat such Repurchased Units, solely for purposes of such definition, as continuing to be held by the BR Member. As an illustrative example, if the BR Member is issued 100 Units as of the date of this Agreement, 25 of those Units are subsequently purchased by the Company pursuant to its one-time call right to acquire 10% of the outstanding Units as set forth in Section 9.8 , and 50 of those Units are subsequently repurchased by the Company pursuant to Section 9.11 , then the BR Member shall be deemed to hold 75 Units of the 100 Units originally issued (or 75%) (i.e., only the 25 Units purchased pursuant to Section 9.8 shall be deducted from the BR Member’s ownership holdings for purposes of the Minimum Threshold determination). In addition, for purposes of determining the number of any Units held by the BR Member, such Unit shall include all Units over which the BR Member or any BR Equityholder has Beneficial Ownership (as such term is defined in the Acquisition Agreement).
“Offer Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.5(a) .
“Officers” means each person designated as an officer of the Company to whom authority and duties have been delegated pursuant to Section 4.6 , subject to any resolution of the Board appointing such person as an officer or relating to such appointment.
“Organizational Documents” means in the case of the Company, the Certificate and this Agreement, and in the case of any Subsidiary, any certificate or articles of incorporation, certificates of formation, bylaws or operating agreement.
“Participating Member” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.5(a) .
“Partnership Representative” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6 .
“Permitted Transferee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.4(b) .
“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated association, corporation, limited liability company, entity or governmental entity (whether federal, state, county, city or otherwise and including any instrumentality, division, agency or department thereof).
“Preemptive Rights Holders” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(d)(i) .



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“Preemptive Rights Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(d)(i) .
“Preemptive Rights Pro Rata Portion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(d)(i) .
“Prior LLC Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals .
“Proceeding” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 .
“Profits” means items of Company income and gain determined in accordance with Section 2.3(b) .
“Public Offering” means the sale in an underwritten public offering registered under the Securities Act of the common stock of the corporate successor to the Company.
“Public Sale” means any sale of Units or other securities (i) to the public pursuant to a Public Offering or (ii) to the public through a broker, dealer or market maker on a securities exchange.
“Purchaser” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(d)(i) .
“Put and Call Price” means, for each Common Unit, as of any given time, the distributions which such Common Unit would have received as of such time if all of the assets of the Company were sold and the Aggregate Consideration (as defined below) therefor (after satisfaction of all indebtedness and other liabilities and obligations of the Company) had been distributed by the Company in complete liquidation pursuant to the rights and preferences set forth in this Agreement as in effect immediately prior to such time, assuming that the “Aggregate Consideration” equaled (i) EBITDA for the twelve month period ending on the last day of the month immediately preceding the date that the Call Notice is delivered to the BR Member or the Put Election is delivered to the TPC Member, multiplied by (ii) 10.6. The Put and Call Price shall be determined in good faith by the Board, subject to the applicable terms and conditions of Section 9.7 or Section 9.8 , as applicable. The Put and Call Price shall be determined without regard to any minority, lack of liquidity, or similar discount.
“Put Dispute” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(b) .
“Put Election” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(a) .
“Put Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(a) .
“Put Objection Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(b) .
“Put Option” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(a) .
“Put Purchaser” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(a) .
“Put Reallocation Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(c) .
“Put Sellers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(a) .
“Put Units” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(a) .
“Put/Call Issuer Registrable Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.14(a) .
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“Regulatory Allocations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(f) .
“Related Person” means, with respect to any Person: (i) any Affiliate of such Person; (ii) any Person owning or controlling the outstanding voting securities of such Person; (iii) any officer, director, manager, trustee or general partner of such Person; or (iv) any Person who is an officer, director, manager, trustee or general partner or holder of the voting securities of any Person described in clauses (i) and (ii).
“Representative” means a representative duly elected to the Board as provided in Section 4.2(b)(i) .
“Repurchase Dispute” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.11(c) .
“Repurchase Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.11(c) .
“Repurchase Objection Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.11(c) .
“Repurchase Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.11(a) .
“Repurchase Reallocation Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.11(d) .
“Retained Equity” means, as of any time of determination, the sum of (i) the Common Units issued to the BR Member as of the date of this Agreement, (ii) the Common Units issued from time to time to the BR Member hereunder and/or pursuant to any Equity Agreement and any other Equity Securities issued to or acquired by the BR Member and (iii) any securities issued directly or indirectly with respect to the foregoing securities by way of a unit split, unit dividend, or other division of securities, or in connection with a combination of securities, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, or other reorganization, in each case to the extent retained by the BR Member as of such determination date. As to any particular securities, such securities shall remain Retained Equity in the hands of transferees, including the BR Equityholders, but such securities shall cease to be Retained Equity when they have been (A) effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the registration statement covering them, (B) distributed to the public through a broker, dealer or market maker pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any similar provision then in force) or (C) redeemed or repurchased by the Company or any Subsidiary or any designee thereof pursuant to Section 9.7 or Section 9.8 of this Agreement. Any Retained Equity repurchased by the Company pursuant to Section 9.11 of this Agreement shall continue to be treated as Retained Equity of the BR Member solely for purposes of calculating the Minimum Threshold.
“Revised Projections” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(b) .
“Sale Conditions” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.6(e) .
“Sale of the Company” means any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which a Person or group of Persons (other than the TPC Member, one or more Affiliates of the TPC Member, or any combination of the foregoing) in the aggregate: (i) acquire(s) Equity Securities of the Company possessing a majority of the voting power (other than voting rights accruing only in the event of a default or breach) (whether by merger, consolidation, reorganization, combination, sale or transfer of the Company’s Equity Securities, securityholder or voting agreement, proxy, power of attorney or otherwise) of the issued and outstanding Common Units; or (ii) acquire(s) or exclusively licenses all or substantially all of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets determined on a consolidated basis, including through



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the purchase of Equity Securities of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, a Public Offering shall not constitute a Sale of the Company.
“Sale Process” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.9(b) .
“Securities” means (i) Equity Securities or (ii) debt securities, obligations or evidences of indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor federal law then in force, together with all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Spousal Consent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.23(a) .
“Sub Board” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(e) .
“Subject Member” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.5(b)(ii) .
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or business entity of which: (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (irrespective of whether, at the time, stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; or (ii) if a partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity, either (A) a majority of partnership or other similar ownership interests thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof or (B) that Person or one or more of the Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof is a general partner, managing member or managing director of such partnership, limited liability company, or other business entity. For purposes hereof and unless otherwise indicated, the term “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of the Company.
“Suspension Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.14(b) .
“Substitute Member” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.4(c) .
“Tax Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) .
“Tax Matters Partner” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6 .
“Taxable Year” means the Company’s accounting period for federal income tax purposes determined pursuant to Section 8.4 .
“Termination Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.11(a) .
“TPC Member” means Tribune Publishing Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any of its Affiliates and any of its respective Transferees.
“TPC Representative(s)” shall heave the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b)(ii) .
“Trading Price” means the volume-weighted sales price per share rounded to four decimal places of Issuer’s common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC for the consecutive period of thirty (30) Business Days beginning at 9:30 a.m. New York time on the thirtieth (30 th ) Business Day immediately



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preceding the applicable determination pursuant to Section 9.7 or 9.8 , as the case may be, and concluding at 4:00 p.m. New York time on the first (1 st ) Business Day immediately preceding the applicable determination pursuant to Section 9.7 or 9.8 , as the case may be, as calculated by Bloomberg Financial LP under the function “VWAP” for the Bloomberg security “TRNC: US.”
“Transfer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1 .
“Transferring Member” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.5(a) .
“Treasury Regulations” means the income tax regulations promulgated under the Code and effective as of the date hereof. Such term shall, at the Board’s discretion, be deemed to include any future amendments to such regulations and any corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations (whether or not such amendments and corresponding provisions are mandatory or discretionary).
“Unit” means a Unitholder’s interest in the Profits, Losses and Distributions of the Company representing a fractional part of the aggregate interests of a particular class or series of interests in the Profits, Losses, and Distributions of the Company and shall include all classes of Units ( provided that each holder of any class or series of Units that is a Member shall have the relative rights, powers, duties, and obligations specified with respect to such class or series of Units in this Agreement), and where the context requires, including for purposes of Article IX , any successor equity security in the Company or any successor entity to the Company.
“Unit Equivalents” means (without duplication) any rights, warrants, options, convertible securities, or exchangeable securities or indebtedness, or other rights, exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into, directly or indirectly, Units or securities exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into Units, whether at the time of issuance or upon the passage of time or the occurrence of some future event.
“Unit Ownership Ledger” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(f) .
“Unitholder” means any owner of one or more Units.
“Unvested Units” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.11(g) .
“Void Transfer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.4(a) .
1.8    Budget.
(a) Not later than October 1 st of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the Fiscal Year ending 2018), the Board shall meet with management of the Company to set high-level targets to be incorporated into an annual budget and operating plan for the upcoming fiscal year. Not later than November 1 st of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the Fiscal Year ending 2018), the Company shall prepare and submit to the Representatives on the Board a proposed annual Budget (each an “Annual Budget” ) for the upcoming Fiscal Year for the Company and its Subsidiaries, including headcount, capital expenditures, and cash flow projections and reserves. Not later than November 15 of each Fiscal Year, the Board will convene a meeting of the Board to review, discuss and approve each such Annual Budget. Each Annual Budget shall require the approval of a majority of the Representatives then serving on the Board.
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such Fiscal Year on a periodic basis (but not less than quarterly) including revised projections for headcount, capital expenditures, and cash flow projections and reserves (each “Revised Projections” ). Following the receipt of each such Revised Projections, the Board shall meet to review, discuss and approve each such Revised Projections. Revised Projections shall require the approval of a majority of the Representatives then serving on the Board.
ARTICLE II.
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS
2.1    Authorized Units. The total Units which the Company has authority to issue shall be determined by the Board from time to time (which determination the Board shall reflect by an amendment or update to the Unit Ownership Ledger) and shall initially consist of Common Units. The Company may issue fractional Units.
2.2    Capital Contributions and Issuance of Units.
(c) Capital Contributions. As of the date of this Agreement, immediately following consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement, the number of Common Units held by the TPC Member and the BR Member, respectively, and the Capital Contribution with respect to the respective Units held by each such Member and the initial Capital Account of each such Member, shall be set forth next to such Person’s name on the Unit Ownership Ledger in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. Exhibit A shall be appropriately amended to reflect the amount of the deemed Capital Contributions by the BR Member and the TPC Member in light of the circumstances that result in any adjustments to the Acquisition Price (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement. No Member shall have any obligation to make any Capital Contribution to the Company except as such Member and the Company may expressly agree in writing after the date hereof.
(d) Additional Issuances of Units. Subject to the reservation of Units pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or pursuant to any resolution of the Board and to the other restrictions on issuance set forth herein (including compliance with the provisions of Section 2.2(d) ) and in the other agreements to which the Company is a party, the Company shall issue authorized but unissued Units at such times and from time to time, to such Persons, in such amounts, at such price and on such other terms and conditions as shall be determined and approved by the Board, in which event, (i) all Unitholders shall be diluted in an equal manner with respect to such issuance, subject to differences in rights and preferences of different classes, groups and series of equity securities, and (ii) the Board shall have the power to amend the Unit Ownership Ledger to reflect such additional issuances and dilution without the approval or consent of any other Person, provided , that for the avoidance of doubt, in no event may the Board have the power pursuant to this sentence to amend the preemptive rights provisions in Section 2.2(d) to exclude such additional issuances from the preemptive rights of the Members thereunder. If any Units are repurchased, redeemed, or otherwise reacquired by the Company, such Units shall be cancelled and returned to authorized but unissued Units. Any Person who acquires Equity Securities may be admitted to the Company as a Member pursuant to the terms of Section 2.2(c) . In connection with any issuance of Units, the Person who acquires such Units shall execute a counterpart to this Agreement, accepting and agreeing to be bound by all terms and conditions hereof, and shall enter into such other documents, instruments and agreements to effect such purchase and evidence the terms and conditions thereof (including transfer restrictions, vesting and forfeiture or buyback provisions) as are required by the Board (each, an “Equity Agreement” ). Each Person who acquires Units shall in exchange for such Units make a Capital Contribution to the Company in accordance with such Person’s Equity Agreement or, if none, in an amount to be determined by the Board in its sole discretion (which amount may be zero).



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(e) Additional Members. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, a Person may be admitted to the Company as an additional Member upon the issuance of Equity Securities to such Person (an “Additional Member” ) only after furnishing to the Company (i) a letter of acceptance, in form and substance satisfactory to the Board, of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement including, without limitation, the joinder agreement in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, and (ii) such other documents or instruments (including, but not limited to, executing any Equity Agreements and making any Capital Contributions, as the Board may require pursuant to Section 2.2(b) ) as may be necessary or appropriate (as determined by the Board) in connection with such Person’s admission as a Member. Such admission shall become effective on the date on which the Board determines in its sole discretion that such conditions have been satisfied, and such admission shall be shown on the books and records of the Company.
(f) Preemptive Rights.
(i) If at any time the Board approves the issuance or sale of any Securities (other than Exempt Securities) to any Person (a “Purchaser” ), the Company shall first offer in writing (the “ Preemptive Rights Notice” ) to sell to each of the other Members (collectively, the “Preemptive Rights Holders” ) a portion of such Securities equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate number of Common Units held by such Preemptive Rights Holder, by (y) the total number of Common Units then outstanding and held by all of the Members (the “Preemptive Rights Pro Rata Portion” ). Each Preemptive Rights Holder shall be entitled to purchase or receive such Securities at the most favorable price that such Securities are to be offered to any Purchaser, and the Company may not offer any such Securities to any Purchaser at a price or on terms more favorable than those on which such Securities were offered to the Preemptive Rights Holders unless such Securities are first offered to the Preemptive Rights Holders at such more favorable price and terms; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Company is issuing more than one type or class of Securities in connection with such issuance, each Preemptive Rights Holder, if such Preemptive Rights Holder desires to exercise its preemptive rights hereunder in respect of such issuance, shall be required to acquire such Preemptive Rights Holder’s Preemptive Rights Pro Rata Portion of all such types and classes of Securities. Such Securities specified in the Preemptive Rights Notice that are not purchased by the Preemptive Rights Holders pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.2(d) may be issued and sold by the Company to any Purchaser (on economic terms no more or less favorable than the terms offered in such Preemptive Rights Notices) within one hundred twenty (120) days of the date of the Preemptive Rights Notice. Any such Securities not issued within such one hundred twenty (120)‑day period will be subject to the provisions of this Sections 2.2(d) upon subsequent issuance. The sale and issuance of Exempt Securities shall not be subject to the preemptive rights set forth in this Section 2.2(d) .
(ii) In order to exercise its preemptive rights hereunder, each Member other than a Purchaser must, within fifteen (15) Business Days after receipt of the Preemptive Rights Notice (which shall describe in reasonable detail the Securities being offered, including the purchase price thereof, the payment terms and such Member’s Preemptive Rights Pro Rata Portion), deliver a written notice to the Company describing its election hereunder.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Board determines in good faith that compliance with the time periods described in this Section 2.2(d) would not be in the best interests of the Company and its Subsidiaries because of the liquidity needs of the Company and its Subsidiaries, then, in lieu of offering any securities to the Preemptive Rights Holders at the time such securities are otherwise being issued or sold to a Purchaser, the Company may comply with the provisions of this Section 2.2(d) by making an offer to sell to the Preemptive Rights Holders their Preemptive Rights Pro Rata Portion of such securities promptly, and in no event later than forty-five (45) days, after



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such sale is consummated. In such event, for all purposes of this Section 2.2(d) , each such Preemptive Rights Holder’s Preemptive Rights Pro Rata Portion shall be determined taking into consideration the actual number of Securities sold so as to achieve the same economic effect as if such offer would have been made prior to such sale.
(g) Certificates.
(i) Units issued under this Agreement will be certificated in the form of certificate approved by the Board, and the Company will issue to each Member such certificates specifying the number and type of Units held by such Member.
(ii) Each certificate evidencing Units and each certificate issued in exchange for or upon the transfer of any Units and evidencing such Units shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THE SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.”
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, OF AN AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF BEST REVIEWS LLC DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 6, 2018, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE “LLC AGREEMENT”), AND NONE OF SUCH SECURITIES, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, SHALL BE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THAT AGREEMENT. A COPY OF THE LLC AGREEMENT IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY AND WILL, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY PROPERLY INTERESTED PERSON WITHOUT CHARGE.”
(iii) All Unit certificates shall also bear all legends required by federal and state securities laws. The legends set forth in this Section 2.2(e) shall be removed at the expense of the Company at the request of a holder at any time when the provisions of this Section 2.2(e) cease to apply to such Units or such Units are registered under the Securities Act.
(h) Unit Ownership Ledger. The Company shall create and maintain a ledger (the “Unit Ownership Ledger” ) setting forth: (i) the name, address and contact information of each Unitholder; (ii) the number of each class of Units held by each such Unitholder; and (iii) the amount of the Capital Contribution made for each class of Units held by such Unitholder. The initial Unit Ownership Ledger is attached as Exhibit A to this Agreement. Upon any change in the number or ownership of outstanding Units (whether upon an issuance of Units, a transfer of Units, a cancellation of Units or otherwise), the Company shall amend and update the Unit Ownership Ledger. A Person that acquires Units from another Member in a Transfer permitted by this Agreement shall be deemed to have made the Capital Contributions in respect of such Units that the predecessor Member made or was deemed to have made. Any reference in this Agreement to a Distribution to a Person shall include any Distributions previously made to the former Member on account of the interest of such former Member transferred to such Person. Absent manifest error, the ownership interests recorded on the Unit Ownership Ledger shall be conclusive record of the Units that have been issued and are outstanding. The Board may provide



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any Unitholder with the Unit Ownership Ledger in summary form and may omit the amount of Capital Contributions made by and Units held by each other Unitholder.
2.3    Capital Account.
(a)     The Company shall establish and maintain a separate “Capital Account” for each Unitholder according to the rules of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑1(b)(2)(iv). For this purpose, the Company may (in the discretion of the Board), upon the occurrence of the events specified in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑1(b)(2)(iv)( f) , increase or decrease the Capital Accounts in accordance with the rules of such regulation and Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑1(b)(2)(iv)( g ) to reflect a revaluation of Company property.
(b)     For purposes of computing the amount of any item of Company income, gain, loss or deduction to be allocated pursuant to Article III and to be reflected in the Capital Accounts, the determination, recognition and classification of any such item shall be the same as its determination, recognition and classification for U.S. federal income tax purposes (including any method of depreciation, cost recovery or amortization used for this purpose), provided that:
(i) The computation of all items of income, gain, loss and deduction shall include those items described in Code Section 705(a)(l)(B), Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) and Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑1(b)(2)(iv)( i ), without regard to the fact that such items are not includable in gross income or are not deductible for federal income tax purposes.
(ii) If the Book Value of any Company property is adjusted pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑1(b)(2)(iv)( e ) or ( f ), the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such property.
(iii) Items of income, gain, loss or deduction attributable to the disposition of Company property having a Book Value that differs from its adjusted basis for tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Book Value of such property.
(iv) Items of depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions with respect to Company property having a Book Value that differs from its adjusted basis for tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the property’s Book Value in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑1(b)(2)(iv)( g ).
(v) To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Code Sections 732(d), 734(b) or 743(b) is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑1(b)(2)(iv)( m ), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis).
(vi) Items of income, gain, loss and deduction of the Company with respect to any property distributed to a Unitholder shall be computed as if the Company had sold such property on the date of such distribution at a price equal to its Fair Market Value at that date.
(c)     The Unitholders’ Capital Accounts will normally be adjusted on an annual or other periodic basis as determined by the Board, but the Capital Accounts may be adjusted more often if a new Unitholder is admitted to the Company or if circumstances otherwise make it advisable in the judgment of the Board.



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2.4    Negative Capital Accounts. No Unitholder shall be required to pay to any other Unitholder or the Company any deficit or negative balance which may exist from time to time in such Unitholder’s Capital Account (including upon and after dissolution of the Company).
2.5    No Withdrawal. No Person shall be entitled to withdraw any part of such Person’s Capital Contributions or Capital Account or to receive any Distribution from the Company, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
2.6    No Interest. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no Unitholder shall be entitled to receive interest from the Company in respect of any positive balance in its Capital Account, and no Unitholder shall be liable to pay interest to the Company in respect of any negative balance in its Capital Account.
ARTICLE III
DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS
3.1 Distributions.
a. In addition to the mandatory distributions required under this Section 3.1(a) , the Company may make Distributions to the Unitholders in respect of their Units at any time and from time to time as determined by the Board. The Company shall make Distributions to the Unitholders on a quarterly basis of any Excess Available Cash within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to make any Distributions prohibited under applicable law or by any agreement to which the Company, the TPC Member, Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates is a party governing the terms of indebtedness for borrowed money nor would any default or event of default occur under such agreement as a result of such payment (provided, however, that it is acknowledged and agreed by the Issuer and the TPC Member that under existing loan agreements the Issuer, the TPC Member and their respective Affiliates have broad allowances for distributions from subsidiaries that are not wholly owned, such as the Company, and therefore the Company can freely make Distributions to the Unitholders, including the BR Member, based on their relative economic ownership interests pursuant to its existing loan agreements). Distributions shall be made to the Common Unitholders ratably among such Unitholders based upon the number of outstanding Common Units held by each such Unitholder immediately prior to each such Distribution as a percentage of the total outstanding Common Units. Prior to the Company, the TPC Member, Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates entering into an agreement to incur indebtedness, or any other agreement which by its terms restricts the ability of the Company to make Distributions as required herein, such Person shall use commercially best efforts to ensure that no such agreement contains terms that are more restrictive with regard to the Company’s ability to make Distributions to the Members than the terms in the existing loan agreements that the TPC Member, the Issuer or their respective Affiliates are party to; provided , further , to the extent any Distribution to the BR Member is prohibited by any such agreement, the Company shall not make a Distribution to the TPC Member.
b. The Company shall make Distributions to the Unitholders with respect to each Taxable Year of an amount of cash (a “ Tax Distribution ”) in an amount not less than the Estimated Tax Allocation of such Unitholder for such Taxable Year (taking into account any other Distributions made pursuant to Section 3.1(a) with respect to such Taxable Year). If so made, the Company will cause such Tax Distributions to be made in a manner which permits such Unitholders to use the proceeds of such Tax Distributions to make, on a timely basis, all required estimated payments of income taxes in respect of the taxable income so allocated to them.



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c. Each Distribution pursuant to Section 3.1(a) and Section 3.1(b) shall be made to the Persons shown on the Company’s books and records as holders of the Units as of the date of such Distribution and each Tax Distribution shall be treated as an advance to such Persons (or such Peron’s successor in interest) of amounts to which they are otherwise entitled under Section 3.1(a) .
d. The Unitholders shall look solely to the assets of the Company for any Distributions, whether liquidating Distributions or otherwise. If the assets of the Company remaining after the payment or discharge, or the provision for payment or discharge, of the debts, obligations, and other liabilities of the Company are insufficient to make any Distributions, no Unitholder shall have any recourse against the separate assets of any other Unitholder (except as otherwise expressly provided herein).
e. If the Company has, pursuant to any clear and manifest accounting or similar error, paid any Unitholder an amount in excess of the amount to which he, she or it is entitled pursuant to this Article III , such Unitholder shall reimburse the Company to the extent of such excess, without interest, within thirty (30) days after demand by the Company.
3.2    Allocations . Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.3 , Profits and Losses for any Fiscal Year shall be allocated among the Unitholders such that, as of the end of such Fiscal Year, the Capital Account of each Unitholder (which may be negative) shall equal (i) the amount which would be distributed to them (if any) or for which they would be liable to the Company under the Delaware Act, determined as if the Company were to (A) liquidate the assets of the Company for an amount equal to their Book Value and (B) distribute the proceeds of such liquidation pursuant to Section 7.2 minus (ii) the sum of (X) such Member’s share of Company Minimum Gain (as determined according to Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704‑2(d) and (g)(3)) and such Member’s partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain (as determined according to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑2(i)) and (Y) the amount, if any, which such Member is obligated to contribute to the capital of the Company as of the last day of such Fiscal Year.
3.3    Special Allocations.
(a)     Items of Company loss and deduction otherwise allocable to a Member hereunder that would cause such Member (hereinafter, a “Restricted Holder” ) to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, or would increase his or her or its Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, as of the end of the Fiscal Year to which such items relate shall not be allocated to such Restricted Holder and instead shall be allocated to the other Members pro rata in proportion to their positive Adjusted Capital Account balances until all Adjusted Capital Account balances equal zero, and then to all Members in proportion to their percentage ownership of all outstanding Units.
(b)     Nonrecourse deductions shall be allocated to the holders of Common Units ratably among such Unitholders based upon the number of outstanding Common Units held by each such Unitholder. If there is a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain during any Taxable Year, each Unitholder shall be specially allocated Profits for such Taxable Year (and, if necessary, subsequent Taxable Years) in an amount equal to such Unitholder’s share of the net decrease in Company Minimum Gain, determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑2(g). The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑2(f)(6). This Section 3.3(b) is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.



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(c)     Losses attributable to partner nonrecourse debt (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑2(b)(4)) shall be allocated in the manner required by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑2(i). Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑2(i)(4), if there is a net decrease during any Taxable Year in partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑2(i)(3)), Profits for such Taxable Year (and, if necessary, subsequent Taxable Years) shall be allocated to the Unitholders in the amounts and of such character as determined according to, and subject to the exceptions contained in, Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑2(i)(4). This Section 3.3(c) is intended to be a minimum gain chargeback provision that complies with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.
(d)     If any Unitholder that unexpectedly receives an adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6) has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as of the end of any Taxable Year, then Profits for such Taxable Year shall be allocated to such Unitholder in proportion to, and to the extent of, such Adjusted Capital Account Deficit. This Section 3.3(d) is intended to be a qualified income offset provision as described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.
(e)     In the event any Member has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit at the end of any Fiscal Year, each such Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible, provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 3.3(e) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Member would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit in excess of such amount after all other allocations provided for under this Agreement have been made as if Section 3.3(d) and this Section 3.3(e) were not in this Agreement
(f)     The allocations set forth in Sections 3.3(a) through 3.3(e) (the “Regulatory Allocations” ) are intended to comply with certain requirements of the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 704. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article III (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into account in allocating Profits and Losses among Unitholders so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocations of Profits and Losses and other items and the Regulatory Allocations (including Regulatory Allocations that, although not yet made, are expected to be made in the future) to each Unitholder shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to such Unitholder if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred.
(g)     Profits and Losses described in Section 2.3(b)(v) or as otherwise required under Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b) shall be allocated in a manner consistent with the manner that the adjustments to the Capital Accounts are required to be made pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑1(b)(2)(iv)(j), (k) and (m).
(h)     If, and to the extent that, any Unitholder is deemed to recognize any item of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit as a result of any transaction between such Unitholder and the Company pursuant to Code Sections 1272‑1274, 7872, 483, 482, 83 or any similar provision now or hereafter in effect, and the Board determines that any corresponding Profit or Loss of the Company should be allocated to the Unitholders who recognized such item in order to reflect the Unitholders’ economic interests in the Company, then the Company may so allocate such Profit or Loss.
(i)     For purposes of determining each Unitholder’s share of excess nonrecourse liabilities (within the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2)), if any, of the Company in accordance with Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3), the Unitholders’ interests in Company profits shall be determined in proportion to their ownership of Common Units.



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3.4    Tax Allocations.
(a)     Except as provided in Sections 3.4(b) , 3.4(c) and 3.4(d) , the income, gains, losses, deductions and credits of the Company will be allocated, for federal, state and local income tax purposes, among the Unitholders in accordance with the allocation of such income, gains, losses, deductions and credits among the Unitholders for computing their Capital Accounts; provided that if any such allocation is not permitted by the Code or other applicable law, the Company’s subsequent income, gains, losses, deductions and credits will be allocated among the Unitholders so as to reflect as nearly as possible the allocation set forth herein in computing their Capital Accounts.
(b)     Items of Company taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any property contributed to the capital of the Company shall be allocated among the Unitholders in accordance with Code Section 704(c), using such method as is determined by the Board, so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the Company for federal income tax purposes and its Book Value; provided that, the Board shall adopt the remedial method under Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(d) with respect to the assets contributed (or deemed contributed) by the BR Member.
(c)     If the Book Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑1(b)(2)(iv)(e) or (f), subsequent allocations of items of taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such asset for federal income tax purposes and its Book Value in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c), using such method as is determined by the Board.
(d)     Allocations of tax credits, tax credit recapture, foreign tax expenditure and any items related thereto shall be allocated to the Unitholders according to their interests in such items as determined by the Board taking into account the principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704‑1(b)(4)(ii).
(e)     Allocations pursuant to this Section 3.4 are solely for purposes of federal, state and local taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Unitholder’s share of Profits or Losses pursuant to this Agreement.
(f)     The Board may, but shall not be obligated to, adjust the basis of the assets of the Company for federal income tax purposes in accordance with Code Section 754, including any Taxable Year that includes the date hereof.
3.5    Indemnification and Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Unitholder. If the Company is required by law to make any payment to any governmental entity that is specifically attributable to a Unitholder or a Unitholder’s status as a Unitholder (including federal withholding Taxes, state personal property Taxes, and state unincorporated business Taxes), then such Unitholder shall indemnify and contribute to the Company in full for the entire amount paid (including interest, penalties and related expenses). The Board may offset or otherwise reduce Distributions and Tax Distributions to which a Person is otherwise entitled under this Agreement against such Person’s obligation to indemnify the Company under this Section 3.5 or with respect to any other amounts owed by the Unitholder to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. A Unitholder’s obligation to indemnify and make contributions to the Company under this Section 3.5 shall survive the termination, dissolution, liquidation and winding up of the Company, and for purposes of this Section 3.5 , the Company shall be treated as continuing in existence. The Company may pursue and enforce all rights and remedies it may have against each Unitholder under this Section 3.5 , including instituting a lawsuit to collect such indemnification and contribution, with interest calculated at a rate equal to the Base Rate plus three percentage points (3%)



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per annum (but not in excess of the highest rate per annum permitted by law), compounded on the last day of each Fiscal Quarter.
ARTICLEIV
MANAGEMENT
4.1 Authority of Board. Except for situations in which the approval of the Members or any specific Member is required by the terms of this Agreement, and subject to the provisions of this Article IV : (i) the Board shall conduct, direct and exercise full control over all activities of the Company; (ii) all management powers over the business and affairs of the Company shall be vested in the Board, including all power and authority vested in managers or members under the Delaware Act; and (iii) the Board shall have the power to bind or take any action on behalf of the Company, or to exercise any rights and powers (including the rights and powers to take certain actions, give or withhold certain consents or approvals, or make certain determinations, opinions, judgments, or other decisions) granted to the Company under this Agreement, or any other agreement, instrument, or other document to which the Company is a party or by virtue of its holding the equity interests of any Subsidiary thereof. Unless delegated such power in accordance with Section 4.5 , no member of the Board in his individual capacity nor any Member nor any Officer of the Company shall do (or be empowered to do) any act (including without limitation any act in connection with any acquisition of or investment in any other entity or business) that would be (or could be construed as) binding on the Company, or make (or be empowered to make) any expenditures on behalf of the Company (including without limitation any expenditures in furtherance of or otherwise in connection with any acquisition of or investment in any other entity or business).
4.2    Composition of the Board
(a)     The authorized number of Representatives on the Board shall initially be five (5) and may be adjusted from time to time by the Board. Representatives shall serve and be elected and removed in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.2 .
(b)     Each holder of Units shall vote all of such holder’s Units or provide written consent with respect to such holder’s Units, to the extent any such vote is necessary under applicable law, and shall take all other necessary or desirable actions within such holder’s control (whether in such holder’s capacity as a Member, Representative or officer of the Company or otherwise, and including, without limitation, attendance at meetings in person or by proxy for purposes of obtaining a quorum and execution of written consents in lieu of meetings), and the Company shall take all necessary and desirable actions within its control (including, without limitation, calling special meetings of the Board and Member meetings), so that:
(i)     the authorized number of managers on the Board (the “Representatives” ) shall be established, and may be increased or decreased, by the approval of the Board (which approval shall include the approval of one (1) of the BR Representatives for so long as the Retained Equity equals or exceeds the Minimum Threshold) and such authorized number initially shall be five (5) Representatives;
(ii)     the TPC Member shall have the right, but not the obligation, to designate three (3) of the Representatives (each a “TPC Representative” and collectively, the “TPC Representatives” ), and the TPC Member initially designates Rob Angel, Mickie Rosen and Terry Jimenez to serve as the TPC Representatives as of the date of this Agreement; provided that in the event the number of Representatives is increased to a number greater than five (5), it is the parties intention



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that the TPC Member shall continue to have the right to designate a majority of the Representatives on the Board provided that any such increase in the size of the Board shall be subject to the approval requirements of Section 5.6 to the extent applicable; and
(iii)     for so long as the Retained Equity equals or exceeds the Minimum Threshold, the holders of the Retained Equity shall have the right, but not the obligation, to designate two (2) of the Representatives (each a “BR Representative” and collectively, the “BR Representatives” ) as so designated by the holders of a majority in interest of the Retained Equity, and the BR Member (as the initial holder of the Retained Equity) initially designates Momchil Filev and Denis Grosz to serve as the BR Representatives as of the date of this Agreement.
(c)     In the event that any Representative for any reason ceases to serve as a member of the Board during such person’s term of office, the resulting vacancy on the Board shall be filled by the Member(s) that initially designated such Representative, in accordance with Section 4.2(b) .
(d)     The removal from the Board (with or without cause) of any Representative shall only be at the written request of the Member(s) that initially designated such Representative and only upon such written request and under no other circumstances (except as otherwise required by law).
(e)     Unless otherwise determined by the Board (which determination shall include the approval of one (1) of the BR Representatives for so long as the Retained Equity equals or exceeds the Minimum Threshold) and the TPC Member, the composition of the board of managers or board of directors of any Subsidiary of the Company (a “Sub Board” ) shall be identical to the composition of the Board.
(f)     Subject to any restrictions under applicable law, the Company shall pay, or shall cause its Subsidiaries to pay, the reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by each Representative in connection with such Representative’s service on the Board, including attending any meeting of the Board or any committee thereof or any meeting of a Sub Board or any committee thereof. Except as otherwise provided in the immediately preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Agreement, the Representatives shall not be compensated for their services as members of the Board.
(g)     For so long as the Retained Equity equals or exceeds the Minimum Threshold, the Board shall not, without the prior written approval of one (1) of the BR Representatives form any Subsidiary, joint venture, partnership or similar business entity or make loans to or investments in any such entity.
4.3    Proxies. A Representative entitled to vote may vote at a meeting of the Board or any committee thereof either in person or by proxy executed in writing by such Representative. An email or similar transmission by the Representative, or a photographic, photostatic, facsimile or similar reproduction of a writing executed by the Representative shall (if stated thereon) be treated as a proxy executed in writing for purposes of this Section 4.3 . Proxies for use at any meeting of the Board or any committee thereof or in connection with the taking of any action by written consent shall be filed with the Board, before or at the time of the meeting or execution of the written consent, as the case may be. All proxies shall be received and taken charge of and all ballots shall be received and canvassed by the majority of the Board who shall decide all questions concerning the qualification of voters, the validity of the proxies and the acceptance or rejection of votes. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in the proxy. A proxy shall be revocable unless the proxy form conspicuously states that the proxy is irrevocable and the proxy is coupled with an interest. Should a proxy designate two or more Persons to act as proxies,



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unless that instrument shall provide to the contrary, a majority of such Persons present at any meeting at which their powers thereunder are to be exercised shall have and may exercise all the powers of voting or giving consents thereby conferred, or if only one be present, then such powers may be exercised by that one; or, if an even number attend and a majority do not agree on any particular issue, the Company shall not be required to recognize such proxy with respect to such issue if such proxy does not specify how the votes that are the subject of such proxy are to be voted with respect to such issue.
4.4    Meetings; Quorum; Voting, Etc.
(a)     Meetings of the Board and any committee thereof shall be held at the principal office of the Company or at such other place as may be determined by the Board or such committee. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held on such dates and at such times as shall be determined by the Board. Special meetings of the Board or any committee may be called by any Representative (or, in the case of a special meeting of any committee of the Board, by any Representative that is a member thereof) on at least three (3) Business Days prior written notice to the other Representatives on the Board or committee, as applicable, which notice shall state the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is being called, and the day, hour and place of such meeting; provided that the Representative calling such a special meeting shall use good faith efforts to ensure that each other Representative actually receives such notice, including by sending such notice in multiple formats (i.e., by email, certified mail, etc.).
(b)     A quorum for the transaction of business by the Board (or a committee thereof) shall consist of Representatives holding a majority of the votes held by the Representatives then serving on the Board. If at any meeting of the Board (or a committee thereof), there is less than a quorum present, holders of a majority of the votes held by those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is present.
(c)     Except as specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement, the actions by the Board or any committee thereof shall be taken by vote of the Board or any committee at a meeting of the Representatives thereof and approved by at least the minimum number of Representatives that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting of the Board or such committee (taking into account disparate voting power); provided that any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or a committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is unanimously signed by each Representative. All requests for written consent shall be sent simultaneously to all Representatives. All such writings shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee, as the case may be. Attendance of a Representative at a meeting is a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the Representative attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business at the meeting on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. A meeting of the Board or any committee may be held by conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all individuals participating in the meeting can be heard. Prompt notice of the taking of an action at a meeting of the Board or any committee thereof shall be given to those Representatives who were not in attendance at such Board or committee meeting or, in the case of a committee meeting, who are not a member of such committee. After approval of the Board, the minutes of each meeting shall be added to the Company minute book and maintained at the Company’s principal place of business.
4.5    Delegation of Authority. The Board may establish one or more committees, which shall be comprised solely of Representatives; provided that at least one (1) TPC Representative and at least one (1) of the BR Representatives (for so long as the Retained Equity equals or exceeds the Minimum



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Threshold) shall serve on any Board committee; provided , further , that the Board shall not establish or empower any committee to carry out the general duties and responsibilities of the Board. The Board may, from time to time, delegate to one or more Persons (including any Officer of the Company) such authority and duties as the Board may deem advisable; provided that the Board shall not delegate any duties of the Board without the approval of one (1) of the BR Representatives for so long as the Retained Equity equals or exceeds the Minimum Threshold. The Board also may assign titles (including chairman, chief executive officer, president, vice president, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer and assistant treasurer) to any individual and may delegate to such individual certain authority and duties. Any number of titles may be held by the same individual. Any delegation pursuant to this Section 4.5 may be revoked at any time by the Board.
4.6    Officers.
(a)    Designation and Appointment.
(i)     The Board may, from time to time, delegate to one or more Persons such authority and duties as the Board may deem advisable. Any delegation pursuant to this Section 4.6 may be revoked at any time by the Board in its sole discretion.
(ii)     The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Representatives of the Board. Any committee, to the extent allowed by law and provided in the resolution of the Board establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Company.
(iii)     The Board may designate one or more individuals to be Officers of the Company. No Officer need be a Member or Representative. Any Officer so designated shall have such authority and perform such duties as the Board may, from time to time, proscribe or as may be provided in Exhibit C to this Agreement. The Board may assign titles to particular Officers. Unless the Board otherwise specifies, if the title is one commonly used for Officers of a business corporation, the assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation to such Officer of the authority and duties that are normally associated with that officer under the laws of the State of Delaware, subject to any specific delegation of authority and duties (or limitations thereon) made to such Officer (or to the officers generally) by the Board or as set forth in this Agreement. Any individual may hold office until his or her successor is designated by the Board or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
(b)    Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. Any Officer (subject to any contract rights available to the Company, if applicable) may resign as such at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing and shall take effect at the time specified therein, or if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the Board. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective, unless expressly so provided in the resignation. Any Officer may be removed as such, either with or without cause, by the Board in its discretion at any time or by the holders of the Majority in Interest in their discretion at any time; provided , however , that such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the individual so removed. Designation of an Officer shall not of itself create contract rights. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company may be filled by the Board and shall remain vacant until filled by the Board.
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faith reliance on such advice shall in no event subject such Officer to liability to the Company or any Unitholder.
4.7    Limitation of Liability . In each case, subject to Section 4.8:
(a)     Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or in any agreement entered into by such Person and the Company (or such Person and any Member), no Representative or Officer or any of such Representative’s or Officer’s Affiliates shall be liable to the Company or to any Member for any act or omission performed or omitted to be performed by such Representative or Officer in its capacity as such taken in good faith, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law; provided that, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, such limitation of liability shall not apply to the extent the act or omission was attributable to such Person’s fraud, gross negligence, intentional misconduct or breach of this Agreement or breach of any other agreement executed in connection herewith, or breach of any duty owed to the Company or to any other Unitholder. The Board and the Officers may exercise any of the powers granted to them by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon them under this Agreement either directly or by or through its agents, and no Representative, Officer or any of such Representative’s or Officer’s Affiliates shall be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent appointed by the Board or such Officer (so long as such agent was selected in good faith and with reasonable care). The Board and each Officer shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts, including financial advisors, and any act of or failure to act by the Board or an Officer in good faith reliance on such advice shall in no event subject the Board, any Representative or any Officer to liability to the Company or any Member. Each Representative and Officer shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any of the other Representatives, officers, employees, or committees of the Company.
(b)     Whenever this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated in this Agreement provides that the Board shall act in a manner which is, or provide terms which are, “fair” or “reasonable” to the Company or any Member, the Board shall determine such appropriate action or provide such terms considering, in each case, the relative interests of each party to such agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and burdens relating to such interests, any customary or accepted industry practices, and any applicable United States generally accepted accounting practices or principles.
(c)     Whenever in this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated in this Agreement, the Board is permitted or required to take any action or to make a decision in its “sole discretion” or “discretion” , with “complete discretion” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, the Board shall be entitled to consider such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Company or any other Person. The resolution, action or terms so made, taken or provided by the Board shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated in this Agreement or impose liability upon the Board, any Representative of the Board or any of such Representative’s Affiliates.
(d)     Whenever this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein provides that the Board may or shall make any determination, so long as the Representative making such determination subjectively believe in good faith that the requisite standard has been met, the Board determination will conclusively be presumed to satisfy the standards of this Agreement or such other agreement.



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(e)     Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to eliminate, or limit any Party’s obligation to comply with, the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
4.8    Fiduciary Duties of the Board. Without limiting the applicability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall control notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.8 , the following provisions shall be applicable to the Board and the Representatives in their capacity as members of the Board:
(a)     The Representatives and the decisions of the Board shall have the benefit of the business judgment rule to the same extent as the Representatives and such decisions would be afforded the benefit of such rule if the Board were a board of directors of a corporation organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
(b)     The Representatives shall have the same fiduciary duties, including the duties of care and loyalty, as such persons would have if such persons were directors of a corporation organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law, but in no event shall any Board member be liable for any action or inaction for which exculpation or indemnification is provided under Article VI .
(c)     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or applicable law, whenever in this Agreement a Person who is a Member or a Representative appointed or elected pursuant to this Agreement is permitted or required to make a decision or take an action in the capacity as an investor or holder of Units or on behalf of a Member (including as a partner, officer, representative or owner of an entity that is a Member) (and not in the capacity as a Representative), such Person in making such decisions or taking such actions shall not be subject to any fiduciary duties he, she or it would otherwise have as a Representative and shall be entitled to consider only such interests and facts as such Person desires, including his, her or its own interests or those of his, her or its Affiliates, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Company or any other Person.
ARTICLE V
UNITHOLDERS
5.1    Limitation of Liability. Except as otherwise provided by applicable laws or as set forth in Section 3.5 , the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Unitholder shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Unitholder or acting as a Representative of the Company; provided that, pursuant to Section 3.1(e) , a Unitholder shall be required to return to the Company any Distribution made to it in clear and manifest accounting or similar error and may be required to provide indemnification pursuant to a sale pursuant to Section 9.5 or an Approved Sale under Section 9.6 . The immediately preceding sentence shall constitute a compromise to which all Unitholders have consented within the meaning of the Delaware Act. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the failure of the Company to observe any formalities or requirements relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its business and affairs under this Agreement or the Delaware Act shall not be grounds for imposing personal liability on the Unitholders for liabilities of the Company.
5.2    Lack of Authority. Unless delegated such power in accordance with Section 4.5 or as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Unitholder shall in its capacity as such have the authority or power to act for or on behalf of the Company in any manner, to do any act that would be (or could be construed as) binding on the Company, or to make any expenditures on behalf of the Company, and the



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Unitholders hereby consent to the exercise by the Board of the powers and rights conferred upon them by law and this Agreement.
5.3    No Right of Partition. No current or former Unitholder shall in its capacity as such have the right to seek or obtain partition by court decree or operation of law of any Company property, or the right to own or use particular or individual assets of the Company.
5.4    Confidentiality.
(a)     Each Member recognizes and acknowledges that it may receive certain confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including confidential information of the Company and its Subsidiaries regarding identifiable, specific and discrete business opportunities being pursued by the Company or its Subsidiaries (the “Confidential Information” ). Each Member (on behalf of itself and, to the extent that such Member would be responsible for the acts of the following persons under principles of agency law, its directors, officers, shareholders, partners, employees, agents and members) agrees that it will not, during or after the term of this Agreement, whether through an Affiliate or otherwise, take commercial or proprietary advantage of or profit from any Confidential Information or disclose Confidential Information to any Person for any reason or purpose whatsoever, except (i) to authorized representatives and employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (ii) in the course of performing such Unitholder’s obligations, or enforcing such Unitholder’s rights, under this Agreement, (iii) as authorized in writing by the Board, (iv) subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, as is required to be disclosed by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, administrative body or governmental body (including by Issuer in Issuer’s filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission), or by subpoena, summons or legal process, or by law, rule or regulation, (v) in connection with the sale or potential sale of all or any portion of the assets of the Company or the Units, to any bona fide potential buyers, as permitted under this Agreement and provided that such Persons execute a confidentiality agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company prior to receiving such information, and (vi) in any dispute between the Members, so long as the disclosure is reasonably related to the dispute. In the event that a Member or any of its Affiliates or representatives is requested or required by law (including by oral question or request for information or documents in any legal proceeding, interrogatory, subpoena, civil investigative demand, or similar process) to disclose any Confidential Information, such Member shall notify the Company promptly of the request or requirement so that the Company may, at its sole cost and expense, seek an appropriate protective order or waive compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.4. If, in the absence of a protective order or the receipt of a waiver hereunder, such Member or any of its Affiliates or representatives is compelled to disclose any Confidential Information to any tribunal or else stand liable for contempt, such Person may disclose the Confidential Information to the tribunal; provided that such Person shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, at the request and expense of the Company, an order or other assurance that confidential treatment shall be accorded to such portion of the Confidential Information required to be disclosed as the Company shall designate.
(b)     For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” shall not include any information: (a) that is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by such Member or any of its Affiliates or representatives in breach of this Section 5.4 ; (b) that is disclosed to such Member following the date hereof by a Person that is not known by such Member to be bound by an obligation or duty of confidentiality to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (c) that is independently developed by such Member (and that is not otherwise assigned to the Company or subject to confidentiality restrictions); or (d) that was available to such Member on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure to such Member by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any of their



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representatives or agents. The limitations in this Section 5.4 are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other restrictions that a Member may be bound by (whether by contract or otherwise).
(c)     The foregoing shall not limit the ability of the TPC Member, Issuer or their respective Affiliates to conduct customary investor and analyst calls concerning the transactions contemplated hereby, to make internal announcements to their employees, and to make disclosures to potential sources of financing for the transactions contemplated hereby and credit rating agencies. The Company and the BR Member acknowledge and agree that Issuer may file this Agreement, including a summary thereof, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
5.5    Members Right to Act. Members shall only have the right to act as expressly set forth in this Agreement. For situations which the approval of the Members (rather than the approval of the Board on behalf of the Members) is required, the Members shall act through meetings and/or written consents as described in paragraphs (a) and (b) below:
(a)     Except as otherwise provided by this Agreement or by applicable law, the Members holding Common Units shall be entitled to one vote per Common Unit on all matters to be voted on by the Members. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, acts by a Majority in Interest (if, and only if, such Majority in Interest includes the TPC Member) shall be the act of the Members. Any Member entitled to vote at a meeting of Members or to express consent or dissent to Company action in writing without a meeting may authorize another Person or Persons to act for such Member by proxy. An email or similar transmission by the Member, or a photographic, photostatic, facsimile or similar reproduction of a writing executed by the Member shall (if stated thereon) be treated as a proxy executed in writing for purposes of this Section 5.5(a) . No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after eleven (11) months from the date thereof, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be revocable unless the proxy form conspicuously states that the proxy is irrevocable and the proxy is coupled with an interest. Should a proxy designate two (2) or more Persons to act as proxies, unless that instrument shall provide to the contrary, a majority of such Persons present at any meeting at which their powers thereunder are to be exercised shall have and may exercise all the powers of voting or giving consents thereby conferred, or if only one be present, then such powers may be exercised by that one; or, if an even number attend and a majority do not agree on any particular issue, the Company shall not be required to recognize such proxy with respect to such issue if such proxy does not specify how the votes that are the subject of such proxy are to be voted with respect to such issue.
(b)     Except as otherwise provided by this Agreement, the actions by the Members permitted hereunder may be taken at a meeting called by Members holding in the aggregate at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding Common Units by delivering to the Members at least three (3) Business Days prior to such meeting a notice of such meeting which shall state the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is being called, and the day, hour and place of such meeting; provided that the Members calling such a special meeting shall use good faith efforts to ensure that each other Member actually receives such notice, including by sending such notice in multiple formats (i.e., by email, certified mail, etc.). Except as otherwise provided by this Agreement, the actions by the Members entitled to vote shall be taken by vote of the Members entitled to vote and approved by the Members having not less than the minimum number of Units that would be necessary to authorize or take such action (by a Majority in Interest unless a higher percentage is otherwise required in this Agreement); provided that any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Members may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the Members having not less than the minimum number of Units that would be necessary to authorize or take such action (by a Majority in Interest unless a higher percentage is otherwise required in this Agreement). Any action taken pursuant to such written consent of the Members shall have the same force and effect as if taken by the Members



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at a meeting thereof. All requests for written consent shall be sent simultaneously to all Members entitled to vote on such action. Attendance of a Member at a meeting is a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when such Member attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business at the meeting on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. A meeting of the Members may be held by conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all individuals participating in the meeting can be heard. Prompt notice of the taking of an action at a meeting of the Members shall be given to those Members who were not in attendance at such meeting. After approval of the Members, the minutes of each meeting shall be added to the Company minute book and maintained at the Company’s principal place of business.
5.6    Actions Requiring Approval of the BR Member. For so long as the Retained Equity equals or exceeds the Minimum Threshold, the Company shall not, either directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise, without first obtaining the vote or written consent of the BR Member (in addition to any other vote or consent required herein or under the Delaware Act), do any of the following, and any such act or transaction entered into without such consent or vote shall be null and void ab initio , and of no force or effect:
(a)     liquidate, dissolve or wind up the business and affairs of the Company, or consent or enter into any agreement related to any of the foregoing;
(b)     make any material modification in the nature of the Business, cease any existing line of business or add any new line of business unrelated to the business then being conducted by the Company;
(c)     enter into any transaction between the Company, any of the Members, any of the Representatives or executive officers of the Company and/or any of their Affiliates or immediately family members, or pay or reimburse any expenses, costs or other liabilities of any Representative or executive officer of the Company or any of their Affiliates or immediate family members in excess of $150,000 in the aggregate among all such Persons in any fiscal year (excluding the reimbursement of any expenses incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s duties as an employee of the Company pursuant to the Company’s documented expense reimbursement policies);
(d)     alter or change, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, the rights, preferences or privileges of, or effect any reclassification or recapitalization of, the Units (including the Common Units);
(e)     amend or waive any provision of the Organizational Documents;
(f)     authorize or issue any Equity Securities with any rights senior to the Common Units, including as to dividends and Distributions (whether liquidating Distributions or otherwise);
(g)     effect any merger or consolidation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including pursuant to a Sale of the Company);
(h)     increase or decrease the size of the Board;
(i)     except in the case of the Company serving as the Call Purchaser or the Put Purchaser, redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire (or pay into or set aside for a sinking fund for such purpose) any Common Units or other Equity Securities; provided , that this restriction shall not apply to the repurchase of Units from employees, officers, consultants or other persons performing services for the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to agreements under which the Company



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has the option to repurchase such Units at cost upon the occurrence of certain events, such as the termination of employment or other provision of services to the Company;
(j)     consummate a public offering pursuant to a registration statement under the Act or otherwise become subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise approve the conversion of the Company from a limited liability company to a corporation, in each case except as otherwise permitted under Sections 9.10(c) and 9.10(d) .allow any Subsidiary of the Company to issue shares of capital stock of such subsidiary other than to the Company;
(k)     amend this Section 5.6 ;
(l)     create or adopt any equity incentive plan or any amendments thereto, or create or adopt any phantom equity plan, carve-out plan or similar incentive plan with proceeds determined based in whole or in part on the proceeds of a Sale of the Company;
(m)     change the Fiscal Year or Fiscal Quarter;
(n)     select, retain or terminate the Company’s auditor or tax advisory firm; or
(o)     agree or commit to undertake any of the foregoing.
5.7    Conflicts of Interest.
(a)     Any Member (other than any individual Member that is an Officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) may engage independently or with others in other business or investment ventures of every nature and description. Neither the Company nor any other Member shall have any right by virtue of this Agreement or the relationship created hereby in or to such other ventures or activities or to the income or proceeds derived therefrom, and the pursuit of such ventures shall not be deemed wrongful or improper, except to the extent pursuit of such ventures otherwise violates this Agreement or a noncompete obligation. Neither the Members nor their Affiliate shall be obligated to present any particular business or investment opportunity to the Company, even if such opportunity is of a character which, if presented to the Company, could be taken by the Company, and the Members and their Affiliates shall have the right to take for their own accounts or to recommend to others any such particular business or investment opportunity.
(b)     It is acknowledged and agreed by the Company and each Unitholder that an Affiliate of the TPC Member has entered into the MASA and the Services Agreement with the Company. In connection therewith, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Board will not be deemed to have breached any duty (fiduciary or otherwise) to the Company, the Unitholders or any other Person with respect to any action or inaction in connection with or relating to any transaction between the Company or Subsidiary thereof and the TPC Member or any of its Affiliates under the MASA and the Services Agreement or any agreement between the Company (or its predecessor) and the TPC Member (or one of its Affiliates) as currently in effect on the date hereof. No contract or transaction between the Company and one or more of the Officers, or between the Company and any other entity in which one or more of the Officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, will be void or voidable solely for this reason.
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(a)     By execution and delivery of this Agreement or a joinder agreement in substantially the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B, as applicable, each of the Members, whether admitted as of the date hereof or as Additional Member, represents and warrants to the Company and acknowledges that:
(b)     The Units have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, are issued in reliance upon federal and state exemptions for transactions not involving a public offering and cannot be disposed of unless (i) they are subsequently registered or exempted from registration under the Securities Act and (ii) the provisions of this Agreement have been complied with;
(c)     Such Member’s Units are being acquired for its own account solely for investment and not with a view to resale or distribution thereof;
(d)     Such Member has conducted its own independent review and analysis of the business, operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, financial condition and prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries and such Member acknowledges that it has been provided adequate access to the personnel, properties, premises and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such purpose;
(e)     The determination of such Member to acquire Units has been made by such Member independent of any other Member and independent of any statements or opinions as to the advisability of such purchase or as to the business, operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, financial condition and prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries that may have been made or given by any other Member or by any agent or employee of any other Member;
(f)     Such Member has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Company and making an informed decision with respect thereto;
(g)     Such Member is able to bear the economic and financial risk of an investment in the Company for an indefinite period of time;
(h)     The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by such Member and do not require such Member to obtain any consent or approval that has not been obtained and do not contravene or result in a default in any material respect under any provision of any law or regulation applicable to such Member or other governing documents or any agreement or instrument to which such Member is a party or by which such Member is bound;
(i)     This Agreement is valid, binding and enforceable against such Member in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by Bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or general equity principles (regardless of whether considered at law or in equity); and
(j)     Neither the issuance of any Units to any Member nor any provision contained herein will entitle the Member to remain in the employment of the Company or any its Subsidiaries or affect the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to terminate the Member’s employment at any time for any reason, other than as otherwise provided in such Member’s employment agreement or other similar agreement with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, if applicable.



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None of the foregoing shall replace, diminish or otherwise adversely affect any Member’s representations and warranties made by it in any unit purchase agreement, subscription agreement or award agreement, as applicable.
ARTICLE VI
EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION
6.1    Exculpation. No Officer shall be liable to any other Officer, the Company or to any Unitholder for any loss suffered by the Company or any Unitholder unless, subject to the other limitations contained in this Agreement, such loss is caused by such Person’s fraud, gross negligence, intentional misconduct or breach of this Agreement or breach of any other agreement executed in connection herewith, or breach of any duty owed to the Company or to any other Unitholder. The Board shall not be liable to the Company or any Unitholder for any loss suffered by the Company or any Unitholder to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware Act, as the same may exist or may hereafter be amended (but in the case of any amendment, only to the extent such amendment permits the Company to provide broader exculpation than said law permitted the Company prior to said amendment). The Board or any Officer may consult with counsel and accountants in respect of the Company’s affairs, and provided such Person acts in good faith reliance upon the advice or opinion of such counsel or accountants, such Person shall not be liable for any loss suffered by the Company or any Unitholder in reliance thereon.
6.2    Right to Indemnification. Subject to the limitations and conditions as provided in this Article VI , each Person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, or any appeal in such action, suit or proceeding or any inquiry or investigation that could lead to such an action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the fact that he or she, or a Person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a Unitholder or Officer, or while a Representative or is or was serving as a manager or an Officer of the Company (and, in the sole discretion of the Board, any Person that is or was serving as an employee or agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as an officer, manager, director, principal, member, employee or agent of another partnership, corporation, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise) or is the general partner of any Subsidiary of the Company (including any representative, officer, director, manager, owner, principal, employee or agent of any such general partner) (any of the foregoing, a “Proceeding” ) shall be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Act, as the same exist or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Company to provide prior to such amendment) against judgments, penalties (including excise and similar taxes and punitive damages), fines, settlements and reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually incurred by such Person in connection with such Proceeding, and indemnification under this Article VI shall continue as to a Person who has ceased to serve in the capacity which initially entitled such Person to indemnity hereunder; provided , that except as otherwise set forth in the next sentence, no Person shall be indemnified for any judgments, penalties (including excise and similar taxes and punitive damages), fines, settlements or reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually incurred by such Person that are attributable to: (i) such Person’s fraud, gross negligence, intentional misconduct; (ii) proceedings initiated by such Person against the Company (except to the extent a Person is entitled to or receives exculpation pursuant to Section 6.1 ); (iii) proceedings initiated by the TPC Member to enforce its rights arising under the Acquisition Agreement; or (iv) proceedings initiated by the Company to enforce its rights under any employment, consulting or services agreement between such Person, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand. The TPC Member, a BR Member and each of their respective Affiliates shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by



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the Delaware Act, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Company to provide prior to such amendment), and without giving effect to any of the provisos set forth above. The Unitholder, Representative, Officer or any other Person entitled to be indemnified pursuant to this Article VI is sometimes referred to as an “Indemnified Person.” The exculpations from liability and rights granted pursuant to this Article VI shall be deemed contract rights in favor of, and may be enforced by, each Person benefitted thereby (and their respective heirs, executors and administrators), and no amendment, modification or repeal of this Article VI shall have the effect of limiting or denying any such exculpations of liability or rights with respect to actions taken, omission occurring or Proceedings arising prior to any amendment, modification or repeal. It is expressly acknowledged that the indemnification provided in this Article VI could involve indemnification for negligence or under theories of strict liability.
6.3    Advance Payment. Reasonable expenses incurred by an Indemnified Person entitled to be indemnified under Section 6.2 who was, is or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in, or otherwise involved in, a Proceeding shall be paid by the Company, to the extent the Company has, or can readily obtain cash, in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.
6.4    Indemnification of Employees and Agents. The Company, by adoption of a resolution of the Board, may indemnify and advance expenses to an employee or agent of the Company to the same extent and subject to the same conditions under which it may indemnify and advance expenses to Persons who are not or were not Officers but who are or were serving at the request of the Company as a manager, director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in such a capacity or arising out of his status as such a Person to the same extent that it may indemnify and advance expenses to Officers under this Article VI .
6.5    Non-exclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and the advancement and payment of expenses conferred in this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other right which an Indemnified Person indemnified pursuant to Section 6.2 may have or hereafter acquire under any law (common or statutory), provision of the Certificate or this Agreement or otherwise.
6.6    Indemnification Priority. The Company hereby acknowledges that the rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided pursuant to this Article VI may also be provided to certain Indemnified Persons by other sources (collectively, the “Affiliate Indemnitors” ). The Company hereby agrees that, as between itself and the Affiliate Indemnitors: (a) the Company is the indemnitor of first resort with respect to all such indemnifiable claims against such Indemnified Persons, whether arising under this Agreement or otherwise (i.e., its obligations to such Indemnified Persons are primary and any obligation of the Affiliate Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Persons are secondary); (b) the Company will be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by such Indemnified Persons and will be liable for the full amount of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Agreement (or any other agreement between the Company and such Indemnified Persons), without regard to any rights such Indemnified Persons may have against the Affiliate Indemnitors; and (c) the Company irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Affiliate Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Affiliate Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in



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respect thereof. The Company agrees to indemnify the Affiliate Indemnitors directly for any amounts that the Affiliate Indemnitors pay as indemnification or advancement on behalf of any such Indemnified Person and for which such Indemnified Person may be entitled to indemnification from the Company in connection with serving as a director or officer (or equivalent titles) of the Company or its Subsidiaries. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Affiliate Indemnitors on behalf of any such Indemnified Person with respect to any claim for which such Indemnified Person has sought indemnification from the Company will affect the foregoing and the Affiliate Indemnitors will be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such Indemnified Person against the Company, and the Company will cooperate with the Affiliate Indemnitors in pursuing such rights. The Company and the Indemnified Persons acknowledge that the Affiliate Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 6.6 .
6.7    Insurance. The Company shall purchase and maintain insurance, or cause its Subsidiaries to purchase and maintain insurance, at its or their expense, to protect itself and any Person who is or was serving as a Representative, an Officer or agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a manager, director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic limited ability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such Person against such expense, liability or loss under this Article VI .
6.8    Savings Clause. If this Article VI or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person indemnified pursuant to this Article VI as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article VI that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
6.9    Acquisition Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article VI , (a) nothing in this Article VI is intended to or shall in any way limit the rights or remedies of the Company or any Subsidiary or any Buyer Indemnified Party (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) against any Indemnitor (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement), solely in its capacity as such, under, arising out of or in connection with any of the Acquisition Agreement or any agreement contemplated thereby, and (b) in no event shall the Company be required or have any obligation to indemnify any Indemnitor in respect of any matter in respect of which such Indemnitor is required to indemnify the Company or any Subsidiary or any Buyer Indemnified Party (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) under, arising out of or in connection with the Acquisition Agreement.
6.10    Third Party Beneficiaries. The Indemnified Persons are intended third-party beneficiaries to this Article VI , and no amendment, repeal, or modification of this Article VI , howsoever effected, including by merger, conversion, or otherwise, shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any Indemnified Person for or with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment, repeal, or modification.



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ARTICLE VII
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
7.1    Dissolution. Subject to the approval requirements set forth in Section 5.6 , if applicable, the Company shall be dissolved, and its affairs shall be wound up and terminated, upon:
(a)     the affirmative vote of the Board approving such dissolution and liquidation; or
(b)     an administrative dissolution or the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 18‑802 of the Delaware Act.
Except as set forth above or as otherwise required by law, the Company is intended to have perpetual existence. The Company shall not be dissolved by the admission of additional or substitute Members or by an Event of Withdrawal, and upon and after any such admission or event the Company shall continue in existence subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
7.2    Liquidation of Company Interests.
(a)     Upon dissolution, the Company shall be liquidated in an orderly manner. The Board shall act (or it may appoint one or more Members, Representatives, Officers, or other Persons to act, with such Person’s consent) as the liquidators to wind up the affairs of the Company pursuant to this Agreement and terminate the Company. The costs of liquidation shall be borne by the Company. Prior to final distribution and termination, the liquidators shall continue to operate the Company and its assets with all of the power and authority of the Board. The steps to be accomplished by the liquidators are as follows:
(i)     the liquidators shall pay, satisfy and discharge all debts, obligations, and other liabilities of the Company to its creditors (including all sales commissions or other expenses incurred in liquidation) or otherwise make adequate provision for payment and discharge thereof (including establishing cash reserves to be held in escrow for contingent or unforeseen liabilities of the Company, in such amounts and for such holding periods as the liquidators may reasonably determine); and
(ii)     after payment or provision for payment of all of the Company’s liabilities has been made in accordance with subparagraph (i), (A) a final allocation of all items of income, gain, loss, and expense shall be made in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof, and (B) all remaining assets of the Company shall be distributed to the Unitholders in accordance with Section 3.1(a) . Any non‑cash assets distributed to the Unitholders shall first be written up or down to their Fair Market Value, thus creating Profit or Loss (if any), which shall be allocated in accordance with Section 3.2 .
(b)     In making such distributions, the liquidators shall allocate each type of liquidation asset (i.e., cash or cash equivalents, units of a Subsidiary, etc.) among the Unitholders ratably based upon the aggregate amounts to be distributed with respect to the Units held by each such holder.
(c)     The distribution of cash and/or property to a Unitholder in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.2 constitutes a complete return to such Unitholder of its Capital Contributions and a complete distribution to the Unitholder of its interest in the Company and the Company’s property. This paragraph constitutes a compromise to which all Unitholders have consented within the meaning of the Delaware Act.
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Board (or such other Person or Persons as the Delaware Act may require or permit) shall file a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of Delaware, cancel any other filings made pursuant to this Agreement that are or should be canceled and take all such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Company. The Company shall be deemed to continue in existence for all purposes of this Agreement until it is terminated pursuant to this Section 7.2(d) .
(e)     A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding up of the business and affairs of the Company and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to this Section 7.2 in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding up.
(f)     The liquidators shall not be personally liable for the return of Capital Contributions or any portion thereof to any Unitholder (it being understood that any such return shall be made solely from Company assets).
7.3    Valuation.
(a)     Except for the applicable provisions of Article IX , the “Fair Market Value” of any assets or Units to be valued under this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with this Section 7.3 .
(b)     The Fair Market Value of any asset constituting cash or cash equivalents shall be equal to the amount of such cash or cash equivalents.
(c)     The Fair Market Value of any asset constituting publicly traded securities shall be, over a consecutive period of thirty (30) Business Days beginning at 9:30 a.m. New York time on the thirtieth (30 th ) Business Day immediately preceding the date of valuation, and concluding at 4:00 p.m. New York time on the first (1 st ) Business Day immediately preceding the date of valuation, the average of the closing prices of the sales of such securities on the primary securities exchange on which such securities may at that time be listed, or, if there have been no sales on such exchange on any day, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices on such exchanges at the end of such day, or, if on any day such securities are not so listed, the average of the representative bid and asked prices quoted in the Nasdaq System as of 4:00 P.M., New York time, or, if on any day such securities are not quoted in the Nasdaq System, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices on such day in the domestic over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated, or any similar successor organization.
(d)     The Fair Market Value of any assets other than cash, cash equivalents, or publicly traded securities shall be the fair value of such assets, as determined in good faith by the Board, which determination shall take into account any factors and using any valuation methodologies that the Board (including one (1) of the BR Representatives for so long as the Retained Equity equals or exceeds the Minimum Threshold and one (1) of the TPC Representatives) in good faith deems relevant, including potentially using independent appraisers, industry comparables, internal valuations and any other customary valuation measures.
ARTICLE VIII
BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
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8.5 or pursuant to applicable laws. All matters concerning (i) the determination of the relative amount of allocations and distributions among the Unitholders pursuant to Article II and Article III and (ii) accounting procedures and determinations, and other determinations not specifically and expressly provided for by the terms of this Agreement, shall be determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be final and conclusive as to all of the Unitholders absent manifest clerical error.
8.2    Bank Accounts. The Company may establish accounts for the deposit of Company funds, in such types and at such institutions, as shall be determined from time to time by the Board.
8.3    Fiscal Year. The Fiscal Year of the Company shall be the twelve (12)-month period ending on December 31 of each calendar year, or such other annual accounting period as may be established by the Board.
8.4    Tax Elections.
(a)     The taxable year of the Company (the “Taxable Year” ) shall be the same as the Company’s Fiscal Year, unless the Board shall determine otherwise and is in compliance with applicable laws. The Board shall determine whether to make or revoke any available election pursuant to the Code. Each Member will upon request supply any information reasonably necessary to give proper effect to any such election.
(b)     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 8.4(a), it is the intent of the Members that the Company shall be operated in a manner consistent with its treatment as a “partnership” for federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes. In accordance therewith, (i) the Board shall not file any election with any taxing authority to have the Company treated otherwise without first obtaining the written consent of the BR Member, and (ii) each Member hereby represents, covenants, and warrants that it shall not maintain a position inconsistent with such treatment.
8.5    Reports. To the extent practicable, the Company shall provide to each Member, within seventy-five (75) days after the end of each Taxable Year, the Form K‑1 for such Member for such Taxable Year, and such other information as may be necessary for the preparation of each such Member’s United States federal and state income tax returns.
8.6    Tax Matters Partner and Partnership Representative.
(a)     The TPC Member shall be (i) the “tax matters partner” (the “Tax Matters Partner” ) within the meaning of Code Section 6231(a)(7) and any similar state, local or foreign tax law provision and (ii) to the extent applicable, the “partnership representative” (the “Partnership Representative” ) of the Company pursuant to Code Section 6223(a) (as amended by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015) and any similar state, local or foreign tax law provision. The Tax Matters Partner and Partnership Representative shall be authorized and required to represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Company funds for professional services and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection therewith. Each Unitholder agrees to cooperate with the Company and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably requested by the Company with respect to the conduct of such proceedings. The Partnership Representative shall be authorized to make any available election, to the extent eligible, under Code Sections 6221 through 6241 and take any action it deems necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of the Code and the conduct of the Company under Code Sections 6221 through 6241. Promptly following the written request of the Tax Matters Partner and/or Partnership Representative,



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the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, reimburse and indemnify the Tax Matters Partner and Partnership Representative for all reasonable expenses, including reasonable legal and accounting fees, claims, liabilities, losses and damages incurred as the Tax Matters Partner and/or Partnership Representative. Any taxes payable by the Company under Code Sections 6221 through 6241 (as amended by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015) shall be attributed to the Unitholders as reasonably determined by the Partnership Representative, taking into account (to the extent practicable) the amount of tax each Unitholder (or such Unitholder’s predecessor in interest) would have been required to pay with respect to the income (or other items) to which the taxes relate if such income (or other items) had been properly allocated among the Unitholders (or their predecessors in interest) and such Unitholder (or such Unitholder’s predecessor in interest) had been subject to tax on such Unitholder’s (or predecessor in interest’s) share of such income (or other items), and such Unitholder shall indemnify the Company for the amount of such taxes so attributed to such Unitholder; provided that, upon a Unitholder’s written request and at such Unitholder’s sole expense, the Partnership Representative shall provide the Unitholder with a reasonably detailed explanation and copy of the method used to apportion the economic burden of any applicable tax liability. A Unitholder’s obligations to comply with the requirements of this Section 8.6 shall survive such Unitholder’s ceasing to be a Unitholder of the Company and/or the termination, dissolution, liquidation and winding up of the Company, and, for purposes of this Section 8.6 , the Company shall be treated as continuing in existence.
(b)     If the Company becomes subject to any tax audit or similar proceeding, the Tax Matters Partner and Partnership Representative shall (i) apportion the economic burden of any Tax liability resulting from such proceeding among the Unitholders in a manner that reasonably takes into account (x) the relative interests of the Unitholders in the Company and the Company’s assets during the “reviewed year” (within the meaning of Code Section 6225(d)) giving rise to such Tax liability, (y) the amount (if any) of the tax items giving rise to the Tax liability that the Internal Revenue Service (or other applicable authority) determined were allocable to each Unitholder, and (z) any increases or reductions in the aggregate amount of the Tax liability reasonably attributable to any action, inaction, tax status, or tax characteristic of a specific Unitholder. At a Unitholder’s request and expense, the Tax Matters Partner and Partnership Representative shall provide the Unitholder with a reasonably detailed explanation and copy of the method used to apportion the economic burden of any applicable Tax liability.
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFER OF UNITS
9.1    Transfer In General. The sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or other disposition of any interest in any Unit or Unit Equivalent (whether with or without consideration and whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law), directly or indirectly (including by way of a transfer of direct or indirect beneficial ownership of the holder of such Units or Unit Equivalents), is referred to herein as a “Transfer” and to take such action is referred to herein as to “Transfer.”
9.2    Assignee’s Rights.
(a)     A Transfer of a Unit shall be effective as of the date of assignment; provided that such Transfer is in compliance with the terms of this Agreement. Any such Transfer shall be shown on the books and records of the Company. Any Transfer of a Unit that does not comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be void ab initio, and the Company shall not be required to recognized any such Transfer. If a Transfer is permitted under this Agreement, Profits, Losses and other Company items shall be allocated between the relevant transferor and the assignee (the “Assignee” ) according to Code Section 706 using whichever of the “proration” method and “interim closing of the books” method that the Board may direct relative to such Transfer, and Distributions made before the effective date and



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time of such Transfer shall be paid to the transferor, and Distributions made after such date and time shall be paid to the Assignee.
(b)     Unless and until an Assignee becomes a Member pursuant to Section 9.4(c) , the Assignee shall not be entitled to any of the rights granted to a Member under this Agreement or under applicable law, other than the rights granted specifically to Assignees pursuant to this Agreement and to have the other rights granted to Assignees pursuant to the Delaware Act; provided that without relieving the transferring Member from any such limitations or obligations, such Assignee shall be bound by any limitations and obligations of a Member contained in this Agreement by which a Member or other Member would be bound on account of the ownership of Units by the Assignee (including the obligation, if any, to make Capital Contributions on account of such Units).
9.3    Assignor’s Rights and Obligations. Any Member who shall Transfer Units or Unit Equivalents shall cease to be a Member with respect to such Units or Unit Equivalents and shall no longer have any rights or privileges of a Member with respect to such Units or Unit Equivalents, except that unless and until the Assignee is admitted as a Substitute Member in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.4(c) (the “Admission Date” ), (a) such assigning Member shall retain all of the duties, liabilities and obligations of a Member with respect to such Units or Unit Equivalents, including the obligation (together with its Assignee pursuant to Section 9.2(b) ) to make and return Capital Contributions on account of such Units or other interest pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and (b) the Board may, in its sole discretion, reinstate all or any portion of the rights and privileges of such Member with respect to such Units or Unit Equivalents for any period of time prior to the Admission Date. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any Member who Transfers any Units or Unit Equivalents from any liability of such Member to the Company or the other Members with respect to such Units or Unit Equivalents that may exist on or before the Admission Date or that is otherwise specified in the Delaware Act and incorporated into this Agreement or for any liability to the Company or any other Person or for any breaches of any representations, warranties or covenants by such Member (in its capacity as such) contained in this Agreement or in the other agreements with the Company, including, without limitation, the restrictions set forth in Section 5.4 .
9.4    General Restrictions on Transfer; Permitted Transfers.
(a)     Subject to Section 9.4(b) , without the prior written consent of the TPC Member and the BR Member, no holder of Units or Unit Equivalents shall Transfer Units or Unit Equivalents, directly or indirectly (including by way of a transfer of direct or indirect beneficial ownership of such holder and each such holder shall ensure no direct or indirect beneficial owner of such holder effects such a Transfer), other than (i) as required or expressly permitted under this Agreement in connection with an Approved Sale, or (ii) pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX . No Transfer of Units shall be effective until such time as all requirements of this Article IX in respect thereof have been satisfied and, if consents, approvals or waivers are required by the Board, all of same shall have been confirmed in writing by the Board. Any Transfer or purported Transfer of Units or Unit Equivalents not made in accordance with this Agreement (a “Void Transfer” ) shall be null and void and of no force or effect whatsoever. Any amounts otherwise distributable under this Agreement in respect of a Unit that has been the subject of a Void Transfer may be withheld by the Company, in the discretion of the Board, until the Void Transfer has been rescinded or approved by the Board, whereupon the amount withheld (after reduction for any costs incurred or damages suffered by the Company attributable to such Void Transfer) shall be distributed, without interest, to either the assignor of the Units (if such Void Transfer is rescinded) or the purported assignee of the Units (if such Void Transfer is ultimately approved by the Board). Commencing on the date a Void Transfer occurs and continuing until the date on which the Void Transfer has been rescinded, (A) neither the assignor nor the purported assignee of the Units shall



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be entitled to vote upon any matter on which it may otherwise cast a vote under this Agreement, and (B) the Units or Unit Equivalents subject to the Void Transfer shall represent an Economic Interest only.
(b)     Section 9.4(a) shall not apply to any Transfer of Units or Unit Equivalents by any Member (i) to the Company pursuant to an agreement under which the Company has the right to repurchase or the obligation to repurchase such Units or Unit Equivalents upon the occurrence of certain events, (ii) to the Company pursuant to any pledge agreement or other arrangement between such Member and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries whereby such Member agrees to pledge his, her or its Units or Unit Equivalents to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or if the terms thereof are otherwise approved by the Board), (iii) in the case of a Member who is an individual, pursuant to applicable laws of descent and distribution, (iv) in the case of the BR Member to a BR Equityholder, (v) to a Member’s Family Members, (vi) to trusts for the benefit of such Member and for bona fide estate planning purposes and (vii) to any Affiliate of the TPC Member (although, in such cases under clauses (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii), the restrictions contained in this Section 9.4(b) shall continue to apply to such Units and Unit Equivalents after any such Transfer and the transferee of such Units or Unit Equivalents shall have agreed in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement which affect the Units or Unit Equivalents so transferred by executing a joinder in substantially the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B ; provided , however , that no BR Equityholder or trust for the benefit of the BR Member or any BR Equityholder shall be required to sign a joinder that contains a non-compete agreement). Each transferee permitted under clauses (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii) of this Section 9.4(b) to which any Unit or Unit Equivalent is transferred is referred to in this Agreement as a “Permitted Transferee” . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and without limitation to the generality of the restrictions in Section 9.4(a) , no Member will, except with the prior written consent of the TPC Member and the BR Member, effect any Transfer of any of his, her or its Units pursuant to this Section 9.4(b) (x) to any Permitted Transferee if such Permitted Transferee has not agreed to be bound by the terms of this Agreement to the same extent and in the same manner as the transferring Member was, immediately prior to the Transfer, bound by the terms of this Agreement, (y) if the Board is not reasonably satisfied that such Transfer would not violate, and would not require registration under, any applicable state or federal securities law (provided that any Transfer from the BR Member to a BR Equityholder shall not require any such Board determination) or (z) during the period from delivery of an Offer Notice through the consummation of the corresponding Transfer or expiration of the period during which the Transfer may occur in accordance with such Offer Notice or during the pendency of an Approved Sale or Forced Sale (provided that any Transfer from the BR Member to a BR Equityholder shall not be so restricted).
(c)     In connection with the Transfer of a Unit or Unit Equivalent permitted under the terms of this Agreement, the Permitted Transferee shall not become a Member (a “Substitute Member” ) until the effective date of such Transfer. Further, a Substitute Member may be admitted to the Company as a Member only after furnishing to the Company (i) a letter of acceptance, in form and substance satisfactory to the Board, of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement including, without limitation, the joinder agreement in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (provided, however, that no BR Equityholder or trust for the benefit of the BR Member or any BR Equityholder shall be required to sign a joinder that contains a non-compete agreement), and (ii) such other documents or instruments as may be necessary or appropriate (as determined by the Board) in connection with such Person’s admission as a Member. Such admission shall become effective on the date on which the Board determines in its sole discretion that such conditions have been satisfied, and such admission shall be shown on the books and records of the Company.



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9.5    Participation Rights.
(a)     Other than in connection with a Public Sale, Approved Sale, or Forced Sale, at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to any Transfer by any Member (that is consented to pursuant to Section 9.4 ) of any of the Units then held by such Member (a “ Transferring Member ”) to a Person who is not an Affiliate of such Member (a “Member Transfer” ), the Transferring Member will deliver a written notice (the “Offer Notice” ) to each other Member (with each Member who elects to participate in such Member Transfer being referred to herein as a “Participating Member” ) specifying in reasonable detail the identity of the prospective transferee(s), the number and class or classes of Units to be transferred by the Transferring Member, the purchase price thereof and the other material terms and conditions of the offer, and any Participating Member which holds the same class of Units may participate in such Member Transfer (subject to the provisions of Section 9.5(b) below with respect to the allocation of the sale proceeds among the classes of Units within such class of Units which may be sold in the proposed Member Transfer) at a price per Unit equal to the price per Unit to be received by the Transferring Member and on the same terms applicable to the Transferring Member, by giving written notice of such election to the Transferring Member within thirty (30) days after delivery of the Offer Notice.
(b)     Each Participating Member electing to participate in a proposed Member Transfer shall be entitled to sell the same proportionate amount of the Units owned by such Member (of the class of Units being sold) as is equal to the proportionate amount of the Units owned by the Transferring Member (of the class of Units being sold) that the Transferring Member intends to sell in the proposed Member Transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) in the event that the Transferring Member intends to Transfer Units of more than one class of Units, the Participating Members shall be required to sell in the contemplated Member Transfer a pro rata portion of Units of all such classes of Units (to the extent such Participating Members own any Units of such other classes), which portion shall be determined in the manner set forth immediately above and (ii) with respect to any Participating Member which elects to transfer any Units of a different class within such class of Units than the class of Units within such class of Units proposed to be transferred by the Transferring Member, the price per Unit to be received by such Participating Member in such Member Transfer shall be determined as if the Company had been sold for the valuation implied by such Member Transfer (by extrapolating such valuation to a sale of all of the Units, assuming only the Units of the classes of Units within such class of Units which are proposed to be sold by the Transferring Member and the Participating Members electing to participate in such Member Transfer were outstanding at the time of such assumed sale) and the proceeds of such sale had been distributed by the Company in complete liquidation pursuant to the rights and preferences set forth in this Agreement.
(c)     As a condition precedent to participating in a transaction as set forth in this Section 9.5 , each Participating Member shall: (i) be severally obligated to join (on a pro rata basis based on Units sold) in any indemnification obligations (including escrows, hold back or other similar arrangements to support such indemnity obligations), releases or other obligations to which the Transferring Member and its Affiliates agree in connection with such sale (other than (A) any such obligations that relate specifically to the Transferring Member and its Affiliates, such as indemnification with respect to representations and warranties given by the Transferring Member and its Affiliates regarding title to and ownership of securities, as to which obligations the Transferring Member and its Affiliates shall be solely liable with respect to such representations and warranties given by the Transferring Member and its Affiliates, and (B) any such obligations that relate specifically to a particular Participating Member, such as indemnification with respect to representations and warranties given by such Participating Member regarding title to and ownership of securities, as to which obligations such Participating Member shall be solely liable with respect to such representations and warranties given



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by such Participating Member); and (ii) promptly take all reasonably necessary actions requested by the Transferring Member in connection with, and in order to expeditiously consummate, such Member Transfer and any related transactions, including executing, acknowledging and delivering transfer agreements, sale agreements, confidentiality provisions, escrow agreements, consents, assignments or waivers which in each case are no more burdensome than those executed by the Transferring Member.
(d)     In connection with any Member Transfer, the Company, the Board, each Subsidiary of the Company and each Unitholder shall take all necessary or desirable actions in connection with the consummation of such Member Transfer and any related transactions (including any auction or competitive bid process in connection with or preceding such Transfer) as requested by the Transferring Member, including: (i) retaining investment bankers and other advisors selected by the Transferring Member; (ii) participating in management meetings and preparing pitchbooks and confidential information memorandums; (iii) furnishing information and copies of documents; (iv) filing applications, reports, returns, filings and other documents or instruments with governmental authorities; (v) providing assistance with legal, accounting, tax, financial, benefits and other forms of due diligence; and (vi) otherwise fully and willingly cooperating with the Transferring Member (who shall control all decisions in connection with such Member Transfer (including the hiring or terminating of any investment bank or other professional advisor(s))), the prospective buyer(s), any investment bankers, consultants or other professional advisors who have been retained in connection with such Member Transfer and their respective representatives.
(e)     The Transferring Member shall use reasonable efforts to obtain the agreement of the prospective transferee(s) to the participation of the electing Participating Members in any contemplated Member Transfer and to the inclusion of the Units held by such Participating Members in the contemplated Member Transfer and entitled to be sold in such Member Transfer pursuant to Section 9.5(b) above, and the Transferring Member shall not Transfer any of its Units to any prospective transferee(s) unless (i) such prospective transferee(s) agree to allow the participation of all electing Participating Members and to the inclusion of the Units held by such Participating Members that are entitled to be sold in such Member Transfer pursuant to Section 9.5(b) above, or (ii) the Transferring Member purchases or causes the Company to purchase from each electing Participating Member the same number of securities (at the same price and on the same economic terms) that such Participating Member would have been entitled to sell had the prospective transferee(s) so agreed.
9.6    Approved Sale.
(a)     In the event that the Board and the Members approve a Sale of the Company in accordance with Section 5.6 and the Sale Conditions are met (each, an “Approved Sale” ), then the Company may, within five (5) Business Days of such approval, give notice to all of the Members of the invocation of this Section 9.6 , which such notice shall set forth, to the extent then determined, the consideration to be paid with respect to each class of Units, the form thereof and the proposed timing of the Sale of the Company. The Company and each Unitholder hereby agree, in the event of any Approved Sale, each Unitholder: (i) shall vote for (if such Unitholder is entitled to vote thereon), consent to (to the extent required or requested) and raise no objections against such Approved Sale; (ii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, shall waive any dissenters or appraisal rights (if any) with respect to such Approved Sale; and (iii) shall not make any claim with respect to or take any action which is reasonably likely to hinder or cause an adverse effect on such Approved Sale, and the Company and each Unitholder shall consummate such Approved Sale on the terms and conditions so approved. In connection with any Approved Sale, the Company, the Board, each Subsidiary of the Company and each Unitholder shall take all necessary or desirable actions in connection with the consummation of the Approved Sale and any related transactions (including any auction or competitive bid process in



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connection with or preceding such Transfer) as requested by the Board, including: (A) causing the Company and/or its Subsidiaries to retain investment bankers and other advisors selected by the Board; (B) participating in management meetings and preparing pitchbooks and confidential information memorandums; (C) furnishing information and copies of documents; (D) filing applications, reports, returns, filings and other documents or instruments with governmental authorities; (E) providing assistance with legal, accounting, tax, financial, benefits and other forms of due diligence; and/or (F) otherwise fully and willingly cooperating with the Company, the prospective buyer(s), any investment bankers, consultants or other professional advisors who have been retained in connection with such Approved Sale and their respective representatives. If any Unitholder receives securities in lieu of cash consideration in such Approved Sale ( i.e. a rollover transaction), the Fair Market Value of such rollover securities will be determined by the Board, which determination shall include the approval of one (1) of the BR Representatives for so long as the Retained Equity equals or exceeds the Minimum Threshold (it being understood that in order to, among other things, facilitate a “rollover” of equity in connection with an Approved Sale, certain Unitholders may be required to receive securities in lieu of cash consideration or certain Unitholders may receive cash consideration in an amount equal to the value of the securities received by certain other Unitholders and such determinations may be made by the Board on a Unitholder by Unitholder basis, which determinations shall include the approval of one (1) of the BR Representatives for so long as the Retained Equity equals or exceeds the Minimum Threshold).
(b)     In any Approved Sale, each Unitholder shall: (i) be severally obligated to join (on a pro rata basis based on Units sold) in any indemnification obligations (including escrows, hold back or other similar arrangements to support such indemnity obligations) or other obligations to which the Company agrees in connection with such Approved Sale such that proceeds will be distributed as if they had been distributed after giving effect to such adjustments, indemnification and other obligations (other than any such obligations that relate specifically to a particular Unitholder, such as indemnification with respect to representations and warranties given by such Unitholder regarding such Unitholder’s title to and ownership of Units as to which obligations such Unitholder shall be solely liable) ( provided that such Unitholder’s liability thereunder with respect to breaches of representations and warranties (other than for fraud and representations that relate specifically to such Unitholder) is expressly limited to the aggregate amount of consideration received by such Unitholder in connection with or pursuant to such Approved Sale); and (ii) promptly take all necessary or reasonably desirable actions requested by the Company in connection with, and in order to expeditiously consummate, such Approved Sale and any related transactions, including executing, acknowledging and delivering transfer agreements, sale agreements, confidentiality provisions, escrow agreements, consents, assignments, releases in their capacity as Unitholders (including general releases in their capacity as Unitholders, whether relating to the Company and/or its Affiliates or otherwise) or waivers which in each case are no more burdensome than those executed by the TPC Member. Each Unitholder hereby irrevocably grants to, and appoints, the Company or its designee, such Unitholder’s proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution), for and in the name, place and stead of such Unitholder, to vote the Units held by such Unitholder, or to grant a consent or approval in respect of such Units, in connection with any meeting of the Members or any action by written consent in lieu of a meeting of the Members with respect to an Approved Sale. Each Unitholder hereby affirms that the irrevocable proxy set forth in this Section 9.6(b) is given to secure the performance of the duties of such Unitholder under this Agreement. Each Unitholder hereby further affirms that the irrevocable proxy set forth in this Section 9.6(b) is coupled with an interest and irrevocable.
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(including a merger, consolidation or other reorganization), the Unitholders will, at the Company’s request, appoint a purchaser representative (as such term is defined in Rule 501) reasonably acceptable to the Company.
(d)     In the event of a sale or exchange by the Unitholders of all or substantially all of the Units held by the Unitholders (whether by sale, merger, recapitalization, reorganization, consolidation, combination or otherwise), each Unitholder shall receive in exchange for the Units held by such Unitholder the same Fair Market Value of the aggregate consideration from such sale or exchange that such Unitholder would have received if such aggregate consideration had been distributed by the Company in complete liquidation pursuant to the rights and preferences set forth in (but subject to the terms and conditions contained in) Section 3.1(a) as in effect immediately prior to such sale or exchange. Subject to the limitations in this Section 9.6 , each Unitholder shall take all necessary or reasonably desirable actions in connection with the distribution of the aggregate consideration from such sale or exchange as reasonably requested by the Company.
(e)     Each of the Company and/or the TPC Member may exercise its rights under this Section 9.6 only if the following conditions (the “Sale Conditions” ) are met:
(i)     each Member will receive the same form of consideration and the same portion of the aggregate consideration that such Member would have received if such aggregate consideration had been paid directly to the Company and then distributed by the Company in complete liquidation pursuant to the rights and preferences set forth in (but subject to the terms and conditions contained in) Section 3.1(a) as in effect immediately prior to such sale or exchange;
(ii)     if any Member is given an option as to the form and amount of consideration to be received, each other Member shall be given the same option with respect its Units;
(iii)     the Board will make commercially reasonable efforts to structure any Sale of the Company in a manner that will be tax efficient for the Members; and
(iv)     no Member shall be required to sign any non-compete or non-solicitation agreement in connection with such Sale of the Company; provided that if a Member is an employee of the Company and an Officer, such Member may be required to sign a non-compete or non-solicitation agreement in connection with such Sale of the Company so long as such agreement is not for a period longer than two (2) years and does not differ in any material respect from what is signed and delivered by other Members or other Officers.
(f)     The Company shall pay all transaction costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any Sale of the Company to the extent not paid by the acquiring party. Each Member shall pay for all transaction costs and expenses incurred by such Member on an individual basis.
9.7    Call Option.
(a)    Call Rights. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, beginning on August 6, 2018, the TPC Member shall have a continuing and perpetual option and right, but not the obligation, subject in all cases to the terms of this Section 9.7 , to deliver an irrevocable written notice of election to the BR Member and the BR Equityholders (to the extent such BR Equityholder owns directly any portion of the Retained Equity) and/or their respective Permitted Transferees (such notice, a “Call Notice” and the transaction resulting from any Call Notice, a “Call Option” ) to initiate the



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purchase by (at the TPC Member’s sole election) the TPC Member, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates (the “Call Purchaser” ) from the BR Member and the BR Equityholders (to the extent such BR Equityholder own directly any portion of the Retained Equity) and/or their respective Permitted Transferees (collectively, the “Call Sellers” ) all, but not less than all, of the Units owned by the Call Sellers (the “Call Units” ) for an amount equal to the Put and Call Price; provided that the Call Purchaser may exercise the Call Option once (and only once) to purchase less than all of the Units owned by the Call Sellers so long as such exercise is for ten percent (10%) of the Units that are issued and outstanding as of such date (for the avoidance of doubt, the Call Purchaser may thereafter exercise the Call Option for all, but not less than all, the remaining Units owned by the Call Sellers). The Put and Call Price may be paid, at the election of the Call Purchaser, in the form of readily available funds or shares of Issuer Common Stock or a combination of both. Under no circumstances shall the aggregate amount of the Put and Call Price for the Call Units exceed $98,000,000 with respect to any Call Notice delivered prior to February 6, 2021. The Call Notice shall (i) specify the identity of the Call Purchaser, (ii) include a calculation of the EBITDA attributable to the Put and Call Price, (iii) include a calculation of the Put and Call Price to be paid by the Call Purchaser to the Call Sellers for the Call Units and (iv) specify what portion of the Put and Call Price will be paid in cash and what portion of the Put and Call Price will be paid in shares of Issuer Common Stock subject to the closing of the Call Option within thirty (30) days of the delivery of the Call Notice. Following the delivery of the Call Notice, the TPC Member shall provide and cause the Company to provide to the BR Member (on behalf of the Call Sellers) with reasonable access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice, to the personnel, properties, books and records of the Company to the extent reasonably necessary for the BR Member to review the calculations set forth in the Call Notice.
(b)    Call Objection Notice. For the fifteen (15) Business Day period following the delivery of a Call Notice, the BR Member, on behalf of itself and the Call Sellers, may deliver to the TPC Member a written notice (each such notice, a “Call Objection Notice” ), which Call Objection Notice shall specify whether the BR Member disagrees with calculation of the Put and Call Price set forth in the Call Notice. If the BR Member does not deliver a Call Objection Notice within such fifteen (15) Business Day period, then the Put and Call Price reflected in the Call Notice shall become final and binding upon all parties. If the BR Member delivers a Call Objection Notice within such fifteen (15) Business Day period, then the TPC Member and the BR Member shall negotiate in good faith for fifteen (15) days (which period may be extended by written agreement of the BR Member and the TPC Member) following the TPC Member’s receipt of such Call Objection Notice to resolve such objections. Any such objections that the TPC Member and the BR Member are unable to resolve during such fifteen (15) day period are referred to as a “Call Dispute.” After such fifteen (15) day period, any matter set forth in the Call Notice that is not a Call Dispute shall become final and binding upon all parties. If the TPC Member and the BR Member are unable to resolve all objections during such fifteen (15) day period, then any Call Disputes, and only such Call Disputes, shall be resolved by Grant Thornton LLP or, if Grant Thornton LLP is not available for such assignment, another nationally recognized accounting firm upon which the TPC Member and the BR Member shall reasonably agree (the “Accounting Firm” ). The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to resolve any Call Dispute in accordance with the terms of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after its appointment. In resolving any disputed item, the Accounting Firm may not assign a value to any item greater than the maximum value for such item claimed by either party or less than the minimum value for such item claimed by either party. None of the TPC Member, the Call Sellers or the Company shall have or conduct any communication, either written or oral, with the Accounting Firm without the other parties either being present or receiving a concurrent copy of any such written communication. The TPC Member, the Call Sellers, the Company and their respective employees and/or agents (subject to entry into customary access agreements) shall reasonably cooperate with the Accounting Firm during its engagement and respond on a timely basis to



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all requests for information or access to documents or personnel made by the Accounting Firm, all with the intent to fairly and in good faith resolve the Call Dispute as promptly as reasonably practicable. The resolution of each such Call Dispute by the Accounting Firm (i) shall be set forth in writing, (ii) shall be within the range of disputes between the TPC Member and the BR Member, (iii) shall constitute an arbitral award and (iv) shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties upon which a judgment may be rendered by a court having proper jurisdiction thereover. Upon delivery of such resolution, the calculation of the Put and Call Price, as modified in accordance with such resolution, shall become final and binding upon all parties. The costs and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne one-half by the BR Member and one-half by the TPC Member.
(c)    Closing of the Call Option. The closing of the purchase of Units pursuant to the Call Option shall take place as soon as practicable after the delivery of the Call Notice but in any event within ninety (90) days after the delivery of the Call Notice (which period may be extended by written agreement of the BR Member and the TPC Member). The Call Purchaser shall pay (or cause to be paid) the Put and Call Price to each Call Seller with respect to the Call Units to be purchased from each such Call Seller pursuant to the Call Option, at the TPC Member’s sole election, by (1) delivery of a cashier’s or certified check or wire transfer of funds to an account specified by such Call Seller, (2) in shares of Issuer Common Stock (via book entry issuance) representing value equal to the stock component of the Put and Call Price based upon the Trading Price of the Issuer Common Stock determined as of the date immediately preceding the date of the delivery of the Call Option (rounded down to the nearest whole share), provided that the closing of the Call Option occurs within thirty (30) days following the delivery of the Call Notice or (3) a combination of (1) and (2) above having value equal to the Put and Call Price payable to such Call Seller with respect to the Call Units so purchased by the Call Purchaser. In the event that the closing of the Call Option occurs more than thirty (30) days following the delivery of the Call Notice, the TPC Member, on behalf of the Call Purchaser, may elect to re-allocate the cash and stock component of the Put and Call Price by providing the BR Member with written notice not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the closing date of the Call Option (the “Call Reallocation Notice” ) specifying what portion of the Put and Call Price will be paid in cash and what portion of the Put and Call Price will be paid in shares of Issuer Common Stock. In the event that the closing of the Call Option occurs more than thirty (30) days following the delivery of the Call Notice, the shares of Issuer Common Stock issuable to the Call Sellers will be based upon the Trading Price of the Issuer Common Stock determined as of the date that the Call Purchaser delivers the Call Reallocation Notice (rounded down to the nearest whole share). The Call Purchaser shall be entitled to (i) receive from the Call Sellers representations and warranties regarding (w) good title to such securities, free and clear of any liens or encumbrances, (x) the transferor’s authorization and/or capacity to sell such securities, (y) enforceability and binding effect of the agreement containing such representations and warranties, without violation of any material agreement or material contract to which such transferor is party, (z) to the extent a portion of the Put and Call Price is to be paid in shares of Issuer’s Common Stock, representations and warranties substantially similar to the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.25 of the Acquisition Agreement and (ii) receive an assignment of such Units, duly executed by the holder or holders of such Units and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company. With respect to the shares of Issuer Common Stock issuable to the Call Sellers as a component of all or a portion of the Put and Call Price, the Call Seller shall be entitled to receive from the Call Purchaser (and the Issuer, as applicable) representations and warranties regarding (w) good title to such securities, free and clear of any liens or encumbrances, (x) the Issuer’s authorization and/or capacity to issue such securities, (y) enforceability and binding effect of the agreement containing such representations and warranties, without violation of any material agreement or material contract to which Issuer is party and (z) representations and warranties substantially similar to the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.10 of the Acquisition Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this



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Section 9.7 , in the event that the TPC Member and Issuer elect to seek the approval of Issuer’s stockholders that might be required as a result of the component of the Put and Call Price that consists of Issuer Common Stock, the Call Purchaser may elect to extend the closing date by a period of up to an additional forty-five (45) days.
(d)    Call Option Limitations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if the number of shares of Issuer Common Stock required to be paid to the Call Sellers in respect of the Call Option (including all shares of Issuer Common Stock paid in connection with any prior exercise of the Call Option pursuant to the proviso in the first sentence of Section 9.7(a)), together with the number of shares of Issuer Common Stock issued as Exchange Shares (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) would exceed 19.9% of the number of shares of Issuer Common Stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the issuance of the Exchange Shares and therefore require the approval of the Issuer’s stockholders in compliance with the requirements of the listing rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (the “Issuer Stockholder Approval” ), then the applicable provisions of Section 9.9 shall apply.
(e)    Alternative Structure Option after Call Notice. If the TPC Member delivers a Call Notice with respect to all of the Units owned by the Call Sellers, and in connection with such notice, the TPC Member specifies that any portion of the Put and Call Price is to be paid in shares of Issuer Common Stock, at the request of any corporate BR Member (each such BR Member, a “ Corporate Unitholder ”), the TPC Member and Issuer shall negotiate in good faith to structure the acquisition of the Units owned by such Corporate Unitholder in a transaction qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Code Section 368(a), so that the Issuer Common Stock to be issued with respect to the Units owned by such Corporate Unitholder may be received by the stockholders of such Corporate Unitholder without current taxable gain recognition.
(f)    Additional Payment Amounts. At the closing of the purchase of Units pursuant to the Call Option, in addition to the payment of the Put and Call Price to each Call Seller by the Call Purchaser, the Company shall also make the following payments in cash to each Call Seller with respect to the Call Units to be purchased from each such Call Seller pursuant to the Call Option: (i) such Call Unit’s pro rata share of the then existing Excess Available Cash at the time of the closing of the purchase of Units pursuant to the Call Option; and (ii) such Call Unit’s pro rata share of all reserves established by the Company (in accordance with GAAP or otherwise) then existing at the time of the closing of the purchase of Units pursuant to the Call Option to the extent the aggregate amount of such reserves is equal to or less than twenty percent (20%) of the Company’s EBITDA for the trailing twelve (12) months. In addition, if the reserve amounts established by the Company (in accordance with GAAP or otherwise) then existing at the time of the closing of the purchase of Units pursuant to the Call Option are in excess of twenty percent (20%) of the Company’s EBITDA for the trailing twelve (12) months (such excess reserve amounts, the “Excess Reserves” ), then to the extent the Board or the Company’s auditors subsequently determine that the amount of any such Excess Reserve exceeds the amount of the obligation, liability or other contingency of the Company that was the basis for establishing the Excess Reserve (e.g., all or a portion of such Excess Reserve is reversed), then the Company shall pay the Call Sellers with respect to each Call Unit purchased pursuant to the Call Option such Call Seller’s pro rata share of the amount by which the Excess Reserves have been determined by the Board or the Company’s auditors to exceed such obligations, liabilities or other contingencies. Such payment with respect to Excess Reserve amounts shall be made within ten (10) calendar days of the date on which the Board or the Company’s auditors makes such determination that the Excess Reserve exceeded the Company’s obligations, liabilities or other contingencies to which the Excess Reserve relates. Each Call Seller’s “pro rata share” of the amounts set forth in this Section 9.7(f) shall be based on the number of outstanding



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Common Units held by each Call Seller immediately prior to the closing of the purchase of Units pursuant to the Call Option as a percentage of the total outstanding Common Units at such time. This Section 9.7(f) shall survive any Sale of the Company.
9.8    Put Option.
(a)    Put Rights. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, following February 6, 2021, the BR Member, on behalf of itself and the BR Equityholders (to the extent such BR Equityholder own directly any portion of the Retained Equity) and/or their respective Permitted Transferees (collectively, the “Put Sellers” ), shall have a continuing and perpetual option and right subject in all cases to the terms of this Section 9.8 , to deliver an irrevocable written notice of election to the TPC Member (such notice, a “Put Election” and the transaction resulting from any Put Election, a “Put Option” ) to initiate the purchase by (at the TPC Member’s sole election) the TPC Member, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates (the “Put Purchaser” ) from the Put Sellers of all, but not less than all, of the Units owned by the Put Sellers (the “Put Units” ) for an amount equal to the Put and Call Price. Subject to Section 9.9 , the Put and Call Price may be paid, at the election of the Put Purchaser, in the form of readily available funds or shares of Issuer Common Stock or a combination of both. Within fifteen (15) days following the TPC Member’s receipt of the Put Election, the TPC Member shall prepare and deliver to the BR Member a written notice which shall (the “Put Notice” ) (i) specify the identity of the Put Purchaser, (ii) include a calculation of the EBITDA attributable to the Put and Call Price, (iii) include a calculation of the Put and Call Price to be paid to the Put Sellers for the Put Units and (iv) specify what portion of the Put and Call Price will be paid in cash and what portion of the Put and Call Price will be paid in shares of Issuer Common Stock subject to the closing of the Put Option within thirty (30) days of the delivery of the Put Notice. Following the delivery of the Put Notice, the TPC Member shall provide and cause the Company to provide to the BR Member (on behalf of the Put Sellers) with reasonable access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice, to the personnel, properties, books and records of the Company to the extent reasonably necessary for the BR Members review the calculations set forth in the Put Notice.
(b)    Put Objection Notice. For the fifteen (15) Business Day period following the delivery of a Put Notice, the BR Member, on behalf of itself and the Put Sellers, may deliver to the TPC Member a written notice (each such notice, a “Put Objection Notice” ), which Put Objection Notice shall specify whether the BR Member disagrees with calculation of the Put and Call Price set forth in the Put Notice. If the BR Member does not deliver a Put Objection Notice within such fifteen (15) Business Day period, then the Put and Call Price reflected in the Put Notice shall become final and binding upon all parties. If the BR Member delivers a Put Objection Notice within such fifteen (15) Business Day period, then the TPC Member and the BR Member shall negotiate in good faith for fifteen (15) days (which period may be extended by written agreement of the BR Member and the TPC Member) following the TPC Member’s receipt of such Put Objection Notice to resolve such objections. Any such objections that the TPC Member and the BR Member are unable to resolve during such fifteen (15) day period are referred to as a “Put Dispute.” After such fifteen (15) day period, any matter set forth in the Put Notice that is not a Put Dispute shall become final and binding upon all parties. If the TPC Member and the BR Member are unable to resolve all objections during such fifteen (15) day period, then any Put Disputes, and only such Put Disputes, shall be resolved by Accounting Firm. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to resolve any Put Dispute in accordance with the terms of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after its appointment. In resolving any disputed item, the Accounting Firm may not assign a value to any item greater than the maximum value for such item claimed by either party or less than the minimum value for such item claimed by either party. None of the TPC Member, the Put Sellers or the Company shall have or conduct any communication, either written or oral, with the Accounting



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Firm without the other parties either being present or receiving a concurrent copy of any such written communication. The TPC Member, the Put Sellers, the Company and their respective employees and/or agents (subject to entry into customary access agreements) shall reasonably cooperate with the Accounting Firm during its engagement and respond on a timely basis to all requests for information or access to documents or personnel made by the Accounting Firm, all with the intent to fairly and in good faith resolve the Put Dispute as promptly as reasonably practicable. The resolution of each such Put Dispute by the Accounting Firm (i) shall be set forth in writing, (ii) shall be within the range of disputes between the TPC Member and the BR Member, (iii) shall constitute an arbitral award and (iv) shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties upon which a judgment may be rendered by a court having proper jurisdiction thereover. Upon delivery of such resolution, the calculation of the Put and Call Price, as modified in accordance with such resolution, shall become final and binding upon all parties. The costs and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne one-half by the BR Member and one-half by the TPC Member. The BR Member shall not be entitled to exercise the Put Option any time after the TPC Member delivers a Call Notice for all of the Units owned by the Call Sellers.
(c)    Closing of the Put Option. The closing of the purchase of Units pursuant to the Put Option shall take place as soon as practicable after the delivery of the Put Notice but in any event within ninety (90) days after the delivery of the Put Notice (which period may be extended by written agreement of the BR Member and the TPC Member). The Put Purchaser shall pay (or cause to be paid) the Put and Call Price to each Put Seller with respect to the Put Units to be purchased from each such Put Seller pursuant to the Put Option, at the TPC Member’s sole election, by (1) delivery of a cashier’s or certified check or wire transfer of funds to an account specified by such Put Seller, (2) in shares of Issuer Common Stock (via book entry issuance) representing value equal to the stock component of the Put and Call Price based upon the Trading Price of the Issuer Common Stock determined as of the date immediately preceding delivery of the Put Notice (rounded down to the nearest whole share), provided that the closing of the Put Option occurs within thirty (30) days following the delivery of the Put Notice or (3) a combination of (1) and (2) above having value equal to the Put and Call Price payable to such Put Seller with respect to the Put Units so purchased by the Put Purchaser. In the event that the closing of the Put Option occurs more than thirty (30) days following the delivery of the Put Notice, the TPC Member, on behalf of the Put Purchaser, may elect to re-allocate the cash and stock component of the Put and Call Price by providing the BR Member with written notice not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the closing date of the Put Option (the “Put Reallocation Notice” ) specifying what portion of the Put and Call Price will be paid in cash and what portion of the Put and Call Price will be paid in shares of Issuer Common Stock. The number of shares of Issuer Common Stock issuable to the Put Sellers as a component of all or a portion of the Put and Call Price shall be based upon the Trading Price of the Issuer Common Stock determined as of the date immediately preceding the delivery of the Put Notice (rounded down to the nearest whole share), provided the closing of the Put Option occurs within thirty (30) days following the delivery of the Put Notice. In the event that the closing of the Put Option occurs more than thirty (30) days following the delivery of the Put Notice, the shares of Issuer Common Stock issuable to the Put Sellers will be based upon the Trading Price of the Issuer Common Stock determined as of the date that the Put Purchaser delivers the Put Reallocation Notice (rounded down to the nearest whole share). The Put Purchaser shall be entitled to (i) receive from the Put Sellers representations and warranties regarding (w) good title to such securities, free and clear of any liens or encumbrances, (x) the transferor’s authorization and/or capacity to sell such securities, (y) enforceability and binding effect of the agreement containing such representations and warranties, without violation of any material agreement or material contract to which such transferor is party, (z) to the extent a portion of the Put and Call Price is to be paid in shares of Issuer’s Common Stock, representations and warranties substantially similar to the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.25 of the Acquisition Agreement and (ii) receive an assignment of such Units, duly executed by the holder or holders of such



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Units and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company. With respect to the shares of Issuer Common Stock issuable to the Put Sellers as a component of all or a portion of the Put and Call Price, the Put Seller shall be entitled to receive from the Put Purchaser (and the Issuer, as applicable) representations and warranties regarding (w) good title to such securities, free and clear of any liens or encumbrances, (x) the Issuer’s authorization and/or capacity to issue such securities, (y) enforceability and binding effect of the agreement containing such representations and warranties, without violation of any material agreement or material contract to which Issuer is party and (z) representations and warranties substantially similar to the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.10 of the Acquisition Agreement
(d)    Alternative Structure Option after Put Notice. If the BR Member delivers a Put Notice, and in connection with such notice, the TPC Member specifies that any portion of the Put and Call Price is to be paid in shares of Issuer Common Stock, at the request of any Corporate Unitholder the TPC Member and Issuer shall negotiate in good faith to structure the acquisition of the Units owned by such Corporate Unitholder in a transaction qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Code Section 368(a), so that the Issuer Common Stock to be issued with respect to the Units owned by such Corporate Unitholder may be received by the stockholders of such Corporate Unitholder without current taxable gain recognition.
(e)    Put Option Limitations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if the amount of shares of Issuer Common Stock required to be paid to the Put Sellers in respect of the Put Option together with any shares of Issuer Common Stock paid in connection with a prior exercise of the Call Option pursuant to the proviso in the first sentence of Section 9.7(a) and the number of shares of Issuer Common Stock issued as Exchange Shares would require the Issuer Stockholder Approval, then the applicable provisions of Section 9.9 shall apply.
(f)    Issuer’s Change of Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.8 , if at any time following the date hereof the Issuer anticipates undergoing a Change of Control Transaction, the Issuer shall provide the Put Sellers written notice of such Change of Control Transaction at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the completion of such Change of Control Transaction, and the Put Sellers shall have the option (but not the obligation) to exercise their Put Option at any time either before such Change of Control Transaction or within fifteen (15) Business Days after the completion of the Change of Control Transaction. The closing of the purchase of Units pursuant to this Section 9.8 shall occur either (i) at the closing of such Change of Control Transaction, if the Put Option is exercised prior to the closing of the Change of Control Transaction (with the time frames in Section 9.8 modified as necessary to accommodate such timing), or (ii) within ten (10) Business Days after the Put Option is exercised, if the Put Option is exercised after the closing of the Change of Control Transaction (with the time frames in Section 9.8 modified as necessary to accommodate such timing). The Issuer shall ensure that any purchaser or surviving entity following such Change of Control Transaction assumes and complies in full with the Issuer’s and the Put Purchasers’ obligations under this Section 9.8 .
(g)    Additional Payment Amounts. The terms of Section 9.7(f) with respect to the additional payments made in connection with the closing of the purchase of Units pursuant to any Call Option shall apply equally to the closing of the purchase of Units pursuant to any Put Option pursuant to this Section 9.8 . This Section 9.8(g) shall survive any Sale of the Company.



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9.9    Stockholder Approval; Forced Sale Rights.
(a)    Stockholder Approval. To the extent that the exercise of the Call Option or the Put Option requires the Issuer Stockholder Approval, then the TPC Member shall cause the Issuer to seek approval of the Issuer’s stockholders in compliance with the requirements of the listing rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC within ninety (90) days after the delivery of the Call Notice or the Put Notice (which period may be extended by written agreement of the BR Member and the TPC Member); provided, however that if the Call Notice or the Put Notice is delivered within ninety (90) days of the date on which Issuer plans to hold its annual meeting of stockholders, Issuer may elect to seek the Issuer Stockholder Approval at such upcoming annual meeting of stockholders rather than calling a special meeting of Issuer stockholders. If the Issuer Stockholder Approval is not obtained during such period, the Company shall initiate a Sale Process in accordance with Sections 9.9(b) , (c) and (d) below.
(b)    Initiation of Sale Process. If the Issuer Stockholder Approval is not obtained during the period set forth in Section 9.9(a) , then the Company shall initiate a process (the “Sale Process” ), in accordance with this Section 9.9 , intended to result in a Sale of the Company. Such written notice shall include a designation of one (1) individual (the “Holder Representative” ) to act on behalf of the BR Member and to exercise the authority granted to the Holder Representative pursuant to Section 9.9(c) below. Each of the Members and the Company agree to use his, her or its commercially reasonable efforts, in consultation with the Financial Advisor (as defined below) and Deal Counsel (as defined below), to facilitate a Sale of the Company. In furtherance of the foregoing, upon receipt of the notice described above, the Company shall, and shall cause its officers, employees, consultants, counsel and advisors to take the actions set forth in Section 9.9(c) below.
(c)    Specific Obligations.
(i)    Advisors. The Company shall engage an investment bank (the “Financial Advisor” ) and a law firm (the “Deal Counsel” ) reasonably satisfactory to the Holder Representative (which may be the Company’s existing investment bank and law firm) to assist with the Sale Process. The Financial Advisor and Deal Counsel, as well as any other advisors engaged pursuant to this Section 9.9(c)(i) , shall represent the Company, and only the Company, in the sale process, and the costs, fees and expenses of such advisors shall be paid by the Company pursuant to the terms of engagement letters that are approved by the Holder Representative (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). None of the Financial Advisor, Deal Counsel or any other advisor selected in accordance with this Section 9.9(c)(i) shall be terminated by the Company, and none of the engagement letters shall be amended or modified, without the written consent of the Holder Representative.
(ii)    Cooperation with Sale Process. Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.9(c)(i) , the Company shall, and shall cause its employees, officers, consultants, counsel, advisors and Affiliates to:
(A) Assist the Financial Advisor in creating a list of potential acquirers;
(B) Set up and maintain a virtual or actual data room (as elected by the Holder Representative) containing due diligence materials customarily provided in connection with transactions of the nature of a Sale of the Company, along with any other due diligence materials requested by the Holder Representative or reasonably requested by any potential acquirer;
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(D) Provide incentive compensation to members of the Company’s management, and in an amount and form, all as determined by the Holder Representative to be necessary or helpful to the successful consummation of the Sale of the Company;
(E) Prepare, or assist the Financial Advisor with the preparation of, any marketing, financial or other materials deemed by the Holder Representative or the Financial Advisor to be necessary or helpful in connection with a Sale of the Company;
(F) Attend and participate in any meetings, conference calls, or presentations regarding the Company and its business with potential acquirers;
(G) Execute a letter of intent or term sheet on terms reasonably acceptable to the Holder Representative with one or more potential acquirers;
(H) Execute and perform the Company’s obligations contained in such definitive agreements relating to a Sale of the Company as are negotiated by the Holder Representative and the potential acquirer;
(I) Communicate regularly and promptly with each of the Financial Advisor and Deal Counsel regarding the Sale Process;
(J) Not to take any action that might reasonably be expected to impede any Sale of the Company;
(K) Operate the Business only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and maintain all then-existing business relationships in good standing; and
(L) Take any other actions that are reasonably necessary or related to a sale process (including in the judgment of the Holder Representative, the Financial Advisor or Deal Counsel) in order to facilitate a Sale of the Company.
(iii)     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.9 , no Member shall be required to sign any non-compete or non-solicitation agreement in connection with such Sale of the Company (including pursuant to a Sale Process); provided that if a Member is an employee of the Company and an Officer, such Officer may be required to sign a non-compete or non-solicitation agreement in connection with such Sale of the Company so long as such agreement is not for a period longer than two (2) years and does not differ in any material respect from what is signed and delivered by other Members or other Officers.
(d)    Approval of the Terms and Conditions of a Proposed Sale of the Company.
(i)     The Company shall cause its management, together with the Financial Advisor and Deal Counsel, to deliver regular updates to its Board regarding material developments in the Sale Process and summarizing the status of the negotiation of the terms and conditions of the Sale of the Company. The Company shall, upon request of the Holder Representative, either call a meeting of its Board or seek the written consent of the Board and the Members to approve of the Sale of the Company and the entering into of the definitive agreements relating thereto (a “Forced Sale” ).
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Forced Sale as if it were an Approved Sale and all provisions of Section 9.6 above that relate to all Members other than the TPC Member shall be deemed to also include the TPC Member.
9.10    Conversion to Corporate Form Upon a Public Offering
(a)    Approval. If the Board (including one (1) of the BR Representatives for so long as the Retained Equity equals or exceeds the Minimum Threshold) and the Members (in accordance with Section 5.6 ) approve a Public Offering with respect to the Company or otherwise approve the conversion of the Company from a limited liability company to a corporation (whether or not in connection with a Public Offering), each Member and Unitholder (and each Person that retains voting control of any Units Transferred in accordance with this Section 9.10 ) hereby consents to such Public Offering and shall vote for (to the extent it has any voting right) and raise no objections against such Public Offering or conversion, and each Member and Unitholder shall take all reasonable actions in connection with the consummation of such Public Offering or conversion as determined by the Board and the TPC Member.
(b)    Required Actions. The Company shall, at the request of the underwriters in the case of a Public Offering or the Board or the TPC Member in the case of any other conversion, effect a conversion to corporate form and, in connection therewith, the Members shall, at the request and under the direction of the Board and the TPC Member, take all actions necessary or desirable to effect such conversion (including, without limitation, whether by conversion to a subchapter C corporation, merger or consolidation into any entity, recapitalization or otherwise), giving effect to the same economic, voting and corporate governance provisions contained herein after taking into consideration the structure of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective securities (a “Corporate Conversion” ). In connection with the Corporate Conversion, each holder of the Common Units will be entitled to receive a percentage of the shares of common stock of the corporate successor outstanding immediately following the Corporate Conversion equal to the percentage that such holder of Common Units would have received of the total amount distributed to all Unitholders had the Company liquidated and distributed such common stock in accordance with Article VII on the day of the Corporate Conversion (after giving effect to any payments as a result of the redemption (if any) of any Units). Each Unitholder hereby consents to such Corporate Conversion and agrees that it will, in connection with such Corporate Conversion, consent to and raise no objections against the Corporate Conversion. In connection with such Corporate Conversion, each Unitholder hereby agrees to enter into (i) a securityholders agreement with the corporate successor and each other Unitholder on terms approved by the TPC Member which contains restrictions on the Transfer of such capital stock and other provisions (including, without limitation, with respect to the governance and control of such corporate successor) in form and substance similar to the provisions and restrictions set forth herein (including, without limitation, in this Article IX ) and (ii) an agreement with the corporate successor providing for the continued vesting of, and repurchase rights respecting, any capital stock issued in respect of unvested Common Units in form and substance similar to the provisions and restrictions with respect to vesting and repurchase rights set forth herein. The Company or its successor shall pay any fees incurred by any the TPC Member pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in connection with any such Corporate Conversion.
(c)    Demand Registration Rights.
(i)     If the Company receives at any time after the earlier of (A) four (4) years after the date of this Agreement or (B) six (6) months after the effective date of a Public Offering, a written request from the BR Member that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least ten percent (10%) of the then outstanding Equity Securities of



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the Company (a “Demand Registration” ), then the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect as expeditiously as possible the registration under the Securities Act of (y) all Units or any Equity Securities of another entity issued in exchange for the Units in anticipation of a Public Offering ( “Registrable Securities” ) held by the BR Member which are requested to be registered in the initial written demand and (z) any additional Registrable Securities requested to be registered by any Members who elect to include Registrable Securities in such Demand Registration in a written notice or notices given within ten (10) days of the date the Demand Registration Notice (as defined below) is given by the Company (together with the Registrable Securities described in clause (y), the “Included Securities” ).  Promptly (but in no event later than five (5) Business Days) after the receipt by the Company of any written demand pursuant to clause (y) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company will give written notice of such demand to all holders of Registrable Securities (the “Demand Registration Notice” ).  The Company shall effect the registration under the Securities Act of the Included Securities as expeditiously as possible and use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such registration become and remain effective.  The Company shall have the right to select the underwriters for a Demand Registration that is to be an underwritten offering, subject to the reasonable approval of the BR Member. 
(ii)     Notwithstanding Section 9.10(c)(i) , the Company shall not be required to effect more than two Demand Registrations from the BR Member; provided , that the BR Member shall be entitled to unlimited additional Demand Registrations if such additional Demand Registrations would be eligible for registration on Form S-3; provided , further , that the Company shall not be required to effect more than two such Demand Registrations on Form S-3 in any twelve (12) month period.
(iii)     Any registration initiated pursuant to Section 9.10(c)(i) shall not count as a Demand Registration (A) unless and until a registration statement with respect to all Registrable Securities to be sold in connection therewith shall have become effective and remained effective for a period of 120 days, or, if a shorter time until all of the Included Securities shall have been sold, (B) if after it has become effective such registration is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental authority for any reason not attributable to the holders of Included Securities, such that no sales are possible thereunder for a period of ten consecutive days or more, (C) if the conditions to closing specified in the underwriting agreement, if any, entered into in connection with such registration are not satisfied or waived, other than by reason of a failure on the part of the holders of Included Securities or (D) if, due to the provisions of Section 9.10(c)(iv) the demanding holder is prohibited from registering 30% or more of its Registrable Securities requested to be registered in the initial written demand. 
(iv)     If a Demand Registration is an underwritten offering and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their good faith judgment the number of securities to be included in a Demand Registration exceeds the number that can be sold in the offering in light of marketing factors or because the sale of a greater number would adversely affect the price of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such Demand Registration, then the total number of securities the underwriters advise can be included in such Demand Registration shall be allocated (A) first , to the holders of the Included Securities, pro rata; (B) second , to the Company, as the case may be, for any securities that the Company proposes to issue and sell for its own account; and (C) third , to other persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to other contractual arrangements, pro rata. 
(d)    Piggyback Registration Rights.
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the registration of Registrable Securities (a “Piggyback Registration” ), the Company shall give prompt written notice to all holders of Registrable Securities of its intention to effect such a registration and, subject to the terms of subsection (ii) below, shall include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within ten (10) days after the receipt of the Company’s notice.
(ii)     If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten offering and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Company, the Company shall include in such registration (A) first , the securities the Company proposes to sell, (B) second , the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration, pro rata among the holders of such Registrable Securities on the basis of the number of shares owned by each such holder, and (C) third , other securities requested to be included in such registration pursuant to contractual arrangements with the Company. 
(e)    Holdback Agreement. No Unitholder shall effect any Public Sale or distribution of any Units or of any capital stock or Equity Securities of the Company or any corporate successor thereto, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such Units, stock or securities, during the seven (7) days prior to and the ninety (90)-day period (one hundred eighty (180) days in the case of an initial Public Offering) beginning on the effective date of any underwritten Public Offering, except as part of such underwritten Public Offering or unless otherwise permitted by the Company.
9.11    BR Equityholders Repurchase Option.
(a)    Repurchase Right. In the event that any BR Equityholder Employee ceases to be employed by the Company and/or such Subsidiary during the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending on the earlier of (A) the three (3) year anniversary of the Closing Date (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) or (B) the date that the TPC Member delivers the Call Notice to the BR Member pursuant to Section 9.7 to purchase all, but not less than all, of the outstanding Units held by the Call Sellers, as a result of the following occurrences after the date hereof: (i) such BR Equityholder Employee’s voluntary resignation as an employee, other than for Good Reason or upon death or disability ( “Good Reason” shall be as defined in such BR Equityholder Employee’s employment agreement with the Company), or (ii) the termination of such BR Equityholder Employee employment by the Company for Cause (the date of such cessation or termination, the “Termination Date” ), the Unvested Units (as defined below) held directly or indirectly by such BR Equityholder Employee (including Units held by the BR Member with respect to such BR Equityholder Employee) shall be subject to purchase by the TPC Member pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 9.11 (the “BR Equityholder Repurchase Option” ). The purchase price of Unvested Units which are subject to purchase pursuant to the BR Equityholder Repurchase Option (the “Available Units” ) shall be the lower of (i) the Put and Call Price, with the termination date being deemed the date on which the Repurchase Notice (as defined below) is delivered for purposes of the definition of the Put and Call Price, and (ii) the per Common Unit purchase price paid by the TPC Member to the BR Member for the Common Units acquired by the TPC Member at the Closing (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) (such lower purchase price, the “Repurchase Price” ). The Redemption Price for the Available Units may be paid, at the election of the TPC Member, in the form of readily available funds or shares of Issuer Common Stock or a combination of both. For purposes of this Section 9.11 , “employed” means such BR Equityholder Employee is an employee of the Company and does not include any BR Equityholder (such as Denis Grosz) that is serving as a consultant or contractor to the Company.



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(b)    Repurchase Notice. The TPC Member shall be entitled to exercise the BR Equityholder Repurchase Option for all or any portion of any Available Units held by such BR Equityholder Employee by delivering written notice (the “Repurchase Notice” ) to the BR Member within thirty (30) days after the Termination Date. The Repurchase Notice shall (i) set forth the number of Available Units to be acquired from the BR Member or the BR Equityholder Employee if such Available Units are held directly by such BR Equityholder Employee (or his, her or its Permitted Transferee), (ii) the aggregate consideration to be paid for such Available Units (including a calculation of the EBITDA attributable to the Put and Call Price) and the time and place for the closing of the transaction, and (iii) specify what portion of the Repurchase Price will be paid in cash and what portion of the Repurchase Price will be paid in shares of Issuer Common Stock. Following the delivery of the Repurchase Notice, the TPC Member shall provide and cause the Company to provide to such BR Equityholder Employee with reasonable access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice, to the personnel, properties, books and records of the Company to the extent reasonably necessary for such BR Equityholder Employee to review the calculations set forth in the Repurchase Notice.
(c)    Repurchase Objection Notice. For the fifteen (15) Business Day period following the delivery of a Repurchase Notice, such BR Equityholder Employee may deliver to the TPC Member a written notice (each such notice, a “Repurchase Objection Notice” ), which Repurchase Objection Notice shall specify whether such BR Equityholder disagrees with calculation of the Put and Call Price set forth in the Repurchase Notice. If the such BR Equityholder Employee does not deliver a Repurchase Objection Notice within such fifteen (15) Business Day period, then the Repurchase Price reflected in the Repurchase Notice shall become final and binding upon all parties for the purposes of the calculation of the Repurchase Price. If such BR Equityholder Employee delivers a Repurchase Objection Notice within such fifteen (15) Business Day period, then the TPC Member and such BR Equityholder Employee shall negotiate in good faith for fifteen (15) days (which period may be extended by written agreement of such BR Equityholder Employee and the TPC Member) following the TPC Member’s receipt of such Repurchase Objection Notice to resolve such objections. Any such objections that the TPC Member and such BR Equityholder Employee are unable to resolve during such fifteen (15) day period are referred to as a “Repurchase Dispute.” After such fifteen (15) day period, any matter set forth in the Repurchase Notice that is not a Repurchase Dispute shall become final and binding upon all parties. If the TPC Member and such BR Equityholder Employee are unable to resolve all objections during such fifteen (15) day period, then any Repurchase Disputes, and only such Repurchase Disputes, shall be resolved by Accounting Firm. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to resolve any Repurchase Dispute in accordance with the terms of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after its appointment. In resolving any disputed item, the Accounting Firm may not assign a value to any item greater than the maximum value for such item claimed by either party or less than the minimum value for such item claimed by either party. None of the TPC Member, such BR Equityholder Employee or the Company shall have or conduct any communication, either written or oral, with the Accounting Firm without the other parties either being present or receiving a concurrent copy of any such written communication. The TPC Member, such BR Equityholder Employee, the Company and their respective employees and/or agents (subject to entry into customary access agreements) shall reasonably cooperate with the Accounting Firm during its engagement and respond on a timely basis to all requests for information or access to documents or personnel made by the Accounting Firm, all with the intent to fairly and in good faith resolve the Repurchase Dispute as promptly as reasonably practicable. The resolution of each such Repurchase Dispute by the Accounting Firm (i) shall be set forth in writing, (ii) shall be within the range of disputes between the TPC Member and such BR Equityholder Employee, (iii) shall constitute an arbitral award and (iv) shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties upon which a judgment may be rendered by a court having proper jurisdiction thereover. Upon delivery of



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such resolution, the calculation of the Put and Call Price, as modified in accordance with such resolution, shall become final and binding upon all parties for the purposes of the calculation of the Repurchase Price. The costs and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne one-half by such BR Equityholder Employee and one-half by the TPC Member.
(d)    Closing of the Repurchase Option. The closing of the purchase of the Available Units pursuant to the Repurchase Option shall take place as soon as practicable after the delivery of the Repurchase Notice but in any event within ninety (90) days after the delivery of the Repurchase Notice (which period may be extended by written agreement of such BR Equityholder Employee and the TPC Member). The TPC Member shall pay (or cause to be paid) the Repurchase Price to such BR Equityholder Employee with respect to the Available Units to be purchased from such BR Equityholder pursuant to the Repurchase Option, at the TPC Member’s sole election, by (1) delivery of a cashier’s or certified check or wire transfer of funds to an account specified by such BR Equityholder Employee, (2) in shares of Issuer Common Stock (via book entry issuance) representing value equal to the stock component of the Repurchase Price based upon the Trading Price of the Issuer Common Stock determined as of the date immediately preceding delivery of the Repurchase Notice (rounded down to the nearest whole share), provided that the closing of the Repurchase Option occurs within thirty (30) days following the delivery of the Repurchase Price or (3) a combination of (1) and (2) above having value equal to the Repurchase Price payable to such Put Seller with respect to the Available Units so purchased by TPC Member. In the event that the closing of the Repurchase Option occurs more than thirty (30) days following the delivery of the Repurchase Notice, the TPC Member may elect to re-allocate the cash and stock component of the Repurchase Price by providing such BR Equityholder Employee with written notice not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the closing date of the Repurchase Option (the “Repurchase Reallocation Notice” ) specifying what portion of the Repurchase Price will be paid in cash and what portion of the Repurchase Price will be paid in shares of Issuer Common Stock. The number of shares of Issuer Common Stock issuable to such BR Equityholder Employee as a component of all or a portion of the Repurchase Price shall be based upon the Trading Price of the Issuer Common Stock determined as of the date immediately preceding the delivery of the Repurchase Notice (rounded down to the nearest whole share), provided the closing of the Repurchase Option occurs within thirty (30) days following the delivery of the Repurchase Notice. In the event that the closing of the Repurchase Option occurs more than thirty (30) days following the delivery of the Repurchase Notice, the shares of Issuer Common Stock issuable to such BR Equityholder Employee will be based upon the Trading Price of the Issuer Common Stock determined as of the date that the TPC Member delivers the Repurchase Reallocation Notice (rounded down to the nearest whole share).
(e)     The TPC Member shall be entitled to (i) receive from the BR Member or the BR Equityholder Employee if such Available Units are held directly by such BR Equityholder Employee (or his, her or its Permitted Transferee) representations and warranties regarding (w) good title to such securities, free and clear of any liens or encumbrances, (x) the transferor’s authorization and/or capacity to sell such securities, (y) enforceability and binding effect of the agreement containing such representations and warranties, without violation of any material agreement or material contract to which such transferor is party, (z) to the extent a portion of the purchase price for the Available Units is to be paid in shares of Issuer’s Common Stock, representations and warranties substantially similar to the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.25 of the Acquisition Agreement and (ii) receive an assignment of such Units, duly executed by the holder or holders of such Units and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company. With respect to the shares of Issuer Common Stock issuable to the BR Member or the BR Equityholder Employee if such Available Units are held directly by such BR Equityholder Employee (or his, her or its Permitted Transferee) as a component of all or a portion of purchase price for the Available Units to be purchased pursuant to the BR Equityholder



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Repurchase Option, the BR Member or the BR Equityholder Employee if such Available Units are held directly by such BR Equityholder Employee (or his, her or its Permitted Transferee) as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive from the TPC Member (and the Issuer, as applicable) representations and warranties regarding (w) good title to such securities, free and clear of any liens or encumbrances, (x) the Issuer’s authorization and/or capacity to issue such securities, (y) enforceability and binding effect of the agreement containing such representations and warranties, without violation of any material agreement or material contract to which Issuer is party and (z) representations and warranties substantially similar to the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.10 of the Acquisition Agreement.
(f)     The BR Equityholder Repurchase Option set forth in this Section 9.11 shall continue to apply to the Units following any Transfer thereof, other than a Transfer to the Company. The TPC Member shall be entitled to assign the BR Equityholder Repurchase Option and all of the TPC Member’s rights under this Section 9.11 to an Affiliate of the TPC Member or Issuer.
(g)     “Unvested Units” shall mean any and all Units of a BR Equityholder Employee that have not yet vested on the Termination Date. The Units consisting of the Retained Equity shall “vest” (and therefore will no longer be Unvested Units subject to the TPC Member’s repurchase right set forth in this Section 9.11), in three (3) equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the date of this Agreement. In the event that a BR Equityholder Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated for any reason (including death or disability) other than (i) for Cause (as defined in this Section 9.11) by the Company or (ii) by BR Equityholder Employee upon his or her voluntary resignation without Good Reason, then upon such termination all of BR Equityholder Employee’s Units shall be deemed “vested” as of the date of such termination and shall no longer be subject to the TPC Member’s repurchase right set forth in this Section 9.11.
(h)    Additional Payment Amounts. To the extent that the Repurchase Price was less than the per Common Unit purchase price paid by the TPC Member to the BR Member for the Common Units acquired by the TPC Member at the Closing (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement), the terms of Section 9.7(f) with respect to the additional payments made in connection with the closing of the purchase of Units pursuant to any Call Option shall apply equally to any purchase of Units from a BR Equityholder Employee pursuant to this Section 9.11 ; provided, however under no circumstances will the Repurchase Price exceed the per Common Unit purchase price paid by the TPC Member to the BR Member for the Common Units acquired by the TPC Member at the Closing (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement). This Section 9.11(h) shall survive any Sale of the Company.
9.12    Set-Off Rights. The TPC Member shall have the right to set-off against any amount due to the BR Member or to any BR Equityholder (to the extent the BR Member has transferred any of the Retained Equity to a BR Equityholder) under Section 9.7 , Section 9.8 or Section 9.11 , any amount of any Indemnified Losses determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to be due to the TPC Member under the terms and conditions of the Acquisition Agreement.
9.13    Conduct of Business. Upon and from the delivery of the Call Notice or the Put Election, as applicable, and until the earlier to occur of (i) the closing of the purchase of Units pursuant to the Call Option or Put Option, as applicable, and (ii) the expiration of all obligations of Issuer and the Call Purchaser or the Put Purchaser (or their respective successors), as applicable, under Section 9.7 or Section 9.8 , as applicable, the TPC Member and the Company shall, and shall cause their respective employees, officers, consultants, counsel, advisors and Affiliates to:



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(a)     conduct the business and operations of the Company in the ordinary course, consistent with the past practices of the Company and in accordance with mutually agreed upon annual operating and capital budgets, and in connection therewith (i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the Company’s assets, rights and properties and to preserve intact the Company’s current relationships with customers, employees, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (ii) maintain the Company’s books and records in the usual, regular and ordinary manner, on a basis consistent with past practice, and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve the goodwill and ongoing operations of the Company’s business;
(b)     use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with and cause the Company to comply with the Company’s obligations under its then-existing agreements, contracts and other business arrangements;
(c)     not prevent or otherwise restrict the Company from selling or providing products or services or any other revenue generating activity which is consistent with the business conducted by the Company;
(d)     not undergo or otherwise become a party to a Change of Control Transaction unless the successor to the business, assets, or equity interests, as the case may be, affirmatively assumes in writing the obligations of the Call Purchaser or the Put Purchaser, as the case may be, pursuant to this Agreement;
(e)     not enter into, amend or otherwise modify any credit or equity financing agreement or arrangement, or fail to perform any obligation under any such then-existing agreement or arrangement, the result of which could be reasonably likely to prevent, hinder or delay the payment of amounts pursuant to Section 9.7 or Section 9.8 ;
(f)     not cause or permit any arrangement inconsistent with past accounting practices and standards of the Company that has the effect of artificially shifting revenues into or out of the Company or into or out of accounting periods;
(g)     not cause or permit the Company to implement any discounts in pricing unless approved in advance in writing by one (1) of the BR Representatives for so long as the Retained Equity equals or exceeds the Minimum Threshold;
(h)     not transfer or divert any business of the Company, or any of its customers, suppliers or service providers to any other Person or entity;
(i)     refrain from taking any action that might reasonably be expected to prejudice the Business or adversely impact its value; and
(j)     refrain from taking any action that would otherwise require a super-majority approval in accordance with Section 5.6 .
9.14    Registration Rights Relating to Issuer Common Stock.
(a)     With respect to any Issuer Common Stock issued to the BR Member, the BR Equityholders and/or their respective Permitted Transferees in connection with each of (i) the closing of the transactions contemplated in the Acquisition Agreement (such Issuer Common Stock, “Initial Issuer Registrable Securities” ) and (ii) any payment of the Put and Call Price in Issuer Common Stock pursuant to Section 9.7 or Section 9.8 hereof (such Issuer Common Stock, “Put/Call Issuer Registrable



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Securities” and, together with the Initial Issuer Registrable Securities, the “Issuer Registrable Securities” ) (each such date, the applicable “Filing Date” ), the Issuer shall, and the TPC Member shall cause the Issuer to, file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 or, to the extent that Form S-3 is not available, Form S-1 (the “Issuer Registration Statement” ), which Registration Statement shall provide for the resale of the applicable Issuer Registrable Securities. The Registration Statement covering the resale of the Initial Issuer Registrable Securities shall be filed with the SEC within ninety (90) days after the date of this Agreement, and the Issuer shall, and the TPC Member shall cause the Issuer to, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective prior to the initial expiration of the transfer restrictions pursuant to the applicable lockup agreement among the BR Member and any applicable BR Equityholder and/or their respective Permitted Transferees, on the one hand, and Issuer, on the other hand. The Registration Statement covering the resale of the Put/Call Issuer Registrable Securities shall be filed with the SEC within sixty (60) days after the issuance of the Issuer Common Stock as payment for the Put and Call Price, and the Issuer shall, and the TPC Member shall cause the Issuer to, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective within sixty (60) days thereafter.
(b)     The TPC Member shall cause Issuer to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Issuer Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission as promptly as possible after the filing thereof and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to continuously maintain the effectiveness of such Issuer Registration Statement until all Initial Issuer Registrable Securities or Put/Call Issuer Registrable Securities, as applicable, have been sold pursuant to the applicable Issuer Registration Statement (each such date, the applicable “Registration Rights Termination Date” ). Such Issuer Registration Statements will permit the holders of Issuer Registrable Securities to resell the Issuer Registrable Securities pursuant to the Issuer Registration Statement.
(c)     Issuer may delay the filing or effectiveness of each Registration Statement if Issuer’s Board of Directors determines in its reasonable judgment (i) that proceeding with such a filing or request for effectiveness would require Issuer to disclose material information that would not otherwise be required to be disclosed at that time or (ii) that the registration to be delayed would, if not delayed, materially adversely affect Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or materially interfere with, or jeopardize the success of, any pending or proposed material transaction, including any debt or equity financing, any acquisition or disposition, any recapitalization or reorganization or any other material transaction, whether due to commercial reasons, a desire to avoid premature disclosure of information or any other reason. Any period during which the Issuer has delayed a filing or effectiveness pursuant to this Section 9.14(b) is herein called a “Suspension Period.” The TPC Member shall provide prompt written notice to the BR Member, the BR Equityholders, as applicable, and/or their respective Permitted Transferees of the commencement and termination of any Suspension Period but shall only be obligated under this Agreement to disclose the reasons therefor if the BR Member, the BR Equityholders, as applicable, and/or their respective Permitted Transferees and the Issuer have entered into a confidentiality agreement relating to the disclosure of such information and the BR Member, the BR Equityholders, as applicable, and/or their respective Permitted Transferees requests that the Issuer disclose the reasons therefor. The BR Member, the BR Equityholders, as applicable, and their respective Permitted Transferees shall keep the existence of each Suspension Period confidential and refrain from making offers and sales of Registrable Securities during each Suspension Period. In no event (x) may the Issuer deliver notice of a Suspension Period to the BR Member, the BR Equityholders, as applicable, and/or their respective Permitted Transferees more than two (2) times during any twelve (12) month period; (y) shall any Suspension Period be in effect for an aggregate of seventy-five (75) days or more in any



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twelve (12) month period; and (z) shall any second Suspension Period during any twelve (12) month period begin within thirty (30) days of the end of the preceding Suspension Period.
(d)     In addition to the other obligations of Issuer set forth in this Agreement, Issuer shall be required to:
(i)     use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission such amendments and supplements to such Issuer Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Issuer 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 Issuer Registration Statement for the period commencing on the applicable Filing Date and ending on the applicable Registration Rights Termination Date;
(ii)     furnish to any holder with respect to the Issuer Registrable Securities registered under the Issuer Registration Statement such number of copies of the Issuer Registration Statement, prospectuses and preliminary prospectuses in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and such other documents as the holder may reasonably request, in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of all or any of the Issuer Registrable Securities owned by the holder;
(iii)     use its commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such Issuer Registration Statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall reasonably be requested by the holders, provided that the Issuer 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 state or jurisdiction in which it is not now qualified or has not consented;
(iv)     notify each holder of Issuer Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Issuer Registration Statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such Issuer 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 in the light of the circumstances then existing;
(v)     cause all such Issuer Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Section to be listed on the securities exchange and trading system on which similar securities issued by the Issuer are then listed;
(vi)     promptly notify each holder after it receives notice of the time when the applicable Issuer Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or when a supplement or amendment to the Issuer Registration Statement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission;
(vii)     promptly notify each holder after it shall receive notice of the issuance of any stop order by the Securities and Exchange Commission delaying or suspending the effectiveness of the Issuer Registration Statement; and
(viii)     cooperate with the holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Issuer Registrable Securities, or other applicable evidence of such Issuer Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to the Issuer Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and under



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applicable law, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Issuer Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such holders may reasonably request.
(e)     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Issuer shall not be required to file a Registration Statement or include Issuer Registrable Securities in a Registration Statement unless it has received from the holder or holders of such Issuer Registrable Securities, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated filing date of the Registration Statement, information and documents reasonably requested by Issuer to be provided by such holder of Issuer Registrable Securities for inclusion in such Registration Statement.
ARTICLE X
WITHDRAWAL AND RESIGNATION OF UNITHOLDERS
10.1    Withdrawal.
(a)     No Unitholder shall have the power or right to withdraw or otherwise resign from the Company prior to the dissolution and winding up of the Company pursuant to Article VII , except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement or any of the other agreements contemplated hereby. Upon a Transfer of all of a Unitholder’s Units in a Transfer permitted by this Agreement, such Unitholder shall cease to be a Unitholder.
(b)     Notwithstanding that payment on account of a withdrawal may be made after the effective time of such withdrawal, any completely withdrawing Unitholder will not be considered a Unitholder for any purpose after the effective time of such complete withdrawal, and, in the case of a partial withdrawal, such Unitholder’s Capital Account (and corresponding voting and other rights) shall be reduced for all other purposes hereunder upon the effective time of such partial withdrawal.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1    Information Rights. The Company hereby agrees that it shall comply with the following provisions by delivering to the BR Member, for so long as it holds Units in the aggregate of at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding Common Units, access to inspect the Company’s properties, examine its books of account and records, and discuss the Company’s affairs, finances, and accounts with its officers, during normal business hours of the Company as may be reasonably requested; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Section 11.1 to provide access to any information that it reasonably and in good faith and upon the advice of outside counsel considers to be a trade secret the disclosure of which may jeopardize valid trade secret protection afforded such information under applicable law (unless covered by an enforceable confidentiality agreement, in form acceptable to the Company) or the disclosure of which, and to the extent that, upon the advice of outside counsel, such access would adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel. Each Member holding Common Units that is a “venture capital operating company” for purposes of Department of Labor Regulations Section 2510.3-101 shall, in addition to all other rights granted under this Agreement, have the right to consult with and advise the officers of the Company with respect to the management of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
11.2    Further Assurances. The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, instruments, and certificates, provide all information, and take or refrain from taking all such further actions as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement and effect the provisions hereof, as determined in good faith by the Board.



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11.3    Title to Company Assets. The Company’s assets will be deemed to be owned by the Company as an entity, and no Unitholder, individually or collectively, will have any ownership interest in any Company asset or any portion thereof in such Unitholder’s capacity as a Unitholder.
11.3    Creditors. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditors of the Company or any of its Affiliates, and no creditor who makes a loan to the Company or any of its Affiliates may have or acquire at any time as a result of making the loan any direct or indirect interest in Company Profits, Losses, Distributions, capital or property other than as a creditor.
11.5    Amendments, Modifications, or Waivers.
(a)     Subject to Section 11.5(b) and Section 11.5(c) , any provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified if, but only if, such amendment or modification is in writing and is approved in writing by the Board, including at least one (1) of the TPC Representatives and at least one (1) of the BR Representatives for so long as the Retained Equity equals or exceeds the Minimum Threshold.
(b)     Notwithstanding Section 11.5(a) but subject to Section 11.5(c) , if an amendment or modification of this Agreement:
(i)     would alter or change the special rights hereunder of a Member or group of Members (including the BR Member) specifically granted such special rights by name, such amendment or modification shall not be effective against such Member or group of Members (as the case may be) without the prior written consent of such Member or, in the case of a group of Members, the holders of at least a majority of the Units held by such group of Members;
(ii)     would alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights hereunder of the holders of a class of Units (holders of such class, the “Subject Members” ) so as to affect them materially and adversely different than the holders of any other class of Units, such amendment or modification shall not be effective against the Subject Members without the prior written consent of the holders of at least a majority of such class of Units held by the Subject Members;
(iii)     would alter or change the rights or obligations of any Member provided under Section 2.2(d) , Section 2.3 , Section 3.1(b) , Section 5.1 , Section 5.4 , Section 5.6 , Section 7.2 , Article IX or this Section 11.5 shall not be effective without the prior written consent of Members holding a majority of the Units not held by the TPC Member and its Affiliates; or
(iv)     would alter or change the rights or obligations of any Member provided under Section 9.7(f) , Section 9.8(g) or Section 9.11(h) shall not be effective (a) without the prior written consent of (a) any Member with the right or obligation to sell Units pursuant to any such Section or (b) in the case of a former Member that has already sold Units pursuant to any such Section, without the prior written consent of such former Member (even if no longer a Member under this Agreement).
(v)     would alter or change any requirement in this Agreement that a matter be approved by all Members, such amendment or modification shall not be effective without the prior consent of all Members.
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provisions and shall not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
11.6    Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Unitholders and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns, whether so expressed or not.
11.7    Remedies. Each Unitholder shall have all rights and remedies set forth in this Agreement and all rights and remedies which such Person has been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such Person has under any law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement or any other agreements contemplated hereby shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically, to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.
11.8    Offset. Whenever the Company or any Subsidiary is to pay any sum to any Unitholder or any Affiliate or Related Person thereof in their capacity as a Unitholder, any amounts that such Unitholder or such Affiliate or Related Person owes in their capacity as a Unitholder, to the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, may be deducted from that sum before payment.
11.9    Governing Law. The law of the State of Delaware shall govern all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules attached hereto, and the performance of the obligations imposed by this Agreement, 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.
11.10    Jurisdiction; Service of Process. Each of the parties submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court or the Delaware Court of Chancery located in Wilmington, Delaware in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and agrees that all claims in respect of the action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such court. Each party also agrees not to bring any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any other court. Each of the parties waives any defense of inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any action or proceeding so brought and waives any bond, surety or other security that might be required of any other party with respect thereto. Any party may make service on any other party by sending or delivering a copy of the process to the party to be served at the address and in the manner provided for the giving of notices in Section 11.15 below. Nothing in this Section 11.10 , however, shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law or at equity. Each party agrees that a final judgment in any action or proceeding so brought (subject to any rights of appeal) shall be conclusive and may be enforced by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law or at equity.
11.11    Compliance with Laws. At all times during the term of this Agreement, the Company shall obtain and maintain all material permits, licenses and approvals as may be required by applicable law in order to engage in its activities as described herein, and shall otherwise operate in such a manner so as to comply in all material respects with all federal, state, and local laws that may be applicable to the Company or its affairs.



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11.12    Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or the effectiveness or validity of any provision in any other jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.
11.13    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more separate counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one party, but each of which will be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement binding on all the parties hereto.
11.14    Descriptive Headings; Interpretation. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive part of this Agreement. Whenever required by the context, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. The use of the word “including” in this Agreement shall be by way of example rather than by limitation, and shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” Reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, and if applicable hereof. The use of the words “or,” “either” and “any” shall not be exclusive. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. The use of the phrase “ordinary course of business,” “ordinary course of business consistent with past practices” or words of similar import shall be a reference to the Company as well as any predecessors‑in‑interest.
11.15    Notices. All notices, demands or other communications to be given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when (a) delivered personally to the recipient, (b) sent to the recipient by reputable express courier service (charges prepaid), (c) mailed to the recipient by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid or (d) telecopied to the recipient (with hard copy sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) that same day) if telecopied before 5:00 p.m. eastern standard time on a Business Day, and otherwise on the next Business Day. Such notices, demands and other communications shall be sent to the Company at the following address and to all Unitholders to the addresses set forth on the Unit Ownership Ledger:
To the Company:      BestReviews LLC
c/o Tribune Publishing Company, LLC
202 W. 1 st Street
Los Angeles, California 90012
Facsimile: (213) 237-4401
Email: Julie.Xanders@tronc.com

with a copy (which shall      Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
not constitute notice) to:      2290 First National Building
660 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226-3506     



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Attention: Phillip D. Torrence
Facsimile: (269) 337-7703
Email: ptorrence@honigman.com

BestReviews Inc.
8985 Double Diamond Parkway Unit B7,
Reno, NV 89521
Attention: Ben Faw
Email: ben@bestreviews.com

Morrison & Foerster LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Attention: John M. Rafferty
Fax: (415) 276-7305
Email: jrafferty@mofo.com

and

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
1200 Seaport Boulevard
Redwood City, CA 94063
Attention: Ivan A. Gaviria
Fax: 877-881-9198
Email: igaviria@gunder.com



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or to such other address or facsimile number or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party.
11.16    Complete Agreement. This Agreement, the documents expressly referred to herein, and related documents of even date herewith embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties and terminate, supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way, including, without limitation, the Prior LLC Agreement.
11.17    Business Days. If any time period for giving notice or taking action hereunder expires on a day which is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday in the State of California, the time period shall automatically be extended to the Business Day immediately following such Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
11.18    Electronic Delivery. This Agreement, the agreements referred to herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a photographic, photostatic, facsimile, portable document format (.pdf) or similar reproduction of such signed writing using a facsimile machine or electronic mail shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine or electronic mail to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine or electronic mail as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.
11.19    Undertaking. Each Unitholder agrees to cause its controlled Affiliates that own Units to fully and faithfully comply with the provisions of this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby applicable to such controlled Affiliates.
11.20    Survival. Section 3.5 , Section 5.1 , Section 5.4 , Article VI , Section 8.6 and this Article XI and any obligation required or requested to be performed following the consummation of an Approved Sale or Forced Sale arising from such Approved Sale or Forced Sale shall survive and continue in full force in accordance with their terms notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement or the dissolution of the Company.
11.21    Certain Acknowledgements. Upon execution and delivery of a counterpart to this Agreement or a joinder to this Agreement, each Unitholder shall be deemed to acknowledge to the other Unitholders as follows: (i) the determination of such Unitholder to acquire Units in connection with this Agreement or any other agreement has been made by such Unitholder independent of any other Unitholder and independent of any statements or opinions as to the advisability of such purchase or as to the properties, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries which may have been made or given by any other Unitholder or by any agent or employee of any other Unitholder; (ii) no other Unitholder has acted as an agent of such Unitholder in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no other Unitholder shall be acting as an agent of such Unitholder in connection with monitoring its investment hereunder; (iii) the TPC Member has retained



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Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and expects to retain Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP as legal counsel in connection with the management and operation of the investment in the Company and its Subsidiaries; (iv) Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP is not representing and will not represent any other Unitholder in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby or any dispute which may arise between the TPC Member, on the one hand, and any other Unitholder, on the other hand; (v) such Unitholder will, if it wishes to have counsel on the transactions contemplated hereby, retain its own independent counsel; and (vi) Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP may represent the TPC Member or any of its Affiliates (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company and its Subsidiaries) in connection with any and all matters contemplated hereby (including any dispute between the TPC Member and the Company, on the one hand, and any other Unitholder, on the other hand) and such Unitholder waives any conflict of interest in connection with such representation by Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP.
11.22    Designees. Each of the rights granted to any Member may, upon the request of such Unitholder, be exercised in whole or in part from time to time by its Affiliates and other designees.
11.23    Spousal Consent; Acknowledgment.
(a)     Each Member who is an individual and who is married on the date of this Agreement shall cause such Member’s spouse to execute and deliver to the Company a consent of spouse in substantially the form of Exhibit D attached hereto (a “Spousal Consent” ). If any Member should marry following the date of this Agreement, such Member shall cause his or her spouse to execute and deliver to the Company a Spousal Consent within thirty (30) days thereof.
(b)     Each Member which is an entity (other than the TPC Member and any trust) shall cause any Person who holds more than 25% or more of the voting power of such Person to execute and deliver an acknowledgment of such Person in substantially the form of Exhibit E attached hereto. Each Member which is a trust shall cause an authorized trustee of such trust to execute and deliver an acknowledgment of such Person in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto.
11.24    Tax and Other Advice. Each Member has had the opportunity to consult with such Member’s own tax and other advisors with respect to the consequences to such Member of the purchase, receipt or ownership of the Units, including the tax consequences under federal, state, local, and other income tax laws of the United States or any other country and the possible effects of changes in such tax laws. Such Member acknowledges that none of the Company, its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, successors, beneficiaries, heirs and assigns and its and their past and present managers, directors, officers, employees, and agents (including, without limitation, their attorneys) makes or has made any representations or warranties to such Member regarding the consequences to such Member of the purchase, receipt or ownership of the Units, including the tax consequences under federal, state, local and other tax laws of the United States or any other country and the possible effects of changes in such tax laws.

Signatures on the Following Page




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In Witness Whereof , the parties hereto have caused this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement to be signed as of the date first above written.
THE COMPANY:
BestReviews LLC
By:      /s/ Benjamin Faw             
Name:      Benjamin Faw
Title:      COO/Secretary
THE TPC MEMBER:

Tribune Publishing Company, LLC

By:   /s/ Justin C. Dearborn
Name:Justin C. Dearborn
Title: Chief Executive Officer
THE BR MEMBER:
 
BestReviews Inc.

 By: /s/ Benjamin Faw
 Name:Benjamin Faw
 Title:COO/Secretary
 
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED AS TO ARTICLE IX:

tronc, Inc.

By:   /s/ Justin C. Dearborn
Name:Justin C. Dearborn
Title: Chief Executive Officer


 
 
 
 




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Exhibit 99.1

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TRONC ACQUIRES MAJORITY INTEREST IN BESTREVIEWS


CHICAGO, February 7, 2018 - tronc, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRNC) today announced it has acquired a majority ownership stake in BestReviews, the high growth online product review company based in San Francisco, California, and Reno, Nevada.

Founded in 2014, BestReviews’ mission is to simplify the way consumers buy the products and services they need across thousands of categories
from laptops to vacuum cleaners to rowing machines. All products on BestReviews’ site are thoroughly and independently researched. The company buys all of its products and tests them in its own labs to help consumers find the best overall products and the best buys for the dollar. The company now attracts more than 5 million unique visitors monthly - and growing and has helped more than 170 million consumers make more informed purchases of great products since its inception.

"BestReviews dedication to independent and high-quality content aligns with our ongoing mission to provide valuable information and experiences for our readers,” said tronc CEO Justin Dearborn. “We look forward to combining BestReviews deep product research and fully optimized commerce engine with tronc's digital properties, a combination which we believe will strengthen our e-commerce efforts.”

“We are excited about the scale and brands tronc brings to our business. Creating trusted relationships with consumers is our number one priority and tronc brings a long track history of trust and credibility,” said BestReviews’ CEO Momchil Filev.

BestReviews' current owners will retain a minority ownership position and continue to oversee and manage all operations.

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About tronc, Inc.
tronc, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRNC) is a media company rooted in award-winning journalism.  Headquartered in Chicago, tronc operates newsrooms in 8 markets with titles including the  Chicago Tribune , New York Daily News,  The Baltimore Sun Orlando Sentinel , South Florida's  Sun-Sentinel Daily Press The Morning Call  of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and  Hartford Courant .  Our legacy of brands has earned a combined 57 Pulitzer Prizes and is committed to informing, inspiring and engaging local communities.



Our brands create and distribute content across our media portfolio, offering integrated marketing, media and business services to consumers and advertisers, including digital solutions and advertising opportunities.

 

Our brands create and distribute content across our media portfolio, offering integrated marketing, media and business services to consumers and advertisers, including digital solutions and advertising opportunities.

Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, statements regarding tronc's business transformation strategy and 2017 guidance. Words such as “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “will,” “projections,” “continue,” “business outlook,” “estimate,” “outlook,” or similar expressions generally identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements. Such risks, trends and uncertainties, which in some cases are beyond our control, include: changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; competition and other economic conditions; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; changes in newsprint price; the Company's ability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting; concentration of stock ownership among the Company's principal stockholders whose interests may differ from those of other stockholders; and other events beyond the Company’s control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results. The Company’s actual results could also be impacted by the other risks detailed from time to time in its publicly filed documents, including in Item 1A (Risk Factors) of its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.


Contacts:
Media
tronc
Marisa Kollias
312.222.3308
mkollias@tronc.com


Investors
tronc
Aaron Miles
312.222.4345
amiles@tronc.com